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THEERA PAGES VOL NO 19 CENTS Since NEWMARKETAURORAKESWICK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE Newmarket Aurora 15 CENTS Dentist is fined for tax evasion NEWMARKET A Newmarket dentist who was fined for making false statements and evading income tax payments and paid a tax penalty of will appeal the cost of the penalty Dr Charles Underhill whom special prosecutor Patrick Duffy said was most cooperative with author ities pleaded guilty to making nine false statements in his income tax re turns and one of evading income tax payment The charges were for the years I960 to 1968 Court was told Dr Underhill gross income for was Out of this amount he must pay for his office rent salaries supplies equipment and other items used to conduct his practice Dr told The Era he was prosecuted so that the Depart ment of Revenue would get publicity He said that his lawyer had made arrangements to hold his trial when the press was not in ilia court room But Department of Revenue men tipped off the press that the case was coming up he said Dr also said that he was going to take legal action against the government for releasing evidence to the press that did not come up at his trial At the rial Judge Donald Gra ham was told that Dr did not declare in earnings during the 19001968 period Of that was to he paid in income tax Judges usually fine those con victed of income lax evasion the a- of tax evaded In Dr Under ise the fine was 33605 plus penalties of Judge Graham gave him three months to pay The alternative was six years and months in jail Dr has paid the Federal Gov ernment and the fine freeze subdivisions study second arena hold industrial land turn down Specialty Some Fast residents figured it could he done l A vacant wren on Perm Ave became a for he kids in fa concerned the traffic danger in the area Some of he fathers v received backing from the East Parks Hoard why not with a park he handiwork Concerned parents create park hill NEWMARKET An instant park was born on a vacant lot on Perm Ave last weekend Concerned about the traffic haz ard created by the neighborhoods many children playing in the street where Ave makes a sharp north ward turn just north of Hill Ave a group of fathers got together on Saturday and created a neighborhood for the Everything was purchased through the backing of the East parks board said Dave Smith one of the fathers who helped the park and a parks board member himself Weve needed something for a long lime to keep the kids the street Possibly this could forerunner of more parketlcs Jn Several others in mi in field Every few would stop their gaze at the park thai had The fathers hope to equipment sand for the and perhaps some sod tin stalled two sandboxes a swing set and two seesaws In an adjacent vacant area they erected a backstop for the older kids to play ball The park is on a rightofway for a possible extension of Hill Ave for which there are no plans at this lime Besides Mr Smith fathers their services to the were Mike Henry VcriionRrowne Marios and Art Ingram NO MINIBUSES OUTSIDE TOWNS Buses every min at rushhour NEWMARKET buses will run every minutes dur ing the onehour peak periods but Gray Coach schedule and mini buses will only operate in Newmarket Aurora and Richmond Hilt a GO of- ficial said Monday general manager William Howard told Newmarket council Torontobound buses will bo Vonge St and Davis Dr every min utes during the to 740 am rush hour then departures will taper off trip via highways and to the Bay Si bus terminal but the rest of the buses will go down St We cant improve the running time of the Gray Coach buses down St he said It will take one hour and 15 min utes during nonrush hours and up to one hour and minutes during peak traffic periods to reach the Bay St The buses will continue on to Union Station from the terminal Return buses from Toronto will every 10 minutes from to pm the last bus will leave Union Station at It 15 and the last Gray Coach a Barriobound unit at 1210 Buses departing Newmarket will circle through lown Davis Dr to i Eagle and out Davis Dr to the Police continue search for killer Rewards for the killer of two housewives one in Gormley and one In now- total and Ontario Provincial Police here say they have received over 1000 tips from people hoping to help In the search The same man Is believed to have killed Mrs Helen Ferguson of May 19 that murdered Mrs of May 6 Both women were shot after being raped King Township council Monday night added 1500 to the already standing reward total NEWMARKET East burys an is stymied says the township I dont know where we go from here said Reeve Gladys Rolling when told of Newmarket Councils decision not to give the township a tax deal to help pay for a new arena near Sharon Mrs Rolling had suggested Newmarket allow the township to make a special tax levy against Mrs Rolling pointed out the peo- in that area voted in favor of the v isl arena when the held a plebiscite on the ques- kids who would have used tit new arena would be there she said When Newmarket comic i dccidtd List Wednesday to Ihe town recreation ski meet East recrc cpmmlss on for talks on a new llic stressed the urgency of fin I I Ml yesterday Dropin nears completion benefit of the they will I little chance of obtain ing ice time in the overcrowded New market arena next winter I can see advantages to having the arena on Davis Dr where they wan it In fact we will eventually need one both Ihcre and in Sharon but the money wont be easy NEWMARKET An energetic group of Newmarket teenagers is con verting the old Newmarket Motors building into a dropin centre which they hope to open within two weeks Town council has agreed to let the young people use the vacant build ing for the summer months The kids have spent many hours scrubbing painting and carting away refuse in order to prepare the building for use by the towns youth population With a