EDITORIALS ON PAGE TWO THIS WEEK CLASSIFIEDS ON PAGE FOUR AND FIVE ERA YEAR EXPRESS HERALD YEAR NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY OCTOBER NO SINGLE COPIES CENTS EACH Refected King Township As Housing Major Mackenzie Turns First Soil For Swimming Pool Major A A MP Termed a baby subdivision end border line housing case with danger of creating a bad dent as far as residential lot frontage and single hug floor spate were a housing scheme on six twoacre lot on the Aurora west of highway was rejected King township planning board turned the sod at the Lions plan was presented by John Park yesterday afternoon for the Agnev on behalf of the owner community swimming Pierce Toronto pool Present were the students The was advised to of the Stuart Scott school a new draft plan showing the junior citizens of rural Newmarket with representatives present plan called for lots community and fool frontage where the by- law requires foot fronts and single floor dwellings having from J to square feel of floor space where the by- law re quires The only thing that complies with residential suburbs is the ice organizations Mayor Herbert wel comed the visitor and in chair ing the ceremony paid tribute to firemen of many years ago who started the first for funds for a public swimming size of the lots on the site pool He congratulated Peter Chairman Bruce Davis He man and his swimming pool corn- has more land in each Jot than for their campaign to date he requires j and asked for the communitys Make it rural residential said support to complete the canvass Victor Merchant a member of for funds successfully the planning board The town- speak Mr referred to pointed out sent campaign Mr Gorman said he felt humble but that in all campaigns there are certain peo ple who have to give and others who have to do the work Ho was happy to be able to be a part of AFFIX the latter group Newmarket Council approved Gorman told the children the annua Scout Apple day I to look forward to the official their help was needed for can vassing and for contributing to the fund He thanked the town clerk for his work in arranging the cere- money He introduced the mem bers of the committee Stanley Smith Fred Hay and Charles VanZaut A Cat hers spoke briefly Mr Gathers said that he knew something of the hard work that goes into raising a large sum of money In public campaign and he congratulated the committee for its work He told the town fath ers to get behind the campaign per cent Mr Cathers remin ded the adults that the swimming pool could mean the saving of lives as children of the commun ity earned to swim and take care of themselves in the water Fred of the also pointed out by Waller Hodgson thai the area where Mr Pierce had purchased his acres the Hoy Slubbs property water supply would be a problem at its meeting on Monday night Apple day will be held in town on Saturday Oct 20 opening of the swimming pool on May I He asked them to go home and tell their parents that i l i Swim Pool Meeting Sunday Campaign To Wed A special meeting of volunteer contractor who has established anvasser for he community j an enviable reputation as a swimming pool has been called swimming pool builder We have Here and There Around Town Traffic was heavy on all the main highways Monday evening returned to the city after the Thanksgiving weekend There were no tieups reported and no serious accidents in the area a senior commercial class from the Newmarket High School attended a session of no- lice court The form teacher Mr Garrett had brought them to court not on a mass summons for some misdemeanor but to ac quaint them with administra tion of justice at the magistrates court level Magistrate welcomed the young visitors He commended Mr Garrett for pro viding a lesson in citizenship to these future members of the business world and suggested that more teachers follow Mr Garretts example Mr invited ques tions from the students He de monstrated new court equipment outlining a safety program he has launched and explained the general court procedure by Chairman Peter Gorman for Sunday Oct at J pm in the town hall Only seven attended meeting on Tuesday night to organize the thegap blitz planned for Oct to inclusive cant hi fail at said Mr Gorman We must have at leant volunteers and we can finish he job in three nights ft seems the are not ax interested their hiden as are women We only had seven fathers out to the meeting on Tuesday but we arc inviting the mothers to this spe cial meeting on Sunday If they I will us we can certainly close the gap j The canvass will start on Monday Tuetday and Wednes day veilings at pm Larry Needier has offered the us a good site at Lions Park if we had a field we wouldnt use more than