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Newmarket MM ERA YEAR EXPRESS HERALD 1ST YEAR NO NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY JANUARY 26 iV -ft- SINGLE COPIES CENTS EACH Town i By Local Observer Residents in the Lake Wilcox area becoming alarmed that a firebug was at work last week after two cottages and the com munity hall had been destroyed by Organized a vigilance committee Volunteer vigilantes stayed on guard the- night to prevent further damage Two members of one group which stayed on duty until af ter at a cottage were later arrested by Vandorf con stables on arson charges The boys with- two other youths were convicted of having start ed the fires which had led to the organization of the vigilance committee In presenting flowers to Mrs Marshall McMurchy wife of the new warden of York county Miss Audrey referred to her as the leading lady of the county a title which aptly de scribes the many new duties which fall upon her this year Reeve was acclaimed to office on Tuesday Jan As well as giving her husband the sense of security which he must have to perform his duties well Miss told Mrs that she would be called on to attend many public func tions Concern was expressed for Mrs that with four small children these new re sponsibilities would demand the frequent services of baby sitters County Commissioner Fred Arm strong reeve of Woodbridge whose quick wit has enlivened many past sessions of county council immediately suggested a solution He recommended that some of the 1955 reeves in com pulsory retirement this year at the express wish of their elec tors might be called to perform the services of baby sitters 1 Here is a close one that didnt count as the Gorman Smoke Rings met Whitby Highlanders at Whitby Monday night Despite this near miss the Smokies did score enough to gain an impressive win It increased Newmarkets first place lead in the junior race and ran their imposing victory record to games Winger Don Booth is tthe Smoke Rings man trying to score Other Smokies in the picture are Jack Rogers and Jerry They meet Lindsay Indians at the Newmarket arena tonight Photo by Stefaniuk Two Viewpoints On Towns Policy For Purchases Motion Lost An SOS has been received from the students of Newmarket High school who have begun re hearsals of Thornton Skin of Our Teeth scheduled for production in March They are having difficulty finding a few of the necessary properties Heading the wanted list are a feather duster three rolling beach chairs Atlantic City vari ety preferred and a womans scarlet bathing suit vint age The cast admits that these are rather unusual properties hut then they hasten to explain that the play a comic strip parody on the human race is an un usual one They dont guarantee that everyone who sees it will understand the play but they are certain that it will be en joyed If you have any of the re quired properties or would be able to assist the cast in obtain ing them you are requested to call Bob Kerr Newmarket after pm Consider Enfargmg Cornea Chambers York County council was ask ed to give consideration to en larging the County chambers in a report presented on Thursday Jan by the warden and commissioners With members attending county ses sions the chambers are crowded arid considered to be the only part of the county building that is Inadequate in size There arc two more members of County council than when the county established its headquart ers in Newmarket in Since then village and having more than municipal electors for county purposes have elected deputyreeves Mrs Alma Walker Is the first deputyreeve of vill age and Milton Burke who was a member of Pickering County council prior to moving to is that villages first deputy Two opposing viewpoints were presented when town council discussed its policy on contracts at the January 16 meeting A resolution was defeated which recommended that all purchases be channeled through the clerks office that tenders be called on all purchases and jobs estimated to cost more than and that purchase requisitions for all items under that amount but over 25 show at least two quo tations Councillor Gladstone in recommending these policy changes argued that a complete revision of the present system was needed Reeve Edward said that the only difference in the present setup and the one recommended in resolution was that purchases would be channeled through the clerk than the town en gineer The town of Newmarket was embarrassed by the story in the Era that expenditures totalling thousands of dollars had been made without tenders said Councillor Ridler Members suffered a reflection on their good names and it is a poor busi ness practice to buy anything without getting several prices he said Just A Story What was printed in the pa per prior to the elections re plied Reeve was untrue unfounded and ridicu lous It was just a story As far as being humiliated by any thing in the paper why it should be taken with a grain of salt People didnt believe it any way he added Councillor said that there was so much at stake in large items that the elected rep resentatives should not do the buying The clerks office was set up to handle the business of the town Members are ineligible for election if they do business with the municipality The oath of of fice we have taken prevents us from benefitting from any deal ings with the town continue Mr and for my part I intend to sell nothing to the town To Stand Trial For Theft And Arthur Johnson and Charles of no fixed address were committed to stand trial for theft and receiving stolen goods when they appeared before Mag istrate