IOIST YEAR EXPRESS A NO NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY Here and There Around Town By Local Observer Here and there around town this week the conversation has turned to the forthcoming mu nicipal nominations and elec tions Speculation runs high as to the many who might seek of fice this year People are talking about Main St the dogs taxi licences as sessments and any number of topics In some instances the speaker takes the opportunity to congratulate the retiring council for their work this year At other times the impression remains that if the speaker were to be elected next year would see a much improved and more efficient municipal government As the time of the nomination meeting approaches more names are put forward- Too often their owners are the last to know of their proposed venture onto the stormy sea of local politics But all the talk interest in school board matters appears to be at low ebb- Humor has it that one of the retiring candidates will not seek re-election- Tomorrow night will tell the tale Doesnt seem to matter where Newmarket people roam they axe always hearing about home Recently when Quarter Master Stuart Mitchell returned to Korea he picked up a St Cath arines newspaper There on the front page was a story about an archery shoot in Newmarket It was great to read some thing about home Stuart wrote his parents Mr and Mrs Ted Mitchell Copies of the Era and Express are being forwarded by them to Stuart who is aboard Huron so heres our op portunity to say hello to him from his friends and relatives at home A week from Saturday on Dec Newmarket will stage its Santa parade under the auspices of the local Chamber of Commerce Many groups are busy with plana for their floats The Legion Ladies auxiliary Newmarket Home and School association have decided to enter floats Hilltop Lunch have indicated that they will also One father called the Era and Express office early this morn ing to say his daughter would ride her horse the parade I wasnt to finish my breakfast lie confided to the editor She was so afraid It might he too late to let you know so thats why Im calling at this hour At the time of writing this we are unable to reach George Mo- chairman of the Santa parade committee but In understood that about nine entries have been made to date Tomorrow is the deadline for entry into the Chamber of Com merces contest for which valu able prizes are being awarded There are two classes commer cial and noncommercial In each class prizes of and will be awarded to the best three floats Preparations are being made for the Canadian Legions Talent Show to be held a week from Friday Dec at the Newmarket town hall Here a group of the contestants are seen with the direc tor of the show which will feature Rod Wests orchestra and be tween curtain acts Looking over a music score are left to right Mary Lou VanZant a contestant Ernest Stefaniuk director of the show Rod West orchestra leader and Margaret Ann another contestant lions Out Contributes For Hospital Expansion Program The Newmarket Lions club de cided to contribute 1000 to the York County hospital fund for an additional wing The club contributed to the Santa Claus parade fund at a dinner meeting on Monday even ing The club members were hosts to a large number of visitors from Lions clubs in the district including Aurora Bradford and Richmond Hill Mayor Joseph Vale was guest speaker of the evening and both Fred Thompson and Moff Cock- burn in introducing the mayor paid glowing tribute for his long service to the town He has been on town council since Mayor Vale spoke on the ser ious problems facing Newmarket In its growth and explained how town must meet expenditures which are bound to result from future expansion The next and final meeting of the club this year veil he the an nual Christmas party to be held Monday evening Pec AURORA AW IK RURAL MS1HCTS Of NORTH YORK t Council Grievance Against Council No shortage of candidates is expected when nominations for Newmarket council close at tomorrow night Four newcom ers in the field of municipal af fairs have announced that they will definitely stand for election to council They are A Belu- Fred Counter John C Ham ilton and Bert Kent Others are considering but have not an nounced that they will stand Following the close of nomin ations new candidates as well as present members of council who Reconsider Library Plans Hope To See New Building Plans to purchase a residence on Church St for a public lib rary have been changed and a committee of members of the town council public library board and members of the Newmarket Rotary club have recommended the construction of a new build ing for the library At the last meeting of council a resolution was passed to pro vide to the library board for preliminary sketches for a new building The library board has made arrangements to en gage an architect Possible location for the new building discussed by the library board is on Park Ave west of the municipal parking Reporting to council Deputy- Reeve Herbert a mem ber of the special committee said that the committee had discussed