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i NEWMARKET AURORA AMD THE RURAL OF NORTH YORK CIRCULATION Average lor three months Newmarket Trading Aurora Others TOTAL PAID YEAR EXPRESS HERALD YEAR NO Here Aro Town By Local Observer i If anyone ever tells you that life In small communities moves ait a leisurely pace dont take it seriously- All the activities here and there around town would keep a staff of Local Ob servers busy Today is a good example A threering circus couldnt com pete successfully for attention against alt the other attractions Lady Eaton has opened her home today for a Trend tea- As in all of these affairs the pro ceeds will go to the Canadian Cancer society Trinity United church is hold ing Open House at the parsonage as part of its anniversary Members of the con gregation and their friends are invited to attend Tonight the Newmarket Dra matic club begins a presentation at the town hall of Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw Directed by Bar bara Hamilton the play has a cast of eight veterans of the footlights The Art club is holding one of its regular sketching outings Several church and community organizations are holding their monthly meetings Besides all these activities the members of the green thumb league have begun their busy season and the sports enthusi asts have a full schedule of ball games Lacrosse too makes its debut at the arena tonight NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY MAY IV54 SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS EACH CONDUCTED TOURS AND TEA HELD ON HOSPITAL DAY Hospital Day was observed this year at York County hospital on May when Open House was held Conducted tours of the hospital were arranged and af ternoon tea was served at the nurses residence Among the visitors at County hospital were pupils from the Newmarket and Aurora high schools The guests were welcomed at the hospital by Miss Lillian Thomas superintendent of nurses and Mrs Seldon second presden of the Women s auxiliary- Objective Hospital Building CHURCH FILLED FOR CHILDRENS SPRING FESTIVAL spring present of the auxiliary Mrs fe J J Public schools and Mrs Elman Campbell the nurses in conducting guided tours of the hospital The visitors were directed to the sidence where they were corned by Mrs J Rogers Shar- on and Mrs- Harold Kurtz Mount Albert Mrs George was in charge of the tea table The gen eral convener was Mrs Frank Courtney- Pouring during the afternoon were Mrs B Gil- and Mrs Archie Cousins thy of Aurora and Mrs It has been turnabout at Newmarket high school recently The girls of the domestic science classes have been taking a turn at shop work and the boys have had new experiences learning the finer points of cooking dusting and ironing With acetylene torch Barbara above fastens the clip to an ear ring she made during the girls shop period Below Ron Groves and Don Page complete with aprons prepare steaks for broiling during their dom estic science period last Thursday Photos by Stefaniuk The May weekend was ap propriately celebrated by New market residents from all re- ports Whether they worked in their gardens or opened their summer cottages for the season i results were the same callouses on palms sunburnt noses sore muscles and a to turn to the mundane workaday world The holiday came to a close With a resounding bang as displays were held all over town Some of the small ones were as excited at being to go outdoors in the were with the of course no May 24 is without one call for the member of the fire department iFire crackers and roofs are compatible Fortunately nights fire was not serious one set of examinations ending the public school set facing them before of the school term and the drawing closer for titer older students they found a deep satisfaction in one particular type of fireworks It was the Burning School- house CONTINUE WORK FOR CHILDREN TOfe organization of the and District association Children Is being to the attention of ser vice community and church in the community This William Warden to the executive He also annual meeting of Home and association when he outlined the purpose of interested in further is requested to con ic Mr Warden A second gen eral meeting will be called early rune to which parents of re- children as well as all who are interested in this will be welcome ay used in describing ival was Bernard for the public schools Included in the program were instrumental and vocal solos and duets Over children per formed with the choirs arranged according to school grades It is marvelous what Mr has accomplished with the children said one parent after the concert I was com pletely carried away by the en tire 41300 Collected Expect To Top 4 5 Objective With one third of the 135 canvassers still to report Newmarket already has come close to its objective in the York County hospital campaign to raise funds for addi tional hospital wings According to Charles E Boyd chairman of the Newmarket campaign committee has been collected in money and pledges The ob jective is hi evening Originally Id a a planned to leave with my small children after they were finish- TO RFH HOME numbers but I couldnt children enjoyed NURSING GRADUATED selves so much that it added to The graduation exercises for the audiences pleasure com- Red Cross Home Nursing course another Everyone con- was held at Trinity