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OLD YORK MANOR TO BE TORN DOWN A York Regional Police constable and Newmarket woman were taken to hospital Monday night tier a collision at the intersection or Davis Dr and Alexander In Newmarket The accident oc curred as the police cruiser was travelling east and the other auto coming onto Davis Dr from Alex ander police said Constable Dick Yee of Division and driver of the other auto Pauline suffered minor Injuries The officer was taken to hospital and released while the woman was held In hospital overnight Police declined to release more details pending an Investigation NEWMARKET One of Newmarkets oldest landmarks the original York Manor Home for the Aged will be torn down this spring York Regional Council decided last week The decision came after a group representing a proposed country day school had asked he region for use of the build ing Yorks engineering depart- conducted a series of the building that re It would cost more than to bring it up to mini mum standards said Engineer ing Commissioner Denne Bos- Newmarket Air Cadet Squadron to find other quarters tor Its weekly meetings York Manor was built In 1882 and became a civil defence headquarters for the militia in 1961 when the new York Manor building was completed Immedi ately north of the original site The Queens York Hangers used the old building until about two years ago when the Newmarket and Aurora units were consoli dated at the Aurora Armory The engineering commit tees report to council disclosed that the building cannot bo considered for any public use without extensive repairs and remodelling ing wiring and fire safety and estimated the cost of completing necessary repairs nations at To Councillor Jim suggestion that fur ther surveys be conducted on the buildings structural sta bility Aurora Mayor Dick 11- an engineering com mittee member replied The building isnt safe to be used for anything We would just be wasting money on in surance and healing west developments with the cadets Ho said he feels the peril if it continues to use the ground floor once a week The building is not fit for use as a school he said The air cadets are a little different They only use the ground floor and they have pretty rigid disci pline Well give them a fair shake and give them a chance lo gel another place he said Council last week author ized calling of tenders for the demolition Mr lold The Era the job would likely be carried out in three months the period of notice contained in the regions agreement with the air Town will hold referendum on new town hall era I NEWMARKET ONTARIO WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY NEWMARKET An On tario Municipal Board directive has thrown the decision on whe ther or not to build Newmar kets new town hall to I referendum The vote will be taken dur- ant tally completed before of this May order to qualify for winter works grants The council was forced Monday night to opt for the ple biscite after It was informed by the OMB that to proceed with would require ad vertising in todays Era to find out if anyone objected This procedui would the alreadydelayed town hall couldnt start until midMarch at the earliest If the chose ill a public hearing on ob jections received to cancelling the vote the delay could drag on into May June This would eliminate any possibility of col lecting winter works money Under the federalprovin cial winter works scheme the town council had hoped to col lect 75 per cent of all labor i the project threequarter subsidy and receive a lowinterest loan Town council had hoped to ning behind schedule when the OMB bombshell landed because of delays in receiving other ne cessary approvals and because of the lateness of the announce ment of the federal provincial program Newmarket lid not re See TOWN HAM page Juveniles charged in burglaries KESWICK Four juven iles aged and were arrested here last week and charged with counts of break- into South Lake cot tages and counts of malicious lis with the same incident charges of contribut ing to juvenile delinquency were laid against Mrs Lena Nicholson Willow Beach and Willow- Detective William Smyth said the offenses mostly in the Willow Beach area occurred aware happened until the rest of the four local boys Del Smyth arrested the Hydro expansion would cut bills in annexed areas old the the NEWMARKET It New market Hydro is allowed to ex pand its year hydro bills for homeown ers in the subdivisions north of Davis Dr could go down by as much as 22 per cent said Jim Beadle manager of the town The additional power sales Tom Surgeoner told The others were picked up at home llcy were later released in the custody of their parents Police recovered a televis ion set two record players a shotgun and an air pistol They said liquor beer Constables James Krocl and Noel Small were also volved in the investigation Morning Glory Swamp may become park atio annexed by the priority a letter from Lands and Forest minister Rene revealed at Mon day nights Council meeting The land in question off lighway north of Morning King Township lawyer- businessman Sinclair Stevens week acclaimed the York Simcoe Progressive Conservative candidate in the coming federal election The nomination meeting No