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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), November 3, 1971, p. 1

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NEWMARKET York Region seeds its own and should try to build one this winter under the provincial regional council BUILD JAIL IN YORK WITH WINTER WORKS MONEY URGES jail and detoxification centre The region spends a sub stantial sum each year transport ing prisoners to the Don Jail shocking said Councillor a lawyer He said the Don Jail designed as a holding facility but used in many cases as a prison for shortterm offenders inspected every three years by a grand jury round ly condemned and allowed to continue operation under gross ly overcrowded conditions The region needs its own central lockup for holding of arrested persons and provincial government appears Midgets seidoff Bond midget hockey dab The team travel by bos to Montreal and fly to Sweden Friday evening Few and pes- THE ERA VOL 120 NO NEWMARKET PAGES ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3 CENTS No change on hydro line York council told NEWMARKET Despite protests from several affected municipalities Ontario Hydro is not prepared to Change the proposed route Of its power corridor through Central York Region regional council learned last week The ftwide swath which will run from Lake Erie to Kingston will slice through King Township southern Newmarket and the former Whitchurch Township Hydro officials said last development further south and the extra cost involved in run ning the line further north Hydro will hold more meet ings with councils and planning boards in King Newmarket and said James Shedden of Hydros pro perty management branch He said Hydro is prepared to con sider valid alternatives but indicated theres little possibility the route will sal at several private and pub- drainage canal at Holland Landing or move it south to fol low the TransCanada pipeline that runs through the Town of Vaughan The Holland Landing route is unacceptable because the line would then have to cut through den said- He added that it i not feasible to include the See HYDRO ROUTE page Wedding ban for police is turned down NEWMARKET York Regions police commission has decided it cannot prohibit mar- Plan public meeting NEWMARKET Ontario Hydro officials will formally veil their plans for a 500kllovol power Region and for a huge York transformer station on Newmarket town council meeting Monday night Hydro officials have indicated Mayor Bob Forhan they will discuss the plans privately with the council Thursday and publicly present them Monday Car wash plaza plans hit planning committee NEWMARKET Proposals to build a sixstore plaza on the southwest corner of Sutton and and a fullyauto mated car wash on the south east corner of Davis Dr and Dr came before New market planning committee last Committee was told Don Col lins owner of the Sutton Rd site is requesting that commercial so he can build the square Mr Collins is proposing a effluent system as homes do The committee agreed Mr motion thai ask town engineer Mike J kins to prepare a report plant before it gives Former King reeve dies finance office and store in the plaza The committee referred the application to its planning con sultants the York Region area services branch for further study In conjunction with the towns new official plan Shell Canada is making ap plication for the Davis Dr car The oil company said if it I died last week He proposed police regulation that commission As proposed the regula tion read Marriage between members the police force may be permitted on applies- See POLICE WEDDINGS page 8 Dear Girls and Boys Do you know what In three weeks I will be coming to see you all- My parade comes to Newmarket Nov fsnt that exciting Oh you should see all the lovely things we have in the parade this year Funny clowns and pretty girls and Oh so many different things I hope you will be able to come out to see it all And of course I will be there watching for by midFebruary Regional Councillor Ray Mayor urges spot rezoning ily dwellings t er residential areas of town where many homes have already been converted to apartments should be considered by New market planning committee Mayor Rob Forhan the commit tee chairman suggested last they have apartments in most of their houses He said in areas where half the block is already family accommodation thro ugh zoning He pointed out such redevelopment would give the Youth faces charges Skate silts players throat KESWICK Ran- surgery Two hockey star Ron arteries in his neck Cooper had his throat were severed slashed by a skate Top scorer In the blade in a freak acci- Central Jr loop both dent during Sunday last year and this nights Jr C match Cooper is captain of here the South Shore Ran- Cooper was rushed He received the to York County Ho prtal where lie is re- ported In satisfactory of the match following em- gainst Port Hope remanded In provincial t here last Friday on charges of forgery uttering theft and wilful damage and York Regional Police al lege that most of the offences Involve 14 old age pension and family allowance cheques Inspector William Hill told The Era the offences occurred in East during the past year Animal stories made nev is Onyx mother of those 13 left home leaving her brood to fend for Itself She was returned to her Serenity Farms home near last Wednesday as a result of an advertisement in The Era White photo Health officials hunt pup thought to be rabid Throughout Kings history ine name has been prominent The first two mem bers of the family to settle in King brothers Archibald nut Donald immigrated from Scot land in They were joined in 1840 by nine more brothers Norman Mr would have been this December Like his father before him Norman Mac- devoted many years to