n In Aurora A very neighborly sentiment was expressed in flowers last week when an outoftown firm sent a lovely of seasonable blooms to a new Aurora store The bouquet came to Mr William Knapp whose new paint shop is located at the Queens hotel on Wellington street The senders of the flowers were Cleaners of Oak Ridges Mr told us how much for free skating time pleasure he felt at this kindly for the children and parents of gesture from He was also I Aurora He has been deput for Mr C King We hope however that a permanent place will be found for Mr Bennett on the commission where his abil ity and enthusiasm would find a appropriate outlet Until he moves into new prem ises Mr Bennett will conduct his insurance travel and real estate business at his home St Aurora Besides other affiliations he is a mem ber of the Aurora Rotary club LAIR DOAN HALL AURORA TELEPHONE PA 74573 Further to information in other columns concerning Au rora Girl Guides and Brownies we learn from Mrs George delighted to receive a beautiful bouquet from the of trade of which he is a member Inci dentally he is also a member of the Aurora Rotary dob Those who have not seen Mr new store should look in and see his very artistic lay out It is most attractive Be sides paints he is also handling wallpapers and this service should fill the place made vac ant when our old friend G decided to discon tinue that side of his former business because of lack of store space As far as we know William Knapp will have the wallpaper Fish that the Lions club will trade to himself in this area donate free time each week for The study of wallpapers is a the holding of meetings at the science in itself for an j Lions hall This grant of the able color on walls will not use of their building is deeply only offend the eye but can cause appreciated and further news serious digestive trouble to the may be expected at an early date aesthetically sensitive Mr of arrangement of a time Knapp is an expert in wallpaper schedule colors interior decorating and Robins Take A Bath choice of paints j During the past two weeks He has been in business in robins nave assembling to- rora for the past eight years in considerable numbers After serving overseas in the I in gardens and on boulevards world he was draft- Bird students say that those are to the Ordnance department signs of early migration and pos- here in Aurora He liked Au- sibly early winter Meantime rora so much that he decided to from our kitchen window we stay and has prospered in his have observed as many as a paint business We wish him dozen robins taking a bath to continued good fortune in the gether in a small pool of water new addition to his business lying on the road the Queens hotel He has such Aurora Choir pleasant personal manner Mr IIHyd Harris is taking his youll enjoy shopping at United church choir to Bennett on October where they Mr A K Bennett whose will present a concert sponsored business premises were destroyed by the in in the recent fire on St conjunction with the Aurora has been for some time an active Members of the choir participant at recreation com- will stay overnight as guests of mission meetings He is an en- the Jaycees WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES Extracts From Town Accounts In reply to a number of enquiries concerning ac counts paid from the town treasury the following ex tracts are for major amounts as approved at the Sep tember meeting of council The accounts are for the month of August Aurora Banner 20794 Au- Metal and Roofing Building Co 14250 Wilson Hardware Hydro Electric 62191 Bell and Co audit fees Telephone Co Bowsers Attridge and Son Aurora 12739 County of J 26 Aurora Hydro Electric Corn- York indigent patients mission power Globe and Mail advertising Brass Co Ltd Re- Municipality of London indigent lief accounts patients August and Septem- The major amount account 120 for Rose Bros 102230 was for Rose Bros Haulage 107170 streets stone and gravel USE ERA AND EXPRESS CLASSIFIEDS TO TURN ARTICLES YOU HO LONGER NEED INTO CASH AURORAS BUSINESS KNAPP S WALLPAPER AND PAINT Located at QUERNS HOTEL TOW romi Decorating Contracts REVIEWING THE FACTS On his own admissions to council things slip the memory of the deputyreeve To rejuvenate that oft- confessed failing memory we shall devote ourselves to the review of a few facts in answer to a charge he cently made against us He said dont think the present editor of the Aurora News Page has helped Aurora in any shape or form When we started writing in the Aurora Banner in the month of September we were advised that the citizens took very little interest in local municipal affairs The percentage of voters who went to the polls was among the lowest in all of the Ontario municipalities We applied ourselves to the problem of getting voters out and in November 1949 the former high school audi torium was crowded to capacity In that election more votes were cast than at any time in the history of Aurora People became interested in local questions for the reason that a local newspaper presented the facts for their consideration Our opin ions may have been right or they may have been wrong But at any rate an interest in local affairs was created through the press and that interest has increased year by year In that same year of we visited the town library and were appalled at its neglect It was dirty badly lighted and an old stove heated one corner of the tomblike edifice We were informed that nothing had been done to it in years One member of council admitted that he had never been inside the place Others may have been in a similar state of ignorance but they were discreet enough to say nothing SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF We were advised that nothing we could do would move the town fathers Notwithstanding this sombre warning we concentrated our attention on the urgent need of putting the library in good shape We used up a lot of space in the Aurora Banner to drive home the need for giving Aurora an attractive cultural centre Several months later a wonderfully renovated lib rary was officially opened by Mr Angus direc tor of provincial libraries In the course of saying that Aurora hud now something to be proud of in the possession of its library Mr paid tribute to what he called the power of the press and made ref erence to the part the Aurora Banner had taken in bringing such a pleasing situation into existence We have no reason to regret the time and hard work we put into the job of helping the citizens of Aurora to get a library which is one of the best in Ontario RECREATION COMMISSION Time Claims Committee Report Highlight of a meeting of the recreation commission held on Thursday September 17 was the subject of free Sunday skating at the arena A lengthy discussion followed a report of the athletics committee the chair man of which is Councillor William Davidson other members being Councillor J Murray and Mr A K Bennett As the report indicated much sion on the absence of the study had been given to the director Mr problem and the committee was said the director had promised- c0 in unanimous in recommending to arrange a function at the J free skating for various age I arena by Sept but that noth- and organizations It had been done The prom- suggested that the free skating ised winter schedule for the period should be from I pm to meeting taking place that night AURORA Social News The St Andrews Presbyterian church held its Septem ber meeting at the home of Mrs Duncan McDonald on Wednes day afternoon A bale valued I at was packed at this meeting Weekend guests at the home of Councillor and Mrs Davis were Miss Marie Crowley Mar jory and Lorraine Tom and Harry Shaughnessay and Frank Crowley all of Mr and Mrs Leslie Wilson have been visiting friends in Collingwood Mrs was the guest speaker at the Evening Womens Association of the United church on Monday At a meeting of the Young Peoples Society of the First church the following officers were installed president Donald vieepres Floyd Billing secretarytreasurer Carol Tay lor pianist Joyce Mrs Harry and her son left on Friday for Arizona Miss Beverley Smith daugh ter of Mr and Mrs Rod Smith DOORS OPEN DAILY sat ADR CONDITIONED FOE Pi SATURDAY A WJ o S IT J 4 had not come to hand and no explanation was offered When it was suggested that a letter be sent to the director Councillor Murray objected say ing he did not see why they as a commission should have contacted the secretary in order to read the minutes of what had taken place during his absence pm Mr Bennett made the point that these hours would not conflict in any way with church services Mr Davidson and Mr Mur ray argued that there should be a free period for the children and adults of Aurora so that those who like skating could get together in a community spirit and enjoy their rink Other op- on holiday The secretary inions were that the arena board plied that this had not been was responsible for seeing that done the arena paid its way and thatj The chairman said he did not so much free time would be a know why the director was not dead loss present at their meeting that Points Of View J evening A motion by Mr Members of the commission- Glass seconded by Mr Stead- were unanimous in their view man directed that the director that if arrangements could be be contacted with a view to as- made the recommendations con- the reasons for his in Mr Davidsons report and why the schedule was would be welcomed by a great not presented many citizens The question j Wrestling Report was however one for the arena Councillor Davidson informed board the commission that he had Councillor Jones said the basis of the present setup was that the arena must be selfcon taining for which the arena board was responsible and Sun day time was very valuable Mr Bennett said the time could be rented before and after pm and pm Mr Don Glass estimated that Mrs Mulligan returned home last week after having spent the summer in Sydney Nova Scotia The Horticultural Society meeting was held in the United church parlors on Wednesday evening of last week The pro gram consisted of readings piano solos and a cello solo Miss Garstang will commence her studies at the Ontario College of Art on Mon day Members of the Gleaners class of the First Baptist church entertained the Dorcas Society of that church Mr and Mrs Chas Jackson Cleveland Ohio were guests last week of Mr and Mrs S Calhoun and Mr and Mrs Roy Fierhellcr Mr and Mrs George Philips and Miss Helen McDonald were recent guests of Mr Duncan Mc Donald The H class of the Au rora United church were guests on Tuesday evening Sept of Mrs Barnard Temperance St f tf r there might be an approximate matter was dropped loss of 1500 for the free time Mr John Offord presented that while murder was not done it certainly was not a place for young children where and Mrs was winas best you can Mr Davidson said he thought it lca to October a poor exhibition of socalled showmanship It was pointed out that the season for these shows was nearly over and the V i l S5 ADDED HIT and he could appreciate that report from the Social commit- that would be a problem for the lee in which it was stated that arena board and it was finally the Saturday evening dances resolved to refer the report back would be resumed on October 3 to the athletics committee with Resumption of handicraft classes