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The Memorable Merchants and Trades, 1930-1950; The Main Street Story 1800 to 1950, p. 210

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199 . NEWMARKET DRAMATLC CLUB, in collaboration with, THE BETTY GORDON DANCING CLUB, presents "ALADDIN" in the Newmarket Town Hall. The first Christmas Pantomime to be staged in this community was staged last year 1948. Those who were involved in it actively as participants and as audience made such an a success of that memorable. "Jack and the Beanstalk" that it was decided to make the Christmas Pantomime an annual event in Newmarket. Leading roles are played by members of the oppostie sex -- remember? So ---- a girl plays the part of Aladdin and a man plays his Mother, Widow Twankey. Drama Director is Dorothy Bowman, Dance Director is Betty Gordon, Music Directors, Mona Downward and Florence Goldsmith, Aladdin was played by Laurna Styke, Widow Twankey by John Kadulka. "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", was first heard on radio December 7th, 1949. . soCIAL AND PERSONAL -- 1949 September 29, 1949. Mr. Brent MacNab, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. MacNab, Newmarket, returned Wednesday, from Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, where he had spent the past weeks visiting relatives. _ Brent, who is seven years old, made the trip alone. Mr., and Mrs. J. L. McCaffrey, Edmonton, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Belfry, Misses Ann McCaffrey and Helen Epworth, Toronto, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Epworth, Newmarket. Miss Bertha Tunney, Kitchener, spent the weekend at home with her Mother, Mrs. Leo Tunney. November 3, 1949, Mrs. Ray Sherrard and Miss Grace Collough, attended a training school for guide and brownie leaders on Saturday, October 30, 1949. The course was given at Richmond Hill and was attended by leaders from many companies and packs within this area. This year the Newmarket Council passed sixty--four bylaws to date, November 17, 1949, according to Town Clerk, Wesley Brooks. HANDY HINT TO REMOVE A BLOOD STAIN FROM CLOTHING. Take a couple of feet of ordinary thread, bunch it up, chew on it for a few seconds, rub gently over the stain. The saliva on the thread which is blood temperature will remove the mark without a trace.

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