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PAGES VOL 119 NO IS CENTS THEWERA Aurora NEWMARKETAURORAKESW1CK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1970 15 CENTS NO SURPRISES AT NOMINATIONS Negotiating 3 million office building for Davis Dr Twinney NEWMARKET A targe week He predicted If the office industry is negotiating with East comes an industrial plant will fol- township to locate a S3 million head office building on the north side of Davis Dr near St township Deputy Reeve Ray told an election meet ing in Eagle Hills subdivision last Mr refused to name the firm or divulge further details He said negotiations are underway and looking very good Twentysix candida seek 11 seats Tom Candidates meet Eagle Hill ratepayers By TERRY CARTER Era Editor NEWMARKET The towns only active community association last Wednesday night held what to date appears to be the towns only election meeting of the year and over people turned out to listen and ask questions The Eagle Hills Community Association sponsored the meeting which was held in the gym nasium of Stuart Scott school and it invited the three mayoralty candidates and two contenders for the new town councils second regional seat to appear After each candidate was given time to introduce himself and make a statement chairman Mike the community association president put a single question to the group Do you favor building apartments between Eagle Hills subdivision and Fairy East Deputy Reeve Ray answering first said he didnt want to see highrise down there but qualified his answer by pointing out he needed to give the problem more study because he has been heavily occupied with East business during the past council term opponent for the towns second regional seat Tom Taylor felt the town should try to retain whatever natural beauty we have I think we should not put apartments down there Mayoralty candidate Reeve Clare Salisbury was definitely opposed He felt the river area should be retained for conservation Mayor Surgeoner explain ed he had proposed the town rezone ami sell five acres on the parkway opposite Lome Ave to raise money to build a new town hall Councillor Bob said he hoped the beautiful Holland Valley would be protected and pointed out he also opposes industry being built along the parkway CANDIDATES VIEWS page Tax cure in two years By JOHN Era Staff Reporter RICHMOND HILL York Countys tax base gone haywire as a result of reassessment wont be restored to normal for at least two years Municipal Affairs Minister Darcy McKeough told an angry audience of county politicians and ratepayers here last week A crowd of about 250 waited minutes in the Don Head School auditorium for Mr to arrive fired pointed questions about their high taxes at him for nearly residential ratepayers in the county While admitting that some home owners are bearing an undue tax burden Mr said the tax shift resulting from market value reassessment wont be corrected by legislation for at least two years Meanwhile municipalities will have to endure as best they can under one of the two temporary tax relief measures passed by the provincial legislature last sum mer he said The crowd ranging from individual ratepayers complaining about personal tax increases to municipal politicians lamenting the Threeway mayoralty race in Aurora Paul Wright who narrowly AURORA No surprises em erged in the mayoralty race hero Mon day night only the three declared Bruce Mercer and Clove Incumbent again are Deputy Reeve Bill candidates were nominated Incum bent Mayor Dick will be apposed by Reeve Evelyn Buck and veteran campaigner Clarence Davis and Norm Stewart Auroras two school board rep- missed a council seat in the elec tion came armed with a nomination speech he said but decided not to run He cited family responsibilities as his reason for declining a return match for the eight town council seats Keith Nisbet the towns mem ber on the York County school board John York County n Incumbent councillors for the eight seats on Auroras council Excouncillors Jack Williamson and Stew Patrick were nominated Fourway race By LARKY ROBERTSON Era Staff Reporter SUTTON Whipper Billy Wat- son was ready to take on all comers on Monday night when lie raised his pounds to demand Each alderman gets one minute to speak Clare C Green ruled that candidates be allowed seconds to present their platform Rebuttal from duck farm WHITCHURCH King Cole Ducks Ltd recently denied permission to dump liquid duck waste on portions of the county forest this week criticized township offic ials for failing to support the farm in its quest for use of the forest area We thought Whitchurch Town ship would have led the way in ac quiring necessary permission from York County for a member in their the