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a INT ing Subdivision Formations King township planning has been advised by Ed- rds the regional director of that developers of bordering the rail track should make provision larger culverts and increased of ditches to take the quick if the development In sex the flow of drainage the tracks Properties referred to arc the proposed subdivision King and and the proposed development the James Crooks property Jacent to the site Furthermore the railway com- thinks the King City Area nd use bylaw ambiguous permitting residents to build in light industrial tones according to a letter ad by the planning board on an 8 The company suggests at the bylaw be amended to elude housing in the light in- rone The and rooks subdivisions are by their proximity to the CN lino The board gave tentative op- Baker lot 3 con- On to sever a building lot foot frontage by 396 feet from his Quaere form Cad- en Bros Intend to build a gar- go and storage building for their trucks on the property Reeve Hodgson We cant op this use of land as the King Area zoning does not extend the cast side of St The board also gave tentative to an application of four owners of lots 37 and 3fl side of Bond Ave Oak Hid- a to transfer by sale the rear portion of these lots providing the owners have an agreement with Harvey Mashinter that they give 33 from the land to bo Incorporated into a 60 foot wide roadway This required by the township to proceed with the shinter subdivision plan on King The roadway would be parallel to Bond Ave and lots 37 and 38 would have large frontages with the total area of each over 20000 square feet Leonard Shropshire Robertson Ruling Master Marvin Hunter was the installing master of Robertson Masonic and AM on Jan 8 in the King City Masonic Hall when over including members of visiting lodges atten ded Jennings is I PM and the new ruling master is Leonard Shropshire ville The Immediate past presi dent received the jewel Others in office for the coming year of Lodge are senior war den Norman Burnett junior war den Grant McCachcn chaplain Hay Jennings treasurer Burns secretary Fred Boys senior deacon Bob Watson Ju nior deacon Charles di rector of ceremonies Jen nings inner guard Steve Case senior stew ard Fred Hare junior steward Norman Toylor Organized years ago Robert son lodge has members Wives of members served a delicious turkey supper ITS TIME AGAIN for JOHN DEERE DAY Featuring These And Entertaining Films HEAVEN TO BETSY ODDITIES IN FARMING MAKING TRACTOR HISTORY WHATS NEW FOR One Showing Only TUES JAN 29 1957 130 PM Veterans Memorial Hall STOUFFVILLE ONT uMtesT Funeral service for Charles McMullen in his year a re sident of the third concession of King at was held on Friday Jan at Wright and Taylor funeral home Richmond Hill The service was conducted by Rev C G Higginson of Rich mond Hill United church Inter ment was in King City cemetery Mr death In St Michaels hospital on Jan came suddenly after surgery for a brain tumor He had been in hospital for a week Surviving ore his widow the former Mary Emily Watson a Mrs Barry Collard Yvonne There ore two grandchildren Cherri Sue aged four and Kathic a year old Mr and Mrs McMullen purch ased the Leonard Shropshire farm at using for it the name which had identified their former property at Richmond Hill They were liv ing at when they made the move to King township Mr was well known in equestrian circles and kept jumping horses for a number of years He competed and showed his horses at the Royal Winter Fair and the He was a familiar rider at Ontario horse shows He belonged to the Eg linton Hunt club the Toronto and North York Hunt club and was a life member of the Harmony Ma sonic Lodge Toronto Mr McMullen was In real es tate at the time of his death and had been general manager of the Toronto office of Com pany While living at Richmond Hill ho held an automobile fran chise The son of rate Mr and Mrs Thomas McMullen he was born near Mr Mc Mullen was well liked and res pected in the King community and made friends in a short time among his new neighbors Library Receives From Government King Memorial Library Board has announced that a special do nation of has been received from the Ontario Libraries De partment of Ontario which will go into the building sinking fund to wards paying off the mortgage of about The sale of bearing a hand sketch of the library building has brought In to date John a board mem ber has turned in worth of pen nies Which friend saved in a mite box Mr going fur ther afield with his experiment which any interested person can follow At the annual meeting and elec tion of board members on Mon day Jan at pm in the lib rary building reports will be heard from Chairman Edmund Wallas Secretary Mrs Treasurer Mrs Geo Berry Lib rarian Mrs A Jarvjs and Chil drens Hour organizer Mrs Ed mund Wallas There arc 21011 books in the library It is expected the annual budget for buying books heating and lighting supplies and incidentals will amount to be tween and The annual government grant is based on the amount spent on books and the paid membership a year Canadians spend about twice as much in taxes as they spend in all food stores and restaurants King City Clergyman Heads New Presbytery Lightmans AROUND CORNER MAIN ST SOUTH MID SEASON SALE DRASTIC REDUCTIONS MENS WINTER COATS Reg to NOW SNOW SUITS Sizes 2 14 Reg 1195 NOW 495 COATS JACKETS STATION WAGONS n Reg 995 to NOW SKATING JACKETS Reg 1149 NOW Reg to NOW 298 3 to soiled Reg Reg loads Satisfactory Or Honey Refunded j The United church charge of King City and and all of the King community ore honored in the selection of Rev Martin M of King City as