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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), February 1, 1967, p. 1

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LAST WEEK 3- WEATHER WAS o rfV 1 I r- PAGES NEWMARKET 1 1 I NEWMARKET- AURORA WED FEBRUARY 10 CENTS AURORA j f A I THIS WEEKS WEATHER Si Milder Temp and IS Warner Wednesday liitte change until Sit and then a little again Abort an inch of snow by tie i v J fc V Tin belle of the Rash Ball is probably BW ta a Cage to strains of he in his replica of a Kkm- saloon below which was part of the show night at Newmarket District High School As a change of pace the schools Athletic Group put on gymnastic display for the capacity crowd W i torafamamnaak I A3 ir A f Club Chartered Civitans On The Move The newly formed of Newmarket received its charter Tuesday night during ceremonies and presentations viewed by ISO Civitans their wives and special guests The inclusion of Newmarket was the club in International to receive a charter since July 1961 Aurora was the last club to be formed in this area re ceiving its charter last June Both of these clubs were sponsored by the Richmond Hill and the latter were responsible for the program presented Tuesday night Newmarket President Gordon was presented with the club charter by Ray Armstrong of Richmond Hill Governor Canadian District West Inter national The lectern and bell gifts from the sponsoring club were presented to Mr by Arthur and Neil Shaw Gerry King past governor Canadian District West made the presentation of the club banner Initiated as charter members were Mr Cunningham Robert E Jones and Bruce McDonald executive officers Jack Caradonna Noble G Sproule Dennis David A Christie and Don directors pother charter members were Reg Bern- Raymond Brown Arthur Ferguson Francis Robert G Gitkes Gilbert Gray Daniel Glenn William Kelly Donald Matfaew Rand Jack B Mercer Bruce B Jack Payne Ray William M Saho and Brian E Yates Mayor Drew was listed as an honorary member The mayor extended civic greetings to visiting Civitans and congratulated the new I welcome the Civitans as a new service club in Newmarket and while I know you will have stiff competition from the various service clubs already in existence I know you will take your place in making Newmarket a better place in which to live Guest speaker McKeough MPP Kent West spoke of the importance of being a good citizen As Civitans you must publi cize your role as good citizens and work at all limes for the benefit of all Mr McKeough said it takes both dedica tion and concentration to be a good citizen and in Centennial Year everyone should make a special effort to mobilize their action If we celebrate it will not be because of past but what the past has brought and what lies ahead for us Let people know your Christian and views he Secretary Robert Jones read messages of congratulation from International executive offices and from clubs at Peterborough Brampton St Cath arines and other points also a message and flowers came from the Newmarket Lions Club Dancing completed the program Lady School Bus Driver Averts Major Tragedy AURORA A woman school bus driver has been credited with preventing a major tragedy about 5 pm Monday when the brakes on her bus failed on a steep hill and sent the loaded bus out of control Mrs Joy of Oak Ridges warned her 39 young passengers to take emergency precautions and then manoeuvred the speeding bus away from a group of pedes trians standing at a comer Three children were injured and a num ber shaken up when the Langdon bus hurtled through a fence and slammed into a tree The accident occurred at the inter section of St and the St Johns Sideroad four miles southwest of New market In York County Hospital is Nancy Pren tice in satisfactory condition with a fractured jaw Two other children Carol Watson and her brother Barry nine were treated for minor injuries and re leased John who operates more than school buses in the area said Airs Babinok remained in the bus to calm the frightened children while police and an ambulance arrived Her two children Peter and Gerry pas sengers in the bus were not injured Mrs Babinok was taken to York County Hospital suffering from shock and was later sent home bus was transporting from Grade 6 and under from Snowball and Eversley public schools Air advised all parents of the children in the bus to have the family doctor check them in case of injury To Sell Aurora AURORA A concerted drive to sell Aurora to prospective industry will be made this year To this end Councillor Evelyn Buck pre sented a motion that a new Industrial and Economical Development Council be formed consisting of five citizens and two members of council It was stressed that council was aware and fully appreciative of work done by the Aurora Board of Trade in the past and the formation of the new group was no reflec tion on efforts made or results A motion to rescind the present bylaw naming persons to the Industrial Committee and prepare a new bylaw to authorize the formation and appointment of personnel to the new development council was approved 7 Injured Boy Dies Hall seven seri ously injured when struck by a car Monday Jan 18 while on his way home from school died in the Hospital for Sick Children To ronto Thursday The accident occurred near the Tuplin secretary OAK RIDGES Installation of officers for was a part of a