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TORONTO - A new trial been ordered by a county urt judge here following ring (1 a perjury charge ainst a 63-year-old former . k Regional Police constable. John Douglas Murray was .last week that a new trial be set for next May owing a mistrial niling by nior County Court Judge rCallaghan. Judge Callaghan. at the me time disqualified himself m sitting at the new trial. Murray faced a judge and OL. 12?. NO. 3 I PAGES ax plan onfuses egional g ounc SFZWMARKET Confused t the effect of Ontario's n. property tax reforms? . you're in good company. Members of York Regional ncil were scratching their ds last week after the onal treasurer told them he lled a rat in the reforms. "The taxpayers of York 'on as a group willkbe 'red to pay an additional 7.600 (if ' efbrms'are lementedi," said treasurer lilynslri. . The reason, he said. is that incial grants to icipalities and- school 5 would be reduced more . provincial tax con- tions will increase. But Mr. Hlynski agreed with mment gures that suggest ntial taxes will be sub- tially reduced in every icipality in York Region if reforms go thr h. ~ 1 don't refute w t they're ng about residential taxes gdown." he said later in an 'iew. "But the difference u ovincial contributions) has . ' made up in other areas." Mr. Hlynski said the rms will probably be ar with the individual yer. the voter," because of ctions in residential taxes. burden will (all .90. com; . ial and industrial property- ers. Regional chairman Gar eld _ '. _'u fe ' quite as rosy as printed in paper," and he urged cil members to study the osals so they can be d at a meeting in two 5. urora Mayor George son. who earlier said he red the reforms, announced ould re-examine gures in government report which ct a drastic increase in ~ on property owned by _Ol boards and icipalities. I e important aspect of __S is the reduction of lies. said Richmond Hill Dr David Schiller. e encouraged council to support for reforms j (Wed, Jan. 18) at a ng of the Liberal Task e in Aurora. o ERA INSIDE Conservation authority about to oirpand Nobody's talking but it appears that the South Lake Slmcoe Conservation Authority is about to become 50 per cent larger. Fora look- at a proposal that won't be made of cial until next week. turn to page As. Author views Aurora production Ron Taylor. author of The Unreasonable Act of Julian Waterman. was in the audience Theatre Aurora performed his play Theatre. lie had encouraging words for crew after the performance. See page A9. Elementary contract still stalled Elementary school teachers and the - York Board of Education have been talking contract for 1w. months now but any settlement remains a long way off. Details on the stalled talks appear on page As. DIREC TOR Y jury last week and heard Crown Attorney Clare Lewis tell a six- man and six-woman jury that Murray's testimony under oath in a trial against York Regional Constable Gordon Mason had partly resulted in the officer's acquital on assault charges. The Mason trial. which lasted six days. resulted after 16-year-old Paul Morrison and Kevin Fletcher of Georgina Towrnhip were picked up by Constable Mason for questioning following a break- and entry. The two youths. who were not involved in the offence. were taken into Mason's cruiser for questioning and claimed that the constable reached into the back seat and assaulted - Morrison. Mr. Lewis said he expected to show that ex-Constable Murray had altered the note book he used in giving his evidence at that time. He intended to mislead the proceedings and testified." the crown attorney claimed. falsely- Mr. Lewis told the jury that as a result a judgment was made which was no: in accord with the facts._ in revrewmg the Mason. trial Mr. Lewis said the two youths, one of whom is the son of former Provincial Judge Clare Morrison, had been called a by county court judge at the Mason trial. The crown attorney told the jury that Murray. whose jpb in part was to care for police department equipment in- cluding cruisers. had testified at NEWMARKET KESWICK, JANUARY la, "78 I ivy. I ' 4 i "we? 