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East Gwillimbury Parents Complain Of John Brown 3 NEWMARKET Residents of East Gwil Heights met with township council and school board last night to complain about the intrusion of homes for emotionally dis turbed children in their subdivision The meeting at Maple Leaf Public School following complaints from r I children Neighbors of this Brown Camp home on Sheldon Ave say that the children are just like any other neighbors Where Oh Where Does School Board Meet i- y I Ratepayers in the Township of Whitchurch who turned out Monday night to find some of the answers to questions on the operation of the Whit church Township Area School Board found that their biggest task of the evening was to find the school board A regular meeting of the board had been planned to be held at the home of John secretary of the board who resides the Lake Road Two members of the Board Baker awl Norman Mr two mem- tors of the press and about half a dozen ratepayers finally ended up In a classroom at Public School where It was de cided that due to the lack of sufficient mem- tors the meeting would have to be post poned until Monday July 24 members of the board are Mor ris Smith chairman Mrs Irene Bacon who previously signified that she would be un able to attend and Wesley who turned up early for the meeting scheduled for Mr home but developed car trouble after the members had left for School and was unable to get any further Members of the board have been facing complaints from some ratepayers who charge among other things that the board falls to conduct its meetings In accordance with regular procedure in that no minutes of previous meetings have been read for many weeks PUBLIC AND PRESS Mrs Lillian McAdam of Pine Orchard who attended Ike Monday night meeting sUted that the board appeared to resent the presence of the public or press and considered meetings held mostly at the borne of the secretary Mr lacked most of the procedure required at any formal meeting Mr Wesley a mem- tor of the School Board and Mrs Irene Ha- con another member are both opposed to the proposed erection of a senior public school on a site on the 7lh Concession about and half miles south of on the grounds that it will cause hardship to bath children who will have to to trans ported long distances by bus and by the ratepayers who Hill have to bear heavy added cost In transportation and construc tion Mr Is chairman of the boards Transportation Committee He was at home and ho feels that the proposed site Is neither geographically lo cated In the right place or will it be econ omical It Is suggested that the proposed school be a senior public school to accommodate tirades 7 and said Mr at the present time we have about 290 students In the township in this category and It would take three or four extra busses to transport them feel that this action would penalize the residents of the township In that the pro posed school woud be only a short distance from eastern border of the township CENTRAL SITE Two years ago the school board Were negotiating for a arte on the Concession which is a County Road and this would have been far more central and we would have had a cleared county road all the time In the case of the present plan the township council would give no assurance that they would accept the responsibility for the road conditions Mrs Bacon and myself both voted against the present plan Speaking of the lack of reading minutes Mr said I have no quarrel or disagreement with the board if Im beaten on a majority vote but I feel that the rate payers are entitled to know Just how mem bers of the board do vote and without min utes this is impossible i0 Flooded Farms Seek Aid BRADFORD Ontario formers decided Friday to ask Queens to declare parts of York and counties as a disaster area The Ontario Federation of will seek the Introduction of a voluntary government Insurance plan covering nil crops At- present only coverage on groin Is available through a scheme Implemented some months ago covering winter wheat and other grain crops This move follows a series of meetings held by formers to assess rain damage to crops when It was decided some asslsstaneo from the provincial government fihould be sought At the meeting held last Monday at New market attended by many growers from the Holland Marsh and farmers from the northern part of York County Federation representative David Crone suggested loan from the province might cover seed and fertilizer losses The Federation of Agriculture wants in loans and cash allowances to cover this seasons losses federal government will bo also asked for aid Some farmers in county had re ported losses of 300 arret of potatoes rep resenting To the south in Holland Marsh conditions had been worse as Hooded lands made seeding weeding and Farmers In York county encountered se vere losses In hay crops Because of ex tremely wet land some farmers hail bring in feed for cattle The addition of the Brown Camp chil dren will cause a strain on existing school faculties The strain will be so great lhat two Grade classes will have to be transported by bus each day to a school at River Drive Parity six miles away That this transportation of children causes unnecessary hardship to both children and parents Some parents have driven their chil dren to and from school last year because children from Brown Camp homes had beaten them and tossed one girl into a ditch The parents also charged that the Brown Camp homes were supervised by teenage counsellors who bad as many as six emo tionally children in their care Hie Brown Camp homes are operated by John Brown who was fired as director of Home for Emotionally Disturb ed Children last year East Heights residents say he has purchased homes in the subdivi sion two in Newmarket and one In Aurora His main treatment centre is at Oak Ridges and he operates summer camps in Muskoka and Hallburton Mr Brown receives per day per child for each Childrens Aid Society ward In his care home has four children supervised by one or two counsellorhousekeepers Walter director of residential treatment for Brown Camps said that par ents worries about school overcrowding are unfounded His statement echoed by Stephen Lewis national director of Brown Camps who point ed out that one or two of the houses will be used accommodate offduty counsellors The remaining eight houses will have children In them Out of that number only onequarter or onethird will attend an East Township public school That means