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i v trie Newmarket Era and Express Thursday Harold Elected New Ontario Legion First Vice Tells Of Proposed Eye Bank Harold Eaton elected Ontario Com mand Canadian Legion told The Newmarket Era and Express to day that representatives of the meeting at St Catharines in convention last week voted to sponsor the Eye Bank of Canada According to Mr Eaton the Canadian National Institute for Blind has set up an Eye Bank to distribute vital saving tissue used in the surgical operation known ax corneal transplant eomea the transparent ex terior central part of the eye sometimes becomes clouded through accident or disease When this happens light cannot reach the sensitive the eye and the eye is blind Science has found that clear from one persons eye maw be removed and transplant- cornea that can be easily The new cornea grows in and the eye can again see About in Canada needs this surgery according to a estimate The Legion will play its role by offering to help solicit material This can best be done by making eyes available for sight restoration immediately af ter death It is expected that a large number of Legion members will immediately sigh donor cards thus signifying their in tention of leaving their eyes at death to the Eye Bank While it is not yet known how telephone Workers Years Ago I Legion members will sign the donor cards the tradi tional Legion enthusiasm for hu manitarian and community af fairs would indicate almost early Bell Telephone construction gang helped build and maintain much of the telephone line in this area in the early days Bell Historical Photo ed io an eye that has an opaque support TREASURE HUNT A Winning Ticket June No 186 it in and choose from 1 One GE Electric Floor Polisher Ten Large Hanging Poultry Feeders Famous Oakes R40s in Feed Purchases B Winning Ticket July No 25 Bring it In and choose from 1 One GE Electric Blanket One Oakes Hole Rollaway Nest in Feed Purchases Bell Telephone To Introduce Direct Long Distance Dials For Newmarket In March CJRH Covers Centennial With Studio At Spillettes lack Spillettes Canadian Tire John Graham general manager store on Main Street in 1 of CJRH was left as chief as For years of Newmarkets scribed in a newspaper article 100year existence the telephone being essentially a modern industry has been closely linked town In that year Newmarket with the everincreasing had electric light consumers and development of this town water consumers and I thieves ket witnessed a rather early morning first day CentenniaTp- Time The activity seemed to centre around Jacks front show window No Not It was all attributed to Featured Feeds for August ALLMASH LAYER HYNERGY LAYING MASH Save Treasure Hunt Tickets from these feeds You may win the August prize Value area Both the town and the in dustry like good champagne have improved immeasurably with age Less than telephones 1 Newmarket in when the first Bell TeJphone exchange was established here Today there are more 2700 tele- hones in operation in Newmark et close to telephone I Radio Richmond Hill who following true to their public Technical ingenuity in the field service policy began their broad- communications made it to replace magneto service with a common battery switchboard This installation did away cast day by saluting Newmarket on its birthday announceroperator switch boardreceptionist traffic manag er commercial writer and news- editor during the Newmarket centennial festivities Lots of luck John your staff is having a wonderful time When asked about Newmar kets coverage after the Bradford centennial success Stephen prograrn director at radio will cover all both exclaimed events with onthespot I rn spot I with crankturning tele- 1 interviews and feature programs j in Newmarket and a sub- from their vantage point Cover- the village of Bradford can s of a lifetime out for Newmarket The program Buckskin Band wagon featuring the well known phones had only to lift the re- ago of the Bradford centennial to attract the attention of was brought to the an operator through the u r of Brad Little The volume of calls being Walker Motors land handled here continued to rise I policy will carry on throughout- lM papula David Lloyds Insurance office at steadily In 1940 operators were the Newmarket centennial the corner of Main and Botsford coping with a daily average of Dave Wright started the day off streets Hours of telephone ser- local and long distance with his informative light rise- vice were from am to pm calls By