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Classifieds On EDITORIALS ON PAGE TWO YEAR EXPRESS HERALD YEAR NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY JULY 1957 NO SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS EACH Heat As lough the official opening the Newmarket swimming pool not be until July the first steady stream of children and hit the water last Sunday Pool authorities stated that 250 used the pool Sunday on Monday and over on Tues- is the best thing that ever to this town said Pool Chairman Peter Gorman as he eyed the throng of excited swimming in the pool be better children for it September The wading pool which was completed for the opening wilt be ready in a few days Safety First Many safety and health pre cautions are taken at the pool bather after changing cloth es must pass through the shower room and shower before entering the pool Signs warn swimmers that infractions of poo regulat ions will result in at least one weeks suspension Three guards are on duty at all times and the local Red Cross as sociation has provided three buoys and four reaching poles Every hour the guards clear the children from the pool for a brief to make certain that over will not cause accidents The purification plant is hous ed in the west end of the water passes through sixfoot filtration cylinders two chlorinators Alum is us ed to kill algae The water is com pletely purified every eight hours At the 11foot end of the pool when the surface is calm an ob server can see a hairpin on the bottom Me Skin Divers Swimmers will not be allowed use skin diving masks or flip pers said Mr Gorman Flippers ettnvjjye other swimmers a nasty blow and there is a danger of ken glass from the masks If any one is Interested in forming a club he added we can arrange special periods at the pool so in spections can be carried out but Swimming Instruction Classes for adults and children in swimming instruction will be gin at the pool next week The necessary application forms are available at the pool and must be signed by the parent or guardian as well as the family physician Five of the six lifeguards at the pool are qualified Red Cross Instructors having obtained their Red Cross Senior Swimmers badge Royal Life Saving Society bronze medal and taken special classes in teaching methods The Red Cross Society Water Safety branch will provide examiners at the conclusion of the various courses that they use the pool or purchase j won 2000 Six others shared the a membership ticket According third prize and electric to Peter Gorman chairman of the Swimming Pool committee it will be cheaper to buy a membership ticket Arrangements are being made for private lessons to be given af ter the pool closes each evening Details about these will be an nounced later Special Classes Plans are being discussed to operate special classes for handi capped children the swimming pool instructors will conduct classes early in the morning be fore the pool is opened to the pub lic Swimming lessons for children Similiar plans are being will be held in the mornings from am to pm Classes for wo men are planned for the morning cussed for crippled children of the community Anyone interest ed in this phase of the work is as well and there will be classes I requested to contact either Mr for men and women in the even- Gorman or Swimming Pool Man- lager Stan Smith The swimming instruction will The Optimist Club has indicat- be given in classes with three it is willing to buy membership four classes in operation at the tickets for underprivileged chil- at the same time Each class dren Names of such youngsters frying pans were given as consol ation awards Winning were Eva Dod ge I Newmarket and Geor ge Anspatch Toronto Each of the following received Warn er Hulse Edith McClelland A Spear Wesley Brooks Grant all of Newmarket and Mike Bradford Ticket holders who received el ectric frying pans were Harvey Lane Stiver Vale and Andrew Peters Sadie Bondi Frank Fred Count er Edward Florence Noble Ted Barbara Foster Stella Phillips Hillsdale gang Stew Beare Charles Ben and Lucy Bill Janes Paul and Max Smith and Peggy Geor ge ere and There Around Town By Local Observer Two men stopped on the post office steps for a chat They dis cussed personal matters for a few minutes and then the conversa- drifted to town business As one started to leave the oth er said hear they sold 2000 Jess copies of the Era and Express last week Why asked the first man No comic section was the re ply Town council didnt meet will last onehalf hour If a per son misses three lessons he will be dropped from the course unless he has some reasonable excuse such as being away on holidays Twenty lessons will cost one dollar Adults and children tak ing swimming courses may pay the separate charge for each time should be forwarded to either Mr Gorman or Mr Smith Lucky Draw The final draw to close the gap in the swimming poo campaign was held in the arena last week Approximately 6200 was raised through the draw Two lucky ticket holders each Newmarket council is not the only one to hold lengthy sessions When the Stouffville council met on J me 20 it took five hours to complete its business Only rou tine matters were considered One pleasant feature of the Newmarket council meeting is that it is held on the same night the regular practice session for the Newmarket Citizens band The band practices in an adjoin ing building and with the win dow open the music of stirring marches or sentimental waltzes can be heard clearly Unfortunately the band has been known to outlast council The music ends but the council meeting goes on and on One morning last week a re