r j u HA A Books Aid Success I of tii distressed the giver eater Joy to the already happy the charm a Shakespeare that soothe the breast The world music illimitable There Is no chord of human emotion P been caught op in Its infinite range put in all this variety of experience there la one work of genius that has a place U to There are redundan cies in the compositions of such contemporaneous composers- W Haydn Mozart and Beethoven But we think that Handels Messiah has a sublime place to itself alone of Despair We have read the story of how this glorious composition to be written and we hope our memory serves briefly to repeat it Handel had achieved great fame with former works and had gone to London to receive the patronage of King George and the plaudits of- the However often happens with men of genius suffered a decline and went Into eclipse Loss of fortune and health as sailed him as as failing eyesight These ills spiritual material brought him to a condition of despair and loss of faith In the midst of these tor ment he had an impelling in splration and out of it came the Messiah with its Immortal message of victory over appar ent defeat We believe that this sublime achievement was the work of few days only its author caught up by a power that would not let him go The result of this labor at white heat was a ma jestic masterpiece that will sur vive as long flfi human kind It the story of a soul tormented and of a soul triumphant the triumphs being signalized deeplymoving I Know That My Redeemer Li vet and the overwhelming chorus While Handel was ing royal disfavor he composed the lovely water This was played on the royal barge journeying along the Thames and its beauty restored its to ihe favor of the King These fragments of history which we believe are correct oc curred to us a week ago as we listened to the broadcast of the Messiah from Hall given by the Mendelssohn choir and the Toronto Symphony or chestra under the of Sir Ernest We are merely a music ama teur and not a critic Our only is to know when we are pleaded No one we think who heard the broadcast could foil to- be deeply moved by Miss Marshalls rendering of I Know That My Redeemer by the celebrated chorus which followed It These were things to linger long In the memory Miss Marshall has a lovely and It Is no wonder that it has brought her fame recently the United States Wo recall her some years ago on Singing Stars she was making her way to the fame she has now achieved We recall her faking a first on Stars and winning the first award Canada Is rich in musical tal ent richer in than in any other of the fine art Undoubtedly tills has brought about by such enter prising competitive musical pro grams as Stars and other music festivals are alt contributing to the mak ing of other singing Book Mr Ab telling us the other day of a campaign that is being Initiated on behalf of Canadian soldiers stationed In it would be indeed a poor world if there were ho music in it- Not everyone cares for books and other artistic and Intellectual employments- But there are few people in the world who do not respond In some form or other to the appeal of music It is the universal alchemy for them with supplies of pocket reading books This Is a very worthy object and should pro duce a ready and abundant re sult Many people buy these pocket books for easy reading and when they are done With them they are thrown out Instead of throwing hem away please hold on to them for the above excellent uses No tices will be published as to where they can be deposited and picked up for use by the troops As many books as can possibly be collected are necessary Rotary Club The Aurora Rotary club has made excellent progress since its inception its present member ship totalling about Its presi dent is Floyd Corner Lees Ow- is vicepresident is treasurer Its din nermeetings are held at the which latter is gain ing a remarkable reputation for Its cuisine under the care of its popular host and hostess Mr and Mrs Hugh We have heard many tributes paid to the under its new management John Willis chair man of the Youth committee was telling us of the work that is being carried out at present in connection with a Sons and Daughters night to be hold at the when parents will entertain their families There is no doubt that this will prove very suc cessful event Service clubs such as the Lions and Rotary exist for their members and occasional visitors for fraternal good citizen ship ideals In practice they perform excellent community services in welfare and kindrccV undertakings Say It With Here is a story as told to Au rora News Page by a St merchant last week Business competitors from outoftown come to Aurora and open up a branch Those of us who have been here for years and have helped build up town never receive a bouquet of flowers and good wishes from the Banner the Board of Trade Hut the newcomers do They are welcomed with open arms We have no objections to competitors coming to town Those of us who have