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MERCHANTS SAY URBAN RENEWAL DOWN THE DRAIN Aurora gives green light to new truck AURORA Aurora Council Mon day night made final arrangements to take possession a ladder truck but not before more discussion on the merits of the sale mans chairman of the fire committee then recommended forfeiting a 93000 deposit already paid on the machine His motion was defeated Simmons condemned the machine charged last years council with loose business practices and dis associated his committee from the pur- Neighboring municipalities think it should be painted yellow said Deputy Reeve Bill Trent Monday night He lite controversy over the fire en gine is nothing more than a witch hunt Reeve Evelyn Buck charged Monday night Reeve Buck condemned the fight over the truck I was hoping this wasnt the way it was going to be this year But if it is then Im ready to go to battle The called the truck a lemon Two weeks ago Coun Simmons claimed the truck had been stripped of necessary equipment before delivery to Aurora A ladder nozzle costing to to replace the phone and other nettles would have to be put on a paint Job and a booster pump would also be needed he told council He also accused last years coun cil which made the bid of loose business practices A fullyequipped 85- foot ladder truck sold recently in Hamil ton in a proper business manner for he said Monday night Reeve Buck rose to the defense of last years council Since no present member of the fire committee was on council then they cannot be aware of the study invol ved in the decision to buy and they are not in a position to condemn our business practices she said Reeve Buck chairman of last years fire committee explained she was out of town at the time of the offer Since it appeared council could buy the truck for council acted quickly Hardly sloppy business prac tice she said VOL 118 NO CENTS THEWERA NEWMARKET A move to the bylaw restricting alterations and modifications in the downtown area was tabled until the next meeting of town council at last weeks council meeting Mrs Doris Blair Introduced the resolution saying that many downtown merchants were of the opinion that ba sically the Urban Renewal scheme had gone down the drain and tho bylaw should bo amended to allow owners and merchants to update their premises with- NEWMARKETAURORAKESWICK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH 5 1969 Newmarket Councillor have to wait another Aurora of freeze white nothing three years Budget passes mark COUNTY LOWERS MILL RATE NEWMARKET York County Council tightened its purse strings last week when it approved a budget This years budget is 91 mills lower than last year The mill rate was set at 122 This years estimated expendi tures are 87B074 higher than last years expenditures But revenue is also up by The main increase in revenue comes from county welfare grants con solidated into one county administration unit for the first time this year Welfare revenue this year goes up to 705980 from last year The only department to take a Highways Council agreed to trim this to 5330 an amount more likely to be approved The countys share the Tor onto and York Roads Commission bud get will be Many items follow the current trend and show an increase General Ad ministration will cost an estimated 555- this year as against about 508000 last year Police protection is also up about from the spent last General administration of social and family service also shows a marked increase from in 1968 to county has been given the axe The posi tion of deputycoordinator has been drop ped and very few items are equal or sur pass the 1968 costs Is York heading to a republic NEWMARKET County Coun cil spent almost as much time debating whether to replace old photographs of the Queen and Prince Philip as it did pass ing Its million dollar budget But in the end no decision was made on the pictures Deputy Reeve Bill Trent of Au rora asked council to approve the ex pense of replacing tho present photos He ran into opposition from other councillors Why make such an expenditure at this time asked Samuel of Sutton As things are now we dont know whether were going to be a republic or not By the tlmo the photographs get here it may be too late The present photographs were a gilt this matter should be brought out Into Keswick he open I am amazed to find talking to people In business on the Main St that many of them are not aware of the bylaw and its implications We just cannot af ford to let buildings deteriorate any longer to just be allowed per cent of the assessed value in repairs etc is not enough Councillor Ron Killick said that in essence he had to agree with Mrs Blair but we are being asked to remove this bylaw and its restrictions and what would we be left with absolutely no thing Wo have nothing now retor ted Mrs Blair Mr said that a meeting was being arranged to lift some of the restrictions from certain parts of Main St area and oven under the present regulations I have been able to make my own premises quite attractive Councillor Hugh Grant question ed on advertisement in the paper placed at the time of the Urban Renewal dis agreement This advertising led me to be lieve that the merchants had their own plan for betterment of the downtown area all I ask is what are these plans and what merchants are Involved It is now well into the new year and we have littlo information as to what these merchants had in mind to take the place of tho Urban Renewal Scheme so vigorous ly opposed at that time Reeve Clare Salisbury suggested that Mrs Blair must have some informa tion not available to council when she sta ted the Urban Renewal Scheme was now out of the picture Most of the rest of us are un der the Impression and have been ad vised that the province will still adhere to Its committments