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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), December 30, 1970, p. 2

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Get Wei D Aurora school pay merit still AURORA After charge for late payment trying in vain to withhold school taxes neatly from the school board last June and instead will ask the The is pushing us for the owed the town because of remarked Mayor overtaxation in nick GRAY COACH LINES NEW TIMETABLES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 3 at GO Bus Termir ind Gray Coach Agencies for trips NEWMARKET AURORA TORONTO Plus other Gray Coach Points important services have been added ADDITIONAL TRIPS ROUTED THROUGH NEWMARKET Southbound busts from Borne will be routed through Newmarket via Eagle Prospect and Davis Northbound flame buses will also discharge and pick up pas sengers via Davis Prospect and Eagle Men Man Won Mai 146 510 420 406 TUT TIT Lv Go Term Wellington 750 705 King City Routing Newmarket Express Service via Allen Exp Lawrence Ave University Ave NewmarketAurora Express Service Wellington King Side Road thence same as above Opposite routing northbound Toronto Stops Southbound passengers may alight at any convenient bus stop from Lawrence Avenue south Northbound passengers may board only at Union Station or at the Terminal OTHER FEATURES FREE PARKING at NEWMARKET GO TERMINAL Save by buying Trip Tickets no expiry date and may be used by yourself family and friends GO TRANSIT and GRAY COACH tickets are interchangeable GRAY COACH BUS PARCEL EXPRESS SERVICE can solve your shipping problems FOR FURTHER INFORMATION TELEPHONE NEWMARKET GO TERMINAL AURORA GRAY COACH AGENCY CcnUnnic1 Variety Store 7279081 For CompUto Information Toronto TlmotabU No GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO TRANSIT a service operated by Canadian National Railways and Gray Coach Lines for the Province of Ontario News highlights of the year Mrs Jessie Counter left received and Jack Groves received a kiss last week Mrs Counters 0 was won when her name was drawn out of drum of entries for the Downtown Merchants Christmas Draw Mr Groves is presi dent of the group and treasurer Laird Rub pres ents the winner with her cheque Second prize of went to David Corcoran and third prize of went to Betty Above Santa dropped in with a Polaroid Camera outfit to the home of Mr and Mrs Warner of Newmarket They won the prize as a result of the Santas House draw Santas house located at the Post Office was visited by hundreds of children Our John is at it again NEWMARKET Mount Albert and Toronto lawyer John Medcof the man who rented a train last last fall to prove a rail commuter service from Barrie to Toronto through Newmarket would be a money making operation is extra car for claims the service loses money and has applied to the Transport Commission Mr and his supporters mounted a drive ro prove otherwise least lion of the Toronto- Havelock commuter line and to make his point that the line is not only busy Region to help Centres NEWMARKET York Regional Council last week agreed to support day care centres and Newmar kets Crisis Intervention Service in Both programs re ceive the bulk of their op erating funds from the pro vince but will be administ ered next year by the re gions Health and Social Services department Council agreed to the need for further centres throughout the region The Crisis Inter vention Service which has operation successfully sin ce last spring is a centre to aid young people who have personal problems includ ing drugs Its located at Davis Drive PRESCRIPTIONS CALLED FOR ANDDEJLIVEAED DRUG STORE 954091 they packed 182 passengers into the seat train making it so crowded the Inspector assigned by the conunission to check on the Medcof claims couldnt get into the passenger sec tion and had to ride with the engineer Whatever hap pens when the hear ings resume Jan the has another first said lawyer Medcof Its the only railway providing first class entertainment with audience tree w you ride Convict Veer on 2 charges NORTH BAY Mrs Mary Veer of Keswick was ordered to return to North Bay Jan 7 to be sen tenced in court after she en tered a plea of guilty to two charges of obtaining goods through fraudulent cheques Mrs Veer was re cently acquitted by a To ronto court on a charge embezzling from her former employer Keswick lawyer Clare Green In North Bay co urt Mrs Veer admitted to passing worthless cheques to cover the cost of shoes for herself and her daugh ter and another cheque for payment of a 303 calibre rifle and a case of ammunition The court ordered a presentence report pre pared before her Jan ap pearance Continued from page 1 fires in one week on Lake Sim coes south shore Damage esti mated at Terry one of children charged in arson cases dies in APRIL York County Board of Education sets million budget York County submits a consen sus map to province suggesting eight municipalities for new Re gion of York The constpsus was drawn from different maps submitted by countys ex isting municipalities Province la ter approved the map virtually unchanged nine municipalities instead of eight 15 Noncapital murder charge a gainst Glen Fry reduced to man slaughter by Ontario Supreme Court grand jury 22 Newmarket win Ontario Junior C hockey championship with a overtime victory against Reddies took fi nals in four straight games Red- men jump to Junior B for 1970- GO Transit announces its new terminal will be located in for mer Art Close Motors building St and Davis Dr New market It was later