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j f Prayer KHirtf the ttraTiwlllS on view in the church service at Lions Park by the March 29 30 31 and I I Hockey tournament sored by the Minor Hockey League Awning of Barber Shop Har- at the Newmarket Arena sponsored by the Centennial April 25126 27 28 29 Planning Committee Musical Festival sponsored by the March 17 18 Newmarket Lnms Club Our Town On Ice produced by the May Figure Skating Club at Official Welcome of Centennial Brownies Cubs and Scools at the July Hockev and Skatinz in Centennial Caravan sponsored by Newmarket Fair Grounds Open al St Week of events in the Town Parks August Churcn SU sponsored by the Centennial Program Regatta on Fairy Lake lolStlomTare Planning Committee September 12 welcome to sponsor an event during Decoration Day sponsored the July Soccer Club tournament sponsored Centennial year in cooperation with Veterans Parade and Dance sponsored by by the Newmarket Soccer Club the Newmarket Centennial Program Tune 24 the Centennial Program Planning September 26 27 28 Committee Kindly contact the chair Parade and Club Display by the Committee Squnre Dance Club Competition man Geo Richardson 8959276 the Newmarket Arena Caravan m PAGES NEWMARKET- WED JANUARY NEWMARKET -r- L s J URGES I J J A first heavy snowfall of the winter brings the it on Saturday Her sister Shelley watches artistic instinct out in Janice Kirbyson The heavy snow the performance made this literary gem easy until the sun demolished Attend Auroras First Council AURORA Pride in the Town of Aurora Its growth and plans and hopes for future development was the keynote of Mayor Clar ence Franklin Davis address Hon- day night at the Dr W Seccmilary BELIEF IN THE FUTURE We should be grateful to the pioneer people for their belief in future and desire that their children should have freedom and opportunity Dr Hill stressed that a sense of loyalty is School attracted more than it was did not give perhaps of that number being school Mayor Davis referred briefly to capital costs facing the town in its expansion pro gram noting the extensive addition to the high school a proposed new senior public school additions to the sewage facilities and the community centre The council faces an unprecedented task he said and assured the audience that each member of council would be a watchdog over their own committees expenditures The mayor paid tribute to Dr Crawford Rose in as a great help when he came to council for his first term Clerktreasurer William Johnson opened the proceedings with Dr Rose taking over as master of ceremonies way to the cynic and those who criticize Canada am tired of people who belittle Canada and show no interest in celebration plans at either municipal provincial or fed eral level is our privilege to help build the second pari of this nation he said The guest speaker was introduced by Dr Crawford Rose and thanked by Reeve Jim Murray This is a night of great significance and the citizens of your home town thank you for your timely address and being with us tonight Closing remarks were made by Donald Glass who spoke briefly about the part the people of Aurora could play in the observance of the Centennial -iv- A mixed choir of boys and girls from Wells St School under the direction of Harris sang the three verses of Canada at the start of the meeting followed by a prayer of dedication by Rev Hancock of Aurora United Church Col O S magistrate of York County presented the declaration of office to Mayor Davis and members of council and conducted the swearingin ceremony It Was A Hot Time In The Old ft JACKSONS POINT Theres a fellow up in Jacksons Point who must be quite a fellow Dr Rose said that Aurora has many SSJaToTtte railroad followed by the Servant of Auroras birthday in One woman had all her clothes ripped of Si how the Centennial of Canada The other woman went through a plate- He told some of the younger children from window A nurse was punched In the jaw Before the ambulance driver had a chance to explain what bad happened the man took a swing at him The ambulance driver ducked and a nurse received a punch on the jaw Police were called and the struggling swain was carted off to jail Wells St Public School that with the expan sion of life expectancy it could be possible that some of them would see Canadas second centennial particular inaugural of council was unique also in that six men who had taken the of office as mayor were present Dr Rose introduced Ross Linton mayor Alec Bell Keith him- self as mayor and and Mayor man left the table for a few minutes The episode ended when Lady Godtva went to the police station clad in only a doctors white smock and got some house keys from Two elderly men fainted at the sight of all trousers so she could get in out the commotion And the fellow all the commotion was about wound up in jail Heres what happened The two women and the man were having a quiet beer in a Jacksons Point beverage room NEWMARKET You the ratepayer can expect some upward rend in the mill rate I made no promises of tax cuts if I came into office and cannot give