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late financing stalls repaying project lam Streets will not be id this year because Newmarket was late in submitting an cation to the Ontario Municipal I Board for water man construc- ton in the area Regional Solicitor Edward made until this month Cynthia a graduate of Seneca was chosen Hiss Newmarket Fire Fighter Monday night in a contest held at Wesley Brooks Con servation Area Cynthia will for the I Injunction refused York police the first round of its court battle with regional I policemen The policemen asked for a I temporary injunction that would have prohibited the commission from holding promotional exam I illations prior to the outcome of I the current court action In On llano Supreme Court on day Mr Justice H A Stark re- fused the request for the rank J of sergeant are scheduled for I July The policemens case the commission was ad Mourned until July 12 to allow crossexamination of some of plaintiffs Regional Solicitor Edward Oakes told The Era The court refused to order Bit the ban on examinations on grounds that the examina tion date is just too far in ad Mr said In their writ against the Ij commission the policemen ask for a restraining order barring the examinations and restoring 1 1970 ranks to fleers pending arbitration policemen- The York Reg- Police Association as a is not a plaintiff in the that the examinations and rank structure unlawfully against certain senior dropped in rank said the resurfacing program could not begin until the water main application was approved Now about which was to have been spent on the resurfacing during will be used next year Meanwhile the remaining will be spent on Eagle Gorham and Water Streets this Regional councillor Ray said later Newmarket wasnt late in submitting its de benture application He said the town was ready with the applica tion in January but tor the first time town debenture needs had to be screened by the regional government He said it simply ame stalled in the new sys- Mr said the recon- project will start about Aug 1 and will be completed as far as the first coat of asphalt this fall The second coat will he put down in the spring The road will be comple tely smooth but the culverts will be projecting high enough to allow for the second coat he Eagle St Water St and Gorham St as far east as Maple included in the project Council approved resurfac ing Aurora Rd from the CNR tracks to Don Mills Rd for and St from the Aurora to the for THE ERA Since I VOL 120 NO NEWMARKET PAGES NEWMARKETAURORAKESW1CK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE 1971 15 CENTS Town offered park in Hills by builder NEWMARKET Del Homes has made a 10acre park site in the Hills sub- to grade and seed it said Mayor Bob last week The offer was made within hours of the publication last Wednesday of an article in The Era pointing out there it no park in the subdivision which Newmarket annexed from East Gwillimbury in January The article quoted a Del Zotto of ficial as saying the firm obliged to provide a park and had no intention of turning a its 1 develops lans were complete Earlier in the spring two former members of East council now Newmarket council members Regional Councillor Ray Twinney and Councillor Bill Steele told town council the firm bad agreed to deed the riverside site to the conservation authority for a park The land is on the east side of the Holland River north of Bailey St Recreation and parks this week that he will have creation leadership and play ground equipment in the park within two weeks The is part of the block men tioned above The director said it will be possible to use portions of the park site mediately even though the has been freshly seeded He said his de partment may put down a of wood chips on which it can erect playground equipment swings and slides We use this when we want to gctf a park going very fast he said He said if top soil is laid and grass planted immediately the whole park should he ready the department will be able to put a mobile playground unit into the park by July 5 and there will definitely he a play ground leader even if we dont have grass He said a mobile unit pro vides all the equipment neces sary for such programs as crafts groups fingerpainting pottery making and plastic lacing and all the eloment a leader needs The program will be aimed at five to 13 year olds he said However said the director it wont be possible to ha such activities as and in the park until later in the year or perhaps next year CANT RUN CAR ON 14 A MILE York employees seek 25 raise ugly head again ional Council when three em ployees of the Planning Depart ment said they couldnt operate their cars on 14 cents per mile Instead was told last week the trio asked for a flat monthly car allowance of and mileage to be paid at The regional planning com mittee approved the three em ployees request but council re jected it This means the three will be paid a flat cents a mile the same as all regional em ployees In their brief to the com mittee the three said Exper ience over the past two months indicates that the present car al lowance of 14 cents a mile is in adequate to cover the cost of running our private cars on reg ional business It seems likely the average mileage travelled by senior staff of the Planning Department will not exceed of them in poor IS BACK NEWMARKET The Eras longtime sports Emeritus Don Bernard remains The Eras sports editor and will continue to handle our day today sports coverage L as he has been known to several genera tions of Newmarket and ly Newspaper Association the top prize for weekly snorts coverage In Canada in the top circulation class and over Mr Hasketts many active years In the towns sports community were recognized several years ago by the naming of Haskett Park after htm and body work In our opinion the costs of maintenance and re pairs plus the rapid depreciation of our cars are not adequately or equitably covered by the pre sent car allowance the brief advised that a car allow ance of 25 per month and mile age of 10 cents per mile would be paid As this allowance has subsequently been withdrawn feel that providing cars for month flat rate allowance plus cents per mile have a set policy of If employees are dissatis fied we will have to change our policy We cant fragment by paying one employee mileage and another a car allowance said Mayor Roman Council can reject this pro posal and deal with dissatisfied employees next year said Councillor Councillor Jim Jongeneel said the whole queb- delete the car allowance recom mendation from the committees