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FA mm Festival April 30 1954 PM ADULTS 35c STUDENTS 25c with The Newmarket Era Express Thursday Apr Page f t Post JV 4 In this group of Mount Albert who recently visited the Master Feeds plant in Toronto and the demonstration farnvai are back row Jim feeds representative Crone and ft Hayes third row C Harrison A Harri son Wright J and Ken Rose second row J Gib son Ken Mitchell A Hewlett Brown I Wright arid Harrison front row Harrison C Martin ML Crone Harrison and A Dixon w i The Common Round Isabel CotviUe TO LOOK AND LISTEN WEEK Rowland Store Aurora at PHONE inner itself When you look at and listen to something you enjoy it comes to your mind how wonderful it is to have eyes and ears week I had two occasions to use these senses to advantage at tile Minstrel Show and at the demonstration of handcraft Ill write of the Minstrel Show this week and of Miss Spencers talk next week- On Friday evening when Elsie and I the other half of the family having the ar rived at the town hall my mind was half at home with the flu victim and half at the hall watching the seats fill up with people drawn by the timeless attraction of the Minstrel Show I wonder when the first minstrel show was staged Well have to write to the Old Philosopher Alex Fair and find out Dick Hilliard made a personable and efficient inter- bringing out his end mens jokes In good form and those end men Dei Denne Allah Read and lived well up to the established tradition that their jokes must really be funny without offending Jack and West excelled them selves as the unpredictable comedians who wandered hither and yon through the The soloists chorus and form the solid foun dation on which such an enter tainment rests We thought the chorus unusually good Marie Lyons and Gene McCaffrey had done a fine job Gene conducting had a touch of professionalism that was quite outstanding We were intrigued by the cos tumes and Evelyn and Kay Dyer deserve a note of thanks for the effect they obtained The silvery iri descence of the spots on the mens shirts was tremendously effective when the stage was darkened I thought one of the moat ef fective numbers was the ladies chorus rendition of Stephen Fos ter memories Stephen Foster and minstrel shows- are surely comrades I hud only one fault to find we could have disposed the music sheets Music is so much more real when no visible reminders meet the eye and also the singers can put so much more into their work But thats a mere detail and the la dies added much to the whole performance The male soloists did nobly They included old friends of other minstrel shows Murray Huntley Terry Dean Jimmy Walker and Charles Boyd and new ones like Ken Morton and Ernest McCaffrey I would like to speak of the banjo duet of Cecil Gibson and Alex One so often hears guitars but very seldom do we hear a banjo well there is nothing else which so lends itself to plantation melodies We would gladly have heard another num ber A minstrel show without ac companists would be a sad af fair but there was no such cal amity- last week Everyone knows or should know what we think of Mrs Blosdale as a pian ist and accompanist and as usual she lived up to her reputation She was assisted in the inter ludes by some accompaniments by Mr David Penney at the or gan Mr Penny did excellent work before the performance be gan- One innovation which pleased us was the hymn Bless This House which- with the excep tion of God Save the Queen con cluded the program The hymn left a feeling of quiet pleasure and wellbeing and brought to mind the cause for which the show was staged our hospital So from the opening curtain to the rollicking strains of Minstrel Days to the hush that followed Bless This House the show went forward smoothly and most successfully A free Easter hat with every top coat at Morrisons Newmar ket PARTY The regular monthly euchre party sponsored by the Scout- Guide Mothers auxiliary New market will be held in the Scout hall on Friday April p There will be prizes- Re freshments will be served ORGANIZE EVENING WXV TRINITY CHURCM i Mrs Fred Leach was elected president of the Evening group of the Womans association Trinity United church Newmar ket at an organization meeting held in the Sunday school room on April Mrs teach opened the meeting and Mrs M B president of the senior WA conducted the election of officers The group will meet on the first Monday of each month at pm with the next meeting planned for May 3 It will be held in the Sunday school room Those elected to office include Mrs Fred Leach sec Mrs Stewart Dow Mrs Donald press sec Mrs W cones sec Mrs Arnold pianist Mrs