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Town planning board will consider making the Main St mall permanent NEWMARKET Last week ends Main St mall was so successful despite gusty winds and periodic rain squalls that the town planning board will ask its engineers to study inclusion of a permanent mall in the towns new official plan Mall organizers estimate over people crowded into the three block long area between Park Ave and Water St on Friday night Arena officials say over 3000 attended the beer garden Saturday night Recreation director Dan Shan non said free hot dogs and drinks were handed out to children at the of ficial opening of the renovated arena Saturday morning and Main St director Dai SiaiiOR holds up throe fingers for the 3000 who attended Sons aid he surveys the damage The hot dogs were supplied by Roberts who operate the Well over 5000 people passed through the arena in total on Satur day said Mr Shannon The purpose of the celebration was to open the renovated arena and introduce it to the community This proves that our arena can be used for many other things besides hockey and skating said the recre ation director He said during the next year he plans to make it available for such diverse activities as variety shows bingos lacrosse roller skating and probably beer gardens this spring and fall Profits from last weekends beer garden will be spent on recreation in the town said Mr Shannon He said they will probably be used to put the finishing touches on the arena The Newmarket Legion dunk ing board won the prize for the best booth on the mall Judges were York Region Chairman Garfield Wright and Chief Administrator Jack For photos and a report of Re creation chairman Jim speech at the official opening of the arena see page the boor garden PHOTOS feature photos of the mall page 5 the mall opening page ELECTION lllingworth in a landslide AURORA Mayor Dick garnered nearly per cent of the total vote and waltzed to an easy victory in Auroras mayoralty race on Monday His vote total of 2248 far out distanced Reeve Evelyn Buck who got votes and former mayor Clarence Davis who got All seven incumbent council lors were returned and former Depu ty Reeve Jack Williamson added to the 197172 council Eliminated were ex- deputy reeve Slew Patrick and new comer Bruce Mercer Besides Mr Williamson those elected to council were incumbents in order of finish Harris Norm Stewart Walt Davis J Henderson Ron Simmons Pete Miller and Bill Trent wins in King KING CITY Ken is mayor of King Township The de puty reeve won with 1508 votes to Councillor Margaret 13G0 in Mondays election The mayor occupies Kings only seat on York Regional Council Lawyer Donald defea ted Mrs Eileen Woods in Ward one Roy Wilson clobbered Cyril Minders in Ward two Leonard was Ward four winner defeating Vince and Ben Rough won Ward five with 243 voles to Crosslands 200 Supreme Court Judge Mr Jus- lice Patrick restored Mr name to the ballot last week after a bitter dispute which arose after it was discovered Mr had failed to place his name 24 PAGES VOL NO CENT Newmarket 8952331 Aurora ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER IS CENTS KENT FARR TIE FOR SEVENTH Forhan wins mayoralty Twinney defeats Taylor the list King had two acclamations Murray Sheardown in Ward three and Jack Van Luyk in Ward six the Hol land Marsh area Closest in county chair of the new town of WhilchurchStouffville Monday by a slim three voles but he will prob ably have to survive a recount to slay there He had three opponents his closest being King Mr King polled voles to Mr Whitchurch Deputy Reeve Nor man Barnard garnered 319 and low man was James McKellar with In an equally close race Mrs Van won a two vote edge over Stuart Starr in ward one Whitchurch veteran Raker handily won ward three defeating Henry The only other ward to he con tested was five where Mrs June But tons was letted defeating John Gar butt and Stephen Keltic The new town had three accla mations Herbert Simpson in ward two Racliff in four and Tho mas oucrgan in six Arthur Starr was reelected to York County school hoard defeating John C McMurray John molt defeated Mrs Molly to represent the town on the separate school board Far a complete lineup of the new York Regional Council and a comment on them see page For election results in the Sin municipalities see page NEWMARKET Bob the former Olympic hockey star who entered town politics two years ago soundly defeated both the incumbent mayor and reeve Monday to become East Deputy Reeve Ray making his first bid for political office in defeated former town councillor Tom Taylor 2002 votes to 2013 and two council candidates former mayor Bert Kent and each polled votes to tie for seventh place in the Hi man race for seven council scats Turnout at the polls was fairly heavy for a town election said election officials They estimate about half of the eligible voters came to the polls bent Mayor Tom and Reeve Clare Salisburys The new mayor and council take office next Jan I when the County of York becomes the Region of York Mayor support was not centered in any one area of own he carried out of the polling divisions in Mondays election Mayor carried three polls seven eight and nine all In older parts of the town Mr Sails- hury won a majority of the votes in two polls Forhan a former high school teacher who now works for a real estate firm campaigned on an action platform and made a definite bid for the younger vole the new mayor is He promised sound planning preservation of the Holland River valley and a closer look at the towns outdated municipal services He said Monday night he was surprised at the margin of his victory I fell people