Council earlier this year vo ted against providing depart ment heads with leased cars Regional Chairman Garfield Wright is the only member of against paying the per very of it last week THEY NEED HELP Scrap Pleasantville project Creek at south east of Newmarket The Authority explored the idea as a possible answer to the need for regional recreational space flood control in the Holland River and low flow augmentation for Newmarket The decision that the project is not practicable was reached after a feasibility study was completed by the Conser vation Authorities branch of the Energy and Resources Manage ment department and by independent consultants Alternatives to the project are being considered and might Include a stream bank channelization and purchase of more suitable recreation lands in York Region Didnt jump youth hit by train BRADFORD A speeding CNR passenger train Instantly killed a 16 year old Bradford youth when he failed to jump off the railway bridge just south of here last week George Pyle was using the bridge as a diving plat form with three other Bradford youths when the accident occur red The three others leaped to safety by diving into the Holland River seconds before the south bound train hurtled put York Regional Police said one boy jumped into the river immediately two others ran along the trestle in attempt to reach dry ground but finally Seek blood donors NEWMARKET The Red Cross urgently needs blood dona tions to be used In heart surgery scheduled to be performed in two Toronto hospitals July 1 The Newmarket branch the Red Cross will hold a blood donor clinic at the Legion Hall July from to pm and from 6 to pm Collections of blood usually this year and has cteated shortage says Mrs Betty Gordon the clinic chairman She said four types of blood are particularly being sought at the clinic for heart surgery at Toronto General and St Mich aels Hospitals They are 3BRH negative a veryrare type A Anyone wishing transportation Blind girl needs ride to city TORONTO A little New market girl needs a helping hand this summer to get to day camp You see she cant see Sherry Baskin program dir ector for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind explains that every year the Institute runs a day camp program for the blind and partially sighted children in the Metro Toronto Wednesdays and Thursdays Anyone wishing to help may contact the Recreation Depart- Liberals will wait til fall NEWMARKET York North Liberals wont hold a provincial nomination meeting until early September said asso ciation president Dr William teacher George Timpson has al ready announced he will seek two more candidates for the nomination to be announced In two or three weeks He would release no names WEEK FOR POLITICIANS Start 404 GO train soon Hodgson AURORA Construction on Highway 404 will start within two years and top provincial officials have indicated a GO commuter train will run north from Toronto in the very near future York North Bill Hodgson told his riding associa tion nominating convention here last week Mr Hodgson won the nomin ation unopposed About 105 because many first the Trudeau meeting about a mile away Mr Hodgson said early com pletion of Highway a rail Toronto and more provincial low cost housing in this area will be three of his major con cerns if reelected 1 am confident construction on Highway will start within portation officials have given him great hopes that a rail commuter service will be start ed north from Toronto prob- HODGSON ably all the way to Barrle In the very near future Energy and Resources Man agement Minister George Kerr the guest speaker at the meet Ing supported Mr Hodgsons optimism over northward expan sion of the rail commuter ser vice has shown what can be done and he said Its only natural to me that it would be expanded northward soon even as far The minister pointed out the recent cancellation of the Spa dina Expressway by the Davis government has thrust Ontario to the forefront of transporta- planning and he said Pre- greatlyincreased subsidies avail able for rapid transit systems Mr Kerr also predicted Ont ario will bring forth a master transportation plan projecting needs into the 1980 and 90 in the near future Mr Hodgson who was nomina ted by East Mayor See HODGSON page 3 NDP elects another Lewis ROBERT LEWIS AURORA Citizen ant a gonism inwards the York Reg ional Government and reassess ment make North rid ing fertile a leader Stephen said Sunday night Mr Lewis was the featured speaker at the NDP riding a comer Robert Lewis of was chosen as the candidate for the election take about it Robert Lewis the new can didate indicated he shared the party leaders optimism night decorum I dont believe Roy Dowl- good man that he is can heat incumbent Bill Hodg son but I believe 1 can said Robert Lewis in reference to Mr who contested the nomination Robert Lewis appealed to Mr Dowling time worker In the balloting I W Robert Lewis Roy Robert Lewis 42 a methods Machines is a former municipal councillor in Whitchurch and Never before has he been formally affiliated with any political party This is surely a most mi morable night for the party said Stephen Lewis after the candidate was chosen This our partys first IBM candidate We have lanced the cor porate monolith he quipped to the delight of the audience see page Trudeau keeps cool in heat By JOHN Era News Editor AURORA Despite a long wit was still in evidence when Pierre Elliott arrived at the Aurora Community Cen- peeking behind it as if check ing for a hidden microphone or perhaps one of those sinister Progressive Conservatives or he was a member of the Com mittee for an Independent Can- wearing the ace replied member As Cabinet Minister I feel It Inad visable to participate In pressure groups against myself When discussing the prob lem of commuter transportation of the Spadina Express way calling It the Speedway I think the speed with which it hasnt proceeded might have contributed to my take he quipped After responding to audience queries on Arctic sovereignty unemployment the planned new Toronto International Airport and Canadas past role as Inter- youngster where his wife Mar garet was Right about now hope she has finished washing the dishes and that shes still home and that she will be wait phone call the next day attending several He waxed both and realistic on the peoples at towards the proposed jet- Bandmaster Bill Greis or the Newmarket alliens Band la shown meeting Prime Minister while York MP John Roberta performs the introductions The hand pro vided the music for the prime ministers rally White photo