program arranged by York Chapter Society for the Preserva tion and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America Inc last Mon day night Ron Johnstone president Dave and Bob Mallory vicepresidents Bill and Ken of Green Lane and the 3rd Concession of East Township He was the son of Mr and Mrs Eric Hall The former is a teacher at Bradford Dis trict High School treasurer were installed along with chapter directors Murray Clark and John Sam Gray Ontario District President SPEBSQSA came from London to conduct To Get v it Instal Officers the installation Retiring president is Eric Franklin Arnold Heft and Alan Noble were intro duced and installed as new members by Mr McCaffrey and Gold Note Awards given for efforts in bringing In new mem bers to the Chapter were presented to Mr McCaffrey and Mr McCullough by past president Eric Franklin A film an the Clinic at Kansas by pers was introduced by Bob Cunningham singing groups have adopted the slogan We sing that they might speak and the film showed the work done for some of the children with speech de fects York Chapter is presently sponsor ing one child and will shortly provide for another going to In March A short discussion was held regarding ihe forthcoming concert at Huron Heights Secondary School Feb and The Bards of Harmony of Toronto Ontario Barbershop Quartet Champions who will be featured the group a preview of some of the they planned to use Wives and girl friends along with others in York Chapters work brought total attendance to close to Asocial jour with refreshments closed the session KESWICK If North Township wants a dentist and a doctor the community must be prepared to support these services said Stewart Mac- bead of the University of Toronto Child Dental Care in his speech Monday nearly township residents Dr went on to say there was a great demand for talent in the field of dentistry and the Ontario Dental Association recognized the keen need for these services Dr advocated and liv ing quarters be erected by the municipality and later purchased by the dentist on a very easy basis He added that It Is the com munitys responsibility to create an environ ment attractive Co a dentist Dr Glen field secretary of the showed slides of a small bungalow and office provided by the community of New Hamburg and financed by the town suggesting a committee of local citizens should consider this type of thing A blue print of the Dental Medical Centre Brussels was displayed There was no discussion during the meet ing regarding the need and lack of the serv ices of a medical doctor In North Gwtl- llmbury area Your Child and Mine was the topic of the evening Dr remarking he became interested In the townships lack of a dentist when he started seeing chil dren from area with teeth in deplorable shape PROBLEMS Pictures were shown depicting some of the problems confronting the dentist and it was pointed out that recent surveys con ducted by public health workers revealed an appalling number of children had tooth decay At age 238 per cent At age 3 per cent At age per cent At age per cent These figures Indicate parents feed their children too much sugar and it was pointed out three minutes after sugar Is taken into the mouth acids strong enough to decalcify enamel may be produced on the tooth sur face Slides showing various dental disorders in malformed faces etc were shown to emphasize Dr talk and as he said Be it ever so humble theres no face like your own Dr emphasized it was not so much a question of a shortage of dentists but a problem of distribution In 1963 out of dental students came from the Toronto area and stayed there to practice The city with all its amenities and apartment build ings acts as a Pied Piper encouraging the student to relocate within walking distance of the OKeefe Centre The ODA have for the last seven years encouraged students to return to the rural areas where they would be eligible for a Public Health bursary of per year for three years This is only the beginning as the young student is faced with his educa tion costs of plus an additional for his equipment leaving very little money with which to start his practice and buy a home Councillor Wallace Donnell was com mended for his work as chairman of the committee formed to encourage a dentist in the area In conclusion Mr thanked Aurora AURORA The case of the quick lags and subsequent summonses came before council Monday night with Police Chief William Langman up In arms about criti cism aimed at the police Need Cold Snap Before Ice Safe bad JACKSONS POINT Its been a year for Lake Simcoe ice fishermen The weird weather of January resulted In a series of freezes and thaws that has made ice fishing hazardous This weather has cut down the number of Ice fishermen and turned what was hoped have been a profitable year for the fish hut operators into a year of financial mediocrity The main body of the lake didnt freeze until Jan 19 On Jan it broke open again and fishermen who had put their huts out near the fourth fifth and sixth con cessions of North Township had to stand on shore and watch them slowly sink into the soft slush To add to their woes it got cold again and high winds began blowing huts across frozen stretches of Lake Simcoe Two fish hut operators retrieved a number of their huts by chasing them western roundup style across the Ice on snowmobiles Mild weather came again but the high