we have at his location Mr Gorman added Most people have a patio as targe as the pool Ours will be larger There will be plenty of room for spectators All we ask is for mothers and fathers act as canvassers and for all people of Newmarket give and give as generously as they can Three days of hard work and we Can have the job finished Mr said Later he led the school chil dren in saying their thank you with three cheers for the camp aign workers Major Mackenzie was intro duced by one of the towns most prominent senior citizens Mr Fred Mr handling the spade like the good farmer he is declared the sod well and truly turned for the community swimming pool Addressing his remarks In the children Mr MaeKenzie reminis ced about his school days when he said boys had to go a distance to find the old swimm ing hole In those days Mr Mac Kenzie said he didnt remember I the girls ever getting to the swimming hole He paid tribute to the different organizations lie town that had supported the swimming pool campaign He said that much work remain if the project is to be accomplished hut that if everyone did his part it would be successful Two Groups In Subdivisions Seek Roads Drainage Work SWIMMING POOL GRANT UP TO Council was on jj Hint a provincial grant vill be Push For Finish Of Millard Ave Before Year End Many favorable comments were heard at the Hilly OConnor show presented last week at the Memorial A a One which bears repeating concerned the size of organization which presented the show The owner had called the members of his staff to the stage and as the men and women par aded past one member of the au dience said Thats more than some industries employ and he didnt ask for the moon when he came here One of the best dressed dolls in the county is being displayed in a Main St store window prior some lucky young lady win ning her in the York County Hos pital Auxiliary draw The draw will be made the official opening of the Auxiliarys rift Shop at York County hospit al Mrs A Cameron is New market ticket convener The toll was donated Mr- Kiel of the Duchess Shop of Kric Mrs Vander- Vooii has made negligees pajam as and other articles of lingerie for the doll with the Club completing her wardrobe of j clothes Proceeds from the draw will help the Hospital Auxiliary pro vide patient comforts at York County hospital Over the clouds to to compete for the world champion plowman title go these members of the Canadian team left to right Hubert Timbers and Portage la Prairie Man with their Out former team manager of president of the Ontario Plowmans Bruce Station Association The young farmers won the right to represent Canada at the fourth annual World Plowing Match I the plowmens Olympics be ing held at Shillingford near Oxford England on October Want Mutual Aid Program For All County Fire Fighting A meeting to discuss a mutual aid program for fire fighting in the county is being called by Davidson of fire coor dinator for York County The meeting will held in the Auro ra fire hall on Wednesday Oct at pm Newmarket council noti fied of the plan at its meeting on Monday night and was requested to send its fire chief and repre sentatives from council The matter was referred to Deputy a county coordinated fire fight ing system so that when an emer gency arises we shall know with any delays who is available lo help This plan should put it a basis AGREEMENT COMPLETE Newmarket council has been notified by the Toronto lawyers of Consumers Gas Co thai the I final details of the firms agree- with the town have been to the satisfaction of solicitor The Violet chairman of the police and committee which covers the provision for this area is now in Aid in the past commented the mayor has been on an unsettled basis We need of gas force his bus to provide transportation for town baud which has swimming pool but thai the fin- volunteered service payment will not be made un hand will play at the cor- til has been completed An inquiry by Councillor Alex as to why The original resolution passed in the api to have Millard Ave extended be- fore the end of had not been followed resulted in a general re- view of ihe issue It was decided that the only path open was for for the com for Mr to correct the drainage and road problems in the Lyom subdivision so that the town can takeover roads in that area A notice of motion had been introduced by Mr Ik- lug in mi Sept that town proceed the work at its own expense collecting from Mr lei the work hint been complet ed Mr and Wri- thai at thai understood thi ne at In- canvassers make the The grant which will tie paid in house- calls on each will per street Mr said We It nit of the costs but will not ex- lvalue many will be for a 5100 donation who have given Conditions of