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Number of Copies Printed this Week 4500 SERVING NEWMARKET AURORA AND THE RURAL DISTRICTS Of CIRCULATION Average for three months ending March Newmarket Trading Aurora Others TOTAL PAID MA YEAR EXPRESS HERALD YEAR NO NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY JUNE 1954 SINGLE COPIES CENTS EACH County Levy Or Newmarket Would Mean The adoption of York Countys budget would mean a levy of on Newmarket according to Joseph Dales Newmarket this year fox a county levy of only Without financial assistance for the county being granted by the Ontario Municipal Board New market would pay more than it expected to pay Newmarket estimated that Its county levy would be it set its budget As Dales stated the finance committee of Newmarket made the assumption that percent aid would be given to the coun ty so it for only half the levy it expected the county would make Should 50 percent aid be given 300 Extra J to the county Newmarket could have a deficit on 1954 operations but it is not likely that any fi nancial aid will bring about a rebate to the town this year Reeve Dales said that New markets share of county ex penses works out to 92 percent He said at a council meeting on Monday night that Newmarket was not wrong in its levy for county purposes this year As remarked previously we are part of the county and we must share in its misfortunes The mayor said We should get relief from the prov ince we should not lose sleep over losing now CaUSeS Unknown and There Inquest Verdict On Childs Death A fiveman jury brought in a verdict that Anne Foster came to her death from causes un known at York County hospital and that no responsibility can by Dr Ritchie As this had no apparent effect on the patient another heart stimulant was in jected directly into the heart muscle through the chest wall be attached to Dr J A Ritchie By this time Edwards Dr J Gordon Cock or their as- and had entered the ENGINEER A J has been appoint ed County Roads superintend ent and County engineer of York county to replace Harvey Rose The appointments were made at sessions of York County council last week Mr Rose has accepted a similar position with the Metropolitan area K SCHOOL CHILDREN INCLUDED IN PEONYROSE SHOW Two special classes have been SENTENCED TO JAIL TERM IN FATALITY Martin Tame Cedar Valley driver of the car which fatally injured Sheridan three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Douglas Sheridan in front her home on Prospect St on Thursday June was sentenced So days on a charge of operat ing a car without a drivers li cence His older brother Frank Tame also of Cedar Valley was convicted of allowing a person included for elementary school to operate his car without a dri- children by the Newmarket Hor ticultural society in its annual peonyrose show The show will be held in the basement of the Christian Baptist church on Sat urday June and is open to the public from The classes for children are best collection not more than foliage to count and collection of garden flowers in one container arrangement to count Three prizes of 35 and 25 cents are offered in each of the two classes The elementary school child ren wishing to enter the compe tition are requested to bring their entries to the basement of the Christian Baptist church be fore pm on Friday June Members of the show committee will assist them All young flower lovers who are attending the elementary schools arc In vited to enter the show More money goes to the York County hospital building fundas John of Farms Newmarket hands a cheque for to C A Gathers chairman of the hospital build ing fund campaign The cheque represented the amount raised by a barn dance at GlenviHe Farms recently held through the cooperation of various organizations in Newmarket The cheque was presented at Eaton Hall last Thursday where a garden party was held through the coopera tion of Lady Eaton In spite of rainy weather 330 was raised at the garden party for the hospi tal fund left to right are Mrs Charles Boyd secretary of the barn dance committee A Gathers John Kudelka and William who represented the Lions club as a participating sjstants The decision which I was reached after more than 30 crating room in answer to an emergency call from Miss mmutes deliberation by the jury j OR supervisor and at the inquest held last night after the chest cavity had been into the cause of death of the nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Douglas Foster was considered unsatis factory by the father Mr Foster told the press Im still not satisfied Im going fur ther I shall consult my lawyer Harold Chaplin Toronto to see what action I can take entered Dr Edwards began massaging the childs heart Dr Edwards testified that it was a few minutes before there was any response and then it was extremely irregular it was al most 15 minutes before the heart resumed its normal rhythm It was another five to seven min utes before respiration was The child died hours after tab shed licence Both men pleaded guilty to the charges Frank Tame was fined and costs or days when he ap peared before Magistrate S in Newmarket on Neither of the men speak or read English and an interpreter was used The Magistrate condemned the practice of issuing licences to people who were unable to read or speak English in passing sentence on the bro thers the magistrate said to Prank Tame A letter shall be sent to the department of requesting that both your operators licence and owners be suspended until such time as you can understand