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Classifieds On a Pages and EDITORIALS ON PAGE TWO I YEAR EXPRESS HERALD YEAR NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY MAY 1957 NO 19 SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS In The Holland Marsh A Study Of Polling ivisions In Newmarket Possibilities Of Representation Following the request for a polling station in the southwest section of- town council on May fi referred the entire question of the rezoning of Newmarket to Town Clerk Wesley Brooks for study and a report back to coun cil The request was received from the Boa Subdivision Rate payers association He should give some consideration to the forma tion of another ward Something should be done bo- fore July agreed Mr Brooks Many of the subdivisions in each ward are over the maxi mum figure now The redistribution of the Dial Exchange Budding Open To Public Tonight A large number of Newmarket throughout the tour In his letter to council Mr ward or polling divisions should Phillips secretary of the as sociation stated that the nearest polling station was at the town be left to the clerk for a report said Councillor John We are getting close in hall He asked for to the point of of the establishment of a representation by wards rather Theyre busy planting these days on the Holland Marsh the provinces largest vegetable garden Here puts fer tilizer into the black soil for potatoes which are being planted near Bradford Petruniaks family has been working Holland Marsh land for the past four seasons came to Canada ten years ago Most farmers have planted carrots onions and lettuce to date and some have planted radishes The recent week of cool weather has been delaying some of the spring planting Photo polling booth in their area The town needs re- zoning said Councillor Bert Kent I handled all of St Georges ward in last weeks election and it is much too than councillors from the whole town I dont suggest that it is necessary or desirable but per haps the clerk could report on the possibility of aldermanship representation at the same time the And Planting Time In Newmarket The clerk is the returning Council approved officer said Reeve Edward mcndation New Firm Slessor Motors Official Opening Saturday The official Motors Eagle St being held on Saturday when the on public is invited to attend Sles Motors is in the same build ing which was occupied previous ly by Morton Brothers pening of Slessor ling hard to steadily progress up it Newmarket is j the ladder He was employed the sales staff of Motors Orillia until production was curtailed in He was employed by the CNR tax a locomotive fireman in Howard Morton well known district businessman who operat ed a car business at this location for many years has resumed bu siness with his brother William at Mount Albert They have taken on a new automobile agency at Mount Albert at the same busi ness location which they have maintained since the thirties Head of the More spring planting was done at Newmarket on Saturday Trees were planted by high school stu dents under the supervision of the Men Of The Trees organization and with the cooperation of the Department of Lands and Forests The site was a 10acre plot near the York County buildings north of Davis Drive reserved as a bird sanctuary by Miw Mabel Davis Owner of the land Miss Davis intends to turn it over to a public trust which will maintain it as a bird sanctuary for all time Photo kef is who grew up at Ed- He re ceived his earl business educa tion with his fa ther A Sles sor who was in the butchering and livestock business Mr and Mrs the for mer Lillian Moon have six chil dren four boys and two girls ages two to Mr Slessors bu siness experience is a story of starting in a small way and work- became a locomotive engineer in and in 1948 entered the real estate field in the firm known as Martin and Sudbury where he remained until He is secretary treasurer of Nickel Belt Development Co Li mited Sudbury a director of Construction Co Li mited Sudbury and was vice pre sident of Robert Motors coming here new Mo Grimsby before in Main Street Business Changes Hands This Week A well known Main Street business in Newmarket Morri sons Mens Wear changes hands this week The business has been sold by C Bert Mor rison to Austin a na tive of Newmarket who has been an employee with the busi ness for over 20 years Mr Morrison intends to carry on his boat motor and sporting goods business with headquar ters at Keswick Recently he sold his Aurora clothing store as well The new owner of the Main Street store is no stranger to most people in Newmarket He was educated at Newmarket high school and is an active member and worker in the Newmarket Citizens Band residents toured the Bell Tele phones exchange building on Millard Avenue Tuesday evening and last night The building will be open again tonight the final evening of Open House being held by the company Designed to acquaint residents with the telephone facilities which serve them and to explain the progress of telephone de velopment here the tour takes iginating guests throughout the building They are shown various types of telephone equipment and see the entire process of connecting a telephone call Host at the open house was C Blosdale Bell Telephone manager for this area Tele phone employees acted as guides demonstrators and narrators Guests sec the power ment the rows of dial switch and a working model the path a call tak through the dial They