establish ed businesses know that we can depend on our customers who have been loyal to us through the years But we who have been here for years some of its for a lifetime paying heavy taxes to the town cannot help but notice the flowers and the good wishes sent to competitors while we receive neither Maybe the Banner and the Hoard of Trade will decide to send all of us bouquets and good wishes for the Christmas week to help even things out a bit matters are at present of us dont such lion an merchants is very good It believe discrimina tion the St merchant complains of Is the result of ft policy Initiated by Picking editor of the Aurora Banner and alio we under stand the holder of the of public relations with the Board of Trade It is policy that was pursued at Richmond Hill while said J Picking Was editor of the Richmond Hill We have of course some sym pathy injured feelings of old St merchant Aurora News Page lias been in business since April J and neither nor the Hoard of Trade has sent us of flowers and good wishes However wo have re ceived from both donors some showers of brickbats which wo Aurora News Page J G SINCLAIR Editor DOAN HALL AURORA PAGE NINE WEDNESDAY THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYTWO EDITORIALS SOLVE THIS ONE solicitor Lome C Lee was requested by council to prepare his personal report on the proposed zoning bylaw now a major question in Aurora and one that the 1953 council will doubtless either pass or time but the time must i In the which the tinwnk Waivy others heed for revisiottol the Doling stores on Yonge street the case might lose his and wish to build is the he have to solve Sliould one the stores burn down or be another building to tekeVilafnl constructed feet i the Jot line This might a great owner the land concerned fie own a shallow jot and any new building be useless to him and thus he his property lie might only able to a much smaller biiild than lie had formerly- course his building would be stu back of the other buildings and although this Might not be too serious where one owns frontage it certainly would be serious if he only owned a narrow frontage We wonder who was the author of the bright 20 feet back from the idea in proposed bylaw Korea and to provide i accepted as Aurora Social News Iter iXtr f Aurora New will It to locals and MM itomuL phone The Womens Missionary of the Presbyterian cburch was hold at homo of Mr ilio Spruce St on P Thompson Ottawa the this week of her on Mr William Thompson The United church womens met in the church parlors on Thurydny installation of officers for took place at this meeting The If class was held evening at home of Mrs Walter Dunning and Mra grinding two months holiday in Florida purine the first half of I art fishermen landed mora pounds of Value More than 27000 mp to Quarto Mr anil Mrs Toronto were of and Mrs been appointed rector of Wnity Anglican church He succeeds Mr who ad weeks ago to West To ronto Sunday school party on evening in the church hull Mr Mr Copland and family on at the homo of Mrs Iher Mr and Mrs of Mrs officiated at organ for wedding of Mr Douglas Cornish and Miss Ruth Parr which took place on Wed Dec at St Saviours Anglican church Toronto Mr and Mrs Wain- Alberta have returned home after enjoying Cup finals and having a visit with their ion Gordon at coe Douglas at Newmarket AURORAS MAJOR QUESTION Charges Proposed For Aurora In The Present Zoning Bylaw Would Be Injurious To Town planning is not new It is thousands of Some of the oldest cities in the world are still most beautiful hi conception and design Paris Rome Oxford and Edinburgh Year by year they attract visitors all parts of the world The charm and beauty of these ancient arid historic cities are We mention this matter of the antiquity of town planning for the reason that it might appear as though it had just suddenly come into existence in the course of the last few years This im pression may have arisen from the rash of literature that has I made its appearance since the Ontario provincial government passed a Planning Act in the year It might appear that the pro vincial government is resolved oh a policy of increasing restric tion or the autonomy of has been little agreement oh it and for the reason that its contents so far as they have been examined are not clearly understood It would indeed be a tragic situation if such a bylaw applying to the municipality as a whole were passed by who admittedly do not understand m I The fact that members of council on their own admissions do not understand provisions contained in the bylaw is not a reflection on their gen- oral intelligence or understand- AURORA TOWN COUNCIL Funds Handed Back To Town Planning Board Resignation Among the business transacted by the Aurora town council at its meeting on Monday night December consideration was given to two letters one from Mr Youngs who was treasurer of the Aurora branch of the and Mr S Mills of the Aurora planning board A SQUARE DEAL It is The People the