By Local Four babies timed their arrival Cot Christmas day at York hospital On Christmas Eve there were no less than babies in the nursery The hospital established a record which stands for at least Ihe past six years for the num ber of patients in hospital for Christmas The usual number is about This year there were 64 Set Town s Payment Of Inspectors Expense Municipal ex penses took up time through at the last meeting of the town council held a Monday The annual the weed inspector is set When council received a for 21885 members could on j or not it shoube paid The in hospital for these or A 2 liSfti appointed at I beginning of the year had good job but the question or not council would setting a precedent by paying bilL By doing so a Councillor Dales council would allowing the inspector to set sal- by the thoughtfulness of others One evening the Salvation Array played music outside the On Christmas morning they distributed gifts of fruit and candy to the patients and sang Christmas carols i On Wednesday evening a Men- group from Oxbridge visit- the hospital to sing carols The following night Christmas Eve two other groups of carr iers called One was Christian Baptist church and the other from The Newmarket Citizens band made some visits to shutins the Christaa season They SLd on Reeve Arthur Evans while he was home and selections for him Mr was pleased to hear his request numbers as played by the band Everyone has been pleased vlth the appearance of gay way the St decorated for the holiday Brightly decorated store Shadows added to the festive air the business section Windows of residences have teen decorated with colored as have many of the ever- outdoors- One house boaster a Santa of its own on Its rooftop the hospital had a busy time over the Christmas holidays an other public Institution Jail set a record for quietness There were no arrests In Newmarket The local police didnt have to bring charges of driving while in toxicated dangerous or careless driving against anyone during the Christmas holidays were a few accidents but ell were minor They were caus ed by road conditions and not by carelessness or the mixing of al cohol and gasoline With a fine record for the community it would be a shame to have It broken over the New Years holidays Tonight there Perhaps it been better if he had an interim report the job would cost 50 I said Councillor Dales then we I could have decided if needed extra work done or I dont think this exces sive bill at all said Mr Vale He does a fair job sent out notice bet that that is more any other year Said Councillor Pay w members of council for but we cannot for another because work- When is this weed inspectors he should not have more He shouldnt slap Jt without asking declare Dales We should refer tat ter to the incoming Otherwise it would be dangerous precedent that the matter had council since October should give him the leave to reapply to council Otherwise it allowing him to set his he said he made a proper job he could not have done it of I have had no complaints Councillor brought before council for ano ther six weeks Councillor who just arrived at the meeting said that he did not understand what he had voted He thought that Mr Dales motion was an amendment and that the vote had been taken on it The mayor called for a second vote on the resolution and it was carried Mayor Vale casting the deciding vote Then a vote was taken on Mr Dales motion It was defeat ed We are taking too much upon us said Councillor Dales Give it away Weve got lots of it WEEK OF PRAYER JAN TO JAN 7 The annual week of prayer commencing Jan and ending Jan is being initiated in New market by the Ministerial associ ation Christian union meetings are held in various churches and the association hopes they will be well attended The next series will be the pre- or Lenten services cul minating in a three hour service in St Pauls Anglican The Ministerial association of Newmarket is composed of or dained ministers having charge of a congregation The president is Rev J Aiken vice president Captain McEwen and the imme diate past president is Rev P POLICE WARN DHVERS The local police force adds its warning against driving while drinking wont look so bright if seen for the first time through the bars of a cell at the towns jail The Newmarket council pass ed a bylaw last week required to turn over Eagle St property to Metropolitan Toronto for its proposed 2500000 home for the aged Mayor Vale said might be well to stipulate that the work be started in and car ried to completion He said that if the Metropolitan council wanted the town to pay the costs of a road at the property it would give the town four acres of land south of the Heights subdivision It would not do much good if I were to make my objections to this bylaw now said Coun cillor Dales Mr Dales had op posed the move to give the land to the Metropolitan council without charge when council voted on the proposal earlier this year The bylaw passed last week merely gave legal confir mation to councils earlier deci sion The mayor said that services would cost the town nothing be cause sewer and water services were already installed as far as the property limits Councillor said he understood that sewers were al ready overtaxed on Eagle St The mayor said that trouble with sewage on Eagle St had been caused by tree roots and that the trouble had been rec tified Council inserted a clause Into the agreement stipulating that construction be started