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V NEWMARKET Sections of Newmarket were termed a disaster area Monday night when an angry delegation of Carbon Dr 8 man asked Newmarket Council to Spokeaman Anthony French charged make a concrete move to remedy the that council and town lacked to- in taking any action and Raid I ready to take the Better to higher authority a situation la if- The outburst was the an hour- l long rainstorm that dumped inches water on the already saturated town l few What appears to be a tranquil scene beside a summer cottage is really the result of Sun days Newmarket flood The lake is located behind seven homes on Ontario St It was feet long and feet wide and as much as three feet deep But the situation was even worse at Wal ter Ave where pumps worked all day Monday above right to remove water from flooded base ments Recreation rooms were ruined and one man found his deep freezer floating in the base ment 12 Inches Of Rain In June i Farmers Ask For Provincial Aid W mmmmap- mm a -V- g- A of York Nitro NEWMARKET Safecrackers using nitro glycerine broke into the Newmarket supermarket and were foiled in their at tempts to steal any money The safe was too strong for their powerful nitro The safecrackers forced a door at the rear of the supermarket sometime Saturday night or Sunday morning They drilled holes in the safe located at the front of the store and poured Into them They seated holes with childrens and then ignited the chemical One charge went off splattering the plastic about the ceiling and walls Hie other charge failed to go off and an officer had to neutralize the powerful explosive Sunday morning Store owner Larry Rubin said the safe contained little money as the weekend re ceipts are deposited In the bank after the store closes Saturday night He said the safe one of the strongest made The charge of failed to budge the door say the Job was the work of profes sional safecrackers as It lakes an expert to know how to handle The safe was dusted for fingerprints but the safecrackers ara still at large meeting farmers Including growers from Holland Marsh called to assess crop dam age turned into an Indignation meeting against the province and the weatherman About men and women filled the at Newmarket District High School Monday night and before the night was over Chairman Jim had his hands full to maintain order Several men at the back of the auditor ium repeatedly Interrupted speakers with cries of What are you going to do When asked for suggestion as to a course of ac tion they were conspicuously quiet Dave Crone of the Federation of Agri culture Al Wall Rep for York Reeve Wright of East GwiMmbury Reeve Gordon Cook of King Township Francis of Richmond Hill and Lex Mackenzie MLA York were platform speakers With the meeting rapidly becoming un ruly Jack Rye a that a committee be formed to work with one from County to assess damage toss of crops and work oat means of making an approach to the Ontario Department of for Harry Walker Newmarket Mike Gurica and Gerry Keswick were named to represent the high land far- men and BUI Horlings John Van Hart and James Verksalk to represent the Holland Marsh growers Dave Crone the provincial govern ment has been reluctant to Institute crop insurance He said the province has had ample time to come up with an Insurance plan which would offer protection for farm ers regardless of the crops they raised Mr Crone spoke of grain insurance which was made available last year but criticized the farmers for their lack of in terest in it As long as there is grain insur ance the government will not be responsible for losses he said DAMAGE as example one half Inch at Brad ford this past Sunday with Inches falling in Newmarkel Garfield Wright said he realized the far mers situation was desperate but pointed out than many in Newmarket and East had suffered considerable loss through flooding NO FLOOD INSURANCE He said there was no flood Insurance at the present time and if coverage were offer ed for all perils insurance would be so costly no one could afford It He added that Im municipal costs have skyrocketed because Mr Wall told the assembly he had been ln observing the damage In the area and hod talked to key personnel In the of Ag riculture Everyone Is worried and frus trated and are anxious to get an accurate assessment of loss Results of Individual surveys by farmers or a committee will be used he said The agricultural representative said some damage was of an immediate nature while other could spread over five years Erosion and lack of nitrogen In the soil due to constant flooding would take its toll ad ding there were very few crops In York not From June to July to the registered rainfall at Bradford Experimental Farm was lachea with the normal rain for the month of Jane to Inches Mr Wail pointed out this record rainfall would fluctuate according to the area v r v ii THIS WEEK IN THE EH A Farm and Garden rage Women News Pages Sport Pages Hi If District Pages 2f Classified Pages II V J ii I i of damage in residential areas Mr told of losses In hay spring grain and fall wheat saying this part or the county could well be designated a disaster area Reave Gordon Cook said his township was greatly concerned as a large percen tage of Holland Marsh was In King also that the township had the largest agrlcultur- al area In county He thought it would he two or three weeks before a proper assessment of lass could be made hot assured his listeners that York Federation of Agricallare wouM act In their best Interests Ernest said it was most unfair for Mr Crone to critlclie farmers for not having crop insurance when the applications were two weeks late reaching hem The deadline for such coverage was passed be fore farmers had a chance to it he said Harry Walker added the premiums for such coverage were too expensive and few If any farmers could afford such insurance He said that the present condition of land prevents work and was sorry for dairy