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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), July 27, 1977, A05

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i IVjIS J fl j i OTJ j I annexation of the narrow strip plan is to make it a York Region road as Mulock seems a bit like Dr is Not wishing to look a gift horse in the mouth Aurora and East Gwillimbury accepted In fact they probably accepted with glee for it could be seen even then the two roads had longrange potential for development as eastwest arteries and why not have the assessment from both sides of a highway instead of just one they reasoned Now a decade later Newmarket is stuck own fathers of the day were with a southern boundary meandering through by the site of their new hill and dale and wfth a northern neighbor which seems to want to keep its cake and to eat it too when it comes to discussions on that boundary East Gwillimbury not only wants to hold onto the potentially profitable strip along the Newmarket side of Green Lane but it wants Newmarket to create a green nomans land to the south of it a buffer zone between municipalities it calls it And to back up its contention East Gwillimbury council has lodged formal ob jections to Newmarkets official land use plan for the northeast quadrant and to a subdivision proposal there A suggestion by Ray on behalf of Newmarket that a buffer zone between an urban and a rural municipality isnt necessary im plying that East Gwillimbury should plan its own development around its villages and not try to glue them to the edge of Newmarket and that if East Gwillimbury must have one the strip on the south side of Green Lane would make an excellent one was rebuffed by the mayor at Sharon vmitKs car was struck a came back ready for war gljrnby last week escaped death Johns Sideroad are air before picking the time cat made towards currently studying a proceedings was brought In in to five times its Aurora on the south and East on the north that instead of making and the Green Lane the as was logical they would being one full lot north and ykthroao was that by not owning part of i as boundary roads Newmarket would not to help pay for their maintenance or plow irony now is that a decade later there is veloping Green Lane as a Davis Dr Iween Leslie St and St and the v I GREEN news J Fix level SORRY- THE MAYOR IS IN CONFERENCE the time for action and BUI could have been rather than lucky survivors of another crossing accident Liberal excandidate queries on Grey Coach decision jl Had they died action would have come The Green Lane the road on which the boys driving is welltravelled and the crossing no flashing warning lights Its one of three East Gwillimbury crossings have yet to be installed engineer Jim Denham said he hopes will speed up installation of lights at crossings can only echo his concern logical boundaries between these three com munities just as roads on their east and west flanks form the l boundaries Even Darcy admits that in fact he had some caustic words for East Gwillimburys Newmarket oriented development patterns of the past when he pushed the town into annexing the urban areas north of Davis Dip Newmarkets a peaceloving town and certainly doesnt want to pick a fight with its neighbors but sometimes even with neighbors East GwiUimbury must act now to avoid any impartial third party is needed to straighten more senseless injuries or touchy subjects Lets hope the nearmiss of two teenagers is what annexation proceedings would enough to prompt quick efficient action do The Public Library sponsor gpuppetshow at community centre on Wed starting at pm The show is recom- for and junior elementary children Those who wish to attend this years Muir Gettogether are advised to act as no tickets will be sold at the door for the IS event per person admission charge includes dinner from to pm with dancing to Don Gilkes and his orchestra Tickets be obtained by calling Audrey 895- The public is invited to attend and will go to the schools building fund event For further information call Bill Van Dyke at Entry per team is The Sutton Fair sponsored by the Sutton Agricultural Society Is set to be staged at the Fairgrounds Aug through 7 In addition to horse show events all four days harness racing dog racing a midway and food and craft com petitions will be featured Highlight of the festivities will be the crowning of Miss Sutton Fair Girls between age and who reside in or East Gwillimbury are eligible For more information on the pageant call Joan Mortson On June Mr Ross expressed in a letter to the Aurora Banner his concern regarding the possibility that employees of Gray Coach may lose their jobs in the Newmarket and Aurora area Or at best be forced relocate in an attempt to keep their jobs due to the Ontario Highway Transport Board granting Greyhound a license to operate over the most profitable routes previously exclusively serviced by Gray Coach The Ontario Highway Transport Board was requested Mr James Show Minister of Trans port and Communi cations to review their decision On July 21 the board released their report to the minister recommending its decision on Nov 1976 should be affirmed Because of the decision and the probability the Ontario cabinet will uphold the boards report we would Buffalo to Toronto and also the domestic freight moving from Toronto to Sudbury which would connect with their af filiate company to Western Canada- Why was Greyhound allowed to service only the express routes and not forced to accept local service routes as well Did the president of Greyhound actually state during the hearings that Greyhound would not run local service routes as it Is impossible for these routes to be com pensatory The report states that between service and drivers who lose their profitability If