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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), May 6, 1970, p. 2

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Era On EAST MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION Annual General Masting TUES MAY 800 pm Sharon Community Hall MOTHERS DAY TWIN SEASONS DINING ROOMS JACKSONS POINT SUNDAY MAY 10th A BUFFET Hot Cold All You Con Eal Served From PM to 8 PM STANDING RIB OF TENDER ROAST BEEF VEGETABLES POTATOES SLICED TUR KEY HAM SALAMI ETC MANY SALADS D GOURMET SELECTION The price includes Bullet end Bever age THIS BUFFET WILL BE A FEATURE EVERY SUNDAY AT TWIN Commencing Sunday May PM to PM Room are fully licensed every day DANCING AT TWIN SEASONS FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE SUTTON TAX RELIEF Continued from the provincial county delegation was rea sonably well received according to Au rora mayor Dick lllingwortli and pro- Officials promised to study the count problem and make an announce ment within 10 days Meanwhile county Hint not sot their mill tcs will sit tight Major lllingwortli said the ceil ing proposal would be a shortterm pro cedure until they have more time to gel into it and see whats wrong lie said the provincial officials Indicated that legis lation on matter may be in the offing Mr Palmer Mr indi cated they had been unaware until re cently of the tax shift in the county and told the York delegation they didnt know why it had occurred They pointed out I think its a point well taken that they were not responsible for the reassessment in York County said Mr The county not the province completed market value reassessment last year making York County the first municipal unit In Ontario to finish such a task The provincial government has since taken over the assessment job and plans to complete reassessment at market value throughout Ontario by 1975 Mayor lllingworth said the pro vincial officials claimed that about 160 other smaller areas in Ontario had com pleted reassessment with little or no problem The mayor reported that Mr Palmer and Mr who had not pre viously studied the matter saw two pos sible reasons for the York County shift either the county assessment staff failed to do the job correctly or York county is a unique area which cannot be validly assessed under the prescribed provincial criteria The county used the provincial manual for reassessment when it ap plied market values to York County real estate las year however NEWMARKET Ban waste dumping COUNCIL BRIEFS never indicated that there would be a tax shift said Mayor They said the mill rate would drop in propor- Don Plnxlon of Richmond Hill was sceptical of the provincial go vernments apparent lack of knowledge of the problem department of Municipal Affairs is acting as though it the tax shift is a big surprise said ton But they know it was going to Rccvo said that in the past residential properly was assessed at a low percentage of market value about 30 per cent he estimated and in dustry was assessed at a high percentage about no per cent he believed There was no legislation for it but it was done and it was done in York County ho said The Department should have known that when you bring everyone up to 100 per cent once it would put a terrible burden on the any rate Reeve said that Municipal Affairs is aware of it now 1 think they arc prepared to do something about it discussed closing off Main St to vehicular traffic from Park Ave to St for a full week in June The ilisiiissiHis look place a meeting closed to the press and pub lic April Bill Hodgson told council in a letter Monday that he is doing all he can to keep Holland Valley Conservation Authority resources manag er Derek on the job Sten ill has tran sferred la another area and council backed an Autho rity objection but it l he Newmarket without comment The Newmarket Veterans Association have Invited town councillors to march in its annual Decor ation Day parade June The parade will leave Lob- laws parking lot at 130 reach the cemetery an VANDOBF Whit sue in the township recent church Township will ban ly when citizens in the dumping of liquid industrial area protected within its borders the dumping is endangering after June council rul their water supply ed Monday The legislation industrial carries a maximum New in Town council un animously endorsed a re solution from Richmond Hill council asking that tax levies based on I new assessment be postponed A little piece of bearing fruit in the North in- West Territories Students of at Public School asked Newmarket council to ship hem one pound of Newmarket soil for their garden they are collecting from all over Canada part of the Territories celebrations Propose office tradein NEWMARKET Council is con sidering trading in its old town offices for a new set it was revealed Monday A committee of council is con sidering a set of proposals by Messrs Sam and Morris the men who built the new building on Main St after fire gutted the store The pro posals were made behind closed doors last week The said they have ground floor space in their new building at 181 Main St for lease at per square i foot Newmarket sell them the town offices at 171 Main St and lease the space at Main at a year or that the town deed 171 Main St to them and lease 181 Main for 15 years with The also said if New market and East should amalgamate they own square feet of land at the corner of St and Davis Dr on which they would be happy to erect a municipal building In return they would like 171 Main and the Newmarket Motors Build ing on St The two also said they are Inte rested in buying the St proper ty if they could tear it down and build apartments Eagle Hills cant find their park for the mud NEWMARKET Residents of Hills subdivision want to know if they have a park Eagle Hills Ratepayers Association president Mike asked council by loiter if the muddy area between Crescent and the Cane Park way will be a park and if it is a park they would like to know if it will be useable this summer mar children from the sub Eagle Street without a Haskell Park Ho also asked filled pit on the park site Tom GRAND OPENING OF OUR NEWLY REMODELLED STORE FREE DRAW today thurs Friday 1st PRIZE COPYMATE PHOTO COPIER 2nd PRIZE BATES LIST FINDER 3rd PRIZE SHEAFFER PEN PENCIL SET PRIZE DYMO LABEL MAKER DISCOUNT ON ALL CASH SALES TODAY THURS FRIDAY COOL IT New hockey executive to discuss Sunday play NEWMARKET Charles was nam ed chairman of the New market Minor Hockey As- hockey This is practice time for the local teams The Committee had requested Sunday be stopped The executive had given considerable con sideration to this request but had been unable to se cure ice time at other hours during the week In ord er to be with other area teams it was considered Mr Err- GWILLIMBURY TOWNSHIP PROCLAMATION WHEREAS number of students Iron the Notre Dame Separate School have expressed their concern regarding the nations pollution problems GLADYS ROLLING REEVE of THE TOWNSHIP OF EAST do hereby proclaim May 11th to May 17th 1970 ANTIPOLLUTION WEEK WANTED PRESENT POOL OWNERS PROSPECTIVE POOL OWNERS WE CARRY fooltoivn MAIN ST NEWMARKET ONTARIO Phono Service and Repair To ALL makes and ALL models of Typewrit Main Street Adding Machines CAMPING HEADQUARTERS TENT TRAILERS MINI BIKES LAWN MOWERS PLUS TRAVEL TRAILERS Tidier RICES TRAILER SALES A RENTALS No I MILLS officials of Blue my whenever Meats of students by this A report to the Board said that Blue will admit emotionally distrubed children within a few weeks These- children will be in residence at the academy Five municipalities are overdue with their fore cast report on capital ex penditures and the Ontario Municipal Board will not consider any capital fore cast of the York County I Board until these are obtain- The municipalities are Aurora ham 1 and SPRING BONUS DAYS IRE HERE OUR EXTRA tulALO BIG SAVINGS on everything youll need tor LATEX PAINT COUNTER TOPS now available in J JIFFY READYTOUSE MIXES FOR ALL CEMENT BUILDING AND REPAIR JOBS RANGE HOODS 9 30 in with two fan Practical and too THESE SPECIALS AND MANY OTHERS AVAILABLE UNTIL FRIDAY MAY 15th 1970 8955176

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