also see a Bell teletype chine in operation and a splicing demonstration It is pointed out how the of the telephone has grown recent years Since daily average of local calls in Newmarket ha risen from 6000 to Visitors learn that there ar now telephones in New market and that callers her place an average of call per day to Information Mr expressed with the interest in open house shown by kct residents Town History Is Praised Urge Speed In Printing To Release At Centennial Postpone Red Shield Appeal Until Autumn The Salvation Army Red Shield appeal has been postponed in Newmarket until fall Cap- lain Craddock of the Army said this week that unforsoen cir cumstances have necessitated the postponement from May which is the usual month for the drive There will be no Ask For Bus Service In Lyons Boag Subdivisions A special committee was nam ed by council on Monday night extension of retary of the Edwin Lyons Hate- payers association concern was expressed because no bus service to investigate the extension of I service by the Newmarket Bus or Lyons subdivisions Such a Lines within the municipality service is needed by mothers The action was taken following a request for bus service in the A request be routed lives or canvassers making calls west sections of town at local homes until fall In a letter from Dan Hill see with small children that the service through the subdivision w a made in the letter I understand when the roads were in a poor condition the bus operator refused to go into the area said Kent He should be made to go there The town is paving a yearly subsidy of in Newmarket Legion hall at No bus service operates in pm by the Canadian subdivision added I Legion Two cards Legion lor Knap ton The closest town special numbers called 40 j bus stop is at the corner of Mill- He was active in the organiza tion of Milton Motor Sales Milt on of which his brother Ivan is president He is a Master Mason of Nickel Lodge Sudbury and was an active member of eight years standing in Sudbury Kiwanis club where he served on the board of directors With Slessor Motors is Boh Brandon who also grew up at Ed gar Ont He attended Edgar pub lic school Collegiate and worked for Defence Industries Ltd Nobel until when he in the Canadian Army He served until w hen he joined the sales staff of Kraft Foods Ltd of Canada In he joined the real estate firm of Martin and Slessor in Sudbury He is vice president of Motors Bisch is service manager He was born and educated at A war on mosquitoes Is being and by the water agenc since department Fred Evans town superintendent showed us some bombs which are being dropped in stagnant pools in town and on the outskirts of town The pellets used have a tin coating when the gelatin melts in the water a film of DDT spreads over the of the water and kills mosquito larvae when it comes to the sur face of the water The project is financed by the water department Another bombing attack will be con ducted later to catch the second elusive For crop of mosquito larvae We will notes in the garden this summer on the number of mosquitoes we find Mrs John Trewhclla was in structed by town council on Mon day night forward her manu script of the towns history to a I firm of publishers for an estimate of the publishing cost The be speed in considering the matter lie said the book should be on th market for the centennial cele Mrs has spent time in preparing her Here and There Around Town MOWER MANGLES TOE Mrs Stanley Smith Don Mor Drive knows from painful ex perience just how well the fam ily power lawn mower operates She is nursing a badly cut big toe on her left foot Her husband was demonstrat ing the power tool for Louise on Saturday when the accident oc curred Before either knew what had happened the end was off Louises shoe Her toe was badly chewed by the machine but she is able to be up and around The doctor says it will be a few months before Lou ise will be able to wear a dress shoe in Mrs Trewhellas name in re cognition for the work spent in its preparation but the author is to give an assignment of the copyright to the town if as and when the copyright is granted A similar motion was tabled when introduced by Councillor George Knapton before council on April At that time a com mittee of three was named to check the manuscript Editor Jack Struthers and the towns financial help Per haps It would be best to in the Joint name of Mrs hella and the town Wasnt Mrs jus asked to prepare the history asked Deputy Reeve MacNaugh ton The resolutions are not clear replied the mayor Mrs Trewhella has stated has no interest in the royalty have no idea what attitude he heirs might take Her nam the book in re her work If an as VETERANS TAG DAY Permission was granted the Veterans association to hold a tag day on Friday evening June and all day Saturday June prior to the annual Drumhead service on the following day the situation suggested Council lor Choppin His recommendation proved by council was a OVER ATTEND Art Clubs Annual Show Highly Praised By Critics attended the Over market Art clubs annual exhibition of paintings in the town hall from May to its silver COMING EVENTS FRIDAY MAY WEDNESDAY MAY dance in the Newmarket Scout hall Admission Mem bers free Soft drinks special is me corner ox teaKLArt Jackpot and numbers and Lome Isnt the com County Harmony Boys and con- paid a subsidy to operate Uniting to end of season with FRIDAY MAY Reception bus in the entire town and no Norm Burling and his tea to meet