over like a square deal this sense of justice that keeps the world man with the big voice and the may appear to be having it all his own way for a time But it is only for a time People cannot be fooled for J long so6n the smooth phrases to the hard assess the situation If any man who is sincerely devoted to public well- being will stand by the facts and be prepared nice the those who ifear him he will will in the lie may find the going often rough He may often feel inclined tho fight He may feel posed to take the of his friends wild him that get no thanks for all his trouble This expectation of thanks should play no part in the of men who accept public If they are to the should in such service its own of outstanding pubhV that theyiHsceivcdvmore than But they remained unaffected by and even calumny Such had faith in and they stood for in tho end they won through and for tho reason that tight and will always win through As majority of people love adUAre also love a tough fighter My head is ljooty but unbowed wrote W and ho continued fiii- l V ABUSE A great has heard in recent months about It servo a iueftil purpose to look into the rrieanirio of the word An Oxford dictionary defines follows if make an or improper use of to impose ill improper treatment or pjoymehtra corrupt practice rude Jot of rud thrown around by who would classify aft And- is a gentleman Oxford dictionary clef a rriflii is wellborn on is good In short an exemplar a model tot imitation -yyv- Surely would indulge in abuse J His natural nnd inoMGnt fef manners would forbid an Indulgence in the practice of termagants and old of The things that gentlemen ho Employ abuse inevitably it must come from those who finding that can- not win sound argument choose abuse to obscure the Having been proved to in not manfully admit it and their or corrupt who resort to thods are dangers to their community- iib llmifitii progress improvements are needed in every community Those who try and bring about improvements often find tiiomflolves of from rented persons selfinterest before tlie public interest by facts whfch they cannot dis- thoy use as their remaining weapon pal councils It is possible to problems The conceive of a when the pro- zoning bylaw is a legal docu- vincial government might al most entirely supplant local gov ernment in the form of elected councils Because of the grow ing dependence of municipalities on provincial subsidies and grants from various depart ments a great deal of the for mer authority of municipal councils has already disappear ed Must It Continue Must this decline in Ihe au thority of local councils con tinue The question is funda mental- to the proposed zoning bylaw Which the Aurora plan ning board is resolved in push ing through- council it it can se cure the number of council supporters If it were passed the control of land and buildings in the municipality of Aurora would pass from coun cil to the planning board a series of future articles wo propose to examine the pro posals contained in the zoning bylaw which is in process of a second reading Thus far and there are no lawyers on council It is not only a legal document but it is a legal docu ment construed in extremely ob scure language Is It Needed Is such a determining bylaw needed in a small town such as Aurora For many reasons we contend that it is not needed The growth of Aurora has been slow over a long period of years There is no indication that such growth is likely to be accelerated in the im mediate future Even if it were likely the zoning bylaw in its present form would still be in applicable to Auroras potential needs The point that appears to be deliberately ignored by those who are pressing for the legal enactment of the zoning bylaw is that the town council already has the necessary powers to con trol buildings and the character and disposition of properties It has exercised such powers in the immediate past the proposed The Aurora branch of the Vic torian Order of Nurses went out of existence when the town made arrangements for services from the York County Health Unit In his letter Mr Youngs stated that as most of money had been received either in grants from the municipality or in payments for services by tho York County Health Unit in justice to the taxpayers the re maining funds amounting to should be returned to the town With hb letter the treasurer enclosed a detailed financial statement and at the same time requested that the same should bo confirmed by an audit Mr Youngs letter was accepted with the thanks and congratula tions of council Mr Milts Mills former vice- chairman of the Aurora plan board who by a majority vote in council had been quested to reconsider his letter or resignation informed the mayor and council that the must stand The resignation resulted the cancellation of an invitation to Mr Fred Kemp a Toronto lawyer and a proposed speaker on town planning as carried out in North York township The cancellation had come about in consequence of towns solici