decided that the new GO system would use buses only not trains as origin ally planned Tax revolt brews in York Coun ty as municipal leaders react in anger to tax increases for resi dents caused by new market value reassessment scheme The fight delayed tax bills in many municipalities until late in the Coroner blames red tape for inability of officials to provide psychiatric help for Terry who died in March fish hut MAY I Arson fire destroys records in Whitchurch Township office causing damage Investi gation resulted in no charges by MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC are Cordially invited to attend 1971 INAUGURAL MEETING of Ihe YORK COUNTY BOARD OF WEDNESDAY JANUARY 6th 22 CHURCH ST AURORA records York County will be part of a green area of limited and industrial growth under Robarts Governments new Toronto Cen tered Region Plan housewife Moor- by murdered by unknown assail ant while playing with her 21- month old son She is shot in the head and back with a 22 calibre weapon Two weeks later Mrs Helen Ferguson of Palgrave is killed in a similar manner and police manhunt ensues No char ges had been laid in either case by years end Plans to institute the York Reg ional Government on Jan are announced by Municipal Affairs Minister Darcy McKeough He schedules elections in nine muni cipalities for Oct 5 to choose regional councillors An appointed chairman will serve four years Aurora passes get with an avera home taxed at JUNE Aurora Council votes to withhold in school taxes it claims il was overcharged two years ago Province subsequently refuses to allow such a move and Aurora is forced to pay off Aurora police settle for a raise First Class Constable will get 8000 for 1070 Newmarket Motors building con- verted to teen dropIn centre for 10 East approves start of construction on new arena on Mount Albert Glen Fry convicted of manslau ghter in fatal shooting of Carol Steven sentenced to six months definite 12 months indefinite Jack administrator will get top two jobs in new York Reg ional Government The Era learns Province later confirms their ap pointments 1 Aurora holds Its biggest Canada birthday bash TorontoDominion Bank will re place old Queens Hotel in Au rora sometime In Demoli tion of old building starts in No vember IS Byron former New market police chief diet Clarence Davis announces hell run for Aurora mayoralty to throw out tax relief le gislation and restore tax balance to norm Request subse quently Ignored Bobby opens Sutton Fair It Political pressure cited In 2 Reeve Clare Salisbury enters Newmarket mayoralty race De puty Reeve Eves pulls out Councillor Margaret an nounces shell oppose Deputy Reeve Ken Mactaggart in King mayoralty race Whitchurch Clerk Tom Kerr at tempted to have investigate Police Chief Fred Mason in con nection with May 1 fire in town ship office an OPP report reveals York County Council formally opposes Metro expansion into rich portions of southern York Gladys Rolling acclaimed as East Gwillimbury s first mayor 23 Secondary school teachers agree to contract mailed payment due two days later Senior lacrosse will come to Au rora in Newmarkets official plan sets a population ceiling of sur rounds town with green belt of parks and estates according to consultants preliminary report New industry will be centered along proposed highway and will not be allowed into down- OCTOBER 23 Newmarket holds gala opening of renovated arena Three thou sand attend beer garden Main St mall a huge success 5 Yorks first regional council elec ted Closest race is in Whitchurch Stouffville where Ken becomes mayor after a recount confirms his twovote victory over King Other regional coun cillors Mayor George Burrows and Councillor Bab Pollock Mayor Gladys Rolling East Gwillimbury Mayor Ken gart King Mayor Bob and Councillor Ray Newmarket Mayor Dick Wing- worth Aurora Mayor William Laienby and Councillors Gordon and Don Richmond Hill Mayor Tony Romas and Gordon Cook and Stewart Rum ble Yorks last two wardens ap pointed to York Regional Police Board Other vacancies later filled by Regional Councillors Ray and Hi and Judge William Lyon chairman NOVEMBER York Regional Council holds first meeting appoints Jack as chief administrator Councillors and lead outcry against appointments with out advertising Chairman Gar field Wright appointed to police board later withdraws replaced by Newmarket needs a permanent Main St shopping mall now says a group of Main St merchants Region appoints Robert Vernon clerk Dr Owen Slingerland com missioner of health and social services No advertising pro tests emerge again on Vernon for Newmarkets York County Hospital with On tarios highest patient turnover because of cramped quarters Is in dire need of new wing Funds for addition approved by county council but costs have doubted since request was first made and it wont be completed until its chief planner allows him for moving expenses from Burlington rejects application of county planning chief Conroy York County Council is told that costs for welfare childrens aid roads and hospitals are spiralling out of control Margaret Orr of Newmarket trap ped In auto wreckage for min utes without medical aid As a re sult doctors push for hotline telephone number to serve each emergencies Worlds largest motor raceway proposed for East and council its hinting- 18 Regional vote then- selves 6000 salaries 16 Newmarket tax closing of centre It dew at uled but later by tan j council In It Bob mayoralty bent Toes Reeve I ItFairy Lets

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