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Serving Newmarket Aurora and the Rural Districts of North York Aurora Others TOTAL PAID ERA 103RD YEAR EXPRESS HERALD YEAR NO NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22 1955 SINGLE COPIES EACH Here and There Around Town By Observer Anyone who complains that families dont have fun together like they did in the good old days is unfamiliar with the PoplarProspect St area On Saturday flight a group of par ents headed by Councillor and Mrs Jack Hamilton planned a wiener roast for of the neigh borhood children The children shared in the planning and preparations They gathered wood in the afternoon for the bonfire and some were so excited that they had difficul ty eating their lunches and set tling down for an afternoon nap Before the final treat of hot dogs and chocolate milk the youngsters and their parents en joyed games and a singsong It was great reported Coun cillor Hamilton We had as much fun as the children Per haps some other parents would like to follow this idea for their neighborhood Were certainly going to do it again Robert Chadwkk and his son Robert were among the 250000- sports car enthusiasts present at the Glen Grand Prix sports car races last weekend The races which a few years ago were held in Glen itself are now held bout three miles outside the town They draw en tries from all over the country The Cbadvicks attended simi lar races this summer at Ottawa and Edenvale and plan to attend the next one at on Oc tober L At the Ottawa races where accidents claimed the lives of two when cars vere smash ed Mr and his son performed ambulance service by transporting some of the injured to hospital The arc not the only Newmarket residents who have been bitten by the sports car bug Some of them such as Donald Stewart and Peter have driven their cars in competitions John Gamble and William were among the Newmarket sports car faffs at Glen for the Sept 17 weekend Peter is pre paring a car for the competitions Oct Council Takes Back Land Proposed For Apartments Property on Eagle St New market subject to a twoyearold agreement concerning a propos ed apartment building project is being taken back from its owner by town council The land on the south side of the street next to the Bell Tele phone plant equipment building has been held for the past two years by Charles He had entered into an agreement when he purchased the townowned land for 2000 The proposed apartment buildings were to have been erected within a two year period The two year period ended last week On a motion by Reeve Joseph Dales and Councillor Robert council members agreed to take back the land and return the owner the purchase price Deputyreeve Wright- man presented the only objec tions There had been some I think that more valuable If the thoughts of the local hunters havent turned to ducks and partridge the sight of the window display at Smiths Hard ware will do the trick Every thing that the hunter needs in cluding the ducks is there Perhaps it would be a good idea for the hunters wives to check on the exhibit At least theyll have seen two ducks this season Frank with tils St Special won the Canadian Legion Soap Bob Derby on Newmarkets Main St hill last night He receives a cheque from Councillor Alex Hands who is president of the Newmarket branch of the Legion In the background ore Richard Moses was second in the competitions and Lome who was third Photo by Stefantuk Legion Dance Draw At Arena Saturday To Raise Years Funds If there were more supervis ion and less television we wouldnt have to worry about ju venile delinquency It wouldnt exist commented an old timer at a Main St coffee house this week The Newmarket branch of the Canadian Legion will hold a dance at the Memorial arena Sat urday night starting at pm with modern and old time music provided by Norm Burling and his It will be no or dinary dance During the pro gram there will be a draw for a bill The dance and draw are the features of the Legions chief fundraising event of the year The money raised will assist the Legion with its projects oratori cal contest Christmas funds citizenship campaign and other welfare work There will be a special square dance team from Toronto on the Saturday night program Mickey Smith first vicepresident and chairman of the ways and means committee is in charge of the program Two Hours To Rescue Man Trapped By Well Cave- In A Pine Orchard road resident Welch Cedar Valley was rescued from a seri ous pavein at his home Tuesday afternoon after groups of volun teers Mount Albert firemen and officers from the Vondorf detachment worked for two hours to free him Mr Welch was burled to his neck by a slide of sandy soil as he worked at the bottom of a 