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 Planing Board Reports On Activities During 1959 The past year, 1959, was the third year of operation of Newmarket Planning Board and some of the task begun in previous years were completed or advanced to near completion. The.1959 board had the same membership as in 1958. Council members on the board were Jack Malcolm, vice-chairman; Lorne Paynter and Mayor Alex Belugin, ex-officio. Appointed members were Charles Lloyd, chairman of the Official Plan Committee, Max Doag, Arnold Molyneaux, and Hugh Grant, chairman of the board and the Zoning Committee. A total of 45 regular meetings, 12 special meetings, 28 delegations, as well as special projects and committee work indicates the amount of time spent and the amount of work to be done. From its budget of $1,900 the board spent $1,505.49. The board has been fortunate in having a most capable group of advisors, assistants and critics in Professor A. Adamson, planning consultant; William Errington, solicitor; D. Cockburn, engineer; Grant Blight, secretary; and more recently, the new town engineer, Cas Flis, and the new Industrial commissioner, William Anderson. During 1959 the board made a number of recommendations in matters which had been referred to the board by council or had arisen from our various studies. These recommendations included: 1. Limits of annexation application. 2. Selection of lands to be purchased under The Industrial Sites Act. 3. Off-street parking sites. 4. Sites for Town Works Department and Newmarket Hydro Building. 5. Fairy Lake development proposal. Other work of the board included: 1. Street lighting study and recommendations at the request of the Newmarket Hydro Commission 2. Assisting in the preparation and presentation of data on the annexation application before the Ontario Municipal Board. 3. Meetings with people in the area under annexation application. 4. Official Plan studies. 5. Zoning Bylaw preparation. 6. Approval of various deeds under the requirements of the Area of Subdivision Control By-law. 7. Guidance and assistance to three church groups on future church sites. 8. Meetings with the Public, Separate and District High School Boards on locations of future school sites. The subdivision of lands approved in 1959 included 400 lots of which 104 are for semi-detached dwellings, 3 acres of highway commercial, 41.4 acres of industrial land and 17.7 acres of parks and greenbelt areas. The highlight of the year was the presentation of the proposed Official Plan to council and to the public. The plan was the culmination of studies and discussion over a period of two years. Council approved the proposed plan in principle and three public meetings were held at which the plan was explained and questions answered. The board was quite pleased with the response of the public to its proposal. Subsequently a special meeting was held to which all those who petitioned council, objecting to the classification given to the area of north Main Street, were invited. The comments received from the public hearings have been assembled, correlated and will be made public. When the plan has been reconsidered in the light of the comments from the public hearings the board will then present the final draft to council. It was fortunate in arranging through Professor Adamson for the detailed studies of the community by the University of Toronto Postgraduate School of (Page 5, Col. 6) Bradford Now A Town Ceremony Marks Event A.D. Evans became the first mayor and head of a new council on Monday night when the village of Bradford was incorporated as a town in a colorful ceremony witnessed by a crowd in the community centre. Mayors, reeves, wardens and past wardens of York and Simcoe counties were on hand to offer congratulations and take part in the proceedings. To the skirl of bagpipes, the new mayor and council took their appointed places on the platform. The former reeve of Bradford C.T.S. Evans QC administered the oath of office to the new mayor and council, then presented the mayor with a new chain, of office. This, he remarked I am doing on behalf of my grandfather, my father and myself because between us we have been reeve of this village for about 35 years and have been proud of the village's achievements in the past. Mayor A. D. Evans, in his inaugural address, said that Bradford is a fine example of community co-operation. He told the audience that due to the many nationalities who had settled in the town, Bradford acquired a great number of cultures enriching the community as a whole. He pointed with pride to the fact that juvenile delinquency is practically non existent in the town. Reeve. J. Magani, and Deputy-Reeve Mrs. M. Fallis both expressed pride in the new status of the community as did members of council, F. C. Cook, B. Stewart, F. Gardner and J. Vdowjak. Guest speaker for the evening was the Hon. W. E. Rowe, MP for Simcoe-Dufferin. Mr. Rowe said that Bradford had become one of the fastest growing communities in Ontario and deserved the honors attributed to it. He also gave credit to varied cultural