their Jobs could be rehired by findings are correct why Greyhound Is it not true Gray Coach not that the Union local for allowed to reorganize Greyhound is located in- Calgary Would this not We feel allowing require Greyhound to Gray Coach this op- hire from that area first should have before they could recruit been the first step before Somebody tears down a wall or rips up a cushion floor oh a hot summer weekend and a slice of the past pops to life A friend has brought me a pile of yellowing newspapers from this area for the summer of The Newmarket Era and Express and now defunct Newmarket Post Only years ago to the month Not exactly an tiques or priceless ancient issues of these papers but Interesting reading just the same didnt live here then so I find all sorts of In formation that Is entirely new to me A story In the Post advises me that Lake has just been built Wed July Asurpriae I thought it had always been there Not 80 says the story Kelso Roberts the Lands and Forests Minister formally opened the Fairey Lake project the preceding Wednesday Lake Is Almost Is the heading under a photo of that little island that sits at the back of what many people now call The Wesley Brooks Conservation Area BANISHED SWAMP New Lake site has banished the former bush swamp and will provide recreation facilities for Ihe Newmarket district it says Dan Shannon didnt live here then or Im sure we would have been treated to a photo of Dapper Dan in a canoe Total cost of the land improvement project Is and it was a plan of the Holland Valley Con servation Authority now known as the South Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority The SLSCA is still working along with the town on plans to improve and beautify the area In July of they opened a jogging park at the site Goodbye bush swamp The late Bert Kent was Mayor of Newmarket then and on the front page of the same Post edition has threatened to throw a Newmarket merchant out of a council meeting The merchant claims ho was lied to by a former member of council and Kent says hell toss the mer chant out if he doesnt cease and desist in his charges Discussions with our Kent says include the Reeve in that ouster too SwlS We donH even a Reeve anymore Bert came very as a councillor in I believe and passed away GravOoach is as efficient while still serving on council Coach who is a parttime Wac ls efficient appointment bythe city J any other operator of Toronto averages only would like to drivers from the Ontario local The report con tinuously states Gray Coach Is inefficient The report also states the President of Gray issuing the license to Greyhound NO THREATS NOW one day week The Toronto Transit Com mission its own Things are much more subdued on the council front now Mayor Bob hasnt threatened anyone with expulsion from a meeting since he took office to niy knowledge Heres a story in The Era and Express which says i if a young man stopped by police was trying to hide executive team a set of disturbing fact of beer behind him The sharp eyes of the officer objectives that allows it during our discussions wag to make clear trade with the local drivers is J service and that they were unable to Today in that even a crime anymore understand why the The young man wouldnt be charged unless the officer Ontario government saw him actually tipping the bottle to his lips aid would allow an American drinking bus company to people havegrownup By to be exact jeopardize their job JIM WILSON York North Liberal Association Good words for hospital If you are one of those who feel that humanity The emergency Housing Taik Force of York Regie is looking for residents willing to open their homes to people in need In existence for last year and a half the task force operates a registry that provides shortterm ac commodation for people In emergency situations For more Information on the registry call Kim Hodgins at Need someone for a shortterm shortnotice job The Student Manpower Offices in Newmarket and Aurora can help They would to hear from employers looking for help during the balance of the summer For a referral call the nearest Canada Manpower Nominations for this years Newmarket civic Awards are open Anyone can enter a by contacting the town offices or Recreation Commissioner Dan Shannon Ontario Minor Hockey AssocUttoa officials are planning a floor hockey tournament to at the Sutton Arena SI Community groups church groups groups of friends are invited to enter There will be three levels of play in the The Georgina Historical Society will hold its preview party July 28 at pm for ihe annual antique show Friday July and Sat July 30 at the Sutton Curling Club Wine cheese and refreshments are available and admission is per person The sale will be open Friday from to pm and from 11 am to pm Saturday All proceeds go to the townships historica village Aug Is Georgina Day at Exhibition Stadium when the American League Toronto Blue Jays take on the Minnesota Twins Tickets for each are available at The Bookworm and Foto Shop in Sutton Kibbles Variety the Civic Centre and both the Sutton and Keswick Arenas Game time is 730 pm Bus transportation to the park is available for return The Whitchurch Equestrian Club will hold a combined English and Western horse show Aug at Acres mile west of on the Vandorf It will start at 10 am sharps The Whitcbarchtoarfvllle Museum will stage its fourth annual classic car and antique show Aug 14 from noon until pm The Newmarket Citizens Band wiU provide music and the Bogarttown Womens Institute will raffle a quilt and like to direct a number of iiij r arising from gata gj July report to our July 2lst report member of parliament the Honourable Bill Hodgson How many jobs will be lost in the Newmarket Aurora area 2 How many drivers will be forced relocate in an and admitted