25foot well he was digging on his property Welch was being assisted by his wife who carried away the earth as he dug the well She hod not roalixcd he was so far down the hole which was not shored When a sidewall caved in on him Mrs Welch ran for help from neighbors An im mediate call was cent to both Mount Albert firemen and to the OPP while some neighbors cautiously descended the well to prevent the sand from smother ing the trapped man Sand kept falling down from the collapsed side of the wall the volunteers put a barrel around Welch and later used cul vert tile to protect him while volunteers dug at his sides Mr Welch suffered no injury from the accident and was at work on Wednesday though rather stiff and bruised Soap Box Derby night the branch held its annual Soap Box Derby on Main St hill Thrills came as Frank the young speedster from ford St driving Number whip ped down the hill slightly ahead of Richard Moses Silver Streak to cop the grand prize Following across the finish line in third place was Lome Widdifield at the wheel of his heatup straight eight Bed Devil Gyle Greenfields Ben and Lucy jalopy shot home in fourth place Spills came as Bob Sproule and Ron Dunham fighting for third spot the time in the final heat slammed their little cars into each other in front of the Era and Express building Both hot rod drivers were shaken up but no doubt checked into school on time today Starter Alex Hands sent soap box derby contestants roar ing down the hill in three heats Top two winners in each qualify ing heat gained a place in the final race Legion members Mickey Smith Cliff Davidson Milton Wesley and Fred Moore along with star ter Alex Hands were In charge of the event Police Chief Byron and his men were on hand to give the young rncera driving tips and assisted in keep ing the big crowd along Main SI off the raceway Credit Officers With Saving Mans Life By First Aid Treatment Two of the officers of Bond Lake Provincial police detach ment are credited with saving the life of a Lake Wilcox man He was found staggering and bleeding looking for help an auto crash Monday night The officers used their first aid knowledge to apply pressure on the temporal artery saving Edward Storey 38 from bleed ing to death Constables William MacDonald and John Hutchinson vere commended by Dr Craw ford Rose Aurora for their ef ficient first aid treatment Storey was a passenger in the car of a friend Vernon Collins a new resident of when they collided headon with the auto of a Toronto man Wil liam The force of the crash hurled Mr Storey through the windshield inflicting extens ive head cuts Collins and both Mr and Mrs escaped with minor bruises and shock Both were badly damaged that the property had not been put up for tender previous ly and quite rightfully so com mented the reeve the land is much now he said and added that it should be sold by tender Deputyreeve Wrightman said- that he felt that the owner should be given an extension of time suggest that we contact Mr Bondi and bring in something concrete at the next meeting he said Theres nothing more concrete than this elapse of time said said Reeve Dales We have ful filled our part of the contract The owner has not fulfilled his The reeve said that the council is running a business and that it should- conduct affairs accord ingly He will have a chance to tender for the property if he wants it back again lie said It was pointed out that five days had passed since the two year period was up The work apartment building project was to have been completed by that time said Reeve Dales I dont want to give the im pression that I am defending him but I think we should contact Mr first said Mr The reeve who heads the council property committee re plied Its the neck of the chair man of the property committee thats at stake not that of the chairman of road and bridge heads the road and bridge committee family Relations Court Addition To Be Ready In Aurora By October 1 Work on the new addition to the Aurora municipal office which is to house the York Coun ty family relations court is on schedule the council was told tliis week The town is to have the second floor courtroom jud ges chambers and office ready for use October 1 The contractors have been concentrating on the upper floor of the double pur pose addition so the County of York may take possession After it is complet ed the extension of the Aurora municipal quarters will be done Entry to the new family court will be from a at the side of the municipal office with a stairway to the second floor Immediately behind is the jud ges chambers where many of the settlements of family differ ences are arranged To the rear is the judges private office The second floor also contains several small