v sr 1 LIGHTS Services filial meeting of the town council for the year was held on Monday night Dec 21 and it was a brief affair The mayors gave sounded a dissolution an adjournment at around When council closed its meeting for the year a lot of important rand costly work had been clone new member will come the council He to Mr who holds an position with the Shoe Co- In his public Mr la chair of the Aurora arena board In the latter connection We Had some small public dif ferences with him without any fa of personal feeling In the ite contacts we have had with Mr we have found kindly and likeable roan who can end an argument on the friendly terms- ttat of course is as It should Inclusion on ate town council should prove a addition to Its business We should that be will replace Klnf a chairman of the finance committee In any case wish him every success as a of the town council- will not part with the last if these Council Sidelights for the year without ex- regret that Mr Dale King will not be a member of the council Many people are prone to praise a man while fie holds office but soon forget him when he is out of From time to time we differed Mr King and he differed with us But that fact never at any time made any difference to personal relations which were always friendly Even wheri we differed with him we praised his ability Dale King is above that petty type of mind which takes offence at people who dont agree with him In the early part of his first year of office King felt his way and did not himself overmuch But during the lat ter part of and through the year he took an increasing ly active part hi all phases of council work He showed in creasing ability for municipal work and for that reason we very greatly regretted that he- did not carry However that is a story that has been told He worked very hard oh council matters during and will benefit from a rest We hope he will In due course seek a return to council for the experience he gained could be of great future use to iha citizens of Aurora Floodlights Report In all likelihood this will be the last time that we shall be mentioning Councillor P J Murray for if all goes well he will on January a chrysalis stage and become DeputyReeve J Murray Not that there is any real simi larity between the stocky figure of Mr- Murray and the fragile butterfly But as Councillor ft Mur ray he submitted a report as chairman of the Athletic Field board which obviously gave him a great deal of personal satisfaction The reason for his satisfaction no doubt was that when he first mentioned i In park the suggestion was received with a great deal scepticism Mr Murray Is- However the sort of man who is easily beaten back cither through opposition or scepticism In January he first tentatively mentioned the of floodlights to council and by May their in stallation had been accomplish ed and the first game of base ball was played For a report the state ment Councillor Murray pre sented to council on December and which he was com mended by the mayor and mem bers of council the reader will find in a nearby column in this issue J SINCLAIR Editor OFFICE DOAN HALL AURORA TELEPHONE PA PAGE NINE WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES Extracts In that the taxpayers Aurora be informed on town costs in the minutes of council Aurora News Page regularly publishes major amounts The following extracts fare taken from the minutes of council at the December meeting Aurora Banner Co gent patients police de- Ms Bell Telephone Company numerous items of Canada County of York indigent patients election expense poll clerks and constables and poll- station 140 Irene Grand and Toy Ltd office ex of City of London tailed 11094 Rose Bros haul ago 5760 Stiver Bros insurances Wilson Hardware bulldozing Toronto Salt Works Ltd David Ground excavations 7S and medical ATHLETIC FIELD BOARD Detailed Committee Report Shows Costs Of Floodlights Councillor J Murray chairman of the Athletic Field Board at the meeting of council held on December 21 presented a report containing an outline of the work and cost of the installation of floodlights in the town park The report reads On March a delegation from the Floodlight committee was re c by council Council wa J WILLIS The Store -News- agent Tobacconist etc Business Founded WW St Aurora Telephone FA Service Shop At MORNINGS DRUG STORE PA Make It A Habit Meet Your Friends At The hess Store Graduate Si Calk PA AURORA MUSIC SHOPPE Greeting Card etc r Acb WOOD told that the installation of flood lights In the southwest comer of the town park would cost approximately It was explained to council that if a bylaw passed forming an Athletic Field Board the pro ject would be eligible for a of 25 percent of tho total cost by moans of the Commun ity Centres Act The Floodlight committee also gave their guarantee that they would raise council then very graciously agreed to finance the project on the understanding that towns share would not exceed Work was Immediately start ed and on May council receiv ed an invitation Jo play a short exhibition game against the school board at official op ening to take place on May The total cost of the floodlights as paid to the Aurora hydro commission which did a mar vellous job of installation was 3060 i Provincial Grant The provincial grant amount ed to The Floodlight committee raised making the actual cost of the floodlights to the town of Aurora We of Athletic Field hoard at this time would like to ex press our appreciation to the Au rora town council for their as sistance and cooperation in bringing this first project of hoard to such a successful com and sincerely hope that they and tho citizens of Aurora will enjoy lights for yearn to cbmo Councillor Murray and mem bers of the Athletic Field board received the thanks and com mendation of council on ex cellence of tho report v UR THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR COUNCIL REPORT INAUGURAL MEETING A Sgfftstf resolutions time we imagine many of the fine New Year resolations so