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Tennis players to help finance construction of town clubhouse NEWMARKET Tennis players will help finance the construction costs of a town parks and recreation committee and the executive of ay The club has obtained a UP grant to pay for labor on the project Recreation committee chairman Ray said a provincial grant wilt be available and club will attempt to obtain grant club membership fees will be paying for a facility he said raised and Mayor Bob The clubhouse will be built suggested a per hour fee on land already owned by the The ranainlm tt will he flteo nonclub town next to the six courts and remaining will be munldpal when will remain raised by the club said courts That would follow the president Dave Kerwin He said towns philosophy of the users Mayor who suggested the plan said I think with a little organization you can raise the money and build the clubhouse without any addition to the mill rate The mayor also suggested THE ERA VOL NO NEWMARKET- AURORA- Sine KESWICK ONTARIO DECEMBER to support the project The recreation committee agreed to underwrite the financing URGES COUNCILS Cop denies hitting exjudges son Era News Editor TORONTO An un precedented disciplinary case against a York Regional Police expected to conclude Constable Gordon Mason police veteran charges of using violence while on duty He allegedly roughed up two juvenile suspects after a Jacksons Point breakin last July Taking the stand for the first time Monday PC Mason was asked by defence counsel Benjamin whether he had assaulted the two youths So help me God your honor I did not lay a hand on either boy at any time PC Mason said his voice cracking as he lifted the Bible and looked directly at Judge Joseph Kelly The boys Paul Morrison and Kevin Fletcher both 14 when the incident occurred claim PC Mason grabbed them by their jacket lapels and shook them during questioning in a police cruiser Paul Morrison claims his inner lip was split as result and Kevin Fletcher says he sustained a chipped tooth Morrison whose letter to York police chief Bruce Crawford touched off an internal in vestigation that resulted in the charges against PC Mason At the time of the incident Mr Morrison was the judge in Newmarket Provincial Court He subsequently resigned to run as a Liberal in Durham North in see HEARING page boards inaugural to be held in Newmarket NEWMARKET For the Newmarket Plans for the inaugural meeting were announced by board officials in Richmond Hill last week The inaugural will be held Jan at St Johns Catholic Church A mass is scheduled at special business Whfpper Watson tries the hydraulic chair at York County Hospitals new therapeutic pool during a surprise party given him Saturday About organizers of the Watson Appeal which raised money to build the pool attended The chair is designed to gently lower patients Into the therapeutic opens hospital wing Appeal workers surprise Whip what effect a freeze hospital budgets announced Monday by Ontario Health Minister Frank Miller will have on the opening of the hospitals new addition restrictions was mailed last week it had not been received by Monday af ternoon at the Newmarket hospital We only know what we read in the newspapers and hear on the radio said Mr He said he didnt know if any hospitals had received the ministers letter According to reports in Toronto newspapers Saturday Deputy Health Minister S Martin mailed the memorandum containing the freeze order on Friday It ordered all hospitals in the province to freeze salaries of senior employees the number of fulltime and parttime staff and any planned expansion of programs and services in Lieutenant Governor Pauline and Mr Miller the health minister will officially open York Hospitals new bed addition this afternoon The hospital plans to phase in use of the new facilities over several months and plans to make substantial additions to its staff It hopes to inaugurate several new programs in cluding some in the 300000 Watson Therapeutic Pool in the coming months For more stories and photos on York County Build regional recreation centre at SenecaKing NEWMARKET Seneca Colleges King campus could become the home of a multimillion dollar Olympiccalibre athletic facility and the major training and competitive centre in southern Ontario if the region and Its nine municipalities support the scheme to acquire Wintario funding for the project according to Newmarket Mayor Bob Forhan The mayor will propose to York regional council tomorrow that He points out that at present the lottery fund Is putting out millions of dollars on shortterm projects with no lasting benefits He feels at least some of the money should be used on projects such as the athletic complex which would be of a permanent nature eluded the head of the King campus endorsed the scheme They will recommend that such a facility be included in any expansion planned for the King campus and will ask the college governors to reconsider a decision on a large athletic facility planned for the Finch campus in light of the new project Mayor who foresees the project taking 10 to 15 years to complete says it would have Olympicsized swimming and diving facilities indoor tennis courts of Wimbleton standards basketball courts tracks and gymnasia as well as indoor yearround equestrian facilities The King campus already has an equestrian training class top- notch crosscountry skiing trails a lake with sailing facilities and is located in the heart of Canadas most active Olympic equestrian training area The nearby Jokers Hill estate in Glenvilte west of Newmarket was designated the official raining area for the Olympic equestrian team prior to the last international event The new complex would be used by Seneca students and main tained by college staff as well as being available for training by local athletes and for major local provincial national and international events It would make York Region one of Canadas major competitive and training centres said the mayor who is a former Olympic athlete He said only through such a cooperative project involving the regions only college with all its municipal governments could the Wintario funds vast resources be tapped for sufficient capital The complex would be of a calibre and scope otherwise unavailable to Yorks citizens he said He pointed out endorsation of the project would mean new local community recreation facilities could in future be built along utilitarian lines The Seneca facility would be available for events where large crowds were expected It would then reduce the pressure on and for more local facilities Senecas King campus he points out is centrally located in the region and virtually at the hub of Yorks road pattern It can be reached from anywhere in the region in a maximum half hour drive In most large urban areas the top quality athletic training facilites are available only at the local university points out the mayor Seneca is essentially a college established to serve York Region and the Metro Toronto