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FREEZE TOWN AT 2SOQO CIRCLE IT WITH GREEI By TERRY CARTER NEWMARKET Newmarket will remain a small town surrounded by a of large homes and estates if the towns new 20year of ficial plan is implemented Although the plan has not been made public Planning Consultants Ltd the Torontobased firm of town planners commissioned by Newmar ket to produce a land use plan on the towns newlyexpanded area met its The board will meet after Christmas to decide on a recommendation to the town council which in turn will probably refer the matter to the in coming council The Era learned the proposed THE ERA J The Era NewmarketAurora Keswick Wed December nssH official plan ties in closely with the provincial Toronto Centered Region Plan which suggests a population lim it for the town of about 25000 The area within the new town boundaries St to Highway and St Johns Sideroad to Green Lane would accommodate 140000 to people if allowed to fill up with homes from boundary to boun tion growth to the valley area where land can be easily and economically serviced and creates a greenbelt buf fer area around the town of estate development and some parks This is in line with an Ontario Water Resources Commission report which also states that the area can best service a population of about 25000 Growth from the present popu lation of about will only be al lowed in areas of the town where sewers and water mains will be the cheapest to build If implemented this will freeze a number of already pro posed subdivisions particularly those in the southwest and southeast cor ners of the town such as the Edwards subdivision These areas are the fur thest away from the trunk sewer and the sewage disposal plant The proposed official plan which looks ahead years but must be re viewed every five if adopted by the town would keep the downtown core with its arena proposed shopping mall senior citizens apartments parks and other amenities as the cen tre of focus of the new town However it divides the town into four distinct communities each with its own shopping school and major park In turn Is divided and each nelghn own primary neighborhood park The plan calls foi the lion of tht whole HolUnd ley and the Bc-gar- Industry would locations in the centre as the presently propose park on the Holland Fairy Lake All new located between the Third Co east of town Way Aurora gets big league lacrosse By JOHN LOTT AURORA Major league la crosse Is coming to Aurora The Ontario Lacrosse Associa tion list week accepted an Aurora en try into its senior division for the 1911 and next week final negotia tions win be held on the clubs use of the Community Centre for games and practices next summer Well definitely have a team in the senior division said Arena Man Emie Batson and we feel it will go well In Aurora It could mean a revival of lacrosse on a minor level in the area too Were very happy about it Aurora will compete in an eight- team circuit that also includes Toron to Detroit Peterboro Brampton Brooklin HuMsville and Principals in the venture are Harry Reynolds and Aston former ly associated with the La crosse Association Several months ago Mr Reynolds discussed the idea with Deputy Reeve Bill Trent one of his coworkers at Bell Telephone and Mr Trent took the proposal to Mr Last week the arena board ap proved the lacrosse teams application The board will meet with the princi pals next week to work out financial Tuesday and Friday evenings have been tentatively reserved for Au roras lacrosse club Home games like ly will be played on Tuesdays with an occasional Sunday afternoon con test said Mr Batson The season runs from May through September It sounds quite exciting said page NO DECISION AT OMB HEARING EG plans add 5500 to town NEWMARKET About people will be added to Newmarket on Jan 1 because of subdivisions already approved or on the drawing boards in the soontobe acquired part of East Gwillimbury Township north of Davis Drive And the 5 people will strain Newmarkets sewage treatment plant to capacity even with refinements an Ontario Municipal Board hearing was told last week ie was called at the Surgeoner town lawyer have tiff For in in the past ytar IN By th Way Snowmobile death KESWICK A snowmobile accident last Sunday claimed the life of Raymond Stephen Wright Maple Ave Wright had been with his wife and son 15 at the Orchard Beach Golf Club at time of the accident Wright was alone on his snowmobile with his i piloting a second machine be ing the greens on the The accident is presently still investigation by the Keswick Police Department The three shepherds Glen Barclay Stephen Smith and Ronnie a A Of fa I AA A Sterling admire the baby Jesus as Mary Schuster and Joseph IN Dean holding staff stand by The