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iKnHf OR J Era and Ex Wrstoy CACiviv vvjk rora J TOR parte Increa One CM It a Dl BIS w lOTOflS A x Auroras tax rate was set at mills at a meeting of the town council on Monday night The increase is one mill over last year Mayor Henderson said that Vie fact that the budget had lot necessitated high increases taxes was very gratifying and that the people are pleased about the state of the towns finances j The mayor suggested that the tax rate might have been kept the same last years but for school and county The finance committee under the chairmanship of Councillor Stoddard has spent a great deal of time going over the estimates for this year and council again studied each item thoroughly Monday before adopting he rate Councillor Stoddard gave the following report to council The estimates for 1956 have been carefully considered and he budget is recommended as follows Total estimated ex penditures 239703 total esti mated revenue other than taxes to be raised by general taxation Of this amount 43275 for public school maintenance will be borne by public school assess ment only This amounts to The mill rate for pub lic school maintenance will there fore be mills The balance of the amount to be raised by general taxation that is will be borne by an assessment of The general rale will therefore be mills The separate school board has asked that the separate school rate be the same as the public school rate Therefore in addi tion to the separate school sup porters bearing their share of the public school debenture now in Attractive Prize List In Womens Division Of Aurora Horse Show An attractive prize list for the Womens Division of the Aurora Horse Show June has been prepared for the women of York County The list has been for warded to former entrants and is available lo those interested from Mrs Archie Au rora Good prizes have been con tributed by local merchants A new item in the program this year open to York County wom ens organizations is the How to Make It demonstrations of any homecrafts Five dollars goes to the organization giving a existence as required by the pro- demonstration on any of the statutes there will also be levied on separate school sup porters for separate school main tenance and debentures a mill rate of mills homecrafts such as weaving rugging baking leathercraft painting tatting needlepoint and ceramics The demonstrator must be a member of the organization BOOK MUSIC Stationery Greeting Cards etc Agent For Era Classified Ads THE MISSES WOOD St Aurora Shop At JOHN MORNINGS DRUG STORE St Aurora Telephone FA For Friendly Personal Service YE S THIS ISTRUE The total mill rate for both public school and separate school There are good classes for supporters will therefore be girls work and the clubs are J mills encouraged to participate 9 r 7 300 Girls Attend York County Spring Rally Central Canadian Model railroad fans of North Bay Out have added a touch of authenticity lo their railway building by setting up at abandoned car as their headquarters There the model five of them employees of the or CPU- have set up a minia ture rail system complete with miles of wiring yards of tracks and mountain landscaping Here George Thompson secretarytreasurer of the club sets the tars in motion for the benefit of Susan Nelson YOU CAM WOW A APPLIES A WHETHER HE RAISING VEGETABLES OR AIT nri J vs A L i- Ki a 1 rj T J IK J VI f I t I SALES AND SERVIC PHONE 835 RETREADING VULCANIZING More than CGIT girls and their leaders from all sections of county gathered at Willow- dale United church on Saturday April for the annual spring rally A group Of girls from the Newmarket CGIT were pres ent but Mount Albert had the honor of having the largest reg istration The visitors were welcomed by Rev A Jones of Mrs Bruce Rolling president of the York County leaders conn presided Cues speaker for the day was Miss Iris Daly secretary of the Ontario Girls Work Hoard who led the leaders in discussion The discussion groups for the presidents were conducted by Miss Jessie Grant chairman of leadership training for the Mrs I Clement of Rich mond Hill gave a talk on camp ing A report on camp council was presented by Miss Barker of Victoria Square The program included sing songs and a session of square dancing under the direction of Miss Armstrong of Zephyr There was display of hand crafts which the girls had mode during their weekly meetings and groups presented skits Tho worship service which brought the rally to a close was led by the Wen ton group Miss Audrey Center secretary for Affili ated groups introduced colored film Dr Darby and Bella Bella It presented the work of missionary doctor among the Indians of northern British Columbia Various phases of work were discuss by the girls dur ing the afternoon Lenders of these groups were Misses KllfcV both McKay and Beverly of and Thompson Ann and Betty Rolling of Mount Albert DATE The Public School board de cided to change the date of its regular meetings on Tuesday May In future the board will meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month during the school season Meetings have lasted frequent ly for more than four hours The recommendation of two meetings a month was made to correct this situation ANNUAL FAIR At Richmond Hill May Fairgoers from near and far are looking forward to the annual fair to be held in Rich mond Bill on Monday May Over the past century the Rich- Hill Agricultural Societys annual fair and horse show has- gained widespread popularity for its general family appeal President has extended a hearty welcome not only to the local regular sit- tenders but to both exhibitors and visitors who come From the program it pears that the fair will be an outstanding year In the executive planning the fair litis year are Honorary Pros- 1 J Scott who has been active with the organiza tion for more than threequar ters of a century President 1st vicepresident Atkinson 2nd vicepresident I and secretary Mrs Mar garet Burton The directors consist of past executive members and farmers and business men There is also an commit tee appointed to arrange all the major events Probably one of the most popular events and one that has been outstanding for many years is the horse show In ad dition to the light and heavy horse judging tins years show wilt see entries from some of the finest stud farms in southern Ontario in the hunters and jump ers classes There will be saddle ponies and horses in har ness Old and young alike will gel a thrill from the Palomino en tries The riders will ho in western attire in past years this has been one of the most it This matter was M numbers on the program J WILLIS Druggist St Aurora The Drug Store -News- Agent Tobacconist etc Business Founded Telephone PA and Express Classifieds Bring Results DR PATRICK ROWAN Historical Society Discusses Future Of Sharon Museum The Sharon hall was filled to capacity when the York Pion eers and Historical society met on Friday April for an il lustrated talk on the museums of Ontario Representatives were present from the Womens Institute groups of the area Mrs W Osier president of the Charon presided Discussion was led by Mr David McFall and Miss Dorothy of the society regarding the future development of Sha ron Temple grounds The sug gestion was made that other buildings should contain the his toric exhibits and the Temple should be kept as a pine of worship A recommendation was made that a pioneer dwell ing be built on the grounds and furnished as the pioneers would have PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON opened an office 1 07 MAIN ST NEWMARKET PHONE FOR APPOINTMENT May 2500 will rf L J oU ii Ik AND J v -r- -v- W J f i i tap CM to your for fll no culling no end- and no p on material farm will be belief nd mow wind ami the roofing and foe S is referred to the WI groups for their District An nual meeting in on June No decisions were remdi- Mr Paul Hughes of Toronto showed slides oil the provincial museums The commentary was provided by Mrs Hughes Miss Hetty Mae of and Miss Hetty ing of Mount Albeit solo ists during the evening Accor dion solos were provided by Jim my of The date of the picnic wjis set Saturday On that day members of y York Pioneers and the Institutes of county and their friends will gather at the Sharon Temple grounds Cost of administration and op eration of the federal Department of National Revenue the lax- collecting department is esti mated at in the year In I I I he total cost of this department was starts at am OF lOMMKKOi is nun a Maple Lions COMMUNITY CENTRE HALL Tuesday May 8 TIME PM SHARP JACKPOT S3 NUMBERS CALLED Other Special Games All WOHK The April merger of the Trndes and Labor ress and the of will result hi the great- est in Canadas of power and wealth in the hands of a single group- -t-v- It A Habit Meet Friends At The O D HESS Drag Store Two Graduate St PA PA INVITATIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS CARDS THANK YOU CARDS IHTElHATIOHAlAlTClAfR J THERMOGRAVURE PRINT i car on our lot Purchasers must i r have steady 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