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1 A Bit Colder CENTS AURORA Temp average to be between rain or snow PATENT INFRINGEMENT IceMaking Machine Costs Another 2000 tN -t- Newmarket Plaza Merchants Association have asked Mayor Drew to hold a meeting of representatives of council Main Street merchants and themselves in an effort In discuss with a view to updating governing closing hours A resolution to amend the present store closing bylaw received no support from Newmarket Town Council members Monday night No member voted for the amendment which would allow stores in the Newmarket plaza In open until pm on the Wednesday preceding a Thursday or Friday holiday resolution was brought to the floor at Ihe last meeting of council to allow members obtain a consensus of opinion of the merchants on the Main St It had been submitted by Councillors Broadbent and Holland for this purpose following a letter received from Joseph and Associ ates of Oshawa representing the Plaza merchants ami requesting the change Councillor Tom stated that he had been asked to contact merchants in the downtown area hut had not been required to go far did not have to ask one said Mr As soon as the matter was re leased In press 1 received many tele phone calls In fail two of from mer chants In the Plaza All these calls were against this opening time The downtown storekeepers do not con cur this suggestion a check will show that the only statutory holiday this year in this category would be Good Friday so this means merely one extra night open during the year lack Fisher manager of Kellers Stores in the Plaza was a member of the audience ai Monday nights council meeting and he was asked the viewpoint of the merchants there Mr Fisher stated that a meeting had been called last Thursday and that all mem- of the Plaza Merchants Association were in favor of the proposed Wednesday opening plan Councillor told council that a large percentage of stores in the were chain or multiple owned and therefore took little notice of the town The Icesurfacing ma chine now in use at Arena will cost the town another extra to avoid costly legal tangles involving infringement of patent Councillor Tom Surgconer gave a resume of the leading up to the presentation of a bylaw Monday night authorizing the 1 NineMan Industrial Board Approved agreement with an Ottawa solicitor acting for the Company of the United States The agreement would absolve the town Newmarket and other towns which had chased a similar machine from legal action arising from infringement of patent Mr Surgconer said thai the town had purchased the machine in after viewing others at Bradford and purchase price of the machine was and patent rights were supposed lo not be infringed if the town purchased Ihe parti arid the seller assembled them before de- livery I The Foard of Industrial De velopment of the of Aurora came into being Monday night when council approved formation of such a body and made appointments Mayor Clarence Davis Jim Murray and Councillor Dick will represent council Ed the Aurora Chamber of Commerce The other member lo serve until December is Gary Many other towns had bought these chines under the same terms and had sine- received a similar letter from the solicitors concerned Depending on the time of chase and subsequent use these other lown would have to pay according to this schedule The original machine patented by Co was listed The mentioned in Ihe bylaw will be charged lo the Arena account iM This lineup of senior members of Newmarket Staling of of Our Town On Ice be presented ill Newmarket arena on March and IS They arc rehearsing for Mod Line Dance in show Ringmaster llonnic Lucas takes her I urn on ice Theme of Ihe show is Ihe circus a Pickering Marks Anniversary Former students and teachers and special guests joined with present staff and student body at a luncheon at Pickering College Saturday to mark the anniversary the college and the official opening of the new dining hall An estimated 250 heard John W Holmes the practice of wearing heavy beards for a great misunderstanding We cannot build a strong country unless we understand its foundation and in this lies the need to understand different points of view as projected by those of English French and other European extraction It is unfortunate he said that far ton former diplomat speak of Canada and the Canadians real fortunate we are outlook ahead for young Canadians n W J remember that success does not come from We should get rid of the illusion thai uniformity alone The way to unity is Canada is a young country for the political and cultural roots began many years ago in Great and France Canada is a respectable old lady of he said Mr Holmes pointed out that while was common to consider the Fathers of Confed eration as older men were all actually young men In a facetious vein he blamed way of love for one another Sec Page Aurora Happy With Ambulance AUHOHA Council expressed satisfac tion with the ambulance service provided Aurora by Caryl Services of Newmarket Monday night when Hay Twinney asked council to approve a subsidy of per year retroactive to January Newmarket Isnt Newmarket Town Conn- ell members are tentatively in favor of a York County system of ambulance service rather the present system of each municipality subsidizing its own This was revealed when Wilson representing Caryl Services requested the of council for a county service Council agreed in principle to the of ambulance operator who gave council a resume of the operation of the service during The company now has one new ambulance which Is fully equipped according to Mr Inlet council calls had hern made in Aurora In total bill ings but only paid He described the new ambulance purch ased recently saying it conformed with the new regulations under the Ambulance Serv ices Act was built to accommodate up to three stretchers had twoway radio and a public address system for use control crowds at the scene of an accident Value of the now vehicle is in excess of Mr said other two vehicles would he brought up to the required speci fications soon Mr Twinney approached council for sup port for a county ambulance serv ice rather individual municipality port but was told by Deputy Jack Williamson that county council hail pre pared the budget and such a proposal would have to he worked on for next year As an alternative to a county sub sidy Mr said it would be necessary standards set by new Amulancc Services in have individual support with Aurora and Act and also two other vehicles which could Newmarket approving a subsidy of be brought up to standard if funds were each and Gwillimhury Whitchurch available