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r If AURORA NEWS FRONT PAGE Second Section CIRCULATION Average for three months September Newmarket 1674 Trading Aurora Others TOTAL PAID NEWMARKET AU80RA AND HE OF NORTH YORK MA YEAR YEAR NO NEWMARKET ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER SINGLE COPIES CENTS EACH Mm J A f Childrens Party At Theatre Monday Arrangements have been com pleted for a childrens party at the Theatre next Monday afternoon Santa will be there to greet all the youngsters and candy fruits and nuts will be provided by the businessmen of Newmarket Santa will be at the doorway of the theatre by on Mon day afternoon The first show will start at approximately pm A second show will start at midafternoon for those who cannot be accommodated at 130 There will be special childrens films Santa will be In the theatre lobby as children enter During the films he will be at the Newmarket Taxi office at the rear of King George ho tel to greet tiny tots with their parents He will be at trie taxi office towards pm Santa will also be at office during the second show The Christmas party Is being sponsored by the theatre and businessmen Anna Sutherland Dies Birthday Dies Following Recent Operation Urn More Far Bisters Still short of their of the Lions club needs more for its Christmas basket fund The number of requests for Lions Christmas baskets is higher this year than last according to the club secretary Torn Boyle The club helps outoftown fami lies in the Newmarket district and one or two families the Lake area- Donations to the this week include the following Harvey Lane Drug Store- Holland Landings annual Santa parade held last Saturday was the best yet Over rioats were entered in the big parade and visitors from other communities in the district crowd ed the streets with every adult and child in the village Typical Holland Landing humor was dis played in the float called Holland Landings Famous Industry recalling the days when illegal stills were located back in the swamps north of the village Above left lo right are Bert Rochet Bradford Andy Koniccnzy Holland Landing and Don McKay Bradford apparently testing the fire water They were in charge of the float entered by the tannery Bolow is a scene on the main street of the village as the long parade moved up the hill Era and Express photo Morton Bros Morrisons Mens Wear Limited No Name Hardware Mrs A Winn MRS LARRY HICKS PRESIDENT Mrs Larry Hicks was elected president of the Junior Evening Auxiliary Trinity Unit ed church Newmarket when the election of officers for was held at the Dec meeting It was held at home of Mrs A Mrs Bruce pre sided and introduced the guest speaker Mrs Howe To ronto Mrs Howe who is dent of the Centre conducted the installation of of ficers Following the ceremony she gave an Informative talk on the duties of each position Those elected are president Mr Hicks Vicepresident Mm Donald secretary Mrs Hill treasurer Airs Car son community friend ship Mrs Robert- Peters liter ature secretary Mrs Harold missionary Mrs Bert Atkins PAIR SAVED ICY WATERS After clinging to swimming in the icy waters Lake for over an hoiirY two Toronto men were rescued by Sydney Lamb and Tom Moore off he mainland near Point late Friday afternoon As he was returning home his work about pm Sydney Lamb heard cries from the lake Accompanied by Tom Moore Lamb set out in a in search of the persons About a offshore they discovered Mckenzie Edna St and George Ellis Weils Ave Toronto doing their best to keep afloat in the chilly waters rescued men were rowed to shore and taken to Mr Lambs home where they were put up for the night Despite their exhaustion of the night before McKcnzie and Mr Ellis were well enough by the following morning to leave for their homes in Toronto FAMOUS INDUSTRY The Map In Santa KING TOWNSHIP King township council approv ed of yearend payments of from 125000 to ut its regular meeting Monday The county levy for the town ship amounted to Au rora high school district board receives and the public and separate schools of the township York County hospital receives from the township and municipal fire protection amount to Of this fire pro tection money Aurora receives Newmarket 180 and A- All the villagers turned out for the Holland Landing Santa parade turk as as people from Newmarket and the district Jftere was the parade over an old distillery tiriit mounted on a gone memories right Walkers- dog leading thtf parade Holland Landing is a which less than 100 people fifew nursery and favorites from the comics took part in and r helpers had circled returning to the commun ity hall treats were passed out lo each of these district trooped post were lifted yftlsperirihifl for M-ttrtfriorilildcrttly- electric train figure would It was a ego a of six I oca I residents decided to attempt the project for the children the district It a- I r la r j THURSDAY DEC Aurora Legion hall in aid of the Auxiliary Hood irethcwealth games Time oclock sharp FRIDAY DEC Well- Baby Clinic from to 4 pm at the York County Health Unit Please change of date to third Friday for this month only SATUHDAY DEC