a tUXALuit Va a 6srr I prauw- v rr J EftA YEAR Wffly f NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY APRIL HOPE TO CUT DOWN TAX RATE FOR FEARED 1 MILLS Members of Newmarket coun cil are busy paring down their estimates for the budget A meeting was scheduled for this afternoon when the tax rate was to have been set Yesterday meting was postponed until Mon day night The public school board has been asked to cut down its esti mates for the year by Ex pected tax rate was mills SO council has been trying to cut down all budgets for the year in attempt to lower the rate WILLIAM CASE HEADS P C ASSOC The first meeting and election of officers of the Progressive Conservative association for the federal riding of North York was held at the boy scout hall New market recently William Case Aurora was elected to head the association for First vicepresident is Mrs Frank Hope Vicepresi dents at large are Frank Kettleby Mrs Fred Moffat Au rora and Vern Sheldrake Oak Ridges Head of organization and membership is Arthur Wells Maple publicity William Park Sutton Secretary is James ton Newmarket assistant secre tary John Perry Maple and treasurer Ed Little Richmond Hill Here are the champions the Gorman Smoke Ring bantams They brought honor to New market when they captured the bantam B title at Saturday night It was the first time a Newmarket minor hockey club has brought home an Ontario title After a grip ping series with the Smoke Rings won 3 in Godcrich to take the series and title Back row left to right are Raymond manager Glen George Robertson Dan Patrick Don Bone Jack Brooks Jim Barry Cook Wayne Francis Lewis Ken Bradley Walker trainer Frank coach Front row left to right Brian Million Bob Howard Don Lome John Larry Proctor Ron In the front holding the A A Morrison Trophy is Wayne Croutch mascot Photo by Smoke Rings Bantams Win 1953 Ontario Championship By George Playing the fancy brand of championship hockey that swept them through the early rounds in the OMHA bantam B tenet Newmarket Gorman Smoke Rings became the toast of Hub hockey faithful when Repairs Downed Aircraft Flies Off Bumpy Sideroad Fitted with a new propeller a single engine plane bumped along a rough north of on Monday and soared back into the air after it had nosed teto a muddy field Son- day Bob Wong of Cental Air ways Toronto toe the craft off the road and cleared the breach es of roadside alders by a few The plane had made a precau tionary landing on the farm on Sunday Starting out in the morning Rus sell Tombs Norseman St Isling ton and his wife struck out by air from Toronto Island for a crosscountry flight intending to make a triangle tour fnrtudfag Jacksons Point and Camp Borden An hour after ott the Tombs were cruising over Snake Island Lake Simcoe the motor began to trouble As precautionary measure Tombs headed inland to look for an field With the on the propeller A winch tow truck was used to haul the plane onto the On their return to Toronto Sunday afternoon the Tombs immediately took another plane up for a half hour before they returned home Their one child Janet was staying with rela tives Bob Wong of Central Airways owner of the plane said that at mospheric conditions probably caused ice to form on the car buretor on Sunday He said there were no mechanical trou bles when it was tested before takeoff Monday Only a new propeller was needed Wong and his brother are Chinese Canadians who served in the during World War Bob has taken many aircraft out of spots A gusty cress blowing when he roared down the North side- road and he had to pull the craft quickly Into a left bank to miss elm tree on the north J wing Mr The craft rolled bUAhea a short distance and nosed Inches Pictures on page over in the deep mud breaking nine they drove to a win over Lions Saturday in Goderich to capture the bantam B crownThis win clim axed a great series with God We dont have to remind our Hub and district fans the first three games in the series ended in a dead heat The victory brought Newmarket its first M A title and according to all reports flashed across the province those three tie tilts in a final series created history in OMHA annals The Smoke Rings were mag nificent In this winning drive They hsd to be to defeat The Lions were great competitors Prize at the end of the rainbow for the Smoke Rings was the coveted A A Morrison trophy You can lay a lot of the credit for the Saturday win at Coach Frank doorstep Frank made a couple of shuffles that really paid off in the long run First Frank had most of the lads change their sweaters and it took Goderich about a period to tag the Smoke Rings main scoring threats But prob ably Coach s most important shift was that of mov ing iron man