a- s Notebo At the Crest Theatre Toron tos new twoweekly repertory the successful run of the first play of the first season Richard of Bordeaux has ended Turn now to lighter fare Mur ray and Donald Davis limited opened The Philadelphia Story on Tuesday night Philip Bar ry popular American comedy The Davis brothers of J Davis Newmarket are well known to many people in the district They attended school here Barbara their sister who also school in Newmarket is in the cast of The Philadelphia Story Others in the cast are George Max Hclpmnnn Eric House Joan Harold Burke and Betty Leigh ton George has a link with Newmarket too having attended Pickering College for a number of years as a student Later he was on the college staff The latest addition the technical staff which the Davis brothers have imported from England to help them start this new venture is director Pierre American bom of French parentage has been active in English theatre is an actor with the Old Vic in the west end of London and as a director at the Old Vic theatre school In Canada last year he was Dominion Drama Festival adjudicator and direc tor the Davis other com pany The Straw Hat Players in in the summer of His first production will be The Light Of Heart a drama of theatre by Williams author of The Corn Is Green and Night Must Fall The leading part which was played in England by Williams him self and by the Into Sir God frey Tearle will be played at the Crest by Donald Davis This will be Mr Davis first appearance with company this season and his first appear ance in the Cock tail Party two years ago Since then he has been in England acting with the British Old Vic and the Glasgow Citizens The atre I Administrative duties have kept Mr Davis too busy to act this season Nevertheless lie is pleased with the result so far attained We opened the theatre on time and within our budget he says and our first two weeks business has been encouraging Houses have been building steadily and the audiences have been most appreciative Some what to our surprise our two matinees Wednesday designed as an experiment for outoftown visitors hay popular We are not announcing the whole of pur first season yet We hope to learn a lot from our first three plays Richard of Bordeaux- a romance The Philadelphia Story a modern comedy and The Light of Heart a drama However we shall be pre senting what is virtually a new comedy by Oscar Wilde a bril liantly funny adaptation of a short story and Eliots Murder In The Cathedral also at least one world premiere of a new play but we are keeping the title of that secret for the moment From the Files 25 and 50 Years Ago JAN Mr and Mrs ft of are visiting Mrs Hughes for two or three days this week Mr C of Man writes The Era is like a weekly letter from my old home We have very good sleighing here this winter Mr J Green of Toronto was in town a couple of days week and is looking well fe thinks of coming back to Newmarket in the spring i number of young people formed a sleighride oh Tuesday night and had a time at Mr Calvin of Owen Hound is spending two or three pjdays with his uncle Mr David Allan the popular fore- lady at Roches store left on Tuesday to visit her people near Mr- Yates who bought the Smith of boots is leav ing town and shipped the bal ance unsold to Orillia TOO curlers have been having some great fun over- the Davis cup competition tins week Miss Edith has been teaching school for a on account of Mb Kel lys V Mrs- entertained several at oclock tea Thursday evening of last week Mrs Smith is here from on a visit her son Mr J Smith Mr Ellis Hughes is improv ing and expects to jet around again Mr and Mrs Jackson en- company at the Bow ery font Friday evening ft JAN Miss Marguerite Boyle elo cutionist professional gradu ate of Owen Smily is opening a third studio in North Toronto at the Harris School of Music in the Capitol theatre building Miss Boyles success with her pupils from her studio in West Toronto at the Harris School is an augury for a similar ex perience for those in the north end who enroll in her drama tic arid elocution class Mrs Kay of is visiting with friends in New- market and vicinity Mr Fleming Young is at tending the motor show and banquet in Toronto this week Mrs of Brandon Man visited last week with her niece Mrs Mil lard Aye and Mr have return ed to Westminister hospital after spending two weeks with Mr and Mrs A The annual homo of the Medical Womens Undergradu ate Association was held at House Toronto on Sat urday last in honor of the me dical faculty and their wives and the women doctors of the city The guests were received by Lady falconer Dr Gladys Boyd Miss Mary Jackson arid Miss Margaret Patterson of Newmarket Tea was in the reading- room and the table was decorated nar cissi and daffodils Mrs of To ronto and her son Mr MonW clerk and stenographer of the County Po lice Court wore guests of Mr and Mrs John over the weekend RANGERS HOT STREAK WELCOMES MUZZ Patrick of the famous hockey family a He look over coati of the New York before i wot at Square Coach Jacket on the new coach Johimy look on i the llilnl to coach Hanger First his father Lester IdH Muzz the hours tea Hanger in have racked up a winning and are threatening to catch up to I I NEWSPAPERS ant xnms Newmarket Aurora and district of North York Newmarket The Herald Thursday at 1 Main by the Newmarket and Express ior oo for one copies are 5c Member of Class A Weeklies of Canada Canadian Association and Audit bureau of Circulations Authorized as Second Class Mail Department GEORGE i Spprf Editor 7 J- Office Cat Reports Catnips By Ginger j i IAWRENCK RACINE Job Printing and Production MA L PA G E PAGE TWO THURSDAY THE TWENTYFIRST DAY OF JANUARY NINETEEN HUNDRED AMD FIFTYFOUR 5 TAXES I 1 Before an tat Is by Newmarket council this year taxes will be Over 40000 of the taxes collected will go t6 the of accord ing to Mayor costs of the new county mean an