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YCH bed shortage means briefer stays for patients NEWMARKET Measures tak en to meet York County Hospitals nearcritical bed and facility shortage have meant that during the first half of patients stayed in the hospital here shorter average periods than in any other comparative hospital in the province The hospital is planning an addi tion but present indications are that it wont be completed until 1974 York County Council was asked yesterday to vote funds for the project According to a Dominion Bureau of Statistics sixmonth report for the first half of 1970 on 21 Ontario hos pitals with over 200 beds York Coun ty Hospital bad the shortest average stay and one of the highest bed turn overs in the province York County Hospital officials who for two years have been issuing public warnings about a hospital bed shortage in this area emphasized that the nigh patientturnover has not had a detrimental effect on patient care Figures show York County has 25 hospital beds per thousand per sons while the provincial average is 64 beds per thousand Assistant hospital tor David Hart said the hospital is coping by intensifying its nursing care by providing a larger medical staff than the average and by the use of highlysophisticated equipment For instance the new monitor ing unit in intensive care allows us to diagnose and treat developments more rapidly than ever before he said The administrator said this fact is reflected in the hospitals medical and surgical costs per day 15th highest out of the 21 hospitals in the DBS survey in the first quarter and It is also and lBth in drug costs per day Mr Hart also pointed out the 254bed hospital has over 100 doctors on staff many more than any other hospital of comparable size in the province In fact said Mr Hart we were just reaccredited for a further threeyear period This is recognition that we are providing good patient But there is a minimum seven month waiting period for elective sur gery that Is operation that are not emergencies or urgent The proposed addition would bring the total number of beds at to County Council was asked to approve a total of for the project late yesterday However over half of this total 333 has prior approval and of this has already been debentured to cover planning costs The hospital Is facing a contin ual spiral of growth however Patient care statistics to the end of Septem ber 1970 show a per cent in crease In adult and child admissions over the same period last year and per cent jump in new babies There was a 253 per cent hike In out patient visits between the two periods Similar Increases can be seen throughout other departments of the hospital By the end of September the number of operations performed had Increased per cent over the same period In 1970 emergency treatments were up per cent and Xray ex aminations 109 per cent for Instance THE VOL 119 NO School boards dilemma make a better education cost taxpayers less money Newmarket 8952331 Aaron ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 25 Penalty if late Bills out Nov NEWMARKET TAXES DUE DEC15 NEWMARKET Town property owners will receive a tax bill for Christmas this year Newmarket council brought in its longawaited budget Monday night and decreed that the tax bills which will be out by Nov must be paid in one installment by Dec or a penalty will be assessed- The penalty is one per cent per month The million budget set a mill rate almost in line with last years said finance chairman Reeve Clare Salisbury He pointed out council had managed to hold the line despite a substantial increase in the school board levy and a number of other financial difficulties However because of the swing in the tax burden from commercial and industrial properties to homes caused this year by the provinces reassessment program most home owners will still face Here are the results The towns efforts to obtain some tax relief from the province to offset the changes brought by reas sessment were blamed for the late budget Last years budget was tabled April The budget set the tax rate at 3194 mills for residential and farm properties supporting public schools 3289 mills for separate school resi dential and farm properties 3494 mills for public industrial and com mercial properties and 36 mills for separate industrial and commercial properties This means a home assessed at owned by a public school sup porter will pay in taxes this Mr Salisbury offered a rate produced by using the new mar ket value assessment and 1969 expen- for comparison 1970 Public residential and farm 3194 Separate residential and farm 3364 3289 Public Industrial and commercial Separate Industrial and commercial 3600 Mr Salisbury said the council was able to hold the tax rate almost even with last years despite a school levy hike of and increasing general costs by hard budgeting He said the roads and bridges portion of the budget was trimmed giving the town a net reduc tion after provincial grants were con sidered of 104000 However this decrease resulted In little or no roads construction this year he pointed out Girl 10 hit on Eagle St He said the town bad also ex pected to sell worth of pro perty but only realized 20000 here The reeve said there were two large expenses the council had to meet in 1970 that it hadnt counted on at the first of the year for the balance owing on the New market Motors building which it pur chased late in and for planning He said under provincial Bill 142 which provides tax relief from increases due to reassessment net in creases on residential properties will be limited to per cent or 50 and similar limits will be imposed on the decreases allowed industrial and com mercial properties Mr Salisbury said Municipal Af fairs Minister Darcy McKeough has promised more relief by He said if the minister keeps his promise industrial and commer cial properties should receive their full benefit in reductions and the bur den on the residential homeowner should be off by 1972 as well The town must raise with the tax levy more than last year Of this 1061751 is for the school board It must stick to its Dec deadline because it By JOHN LOTT Era News Editor AURORA Sam Chapman presses a button and asks his CENTS a copy of Mr Daviss famous letter He grins whimsical ly The letter is famous in York County Board of Education circles because it puts the board on the spot It says the board is spending too much money In the school board in fact all school boards in Ontario will be expected to adhere to the new cost ceilings prescribed by Education Minister William Davis In the minister wont expect austerity any more Hell require it he says in his famous letter Sam Chapman a stoopshould ered man with grey streaks in his dark hair is York Countys educa tion director Under normal circum stances he speaks very