AyS Tii- T rfL to Ml ft MM King City And District A sub mitted to the- school board by Milliard in commendation of the teach- to staff And the quality of in- which is being given MS pupils of the school at King township inspectoral visit Hfc expressed pleasure with the overall fcetivenesa of the educational know the gradu ates of this school do better than Average when they roach high school Of Miss the principal and Miss Doris lotion the junior teacher who each have served on the board for year he speaks of their good quality service With addition of male teacher to the staff is a did plan to improve the super vision on the playground supervisor of sports and recrea tion Mr active in this phase of school life Years The New Year was welcomed at many house parties given by district residents in celebrations of the spirit of Dr and Mrs held open house for their family and other A program provided The school board he states will be J the normal guests They were assisted by school graduate who look the their daughter Mrs Drink- intermediate room last water and their daughterinlaw is making a creditable be Mrs Their sons ginning and there is every Dr and Mr B cation that he will improve were present V mi it A fourth welcomed guests from the surrounding community and entertained their cousins Mr and Mr Boris North Bay Mr and Mrs Charlie Farms were hosts to 100 while Mr and Mrs Gordon Smith Dew St enter tained 25 friends At the stroke of midnight the scene was enacted by and Mr Smith costumed as Father Time and the New Babe of Mr and Mrs entertained friends on Years day Mrs was as sisted by Jennifer Fire Agreement with Aurora King township council appris ed of an agreement with the town from St to the Mai line of the sixth concession of King giving service to properties front ing the sides of the sixth Conces sion i King township council will seek the advice of the township solicitor about the legality of per mitting Canadian Industries Ltd to use a portion of land on the Pearson farm third conces sion south of Snowball for the purpose of explosives for The a prohibitive bylaw established in dealing with this type of dangerous material made by coun cil for are Reeve Elton Arm strongs to represent King town- Aurora vice Council wants a clause Conservation Authority Council- served that the be lot Kehoe to represent King maintained until such time as the the Valley ft By for Marsti Township road superintendent Chaimer Black has advised the consideration of a supplementary roads bylaw for the Marsh We set an or roads bylaw for the whole municipality and the Marsh wants of that amount Mr Black To avoid dipping into the high land bylaw the Marsh should be supplemented with Us own by law Opinion on council was that this step would be the right direction to ensure the most satisfactory situation for the Marsh and to give the needed servicesjto highlands fho bylaw would have to be made by February results through the department of high ways 4 Ratepayers Approve New Addition To King School J township of King the of Aurora- give of withdrawing The terms of the agreement presented to council covered the year The stipulate that the Aurora department be paid a retainer fee of plus 60 for the first two hours and i0 to each addition al hour The payment is based on the time the fire brigade leaves the fire halt until it re turns to its quarters The fire area extends west Conservation Authority Reeve j deputy reeve the ink Association Board- King tovviisttpVreb oh the Aurora district high school board will be Ray shall of for the year and WBDaleofSchomr berg for of years In township had standing high school at who days ApprovedEuitieipf The inaugural meeting of King township council was held at the municipal office at on Monday Jan when clerk Rose swore the denuty reeve and the dbUncillors office Elton Armstrong announced that the Municipal Board has passed the whole of the township land use bylaw and the amending by-law- We now have a free hand in applying the land use program reeve For consideration in the sessions of council are the re assessment of the municipality the health unit program and the planning board program The first of these would require one mill taxation for the first year the health unit program woulcj assessment of the municipality the old system is outdated- said DeputyReeve Hodgson He said the health unit question should be deferred until the first meeting of fcoUhty council going through a stage of reces sion and we must protect him as much as possible He believes the measured assessment for buildings is a fairer method for everyone said Mr Hodgson Township assessor Ed sees each taxpayer paying a fair share In the proposed program The assessment must be kept moderate Some ratepayers are dubious about higher assessment fearing the taxes will go out of sight he said- MOUNT ALBERTS Miss Dike has gone to Ottawa for a couple of months in connection with her work Dr and Mrs spent New Years with at January meeting of the Mount Albert Womens Institute will be held on Thursday Jan at the home of Mrs Errington Rollcall A Canadian Manu factured article that I use Cos metics demonstration program Mrs Mrs Matting All ladies welcome The school was very attended on Wednesday af ternoon Mi Jos Harrison was appointed trustee- to succeed Dr who retired A sug gestion to our when dp we get a walk for the children to keep them off the roadway Mr Beverly Sinclair Mr and Mrs Archer Ben and Peter Elm- vale Miss Cook and Mr land Mrs A Boe Toronto were New Years visitors of Mr and Mrs Approve l dfite Increasing of No Kim been considered