cording of the Newmarket band ushered in the regular broadcast of the news on Bruce Smiths ra dio program Toast and Jamboree Start Playground Program Still Time To Participate Council Accepts Bid For Town Debentures Firm Offers 9650 Town council accepted the ten der of Bell Gouinlock Co on the sale of debentures for 136000 and when it met on June 24 A firm bid of on the first lot of debentures and picnj on the second was made by this 51712 in company Finance Chairman cash The purse was put down John Choppin told council forgotten when it was time He explained that tenders had There are honest people in the world as well as careless ones The facts were established by an incident at Park when a church picnic a held there recently An 87yearold Stouffville wo- 1 Although parking was expect ed to be a problem there were can war the pool on Tuesday and three belonged to The Newmarket Recreation Commission sponsored summer playground was officially launch ed Tuesday morning at the Lions Club Park Playground chairman Bob reports there was an ex cellent first day response All boys and girls of primary school age in Newmarket are welcome to because you werent on hand to register the first day dont think you cant participate Any boy or can come over any day and register and There would be ihe of room if the park were to through traffic said Mr Gorman The cost of the pool was ap proximately The commit tee raised at the draw and must collect more to cover the full The program gets un derway each morning at am In the past the program was held on weekdays only For a trial period this season one of the supervisors will be on hand on Saturday morning to loan out baseball volleyball Fail To Tell Waterworks Heavy Draw On Mains urora Without Protection Failure of a construction work- to notify the town superintend ent of a heavy draw on the water supply resulted in a loss of fire protection In Aurora for two hours last Monday night The water was being pumped to test the chambers the new sewage disposal plant Someone slipped up badly and left the town in a lurch Mayor 3D J Murray told council This if ft very serious situation and must never happen again Tire Chief Harry Jones said that he had scheduled a fire prac tise for Monday night but when the hoses were hooked onto the hydrants there was only nine pounds of pressure Pressure in the lines Is normally around pounds If it had been a real fire we wouldnt have had a ghost of a chance he said Waterworks superintendent Joe said that he was un aware that the pressure was down It pounds at the waterworks when I cut out the at the new well he re ported Town Engineer Stan Murray admitted that he had not person ally told Mr McGhee of the draw when they began pumping water to fill the tanks at noon but a construction worker had been told to t f the waterworks he had not done Mr Mc interrupted to say that if had known he would not have off the pumps The flow more than ample to maintain the level in the he said you were going to have a this would have been the it time for it said Mr Mur- y since you would have had good excuse for a total fire toes Speaking as a fire protec tion engineer Mr Murray said that with the limitations of the fire protection system the town going to have a bad fire some ft big fire loss a totally different mapped Mayor Murray the town a The high rating underwriters at Leather have been after me to sec how they could get more pressure in their sprinkler system re turned the engineer Councillor Bill Bailey suggest ed that council draw up a policy for water use in the case of ex cessive draws so that it wouldnt happen again Mayor Murray suggested that the water could have been pumped directly into the chambers from the new well The whole argument is ridicu lous said DeputyReeve Victor Jones If the pump had not been shut off we would have had plenty of water Setting up a by law makes it look like were short of water when we have more than we can use he added Council decided that In case of future heavy draws the engineer was to notify the waterworks personally basketball equipment for use The program runs in the afternoon as well as in the morning The program this year as In the past five years will include baseball basketball swimming volleyball arts crafts and read ing periods As yet times for the various activities havent been mapped out- but these plans are expected to be finalized this week This year with the swimming pool at hand there will be no need to transport the young sters to the lake There will be three instructors in charge of the program In past years just two instructors have been hired by the recreation com mission to look after the program Nancy is in charge with Elizabeth and George Robertson as assistants Francis is in charge of the baseball program to be held in conjunction with the playground It looks like well have a very fine summer playground program Every boy and girl of primary school age In Newmarket is wel come to attend Well have some activity going for one and all of them We have three capable in structors to look after the child ren reports chairman Bob Mr also sends out a re quest to anyone having old ten- nis racqutts or tennis balls if anyone has this equipment and would like to donate it to the playground program and they call me Ill get it picked up The youngsters can use it Well how about it sportsmen can you help If you can give Bob Wonch a call Hell do the rest closed at pm thai day and the finance committee met prior to I the regular meeting of council I to consider them Only four bids were received on the towns de bentures and although the gen eral conditions were the same the prices varied