grant being ready If can afford do paid were the naming of a hoard so we hope they will give again consisting of at hast three and If they were missed before wet not more than seven nelsons that they give as much as proof of ownership of the land oxplamni they Can on whir the constru I li Practice Of Ignoring Members Of Council Committees Attacked Jim own iii fortunate in hav ing been able to obtain lire of a on which the pool hd and approval by the public j health officer of location a sanilalion standpoint tc COMING EVENTS town could obtain a per cent subsidy on necessary to the gap in Millard Ave I Tuesdays meeting the explained Dial could obtain any on FQR he woik until it bad assumed responsibility the mads in tie Councillor Haskell ticird practice of committee chairmen ignoring their commit tees in reaching decisions ami bringing them In council He from the reeve a on Ihe meeting which was sup posed to have tci decide locution of the swimming hinging that no meeting had been called Mr Hashed said thai since the report had been made al lat council meeting he had checked with Ihe members of the decisions for his Why tuatteis to committees if are not used I no quarrel with the results but with methods in reaching them Mr explained in reference to the swimming pool Mr referred to anoth er incident concerning school crossing guards which had been CHIEF CONSTABLE the mads in I Newmarket and SAT OCT I subdivision has been mil in weaving If I Kiwani Trade j done the town would receive a mocking rug making and leu- abridge Arena from subsidy and would David of Tokui Mm Lillian Imve collect from Mr conducted the funeral for his uncle A OCT HI York annual meeting and election of officers at the Hall Aurora at OCT Hot supper will be held at from f to pm Adults under years OCT An- tea bake spun sored by St Anglican A Sharon to be held in hall from to oclock one welcome OCT dinner will be held in Trinity United church at to pm Good Program by On tario County Junior Quartette under the fit Mrs Admission adults public school child ren preschool children free SAT OCT fall One- Cent Sale at Heat Drug Store phone Newmarket THURSDAY OCT IS Don special representative of Brothers Clothiers will be at Aug Newmarket jackets 9it made your individual riilDAV OCT I Annual oil tea County Womens Auxiliary Newmarket fireball auditorium to J Home baking gift shop articles ft I DAY OCT sale hall pm by lie tarried Childrens urn pickup of donations phone Heft at the of Simcoe Chapter Older of the prize Ira by Junior Aid of Christian Baptist church Sale of work aprons bak ing and candy From 1 pin Tea A letter of thanks received Wcwinarket on Mon day night from J Walsh pre sident of the Newmarket Minor Lacrosse league thanking council for its assistance lids summer Special men I Ion was made of the who had helped Willi the tournament and the arena manager for his en opera I laud and It rise fun- chapel yesterday was at Mount Toronto Mr Mulhollaud who whs thief constable of town ship and a former Toronto detect- died in the garden of his home Newmarket on Sunday Oct He was years of age No them I Col I -j- Army Home League Newmarket from 2 o pm Salvation sale at the and Wee- TUESDAY OCT 10IJol fowl in Keswick United tin key with trlm- mingv NOV supper at Holland Landing Unit ed church to ft pm DA NCI NO every Saturday night to Norm finding and His Kmsv men at Mount Albert hall Mayor Gladman Greets Salvation Army Cadets Here This Morning Mayor Gladman welcomed young men and women cadets of Sanation Army Training College Newmarket this morn ing on the steps of the town hall Art purl of training the cadets are conducting a Npir- Mil on Newmarket under the direction of I principal and in operation with the local corps In welcoming address the mayor referred lo the organiza tion years ago of the Salva tion Army which was formed in from William Booth Christian Almoin at spread to the new world organizing groups in Ihe Their work in connection with armed affectionately rcincintnucd millions of ser vice men Mayor said Their work in civilian life ha wen wonderfully helpful par ticularly local authorities and those eon me l with the court he said mens cadets silver bund will bo heard also a number of women instrumentalists in speaking to adult and junior audiences a number will preach in various openair and indoor lion commission parks refei and councils appointee Mr all of who in had by council to meet and decide the swimming pool loca tion Only three or four of were told of the meeting Mr Haskell charged Arc we going to waste time here at council appointing com- j referred to Ihe police he asked if one or two at the last meeting of council He- men can decide the policy with- said Mrs had nut out asking