increase of sbc and one nulls in the countysjeyyou Newmarket As a result of suburban municipalities joining the Toronto metropoli tan area taxes from ten percent of the countys former must cany percent of the countys for mer road costs this is the chief reason for the high levy- yr Mayor Giadman and his finance committee mem bers may have sleepless nights between now and the time the budget is adopted for there are indications that the general levy will be decreased Last years genera levy was mills the tax rate was set at mills the first week in April council committees and school boards were asked to pare down proposed budgets First estimates had shocked council they had indicated a levy of mills There has been an increase in since last year and it v- ill help keep down the tax rate a little One mill added last year for expected inciden tals and interest on the Main Street project will not be required this year On the other hand the llth hour cutting of last years budget must have caused skimping by committees Committees and boards knew what had to be done and what should have been done but they also had to pinch pennies It is reasonable to expect that spending for school and municipal require ments put off last year will necessitate larger budgets this year Up to this point the mill rate could be guessed at being equivalent to last years plus the increase in the county levy of six and one half mills Without serious paring of budgets the guess puts the rate at mills But beyond this the picture clouds because the municipality is reaching the point in time where a sewage disposal plant must be constructed It may be that this council will tackle the job it will mean a capital expenditure of at the least a quarter million dollars Should the council even consider launching the project there will be items to prepare for in the budget for surveys plans and estimates A decision lo build a new library is expected this year The library board has slated that it must abandon its present quarters and a- special committee on council seems to favor a hew I These new capital will increase the future debenture debt consider ably The rapid growth of the community and the impend ing- capital debt stress the need industrial assessment Industry today is an asset in terms of assessment Thcday is gone it was necessary to of fcr great tax concessions Development in Newmar ket indicates that there will be industrial land available at prices which will compete with metropolitan area Industries will take lip serviced property and gladly pay their share in the community MORE CROSSING HAZARDS V The farm radio urn discussed level railway crossings in rural areas on night but the missed a few points concerning Hie reinoval of hazards at rural crossings TheMieed for removal of bushes and buildings which block the motorists viesy of an oncoming train Wan stressed but up mention of- high banks near level crossings or which down to the tracks or the absence of tracks These coiid It ions ox 1st miles from No ho doubt they exist ininhity of the J At it rural the here past three years put out to slow do wii trains the but were removed it was along constitute the hazard A his car to the point where his wheels ii most on the tracks before he can mi approaching train A hours a bulldozer would remove the hazard The absence of sigiis at feet from rightofway crossings have only one siffMi placed a few the tracks to warn llie motorist Roads which slope toward a railway track are dan gerous in winter A motorist can find himself- in a hopeless situation when his brakes are of use and he is sliding over packed or ice into a passing train There are one or two such crossings along the through the southern part of East township Many accidents are caused by motorists running into the sides of trains It has been suggested at times that reflectors be fixedto the sides of railway fie3ght cars to reflect the headlights of a motor car at night Reflectors or reflecting paint would be inexpensive- and although a freight train usually has a number of carSj them would be sufficient Canadian reflector- equipped cars to pass before the motorists lights and warn him of the danger GUILTY UNTIL INNOCENT A Toronto youth recently went to the US and took a lie detector test He is reported to have passed it with flying colors T Financial Post deplores the incident and says that in some future case a person may be asked to lake a lie detector test just to clear himself If lie refuses for any one of a thousand good reasons will he automatically be branded as a party to a crime Wo fear the same fantastic precedent if Canadians before the American committees which are hunting for headlines and Communists The day could come when a Canadian refusing to testify simply because he thought it was not any Americans business what he was could be branded automatically as a Communist SUBDIVISION TEST CASE The proposed subdivision on the west side of town has introduced a good test case for the town council The members of the planning com mittee of council and Councillor A in par ticular are to be congratulated on their efforts to pre sent all the facts and to assess the effects the develop ment would have on the municipality They have given much of their time during the past week to this one problem before council Councillor has mustered all the facts which can be used as arguments against accepting the appli cation of Sir Harold Presenting infor mation he had obtained from high school and public school officials Councillor estimated that capital costs for schools which the municipality be forced to shoulder totalled Besides carrying these extra debentures annual school costs for extra teachers would be for the high school the I i schools he estimated making a total of a year Besides this would be the extra costs for added police fire and services he said Councillor facts were well presented and he ms proven