O yester day They were retained in cus tody when the magistrate refus ed to lower their bail which had been set at The charges were laid follow ing the theft of mink pelts from Powell of Union- on Dec The pelts were valued at Three of the pelts were exhibited in court with Constable of township police con ducting the investigation while I am on council I would advise the rest of council do like wise Had Several Prices I have not been involved with the direct purchases of ma terials replied Reeve Wright who explained that the en gineer did the purchasing with tenders having been called on all but one item last year and several prices obtained on every purchase I was years with the Department of Highways and handled contracts up to and in cluding 900000 Surely council places confidence in the elected representatives The motion is not intended in any way to curtail the auth ority of any committee chair man said Councillor John the seconder to Mr Ridlers motion If all purch ases are handled through the clerks office there can be no of favoritism The only time that tenders must be brought before council is when the chairman wants to accept other than the lowest bid For Fashion If we pass this motion add ed Councillor Alex it would enable us to conduct the affairs of the town in a proper fashion Mr told of an incident when he had called the clerks office regarding delays in garbage collections during the holiday season and was told to check with Councillor Alex Hands chairtnan of the garbage committee Thats ridiculous charged Mr Its Mr Hands job to supervise the department He does not have to run around and- collect the garbage cans Not Purchasing Agent The clerk is not a A3 w J I- we rage Era And Express Single Copies Price to Increase Single copies of the Era and on news stands and by boys will be increas ed to If cents on February Effective on the same date will be new subscription rates fro one year and for two years In the meantime new sub scriptions and renewals may be taken oat at the old rate See announcements elsewhere in this Issue agent answered Reeve I cant see why you want to take away these powers from the elected 1 crease of of the people and the year In engineer We are not going to save money if we have to hire extra staff for the clerks office to handle this work said Deputy- Reeve Violet who recommended that council think the question over for a while I have never heard any complaints of past purchasing Councillor George Haskett agreed with Mrs and said If the engineer and others are doing good work why change the setup There would be less criticism of the council chairmen if they were not involved directly in purchasing The system of dis tributing town business to the various firms in town does not recommend itself as a good pur chasing habit Also the fact tht one contract was awarded last year without inviting competi tive bids demonstrates that something should be done plained Mr Indigent Patient Costs Up For County ex- To Stand Trial For Criminal Negligence And Drunk Driving Eugene 2 New market was fined 100 and costs when he was convicted in Mag istrates court yesterday of il legal possession of liquor The liquor was seized by East Gwil- police following a two- car crash east of Holland Land ing on Nov Last week was com mitted to stand trial for criminal negligence and drunk driving Five persons were injured in the accident and a Newmarket man died of multiple injuries Too Sweeping Councillors and supported the reso lution The mayor in voting against it said It is too sweep ing and would interfere greatly in the successful operation of town business It would require much extra paper work he added Hospitalization for indigent pat ients In York county cost the tax payers 85072 in an in over the past indigent hospit alization costs were Ralph Corner last years warden in his report to council last week explained that the sharp rise in costs during had been due to the hospitals increasing their rates for in digent patients Some municipalities recorded decreases in indigent hospitaliz ation costs in North and the county But municipalities In the county had increases for the year with King and Whitchurch each recording in creases of over YORKSIMCOE HOME AND SCHOOL TO MEET HERE Home and School council will hold a general meet ing at the Prince Charles school Newmarket on Thursday Feb at pm Guest speaker will be Dr Koerber Dr formerly pal of Jarvis St School for Boys is now the director of special education for Scarboro As a guest speaker at the Newmarket Home and School last year he provided one of the most inter esting meetings held by the group Music will be provided by the Keswick Refresh ments will be served and a cor dial invitation is extended to all Home and School members in the district to attend TO SING AT COLLEGE Claudette who has on Futures Singing Stars of Tomorrow and Wednesday Night will sing at Pickering College Sunday afternoon at Her program will include arias from Orpheus and and Puccinis Madame Butterfly She will also sing French folk songs Gershwin and songs from musi cal comedies The public Is In vited to attend at the Pickering College Assembly Hall A letter from the York County Health Unit recommending that approval of a residential subdi- vision be refused until the town is assured of an adequate water supply sparked an exchange of views at council meeting on Jan The recommendation by Robert King medical director of the unit concerned the Beech- wood Park development of Charles Boyd No one disputed the contents of the letter The disagreement arose regarding its future Coun cillor Alex moved that