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Editorials On Page Two This Week ERA YEAR EXPRESS HERALD YEAR CLASSIFIEDS ON PAGE FOUR NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY JANUARY 31 19S7 NO 5 SINGLE COPIES CENTS Town Electorate Will Vote Liquor Stores Question Lake SimcoeY booming colony of ice fishermen with more than huts now in use had a busy weekend hauling up lake trout and herring from icy water Enjoying a cup of tea white at the same time watching his lineholding tipup is Thomas left of Regent St Toronto His companion Art Constantin of Rupert St Scarboro exhibits approximately pounds of caught between and 6 am Saturday off Point There is no limit on but fishermen arc limited to two lake trout Council voted five to four in favor of holding a plebiscite on a liquor store and brewers ware house for Newmarket when the resolution introduced on January by Councillors Bert Kent and George Haskett was considered on Monday night Strong oppo sition against any action that might lead to liquor and beer made available in town was voiced by nine delegations Provincial Right Referring to these petitions Mr Kent said that when a slat matter was under discussion at council there was a big audi ence but few were present for a nomination meeting He argued that in a democracy one had the right not only of freedom of speech but the right to pass a law and to enforce It Under the pro vincial government the people in Ontario have the right to vote on this subject every three years The last vote was held in dont drink beer said Mr Kent I will takea drink of liquor the same as almost every one ministers included He was booed by members of the audi ence This resolution has no bearing on who wants liquor or who will drink it All it does is it gives the people of Newmarket the opportunity to vote on the question and decide for them- Minister Against Mr Kent said he had received seven calls on the topic five for and two against One of these was from Rev Aiken and he held Up my line for 35 minutes said Council Passes Motion 54 Mr Kent who added that he had said been called an alcoholic since he I Councillor John ar- Reeve Questions Payment To Councillors For Work On Court Of Revision Reeve Edward Wrightman que- for sometime It has been stand the legality of member of ard practice in this town to pay council receiving pay for their members of council they sit work on the court of revision at a the court revision I dont council on January 2V Solicitor it Editor note This was held over one week so that a study of the Municipal Act on this topic could be made by this news paper and a check with the clerks office regarding any re- bylaws The clerk handed me two cheques advising that they were payment for sitting on the court of revision Mr informed council by letter In a joking manner Mr Brooks said it was not legal but on checking with the Assessment Act I find this is no joke Section 61 states that it is illegal for a member of council to receive pay for sitting on the court of revision Mr Wrightman explained Earned Money have no doubt in my own mind that I have earned this mon ey he continued but I cant with a clear conscience accept the taxpayers money if the payment is illegal It appears under Sect ion 61 of the Assessment Act that it would not be correct for me to accept payment said Mr Wri ghtman as he handed a cheque for 60 to the clerk Lets have a party quipped one councillor Standard Practice There is no way we can force him to take it commented the mayor but I feci tins is a situat- f eel anyone would dispute Mr cheque ion everyone has been aware of Wrightman Mr Gladman added These pie have earned their money How many members of coun cil sat on the court of revision Were they all paid or just Mr asked Councillor Bert Kent The mayor replied that there were five All were paid Reeve Deputy- Reeve Violet Mac aught on Councillors Alex Alex Hands and Robert Wonch are members of the court of revision dont want a penny of the money unless it is proper for me to have it repeated Mr Wright I feel justified accepting it said Mrs If the book says they cant he paid charged Councillor George they cant be paid The views of the solicitor were requested by Councillor George Mr quoted Section of the Municipal Act A local board as defined in The Depart ment of Municipal Affairs Act except school and library boards may provide for the payment of such annual allowance for the members thereof as may be pro vided by the department He ad ded that a local board was any local body with authority or con trol The cheque was returned to Mr Here and There Around Town By Local Observer There cant be too many families of Scottish origin in Newmarket commented one of the public school principals this week who is a Scot himself On Robbie Burns day we had one of the teachers play Lang the opening exer cises The children just stood there and didnt attempt to sing When we asked the grade one class the name of the selec tion one child said Away in a Manger In another class a youngster suggested it was Can adas new national anthem the principal added This Scot could have been ex cused if he had agreed with his bard Its hardly in a bodys To keep at times being sour Stopping Building Permits For Sobel Subdivision Condemned By Councillor had introduced the subject at last weeks meeting It is definitely legal to bring up such a resolution Mr Kent continued Each member of council represents the taxpayers of Newmarket They should rep resent them and not worry about the next years elections Mr said that support of the motion before council did not mean one was in favor of li quor outlets in the town All it indicated he said was that one favored giving the people the op portunity to vote on the matter It gave them the chance to say what they wanted he explained Peoples Choice If the people want the vote they should