himself to be a useful meinber of the coun cil He is an independent thinker arid is not afraid to make a strong stand against majority opinion To balance Councillor facts and opinions Mr has brought out what he believes to be the solution MrniiJtrdt bring in industrial assessment to available land on Si The development of his will lend water and sewage services to proposed Yonge St strip at the Mr says he has already contacted one light indus try rested in local tug on St It was also pointed that the municipality be inquired to lako oil- the capital expanse for schools Part be taken by the provincial At has coope rated mi every move it has lie states that J he has interest of the town at heart because ho to see a happy subdivision ile has an routs of Newmarket possibly mo re con f ideuce the re of the than citizens rtiid civic leaders thenisel ves is to control the development fit Unit will not fall on municipality all at once Mr lpn0 would of set the costs outlined by gj lo colli rolled of tho and industrial area on be On lastyea he a levy of on to of high costs of additional schools and services A scientific party led by Slim is preparing to make an exploration into the East township swamps to find what is known as the abominable swamp man Stories have come from natives who live on the borders of the swamp about this strange species Some say its human Some say it isnt It rarely comes out of the swamp In an exclusive report our correspondent says This here expedition aims to explore the habitat of this here abominable swamp man and if possible him or capture him Recently a large footprint has been scon in the snow on the swamp border re that of a big bare foot print of a human re ports There have been rumors for years about this strange species Local naturalist of Corners scoffs at the reports Mere superstition on the part of local says The abominable swamp man so the legend goes is a descend ant of old swamp distillers who used to operate stills in the manufacture of swamp spirits until government regu lations and stronger ment forced them deeper into the swamps and cut off their market Says Them old stilt operators had to turn to huntin and for survival Their descendants must have become true nature boys They became uncivilized ekin out a meagre existence in the wild of the The swamps swamp men are only exstUj operators and the aims to prove it Border residents tell stories of hearing Strang wolf tails in the night from the vast swamp jl a gkms It is reported that strange creature came out and stole a from a nearby farm bolt their doors at night in It tho not master of the state Is their guarantee infringement en their rights their agent in international and national Issues it not tho function of state to assume tho of those which rest on Individual choke Bad child psychology I party consists five including himself and reporter from one of the cit papers The Teledrama by name of Stretch Stretch once did a story the abominable swamp and his newspaper decided finance Bliggens expedition prove or disprove the legend the swamp man The others are local lure seekers from Pool Perkins no address Sleep just finished a term for to file income fax returns Algernon Algae a swamp trapper who more about the ThimblebenS swamp than any man in fi a outside world We will watch with interest for reports of this Bliggens and the scientifj world no doubt will await results of the for the abominable swan man by Dairy Farmer The Top Six This is the season for clean stables ami attending an nual By we mean the stables since the beginning of whiter the litter must have been built up by scv oral feet Having functions for a few veals how we can assure you that both have their strong points and frustrations What is common in both jobs is that unless it is organized properly or neither one will be source of much satisfaction cleaning loose barns Ihe more one of the two is one of the blessings of litis day and that a few little will help it For example we put four Inches of sawdust the floor before putting the first lot of straw on It worlds wohdis It saves straw something thai can be very hi clays When the cattle spend most of their time outside they will rim on sawdust for Weeks before you to put the first lot of straw down But the real beauty of the sawdust shows up when cleaning the bain The manure will come away easily there is no danger of holes bMn in of picking up stones it stays dry too and acts like a blotting Especially when one uses a loader makes a job The greatest help in keeping a loose barn easy manage is the proper water system We found that by regu lating the level the water with a float by Ihnitinjr the face of water we can the place thy If the surf are available for drinking is large there is plashing and the water is filled periodically there is a rush for It and Is danger of the water gcMnn dirty the of meetings some of same as above apply- not stepping too hard the places available i will But tin place of sawdust- taken by some of a- days the business and more tijg rtmping of Ihese a lot of money and there a questions of and People lay p not am and not get If the chairman can condyj a meeting with proper- lire endless Hmitetl By being able to Half the discussions to U5naJ the executive wants to these to let let of steam in in off ainl a jot of discussion At the same time assurance have to so that any question have a chance being 1 It is often the chairman is lib with the He Is a WiJ that he he In CftO it his it a in the secretary cots to powerful the let George fellow IlkC short ibuse procedure arid how to and energy would v if v 4 Ml Central Since Ontario hydro has Canadian capacity to an per cent In crease the output Householders industry and farmers of farms is showo in Wis assembly wllli automatic milkers speedy sanitary impossible without the extra power now are than farm application of electricity IntwtMW i- arV- S ry