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Newmarket Era and Express, 7 Mar 1957, p. 16

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CANADIAN FRED J has been ap pointed Sales Representative Tor onto area for Canadian Schenley td it was announced today by Ontario Sales anager Mr will be loc ated at the Companys Toronto Headquarters Street West Elected President The new president of Lake Marie and King Athletic Associa tion is Ronald a former secretar for three years At the 35th annual meeting in Memorial Park club rooms Don ald Croft a newcomer to King City was vicepresident John Robb second vicepresident Harry Edwards secretarytreas urer for a second term and Harry Cunningham and Donald Croft auditors Directors reelected are A E Kelley Ross Walker and James Davidson E Barker presided at elections The membership has risen to 20 through the enrolment of seven new members Dr A Hardy Ernest Smith A Alexander J Turner M and J C Cranfield James and Andrew Clure are honorary members A E Kelley and Har ry Edwards have belonged since Lake Marie originated Last year the organization made a small profit after expen ditures were met through soft- ball games held in the park last season Court Hears Claws Only 3 Are Sustained A court of revision was held by King township council at Kettle- by February 27 to e a r claims against assessments of property owners in the Holland Marsh whose farm lands are within the municipal drainage project of the township Of the 24 claims filed three were sustained and a reduction of slightly over was made The fiveacre lots are each assessed for 90 Under a municipal drain age scheme the government al lows 30 leaving the assessment at On this amount each landowner would contribute ap proximately per year plus in terest to the debenture Reeve William Hodgson felt the landowners were satisfied with the explanation of the expendi ture There are five ditches in volved with a total of feet Property owners had petitioned council to improve the drainage through municipal undertaking Cost of debentures is distributed among some 200farm- Water may make up half the weight of a newly felled tr Seasoning will reduce this mois ture content to onequarter but kiln drying is necessary to drive off further moisture MARCH MONTH OF MAMMOTH MOVIES ToXight at Last Complete Show 830 Two Great War Films DDAY TO THE SHORES OF JUNE AND OF TRIPOLI SAT Feature at 7 and CLARK JANE ROBERT GABLE RUSSELL RYAN cm of urn THE TALL MEN PLUS SAT MAT AT PM THE TALI MEN Will Be Shown TU2S 2 Terrific Hits I DANDAHEY ERNEST BORGNME NORTH AM COLOR SHOW In Are Free LAST COMPLETE SHOW AT PM AND FOR ADDED ENJOYMENT yiMTA TYRONE POWER SUSAN HAYWARD ADULT I WED THURS Adult Entertainment fro Kid tat mi I Or am scs a tea ear No FLITS 2ND HIT JOSEPH FLEMING WIN DILL COREY bHIUftlfl BIG PICTURES ARE ON THE WAY SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS BETWEEN YEN AND HELL TDK UNGUARDED MOMENT A GREAT DAY IN THE MORNING AND FRIENDLY PERSUASION TO BE SHOWN DURING MARCH MOVIES ARE BETTER THAN EVER NIGHTLY FROM PM SAT MAT AT PM RECREATION MEETING FOR THE DISTRICT AT AURORA MARCH A meeting of district recreation commission members will be held in Aurora March 21 it was an nounced last week J Patter son district recreation I will be chairman AH members of recreation j missions in the district are I to attend Delegates commission at Aurora New- I market Richmond Hill Lake Wil cox Sutton and Whitchurch town ship are expected to attend This is a followup to two meetings held during The previous meetings proved in- informative and bene ficial to recreation commission members and it was decided to continue them Heading the list of subjects to be discussed at the March meeting will be how to develop recreation in a community also a general discussion on recreation problems Rugs Earn Recognition At Handicrafts Exhibit At the general meeting of Kingcrafts in February plans were made to bring the activities of the different craft groups in closer relation to one another A representative of a craft group will give an informal talk on how the craft is carried out using a live demonstration to illustrate the actual work The various steps will be out lined and the variations in meth od design and material will be explained It was felt these pre sentations at general meetings will give a better insight into the various types of work On March 27 at Kingcraft House Mrs A will be the speaker on art Mrs Barrett Partridge the pre sident welcomed back Mrs Mill er and Mrs both of Map le absentees from Kingcrafts for several weeks due to illness Announcement was made of the success of Mrs Reginald Case who won honorable mention in a nat ionwide contest with her hand hooked rug entered in Montreal under the Quebec branch of the Canadian Handicraft Guild Mr Jack won second place in the exhibit when she entered her beautiful hand hooked rug in beige and brown colorings entitl ed The Bulls Heads AURORA Subdivides ByLaw Has Further Clarification At Special Meeting rage 16 The Newmarket Era and Express Thursday March A special meeting of the pro perty committee of the Aurora council will be called to clarify the disputed paroraphs in the towns subdivir At Mondays coun Lome Lee the town solicitor appeared to object to councils statement which appeared in the Era that the agreement had not been written as the council had origin ally drafted it At the