date yet for Liberals nomination NEWMARKET York- Liberals probably wont meeting un- being serviced by Ontario Hy dros rural retail system al though the provincial legisla- Glory School which established the Reg- mended as a cons ion of York on Jan pro- Mr let a reorganization of muni- his department hydro Jan Trustees must cut budget AURORA Preliminary net budget estimates for the York County Board of Educa tion for have been set at estimates an per cent in crease over actual 1071 spend- of Healthiest chunk of the budget is scheduled toward sal for principals vice princi 77 teachers I last actual spending of which incidentally came in under the line of budgeted for teaching staff salaries In 1971 One figure which is much higher than the budget fig ure is an estimated expenditure of 12600 on advertising for the business administration depart- The scheduled figure last year was The depart ment actually spent on advertising in that year because of various tender calls advert with the Of WINTER CARNIVAL When this interim period expired last month Ontario Hy dro and the Ontario Municipal Affairs department had not made a decision on the future of municipal hydro systems and early in February Newmarket town council was told Newmar ket Hydro had made application High priority lias been given this area and following ipleUon of the plan develop ment will proceed at the ear- Jousting has become as traditional as baked beans at annual Winter Carnival Above defending joust champion Basher Groves is piped onto the ice by Legion piper Archie Brown as his second Joe pilots snowmobile In top photo town recreation director Dan Shannon left samples the free baked offered to goers by the police association At right llarrj Diamond Wet snow and some rain iled discourage enrolls and only the was cancelled More photos on page 13 While photos However one item whic has completely from the estimates is a 1 figure for coal since schools are any longer that way Other heating See TRUSTEES page 5 York opens budget budgettrimming s press and public next month After a brief debate in which one councillor urged the voted to hold discussions on March and 10 in public Last year the meet ings were closed When were dealing with the peoples money they should know exactly what were going to do argued Aurora Mayor Dick Illingworth Before was all done in committee and then See YORK BUDGET page the York Regional councillors want UIC office returned support the after the the local party week t claimed that party workers who turned out for a social evening last Fri day at Aurora Legion Hall con an unofficial but en thusiastic endorsement of John Roberts MP holds the riding for the Liberals Several weeks ago Mr Ro berts predicted to The Era that to be bigger we would like to speed up their decision so we can save money explained Mr Beadle He said Newmarket Hydro operates on a 13800 volt sys tem and Ontario Hydro on an volt system This means when Newmar ket does take over these areas it will have to replace all the transformers Mr Beadle said lie has asked Ontario Hydro to in Sec HYDRO page NEWMARKET An unex plained blunder by the Unem ployment Insurance Commission withheld benefits from an East man for nearly two months Mayor Gladys Rolling told York Regional Council last Following a description of her repealed futile attempts to resolve the mans problem coun cil passed Mayor Rollings mo tion asking the Federal Man power centre to York Region where it would be more access ible to area residents This areas claims the is in Cheques go Between Dec and I from a office week he received nothing Accusing the UIC of lack ally after repeated telepho calls including one to Simcoe MP John Roberts t humiliated and man received last caused anxiety in their at- Mayor Rolling said tempts to obtain benefits for which they had qualified She said delays sometimes promises promises she said force persons to apply for wel- Mayor Rolling said that added that many en- twice she called the claims office and asked to speak to the claims manager Each time she lefl a message which went unanswered she said The mayor said an employ ee of the Newmarket Manpower Centre had complained of sim ilar problems In dealing with the office to ask for welfare The man whose case she described had been laid off last November and applied for un employment insurance benefits Nov 7 On Dec he received a cheque for telephone culls in repeat- refused in ijiw their nam when asked she said The mayor said she left a message with Mr an swering and before the Ml was able to return the call received another call from the office manager at the Bar- The manager said hed check it to It- cm I- it tailed Mayor Rolling from the Federal Manpower Depart ment Mayor Rolling said she called back she said and told her the mans file had been on top of the pile He said lie couldnt understand why no action had been taken since Dec bin promised that a cheque for in back benefits would be mailed from the Bel- office that day He also asked Mayor Rolling not provide Ottawa with any details of the problem she said The mayor criticized the UIC for having its claims and payment offices at two separate locations and urged that both offices under one roof be re turned to Newmarket People are running into