tors protest to Mayor Rose and council that in the circumstances concerned the presence of Mr Kemp at the joint meeting of council and the planning board would be a breach of profession al etiquette as affecting Mr Lee The mayor upheld Mr Lees pro test and was supported by coun cil- In his letter dated Dec subdivision on Ken nedy St being an example in point We have opposed the legal en actment of the proposed zoning bylaw for the reason among other reasons that it would wrest authority from a popularly elected body town council and place it in a body the planning board This and other reasons why we think it is not needed will be stated in future articles Mr Mills charged that mayor hod acted with impro priety In not referring the mat ter back to the planning board and further charged that cils action in rescinding the in vitation to Mr Kemp was a basic error in administrative procedure Other Business Council had beore it a report from tho department of health on condition of the disposal plant After some discussion the matter was left over for the at tention of the hew council Council appointed Mr King to serve on the recreation place of Mr Allan who recently resigned for business reasons Councillor Cliff took farewell of council on his retire ment and was thanked by Mayor Rose for his services to the town Council adjourned at pm For Friendly Personal Service Shop At JOHN MORNINGS DRUG STORE St Telephone J WILLIS v The Drug Store News- agent Tobacconist etc Business Founded St Telephone 21 B Stationery Wallpapers Select Range Of Greeting Cards etc Agent Fur Era Classified Ads St Aurora ANONYMOUS LEHERS Resent Attacks On Newspaper Charge They Damage The Town Opinions expressed by responsible citizens strongly condemn recent attacks carried by the Aurora Banner on the Aurora News Page which is an hide- pendent only the- interests of the citizens of Aurora As a wellknown merchant It would be very bad state of affairs in Aurora today if there woiie no other paper than the Banner During present year a great amount of progress ban been registered in Aurora Fac tories have been expanded mer chants have enjoyed increasing prosperity and new have been built With others tin der construction guidance of a of experience and ability the town council through many plans for the of the AS The encouragement and do velopment of sport Is essen tial In any progfosve is central point of I ho towns For that rea son it should be made as live as possible so that it would appeal to all who are in sport Besides attracting supporters of sporty its amenities should also attract visitors neighboring com munities -f- i Banner Attacks Mayor Hose ted by council dis played what was described by Councillor Cor bolt towns pro as the de plorable In stead of supporting tho mayor and associated w It in efforts to bring about on at jfti Ihihncr extraordinary of hint and others It defended tho board Which was appointed to tor the arena although donee showed that mayor and Ills supporters only in the best Interests of town the The Aurora News Page In public Interest supported Mayor Hose and monibors of concerned improve mi the- r had nothing to gain such support It was motivated only by the facts of tlie situation as they were presented Yet it appeared that possible the Banner published attacks on it even to the point of pub unsigned vindictive let ters V By good standards has never been considered ethical to publish personally or vindictive in any circumstances even if such were signed The better typo of editor relegate such communica tions to the wastepaper basket But this has not been the prac tice of the Aurora Banner In stead of taking such a it has published them although in nearly they were anonymous Damaging the Town To calculate tho amount of damage done to town of Au rora by such practices impos sible It is not suggested that Banner attacks are prompted or approved by its ownership On the contrary It is behoved by a number of people presumably speaking from that fanner ownership is strong ly opposed to practices rep resented by its present editor ship It is folk ly many citizens that had Banner given the same amount of time and energy to building up town by sup porting improve ments that it has given to what can only bo described as a form vendetta greater progress than that already achieved In Aurora during would have resulted y I The Aurora News Pago has served Its readers by giving facts and maintaining an editorial attitude oh the facts free ftoin personal bias and prejudice This course ftpitinufl- MONDAY FRIDAY DOORS OPEN FIRST AT SATURDAY DOORS OPEN FIRST SHOW AT MATINEE SATURDAY AT PM i Friday and Saturday Dec HERE IS YOUR WEEKEND LAUGH I ABBOTTCaSJlLLO lost in Alaska 2ND FEATURE I Two Roaming Chumps Monday Tuesday and Wednesday Dec PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF Here la The Picture You Heard So Much About WlMfi point STANLEY KRAMER PRODUCTIONS LEV COOPERhHrGH wrr 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