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Funds may dry up in 69 MP NEWMARKET York North MP John Roberts warned this week that Federal money may not be around for ever to assist municipalities with Ur ban Renewal Schemes He told The Era that the Fede ral Government has dropped the winter Works Program as an aid to municipali ties and said that the trend is to let pro vincial governments aid municipalities Mr Roberts said the Federal Government would eventually step out of the municipal aid picture Under present legislation the Federal Government pays per cent of an Urban Renewal Scheme the Provin cial Government per cent and the muni cipality per cent Mr Roberts said he cant un derstand why there is opposition to New markets Scheme Here is a chance for the Town Newmarket to get back for every S4 it spends on something that is absolu tely vital to the community It is simply ludicrous that there would be any opposition he said Mr Roberts said it is obvious that downtown Newmarket must be re vitalized He pointed out both the town and its outskirts are growing rapidly If the core isnt revitalized new shopping areas will spring up on the out skirts he said And the time to do it is now he said not wait several years before its too late and not wait until there was no Federal s THEERA Gayle Billings of Aurora gets an autograph from Hon Lester Pearson when he and his wife were guests at the Aurora United Church last week The church is currently celebrating its Mr Pearson spent several years of his youth in Aurora while his father The Rev Edwin Pearson was minister there from 19001903 Photo Former prime minister VOL 117 NO Newmarket Aurora NEWMARKET AURORA KESWICK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1968 Keswick Urban Renewal Scheme recoils Aurora changes COUNCIL TO VOTE NEXT MONDAY AURORA Former Prime Min- blessed with a parental heritage which I m I 111 I I AURORA Former Prime ister Lester Pearson recalled childhood triumphs and defeats Sunday at the Au rora church where his father once was Mr Pearson and his wife at tended a service marking the 150th an niversary or the Aurora United Church The former prime ministers father Ed win Pearson was minister there from 1900 to 1903 Old time residents of the town remember a young Lester with puckish grin striding from the old par sonage on Spruce St to hear bis father on a Sunday morning I remember my first Christmas here my first day of school and my first glimpse of the former King George and Queen Mary who were then Duke and Duchess of York Mr Pearson recalled My first punishment from my father came at that time my first lesson in conflict and in moral principles I was nth a parental heritage which happy human and good Mr Pearson said life had fewer when he lived in Aurora There fewer ulcers and also fewer and no nuclear bombs or pollution air or water and we had a respect for elders not so common nowadays good deal of the nostalgia NEWMARKET Town Clerk point Grant Blight was instructed by Monday night to prepare a resolution ask ing for adoption of the final report of the Urban Renewal Scheme as presented by Proctor and Bacon The resolution will be presented permanent type of landscaping would be started Council will have to obtain the approval of the two senior levels of go vernment as well as its own approval A bylaw would then have to be passed and submitted to the Ontario Municipal Board Actually two bylaws would be required one for the redevelopment area and the second for the redevelopment asked to ascertain from the solicitor as to the Municipal Board would ask for a public hearing as it does in failure has we feel for those days is false most tragic example of been mans inhumanity What we have to show are war casualties and changes be yond belief Tonight on TV the whole world can see in the living room blood confusion and violence yet we can still have faith and confidence in our young providing they do not lose the sense of moral purpose so necessary to carry on Mr Pearson was presented with a sketch of the church by Mrs Dorothy Clark an Aurora artist t the next regular whole i to adopt the i a meeting of Commit Municipal Offices Questioned as to allocation of costs in the event that the scheme fell through Mayor Drew Doak said that CMHC had already paid its per cent of the costs of the made by Bousfield and they would still pay for the Scheme County has second thoughts on education grant battle Two enter Newmarket race for school board temporary for about I NEWMARKET York County Council at its session last week sharp- battle with the Ontario Department of thoughts before the session deleted the declaration of from the report York Manor extension delayed twoway fight is shaping up for the Newmarket seat on the new York County School Board but district high school hoard chairman Wil liam Bales of Sharon may have a shooin for the East seat The two men who have an nounced their candidacies for the New market seat are former Newmarket town r November Dear Boys and Girls Good gracious time is really slipping by isnt it Do you know that when I looked at my calendar this morn ing I remembered that in only three weeks I will be coming to see all of you children in the Newmarket area We are so excited about the par ade I hope youll all come out that day Dont forget if its cold to put on councillor Tom Taylor and Newmarket public school board chairman Jack Had field Mr Taylor ran in the last provin cial election as a Liberal but failed to gain a seat in the Legislature Mr announced his can didacy at an open house party held last night at the Prince Charles Public School Mr Bales is the only announced candidate in East Gwillimbury to date NEWMARKET A 52 bed ex- York County Manor is sla ted for the future but it may be well in the future after York County Council listened to reports from the York Manor Committee last The report advised council that representatives of the county had been to Queen Park and discussed the proposed mister but FROM SANTAS WORKSHOP warm clothes its getting very chilly down that way I hear Of course we are always having snow up here so Mrs Santa is always sure to keep