United j with the festival deserves church Newmarket on Tuesday J praise Miss Edith Robertson The finale was perfect It was president of the Newmarket a fitting climax to the program branch Canadian Red Cross was added the first was so in charge of the program and sweeping that it filled the entire presented the graduates with church with music Everything their pins She was assisted by was ringing with song and Miss Hilda Reg instructress of the course This was the second Homej Nursing course sponsored by the local Red Cross It began in January and continued for lG weeks Miss Tunney was assist- by Miss on Monday an FARM FIRE Sutton tire department saved the farm home of William Abbs It really is encouraging be lieve that we will go over our quota easily said the campaign chairman morning Canvassing is still being con tinued Of the canvassers working in Newmarket between and have not handed in ihor- collections to date Mr Boyd believes thai their figures will put over its ob jective Newmarket Is the only com munity where figures are avail- K Stiver chairman of the- hospital board said this morning that the committee has no figures on the campaign in other parts of the county Can vassing is continuing the out lying areas and it Is believed that it will be some weeks before the work is completed The campaign probably will go on all ver In long as fc6ecflfnnjpii ho sers have TO BE AT SPORTS DAY Members of the Betty Gordon Dancing club have been invited to participate in the Mount Al bert Sports Day on Saturday June They will appear on the evening program Russell and Robert Morrison Zephyr Peggy Simmons Janet and Heather San derson will represent the group GRADUATES King City has graduated from College University of To ronto with second class honors are still planning means of raising funds for the hospital All in all campaign officials ace optimistic about the having completed a three results of the drive course in history Youth To Serve Two Years For Thefts At Oak Ridges A private Randolph Oak Ridges was con victed of seven charges of break enter and theft when he appear before Magistrate S Hollin- at Newmarket on May The charges had been laid follow ing a series of robberies in the Oak area when nrticies store and Fullers Dry Goods Oak to business Entry had been matte when the glass in the front doors the smashed Articles were stolen from Bert Buchanans television shop in the same building Severn weiifcryinto anil implement shed containing charge The firemen extinguished a fire on the roof of the house when they arrived at pm The fire at the house started when the gasoline drum in the shed exploded spreading to the house commit te course present and Miss Robertson with cor sages Included in the program were piano selection by Mrs Gordon Stiles readings by Mrs solos by Mrs fife accompanied by Mrs Stiles A Red Cross film valued at were stolen with an assortment of stolen from them years less a day on of the The police found the loot where in Seldon charges of break enter and and to six months on the Lai ing eh a rttfinces are to run into ens lhce and able NO COUNCIL MEETING Winnipeg The rtis- council meetings have covered on May when the pro- leen held in Newmarket in of nasi two weeks Last week the the thief had cached it in clump of bushes been tePfe rom cottages The police waited in hiding for oyer five hours for he of the thief When returned to the vas arrested and laid Ram pleaded to He had a record of juvenile convictions and as an adult had served a sentence on a conviction of break enter ami Recognition Given Mrs Gordon For Work In Dancing Classes Peace was graduating from the course and receiving their cer tificates on Tuesday night were Mrs Harold Hilton Mrs Waiter Johns Mrs Arthur Lloyd Misses Marilyn and Mitchell Mrs Howard Mrs Rollings Miss Rogers Mrs Thomas and Mrs Douglas Thompson At the close of the program a social halfhour was spent Re freshments were served to the graduates and their guests town clerk was attending a con No one was present when the of municipal clerks fire startecf Its cause is not week no meeting was held be known cause of the Monday holiday Recognition was made last to Airs Charles Gordon for her contributions to the commun ity through the Cordon Dancing club Mrs Gordon was the recipient of a dozen roses from a sponsored program which is broadcast from CKKB each On each broadcast a letter is selected from the mail which tells of the work of some out standing citizen in the province On Tuesday May 18 a Mrs Evelyn Wilson formerly of Newmarket was selected as the most interest ing It contained the story of Mrs Gordons work In Newmar ket In her tetter Mrs Wilson told of Mrs Gordons coming to Can ada as a war bride after having taught dancing and physical edu cation at the in Eng land When Mrs Gordon came to Newmarket she realized that there were no planned activities for the girls of the community- She deckled to organize a danc ing club and for Hie past four years has given her lime and tal ents free of charge to train local girls The letter said that over youngsters had the recent recital which was staged capacity audiences for four nights It mentioned that Mrs Gordon had been the clubs ehorcographer as well as its trainer and told of the coopera tion she had received from her pianist assistant teachers the girls mothers and the Newmar ket branch of