Liberal candidal Modern and old dancing Jack Rye Newmarket fireball Fred Case floor manager Time auditorium 3 to pm Sponsor- wUn by North Liberal MONDAY MAY At clerk He said once Millard Ave just for the chosen few asked This has a not he A Get Out And Vote sign winch had been placed in a Main St store window prior to the li quor plebiscite last week caused some unexpected merriment The merchant was unaware of the that an article of mer chandise had been placed in front of the sign Only a portion of the message was readable from the sidewalk It said in bold black print Gel Out Vandorf hall there will be a reception sponsored by the Whit church Progressive Conservative association to meet the Conser vative candidate Tiny Gathers Everybody is welcomed to attend TUESDAY MAY pm in Trinity United church Sunday school rooms Newmarket Miss Diana Park will show colored slides on her trip to the Holy Land Sponsored by the Evan geline Auxiliary of the All welcome In an economy measure town council on Monday night voted against sending a delegate to the annual convention for welfare of ficers This year it is being held in Kingston from June to 16 It was decided on the FRIDAY MAY Piano recital extended he will provide of the water commit- by the pupils of Mrs Pollard for thai area He re- tee to the town ft ft a assisted by vocal numbers at 8 pm Every- New- been attended there and once a month the club has joined the group of artists for an illustrated lecture by an out standing Canadian artist the club displayed paint- 1 Visitors at the show praised by a doen local artists the work of the local artists More than half of the visitors They appeared surprised at the came from out of town In at- j Continued on Page Col 3 tendance were members of art clubs in Stouff- ville Kingcraft Sut ton Long Branch Toronto and as well as mm painting guests from these and other centers Art critics Hugh Thomson of the Toronto Star and Paul Duval of the Tele gram attended the opening night Some of the pictures had been painted on trips to Algonquin Florida and the At- Ian tic coast Others had a local setting Many of them had been painted at the regular weekly meetings of the club and showed the individual handling of the same still life grouping by artists The Newmarket Art dub meets leach Thursday night throughout Harry Beer headmaster of Pick ering College have checked the I work reported Mr should appear on The mayor asked to be excused cognition of her w from the committee to which he of the copyright had been named imade to the town it would cove Work Praised Mr Beer praised Mrs work He said the book would be an asset to the entire district Mr Struthers said it would be impossible to cheek on the accur- of the work unless one want- to do the same three years of research that Mrs Trewhella had put into it He termed the book invaluable and recommended its publication Mr Struthers suggested that many of the facts in the history will amaze Newmarket residents He had been surprised himself to read some accounts He said some local business or industry might be interested in underwriting its publication Mr Struthers recommended the author have the copyright He explained that Mrs did not want royalty payments so that if more copies of the book were sold than covered the cost town would receive the mon ey The town has paid Mrs Trew for preparing the work said Councillor The book should belong to the town par ticularly if it is to be published Mr Knapton recommended Loblaw Store Will Stay On Main St Construction work will on the extension for the Lob law store Main St Newmarket it was reported this week Work on the project was recently because of a private matter concerning property It had been rumored that the Lob law store might move from Main St It has been reported that pro petty disputes have been settled and the addition to the build will be completed The new wing for the store will extend over the Holland River and the municipal parking lot Timothy and Water St hall body welcome THURSDAY JUNE Hake mid apron sale at Ang Wests store Newmarket from to j I pm sponsored by Newmarket Chapter OES EVERY SATURDAY beginning May 18 dance to Bob Scotts piece orchestra at Beach Musfolmans Lake the subsidy on the route j dent Fred Winnipeg for which he operates now In the a water convention His agreement the routes will be paid by the town were outlined Mr Needier has The mayor ami clerk were au- service beyond that to attend a meeting of already the Ontario Water Resources Perhaps now is the lime fori commission in Whitby on June consider how to give more In discussing the conference service due to the increased the clerk said he considered it so the winter season in the New market Public library The pro grams vary Some evenings a- senior member of the club will speak on portraiture or land- scape painting demonstrating his talk The following meeting the members will put that knowledge into practice ARTIST AND CRITICS Norman Browne and son David of Newmarket were highly intrigued by a News population of the town said important that he was willing to has visited many of Browne ana son Council The subsidy pay his own expenses exhibitions at the Toronto Art show by William Parsons It is an abstraction called to his admirers how he trying to portray the cold and misery of tee fishing with a may have to be increased Despite its desire to cut costs i during the winter Continued on Page Col I Continued on Page Col Talk and have of all ice fishermen