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t Aurora Keswick THE ERA Serving York County Since DAVID R HASKELL TERRY CARTER BARRY WALLACE Phone Newmarket Charles St Phone Aurora Newmarkets missing population Its not that a whole bunch of people have disappeared and the town is paying a horde of sleuths rich bounties to find them The problem is that there is a large group of people living in town who dont show up on municipal records and nobody is trying to find them The entry signs at Newmarkets boundaries list the towns population at 21500 but it may be over This phantom population is spread through the town people living in unregistered basement apartments converted attics and spare rooms in single family homes Its not hard to tell which areas have the biggest phantom populations Drive down the streets in the new highmortgage subdivisions late at night and note how many homes have two or three cars parked in their driveways or on the streets out front Members of this phantom population may think they are paying their way in the com munity because through their rent they are helping to pay the property axes on their homes but they are not The property tax would be the same on the home whether it had an Illegal must provide it with the services paid for by apartment or not per capita grants However this is not he most costly area for We hope Newmarkets hidden population the municipality The Ontario government pays isnt allowed to become so large hat he town many of its grants to municipalities on a per council is forced to levy a poll tax a step basis and the town cannot collect these awa council subsidies on its phantom population although it several years ago An opendoor policy The best way to settle differences of opinion is for the differing parties sit down and discuss their problems facetoface This was proved last week when York Region Police Chief Bruce Crawford reacted to charges by Police Commissioner Ray that morale was low on the force The interview determined that morale was indeed low with some members of the York force But the interviews showed the low morale was not irreconcilable One cause of the low morale was the chiefs previous order that constables must wear their hats while driving their cruisers This hey complained was uncomfortable especially for tall policeman and during the hot summer months As a result of the interviews Chief Crawford rescinded his order and now policemen must wear their hats when they are not in heir cruisers The lesson to be learned by this Is hat the chief or at least a senior officer should always Profile Lambert 24 years in conservation I was interested in it and stayed with it I enjoyed it says now retired afler 24 years of service with the South Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority It was something I felt should be done and so I tried my beat to accomplish what set out to do The name Willson has been well known in Aurora Whitchurch y JANET AHNETT since early in the last century Lamberts father Marshall and grandfather came from Churchill to farm on the first concession of Whitchurch in Lambert grew up here in a house built 1805 and attended the Public School No Whitchurch graduating Aurora High farming duties with his father The fourroom school he attended stood with on the site of the present Wells Street After he By he had taken over the dairy farm managing a herd of purebred and made this his occupation until retirement in When he to Dr 1 was a farmer the son and grandson of farmers and I stuck with it he says noting that his former farm is now actually within the From his farming days Lambert fondly recalls That was the year he broke all records in stock judging competitions winning first the east vs west trophy then the I Winter Fair cup and to climax that went on to take both prizes for hog judging It was the first lime anyone ever won in both the live and dressed sections After that they changed the rules so one person couldnt win both While farming in Whitchurch Lambert was a trustee on the local school ward for years serving as both chairman and secretary- treasurer of the ward That was before the days of consolidated schools he says and For six years ending in 1964 he was on the Whitchurch Planning Board and was planning chairman for two years Lambert holds a record of 28 years of perfect attendance in Aurora Lions Club and lias been a Lion for more than years- For 50 years a half century he has been on the Board of Stewards or Sessions one of the other of the United Church But it was in when he was asked represent Whitchurch on the fledgling Then known as Upper Holland the con servation covered only Aurora Newmarket part of Fast Gwillimbury King and Whitchurch and had five members Today under the name South Lake the authority has members seven office em ployees eight permanent outside workers and each summer gives work to or more students under the SWEEP program Us territory now extends north lo having added Bradford and parts of West and Lambert Willson has been instrumental in all of his growth In he early days he says it didnt take much of his time because they werent doing much but more recently with many times he budget and he authority became quite consuming for him From until his retirement from farming in he represented Whitchurch on the Lambert Willson has been instrumental in all of his growth the early days he says it didnt take much of his time because werent doing much hut more recently with many times the budget and workload the authority became quite time consuming for him From until his retirement from farming in he represented Whitchurch on the authority From that date until January his year he represented Aurora He has been chairman of the authority for he past years His first project was dredging and dam construction at Die Vandorf Pond Later came between lie and of Whitchurch the acre Thornton SHE SEEKS IT HERE SHE SEEKS IT THERE SHE SEEKS THAT NOMINATION EVERYWHERE THE Readers ERA An exchange students letter Debbie lumess School student spent September December of lust year in Germany in an we could always get of members of inntb iangni German despite anavd by Bales King area on he Anchor Park he acre Scanlon Creek authority has its outdoorwork headquarters the area Willow Beach west of Jacksons Point Fairy lakc which was just a mud hole when we started and now Bush My main thoughts while I was on the authority were create conservation areas for he public