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Old town holds taxes down in new areas ruled they must subsidize faxes i Winners chose names of pioneers NEWMARKET The towns founding fathers a man who was both an war hero and an early Newmarket fur trader and a pioneer doctor who lived to be 118 will have Most annexed areas in turn would be facing much larger tax for most homeowners will drop in the two large urban components of the new muni cipality of Newmarket and will only be slightly up Town band to star in NFB film production NEWMARKET The National Film Board is going to make stars out of The Newmarket Band The board is planning a feature documentarytype film on town bands and their times Anthony a former Keswick resident and a New market High now one of the film boards top young rectors will be in charge of the filming The board has al lotted him a budget of between and 40000 The band which according to the History of Newmarket is more than years old is one of Ontarios best known Mr lanuzielo hopes to be able to include some of the bands colorful history in his film Anyone with written records old uniforms flags or other mementoes of the band who would like to loan them for the production should get in touch with a The producer said his film unit will make several visits to town next year to shoot the scenes he needs official opening ceremonies of the fall the but TTTF lake of de velopment next year development which a park will be Park after the to orate the war hero and fur trad er who was also the towns sec ond postmaster It will be Wil liam Roe Blvd The contest which was sponsored by the firm offered up to in pri zes in each category and an additional or more for ARC Industries the training centre for mentally retarded adults Winners are Mrs Edna Kir- 374 St New market whose entry Quaker Hills was for the name whole Pearson Dunham Aurora who submitted Quaker Market Place for the shopping complex and Mr Charles 37 Lindsay Ave Newmarket and Ian O Clark Que- who both submitted William Roc Blvd for the main thoroughfare The two ties will split the prize Nora Trud- Davis Dr won for her suggestion the park lie named after Dr Christopher The judges felt the two appropriate because and industrial a general increase this year So will taxes for all separ ate school supporters Release of the budget the first for the enlarged town was delayed from its usual April completion until this week ovincial government council finance chairman Bill Steele said Mon day in tabling his estimates Last year the budget was also delayed because of a hold up caused by reassessment market will drop about 20 on an average home assessed at The public school re sidential mill rate went down from 3194 last year to mill rate down from 21830 mills to 21718 or on an ave rage home Homeowners supporting public schools in the portions of Whitchurch and King townships which were annexed to New market face increases In Whit church the rate went up 309 ills from last years 7 mill rate or 618 home In King it jumped mills to 23705 or 2176 home ERA Since 1852 NEWMARKETAURORAKESWICK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER NEWMARKET 15 CENTS New decision drops farm assessments NEWMARKET Assess- drop but on farm land in York services Region will be nearly halved as rate will a result of a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision on a Chinguacousy Township test we still have the same to provide The mill rate will have to go way up Mr Hopkins said he hopes the government of Premier In all the budget levied 16 separate mill rales residential and business rates for both se parate and public school sup porters in old Newmarket and the portions of King East limbury and Whitchurch an- BUDGET page About York farmers who arc awaiting decisions on their 1970 assessment appeals for their 1971 taxes will bene fit in this years tax bills and the Regions remaining farm owners are being advised to ap peal their assessments and if they do are virtually assured lower taxes in if munici pal mill rates hold steady However the Regions lUnicipalitie the loss mill rates will al most certainly soar in said an East of- East Clerk- treasurer Jack Hopkins said af ter hearing of the landmark de cision last week that farmers with assessment appeals the aid before the Oct election The Court of Appeal decis ion which set the precedent by which the assessments are be ing reduced came in a test case in which former Chinguacousy reeve Cyril Clarke a dairy farmer appealed his assess ment after his farm was re assessed by the province to reductions and the the school Region will have to Assessment will directly to the Onta rio Municipal Board and won a ruling that farm land should he value The Court of Appeal up held the OMB decision As a result of the Clarke decision a perfect acre sin ba sis of farm assessment which assessed in northern York at will now be assessed at Proportionate reductions will apply to all farmland in the Iteplon on appeal Under its old system the department drew a Oak Ridges Farmland south the line became progressively Sec ASSESSMENT page SLSCA town talk on park on river banks NEWMARKET Town