interview rooms for the courts probation officials To Hold Registration For Night School Wednesday Sept A registration for night school working welding and oil paint- classes at Newmarket school Two Men Injured In landing Truck Crash this fall and winter will be held next Wednesday evening Sept at the high school Registra tion will start at pm Courses offered by the school will include English for new Canadians with two classes one for beginners and one for ad vanced students shorthand bookkeeping and typing wood- Sixth Recent Crash At Suicide Corner Sends Two To Hospital Home And School Clubs Begin Fall Programs Homo and School night in Newmarket is Tuesday Sept when the association of each public school hold a social evening begin ning 8 pm in the school A program of games cards or movies has been arranged and the executives will serve refresh ments This is the opening meet ing for each of the four newly associations First Conviction Made From Recent Crashes At Suicide Comer The- first court case for one of the six recent accidents at the Aurora Mills Road corner brought a conviction on Tuesday Anthony Dimnmbro 22 of was sentenced to 30 days in jail and had his drivers license suspended for six months for criminal negligence was the driver of truck which collided with a car August on the Aurora Side- road at the Don Mills Driver of the car Nathan Moses To ronto was seriously injured told the court brakes failed and he was unable to stop his truck at the intersec tion He admitted knowing that his brakes were not so good for a few days prior to the acci dent Magistrate said Any one who makes his living driving truck should be of the necessity of having it in a safe operating condition Police officers and the public have started referring to the in tersection of Aurora and the Don Mills road as sui cide corner after another acci dent this week caused in the same manner as other recent crashes The earlier crashes in j August and September caused Two Newmarket men were two fatalities Pour accidents hospitalized when their truck sent victims to hospital failed to make the curve at the All the accidents have had a south end of the Holland Land- common cause a westbound car hill on Sept The truck coming onto the Don Mills road crashed into the guard rail re- without stopping police state moving four posts before there is a definite similarity in down a 25 foot embankment the fact that westbound Wishinsky rive at the intersection while Newmarket received broken rolling downhill ribs and head cuts Ernest 2o also of It had a The first term will start Octo ber 12 and continue to the end of December The second term wilt be from January to March Classes will be held Monday and Wednesday nights Classes in each subject will be hold only if there is a sufficient enrolment says J principal of the night school De portment of Education regula tions call for persons at least for each class Further information about the night school may be obtained by calling 225 Newmarket between am and pm Persons who want to register after Wednesday may do so by calling that num ber was on sin afternoon when a broken right arm He suffered woman driving west- face cuts bruises and shock when his head went through the flnothcr windshield Newmarket man as passenger Constable Ronald Allison East police investigated the accident COMING EVENTS NHS Grad Glen Keffer Wins Optimist Scholarship A 1000 scholarship has with the at a SHARON JR FARMERS GIVE BLOOD Members of the Sharon Junior Farmers are credited by officials of York County hospital with prompt action to fill an Import ant need when the hospitals blood bank needed replenishing recently Within hours of word being given to Mr Wendell Gilbert he had rounded up enough execu tive and members of the Junior Farmers Ten donors were able to supply blood to the hospital Saturday Glen was pre high school graduate of last year who has just started his first year of at the Uni versity of Western Ontario Competing for the scholarship sponsored by Optimist District the area surrounding and in cluding Toronto were 15 boys The Newmarket club backed Glen and the judges a lawyer and a club member in Toronto chose him when they evaluated the following qualifications character athletics scholarship and proficiency A personal interview was held with each boy In which the judges evaluated leadership character and athletics Depart ment of education examinations accounted for 35 percent the judging The other qualifica tions were evaluated equally At a meeting of the lo cal club Tuesday night he thanked Newmarket Optimists and said the club was truly a friend of the boy as its motto states Glen is son of Mr and Mrs Milton Keffer Newmarket At Newmarket high school he was