bravely made are already either dhfe figured or dead Time was when we too made a for the future which we proposed rigidly to But thit6 was long ago when we were rather Eventually all such New YearesoIri and foiVe no reason to believe that we worse their loss Ill write this on Years Day as a sort of tribute for that is gone and a hope for the J say that if we get the same amount personal ness but of the new year as that which was granted us in old year we shall to complain of Oil ttie contrary w CTery reason It is a fact that We dp not ask top much Since we do not make large demands from it are satisfied not tormerited by large ambitions have found- in course of the years that one can be much trouble if expectations are limited If it should happen those limited expectations are ex ceeded then the degree of ones satisfaction is f So It comes about that on this New Years Day of the year we to make Ve shall take life as It In stnet logic we choke And 36j else We have no mortgage on time We cannot say what will happen tomorrow Each clay is fresh start That perhaps is the real if unnoticed charm of life its Naming Committees ess Of gS a ession A The first general meeting of the Aurora town council was held Monday night January Major- concerned the appointment of of various committees and the passing of bylaws pertain ing to the members of other town Jiv- Initiate 1954 Town Council TwoYears Term Suggested The inaugural meeting of the riewIyelectedAurpia council was held on Monday morning When the mayor and membeiipf thqifc oaths office iTwtTsolw Geotge Included the visitors J Reeve Cook wtis unable to at- cause a previous PROPHETS SAY PEACE 1954 t Around this season of the year die prophets are usually busy with forecasts ranging the weather to world problems concerned with peace or war We have been- reading some predictions concerning the latter and while appears to be the general view that some state of international tension will general conclusions are that iip global war will in One of reasons for such a comforting conclusion arrived at by competent judges is the pre- paredness of the free nations pf the world for possible trouble the past war has resulted from such lack of redness on the part of the countries That this basic weakness has been replaced by an armed strength capable an aggressor must bo put to the credit of farseeing statesmen on both sides of the Atlantic Most readers will recall that the ye noted as the critical periods by earlier prognbsticators The reason for their fears was based on the assump tion that the free peoples of the world would lack the general will to pull together for their own collective defence That such fears are now dismissed by the presence of collective strength is an augury that will be welcomed by all peaceloving people the over who will ardently pray for its realization V DEFENCE OF GREAT CANADIAN 0 On more than one occasion we have expressed the opinion that Beverley Baxter is one of the few great writers alive today His mastery over English lang uage is not excelled by anyone known lip shows an instinctive for the right word- 11 is prose is easyflowing and musical It is obvious that he de lights in writing and for a good reason pleasure to the intelligent reader Mr Baxter has all the rare qualities of great essayists lie can bo whimsical- morons satirical find pungent It is not often that ho resorts to the biting phrase but- when employs it leaves a memory Usually he is benevolent his even to those whom ho finds good for disliking lie temiershis criticisms with kindly inter- jectiOUS Because such a t we find it hard to find reasons or attacks to which ho is sub jected in the Canadian journal to which ha contributes his Some of these attacks are malevolent tone and irrational statement It seems to us that iatlW should be proud of Canadian a road arid bringing to ad brilliant portraits in words of I what is happening in the To attacks does Baxter ever i a reply That should refrain doing immensely to his is rather than irritated at such disploys nation Bui to who rightly honor a great Canadian because of his eminent talent such vulgar noises directed against him are more Thoie a lesson for lessor writers to bo drawn from Mr Baxters sustained aloofness from his brawling opponents The lesson is that lesser writer shall not be moved from his course by malevolent or opposition but continue as Kipling wrote to paint the thing as ho sees it following comprise the members of council committees the being chair man of each y Reeve Cook arid Councillor property Reeve Cook Council Jones and Stoddart Streets Councillor Davis p J Murray and Councillor Jones Fire and Water Murray Councillors David son and Industry Coun cilor Moffat Councillor Reeve Cook Sports and PublicUy Council lor Corbett Councillor Davis arid J Murray- Town Planning Councillor Jones Councillors arid Davidson Health and Coun cillor Davidson CouriciUors Moffat arid Mayor Rose Councillors Davis and Jones Permits Mayor Rose J Murray and the town clerk A special personnel originated to deal with salaries etc of town employees is pokedof Councillor Cook and Councillor Mof fat her appointments For the library board Mr Del was reappointed for a threeyear terml trustee to the Aurora District High school board Mr was reappointed for a further term of office Representatives from council to and Councillor Appointed as regresentatlves from council to board Councillors and Representatives council to the planning board wiil consist Jones and Moffat Business Among other trans- acted Deputyreeve J Murray called councils attention to the immediate heed of reviewing the situation at the waterworks to take steps to cope with any that arise in the summer CourieUlor said there was plenty of water available but methods of obtaining it could be improved agreed that thembers of council confer at the waterworks on Saturday Jan An appltcattori from the police to bring salaries into line with other nearby municipalities was referred to the personnel commit tee