only eight or children will be attending a public school the re maining receiving their education at Oak Ridges said Mry Lewis East Heights residents claim that the children arc noisy and are not properly supervised They say that cars arc pulling up in front of Brown Camp homes at all hours of day and night They claim If the Provincial Gov ernment can afford to pay Brown Camps per child per day then the govern ment can afford to pay for the education of these emotionally disturbed children Richardson director of Metro CAS commented that reaction of East Heights residents is typical Any time we try to place a group of children In a community then complaint Is that their property will depreciate and school costs will be raised He said that paid to Brown Camps is low Two hospitals for emotionally disturbed children at and Lon don charges 55 and respectively Boys Village In Toronto charges per child per day lie said per diem cost of caring for emotionally disturbed children across the province averages between and The Metro CAS Li satisfied with the enro Brown Camp children are receiving said Mr Garfield Wright said that Brown Camp homes arc breaking no zon ing bylaws and as long as conformed to health and safety requirements they could Neighbors of this Brown Camp home on SeatORM Ave say that there has many six children and dogs living in it YoungDavis Dr KING TOWNSHIP A residential and commercial development proposed some live years ago has been revived develop involves acres of the Grassland Get No Help Letters from several home owners read council meeting Mon day night expressed displeasure at condi tions resulting from flooding of properlles Milne Road complained of clay washing down oh his properly from an embankment at rear of the house He said he hod waited seven years for measure to correct this erosion and asked when sidewalks and sewers would be available for that area A letter from York County Health Unit stated that some of people hove a legi timate complaint Their action stemmed from a complaint sent to them from resi dence of Glass Drive on area badly flooded few weeks ago A letter sent by council to John P asking thai the province provide somo financial resulted In negative reply An added note from Wilfred minister of Municipal Affairs no would be available property at St and Davis Dr Halgor Investments Ltd Toronto pre sented a new draft plan of the proposed de velopment comprising single family dwellings semidetached units and some commercial frontage King Township Planning Board will hold a meeting with council and the school board to discuss the proposal Gordon Cook said the alter was too premature to comment said that it was understood the type of commercial devel opment the two main roads would not be a rt fc Phone Booths Looted JACKSONS POINT Six public tele- phono booths were broken Into early Monday morning and a quantity of coins taken Two were in Jacksons Point and four located on Highway druggist heard noises at the front of his store at am and called Sutton police Two youths drove away towards the provincial park on a motorcycle and Con stable radioed Georglna police The motorcycle skidded near the park en trance and Herbert London Cameron Street Toronto was charged with theft other youth ran off into a heavily wooded area and escaped Police recovered more than la silver rfc A G h Pollution Curb Vandalism On Main St Swimming areas along south shore of Lake Slmcoo affected by pollution duo to recent rainstorms have been given clean bill of health Dr 11 Page MOH for York County said water token at the weekend had shown lake was back to normal and signs posted at various beaches prohibiting swimming had been removed Monday About miles of shoreline from Cooks Hay to Sutton hod been affected and York County Health Unit had ordered It closed to swimmers Merchant Urges j V A crash at the and Don Mills Road teak lives of a grandmother and two children and teenager week The four victims all residents of Metro Toronto were killed instantly Don Mills Road was blocked off by police for four hours to police to remove the wreckage v s ONE farmers may a bid to cl their compatriots across Canada to unite on one powerful farmers organisation In stead of having many associations now In Members of Ontario Federation of Agriculture to discuss plain aimed at producing a better deal for farmers a meeting set for August This move follows acceptance of on em motion presented at the on Thursday and results largely from mas sive demonstration by formers at Ottawa Inst month motion also provided that should bear the expense of forming a com mittee lo suggest structure finance and membership of a single farm at federal and provincial levels also that the Ontario Farmers Union be invited to share the cost NKWMARKKT A Main St has demanded Newmarket Council take some progressive and concrete to curb vandalism William J V Mend president Central Office Supplies and Services Ltd In let to council said his firm has to replace broken window repair Iho roof of one of his trucks repair a broken to another truck and ho found fireworks smouldering on floor of his store after they had been placed under door Mr Mead said that ho told police about bottles of every description being broken around his 206 Main St building He that ho has found beer bottles nop hollies arid bits of paper at his front door He felt that tho examples ho and the annoyance of persons loitering and us ing foul language has brought him to conclusion that council is not aware of what Six Towns In Humane Society Contracts to provide Animal Control Services for tho townships of Whitchurch King West and Iho towns of and Aurora have been concluded by the Ontario Society wllh appropriate muni cipalities Under those contracts tho Society will build on Animal Shelter In the Aurora area to service the northern part of York County The program will become effective Janu ary Three Animal Wardens will be employed under the supervision of an In spectorManager In Intervening period ie July to December enter utile at gciiey service is being provided for town the trophy hea of Newmarket only led his to the To provldo emergency service in the Newmarket Aurora District Society has leased space In Ken- Minor Soccer Tyke nets at Don Milts Road and Vandorf Stray Aurora Saturday The and unwanted animals picked up In the town schoolboy his teammates defeat Newmarket only will be taken to thoso teams from Aurora Kettltby kennels and held for4B hours not including to win the trophy Photo V