coun cil is negotiating the turnover of all townowned lands along the banks of the Holland River to the South Lake Conser vation Authority for thc founders and the first settlers were Quak- from Pennsylvan- Dr Christopher after whom the recreation com plex will be named was a form er British army doctor who set tled here in the early lie dor north of Dr Is buried in the Eagle St burying giound William Roc who also lies the burial grounds won early by US forces who sacked York Toronto during the 181214 war He later leading Slingerland seeks day care speedup NEWMARKET York commissioner of health and social services will ask reg ional conned for approval of a portion of his budget to expedite renovations on Newmarkets proposed day of the regions health and eating expenses Dr Slingerland told The Era the renovations will likely cost in the neighborhood of The work will qualify for an per cent provincial subsidy The commissioner said the 1071 budget allow for because the market Council refused to give approval and the deal fell through Day care centres now are a regional responsibility York Regional police detectives arc shown In courtyard of elegant Whitchurch home which was heavily damaged by bomb blasts Friday The owner and his family arc In Spain Tony Drew Photo Empty Whitchurch house dynamited Gulf men shaded ST CATHARINES New market Bays Gulf dropped a I decision In 14 Innings to St racked the Concession of Whit- a bout four miles east of was unoccupied when an election enumerator dis covered the damage at 0 pm Owner William Kirhy and his wife Joan arc now believed living in Spain but Carl 38 a St said after shattered house The election enumerator called at the house at 2 pm Friday and found no pll She the Mondays council mooting he said the former town dump site at the end of Ave could be included in the The plan is in line with a proposal made by the mayor during his election campaign At the time he said he would work for a strip of parkland along the river from one end However he made it clear Monday night council is not con sidering turning land with de velopment potential into park Newmarket day Softball As sociation semifinal Second game will be played the house and the results of the bombing Nearby residents or the 15acre estate said three blasts were heard during the afternoon Damage was concentrated inside the building Kirby a former the Chinchilla Guild of Canada which sold millions of dollars worth of the ani mals in this country before bankrupt in April He and his wife who president of the Chin- Cant afford year road plan- mayor subsidy million learned Monday A report from its roads needs committee said the pro- would require a mill rate on taxes of each year The committee decided the t6ycar program is loo expen sive It is looking for a less ambitions one We realized there isnt any way wo can bring our roads up I diU II I at least to catch up Mayor Bob At the same council meet- bylaw reducing the toad on the Queen St bridge the tracks from passed Plaza proposal for Yonge Davis Dr is towns third SI and Davis Dr the Newmarkets next commercial area were unveiled at the towns planning committee meeting last Thursday Corporate Properties Ltd a giant international deveinjusr is seeking approval to build a 52room hotel and a plaza con taining 100000 ft of retail space a department store and a food store in its first phase on the southwest corner of Yonge and Davis Dr The proposed department store would have 100000 square feet of floor space and the food store 25000 Construction can start next spring said the de veloper The committee was told a second department store and a ft of retail Ltd a hotel and shop ping complex in its plans for His- phase of its develop ment south of Eagle St The commercial area would be on St The firm is only pro ceeding with its first phase which is residential this year Two weeks ago Communi ty Malls Inc a Torontobased retail stores at Davis Dr and Sutton ltd builders hope planning department and be completed soon said plan ning officials The latest proposal for and Davis Dr will bo called Kingsland Park Centre according to architects and Ltd It occupies the St frontage of the pre sent Crossland Farm Sketch plans for the pro posal show the existing bus ate the station if its still there said the architects York Region planning com missioner A M Pound point ed out the Region owns the acres Immediately south of the proposed development i its land and suggested the question of whether the development could mod ate municipal offices as well might be considered he said Corporate Properties Ltd the developer is currently building the largest shopping centres in Hollywood Florida id Nashville Terns and owns Britannia House on St said firm representative Frank Shoniker Mr said the plaza will 0 acres and the up right side panded Long range plans also Include two highrise apartment buildings and an office tower dor study at the York regional has the The new official plan is Plan Saturday liquor vote NEWMARKET Residents of old Newmarket and the annexed part of Whitchurch will be asked to go to the polls Sat Dec to vote on sale of liquor In licenced lounges