At a special meeting of ratepayers on Dec 30 approval was givim by J Keens choir- man of the board and seconded by Trustee Lawrence Scott that the board of trustees be author ized to proceed with the proposed addition an estimated coat of and that they be em powered to have the necessary plans and specifications prepared by the architect and to for lenders The board will consult Hie expenditure The proposed project is in the hands of the trustees Lawrence Scott the new chair man is completing his third term John is his second term and the newly elected trus tee is A J Gordon As chairman of the last special meeting in Mr Keens stat ed the present of 112 pupils in does not include any influx into the section assurance that new houses will be built in King City year would additional pupils in future- Hie situa tion may become acute next Sep tember- A survey of preseho6 children has shown high- figure Mr I May nard Hallman public school inspector has advised the board it would require seven months to a year to build additional classrooms He has also pointed out that the regula tion of of Mlaud Mis Douglas for like mills and board work would help to make an approximate three mills I am sending the assessment program oh an equal basis with the municipalities of the county the reeve pointed out It may take two years or more to arrive at results and we can profit by the experiences of some other municipalities which have undertaken the work he said am sending the assessment skyhigh declared the reeve This is the time he said when the assessment can be formed in relation to the whole of the county The measuring of buildings he said can be handled by a local man with two helpers who can place enumerations on cards We can be guided by the county and the local assessor the reeve pointed out Harold Rus sell of would measure buildings The time has come for see a practical mail appoint to the office of county assessor He also requested an increase of in his annual salary be cause his work is increasing Health Unit Plan in respect to the York County health unit it remains with council to decide whether you want to enter but the governing body of the township should have some choice in the matter der Reeve Armstrong Whether you think the pres ent system of continuing with the medical health officer and the sanitary inspectors which costs the municipality or whether the larger system presents more advantages in re lation to what it costs will de pend upon what you think is best for the taxpayers the reeve said Whitchurch township is not going along with the health unit scheme he stated The unit system will cost the township about mills Toronto spent the holiday with Mr Prices parents Mr and Mrs H Price Mr and Mrs William Graham spent New Years at the home of their sisters Misses Alma and Adeltha Graham The Horticultural Society will hold its annual supper and get together in the United church school room on Tuesday evening Jan There will be a special speaker and reports of the years work Miss Oldham Toron to has been at her home in town schools states that where the av erage attendance in any class room exceeds for a school year an additional teacher and room should upon recommenda tion of the inspector be provid ed by the board The grants structure under this plan becomes more favorable There is also an additional township grant on the salary of the new teacher The department of education will contribute a maximum of per square foot on new class rooms Mr Keens pointed out The school bard has approved for the holidays with her mother the preliminary and A Oldham sister Miss i sketches lenduvely prepared by Florence Oldham the architect Herbert Horner who designed addition and improvements The exten sion be made to the north of the present hallway It shows two washrooms with modern plumbing a second stairway to the basement and two new The latter would be built on a plan on sloping well drained and would re tain roof level One classroom would be fully and pressed into immediate we the second would be avail able The present heating unit ir stalled in 1950 will serve the entire building The proposed expenditure of would cover the entire cost including additional land cost of construction and equip- merit hew plumbing architect fee and miscellaneous expenses the debenture taxpay ers would assume at least a mill levy Mr Keens said With the mill rate existing oh the present debenture of the- total debenture levies would be about IT mills to this is the regular trustee levy required to carry the school which Mr- Kceni believes might be slightly under rate carried in Although Mr Keens had writ ten letters to 210 taxpayers and tenants to come to the meeting on Dec 30 less than were call ed Upon to make a decision After discussing the problem from many angles three alternatives Were presented by the chairman first- to build an addition to the present school second to build a larger school on a new site at a tr6oa Cost ftI third to use a portable room With regard to a new school Mr Keens was doubtful if the Ontario Municipal Board would sanction such a move Opinion favored an addition Upon the suggestion of Alfred that the school site might at some future time be changed in the school section where more land would be avail able a motion was proposed by Dr and seconded by John Dew that during the next year the trustee board appoint an independent committee which will include representative of the department of id recommend the best location of any future school building LINE CONFECTIONERY DENTISTS THEATRES- CARTAGE EXPRESS DRUGGISTS I fmii