farmers who had lost hay crops so vital to them The people in the Marsh are really suffering as their operation has been hit hard NO WORK ON RIVER Bill of Holland Marsh said marsh is in a different position to the high land farms The river la in a deplorable condition as nothing has been done Since Hurricane Hazel wo were promised tho river would be kept open but nothing has been done He described the marsh area as a largo saucer with pumps around the perimeter unable to reach the water drained down to wards the centre growers from the Holland Marsh told of their problems being unable to cultivate or spray One that weeds were Inking a hold and because of watersoaked land was unable to get out to combat litis growth will take weeks to rid the of weeds poll any chance for crept this year he aid Others added similar commend SHARON New zoning bylaws and a comprehensive urban redevelopment plan will be used as yardsticks for future devel opment in East Gwillimbury Township Final draft copies of he twin proposals by Canadian Mitchell were tabled for review by township council during a recent planning session One key Issue contained In the proposals concerns future development of the Old Yonge Street area east of Riverside Park Reeve Wright noted that the plan would re strict building on presently undeveloped lota to cottage style residences only By this restriction he pointed out that fulltime residents would be discouraged from establishing proper houses the area which already contains many fine dwellings In addition he noted that no reliable scheme has come forth to establish a coordinated summer cottage community in the area In absence of such a plan he advocated a change In the proposed plans which would limit area to first class residential Councillor BiU Steel pointed out that an amendment might cause a cessation of all development in the area due to the mixture of residences and cottages that now exists In the area He noted that by adopting the residential classification future dwellings would have to contain a minimum of square feet and be built on 15000 square foot lots according to the Mitchell plana Since many lots are now maximum square feet and many smaller be ques tioned how present lot owners would ever be able to build residences He further questioned the desirability of much of the area to attract more than cottage dwellings Reeve Wright explained that a goal of the proposed plans was to bring about the re development of the entire area over a period of 20 years Council further considered the minimum footage requirements to be In excess of neces sary qualifications for the area General agreement was reached on a residential classification with set of approxi mately 1100 square feet living apace but re taining the square feet lot sice Pro jecting house costs on estimates of per square foot Reeve Wright pegged approxi mate minimum price of to for future houses in that area Council will give further review to the draft proposals before submitting Its final recommendatlona for amendments to planning firm Harness again were Cast- sen Dr aOsUH Ave Gfee Ontario St One Ontario St resident Alex Amund sen dubious distinction of having water run OUT of his basement Another Ontario SI resident baa had to pump water from his basement five times ina month Dr Scullys Forest den mini pool had one wall by At East of Walter Ave were hit by flobAgi tea hemes en Walter were and miner on Pes Ava Reeve Wright said that rain water from la running direct into sanitary sewers instead of onto the ground and eventually Into storm sewers and ditches He aaid that council was considering passing a bylaw to prohibit the down- spouting Mr Wright that worked sight and ntest Monday to the sanitary In effect to tower the water ami in the Walter Ave base aa eats Residents of Dr were of the Newmarket area flood victims Many of them have been working til am after each storm to clean up the damage and In their words they are fad Council made one move to relieve the situation by accepting a tender for storm sewers on parts of St- I to Fares Gam if The Sunday to centre in Newmarket as Holland Marsh and vllto farmers were spared moat of the downpour areas gat about a half- inch of rain But even this amount will retard on the land as it is toe soggy to work The Beauvala Acres farm of W Staines is so wet that Mr Staines la un able to pasture his cattle Ha has had to bring In reed from his fields with the aid of a rented and In turn chewed up the round Other farmers say that they wont put their farm equipment on their fields because the machinery will gouge out the land Holland Marsh have resorted to practice airplane crap weeds I f This la not too practical because many farmers own only small plots And no sooner do they dust their and it ralna again washing away the ef fectiveness of chemical Vw Mrs Wins To Expo NEWMARKET Mrs Lome 346 Andrew St is the winner of eras Trip To Expo Contest Mrs Ktff wlU take along her husband to Expo they will leave via Air Canada on Aug t7 at am While at Montreal they will stay at the Martinique Motor Hotel get through the at Expo with passports provided for them and spend the ISO given to them last week will Wave lor Newmarket on Aug a at fl45 pm Mrs Xeffers name was drawn last week by former cnuhdUor Tom Taylor who la now the liberal candidate for the Provincial riding of York Mrs Kellers entry was among more than who entered the Trip To Expo Contest Last weeks draw was made from among the as weekly i Ifc T u yi z I- aWCwIttranrtry with Cltr Hnir the road In front of their homes to clear up the dust on atreet For more pictures please turn to Charged With NEWMARKET A Toronto youth has been charged with 14yearold East Township girl Uordon Usher appeared In Newmarktt Court Monday and was rs- He was arrested by the Ontario Provincial Police at a cottage In the Mlnden area Fri day night East Township Police were contacted by the girls mother The juvenile had been missing from home for about five