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COUNCIL REPORT Steps For Vote In Favor Of Meter A regular meeting of the town council with Mayor Rose in the chair was held on Monday night Sept with all members present There were three outstand ing matters on the agenda tenders for Kennedy street sewers public school debentures and the meters After the passing of accounts whether parking meters were to stay in or go out Councillor Jones said he was still strongly opposed to them Mr Jones said he did not like the Idea of tax ing people who came to their town He would vote against the meters Reeve Cook said he had given a great deal of thought to the subject since meters were first brought into the town He was now the opinion that the presence of meters in towns showed they were going ahead We are now the meter age said the reeve and motorists should pay for services There was a good revenue from the meters and he must vote for them Councillor maintained that the people should have a chance to vote on the meters He was strongly opposed to them and hoped council would pass a motion to put them out and reading of correspondency three tenders for the installation of sanitary sewers on Kennedy street west were considered all from Toronto firms Following some discussion a by Councillor Tucker seconded by Councillor was unanimously carried award ing the contract to the J Rosa Company of Pickering St To ronto at a price of Debentures Eight tenders were considered for the public school de benture In the end the tender of Dea con Coyne Ltd Bay St Toronto was accepted at for and for percent St Widening DeputyReeve Murray again introduced the subject of the wid ening and improvement of St Mr Murray stated that Mr representa tive of the engineering firm em ployed by the town was pres ent to give an outline of the pro jected work Mr stated that Mr had consulted with the minister of highways in regard to a positive subsidy and the general nature of the work con cerned The resurfacing of all of St had been considered from a point extending from the Legion hall to some feet south of Mark street A dist ance of approximately 2695 feet was involved which would re quire a twoinch asphalt top New curbing would be re quired and widening of the road from Mosley to Wellington was proposed with further widening from Wellington to Centre St Further to this the recondi tioning of storm sewers of poles and trees north of Wellington were taken into consideration It estimated that the work Including allow ances for possible engineering and contingency costs would amount to Half of tho costs involved would probably be subsidized by the department Of Go Ahead If Councillor J Murray said he favored going ahead with the work subject to an agreement that the provincial government would defray percent of the costs Mayor Rose said they should proceed with the work as soon as it was possible to do so I Aurora News Page J SINCLAIR Editor AURORA PERSONALITIES Dr Mulliaan OFFICE DOAN AURORA TELEPHONE PAGE ELEVEN THURSDAY THE ELEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYTWO as Meter Company Refusal Councillor J Murray stated that he had visited the meter company and asked for an ex tension of time so that the people could have an opportunity of saying whether hot they wanted meters The company had pointed but however that they could not agree to extend the trial period pointing out that use could be made of the meters if Aurora did not want them In these circumstances a decision would have to be made that night- Mr Murray said if the same amount of efficiency had been used in keeping up the street parking regulations as had been used in putting tags art- cars there would have been no need for meters Take meters put aid Mr Murray and in their place apply a strict obser vation of one hours parking regulations Councillor Davis said he would support a vote in favor of meters Meters had removed the dangers of double parking Other Views Councillor Tucker said meters had definitely improved park ing laws He considered how ever that some adjustments should be made in regard to the location of some of the meters He was also of the opinion that Wednesday afternoons should be exempted from meter regula tions Subject to such adjust ments he was in favor of me ters Deputy- Reeve Murray main tained that the meters had im proved parking on the Main St Councillor King was of the had removed double park- opinion that St was not n Ie that merchants In such bad shape and there were many sidewalks in town in heed of attention DeputyReeve Murray while agreeing with Councillor King was of the opinion that St should first have attention and town sidewalks dealt with next year Concluding a long discussion it was finally resolved that Im mediate steps be taken to ob tain an agreement with the mu nicipal branch of the department of highways to enable a decision being taken at a special meeting of council which Mayor