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i A I i iiiiiiiiiwi august 10 it CENTS v i Pft6t s queen Debbie will attend the District 5 banquet in abwiri to Sunday and to many of the in Aurora at the end of October and the banquet In Sutton festivities was the crowning Thursday night of the new Sulton Fair iLSw Queen Debbie of Debbie was sponsored by Arts branch later told The Murtry will officiate Garage in and won over 16 other competitors from the Above Debbie receives congratulatory kisses from tentatively set March second runnerup at left and first runnerup the end of January As well she will be present at a banquet at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto near the end of February and represent Sutton in the Miss CNE Sweetheart contest next summer Congratulations Debbie By ROD MCDONALD Era Staff Reporter AURORA One hundred and twenty five local jobs will be disappearing into the United States during the next seven months because HarperOaks Ltd will close its Aurora operations by March In a press release Friday HarperOak president Roger Stevens said Continuing economic decline in the industries served by the company dictated transfer of the products produced in Aurora to other existing facilities of Oak Industries Inc Those facilities are located In Illinois where parent company Industries has its head office The firm produces switches for electric and gas ranges air conditioners and computer and telecommunications equipment The plant which is currently 26000 square feet has been in Aurora for the past years and will be for sale when Oaks orders are filled and operations suspended The fiveacre site at the corner of Cousins Dr and Edward St also contains a soccer pitch which is maintained by the town Ninety per the workers affected are female and most are I members of the Canadian Electrical Workers Union The work force is drawn from Keswick Newmarket and Rich- Hill as well as Aurora Mr Stevens said at a news conference at the plant Friday he had received no immediate reaction from the employees They had been informed earlier in the day The president blamed he closing on the fact the company has not been able to make its operation viable on Canadian sates alone and that anything exported to the United Slates could be made at less cost south of the bordetf- said there are simply too many suppliers and not enough customers in the appliance field adding that a marked increase in imported parts had added to the problems There are two other companies in Canada presently producin products in competition with the Aurora firm Mr Stevens noted that production at the plant over the past few months had been on the up swing but said Its not really an porlant factor Weve been working ever since Ive been up here to develop new products to increase our share of the market he said Mr Slevens an American held posts with Oaks in England and the United Slates before taking over the Aurora operations six years ago Thecompany originally Hart Mfg Ltd has always been foreign owned and was purchased by Oak in the early sen summer He was a feature see page t pitcher the Newmarket was honored last for his strikeout in five sons the second of its kind in the of the Ontario ill League See Briefs on page station for i the a town radio on Weve been g a long time Now have even longer to for Kan we do page SI Bell has been to give us r phone box calls seem to have been reinstated in the Newmarket area To find out when to listen for the seepage Sutton van in s Mr Stevens said there would likely be an attempt by the Illinois plant to take a piece of the Canadian market for controls Cameo White Consolidated Beach International a division of Admiral and which has the Canadian rights to are the only four companies producing ranges in the country 2 1 The plants work force will be scaled down as the end but Mr Stevens said the first layoffs wouldnt come for another two to three months He said it was too premature for the Setting up of a committee or board to attempt to find new jobs for workers SUTTON This years Sutton Fair the annual agricultural fair and horse show was to be the biggest ever according to president Charles Boyd It was There were more entrants and exhibits in all events and classes In fact said Mrs Smokum one of the Fair Saturday to view the days horse modern popular music with and livestock events There was a large range of animal exhibits with a goat show an unusual new event to grade goats in the same way cattle are graded Mrs said it was a really popular show There were over goats in the tests There were two nights of directors in one of the horsing events there were so many musicial entertainment with entered we didnt think wed the East York Barbershoppers have room for them all Friday night and the Family But the fair was a success Brown Saturday The Browns The biggest crowds arrived on performed their range of guitar accompaniment Mutts were not forgotten With the entire Thursday evenings show devoted to mans best friend they were well- represented In one poignant moment a youngsters dog got off his leash during the final testing It drove the boy to tears and the judges to delay proceedings until the little trouper got the tears wiped away Greyhound races were held Sunday afternoon but unlike the harness racing Thursday no wagering was allowed In see page A2 For reactions from Aurora town councillors and others to the plant closing please see page Ci m 1 J Li nod axes worry e recent trative rhs See his letter BOLTON Bolton municipal politician and businessman J Richard Whitehead announced last week he will seek the federal Liberal nomination in the new riding of YorkPeel The party will hold nomination meeting Sept in The riding contains Newmarket and Aurora and stretches as far west as the town of Mr Whitehead who is part- owner of an automobile business here is the current president of the YorkPeel Liberal Association He the only declared candidate for the nomination at present YorkSimcoe Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament Sinclair Stevens whose riding was split three ways by redistribution is- ex pected to run in the YorkPeel constituency where he lives However Mr Stevens has in dicated he will not announce his choice until an election becomes imminent Mr Whitehead feels the new YorkPeel riding will be a key riding for the Liberal party in the next election which he expects in the spring He said a poll by poll analysis of results from Ihe last election coupled with recent voting trends in dicate that with hard work and a strong candidate we will send a Liberal member to Ottawa Mr Whitehead who is has been deputyreeve of the village of Bolton and regional councillor for the Town of Caledon He is on the executive of the Peel Region United Way the Bolton Rotary Club and treasurer of Bolton Anglican Parish onstage NEWMARKET Punch and Judy will be in town this afternoon The touring puppet show will be presented at the Com munity Centre here today Aug at 2 pm It is being spon sored by the Newmarket Public Library and the Centra Ontario will be operated by three young puppeteers Heather Mulder of Brampton and Dianne Bingham and Renalda Jones both of Richmond Hill Also on the program with Punch and Judy will be another skit Why This Bear Has A Stubby Tail starring Blossom Possum Prof Groundhog Fox Regional Library System and and Little Red Riding Rabbit ists J questions and encouragement No one was willing to do a little catering for us however until a beleaguered radio station an- got us some pop and It was evident he did it only to escape the din Playing loud music and chattering over the airwaves can be no match for the noise of By ANNE I was one of 22 participants NEWMARKET As I in the tourney and it looked around the Monopoly became apparent these pint- tournament at Upper Canada sized Monopoly moguls really Mall last week it occurred to me knew what they were doing Ive that none of these competitors never seen such an intensive should they a place in the hour and a half of activity worlc final Monte Carlo Every one of them ready to would really know how to enjoy sell their very skateboards for themselves there as much as I Park Place I was no match for their kind of competition But I did want to be the King setting atmosphere of theof Marvin Gardens I won the vocabulary these youngsters toW property but had to give it up to dld WP manners of happy pay off a rental on State But it was in fun taxfree kingdom Ave Such a blow And was Overseen and sponsored by H remains only jailed times ket Chew- Club- With my these kids I Spectators came to gawk represented by Rick Martin and wavjeft far behind as a andlrS the Monopoly player gmes wajking by with MONOPOLISTS page i A- a Monopoly tournament And doesnt use the spicy Kn pi EVERYWHERE For cerUln when you mix 50 fclds with an ample sprinkling of mult were awarded to the champs but the kids knew it always one fun way to spend a summer afternoon wasnt whether you won or lost but whether could bean Mary Jane years Above Glen Ward of Regency nament sponsored by the Aurora Parks and are is bets every Last Thursday children from area parks converged on the Aurora Town