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Big shoe in Aurora Sismans of Canada Ltd held its official opening ceremonies in Aurora Monday after the 70yearold firm closed Jan To see whose feet graced the first pair of boots off the line see page BI Trappers snare Aurora Tigers Its all over for the Aurora Tigers after the Provincial Jr A hockey club needed five wins to take their bestofseven playoff series Details on page JK decision half month away York Region public school board wont be making any decision on introduction of junior kindergarten classes until the middle of the month according to chairman Craig Story on page A7 THE ERA ti Remember when Remember when Newmarket had street cars It was way back at the turn of the century Two photos recalling those days appear on page Hes king of the roads John Stickland who has been on Newmarkets roads scene for years was honored recently at the Good Roads Con vention in Toronto For a photo and story see page Police debate continues An exYork Regional Police officer has backed police commissioner Ray Twinney in his battle with Police Chief Bruce Crawford For details see letters to the editor on page A4 Wilson gets Liberal nod Jim Wilson of Newmarket is the new Liberal candidate for the provincial York North Liberal riding association Story appears on page A5 Colonial cops title in town league Regularseason play has ended in the Newmarket Town Hockey League with Colonial Stingrays taking first place and Ray Normandin narrowly grabbing the scoring title Details on page DIRECTORY Billboard Church directory Farm columns Minor hockey Sports Williams news Man holds hostage in Sutton KESWICK York Regional Police spent two tense hours here Friday night and early Saturday morning after a man held a youngster hostage in a darkened North St home The incident was the second involving hostages in a twoday period Sharon of North St telephoned police at ap proximately pm Friday to say that a man was holding her threeyearold daughter in her home Miss Burfett had been struck and kicked in the face and an attempt was made to strangle her before she fled to a neighbors house According to police it was also learned the man was armed and might shoot his hostage or an approaching officer Police armed with shotguns blocked off North St from Elm St to Middle St in the villages residential section An ambulance that had been called to the scene was parked out of sight on West St while a police van and four cruisers waited near the home At am Saturday police entered the home and apprehended a suspect Police also found 303 and 22 calibre rifles inside the house Howard Charles 33 of North St has been charged with assault causing bodily harm and choking On Thursday evening in Richmond Hill a Keswick man was arrested after an incident where two hostages were held in a home According to a police a man arrived at the home of John 256 and confronted Mr and the mans estranged wife The pair left the house but the man later returned with a shot gun and took Michel e Mcintosh also of 256 Cres hostage Peter of Ave Richmond Hill arrived to visit the home later and was also taken hostage According to police both hostages escaped at separate times and Miss Mcintosh called for help The man then tried to recapture Miss Mcintosh but she fled the scene William Kenneth Phillips of 590 Lake Dr Keswick has been charged with possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace and pointing a firearm Man gets life term in m urder ByANNSPROULE Era staff reporter TORONTO It must have seemed more than a little ironic to 41yearold Shenton Whorms that the two men guarding the prisoners box in which he sat here Thursday were the same two men who had tenaciously conducted an investigation which had led him to the court room where he sat waiting to be sentenced for the murder of a 21- yearold Aurora girl As Detective Sergeants Brian Cousineau and Bill Gervais sat either side of the Toronto man he listened in tently as Mr Justice Callan sentenced him to life im- page VOL No 40 PAGES Since NEWMARKET AURORA KESWICK ONTARIO MARCH NEWMARKET Writs due in rgma vote dispute By rod Mcdonald Era Staff Reporter GEORGINA Writs to contravene the municipal election were expected to be served late Monday or early Tuesday The Era has learned Concerned Citizens of Georgina spokesman Bob Garden told The Era during the noon hour Monday the writs were on the way but he had not received word as to whether any had been served It is expected the writs will PANCAKES POPULAR Paul Newmarket Lions Clubs Pancake Breakfast at McDonalds last week extended well past the morning hours The organization which raised for its community projects was busy until pm meeting the demand for pancakes At one point the Lions were unable to keep up with the demand but all customers were eventually served Among those helping were from the left Dave Anderson McDonalds general manager Wilson and Ernie Stefaniuk Combine two Aurora schools trustee tells budget session AURORA Close Dr G Williams Secondary School and transfer all the students to Aurora High To York Region public school trustees who heard the suggestion from Markham representative Doreen Quirk during budget deliberations here last Wednesday night the idea was worth little more than a few guffaws As far as Mrs Quirk is concerned however the move could create a minimum savings in the boards million draft budget Thursday she told The Era she made one error in her proposal she forgot to con sider that last fall enrolment at Aurora High was bolstered by the transfer of students from crowded Newmarket schools Until that transfer and when a new high school is built in Newmarket the proposal was and will be worth more than just providing comic relief for budget weary trustees the representative argued Up until this year weve had two half empty schools she explained In January students attended Williams while 869 were registered at Aurora High By this month there were students at Williams and at Aurora High York public school of ficials said Monday Closing Williams the older of the two buildings is a viable alternative the board vice- chairman stated Even with two caretakers remaining on the schools staff to ensure that Williams will not be relegated to mothball status said Mrs Quirk care takers could be cut for a savings of about Other conservative estimate of savings according to Mrs Quirks calculations include for hydro 25000 for oil for cleaning supplies for furniture and equip ment repairs for building repairs 900 for gar bage removal for snow- plowing and for telephones APPROVED PRINCIPLE Budget estimates spark cuts charges 6 youngsters arrested following breakins NEWMARKET Six juveniles have been arrested by York Regional Police after two separate breakins at area public schools last week On Feb a calculator and 1 in cash were removed from the office of Rogers Road School in Newmarket after entry had been gained by for cing a door A telephone in the lobby was ripped off the wall during the thefts Police have also laid charges in four other cases stemming from the in vestigation On Feb two bottles of liquor were removed from the Roywood Dr home of Kenneth Nay lor after a basement window was broken During