softly When he talks about cutting Yorks SAM CHAPMAN education budget he speaks very very softly The ministers letter puts school boards in a crisis position say some observers But Sam Chap man isnt alarmed at least not openly Were not panicking now as much as some people might think See TRUSTEES DILEMMA page Ask builder Lewis Dr residents to meet REEVE CLAKE SALISBURY HE WAS BUDGET CHIEF needs cash to meet its own bills on that date said treasurer Parks Ten per cent of this sum has already been levied in an interim tax bill and the December tax notices will carry a credit for this amount The total budget including pro vincial grants and revenue from other sources was A break down of major town expenses showed police will cost 178941 this year the parking authority 17290 garbage collection and disposal 62060 parks and recreation library 28000 and fire department 40408 The budget received unanimous approval from council Monday night without any questions or discussion NEWMARKET Twentyseven Lewis Dr residents who are object ing to an 11 home subdivision In their neighborhood will be invited to attend a public meeting with the developer his lawyer and members of the town planning board council decided Mon day night Blood donor clinic NEWMARKET A blood donor clinic will be held next Monday at the Newmarket Legion Hall Donors may give between 230 and 430 and between 1 and 9 Officials hope to attract at least 250 donors Anyone needing trans can call NEWMARKET Ten year old Ann Louise Killam of Newmarket suf fered critical head injuries when struck by a car on Eagle St Saturday evening Police said the girl apparently was running across Eagle St from the Edward St intersection to a group of They said the little girl was dressed in a dark blue The accident occurred about 730 pm She was taken to York County Newmarket Police Chief Bill Ed Monday the accident is still investigation and no decision whether charges will be laid has Suspect arson in King fires KING TOWNSHIP Arson is suspected in the case of two simultan eous fires on the Mulock Sideroad west of St last Wednesday night The fires levelled a barn on the Mulock property and a house owned by Ben Pearson The buildings were about onehalf mile apart Aurora firemen answered the Mulock barn call at 1103 then received a call on the Pearson house fire at 1125 Both buildings were pretty far gone when firemen ar rived said Aurora Fire Chief Gordon Burling During the past year several similar fires particularly involving vacant barns have frustrated King the chief said They the apparent arsonists set the fires in a comer somewhere and are miles away before firemen arrive Damages were estimated at 7000 to the Mulock barn and to the Pearson bouse and contents A fire in Regency Acres on Sun day caused about damage after children playing in the basement set a toy box on fire Chief Burling said The fire inflicted severe smoke damage to the house at Davis Road owned by George Executive committee in 71 executive committee to town council next year the 1971 council steering committee tentatively de cided last week In previous yean council committees reported direct ly to council meeting in committee The first executive commit tee will consist of Bill Steele fin ance chairman and head of councils administration group Bert Kent roads chairman and head of have a fifth seat which will have different occupant each five months Other responsibilities were assigned by the committee Aubrey Smith bylaws transportation and bands Randy promotion and development Seneca Cook fin Doris Blair waste and pollution control and parking Henry Vanden- property and Ray Twlnney water and sewers told council two weeks ago he opposed the development because its plan calls for some lots with 38 foot front ages at the road when the minimum allowed in the area is feet He said the smaller lots would require higher homes than others in the area would create more traffic in the subdivision prevent good home design leave less room for trees shrubs and grass and decrease the value of other homes in the area He contended the subdivision which is planned on a culdesac should be limited to nine homes with 50 foot frontages A letter which Mayor Tom Sur- said refutes the Hoskln claims was tabled at council- It was from Ross Hitch lawyer for Peterwood Construction Ltd the developer The letter said the plan the re sidents are opposing was drawn up after an earlier lot plan with 50- foot frontages was rejected by the town He said the new plan has a bet ter layout but there is nothing to stop the developer from developing on the original plan and getting lots Mr Hitch said all the lots in the new plan are in excess of feet at the front building line and get wider as the lines extend to the rear He also said the lots would ave rage square feet in area over the bylaw requirements Since the developer could de velop lots now on a slightly dif ferent plan he is not getting more than permitted Nor is more traffic being produced said the letter Mr Hitch said since all lots are over feet wide at the building front homes wont be squeezed in and there will be plenty of room for trees and shrubs He also said no building lit the subdivision wilt be taller than those existing in the surrounding are PLEAD GUILTY PRESSURE VEER Monday that two York County law yers and a North po lice sergeant became a sort of three- ring circus and pressured her in an attempt to get her to plead guilty to fraud theft charges Mrs Mary Veer is Mayorelect Bob rettiven plaque from Aurora SSfSS Mayor Dkk nitafworth to mark Mr Forhans selection as an entry in the r ii Jayeeea Outstanding Young Man competition Mr wu te h nicked by Aurora Jaycees and will contend for one of Ontarios 10 entries in tat national contest Mrs Veer an attractive 29year old mother of two children testified that she told Green she needed mon ey because her husband had got them into a problem and she willing to pay seven per cent interest of the beneficiaries of the estate had complained about the time it wu taking to settle It Mrs Van- testified that Sgt Wil liam Smyth of the North township police arrested her in Greens office the following day and that it the time Mr Green shout- big Youve ruined mo Mrs Veer who denied stealing any money said Newmarket lawyer Joe Dales hid told her not to worry She at the third remand of her cue in Newmarket Provincial Court Dales had advised her to plead guilty saying she would receive a suspended sentence and have no cri minal record after a year If she kept her shirts clean It wu like a threering circus Dales Green and Smyth she said She said Dales had told her that he had rearranged his books to Mr Green office She Dales reminded her that she had made out his income tax papers Mr Green denied making a loan to Mrs Veer He the cheque in question must have been signed in