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jump was a cinch for Jim Elder of Aurora Mr Elder pari of the equestrian team which brought home Canadas only gold medal from the Olympic Games was competing in the Aurora Horse Show when this picture was taken Canadas gold medalists get apathetic welcome TORONTO Canadas only Olympic gold medalist came home Monday night to a cold windswept airport bereft of welcoming Can- Jim Day of King City Jim El der of Aurora and Tom of were arriving from Mexico City where in an incredible windup to the Olympic Games they won Can adas only gold medal the honor mast Canadians had given up expect ing this year The equestrians win had 100- spectators going wild for the Can trying to tight cigarettes at the filter lip end It had the Can adian ambassador rushing to the teams suite with champagne It bad Toronto Mayor llennison promising Rut ii Most of the officials of Can- Olympic contingent including president Howard Radford had left for Canada before the equestrian event even started The gold medalists were pretty bitter about it when they arrived at Malton We part of the acker room s told a re- The three won the Cold medal in Grand I jumping i penalty point the runnerup the Can ad- on a sixyearold Hay The Inl migrant Mr Day ro Club and Mr rode Jtig an he for sum fro m the Fort Lack of money may have worked unexpectedly to the of the Canadian it wasnt realized at the time The organizers had to take age of cheaper air rates and sent the horses to Mexico five weeks in ad- vance enabling the animals to be- come acclimatized to the high The equestrian championship was achieved against all forecasts and denigration of the sport by Olym- pic Association President Howard Radford I After the win a pleased Denis manager of the Canadian equestrians said Before the com- petition stalled Id have settled for fifth or sixth place This is the first time a Canadian trio has ever rid- den in the Grand Prix in the The riders all derided Mr Radford a Montreal Lawyer who did i not stay to see them win He flew home Saturday Mr Day who sells cars in Newmarket was particularly bitter i Radford told me last week that rid- i ing isnt demanding But 1 couldnt i expect him to say anything else I guess Re couldnt even organize us to march properly in the opening par- Mr Gayford a Ray Street broker tempered his younger col- leagues criticism Were disop- Minted that we didnt get more sup- port from the top Radford might at least have stuck around to wish us Mr Radford said later in didnt intend any slight Mexico City early Re said won four other swimming Tanner obtained two silvers in ml 200metre backstroke i Italph of Ocean got one in the Dry supporters organize campaign NEWMARKET People op posing public drinking places in Newmar ket have forged themselves into an of ficial opposition group But theyre keep ing their activities under wraps so far The antihooze group Friday re fused to allow The Era to cover an or ganization meeting at the Christian Bap tist Church Sunday Rev Victor Hall president of the vote no group and Mrs Kemp manager said Sundays meeting was held to elect committees to organize the fight against the Dec plebiscite on liq uor Attendance at an earlier meeting was poorer than expected both said but neither would estimate how many pea- Mrs Kemp at first gave per mission then after it over decided to refuse admission to an Era reporter at Sundays meeting The group wanted to organize before it had any publicity she said The vote yes supporters are even further behind in their organiza tional efforts Monday was the last day that a group representing either side could register with the town clerk and re ceive permission to have its agents pre sent at the ballot counting Town Clerk Grant Blight said he received only one registration from the vote no group by the deadline The liquor plebiscite came about after a request from the Compass Res taurant Chris Saunders restaurant own er asked for a plebiscite on dining loun ges but Newmarket Council went five belter and granted permission for a plebiscite Mr Saunders said Friday he was aware that Monday was the deadline for groups wanting official recognition but people favoring the plebiscite had not been able to organize in time How ever efforts arc being made to band to gether Newmarket restaurant operators before the vote Mrs Kemp manager of the vote no group said her group is not dis couraged by votes which turned other I believe it voting no is the the establishment of pubs for the establishment of pubs for establishment of dining loun ges selling liquor establishment of cocktail ERA PAGES VOL 117 NO II 10 CENTS Aurora NEWMARKET AURORA KESWICK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1968 Keswick 300 jam council chambers URBAN PLEBISCITE DEMANDED NEWMARKET Urban Renew al in Newmarket has at least accom plished one thing it packed the coun cil chambers with an estimated rate payers for a council meet probably the most for years to attend a regular coun cil session Council in Committee of the Whole under the chairmanship of Mrs Mary considered routine business until the time for delegations when they were presented with a brief by Mr Alex Eves who represented the of Town Council The issue of Urban Renewal concerns the residents of Newmar ket and the community as a whole sidewalks education etc Add to this the cost of Urban Renewal and our homes will be taxed so high it will not be reasonable to own them Rents will soar even higher The Main Street merchants will sutler twofold when their properties are expropriated the means by which they make their living will be taken them and they will also have to pay for Urban Renewal through