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COUNCIL REPORT For Wading Pod Given Recreation Comm Work Commended A new childrens a g pool for town of Aurora to be built on property south of the arena by the recreation commission was given approval of town council Monday night Council granted permission to the swimming pool committee of the recreation com- mission to make use of the townowned property next to the arena William Case secretary of sewers because the sewage committee estimated the plant could not handle the cost to be about Council was not asked for a grant other than the use of the property Mr Case said the poo would be one and a half feet deep at one end and three and a half feet at the other DeputyReeve James Murray also a member of the committee said It give children from to a chance to learn at least to do the dog paddle and at the same time be suitable for smaller children Mr Case said that the dress ing room facilities in the arena could be used to advantage With arena facilities dose to the pool costs would be cut down he said Prohibitive Cost of Pool The committee abandoned the idea of a swimming pool because of prohibitive costs Since the formation of the committee said Mr Case in his report many meetings have been held and much material obtained from neighboring towns and cities who operate commun ity swimming pools and after much discussion and considera tion it has been decided to abandon the swimming pool idea surface water volume said Mr Murray The sewage disposal plant is handling about ail it can take It wont take any more now unless it is expanded and that would be a costly un dertaking he said Reeve Cook suggested that a petition for a storm sewer be prepared immediately so that work could go ahead and that a new petition for sanitary sewers be circulated for a larger area taking in more than the Hill- view residents Mr Cook said the whole picture might as well be taken into a sanitary sewer system Mayor Crawford Rose warned that if Kenedy St were taken into the system its sewers would have to be deepened The mayor said that if a trunk sewer were to be built he didnt know whe ther the residents would want to wait for their sanitary sewers unil it was completed Council approved of Deputy- Reeve Murray at least going ahead on engineering plans for the storm sewer part of the project Fire Department Councillor Victor Jones re quested council to approve of a for the present time at least in I 798 expenditure for new equip- view of the present day cost of material and labor as it was learned that a suitable pool would cost 85000 We have learned that the material necessary for a wading pool of by would cost approximately and if dressing rooms and other facili ties were not required to be built we are of the opinion that such a pool could be constructed for about complete We would also like to point out that the arena facilities would only be required by the wading pool during the season when they are not needed or used by the arena said Mr Case Mr Case and his committee should be complimented said Reeve A A Cooke I for one would be happy to leave it in their hands It will be an ideal spot said the With the extra work thats going to be done around the arena this year it will be a wonderful place On a motion by Murray council approved that the creek bed be tiled from the south side of the arena to the bridge and that the committee be given permission to use the land for a wading poo Ask New Sewers Council gave its attention to a petition from Road He added that he thought a ment for the fire department The items included a inch nozzle half a dozen helmets feet of long hard suction hose and two air packs with an extra tank for fire victims in smokefilled buildings Councillor King said that it was a small sum if it is going to save a firemans or someone elses life Mr Jones said that the department would like other items of equipment including more hose costing and a hose dryer but were not making the request at the present time A tender for the rental of the northwest room in the upstairs of the town clerks building un til the end of May was accepted by council The temporary ten ant tendering was the Aurora Civic Progress Committee Oil Auroras streets will take enough road oil to fill one large railway tank car and two small ones according to DeputyReeve Murrays estimates He said that he had obtained a price of per gallon for the oil Last year two large tank cars of oil were used new streets in Aurora will soak up the oil this year he said He also suggested oil ing the municipal parking lot and behind the clerks offices property owners for new sew ers Although the petition ask ed for sanitary sewers Deputy- Reeve Murray said that what the residents probably had in mind was a storm sewer to take off water The propertyowners delega tion said that the people wanted both sanitary and storm sewers Storm sewers would have to be kept separate from sanitary Make It A Habit Meet Your Friends At The D HESS Drug Store Two Graduate Pharmacists St Aurora Tel Emergency Calls Teh large area behind the stores on Yonge St could be utilized for municipal parking The clerks office was given authority to disregard May as a deadline for tax discounts Since tax slips are not out yet the date has been changed to June Councillor Tucker voiced com plaints of residents about the police prosecuting car owners for leaving on Aurora Page Col For Friendly Personal Service Shop At JOHN MORNING DRUG STORl St Aurora Telephone TRAVEL Reservations Plane Steamship Hotels No extra cost AURORA J F WILLIS Draff 1st fa The Drug Store- Agent Tobacconist etc Business Founded 1879 VVV Aurora Telephone MRS A CODY DIES SUDDENLY A large number of Aurora residents were shocked to learn on Sunday morning May of the sudden death of Mrs A Cody immediately after the conclusion of the oclock ser vice at Trinity Anglican church which she had attended with her husband She was a lifelong Anglican and devoted church- worker Although Mrs Cody had not been in the best of health for some time she had carried on her normal activities and the many social interests in which she delighted As recently as Wednesday afternoon April she was present at a Trend Tea at St Andrews