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Newmarket holds liquor plebiscite NEWMARKET After a drought Newmarket voters will go to polls Dec to decide if they want liquor plebiscite question PAGES drink in their home town it public The liquor plebiscite will be held at the same time as council elections for the term There will be six uor plebiscite Newmarket voters will de- if they want A wine store selling Ontario wines only The sale of beer and wine in dining The sale of beer win and liquor in cocktail lounges VOL 117 NO Aurora NEWMARKET AURORA KESWICK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER Kwwlek FIREMEN OFF RADAR TRAPS E Gwillimbury liquor vote SHARON East is about to Join other area municipalities holding liquor plebiscites this year The liquor vote is now under consider ation by the township council No dale has yet been set but a councillor said Tuesday the plebiscite will be held before the end of the year Residents will likely be asked to ap prove cocktail and dining lounges only At present the township is completely The request for a liquor vote was pre sented to council Monday night II was by the Sharon Golf No reply yet from NEWMARKET Arthur was offered for his MurielArthur St corner lot by Council on Sept but so far lie has not replied The matter was raised at council by Councillor and referred to the Operations Group after council de cided to take no action Rut before the matter was referred took issue with The Eras Town Crier columnist Bill Gamble The facts that Mr Gamble wrote about In the Atherton affair were misrepresen ted He didnt make reference to the facts that were right before his nose I Invited him to attend tonights coun cil meeting but 1 sec he Isnt here said Mr If hes going to continue to write his column that way he should change the name from the Town Crier to Aesops Fables Councillor is a former Town Crier columnist councils hands after a meeting of the Administration Group decided to pass along the decision At that meeting of the Administration Group were Mayor 10 CENTS Drew and Councillors Tom Surgeon- Clelland Gary and POLICE COMMISSION INVES N Cook Clelland Mary Commissiong Bruce Eves and Deputy Reeve Salisbury voted in favor of holding the plebiscite Reeve George Richardson abstained from voting as did Mayor Doak The May or is only required to vote to break a tie The motion to hold the plebiscite was introduced by Councillor Clelland and seconded by Councillor Surgeoner In introducing the motion said that it had been six years since Newmarket voters had had a chance to decide if they want to drink in public Our decision tonight will allow the voters to decide for themselves he said Deputy Reeve Salisbury questioned the number of questions in the plebiscite Six questions means a big ballot for people to complete Three questions are enough he said Cook agreed with We should let the people decide what they want said If we remove any of the questions from the plebiscite we will be making a decision for the voter It would be like us making a decision for the individual he Mayor asked If it was possible to use the Federal voters list and was told that it would be outdated by Dec 2 We will have to have an enumeration for ihe council election anyway said Clerk Grant Blight May raised the question of an What happens to the areas we might annex Will they be wet or dry asked the Mayor Council was Informed that there would be a three year waiting period before any changes are made tn liquor laws In an At present the only beer and liquor out- lets in Newmarket are at Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion and the York Curling Club Beer Is sold to members at the Legion and it allowed banquet permits for the sale of liquor The York Curling Club a private club Is permitted to sell beer wine and liq uor to its members North Township police department will not use firemen to perform police duties unless in an emergency Mr said that investigators from Commission had spent several days in township Investigating police One of the areas to be determined Mr Milligan said was whether or not there was adequate number of officers to po lice the township He said that firemen may be used in case of a disturbance such as Halloween Mr said that agreement not men will be contained in police com to i a full report this week The decision not to use firemen contra dicts a statement made by Reeve Joseph Dales at last weeks council meeting In which he said We will stand by our de cision to use firemen to operate radar on weekends The North firemens ex tra duties were brought to public attention last week by the North York Police Association The associ ation charged that the firemen dressed In their own uniforms operated radar traps stopped speeders and turned them over to a constable The North York group claimed the traps were illegal and the firemen could be charged with impersonating an officer contract with police stating that there must be two men in a Is on patrol in a Introduces GO in Legislature KETTIE11Y lllll Hodgson York NORTH old The Era this week that he will move a resolution in Ihe Legislature la establish a GO Transit system serve area north of Metro Mr Hodgson resolution will be a- a number or private members bills Meanwhile Mr Hodgson and Hob Sill- cox chairman of the GO Commit tee will meet with Highway Minister today to discuss a rapid transit system for area King Township approve liquor KING CITY King lownshlp went as wet as a deep sea blanket in the plebis cite Wednesday to decide whether beer mil liquor stores cocktail and dining lounges would become legal Residents gave a 77 per cent yes on the four plebiscite questions A CO per cent majority was necessary to pass the vole About or per cent of the town- ships eligible 7833 voters cast ballots Beer stores were given the biggest ma jority There were 1052 voles In favor per cent and votes against 21 Liquor stores received 1920 voles in favor per cent and against 31 per cent Cocktail lounges received the biggest share of the but they were ap proved by 74 per cent There were voles for cocktail lounges and against per cent Dining lounges were approved 1020 per cent voles to KB against 21 per special constables were paid on hour for their moonlighting The firemen wore hired because the police department was having difficulty hiring new constables The arrangement approved by the township council Molly Fnrquhnrson of Aurora holds balloons that she gave to young sters at the Annual Family Beef Barbecue last Sunday sponsored