the taxes on their homes The present Urban Renewal project involves loo large an expendi ng spending hood away without any decision on their part and then imposing the cost upon the people smacks of dictator ship For the past four years no building permits for major repairs to he Main Street were approved Any business man or owner who to rejuvenate his premises Was not allowed to do so Many merchants and tenants on Main Street have agreed to work out a program of rejuvenation of downtown Newmarket as a private venture They will cooperate with the Town Council and the Provincial Government with any reasonable plan but they do wish to retain own ership of their buildings We feel that the taxpayers cannot afford to pay for Urban Re newal as presently proposed and the either Is too big an expense for a small town like Newmarket We ask for plebiscite to settle the issue for or against Urban Renewal The first councillor to reply to la Mr little deeper ir statement that In I taxpayer about thh can be proved then I Tor one wilt join with this group we have had other meetings lately and this council still has no answer on the question ol Just where these figures are substantiated You have mentioned mother plan perhaps by Ihe merchants and other interests but we still cannot fathom how you can come up with this and we have no details when our consultants took over 18 months of study to come up with what they have shown on IK Launch plans for 12 community centre for finishing third NEWMARKET Preliminary plans for the erection of a Com munity Centre for Newmarket were laun ched at a meeting of interested citizens in Ihe Town Hall last Wednesday night hut the launching was not without some rough waves and the boat rocked a few times before the decision to go ahead wai finally made Hon was chairman for the meeting and he told the audience about sons that the need for a for the in A wft group nineteen hundred hours corner of a broad nit every house fill Monkshood frc riere any conclusion but the project enough tit raise this kind of money through total Involvement of all four children to contribute on the basis of about 50 per person which Is the tentative amount required from each of the estimated 10000 people in Ncwmar- some of Ihe suggested event which could lake place during February Mr suggested that Feb fiia he designated as Canvass Week with an drive to could be Community Centre Month a fun month in all respects with total involvement from nil sections of the community Clare Salisbury tuld meeting that the town had some property In mind to donate as a land and later In the meet- said he did not think would be any deuces in letting them know that the site In question was about acres at the southern end of Fairy Lake Answering a question Mr Fogg to be hired Committee would be able to handle most of the ad ministration work One of the audience questioned the future of the Peter Gorman Pool anil it could he incorporated into the plans but he was told that the proposed Urban Renewal Scheme would Include other for this area One member the audience the p felt I they enough this parity The present plans call for tenders to be lei in March building to commence In May and the centre opened In the Fall of 1969 Mr answered that the question of time had been discussed But longer a thing of this nature is drag ged out the less the public arc and we do feel that if you can keep up the enthusiasm and drive the incen tive will be there I suggest that we are going right overboard and duplicating when we talk of a half million for this type of thing said one member of the audience we already have gymnasiums in most of the schools and also auditoriums with socalled total involvement of the public these could be surely put to better right to make use of these facilities Hut we arc being told that this would be a community centre for all groups from the young people to sen ior citizens but all 1 can visualize Is a glorified Spot glorified Toronto has many of these hut they have itttle to keep the young people the streets as Tar can read from press reports Mr A director of the for mer Spot on St he was happy that the representative group in the hall had voted to proceed with plans for a Community Centre The Spat was intended to get those young people off the street said Mr and it did just that we were happy that we were able to contri bute what we did toward this problem and we did it with dedicated help Members of the audience were given sheets containing suggested forms of committees and they were asked to submit their names if they were interes ted in any special committee The Total Involvement Commu te will be the central committee and at the start there will be a Special Events Committee Pledge a Building Committee and an Advertising Committee It was alio suggested that other surrounding municipalities should be taken Into consideration and should be Included In both drive tor funds and active participation in he facilities of Mayor Drew assured the audience that Newmarket Council would advice they would be happy to any groups or individuals Before the meeting adjourned Ron was named chairman of the Toal Involvement Committee and he FROM SAN Dear WORKSHOP I October Girls are you all We are cer tainly busy tip here at the North Pole No has a minute tu spare Al my elves bring down I hope youre being good these days and arent going to wait until jus wetk or so before Christmas to start to behave yourself Ive been keeping very close watch this year and there are so many of yon being good I hope we have enough toys to go around Well must go one of my silly Oh Gracious theres always something to do Watch for a letter next week SANTA