AURORA NEWS FRONT PAGE SECONDSECTION Number of Copies Printed This Week 4500 AND Tffi RURAL Of NORTH YORK YEAR EX PRESSHE RAID YEAR NO NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY JUNE SINGLE COPIES CENTS EACH INSTALL NEW OPTIMIST EXEC BOB PRESIDENT f Stan Smith Elected President Lions Club The annual iris show of the Newmarket Horticultural socie ty will be held on Saturday June In the basement of the Christian Baptist church New market The peony show will be on the following Saturday General show convenor Is Rod Caldwell Although it is called The Iris show it includes many other varieties of flowers to he judged by Mr Little Richmond Hill There are classes for lupins tulips pyre- thrum as well as such special groups as miniature bouquet dining room centrepiece room basket and classes for- house plants All entries must he made be fore on the preceding evening tomorrow with the ex- bits tagged by oclock Only members of the society may ex and a membership ticket obtainable at show for any New Club of Newmarket if were installed at Ladies Night who wish to enter bloom held at the Bradford fast Friday night Above left to right after initiation are yet have not purchased their dent Bob Past President Jack Hamilton and District Governor Ross Clarence of the East tickets Further particulars are Toronto Optimist Club Ribbon on club banner was presented by Lieut Governor Bert Barnes obtainable from Mr Caldwell or any member of his committee New exhibitors are encouraged to enter the societys shows and members of the society will be on hunt to help such beginners in making entries in Smith was elected fe Newmarket Lions club at the last regular meeting of the club for this season in the parish hall It is ex pected that the installation of officers will take place on Ladies night to be held at the Briars Country Club at Jacksons Point on June Other officers are first vice president George Byers second vice pres Jack third vice Seneca Cook sec Tom Doyle Frank Courtney directors for one year Chas Boyd Les Barber Leo Cull and direc tors for two years Eugene Mc Caffrey Dick Halliard West Bob Yates Lion tamer George lough tail twisters Paul and auditors Alex Mc Kay and Murray Roberts pian ist Ken bulletin Jack White and John Mines West Toronto club for Newmarkets high standing in district for achievements Bob Elected Optimist NUDISTS We have a report that a group of nudists had located on a farm north of Newmarket Whoa there not so fast Our inform ant tells us that they left the farm last Sunday REMOVE WIRES Newmarket hydro men removing vires from the along the east side of Main SI this morning in the first step towards the eventual removal of the poles Until the town coun cil about the fire alarm boxes the poles will be left standing There was some talk at the last council meeting of a telephone system of fire calls for the present box system President Club Wins Honours Members of the Newmarket and baseball which the Optimists Optimist Club have elected Bob have sponsored since the club This is the first week of the Lucky Farmer Photo Quiz new iiii Era and Express which can found on page five of this issue Supported by Newmarket Aurora and district merchants the feature offers onedollar gift certificates for a lucky farmer club president for At Ladles Night dinner meeting Friday night new offi cers were initiated by Optimist Governor Ross Clarence Toron to ami Lieut Governor Bert Barnes Toronto The new club executive con sists of Bob president Ken Stephens vice president and boys work chairman John vice president Jack treasurer Winy Playlet was chartered three years ago The Newmarket club received a special ribbon for activities in the Optimist district this year Besides a successful boys pro gram and the winning of mem bership and attendance object ives the club sponsored a con testant in the oratorical contest at the district convention in Lon don Vein Hutchinson Newmar ket won fourth place in the con test at London BAND IN ARENA JUNE 20 The Newmarket Lions club are sponsoring the appearance of the Accordion Band in the Newmarket Arena on Friday June at pm Included in this famous group are two Newmarket boys John and Wayne Wonch The group has won an enviable reputation for their versatility and the richness of their tone Their selections include every thing from the classics to a folk dance Their appearances in Toronto have earned them en thusiastic press notices This Is the second year that the club has been able to arrange for the band to play in Newmar ket and those who missed their performance last year have been getting their reserve seats early The proceeds of their appear ance will be used for welfare work Copies of the clubs financial report were presented showing that had been spent in welfare work to date Included in the expenditures were milk hospital expenses clothing dental work 114 donations eyesight park playground super vision tonsils 65 miscel laneous assistance Other highlights from the re port are the Christmas Basket fund through which was contri buted 931 and the raising of 11 for the Crippled Child- rens campaign Board Reverses On e Limit The public school board reversed its decision last night on age restrictions for September beginners which would have restricted over pupils out of who were registered in May Although a petition was sent to board protesting tlte restrictions made last week rotary Bruce Hunter told the Era and Express last nights meeting had been planned before the petition Parade Plans For secretary add Rod -Sgt-AtArrns- Retiring president is Jack Hamilton who was recently nt market Veterans As- named Governor of Optimist are holding their annual FAIL Zone District Ken Stephens tug day on Sal- A breakin and attempt to Under the national span- j open a safe was made at Perks worship of the Canadian Corps Feed Mill on Monday night but the day is to raise money for the wouldbe thief or thieves each of next weeks On page five is printed an aerial photo of a farm house and barn All the of that farm has to do to win his prizes is to drop into the Era and Ex press office identify tlie farm as his own tell us something about it and collect his lucky gift certificates worth 1 in merchandise in stores of participating merchants He vill also receive an en largement of the aerial photo suitably framed Thats all there is to it al though the lucky farmers are reminded that they must to the Era and Express office person so that there tan le no mistaking the identity of the farm week for the next weeks another picture will be printed In all farmers have a chance to win the certificates and framed photos This feature in being made possible by merchants who have contributed toward the cost of the feature and have each agreed to provide the lucky Col replaces Don Warner as chair man of the boys work commit tee Ho will coordinate a large athletic program for younesters in Newmarket in both hockey HELP OF PARENTS NEEDED AT CAMP welfare work among in district the MOTH A rare Lunar moth was caught near Newmarket this week Miss failed in their efforts to open the safe It is the third breakin at the mill At previous break- in a small safe was taken out of tlie building and safe crackers failed to blow it open Entrance Final parade plans have been made for decoration day on Sunday when the Newmarket Veterans Association will com bine its parade with the New market Wing of the RCAF Association The in conjunction with Air Force Day on Saturday had planned a parade for Sua- day which will fit in with the Veterans observation of decora tion day The parade lineup will be at the town hall market square at pm Sunday March- off will he at In the line up will be the Canadian Corps color party an RCAF band a detachment of airmen from Camp Borden the Newmarket Air Force Association Wing Canadian Corps Council and of ficials the Newmarket Scouts Cubs Guides and Brownies and the Army Band The parade will take the fol lowing route west on Timothy St south on Church east on north on Main St to the cemetery Eyes right will be at each cenotaph on and Water Captain J Camp Bor den will take the on the marchback at the Post Office steps The press was barred from the meeting last night Secretary Bruce Hunter issued the following statement from the Newmarket Public School board to the Era and Express this morn ing At a special meeting of the Newmarket Public School Board hold lost night with Mr O Inspector of Public Schools and the school principals the subject of accom modation for the new regis trations was again reviewed and it was apparent that additional facilities should be provided On the Inspectors approval another room will be equipped and this will therefore allow ac ceptance of pupils who will be six years old on or before Dec for Grade One and also those who will be five years old on or before Dec- for Kindergarten At a meeting the previous week the board had decided to accept pupils for grade one who were six years old on or before the opening of school and for kindergarten five years old on or before opening day After last weeks meeting a petition protesting the action was signed by parents The fol lowing was the petition We the undersigned do not agree with the belated decision of the Newmarket Public School Board to change the school entry age to five years on or before the opening day of school in Septem ber for Kindergarten and six years old on or before the open ing day of school in September for the first grade The children affected by the new ruling would have attained the Scout hall between and pm tonight A group of men went out to the camp on Monday evening Helpers are asked to bring their own ham mers Donations of benches and tables and cupboards also be appreciated Enquiries can be made to Percy Hutchinson chairman of the group commit tee STAR FABRICATES ON PREFABS Story On reamed Fiction interested in having moth asked to phone is but the mill Mr Perks owner according to COMING EVENTS By Caroline Ion jfab on the subdivision and yet Too often the large daily news- the story leads the reader to he- papers carry stories from New market are barely recog nizable to local residents when they appear in print Mr It McGregor have become P I and instead of hav ing five children the amazed parent will learn from the news paper account that he is the father of three Wonder where he misplaced those other two What a blow to the income tax exemptions that will be You can understand our sur prise when we returned on Mon day evening from a holiday trip to learn ve lived in a prefabri cated house Our feelings were shared by other residents of the Sunny Hills subdivision Newmarket pictures of whose had appeared in the Sat- of Mrs Herb Klines and daughter June issue of the -Tor- Janice taken in front of their onto Daily Star contractbuilt house reads Mi and Mrs Klines did alt of iv Such a disregard for accuracy appeared in thai issue of the Star when a fabricated concoction il lustrated an article by Paul Fox on prefabricated homes Under a headline which read Newmarket families save money by