the Canadian Leg ion which has provided free use of the Legion Hall for weekly lessons and rehears als CLINIC FRIDAY AFTERNOON The regular WellBaby clinic of the York County Health Unit will be held tomorrow May the unit office Newmarket from to pm The nization program is being con tinued Mothers are urged to bring preschool children to the clinic to receive their doses of against diphtheria whooping cough and tetanus Infants may be brought for their initial series of The clinc is sponsored by the Newmarket Womens Institute Members of the Institute assist with the clerical work of the clinic Trinity Congregation Marks Anniversary Sunday Trinity United church New market mark the an niversary of the founding of the ation at a special service on Sunday Right Rev Dr A It was recorded that the Street circuit of the Methodist church was extended to include Newmarket After that time services were held in the homes A Scott the moderator of of the congregation members and JB- United church will be was one The first mention church in existing records datcsthe con jugation back te of the ministers OUT has dropped out of the Lake league according to league Art King A shortage of players is given as the reason SPEAKS Mrs Wry of the Provincial Womans Christian Temperance Union was a guest at the home of Miss Starr while in town Sunday morning May Mrs McKay showed a colored film at the Free Methodist Sunday School In the afternoon she presented a message to the Christian Baptist Sunday School these groups were pleas ed with the message presented Monday and Tuesday Mrs Mc Kay visited the Alexander school Stuart Scott school and Prince Charles school COMING EVENTS arms where a monster square dance will be held next Wed- funds for the York hospital building campaign Workmen are now orchestras Creightons for square and The Manhattans for round oh hand There will be a squad of callers for the square dancing including such listrict men as Farmer Ball Gould Fred Case Charlie VanZant and of course here will be games spot prizes and refreshments The first bus for free King George hotel Newmarket at pm and every half hour as needed available j THURSDAY MAY Bingo in Aurora Canadian hall Special games games Time sharp In aid of the Canadian Ladies Auxiliary FRIDAY MAY Piano recital at Newmarket Fire Hall at pm Pupils of Kirs Verne Scott SATURDAY MAY Dance in Holland Landing Community hall Orchestra Dixon and his Lazy Valley ranch boys Time pm Admission 5Ce lw21 FRIDAY EVE Re serve this date for a recital of piano arid vocal music hy pupils from the studio of Herman Fowl er in SI An drews Presbyterian church Newmarket auspices of the choir SATURDAY Annual spring bazaar aprons home afternoon tea in Holland Community hall at 230 Under the Christ Church WEDNESDAY JUNE Rural School Music Festival Newmar ket High School auditorium p Schools participating are Queensville Union Street No East bury Poplar Bank Adjudicator Dr Provincial Director Music Music visor Miss Armstrong Zephyr Admission WEDNESDAY JUNE lawn tea on grounds Time 2 to pm Spon sored by Newmarket Chapter No 282 Order Eastern Star Adults children SATURDAY JUNE Party sponsored by Our Lady of Grace church Aurora Games bingo lucky draw fishpond Supper served to pm FRIDAY SATURDAY AND MONDAY JULY AUG Keswick carnival trade fair and sports tf20 -Queens- In 1827 Rev Peter Jones visited the charges along the north shore of Lake Ontario and was included among his visits He came by way of ville and Kingston lay of that year a new building was started on of the present Alexander school It was constructed being completed on at a total cost seven shillings and six pence A ser vice was held on the same day before sundown This was the beginning of the present church Dr Scott the moderator of United church of Canada who will conduct the ser vice Sunday was principal of University in central In He was on furlough two years ago and attended the sessions of the General Council where was elected moderator He has given outstanding service to the church during his term of office He is the first missionary moder ator of the United Church of Canada Mr and Mrs Olson celebrated their wedding versary at their home Farm St on Tuesday May IB Friends neighbors ami relatives called during the day Pre sent were their daughter Mrs J DeCesare New York City their daughterinlaw Jean Olsen and their niece BROWNIES FOURTH The Newmarket Brownies placed fourth in the annual rally of York division which was held in Richmond Hill on May There were over Brownie packs entered in the competi tions The leaders of the local groups Mrs Ray and Mrs Hayes accompanied their brownies to the rally AT CLERKS CONFERENCE Wesley Brooks town clerk at tended the eighth annual con ference of the National Institute of Municipal Clerks which was held at the Hotel De troit from May 17 to 21 inclu sive There are members in the Institute over were in attendance at the conference Delegates came from states and provinces in the United States and Canada as well as from Cuba and other countries Panel discussions lectures and The Newmarket Dramatic club is presenting George Shaws comedy Arms and the at market town hail tonight and Friday and Saturday nights In cast are Grace Sinclair Fern ck Joe Dates and Bill Elliott Above Fern part of a member of a Bulgarian family any cent ra European wars with Captain an officer 1