us warm all year So if mummy says to bundle up Im sure she knows best Golly better get washed before table the had advised them that funds available at this tine He told he dele gation that the DInctor of the Home for matlon to allow to make some com ments in the near The report laised the ire of War den Garfield Wrigh and many of the council members in that the county has already incurred a ttal of in ar chitects fees soil investigations and en gineering services A resolution was later brought before council and pissed that some di rection be obtained ram the department as to future plans for he care of the aged County Clerk Robert Vernon told council that he had received a communi cation that morning from the Depart ment of Social and Family Services which was dated in September The letter was in the form of a directive and requested a comprehensive area survey before any further consideration could be given to proposed extensions Warden Garfield Wright told council I would like this council go on record that we deplore the delay and frustration in this matter This plan was first started three years ago and all plans including the architects have been approved by the the need for the extension has been well estab lished and a study such as they ask for would cost the price of one of the rooms in the proposed building dated in September The bone of paragraph in the report the effect and application of Bill A new proposed Education Bill on County Reeve Brian Bailey Vaughan Township had presented his own report to the committee with statistical infor mation on the position of York County in comparison with other provincial coun ties and this report Indicated that York Countys increase in the Provincial Members agreed thai up to the time no grant structure had been I by the regarding the I per rage in J per cent York warden piped into retirement York County Commissioner Gordon Cook of King Township presented a silver tea service to retiring warden Garfield Wright Friday night An illuminated scroll and an engraved walking stick were also presented to the East reeve at the end of his wardens year The new warden will he chosen in January Ted Leonard Photo DON MILLS- The warden of York was piped into honorable retire ment here Friday with the munici pal brass of the count strong blowing the tune Garfield reeve of East Gwillimbury for the past five years bowed from the warders chair amid fun festivities and a of traditional re tirement gifts one of hem a farsighted prognostication of what York County and the rest of the world look like at the turn or the century Toronto Edmund T Parkin drew the the future as explosions the world is riw embroiled The womb is We dangerous than the bomb he aid drawing a chuckle from the pcoje attending the dinner The population would lead to or subsidized land restrictive choice or the individ ual and scarcity of Canadians will live to bring In people to fill this imply land lo the FrenchCanadian problci is near at hand Eight million people will be rushing into Quebec by the year and they wont bother to stop to learn Ihe anthem in French His the formed prediction of experts he said Beef will disappear in years Hogs and cows being per cent more efficient producers than cows will last longer but not by much The apartments of the future will be plastic or fiber glass units that can be dropped into spaces in an eggcarton type grid Slum of the future will solve the problem of providing tem porary quarters for people being evicted by the use of huge building grids that will go over the ghettos and leave out door spaces for people when the slums are cleared away and the people moved of arable land which is becoming scarcer than water something we dont want to believe The future holds great benefits for the world Mr Parkins concluded But It will take swift action and sane judgment to conserve all our resources children may not perish from the report then sug gested County Council repeal Bylaw which in effect challenges the provincial government in respect to educational grants The report said If in fact we victims of discrimination In edu cational grants then It would appear to be our duty to so advise taxpayers and their representatives and endeavor to obtain redress for our grievances Reeve Donald Plaxton of Rich mond Hill asked with about per cent added to the asssesment how can this be Justified in comparison to other coun ties and municipalities Reeve George Richardson of Newmarket chairman of the Education Committee objected strongly to the con text of the paragraph in the report If this Is true said Mr Rich then we should consider sending a delegation to Queens Park this move to wash out the bylaw is foolish you would finish up without any Whcn Warden Garfield Wright questioned the solicitor on the rights of the county in the matter J Lucas said I am afraid we have few rights any objections should have been made in early October Now any powers we might have had are gone Police chase brings grief KING CITY A police chase in King Township brought grief to the police department in this township last Constable John Brown was chas ing a suspected vehicle on the 11th Cone between and Nobleton when Township Cadet Ian Cookson Ihe scene of the accident to drive the r back to the police station On the way education setup and this could be a factor in what County would have to work on Reeve Stewart Rumble of Mark- ham Township said We are starting to drag a red herring across this thing and the suggestion to defy the provincial government could cause a lot of unrest Warden Wright told council that solution appeared to be to Interview the minister as soon as possible and start are entitled facing such que by a rebellion but if these facts are DeputyRcevc Clare Salisbury of Newmarket said Regardless of what we do this I do hope some of us here are concerned enough to do some thing about it BLASTOFF Newmarket should take second thoughts on the question of annexation of East It would appear they have their missile bases ready for pos sible Invasion The pad is the start of a new water tower to serve the subdivision north of Huron Heights Secondary School