president of the student council chairman of the athletic council for a year valedictorian for Ids graduating class on the staff of the school newspaper quarter back and captain of the senior football team a good track and field man holding the school polo vault record He is a mem ber of the Friends church During the Interview judges were particularly impressed by his general knowledge his atti tudes and his presenta tion THURSDAY SEPT Dingo at Aurora Legion Hall over in prizes Share the wealth jack pot Admission for games clwlS THURSDAY Sept and 23 Payment of fees due for Newmarket Figure Skating club Newmarket arena to pm Further registration for group lessons Invited In structor Interested in adult waltz group SEPT Plan to visit Annual Trade Fair with outstanding In Arena Outstand ing entertainment hundreds of free prizes MONDAY SEPT Mrs Madeline Graham will start dressmaking at Main St Newmarket Mrs has years experience in TUESDAY SEPT Prince Charles Home mid School Assoc iation social evening In school oclock Refreshments School parents Invited to this Get- Acquainted meeting WEDNESDAY SEPT 28 Sec ond annual sale by Auxiliary Canadian tea- Ion Aurora legion Hall from to pm Anyone poods to donate please call PA or PA WEDNESDAY SEPT 2fi Bingo Sponsored by Newmarket Vets In town hall oclock Cash prizes sharetheweallh Jackpot Proceeds Vets Basket Fund WEDNESDAY SEPT New- market Womens Liberal Assoc iation ten the homo of Mrs Donald Downey pm Every one welcome For transportation phone Mrs Murray Roberts WEDNESDAY SEPT Monthly meeting of Kingcrafts pm Ktngftwold concession the home of THURSDAY SEPT Used clothing and white elephant In St Pauls Pariah hall St Newmarket at pm Police Promote Showing Of Film On Safety At Theatre Next Week Officers of the de tachment of the Ontario Provin cial Police and local officers have promoting showing of a film Devil Take Us about safety at local theatres The film will be shown the Theatre Newmarket on Monday and Tuesday Sept 2G and 27 along with How to collided at the intersection Tho fronts of the two ears came to gether Mrs Freda suffered head injuries and shock The driver of the other car Charles Watson New market was found to have a broken kneecap when brought to York County hospital His pas senger James escaped Doth Mrs and Watson were kept in hospital Marry a Millionaire with Mari lyn Monroe and Hetty In Aurora the film on safety will be shown on Sept 28 and Aurora Calls For Bids On New Sewage Plant Extension By Oct 7 Workshop Gives Help For Home And School Tho annual for York- Home and School coun cil will be held at the Charles Hewitt school on Thursday Oct at pm The workshop is a training school for officers executive members and committee chair men It is open to all members of Home and School associations in York County new will benefit by sending delegates to the various confer ences included In the workshop Royal Bank Opens Hew Modem Branch At Main Newmarket The new premises of the Royal Bank of Canadas Newmarket branch were opened this week at Main SI The branch is un der the management of W The building has a traditional banking but there is structure in Newmarket more are of the latest design far banking fix tures Featured are modernistic counters in terra with black strips against a back ground of sand and cocoa brown walls This with an abundance of windows makes bright cheerful place in which to con duct business The public is cordially Invit ed to drop in and inspect premises said Mr The office is equipped with the latest design in Office Specialty furniture The office design is the first of its type to be used by the bank Right more branches in Canada will similar office designs THURSDAY SEPT 20 Mr presents style show demon stration now trends propasted Canadian papers In Newmarket Town Hall Proceeds for York County Hospital Womens auxil iary THURSDAY SEPT At pm meeting of Whitchurch Conservation club at Vandorf community hall ladies night Guest speaker John radio commentator Film prizes and refreshments SKPT Bridge ami euchre sponsored by Newmar ket Chapter 282 Order of the Star in the Newmarket Fireball afternoon bridge p m Pivot at your own table Prizes drawn for Refreshments served Price Evening pro gressive euchre a pm Prizes refreshments Price FRIDAY SEPT Newmarket Figure Skating Clubs exchange Newmarket Arena pm Tag both skates with name size price Club retains cents on each sale All sales final Pick up unsold skates by oclock TUESDAY OCT Fourth an nual auction sale King City pm Memorial Park pavilion Draw for childs new model car TUESDAY OCT af ternoon tea and variety sale and evening bridge euchre Firemens hall Newmarket This tea postponed from Oct De tails Inter THURSDAY OCT een ten St Pauls Parochial