you any assurance of this now said Newmarkets new Mayor Andrew at inaugural session of Newmarket Town Council on Monday night Unless there is some change the salaries of teachers alone for the coming year will mean an increase about two mills Nearly all seats in the Town Hall auditor ium were occupied for inaugural session when Major P Kellcy of Newmarket administered both the Declaration of Office and the Oath of Allegiance to the Mayor Reeve and DeputyReeve and Councillors Major Kellcy officiated for the ceremony substituting for Magistrate who was unable to attend through illness Mayor A welcomed the new council and audience and remarked that he was glad to see so many people interested enough to come out and see at least one session of council ican only that most of you will keep this altitude and out for some of the council meetings i only in this way will you be able to assess the work we doing and the problems we have to solve FOR GROWTH Remarking on Canadas Centennial year Mr Doak said past years have been proud ones for Canada but I am certain that the next 100 years will be fantastic We in Newmarket should use these coming years as a springboard for the years of growth but this will not come without work and hard work I would want this council to concern it self not only with land use etc but with study of services for the municipality we can advocate a Five Year Plan but this will never be a reality without a careful study of our ability and financial limits We need many volunteers we have many now but if any of you arc capable of helping this community to fulfill its destiny then I ask you to offer your knowledge and aid we may need a special Finance Com- which goes beyond the elected officials and includes those with a knowledge of eco nomics and finance said the Mayor See HELP Page 5 NEWMARKET Following the official opening ceremonies and Ihe inaugural address by Mayor A Doak Newmarket Town Council resolved into regular session for a short meet ing to amend Procedure Bylaw regarding standing committees for the year Only one change has been made in the committees and their respective grouping The Property and Garbage Committee will now be part of the Administration Group and the Police and Fire Committee will be attached to the Operations Groups Chairmen of committees were also appoint ed by resolution under the bylaw Tom will head Finance and Welfare Committee G Bylaws Promotion and Development Seneca Cook Property and Garbage All these are in Administration Group In Operations Group DeputyReeve Clare Salisbury will be chatrmanof the Roads and Bridges Committee Bruce Eves Police and Fire Donald Transportation and Committees Bands and Reeve George Richardson Water and Sewers A second resolution appointed Mayor A as a member of council on the Water Pollution Control Other members en group are F and Stuart Parks Expo Contest Winner Stan Hoover of Keswick was last weeks winner of Trip To Expo contest sponsored by area merchants Mr Hoover successfully unscrambled Aurora Radio Hospital from among the spon soring merchants advertisements Mr Hoover accompanied his winning entry with a sales slip from Vic Slur Lawn and Garden Equip ment one of participating businesses He now stands a chance of winning an paid trip for two to Expo In Montreal summer r 1 Federal Loan Approved For Sewage Treatment ft AURORA Approval of a 16667 Federal loan for a sewage treatment project in Aurora has been announced by the Honorable John Nicholson Minister responsible to Parlia ment for Central Mortgage and Housing Cor poration Provided under the National Housing Act the loan is for a period of years with interest at per cent per annum and is based on an estimated cost of The loan will assist the town to convert and enlarge the present sewage treatment plant For work completed on or before March 31 CMHC may forgive repayment of 25 per cent of the principal amount of the NHA loan and 25 per cent of interest that has accrued in respect to the loan as of the date of completion of the project The project is the conversion of the old sewage treatment plant known as Plant in use since to the contact stabilization process Aurora council has investigated various means of improving and extending the towns sewage disposal facilities and have adopted this process Should this conversion prove satisfactory consideration will be given to adopting stabilization process for the larger sewage treatment plant This would cost close to 200000 it is estimated Plan Centennial 30 Dolls Recovered FlimFlam Operator Loses Out Twice Clarence Davis Others introduced were Reeve Gordon Cook King township Don Glass chairman of Centennial Committee Col Malcolm Montgomery CD OC Queens York Rangers and Mayor A E Graves Squadron Command eer at Aurora HISTORICAL SKETCH A sketch by members of the Aurora Drama Workshop depicting a council meet inc in based on the minutes of meetings held years ago interjected some humor into the formal program Shiner played the reeve Ken Seagej and editor of nwspapr with Graham Constantino Ted Reeve and Fred the members of council Rose