winds continued As a result huge slabs of ice were piled along shore Near Salvation Army Summer Camp residents report an ice pile 25 feet high Fish hut operators spent the weekend straightening out their huts instead of ac commodating fishermen The operators warn the thickness of the ice varies from one fool open water and said that It wont be safe to go out on Lake unless there are at least three days of zero weather At the council meeting two weeks ago members of council commented on quick tagging by police of cars outside Emmanuel United Church and the Dr Williams Second ary School Chief said he was terry have police departments standing Sew by Innuendoes I am here to uphold my department not defend If for we have done no wrong The police have been doing their Job ha said Referring to removal of the record book from the town office said to be cause of summonses being Issued some two weeks ago Chief said this was a usual practice and the book has taken for short periods by police for soma eight to years This is our only means of checking our records with those of the town clerk Both books must be checked to ascertain what parking fines have been paid in at municipal office The people should be mad at council who pass bylaws giving police authority te Issue tags said Councillor lllfam Trent He suggested that the police committee in vestigate ticketing procedures now in and report to council Expo Contest Winner Mrs Joyce test weeks winner of the Trip T con test sponsored by area merchants Mrs Murrell successfully unscrambled Dairy from among the sponsoring merchants advertisements Mrs Mnrrell accompanied her winning entry with a sites slip from Dairy one the par ti easinesses She now standi a chance of winning paid trip for two to Expo la Montreal this summer Liberals ReOrganize NEWMARKET The York North Pro vincial Liberal Association an offshoot of the former association formed to coincide with the new riding brought about through redistribution elected an executive Thurs day night At a sparsely attended meeting at the Canadian Legion hall Tom Taylor Newmar ket was named president Dr J Vail Newmarket and Russell Pollock East Township were elected vlce-presi- dents Tom McPherson Aurora was named secretary and Mrs Pat Provost Whitchurch Township treasurer The assembly adopted the slate presented by Jack Rye chairman of the nominating committee Mr Taylor said the formation of the new riding gave the Liberals an excellent oppor tunity The Conservatives have been In power 25 years and have become lacka daisical He made reference to several plans for the association among which were a better public relations setup and recruitment of new members Centennial Year a gala event by putting a Liberal in the legislature He said he missed the tasks that came with being Warden of York but would be working in readiness for election Before closing the meeting President Tom Taylor said arrangements would made to mail out a bulletin regularly to advise members of Liberal activities in riding Date for a nomination meeting to name a candidate will be announced shortly he said Drill For Water East Side Of Town to sea so many people interested in com munity affairs Vernon Singer of Toronto guest speaker Doctors MacGregor and Mitten for their failed to appear and Sam Cook Richmond informative talks adding it was gratifying Hill retiring president of old Liberal Association now identified with the riding to the south reviewed political matters of the past years Clarence Davis and Joseph Dates aspir ants for postlloa Of candidate at the provincial election spoke briefly Mr Davis said that the symbol of York North Lex Mackenzie was now in the other riding and this would be the time for Liberals to elect their candidate Mr Dales said the Liberals could make Arrest Men On a Phony Bill Charge KESWICK of Toronto has been arresled by the Metro politan Toronto Police and charged with passing counterfeit bills In Keswick and district Chief of Police Pollock staled is at present out on bail and will appear in Newmarket Court on Wednesday Feb for trial when he will be defended by lawyer Frank was originally arrested by the Metro Police and later released and was again picked up last Friday on a North Gwillimbury warrant by William Smith and Constable Gary Maynes NEWMARKET The Town of Newmarv will hire the firm of International Water Supply Ltd at a cost of to make teat drilling in the east section of the town for the future supply of water Councillor Tom Surgeoner told council that he remembered a well being drilled In this section about five years ago which was capped I wonder if the Town En gineer could give us any information this TV P stated that a well had been dug and capped In this area bat its possible supply had been estimated to be about gallons per day and tests bad shown a heavy Iron content With the estimated rate of growth pre dicted said the engineer we would pre fer a well with greater capacity than possibly one million or even two million gallons per day a J- What A Difference A Day JANUARY 25 Balmy writ the temperature into the and low and with them went the ice and snow at thia pleasant scene along the Mount Albert Sideroad is i JANUARY 26 But back to us the snow again ai eight ntches of anow axid fourfoot drifts turned the summer at left to a typical January FkkU Anyoaai Staff

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