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Newmarket Era and Express, 15 Sep 1955, p. 14

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nmnr IS so- KING VACGHAN MATCH King and Vnughan branch of the Ontario Plowmens Associa tion will hold the annual compe tition at Farms Maple on Thursday Oct The slate of officers have been reelected with Marshall reeve of Vaughan township as presi dent Sales and Service CLEANERS TRIPLE BRUSH FLOOR POLISHERS HERB HILL MANAGER St Phone 836 Newmarket District Office Make Faming More Profitable Fit BANK Discuss a Farm Improvement Loan with your nearest Bank of Montreal manager Bank Montreal In of life Newmarket Branch Back of Montreal CAMKOV Manager BILLS SHOE REPAIR We serve you in two places Newmarket and Bradford During SEPTEMBER Special Low Prices For Repairs CHILDRENS SOLES LADIES SOLES MENS 12 SOLES 125 150 and 175 FREE school scribblers to each customer Heres the most spectacular development in home since Williams first lowpressure nil burner back in a new concept of ilirift fuel- lesion- at a dramatic oca burner ever built only one in ternal routine part- Selfcleaning nozzle is guaranteed for lift Its fully automatic even Just set the for the temperature you want and forget it A line Williams Oil I lumen and Furnace Moaufcuhsmr MORCH MANUPACT1MIMO LIMITED SONS King City And District Km0 Trustees Say Association Executive Not CoOperating To Provide New Fire Hall Site New Business At King A new business has been es tablished in King City by Frank It is a general repair shop The building of masonry and steel construction is located on the property on St near the CNR track The lower part of the building is being completely equipped with machinery for steel repairs All special parts for re pairs will be bandied In the upper storey custom wood work ing will be done- Mrs who has a knowledge of woodworking gained since a child in her fath ers shop at Battlefield Calif will restore furniture and refin- antique pieces to a lime or natural state Record Enrolment The highest enrolment the history of King City school was recorded on opening day Sept when children were on hand The average number in each of the four classrooms is 381 Miss junior teacher of grades one and two had 39 of which were beginners with a likelihood of one or two more still to come Mr Carson Bice in grades seven eight had while the principal Miss Dennis had in grades five and six Extra seats had to be set up to take care of the large class Mrs Mary Hemphill has 31 in grades three and four Strange school sent in and section sent eight Lions Auction Sale King City Lions held their first dinner meeting of the fall season on Sept Plans are being made to conduct the annual public auction sale on October in Memorial Park pavilion under the chairmanship of A Wil son Collection of items through out King district will be made in advance It was reported that 450 had been cleared from the barn dance held at Kingfield Farm in August Miss Jill Fog daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Fog Fogwood Farms fourth of King is teach ing in the school of S S Whitchurch Jill took a summer course to make her eligible for the position John Addison took the summer course at Teachers College and is teaching grade eight in Hart- mans school S 2 Whitchurch Miss Ruth Wilson King City has been the recipient of a large- number of shower gifts to mark her coming wedding on Satur day Sept when she will marry Garnet White of Whitby at a ceremony in King City Uni ted church Friends of Mr and Mrs fvel Wood King are sponsor ing a benefit program in Lake Marie pavilion King City on Friday night Sept The Woods were seriously injured in a motor accident this summer and are suffering ill effects Mr Wood has not been able to re sume his work as a motor mech anic Wins College Scholarship and Mrs J Grew took their daughter Suzanne to Ot tawa during the veekend where she will be a student in Carlton College for the next three year She acquired her senior matric ulation at Aurora district high school and her high standing as an honor student qualified for a a scholarship at Carlton College Suzanne is taking a course in journalism and will live at the home of her friend Miss Anne Jarvis Ottawa She recently re turned from two months at Banff Alta where she took a position with the Bell Telephone Co during her vacation Mr and Mrs Allen Bales sec ond concession took a cottags Beach for the first week of their holidays later made a motor trip to Mr and Mrs Detroit spent Labor Day week- Long Bus Driver Dan Retires Dan name has be come traditional In his years a bus driver between King City and Toronto On the even ing of August he made his last run to the King terminal to his retirement personal touch he provided in this service to the public would bo hard to surpass good driving record kind ness and good humor earned respect of hundreds of people After ho was also a driver on Bert Irelands bus to St Ave no that his experience actu ally extended beyond years From were hard est years During the when gasoline was rationed ho mndo two trips dally from King City to Toronto and dally trips to plant others to on Sundays For many years ho worked every In the week and during he had an extra trip on Saturday nights Until the last five years ho knew every passenger by name Over the years the custom has been to hold a Christmas party on the bus and present Dan with a gift Oh the eve of his retire ment a farewell party was held aboard outside the dry and commuters presented Dan with an electric shaver and a sports thirl end with relatives in the district Mrs is a sister of Mrs Arthur Eversley Mrs- Grant Oak Ridges Mrs Bill Snowball and daughter of Mrs Katie Cairns Oak