Dyson set the scene in an Aurora hotel in 1567 The Rev Roland Hill DD who his boyhood days In Aurora returned as speaker Among faU close companions years ago were the mayor and Reeve Jim Murray Taking The Wonder of Canadas Centcn- as his topic ihe speaker said it would be time of joy tinged with a profound sense Ingratitude and words passed between the two women over the departed swain A few minutes later the women stood up beside their table and began ripping off each others clothes One woman took a swing at the other and went through a plateglass window An elderly beverage room patron fell off his chair with a heart attack and an ambu lance was called The women continued their scrap The ambulance took the heart attack vic tim and the woman who had gone through the plateglass window to a doctors office By this time the woman was naked and as she paraded into the doctors office all her assets were visible The sight of the naked woman parading naked through the office sent an elderly man sitting In the waiting room reeling off his chair in a dead faint Meanwhile back at the beverage room The man whom all the commotion was about returned to his table to find his two lady friends missing After learning their whereabouts he ran up the street to the doc tors office Music Festival THIS WEEK fc IN THE ERA Farm News Smiley and Womens News rages Page Page I Pages Sports v Pages ComicsCurtain Time Page 11 Classified Pages 1213 NEWMARKET The Seventh annual Newmarket Lions Club Centennial Music Fes tival will commence April The official syllabus is now available The deadline for entries has been set as not later than Feb midnight All entries and correspondence in connec tion with the Festival should be directed Newmarket Lions Club Music Festival Mr Harold Jackson Raglan St New market The executive committee and directors expect an increase of at least 25 per cent entries this Centennial year To cope with this extra work the committee has appointed a general secretary Harold Jackson He will have four assistant secretaries Margaret Atkinson Jean Jay Joan and Emma Broadbent Festival president is Gene McCaffrey Vice presidents are Atkinson Ken Dav enport Russell Ernest McCaffrey has again been appointed treasurer In the Festival provided scholarships to the value of This has been increased this year Gold silver and bronze medals to the value of will be presented Classes will be held in Trinity United Church and St Johns Separate School auditorium One of the big features of this years fes tival is the Centennial section The finals for the Centennial section will be held at St John New Brunswick in July Prior to this competition a provincial final competi tion will take place in May or June Entry forms and syllabus may be obtained from Budds Music Shop on Main St Robins Pharmacy or from the general secretary Harold Jackson Raglan St Newmarket When the syllabus was prepared for the printer the name of Mrs Vernon Scott as a music director was inadvertently omitted Mrs Scott has been active each year of the festival and will again assist the lions Club Musk Festival Committee NEWMARKET Exactly half of the esti mated number of Raggedy Ann dolls sold in Newmarket have found their way to police offices since last week NEWMARKET Newmarket Police are looking for a professional flimflam artist who failed to make much headway when he struck at three different stores on Saturday afternoon His first stop apparently was at Dianas Beauty Salon at the Newmarket Plaza where Newmarket police have 27 dolls cither re- he tendered a 10 bill for a 59cent hairnet covered by officers or brought in by concerned parents and East have three It was reported that dozen were sold here While there has been no trouble reported materials used in manufacture of these dolls could explode or burst into flame if subjected to heat Police are hopeful that more dolls will be brought in this week The clerk found there was no change and took the bill with her to obtain some The man grabbed about from open till but was spotted by the proprietor Mrs Edith Eaton who snatched the money back and the man Red minus his original The beauty salon was full of customers and staff at the time of the incident His next port of call was at Campbells Store on Main St where he shortchanged clerk there for before she realized what had happened The third call was adjacent to Campbells at Robins Drug Store but clerk there be came suspicious when he tendered a bill of large denomination for cigarettes Mrs Helen Crone clerk at Robins Drug Store evidently began to ask loo many pointed questions when she realized what was hap pening and the man discovered the game was up and again fled Mrs Crone also gave police a good descrip tion of the man who is about five feet ten inches and about years of age He baa dark greying hair and was wearing a grey coat and black overbeds Ruby hold pictorial display Centennial activities at the school off to a fast start She while Paul Taylor and Jimmy Hall show made the dress and bonnet and wore them while telling cars the children about early life in Canada Minister i A