MEDAL Sgt Newmarket now in Korea has been awarded the Coronation Medal for his past services was In action for several months during the Kor ean war returned to Canada and recently he returned to Korea for a second tour of duty J FINED 100 William Foster Jr Holland Landing was fined and cosh and his premises were declared a public place when he was con victed in magistrates court New market yesterday of keeping li quor for sale The charge of boot legging was laid following a raid on his home by provincial police on September In the raid the police from the detachment seized a quantity of spirits liquor and beer Included in the confiscat ed beverages whicn were presen ted in court were rye scotch sherry and other wine dozen empty pints of beer and five doz en full pints of assorted brands SUGGESTS TRAFFIC LIGHT A traffic light at the corner of Main St and Timothy St will be considered by the town council at its next meeting Mayor Joseph Vale suggested that a light be erected at this busy corner and the police com mittee was asked to submit a re port on the proposal at the next meeting which will follow the elections ear of IT Boucher New if the opening Gorman Smoke Rings member of dignitari- the proposal to purchase the house at the northeasl corner of Church St and Park Ave and decided that it would be better to construct a new building He said that it had beer estimated that the total cost of purchasing the house and of putting it into proper condition for a library would be approximately For or more we could have a neir building he said Mr said that the cost to the town would be offset by a bequest of from the estate government grants and another possible be quest The Rotary dub has indicated that it will make the same offer of financial assistance toward a new building Previously il had offered to raise as much as toward a library building Mr suggested that a standing committee on the council be appointed to work on library building plana Want Change In Towns mm f m Building Law Changes the town building bylaw were suggested at a recent meeting of town council when complaints were heard from a property owner on Avenue Road The owner had complained that a house built by Charles was only six feet from tne street line of Avenue Road that oilier owners had built feet from the street In compliance with the During council discussion it was learned that Boyds house was on a corner lot lac ing another street and only flank ing Avenue Road Facing Stan ley St the house conforms to the bylaw said the engineer It was suggested the bylaw changed so that corner lot houses do not extend closer to a street than other houses The provides thai buildings constructed feet from the street line or in line with exist ing buildings on lots other than corner lota Mr sug gested that In future there should he CO foot frontages on all corner lots to prevent what happened on Avenue Road Extensions on the front of a building at the corner of Timothy St and Cedar St by Ray Jet- toy were criticized by Councillor Wright man who said We shouldnt allow old buildings to be extended at the front Mn that the building bylaw only provides that buildings do not extend be the lino of existing build ings and that Mr exten sion was in compliance with the bylaw FALLS FROM REAR OF TRUCK DIES A in the of a truck was killed last Saturday on the fourth concession three miles south of Newmarket when he fel oxo the pavement Al Caliigaro Ave Toronto and two other compan ions were riding in the cab of a halfton truck travelling north and DAndrea an em ployee of also of To ronto was riding in the back of the truck While the truck was travelling miles an hour lost his cap While trying to catch it he lost his balance and fell bead first onto the pavement was rushed to York County hospital and upon ex amination by Dr was found to have serious compound fractures of the skull Within minutes he was pronounced dead by the coroner Dr Ed wards D Andrea was years old the only son of the late An tonio of Italy CONVICT DRIVER INVOLVED IN RECENT CRASH Johannes Aurora was convicted on a charge of drunk driving when he appeared be fore Magistrate yesterday The charge was laid following an accident on Octo ber in which three Aurora people were hospitalized Injured in the accident were Mr and Mrs Marshall Bank and Miss Anne The driver of their car William Rank was not hurt According to the testimony the truck driven by Tolman was on the wrong aide of the road and Mr Rank although he swerved his car was unable to avoid the collision The Ranks were on their way north to their summer cottage when the acci dent occurred about a mile north of Davis Drive on No highway was sentenced to days His truck licence was suspended for three months and Ills drivers licence for a year A will be standing for reelection will have important things to say to electors Interest in the muni cipal elections seems to be great er this year and it may be that there will be a full house tomor row night at the town hall A Be la sin who says he is aroused by the treatment he has received from the present town council promises an