St Johns bingo fa the Town Half at Jackpot 275 games 25c jetfll fiVNDAYDEC Christian Baptist morning service music serviceJunior candlelight service Mar- Gibson will from Other child soloists Mrs organist and music elw51 fllJNDAY DECS Special service In lie llnited at the direction DEC at Hall at turn games iifie Games- for turkeys and chickens Jackpot arid floor TUESDAY DEC In Army citadel Newmarket at Santa will visit WEDNESDAY DEC Eve dance in Mount Albert hall Norm Burling or chestra Admission Caf eteria lunch Fill DEC AND SAT DEC Newmarket Dramatic Club a Christmas Jack the Dean town hall Friday pm and Mat at and pm DANCING at Mount Saturday from to to Norm his orchestra Bus leaves King George hotel sharp 138 DANCING every Saturday night at Old Jersey school to Wilson and his Top many in costume- fresh stock depicted- the The original committee ages oldest industry Another Peter Pop Walker Mrs Norman Mrs Goodwin Mr and Mrs Cecil and Miss On the are chair man Brit tain Earl finance Peter Walker program Art Foster and Jack Kitchingi Many more volunteers assisted this executive The parade and treats were all rVRADE i Santa the topic of tet Mia I 8Q prb- fiianii Anderson- re- a tv thy d I J it idt fen fit- mm taw Were sponsored Tiierc was a lack of feni he exception of Scbui under pipe l Ifllefti was used W A MorVeyAwrXUc4byft draw euchres byBrlvate Each JCfttry- in the was made independently ickivtil no one was certain who Or what would im V Tractors were driver AH the neighboring to floats In the tractors were bedecked With streamers and selves Gay nineties cojitSnies were brought ho Curs of almost equal ago were decorated for tin float praised dogs when complete with cook stove over the chef these the occu pants of the loai added to the merriment the parade by singing- lustily Hot coffee was passed put to the onlookers from a chuck wagon Pancakes route were not so of candy and Ice were Ijirowh froth other floatis as they On one float in a forest of pine arid cedar WlP Teddy- Bears the teddies and pan das in the villagehad Iworj There were some with out an eye and some showing grubby finger maris but all had gathered in the Woods for their picnic A tradition of cooperation and goodwill been built since the first parade It was evident- on Saturday cof fee was served in the hall the to adult in parade onlookers ways Pop Walker In tartan led off Hie parade with fills i trusty Scotch In Seasons Traffic Mrs Anna Sutherland Newmarkets oldest resident died in her year at St Michaels in Toronto yesterday morn ing She underwent an operation in the hospital recently and although she had a strong determination to recover her age was against her The funeral service will be in Newmarket Friday N 1 1 i m b u y the the the cowboys and cowgirls in the parade Ten Little Indians in lipstick Warpaint and burlap costumes whooped and as they passed on another float if a prize should have been awarded for the best animal costume to the sheep which mas Marys Little Lamb obediently- by Ills near the on one float he added to the gen oral excitement with his plaintive bleats Heal- Holland Landing humor showed in a float entitled Holland- Landings Famous In dustry A still with barrels of A pleasant iif ted was Chflstiios bazaar of the St Pauls ikart Newmarket on project was The guests ffiw Arrival Mrs and Mrs J Many and passing under an of boughs and bright red visitors enjoyed their re- at tables at tractively centred with Christ- nips decorations A gaily decor ated Christmas tree stood by the With heavy traffic and rush of shoppers around Christmas season it is hurry that kills warns Chief Con stable Byron New market He makes an appeal for sober and unhurried driving and walking during the holiday sea son The rushpf last minute shop ping and visiting is blamed for most traffic accidents at this time of year enforcement is only part of the Occident prevention prob lem the Chief points out Rec ords show that inattention core- lack of common sense account for most accidents With uncertain weather and road conditions and with more people on the roads day and night has to be more safety minded than usual Police do their share to rid the roads of careless and dangerous drivers particularly those who insist on driving after drinking despite repeated warnings D Criticizes Polls John Norm Doyle the 1952 Reeve of North has petitioned to the county court judge for a recount of ballots east ill the election for township reeve on Dec There was a difference of only five voles between Mr Doyle and Roy Pollock who was elected reeve The recount taking place in the town of Lindsay where there was only a difference of seven votes between two candidates for mayor is said to have encouraged the recount of votes in North Roy Pollock polled votes for the of North and Doyle polled Total number of rejected ballots was 27 The recount is to take place at hall on Monday Dec The last meeting of township council was held on S3 MUNICIPAL DINNER Black road superin tendent of King township enter tained township officials at ft turkey dinner Monday In Noble- ton At the superintendents party were the reeve and