Eng lish Sufficiently to know the of the Highway Traffic scv PUBLISH WEDNESDAY DAY BEFORE JULY I Wednesday June will he publishing day at the Era and Express the day before the national holiday July Cor respondents and contributors are requested to send copy a day earlier than usual Advertisers I are urged to plan copy ahead of schedule because the display advertis ing deadline will be at noon on Monday Jane Deadline for classified advertising copy will be 5 Tuesday The staff members of the Era and Ex press will be working on the Saturday preceding this spe cial publication day PEONYROSE SHOW SET FOR JUNE 26 The annual peonyrose show of the Newmarket Horticultural society will be held In the base- of the Christian Baptist church Newmarket on Satur day June The show wilt be open to the public at pm Valuable prizes have been of- County Budget Report Asks Mill Levy For Essential Services Conditions Govern Speed Not Speed Limit Says Chief A report by the finance com mittee of York County council calling for an expenditure of over was approved dur ing sessions of council held last Thursday With the passing of the bud get bylaw county will adopt a mill levy on an equalized assessment of The levy is close to double that of last year but the assessment on the new county is about per cent of that of the former coun ty which included Torontos sub urban municipalities Opposition to the budget re port came from Alfred reeve of town ship a member of the finance committee Said the reeve If you adopt the budget how can you claim an burden We in are forced to pay higher county rates we receive less in school fered in over 35 classes included grants and we must maintain a in the show Anyone who a lot of roads because of the of the society is eligible of city traffic that passes Speed too great for condi tions is a factor in one out of three fatal traffic acci dents said Chief Constable bidge Newmarket when about street and road safvty this week Too many drivers Involved in accidents fail to realize that limits are based on favor able conditions Condi- lions are less than ideal speed must be reduced for safety Lets put it this way he old At miles an hour a car striking a fixed object will suffer the same damage as if it dropped from a four storey building At miles an hour the- impact would be the same as if it had been dropped from a building This is rela tively the same impact as two cars each going 30 miles an hour meeting head on Adverse weather heavy traf fic and driver fatigue are fac tors which call for slower speeds In ihe vicinity of schools or parked cars on residential streets even 25 miles an hour can be a dangerously high speed when children are playing near by In a few days children will be out of school until next Sep tember During this time we to exhibit bloom and a cordial invitation is extended to begin ners as well as the old timers Membership tickets can be must exercise real caution at the showrooms the proceeding along streets of rest- basement of the Christian Bap- dentin areas the chief snid church on the preceding Strict impartial en evening when all entries must speed laws is one of the most he made before pm effective ways of preventing Included in the show When a driver is appro- classes for peonies roses for by a few miles regards his doing He through our municipality 1 would like to bo on record not to vote for a budget that will raise taxes he said- If we adopt the budget we havent any right to ask for relief from the province York Countys solicitor J j Lucas and J who been hired specially are preparing figures to be present- Municipal request for peonies roses and other flow ers dining room table floral decorations miniature bouquets and other special groups A transportation committee is being organized Anyone re quiring car services to move their exhibits to the show is requested to contact any mem ber of the show committee that he had complete control his vehicle and the influence of his actions on other roadusers is ignored Too many drivers with ex perience Chief Burbidge con tinued depend on their sense of speed rather than their speed ometers to tell them how fast they are going With the im provements in comfort and ease of handling motor vehicles a sense of speed experienced in earlier cars is not experienced in todays cars Confronted with an emergency find that the to have exist Speed controlled according to In aid of the Canadian conditions and within posted Ladies Auxiliary limits will do as much to pre- FRIDAY JUNE Tea ami vent accidents as any other 5JW by St Warden John Rye replying to the reeve said How are we going to say undue burden if we are not to spend any money We dont know of any financial relief com ing yet The majority of municipalities have not even enough themselves to cover this budget COMING EVENTS single element In the field of traffic safety he said Statement On Liquor Vote By Ministerial Association a 5rtie Newmarket Ministerial issued a statement week based on the possi bility of there being a petition the community to call for or against the opening liquor store or brewers Warehouse or both there has been no formation before town it is reported that a petition is being circulated in The town council could call a vote itself It is under that otherwise a petition signatures of percent of lets Is required to call for vote on the from the association Is signed by A Collins and efson is a meeting of our lor a on ft outlet is being circulated in Newmarket The undersigned were appointed to draw up a statement concerning our