important message to the electors His grievance with the present ad ministration is over his months old application for a parcel of land which he wished to purchase for a factory Mr has resigned from both the ketSutton high school district board and the hospital boards in order to stand for election to council Mr Belugin had the following to say to the Era and Express It is my firm opinion that any citizen criticizing a public body such as the town council in a severe manner should be pre pared to back such criticism by being ready to offer his services on the said body it elected to see that any apparent evils he resents are corrected T am now in that position and acting upon my convictions am offering myself as a candidate in the coming elections he said I have resided in Newmarket for years and in that period wit nessed many an action of coun cil with which I did not agree This years council however has reached the point beyond ordin ary criticism and tolerance I shall not comment on ccr- because I have no proof of their authenticity However there tain unpleasant rumors reaching is one case my own where I have all the facts necessary to show a runaround given me by the council for the past 11 months during which time I have wit nessed what appears to be defin ite favoritism on the part of cer tain members of council Somebody must stop that I am out to fight and if possible to eliminate the two Joes and what I might think to be a satellite clique in council should think it to be a duty of every voter who might agree with me on this subject not only to vote for me but his circum stances permitting to offer htuv self as my running mate to help to clean out any possible unfair ness and discrimination in our town council I shall give fuller explanations at the nomination meeting he said Frederick James Counter 150 Main St is a new resident in Newmarket but for three years has been in business a half mile outside of town He operated the Hilltop Lunch northeast of New market on the highway to Lake Simcoe He recently sold his business and applied to council to purchase townowned land on Eagle St for a commercial build ing He had intended to build stores and apartments on Eagle St but has decided to discontinue his plans Although he has lived most of his life in Toronto Mr Counter joined the brigade In the first World War at the age of and marched out of Newmarket with other men of the district to serve overseas His son served with the overseas in the second World War Mr Counter with his father has owned five different busines ses and business administration is his strong point he says He took night courses at the Uni versity of Toronto in business ad ministration lie was foreman in a Toronto plant for a number of years and was a member of the foremans club in Toronto Mr Counter was born in Dev onshire England but came to Canada as a boy He soys he has plenty of time at the present and is willing to serve on council John Hamilton Queen St was born In Newmarket has lived here all his life except for four years when he serve In the armed forces He spent three years overseas He SEPARATE SCHOOL TRUSTEES TO BE ELECTED THIS YEAR For the first time the election for the Separate School board will be held with the regular mu nicipal elections Present mem bers of the board include Peter Gorman James Jr and Father J MeCabe who was recently appointed to fill the va cancy caused by the resignation of Joseph Retiring mem bers of the board are Mrs Mary Stevens Walsh and Earl Griffin COUNTER was educated at the public and high schools In Newmarket Mr Hamilton Is a past presi dent of the Newmarket Optim ist club and past lieutenant gov ernor of the Optimist club dis trict He always has been a public spirited citizen At pres ent he Is purchasing agent for the Canadian Hoffman cry Co Newmarket A Bert Kent 20 Pros pect St has lived in Newmar ket since the end of the war but he first came to Newmarket to take basic training at the New market army camp He drove a taxi for Vets taxi for a consider able length of time present TO ELECT THREE J TRUSTEES FOR SCHOOL BOARD Three members of the New market public schools board are to be elected this year The only persons who have declared that they will be candidates this year are two members of the present board Mrs Stella Curtis and Mrs Best There are six members of the board and three are elected every year for twoyear terms Members of the present board are J Bel chairman Ar thur Lloyd Alan Perks George Mrs Curtis and lira Best Mrs Curtis Mrs Best and Mr complete their twoyear terms at the end of this year Plans Complete For Santa On Dec 5 file Santa parade to be held in Newmarket a week from Saturday on Dec will start at on Davis Drive oppo site the Dixon Pencil Co factory A variety a floats have beer entered in the parade and more are expected to come in the next two days Arrangements have been com pleted for Santa to appear in the parade and he wilt also appear at a children party at employed In Toronto wife I the theatre following the- COMING EVENTS EAST mw NOMINATIONS East nomination held torn THURSDAY NOV Aurora