Lone Babcock up to center between Brian Million and Wayne Spence That shuffle paid off handsomely and swiftly On the very first rush the game Lome knifed over the blue stripe and whipped a sizzling drive into the top right corner of the cage It was just too hot for goalie Bob Fisher to handle and the clock indicated it took just seconds to get that all important first goal Before the period had run its course Lome Babcock had dood it again on a similar On this one he accepted pass help from defense- man Barry Cook Those goals along with a terrific goal job by Larry Proctor who pulled off three sensational saves to dis courage the Goderich were instrumental in the Smoke Rings coming out of the period leaders But Lamb break ing down Proctors stoutly de fended bastion with long screened shot counted for God The teams matched a pair of goals each in the middle canto continued to make a hero of rocksteady Proc tor as they the Smoke Rings struck first sniping for two quickie genii Page Col is all april and i The cast of Papa Is all the Newmarket Dramatic Clubs next production provided mem bers of the club with an enter taining preview of the show at the clubs general meeting Tues day at the town hall Papa is All is the story of a Pennsylvania Dutch mother daughter and son who rebel a- a tyrannical father Mama and Papa are of the religion The son and daughter have not It Papa strays from the tradition for purposes of his own suppressing in the name of religion the simple pleasures and recreations of everyday life The play will be presented at the town hall on April and Tickets can be obtained from members Seats can be reserved at no extra charge at McCaff reys Flowers beginning Mon day April POSTER CONTEST BY HUMANE SOCIETY A school contest on posters about pets and animals sponsor ed by the North York Humane Society was completed this week Started by Dr Beverly Cal- of the Aurora Animal hos pital who is educational direc tor of the North York Humane Society the competition was en tered with the enthusiastic co operation of teachers by grades seven and eight pupils of St Johns King George Stuart Scott Prince Charles and Alex ander Muir schools Judges were Alex McKay and Rudy A cash award the most original poster went to Gary Edwards grade Alex ander school The beat poster caption was by Gaye Wil lis grade Stuart Scott school Best poster layout was by Jack Cain grade St Johns school They also received cash awards Because of the difficulty of Meeting from the numerous ex cellent entries the judges award honorable mention to Judy Morton grade Stuart Scott school Jack grade Prince Charles school and Virginia McDonald Stuart Scott school Mrs David Askew president of the Humane Society and Dr Calverly both expressed their pleasure over the enthusiasm of pupils who participated in the contest and cooperation of the teachers and judges I m I Accepted By Board A cheque for school taxes was accepted by the New market public school board last night a home for girls in Newmarket supported by the Toronto Community Chest The board passed a resolution to accept the controversial cheque by a vote of to 2 Voting for the motion was Chairman J I trustees George and Arthur Lloyd Against were trustees Allan Perks and Mrs Stella Cur tis Trustee Mrs Best was absent A controversial subject on the school board the question of whether should pay fees for girls attend ing Newmarket schools has caus ed difficulties on the board for several months Three trustees Mrs Curtis Mrs Best and Allan Perks were in favor of imposing school fees on the institution in February the Board of SL Faiths Warrendals gov erning board had sent a cheque to the town treasurer to cover the balance its taxes and approximately half of what was expected to be paid in remainder of the 1953 tax was promised lifter the town rate was struck The offer was made by the board to show good faith Council refused the cheque on the grounds that It was a school board matter and added the opin ion of the town solicitor that since Warrendale is a charitable institution it does not have to pay taxes under a provincial act and that the cheque could not be accepted as payment of taxes three members of the Continued on page Col North Gwillimbury m Backs Down On Plan For Police System Fans Provide Royal Homecoming For OMHA CloM to A townsfolk and old out of their bods in the very small hours of to celebrate the win of first and to give FIGURE SKATING CARNIVAL Show Acclaimed Best Yet For the third consecutive year the Newmarket Figure Skating dub presented it entire mem bership of over in a carnival on March 27 and 3a This was the first time that the club had attempted a threenight show The demand for tickets made a third