borough of North York According to the Ontario culture and Recreation ministry funds are available as capital grants to help develop ad ditional cultural and recreational facilities across the province Any individual organization municipality or Indian band council can suggest a capital project to be assisted from Wintario funds The money can be used for purchase of land andor buildings site works construction of new buildings alteration of existing buildings restoration of buildings and permanent equipment Any capital project of a cultural or recreational nature is eligible for up to onethird funding after all other provincial and government grants have been deducted Matching funding on a dollar for dollar basis must come from the private or corporate sector However the ministrys Wintario brochure also says Con sideration will be given to adjusting these criteria in special cir cumstances and in accordance with the availability of funds Mount Albert residents endorse expansion plan MOUNT ALBERT The Mount Albert Community Plan received overwhelming support during a public meeting here Monday Of an estimated persons attending the session only Ave displayed opposition to the plan If development proceeds according to the limits en visioned in the plan this East Gwillimbury hamlet will double in size while gaining badly- needed sewage and water Mondays meeting called to consider an amend- badly development as outlined in the The amendment received first reading prior to Mondays session with Mayor Gladys Rolling later noting second and final reading could come as early as this Monday It might well come at the next planning committee meeting next Monday Mayor Gladys Rolling told The Era following the meeting because the people need these services Despite overwhelming support for the plan drafted by Paramount Development in co operation with the township York Regional planning com missioner Murray Pound questioned a financial impact study that said township taxes We expect them the Toronto consulting firm that conducted the study to show us how they reached those con clusions Mr Pound told the meeting His comments caught doesnt Mayor Rolling by surprise Hes going to have to tell us why he doesnt agree the mayor said later in the meeting take i have to get together and thrash it out In a later interview Mr Pound stressed while he does not agree with the report he is not saying it was wrong I dont agree with the assumptions he said It ignores inflation completely It farm mill rates will drop from to and the industrial MOUNT Campaign workers confident Stevens can win Tories told party leadership campaign is towards victory national campaign director Ted Rowe told a YorkSimcoe PC riding association meeting Thursday when urging it to pack the February leadership convention floor with 500 of its members Things look extremely well said Mr Rowe in reporting on the response being Ted told the meeting which was convened to select the ridings convention delegates 500 people will have one hell of an impact because there wont be another can didate who can pull that many people in there Mr Rowe said the run buses to the convention from all over the riding and it has prebooked double hotel rooms in Ottawa for the event Observer status on the floor costs a place in the stands per day and the package bus trip and hotel room offered by the association about for the three days Resignations forced Trudeaus hand MP for Leader committee from delegates across Canada Earlier in the meeting Hon Earl Rowe a Member of Parliament for years and a former Ontario Lieutenant Governor predicted the winner of the leadership campaign will be the next prime minister NEWMARKET government was pressured into enacting the anti- inflation bill by resignation threats from two key ministers and the governor of the Bank of Canada MP Bill Kempling havent read this in the press said the MP although he admitted he could He said Gillespie resigned the Commons finance trade and with Sinclair Stevens said then Industry Trade and Com merce Minister Gillespie and Bank governor Minister John Turner The PC member said Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau faced with the threat of the triple resignation accepted Mr Turners agreed to transfer Mr Gillespie within the cabinet and bowed to demands from Mr Bouey that the government take firm steps to combat inflation in return for the withdrawal of his resignation believe that Is why we have the antiinflation bill said Mr Kempling of himself and his colleagues in Commons He also predicted strong opposition to the antiinflation bills regulations when they are published He claimed they suspend many of the basic rights now enjoyed by Canadians count soft s Such costs include police protection and social services Mr Pound explained Our experience to date hasnt shown residential development is consistent with lowering the tax structure the planning Judging from the support weve been getting from all across the country well have hundreds of supporters there predicted the campaign manager who said he has travelled the country coast to coast interviewing delegates and potential supporters The associations delegates to the February leadership convention will be its president Frank of Beeton Gail Parks Ernie and John Hastings all of Newmarket and Named alternate delegates were Ruth Rod Green Mike Hall Bruce Ramsey Connie and Linda MAYOR BOB St John Corps to suspend operations NEWMARKET Unless theres a late revival of interest St John Ambulances Newmarket Corps will suspend operations at the end of the month Eileen divisional superintendent for the corps confirmed the move during an Era interview Sunday We all feel a little sick about it because we put so much effort into it she said The decision to suspend operations for a year came in late October or early November after membership fell to an all- time low There are perhaps five of us that really carried the load she explained Suspension of the operation Theyve used this in other areas noted Mrs Hadfield You arent missed until you are gone suspended the corps were later revived she said The divisional superin tendent expressed hope that a renewed interest could spark a revival in the Newmarket corps If people who have ex pressed interest in the corps but never got around to joining came out the group could carry on she said Membership has also been hurt by persons interested in joining but failing to do so because the program consists entirely of volunteers Mrs Hadfield claimed Suspension of the Newmarket corps 10 years after it received its charter may nudge people into thinking a little more about us she added strate that we may be a little outmoded The Newmarket corps which served an area that in cludes Newmarket Aurora Bradford and King Township provides medical services at hockey games horse shows school programs and other public events There are very few duties we have turned down said Mrs Hadfield The Santa Claus parades in Newmarket and suspending operations should contact Mrs at