were ready for a change and guess they were was his only comment Monday was a tense day In the household for more than po litical reasons Mrs was ex pected to enter York County Hospitals maternity ward election night to give birth to the couples fourth child However Tuesday morning she was still wailing A majority of Mayor Forhans new council may be serving first terms on Newmarket Council depending on the outcome of the dispute over the seventh scat Incumbent Councillor Doris Blair topped the polls with a round votes Handy a school teacher who was runnerup East Township council elec tions last year came next with 2261 votes He was followed by Councillor Smith who ran on a tick et and was reelected with Henry runnerup in It would appear Clarence that we have been skating on rather thin ice why arent you laughing Clarence Hits train goalie badly hurt NEWMARKET Newmarket Redmen goalie Rick McGowan 17 barely escaped with his life when a car lie was driving smashed into the lead diesel of an freight train at the Davis Dr level crossing early Saturday was thrown out of the wreck of his car on impact observers said If he had been wearing a seat belt he probably would have been killed He was listed at press time as being in satisfactory condition in the intensive care unit of York County Hospital He suffered two broken legs severe head injuries and lacerations Hospital officials said Monday the young hockey player was in a semiconscious state all weekend He was several hours on the op erating table following the crash which took place about am Satur day Police said was west bound on Davis Dr and apparently tried to beat the train Engineer Long of told Investigating officer Sgt Glen Phillips that he didnt see the car he only heard the noise of the crash and saw a dark shadow The train was delayed more than two hours The first dlescls fuel tank was punctured The were last years Ontario Junior champions They are playing In a Junior league this year and several hours before the accident had played Barrle Colts in A standard that holds railway crossing signal was knocked to the ground apparently when the train pushed the 1965 model car right through it was found near the standard For photos see page last municipal election polled and East council lor Dill Steele 1951 votes Councillor Seneca Cook who topped the polls last time out garner- Two present councillors defeated Deputy Urine Ives rind Councillor Herb Klines The tie for seventh place makes a recount mandatory according to the Ontario Municipal Act Under Hie act Town Clerk Grant Blight must notify county judge of the results and the judge must do a recount If the result is still a tic Mr might must cast the deciding vote GEORGINA Burrows is new mayor By LARKY ROBERTSON What may have been the largest voter turnout In the history of York Countys northern three municipalities elected Dr George Burrows mayor of the new Township of in Mondays election Returning Officer Joe Hop kins said thai while final figures had not been compiled he believes the turnout may constitute per cent electors turned most of former officials out of office and replaced them with younger blood In Mondays balloting Dr Burrows polled more than 1100 votes to win the mayoralty and the townships top regional seat Vet eran politician Joe Dales was over 1000 Mitts behind and trailing were present North Deputy Reeve Wallace and North Councillor Jean Smith Robert Pollock edged present Reeve Ernest and North Dave David- sun for tin second regional Mariano Glllan and Thomas Johns ton won over James Jackson for the County Board of Education seats John squeezed past Patrick OBrien to take the scat on Separate School Board In Ward where a total of six candidates went for two positions Bruce Welch and Clark tame in ahead to fill the two vacancies A sur prise third place finisher in the race was Murray Brown For Want 1 the other candi dates behind Welch Clark and Brown were Alec Harry Kerr and Ruth James edged out Char les Williamson for Hie Ward 2 scat by less than one votes In the throeway race for Ward between Clyde Draper Erik Larson and James Day Larson beat out Day also by less than one hundred votes Ward saw a wide separation in voting as Edgar Lyons finished well ahead of Ronald and Dan Havens for the seat on ho council- Ward went uncontested as Koii Smockum was acclaimed In Ward race wont right down the wire with Gerry getting the vole over Alt hough tho volo took longest to be tabulated in the whole of the York region tho Georgina vote was the largest ever tabulated for that area according to Mr Hopkins Rye tops EG polls SHARON The man who has topped the polls In eight out of the nine elections ho has contested topped polls again to win first place on the East Council race on Monday Jack Rye the dean of East polities nosed out Alex Morning by votes Mr Morning led the polls until the last votes were tabulated Approximately per cent of tho electorate turned out on Mon day as Reeve Gladys Rolling was ac claimed as the first mayor of the township Five candidates contested the four scats on council Two Separ ate School Board candidates Incum bent John McDermott Molly Mc- Maningwell fought It out for one scat to represent the township in East Gwlllimbury Mr Mc downed school bus driver Molly Maningwell by votes to Of tin polling subdivisions Mrs polled no votes In eight In third place behind Mr Morning was Holland Landing real- j si Bill Mr Sweezlo received votes to the Turnip King Ross Chap- Mr Chapman from Mount Albert almost doubled Len Russells votes Mr Russell from Sharon was prominent In the establishment of a community centre for the township which Is now under construction near Sharon