The only firm bid received was from Bell Gouinlock Co said Mr Choppin The rest were options The tender called for on each of the and on each of the 000 for her to return home One of the Toronto picnickers who helped to clean up following the evening meal found the purse He took it home with him until the owner could be located The following day the police re covered the purse still contain ing It appears that both Council lor Bert Kent and the Era and Express were incorrect in des cribing certain boulevards on Hamilton St At a meeting of council the latter including a Kent reported that weeks option The finance committee recom mended that the offer be accepted Interest rates will be approximately to per cent Mr Choppin added The bond market is exceed ingly difficult with the preesnt tight money policy continued Mr There is no im mediate prospect for the town getting better prices There is little likelihood that town will receive closer to par value vards in front of four houses on the west side of Hamilton St had been e x n d d by the builder nine feet into the road allowance By the time the statement ap peared in print the illegal exten sion had shrunk to nine inches Mr Kent referred to the same matter at last weeks council tell ing the members that these bou levards increased the drainage problem on Frank property He asked if Roads and Bridges Chairman Edward in the future and weiWrlghtman had done anything to must have cash to pay off the investigate the situation and was work which is told the reeve would report later AIRPORT RUMORED FOR TWP Rumor continues to persist that the Dominion board of transport commissioners will establish a new International Airport in Markham township to replace Malton It has been reported that Aircraft Co requires the entire facilities at and that the board has shown interest in a site in the council meeting When re ports of committees were presen ted Reeve stated there would be no report that night Mr Kent corrected the figures given at the earlier meeting He told council the boulevards which have cemented retaining walls extend not nine feet but 20 feet over the street liri- on the west side of Hamilton St Grant Sells Business On Main St July marked the opening of a new business on Main St when Gordon Gray took over the acco shop operated formerly by Grant Mr and Mrs Gray moved to Newmarket from Gue- and will make their home at Prospect St Mr Gray has had years ex perience in the retail business His store will be known as Gor don Gray Tobacconist Mrs Gray is one of the found ers of the Retarded Chil drens association and in recognit ion of her work the group pre- the developers sentcd her with a life member- 1 shady Acres subdivision were Check Shady Acres Agreement For Second Industrial Plant At the June meeting of council an inquiry was raised by Councillor Bert Kent regarding ship prior to her leaving She is a free lance writer writ ing under the name of Lillian Col lier Gray in church publications the London Free Press and the Fort Erie TimesReview Mr and Mrs Gray have one I daughter They were members of Chalmers United church Centennial Meeting Tonight A meeting of the Newmarket Centennial Committee will be held July in the town hall basement at pm Chairman Alex Eves requests that all or ganizations or citizens pating or interested in the cen tennial program have a delegate or delegates present Jack Luck chairman of the Souvenir Booklet Committee is completing the finishing touch es on the four day program cov ering activities on Aug and This program will be up for discussion and final approval at tonights meeting Any and all organizations that have not turned in their activity program are asked to do this immediately It should be turn ed to Any organization in town that does not have a part in the pro gram and would like to assist in any way is asked to have a rep resentative present tonight Junior chamber of commerce officials attended last Thurs days Centennial meeting They promised a Miss Jaycce entry for the beauty contest and a float for both the Thursday and Saturday parades A leather fashion show wilt also be held in the Theatre on Friday Aug from 830 pm to pm The are also bringing in the Safe Driving School and an van to be used as a first aid station and a lost and found center After tonights meeting the complete program for the four dap i a few minor estate Res a they develop should be known To date the program committee is well advanced with its plans and there should be a place for every citizen and required to build when town wa ter was supplied to the subdivis ion It was referred to the plann ing and industrial committee In a subdivision was built north of town by and and the developers were supposed to build two in dustrial buildings on Charles St Mr Kent reminded council Only one was built the present Era and Express plant and now I understand the second lot has been sold What is being done a- bout the second industrial build ing The developers must put up another building replied Coun cillor Ridler but are not obligated to build the second plant on that lot I believe the time has expired Local Drivers On Antique Auto Tour I iA V Norman Hathaway Newmarket cranks up his Ford at a Hamilton service station while his wife Lois and two young sons look on during stopover of the 240mile London to Brighton tour of an tique Forty four entries took part in the classic which is conducted by the Antique Automobile Club Ontario Division A 1902 Holsman from New York state was the oldest entry while the latest model taking part was a 1931 Packard Mr Ford averaged 30 miles per hour and bat mileage was about 30 to the gallon The