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York fatalities double on provincial highways THEERA VOL 110 NO AN CHARGED WITH MURDER Newmarket girl shot NEWMARKET A Heights girl after being fount in the l of her hoarding lifter she he ltv bullet Dead is former Newmarket High School student Carol She was boarding at Rye The shooting occurred just before midnight Monday She was liken to York County Hospital and filer removed to Toronto General where she died at 2 am Her parents lived on the ifth Concession of Whitchurch Miss Steven was employed Choice CutUp Chicken in Aur ora She was laid off over the Clirisl- holidays and was to return on Tuesday Township Lyman Hall seized a 22 alibre rifle at the Rye Crcs home The incident occurred in the CAROL STEVEN basement of the detached home front of James Fry Charged with il murder in Newmarket Provincial Tuesday morning was lien Try a laborer He was remanded to the Don Jail without bail He told Judge Clare Morrison he intends to seek legal aid BUS TERMINAL DISPUTE Plaza will seek commuter depot NEWMARKET The Gray Coach bus terminal move from Main St to Newmarket Plaza means plaza administrators will now go after the Ontario government terminal for the bustrain commuter ser vice Premier John announced in November for the area said a plaza spokesman Gray Coach will bo the commuter The Gray Coach terminal mov ed to the Davis Dr sile after the New market Parking Authority ordered its buses off Main St by Jan 1 Company agent Ernie Stefaniuk who has in the Call public meeting for midJanuary NEWMARKET Town council has called a public meeting to discuss the banning of Gray Coach buses from Main St and the subsequent transfer of the bus terminal from downtown to the Davis Dr shopping plaza The meeting will be held Jan in the St town hall and will Representatives of council the Newmarket Parking Authority and the bus company have been invited The meeting Is a result of a let ter from Gray Coach Lines to council stating they would no longer be travelling the Davis StEngte St routes to and from Toronto but would be pick ing up and depositing passengers and freight at the southwest corner of the plaza During the discussion which en sued when the lelter was tabled parking authority chairman Earl old for floor the When the parking authority ban ned the buses from the Main St it sug gested they use the parking lot behind and an alternative route through town Eagle St Water St Prospect and Davis Dr Both bus company superinten dent Douglas Anton and Mr were with this proposal because there is no shelter for waiting passengers at the parking lot Anton asked the authority to postpone decision six or eight months until the Ontario government picks for I would take from the most re cent letters and phone conversations with officials of Gray Coach that they have the passenger is the ember said Mr and the Parking Authority discussed with Gray Coach the matter of congested parking on the Main St Representatives of the company town council and he authority went to Loblaws parking lot and at that time P Anton the company superintendent agreed on a route in and out of town which would include Eagle St parking lot Prospect St northerly and then west on Davis Dr to St At no time did we suggest that Anton and the authority met Nov and at that lime the authority told of their decision A further meeting v to discuss alterations to the Lob- parking lot failed to materialize A letter from parking authority Enrlc dated Dec Mr Anton merely stated it was the vision of the Newmarket Parking made no mention of the laws parking lo proposal A reply from Anton dated Dec said the bus company had been un der the impression they were to have some flexibility in working out a satis factory alternative route but said since would use the I the parking lot letter from Anton asked authority lo disregard Hie Dec letter He said Gray Coach had been approached by rep resentatives of the plaza and had made arrangements to relocate there The let ter said bases from Toronto will come along and in Davis Dr This solution of our routing lo passenger and parcel ex press customers occasioned by the Pros pect Ave route said Anton NEWMARKETAURORAKESWICK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1970 Aurora Keswick aster Thunder the teams lead dog jumps to pull the tear White photo AND MEETS LEAFS TOO Tony finds a Big Brother AURORA was one of those relatively infrequent nights in the Toronto Maple Leafs locker room The team had It was also a special night for nineyearold Tony Ellas of Aurora He was in the Leafs dressing quarters shaking hands with the players getting autographs and sharing in the general felicitations Snowmobile club to form NEWMARKET A group of interested Newmarket plan to form a club to educate youngsters in the of the machines The idea lo form the club comes from John Del Grande who a snow mobile and his live children who use it Mr Del Grande made the sug gestion at a meeting of Towns Ad- lowmohilcs in the town Mr Del Grande along with Newmarket snowmobile At Tonys side was a man with a greying mustache an everpresent pipe and the remnants of a British accent He had taken Tony to the game then brought him lo the room and performed liif The man was not Tonys father Tonys father died early list year For several difficult months Tony lacked the care guidance and concern only a father can provide Then in November Tony found the next best thing to a father a Rig Brother Not a real hut a man who cares enough to help fill the void left by the death of Tonys father Tonys Big Brother