Rose said was being called for Friday evening Sept Meters leading off a discussion on should clean up their backyards for the public to use Meters have served a the deputyreeve and he was in favor of them though he be lieved there should be a shake- up in thoir locations The de putyreeve said ho would vote for retaining them Councillor King said that me ters had serve a purpose and ho was in favor of them Winding up the discussion Mayor Rose congratulated mem bers of council on high cali bre of the debate He said that opinions expressed had re flected a great deal of observa tion Parking meters in a town said the mayor denoted progress Page Col Aurora attached statement was presented by Dr Henderson of the public school board to the town council March hut when application was made by the board for an additional the total grant up to Of this sum for purchase of the high school leaving a balance of for the building of three rooms and renovations etc Estimates that were questioned Included electric wiring and fixture linoleum floors marble and acoustic tile ceilings carpentry and trim and hardware new steel stairs contract price for the three rooms amounted to Kd of high school Balance Contract for rooms Architect fee Balance ESTIMATED ALLOWANCES ALTERATIONS TO AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOL New steel stairs complete heating and ventilation 746800 Electric wiring and fixtures 1341400 Linoleum floors 375000 marble and concrete tile ceiling Carpentry and trim and hardware decora glass and 39120 Cement enamel dados high It Masonry alterations and new work 11 lathing and furring 403100 work j AURORA PUBLIC In another will find a statement of estimated costs in renovation of the High school for use as a Public school he statement was presented to council March of this year by Dr Henderson in support of the application by the school board for an additional grant of over and above the which the council At the time thii Council made the grant the chairman of the board Henderson stated that it would be more than enough since it in cluded the amount of for contingencies Hav ing regard to these recorded facts several members of the 1952 council expressed their surprise that a further for Henderson on behalf of the board first made verbal application for the extra grant but in view of the questioning tlnit the application provoked he uiidertbok to present council with a the Additional costs the Schedule was presented he guested that it should not be made public at that time for the reason that as he it might pre judice contractors prices The additions remodelling and work ire now about completed and the school opened Aurora News Page has a k for statements of costs in regard to undertakings which in bulk the tax- payers have to pay In publishing the schedule the themselves the costs as presented to council Several members toiincil questioned certain major but in the end the additional was approved by council with the single exception of Coun cillor J Murray who voted against it NATIONAL It is hot our practice to discuss either provincial or federal questions in this column It is our belief that readers prefer discussion of local matters their weekly and in that belief we have maintained this column chiefly as a medium of on Aurora affairs National health insurance may well however become a subject of discussion in Aurora as in all Canadian communities It is suggested that it may take ft paramount place in policies advocated by the present government at such time as it is dissolved and seeks a hew tenure of office It was projected by the Liberal government under the premiership of the late King but the outbreak of war put it in abeyance National health insurance is a subject of the mast imperative interest to large of Canadian workers Hospitalisation costs are a constant dread in their Jives We have learned of instances where family savings frugal living and many selfdenials a v been swallowed up through a few weeks in hospital and of other cases where heavy debts have been incurred to meet costs Canada leads the world in so many major matters that such things ought not to be Canadian citizens ought to feel free from worries of not know- what steps to take when sickness deprives them of their of livelihood It is not in the national interest that people should feci Compelled to defer urgent hospital medical care because of lack of personal funds It could be true that more people in Canada today fear cost of personal illness much more than they fear anything else IN FEAR It is profoundly prejudicial to the moral spiritual and physical health of a nation when a majority of its citixens live and Work in feat of a breakdown costs of they cannot possibly meet As tho facts led world in ttio care of its people before of World War I So much was thin the case that Us health insurance services were copied by the RrUIsh government whoso then chancellor Da id