groups for their contribution to community life. Judge Marjorie Hamilton, Barrie, also spoke briefly. Among the civic dignitaries present here, York County Warden William Hodgson, Mayor J. Otton and Mrs. Otton of Newmarket. Reeve A. Hands and Mrs. Hands, Deputy-Reeve Caroline Ion and Councillor Seneca Cook. Mayor James Murray of Aurora presented a scroll to Mayor Evans on behalf of the citizens of Aurora. Congratulations were also received from Premier Leslie Frost of Ontario, along with letters and wires from many other municipalities throughout the province. After the ceremonies a huge birthday cake was cut to celebrate the occasion and refreshments were served. Council Standing Committees At the Jan. 4 council meeting,the following standing committees were approved:- Governance: Deputy-Reeve Caroline Councillors Joseph Burton George Knapton. Works Reeve Alex Hands, Councillors George Knapton and Clare Salisbury. Police and Fire: Councillors Clare Salisbury and Harold LaPlante. Deputy-Reeve Caroline Ion. Welfare: Councillors Seneca Cook and Joseph Burton. Property and Garbage: Councillors Joseph Burton and Seneca Cook. Industrial and Planning: Councillors Charles Lloyd and Deputy-Reeve Caroline Ion. Sewage Disposal: Councillors Harold LaPlante, George Knapton, Reeve Alex Hands. Band: Councillors Seneca Cook and Charles Lloyd. Transportation: Councillors Charles Lloyd and Seneca Cook. Bylaws: Councillors George Knapton and Charles Lloyd. It should be noted that the first-named after each committee is its chairman. The Mayor is ex-officio member of all. ART CLUB NEWS Starting Tuesday, Jan. 19, Art club members will be able to attend a series of demonstration lectures given by R. L. Chadwick. The week after each lecture will be a work session. The demonstrations will be on landscape, Marine and Harbor subjects in oil painting. Mr. ChadWick1 is a former president of Newmarket Art Club and has lectured and exhibited his work throughout Ontario. NEW MALE CHORUS MEETS The members of the newly formed Newmarket male chorus under the direction of Leon B. Nash, were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Bernath, Sutherland St., on Monday, Jan. 11, for the first practice meeting of 1960. Among the members present were Ken Stephens Jim Morrison, Mike Steel, Elgin Toole, Dave Winkworth, Leon Nash and William Bernath. Dance Proceeds For Gun Victim. Keswick â€" The many friends of young Ray Bailey are holding a special benefir dance at Belhaven Hall, Friday Jan. 15. The proceeds of this dance and other fund raismg projects will go to a fund held in trust by the Bank of Nova Scotia, Sutton Branch. Friends wishing to make donations may do so directly to the bank. All funds received will be administered jointly by Mr. R. E. Luke, President of the Sutton Kinsman Club and Mrs. J. Tannahill. Ray, aged 12, lost his eye as a result of an accident from a BB gun held in the hands of a playmate. The fund, it is hoped, will be large enough to take care of eye replacements until Ray is 21. His eye was removed at the Hospital for Sick Children after several attempts were made to save it. A new eye will be required yearly and the cost incurred will be paid directly to the Hospital by the fund trustees. It is estimated the cost will run to a thousand dollars. The Baileys, farmers in the Mount Pleasant district have a family of five. Civil Defence Committee Named For Newmarket A proposal was raised by council this week for the appointment of a Civil Defence Committee for the town and for the provision of finances for its maintenance. However, before the bylaw was passed an objection was heard from Councillor Charles Lloyd who felt thatan amendment intended for insertion in one of its clauses should be referred to the town's solicitor for clarification of its legality. The clause in question referred to the fact that the civil defence committee itself is authorized to support such persons as it deems advisable to provide key personnel for the respective services. The proposed amendment is that the words added "subject to the approval of council." With this addition it is felt council will have a stronger control over the activities of the organization. It is expected that this bylaw in its entirety will be passed at council's meeting and those put forward as prospective members of this civil defence committe included M. A. MacClennan as its Chairman, Charles Boyd, D. Bosworth, G. Phimister and Alfred Hodges. Major Arthur Davies has intimated he is willing to be appointed as Newmarket's Civil Defence Co-Ordinator. Council will make provisions in its yearly budget for the committee's administration and each of its members are to hold office for one year. Fire Hall Floor To Be Inspected For Safety The property committee of town council is to undertake an inspection of the second-storey floor of the Fire Hall. During Tuesday's meeting Councillor Harold LaPlante originally asked that the town engineer investigate the floor's safety for its continued use for dances and other public functions. He complained that on one occasion he could feel the