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KING FARMERS JOIN GROUP TO FIGHT ASSESSMENT KING CITY More than 50 King Township fanners have joined a organization now involved In a fight to reduce assessment on farm The group Scorborough and As sociated Townships Farmers is attempt ing to coordinate assessment appeals for its members The organization formed about a month ago and Interested farm ers were asked to contribute 10 each to etain legal help To date more than 300 county s have joined and a Brampton le gal firm has been retained to prepare a expected to come before of Revision within the next t serious problem Nobodys been listening to us and if this keeps up were in big trouble Another King farmer Allan Gel- latly put it in even stronger terms I think the farmer will be ab solutely crucified exterminated If mar ket could tax them out of business This assessment has put us in an almost impossible position said Carl the groups King Township representative We think we have a Yorks oldest log house shrinks but assessment is going the other way the ment has Increased more than five And at a time when almost everyone is griping about assess ment it poses a question should the owner of a historic house receive compensation for maintain ing the building for posterity In It is still held together by the original logs Theres one problem When logs get to be 172 years old they shrink And the cracks left by the shrinkage make it a bit breezy in Located on Eversley Farm Concession in King Township the house is owned by Mrs Ursula Mc Lennan She took her assessment complaint to Kings Court of Revision last week They heard her claim and deferred action until a later date felt they this house she said My contention is hat its very expensive to maintain the original part of the house It has great historical value and I certainly shouldnt be taxed for my efforts to restore and maintain it YorkSimcoc MP John Rob erts agrees In several speeches over the past year Mr Roberts has advo cated some form of relief for owners of historical buildings who restore at their historical societies have a chronic ailment called a shortage of money And she says she doesnt want gov ernment funds because they can be put to better use Yet its a dilemma for Mrs McLennan Each year the logs shrink substantially in several spots and require repair Several years ago to heat just the original House built in But she the house is unique and should be maintained It is a piece of history from one of Can adas richest historical regions she veritable Over the past years antique furnishings and a huge stone fireplace have been added Daniel Rose received the own Deed to the land on which the house now sits on April In 1832 Hugh Moore bought it and in 1837 it passed to James Hutchinson It remained in the Hutchinson fam ily unlil 1913 when William Cairns bought it His wife sold it to Mr Mcennan years later A lot of people registered deeds in says Mrs McLennan But this is the only house thats still standing as a log house on the ori ginal land November 1969 Dear little Boys and Girls 1 am so glad to be able to write you this letter myself today Oh gracious it was terrible of me to get a cold and have to stay in bed when everyone is so busy getting ready for the parade on Saturday will be able to be My clowns are all ready and ire mischief SEE YOU SATURDAY Love til then By the way kiddies the Newmar ket Jaycees will be handling my mail in your area from now until Christmas so if you are going to write a letter to old San ta get your daddy to send it New market Jaycees Box 173 Newmarket That way youll be sure to get my ans wer before Christmas Eve King farm assessment has increased seven times over The jump is the result of the county adopting market value as the basis for alt land and property assessment Farm assessment for the whole county Is six times as much as last years Wo dont mind paying our fair share of taxes said G of I the groups secre tarytreasurer But we maintain that once you start to assess farm land at its sale value our tax becomes out of line in comparison with the services we re ceive and our ability to pay Mr emphasized that Is protesting farm land assess only and not the i will not result in undue tax be cause each municipalitys mill rate will drop in proportion with the assessment dentlal assessment up more than five times over last year this should mean proportionate decrease in the mill rate I have no objection to a somewhere around formula a mill rati But some King farmers expect a substantial mill increase They admit this cannot be accurately predicted at this time but theyre still worried Were thinking the mill rale here could come in at said This could put our taxes at or 12 Both Whiltamore and Wright said a test case will go before a Court of Revision in either Whitchurch Vau- Waodbridgc or North townships sometime before Nov All other municipalities have completed their Court of Revision test case has not yet been chosen said said his group or iginally wanted to test eases in each municipality but lack of would said he felt the market value criterion is formed last month at a meeting in Van per cent not unfair to farmers called the of what they Im not ttire The federation is not involved in man he said Were not out conducting the groups business however these kind of taxes plus our buildings well its just about impos sible to make any money in farming Kings 1069 farm and residential With farm and resl- Were in a world of change and the method or assessing hasnt changed In years I feel that farmers are a minority group and have no Something new Dear Header Im sure youve noticed in recent weeks that your issue of The Era has contained more Aurora and district news We have accomplished litis by a nunihcr of What this means is