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AURORA NEWS SECOND SECTION FRONT PAGE and SHYING NEWMARKET AURORA AND Tiff RURAL DISTRICTS OF NORTH YORK Number of Copies Printed This Week 4300 ERA YEAR EXPRESSHERALD YEAR NO 7 NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY FEBRUARY 952 SINGLE COPIES CENTS EACH Win Battle For New Secretary Second Board JrK Three member of the Newmarket public school board have wrai their battle to appoint a new board secretary treasurer At a regular meeting of the board at the town Friday night a letter of resignation from the secretary o b was read by- Chairman Herbert Atkins At the beginning of the year a resolution passed by the board called for advertising for a new secretary instead of reappoint ing Mr who had been secretary for 14 years At a subsequent special meet ing to review applications the other three members introduced a resolution reappointing Mr Pritehard who accepted the ap pointment stating that he would on for one more year Mr letter to the board at the Friday night meet ing contained the following As there seems to be doubt in the minds of some members of the board as to the legality of my reappointment as secretary treasurer of the Newmarket pub lic school board I feel it is in the interests of all concerned that I lender my resignation effective immediately February Mrs A Curtis told the chairman that the minutes of the special board meeting when Mr was reappointed should be struck out as you had no right to vote in that manner Mr Atkins had voted with J Bell and George to reappoint Mr They tied with Mrs Best Mrs Curtis and Allan Perks who opposed the motion Then the chairman said he would break the tie by cast ing a chairmans deciding vote According to Mr superintendent of elementary schools for Ontario that meeting was absolutely nil declared Mrs Best He said we should demand another meeting The chairman said that the minutes could not be struck out but it was agreed that they be filed Mr Atkins said I hope you realize what a tough job it is going to be setting up the bud get for the year making up all the estimates along with all the other work We can go by last years bud get said Mrs Best She said that the board would need a new secretary as soon as possible The thing is there is a lot of public opinion which thinks that Mr should get out and that some of the younger chaps be given a chance at the secre tarys job she said- Applications were placed on the table before board Chairman Atkins I am actually sorry that Mr is out I certainly had no part in getting rid of him I see paying these people this money without any experience And vet you think we should pay Mr Pritehard asked Mrs Best It was suggested by Allan Perks that the board read let- from veterans who were ap plying Mrs Curtis added an other application which she said should be considered Four let ters of application were chosen and a suggestion was made to interview them at a meeting in the near future How do you feel about this Lake Wilcox Resenff City Press Publicity Organizes in the Lake Wilcox area have expressed publicly their resentment toward daily newspaper pub licity which they say is doing harm to their commun ity At a meeting of the Lake Wilcox Community Association on Tuesday night they expressed their feel ings against the press in a resolution Mr Bell asked the chairman I havent anything to say in this I am not taking any part in it replied Mr Bell Mrs Curtis suggested that the board interview the applicants and them what Mr Prit received in salary In for mer years Maybe they would ask for less she said The following list includes the secretarys salary start ing at the year continuing through to 250 and At the special meeting the resolu tion for Mr Priachards reap pointment authorized a new sal ary of to offset the increas ed of the secretarys work in the past few years During the boards discussion of the legality of the special Mrs Curtis asked that a school board expense item for the month of November concern ing gasoline purchases be re viewed The item amounted to between five and six dollars want the new members to know that I havent been justly asking for gasoline ex penses for car said Mrs Curtis That particular amount of money was paid by Mr to Rowlands garage said the chairman The money was for gasoline which was pur chased a gallon at a time and I authorized payment The gas oline was for power lawn mow ers at the schools which Mr had bought I just wanted to know said Mrs Curtis It appears that some people think I am running up a small fortune on this Mr Pritehard has been un justly accused of getting gaso line for his car Mr Atkins said T want you to know that all the gasoline he bought was used for lawn mowers That clears that up then Mrs Curtis concluded In a statement to this news paper Mr Atkins said later I know for a fact that there has not been one thing wrong with Mr work At the same meeting the board decided to send two classes from the schools to take part in the annual music festival at Wood- bridge the week of May New market schools have participated in the festival the last two years Herman Fowler gave a re port on music courses and activ ities provide in the schools The board also approved of a musi cal production by school children to be held In the Newmarket arena later in the spring The resolution by Steph enson and Fred unani mously passed said we are striving to build up and not de stroy our community and we deplore and strongly resent newspaper stories which have the effect of nullifying our effort v Originally a summer resort area composed mostly of cot tages the area has become a per manent settlement since the high rents and housing shortage came to Toronto Since the end