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Like brigades of soldiers dedi cated to nothing short of the un conditional surrender of disease deformities that prevent little children from running and playing with their brothers and sisters a veritable army of thousands of service club mem bers rally every spring for their annual assault The weapon they unleash on the general public Is the Easter Seala symbol of hope and op portunity provided by the On tario Society for Crippled Children This year their target must be in voluntary contributions or some of the handicapped kiddies across the province will be neglected The hands of a for example may hold the surgeons knife In a vitally Important cor rective operation which will al low a child to walk alone and un aided again The hands of a Lion may hold the steering wheel of a car or station wagon that takes crippled children to clinics base ball games picnics and Christ mas parties The hands of Ki- may hold a paint brush that helps to decorate one of the societys five summer camps in readiness for hundreds of cheer ing youngsters who are eligible nowhere in the hot summer months From the simple act of licking a stamp and mailing you a cam paign letter and a block of Eas ter Seals to the important busi ness of the formation of the so cietys policies and expansion program the service club mem bers take a keen Interest and ac tive part They take pride In assuming they arc the official liaison be tween the local authori ties and the society making it The Era and Empres Thursday April 11 Service Club Brigades Start Annual Campaign Crippled Children their duty to see that every handicapped child is treated and provided with transportation and the proper braces and appliances made necessary by his disability More progress in the care and treatment of the crippled child has been made in the past years than during the whole pre vious history of mankind Although these champions of crippled children in the service clubs are publicized more often around Easter and campaign time their work in camping nursing cerebral palsy centres clinics transportation and voca tional training goes on the year round without a stop Many ser vice clubs have their own ambi tious programs to give the crip pled child new hope and oppor tunity Particularly valuable is the as sistance service club members give to the nursing service in discovering handicapped children in their area and making general surveys They see that what ever the doctor recommends and often it means expensive transportation surgery hospi talization and then crutches or braces is carried out No matter how hopeless the case may seem and even If It takes the years to drag the first words from between the quivering lips of a cerebral pal sied child who has never utter ed an Intelligent sound or coax a poliocrippled youngster into taking his first step alone the service club members will back the case to its conclusion Vhen a child who has never walked or talked stands on his own feet and says Happy its worth it Only then does the service club member feel he is paid in full Common 127th Battalion Records At Town Library This Week An interesting of docu ments and records of the Battalion York Rangers may be seen In the assembly room of the Newmarket Public Library this week The exhibit will be open to the public every evening as well as during the usual library by day The exhibition is to mark the anniversary of the mobilization of the Battali on in Newmarket years ago as well as to be part of he celebra tion program of the centennial From the librarys collection of 127th documents and records con tributed by Major J the library board is displaying a selection In addition to framed documents on walls there is a variety of material on display the glass topped show cases re cently acquired by the board THESE SYMPTOMS MAY MEAN WORMS Irritability loss of appetite could be symptoms of worms Dont take chances Get Dr McKenzioa Dead Shot Worm Candy from your If the worms easy- Dr Dead Shot Worm Candy quick soothing relief to adult or child YOUR CHAMBER OK COMMERCE IS BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY Perhaps one of the most inter esting items on display Is the big ledgerlike book the Recruit Re gister containing the names of all who enlisted in h Bat talion Names are arranged al phabetically as far as possible But for some such as those whose names begin with B there were so many that the are con tinued on pages farther back It is not surprising that this book is one of those under glass Some names with military particulars are recorded Indeed there are few families of the York of that day who did not have kin of some degree in the York Ran gers The raising of t 220th Bat talion followed the mobilization of the Major Brown as he then was and who had been with the became the CO of the A notable member of his staff was Captain Aubrey Davis who was Quartermaster Another was Captain J Rum- ball Adjutant Captain Davis and his family took a deep interest in both bat talions That these units had full strength brass bands extra tent ing equipment and other features were among the manifestations of that Interest Few overseas bat talions were belter equipped Many members of then overstrength transferred to the 220th to get overseas Veterans of these and all units of the First Great War particu larly are invited to a gathering in the library on Thursday evening April Isabel Colville MEDLEY Last week I attended a meeting of the executive of the Concert Association and a real report of this by Hilda you will find in another part of the paper but having the association very much at heart I want to say a few things too First how very fortunate we are to have these concerts at all Right to our door come some of the best talent that Canada has to offer Lois Marshall nad James Milligan have become world fam ous since we first heard them and many others who have given con certs here are following in