College On Sunday morning she ap peared to be in her usual health when she left her home on Maple street in the company of Mr Cody who drove to the church Immediately after the service she went to the vestry where she was seen to fall She expired immediately Mrs Cody will be sorely miss ed by all who knew her She was a cultivated and charming woman possessed of a gay and happy nature and a conversa tionalist who was both witty and humorous- She was well read and hod many interests Mrs Cody was descendant of a famous Aurora pioneering family the She was born in Aurora where she re mained all her life Besides her husband iitVf M Cody she Is survived by one son and one daughter Jay and Betty and three grandchildren Mr Cody and family have been the recipi ents of a large number of mesr sages of sympathy In their reparable loss Aurora News Page J SINCLAIR Editor office hall aurora TELEPHONE PAGE ELEVEN THURSDAY THE EIGHTH DAY OF MAY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYTWO KNOCKING THE TOWN There is a new game being played by some people in Aurora at the present time who dont like their public work adversely discussed Their game is to de scribe their critics as knockers Honest criticism they dismiss as knocking the town The game is getting very boring and we suggest that those who feel themselves unfairly should resort to by way of rejoinder rather than an appeal to sentiment of a juvenile character Fortunately there are knockers who do not fear to speak their minds and who far from injuring their town are helping to improve it They are drawing attention to defects here and there and thus providing opportunities for their correction Why should such men some of whom are nativeborn and substantial tax payers be improperly accused of knocking their town What a town has most to fear in its public men is not a tendency to criticize but to become complacent Complacency encourages a neglect of obvious needs and there the knocker performs a most useful service He raps oh the door of indifference to rouse the sleep ers behind it BOOSTING THE TOWN Then there are the town boosters Aurora they say is ripe for a burstingatt heseams with a new population and new industries Last year the Board of Trade bought a page of the Banner for and per suaded the town council to do the same for a great special supplement issue of the hometown paper to put Aurora on the map People who bought the a found other free copies in their mail while all around the neighborhood special supplements fluttered down into harmless house holds with the ease of falling in the back yard Then the citizens learned that far from Aurora the assessor and the census takers had found that the population was less than the figures shown on town documents Now the boosters are at it again The Board of Trade is having pep literature printed at an ap proximate cost of of which the taxpayers will pay half by consent of the council And even while this yeasty work is going on it is admitted that one worth while industry wanting to locate in Aurora cannot do so because the town hasnt got enough water No water no industries Then why waste the tax payers money MURRAY ANSWERS HIS CRITICS In view of the publicity given by the Aurora Banner to criticisms of Councillor Jim Murray it would have been grossly unfair to hint had there been no press report of what took place at the Recreation commission meet ing on Thursday evening May when he took the first opportunity of repudiating the charges appearing in the other paper The Aurora Banner had battened to the fullest possible extent on material which it described in large- type headline as Unwarranted Criticism and this had come by processes of twisting and distortion to suggest that Mr Murray had made personal criticisms of the Arena manager which he has at no time done The sordid processes eventually implicated as was no doubt intended Aurora News Page and one mem ber of the commission innocently fell into the trap Without having read our paper as he admitted he re buked us at the meeting concerned by expressing his disappointment that we had not refuted the unwarran ted and unnecessary criticisms As Mr Murray said on our behalf we could hardly be expected to refute what we hadnt published l Air Murray attended the Recreation commission meeting where the criticisms were levelled against him but he had advised his colleagues that he had to leave early and the charges were made in his absence and he was aware of them only when he read them in the Banner Ho is the last man to accept unfounded criti cisms and he demolished them with a and completeness that allowed of no compromise When his crossexaminations were over there was literally nothing left of the charges The unhappy incident provides one more proof of what we have asserted from time to time That Banner reports and opinions should be perused with extreme caution if readers would guard against distortion and misrepresentation GOOD REPORTS WHAT THEY ABE SAYING The regular weekly fea ture What They Are Saying is omitted from Aurora News Page this week owing to the editors unavoidable absence from the office for several days through illness He ranch regrets any incon venience caused to adver tisers and others who may have called or telephoned him at Hall He ex pects to be back at his office by the time this weeks paper is out THEYRE COMING TO NEWMARKET ON SATURDAY JUNE The Era and Express Classi fieds serve the largest market in North York Give your ad the best chance to work by plac ing it in the Era and Express B WHiTELAW Stationery Wallpapers Select Range Of Greeting Cards etc Agent For EraClassified Ads 35 St Aurora w ivjU- With Don Glass in the chair supported by J Buchanan Councillors Corbett and Murray Rev G Purchase Allen J Offord Steadman secretary- treasurer Harvey Bell and recreation director P the Recreation Commission had a full agenda at its meeting on Thursday evening May Highlighting the proceedings was a spirited reply to his critics by Councillor Jim Murray reported in other columns y CLIFFORD GRIFFITHS MANAGER TEL i After the passing of the min utes of the previous meeting committee reports were received The chairman read an appre ciative letter from the Aurora Figure Skating