in Vale said This is going to be the equivalent of a first class industry Civil servants will be employed there on a time basis Full employment will be maintained in good or bad times Time tell Mr Dales commented There are points for it and points against it Maybe we should find an other nine acres and give it away said Said DeputyReeve Gladman You have never given away anything that will be so valu able to you later Second Raise For Members Council Is Turned Down Councillor Dales present verbal motion that Mr Mili it suggested at the last paid the with leave to of the Newmarket ply to the council for t that a councillors annual for expenses be further increased to Considerable confusion that received by county followed and a member At a previous mayor who interpreted It a motion by Councillors had agreed to and VanZant was read by annual stipend in from to Mr Dales motw Vae The resolution called for the before of Mr Miller bill by legalizes in town have been 21885 When the vote was previous meet- dances House ken the resolution was double the figure for CotwciHor Dales pointed that the resolution could not discussion I Sf Sir Milter bill market most i n wqq auditoriums reserved for parties are planned by others for New Years Eve HASH Gives Coaches Views On ugh Play By George We think been aid and doesnt have to be repeated to go out and lay the Era and Express columns the fiUck are always open to our readers Anyone can take a slap at this corner if they wish Everyone is entitled to their opinion welcomes any difl- cusslon on the subject of sports I only by discussing the it back cornea a return compliment and before you know It everybody doing it The sound of a hockey stick cracking down on some lads noggin isnt a very welcome sound Neither Is the chore of of the moment and getting a to because at them from every angle that we can hope to successfully cope along a few of the reactions to our recent hockey edict n Merchant have Instructions if than two penal ity gome they sit out had four pcnol- games and Cec Turn- at them from every angle that hJ dared hockey It might seem we are direct- w No With them This paragraph said game was rough and sticks were too high We told Francis and Pater Gorman so that night We havent changed our mind We called it as we saw it At all our remark at coach we dont want and the any to the op- Smoke This not so I P weve been around Frank ana the teams hes Frank knows how to handle boys and is an ever willing worker for minor ib request of the Million of ficial d In our capacity of SS5 check North Rough play is by no means a York problem- piov- to tell thl you t totirdte US murt tackle d tackle Sayera ctried diligently to overcome S5S were able to Editor Mrs Ion took up the leu than a discussion also a one exception problem for parents No parent Sw deeds any less is interested in sending his boy Set they were In- down to play hockey and have by him come home with scars in- tiiaSrtjyr to the by an Illegally wielded trying to out hockey stick SriSoS The proa plan to hit the 5ahSaymurt be curbed whwr it hurts the If T latter remark sounds its only because this Interested in a return to dean hockey Hockey can be at which a boy can ay home without being L The rising toll of Injuries the hockey stick is getting most In the pocket book We cant do this In minor hockey where tha Is However wo can bar tha and and guilty tesma from A Recant North York league ruckus brought ton re notice play is The boys can if they want Wood- 30 worker for Is off player and W t winter Wo Injuries We Tha for Alliston tobo is Player winter and Nobli Earl W manager h around want them c f for t know I youre and from all pullitf do by First working well be Councillor Dales said If we are in this for the money I must in sist that the reeve of Newmarket receive what the reeve of East gets He intimated that the eight dollars to be dock ed for missing a meeting be ig nored But surely you arc not ser iously considering the raising of the stipend again added Mr Dales I certainly am It should he the same as the county said the mayor I want to see the hoys get what is coming to them but It has already been decided to give an extra 150 said Councillor Lome Why not make it retroactive for the past year suggested Councillor McGulre Ills remark brought laughter It was decided to leave the an nua stipend at TOWN LEAGUE GAME Wo want to start the hockey New Year right and the place to do it Is in the Newmarket arena on Jan Its the big game of the Newmarket and district hockey league season as Markhnm Mil lionaires clash with Newmarket Regents Prize dangling before the leagues strong teams is first place Game time is pm In the nightcap Its vs Aurora Wildcats Ray Smith Newmarket Sports and Cycle proprietor Is offering a door prize of two silver dollars Three new residential subdivi sions are expected to be opened in the new year At the last meeting of the Newmarket town council plans for the subdivision were reviewed briefly and re- to the new council The plans have been approved by the Department of Planning and De velopment One of the new subdivisions will be on St Another to be started by Max on the north side of Eagle St opposite the new Metropolitan Home for the Aged site A third will be opened on the east side of St at Crossland Farms property Recount The traditional pantomime was presented at the Newmarket town hall this week by the Newmarket Dramatic Club and the Betty Gordon