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Newmarket either skilled in crafts or interested in becoming skilled to start a cooperative similar to the King City operation here They are shown with some of the artwork turned out by themselves and their friends Craft coop can work in Newmarket NEWMARKET A new craft organization which will be patterned on King Citys famous King crafts House but will also be first cousin to a pioneer bee is being formed in New market The group which to date has neither a name or a place of its own is being formed by Mrs quilting hooking and gar- Her new group will not be limited to experts Ex perts will be invited to to all members of working together said Mrs Smith Tout a blind World War I veteran feels the market for the wooden products he makes is so strong- he could employ or more people making them He Es shown above with it sample of the wooden wall covering he makes and a group of photos of some completed projects White photos Seeks craft industry COUNCIL TO ASK FOR DECEMBER LIQUOR VOTE ready to bring a new indus try to Newmarket if he can find a place to put It Mr Tout who has been a wood craftsman since he lost his sight in World War I recently patented a for a bookcaseroom divider made from strips of cedar and bamboo could set up a shop hampers wall dividers counter facings even a whole wall of woven wood Describing himself as a wild from Nova Scotia the blind craftsman also plays the drum in the Salvation Army band at the Newmarket Ci tadel He has lived in town for years I from the Blind In- place in Newmarket so I can go ahead and put some people to work 1 could put to work right away NEWMARKET A liquor but not within plebiscite will be held in New- Voters will be asked whether they favor the licencing of cock tail lounges Lounges are now legal in the portion of the town north of Davis Dr formerly East the old town boundaries i the portions of King and Whit church townships annexed to the town Town council will formally request the plebiscite at its meeting next Monday The vote will be held on a Monday early in December Liquor plebiscites We need a the regional headquarters and its just getting started Lets face it said the mayor the regional headquar ters police station and other facilities will bring dollars and cents into the town Council meeting in commit- tee voted unanimously in favor Hill and Vaughan for of holding the plebiscite Region and unless we can offer a cocktail lounge licence said Mayor THE VOL 120 NO PAGES ERA WEDNESDAY MARCH NEWMARKET 8952331 15 CENTS York Region revives Office Specialty building as possible police HQ police headquarter hours last week and when it came to rest the magic ar row again was pointing at New markets Office Specialty build police headquarters will lo cate there And if the building is pur chased it will be used only pect St building will be contin gent on councils approval of cost estimates for renovations furnishings and equipment Those estimates will likely be submitted for the March meeting There was no speculation on where the regional complex might be located Councillors made it plain they were tired of arguing about appropriate sites whether for police or any other regional function The vote to reopen the Of fice Specialty proposal NO GHOST SQUAD FOR YORK That was the feeling of Newmarket Councillor Ray last week when use as a temporary police head quarters You couldnt fix it up for said Councillor Twin- Anyway its beyond he added Its Earlier council had voted down 86 a police commission re quest for four acres of region- owned land on the York Manor Farm and Eagle Sts Newmarket The request also asked for authorization to hire an architect which police com mission member Ray of Newmarket said would cost about 10000 in retainer fees That vote put council and the police commission right back where they started So Mayor George Burrows suggested using Office administrative be subject proval of all cost estimates And a battleweary council agreed to the combined motion Even Aurora Mayor Dick who has been vehe mently opposed to the Office See POLICE page but police board unsure of verdict Aurora school teacher charged with assaulting pupil remanded NEWMARKET An Au rora music teacher who was de scribed as good nice patient and got along well with his stu dents last week was remanded until tomorrow for judgment af- being charged with common assault in of his pupils Dr Williams teacher Gordon Fleming was charged with assaulting William 16 of Johnson Road Aurora in his classroom on Jan The charge was laid by the boys parents Mr and Mrs John During the near threehour trial last Thursday in Newmar- in a football game last fall said he was teacher on the upp said Mr Fleming crutches at him as he was stand ing near the classroom door He said Mr Fleming picked end of the period Mr Fleming told him that the lesson was continuing and lien William handed Steve his trumpet Mr Fleming told William to play his own trumpet but William replied that he could nt play the tune because I was away from school for three or four weeks William testified that it