a view to conferring with the was also being arranged sports and publicity committee of council Criticism Voiced Some criticism was voiced by Regret was expressed at the illness of the Rev George Pur chase and the commission ex pressed their best wishes for several members of the his early return to meetings BACKACHE caused hty liJncy When kidneys get out of order cuts and lie rest or Cut soon he time Pi- the tllef Get Dad Pills ft rar THE LIONS HALL I Lis it slipped the memory of DeputyReeve Mur ray that in the spring of lie was one of the of a motion at council to advertise the Mechanics Hall for sale or rent to industry The Mechanics Hall was erected in by publicspirited Aurora citi zens by their own labor and at their own cost For many weeks in the Aurora Banner we fought the propo sition to sell or rent the Mechanics Hall to industry Our efforts to save the hall for the citizens made us many enemies some of them on council The Lions club eventually secured the building for the nominal sum of although it was valued as a town capital asset at At any rate the part took in the matter was to preserve the historic hall for the citizens and we wrote many articles in defence of that stand If DeputyReeve Murray and the coun cil of that time had had their way the Lions club would not be using the hall they have today A FEW OTHER THINGS A few other things we may briefly mention we have dona which we believe have helped Aurora We have trailed the chequered career of the planning board which has cost this town several thousands of dollars without doing it one iota of useful service as far as have been able to learn On the contrary its official Plan has tied this town up in such a complicated knot that owner of subdivisions cannot proceed to use the land they own for building purposes While we arc not a temperance bigot or a killjoy we refused to accept a anonymous advertisement for the Era and Express and risked our circulation by steadfastly opposing beer and liquor outlets in Aurora Our stand on this contentious question made us enemies but also made us many new friends with our circulation being better today than at any time in the history of this newspaper The campaign we supported won a substantial majority We have opposed closed meetings of council The citi zens pay taxes and we believe they have a right to know what their representatives are up to For as long as we are in a position to do so we shall keep the citizens informed on what they have a right to know Briefly we have answered the charge of the deputy- reeve that we have not helped Aurora in any shape or form If he will tell us anything that he has done which has helped Aurora we will gladly publish it the question had become rather personal when on had start ed out to try find a building lot at a reasonable price A well- known realtor had informed the mayor that lots were being bought every day of the week but the sales were for proper ties in Newmarket and Rich mond Hill Wont Alter Decision Concerning the campaign to induce the Bell telephone com pany to eliminate the recent im post of a ten cent charge Oak Ridges and Aurora a letter was read stating that the companys decision must stand Rent P Rooms The chairman of the Lake Wilcox public school led a dele gation asking for space at the old public school owing to over crowding at Whitchurch No 13 at Lake Wilcox Council agreed to rent rooms at per month subject to janitor services and heating being provided as well as half the lighting costs being equally shared Steps In Driveway The case of the steps in the driveway of Mr W J Cowling was further considered the dep utyreeve taking the view that Mr Cowling hadnt much to complain of Several of council considered it was a bad engineering job Moffat declaring that Mr Cow ling should not be called on to pay the end agreed to pay half the cost of the re quested work and Mr Cowling paying the other half Will Get Mr Snow of Snow and Best had requested to use the space in front of his store to park his car while calling at his premises The subject being further considered the deputy- reeve said the fairest way would be to put in a meter at the space where Mr Snow wished to park and made ft motion to that effect COUNCIL REPORT Business Man Gets Meter Instead Of Parking Space The mayor struck a severe blow to the prophets who are constantly predicting that Aurora is about to burst at the seams At council meeting on Monday night Sept he said there were only two building lots available in Aurora under The mayor said he wondered and this was carried if members of council Raise the the serious lack of building A long discussion arose on fire lots at a price suitable for the arrangements between Aurora ordinary homebuilder He said King and Whitchurch It was finally agreed to increase the fire fees from to 60 for the first two hours and for every succeeding hour the an nual retainer fees of to re main Fires at Councillor Moffat said she had received complaints of smoke from the burning of rubbish at Sismnns while clothes were hung out to dry A promise had been made that an incinerator would be installed and the town clerk was instructed to send a further letter to the company Arena Deputy- Reeve Murray brought up the question of the repairs to the east end of the arena and slated that work should be un dertaken on the north and south sides He said the original estimate of 1500 was only guesswork and the work would probably cost over 5000 It was agreed that the town would pay some of the cost beyond the grant the arena board had received from Page Col Era and Express classifieds bring results J WILLIS 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