have a petition argued Councillor Lome That takes the onus off council I dont see why members of coun cil should be put on the spot The residents of Newmarket are en titled to the same privileges as the other residents of the pro vince but if they want the vote they should request it If the vote Is held and passed parking will be a problem Mr added If the liquor store and brewers warehouse come to town they will probably be located at the shopping cen ter and that wont help the mer chants I am not a teetotaler I take a social drink but it is not for me to say what people do he COMING EVENTS FRIDAY FEB Dance at Bluebird Inn sponsored by Ar- Community club Ad- County Boys Orchestra Ad mission 50c Everyone welcome c2w4 TUESDAY FEB 5 Euchre in Sharon hall 815 pm sponsored by Hobby Club Good prizes lucky draw TUESDAY FEB 5 At pm Reg Nurses Assn chapter 2 district 5 will hold its regular monthly meeting in the dining room York County hospital Newmarket Dr Margaret Ark- install guest speaker WEDNESDAY FEB 6 Sharon Womens Institute meeting at the home of Mrs Leonard Selby Speaker Miss Smythe Time pm Please note change time clw5 WEDNESDAY FEB 6wElection meeting of the Newmarket Drama Group in the town hall basement 8 pm All interested people are invited to attend WEDNESDAY FEB Mount Albert Womens Institute euchre and in community hall at pm Admission cents Lunch provided clw5 THURSDAY Newmar ket Cancer Group will meet for Work to pm in the Agri cultural room ord St New market The week of Feb to has been designated as Minor Hockey week in Newmarket Council approved the naming of this week in recognition of the close to volunteer workers who assist minor hockey in the town A resolution to authorize the action was introduced by Coun cillors George and George Knapton FRIDAY FEB Dance in Sharon hall sponsored by Sharon Home and School Assn York County Boys orchestra Cafe teria lunch Admission 50c Everyone welcome c2wl THURSDAY FEB 14 Valentine tea and bake sale St Pauls hall sponsored by Even- rtg and Ladies Auxiliary of St Pauls Scout group cr1w4 WEDNESDAY FEB 27 Spag hetti supper in the basement of St Johns school sponsored by the CWL c4w5 MONDAY NIGHT during Feb ruary at Farm Forum in Sharon hall Topic report of the Gordon Commission and how it wil affect the farmer Refreshments Everyone invited clw5 EVERY SATURDAY evening bingo in the Legion hall Stoufi- ville under the auspices of the Canadian Legion Branch at 8 pm sharp Jackpot special games door prizes Admission 50c Everybody welcome Christian Youth Centre west of Rea sonable rates for Young Peoples Groups wedding receptions and banquets Skating parties on appointment Phone Fred Alsop Stouffville DANCING in Bond Head com munity hall every Saturday night Leo orchestra Admission TV viewers who watched Tues day nights presentation of Ex plorations over CBLT were treated to some rural scenes from Holland Landing Approxi mately five minutes of the film was shot at the farm of Albert Wilton old St It showed the barn and geese and other scenes from the farm for this hour show was Ted Pope of Holland Landing Mr Pope formerly produced the halfhour daily show Open House but this season will do one show a month on the Explorations series No further report has been re ceived from the Ontario Water Resources commission regarding the building of a sewage dis posal plant for the town The commission has acknowledged past correspondence from the town on this matter and has in dicated it will consider Newmar kets requests soon Penny ante Indian giving was the label placed by Council lor Gladstone on an ac tion advocated by Reeve at the January meeting of town council Mr and Councillor George introduced a mo tion recommending that six building permits be withheld for Sobel and Mitchell until a drain age problem has been corrected in their development at the eastern extension of Grace St The motion was tabled for one week No Approval Mr Wrightman reviewed the Aurora To Try To Establish Branch Of Chamber In Newmarket Newmarket may have a junior chamber of commerce by April if delegates from the Aurora chamber meet with success in their organizing efforts here On Tuesday night six from Aurora met with interested young men in Newmarket to discuss the possibility of establishing a simi lar group in town Headed by Aurora President George Wilkinson the group in eluded Doug Harrison the imme diate past president Don Kitcly also a past president Bud Gilbert external vicepresident Doug Fi sher who is vicepresident in the national organization and a candi date for the next national presi dency and Gordon Lee secretary of the Aurora branch The Aurora group has been working on the establishment of a chamber here for the past year Spade work in Newmarket was carried out by Jack McCarnan who attended the Aurora Jaycees public speaking course and has been present at several of their dinner meetings It looks good so far com mented President Wilkinson At the next meeting which will be held in the town hall Wednesday evening Feb a temporary chairman and an organizational committee will be set up Two weeks later there will be a final organizational meeting to adopt a constitution and elect officers If all proceeds according to plan the charter will be presented about April Speakers from the Aurora group stressed that it was a young mans organization with members between and 35 years of age and that it was not a service club case which came to public atten tion late in when a building program on a former section of Andrew Watson farm was without approval for a residential subdi vision At that time it was ex plained that a plan had been put on the property many years ago and so this development was not a subdivision A subdivision control bylaw was passed by council This re quired application for approval TO BUILD GAS STATION AT CORNER Imperial Oil plans to build a onebay service