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It The Newmarket Era and Express Thursday Dec Tops On Every Christmas List Water Resources Commissioners Attend King Village Meeting Wanted by Students by the entire family Remington Aft Down Fey Central Supplies Timothy St Newmarket Phone TW 59813 Agents for Remington Rand Products Typewriters Adding Machines Cash Registers King City On invitation three officials of Ontario Water Resources Commission at tended the final meeting of King City village trustee board Dec to advise what assistance could be given to the waterworks program and possible sewage disposal in new subdivisions William S MacDonnell an ex ecutive officer dis trict engineer for this area and civil and sanitary engineer for the commission and P attended the meeting In operation for seven months after the OWRC Act was pass ed in April of this year the com mission is primarily concerned with the abatement of water pol lution the disposal of waste the supply of water and the im provement of the water supply There is no shortage of water said Mr MacDonnell but the ma jor drawback is pollution He said 98 per cent of open waters in southern Ontario are pollut ed If this could be reduced to 50 per cent more good water would be useable he said For example municipalities with disposal plants flow into the Grande River nine flow into the Don River Municipal water supply and sewage disposal programs must Business Professional Services MISCELLANEOUS D STORE NOTI SUNDAY DEC LANES PHARMACY STORE OPEN PM DEC 2324 All tores open till pm DEC 25 CLOSED on call BUI Robbins TW 59738 BOXING DAY- BESTS OPEN 5 PM DEC 2728 All stores open till 8 pm STREET NORTH RICHMOND HIU TURNER MOWERS TRACTOR SMALL ENGINES SALES Sanitary Contractor Drains Cleaned and Repaired Septic Tanks Pumped 24Hour Service STUNDKN Church St North RICHMOND TURNER Bnilders Contractors or Farmers No 1 and No Hemlock Spruce and Pino Lumber Rough or Dressed Delivered on the job by truck Co Write for prices Port Ontario VETERINARIAN DR H VETERINARIAN 114 St Phone DR J B BENNETT VETERINARIAN Queen St Phone TW Newmarket INSURANCE NORMAN W GREENSIDES Insurance Agencies Ltd LIFE FIRE AUTO CASUALTY INSURANCE AND LOW COST AUTO FINANCING Timothy St Newmarket TW 54221 JOS P CLU AURORA PA Mutual Life of Canada LEGAL CLARE C GREEN Barrister Solicitor and Notary Public Keswick Ontario Telephone Roches Point FLOYD CORNER Qc Barrister Solicitor and Notary Public Aurora Ontario Telephone Aurora PA Res PA Helicopter On Shopping Trip At King City Store be approved by the commission and the Ontario Municipal Board The Water Resources Commission will provide free of charge the preliminary engineer ing and inspection Schemes can be financed when the commission borrows money from the Ontario treasury which can be loaned on their current interest rates no fees attached for intermediary work On the present rate of interest on a long term loan on the capital cost a community can save one per cent For example where outside sources would charge six per cent interest rate the government would ask five per cent Several specific questions were asked the commission by the trustees The question of the new subdividers being required to establish their own sewage disposal system would receive advice from the commission which would be willing to sit in with the trustees and subdi viders for discussions The Water Resources Commis sion is organized for the good of municipalities but it does not handle localized problems that can be met by a trustee board nor does it interfere with the functions of the County Health Unit The commission can expropri ate buy or lease and use land which is considered necessary for water supply purposes Waterworks Bylaw The King trustees resolved to proceed with preparation of a waterworks bylaw using the Vaughan township bylaw as a guide To date the policies are carried out under resolutions only waterworks com mission is interested in review ing the King bylaw when it has been drawn up A letter wll be sent to Stan ley Watson of Watsons Potato Chip factory King City notify ing him that since his term of free use of water supply expires at the end of December he will be asked as an indus trial water consumer to pay 50 cents per gallons commenc ing Jan and that he install a meter to record the amount of water his factory uses King City A helicopter went on a shopping trip over the weekend It was the local resi dents first introduction to a new business called Dominion Heli copters Ltd A machine dropped down to Builders supplies for materials on the weekend Dominion Helicopters Ltd sit uated near highway on the King and Vaughan townline is just about ready for opening and is causing much interest in the area Final purchases were made to fit the building ready for the opening The new company has five participating members president Jack Fleming secretary Ernie Grant pilots George Lawrence and Peter Oldham and engineer John The hanger which ac commodates six helicopters is situated on 10 acres of land pur chased from the Newton farm This impressive building will also be used for overhauling and servicing of the machines Dominion Helicopters