and the federal go vernment has not yet washed Its hands of urban renewal Meeting illegal Smith weekold tho estimated expenditures or the governing the County York Lor Animallovers sign petition AURORA A petition protest ing proposed changes In animal protec tion laws was signed by more than people In its first two days of circulation Such a record i that the powers have She also took exception to Coun Simmons comment that the fire chief is as happy as heck to get any piece of equipment no matter how old it is Reeve Buck said this comment cast aspirations on the fire chief a conscientious man elected by the volun teer fire brigade To say such a thing about him was a grave injustice she charged The argument was interrupted by Mayor Dick llllngworth who kept urging councillors to contain the discus to final purchase arrangements It Is out of order to drag up the past he said Council agreed to take posses- when a humane offic ii animal should be taken is called condition before Mr McDonald confirmed that s new animal shelter will if the proposed legislation In bills and is passed proposed legislation he a of the vehicle From bubble gum to Detroit mound The Aurora shelter which ser ves all the surrounding area handled 2250 animals last year If the shelter closes six employees and Mr McDonald would be jobless I cant believe this is happen ing said Mr McDonald referring to the proposed legislation Im not a humane nut believe animals should be trea- inspector who is respon sible for the Aurora Owen Sound area said his work would be impossible if he had to obtain a warrant from a jus tice of the peace before entering premises In his far flung area he could receive a tip then have to spend a days travelling lime to get a warrant allowing him to check the complaint Possibly by the time you got back to the animals they would be dead or destroyed Mr McDonald also objects to the new provision that animals in shelters would become ineligible for return to owners after hours The bill provides that they be turned over to private deal ers or medical LAKELAND FLORIDA Bradford lad Mike Kilkenny who be came Interested in baseball through Me gam cards may be pitching for the Detroit Tigers this year His parents Mr and Mrs Keith Kilkenny live on Holland St in Bradford sat all father operates Kilkennys Stare But Mike is now in the sunny Oath using Us southpaw slants in an effort to make the American League Society object to The curtailment of the so cietys right to inspection and seizure abused in- animals believed t I governing of the County est bite in the budget occurs in the salar ies section which will Increase from the figure of 256247 to 300680 in the current year The clerktreasury department of council will jump a little over 20000 with salaries again showing the major J the coun ty building Including salaries etc will be down this year from about to a little over There will be a 5000 expenditure on the horticultural area of the grounds but decorating costs will be trimmed down to 1000 while over was spent last year Nearly all sections of the Em ergency Measures Organization in the Hire 58 teachers teachers during interviews held at the Royal York Hotel March 1 The board needs to hire more to meet its requirement of 749 this year Interviews and hiring were done by principals of the countys secondary schools area superintendents and oper ations superintendent Gordon Next week the countys elemen tary school principals will interview ap- teaching positions in the countys public schools The number of existing this year has NEWMARKET by SHEILA IRWIN North bury Councillor Jean Smith at yester days meeting of council questioned the legality of previous meeting held two weeks ago At this meeting Mrs Smith had not been permitted to present her report on the townships refuse disposal site and it was while she was addressing Reeve Dave Davidson the motion to tabic the report was moved by DeputyReeve Wal lace Coun Smith continued to point out a motion to adjourn was made by DeputyReeve while she was in the midst of tendering her resignation as chairman the Sanitation Committee claimed again In regular session and she was not informed the meeting had already started when she resumed her Councillor Smith stated that in Child drowns in marsh canal were going to continue the meeting and Ill swear on a slack of bibles the meet ing had NOT started when she came in Mrs Smith complained of inac curacies in the minutes of the Feb meeting and was finally assured by Reeve Davidson the necessary corrections would be made DeputyReeve Donnell stated In my opinion the correct procedures were followed Since we are dealing with opinions we should meet with our solici tor or an arbitrator I am quite a competent LANDING A four- yearold ward of the Childrens Aid So ciety drowned Monday when he fell into five feet of water off the Canal Bank near Bradford Dead is who was staying with Mr and Mrs Harvey Tripp Bradford said the boys foster mother sent him out to play with other He failed to return at lunchtlme The boys body clad in a snow- sui was recovered by police several feet Folic premises specters from The unclaimed animals to be sefced for research poses but would prevent humane Inspec tors from seizing them to stop misreat- meent Mr McDonald says The new legislation prohibits without warrants the entry of humane in- specters to places where maltreatment of and from his Bradford home before teams In the United States allow Humans officials have had the rights of entry and seizure for years and they have never abused the rights Mr McDonald said Only twice in history have civil actions been taken against the I societys seizure of animals and both now advance to semifinals i battle to prolong They play the sixth a with the seventh game on Friday complete report of weekend MIKE ALCORN