show necessary The audiences witnessed the and best carnival pre sented by the club despite the fact that the springtime measles chicken pox and flu were active in town week minute changes were necessary Many routines were revised But like veteran troupers they saw that the show went on and it beau tifully Some of the young skaters who had practiced long hours missed the carnival through measles chicken pox or flu Many a beautiful crepe paper costume worn gaily at dress hung at the foot of a bed while Its owner tried hard to remem ber that next year thered be an other carnival and after all you can only have chicken pox once This years carnival had many firsts The costumes this season were designed and made locally by the mothers of the club mem bers under the direction of the costume committee They were beautiful There was variety and originality with color being the keynote for the small types and glamor and sophistication for the teenagers The couldnt have year was Improv ed over past productions Colored lights were spaced along the boards Here as In the working of the spotlights the designing and building of the scenery the master of ceremonies and the decorating It was all volunteer effort Fathers took over these tasks Another first for the club was that In the carnival the club was able With the excep tion of the comedy routines to provide all the solo work from Its own membership Original the woric of the clubs professional Harold Hart ley added to the originality of the program The carnival opened with a group of attractive cheer lead high stepping a welcome In red and white costumes Little Sally followed with a solo The progress that the club mem bers have made during this past season was evident The remainder of the first half of the program was an Easter party David Rhodes acted as narrator This Idea was another first for the club The of the Junior members under one theme provided continuity to the program It gave the pro duction a faster pace and left skaters on Ice for a long er Interval The audience had the opportunity of Identifying the Individual children and of ad miring the costumes In this pantomime on skates a young lad Guy invit ed to an Easter party Aa the solo of charming fantasy Guy spins twirls and docs some wonderful free skating and around the baby chicks raindrops sunshine rainbows violets tulips with their escorts daffodils and a Illy which he meets along the way As each new group was Intro Into the plot by the narra tor they would skate onto the Ice and present their group num ber Lawrence Curtis was the rain cloud who performed a duet with tiny Karen Peat soloed as the lone liy at the Eanter party For the first two shows Ronald Pennant filled in for Lawrence The variety of the routines and costumes added to the audience appeal of the Easter party white the class numbers showed once again advances made this season Each group deserves mention however apace doesnt permit It The baby chicks In their feathery crepepaper costumes of yellow pink and blue delighted the aud ience One tiny wee chick that hardly looked big enough to walk let skate kept ven turing from his group In some fancy solo work Another poor chick fell flat on his tall feathers and had great difficulty straightening them as he re joined others and white pale grey raindrops with sparkling spangles a sunshine yellow court bright red and green tul ips and dainty little violets all were part of the colorful Easter party In the second half of the pro- gram the older members of the the gallant Smoke Ring ban tam B champions a royal wel come- The welcome home celebration was made possible by Newmar kets win over Goderich Lions in the Goderich arena on Saturday night The victory a historymaking series that was one of the most bitterly fought finals in A annals as the two teams previ ous to Saturday battled to three ties one going minutes of The after- rivalled that given the celebrat ed Newmarket Redmen for the Memorial Cup win In Smoke Ring officials flashed the word ahead from Goderich that Newmarket had won the title and stopped at to say the new champs be home in an hour The town fire truck the Citi zens Band and a long line of cars formed up at Bells Comers and gave the Smoke Rings a fit- ling welcome when they pulled in there The players climbed on the fire truck and with Its siren howling and car horns blasting the early morning air a tour of the town was made The parade came in Eagle up across Muriel Ave to Queen St along Prospect to Davis Drive along Main to Queen St from Queen to Lome Ave then along Timothy St to the arena At the arena Coach Frank Hollingsworth sponsor Peter Gorman em ber of the team were introduced to the crowd and given a