that we have able to Rive our readers in the northern of York County more news in heir edition while expanding our news coverage in your area We hope you like our new look and hope youll tell your friends and neighbors ahout it PAGES VOL 118 NO 16 15 CENTS Newmarket Aurora AURORANEWMARKETKESW1CK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19 1969 Keswick APARTMENTS SERVICE STATION Bylaw limbo thwarts two plans led woul to stay away from until the new zoning bylaw is approved by Ontario Municipal Board Two plans one of highrise apartments the other for a service sta tion encountered roadblocks at Mon day nights council meeting because they would require amendments to the zoning Council indicated it wont amend zoning bylaws until the legislation its upcoming hearing to put everything in one package The first to discover councils re- zoning reluctance Monday night was Don Orme of Planet Development Corporation He asked council to allow a density of CO apartment units per acre on Planets 3 2 acre parcel on Wellington St West im mediately east of the Gateway Plaza The properly is designated devel opment in the zoning bylaw and maxi mum density Is sel t units per acre By the end of his discussion with council Orme reluctantly had backed down to a request for units per acre He admitted that such tow density would rise I mean about not be economical hut indicated lie relent- Thats highris from his original figure in order to Reeve Evelyn Buck some 1 rogris in his long with council flic Ins been and this creates an atmosphere of spaci ousness close to the St shop ping district and to the Gateway Plaza We think it would make a much nicer setting if we dont put up three- storey squatty type buildings Wed like sees commuter in Aurora and Newmarket to Barrie short ly before the 1971 provincial election York Centre Donald Deacon said last weekend Mr Deacon a Liberal claimed the government have already Three PC members Bill Washday blues with red water expressed concern Monday night buildup of iron in the water supply This is getting serious said Councillor Gordon Rowe It represents financial loss to people who have had laundry destroyed The water reportedly is so bad that a dripping tap means a dis colored sink Housewives from Oak Ridges call constantly to complain they simply cant use the water said Clerk Harold Rose He advises them to call the Ontario Water Resources Commission which to date have given no indication as to when the matter will be remedied son York North Gordon Smith East and Art Evans Centre have been pressuring Highways Minister George for a commuter up the TorontoBarrio corridor for some time This week in an article on page 5 Hodgson says the three met with Can adian National and Ontario Northland railroad officials last week to discuss the possibility of rerouting a train to come down the west side of Lake but said the meeting had ruled out the possibility John the Mount Albert lawyer who organized the oneday GoGo special from to Toronto and back last month to promote a commuter ser vice suggested this week that if the On tario government doesnt soon inaugurate a service someone else should Medcof said only one or two trains daily each way are needed for a minimum service and contends the CNR equipment is adequate He forwarded three proposals that the CNR or Ontario Northland sched ule a regular described the private venture proposal as the most attractive of the three because it can be done now it doesnt need government support the density Councillor Wilt pointed nut that had filed an objection to the before it goes In the Meanwhile may take his apartment plans to planning board for dis service station at the of and Kennedy met a similar obstacle John Ferguson representing said his companys option on the site expires Dec and he asked coun cil to the land from residential to also said the odd shape the lot would require a variance allow ing to build within 10 feet of the He said Fina planned a twoday ser vice station costing about The mayor said it would be im passible to take any action on Fergusons request before Dec but Ferguson in dicated his company could extend its in committee Ontai that it be operated They might even make so money said Medcof He said net profits on his day trial indicates the service could NO GOT NO MONEY Eric goes on a shopping spree of it Fiveyearold Eric of Cr usually walks to kindergarten each morning with his sister Beth But one day last week Beth was sick and Erics mother thought Eric was big en ough to walk to Our Lady of Grace School by himself So Eric started out on his usual route along Aurora Heights Dr Trouble is he got sidetracked on his way to school Lugging his lunchbox be toddled into the barber shop in the Aurora Heights Plaza and asked for a haircut He got one When the barber asked for the customary fee Eric said blithely No got no money And away he went in search of more adventure He found it at the A and Store the diminutiv Tossing his lunch box Into a shopping enough Eric began making the rounds of time he had stocked his cart with th boxes of cereal some cream topp and a wide selection of candies He in the process of sampling various the noticed him Erics mother was somewhere in the store and thought little of it Twenty minutes later Mr spotted Eric again By this A telephone call to mother Don Eric from being asked how he plan- pay for his groceries It also may him from a terrible stomach GO BROTHER Sevenyearold David closes in on the puck Atom hockey game Sunday brother Doug leans out of the stands and shouts i David helped Ihe undefeated down leafs in game at Aurora arena Kids hockey re ceived a boost Monday when town council approved a grant for the towns first annual bantam hockey tournament in January In other Aurora sports highlights the Stan Cr