the committees Havel called a meeting of the commit- only three men a right to but presented a report ami in a recommendation and it I recommendation council the committees report Mr Haskell attempted to When council accepted a resolution to the recommendation and look the decision swimming action it did at last meeting site until a meeting the special replied the mayor it means the committee had been hold He issue is closed The location seconder for decided bis motion In justifying the Mr j and his delegalion said at councils las meeting a com mittee meeting had been held and this was the result Mi Kid The means were wrong There was no meeting held Only or four people made decision which most likely would have been support ed by the other members of the committee It is not the results I criticize but means by which they were reached We passed resolution at council that there he a meeting to decide the locution of the swimming pool No meeting was held dont feel that is the right spot for the It is too low that area and flooded each spring Mr lltakcll said This practice of ig noring has been a general fault of this coun cil charged Councillor A It should be hud the door of the chief It up to the mayor see that chairmen act with their commit lees Council named com minions plus Mr as a committee to pick the location for swimming poo It was not a proper thing to make decision private and not con sult the other member of the committee This is a deplorable situation If people want that type of gov ernment they would choose only one person to dictate he added Council represents the who have elected it No one Concern was expressed to council this week by ratepayers in two subdivisions on the west side of town that winter would arrive before their road and drainage problems were cor rected Council sympathized with their difficulties and promised It is time we took court ac tion against some of these subdi- viders recommended Councillor Alex Hands It is high time exerted our authority Wc should write saying that if the wotfc is not done we shall do it and take the money from his performance bond Councillor Alex after of correspondence the ratepayers and the sub- divider J Toronto had been read What good is that bond if we dont use it when refuse to do the work he asked It is best to ovoid legal action as long possible advised the mayor How long is that asked Mr Ha mis In their letter to Mr the subdivision ratepayers advised that the condition of the roads and culverts must be at tended to immediately They re quested action before their Hate- payers Association meeting on Thursday Oct Clerk Wesley Brooks informed council that Mr Russell considers lie has complied with the towns requirements He thinks that the roads are in satisfactory con dition for the town to assume responsibility Mr Brooks said but our consultant engin eers do not agree with him Work To tie Done Mr of Coons and As sociates Ltd inspected the roads the subdivision ami a report of his findings was forwarded to Mr Mr ad vised against the town Inking ov er the subdivisions roads until the culvert at Jane St and Ave nue and the road at that point arc repaired and St is constructed St is shown on the plan but has not been built as yet Mr said Councillor Gladstone j who acted as chairman of the when the correspondence was read and dis cussed advised council that Mr had not had sufficient time to reply the letter con taining the consultant engineers report We can do nothing until we have his answer Sir said When it is received will be time to get legal advice from our solicitor This is October replied Mr The lime draws near er nearer for the close of the season We already have one subdivision wallowing in mud We should take now What could we take within a week asked Itcove Violet We cant do anything until we have his reply Council agreed with the ex ception of to hold over the correspondence from the subdivision ratepayers fur one week They promised action it at that time Lyons Subdivision Docs the appearance of a bull of the Lyons ratepayers association when he acted spokesman for a delegation on Tuesday night Mr Saunders requested infor mation on several matters and repeated the appeal that the drainage problem at the area corrected this full The ratepayers requested copy of the original agreement between the town and Mr Har old of a copy of proposed plan for correcting the drainage problem and the most recent agreement covering these proposed improve ments They were assured by council that the copies would be mailed to them this week What guarantee have we thai Mr Lcnhardt will abide by thii latest agreement asked Mr Saunders How do know he will do the work he has under taken to do Speaking on behalf of