of the war the area has been thick ly populated and in the summer it has been overcrowded by holi day and weekend traffic Toronto newspapers have pub lished many stories every sum mer about law breaking and ju venile delinquency in the area Members of the association de cided on Tuesday night to call boys to a meeting on Wednes day Feb 20 to find out their preferences in sports and crafts activities A yearround pro gram will be established to de velop what President George termed our own ac tivities We have no youth problems of our own declared Mr Gour Our aim is to develop wholesome activities to guard against any possible tendency which might create youth prob lems He said that percent of the people in the Lake Wilcox area arc yearround residents and that the district is no longer a resort area One of the associa tions problems Is that there is no regular bus service from the community Children must go to Aurora for theatre parties skating and other sports activi ties There are no such facili ties in the lake community which has well over people The association decided to continue adult recreational ac tivities with the sponsorship of dances and euchres A sewing class has already been or ganized and schoolage girls hove joined the class Mr pointed out that the associ ation is already building up a good community CUBS PLAN RALLY Plans are being made for the first cub rally of the new South district to be held at Sutton on May 24 at the Sutton arena The South Simcoe district was formed during and is com posed of Newmarket Bradford Sutton Hol land Landing and Keswick StouffvHIc is included in the dis trict Throughout the rally dif ferent cub packs will compete in games tests sing songs and story telling RECORD COW Don eddy Northern Clover a Guernsey cow owned by Bill Ful ler Oak Ridges holds a Cana dian record for the highest milk production in Her record as a mature cow is lbs milk and I COO lbs butter fat on twice a day milking in days This is the highest record for butler fat ever made by a Guern sey cow in Canada and is only lbs short of the three times a day milking record CROUCHED IN SWAMP Fugitive From Chase In King An escaped prisoner from the Bur wash reformatory captured at Kinghorn last Friday night was sentenced in magistrates court Newmarket Tuesday to serve another four and a half years The fugitive Charles Miles was to have served an other months when he es caped July Miles was captured in bush west of King by four provincial policemen late Friday night A few hours earlier he had been chased from the Hender son farm on the concession of King by farm manager James McKay and an employee Bill Mills Miles was charged with break ing and entering and attempted theft and was taken to Newmar ket jail Police said he is also wanted at Barrio and Toronto Sentences totalled years and there are still charges against him but he will serve years James McKay the farm man ager said he heard the motor of the farm truck in his garage on Friday evening He went out and opened the truck cab door and a husky man leaped out the other side Neither of us said word he fled down the road McKay said McKay and Mills took their guns from the house and chased the man In their car McKay was armed with a shotgun When he saw us following he jumped the fence and raced for the swamp back of the Glass farm he said They tracked him through the snow as as the swamp and returned to the farm house in case the fugitive might have crossed fields and gone In the meantime police were in the hunt Miles was eventu ally found crouched in the swamp It is believed that he had run nearly four miles dodg ing the police In the truck mixed meat which Miles had taken from a deep freeze were found along with clothing and some electrical appliances Miles had apparently made several trips to the truck carrying the loot from a nearby cabin Police investigation was con ducted by John Closs of the provincial police Whereas the Government of Canada has by proclamation set apart Friday the 15th day of February 1952 to be observed as a day of General Mourning for Bis Late Majesty King George r Therefore on the instructions of the Town Council I do hereby request all citizens of the Town of Newmarket to observe Friday Feb- 15th as a Day of Mourning for our Late Sovereign His Majesty King George VII Mayors Office Newmarket February Joseph Vale Mayor QUEEN Continue Newmarket Brandt Of Red Cross It was unanimously decided to continue the Newmarket branch of the Red Cross at the annual meeting in Trinity United church on Tuesday Mrs brought in the motion of dissolution but it was the unanimous opinion that there was still a great need for the Red Cross At the executive meeting held earlier a slate of officers could not be obtained as it is the rule now of the national Red Cross that no president can hold office longer than three years The following officers were appoint- Hon pros Mrs Steph ens past Mrs G Case Miss Edith Robertson 1st vicepres Mrs C E 2nd vicepres Mrs J Mc- rec sec Mrs cor sec Mrs Mrs Angus King press Miss Leonora Starr Committee Mrs J Booth Mrs Ernest Morton Mrs Mrs A Mitchell Miss Richardson J A Meyer PRESENT PLAYS Two oneact plays will be staged in one program at the Newmarket town hall Thursday and Friday February and The Pickering College staff is presenting the Browning Version and the Newmarket Dramatic Club PROPOSE BYLAW TO REGULATE ADS OVER SOUND TRUCKS proposed municipal bylaw in Newmarket is aimed at ad vertising by radio amplifier par ticularly if it is the kind of ad vertising a vegetable vendor might blare forth early in the morning on a sound truck Councillors Charles Boyd and Lome Paynter introduced a mo tion to bring in the bylaw re stricting loudspeaker advertising