Dancers Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp was the presen tation this year with as usual a man taking a female role and a girl taking a male role Widow played by John Kudelka left expresses emotion when she learns of the forthcoming mar- I Taylor Newmarket High of the Princess centre played by Peggy to her son I School Students Council CONTRIBUTE TO LIONS BASKET FUND Christmas baskets were given out to needy families by the New market Lions club this year as in other years The following is a list of those who have contri buted to the fundi A Friend Howard 50 Morton Bros 10 Grant A Gathers Chester Best SimpsonsSears I J B Cecil Aladdin played by Styke Photo by CLEARS CLUTTER With A Few Hours Left In 53 By Caroline Ion Womens Editor There are only a few hours left to the old year As wc stand at the threshold of a new one we should stop for a moment if only to scrape the mud from boots We dont want to trackup even the vestibule of the house 54 which we are to occupy God willing for the next 355 days The past year has held both good and bad for most of us In preparing for the one to come we shall be that much better able to do our task If we have clear ed the clutter of a years accum ulation from our lives The New Year is a time for assessing the worth of our past achievements It is a time for honestly considering our rela tions with ourselves with our God and with our For as Shakespeare has phras ed It This above all to thine own self be true COURSE FOR FLOWER SHOW JUDGES OPENS The first of a of to train volunteers judges of flower shows wlU be held on Wednesday Jan pm in North York Memorial hall Stop The course will continue for three months with a class being held every other week The course Is being sponsored by District No Ontario association in an ef fort to provide qualified judges for the area The older horticul turists who for many years have been judging shows are retiring or as has happened in some instances they have died with no new trained judges to take their places Each society Is urged to send its show convener and any other interested members to the course If the standard of flower and vegetable shows is to be maintained fully trained judges are necessary The members of the Newmar ket Horticultural society who are interested In registering for the course are requested to contact the president P Fish or Ernest Winter Please note the change of date to Wednesday Jan And it must follow as the night the day Thou canst not then be false to any man beginning of a new year Is a time of stock taking Just as the merchants clear their shelves of unwanted merchandise the dribs and drabs of a past sea son so should we follow their example This is good business in the field of merchandising Systematically the retailer checks his remaining stock Did he overpurchase on one article Did he understock on another He doesnt attempt to delude him self into believing in a Polly- anna manner that all is well if It isnt The red or black ink in the ledger shows the net results of his years efforts The life of every man Is a diary In which he means to write one story and writes another wrote Sir James in The Little Minister and his humbl est hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make It That humblest hour Page Col Davis Leather Co 150 Frank Keats Harrys Dry Goods Noble 1st Newmar ket Girl Guides Newmarket Fire Dept 25 J Little Loblaws 10 A Friend Moff Cockburn In Memory of a Former Member Peter Gorman Ltd J Luck Best Drug Store In North A recount of ballots cast for reeve in the North township elections early in De cember confirmed the election of John Doyle although his lead was cut from to nine The recount was held at the township hall Belhaven by Judge Frank Denton Toronto It was requested by the oppos ing candidate Roy Pollock the 1953 reeve of North The recount reduced the vote for Doyle from to vote for Pollock was increased from to Judge Denton was asked whether a tick mark instead of an iu could fc counted or not A recent cent recount in by Harvey was mentioned Jul Denton said contrary to press reports marks were not counted in Such marks could be counted only by permission of both candidate They were not accepted In the North recount MEETING The annual meeting of ScoutGuide Mothers auxiliary Newmarket has been postponed one week to Monday Jan The meeting win be held in the Scout hall ANNUAL MEETING Mrs A Chute Toronto will be the guest speaker at the annual maettnt of York County Hospital Womens Auxiliary on Tuesday Jan The meeting will be in the ag ricultural board rooms Bots- ford St and is open to the pub lic Election of officers will be conducted Tea will be The regular meeting of the will be held at the home of Mrs Hooker Arden Ave Wednesday Jan at 3 pm svrrnt The annual Christmas supper for the children of St Andrew Presbyterian Sunday school was held in the room of fit church on Friday Dec teachers of the Sunday school with assistance from some mem bers of the Womens association catered Following the to moving pictures were child give candy and fruit and a from Santa MI A group of girls from the Color Finishing of the Davis Leather Co entertained fire chief John Gibson and Mrs Gib son on Thursday Dec They enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner at the KingGeorge Hotel Sports Review Of 1953 I is COMING EVENTS loMto 1 mm FRIDAY JAN sored by Sharon Junior Farmers In Mount Albert hall at pm Norm orchestra Ad mission SATURDAY JAN At pm hand appreciation day at the