their footsteps To me its a delight to think that our Newmarket association by engaging them and appreciat ing them helped them on their way Our association is fortunate in having a wide awake and en thusiastic executive and a splen did auditorium at Greenacres an auditorium where it is no hard ship for any artist to perform I hope we see it filled next year Then I think every Canadian was shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Herbert Norman our ambassador to Egypt One wonders why an American Senate subcommittee should investigate a Canadian ambassador already proven innocent by his own coun trys investigations I am glad that It has brought to the Ameri can people as expressed by one speaker a realization of the ser iousness of a rift between Canada and the USA In a world where chaos bitterness and hatred are rife it behooves governments to be particularly careful of asper sions cast on the characters of the diplomats of friendly powers Ones sympathy goes out to the wife of Mr Norman And then Id like to say a few words on the mystery of the flow ers one of our west windows for many years have lived three families of Lilies One of them is four feet tall or more and the others very nearly as tall At present they are adorned by two beautiful lilies And more will CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY HERE A birthday celebration was held recently in honor of Mrs Thomas Moore Sunderland it being the occasion of her flSth birthday on Msrch in the Gold Room of the Colonial Banquet Hall Drive East Newmar ket Seventyfive members of her family relatives friends and neighbors who attended were from Sunderland Port Perry Ux- brldge Toronto Falls Mount Albert Zephyr Newmar ket After a delicious dinner the guests were entertained by Mr Kellys quartette of Newmaret high school Mrs Ivan Mclaugh lin showed her slides of her trip abroad Mrs Moore received many beautiful flowers gifts and cards Mrs Moore Is active still doing her housework every day She has eight living children They are Mrs Herb Wilson Minnie Mrs Clarence Miller Margaret Sunderland Mrs Luke Delia Port Perry Mrs Harvey Shier Frank and William Newmarket Cord on Toronto and Cecil Muskoka Falls She has three sisters Mrs An nie Pearson Mrs Wil liam Shields Toronto and Mrs William Thompson Mount Al bert The latter was unable to attend on account of illness She has grandchildren and great grandchildren Round soon appear but the mystery is why do they grow so tall I cut them down every spring yet whenever they are put back in the window up they start and soon great beautiful leaves are spreading out and we are back where we were before Why Then theres the case of the Af rican violets Unlike the lilies which wont stop growing the violets wont start Ive tried them in every window In the house Ive fed them different kinds of food Ive watered them from the bot tom and from the top and their either just lay down their leaves and die or else sulk We have one in full bloom just now Oh no Not of my raising This one was sent by a kind friend to Archie but if I were a betting person Id be willing to bet it will lose its bloom and re tire from active service I have one of my own which once pro duced two violets I looked on them with awe and wonder I talked to them and rejoiced over them but now the plant just sits there and dares me to throw it I out for fear it might bloom again Again why MACDONALD BROS Motors MAIN ST to Frio am to TV Sat to Body Fender Painting Estimates Cart Newmarket Birthday Club Birthday wishes this week to are extended Joanne Sharon years old on Friday April 5 Monica Ruth R Aurora years old on Friday April 5 Paul Fry Newmarket 12 years old on Saturday April David Wayne Fletcher New market years old on Saturday April Anne Jamleson Waterloo 10 years old on Saturday April Sandra Joan Hennessy Toron to years old on Saturday April Jean Mary Newmarket years old on Sunday April Jane Elizabeth Evans Newmar ket 5 years old on Monday April 8 Vera Shirley Drake Holland Landing 10 years old on Monday April Jimmy Kennedy Aurora years old on Monday April Ralph Yake Aurora years old on Tuesday April Davtd Andrews years old on Tuesday April Debbie Johnston Newmarket years old on Tuesday April 9 Johnny Johnston Newmarket years old on Tuesday April Dale Marie Andrews year old on Wednesday Ap ril Connie Phoenix Cedar lime yean old on Wednesday April Leslie Ann Newmar ket years old on Wednesday April Kenneth Walter Stiles New market years old on Thursday April 11 Send In your name address age and become s member of the Era and Express birthday club VANDORF The Vendor public school grades special mu sic at Wesley United church last Sunday morning and Professor John Macpherson Newmarket was guest speaker The play Plain English pre sented by Junior Far mers and sponsored the Wes ley was successful consid ering the had weather on Friday evening April Mrs Jack Irwin and children had Sunday dinner with Mr and Mn Roy Martin Newmarket Mr and Mrs George Preston ar back from Florida and arc spending a few days with Mr and Mrs Stewart and family Mr and Mr William Ransom and Mr and Mrs Percy Hansom all of Toronto and Mr and Mrs Gordon Newmarket were Sunday visitors of Mr and Mrs Bert Mr and Mrs K A Smith had Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs George Richardson Mr and Mrs Bob Markham spent Sunday with their parents Mr and Mrs Har old Mrs J Oliver entertained on Saturday evening In honor of her son Mr Herbert Oliver and daughter Miss Ruth Oliver and friend Miss Sylvia Smith whose birthdays are celebrated within a few days of one another Mr Arthur Marsh Aurora pent Thursday with Mr and Mrs Herbert Oliver and Mrs Allen Mr and Mrs Jack Irwin attend ed the farm sale last Tuesday of Mr and Mrs Mrs a Cook Toronto Mr and Mrs Whitby Mr Norton and Miss Lilly I n ay were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Clayton Pocue and family Mr and Mrs Grant Morley pent Saturday evening with Mr and Mrs Murray Allin I