Ridges Mrs Fred Curtis Heritage Park entertained the on Sept when arrange ments were made to hold a ba zaar on Friday afternoon Nov 25 in the rooms of King City United church Nine adults and children of Strange Presbyterian Sunday school motored to York County Park Lake Simcoe on Saturday Sept for a picnic Ridges Residents Want Roads Improved Order Lifted To Give Deeds Representing the backbone of King township the everyday ci tizen T A QC soli citor for residents of Oak Ridge Park subdivision presented King township council with a petition signed by of the property owners The petition asked for a local improvement bylaw for an ex penditure of 3500 to improve the four roads in the subdivision These are Marilyn Crescent Wendy Way Penny Way and George Street The total assessment of the properties is with the signers representing 17800 of the assessment involved In or der to attain the required per centage of landowners in favor of the scheme William a ratepayer agreed to canvass for more signatures Only two had refused to sign said Mr while others were not when the col lection of names made owing to the prevailing holiday season By a restraining order issued by the department of legal af fairs owners have been unable to obtain their deeds The 50- foot width of the roads establish ed by the subdivider which is contrary to township bylaw was the reason given for the order The cost of the improvement program would be spread out over a period of years and as soon as the restraint is lifted pro perty owners say they can obtain mortgages on their houses The roads when built to the townships engineering specifica tions will be taken over and maintained by township Reeve Armstrong pointed out to the delegation the advisability of first obtaining legal advice on purchase of the properties when the deal was first made The township he said did not put on the restraining order King City police village trus tees endorsed a resolution on Monday night deploring the lack of cooperation of the Lake Marie and King Athletic Associ ation executive by ignoring an invitation to a special meeting of the board on Sept to dis cuss the location of a much need ed site for a fire hall The resolution stressed the serious situation existing be cause of the lack of a fire hall and the consequent difficulty of organizing a fire brigade The village it pointed out has in vested to the limit of its finan cial resources and citizens have sacrificed time and effort to man the fire brigade The site in question is in Mem orial Park King City which is the property of the Athletic As sociation None of the executive of Lake Marie turned up at Monday nights meeting However there was no lack of discussion as a delegation of Lake Marie mem bers was present A letter received from the associations secretary by trustee R chairman of the board stated that Lake Marie had last week reaffirmed stand it had taken on March of this year when a vote opposed the erection of a fire hall in Memorial Pork Reasons for the opposition were that the project would contravene the coastltu- that in the park would interfere with athletic participation and street parking In replying to the Lake Marie letter trustee wrote the secretory that no representation or meeting had ever been held by the municipality of King City with the Athletic group regard ing a fire hall and that it woull bo in the interest of its execu tive to confer with village trus tees on Sept Since the village has acquired a capital reserve fund from which it can draw for a fire hall trustees said Mr would be willing to offer a financial contribution to Lake Marie for a deed of a lot in the park Fire men he said would erect build ing All this could be done without raising village taxes providing the Athletic Associa tion would cooperate Other prospective sites viewed recently by the chief en gineer of the Municipal Fire Pro tection Department of writers It was the engineer impartial opinion said trustee that a fire hall site in the park would be best The now fire siren purchased by the village has been on the roof small building owned by the Athletic Associa tion in the park King Gets Equipment The sum of was approved by King City village trustees on Sept for a fire siren and con trols and equipment for the fire truck A bill for ordered sent to King township for fees owing to King City fire department in connection five fires out side the village These were the fires at the Chalk property sec ond concession Holies barn fire at Glass properly near Loskay grass fire on King and a fire at the Dr If J Barrio farm fourth concession recently Do need an extra ear CAM Milts RentaCar rates arc reasonable DAVIS DR Pit AM Official Plan Of King Twp Approved By Department Wedding DIXON On Saturday Sept Bishop Strachan School Chapel Toronto was the scene of a formal wed ding when Doris KHen Dixon daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Dixon Kinfair Farm King became the bride of Terence Harvey the son of Lt Col J and Mrs of Nancy Lake Farm King The altar laid with gold red ceremonial cloth was decorated with crimson and gold chrysanthemums He v J- perform ed the ceremony Mr John Hod- was organist and the singers were the choir of Grace Church- The ushers were Geoffrey Donald Man chester Peter Green and Frank liven in marriage by her fa ther the bride wore a portrait gown of ivory taffeta brocade styled with sweetheart neckline and fitted waist sweeping into cathedral train Her Juliet cap encrusted with pearls held Iter fingertip veil She carried a of white carnations The brides attendants were Mrs Donald Manchester as mat ron of honor Mrs Brown the grooms sister and Miss Audrey as brides maids Their costumes of tissue shan tung over taffeta