mem bers of council the dork and clerks secretary tax collector six road employees and Major ni it i v She will not be homo this Christmas for this lovely fiveyear old is patient at Queen Mary for tubercular children at Weston Like most young patients her infection came from an adult not known to have TIL Christmas Seals pay for free chest xrays and clinic checkups to find disease in its early most easily curable stages before it can spread to others Please buy Christmas Seals Monday Unfinished business was taken care of and the district returning officer for Keswick Charles asked council to recommend better instruction for district returning officers and other polling officers in future elections Mr said he was not instructed well enough in the last election and that he had only finished his work by Grace of God He also said that the act called for a constable to be in attend ance and that he should be in a position to keep order Instead of that said Mr som abuse was taken from people who had too much to drink and the people were al lowed to stay at the school polling subdivision while the ballots were counted They acted like bunch of maniacs he said Council decided that more ex plicit instructions should be given out before election day It was also recommended that there be only two polling booths at the Keswick school in future in stead of one at the Jersey River area Mrs Anna Maria Sutherland 104 Newmarkets oldest citizen and the oldest person in York County diet yesterday morning flt St Michaels hospital in Tor onto She would have been years old on her next birthday March 2 Mrs Sutherland underwent a major operation in Toronto a few ago and was reported to be doing weli after the opera tion Relatives said that she had great desire to get better and she put up a great fight but her age was against iter Chest complications were the cause of Mrs Sutherlands death Her daughter said that almost to the end her mind was quite clear and she could understand and follow conversation A private service for the fam ily will be held at the chapel of and Rose Newmar ket at pm Friday The funeral service will be at pm interment at Newmarket cem etery Surviving Mrs Sutherland are a daughter Mrs Ruby Suther land Cody 2745 St Tor onto a grandson Donald Cody Bid Toronto arid three great grandchildren Jane John and Nancy Cody Mrs Sutherland was well known for unusual energy considering her age Past her birthday she was unusually witty and kept an interest in affairs of the town and of the world She was born at Inverness Scotland and came to Canada at the age of eight aboard a sail ing vessel Her father Alexander Simpson went into business in Newmarket mother was one of the founders of the St And rews Presbyterian church in Newmarket As a young woman she often journeyed to Toronto to visit her cousin Simpson She married James Sutherland a merchant nearly years ago and he predeceased her in Two sons and Frank died in their 28th years Newmarket and district has been noted for longevity Silas another town resident also lived to over Last year Mrs Elizabeth Alexander Brown Hill died few weeks be fore her birthday TWO FIRES Newmarket fire department was called out twice last week On Saturday a mattress was on fire In an apartment on south Main St Thursday night a car was on fire in the Park Ave mu nicipal parking lot but police ex tinguished blaze before fire men arrived r SSJiT MONDAY the Issue of and will be published on Monday Friday TOWN MERCHANTS DO GOOD DEEDS PAY INTO METERS A group of Newmarket merch ants have set a good example for the Christmas season in being nice to possible victims of the parking meter Some motorists who have rushed back to put a nickel in the meter long after their time was up have found yellow tickets on their windshields But they are not police department tickets The verse printed on these merchants tickets explains their good deed Your time up we saw the cop And you were in a pickle But we knew you had to shop So we put in the nickel SHORT OF FUNDS FOR HALL In an enquiry to Newmarket council at its last meeting Mayor Vale asked why the walls in auditorium of the new fire hall had hot been plastered Said Councillor Puynter chair man of the new fire hall build ing committee Wo ran out of funds approval was for 40000 and there was no money left to complete the plas tering Club And Dance Present Christmas Pantomime Christmas audiences who will see Dramatic clubs seasonal pantomime Jack and Bean Stalk will be the first to see the renovated Newmarket town hall auditorium The pantomime will be presented on Friday night Dec pm Saturday In afternoon at and Saturday evening The pantomime will be the first effort of this kind by the Dramatic club It is a cooper ative production by the club and Betty Gordon dancing class In addition to the cast of characters from the Dramatic club there will be children taking part Barbara Hamilton la in charge of the production Direction handled by Dorothy Bowman The cast for the pantomime In cludes Patsy Dunn Fern Wayne John Mike Morrow Nick tyke and Flor ence Goldsmiths It is described as broad and dance with novel staging