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Deacon challenges Premier Robarts over GO train to Newmarket or cools hot battle over fire chief NEWMARKET A verbal duel between two or three councillors was nipped in the bud before it reached the glovesoff stage by Mayor Tom Surgeon er when Councillor Bob end Coun cillor Seneca Cook each took exception to the others interpretation of a report from the Fire Committee A resolution was presented to pay Deputy Chief William Dunn per month while he was acting as chief in the absence of Fire Chief John Gibson who has been off with an injury Mr said he was con cerned with the situation regarding the fire department at the present time We are supposed to get a report of just what the committee does but we seem to be in the dark on this matter Mr said he understood that he matter of deciding about a chief was to have been brought to council and now we do not know whether we have DeputyReeve Bruce Eves added fuel to the smouldering fire when he sug gested that to pay Mr Dunn 150 for the extra responsibility was ridiculous and he should be paid as chief if he was tak ing the full responsibility Mr Cook had interjected on one or two occasions but finally found time in the interchange to say Bill Dunn is doing a damn fine job as chief and for many years we had a first class fire de partment without a full time chief the amount of was suggested by Mr Dunn and the committee thought this was reasonable until such times as a final de- Mr Cook also told council that the Fire Marshalls Office is making a complete study of fire facilities and no reason to make wholesale change this point When the two councillors and the deputyreeve started addressing each other across the floor Mayor took advantage of the seldomused gavel and brought the meeting back to order TORONTO The expansion of a GO system to Newmarket is the key to the development of the communities north of Metro Toronto This statement is contained in a report on the fcasibilit of a north south GO system prepared by York Centre Libe ral Donald Deacon Mr Deacon said GO North could serve a population of fl million people and solve the Metro housing shortage northern The I PAGES VOL NO CENTS backbencher bases of the travelling rking IrilnK of people the area from Highway to irkLt ivs 27 and ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY 14 1969 Keswick tin mil COUNTY BOARD FIGHTS FOR BETTER DEAL Tax subsidy no help in York ru- The results of the Mr Deacon show that a northsouth GO system will carry trips per day more ban the present eastwest lie estimates there will be at the 300 trips per Willi I i the Education Minister subsidy will help the rich a little and the poor not The county school board was told Monday nifrht the tux subsidy which Ihe minister an nounced in the Legislature in late April and said was aimed at help- iiijj communities where school t ixe- have skyrocketed will help some the countys rural municipalities si little but the hardhit fastdeve loping communities including New market Aurora and East Mondays meeting termed the situation ridiculous The areas hardest hit get no sub sidy the areas hit least get one and Its because of the change in equalization fac tors set by the province He said a letter of protest is go ing to the minister but it is loo late to and make at least one rip downtown each week Anil per cent of llioc heading downtown in both areas are going to lit sunn balance mil t the line Id slum a profit Mr Deacons figures sharply irisi those presented Premier bin been left County Education Director Sam Chapman termed it rather different from what we expected from the ministers statement He blamed the low subsidies on the method the education department used to calculate them and told the board that an alternate interpretation of the subsidy would be more help to York County The director said his staff are engaged in the strongest argument we can moun to convince Queens Park of ficials to use this second interpretation He said under this second met hod the rural communities dont lose any thing they gained under the first method At present there is no relief whatsoever for the communities hardest hit Stilton which had the smallest in crease in mill rale in the budget got a subsidy Vaughnn and the hit didnt Sutton tr asked They ga he said J I Chapman told about breaking The subsidies minister toti iJi estimated a line to would produce only iniiuil operating deficit of of building JO forth would be ihe high level of for mass transportation systems if any kind necessitates the fullest arritd out to prove their Mr Sutton drops dental care SUTTON school chili eligible for free dental care for years have been deprived About 300 of Sutton Public Schools children took advantage of the service Principal J Day said this week Cost of the service had been shared Sutton and Gcorgina school boards with grants from the Department of Health The school which administered the program sent children under to Sutton dentists who provided them with Discontinuation of the service wilt mean that some children who were get it in the future of the shortage of and decision Thursday vised method of equalizing school over the new regional school board areas doubled and tripled school taxes in some areas and forced them up considerably ubsid calculation method chosen by the provincial educa tion department no elementary school tax rates would be eligible for subsidy in the county At the secondary school level Newmarket Aurora East Richmond Hill and Township would get no subsidy Township would get 34 mills King 8 North 114 and Councillor stalks out of NG meeting A North liiiiiiii loft conn meeting rather than j to Townhip Dave Davidson Councillor Jean Smith had char ged the reeve with not acting in good vnshlp when he voted to SLIDING OVER Ihilliiigtlieiitl smashed Liberal election upset i Mr Chapman Under the is fighting for these additional subsidies could be attained mills King 19 rlh Gwillimbury Mr ttlulc centres like Sutton and Keswick have dentists there are none in the outlying rural areas he said Count oilier ninlh debated whether it should take over the payments for dental work for the child ren The payments now fall under the jur- Newmarket 273 ban and Whitchurch North three agree to join SUTTON York Countys three northern municipalities Sutton and North Gwillimbury townships a future York regional A joint meeting of Monday voted for Davidson demanded I have never taken tow one single penny he said Mrs Smith said I will rather lhan apologize for that and the reeve replied Then I she not accusing the reeve of a conflict of interest her objection was with die tree firm Ross Draper Tree Experts She had told the council earlier My feelings concerning Mr Draper get ting township business are well known and documented and for good reasons I object very much to Mr Draper being given ibis job and I further to Mr Draper receiving any further behalf of this township until such from the floor meeting of the i the Bradford Community Halt for the position of first vice president but declined Again Ihe nominating choice Van was defea ted Barry of King Township It was a knockdown twovote fur the second vice president finally won Charles Cerswell over of East of East motion from the delegate a show f hands and the delegate Mr Campbell ruled Dial in thi the three controversial voter not be allowed lo vote but llieri gain some dissension among lev A vote of the delegates le chairman and the three were no Mrs Mar Hillary of Aurora was candidate for the third vice over Carl of East and Bandy laMorre Again was the choice of the Merchants face court he fate last Charged were Cowan d Kellers Ltd lack Stores Stay and Co proprieio ores Simmons Shoe- itkis Casuals Belgh 11 of Wal- Seek liquor vote defeated Mrs position toil Sloan and John of East lions wanted a vole on cocktail bars Council promised a decision later 47 out of 49 finish NHS 26mile walk NEWMARKET About stu dents in Grades and 13 at Newmarket District High School have been planning a trip to Washington and district in June and after a mile watkathon during the weekend they are even more head for Washington on June Many of the students involved have been taking their share individually and in groups to swell the funds have cleaned offices mown lawns and cleaned up township parks Forty seven out of the 49 taking part in the finished the Oak Ridges lo King City north again via Snowl and back to Newmarket Finishing the walk were Peter Peter Bruce Bob Cooke Paul Tolman Don Paul Mike Gee Jerry Harper Gary Watson Jim Todd Los Coales Fedkowiez Ian Schofield Toni Following the vanguard Deborah Stanton Joanne Penney Pam Webster Rich Bill Jack Hurst Janls Clarke John Jeffrey Cindy Houston Elsie Rich Pat John Sandy Jim Thompson Rosemary Van Stave Bob Peter Wilde Linda in Bunn and Susan Morton