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l f Council Fights Back a a Big Parade On July SHN One of the highlights of Auroras fourday Centennial Celebrations was the selection of a Centennial Princess And the judges obviously made a wise choice as they chose blond For more photographs of Auroras Centennial celebrations please turn to page 3 Photo Phil Jones KING CITY King Township Council decision to widen Keele St to four lanes strongly resents a recent statement by the 4 has been implications that King Committee that it does not cil meekly acceded to the recommendations understand the situation about York Coun- of the Toronto and York Roads Commission on the matter As laymen we accepted professional advice that plans for the grade separations which will remove two dangerous level crossings necessitated the incorporation of four lane roads councils statement con tinued For this reason alone we advocated the widening of Keele St while regretting the loss of the villages greenery Strange as it may seem to those who seem interested only in preserving King Newmarket will kick off her Centennial CUy of hundreds of Day celebrations with a huge parade King Township children bussed dally over The big parade wW leave Newmarket railway tracks are of more importance Plaza at am on July and wind up at io rural atmosphere the Fairgrounds about two hours later pleasant though it is the statement said Newmarkets Centennial Committee re- ft slgoed by ports more than organisations are par- In the parade The number of between Maple and the KingVaughan Town floats Is expected to more than double Line asking for the four lane highway to pro- various baseball teams are entering the parade On top of all this there will be a number of old cars ponies and music supplied by the Newmarket Legion Pipe Band and the Newmarket Citizens Band Organizations entering floats to date Mrs Jean Hamilton of the V A Mrs A Berry of the Nursing Corps both of whom saw service daring war 1 greetlngH with Col John VI of the Tkoy were among the guests attending the dinner given In honor of war tot by the Canadian Legion Milton Wesley Branch No I It Was A FunFilled Week A Residents of Aurora wound up the busiest most hectic most funfilled four days of their Jives over the weekend From Thursday to Sunday each day was packed with things to do and plenty of people to see And even though the weatherman failed to cooperate the intermittent downpours failed to curtail any of the activities An estimated lined Yonge St in the pouring rain to watch six bands GO floats and 2000 marchers parade from Regency Acres to the Community Centre on Saturday Earlier In the day thousands lined the route to watch the reenactment of the March On Thursday Snelgrove was chos en Centennial Princess at the Centennial Ball Alex Kolenoff of King Township won the prize for the best beard r Friday was Childrens Day in Aurora when all the towns students participated in a special program At night the teens danced to three bands at the Community Centre and then watched a fireworks dis play at Park A Junior Olympics and a track meet was held at St Andrews College on Sat urday and the chicken barbecue at the Community Centre made servings See MARCH Page 3 Ribbon Cutting Musical Program are Newmarket Drama Club Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Margarets School of Dancing Aurora Tigers Hockey Club Newmarket Hy dro Rays National Campers and Hik ers Association Newmarket Optimist Club two floats Sunflowers Club Santa Claus Parade Committee Bell Telephone Co Em ergency Measure Organization Newmarket Fire Brigade Construction Excel sior Club of Mount Albert Newmarket Air Cadets Any organization wishing to enter a float can do so by telephoning or During the afternoon the East GwtUlm- Centennial Softball Tourna ment games will be played Officials hope to have teams in the tournament which will run from June to July 3 Teams wishing to enter the tourna ment can do so by contacting Cy Gilbert on Millard Ave A monster street dance will start on Main Street at on July I and will fea ture both round and square dancing In case of rain dancers will move Into Ihc arena Marks Amphitheatre Opening j NEWMARKET The towns Centennial project the amphitheatre in Lions Park was officially opened Sunday night when Mayor Drew cut a ribbon stretched across the large steel door In his remarks prior to cutting the rib bon Mayor paid tribute to builder Norm Hurling Centennial committee chair man George Richardson and his coworkers for the work resulting In a building which would not only provide a home for the New market Citizens Band but provide needed facilities for other organizations and those using the park Mr Richardson was master of ceremo nies and Introduced platform guests repre senting many Newmarket organizations also members of council He also paid tribute to Mr and Milne the architect if under the direction of PipeMajor Roy Smal- ley paraded In front of the amphitheatre and played bagpipe selections Major A Graves Queens York Rangers Aurora Squadron spoke of his as sociation with the Newmarket Citizens Band and congratulated Mr Richardson and Ms committee For the past three years the band practised weekly at the Armouries In Aurora Charge Youth With Theft KING TOWNSHIP A 16yearold Rich mond Hill youth was arrested minutes after money was stolen from the residence of Art Close In King Township on Sunday Police stated that neighbors saw a car with six young people parked in the Close driveway Mr Close and his family were away at the lime The neighbors noted the license number of the vehicle and Informed the police Description of tho car was sent to all York County Police departments Mr Close discovered that money had been