buying prefabricated homes using own labor to com plete them were shown pictures of Ibree houses on the None of these are homes It is certainly not that we have anything against prefabs What we arc concerned with Is the accuracy of feature articles V It the story is about prefabricated why illustrate it with built Until last there was only one pre- that over half of them be long in that category This year will see the erection of three or four more still a long way from half the houses on the subdivision Paul Foxs account is headed Prefabricated houses built to meet laws of Toronto suburbs We shall pass over that matter of Toronto suburbs Outlying districts are the suburbs of New market He proceeds to dis cuss prefabs Which barely meet the minimum of municipal by laws containing slightly more than square feet This is il lustrated with pictures of homes containing at least square feet The caption under the picture all of the work on their house themselves Mm Klines said today Our con tractor Mr Clark will probably sue lis when he reads we claim to have built the house ourselves I We moved in when he moved out The article continues In New market more than CO fine houses were built for about each by veterans Where this information was obtained we have failed dis cover a few vet erans who Were fortunate enough to be in the building trade them- solve percent of the homes on the subdivision cost several thousand more than Many top twice that figure with their real estate value being set at closer to than 0000 as mentioned by Mr Fox in his ar ticle Mr Fox Writes Kenneth and Mary Osborne built their attrac tive onehalf house including an oil burner and sev eral extras for a total of 0100 Aside from all of their own labor it is financed by the VLA mortgage Speaking to Mrs Osborne to day ve learned that they had neither been asked nor had they told Mr Fox what their home had cost Mr Osborne said Any veteran who though he could build our house with just over his payments would have a sad awakening It cost a great deal more than that The of Mr and Mrs Jack Arlitt was used as a further il lustration in this article on pre fabs but their house was custom- built with Air Arlitt acting as his own contractor as did Bruce Cutting and Nelson Ion When first saw Saturdays Star we were delighted to have a picture of our house We have intended taking one for sometime to send to fond relatives anil on the and West It friends coast of Canada and in Great Britain But our pleasure over the pictures was dimmed we realized how much incorrect information had been disbursed in the article All of us are behind VLA and the possibilities available to vet erans under this scheme We do not endorse Information which will mislead and disappoint pros pective home owners THURSDAY JUNK It Bingo under the auspices of the Aurora Canadian Legion Ladies Auxil iary in the Legion hail at pm specials Share- the- wealth FRIDAY JUKE Garden tea under iuspjees Aurora branch York County Hospital Womens auxiliary at home Of Mis Schuyler Hon- lonely Lake Si George Aurora I In pm Admission Transportation from New market phone Aurora SATURDAY JUNK Holland Lauding hall Christ Church bake sale and tea from 1 pm SATURDAY JUNE Iris show basement Christian Hap- church Only members of Newmarket Horticultural society may exhibit tries made be fore Friday evening Open to public pm SATURDAY JUKE Iris show new Marigold shop Only members Newmarket I society may exhibit I lifts made be Friday even ing Consult Hod Caldwell for further particulars Open nub lie in pm SUNDAY JUNE The Salva tion Army West Toronto Hand will present a program music in the christian Baptist church at pm JUNK Hi ft Of vocal and pupils of Mrs Ceo Wood and Mr Herman in Presbyterian art Joy Johnwm violinist JUNK Come our carnival eddh an at Kim on June by Kettleby United Church choir Adults cents children cents WEDNESDAY JUNK 18 pm big bingo in Arena cards Auv Tell your friends Special prizes THURSDAY JUNK lti The Aur ora St Andrews Presbyterian Ladies Aid will hold their an nual strawberry Tea in the new St Andrews church hall Every one is cordially Invited FRIDAY JUNK Newmarket Lions Club presents Ihe famous Hand in Newmarket Memorial Arena Tickets on side Rests Store Reserve tickets Rush tickets SATURDAY JUNK Our Lady of Grace parish annual garden party on the church lawn corner of and Maple reels Aurora Slipper served to ft pm Draw prizes bingo games fancy goods booth SATURDAY JUNK John School annual folk festival at Cherry I III Farm on No highway 1 east of from to Hi SATURDAY JUNK 21 Peony show Newmarket Horticultural society Further particulars from show convener Rod Cald well open to public to pm JULY York County Producers lion bus trio Livestock Confer- College Cucjph Tic lads available from chairman voile own Thonrr- Lowndes pre- I son inas and Cock- burn Agricultural Ticket TIIURS SAT Jets And Trainers In Fly Past Sat Air Display At Park Newmarket will see a flypast of jet planes and other types of trainer aircraft at approximately pm on Saturday The fly past will be part of Air Force Day activities here which will include a display of bombs and aircraft equip ment in the Lions club park The air force display will be open to the public at park from pm until pm There will he instructors on hand to answer questions A float from No 2 Technical Training school under the charge of Flying Officer Gallop will consist of three hydraulic panels for an HO Sabre jet fighter a heat and vent system panel and an electrical panel for the Sabre The