to York County Hospital in Newmarket The way taxes are this should be no problem listening to the news watching TV reading todays popular bedtime keen heir stories of lust horror and attempt to keep their the style of public figures Is Go Transit presently motivations their own power and self which maintenance garage and off their also purchasing their own fibrillations it is easy to rolling stock become conc that Man is selfef so would this not be further lost This summer revenue for Gray Coach suddnly and reluctantly 4 The report constantly found myself a patient in mentions that com- hospital immersed petition by Greyhound on as it were in a sea of the specific routes will suffering lonely improve the service to the nonagenarians with travelling public It does broken hips besides the not emphasize the large sometimes numerous portion of freight that is liabilities of age ar- available Would it not be cripples those reasonable to assume with faulty plumbing and that one of the main griping gallbladders reasons Greyhound accident vicUms and a applied for these specific others routes was for the large The demands of international freight from for these suffering legions hours per day Sometimes there was the axe many varied trying- reassuring pressure of a often most desagreeable hand in the anxious dark One requires the strength before dawn Often there of an ox the patience of was the greatest in the Job highly developed humblest And in ray skills and an doctors Levers Hill and derstanding heart A Jim Knowles I found that strong stomach is handy which gives hope to the too hopeless ease to the The patients at York easeless cheer to the County Hospital in- anxious the promise of eluding sometimes dlf- life Without the skills and obstreperous the concern the patients get all these dedication of these men benefits all provided and their fellows there most willingly most must be many now living graciously by the useful lives who once dedicated staff doctors would have died orderlies nurses and all prematurely other supporting groups This staff of common So I bow the knee and people rather of most sa lhe fine and uncommon people- would women of all ranks who rank high in any country sustained and cared for in any period of human me and my fellows in our history I learned from of need In this them something of the expression I am joined by quiet distinction of the acquaintance Jim divinity which is yet Atton of Aurora a fellow inherent in human sufferer whom I unex- on Earth met during by My education had a stay A front page story in sees two youngsters holding a shellfish purported to be Million years old The sevenyear old holding the shellfish for the photographer Is wearing shorts a military brusbcut and a funny grin That sevenyearold Is now an ac complished guitarist local comedian and discodeejay at the Compass Restaurant can rhyme off all of George comedy routines He still has the funny grin but the has been allowed to grow And grow and grow A photo under the heading Correction in a July Era is of President Newmarket Spring Service Last week the paper says we said he was proprietor of Bobs Esso Service Sorry is now in the employ of York Sanitation and spends lots of time trying to employ people to keep newspapers from blowing off a York dump site and threatening the countryside A I I NEWLYWEDS THEN price suffering But the price was low and the reward was great to both body and spirit SID Aurora Sunshine Gang helped shutinwith shopping Here too a photo of newlyweds Walt and Anne smiling as they cut their wedding cake after aj ceremony at St Pauls Anglican Church Walt has added a few pounds now in but keeps busy helping out in the operation of the Newmarket Flyers A front page story in the Post for July 17th has outside the construction of the new wing of York County Hospital Since then the hospital has added another new wing The National Employment Office in Newmarket reported that the number of persons seeking ployment on June was as compared to at the end of May Monday store closing was a big issue The manager of the Newmarket Plaza said he would urge all merchants to open on Mondays while a downtown merchant Aubrey Smith had his bordered in black and featured on the front page Aubrey Is now Councillor Aubrey Smith and sold his business on Main St a few years back M Smith had some very telling arguments for stores closed on Mondays in town a practice that still continues with some stores today TVINNING 5 v I would like to ex press my appreciation to the Sunshine Girls I have a bad heart and I cannot drive Last week during the heat wave I was afraid to go outside the house but I needed some shopping done change and didnt want to take a thing for it The ads in the papers carry number of Consumers Is instead This little girl had walked all the way from prieofonlyi75permonthforawater heater phoned their office and soon a Sunshine Girl arrived I gave her a cheque and a shopping list and she did my whole weeks shopping for me brought back some Newmarket High School to Niagara St and then she went to and back for me We hear of so much going on in Newmarket I think when we have a wonderful program of this nature it should be publicly noted MRS HELEN HARRINGTON The big movie at the Newmarket Theatre was West Side Story and the drivein featured Kid Galahad with Elvis Presley The IGA had rib short cut roasts at cents per pound In Bradford a wrestling card featured The and His Manager vs Parent Ive heard of Par en but the Beast is familiar guess he won along with help from his manager And time moves on And maybe 14 today someone will dig up this Issue of The Era from Niagara under a cushion floor What a treat Theyd be to Newmarket see a sUce of Newmarket 1963 welt as circa r

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