chairman of the newly formed York Presbytery of the United Church of Canada In the ministry for a quarter century and incumbent of the King charge for the post years Mr was surprised when his appointment was re vealed at a meeting in St An drews church Markham on Jan The formation of the York Pres bytery Is the outcome of the ex tensive growth of the Toronto area which made the former three district preSbyterics un wieldy The new unit takes in charges In York County north of Steeles Ave to Lake ex cluding It includes five charges in Ontario County and many churches in Toronto Centre and Toronto Kast Presbyteries there ore members in the new Presbytery Other officers are Gordon Winch Oak the treasurer G Thomas the secretary Rev Douglas Davis chairman of pastoral relations committee J Aiken Newmarket chairman of the properly and boundaries com mittee At a dinner after the meeting Bishop I Shell An glican suffragan bishop Toronto and Rev John Forbes moderator of the Toronto East Presbytery of the Presbyterian church brought greetings from their respective churches I feel honored but humble thai I was chosen to head the new Presbytery and know I have the full support and sympathy of the ministers in assuming the respon sibility was Mr comment following his appoint ment The minister has received Catherine Cairns In her Dial year Mrs Catherine when lers telephone calls and personal messages of congratulations One of these was a letter from George Williams of the Canadian M and department of the Un ited church Mr has served on the Missionary- Main tenance committee in Toronto Centre North Presbytery and was on the National Evangelization committee It is the opinion of his parish ioners and those of other denom inations that Mr Jenklnson has won his chairmanship in the new Presbytery solely on his own mer it He was the only person nomin ated for the position when the of fice was to be filled on Jan Mr Jenklnson has the kindly gentle touch that delights every one in humble tasks Martin was born in Scotland and came to Canada with his parents in Tax Collecting Will Change In King Township This Year The activities of will bo as extensive as last year as the amount of development In the township will keep council on its toes declared Reeve William Hodgson In his inaugural address to council Three major projects of will be completed the new municipal building the municipal ditch system in the marsh and the reassessment program while the Trails project started in has n completed The money from the Homes Hoard under the government Is forthcoming In a few days Change Tax Collecting A major activity contemplated this year is changing the system of tax collections from the annual yearly basis to two halfyearly collections Reeve Hodgson an nounced The agriculture system of collecting taxes in December to Cedars Quebec where his futh- 1 originally sol up because the ii or worked in a power house He got his grade seven in that pro vince and high school educat ion in Niagara Kalis Ontario His literary talent and ambition took him to University of Toron to where he graduated with his Bachelor of degree in He then studied for seven years in theology When volunteers were sought for young men to minister in the home mission fields of the dried out areas of the Canadian west he went to south Saskatchewan working at Viceroy near and later at During this time lie studied for his Divinity degree graduating from SI Andrews College Saskatoon in Jccls were finished and others started He believed hard tupping of roads should be set up this year especially those most heavily travelled Change Clerk Harold Hose felt 1057 would be an Important year abend but only essential projects should be undertaken Money Is still tight but King township is the only municipality left that could gel bids the end of the year when the taxes arc collected any loan will be retired- In his budget estimate he levied 1000 more than was spent Mr Rose endorsed the suggestion to bring In tax collections twice yearly The following year he attended the Chicago School of Divinity Intending to pursue his doctorate of theology but gave lids up and in 1030 married whom he met when she taught school in Saskatchewan Their marriage ceremony was perform ed in Knox College Chapel Tor onto In Mr took a mission church in From there they moved to the Picker ing United church until Mr took the farmer sold his produce in the fall anil his income was largest at that lime of year said the reeve Furthermore he added the De cember tax collection Imposes load on the residential home own er w the Christmas season puis a strain on the pocket book Splitting the collections into two instalment he felt is an easier method for the taxpayer Pledges CoOperation A Council Is the laymen for the people and as such cooperation of its members is highly essential in carrying on affairs for all the people was the opinion of Deputy Reeve Altchlson Wo in can prove that the cooperation dis played in can be reenacted in tin- coining year Councillor Jennings pledged his cooperation and fell that on Ibis basis council had done a decent job last year He appreciated the work done by the clerk and his stenographer Mrs as well as other officials He fell some road hard lopping should be carried out having in mind a piece of roadway in the eastern part of the township He praised the excellent effort made by clerk Rose in the clearing out and handling of the SI John Ambulance Course At King City On Jan at King City school girls ages to enrolled In a six weeks St John Ambulance First Aid course led by Mrs Les lie Gardner and Mrs llury Richmond Hill both registered nurses District Guide commissioner Mrs