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20 PAGES VOL 117 NO 10 CENTS SinceJ852 NEWMARKET AURORA KESWICK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14 1968 Newmarket 8952331 Aurora Keswick Wanted in Drivein holdup escaping 6 POLICE FORCES IN MANHUNT CONDITIONS NOT DANGEROUS Council rejects petition from Regency residents of tlic whole submitted a let- to council regarding the recent Re gency Acres Unit Precast Co petition that hi The residents had claimed in the peti tion that the Unit Precast plant emitted noise and dust and that he is grounds haphazardly placed steps was dangerous Mr Carlton of Unit Precast Canada limited discussed the prob lems stated in the petition with Mayor Clarence Davis Regarding the complaint of the use of residential streets by Industrial vehicles Mr Carlton stated his vehicles use the residential streets only as a matter of necessity when Regency Dr or the Sub way are impassable An exception occurs three or four times per year when a tractor trailer load of cement Is delivered It is necessary ti Mr Carlton staled that he could not be responsible for complaints of garbage and debris left by farmer occupants of the building but that they were taking steps to dsiposc of the excess equipment and generally up the area He further stated that the concrete steps were not piled haphazardly as indi cated as the Department of Labour who make regular inspections of the grounds approve of their operation and that the units are delivered on trucks in the same manner as they arc presently stacked It was therefore found that the danger ous situation does not exist as stated In the petition petition but until the ownership of t surrounding properly can lie completed and the proper survey supplied to him position to install a fence requested In the petition hut this would also be pending the establishment of the property boundaries Regarding the complaint of excessive odor from the operation of his plant and this noise Is very minimal to any sur rounding property and should broken windows will be replaced said Mr Carlton Council was satisfied and felt that Mr Carlton was most cooperative KESWICK Police forces from across Ontario are still searching for a former Keswick man who escaped from two months ago and eluded six northern York County police departments over the weekend Thomas 22 want ed for armed robbery in connection with the holdup of the North York DriveIn last month Two other York County men were arrested shortly after the incident and are North police re ceived a tip that was seen at the Sutton Fair A later tip said that he was in a Keswick house and armed They called police departments from East GwilHmbury Newmar ket Whitchurch Sutton and the OPP Armed with shotguns they searched the bush area around Cedar and Parkview streets for two hours They later discovered car he had bought in Toronto in a garage on the near the Kes wick Public School North police said that Olhiser was seen at the Sut ton Fair on Saturday Witnesses flay that he has dyed his hair from bright red to dark black He also wears dark tan makeup to hide his freckles Police say he is armed and dang erous and ask anyone knowing his whereabouts to report thorn to the nearest police department A total of police officers and about eight cruisers were involved in the Sunday manhunt Police feel has left the Keswick tie i Pefferlaw boy still missing Set Sept 7 vote date on N GwilHmbury liquor KESWICK Doth beer and liquor will be on the ballot when North residents vote Sept on the question of allowing drinking in public places The last plebiscite in April 19C5 allow ed residents to vote only on the consump tion of liquor with meals or in a lounge The vote was defeated by a small mar- Bin This years vote ask four separate questions Voters can grant permission for any one or all four of them Permission to sell liquor with meals In a dining room Permission to sell liquor in a lounge At present township residents can buy beer and liquor only from retail stores The Sept 7 voting dale set by North Township Council last spring will allow summer residents to vote People who have resided in the township for a two month period up to and includ ing the date of the vote are eligible The list of voters for the June fed eral election will be used for the plebis cite Anyone eligible but not on the vot ers list can vote by being vouched for a the poll by someone who is on the list In that poll GO per cent majority Is needed to pass the vote unship Clerk Joel Hopkins about people arc eligible to it the 11 wiling stations Voting will Third drowning at Preston Lake VANDOltF Preston Lake claimed its third drowning victim within two weeks last Friday missing by his wife The drowning victim was swimming in the part of the lake that is the section that is not watched by a lifeguard Preston Lake is mostly privately own ed The lifeguard Is helped by a The previous weekend Karen of Don Mills drowned despite the ef forts of her father to revive her Karen was also playing In the un guarded part of Preston Lake She be lieved to have wandered out into deep The previous Sunday a Toronto father boy who neighbors and area near Wilfrid During the past weekend the have relayed his description across Can ada In case he had left home Although there appeared to be no reason to believe Ihts has happened When Inst seen the boy started out to cover his usual paper route and bad told a younger brother that he might go for a swim at Beach Dragging operations have been carried group of neighbors cottage dwellers and volunteers were planning search of a swamp area When Inst seen the young hoy whose home Is at Wilfrid east of was wearing a red and black plaid shirt NEWMARKET STUDENTS TAKE TRIP TO EUROPE Cindys memories of trip rollers sat in the living room of her Allan Ave home Friday and bubbled over with memories of Europe A and shampoo were the first tilings on Cindys agenda when she reached Canada after her three week tour by Ships School ROBERT BROWN Postmen ahead of the game NKWMARKKT Postmen come out a little ahead when the three week postal strike Is balanced against their retroac tive pay increases But there is one catch for the finan cially hard pressed workers they likely wont get their retroactive pay for awhile The postmen went back to work Fri day after accepting a contract which gives them a cent an hour increase in two stages over a month period going back to August I 1967 The first stage of the contract from August I last year to Oct 1 of this create Thin means the postmen will re ceive a tola of In retroactive pay Frank president of the Newmar ket carrion union says For Mr Calver a top salary bracket carrier who takes home twice a month strike meant a loss of about When he receives his retroactive pay he estimates hell take home about he will be about ahead students look part in the educational trip Their chartered return flight was de layed ID hours by mechanical difficulties and when it finally look off at 230 am Thursday everyone was Just beat By Friday afternoon Cindy looked anything but heat Surrounded by the mementos of her trip brochures of palaces and cathedrals pictures of J Ships School Association a profit organization of teachers and stu dents arranges trips lo give students a leak at other countries and people The Newmarket students part of a group of 1GS stayed in school and univer sity residences They visited England France Austria and took side trips to Holy and Germany and tho Palate of Ver- Continued on Page The old proverb Is turned around here an It appears to be a a horse looking a gift In the mouth at Sutton Fair Terry Conner of Toronto takes a snnck while Harney her horse accepts a sugar cube from Mary Shannon of the KlnetteB Photo Tony Drew