floor vibrating and received the impression that it was sagging. "If it is indeed unsafe," said LaPlante, "what is involved and how much would it cost to have it strengthened and braced for the public's protection?" The amendment to have the inspection carried out by the property committee was brought before the members by Councillor George Knapton and the motion was carried unanimously. SHARON TEENS HOLD SUCCESSFUL DANCE The Sharon Recreation Teen Group held its first dance January 1 in Sharon and reports the affair was so successful further dances are being planned. The next one is to be held in Sharon hall Friday, Jan. 22. All teeners are invited; admission will be 25 cents. A Valentine dance is also being planned for Feb. 12. New members to the club will be made most welcome. The kids have the latest records and a refreshment bar will be open for cokes, hot dogs, etc. For further information call Miss Liiida Hall, Sharon, president of the group. WEATHER DAMPENS JAYCEES' EFFORTS Because of poor weather Tuesday night, only 60 to 70 people turned up to watch the Dale Carnegie Course demonstration sponsored by Newmarket Jaycees in the town hall. In a demonstration in memory-training, Yvonne LeMaitre and Earlby Thompson, Jaycee president, notorious for a poor memory, were guinea pigs. Bill Metcalfe, Niagara St., won the free door prize. Mel McCaffrey reports the first session of the course will be held at the Jayeee club rooms, 440 Davis Dr., on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. Anyone is invited to attend under no obligation. Those wishing to join will be most welcome. Meetings during the course will be held one night a week. CADETS TO CONDUCT SA SERVICES HERE Conductihg the services this weekend at the Salvation Army Citadel, Queen St., will be Cadet Mrs. Lorna Douglas, Thessalon, and Cadet Margaret Hodgson, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Mrs. Douglas graduated from North Bay Teachers College and was an elementary school teacher for four years before entering training as a cadet. She has a non-Salvationist background, first being attracted to the Salvation Army by their Saturday night open-air meetings in Thessalon. Cadet Hodgson is a second generation Salvationist who worked for four years as a control room operator for Radio Station CFNB, Fredericton. She did religious and children's programs, was a disc jockey and broadcasted the SA services from New Brunswick Citadel. COMING EVENTS FRIDAY, JAN. 15 â€" St. John's Bingo at 58 Main St., Newmarket. games. $100 game. FRIDAY, JAN. 15 â€" Dance in Mount Albert Community Hall, sponsored by the Sharon Juinor Farmers. Leo Paxton's orchestra. Admission 75c. FRIDAY, Jan. 15 - Come one, come all, dance at Belhaven Hall. Food prizes, admission 50c. Proceeds for Ray Bailey Eye Bank. FRIDAY,JAN. 15 â€" Euchre in Holland Landing community hall; 8:15 p.m.; good prizes, lunch. All welcome. Admission 50c. MONDAY, JAN 18 - Plan to attend East Gwillimbury Far Forum, Sharon hall, 8:30 p.m., topic Farm Credits. Guest speaker. All farmers are their wives welcom. TUESDAY, JAN. 19 â€" Annual meeting of Newmarket Cemetery in the office of Department of Agriculture, 463 Botsford St. TUESDAY, JAN. 19 - Euchre in Sharon Hall, 8.30 p.m., sponsored by Hope Hobby Club. Good prizes and lunch. FRIDAY, Jan. 15 - Dance in Mount Albert Community Hall, sponsored by the Fire Department, Leo Paxton's orchestra. Admission 75c. TUESDAY, JAN. 19 â€" General meeting of Newmarket and District Association of Retarded Childrem, 8 p.m. in the school room, Friends Church, 429 Botsford St., Newmarket. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20 - Annual Community Carnival night in Queensville areana, 8 p.m. Events for all ages, good prizes. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20 - Bingo in Newmarket Town Hall, 8 p.m. Sponsored by Newmarket Veterans. 20 games, $5 per game, three door prizes, all this for 50c admission. Special games, share-the-wealth jackpot game. Help the Vets to help others. MONDAY, JAN. 25 â€" Volunteer York County Hospital Shop Workers annual meeting at Dept. of Agriculture Board Room, Botsford St., at 8 p.m. All volunteers invited, tea served by auxilary. MONDAY, JAN. 25 â€" Euchre in Schomberg Town Hall, 8:15 p.m., excellent prizes, lucky draw, refreshments. Proceeds for Schomberg and District Memorial Arena, Admission $1.00. TUESDAY, Jan. 26 â€" York Curling Club Ladies' annual at home. Exhibition curling 2.30 p.m. and tea 3-5 p.m. Tickets 50c. For skating reservations of your church, Sunday school or young peoples groups phone 204W4, Stouffville, Parkside Youth Centre, Ratcliff Park. TOWN FAMILY INJURED IN VANDORF ACCIDENT A well - known Newmarket family had a narrow escape on Friday, Jan. 8, when the car in which they were travelling skidded on the Don Mills Rd. at Vandorf, went out of control and hurtled over a 60 ft. embankment. Mrs. Frank Dutton and her three children, Avenue Rd., Newmarket were travelling to Leaside Arena, where Carol, 10, the eldest child, is a member of the Leaside Skating Club. The car went out of control