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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), June 8, 1977, A07

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The Era Newmarket Aurora Keswick Wed June A7 A Si Mary McGoiei Was that really York Regional Chairman Wright escorting Bill Hodgson around on his campaign last Monday in the chairmans car Liberal candidate Jim Wilson and Ian Scott or the are wondering if Mr Wright will provide equal time in his car for their campaigns The annual Pickering College Association Old Boys Picnic will be held on the campus on Sun June Former students staff and their families are invited to attend The picnic is especially fun for kids as there are races hor seback riding prizes and even a hay ride through the college farm This year there will also be a barbecue to the homes of absentee children from the school since last January are Barbara Allison Syokholm Sadie Gorton Judy Van Wemmel Leigh Tina Brown and Barbara Judge Special thanks to Terry Gray principal of and the secretaries for their co operation and support and Sharon Nash for her help It is hoped the program will be con tinued in the fall and anyone wishing to volunteer for the com mittee should contact Mrs at in Newmarket is sporting a great big self contained van that we understand will be used at many local public functions in the future It is bright orange and was formerly used by OKeefe for promotional purposes Roy Green tells Mary it contains everything from a stereo to air conditioning to a fridge Mr and Mrs Fred Bradley have returned to Newmarket after a tour of Great Britain While in London they ran into Air and Mrs Ken also of Newmarket who were visiting England The Huron Heights girls softball team ended its season in second place after losing the cham pionship game to Williams of Aurora Huron Heights only lost two games in the brief season both to GW Williams Mr Donald Duncan formerly director data processing division custom j engineering of IBM Canada Ltd has been appointed vice president DPP custom engineering Mr Duncan joined IBM in in Toronto and has served in a number of management positions in Moncton Montreal Ottawa Toronto Bogarttown may be the next boom town of North America A public meeting was held last week to discuss a proposed subdivision for the area Old lime Bogarttowners are not overly impressed with the prospect of bulldozers and construction equipment invading their territory However there is no truth to the rumor that Bill Hodgson in his campaign has promised a special hydro rate to Bogarttown once the subdivision is com pleted And speaking of that meeting which was held Thursday night at the community centre when all those old arrived they found the no parking zone on the traffic lane in front of the centre blocked with cars about police cars It seems there was a meeting of the policemens association going on in another room at the centre There were some bitter remarks made by some who recollected the tickets handed out last winter to minor hockey fathers who parked in those same spots Somebody phoned the police station A sergeant arrived and the cars were soon all moved to the parking lot No tickets were ha out Noonhour traffic on PUBLIC SALE Bill former advertising manager at The Era was a recent visitor to Newmarket Bill is publisher of the weekly newspaper in Grimsby and has been very active with the weekly newspaper association Hay and Bonnie of Toronto were visitors in town last week They are both employed with Air Canada and are presently working on flights to England and Switzerland Mr in between jaunts around the globe has returned from a deep sea fishing excursion to Key West Florida where he landed a nine and a half foot hammerhead shark His wife Mr not the sharks is going out of her mind because the Big Fisherman plans to have the shark mounted It should certainly dominate the living room wall Mary has been asked to pass on thanks to the members of the Meadowbrook Public School Absentee Com mittee with special gratitude to organizer Sharon Volunteers who did the phone calling every week SURPLUS MILITARY VEHICLES LOCATION Canadian Forces Base Borden Base Supply Vehicle Compound Trucks cars and miscellaneous vehicles Borden Ontario 6 Jeeps 4 ton cargo and ambulance 3 Jeep 3 Ion carryalls 3 Station wagons 3 Panel trucks 2 ion state trucks 3 Sedans 3 Ion trucks 3 Buses and passenger Triumph motorcycles cc brand new still in original packing crates INSPECTION June 10 and AM to 4 Offers will be accepted on site until 2 June Offer forms available at the site For further information cal Crown Assets Disposal Corporation Mississauga Ontario Aid 274356t Deal yourself in to TOMORROW approximately 30 of eligible Voters will not bother to vote NT RE ONE OF THEM POLLS open at am to 800 pm local times on Election Day June If your name is on the New list of voters you are eligible vote in this Provincial Election To make it as convenient as possible the polling places in each district are centrally located in your area An attempt has also been made make polling places as acces sible as possible for physically handicapped and elderly voters Check your proof of enumeration Form lor the address ol your polling place On the wall ol each polling place directions for marking your ballot will be in plain view If you have any other questions the person who gives you your ballot Vote by marking only the circle alter the candidates SELECTIONS 1ni Vote Guide Published Crittl Onia io Water Street screeched to a halt in midblock Friday while a mother goose and eight very new- goslings unhurriedly crossed the road in linea stern formation Mother goose was completely unconcerned that she had traffic backed up half a block each way and wasnt even upset when No gosling failed to gain the top of the curb on the south side of the street She just stood there and honked imperiously for someone to help No 8 kept trying and falling back into the gutter until finally a pedestrian gave him a boost and traffic got moving again On May 24 Omicron chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority held a tenth birthday party at the Little Village Dining Lounge in Aurora Members exchanged birthday gifts and revealed their secret sisters Cancer fund goes over top NEWMARKET Newmarkets April Cancer Society fund drive is over the top according to campaign chairman Dawn Walker The Newmarket and District Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society set a goal of for its April campaign arvi last week reported it has raised 24500 to date Mrs Walker and campaign committee members Jessica Phillips and Mildred Steel are extremely pleased Trie District includes the Mount Albert branch and Ravenshoe Sharon Holland landing rural East Gwlllimbury Newmarket Thirty volunteer captains and over volunteer canvassers participated in the drive to raise money for research and public education An Appreciation Tea will be held for all canvassers June 23 from pm at the Lions Club Amphitheatre The Newmarket Lions Club has donated the hall for the tea Campaign chairman Dawn Walker Mildred Steel and Jessica Phillips will be hostesses Jim Rook wilt be entertaining at the organ Guaranteed Investment Certificates Annual interest Union St WI members to visit Kitchener market Diamonds may be a girls best friend but saying cheese didnt do Brenda Murphy of Newmarket any harm recently she won in sparklers by buying the dairy product The diamonds were a prize in the second annual Cheese Dream Stakes contest sponsored by the Canadian Dairy Foods Services Bureau a cheese dream come true for Mrs Murphy MAPLE HILL Members of the North Union Womens Institute and their husbands are off to Kitchener this month to visit that areas farmers market and Village During the most recent meeting at the home of Mrs Annie Smith members discussed the topic world affairs focusing on the theme to call women the weaker sex is libel For roll call mem bers answered with a beef or bouquet Mrs Marilyn and Mrs Ruth Kerrivan organized the program with prepared questions on world affairs and national issues distributed to members Semiannual interest Dapoilt Insurance Corporation Serving mote and mot people since 1889 VICTORIA GREY TRUST COMPANY YOUNG MANAGER ACCOUNTANT FOR RESULTS PHONE PROVIDES LEADERSHIP Stephen Lewis and members forced the government to rethink its position on the Pickering airport Stephen Lewis and northern members have forced the government to replace their inadequate reforestation policies in midelection Stephen Lewis and Gordon Hill candidate and former president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture have forced the government to revamp its farm policies Stephen Lewis and an alert NDP caucus forced cabinet minister Leo Bernier to back down from his idea of selling our provincial camp grounds to private owners THE NDP THATS WHO ft VOTE IAN GIVE YORK NORTH A FUTURE NEW TIC PARTY HARD WORK AND COMMON SENSE FOR THE FUTURE 42 YONGEST S AURORA 7271330 7271339 PUBLISHED BY YORK NORTH NOP

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