carried out the coloring tones Mrs Manchester wore a floor length gown of bronze and carried cream roses Mrs Brown was attired In pale gold and carried cavalier roses Miss Munks In pale green complemented her attire by carrying a bouquet of yellow roses The groom who was in his formal uni form with rank of Flying Officer was attended by Brown After the ceremony a recep tion was held at Farm tin homo of brides parents when over ISO guests participat ed Hero cream and apricot gla dioli and and gold chry santhemums provided floral scene For a motor trip to Quebec for their honeymoon chose a navy white suit white hat matching accessories and harm onizing corsage Mr and Mrs will their homo at Avenue Tor onto The Is a graduate of Bishop Strachan school The groom Is completing an electron ics course at the University of The official plan for King township has been approved by the Minister of Planning and De velopment Hon Mr The news was announced on Friday Sept at a special meeting of the townships planning board and municipal council Harold Rose township clerk had re ceived a letter that day announc ing the approval Gordon planning consultant pointed out that the Department of Planning and De velopment considered the plan as being something new No town ship he states has tried to put itself in an agricultural category and at the same time allow sub division development around ex isting centres Nor is there any other municipality that has es tablished a minimum of three acres as a country estate lot This he states is a major objec tive in the plan At no time has King township allowed subdivision development to get out of hand for that reason can start its plan from scratch he said He predicts the future will bring in some in teresting developments The present official plan was adopted locally April under bylaw passed by council It was a revision of the plan drafted in which shelved by public opinion for further consideration in August at a public meeting at hall Copies of the revised plan were sent to organized bodies throughout the township with request that comments on the general statement of policy bo submitted In writing to the planning board secretary Hose Thus school boards and public bodies had the oppor tunity to study the plan and to s dvice from officials con nected with its formation A draft of the zoning bylaws to Implement the plon Is now being made Mr Cullham has conferred with the three major builtup centres the police vill ages of King City and and zoning are prepared For the time be ing the draft contains regulp- Seeks Improved Drainage In Holland Marsh East Of Third Concession King township council Is ask ing the Holland Mnrsh engineer to approve a subsidy on improve ment of drainage south of Graham road cast of the third concession A deputation from the Marsh told council on Monday that 32 landowners on acres would be willing to sacrifice the sub sidy in order to have the work done immediately by the town ship engineer A letter from council to Mr Marsh engineer had instructed him early In August to go ahead with work to facilitate the rate payers who want the work done this fall deputation suggested hav ing a separate drainage system on east side of the Marsh but members said they did not want to share In drainage expenses SWIHMMGPOOL tions that go with the official plan covering the areas of these villages Before it can be approved by the Ontario Municipal Board a public hearing will be when all ratepayers will have an opportunity to make repre sentation with respect to these bylaws King Twp Gravel Pits Are Running Out New Sites Being Sought Gravel pits are running out in King township with the re sult that council has asked the road superintendent Chum Black to find out about explor ing tests by drilling Steve Dick Bolton proposed that some ef fort be taken toward finding gravel in the township for roads It is costly to draw gravel from outside the municipality Mr Dick who has the township gravel contract has yards on the fourth concession and two to do before he com pletes his job There was a time when good gravel was accessible in the township councillors say There was the pit on the eighth concession which lasted for years the pit and the Black site SALE The average price paid for 38 head of selected Guernsey cows at an invitation auction sale held at Hill Farm on Sept was about 208 The sale was of livestock of Hill Klngsfield Farms The top price was 310 with a Sharon buyer taking eight head About buyers attend ed Harold Brown Cornwall auctioned the cattle off in two hours time BLOOM SECOND TIME A flowering crab tree and a snowball shrub arc In bloom for a second time this season the home of George Brown Hoop St King crab blos soms make quite a contrast to the red apples on the tree GIVE A LASTING GIFT A SUBSCRIPTION TO THE IRA AND EXPRESS He arrived REFRESH Wouldnt enjoys folding fellow Oil of wo a by to far New Orleans Los Angeles Miami KING GEORGE HOTEL Newmarket Phone 300 Want some help with your homework Dad It a young Ted only joking If his took up on chat offer would scon himself floundering in a of facts about family management succession duties taxes wills trusts business insurance and other related subjects You sec Teds father is a typical life underwriter a nun who has not only been trained for his job but keeps up-to- date by constant study rot the uses of life insurance ste more extensive today than they used to be And the men who represent companies in this business now advise with increased skill Doing this colls for more than study It takes real under standing of peoples needs And since each familys needs ait different the company representative 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