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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), November 19, 1969, p. 2

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Owned land five years cant build By ALICE construction of loads it Is not prepared to build Torn Town ship Roads warned against this piece meal typo of road building Construction and mainten ance Is extremely costly Mr is opposed to building the arise from road at his STRANGE Keilh Jamieson of Toronto was back at King Township council meeting Nov his fourth visit still seek ing a building permit His property fronts on Green Lane a Crown Line off Concession 5 in King Town- in the area only to find speculators among them content to sit tight Councillor Gordon who has visited the property along wit Ernest Crossland they have planned spec ial meeting with engineers and will present Mr Jamie- son a final decision by the end of the week walk it necessary Council is concerned about setting a dangerous pre cedent by issuing a build ing permit to the owner of land not fronting on a con structed road Though extremely Township council passed a sympathetic to Mr Jamie- bylaw extending the time son who purchased his for closing the Court of Re land five years ago sped- vision by days from Nov fically to build a home and purchased property in good faith with view to Department in Kn of Highways standards at a Rules laid down cost higher than he is pre pared to assume He has approached other land own- Mr d his in says he Is on Study s musl A King Council Briefs STRANGE King Council eels this In pocket tax vis in part to confusion if it Is arising from the general assessment is up times Conn ell felt that meeting times People fear explain this fact should their taxes will be up pro- have been held after as- went out and not Reeve Cook before Members felt this explained it this way If would have cut down assessment is up our tlcally on the number of i will actually be appeals StewartBeare SATISFACTION IB Choose a firm SEALY MATCH MAKER Sleep Unit then choose the HEADBOARD you want at NO EXTRA CHARGE ALL UNITS COME WITH METAL FRAMES AND CASTERS Hennessey to oppose Burnett for reeve VANDOUF A surprise an nouncement by the present Deputy of Whitchurch Township lwrencc Hen nessey that he will seek the reeves seal has squashed conjecture thai the town ship would acclaim the present council due to ho proposed formation of regional government next year Itccve Stewart Burnett of Whit church had announced hat he would be candidate for that position He had due to I Cook unopposed for King Township THE BLAKE See the full hue of Scaly Quality Deriding at Sic art sturdy metal ram NEW CARPETS from HARDING Canadian General Electric DRYERS 159 Ileal door shutoff thermostat timer Up front lint screen 1 year FREE SERVICE TREE DELIVERY IT PAYS TO SHOP AT STEWART A selection of noliooolly Nome No waiting Immediate a day delivery in most Low Metropolitan Toronto price through volume baying Low coil Plan years of experience by Satisfaction and Service is Guaranteed Use Our CHRISTMAS PLAN LOW COST SCOTIABANK FINANCING STEWART BEARE LTD Newmarket Plaza 8959861 STHANGE Gordon Cook or King Township will seek the of the township once again He was Declaimed as reeve two years ago Was first commissioner of York County Council in and is chairman of the Finance Committee of Hint council this Warden Mr Cook has been in municipal politics for the past 10 years and has headed the poll as a councillor In three elections He defeated Ray Jennings for the reeves position In So far there are no other for the reeveship but non for ail positions of council 59 will seek reelection He served as councillor for three years and defeated Jack Rouble for the Deputy Reeveship He is chairman of roads garbage and the Centennial Park Committee Councillor Gordon an Oak Ridges business man will seek re election He is chairman of the police committee and was a former Canadian Army Staff Sergeant Ernest 18 a graduate of OAC is seeking reelection as councillor He thinks regional govern ment and assessment on market value are pressing situations Cyril Sid Flinders a for mer village trustee is seeking reelection Ho the present hunting committee chairman and was chairman of the fire for four years Others who their indention to seek municipal office are a former Reeve and York County Warden who is employed by the Ontario Department of Highways Murray Shoardowne 39 employed by the Department of Transport Margaret Brit- mother of three a student of Po litical Science and Municipal Administra tion at Seneca College 10 of appeals changed than 10 per cent of assessment appeals heard last week were changed according to Town Clerk Bud Rodger criteria An appeal from tho sub division was postponed and will be heard at a later date filed appeals for each of its lots claiming that the en tire north end development was assessed as a finished subdivision when substan tial work remains before completion assessment had gone many years with out being updated to present values Most commercial and Industrial buildings have been assessed at market values at the lime of construction he said For their threeday 304iour Au rora assignment members of the Court of Revision earned two dollars per hour They receive per day At the last session of York County Council a proposal to raise their pay was rejected Comprising the Court of Revision in Aurora were Frank Crowe of Newmar ket Bruce of Keswick and Fred Timbers of Stouffville s total than loo per cording to figures from the county a ment office total rateable 1909 is compared to for last year Thats increase of Choir to serenade Santa he arrives for his parade here Saturday Hell be serenaded by a chorus of chil drens voices carolling the advent of the The childrens choir rehearsed last night for its part in the Santa Parade and approximately youngsters between the ages of mine and are ex pected to participate They are part of a larger group that entertained at the July First festivities choir will march in the pa rade along with more than floats and six bands Mrs Bessie and Mrs Heather are in charge of the The parade will form up at Re gency Acres at 2 pm From there it will travel north on St then east on Wellington to the armories where Santa will dole out the customary treats for the kids Theme of the parade is Mother EARN EXTRA MONEY AURORA Newmarket Bradford Sharon an Holland Landing areas Phone MR The Era Regency site becomes melting pot AURORA That longIdle properly south of Regency Acres will become a melting pot tor the town Islandia Consultants had agreed to allow the town to dump snow there Tho land was also used for that purpose last winter Islandia wants to put a subdivision on the parcel and a bylaw that would designate the land as residential receiv ed first reading Monday night The bylaw would amend the plat BUDS ARRIVED AURORA ACTIVITIES Topics Of The Town by Emma Purchase United Church obit its anniversary Sunday with a large present Rev sago Dedication To God followed up his address at the Mens Breakfast deal- Middle Fast Dr Forrest has travelled extensively in the Middle East and had first hand knowledge of the problems of the people He urged congregation to become Informed of the problems attended Legislature day November 13 entertained by Mr A Martin as shown at ly Council was held in the Board Room of the Com- on November chapters of gnu Phi in the area Members from six chapters were present for the annual dinner and Pledge Ritual Nine new members were welcomed into Delta chapter in Aurora There were also two transferees inducted into the Richmond Hill chapters Special guest of sorority brought special greetings from the International of fice in Kansas and gave a message to the new pledges for the chapters to prepare a profile of our communities and the estab lishment of the sorority the international magazine type participation course produced by the Highway Safely Council designed to reduce traffil accidents by providing in to the adult dri Seventy four fath- the Mens Breakfast prepared and served by Unit No of under spent last aunt Mrs a Connaught visited the brother- Good weather will improve Yonge mess AURORA The mess on St north could be cleared up with in a few days if the weath erman cooperates council Was told Monday night The weather has been our biggest problem said Town Engineer Jack Weve just had a run of bad luck the last three weeks If we could get a few days of dry weath er we could get it paved look into the problem of the St construction blocking access to private driveways Last weekend it was reported that many residents of that area had lo park their cars in the A lot and vandals took advantage of the by removing every

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