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It the Era and May iv IS a fc Started Program At Open House For King City Cubs And Scouts A program of many features was carried out under the auspic es of the scout group committee when First King scouts and cubs Open House in King City April Group committee mem- Alex Knight gave the coming remarks and cub leader Harvey announced the events- The carefuJJy prepared pro- iygtam was well executed winning praise of a group of New- scout and cub leaders and members of the troop and pack Who were observers as a visiting organization The demonstrations of ties by the troop and pack were those carried out at a regular meeting After the Grand Howl and flag ceremony Edmund Wal las committee member gave a prayer A short address was given by Dr J of the scout group committee Emerson Wal lace of the group committee thanked the contestants and community for taking part in a recent amateur entertainment contest conducted by him Mrs A McLennan group commit tee chairman presented the non- winning King township contest ants with gifts brought from Florida Conservation Theme Methods of conserving natural resources being an important part of scouting scout leader Stan Roots introduced the theme Trees in the Woods A con skit on Dos and by Wallace was enacted by Don Gordon Jack Wallas and Bill Cairns Peter ADC of Ad ministration of York Central scout district spoke on the emphasis on conservation He was introduced by the district Mrs Hood King City She mentioned that Mr conducted the first scout meeting at Tokyo Japan seven minutes after armistice was signed after the last war when he was In the armed forces Farewell Gift Next was a farewell parting for Doug who is moving to after being leader for two years and an assistant for the same length of time His scouting career was outlined by Mr His had first started under Fred Find ley Executive Commissioner of Canada at the Church of Transfiguration Tor onto 1D40 his father Ivan organized a flourishing scout troop and Doug was one of the group Doug had recruited several boys from Maple into the King scouting or ganization transporting them to weekly meetings From the Maple boys he received a leather key case and a leather billfold in appreciation of his service From the First King group committee the leader was pre sented with a leather luggage bag by scout Tom Knight Receives Trophy The scouting organization was also the recipient of a trophy given by Clarke Archibald King City The trophy is awarded to the patrol receiving the highest number of points in the month The first to hold the prize is Fox Patrol under leader Wallace Mothers Organization In view of the need of an aux iliary of scout mothers and friends to support various under takings Mrs George Wilson group committee secretarytreas urer invited mothers to meet at her home third of King on Friday afternoon May A hen an auxiliary will be formed SCHOMBERG HOME ROBBED SATURDAY The residence of Bob Moody The Mayor of was broken into last Saturday night while the owners were away Returning at Sunday morn ing they found the place had been ransacked Police said a total of 50 tak en from different places throughout the house was stolen A valuable cedar chest belong ing to Mrs Moody was pried open with a hatchet Dresser drawers and places where the burglars thought money might be stored were ransacked Entrance was made by shoving in a cellar window Nothing was taken Const Harold Russell Schomberg was called first to the scene Const Harold I Case and Const Vandorf investigated INVITE DISTRICT LIBRARIANS TO KING OPEN HOUSE Librarians of Aurora New market Richmond Hill Schomberg and Maple have been invited to attend open house of King Memorial Lib rary on Friday May from to pm and to pm Angus director of Ontario lib rary services will speak at pm Last week five Maple residents representing the Womens Insti tute and School club Lions club visited the library Last on Wednesday 180 books were borrowed the larg est number yet on record Since last Autumn there have been 137 paid subscribers A large num ber of children borrow books but are not required to pay a fee The Childrens Story Hour is scheduled to open on Saturday morning May at Mrs J If Evans be the reader In the number of new dwelling units completed in Can ada reached the record of 127552 The total in was Native Of Township Andrew McClure Marts Birthday Andrew McClure of King City celebrated his birthday on Saturday April He was the recipient of congratulation cards and gifts from relatives and friends Among these were his pals James and Peter Clark Visiting him to enjoy the birth day cake were his sisters Mrs James Cameron and her Mrs Clark of Weston and Mrs Cecil Toronto Neighbors also dropped in with good wishes Mr has spent his life in King township and is the son of the late Andrew He was born on the eighth concess ion Fiftyeight years ago he married Mary B Wei is of They had one child Eliza beth Mrs- Alfred Oldham Maple Lane Farm concession six Mr came to King City over years ago He has a good memory for dates and events He can toll all about the families that popu lated the township but ho is not acquainted with the new resi dents lie is the local historian likes fun and lively company He is active and does not show his age Mr was one of In the King tele phone Co He recalls when the first line was built from King City through to the ion when there were but a half dozen subscribers on that line For ten years he was the secretary of King City village It Is only in the last year or so lie gave up holm deputy returning officer at civic elections for many years held offices in other election programs King City And District Mrs Laura Rolling Correspondent Phone King King Trend Tea Receiving with Mrs Gage Love at the Trend Tea May 17 at her seventh concession home West- winds will be Mrs J p president of the Aurora and District Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society Mrs Egmont presi dent of the Womens Service Committee Ontario Division will be present along with a group of ladies of the committee Mrs has been making an ex tensive tour in Europe and will be able to give impressions of the Cancer research work abroad Sponsoring the tea in aid of the Canadian Cancer Society is the King group of the Aurora unit Pouring tea that afternoon will be Lady Eaton Kay Clark Boys Mrs Cecil Sum- Mrs Mrs Barrett Partridge Mrs Henry Borden Mrs Gage Love and Mrs Williams Coconveners of the tea are Mrs A E and Mrs Glenn Sawyer First Visit Home Mrs Dave Glass and her two preschool sons Peter and David will sail for England on the Em press of France on June to visit her mother Mrs King of She will be gone for nearly three months Mrs Gloss has not been back to her home land since she came to Canada in Her mother has visited her during that time i gifts which would amount to a sizeable sum of money were they purchased The only one that costs the association money the Chinese auction which brings in double the price of the prize Mr and Mrs Aubrey Mar shall of Strange will bo honored with a presentation and dance on Friday evening May in hall The bride is a new comer to the district while her husband has spent his life on the farm where the young couple live Mrs Evelyn Halford of nor Regis England is visiting her brother Mr Ray Burt King St She arrived in Canada early in January and spent nine weeks with her bro ther in California two weeks with two sisters and a brother at Salem Oregon and later will visit her brother Gerald Burt at Montreal After visiting a relative in Boston she will return to England on June Under the auspices of the A King City United church Will hold a strawberry supper at the church on Tuesday June 26 Firemens Dance May The method of obtaining prizes for King City Firemens dance May is based on previous dances Businessmen and pub lic spirited citizens donate the Further Annexation Sought At King City A petition is being circulated in King City by Alfred requesting signatures of ratepay ers for the annexation of the easterly acres of the westerly 100 acres contained in lot con cession to the police village of King City proposed annexation would extend fiveeighths of a mile east of St south In the Clear view Gardens farm Late in there were acres of the farm taken into the village of which acres are in the subdivision development of Gardens Two- thirds of the village ratepayers signatures are needed before application can be made for an nexation Propose Part Site In Area One Killed One Hurt In Highway Crash if Tickets are not available at the door for concerts of the Community Concert Series as was reported in last weeks Era and Express Membership tick ets are purchased during the an nual campaign and entitle the holder to attend all programs presented during the season Three rerpjositt were presents to township planning hoard April J J GeUfny and Norman MtKitchrtm of cross The was to exchange present per cent allocation of the municipality of king on the original plan to a now location in the along the east J river The land the Dr Han in f which has been KbiKCross development The proposed of acres would the I of conservation in the King City supply and would also provide a for recreation ill- park would extend along the river to St and eventually he ex tended westward Another request was on the presentation of the tentative layout of the farm was to leave the subdivision zoned as residential suburban hut to use the residential urban size of lots or foot frontage and square feet The residential- suburban classification of homos would he used having 1200 so ft floor size single family dwell ing Verifications on higher measurements will also be The third proposal was to use the west part of the farm in lots of HO to feet in width in order to make the most economi cal use of the land Tall houses in the whole development will bo architecturally controlled The houses on the farm south man wax killed of f and a car on the Don Mills at Victoria Square on Friday night of was the driver of the truck who died The injured man was fills Keswick He was Toronto East General hospital- was brown from the the irnrwi I fin vorfred move was wheel and than and PUBLIC NOTICE to PLUMBERS DRAIN LAYERS CONTRACTORS and persons installing altering Drainage or Private Sewage Disposal Systems hi the township of KING PLUMBING AND SEWER installations and alterations must conform to the Regulations d the Public Health Act respecting plumbing ami sewers PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL systems must conform to the requirements of the Regulations under the Public Health Act and any municipal bylaws in effect Before commencing any work on plumbing drainage sewer or waste disposal installations or alterations APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL SHOULD BE MADE at the nearest office of the York County Health Unit located at RICHMOND HILL SUTTON Main St St Itriltlnger High St MOTORS LIMITED OFFER GOOD USED CARS AT FAIR MARKET PRICES 55 OLDSMOBILE COACH 54 DELUXE SEDAN 53 SUPER SEDAN 54 FORD MAINLINE TUDOR J 50 CHRYSLER 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Mr Vii- and Motor and Mr Morrison Harbour A MOUU ISDNS litATS SHOW ROOM is at Iho corner of the side ami conclusion on the to Keswick Hero we have our different models boats and motors on nuutels 1rtH in this and see these beautiful All our ami motors are Canadian products SERVICE Our lnatiuK service also includes a completely equipped shop whore to complete overhauls can quickly and competently bo carried out We also make repairs to all types of outboard boats All our work carries our SO guarantee ll 1 t tf- I ukvn on all and motors m m a winter storage for boats and motors PROPRIETOR BUSINESS MANAGER BERF Convenient If iV K L J I l A team i -i- I 1 rjp -i- rv tl g J -j- v SSL I V- I