serving his municipality For a total of years he held office as reeve deputy reeve and coun cillor His many friends were proud and delighted when at NEWMARKET York Region health officials Monday launched a massive hunt for the last of a litter of pups given away in the BoltonKing Township area re cently which are now feared to be rabid All the pups which were born on the farm of Dave Doug las on the seventh concession King about weeks ago ladies and years age who were driving a bat tered Ford Falcon Health officials say after Mr Douglas had given the 10 pups away one died of rabies They said apparently a rabid Health inspector Larry said two more of the pups suspected of having rabies have already been destroyed and he said the rest of the litter will also have to be destroyed Friday following an appeal by radio health officials thought they had located all the dogs but morning discovered one is still missing They ap pealed to anyone with informa tion to come forward To dale they said they rabies shots tables Is fatal if not t ted in time RABIES INCREASING IN YORK according the Ontario Hum ports Alexandra Parry supervi sor of the Aurora shelter All 10 dogs destroyed by reestablishing the old Lang- staff Jail on Its site In Rich mond Hill That towns council recently proposed building a domed stadium there Council voted to discuss the motion at its Nov meeting IN AURORA 3 industrial polluters cited in plant tieup AURORA Industrial pollution Collis Leather Drug are all cited in the report prepared by Pollution Advisory Services of The report tabled by coun cil Monday night states that large amounts of aluminum discharged from chrom ium from Collis Leather and several contaminants from Sterling interfere with the sew age treatment process Following bitter criticism of the towns major industries from Councillor llltyd Harris Mayor Dick cau tioned that the companies in question may be unaware the problems theyre causing and stressed that council will meet with them before taking any action on the report submission also states that Aurora cannot grow appreciably without building a new treatment plant to either supplement or replace the town is now under pro vincial restrictions limiting growth to persons because of problems at the sewage treatment plant re port indicates that the major problems do not emanate from the volume of human waste rather from chemical which hinder the breakdown Resources Comm council hired Pollutech to make an 11000 study on the treat ment plant The firms final re port is due In December In its report suggested three alterna tives to improve the situation add a system follow alternative 1 and al so truck concentrated a wastes to the plant for storage and later addition to Council voted tin- third Polluted stat ed that while his route would cut Industrial pollutants and extend plant life bv Complex planned by Legion AURORA The Aurora branch of Royal Canadian Le gion plans to a Legion community complex with public recreation facilities on a five- acre site at the north end of In dustry St town council learn ed Monday night Although It referred the proposal to committee council indicated unanimous support for the Legions appli St northward to afford access he said The club plans to build a new Legion hall on about one- half acre of the site and devote the rest to recreation Mr Per- kin said Should plans proceed Perkins said he hopes will come when the Le gion is obsolete it requires war activities and military en deavors to continue and in that event the site would be turned over to the town I also look forward to the when the becomes extinct said Councillor Norm Stewart That will mean we will have had no more wars and the Legion this complex to Parry said She advised all per sons to have their pets inocu lated due to a definite increase in rabies cases at this time limitations loading mav not be reduced to a degree phosphates would not be reduced and by passing during wet weather flow may not be allowed with out Merkel hearing by builder John lo have a silc overlooking the old St brick yard rezoned for town houses Newmarket plan ning committee decided last Wednesday Mr has been press ing for the rezoning since last spring and Mayor Hob told the committee zoning in the area wont be changed by the new official plan Wo should call a public bearing of the residents in the area to find out If anyone ob jects said the mayor Newmarket service will take Aurora fire calls Terrier puppies when they look after along system could AURORA Town council decided Monday night to con nect with the Newmarket Tele phone Answering Service t swer fire and calls after It closes Dec 1 The cost wilt be a annually council told Installing Its own a said Councillor Walt In Newmarket will ire calls activate Auroras siren from Newmarket and call the fire department In Aur Ice Commission announced plans to close the Aurora division headquarters Dec 1 and to dis continue Its present policy of answering fire calls Meanwhile King Township Council on Monday adopted a fire dispatching agreement with the Town of Vaughan Itll cost King a year Floats needed for Nov 20 Newmarket Santa parade NEWMARKET Santa will pay his first call of the year to Newmarket Nov usually reliable sources reveal ed this week Nov 20 Is the date set for the 1071 Santa Parade However the parade isnt the official kickoff of the fes tive season That will be on Nov when the Santa Parade Committee holds Its annual Snow Ball at the New market Legion childrens groups and Industry and service clubs Prizes In the first two groups are and 15 There are trophies for Anyone wishing to enter a float should contact Mrs Aylwln at 8054081 She said late last week the committee has already received 26 float applications and hopes for

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