Verna Pattern was respons ible for r a n a the course which is essential in Sir Guide Badge work The course will continue on Thursday nights conclud ing on Feb when those who complete the course are given certificates Is supplied with an elementary text book contest was sponsored during Young Canada Book Week In No vembor Organized In the library will soon reach the point where It should bo converted to a public library when King Cily Is rady to an incorporated vil lage So far no librarian receives a but would bo entitled one under the public system The new library quarters was adopted In September I News branch heard an ad dress on January at Institute hail by Hetty Graham who Is oh the staff of the York County Chil drens Aid She was Introduced by Mrs Marshall McMurchy Miss Graham told how the or ganization Is carried out and what involved In finding foster homes and adoption proceedings of the need for baby lay ettes the branch volunteered In accept wool and flannelette from the society The new office Is now located on Davis Drive Ncw market The basic objective in the work is reinstating children under their own parental where possible Era and Classifieds Bring Result In her year Mr Catherine JenklnsoiTok the Elizabeth Cairns widow of the charge of King City late William Cairns King town- and This fruitful ministry ship died after several weeks ill- finds him participating in on Friday Jan She was at the homo of her daughter Ol ive Mrs William Snow- bail third line of King Her failing years began to take toll just before Christmas while she was at c home of her daughter Nellie Mrs Grant Mc Cachcn Oak Ridges She retain ed her faculties and sense of hu mor until the last The funeral service was held at the Thompson funeral home Au rora on Monday Jan under Rev M Jcnkinson Interment was In King cemetery Pall bearers were her grandsons McCachcn Ross Murray Cairns Hill Cairns Keith and Al lan Cairns A widow for 10 years Mrs Cairns is survived by children grandchildren and eight great grandchildren The eldest of the family Mrs Ber tha died about nine years ago Surviving children are five sons and five daughters Arwood Au rora Bruce Detroit Howard and Clyde King Harold of Downs- view Mrs Arthur King R 3 Mrs Pcarey Detroit Mrs Grant McCachcn Oak Ridges Mrs Wil liam Snowball and the youngest daughter Alma Mrs Bart Hunter Mrs Cairns was the daughter of Martin Shanks Kcttleliy and except for the last few years she resided in King township near King City and on farms at She made her home among members of her large family The last farm on which she had lived on the third line of King was purchased Alex McLen nan who has lived there since He and his wife became friends of Mrs Cairns for as long as she lived Mrs Cairns was originally of the Baptist faith at the church and al Bethel Baptist at King City While living at she was a member of the Pres byterian WMs and worked for the benefit of missions In large family was a pair of twins Harold amf Howard Both had attended the school at King Mrs Cairns would have been on March hast year on her 1 birthday she was feted by her family and was remarkably well at that time Mrs Cairns could never sit idle and following a of her early married life when her children were young she did some needlework or knitting as a pastime the views of the others said hi would personally lend his bit of good judgment in formulating de cisions As a council we must make decisions witli high mind boasting the best in ethics and principles of integrity Under these conditions we cannot go ton far wrong he affirmed Councillor felt the fields of activity in religious and secular Interests In November the congregations made a practical gesture of their admiration for Mr and Mrs in presenting them with a series of household appliances at a gathering Mrs Jcnkin is not only her husbands help mate in all his work but plays an active part in the church life of same way about working children weekly story hour was CIRCULATION BOOMS MEMBERSHIP JUMPS AT KING LIBRARY The annual meeting and elec tion of officers of King Memorial library is set for Monday evening Jan in the library building ltd King City The general public Is cordially invited to hear reports especially the stupendous progress made since the new building was taken over a year or so ago For a til I the circulation both adult and children in reached almost double that of Membership lias increas ed by lift The number of bonks is far greater than ever and the childrens bonk section has been greatly enlarged Some more was spent on books In than in Se veral hooks have been donated and a set of volumes of the Howard Classics was donated by Mr and Mrs Irving Wilson sev enth concession of Kin The their congregations for the good of all Some pro- 1 established last fall and an essay Not since I learned KniRchonl I didnt And it too noon cither My jnbwaa get ting too much for mo when homo night I a with my family A chap work put mo on to Kriwchon now I wouldnt bo without it Just a In my morning coffee when needed acta mo up for Of KruBchcn Li a gentle laxative diuretic too It to work art without any flzzhw or bubbling let a package today and atnrt life again KRUSCHEN At Alt Out for fun Chevys your perfect partner mates the a powerful pleasure How can it fail the 57 Chevrolet brings you the happiest on the road AntiDive braking of course and a lion of special flncpcrforaiance features no other lowemuar can begin to match try carefree kind of ginger anil grace thats your only in the greatest all road cars fasterselling car Chevrolet naturally i Cot a job to do TRUSTEES MEET TUESDAY IAN The 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