and to try o get the municipalities to approve the floodliuc mopping and flood con trol he says Also we had to try to buy up lands which should be retained as they are swampy areas for instance areas which are water source suppliers The many undertakings of the authority during his nearly with were he says all reasonably good projects Acquisition of waterfront land along he Willow Creek area in Stitton is particularly important he says because there really is little public access to the beaches here Of the many projects hough Creek north of Bradford and the latest conservation area Bush have appealed to him the most Bush he says is to lie split between a picnic playground spot and a maple of more ban 1000 trees which is being retained for sugaring demonstrations and his wife Laura have recently returned from a month in Florida where they have visited five or six times The have four grandchildren wo boys and two girls Much of time now he says will go to lawn bowling and caring for the one hundred- plus trees he has planted around his home The evergreens are his favorites and his collection includes a dozen blue spruce As well he drops In to the conservation authority office in Newmarket about once a week He was chairman when he office was built and says it took him about three years of promotion to get it going There will opposition he says no matter what you do You cant let hat slop you Now he notes heres talk of an addition lo the office and I hope they go ahead with need it badly enough Im not in II now but I enjoyed he work and Im interested Ill keep watching to see what they do As write to you now finil it hud Hit lit lUinK In ni urn bit- is I been reliving all our expi rieiues r tin- I bill- while mil to tell all Hum would mo another months 1 will however tale aim thai stand mil Hit I was lent Jail tin sightseeing students who have bun have tor future exchanges can list asiucd each ex- limine Milt be belter than the last mi 1 1 i i I then they say all the time yen have just when youre a thing uiidiistaiiilinK nations is It hard not Though you sounded I is also ejad J I In sin leiils at win I my i i unite ill in li In I Inane have male some ii I here is III He 10 life Mi in just hull laugh well Youll have to admit there is a sadistic sort of joy lo be derived from timing our uretils the wall Your ifuild understand how we could play twelve of chess in a row while tutus My did had a shock with you and lie tteattes loo on lint day thai we look tits mi you only see you silling Willi the irpltones on in Dad was lucky At least lie didnt have to put up with off key renditions of Ave Sheriff was not punched in the head Your heading To all the- en I hike her Special thinks lo lurry Wilton Mr Hob Martin and I in 1 the and students of Newmarket IlifhSthool Mis date president of llio parents committee Newmarket Air dill all those who very special one many heart Ml l sfnlil ef I Final remarkt and seemed to Hunk mi in- iii- in Sliedsiieiiif manner not only will you to inform Die kwotiheniludoeii loi sing of the it ividual councillor is We who could judge dial l MI lutliiKltcfnwl i wUlhcr Lake converted to a Great Lake in the hub By ROY OR REN way to say howdy that I learnt this week If you aim already guessed this a teller from yer son in Hub LeRoy How is up to Cratehet Creek Does Jim Bob Tanner still shed his britches and down to the coop every spring Down here in Hub and points south they calls that streaking hey dont do it jest cause its spring No one has said why it is do it here but it must be different than up o the Creek Elsewise they dont call any streakers let like In the Creek says about Jim Bob Moat of streakers down this way ic coUedge or high school students an ever one jest miles and shrugs It off Must be working too as streaking hardly at all no more you wanted to stop Bob I you could tell him all about i hed likely feel that he aint a little The mud and snow here in yer Hub is jest this letter Now that its dry you gets to meet a lot more folks in the Hub as is out riding by sickles and walking and some is even jogging Jogging is like streaking but you keep Hub whicht is called Main Street hat way no one will make a mistake when they Is looking fer the main drag and might get lost But when you gets a Utile north on Main Street its called Second Street or he Second Conception Is right confusing to come down from the north say Creek Instant if I was o meet you and Paw and said Main Street of the Hub you might come down past he lake and afore you know you would he on the Second Conception Except you know it lessen you axed 1 dont think they is any to main part of town and lie sign says Main Street So you dont want gel up dont axe anyone fer when you are coming here feller Hie lake and any paved roads you might come All roads lead to the Hub Thats what says here and I had lime see its true but Ihey is some truth to it else why would they alius say it Anyway you will know when you reach Hub cause Its he place with all he all buildings I reckin tlw only all building north of Newmarket Hub Is he Sharon Temple hat counting which there arent any in the we thought a great big water well more than a testers hole The town has been draggin water it but Ihey has jest found out hoys jest about dragged dry and now find a real well somewhere out on he east side They has gone ahead and some water finders ml hey come up empty handed the Hub jesl might stop growing They dont search fer water with a fork stick more but has newfangled ways doing It today Like digging testers holes They will drive around and dig some testers holes In spots where think there might be a of water I hope they find It quicklike or Hub so reckon all them holes will be much trouble fer but it could raise hell with cross country runners joggers and I sure hope fills them In he ones that got water after they move on cause been thinking of akin up jogging If they dont find any water Hub jest might up and stop having anymore subdivisyuns and whilst a lot of folks would like that jest fine it could sure bring up the taxes after a Only other way get water looks like is to run it down from the Lake in a pipe That could cost us as much as it wilt to run out the sewage water in the Big Pipe to points south If that happens we could become a real toorist attraction here in Hub Newmarket would be known as he place on map where Lake Simcoe gets converted to the spring runoff we jest fount out what They is some folks who all