townships community conclud ed a statement submitted to The Era by Margaret Murby treasurer King Cole Ducks Opposition to the dumping pro posal was led by Whitchurch Depu ty Reeve Norm Barnard who called King Cole Ducks an Industry that has grown too big for Its britches He also warned that the township might prosecute the farm under an antipollution bylaw If the proposal was passed Mrs Murby said Deputy Reeve Barnard has never been around to acquaint himself with the facts only to ask us to vote for him in the last election Her statement emphasized King Cole Ducks role as a corporate Sec KING COLE DUCKS page 3 NEWMARKET Twentysix candidates the largest slate this town has seen in a municipal election for many years were nominated for council and school board offices Monday night However there were few surprises for the or so people who crowded into the stifling hot town hall council chambers for the meeting Most candidates declared their intentions earlier Sparks flew only once that occurred when a quest ic from the back of the hall who s that didnt identify himself said he heard that Councillor Bob Forhan one of the three men nominated for mayor had resigned from council many times in anger Mr denied having re signed was contradicted by incum bent Mayor Tom who claimed the councillor had said he quit twice in closed committee meet ings and once in open council This drew a heated response from Mr who admitted he upset and threw his papers on the floor during arguments Highland Heights subdivision He said he became upset because he felt the subdivision agreement would cost tax payers between and 000 He eventually convinced a ma jority of council to defeat the I couldnt have resigned Im still here arent I he said Only the three declared candi- dates for mayor were nominated Mr Surgeoner Mr and Reeve Clare Salisbury Former councillor Tom Taylor and East Deputy Reeve Ray were nominated for the councils second regional seat There were candidates nom inated for the remaining seven coun cil seats general tax inequities caused by reassessment expressed several distinct frustrations during the threehour session Assessment and taxation are such complicated matters that even the most discerning layman finds them difficult to understand To most ratepayers the problem is a simple one their taxes jumped dramatically they want to know why and they want relief this Many of those present had moved to Richmond Hill and points north of Toronto to escape Metros high taxes and home prices Now they find the problems they thought See TAXPAYERS page 17 Paul a fore man with Otis Elevators Lino Odo- rico an office man ager for Chemicals Doris Blair Raglan an incumbent coun cillor and Main St merchant Cyril 68 Queen a plumber town council should spend to buy the old Newmarket Motors build ing and then leave it unused when it cant afford a road program that is heavily subsidized by the province Incumbent Mayor Tom Surgeon speaking second apologized for the unhappy conditions here tonight I think Newmarket deserves a new town hall he said The mayor in a lowkey state ment shied away from the controver sial issues in the election except for one remark He pointed out that he was self- employed and so not working in any field of endeavour in which my muni cipal opinion or vote can be construed as a conflict of interest This was a reference to remarks made earlier by former mayor Bert Kent who is running for a council seat about three men from one firm standing for election Mr Kent was referring to mayoralty candidate Bob and council candidates Bruce Eves who is now deputy reeve and former councillor Fred Counter all for Armstrong Real joinder from Mr Counter I see the old rabblerouser is still at it a request from the floor that all can didates state where they work and later a heated reply from Mr Forhan who termed insinuations that his de cision might be influenced by anyone a damned lie 1 make decisions because I think they are right not because any- make them he area whether He said it is part of the SI growth corridor Mr Forhan speaking last planning a railway conductor who and administration in the past absent from the nomination meet- Henry VandenBergh 206 Parkview an industrial representative with Consumers Gas James Chard ing Davis Dr retired businessman Robert Scott a senior clerk with Imperial Oil William Steele Newbury an East Gwillimbury councillor Randy Septonne a teacher Seneca Cook Avenue an in cumbent employed Woods as an inspector Bruce Eves 661 ley a real estate salesman for Arm strong Real Estate Aubrey Smith a Main St merchant Bert Kent a former mayor and real es tate salesman with Earl V Stewart Ltd although unemployed at present and Fred Counter a real estate sales man with Armstrong Real Estate