was then that Mr Fleming said I dont care whether are on crutches or not Get out of my class Under cross examination by defence counsel William le William admitted that ho spoke to Mr Fleming at the He also admitted that he has had difficulty with other teachers for talking out of turn in class and answering back to teachers He also said he has been asked to leave the class room by other teachers but not this year William said Mr Fleming was a good teacher I like him I think hes a nice person Steve partly corroborated Williams testimony He said Mr Fleming told William that See VERDICT page NEWMARKET York Reg ion Police Commission couldnt believe its eyes Monday morn ing But there it was in black and white York Regional Coun cil definitely had voted to buy Newmarkets Office Specialty building for the regional police headquarters Under normal circumstan ces the commission would have been delighted to receive such the commission had attended Peewees on way to title out Midland and Sunday downed hem to take the scries which saw Midland win one game and tie another The second game In the llnwmanvlllc scries is Friday In Newmarket at pm York chairman to have car chauffeur NEWMARKET A propo sal giving York Regional Chair man Garfield Wright a chauf feurdriven automobile passed without debate in regional coun cil last week but another plan to provide leased cars for all department beads was sent back to committee for further study Council deferred action on a finance committee recommen dation that would have given i department heads leased rangement each official would penses for private hides would be sufficient to ac commodate senior officials for business purposes I cant think of anything by these people at a time when dlturo of public funds said Richmond Hill Councillor Don This Is money he added and I dont think we have the right morally or le gally to pass on this kind of in crement over and above a per sons salary officials Everybody has a car any way said Councillor Jim I cant see any thing wrong in them collecting cents a mile Mayor George Burrows agreed I think we set for their Jobs Aurora Mayor Dick who said ho generally supported the proposal ques councils decision thing less than definite In fact the commissioners indicated they felt council See HEADQUARTERS page Seek end to Main St parking NEWMARKET Newmar ket Downtown Merchants As sociation has asked the towns parking committee to Improve parking on Main St And if they get their way penny parking will be no more At a meeting held last week the association decided to ask the committee to abolish the pennies and have the meters accept nickels and dimes only Rates would be Increased from five cents per hour to time limit reduced from two hours to one These changes the associ ation feels will provide more king facilities in the towns metered the Ontario Municipal Board In Toronto a 70mile round trip After the matter was re ferred to the finance for more study council without a word of debate approved a leased vehicle for Chairman Wright The chairman will havo at his disposal an engineering department staff member to quired when TOWN LACKED CONTROL OVER QUEEN ST BUILDING NEWMARKET An angry Ave man Edward A Kelly claims a sixstorey apartment building now under out that the town of had written into the con tract fencing landscaping etc which had to bo Included in the finished block Most people had no out- is totally unsuitable to Us right objections maybe just In- tlon Mr Kelly told town coun cil in a letter last week that when the Bite was rezoncd for apartments the immediate neighbors were shown a very elegant Tshaped block with a maximum at street level of only neighbors and Mr Kelly said he thought Mr Taylor was act ing for the town when In fact he was acting on his own bo half He stressed the aesthetic misgivings The land and land speculation took Mr Taylor who board and town council of the Mr Taylor said when he showed the twostorey plans to neighbors of the site he did not tell them he was acting as a member of town council- apartments was tied to the two- storey scheme and he does n know why the town didnt do this Regional Councillor Ray Twinney who chaired plan ning committee meeting last Wednesday when the building came up for discussion said town records show nothing was attached to the rezonlng If there was we could walk In and stop construction tomorrow he said John Merkel who Is build ing the six storey structure now going up on the site told the he bought the site and the plans as a package Apparently the site changed lng drawn up but Mr Twinney asked Mr a site ments then changes hands the zoning should revert automati cally to its earlier classification Even if no building policy Is drawn up In town at least common sense would or should prevent our town planning board from allowing such a colossus from arising In our midst he said The town I feel must be strong enough to at least dic tate Its wishes or the peoples wishes to the builders and ar chitects In regards to aesthetic looks and surroundings Controversial apartment Iti going up In neighborhood of single family