on a particularly bad stretch of road, and Mrs. Dutton and the children had to scramble out of the car which had come to rest upside down at the bottom of a deep incline. ji car~which had come to a deep incline. After a hazardous climb they were able to reach the top again and a passing motorist, Mr. Jowitt, Lakeshore Rd., Keswick, drove them to the family doctor in Newmarket. Mrs. Dutton reeived severe bruises and Carol had minor cuts, bruises and shock. Jeffrey, aged 5 and Lindsey, 3, both sustained minor cuts and bruises. The family was able to return home after the check-up. The car was completely wrecked. NEW MEMBERS JOIN PLANNING BOARD It was an evening of bylaws at last Tuesday's council meeting, delayed from teh usual Monday gathering owing to Newmarket council members' courtesy attendance at the inauguration of Bradford as a town. Among the bylaws passed was one appointing M. B. Seldon to the Planning Board to fill the vacancy created by Charles Lloyd's recent election to council. Mr. Seldon is well known in the town, having been employed by the Office Specialty Company for the past 49 years. The Planning Board feels that his extensive knowledge of the town's history and its personalities will be of great service to them. His term of office will be for one year. Also re-appointed for a further three years were original members, Jack Malcom and Hugh Grant. Members of council on the board will be Deputy-Reeve Caroline Ion and Charles Lloyd. Five Hurt In Collision A Bradford sitrict family were involved in an accident on Sunday night when the small car they were driving skidded on snow covered Highway 400 then collided with a bus before overturning. Walter Truesvyeh, RR 1 Bradford was inhured and taken to Toronto General Hospital, while his wife Tania, was rushed to York County Hospital in Newmarket sufferiing from shock. Two of the Trusevych children were removed to Barrie General Hospital and a third child John, 11, was taken to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, where his condition is now reported as fair. The accident took place three miles west of Aurora, near the Aurora side road on 400. Both vehicles were northbound when Mr. Trusevyeh tried to slow down because three cars were off the road after a previous accident. His car slipped onto the median, then back onto the pavement and crashed into the front of the bus. The car was wrecked but the bus had only slight damage and continued with its passengers. Industrial Newmarket : 1 Pencils Pointed Way To Prosperity Old Joe Dixon deserves a warm place in the hearts of many townsfolk. Today they earn their living through the original dogged persistence of this ingenious inventor who in turn was ship's boy, prankster, chemist, printer, woodcarver and lithographer. Next week sees the anniversary of his birth in the little town of Marblehead, Mass., in 1799, where his father, a shipowner, had visions of his son becoming a physician. Fortunately for the world and Newmarket, young Joe's interest in the healing profession waned. Instead his agile mind turned to solving problems and improving processes in a wide field, covering such diverse achievements as a file cutting machine (in those days files had all been made by hand), the development of photolithography years ahead of its practical usefulness, the invention of new dyes and inks which made the counterfeiting of banknotes the virtual impossibility it is today. He also developed, accidentally, stove polish and with the money earned from that venture went on to make graphite crucibles for steel making processes which were destined to become technical and financial sussesses and the foundation of Dixon enterprises. Early Struggles Dixon, who has been compared with Edison for his contributions to the betterment of mankind, is best-known as the father of the modern pencil. Prior to his tinkering with graphite and clay, the few people who did write resorted to the quill and ink: at best a messy and impracticable business. Alternatively, there was an imported excuse for a pencil available but which was both primitive and expensive. Joseph Dixon first became interested in the idea of a new and better writing aid when he noticed the vast quantities of graphite ore dumped from his father's ships. The material was brought from the East as ballast in the sailing vessels, being both heavy and cheap. To the young inventor here was an ideal substance for his creative imagination. Those early years of experimentation to fuse clay and graphite satisfactoro;y and insert the completed compound into pieces of grooved wood were frusterating. Success did not come easily and for many years Joseph Dixon's other interests supported the infant pencil industry. The Present Day However, those struggling early yeras are now psat and have become part of the heritage of Canada's leading pencil manufacturer. To the management and staff of the Dixon Pencil Co. on Davis Drive, a subsidiary of the giant Joseph Dixon Crucible Co. of Jersey City, pencils are big buisness. And to the customers pencils are an expendable (Page 5, Col. 5).