Three men were nominated for the single Newmarket sent on York County Board of Education Incum bent Jack will seek reelec tion and he will be opposed by Rev Newmarket Hydro Two nominated for the single York County Roman Catholic Separate School Board seat J Parent of Cr and Ed MacDonald of Chcrrywood Dr Former mayor Drow Doak was elected to chair the meeting mceting streets and roads In the town need rejuvenating and he said he hopes to sec Cane Parkway and the Teachers trustees end dispute AURORA After months or negotiation tentative salary agreement his been reached be tween York County secondary school teachers and the county school board The agreement reached last week after in Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation repre sentative had been called Into the dispute be ratified by both the school board and before being official Neither negotiating commit tee would divulge details of the settlement The school board is ex pected to consider It at next days meeting Seeks new location proved Dave Wood Chrysler plans to relocale in the Immediate Newmar- service and showroom facilities and if these people are running their records look at the records He said the town has sewage problems whenever there is a heavy rain the treatment plant over flows thats why we have a cesspool at Rogers Reservoir Rolling acclaimed in EG SHARON The first lady mayor of East Town ship twitted neighboring munici palities sty digs the board of education and predicted renewed growth in her municipality she received an acclamation on Monday night Mayorelect Gladys Rolling told the townships nomination meeting attended by fewer than persons thnt East has a per capita debt of only per person compnred to York Regions average of per Wltho said in the Region which has a per capita debt of She didnt go as far pre dicting a tax reduction for East ratepayers on the stlll- to le calculated 1969 tax rates Thero wcro five nominat ed for the four on council the smallest in the Region They Russell Rye Bill Sweezic Alex Morning mid Ross Chnpmnn Rill Rales the incumbent member of the York County Board of Education was returned by ac clamation Council candidate Alex Morn ing was the first chosen to speak see EAST GWILLIMBURY page and they promise NEWMARKET Both candi date for Newmarket councils second regional council seat Tom Taylor and Ray Twinney voiced grudges against Davis Dr Monday night Mr Taylor termed it more like a Coney Island strip than a decent entrance to town He said with an enlarged urea we now have a Newmarket that we can design Mr Twinney called the street a MasonDixon line and said he will strive to have this line erased He pointed out he has five years experience on East Gwillim council and one at county council where the form of regional government was dealt with in depth Herb called for an im mediate check on industrial reas sessments the sale of the New market Motors property lauded steps towards a new official plan at Alexander Paul called for a change in administration and in ways of thinking He said old industries are moving out instead of new ones moving in there are no parks to walk in without seeing contaminat ed water and tap water is bad The town needs sound com munity the that will not cost uj for a developers short cuts He also said East Gwillim bury residents who become part of Newmarket should be protected from the towns higher tnxes affairs by eliminating secret cit meetings an industrial park an industrial commissioner and he supports the land use study told the meet ing he has experience and vast kuowtege of what Is needed in Newmarket He said his experi- VandenBergh sold he has time and experience and he pointed out that apartments bring good assessment although he feels apartments sites on the Cane wny are questionable Farr who a New market automobile dealership for years before retiring said he knows how to business should be could serve six days a week If necessary Bob Scott a former East school board trustee wants to see community centre schools he asked Bill Steele said he is former chairman of the Maple Leaf Public School board and a veteran East Gwillimbury councillor Randy the main thing he promises is to make no promises He said he will treat each question with an open mind Seneca Cook said he has been on council 12 years and Eves said he was disappointed that more ladles werent nominated Aubrey Smith who said he i Forhan for mayor updated subdivision agreement and new impost charges Developers have been tak ing advantage of this town for too long there hove been too many mistakes made by engineers and consultants he said Fred Counter said Im run ning on integrity and not because of one office The other people out of that office wont decide any Is sues for me