The idea is not aimed at advertising for hockey games or charitable organizations said Mr Boyd Nor is it meant to deprive someone from taking in revenue We just want to regu late the advertising We would nt want someone selling vege tables in the early morning with a loudspeaker To Queries SEE Several residents in Mount south of in Whitchurch township reported seeing a herd of deer on dif ferent farms last Sunday Alvln Stephenson Mount said that there wore three small an imals in the group The deer did not appear to be fleeing from anything and seemed quite con tented one resident said FRIDAY FEB Reserve the date for the Trinity United church Womens Association annual Valentine tea Table of homemade baking tf3 FRIDAY FEB Euchre to ho held in Holland Landing school at pm Refreshments Good program SATURDAY FEB Bingo in Town Hall Newmarket Jack 200 games sponsored Holy Name Society Monday is progress- euchre sponsored by the Catholic Womens league in St Johns school flood prizes Lunch Admission TUESDAY FEB HI Island Grove are holding a euchre at west Lockerbies corner Good prizes Refreshments Admis sion TUESDAY Feb Euchre in the Orange Hall St Aur ora In aid of Queen Mary 201 Time Good prizes and refreshments Ad mission TUESDAY FEB If Health meetinp Newmarket Home and School association Prince Char les School pm Mrs Vooge nutritionist of Health will bo guest snooker Accompany ing film Public welcome TUESDAY FEB Euchre at pm sponsored by East Federation of Agricul ture Dandy prizes of pork pro ducts Sharon Hall Lucky draw Refreshments cents WEDNESDAY FEB to he held In Holland Landing School postponed from Feb Time pm Refresh ments pood program WEDNESDAY FEB dance for Mr and Mrs In the Parish Hall Weirs orchestra Time to WEDNESDAY FEB city Masonic sharp games for Spec ials Jack pot Ladies Auxiliary Kiuc Legion WEDNESDAY Feb Icgion at the Newmarket hall pm sharp Jack pot arid special games games bus after bingo THURSDAY FEB After noon tea sale of home baking Scout Hall a to pm under auspices of ScoutGuide Mothers auxiliary FRIDAY MAR tea and hake sale at Trinity United Church under the auspices of the Evangeline Auxiliary THURSDAY FEB Aurora Lions Club Another bingo play ed on tables will be hold In The I Lions at pm games Cash vouchers for winners Special door prize Admission FRIDAY FEB 22 Dance and lucky draw In Holland Landing Community Hall Spon sored by Pop Walker In aid of Community Hockey teams orchestra Admission 75c Including draw Tickets may be obtained from any mem ber of hockey teams FRIDAY FEB Euchre In school sponsored by WI Time pm Ad mission 35c MONDAY FEB and bridge In the Lotion Hall Aur ora In aid of Ladies Auxiliary Good prizes refreshments Ad mission Time TUESDAY FEB The Hope Hobby club will hold a euchre anil party- Excellent prizes Admission WEDNESDAY FEB Farmers cues of East Federation lure Movies Entertainment WEDNESDAY FEB 27 New market Veterans association bingo Town Hall COMING Col Total number of replies to our night classes questionnaires reached this morning with 2 just slipping in in time to make this issue The response is we believe most encouraging The largest number of applicants I wanted and sewing in jits various forms There were 1 26 applicants for each Typing and commercial work had and applicants respec tively Other subjects with number of applicants were languages including English painting in all forms bricklaying elec tricity and wiring mechanics and domestic science There were other subjects but the number of applicants was small However an effort will be made to see what can be done to set up classes for them too or to combine them with other classes The night classes question naires were originally published to determine the desire Night classes can be started in most subjects where there are enough applicants The next step now is to contact the educational au thorities and see what classes can be started and when and where We have made some enquiries but could settle upon nothing definite until the questionnaires wore in By next week it is hoped to make a definite an nouncement about the classes Night Classes Editor CHRISTIANBAPTIST MEMORIAL SERVICE A simple but impressive mem orial service was held for King George Vf at the Christian Bap tist church Newmarket on Sun day Feb Rev Fred Breckon conducted the service In attendance were cubs scouts guides and brownies of Newmarket with their leaders Mrs Horace Mrs Thompson Mrs Ray Mrs Orley Hayes Charles Wass Horace Lome and Bill Armstrong Many from other churches gathered with the regular congregation Following the presentation of the colors the call to worship was pronounced by Mr Favorite hymns of the king The Lords My Shepherd and Abide with Me were sung Mr in his sermon Remembering Our King spoke of the fine example in Christian living that his majesty had set He told of Ins great sense of duty his loyalty and his love of family The cubs scouts guides and brownies each repeated their groups promise pledging allegi ance to the Queen After the colors were returned to the col or parties which remained at attention at the front of the church the entire congregation joined In singing God Save the Queen No Civic Service Left To Churches Stores Close AM Council Swears iance To Members of the Newmarket town council swore allegiance to Queen Elizabeth at a meeting in the town hall Monday night After a two minute period of silence as a tribute to His Late Majesty King George VI the mayor reeve deputyreeve and councillors took the oath from the town clerk Wesley Brooks swearing allegiance to the Queen A proclamation was drawn up requesting the citizens of New market to observe Friday as a day of mourning for his late majesty Council held two special meet ings last