council Mr said We have bis bond Wc wont surrender it un til the work has been completed Mr was asked re port on the situation He said that some three weeks ago Itcctc Wrightman and he met in Toronto Mr and his engineers to dis cuss the vis ions problems The solicitor and I were dele- I gated to assess problem outlined what we felt should be done and Mr agreed do the work Mr The arrival of bulldozer this week signalled that work was beginning But the work coded out here today when the subdi vision engineers did not appear I spent afternoon trying to chase them down he explained Black Mark Mr promised the ratepayers that the work would proceed this week even if it meant putting his own men on the job Failure of en gineers to fulfill work will mean a black mark against thai professional firm he explained shall regret having to d but to protect I interests of the and the people who purch ased property there I shall put our own engineers in tomorrow so work will be started Mr Millard Ave Mr Saunders requested infor mation on the extension of Mil lard Ave If it cant he done this year at least a proper bridge should be built not some twobyfours he said Mr Saun ders warned council of the dan gers of the creek crossing which exists jit present and said il would ho loo bad if nothing was done until after a child was drowned Mr replied that the ex tension of Millard Ave was Mr responsibility But he added that it was not tied in with another project The ex tension of Millard Ave was dis cussed more fully later in the meeting It is reported in a unite story Finally Mr Saunders request ed that the entrance the sub division by Millard Ave from St bo cleared of rubbish He said old construction slunk lumber with rusty nail and piles of earth made it took more like Ihe entrance to Tobacco than a modern subdivision dozer yesterday at our The clerk was instructed to sum mean work or is il only write to Mr requesting Incidental asked Saunders the removal of Ihrs eye sore Lenhardt Letter Agrees To Towns Requirements In Drainage Problem A letter from It It received tetter did agreeing to Newmarkets re quests for drainage improve ments in the Lyons whs receive last week At a closed meeting Tuesday Oct the council passed a resolution authorizing the settlements made The letter is as follows Sirs On Mih ultimo our Mr member has the right to make well Subdivision Taken Over By New Firm New owners have taken over the Mclluugall subdivision or a of il Newmarket town council was notified at its regular Hireling this week The firm Develop ments Ltd requested a meeting Willi mined representatives to discuss the agreement council hail had with Willow Subdivides Humes Ltd and Ironies Lid The agreement guar anteed Ihc supply of town wotpr for 1C0 houses in the McDougall subdivision The agreement applied lo the former owners said the mayor It ill apply to the new ones as the ultimo from Herbert I Coons and Associates Limited your engineers in connection with the- above mentioned subdi vision setting out your require ments for completion of all work on the said subdivision and please be advised that we un satisfied to undertake and com plete such work subject to the following I That on the completion of the said it is understood that our responsibility in connec tion with the above mentioned subdivision will be at an end and no further requests will be made by you In connection with any work whatsoever on such subdi vision Thnl any performance bonds delivered you will Ik surrend ered We would like point out that hi our opinion we have no legal or moral obligation to undertake and complete the said work but in order to maintain your good will we are pleased to do the said work Incidentally we feel that in our past dealings with you from time to time we shown faith a good faith and cooperation will be forthcoming us in the event there are future dealings between us your information the esti mate given In us by a contractor to do the above mentioned work is in excess of which toge ther with the work completed by us or three months ago iu connection with the re shaping of ditches and of roads wilt make a tola cost in the neighborhood of 10000 and such work all will have been done within a period after our legal obligations in connection with this subdivision according to our solicitor have been ter minated hereby agree to commence this work immediately upon the receipt of confirmation of the ac ceptance of this agreement and its terms Yours truly WILLOW SUBD1V1DEKS LIMITED Per It S If Mr has received any criticism on this transaction it is unwarranted In my travels as a I have every evidence of good met many Town Engineers and cooperation and we j in my opinion Mr is trust that the same measure of tops