last meeting councillors were under the impression that the paragraph in the agreement did not call lor a 1 bond or deposit on the last five lots of the subdivision which would be forfeited if it were not complet ed There was nothing in the para graph to indicate that the money- was to be refunded said Mr Lee but said that it would be deposit ed by the town in a trust fund to pay for extra services which an increase in population would nee- again he He added There have this was not done tioncd said Mr Lee We all make mistakes but we should rec tify these mistakes At last weeks council meeting a resolution was passed which read subject to the changes in paragraph eight of Calwood Ltd agreement and paragraph nine of Aurora Developments Ltd agree ment so that the paragraphs com- ply with instructions to the town solicitor in a letter from the clerk dated May that the ap plications for changes to the be refused The original agreement was I drafted several months ago but has spent most of its time in a I filing cabinet since the town and Lome Cousins were unable to come to terms Mayor James Murray comment- ed later that the councillors had forgotten what was in their agree ment About two weeks ago I wanted council to go over the but THE PICKERING COLLEGE GLEE CLUB assisted by the High School girls chorus presents GILBERT and SULLIVANS The Gondoliers been no variations made by me with instructions given by coun cil In view of the many months which have elapsed since the Last year Mrs A E Jaryis was was originally drafted a prize winner with a rug in this suggest that the councillors exhibit Three years ago she re- should familiarize themselves honorable mention in the the agreement same class There have been suggestions Kingcrafts is looking for Card- that the agreement didnt con- en group conveners Miss Eric form he continued If it didnt White and Miss Baxter have would like to know in what done a terrific job at convening way since Kingcraft started They will continue on the committee Councillor Child was of the opinion that the language of the paragraph obscured its meaning for the councillors I wonder if there arent too many references to 300s and which confus ed council he said He added that he thought the paragraph i was too long to express what the following resolution at its last meeting have Township Will Protest Closing Of CNR Station King township council passed council I been more concise Whereas It Is the of rf the Canadian National Railway to was draf make application to the board of in with what the 1 transport commissioners to close the on at King City the to t of this agency wl prove conformed whether it had hardship to a great number of our j j The phrase that Mr Loe object ed to most vehemently was An other quickie which had been used last week when the thought was expressed that someone want- to avoid the terms council had laid down for development in the town Mr Lee stated that if the re- ference had been made to him he wanted an apology but also added that he had been told that the phrase was not directed against him Mr Lee said later that he was satisfied that this was the case but that coming so closely in context with councils remarks as to the apparent error in the a- left it open for misin- THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY MARCH 14 15 AT 46 PM IN THE COLLEGE ASSEMBLY HALL SPECIAL ADMISSION FOR STUDENTS ON THURSDAY EVENING 50c Regular Prices Thursday and Friday Saturday Tickets at the College Bests Drug Store or the Mar OUR TWENTYFIFTH ANNUAL GILBERT ASP SULLIVAN PRODUCTION Deplore Serious Lack Of Policing In King Request Third Officer not only in the but throughout the King for King City village trustees took action February in a resolut ion endorsing a recommendation by King City Chamber of Comm erce requesting King township council to appoint a third man to the part time township force Trustees acquiesced with the chamber that lack of local policl t I at King City is a serious pro- and that steps should ratepayers City area township Whereas the official plan future development of the town ship is designedto keep the town ship rural in character and to per mit close urban commercial and industrial development in and a- round existing centres of populat ion And whereas an area of approx imately 1000 acres in and around King City has been zoned as such been misunderstood or not I dont want my veracity ques- I Parks Board To Report On Its Centennial Plans A report on the proposed activ ities of the Parks board was re quested by Councillor Gladstone Ridlcr at the Feb meeting of council It was promised in the with a large area along the rail future by Councillor George way right of way set aside as an industrial area that in view of What does the board intend to the zoning restrictions this par- do 0 improve and dress up the area will develop both in view of this being the a residential and industrial com munity by reason of the fact that there is a first class waterworks system already established and al so by reason of the fact that this has excellent railroad facil ities at the present time which play an important part in the de- taken to provide a more adequate of any area system Traffic speeding is one of the major violations said Chairman Smith Vandorf OPP detachment which operates in the township does not set up speed traps and can only police traffic on county roads