Newmarket arena Smoke Rings vs skating after the game to the music of the Newmarket- Clttecna Band Proceeds for the hand SATURDAY JAN Johns bingo Newmarket Town hall pm Jackpot TUESDAY JAN Euchre in Sharon Hall at pm sored by Hope Hobby Club Good prizes Lunch Admission TUESDAY JAN York County Hospital Womens auxiliary an meeting and election of fleers Agricultural Board rooms St Newmarket pm Guest speaker Mm A Chute Toronto Tea served TUESDAY JAN York County in St Johns school at pm Guest speaker Dr Gilbert well Subject Modern concepts of obstetrics WEDNESDAY JAN fl Bingo at Legion Hall Newmarket Mil Good prizes games Jack pot Door prize special games Free bus after bingo SATURDAY JAN Motors will bo at Newmarket Arena at pm Last appear- before going to the pic games in Sweeten MONDAY JAN Annual meeting and election of officers Mothers auxiliary Scout Holl pm Light re freshments Full attendance re- Hosted Please note change of DANCING every Friday night to Alan Gates and his orchestra in Arena EVERY Saturday danc ing it Mount Albert hall to Norm Stirlings orchestra Mod wn and old SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER EARL GRIFFIN DIES Earl Henry Griffin Newmar ket died suddenly at Toronto East General Hospital on Tuesday nighty following a short illness Mr Griffin was an unemploy ment insurance auditor for the district office He joined the Unemployment Insurance Of fice during the war coming from the west He was well known In church circles being a member of St Johns church and treasurer of the Holy Name Society Ho was elected a member of the Separate School Board for by accla mation Ho leaves a wife In Newmarket four brothers and two sisters In Ottawa ami in the west The funeral service will be held on Saturday from his late rest at Main St Newmar ket to St Johns church for re quiem mass at am By Haskett MRS SYDNEY HEADS ST Mrs Sydney IRge was return as president of the Womens association St Andrews Presby terian church Newmarket the annual meeting In December The election of officers was hold at the special Christmas meeting The devotional period was con ducted by Mrs Meredith Mrs Leonard Little was In charge of interesting pro gram which included the singing of Christmas carols Mr gave humor ous readings As their duct Mrs Donald and Mrs Wads worth sang Monarch of the Ages Colored slides of the trip to the west coast which Mr and Mrs M and Douglas took in the summer wore shown by their son Those elected to office include past pres Mrs Roy McDonald pies Mrs vice prvs Mm William Mrs Davidson pianist Margaret Gllmnur luncheon con- venert Mrs M Cockburn Lets see happened In It wis a year and one full of successful trophy hunts The Gorman Smoke Rings cul minated a swell season by cap turing the bantam flag the town fire truck the town hall and a bundle of loot A handclap or two If you please for sponsorman Peter Gorman and Coach Francis Holllngs- The Hollywood script men couldnt have written a more thrilling finish to the Smoke final series Of fice Specialty juveniles and Op timist midgets annexed North York hockey league titles A flip of the page and were Into summer Our Herb Cain Ernie Geo Hudson In spired captured the South Slmeoo ball crown behind fine chucking fiom Thorns and Ken The Bruce Andrews coached Office Spe cialty nine were duly declared town league tltlists Peaches VanZant Frank Courtney and the Newmarket ladles put across a season of thrills and cleaned up across Ontario for the Hubs first SU crown Our young baseball whixzers the Broadbent DoNut boys swept aside all opposition down the trail to reach the OBA bantam finals Petrolla again denied them a title Our juveniles reached the A semifinals before break ing down before Port Hope There was some mighty fine business in the Lake Simcoe league Keswick led by the Pollock trio Bob Claude and Jerry Ron Eddie Ken Tommy and Harold Smith Zephyr Blues reign as room occupants Mount Albert with their new lights drew tha bulk of the playoff fixtures and there were some dandies not ably the sawoff ladles with the King slaters Ida Bertolin Maria- Sills Audrey Sedore etc lead ing did what their men folk couldnt brought home the Simcoe junior ladles champion ship in a pip of a aeries with Geo Watts Pinups All those teams had a tin year We trust the coming one will do as well by you and yours Happy New Year Whats Ahead in 54 A ley League revival Woodbridge Newmarket Sut ton and Aurora Home town players and district rivalry could pay off at box office Problems to be ironed indeed yes but none In surmountable On the minor hockey front con see a bigger North York league Baseball Probsbbr a move afoot to organise a North Yolk intermediate loop Possible cus tomers Sutton Au rora and Newmarket Could bo a separate circuit or a division of the South Simcoe League A bid from the town to rater one or two teams in the League a probable returnee to league Aurora men headed by Don etc a hid to enter the Markhsm township loop lit Mrs Margaret Sherman Dies At Island Grove Age Mrs Margaret Sherman died tho home of her daugh ter Mrs Bert Day at Island on Tuesday night She would have been years old on her next birthday Mrs Sherman had been bed ridden for five weeks before her death A son Charles Shermani Fort Collins CaJ Mrs was tha former Park daughter of Myiea and Margaret Park She was at Egypt Georgia township Her husband prede ceased In The Sherm ans four children two whom are living Mrs A Ham ilton and Day Island Grove to be at where her la 7