station at the corner of Eagle St and Yonge St Newmarket The station will be constructed where an old burnedout residence was de molished last week The com pany has let the tender for im mediate construction by Mat- speck Construction Toronto that it was not the duty of councillors to stand by their own convictions but to represent the ratepayers of Newmarket He said there were 260 names on the petitions presented at council meeting opposing liquor for the town That is or per cent of the votes at the last election The discussion on the petition versus a resolution by council was best expounded in the edi torial in last weeks Era and Ex press he added Each member of council should vote in what ever way he feels the people of Newmarket would want him to vote concluded Mr Councillor Gladstone who was absent from last weeks meeting when the original discus sion arose said he favored resolu tion by council as the voting is entirely secret That is the com pletely democratic way of handl ing the question he said for you have a a m ballot when you have a petition Wont Show Feelings It seems that those who want liquor are afraid to come out and show their feelings commented DeputyReeve Violet on I never took a drink and never will she added relating her experience as a Sunday school teacher and church worker There has been a lot of talk about a liquor store and brewers warehouse bringing business to Newmarket Mrs MacNaughton said It is a well known and es tablished fact that Newmarket is one of the most prosperous towns in the province of Ontario It would be a terrible thing if we have to sacrifice our young people or put temptation in the way of those who are not strong willed to bring business to town she said Get It Settled Councillor asked was not necessary and it should not be necessary for them to council to call for a plebis cite dont want liquor in the town If this resolution Is passed shall go into the booth and vote against having a liquor More and brewers warehouse in town but I say lets have the vote and get it settled he argued I was brought up In a home where family prayers and Bible reading were a daily practice said the reeve I respect temper ance but I feel this Is a question for the people to settle If per cent of the voters had signed a petition council could do nothing but authorize a plebiscite even if members of the clergy were coun cillors In this vote council is not saying we should have liquor in the town What it is doing is submitting it to the people or them to decide I was elected to go by the wishes of people I am anxious to get this question settled and to let the people of the town decide what they want I will vote to hold a plebiscite in Newmarket but when go into the polling booth I against liquor in Newmarket he explained Against Plebiscite I dont think as far as con sumption is concerned it will make much difference if we have these outlets in the town said the mayor Bradford Is only minutes drive away But I find myself more in sympathy with Mr Choppins views I must vote tonight not so much by my own inclination as by what I feel the people want me to do My first duty is to the people who put me here and I feel they would expect me to support the temper ance side I feel the plebiscite will be a useless expense added Mr Gladman A recorded vote was called for by the mayor Voting in favor of a plebiscite being held In town were Reeve Council lors Kent and Opposing the motion were the mayor Mrs Mac- Patrick To Be Honored At Flyers Game Here On Feb 7 How many people petitioned and Councillors Chop- council to raise its salary That pin and a j Bill and Danny Patrick graduates of Newmarket and Au- on alt future development hockey systems will such areas where old plans ex- honored at presentation cere- ist Since it could not be made retroactive the new bylaw had no bearing on applications for building permits prior to the dale on which it was passed council explained at that time No Work No Permits Mr Wrightman outlined the work that should be done in the area by the and said that council had agreed to issue the six building permits if and when the work was done It has not been done so no building permits should be issued he ar gued Problems in the area included the connection a road with Davis Drive so that the ditch was filled in on Davis Drive No culvert has been placed there and in the recent thaw the wa ter filled the ditch on the east side of this road flooding over the road and down into Tena- loading dock where there was two feet of water Mr explained Watercourse Altered A natural watercourse has been altered It now ends at the property line of and Mit chell and in the thaw and run off a few weeks ago the water backed up on the Rollings and Rank properties adjoining it he added Mr Wrightman told council that he had taken it on himself to hold up the issuing of the building permits until the mat ter could come before council I ask council not to endorse Continued on Page 2 Col A tribute was paid to a loyal worker of St Pauls Anglican church when the Vestry meeting was held on Tuesday night A suitably engraved prayer and hymn book was presented to Mr Frank Keats Flowers were giv- en bul a Primarily Mr Keats or Shorty as he training of young men for monies to be held here February 7 The presentations will be made between periods of an exhibition game that will bring flap Emms Flyers here to play New market Smoke Rings The pee- wee all stars will also display their hockey skill in a game be tween periods The presentations will be part of the ceremonies marking Min or Hockey Week in Newmarket At Mondays regular council scs- Resignation Refused Will Stay On Committee Councillor George re signation from the Newmarket Centennial committee was not ac cepted when presented to council on Monday night The resignation was prompted by a misunderstanding of what Mr