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NEWMARKET SCHOOL TAXES DOWN 54 EG GEORGINA ARE UP AURORA Residents of Aurora and Newmarket are in line for a decrease in school tax es this year but homeowners in East Gwillimhury and the new Georgina Township will incur That was the message con tained in the list of estimated tax hills tabled at Monday nights meeting of York County Board of Education The figures home assessed at In Aurora school taxes on an average home will drop about from last year North Sutton and taxes will rise In East the hike rill range from to Auroras tax break was aid ed by the longawaited applica tion of its surplus from over taxation under local boards in 1968 That credit amounted to about and has been re peatedly sought by The reductions are due to two factors application of the aforementioned surpluses from George Ford said Mon day night This contributes to Ten municipalities based municipalities Mill rate subsidies equaliza tion factors under- and over- levies and the arbitrated sur pluses all made separate calcu lations necessary trustees were told These factors are based on 1970 municipal boundaries Asked if it would be possi ble for municipalities to collect for old and Ford said he had consulted with the munici pal treasurers and with Corporation the computer sys tem in York and he under stands it can be done But he told The Era after the meeting that the decisions of how to apply the levies rests with the local councils THEERA vol 120 no newmarket 8952331 NEWMARKETAURORAKESWICK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY APRIL 1971 15 CENTS NEW TOWN HALL TWO NEW SHOPPING AREAS Talks star on am St red iB SSMm ife POOPED FROM PARTICIPATION Teenagers Kathy Dunn left Steve VanDrick 16 in a at Slaters Pool in Vandorf last Sundav Kathy Philips and Colleen got into the swim of things earned at 23 cents a lap Steve cents a turn last weekend raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society at cents a turn mil Colleen Km sponsors for The yewmarket High School st and 23 others took part cents a lap White photo Only handful attend teachers meeting i school teachers to discuss what the teachers feci will be detrimental effects of provincial by the York County branch of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation the meet ing last Wednesday at Richmond Hill High School was only at tended by about teachers two school board trustees four re porters and half a dozen other dent Douglas Booth a Richmond Hill high school teacher predi ted to the meeting that the pro vincial ceilings will force school boards to cut back ex programs and to delay the He also expressed the fear that teachers with less experi ence and qualifications will be hired and that the studentteach er ratio will be increased He said this will mean a reduction in the quality education Mr Booth referred to deci- Studded tires out Friday TORONTO The Ontario Department of Highways re mfnds motorists that under the Highway Traffic Act studded tires must be removed from all vehicles using Ontarios high ways and roads as of midnight Friday April 30 of York County Board of Education not to hire an extra psychologist to curtail book cataloguing in the library termed these cuts a fore warning of what is to come if the province makes no changes in the ceilings next year Richmond Hill trustee Simpson pointed out York Co unty is in the forefront with rii ii I ceilings coming at this i encourage all young people he lime of teachers and Federation has already endorsed a lowering of the legal age for leaving after consultation with the parents and he principal The starting salary of a year for a twentytwo year old teacher with a BA a year at Teachers College and person graduating from high school and going to work is a- head of the teacher who has spent further years studying to acquire teaching qualifications On the question of fat the administration he was re luctant to comment One would have to be very administration to be able to assess Hint situation Mr Jones said There may be vers valid arguments to justify Teachers vote down strike NEWMARKET Ontario high school teachers have voted to drop plans far a Ion teachers say they remain concerned that the ceilings will prevent maintenance of present education standards In York County teach ers arc proud of their boards success in building a quality system said Doug las president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation York branch We arc concerned that In the future the ministers guidelines do not prevent the York OSSTF argued that Georgina buys Keswick office council will purchase the Bank Commerce building in Keswick for use as a municipal office it was decided last Monday Cost will be Mayor George Burrows said it is important to have an in the western growth area of the township Later it can be conver ted to a library The building is next to the store in Keswick buildings on other town- owned land in the downtown core are underway Mayor Bob hopes to see tangible results now buildings by next year However no concrete de cisions have been made and town council is still open to building proposals on any or all of its holdings in the core area said Mayor Bob Key to a new look for the east side of Main St is the pre sent townowned municipal i large parcel and is connected with the of the new store and office building south of Dawsons La dies Wear The town is entertaining a proposal from this firm a build er to construct municipal offi ces and a commercial complex would entail demolition of the bakery and the shoo store there now and when it is complete to demolish the present town of fice buildings The site of the old office building would then be left op en as a courtyard and plaza The new town offices and some of the stores would be de signed to front both on Main St and on a new parking area to be created at the end of Co llar St Mayor said our of the main goals of this portion of the project is to clean up the back area behind Main St