fitting salute by the assembled One of three Lake Simcoe municipalities which asked the province of Ontario for a change in the police act to permit forma tion of a joint police commission has backed down The reeves of the three muni cipalities North township the village of Sutton and township have been discussing a formation of a joint police commission for some time The same week that the legislature passed the act to en able such a commission to be set up and to provide grants North Gwillimbury backed down Decision of North Township to continue operating its own police department rather than join with and the Village of Sutton came before the third reading of the amendment in the legislature The three municipalities had engaged a Toronto lawyer to prepare their brief to the legis lature and until Monday of this week North seerped to favor it However at a spe cial council meeting on March they decided not to unify with Sutton Village and Township and to extend their own police force by a prob able purchase of another car and the Installation of twoway radio Reeve Roy Pollock of North Gwillimbury said dont know just yet how we will op erate it but we feel the present force it adequate and with Chief Hill working more than a regu lar day we can manage the sys tem ourselves Four council members were at the meeting The second reading of Bill took place Monday night and the third will be today For the time being we are not prepared to become part of a Joint commission said Reeve i Were willing to talk Total It over with the other two but RAISE OVER FOR FLOOD RELIEF Newmarkets overseas flood relief campaign has raised over to date Activities are still taking place in town which will be adding further amounts to the total The following includes recent contributions Previously contributed Church of the Trinity United Church further donation Salvation rum- mage sale Newmarket Dramatic club International Woodwork ers of America Other donations i THURSDAY APR Special Easter dance at Mount Albert Community hall to Norm Burl ing and his Kingamen orchestra Time THURSDAY APR Bingo in Aurora Legion hall sponsored by tho Aurora Ladles Auxiliary Good Sharethewealth games Time pm SATURDAY APR bingo in the Town Hall at gomes game MONDAY APRIL Scout- Guide Mothers auxiliary moot ing Scout Hall pm Pro gram by scouts Talk by Robert Martin Light refreshments AH welcome clw4 MONDAY APR ft Drama ten- in Sharon hall at pm Semi finals Churchill group is resenting Church Bolls presenting Your Church and Admission TUESDAY APRIL In Sharon hall at pm Sponsor ed by Womens In- Page Col CAN A meetings limbury township agriculture which teen held A fitltufe Good prizes lunch and w tw Institute quilt Admts- quilt Admts mis u C2WK WEDNESDAY APRIL R A meeting In the school day at We urge to attend THURSDAY APRIL Don re wZi I EVENTS of Hamilton will be at Wests store Main St New market FRIDAY APR and bridge at the Newmarket Legion hall at Admission Sponsored by York County Nurses WED FRI DAY APR A Tickets now on sale for the Lions Club minstrel show at Bests Drug Store Newmarket WEDNESDAY APRIL tea and bake sole under of York County hospi tal Womens auxiliary Fire- mens auditorium to pm Admission WEDNESDAY APR ulnole party sponsored by Young Peoples In noil at pm Proceeds for special project Admission WED AND APR Tickets now on sale for the Lions club Minstrel Show Bests Newmarket WEDNESDAY APRIL bingo at Legion Hall at fames Jackpot SharetheweaUh and door DANCING at Mount Albert Saturday night from to to Nona Burling and we feel we can build a better police department If we retain complete control of It And we think it will cost less to do it ourselves The three Lake munic ipalities had been blocked by the police act For the past three months they have urged Queens Park officials to amend the act Amalgamation of the forces would have given the area a force of six men two from North one from and three from Sutton Reeve William Park of Sutton termed North action which will cost the township a lot of If they set up an efficient police department of their own with their own Jail police sta tion radka and can it will cost them twice as much as it would to enter the Joint scheme he said He said Reeve Pollock had ask- him to delay drawing up an operating plan unttl Councillor James Clark of North Gwillim returned from a vacation in Florida because Clark rep resents the summer cottagers who make up the town ships 10000 population So they go ahead and have a meeting before Clark gets back and decide against the Joint force said Reeve Tliat certainly looks like politics to me Reeve Clark said the three municipalities had expected the Joint force to cost North a year Sutton and ton