the month of Sep tember two tape recorders were taken from Rogers Road School while during the spring of a 33 millimeter projector lens was taken In August bolt cutters and a microphone were taken from an Ontario Hydro truck in the yard on Mulock Dr while in Sep tember a set of keys was removed from the Town of Newmarkets Main St offices Acting on a search warrant police recovered all stolen ar ticles and money A 16yearold who was a juvenile at the time of the first offence and a 15yearold have been charged with three counts of break enter and theft and four counts of theft under 200 In Aurora four juveniles aged 12 and have been charged with break enter and theft after damage was done to the interior of Dr Public School Dec 20 Police say entry was gained to the building by forcing a door Several pieces of equipment were removed during the break- in AURORA A 743 million budget was approved in prin ciple by York Region public school trustees here last Wed nesday subject to an un determined number of cuts scheduled to be debated this week The call for the cuts came from Markham trustee Bob McMonagle who disputed the budget approval motion in troduced by East Gwillimbury representative Dr John Denison In praising staff preparation of the budget up from 68 million last year Dr asked Are we going to accept the budget or are we going to redo all the work they have done The Markham trustee however would not accept staff forecasts as the lowest totals available Dr is naive if he feels any administrative group brings in a budget without padding in it Mr said He was backed by Aurora trustee Norm who noted In a budget of million there is lots of room to whittle away a few million In each of the past two years there has been a 16 million decrease from the expenditures proposed by staff to the actual amount spent by the board said separate school representative John Stephens Some of it was not spent said Dr Some of it could be careful housekeeping rather than cutting the fat Following the meeting board chairman Craig of Newmarket denied staff pads its draft budgets Staff has taken the at titude they must bring in the best budget they can he told The Era Theres not a great deal to be cut The 16 million cited by Mr Stephens is a matter of good business practice rather than budget padding the chairman claimed To trim 16 million this year were going to have to affect the system Mr warned In a recorded vote Mr Stephens and fellow separate school representative Terry OGrady voted against approval of the budget in principle as did Mr McMonagle Vaughan trustee Don Cameron and Rich mond Hill trustee Eric Baker Mr and Georgina trustee Keith Hargrave were present for the debate but absent when the vote was called name Mayor George Burrows Regional Councillor Erik and all seven councillors as defendants in the action which has been taken after the disclosure of irregularities in procedure during the Dec 6 voting At a meeting of the citizens group in Belhaven last Thursday a motion to serve the writs was passed by a vole However approximately a quarter of the people in at tendance refused to vote on the motion due to some confusion as to what they were voting for Mr Garden denied allegations that the group is working for any candidates defeated in the last election and said the group had talked to a person who did not stand for election in December but will run for mayor if a new election is called Mr Garden would not disclose the identity of the mystery candidate despite requests from those in the audience John Link who was a prime mover in the battle against the Hillis trailer park also denied rumors that he would seek the mayors chair in a new election In a question period before the vote several people requested more information on why the writs were being issued and if the township should not be named rather than members of council Mr Garden said that Toronto lawyer George had advised the group to issue the writs on that basis and that the counsellor felt the group had enough grounds to do so Mr Finlandson did not attend the meeting because he felt the presence of the press would violate a clientlawyer relationship Mr Garden also said the group feared tipping our hands because the press was present Other members of the concerned citizens steering committee which was formed at the groups first meeting Feb are Keith Rose Larry Dolson Kenneth Hunter and Robert Griffith Mr Garden told the crowd the only alternative to the legal action would be for the entire council to resign A whole new mandate is called for now that so manv new irregularities have been brought to light he said Were deadly serious in fighting for a good fair open administration by every means available within the law Mr Garden added Region rejects redistribution at present time NEWMARKET Markham lost Thursday in yet another attempt to increase its representation on York Regional Council to reflect a per cent increase in population over the past six years In a recorded vote with three councillors absent the region deferred the issue pen ding the outcome of provincial studies of Metro Toronto Niagara and Ottawa regions Markham Councillor Ron called for an increase in representation noting his municipality is under- represented with a per cent rise in population and per cent hike in assessment He was supported by Rich mond Hill Mayor Dave Schiller who called for a ratio of councillors to constituents with an additional councillor added when twothirds of the required population increase is reached The region rejected any change at this time over threats that provincial muscle would be called in Its ridiculous to have to go to the province to get what is rightly ours in the first place commented Alma Walker Markham councillor Currently the region is equally divided between north and south representation with Chairman Garfield Wright tipping the balance to the north An increase in southern representation would give the south control over regional council Aurora Mayor George Timpson said he is reluctant to see representation based on a formula as it would put Aurora well into the future before it could increase its strength He suggested as a second tier government the region should base its representation equally by municipality with two councillors from each area A council based strictly on population could as it increases see REGION page Town girl top s inger TORONTO A Newmarket teenager claimed two awards during the Kiwanis Music Festival at the Canadian National Exhibition here last week Kathleen Sheehan the 16yearold daughter of Mr and Mrs Ted Sheehan Arden Ave won first place in the 17yearold voice event with points and third place in the 16yearold voice competition with points A veteran of the Kiwanis Festival Kathleen first competed in the Toronto competition when she was nine years old The event is only one of many to the 16yearolds credit In April shell compete in the Newmarket Lions Music Festival while in May she will return to Toronto to compete in the Davenport Kiwanis Music Festival Despite her busy competition schedule the Newmarket High School student finds time for two lessons a week plus nightly practices Its her whole life her mother Tina told The Era Monday