it be filed as the Planning and Industrial committee had no business he said in discussing it as long as the resolution pro hibiting residential development in town remained on the books If council wants to rescind that motion it can consider the letter then Councillor Belugin added Reeve Edward Wrightman rec ommended a joint meeting of the three committees Planning and Industrial Water and Sew ers and Roads and Bridges be called as soon as possible to dis cuss mutual problems He sug gested that the letter be put back in the correspondence for next weeks meeting at which time the solicitor could be present to give advice on it Councillor Gladstone disagreed with both views He felt that regardless of any reso lution on the council books the letter should be referred to his planning committee adding governed council in not govern this years coun cil In fact the council may have to do things that the council did not do I have no dispute with Coun cillor opinion that there SUTTON REEVE CHARGED Reeve George of Sut ton York County commissioner appeared In magistrates court yesterday on charges of impair ed driving and having control and care of a car while under the influence of liquor No evidence was presented and the ease was remanded until Feb The charges were laid by Chief Donner of the Sutton police force will be changes replied Mr but there is nothing to do but write Mr Boyd and say that as long as the resolution re mains on the books his subdi vision cannot be approved The letter referred to the next meeting of council- Dr Kings letter states Information has been receiv ed pertaining to the abovemen tioned proposed subdivision and an inspection of the site has been made It is noted that the proposal to subdivide includes provision for water supplies and municipal sewerage facilities From the narrow of view of the subdivision alone the pro posal presents no difficulties in the public health phase safe However the large blocks of water might give rise towwllv future assurance I of water supplies in the and the municipality well advised live to future water order to prevent wide emergency In respect to Beverage faclliV ties an addition of a substantial new load to the already sewage treatment can hardly be given public health approval and for reason I would recommend thatv this proposal to subdivide be approved -until- adequate a age treatment facilities entire community Vi Wheat Agricu s First Sturgeon Is Caught In Lake Simcoe Since Newmarket s County Reps To Have Busy Year In Newmarket representatives to York County council Reeve ward and Deputy reeve Violet will have a busy year judging from the number of appointments they received at sessions held at the county building last week As well both hold chairmanships of committees- on town council- Reeve was named senior commissioner for York the Home for the Aged oh Yonge and is a member of the County council property committee On town council Wrightman chairs two committees Roads and Bridges and Special Sewage a member of the towns finance committee a representative of the council on the Arena board and will serve on this years court of revision Deputyreeve Violet was chosen the coun tys representative on the York County Hospital board last week as well as being named chairman of the countys education com mittee and a member of the county finance special assets t Mrs is a mem ber the court of revision and the town finance committee She chairs the property- police and fire committees Coming Events As far as official records go But Ellis of Sutton last weekend caught the first sturgeon in Lake in years While fishing through the ice about three miles off Jacksons Point Friday Bud had a tug on his line He battled with a fish for over half an hour The fish which turned out to be a 14 pound sturgeon was fin ally hauled Into the hut and Mr Ellis arrived on shore in the evening with his catch Game Overseer Harold told him that he was sure It was a sturgeon The follow ing day Mr had Dr of the biology staff of the Department of Lands and Forests at Maple come up to Sutton and examine it According to Dr it is the first sturgeon to be caught in Lake as far as his department knows since Apparently as early as a sturgeon fishery existed in Lake and commercial fishermen operated in these waters The one caught by Bud was approximately 22 years old It was 42 inches in length being long and thin in appearance At full maturity the sturgeon tips the scales at over 200 pounds Bud intends to have the fish mounted which makes it impos sible for the biologists to it arid endeavour to discover other facts The sturgeon has been on display at a local ser vice station in Sutton THURSDAY JAN Bingo at Aurora Legion over in prizes Share the wealth Jack pot numbers called Ad mission 50c for 18 games SATURDAY JAN 28St Johns bingo in Newmarket Town hall pm Jackpot numbers called Free FRIDAY JAN 27 annual carnival and community night sponsored by the Park Board will be held in the Queensville arena at pm Good prizes Adults Public school children free FRIDAY Party of former members sponsored by the Explorers at 7 pm in Christian Baptist Church Bring own lunch Drinks provided MONDAY JAN Mens and ladles softball turkey banquet at pm in the United church school room Dancing plus other entertainment will follow at Sharon hall You may purchase tickets from Reg or any of the ball players MONDAY JAN is holding a euchre In the hall at Admission Everyone welcome TUESDAY JAN Euchre sponsored by Chapter O in Sharon Hall at Good prizes arid refreshments Everyone TUESDAY JAN Red WEDNESDAY FEB 1 Bingo Newmarket town hall pm sponsored