week to decide how the town would observe the day of mourning Veterans and church organizations were called to a meeting Friday night and coun cil decided against holding a civ- ceremony Since some churches had re ceived directives from higher of fices to held services it was deci ded to leave memorial services to the various churches Some councillors suggested that council proclaim a holiday May or Joseph Vale said that he did not think the town had the pow er to close businesses or to shut down industry but suggested that a proclamation be drawn up ask ing citizens to observe the day of mourning It will be up to the individual merchants to decide whether they will close or not said May or Vale The mayor said that he thought that the observation of two min utes silence would be just as effective but later changed his mind and decided that citizens be requested observe the day of mourning BOYS EYE INJURED OPERATION SUCCESS Ronald Bray son of Mrs Bray Queen St Newmarket is home after recovery from an emergency operation on his left eye His eye had been injured when he was struck by a pellet from an air rifle but it has been learned that his sight has not been affected Many Stores To Close Doors In Morning Only Newmarket businessmen were somewhat undecided upon what course to follow when the town proclaimed a of Mourning for Friday the day on which His Majesty King would be buried concerns with head offices m Toronto had Planned to close for the day These plans were subject to change through the week as SS Other concerns planned to close at odd times during the check on- Mam St many until Friday noon only and it appears that this general course will be followed by most busi nessmen l Friday The post office wickets will be closed The Bell Telephone office and the Era and Express office will be closed all day The town industries will re main open but at am Davis and Office Specialty whistles will blow to signal a twominute silence when all work will cease Opinion on the proclamation of a Day of Mourning varied greatly on Main St Many felt that the town council should have given the lead and set a Other felt that it was a matter for individual decision but in the final analysis most business concerns were dependent upon what their neighbors wore do ing Across the country other mu nicipalities varied in their pro clamations some simply making a declaration of a Day of Mourn ing others as in the case of Au rora going a step further and preparing Memorial services In Newmarket Memorial services were left for each church to ar range Several businessmen phoned the Era and Express to state their business hours Friday A Frank Bowser and J and Son will he closed during the morning and open at until pm Jack Stores will open at pm as well as and Singer Sewing Machine Co ACROSS THE SEA N e d By Editor Newmarket Journal Editors note We received our press day was pursuing Its ii RESUMES PRACTICE a long illness Dr J Edwards Newmarket is again taking consultations at his office at 107 Main St and is resuming duties at the hospital this week from the editor of the Newmarket Journal England the following by air mall his description of how the news of the Kings death came to New market England Loss than hours after her aircraft had touched down in England following her sudden re turn from Kenya Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth passed through Newmarket England It was midafternoon of the day after her return that a sleek black car made its way through High St Although it was chauf feur driven when leaving London and also on arrival at Sandring- the Duke of Edinburgh was at the wheel and the Queen sit ting in front with him on the Newmarket stage of the journey Earlier in the day it was known that the Queen would be travelling to that day and although nothing was officially disclosed as to the time the appearance of more police than usual in our main thorough fare gave hint that the Royal parly was on the way The news spread and there were many groups of people about There was no demonstration of course and as the car drove quickly past only fleeting was caught of the occupants Late in the day men of the Royal Horse Artillery made if stop In the town also on the way to with their horses to draw the when the King was moved to London Hie news of death of the King came as a big shock to us naturally as to other folk the world over The morning after normal course with the sorting and preparation for next week when our phone rang It was the wife of one of our staff who had Just heard the news on the radio A notice was soon plast ered on our window which pass ersby stared with amaze ment and in many cases with tears while Inside the office the phone rang Incessantly for an hour with anxious enquiries A ifeellng of bewilderment nick the town The shops might well have dosed for the seemed to come to a standstill Newmarket with its royal racing traditions and its frequent royal visits has particular for the royal family and the death of beloved king struck at the heart of the town This morning Saturday Feb I have along with hundreds of other townspeople and child heard the chairman of the council from specially prepar ed plat form In our park read out the proclamation of acces sion Standing In the chilly breeze yet with the sun shining quite warmly it was touching and historic moment Our chair man Is a man of forthright de livery and he performed his sincerely and well It was as if a new life was beginning when ho the proclamation wllh phrase still very new to us Long Live The Queen We the national anthem careful to alter words which gave It new significance and heartily followed his lend for three cheers for the Queen One era had ended another was beginning