'd. 3, _. f. . .3,- Laura Chnt leads the Devins Dr. Grade 1 rhythm band which will perfbrm during Talent Night at Aurora High NEWMARKET A coroner's inquest into the death of Dennis Adams, who was killed by a train at the railway crossing on Water St.. resulted in recommendations for improved safety education in the schools. painted lines on the road and improved warning lights at the crossing. During the inquest. the jury learned there was almost a triple'fatality at the crossing, when the Adams boy was killed. Rodney Peterman and his Friday night as the cast and Edutainment lattes-s te'elits r _M. Wk Wafer improve lights; School on Friday. . More than 300 children will sing. dance. act and otherwise take part to raise money _for Amora'lerary building fund. -. -. o'- .dhi - .t brother. Brent. were travellin north on Cotter St.;- sto and then made a left hand t to Water St. Rome Peterman told juryhe driven his truck to the tracks when he noticed . train coming. I just threw it into reverse and backed off the tracks and just as I got the truck off the tracks, the train went by." he said. questioned by the -When coroner s counsel Ken-Murray, Mr. Peterman said he did not hear, the train whistle. did not see the red ashing lights at the crossing and didn't. hear the warning bells. Cotter St. runs parallel to the train tracks. Evidence given at the inquest indicated the Adams boy had something on his mind and rode his bicycle into the path of the train. Death resulted from a brain stem haemorrhage. Ac- cording to Coroner Dr. Jolm Denison, the haemorrhage was in the part of the brain that affects respi tion. Heysaid all pra Reska, m engineer, who was operating e train, dispelled the theory that the boy and his bicycle were sucked into the train. I don t think the we were going that day would have sucked in a butter y," he said. Hehglaeve evidence that the trainw travellmg'_ gt a speed ofmaybe35t040milesper , hour wasinfacleowing down indanithadto eastopat theNewmarket sta on, which is , between the Water St. crossing and Davis Dr. '_._ t' a ! r I iu 7 .-. 7' I liGHT TO AID LIBRARY i the Mason trial that his notes showed a cage had been in place in Mason's cruiser at the time of the assault. Mr. Lewis told the court he expected to show that-the cage was actually installed July 13. six days after the incident oc- curred. The crown attorney said the Judge. r in making a judgment in the Mason case, had found that there was a cage in the cruiser and that Morrison R NEWMARK ET 89543:" 20 CENTS Tickets. costing 82 for adults and 81 for children. are available at the library 0 by calling 727-3217. Members of the Devlns Dr. band (above. le to right) include Denise Oomerville, Rgndy Jones._Katle . Sl.crossing, W There had been a previous double fatality at the same crossing some years earlier, involving a man and his wife travelling in a car on Water St. A witness from the Canadian Transport Com- mission, told the inquest the (ETC will pay for 80 per cent of improvements to crossings, the road authority the municipal government responsible for the road would be required to pay 12': per cent and the railway would. pay the remaining 7v. per cent level any improvements to crossings. " He said the cost of barrier arms cauld run from 60,000 up to $150,000 and while the barrier arms would have prevented Mr. Peterman's near accident, they wouldn t have done anything to prevent the death of Dennis Adams because he avas riding his bicycle on the wrong side of the road. . ' The official ruling on the coroner's jury was that Dennis Adams, aged 13, died by ac- cident , WOODBRIDGE John McDermottJrustee for the Town of Aurora and White urch- Stouffville, will serve his fifth yearinarowaschairmanof York Region's Roman Catholic .LSeparateSchoolBoard: - His nomination by Father Don MacLean of Vaughan at Monday s inaugural meeting was seconded _by Larry Gordon. Craig scott. and Kim Muichinoc'iri" .3 Newmarket Hydro manager j letter to town council Mon- "3 ST; day. from village status to that of Forhan. it didn't become official until Jan. 1. mm." '3 the town of Newmarket. . 753 #133553 germs" <3. . i3. 3 ".2 u i town should consider 15": becoming a city to mark the i? one hundredth anniversary of its inauguration as a town. Jim Beadle suggested in a Newmarket- graduated , a town in 1880. although according to Mayor Bob He said the first mayor of ' William Cane, took office in ' January. 1881. - Mr. Beadle's suggestion . was referred to the town s administration group for further study. and unanimotrtll approved. Trustee ocione was in turn nominated and elected vice chalrman b Chairman McDermott. Th will be Trustee Peiliccione s second. consecutive term asp vice- '1'. NEWMARKET This f" It s just of a mileol unope 21d Concession and Holbom Road. but it's become a big problem for it's owner Harry Bennett and the Town of East Gwillimbury. and Fletcher had lied apd as a, result acquited Mason. The crown attorney also told the jury he hoped to prove that Murray's notes were written with a different pen. . Defencecounsei AlfStongof Richmond Hill, while not ob- jectiru to the inclusion of the judge s judgment as evidence in the case, claimed that the written judgment might differ from the transcript. Judge Callaghan