King each contributing Crippled Children Campaign With about days In the Crippled Childrens Campaign In Newmarket and Aurora has halfway mark toward its objective The money will be used to help In Hie New- market Aurora area ready the Aurora Club bus made arrange ments to send a child to summer camp while the Newmarket Club Is buying a wheelchair A total of 1750 has been raised to date In Aurora and In HUT more Mill needed If every child In area Is to he for 1 In New market send your to the Newmarket Moris Club Newmarket In Aurora the Aurora Ions Club Aurora Help Newmarket i Aurora -T- i Budget Up The Aurora Com mittee represented by William and Buchanan presented a report and proposed budget for council Monday night The report pnlnled out the success of the recreational program as a whole stressing the number of activities and the fact that the swimming pout had Its best financial year since It opened The delegation Indicated thai the pro posed budget would total 40135 as against the proposed amount of Actual revenue last year amounted lo 2631017 Stress was placed on need for uni forms an Instrument and music for the town baud at an estimated cost of si sin Tills amount would he additional to Ihe bud get total submitted Exploratory tests determine the amount of repairs necessary the swim ming pool also the need for a new called for a further amount of Air questioned the suggested nightly charge of for the use of the audi torium and crafi rooms in new commun ity centre This extra cost he said was not included in proposed budget and if Committee had to curtail some of the activities they undoubtedly would be open to criticism He was assured that the nightly fee had been established for everyone wishing to use the facilities but towns grant structure would offset this cost The report and budget was referred finance committee of council for study Education Tax Limit Looms can assure mem bers of the Consultative Committee on Edu cation that ratepayers in Ibis County of have just about reached their limit in edu cation taxes and unless we arc able lo sup ply some of the answers on costs Vork County Council will still be unable to reach a firm decision on the future education plans said County Warden Floyd It Per kins Tuesday night When York County Coun cil members met in Committee of the Whole with the members of the Consultative Com mittee The Consultative Committee found them selves under fire from council members when a resume of Ihe Committee rcporl was given by School inspector Mr Mailman defined some of terms of the as he felt members should under stand this aspect of the report before pro ceeding with its detail The basis of the com mittee Is to advocate the establish ment of three Boards of Education In the County plus a Regional Board See EDUCATION Page J Four others appointed serve until De cember were Dan Henry Don and Buchanan The formation of the new board had been discussed at two previous meetings of coun cil Dispute regarding number to he appointed and the length of respective terms held up passing of the bylaw until Monday ji Hair Cut Once again eco nomic spiral of wages and costs takes a determined at community If you want to be a man or dls- JjfiT alter larch you will have to pay another cents for a haircut Barbers In Newmarket Aurora Oak and Bradford area voted unanimously at a meet ing on Thursday night to raise price of haircuts from Excessive costs wages and supplies were given as the reason for the Increase TORONTO A Holland man was sentenced to seven years Irl the penitentiary on Monday after he had pleaded guilty lo a charge of manslaughter following death of his commonlaw wife Wilfred Amos Vaughan pleaded guilty the reduced charge of manslaughter after he had been originally charged with non capital murder by Gwillimbury Police The body or Una Sweet H was found In the home of couple Holland tending on Aurora Orchard- r At 475000 Propose 18 Unit Lakefront Motel Expo Contest Winner Mrs Annie Kennedy St Aurora was last weeks winner of Trip To contest sponsored by area merch ants Mrs successfully unscram bled Frenchs Beauty Salon from among sponsoring merchants advertisements Mrs accompanied her winning entry with a sales slip from Kwmtes one of the participating busi nesses She now stands a chance of winning an paid trip for In Montreal this summer At last weeks of North Township Council con tractor presented his plans for the building of a motel The proposed motel will be built on north side of the Morion on the lake front and contain units The site will be feet by feet on Plan No In vicinity of Royal Hotel Council informed Mr proposed location would be with plan ning policy of Council but that sewage dis posal would bo a major concern anil subject In the approval of York County Health Unit Councils decision was deferred pending recommendations of York County Health Unit and a soil percolation test iJ A general estimate of assessment to he derived from the proposed shopping plaza in Aurora Orchards was exclusive of parking area but Councillors Dick and Buck failed to show enthusiasm Both were concerned thai proposed mall stores and other make the shopping centre were edge of lbs wedge leading an Increased demand for schools Mr Illingworth commented Iho centre Is a of bait leading to the building of a residential subdivision We have had three different proposals from Consolidated Building October May and now another this past week His recommendation that be invited to meet with council to explain heir plans was defeated In a recorded vote The original motion presented by Deputy tack Williamson thai be asked to proceed with final draft plans for ells approval carried by same vote Hodgson Wins But Martyn Will Be i Don who was defeated the York North Progressive Conservative candidate at Inst weeks riding convention promised be back as a can didate Hut In the meantime Mr will all his behind Bill Hodgson who won nomination on the first ballot Mr Hodgson a King Township farmer defeated Mr ami Crossland by an overwhelming margin Mr Hodgson polled nearly delegate votes to some for Mr Martyn and for Mr The meeting was held at Huron Heights Secondary and the more lhan In attendance made It the largest political meeting In the ridings history Cars were double parked outside and there was standing room only Inside The school auditorium was jammed so tightly Ihat many of the delegates sat on the stage See Page The crowd ever turn out for it lion meeting jammed the auditorium of Huron Heights Secondary- School Tuesday night when Hodgson Donald and Ernest sought the Potion of j i of Mrj Hodgwh from KlBgtoWMhlpArepul In full fore displaying placard