Councillor Jones brought up the question of payment to mem bers of council and in doing so pointed out that he was not ask ing for more pay His objective he pointed out was to fix a standard fee which- in the end would save taxpayers money by eliminating payments for special meetings His proposal was re ferred to the finance committee Councillor Davidson said there should be an amendment to the bylaw enforcing all council meetings not later than pm Council adjourned shortly be fore pm A review of council proceed ings will appear in next weeks the recreation commission consist issue of Aurora News Page under of J Murray Sidcliglits Editor- THEY ARE SAYING Is Bought By A The holiday season is over That was mourn- fully obvious on Monday morning when on our way to the office wo saw numerous shrubs lying around for the c attention of the garbage collectors The shrubs that were now had but lately glittered as Christmas trees in happy homes was something rather January issue of Macleans sad we thought at the sight of these dismantled mementos which had brought joy on their arrival and had now been hus tled out as waste to be carted away and forgotten It is easy to recall the smiles and loving attention the shrubs received af ter they had come indoors and while the festivities continued The Christmas cards too have gone and remain only a pleasant memory So too the street dec orations and the garlanded stores which did so much credit to their owners Auroras Main street was beautifully adorned for the Christmas season and for this Mr Charles Copland hydro manager deserves a special word of commendation Orderly Celebrations From what we have heo Aurora has had a very happy holiday season and certainly a wonderfully orderly one Police Chief Dunham was rejoicing oyer the fact that there had been no trouble In three days over the holidays he told us we had no calls There was drunk but ho cooled off af ter minutes pause which the boys gave him and then he went oh his way It was apparent the pause that refreshes Getting Hack To Normal The trouble with holidays Is that they create a break in tine which takes little tithe to repair takes only however to get back- to usual activities During the holidays we were able to catch up on some reading Two articles we rend in greatly interested us The first was a remarkably intimate writeup of Mr Roy the owner of more than newspapers the majority of them being Canadian Ho has just recently acquired a very famous Scottish newspaper The Scotsman The Scotsman is one of the oldest newspapers in the world having originated in the year an interesting historical fact which the writer of the Maclean article somehow over looked It is published in Edin burgh and is especially concern ed with subjects of Scottish in terest How Mr Thomson will bo able to accommodate himself to control of such a national newspaper will provide in teresting study since the article states that ho is leaving ht3 na tive Canada to begin a hew life in Edinburgh and personally direct his new newspaper inter est V Wayne and Tolling their story Wayne and It very apparent that preparing a half hours radio program once is a tough job A humorous gag may re quire hours of hard work after thinking it up through neces sary revisions cutting down and have achieved great fame rtnd deserve It is esti mated that one and a half mil lion listeners hear their weekly broadcast- were the iriembqrs of United First B a church and Lieut Worgart of the Salvation Other visitors included former l mayor of Aurora Mr Lin I ton former of York county arid former deputyreeve of Aurora Kir ft H Corner Henderson of the public school board Mr A manager Bank of j Members of the Clergy offered their to the mayor and members of ex pressing goody wishes for the work the hejjear presentation In lus Linton former suggested a two- year for coiirteil in order to ensure con tinuity work being car out Dif new grants tor the school boards did not anticipate that these to more than a few for the year All members of council took part in the and the mayor expressed his good wishes for what he described as a good m A Held from last week Mr and Mrs Clayton and family spent Christmas day with Mr mother and sister in Aurora and Saturday with Mrs parents in Toronto The Doug had Christ mas with Mr and Mrs Leo Aurora Airs Gordon Doner and boys were dinner guests of the on Friday Mr and Mrs Porter had Christmas day with the Charlie and spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs Collett Au rora Mr and Mrs J Adams and family in Toronto for their Christmas festivities Mr and Mrs Cbas visited with Mr Tugivells par ents in Toronto on Saturday Mr and Mrs Smith and Miss Small Toronto were Christmas day guests of Mr and Mrs J Miss Barbara is spending this week with her grandparents Mr and Mrs J Hitman Toronto Mr and Mrs Jay Wright South Bend were Christ mas weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Alf Lewis On Saturday Mrs Lewis sis ter and family Mr and Mrs Kingston accompanied by Mr year old grandmother joined them at dinner Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Alex Watson and family and Mr and Mrs all of Mrs Weir and Miss Cummings spent the holidays in Toronto Mr and Mrs Cook and family of St Thomas were Sat urday visitors at homestead Classified ads bring results OPEN DAILY sat 55 FREB PARKING i FRIDAY MAUREEN -j- f s PLUS 2ND HIT THE BOWERY BOYS in CLIPPED i EDDIE BRACKEN ID LA I STEWART SLIGHT OF LARCENY 2ND BIG HIT PEGGY CUMMINS Both Sides a of Mr and Mrs son underwent an appendec tomy in York County hospital Mr and Mrs Allan Panama City Florida have been recent guests of Mrs Reg Knowles The regular monthly meeting of the Friendship Mission Circle of the United church was held at the home of Mrs on Monday evening Mr Davis and Mrs Nash To ronto were guests on New Years day of Mr and Mrs Harrison Miss Beverley Smith daugh ter of Mr and Mrs Rod Smith spent the Christmas holidays with her parents The 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