club in which thanks were expressed for the Wailing Pool Project Much discussion took place on a proposed wading pool to be installed at the south side of the arena this matter to come be fore council In a lengthy re view of the work of the commit- May IT I assistance given the members by tee concerned Mr commission Mr Gloss com mented that it was always a pleasant experience to receive letters of thanks Mr Buchanan reported very favorably on the handicraft classes and as a member of the public school board Mr Offord said the classes would always receive helpful cooperation from the board Crest for Girls Mr Harvey Bell was appoint ed convener of committees for proposed band concerts and for the social committee Mr reported that the attendances at the dances were being well sus tained Mr Allen introduced the subject of presenting the Aurora ladies hockey team with crests and after some discussion the proposal was unanimously agreed upon Councillor Murray P E Perry men and others heartily supporting it Recreation director Mr P gave an impressive report on playground and other kindred activities stating that there was a very considerable amount of good potential hockey talent in Aurora which ought to receive every encouragement He also instanced the success which had attended square danc ing The commission resolved to cooperate with the Lions club in connection with their annual carnival in the town park on May 24 man informed the commission of the work that had been done stating that there had been many offers of sites The committee felt that they had now secured the best pos sible site for the pool and final approval would rest with coun cil The chairman commended the committee on its excellent work Parks Board Suggestion A request from the chairman of the Parks board that the commission undertake the work of bulldozing a portion of the park situated on the north side of the Lawn Bowling clubs premises was not given very favorable consideration members taking the view that the request was a matter for the town council rather than the commission Some opinions were expressed that the number of using the location did not warrant the expense in volved Thanks to Firemen The commission expressed its wish to put on record its appre ciation of the firemen in grant ing its club room for commission meetings the chairman stating that the use of their room was a fine gesture on the part of the firemen It was rcsovled by the com mission to enquire from the fire men if they would be willing to accept a portrait of her Ma jesty Queen to hang on a wall of their club room as a token of appreciation for the commissions use of their room ISAkk1 RICHARD ARLEH MATINEE SATURDAY 200 PM I Monday and Tuesday May CLEARING THE AIR Demolishes Attacks and Thursday May And Unwarranted Criticism As Banner Takes A Beating Rising at the conclusion of other business at the Recreation Commission meeting May Councillor Jim Murray said he wished to make a personal statement and to ask some questions of members whose comments at the April meeting had been reported in the Aurora Banner in its issue of April Remarking that he was a be- abilities Mr Murray asserted in short speeches he said there had never at any time lie feared he would be much been any criticism of the Arena longer than usual on the present j manager at the council debate occasion land called on Councillor In his opening remarks Mr to say whether that was true or Murray said he had liked being not Councillor MIDWEEK DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAM FEATURE I fceott I I a member of the Recreation where he had found a friendly atmosphere He was all the more surprised therefore to find reports in the Banner which were certainly not friendly or amicable but ap peared to reflect on himscll They would have to be cleared up to his satisfaction He reminded his colleagues that at the meeting in question he had stated that he would have to leave early Had he known of what was to happen after he had left Ihe meeting he would have made other arrange ments before coming there A Surprise Letter Mr Murray said that the let ter which had been sent to coun cil expressing confidence in their Arena manager Mr had taken him completely by surprise for the managers abil ity and competence had never been questioned by him at the council meeting where the work of the Arena board was under discussion All that he had mentioned was the question of the allocution of the managers time between the rink and the recreation commission ami whether such time was being used to the best advantage Such questions said Mr Mur ray he had a right to ask as a member of council and the Arena board There was a great difference between discussing how the arena managers time should be used and that of questioning his confirmed that there had been no criticism of the Arena manager Mr Murray then went on to say that he doubted if the Recrea tion commission was in order Jn bringing up for discussion Arena matters that had been discussed at a council meeting He ex pressed the view that the Recre ation commission had taken up a matter did not strictly con cern it the result of which was a vote of confidence that was never necessary in the first place and reflected on himself Questions Banner Reports Holding in his hand a copy of the Banner where the reports appeared Mr Murray proceeded to question each statement at tributed to the various speakers at the Recreation commission meeting of April Turning to Mr Buchanan he asked him what was meant by his reported statement in the Banner that Mr Perryment has been sub jected to unfair criticism What criticism asked Mr Murray and who made it Mr Buchanan replied that he had in mind what the Banner I wuy era NOW YOULL LOVE SHOWING AT AND FEATURE 2 I had published about unwar ranted criticism Mr Murray replied that there never had been any criticism of the Arena manager Mr Buchanan then stated that he had not meant to reflect on Mr Murray in any way and the latter expressed himself as satis Page Col SHOWING AT ONLY MAKE A NOTE OF NEXT WEEKS OUTSTANDING ENTERTAINMENT Monday and Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday Summertime Friday and Saturday Come The Cup Adult Stars fa My Crown i