A Cam eron and social convener Mrs A The remainder of he will he later artificial spring flowf Easter Gift our large assortment of English china cups and saucers from up he Marigold Gift Shoppe Main St Newmarket Phone Jn V Mount Albert Farmers Tour Elevators And I Experimental farm Arranged by the local feeds dealers Harold Hayes and Son a group of Mount Albert district farmers were taken on a tour of Toronto Elevators on Thursday March under the direction of Jim the local Master Feeds representative The oper ations of the targe grain storage elevator and boat unloading equipment were explained to the troiip They also toured the manufac turing plant and after lunch in the cafeteria the group proceed ed to the demonstration farm on No highway north of Toron to At the acre farm where all feeds are tested under prac tical fanning conditions the group visited the beef cattle unit where purebred Shorthorns as well as commercial steers are kept The loose housing system of raising dairy heifers was demonstrated on the next stop The group then inspected the poultry unit where turkeys are raised and processed for market and where 2200 layers are kept for experiments- also the hog unit where extensive swineraising operations and ex perimental work were explain ed Systems of artificially cur ing hay were observed and other features of the tour were an Artificially built form pond a well equipped workshop and a large fox and mink ranch I presents Cantata on good friday At eight oclock on Good Fri day night the choirs of Trinity United church will sing Sir John cantata The Cruci fix Soloists will be Wilbur Henry Ken Morton Ken Ste phens and Harold The junior choirs will sing the chor ales and number of solos and duets will be featured On Easter Sunday morning the junior choirs will siiig carols in the choir gallery before the service The carols to be sung include rarelyheard French tunes Provencal and Bel gium The senior choir will be as sisted by Donald Bruce Smith trumpeters and Donald Wilbur Henry trombonists They will also play Mozarts Motet Number One Solo voices to be heard in the carols are Miss Stephen son Miss Anna Morton and Ken neth Stephens The Easter music will be repeated oh the Sunday after Easter ARMITAGE To assist Doner a polio- victim and his family the Arini- Community club has held a benefit dance Other groups have also raised money to assist the family including the unity club Mr Doner- is a patient at Lodge at present- The dance which was held at Bluebird Inn on Friday night was attended and the fol lowing arc the prizes donors and winners Puppy donated by Hugh Danny Croutch Newmarket desk lamp donated by Aurora Mr Sheldon Walker Sharon shirt donated by clothing store Aurora Mrs Kef f half cose oil donated Cook Miss Aurora garden hose donat ed by Newmarket Mr Del Turnbull Aurora two cups and saucers donated by Mr Ma- gee Aurora Mr Porter box of groceries don ated by girls Mr Nell Newmarket half case oil donated by Cook Mr Wall work Stouffville aftershave stick donated by Hess drug store Au rora Mr Lloyd Miss Dorothy Groves and Miss Phyllis Gibson celebrated their eleventh birthday on Saturday each having a party at their home with guests iron their re spective schools Messrs Alex Lewis Brown Banff Alto dropped in oh their sister Mrs Alfied Lewis last week and took the family to Kingston to visit an other sister Mrs Ernest Mr and Mrs A Thomas Toronto were Sunday guests at the home of the formers sister Mrs Gordon Adams THIS SPRING MEANS SHANTUNG The jacket handsomely tailored with soft curves a hint of shoul der padding charming hip detail The skirt slim as a daisy stem All In fully lined cool shantung for spring and summer wear AND UP COSTUME JEWELLERY PENDANTS ETC AND VENTURE FORTH THIS SPRING in our goodlook ing lightweight wool top per Stitching edges the petite rolled collar the deep cuffs the slit pockets and the smart buttondown front In a garden of spring colors 495 AND UP SPRING COATINGS look new and wonderful this season Here you see a shining example in our full length coat disciplined fullness falling from the smart yoke pushup sleeves making way for your handsome gloves In fleece in the palest pastels AND UP fcV AW V -CI- Never have you seen such a basketful of beau tiful bonnets Lovely little creations to comp liment your Easter out- fit to send your spirits soaring Hats done in soft f el Island crisp straws worked into the most fluttering shapes and styles of the new season Come now and choose your mm LEATHER BAGS WIDE VARIOUS SHADES AND STYLES TO -11- and up Nylon and Fabric Gloves STORE HOURS THURSDAY EVENING AM CLOSED GOOD FRIDAY SATURDAY AM PM PM w Ill Post