Lloyd George introduced a national health bill In Since that have implemented services inltiL at this present time the British poop Jo have tho best national health protection in the entire world Despite all the austerities which British people called oil to endure health and wellbeing of the nation at this present time is tho best in its history This Is accountable for by unsurpassed health services originating from the national insurance system initiated by Lloyd George and the free hospitalization which the British people enjoy In latter case of free hospitalization immonso charitable gifts to hos pitals havo in many instances made of them the finest institutions for medical in the world Two things Canadian people it appears fear most of all Costs of sickness and coats of burial Both need to be WHAT THEY ARE SAYING Small men with a claim to I some military or civilian lag to 1 their names are often inflicted with such a measure of conceit that their public and private manners are insufferable In Shakespeares words They cut such capers would make the very angels weep Bigger men of outstanding mental ability and academic achievements are usually shy and often selfeffacing Unless they are called on to perform some public office their know ledge never becomes selfevi dent In their private lives they are easy to get along with They are never patronizing They put people at ease by the nicp- of their manners and their Academic Honors Passing from the old Royal University of Ireland he gained a at Manitoba University in philosophy and classics At University he gained his degree in history and Page Looking through old newspapers can proveari interesting experience We have been reading an issue of the Calgary Eye Opener dated Saturday January and The New Era dated Friday June The editor of the Calgary Eye Opener was Edwards and Jackson was the editor of the Era NOTICE To CREDITORS AND OTHERS IN THE ESTATE OP ANNE ALL persons having claims against the estate of Anne Rich- belt late of Town Aurora Widow who died on or about the of July are hereby notified to send in to the or mew manners on or before the 2nd riny ability at concealing their clever- full particulars Both were celebrated editors Edwards won the reputa tion of being the hardesthitting editor in Canada As his col umns Eye Openers show he was a most versatile writer His paragraphs contain humor irony satire and straightforward blunt writing Jackson was notable among other things for his long tenure of the editorship of the Era maintaining that position for nearly half a century His sis ter was the wife of A Steven son editor of the Aurora which for many years was a successful local paper Incidentally Mr Stevenson was survived by a son and the sensational than the North American press or that British nerves are steadier On the homeward voyage which was made on the Queen Elizabeth the passengers had an experience of hurricane weather two days from New York The ship was held up for ten minutes while a considerable number of broken portholes were repaired by a small army of workmen Despite this delay however the Queen Elizabeth docked only three quarters of an hour late While they had a vacation in England Mr and Mrs expressed their pleasure at being home again Mr and daughter spent some time in alive They are Mr Ashton G Stevenson who resides in Flori da and became famous for his Inventions for linotype and inter- type machines and Dr Alberta Cross who with her hus band Dr H Cross won fame in the science of chiropractic They have a home in Toronto and a summer home in Mr G Stevenson has oyer inventions on the record the better known of these being the Chicago system the Stevenson furniture mold and the Stevenson extensible liner He has been in retirement in Florida for over It years He retains nostalgic memories of Aurora and of old friends here and we hear from him occasion ally The Eye Opener The issue we have is fourpage of a size similar to the Globe and Mail It contains a number of cartoons One of these on the front page shows the figure of a dismal goat standing in a barren wil derness Entitled The Goat the reading is As Edmonton would have Calgary if we would stand for it Another cartoon entitled Dove of Peace shows the figure of a fiercelooking man loaded up with many weapons of war with a box of dynamite at his feet The cartoon is supposed to rep resent world prospects in the first month of the year A typical Edwards editorial France during their vacation Proof Of Popularity For the first six months of ending June 26 the Era and Express carried 3587 classified ads as compared with its nearest competitor the Aurora Banner which carried classified ads for the same period The proof of popularity is in the figures Successes Pupils of Mr Illtyd Harris competing at the Canadian Na tional Exhibition music competi tions under adjudicator Hubble of Winnipeg brought further honors to Aurora and Newmarket competing