small group of concern ed adults serving in an advisory ca pacity the teenagers have formed an executive committee and have hired a fulltime adult director for the drop- In addition two students will work as aides to Ihe adult director The Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario has agreed to contribute lo the salaries of the director and his The director as sumed his duties on Monday is Roy Rles a veteran or Iwo years of community organization work in Chi- a report on he dropIn cen tre project and an interview with two of the teenagers on he executive com mittee please turn to page 5 NEWMARKET Town councillors made four basic policy decisions at a special meeting in committed tost Wednesday night They decided to freeze all major subdivision development in town to order recreation officials to start talks on plans or a second arena within the new town limits not lo purchase the two build ings Office Specialty is vacating until the towns St hold ing is rezoncd so it can be sold lo refuse to negotiate sales for the Towcrcrest industrial land the own recently purchased until a study can be done lo find out what services the land will need and who will pay for them The councillors meeting i of Davis Dr who will be annexed to Newmarket next year pay a Special levy towards construction of a now arena at Sharon In stead it decided another arena Is necessary within Hie new lown limits and asked the mayor to di- to boundaries How- it want ed Ihe Eagle St area be com- first The recommendations go to the next full meeting of town council for approval SERIES OF QUESTIONS The committee made the de cisions after Mayor Tom i I I I I i t it lie said he needed firm ans wers from his council The mayor said he has had three enquiries from prospective purchasers of industrial land the Towcrcrest town clerk Grant Blight has had one The town closed the deal for the acres of industrial and park land Ihe previous week ij or Sniveler as I to decide if the land is for that If till Mil S it and if Ihe servicing will be put in the selling price about six acres would have been serviced under the Highland Heights sub jected by council at the same meeting the purchase agreement was signed He also wanted the councillors to tell him when the town expects to have services and roads in and lo decide if they in tend to rezonc the land or to at tempt lo attrael industry to it The mayor said he already had enquiries from one patty acre reel between Cane Park way and St If we decide to sell it should we break it up infu parcels large he Councillor Bob said he wanted to sec the whole parcel frozen until planning board fin ished ils servicing study and Councillor Herb who is also a planning board member said he wanted to know how long the study will take before decid- NEW SUBDIVISIONS first moves of the regional coun cil planning body next fall must I I I I mil use study which he said will designate what type of development industrial re- lowertier planning will then decide the industry or homes he n do wait for regional own now he asked The committee then agree planning board and its firm of planning consultants should con tinue their study within the pro posed new boundaries but speed up work on the Eagle St area The mayor then switched to the question of new residential development He told the council- Do tell them to wait for the whole plan he asked He said among those wait ing to besides Highland Heights are Orsi development i I lu north side of Eagle cast of the farm the southwest corner of Davis Dr and and the owners of ihe Watson farm on Davis Dr on the east side of town He said a small development on Lewis Dr is also pending Councillor said the Lewis Dr development should be I allowed to proceed because its just filling in At first he placed everything north of Eagle Si in this category but when told the i I Iml I apartment buildings he drew the line at the llhome subdivision He contended Orsi and the others should be stopped until the plan ning studies arc complete Coun cillor Seneca Cook and Reeve Clare Salisbury agreed and Ihe vote was unanimously in favor of this plan ARENA QUESTION Mayor then turned the arena question Unless something is done quickly there will be no ice for the kids in East Heights and the subdi vision next fall he warned He explained the special le vy suggestion agreed with Coun cillor Klines that the suggestion is unsatisfactory because the levy would continue against the homes in later years when other owners took over and suggested the two recreation commissions be asked to try to find a suitable site with in Newmarket Reeve Clare Salisbury warned whether wo like it or dont like it when we take over East Heights we arc going to have to build a new it within t boundaries Now what about the Office Specialty asked the mayor I would like to know whether we could use it as a own hall do wc need it and how can we pay for it if decide to buy it If we dont want it or cant give them a firm assurance we are interested they will put it on Councillor said feel we cant handle that i package deal to in- building I feel we should turn it down The mayor said the com panys offer was a package deal and The Era later learned from another councillor the price was WRECK FACTORY Mr said the town would have to wreck the old fac tory if it bought the two build ings but certainly the building is feasible I feel we would be stuck with a white elephant If we let them sell it then they might find somebody else for it he said The mayor said he thought the factory a valuable property and he fell the town would have no trouble selling it at a profit Town treasurer Stuart Parks told the committee if the town got a fair price for the fac tory and its Maui St building might have enough to pay for the office building The the Office Specialty office building has more space than the town needs part of it could be rented and he said a developer will buy the Newmarket Motors building