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HUGH GRANT QUITS COUNCIL SEAT UP FOR GRABS Act tits position is up tor grabs Mr Grant has accepted a posi tion with the Board of Education in Co- a meeting last Wednesday night Town Clerk Grant Blight told conned thai formerly a vacant position on previous election and should he decline the would then be made to other candidates in that order Under the new ruling others as Eligible under he old ruling for Councillor Grants seat would be runner- up Henry Vandal Bergh who was pre sent at the council meeting as a spec- Questioned following the meet ing Mr said he had come the meeting with some enthusiasm and lot HUGH GRANT He resigned make the final decision decided that a meeting of members would be held within a week to receive the names of persons qualified and interested in the vacant seat and following this meeting a special of council would bo held to name a successor to Mr Grant Various arguments wore offered regarding the best means of settling the issue Councillor Bob thought some names had been unofficially men tioned and council should endeavour to meet these people and then make known their position Itcevc Clare Salisbury said that while he realized the concept of the new ruling people like Mr Berg had worked long and hard hours at the time of the election and shown their interest in a scat on council I feel these people should be first consideration he said II wis also that coun cil advertise through the press that the THE PACES VOL US NO 15 CENTS NEWMARKETAURORAKESWICK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JULY 1969 Aurora Keswick BUREAU IN SIMPSONS OUT UPHEAVAL HITS MAIN ST Plaza may triple size d In in id Inn It 1 1 I A spokesman for the owners said the addition would parallel the present stores Ik also hoped cinema will he constructed as an integral pari of the complex The mall linking the two shopping complexes would contain sales kiosks planters and benches When completed the addition would lie largely occupied by a modern Canadian department store The Newmarket Plaza built in 1061 contains retail The feasibility study is being conducted by 1 l- representing Newmarket Plaza Ltd This addition when completed would make it the largest shopping plaza north of NEWMARKET Main St Newmarkets tight little island of down town commerce rocked slightly this week with the announcement of three more business changes Two departures of longtime residents and an expansion added three more splashes to the tidal wave of change which has hit the main business district recently The upheaval in the past three weeks includes The purchase of the Simpsons- Sears building by the Credit Bureau of Mr said In five years the bureau would employ per cent more people The takeover of the Simpsi Scars building at Main St leaves order office looking for a home after years in the same location So far says Supervisor Barrio Simpsons has number of ideas of the Simpsons order office Frank Bowsers grocery store is tip for sale Flower Shop changed hands after years of family ownership Iloadhouse and Hose is clos ing its furniture store Mens Wear Ming for a month for complete stead of closing if it place big enough square foot order office The new store lei the of Newmarket Plaza be s or Walkers in zn location to a new downtown store But negotiations with plaza Another longestablished Frank Bowsers grocery established by John Samuel r inker SPCA gives notice to council no Aurora shelter next year III 1921 Lyman Rose joined his father John the and they moved to Flower Shop was bought by a Toronto florist who will itlmio the business on Main The other is also looking for a new has given in favor of a told Newmarket Town Council The Societys letter to council the province has enacted on which does not exempt the Society Mini up for in I IIkfiI die icy could no longer carry on their ser if- to liii regretted the be any the decided time was little they could do to change the attitude of Society at the present time but they and see if a meeting could be arranged between officials of the Society and repre sentatives of council or some of the iron oil the The brief but said should there be would liHppv building freeze lifted Police quit Aurora upset ig nations from I police force Councils own police committee died a meeting June to discuss the Agnations of two police constables Faulkner Clerk Grant Blight ex- Municipal Act only of the public meeting to the press He pointed at the meet In tm the resignations Councillor Hugh Grant Jinn Parachutist Fred Kunzendnrf just missed a wire fence when he made this landing Saturday during Conservation Week festivities at the Holland Valley Conservation Authorities Creek area For story and more pictures see page White photo objector to the pacing of the by law He contended that ratepayers the area should have been notified personally- carried by a vote was felt the bylaw h He said it failed for the areas at the Councillor Ron also the ruling of the OMB and the for the bylaw as presented The OMB told us they would entertain plans to include the whole the area and this in the possible residential problems for residential est qualified men ever hired by Councillors argued briefly about first or second class constables replace the two men Conn Pete Miller chairman jading en the Urban Renewal Scheme still awaiting an Ottawa decision on hen federal funds will be available but will enable the development of area bylaws to implement development in the downtown