in the class for girls under years of age won the gold medal for the third consecutive year is the sixth gold medal Jean has won during the present year For girls under 17 years of age Margaret won the gold medal Patrick Green was the gold medalist in the open choir boys class and took third place in the secular class- Ken Stephens of Newmarket won second place in the open bass class third place being by Ted Elmer took a third in the for girls under 13 years of ago Ken Stephens Newmarket and Margaret of Aurora were chosen to compete for the 500 scholarship award- Congratulations to the winners and knowledge Casual Conversation I In casual everyday conversa tion Dr Mulligan puts every body at ease He is mentally too big a man to cut capers He is jocular and very approachable He has the Irish genius for witty remarks and can enjoy a good joke But the same Irish ties enable him immediately to become deadly serious He is in every sense of the word a mans man At his home on Spruce street you can see a collection of books that probably cannot be surpass ed in all of Canada as a private library It is a scholars library composed of the worlds best classical and general literature It would be difficult to name any outstanding work that is not in cluded in Dr Mulligans collec tion numbering many thousands of volumes- In casual conversation with the reverend doctor you would never hear of this superb possession which represents many years ol careful selection What the ma jority of men have spent on a variety of pleasures Dr Mulli gan has devoted to books Some men are judged by what they wear on their backs claims after which date the will proccal to distribute the assets the de ceased having regard only to the claims of which they shall then have notice DATED at Aurora this day of September Mildred 11 Graham and Eileen Hughes Executrixes by their solicitor Lome C Lee Aurora On I a Ho NOTICE To CREDITORS AND OTHERS IN THE ESTATE OF GEORGE A BURROWS ALL persons having claims against the estate of George A Burrows la of the Township of Whitchurch In County of York Farmer who died on or about the day of May are hereby notified to send in to the undersigned on or before the 2nd day of October full particulars of their claims after which date the undersigned will distribute the assets of the de ceased having regard only to the claims of which they shall then have notice DATED at Aurora the day of September Burrows Executrix by her must be Judged by what is Leo Aurora contained in his scholarly i Doors Open First Show at Monday Friday Doors Open First Show at Saturday a Friday and Saturday Sept comment in the Eye Opener of these fine achievements and reads Success has failed Suc cess was a magazine advocating a policy that closely matched its name It tried to show men how to succeed who were succeeding didnt have the time to read it and those who didnt succeed didnt have the money to buy it And there you are the editor of the Calgary Eye Opener was a graduate of Glas gow university The- New Era predecessor of The Newmarket Era and later still of the Newmarket Era and Express was established in the year by the brothers Jack son probably holds the record for editorial longevity in covering about half a century He too was a versatile end hardhitting writer as the edi torials in issue of June fully demonstrate The editorial page is taken up entire ly with comment and parliamen tary reports It is a fourpage issue and then as now contains a large number of advertisers It is described as a newspaper devoted to News politics ag riculture science and amuse ment It lived fully up to these descriptions Wo are obliged to Mrs Charles Webster for a sight of these old papers From Mr and Mrs J and to Aurora last week after a three months vacation in England having a thoroughly en joyable holiday spent with lives end friends l the mood of the English people at the present time to tho extent of his personal vatlons Mr said there was happier allround demeanor evident despite the numerous restrictions and short ages which still In effect One noticeable feature In Bri tish newspapers was the absence of or comment thereon This might indicate one of two lea Either Brit ish newspapers ire prone to 16 their renowned tutor A Sunday Discovery I Oh Sunday last in the com pany of some friends we motored to airport We had not previously seen this of air travellers and therefore the Jour ney meant for us something in the nature of a discovery Page Col Make It A Habitl Meet Your Friends At The HESS IDA Store Two Graduate Pharmacists St Emergency Calls Tel Stationery Wallpapers Select Range Of Greeting Cards Agent For Era Classified Ads St For Friendly Personal Service Shop At JOHN MORNINGS STORE SI Telephone WOw J FWILLIS PhmB The Drug Store News- agent Tobacconist etc Business Founded 1879 Yen St SI JOSEPH MGHttL Wednesday and Thursday Sept FEATURE FEATURE MVIDNIVEM VIUEUEI CESM mm Showing tftJock 45 aOy iii