atti tude in the matter We hope that all good people will do all in their power to dis courage such- a vote and to re fuse to sign such a petition Such a vote will cause expense a vote will have to be paid for It will cause dUsention New market has been without liquor outlets for many years and we seem to be progressing very well without liquor indeed some of cur neighboring munici palities ore said to be a bit jealous of our progress Let us keep Newrhfirket clean and pro gressive If a liquor outlet were grant ei we are convinced that it would be but beginning demands for further outlets Let us keep Newmarket clean and your cooperation lh She matter James Anglican to be held on the church lawn Sharon from to 5 oclock Everyone in vited FRIDAY JUNE festival under the auspices of the Catholic Womens League on ho grounds of St Johns Rec tory Newmarket to fl pm Ail mission Every body welcome e2w24 SATURDAY JUNE Garden Party sponsored by Our of Grace church Aurora Games bingo lucky draw fishpond Supper served to pm SATURDAY JUNE Dance In Holland Landing Community hall Orchestra Bert Dixon and his lazy Valley ranch boys Time pm Admission SATURDAY JUNE Annual rose show Newmarket Horticultural Society in base ment Christian church Open to public at pm made before pm MONDAY JUNK cream social under the auspices of the Willing Workers at Pine Orchard Union Church Piano numbers by pupils of Alberta Wood Ken Stephens bar- Bill Arklnstall violinist Elmer Johnson humorist Every- welcome Admission- and TUESDAY JUNE United Church is holding a strawberry festival in the church from pm on Ad mission adults Children In Markham we passed mills said Mr But what grounds have the solicitors got to work on if we dont spent this money the Warden repeated Reeve of said that the county must carry on certain functions and must pass the budget Reeve said Supposing we dont get relief How can we explain that to our taxpayers We may have to face an irate electorate next year but whats the alternative asked Newmar kets reeve Joseph Doles Re fusing to adopt the budget gets us nowhere believe Mr means we should pare it But how can we Are we going to eliminate essential ser vices Are we going to have to admit to the Municipal Board that these services are not essen tial Reeve Cook of Aurora sug gested holding up the budget un til a Municipal Board reply lie Hie budget would mean a increase in taxes for the av erage home We just cant take that amount The taxpay er cant stand it lie said DeputyReeve Ken Tomlin of Richmond Hill said it was easily seen why more and more muni cipalities are making moves to secede from counties every year Undue burdens are being put on residents of urban communi ties for these county budgets he said being admitted to the operating room York County hospital May to undergo a minor oration for the removal of a cyst from the back of her left wrist Dr Ritchie the attending sur geon Dr Cock the anaesthetist Dr J C Edwards and Dr staff doctors who answered the emergency call for additional help and Dr J A pathologist from the Hospital for Sick Children Toronto who performed the autopsy testified that the child had suffered a cardiac arrest heart stoppage In the testi mony it was shown that medical authorities as yet have no know ledge as to the cause of cardiac arrest The doctors testified that to the best of their knowledge It was the first such case at York County hospital and with the exception of Dr Edwards who seen one instance of cardiac arrest while in Edinburgh it was the first the local doctors had seen Dr said that there had been some known cases of cardiac arrest in the history of the Hospital for Sick Child ren Dr Ritchie testified that shortly after Dr Cock had be gun to administer the anaes thetic the child had taken three or four deep breaths and had then stopped breathing Dr Cock immediately switched from the mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen to pure oxygen and be The doctors testified that ev erything had been done that could be done to save the child She remained in a coma until her death In Use testimony it was shown that the mother Ruth Foster had the attending surgeon Dr Ritchie written permission to perform the operation and to use a general anaesthetic No men tion was made by the parents to the doctors before the operation that the child was abnormally frightened of doctors and dent ists Members of the panel were Patrick Kelley the foreman Richard Burgess Edward Wright- man Frank Newton and Lawr ence Needier Crown Attorney Arteigh Armstrong conducted the inquest which was held by York County coroner Dr Wil liams Aurora Around Town By Local Observer Havoc to grain fields and gar dens in the district has been con siderable from the freak storms thai have been plaguing the area in the past tew weeks Another downpour on Monday night flat tened many of the taller varie ties flowers such as peony in the gardens in town Local resi dents who hart replaced on the weekend transplanting of toma to and pepper plants which had washed out in earlier storms found that the same thing had occurred in the last pounding rain Flooded basements clogged culverts washed out driveways and many other aftermaths of the storms have been reported in all sections of town Town em ployees were busy cleaning away piles of gravel which had washed down on the streets from neigh boring laneways On Saturday June close to primary school children will compete in track events at Pick eting college the reeve of the town Joseph Dales reported to Newmarket council on Monday Hie