children were taking part in a nativity play put on by grades one to four at Regency Acres public school in Aurora last Friday night White Photo named Regions chief engineer NEWMARKET Bos presently maintenance en gineer for the Toronto and York Roads Commission yesterday was appointed chief engineer for the York Region Mr was informed last week of his selection by the regions engineering committee The Era learned The appointment was to be confirmed by regional council at its meeting yesterday afternoon A 14year veteran of administration Mr serv ed as Newmarket town engineer from 1917 to 1956 after his gradu ation from University of Toronto with a degree in civil engineering He has served hi his present post as a lop aide to Chief Engineer Jack for years Mr is the newly appointed chief administrative officer for the Region Last year Mr was chairman of the County Engineers Advisory Committee to the Minister of Highways He is past president A lifelong Newmarket resi dent Mr and his wife have three children A on is a stu dent at Trinity College and two daughters attend Newmarket High School OWRC DEMANDS MAY STALL KING SKI CENTRE The KING TOWNSHIP Ontario Water Resources Commis sion last week suggested that no building permit be issued to Rouge Valley Ski Centre until its owners had come up with plans for an ac ceptable sewage disposal system after the township had issued the But Deputy Reeve Ken Mac- said last week that OWRC approval is one of the conditional aspects of the permit Another is approval from the Department of Highways The proposed ski centre would be located south of the King between the Fifth and Sixth Concessions Councillor Margaret a ski centre opponent throughout the long and sometimes bitter de bate accused Rouge Valley princi pals of not bargaining in good Lions seek Christmas aid NEWMARKET Howe Is raising money to help families in the Allan Newmarket area this Christmas Hea not however Howe the hockey player The man doing the good work here la Gordon Howe 132 I undy a who is treasurer of the Newmarket Lions Club Christ inas basket campaign The campaign needs 1st order to give food vouchers to the nearly families Mr Allan said the switch from Christmas food baskets to food vouchers was made on a trial basis this year The cam paign committee feels It will al low recipients to get what they need most Contributions can be made to Mr Howe the Lane by calling 8953125 list and at press time Tuesday either before or after Christmas faith with the township She made special reference to the possibility of Dominion Helicopters leasing land from the ski centre to allow extension of a paved runway A Dominion official told The Era last week that his company has asked Rouge Valley for such a They wont walk all over us said Councillor Lome Good- fellow to Councillors com plaints No theyll just FLY over us retorted Councillor The OWRC letter expressed concern that the ski centres sew age disposal system might expel ef fluent into the headwaters of the Humbcr River a violations of current OWRC policy Before a building permit is Issued it should be established what method of sewage disposal is to be used and if this method Is and in keeping with the policy of the OWRC wrote J dir ector of the Division of Sanitary Engineers Council had requested the let ter In a resolution passed Nov At the time council resolved not to Issue the permit before receiving opinions from the and con servation authorities on the advis ability of the project which is loc ated on River headwaters But when council on Dec voted to issue the permit township solicitor Tom Evans suggested that the resolution be rescinded Council disagreed Deputy Re eve Mactaggart noted then that the permit would be issued on a condi tional basis Reeve Gordon Cook who miss ed the vote that approved issu ing the permit stressed last week that the ski centre needs ap proval before starting construction He had brought up this point when council first received the Rouge Valley application several months ago The Ontario Highways Im provement Act decrees that the Minister of Highways must approve any development attracting large crowds of people located within one- half mite of a major highway such as Highway in this case Councillor also brand ed ineffectual a no liquor clause agreed to by the ski centre principals They dont really have to us said Councillor Britnell She termed useless the Rouge Valley promise not to seek a liquor The hearing was called at the request of H M Edwards and Son who want to force the town into approving the lot Highland Heights subdivision in the south- east part of town Mr Edwards requested the hear ing after council rejected the subdi vision agreement earlier this year by a vote The town contends that present storm and sanitary