The mayor emphasized that although the town is holding talks its Mini St neighbor on this part the redevelop ment program it is still open to other proposals from other builders In fact he said these projects will have to be put out also interested in acquiring the low nod land behind the west side of Main St between I irk Ave and St for a rise apartment building with one groundfloor storey of new apartment and commercial building between Park and the mayor porating both parcels which do he said Is to encourage development on both sides of Main St on town property He said the town is pro rich and assessment poor and such development is one way to redress the balance and a good quality development Money available for YCH expansion health minister NEWMARKET The long stall on plans for York County Hospitals new wing may be sign concept for the new 3 million wing Reactions of Mr Mr Rubin and Mr Boyd After a meeting with mixed after last weeks meeting ta substantial progress but spoke guardedly when asked if a ma jor obstacle had been cleared on the way towards construction of the muchneeded addition Generally speaking it was quite encouraging said Mr Ru bin We got a very good re ception was encouraged in that weve now created a pres sure point right at the top We received a definite pro mise that we can go ahead with our plans that there are funds available I think the terra they used was that the funds protected hospital officials emerged with guarded optimism and renewed fullspeedahead im- meetings most encour aging result say hospital offic ials is that Mr Lawrence pro- if in fact the the delay has been dollars weve been assured that this is no longer the case Hospital Administrator Roeder told The Era We received assurance that the program will not be im- Park were Mr hospital board chairman Larry Rubin hospital building Hodgson OHSC head S W Mar tin and Mr Lawrence Hospital officials met last night with planning rep resentatives to discuss the de- OMHA to settle dispute and Newmarket because of Reg- this year boys living in the subdivisions just north of Davis Dr could play hockey in Newmarket under the auspices of the East Gwillimhury Minor Hockey Association These subdivisions are now part of Newmarket and both tha towns recreation committee and hockey association feel respon sible for having the boys under their jurisdiction But East hoc key association says that a poll of boys and parents in the area north of Davis Dr now living Newmarket shows that a huge majority of them prefer to play under the jurisdiction the township hockey association East association spokesman Ken Russell says that an agreement signed by the two municipalities In 1065 making Davis Dr the boundary des pite changes caused by Regional son suggests a dual registration day be held at which time the individual boys and their par The joint meeting of the two associations and the Newmarket Recreation Committee decided to let the two groups present their But all three officials shared a waitandsee attitude on the question of further problems with OHSC on the design con cept of the wing Im hopeful something can be resolved at our meeting with representatives this week so we can find out just what the holdups are if you want to know the truth Mr Boyd told The Era Added Mr What were really talking about Is getting OHSC acceptance of the planning solution weve had be fore them for years We havent known whether or not the design concept was the prob lem behind the delay I think after last weeks meeting a very good meeting and added As soon as the techni calities are worked out the min ister feels they can go ahead im mediately Even if plans proceed with out further delay construction is more than a year away Mr Roeder said When the hospital made its last presentation to the province last September it planned to invite tenders in Ap ril Now were three or four months behind that schedule Mr Roeder said Preliminary plans call for the wing to incorporate a hori zontalmodular concept rather than a tower or floor plan with modules jut ting out from the two long Ang West merchant editor NEWMARKET A life time resident of Newmarket died in York County after suffering a atak last At the time of his death he operated a mens shoe store on Main St He had just completed a buying trip to purchase his fall and winter stock Mr West served in the Can adian Army during World War Prior to joining the service he was owner and editor of the Herald Under Angs leadership the won several national awards He sold his interest in the newspaper which then the OMHA for a decision Newmarket longtime member of the CHARGE THREE AFTER COUPLE POISONED president for the term- In the late 1940s was a prominent member of the drinking wood alcohol chased from a bootlegger Mr and Mrs George Davis described by friends as two of Suttons most respected resi dents died after doctors at Tor onto Hospital fought almost a week to save their lives Both were Cause of death was methyl alcohol poisoning Four other persons in- Three men face charges of criminal negligence causing death resulting from the inci dent They appeared before Judge Russell in New ril along with three of their children and Mrs Rita man of Pefferlaw Mr Davis died Sunday his admittance Two daughters personal bail until June Margaret and Hillary and Mrs Before he died Mr Davis leased last weekend with orange juice the of April 19 When Mrs a partlime cook at Riv erside Restaurant In Sutton re ported for work the following morning she was like a robot her employer said Employees had to keep the kitchen door open all morning to give Mrs Davis sufficient air The couple apparently con sumed more of the alcohol the night of April 20 police said When the children became vio lently ill they contacted a of wood alcohol consump tions Minstrel Show lived In England and Charged with criminal day ligence causing death and Funeral services en Satur- conducted by Harry Ne Cemetery He is survived by Mrs Prank Bothwell Margaret and a brother John