undertaking which is sponsored by the Newmar ket Recreation commission is being referred to as the Junior Olympics After making announce ment and inviting the members of council and the general public to be present the reeve was ask ed by Councillor Charles Van- Is that the place where youre going to make your much publicized pole vault It couldnt have been publiciz ed too well replied the reeve you think its a pole vault Im entered in the high jump Rotary Peanut Drive To Buy Equipment For New Library The Newmarket Rotary club will make its annual Peanut drive starting Monday to raise to buy equipment for New markets new library Expendi ture of 40000 by Ihe town new library has been approved j by the Ontario Municipal Board will canvass homes The of the reported at council Monday night that percent of the years taxes had been paid to date Newmarket selling tins of to reUfhve childs heart stopped and an in- j is reached Teams i have injection of heart and been named to cover sections respiratory stimulant was made the town Mayor his conned on the fine representation they made in annual Veterans Memorial parade on Sunday It was the first time in years hat 1 can remember he said that there were so many from council in the parade ex and former well as the and engineer took part Where were the rest of them asked one Loch Ob servers suggestion lone fish instead of just in oclock Bring basket lunch for presentation and supper at oclock Alt residents welcome WEDNESDAY JUNE fireworks display ami dance third largest dance floor in Can ada Beach south shore Mussulmans Modern and dancing fireworks in the evening rlw25 TUESDAY JULY Strawberry social at Pine Orchard School Supper to pm Variety program Adults Children Sponsored Pine Orchard Womens Institute WEDNESDAY JULY Kes wick Koraleers presents Variety in the Community Arena Kes wick Dancing stars comedians soloists organist accordionist Admission adults children under WEDNESDAY JULY Whit church Conservation Club an nual picnic at Park WEDNESDAY JULY An nual sponsored by Johns church on rectory eronnds Ontario St Newmar ket FRIDAY SATURDAY AND I MONDAY JULY AUG Keswick carnival trade fair and sports day SATURDAY JULY Queen- vllle Sports Day and New market Annual Trade Fair The show window of York County BINGO every Saturday night at pm Euchre every Thursday night at pm North convict toronto truck driver of Impaired driving Patrick 33 Toronto was convicted of driving while impaired and fined and costs when he appeared before Magis trate on Tues day The charge had been laid following an accident on June Five persons were injured one seriously in the accident which had occurred after who was driving a panel truck on Ho highway made a left turn into the path of a southbound car driven by Taylor Gilbert Newmarket according to the testimony of police Passengers in the car were Mr and Mrs and Miss Jean Hose The passenger in the truck Alex Toronto was ad- milted to Toronto General hos with serious head and in ternal injuries 150th Anniversary er Meeting Society Of Friends Started Yonge St Meeting M anniversary too the w Society of Friends in Canada be for worship and suns In April the Yearly met It was years ago this month that the Society Friends the Quakers started re meetings on Yonge St only a few hundred yards from the present town limits of New- marker The Friends of Newmarket have publisheti a small pamphlet this week to commemorate the establishment of this meeting In Accord the being it unitedly Meeting at Philadelphia had Srd to open the said taken into careful consideration r the situation of the Quakers on Yonge Street in Upper Meeting The county of York then Visitors Prominent Speakers At Friends at the Yearly Meeting of Friends in Newmar ket from June to June 28 In clude Enrol Elliott executive secretary of the Five Years Meet ing and editor of the American Friend Richmond Leonard secretary and editor Board oh Christian Ed ucation of the Five Years Meet Lorraine Cleveland Foreign Service Section American Friends On Sunday in the Friends Meeting House on Cord St Dr Arthur Copt of History Western will give an the Establishment of the Friends on Street At Sunday evening in the Friends Meeting House Howard VYV Pro- The Friends Meeting House which stands on St south of the York County home for the aged was built 180810 of theology Brooklyn JUKI UlfVl I j Memorial Centre KM- College will deliver the Sunder- wick Admission Hand P Gardiner lecture the who later built a meeting house sSoitdWe This meeting is gene but the Hicks he seen at the site today Home District in the province of Upper Canada had an in flu settlers from across the border Arrangements had been made with the Missis- sauna Indians for the Toronto Purchase Involving about acres It was in the follow ing year that government representatives met with the including chiefs on the bank of the Credit River to confirm the purchase The Street Friends held their Preparative Meeting on June 21 1804 The Meeting was established and Nathaniel Pear son was appointed clerk From the journals of early Quakers Timothy Rogers awl Samuel Hughes of the St Meeting the first attempt to hold meetings for worship was in the cabin Timothy Rogers They presented their certificates to the Meeting permission to hold meet ings Soon they erected a covered room In lack of heat- provision forced thettv to a cabin belonging to Rogers One at Journals atatea the loft was has the Church of the land lying on wtth tewtt frx mwI from mm mmMm erected south York doaed ftr the can Rogers I Paw Col t iVArifi