sewers are inade quate to service the additional homes created by the subdivision and that the sewage treatment plant is near- its capacity The town feels that Highland Heights should construct sewers to service the development Mr Edwards offered in the or iginal subdivision agreement to con struct sewers to service industrial land to the south of the subdivision East Gwillimbury Township clerktreasurer Jack Hopkins testified between and building lots are either approved or appro val in the area north of Davis Dr to the Green Lane and between St and Don Mills Road later testi mony revealed these building lots would house some 5500 people Mr Hopkins listed Lions Star Investments Ltd north of Davis Dr east of Main St with approximately lots Gwillimbury Hills Develop ment Ltd east of the sub division with over 200 lots Ladyfleld Construction Ltd between Bolton Ave and Huron Heights Secondary School with over lots Penstone subdivision west of Denne Blvd in East Gwillimbury Heights with lots Paddock Gate subdivision west of Howard St and east of Hu ron Heights Dr with over 300 lots Skylark Estates west of Ave and east of Yonge St about 200 lots Mr Hopkins added some of these developments will contain apartment buildings and town houses Under cross examination Mr Hopkins said East share of the NewmarketEast Gwillimbury sewage plant was paid for through lot levies from This amounted to from the de veloper of East Gwillimbury Heights Mr Hopkins there was a lot levy for the Hills development as well as the subdivide paying for the reads and sewers Newmarkets agreement with Mr Edwards called for a lot levy as well as roads and sewers but they are of higher standard and theres underground wiring Mr commented East Gwillimbury seems to be getting a better deal from than Newmarket Ontario Water Resources Com mission engineer George Misslngham told the the effluent coming from the Newmarket sewage plant was excellent quality But he warned that is was now nearing its capacity He said that refinements could be made to Increase this capacity to handle a population about 20000 A meeting will be held in January to discuss this refinement Mr Misslngham testified the Highland Heights subdivision plan re ceived OWRC approval But this was the tut others in Newmarket submitted after were not approved he said Chairman Arrell indicated that the Board would not approve the wes tern portion of the Highland Heights subdivision This represents some 103 building lots NEWMARKET The towns mayor and the towns lawyer clashed at an Ontario Municipal Board hear ing here last week Mayor Tom Surgeoner accused town solicitor William Herridge of de laying a Municipal Board hearing called at the request of H M Edwards and Son to force the town Into ap proving the 229 lot Highland Heights subdivision Later in the hearing Mr Her ridge charged that Mayor Surgeoner turned over an engineering report to Edwards solicitor Mike without anyones knowledge or per- be Board to permit sum to give evi dence asked Mr If he was trying to save feee or aid He made the remark after accus ing the lawyer of delaying tactics and changing bis mind about introducing evidence about the western trunk sewer which would drain part of the Highland Heights subdivision They clashed again when Mr started to tell the amount of money Mr Edwards would give the town if it withdrew its objections at the hearing Mr Herridge sprang to his feet and objected to Mr Surgeoner a tes timony saying This information is privileged Im the towns solicitor and I was just making a suggestion at a private meet ing It should be a secret Board Chairman A ruled that Mr Surgeoner could net testify as to what went at the meeting Mayor Surgeoner told the hear ing that Edwards had developed other ments He said the Highland Heights subdivision would bring the town muchneeded Industrial assessment because Edwards was going to install sewers to service the lands on the Cane Parkway Under cross examination Mr Herridge got Mayor Surgeoner to ad mit that former town engineer George MacLellan recommended that Edwards should pay for a sewer to run north from Lome Ave This sewer would drain Highland Heights end relieve the present sewer system Mayer Surgeoner also admitted Chairman ticked off May or for not seeing that the town got industrial land before construction was permitted in the Mr Herridge accused Mayor Surgeoner of pissing on an engineer ing report prepared for the town to the Edwards lawyer that wis liter withdrawn by the engineering firm This report contradicted some evidence presented la another report to the hearing by the same firm Mr contended the re port was made to present to town Mike Perkins and it shouldnt be used as evidence because it might have been physically lifted from 1 irkfiu desk