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a Four ew biographies arrived this week at the Newmarket Pub lic Library L George His Life and Times by Frank Owen In March Winston Churchill minis ter of Britain then marching on towards the triumphant end of the Second World War paid this tribute to David Lloyd George victorious prime minister of the First World War who had just died When the English history of the first quarter of the century is written it will be seen that the greater part our for tunes in peace and in war were shaped by this one man Tempestuous Journey tells what this man aimed at and what be achieved The character be- tastes and methods of the man himself are exam ined frankly The drama some times and occasion ally uproarious farce of Lloyd Georges never dull life provides the material for one of the most absorbing as well as most im portant biographies of our la by Richard Stoddard This is the intimate true story of a magnificent romance of our time the love and marriage of two vivid fascinating personali ties cockneyborn Gertrude Lawrence adored star of the English and American theatre and Richard proper New and distinguished the atrical producer It is the un forgettable story of two real en gaging people and the often gay sometimes tempestuous but al ways exciting life they led to gether My Several Worlds A Person al Record by Pearl Buck Since childhood Pearl Buck loved people all kinds of people and was deeply concerned with their welfare and their happiness She lived in China for years and knows China Japan India and Asian peoples as few Western ers ever have She has an extraordinary un derstanding of international prob lems yet her interest in child ren is ever present and handled with rare tenderness and Grace CM The second anniversary cervic es last Sunday at Grace church Newmarket saw the church well filled for all services- Special musical numbers were enjoyed also group singing from the Sun day Special speakers were Rev principal of Tor onto Bible College and Rev James Taylor of At the morning services eight new members were received into fellowship The pastor Rev A Yielding gave thanks God for a most successful year with notable increases in every de partment of the church This is the true story of a woman who has lived an excit ing and worth while life the Remarkable Mr Anita Leslie is about the life and times of Leonard Jerome Sir Winston Churchills American grandfather Irene librarian Bernard organist at Trinity United church Newmarket is an expert in the fields of music and education But another interesting sidelight in his activities concerns his adventures into the north country on summer canoe trips Photo by Organist Spends Summers On 1000Mile Canoe Trips When concert goers hear the new organ at Trinity church on Thursday March 24 they will hear an organist who paddles a canoe in summer for or miles for fun One of the first amateur ists to reach James Bay Bern ard arrived with an In dian guide accompanied by bil lions of and mosqui toes For many years while teaching in the States he brought university students to Ontario for the long summer re cess and blazed trails in the northern lakes regions seldom if ever visited by white men A professional organist at the age of Mr Hirons was con vention organist in St Louis Mo and was invited to the Church of the Ascension near the university A branch of his family had or iginally come from the deep south and he went to Charles ton South Carolina as organist of St Michaels church An opportunity to continue academic studies while holding a music post took him to the Uni- versify of the South where he directed both choir and glee club It was while there that Mr began producing Gil bert and Sullivan operettas con tinuing this field at the Edge- wood School near New York and studying with the Carte company on their visits to New York Not content with music the ology and adventures into the northern wilds Mr be came acquainted with the John Finds rands Wl Ontario Highways in York County dont get any special mention in budget announcements of the Frost governments million roads program but large capital expenditure are planned for projects nearby The roads items are a large part of the million budget on which Ontario will operate this year No details were given as to a breakdown of Premier Frosts statement of more as sistance for municipal roads but that Is expected to consist of more supplemental expenditure for bridges bridge approaches etc which were damaged by flooding of Hurricane Hazel last October Important Hems to the roads program in this part of Ontario are Completion of the bypass from Queen Elizabeth Way to Rich- view to go easterly across Yonge St to Bayview Ave Kennedy Road and on to join the completed section of highway south of Whitby Completion of the extensive Washago jump over in which the Kings Highway eliminates the ageold bottle neck by going over top of the Trent Canal Black River and two CNR railway lines Diversion at where bypass joins No 12 high way also an engineering solu tion to the TransCanada road way intersection with High way outside on the old road Channelling of the Intersection of No and No highways also on No from Bradford to Bond Head Renovation of No highway from Klelnburg to Bells Lake and to Schomberg Repaving with sewers In village A noticeable mention Prem ier Frosts budget announcement on roads was that total expen diture for highways has exceed ed our revenue from gasoline tax and motor vehicle licences in the past five years This year the shortfall In revenue will be percent and next year of course It will be substantially higher Era and Express classifieds bring result Dewey educational methods at Columbia University and for many years helped develop pro gressive schools in Connecticut and New Hampshire He served in the double ca pacity of teacher of English sometimes Latin and Greek and director of the manysided musi cal program Ill health called Mr home to Canada in He spent seven years in Bruce coun ty serving rural schools as su pervisor of music and develop ing the Kincardine United choirs into flourishing units able to sing both cantatas and operettas While he was there the high school presented four major Gil bert and Sullivan operettas and parts of these were presented in outoftown theatres Perhaps his chief enthusiasm for long study of the art of music come from a love for singing For over 25 years a pupil of Carolina Fabritis Mr studied both as a solo singer and as a teacher Returning again and again to his teacher he listened to hun dreds of lessons given others in order that he might have a rich background for his own teach ing of others District Cancer imp Ft Annual At Aurora For Hdp March 29 brings the annual meeting of Aurora and District unit Canadian Cancer to which the general public is in vited and urged to take an inter est The meeting is at Aurora Legion Hall at pm and will have Dr A J Phillips Toron to as guest speaker plus films and items of business regarding local cancer information and help for cancer patients Six Toronto doctors recently took part in a panel discussion on cancer They were from the National Cancer Institute Gen eral Hospital University of To ronto and the College of General Practice Their purpose was to publicly correct mistakes and re move fears caused by the print ing of half truths regarding can cer The doctors warned against too great fear of cancer and pointed out that while no one minimized its seriousness and importance it was not the only or greatest killer All agreed that the cause of cancer is still unknown and they made the fol lowing statements regarding some widespread ideas about its cause Cancer is not contagious Bruising and injury do not cause cancer 3 No food or combination of foods cause cancer 4 Milk does not cause cancer 5 Cooking food in aluminum does not cause cancer Duodenal ulcers very commonly called stomach ul cers never become cancerous True stomach ulcers become malignant in a very small num ber of cases People were urged to recog nize the signs of cancer and while the signs are common to other diseases medical assist ance should be if they appear Early cancer if often curable today Surgery and ra diation are the treatments Since the panel was held the work of Dr Murray of Toronto on breast cancer has re ceived attention in the press as he gave a report to the mem bers of the medical profession Dr of St Michaels Hospital Toronto is working on Neither doctor claims to have found a cure but both will continue working as will many Canadian doctors techni cians and scientists to improve methods of detection and treat ment and to discover a cure rage The Newmarket Era Mm York VIM Hi Port Nurseries operated by the Canadian Red Cross welcome New Canadians at Saint John and Halifax Announcing the Opening of lees BeaNtybee MODERN BEAUTY SALON Monday March 21 Open House am to pm FREE GIFTS FOR EVERYONE Expert Hair Styling Bleaching Tinting Cold Waving A Opposite Tcxmo Sendee Station 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