and go off county roads on criminal matters Trustee M stated The OPP cannot enforce village parking restrictions The township has two part time con stables Chief constable Dill Dav is line of King and Constable Harold Russell They have other responsibilities for the township and are overworked was the opinion of trustees King City has the largest cen tre of population and speeding are Therefore be it resolved that in view of the foregoing we the towns centennial year asked Mr We have been trying for some years to get the fairgrounds fixed up replied Mr It was quite a mess when we started If we are given the money well do the job We have on hand but well need at least to do the work properly We have to be careful of council unanimously agree to expenditures cautioned the may- ose any application to close the I shortage of mon- and that a copy of this re- solution be sent to the board of j transport commissioners to lack able to Smith MP and to Major A A Mackenzie and the seal of the cor poration be attached lution Parks board should be get along on what it has on hand said the reeve Mr promised a report Here with the most modern power of the year New Chevrolet Task in- ill THE ONLY TWICE to this j council Signed Reeve William Hodgson WANT TANK TRUCK Clerk If AS FIRE AUXILIARY Chamber Sponsors Study I k Of King Incorporation At the monthly meeting of King and Whitchurch Federat ions of Agriculture sought proval for the purchase of a tank truck holding gallons of wat er as a auxiliary water supply for the Aurora fire department and traffic hazards are most Chamber of Commerce Feb- would cost around parent Few people realize that were made to hold j and the expenditure would township police operate on a part time basis trustee said Defer PROVED NEW TRUCKS The hoard deferred setting the budget until a conference is arranged with King township council to review the village fin ancial with the town- ship Since the provincial per cap- Ha given to 1 is by government will not be STiw a meeting on March consisting Whitchurch and of board of directors with two federations Harold representatives from village org- Whitchurch told King anuations to work as a fact find- i committee in compiling all a- King council favored the lank variable data relative to village truck providing satisfactory ar- I when can be made with completed would he presented at Whitchurch and Aurora fire de partments A meeting of the two federations and the fire proved and performance proved on the worldfamous GM Proving Ground and on the Alaska Highway Already proved id the hands of many thous ands of owners were sent to Lake Marie Lions Club Legion omens Institute and firemens Association re questing elected representatives Lake Marie has appointed township the outcome would mean a higher mill rate Will Movr Machines Harold Millard operator of grading machinery from his home Jock Thompson and the Firemen at the corner of King and Will- had named Chief Glass Sis King City promised vtl- Captain Don McCallum will lie arranged Aurora fire department has offered to house the equipment Representing King federation were President Bill GroOmbridg Barker and Harry Cunningham and Charlie Grubb and from Lions have George Harvey and Whitchurch were Norman and Ken Inge trustees he would move machinery from hi premises and clear out the accessories and parts that clutter up his residential property A delegation of neigh bors II CI Alex Camp- It is important to have all the facts and figures on incorporation in order to present the subject in telligently and comprehensively in a public meeting was the op inion of president Doug Your neighbour who solicits your financial support for the Canadian Red Cross is a voiun- leer 1 bell Jim Sim and Glen The propoval must have public protected the unsightly appear- endorsement secretary of the Millard lot and his Smith said Rapid development of parking on a public highway Mr Millard was advised to rent King City area envisaged in the near future necessitates in the industrial one west of mediate action on the matter Dew St for parking his equip- chamber points out I can understand Chair man K Smith said that parts that look like junk to your neigh bors are part of your outfit said Mr Millard is contravening the parking bylaw by using the public highway King street is zoned commercial but is chiefly built up in homes especially sur rounding Millard property Awarded Contract William Ram was awarded the contract for installing King City municip al water services to houses at plus the permit fee Winter ral es are extra The highest of the two bids was tendered by Vaughan Tunnelling Co at Mr Ram was village plumber in The chamber agreed to the Santa Claus parade at King City providing business men who conducted the show last December are satisfied with offer The request was made by Johnny Nirno local business man The next general meeting of the Chamber is Monday March 25 LIBRARIAN RESIGNS The following resolution was passed by the Newmarket Public Library board at a meeting Mon day night That the board hav ing considered Mrs tend ered resignation as librarian and in the light of her considerable services to the Newmarket Public Main St Library accept it with Mat In the ions much fun A 100yard Newmarket furniture Electric THEY OFFER AN EXTRA SHORT STROKE ENGINE efficient V8s with 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