duties were to be on the committee and the matter was referred to the mayor to correct It was explained that the two council representatives George Knapton and Mr were placed on the finance committee when they attended the general meeting of the centennial comm ittee last Thursday Neither felt qualified to act as treasurer for this years celebrations and said they would prefer work on the sports or some other committee The mayor said their primary responsibility lay in the publicat ion of the towns official history It is being written by Mrs John Trewhclla sion the town fathers passed a re solution authorizing His Worship M Gladman to officially de clare February as Minor Hockey Week in Newmarket This move is in line with simi lar resolutions passed by other towns and cities across Canada The main idea of the week is to pay tribute to the men and wo men working unstmtingly to pro vide hockey for our youth Complete plans on the Febru ary 7 ceremonies will appear in next weeks Era and Express Meanwhile make a date to attend this outstanding event High School Players Seeking Old Costumes The Newmarket High School Drama Society requires nine century costumes and Vic torian furniture to successfully present the play entitled Little Foxes by Lillian This play is now being prepared under the direction of Mr Wil liam Elliott English teacher on the Newmarket High school staff and will be presented in the High School Auditorium on February 28 and March Anyone wishing to loan any of the above articles is urged to com municate with Elgin Toole at 6877 or Maureen West at Arrangements will be made for delivery and return and the ut most care in handling is promised Protest Interference With Water Course In Grace Street A delegation of property own- and Mr Rank have maintained is known affectionately to the majority of St Pauls congrega tion for many years has given faithful service to his church Whenever volunteer workers were needed he was there to help Always cheerful and will ing his contributions in time and labor have aided the renovation work at the church and through these physical developments the spiritual growth of the youn g business and in leadership in government While Aurora carried on projects of town beautif traffic safety and getting out the vote they have also had courses for members on public speaking business administration and lead ership training The group hopes that all young men in the town who are inter ested in this project will be pre sent at the next Appeal Filed By A Armstrong On Local Firms Assessment The assessment of the Name of owner spelled Office Specialty Manufacturing correctly in roll Co No on the Newmarket 2 Lands herein not described Assessment Roll has been ap- in roll as required pealed by Arleigh Armstrong 3 Lands not separately appeal was filed within in roll 10day extension period author- 4 Lands exempt from business by the Court of Revision on tax not described in roll Monday Jan 21 Lands in St Andrew Ward not entered in roll for that ward A copy of the appeal follows Required affidavit not the Clerk to roll for St Andrews Take notice that I hereby peal from the assessment made Required affidavit not at under the abovementioned Roll to roll for St Georges Number for the following reaWard sons Assessed values are too low ers from the SunnyhUIs VLA subdivision appeared before council on Monday night to pro test the altering of a water course at the eastern extension of Grace St on a former section of Andrew Watson farm Appearing for the director of the Veterans Land Act was Mr Arthur Lloyd Mrs Ernest Rank addressed council Mrs Rank asked council if the town had accepted the develop ment on the Grace St extension as a subdivision and was told that it had She said the water course which has been altered had existed there for over years Mrs Rank explained that the natural watercourse runs from the Watson farm crossing the rear of the Rollings and Rank properties on Queen St and through this area of new devel opment down Grace St A house has been built over this natural watercourse so that last summer the water lay on their property and they were unable to have a garden Mrs Rank said Mr Lloyd reviewed the past good relations which the VLA has enjoyed with the town He reminded council that the VLA had retained a onefoot reserve at the eastern end of Grace St but had turned it over to the town so that the street could be extended for this new develop ment He told council that veterans established In the Sunnyhills subdivision had done much work to look after the drainage of the lands in the area Mr Rollings a ditch across the rear of their properties as a link with the watercourse on the upper section on the Watson farm and its con tinuation down Grace St Veter ans on Grace St have maintain ed similar ditches he said The Veterans Land Act is con cerned for these properties on Grace and Queen Sts Mr Lloyd added They do not want to see the value of these properties lowered because natural water courses have been altered Four houses have been built on the south side of Grace St by Mr Fred Mrs Rank told the Era and Express after the meeting Before the most easterly one was started only the stakes had been placed Mr Rank went to the reeve and the former town engineer to see if a building permit was going to be issued for a house in that loca tion on top of the natural wa tercourse Both Mr Wrightman and Mr Bosworth visited the site Mrs Rank said The engineer said that no none could alter a na tural watercourse in that way and no building permit issued week the basement wa started on the house but it is still empty Mrs Rank added Two more houses are planned for the south side of Grace St extension Building permits have been requested for these by Sobel and Mitchell and Mrs Rank appeared before council to request that these withheld until the problem is corrected