would also contribute its Jail and police station North has neither North will pay through the nose for a good de partment of their own or they can do It on the cheap by ing their men be on call hours a day days a year Mr Park said By Local Observer For close to GOO Newmarket children pupils of the five ele mentary schools in town Easter holidays begin tomorrow ten days of fun and freedom stretch before theni Outdoor activities will occupy most of the daylight hours Boys will hold of marbles and baseball For the girls there will be skipping and hopscotch Their carefree good spirits will fill each neighborhood with shouting and laughter this is the opportune time to pass along a warning motorists to exercise even greater care than A great respon sibility rests on than to be aware of childrens concentration an the game which makes them forget the dangers of the street and passing traffic few minutes lost by driving more cautiously will be well repaid for any motorist Those few minutes might make the difference between a child spending many daya or em months in hospital It Is a small price to pay for the safety of the towns children To parents and guardians falls a certain It doesnt lie entirely on the motor- shoulders Instruct your children in good habits and Insist on them obeying the rules If a child is taught never to run into the street after a bell without first looking to and left to see if it is safe is trained that the street BO play grounds for his garnet ball roller skating if he know that he should never play near parked cars then many of the accidents are recorded hi the newspapers each year will never occur As in most phases of daily liv ing safety is a cooperative mat ter It requires the interest and support of everyone adult and youngster pedestrian and motor ist The Easter holidays wilt be a period of recreation and for all only if do our share W For many many children throughout Ontario the fart it holidays like any other ten day period will he sprat in an valid bed a wheel chair with heavy braces on their young For these cr children an appeal is made an nually by the Ontario Society fcr Gripped Children Locally the appeal headed by Lions Club Newmarket Seeing the healthy strong children at play these next few days should serve as a reminder to all of us to forward our dona tion to the Lions el if we havent already done so Such financial donations should fee sent to J Barber Newmarket Drama MixUp A local resident offered Ms car to transport a group of the Newmarket high school students to their recent drama Not certain as to where he should prk when he reached his detti- and being later than hod anticipated the driver went directly to the front of the building Before ho could ask or the necessary directions as to the to cation of the parking area he was greeted by a group of eager teenagers and whisked into building Rather surpHsed at the warmth of their greeting and their to welcome him Page Col Tom Kirk Night Burdened By Numbers End Races Newmarket annual Kirk Night was held at Memorial arena on Tuesday ev ening This year the program was revised and proved success ful with all children having more time on the ice than in past year A Jackson who di rects the program said that there was less tension for smsller children on Tuesday night than when the competitive races were Included in the pro gram The annual XidV la sponsored by public donations through tho workers In the town with small businesses contributing well Contributions come from the in dividuals and none from any or ganised group The entire even ing is held in honor of the late Tom Kirk who was a member of the Newmarket Police force Various reasons were given for the elimination of tho from this years program The enrolment in the five element ary schools is so largo that to ac commodate the children a given ago grojm on loo tojd- mcet lmpcSl a the to is for the children particularly in the case of younger children Agt groups are largo at three and four heats In one would be necessary is un fair because a in the first heat might be a better and a faster skater than a winner In one the other heats win ners in the last heat have to compete with the winners In former heats who have had an opportunity to rest The competition leads to fair occurrences accidental or deliberate such as pushing hold and tripping the committee states Children who played hockey or have been members of a skating organisa tion for the season have ad vantage In the past events the evening wtre to too late an With program as now arranged younger children early for their homes The la hooter staged usual races an evening ot free was provided with time to the various ego child received a a hare were