taken from a wallet when he returned home Richmond Hill and Vaughan Township Police stopped a car and arrested tarry Could and he was charged with theft Alfred lays the wreath on behalf of the Newmarket Veterans with W Hud Tuck and Harold Brown as at honor al the tton Day Sunday Staff a aft akW 4 Services have been the butt of many Jokes during peacetime but when war came upon us they responded marvellously and today we honor those who served gal lantly and have passed on Lake To Toronto Major General Arthur Wrench CBE peace to Canada and the world He paid CD P Engi National Commissioner of tribute to the Newmarket Veteral Canadian Red Cross Society spoke of Hon for continued interest in arranging the men of the Navy Army and Royal Air Force their contributions to the chairman of history of Canada and sacrifice when he ad- Cemetery Board told the lathering the dressed the large gathering at the history of the cemetery that of Cemetery Sunday afternoon Canadas Centennial having opened in and Sunday was the anniversary Sees 12 Million By 1980 1 As the steel door opened following the cutting of the ribbon the band played Canada and followed with a varied program The hit selection was Bobby Centen nial Song Canada The Canadian legion Pipe Rand Mayor Drew the ribbon to open amphi theatre in As the ribbon fell the electrically operated door TORONTO Ontario is one of the test expanding areas In North America to day That Is the opinion of Kcllh of Keith Ltd an Ontario real estate company In a recent speech to his directors and man agers In Toronto Mr Kcllh supported this statement with statistics about Ontario and the me Simcoe area He pointed out rolled upward the population of Ontario had grown played M loday THIS WEEK J IN THE ERA MM Farm and Garden and Womens Vtt ID Curtain Time v Pe Near The com plate with one food 1 J Mr Keith predicted a population of million In the area between Metro Toronto and Lake si mm by He said that this area would be one massive city by then Mr Keith sold To tho north of Tor onto right bong up against Lake Simcoe the area will become fully developed with literally hundreds of town house groups serviced by ultramodern highways There will be a commuter train north to and a commuter train north to Peterborough He continued Tremendous Expansion of our Georgian Bay areas where huge resort developments will suddenly flourish to accommodate planes flying In from all parts of the world And those good folks who would like more pri vate seclusion will move even farther north Air fields will be built and new and better 1 J will lead right Into Hudson Bay He added that Toronto has more cars per capita than any other city In North America except lost Angeles He said Ontario has the greatest as of raw materials concentrated In one area In the world Mr Kcllh went on to portray the Im mense transportation network throughout Ontario Ho said that the Wellington Canal and the Ontario railroad systems are In tegral veins of this network He said that Ontario also spends million a year to maintain thousand miles of highways Mr Kcllh predicted that soon hundreds of owns will spring up between Toronto and Hudsons May Ho said that this will result In scores of commuter trains Joining Tor onto to northern Ontario towns He said There will be new airfields built and new highways all the way to Hud sons Ray Ha said a new waterway will Montreal and Georgian Hay and sailors from all parts of the world will soon walk through the streets of North Ray Mr Keith predicted that fertiliser Ontario will soon be more Important than gold In the He said that along with this expansion of the cities will come a need to feed the people 1 It was the observation of the annual in memorial service sponsored by I he New market Veterans Association with Canon J Rhodes of St Pauls Anglican Church conducting the Decoration Day service He was assisted by the Rev Donald Per kins of Victory Baptist Church and Rev Victor Hall of the Christian Baptist Church in his address of welcome to the visit ing militia units and citlsena of the area Mayor Drew said It was wise to keep In mind the thought that war could break out again He said world leaders have the responsibility to keep the peace Mayor spoke of the privilege given to people over the years to honor those who served and died In their effort to bring Herb Fletcher of the and the Royal Canadian Legion the Legion Womens Aux iliary and the Veterans laid wreaths at the Cenotaph The guard of honor were members of the Royal Canadian Signal Corps a and marching units represented the Signal Corps Royal Canadian Signal Corp and bands and glon members The Newmarket VetewuV Association and the Newmarket mother unlit marching and participating In the color party were Guides Brow nies- Scouts and Cuba PL ij t ma T IL NEWMARKET A Main Street resi dent complained to Newmarket Council recently that garbage trucks parking on his property were unsightly unsanitary and depreciated the value of his land Councillor Bruce Eves said has up the removal of these garbage trucks be fore and still nothing has been done i Wouldnt them in my back yard- commented Councillor Seneca Cook Rule said that he had complained W i 1 on two occasions previously and both times ha town officials agreed that something should bo done but to date nothing has been done This Is a violation of my privacy as a he added Im worried about these vehicles carrying disease as I have a six council Welded to sand Mr com- plaint to towns Property for action Councillor Tom suggested that a copy Of Mr Rules letter be mm to yearold son suffering from cirrhosis of the York County Health Unit because liver and anything on top of this could be to be able to get better action than J i ftvrTr3 KSTJKSef