Ltd will have the most modern conven iences including floodlights used for night flying The company presently en gaged with work for the Depart ment of Lands and Forests will also be used as a school for training commercial flyers The company members all ex perienced flyers and mechanics have received the best wishes of the King council The owners have predicted that helicopter service could be come a part of community busi ness and travel King City and District Mrs Laura Rolling Correspondent Phone King INSURANCE JOHN E JARVIS Confederation Life AssoriaUon Pension Life and Group Fire Automobile and Casualty St Newmarket PHONE FOR RENT POWER TOOLS AM FLOOR AND FINISHERS Phone TW or TW Newmarket John Mum ONTARIO LAND SURVEYOR Lane Newmarket Ontario Phone INSURANCE House Contents Summer Cottages Business Family Liability Including Cur to 20 Off Rates Bill Timothy St NEWMARKET ONT PHONE TW 54141 RES PA A Barrister Solicitor Notary Public Etc AURORA PHONE PA Wellington St Stiver Vale and Errington BARRISTERS SOLICITORS NOTARIES K Stiver Joseph Vale J William MAIN ST 54571 Newmarket A M MILLS BARRISTER SOLICITOR and NOTARY PUBLIC 208A Main St Newmarket PHONE TW VIOLET ROBINSON NOTARY PUBLIC Conveyancing Insurance St Phone Newmarket ACCOUNTANT A A CONLIM 252A St Accountant PHONE NEWMARKET LEONARD R ROSENBERG B Com CMAtlERID Mathews and Claris Barristers Solicitors Hay St Toronto Norman Beatrice Mathews Stanley Hinsdale Mian J Clark TELEPHONE 35391 DENTAL THE NEWMARKET ERA AND EXPRESS 52331 2332 and 2333 Bank Accounts Also Payable At Dominion Bank The requires your bill when you make payment OFFICE CHARLES ST Between Queen and Or of Main W0 Mom Cossar Harper and Co Chartered Accountants 255 A MAIN ST NEWMARKET TELEPHONE TW J I Jackson Resident Partner Telephone DR W 0 NOBLE DENTIST Over Provincial Police Office Office Residence 56492 MUSIC PIANO Miss Charlotte Morton will open a studio for piano music les sons at her home 367 St Newmarket phone DR KELLY DENTIST Main Street Newmarket Phone TW- HandSplit Shingle Found Under Floor Will Go To Museum A handsplit nine shingle made in the late was exhibited to King Womens Institute dur ing a historical research program recently The weatherbeaten shingle bears a leadpencil in scription King March This floor was laid by Walter Ness March by candle light The Shingle was discovered by Mr Baker at his Eversley Farm concession three It was tucked beneath a patch of floor ing that was laid to fill in the space of a pioneer stone fire place in the loghewn house The house was built by Walter Wood in the early days of King town ship When Mr Baker bought Hie farm about years ago he de cided to dig a cellar and wonder ed why large blackened stones were tumbling out as he re moved the earth He discover ed the stones were the founda tion of an old fireplace that had been removed in later years by James Ness the father of Walt er Ness Seventyfive years ago Walt er Ness would be about years of ago but being a handy lad with carpentry tools he under took to lay the floor The young boy had a sense for preserving historical records otherwise he would not have written the in scription Mr Baker who recently Id British Columbia said the old shingle was put on the under side of the new floor to level off one spot The pioneer home was first called Wood Ha the Scottish term for Wood Hall The daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Wood nee Trench married James Ness a young carpenter who came to the house to build a cupboard The property passed down to Mrs Ness and Walter and others of the family were born there Miss Eliza Fisher King City at tended school with the Ness family Since Mr Baker had moved to British Columbia he thinks the shingle relic that has recorded a King township historical in- should remain in York county where it belongs He has asked the member to put it in a York County Museum Held over from last week Miss Boys Whitby spent a few days last week with Mrs Effie Bath at Laskay Mr and Mrs Will Brampton were weekend visitors at the Presbyterian manse the guests of their son Mr Bruce Will and family Mr and Mrs Howard attended the funeral of the late Mr Stephenson of Gormley RR 1 held on Tues day at the funeral home Rich mond Hill Rev Kennedy officiated Outoftown visitors who at tended the reception for Mr and Mrs Norman MacMurchy held in WI hall Dec to honor their recent marriage were his sisters Mrs Margaret and husband Dr Ross of Hamilton Mrs Ouida Hill and husband Hill of Mr and Mrs Percy Jew son Mr and Mrs George Kaake Toronto Reeve Sid Legge of Whitchurch and Mrs Major Alex MPP of Mr and Mrs Jesse Richards of Churchill Mr Prank Teas- dale of Aurora Mrs Annie Fair ies Mrs Norman Ireland Aurora Mr and Mrs Harvey Simpson with her sister Mrs Jean of Tottenham and their mother Mrs James Fry of Mr and Mrs Albert Parr of Bolton Miss Mildred Gillies and her sister Roberta Gillies and Miss Mabel Rumble of Toronto Mr and Mrs Harold Russell Schombcrq Mr and Mrs Elton Armstrong of Coun cillor Ray Jennings and his wife Mr and Mrs Jack Macklem Mr and Mrs Chahncr Black of Councillor Jesse Bryson Vaughan township Nativity Scene In Color Mrs Dorothy has ex pressed