by the York liberal Association The barbecue was rained upon at the Wesley Memorial Conservation forcing it to be postponed for about an hour Hut the rain stopped and the park was filled with John Roberts supporters Trio to stand trial Call tenders for Davis Dr NEWMARKET William Hodgson MLA has informed The Era that tenders will be called next week for the planned extension of Davis Drive from Highway at Sehombcrg to link with Highway near the Holland Marsh The will call for grading drainage a granular base and hoi mix his delight with the news of the extension and said that Mr Hodgson had started the move toward this plan when he was a member of York County Council In NEWMARKET Three York County men have been committed for trial connection with the July 26 armed holdup the North York DriveIn Theatre William Thomas Olhiser both of Keswick and Joseph of 2 Stilton are charged the robbery and will face trial in Supremo Court by Judge and Jury A fourth man David Booth of Kes wick was released from custody follow ing the preliminary hearing In kef Magistrates Court last week A cashier at the theatre Mrs Irene Murreli testified that she saw two young men masked below the eyes in a near the cashiers booth on the night of robbery One had an iron bar and Ihe other was carrying a gun she said Mrs told tho Magistrate O S i put gun I saw what he meant I looked at tho gun at the man then I turned around dialed tor help to other employees on an interoffice system Mrs said the man with the Iron bar smashed the window came Into the ticket booth and hit her over the shoul The i with the bar picked cash box and the two said She identified of the men court as the man with the gun About 700 was stolen In the robbery limbury assisted in tho investigation Sgt Reginald Identification officer at Ontario Provincial Police headquarters testified that he Identified Thomas fingerprints on a cash box found near the robbery The SPOT is the spot NEWMARKET The Spot Is the best thing that ever happened in this town Bill Bell Queen SI Spot opened this summer as a cas ual drop in place for kids at loose ends Its been an unqualified success ac cording to the youngsters who use it the ministers who organised it the volunteers who run it and the police whove had no trouble with It But it may close at the end of the month beset by financial problems that sympathy and small donations cant over Yeh come down here every night What did 1 do before the Spot opened Hung around the streets I guess long haired youth Rev Herbert Heppner sits In the cub byhole known as the Spots directors of fice and talks about the centres 67day history and 11day future Several of us had this vision a real concern for young people in New market We thought about it for many months then decided to stop thinking and do something From the beginning the Spot was on borrowed time The building on Botsford St was leased for three months rentfree provided the centre paid the month tax bill The Newmarket Ministerial Association agreed to sponsor the centre for three months The Town of Newmarket donated toward the tax bill The three months are almost up and were at loose ends grasping at straws says Mr Heppner Hes quick to thank the people who have already helped particularly the town but unless more help Is forthcoming Im mediately the centre either will have to close down or move to smaller premises Mr Heppner Is reluctant to move be cause hundreds of dollars worth of ren- novations have already been completed When the volunteers started the place was a mess They literally shovelled dirt out covered the grime with two coats of paint got tho plumbing working again repaired the broken windows But only way tho centre can stay says Mr is for a service club to donate a large sum of money perhaps or for town to buy the building and allow the centre to use It rent free Cecil Winder of Islington the buildings owner says that 11 months ago the town promised him a decision on the building days Hes not going to watt any The building is In within bought by the town anyway Continued on page GO is topic at King meet sidles were tho main citizens who attended a public meeting called to consider future development of called by tho Central King Township The meeting Ontario Regional Development Associa tion lo consider four plans of development proposed by the Metropolitan Toronto and Region Transportation study was commissioned by the On tario Government In to and re port on all overall transportation policies or Metro and surrounding municipalities The resulting report Choices for a Growing Region outlines four possible I his Is he symbol chosen the JO North Committee help draw attention to the need for n JO system to serve nren north of Met ro The word GO Is printed In green Anyone wishing lo slick this synv growing region In North America hoi on the windshield of his car can obtain one free of charge fie- The regional population Is expected to phoning The Era at or writ to Charles St The Committee Increase from the present million to in asking residents who desire GO service show this symbol as bout million by the year means of making the Provincial Jo vernment an are of the need Continued on page 3 Township office extension is opened SHARON East Centen nial Municipal Office Extension was of ficially opened Saturday afternoon Sep tember when John Itoberts and William Hodgson assisted Itceve Garfield Wright In official ribbon- cutting ceremony Hooves members of council and staff from 12 of the York County municipali ties attended the event Including Mayer True Davidson of East York and Presi- of the Ontario Association of May ors and Reeves Clerk Ron rep resented tho of Scott Wright outlined development of the office extension made necessary by the increased growth of the Township of East since original building was built in now ex tension a twostorey addition better than double the of the original offices was mode possible through assistance from Federal and Provincial Govern- John and William son on behalf of these Governments total cost of tho building project including furnishings and decorating old building draperies for entire structure and new signs was Of this amount was received In grant from the Federal government and a slmilai Government See OFFICE Representatives from of York Countys 15 municipalities and many Fast residents turned out for the opening of the township offices Centennial Extension over the weekend York North MIP Bill from the Provincial Hodgson York MP John Roberts and Reeve field Wright of-