tour took three days with stopovers at Oak vi He and A Photo every organization The complete program should the agreement said the may be available for publication next I was not a member of coun- I when the agreement was drawn up said Mr I will week On the sport program the Canadian legion is expected to have something doing at all times both at Pickering College and at the fair grounds during the afternoon and evening of August The local football club is also trying to arrange for a league game with Aurora The New market Recreation Commission- is also seeking approval to con duct its annual peewee baseball tournament on the afternoon and e August check into it and report to INJURED Victor Davie Ave Newmarket was seriously injur ed in a twotar collision after his car went out of control on Duf fed St Vaughan township He was rushed to Toronto General hospital early Wednesday for e operation Russell of Sharon Ont stops at Oshawa to discuss his Ford with Monty station operator Mr Russell was taking part in the London to Brighton antique car tour which cover ed a distance of miles He reached an average speed of miles per hour and his vintage vehicle performed at 30 mites to the gallon He used cents worth of gasoline from Toronto to Photo Newmarket Loses Noted Resident In Death Of Mrs Myrtle Kidd On Wednesday June 26 Myrtle a resident of New market for years died at Wes tern hospital Toronto Mrs Kidd had been in failing health for the past year and a half She was in her year Born in Mrs Kidd was educated In Tilsonburg and Toronto She graduated from the Teachers college but never taught school Mrs married William in Toronto in and moved to Newmarket where Mr Kidd was a member of the teach ing staff at the Newmarket high school Her home and her garden were Mrs Kidds main interests but travelling appealed to her great ly She had travelled from Al aska to Florida and from British Columbia to Newfoundland Her beautifully landscaped gardens with their continual dis play of blooms is a testimony to her love of growing things Despite her poor health this past year Mrs was able to en joy her flowers and to work in her gardens Members of the Newmarket Horticultural society and other green thumb enthusiasts in this area have benefitted from her interest in gardening With Mr Kidd she opened their five acres of ornamental trees shrubs and flowers at tulip time for the pleasure of the community at large Bulbs were made avail able as an encouragement to new home owners to beautify their properties and Mrs Kidd was at- Raid Sutton Brewers Retail Force Safe In Window Front Work Of Professionals Chief By Mike Thieves made away with a large sum of money early Mon day morning when they opened a safe in the Brewers Retail store and took part of the receipts from Saturdays heavy beer sales A second safe in the same room but under a counter containing the rest of the receipts was untouch ed Sutton Chief Constable Brian Stephens said the robbery was the work of professionals as no finger prints were found and the lock on the safe was unharmed The safe was not blown but forc ed open The robbery was discovered by the stores manager William Mit chell Aurora He came to Sut- Sewage Disposal Plant Operated At The operation of the sewage system began last week It is just under the year since the work was started on the 500000 project Finishing touches were being completed by painters on the weekend Some landscaping and outside cleanup work remains but residents last week were given the green light to make ton Monday morning to visit his brotherinlaw and decided to check the store to make certain everything was in order He found that a large pane of glass in one of the front doors bad been smashed The safe was sit ting facing a large plate glaos window and was visible from the Sutton- Jacksons Point highway yards away The safe is about ten feet from the door Police say the robbery must have occurred between and daylight Monday Sutton Cons table Don Lewis making bis rounds checked the retail store between 2 and 230 am and found everything In order The loss could be in the thousands of dollars The broken glass had been picked up and deposited in a nearby clump of bushes From the road everything looked mal Chief Stephens said if Mitchell hadnt checked the store today we w d have discovered the robbcVy until we made our rounds Monday night he added ways willing to assist in solving a final hookups horticultural problem A short delay will be Mrs Kidd is survived by for the section of the town husband Kidd west of the CNR tracks as the and two brothers wiring has not been completed Corman Tilsonburg Karl for pumping stations there Woodstock Council as yet has taken no The funeral service was held at to make use of the sewage the and Rose chapel on Saturday Rev Hugh Shan non conducted the service Pall bearers were Stuart and Howard Stanley Miller Charles Near George and Sidney Bowman Interment was in Newmarket cemetery system compulsory But resi dents with sanitary problems such as overflowing septic tanks wilt be compelled to install sew ers It is expected that the York County Health Unit will prohibit any further draining of sewers into the towns creeks COMING EVENTS WEDNESDAY JULY am the annual Whitchurch Conservation club summer together will be held at Wry lke Farm located at the corner of the concession of King township and side road Bring your friends and your lunch bosket DANCING every Saturday night at Mossington Park Norm Bur ling and his Modern and old Fred Case floor manager HAVE you a drinking problem Open meeting of Aurora Group of Alcoholics evt Monday night at Trinity Parish Hall Victoria St Aurora