the true meaning of Christmas in her Nativity scene in the large picture window of King City Gift and The colored figures are in relief surrounded by a setting of hay On one side is a white church with chimes and colored win dows An open Holy Bible turned to St Matthews Gospel a loaf of bread representing the staff of life and a bowl of wheat seed interspersed with figurine angels and candles make up the composition Tree Robbed King Citys first community Christmas tree was robbed of several colored electric bulbs during the weekend Chairman Donald said these would be replaced but if other thefts occur no replacements will be made The lighting of the ft tree donated by Alfred cost the village over 60 HEARS MRS ROBERTSON Mrs P Robertson speaking recently at the King Womens In stitute discussed the intricate and complex workings of the human memory memory refers specifically to the ability for re taining or reviving in the mind past thoughts images or ideas says the dictionary However Mrs Robertson suggested in her talk that the greatest of mem orys uses is the ability to forget the shoddy a d remember the good The December meeting entitled Historical Research and Current events was held at the home of Mrs John The meeting was arranged by lillie An derson Mrs George offer ed her home in Heritage Park for a short course on salads in Janu ary Eight local shutins will be re membered at Christmas with gift baskets prepared by the branch King SS Ratepayers To Meet Friday Dec 27 The annual ratepayers meet ing of King SS 2 will be held in King City school North Kccle St on Friday Dec 27 at pm The general financial report will be submitted by Secretary- treasurer Raymond Burt Chairman Laurence Scott will give a resume of the years activities of the school inspec tors comments with the build ing itself as well as the school inspectors comments on the work of the staff At this time the election of a trustee will be held as the chair man has served his third year of a second term John has another year to serve and trustee A J Gordon has two years to complete Following the general meet ing a special meeting will be conducted seeking approval of ratepayers for the acquisition of a new school site The proposed plan is to ac quire land from Leo Valentine and Company These adjacent prop erties south of St have been inspected by the school board King City village trus tees and the school architect The objective is to provide enough land for future develop ment of a school The Valentine dedication and that in the proposed develop ment of Clear view Gardens may be sufficient otherwise if after Dec when a conference Is held more land might be avail able on a purchase scheme members of the school board state KiiiRhoru Meeting section will hold the annual meeting of ratepayers on Thursday Jan 26 at pm in the school Mr J J Gellcny the chairman came on the board this year upon the resignation of Richard Brigg and his present term expires this month Mr Albert has resigned so it will be necessary to elect two trustees Ray Love has another term to fill out The topic of discussion will be procuring ratepayers approval of an estimated expen diture of to add a new classroom Two acres of land have been acquired from Mr Ken Davis The new classroom would be built to the west side of the present building DR C E VANDERV00RT DENTIST Main St Newmarket Phone TW Dr J W Bartholomew DENTIST Corner of and Eacle St Newmarket Kodak Camera Sets J BUDD STUDIOS Next to Post Office Newmarket IDEAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR YOUR HOME for HERB HILL Hamilton St Newmarket S NO 2 KING CITY KKELE ST NORTH NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL MEETING To Be Held at SCHOOL HOUSE FRIDAY DECEMBER AT TO CONSIDER WITH TRUSTEES SELECTION OF SITE FOR NEW SCHOOL Raymond Burt SecretaryTreasurer S S NO 2 KING CITY KEELE ST NORTH Annual General Meeting at School House FRIDAY DECEMBER AT 8 ALL RATEPAYERS SHOULD ATTEND Raymond Burt SecretaryTreasurer HAVE YOU ANY SEWING TO DO THEN Enquire about our rental service We deliver pickup These sewing machines may be obtained the week or month All rental machines are bobbin reverse stitch We also repair all makes of sewing machines SINGER Sewing Machine Main St Newmarket Phone TW 5637 NOTICE GARBAGE COLLECTION HOLIDAY PERIOD There will be no garbage pickup on Christ mas Day Dec Boxing Day Dec 26 or on Years Day Jan Collections on other regular days except to these changes noted above will be made as usual Citizens in the effected areas are request to make a note of these changes necessitated the Christmas holiday period MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW Your Garbage Committee DONT BE FOOLED We have g Suburbanite retreads Thorc is On genuine Suburbanite tread patented There arc imitations but they do not give you famous GoodyCHr quality or proven Suburbanite performance by Goodytar produce Heres what male SubursHmIf Canadas taste filing winter tfr Packed snow even ice No snow tire hum either You get a smooth quiet ride even on bare pavement Mr We retread Suburbanite Retread in our own uing only the best Natural Rubber xtM Hands Sales Servi MAIN ST NEWMARKET PH