Guild in the parish hall from 3 to in Supervised nursery Admis sion WEDNESDAY NOV Turkey supper will be held in Holland landing United church baser merit BINGO every Saturday night at pm Euchre every Thursday at pm In North Memorial Centre KM wick Admission Aurora council received the cheering news this week that en gineering has been completed to ward the new doublecapacity sewage disposal plant to elimin ate the objectionable odors which have plagued the north end of the town for the past several summers Orders for a tendercall were completed by the councillors They will be filed by October so thnt work on the addition can be started now Consulting en gineer Don of the Proctor and firm estimates that construction should bo finished in a year with the new half of the plant operat ing by July The cost the whole plan has been estimated by Mr within which the- Ontario Municipal Board tenta tively Approved earlier this year The proposed addition will be partly financed out of an agree ment by which Leather Co pays for the right to Include product wastes In the household sewage of the towns system council and leather firm have been negotiating the parti cipation by Co for many months agreement was said by some of the council mem bers to bo imminent only held up for signatures by legal techni calities Mr told council meeting on Monday that his firm specifications plans on which tenderers for construction part of job will base their bids Much of the material needed Is up for tender from suppliers of motors and pump equipment Some items will bo acquired through invita tion bids others through straight market purchases The important Item is to start construction Mr said In order to have concrete pouring under way before freezeup un less the town wants to pay a bonus for a the done in the wintertime The important point with the mayor the reeves council lors was the sure elimination of odors They were given en gineers assurance that odors with the new plant will bo ma terially reduced as the cause of the odors youve had came from the complete overloading of your present plant to tho ineffective After the new part of tho plant is built placed Into opera tion the engineer explained there will be much further work late in to convert the pres ent plant Into working align ment with the new system HARVEST SERVICE The annual Harvest Thanks giving service of Christ church Kettleby will be held on Sun day Sept 25 am and pnv Rev Mr Howard of Bolton will be in charge of the morning service the rector Rev Symons in the evening Walking Along Highway Year Man Killed Said to have been walking er ratically on the highway near Inn Bradford Flats a man Ronald was struck by a car and fa tally injured Friday night He died from shock and brain In jury surgeons were attempt ing emergency treatment at York County hospital early Saturday about half an hour after his ad mittance Mr who had been employed by St Andrews col lege Aurora for the summer months has no survivors In this district Fellow workers slated that he had a daughter who Is married to a Toronto dentist but the police no further lends The man had been in Bradford most of the evening it is believed and then started out on foot for Aurora Several cars arc said by police to have swerved to avoid striking him before he hit by one driven by John Pres sor Armitage who was also coming from Bradford Pressor said man stepped out In front and was hit by the right bumper He was thrown over the hood and went through the landing on top of the driver Evidence Doesnt Man Crushed Am Now Faces liquor Charge A peculiar accident presented Ontario Provincial Police with a problem on Saturday night Call ed to the Bradford they found a damaged car and its dri ver Felix Borden St Toronto being attended by Dr for a crushed arm The injured man said he had been by a truck His el bow had been out the window with the result that It was crush ed almost torn from his body The police found marks show ing large truck had swerv ed but on opposite of the car from a southbound dri ver Further checking showed that the damage to ear was on side opposite the dri ver The car appeared to have gone headon into a tree or post As the Bradford detachment officers trying to make sense of story a radio call came from to arrest the driver of a car with license number for an accident connected with a drunk driving case north of Bradford detachment of ficers were more interested in getting the badly Injured man to hospital however than worrying over misdeeds so they told he Is charged with posses- of liquor which was found In his car He was taken to Tbronto Gen eral hospital with multiple frac tures to Injured arm and multiple severe doctors doubt the possibil ity of savin the arm A