residents were and three hour regular placing an average of local hire program During the next and long distance calls daily This communitys first tele phone exchange was set up in pm am to 4 pm to noon on Mills Ltd on weekdays 2 Sundays and holidays Continuous 24hour telephone service was first introduced here in Newmarket at that time was a growing centre with a pop- of around 2000 and some 47 telephones Mortimore was appoint ed local manager- by the Boll Telephone company in Mr became responsible NEWMARKET TW -ey- Blosdale was appointed Bell Telephone manager here in Mr left Newmar ket in and spent two years at the companys general offic es in Toronto He returned to Newmarket in 1950 Possibly the three days personalities will be doing their individual shows from Spillettes show win dow When the and Express vl- womens feature Memos from Marj with genial hostess Marjory Chad wick is from to Marjory Is a well known com mentator actress author home economist and beauty consultant who brings you news from the world of women A special memo to the teenag ers in Newmarket and in the telephone his sited the Richmond Hill studios Mast week members of the district by Hal Burns popular were looking forward to their vi- Ihit parade and teen time DJ will most important to Newmarkel result be presented every evening from of Newmarket was the in auguration of dial service here on Dec 2 1956 Some I the only trouble back at the eight and on from I dios seemed to lie in the fact that to with teen time for the more than 200 telephones phones were changed to dial op- service in Newmarket Con- climaxing almost tinned expansion forced the Bell company to move its office to the Starr Building in 1911 In Newmarket was 100th Year Holiday Time for NEWMARKET Its Always Bargain at STEWART BEARES FT REFRIGERATORS Centennial Price 199 299 BIG 1 FT PUSH BUTTON AUTOMATIC REFRIGERATORS RK3 PRICK 299 Other Models of Westinghouse Philco Leonard Admiral to 649 I the new view FAMOUS ELECTROHOME HIFI AND RADIOPHONOS 129 to 345 i MxW lllutrateH 199 I CLOCK RADIOS RCA TELEVISION ONLY two years of planning and preparat ion Work is continually being car ried by the Bell company to im prove service and to keep pace with steady growth in the New market area Mr point ed out Telephone construction crew in recent weeks were extending the underground cable network on Raglan and Queen streets Some feet of underground conduit were installed to provide telephone facilities for new sub divisions in the eastern section of the town At the present time ter minals each terminal represent ing a telephone number are be ing Installed in the dial exchange building on Millard avenue Next March Newmarket phone users will be receiving calls dialed directly by yi Greater Toronto in an In itial step aimed at transforming the North American continent in- to one vast telephone exchange One of the largest single dertakings of the Bell Telephone company in recent years the Dialing program will make it possible eventually for most telephone including those in Newmarket to dial their own long distance calls direct to telephone on the a garden graphs DEAN FOR ERA AND EXPRESS CLASSIFIEDS TW 52331 do not require divid ing and reletting every three years at do most perennial plants to fact they resent being moved and once planted will grow successfully for many you plan to make divisions yaw present plants they be dug up between Sept and Oct Dig the old carefully so as not to Cut the to inches Wash the Mil away from the root with a of water to tee more where to make Divi sions sharp knife and remove any dead roots and shorten are overly long As shown in the accompany ing GardenGraph each division should have pieces wot attached to a portion crown and at least four eyes or buds Dust the cut surfaces with sulphur before planting Planting depth is Important Plant the divisions so the eyes inches below the soil sur face as shown lothe Garden- Graph If the are set too far underground the plants not apt to be thrifty and there fore often fart to product flower hurts will grow in any soil but prefer a rich clay loam which and NO RATTLE NO PAIN SAYS GIRL BITTEN BY SNAKE I 15 CU FT CHEST FREEZERS FT CHEST ONLY At Low A Down Up To 24 Months On The Balance ARK PROUD TO HAVE BEEN IN NEWMARKET NEARLY A QUARTER OK A CENTURY AND CONGRATULATE THE TOWN ON YEARS OF PROGRESS Stewart Beare 116 Main St Newmarket i In hospital at cottage Barron left able to with ha nurse after recovering from the effects 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