Legion hall by the Indies Auxiliary Shnre- Time pm Ad mission games FRIDAY NOV Newmarket- Sutton District School An nual At Home School Auditorium pm Don Ikes Orchestra Dross optional 250 per couple FRIDAY NOV Andrews homemade baking and afternoon ten from 3 to 5 pm Tea SATURDAY NOV The Army Home League sale and ten in Town base ment with band program in Citadel Watch for de rails SATURDAY NOV St John bingo Newmarket town hall Jackpot TUESDAY DEC Tot luck upper pm under the auspices of York County Nurses in St Johns school New market TUESDAY DEC I Euchre In Sharon hall at pra pon- by Hope Hobby Club Good prizes and lunch Admission WEDNESDAY DEC 2 Bingo in Newmarket Town hall spon sored by the Veteran Time Snarethewealth Jackpot cards Attendance THURSDAY Trinity United Church Newmarket at Free admission 3W37 FRIDAY DEC 1Rnznar lie auspices of Presby terian in King City United church rooms pm sale of aprons and quilts home baking articles afternoon Ma 30c FRIDAY DEC in King City Masonic hall by Marie Athletic Association cash anil prizes jackpot Specials sftniTtheweath sharp Ad mission SATURDAY DEC Lodge bazaar and ton featuring fancy goods aprons towels toys and parcel post and borne cooked foods Tea served From to oclock In ball Aurora WEDNESDAY DEC Bingo Legion Halt Newmarket Good prizes pot Door prize Free bus on route after bingo SATURDAY DEC A super Santa Claus Parade at Mount Albert at auspices of Chamber of Commerce DANCING every Friday night to Alan Gates and orchestra In Arena halt EVERY Saturday night at Mount Albert hall to Norm Mod ern and old tttl LADIES ARRANGE FOR LEGIONS CHRISTMAS PARTY Plans for the annual Christmas party for the members and their husbands were completed at the regular meeting of Ladies auxiliary Canadian Legion New market branch on Nov The party will be held in the Legion Hall on Dec The auxiliary will enter a float in Newmarket Santa on Dei It was decided to send both the color party and the float to the Holland Landing parade the following Saturday Convener of the flout is Mrs Arthur Sheridan In charge of the plans for the Christmas party is Mrs William Brookes The election of officers will be held at the next general meet Thursday Dec A full attendance Is requested for that important meeting WOMEN TEACHERS MEET The November meeting of the Newmarket Women Teachers Federation was held on Nov at the King George school president Miss Nelly welcomed the Aurora teachers who have decided to join In meetings this year It was de cided that December meet ing would bo held in Aurora Mrs Caswell gave a talk on the first chapter in part three of the book the group has been studying chapter dealt with the total growth and de velopment of the child from birth up to years of age It was under the headings motor characteristics personal hy giene emotional fear and dreams Hit and sex Interpersonal relation play and school We ethical and philosophic outlook is one of few women who are pensioned wnr veterans She served in the A critic of municipal affairs Mr Kent has decided that he should back up his criticism by declaring himself candidate for council Other citizens have been think ing about standing as candidates but most of them have decided to wait until nomination night to make the final decision parade Candies and peanuts will be given out Cash prizes are being offered by the Chamber of Commerce for the beat floats Deadline for entering a float is Saturday Nov Entries are being accepted by George chairman of Santa parade com mittee of the Chamber of Colored lights on Main St from Water St to Drive were put up by the Cham ber of Commerce Am Expect Members Of Council Seek ReElection For 1954 It is expected that most of the present members of council will be standing for re- election this year with the exception of Mayor Joseph Vale and Reeve Arthur Thompson and Rudy Each member is elected for a twoyear term Mr waa appointed by council last year to fill a vacancy left by William Evans both of whom have I Young It is Mr Thompsons served for many years on town turn for reelection this year council Mayor Vale who has served Newmarket for years has de clared that he will not stand for reelection Reeve Evans who has served for 21 years will not stand for reelection of illness Reeve Evans has been in hospital twice since he was taken ill in July and he will be confined to his home for a con siderable length of time DeputyReeve Herbert Glad man was elected in in a special election to fill the vacancy left by tho late J Mr has not stated what office he will seek this year Councillor Edward who has served one year has stated previously that he will seek reelection to town council Councillor McGulre who served one year has declared that he will be a candidate again Other members of council have not said that they will stand but It la believed that they will seek reelection to some office Joseph Dalea has served for five years Frank Bowser for years Charles VsnZant for five years and Lome for five The Newmarket hydro com mission Til wbo been a candi date for mayor will not be run ning it today Mr that hold the of Court be Is not