after retiring to consult law texts on Winter NEWMARKET Newmarket's Feb. 19 Winter Carnival already has a full schedule of events planned, and it's still growing. according to Paul Dorman. carnival chairman for the organizing Newmarket Kinsmen Club. Kick off of the annual event will be the Saturday night Winter Carnival dance at the Community Centre. A live band playing in the Glen Miller style will provide the music. and the proceeds from the dance will help pay for the next day's carnival. which is free to the community. The carnival itself will get underway earlier than it did last year. Mr. Dorman is planning a parade which Will march off from the Main St. firehall at 12:30. and its arrival at the Wesley Brooks Conservation Area will inaugurate the car- nival at about 1 pm. He is hoping at least two bands will participate in the parade. Events already planned for the carnival are: e the annual high school com- petition in which teams from Newmarket High. School and Huron Heights Secondary School will compete in a tug-of- war. a chariot race and a broomball game; e judgim of an elunentary school Winter Carnival poster painting oontat will take lace during the carnival. a the pastas will be on display._ 0 therewillbefieesnovnnobiie rides. sleigh rides. helicopter rides, a skating competition on Fairy Lake; NEWMARKET A petition bearing 52 signatures was rexived by town council \l day night asking for the . noval of a newly installed stop sign at the intersection of Joseph St. and Millard Ave. A survey of residents on Millard Ave. shows that no one saw the notification in the local paper stating that a stop sign was to be placed...", said the petition. This stop sign is the matter, ruled that the court judge should not be included in the crown's evidence and or- dered a new jury since they had . heard that judgment from the judgment of the county crown. An unusual turn of events occurred during the trial when Mr. Stong sought the permission the court and was granted the assistance of one of the crown witnesses. to aid his from defence case. n a crosscountry ski race will start from the Participark facility at Dennis Park and end at the conservation area; a toboggan races will be held on the Dennis Park hill; 0 a broomball game between town council members and recreation department staff is planned; a there will be pony rides: s free baked beans. hot dogs and hot chocolates will be available. Reappoint two members of library board NEWMARKET Two members of the New-market Public Library Board we're re-appointed for two-year terms Monday night. The York Region Roman Catholic Separate Scth Board reappointed Mrs. Jean St. John. and town council reappointed Mrs. Elman Campbell, a former board chairman. ~ The separate school board also named members to several other boards. Mrs. Mary Brand was reappointed to the East Gwillimbury library board, John Woodrow to the Georgina board, Paul Roney is a new appoinnnenttotum'ch- Stouffville board. and David Macdonald was named to the King Township board. Remove Millard Ave. stop, sign: residents - dangerous. with winter icy road conditions. being on an incline one can neither stop proceeding down the hill, nor start going up the hill. said the petition. The petitioners said they believe the stop sign gives children in the area a false sense of security because most traffic can not safely stop at this point." The matter was referred back to the engineering group for further study. East Gwillimbury won't EAST GWILLIMBURY three quarters ned road at the Mr. Bennett appeared before council Monday as a delegation requesting the town's help in maintaining the road into his home. . ~ No can dot," said Mayor Angus Morton. "To maintain it would constitute assuming the mad." and the town does not wanttoowntheroad. TheOn- enroliment declines in the schools across Ontario. York Region's Separate School Board (one (1 six in Ontario) continues to grow in a marked way. help man with long lane tario Ministry of Transportation and Communications would not subsidize the maintenance. The town would have 'to pay the entire shot. Mayor Morton added that although he sympathized with the man's situation. the road was_simply a narrow lane lined with brush on either side. I doubt we could get our equipment in there." he told The Era. Mayor Morton said the matter will be discussed Thursday in Sharon, when ' William Newman, Minister of Agriculture and Food, meets his constitnen' ts. 1 RC boardrelurns chairman lliecione. Town of Markham can expect a total enrolment between 9,000 and pupils," said Mr. McDermott. 10,000 He went on to note the ad- l(2:32! nmodation ta growth...the V'MSeint-Michaei l'in'nhtll and '