is Norm Stewart father of Ihree member of Au rora Council and steward at St- Andrews College He has found his relationship with Tony a richly rewarding experience I get as much fun out of it as he does says Norm It ha been sim ply great When we first met Tony was very shy and reserved Bui nwv be has lost a lot of his shyness throw gelling out and meeting people His mother says it has helped bring him out of shell Tony is one of the lucky ones There are many other fatherless boys on the Big Brothers wailing list This is Internationa Big a time if intensified Off or s to feels problem of the the I Sue BROTHERS Page Dog team a surprise on Slbbald Point trails ON Snowmobiles us ing the trails through Provincial Park may have been a little surprised last weekend when among the trail traffic they met seven lacing Huskies in full mid driver It wasnt a displaced however it was kennel op erator Jeffrey Bragg Bragg and bis wife Mary have 15 Huskies and they are training seven of them for the inter- competition- held each winter in Ontario Quebec and some US slates Dog sled racing is not new to Canadians Many races are held dur ing the winler months in both Ontario ami Quebec say- Bragg but they are not well publicized Bragg explains there are three classes of races You can com pete in the open and unlimited gory over a long course in a class limited teams of seven dogs over a shorter course and in a fivedog iiiiiitliii Sevendog teams the most i i I ii if point dogs followed by the swing ilngs and directly in front of the sled wheel dogs If you run a larger dog team you add to Hie sum dugs The lead dug must have good seme and must keep the rope tight The wheel dogs are usually the most dogs on the team the swing and point dogs he faster lighter dogs Bragg and his wife say they are graffiti for the new snowmobile trails at Point The trails are mure difficult than Ihe racing course the dogs must compete on because Ihe pack snow making the sled hard to handle The lead dog Thun der is a three year old male born in Dr ii point dogs are Okie also a male but born in Quebec and his partner a female born in On tario The swing dogs are a female born in Alaska and Ontario- Andy The wheel dogs Quebec light weighing from t Heavier Huskies are working dogs make pels and kids but not for breakfast says Bragg being driven late at night or in a dangerous manner Common sense and education is the answer says Mr Del Grande He suggests that a group of ad ults act as vigilantes and two or three of the group would be appointed to patrol certain areas of the town on specific days They would approach anyone they fell was operating in an irresponsible manner If it was a youngster he would bo warned and if the warning wasnt heeded his deeds would be reported lo his parents If it was an adult his deeds would be reported to the police As an education program for youngsters Mr Del Grande suggests the adult group show the youngsters the pro- PLAN SNOWMOBILE Page Town must release lots lawyer the residential the and ile Hills subdivision in the of Newmarket Mr advised council hat he had studied the matter and it would be in the towns interests to release the deeds of the lots as Dale- wood Investments Lid nut all the terms required and the could be I from the I the developers which according the records the developer agrees to establish a ceiling price of per acre without stipulating that Tower- crest must sell to the town or any pros pective a clear deed lo their and this also complicated any mortgage Threo resolutions were carried which would release the lots but a fur ther resolution one to assume Ihe under ground services was again tabled until a later date The resolution had been brought to council on Nov IB and had also been tabled at thai time A letter was read from the Town Engineer George staling that the underground service were considered in order but council felt it was not the practice to take over such services dur ing the first winter after installation Gord Cook Yorks last warden NEWMARKET King Township Reeve Gordon Cook will be the next warden of York County And he might well be the last bounty govei will Of regional government If Municipal Af fairs Minister Darey McKcough has his way regional government will begin oper ation Jan 1 This means of course lhat the wardens job will probably be phased out along with the current system of county Reeve Cook said frankly last week that he expects to be elected war den at County Councils inaugural meet- He was a County Commissioner in 1963 and was Finance Committee Chairman for 1969 TradJt ion ally Ihe finance chairman moves up to the top job Ihe following year Newmarket Reeve Sabs bury quashed rumors of his interest in becoming a candidate for ward for Certainly Im interested in the job but not for this year Salisbury an allowed that he might be nominated for the job During a bitter debate in New market Council Dec Councillor Aubrey Smith said Salisbury is not the type of man 1 want representing this town or county at the county level as war den next year and this is what I hear til warden for the position lit Salisbury said Tliis is just another of Mr Smiths statements he doesnt know what hes talking about Salisbury indicated he hoped to Township Reeve Stew art Rumble has been warden during 1969 Despite the certainty that Reeve Cook will receive the traditional unani mous election to the wardens job re ports indicate as many as six county e interested in being job They apparently hope that nominated for warden will enhance their chances to be named to county positioas