by Newmarket Association Share-the- Cash prizes Junior jackpot Free game Jack pot Admission 2 cards Proceeds for Veterans Benev olent Fund FRIDAY FEB 3 King City Firemens dance Wells hall King City music by Norm Bur ling and the Kings Men draw for blanket door prizes refresh ment booth Admission SATURDAY FEB viUe Fire Hall will be open for inspection by residents of the fire area from to and to pm c2w4 THURSDAY FEB Oyster supper sponsored by King City Lions Club In the basement of church King City Supper from to 8 pm Admis sion FRIDAY FEB Valentine tea and bake sale under auspices of- Trinity United Womans Association to pm to attend a V BINGO every Saturday night at Euchre every Thursday light at pm In North Gwi- Memorial Centre wick Admission EVERY THURSDAY Western talent show and dance talent at Vandorf community With the exception of wheat there is very little agricultural surplus of any kind in the coun try So Dr Patterson of the Economics Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture stat ed yesterday As a matter of fact there is an order of several million pounds of Canadian cheese from the UK that can not be filled because there is none to be had The cheese production may not meet de mands of home consumption he Dr Patterson was speaking on a panel with Charles Newton at a meeting of the East Federation of Ag riculture There were at the meeting in Sharon hall yesterday v Mr Newton who is on On tario Hog Marketing Board as sured farmers that there has been more bidding on hogs on the open market than ever be fore and that as soon as the Su preme Court passes on the con stitutional validity of the pres ent legislation which is the basis of hog marketing the situation will improve even more Hoils past president of the Whole Milk League and chairman of the Milk Products coordination board pointed out the advances made since by Milk Producers and extolled the virtues of the formula pricing system Under the chairmanship of John of the meeting Farms panel dealt with gen era questions pertaining to mar- and answered questions submitted in writing Pattern son explained the importation of dairy products from Zea land as an act to please one of the best customers of Canadian agricultural machinery import ten times as much as they export to us he plained The chairman suggest ed that this is a new form of rob sidizing the manufacturers by the farmers K-r- Mr Holies was emphatic his defense of the Milk Control Board in refusing licenses on the basis that they are riot granted in any area where there is demand from the public audience questioned the lions and a that the policy handing the distributor a monopoly There was a lively on all points including such subjects as the new Canada Packers buying station in Stouff- viile There were people In attend from five townships the meeting ended Fred Wicks Federation field man announced fi the coming rural safe drrvihgJ campaign Harry Ferguson of Sharon was chairman of the meeting and of the Federation thanked the panel- Cooper- of was head of the committee in charge of arranging i Provincial Police Inspector Gives Talk On Civil Defense Jirriiriie admire Buds Friday Land and Forests records that it trie first Photo In the event of another war the only place that will be safe is the one where the people are organized Inspector S Creasy told the Business and Profes sional Womens club of Newmar ket and their guests when he an illustrated lecture to them on civil defense Mr Creasy is the senior staff inspec tor of the Civil Defense branch of the Ontario Provincial Police Gall of the Newmarket de tachment assisted him Lack of preparedness was blamed by Inspector Creasy for the surrender of France Belgium and Holland in the last war Their armies were riot beaten but each of these countries one after the other quit because their civilian population was be ing bombed and they werent or ganised These countries had thousands of men in the field ready to fight no one knew what to do to stop the people from panicking Inspector Creasy told his audience What saved England The civil defense workers had been prior to the war hut when the raids came in they were organized said In spector Creasy After the Battle of Britain the English had time to train the population in defense will not The next war will be another Pearl -rr- r h He told the types of bombs World War and said that the worst weapon had been dropping of the atom bombs in Japan were equivalent to tons of saidv Now making atom bombs tons of TN and there is a hydro- force Ions at tti prepared for such an emergency If every civilian were trained do something to know where to go and what to do to survive thousands of Uvea would be is place in civil defense for everyone from the Boy Up We need wardens We need men for highway control but we are met with apathy by continued the specter seen a bomb dropped or Its ffuits- Inspector Creasy said that government is pending close to four million dollars on ayear Ontario has set aside for an annual civil- defense budget Other Norway and many others are compelling civilian population to in civil defense Anyone registered for civil f ense is covered by Workmen Compensation if injured training college in operated Arriprior by the federal arid each send its representative there for free training Street hospital is jammed wth civi defense equipment awaiting said An atom bomb can be dropped anywhere it doesnt toMiU detonated explain the The area of destruction covered bysticH abdrnb miles and cent damage for one percent killed stretcher cases and rid one how but were continued fcoo what toifcI bell way let