panels were acquired from lie air- I bay of an aircraft Under the direction of Kendall will be an armament display from US It will consist of a Glen Martin elec trically operated gun turret of the type used on bomber air craft in the last war There will bo a IMA bomb sight of the same type used on Lancaster bomb ers mm cannon which armed Spitfire fighters as well as and puund bombs The public will see the new est types of aircraft armament including rockets A bombs are loaded in the bomb how bombs are loaded in the bomb bay of an aircraft- The flypast at will in clude Vampire jets fighters awards and Canadian designed and built Heavers A recruiting officer will be at Main St in the store former occupied by Robert Yates Jewellers Information about education and different trades in the will be available for anyone interested in joining the the age of in the beginning of their first year of High School if no grades had been repeated Consequently the school leaving age having obtained Senior Ma triculation would be 20 or This we feclfs far too old to commence specialized training for future life This period of time has to be financed by us the parents It is understood that there are two- empty rooms in existence which would dispose of the ac commodation problem These will have to be furnished sooner or later J It is considered that this prob lem must be faced it occurs and not put off until future years when the population of New market will be increased It is therefore recommended that the old ruling be reinstated In passing may it be said that the parents deplore the waste of time and money in registering and examining the children med ically and dentally It is assumed that the school boards reversal on the first deci sion will allow the more than restricted pupils to attend school in September The press was not permitted to attend the special meeting last night A copy of the petition had been issued to the Era and Ex press yesterday and this reporter went to the town council cham bers the King George school and the Stuart Scott school in an at tempt to locate the meeting This reporter phoned the Prince Charles school and located the board Supervising Principal A Jackson said he would call a member of the board to the phone Mr Jackson returned to the phone and said that the press could not attend as the meeting was on administration matters that is a committee meeting and that any information would be given out after the meeting Parents who had signed the petition of protest also had asked if they could attend the meeting last night The petition signers said they were told that it would be a private meeting and that they could not attend- According to tlie petitioners they were told by a member of the board earlier this week that the board did not have sufficient funds to furnish another room for the large number of appli cants this year According to the boards statement this morning it would appear that the board now has sufficient public funds of Ml Adults on page KINK Bingo in Legion hall at pm tendance prize share- thewcaMh jackpot games and specials Admission Sponsored by the Canadian Lou Ion Snowball church under auspices of Snowball It Newmar ket and Trade sponsored by the Horticultural THURSDAY NIOHT euchre every Saturday Time pm In North Memorial Centre It AND SAT At Fathers choice of the house Mens stock suits Regardless of prices marked on tickets Womens Association Supper J Extra pants Values WORD OK Mrs Edna lurch Cedar Val ley ft I has received word of the finding of the body of her brother Fit Harry son inlaw Roy Rumble threw Victor Thompson who was shot down with his crew over BROKEN HIP BURNS SUFFERED IN BLAST proprietor HillTop garage on St at Holland Landing was burned and suffered a fractured hip when there was an explosion while he was using a blowtorch I to Is being operated on in York County hospital today The accident occurred on Tues day Mr clothes wore set fire by the explosion land during war His body and those of the crew were found in the aircraft at in They have been buried in the War Cemetery at about tiO miles east Amsterdam a jacket about him putting out the flames In the process Mr Luff stumbled and fell over a tire jack breaking his hip Our have been ex tremely kind to us since the acci dent with offers of assistance said Mrs Rumble ami we op predate it very much Historical Society W Annual Picnic At Sharon Temple V to pm Program variety show I up to Frank Robinson who had been a resident of Newmarket far nearly years died suddenly at York County Hospital on Tuesday The second annual combined picnic of the York Pioneer and Historical Society and York County Womens Institutes will be held at the Sharon Temple on Saturdays June at Joint chairmen are Mrs Leo Watson president of West York and president of the York Pioneers There will be an address by Dr OAC and the introduction of York County members of parliament and executive members J warden of York County John Rye reeve of East and Cock- burn agricultural representative will extend welcomes An honorary life membership in the Pioneers will be presented to Mrs author of The Story of Sharon which was printed in the Era and Express to Mr and to a Sharon old hoy J K Kava- Members of the Institute will provide entertainment- Awards will be given to the oldest York County resident pre sent to the oldest member present to the Institute with the largest number of members pre sent and to the oldest member of the Pioneers present The basket picnic will follow the program at j Sv