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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), August 27, 1969, p. 1

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PAGES VOL 118 NO CENTS NEWMARKETAURORAKESW1CK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1969 to ERA Newmarket Aurora Keswick Clad only in nightshirt ELDERLY MAN LOST IN BUSH left the Ncnmurkrl l Id Ihr hum car sped across Davis Dr over the curb and crashed through the door Slundlnie in v ere Kill- f lln iil hi closest friend Wayne Dunn Wayne above right pushed Hilly out of the way as Ihe speeding cur came toward Ihem ltolh were uninjured as was Mrs Tina who managed to dodge the flying debris Police feel that Mr Turner jammed foul on the accelerator at the time of the impact Both drivers received minor bruises EXPERT SAYS Were to blame for Green Slime Mount Albert Road after a of many hours by police neigh bors and private aircraft Edward resi dent of Cedar Haven Nursing Home in Mount Albert was found from the home about am on Monday morning Official at the home stated that Mr had a habit of wandering off in this manner unless he was closely supervised East Gwillimbury Police were contacted about am and six offduty policemen started to search the area with the assistance of village volunteers They combed the area including the low lying swamp but could find no trace of the man About noon the police called for the assistance of Bruce Rolling of Mount Albert who has a private plane found Constables John Hope Mel bourne and Joseph in the same area that had been covered Mr Stapley was return ed to the nursing home as soon as i finite good health i response EDITORS NOTE la in Item entitled Green slime In last weeks edition or The Era Dr P Jones wrote following article to explain some of the reasons why green slime grows on Fairy Lake Dr Jones Is associate director of Great Lakes In vicechairman of environmental science and engineering program asso ciation professor of civil engineering associate professor of microbiology all at the University of Toronto re sides at it It Aurora and heads a firm the algae arc called seaweed In Fairy Lake they are called green slime in Lake Erie they are called any number of names some less Erie dry detergents of cess through municipal sewers and treat ment plants Till is probably true of the Fairy Lake watershed Sewage treatment plants are not normally designed to remove either phos phorous or from municipal efflu ents It is considered rather expensive to using present technology And yet letu plants We design these plants I move organic carbon an pended solids This simply means Ask County to operate dog pounds County Council take over the operation of dog pounds throughout the county In a letter to Aurora Council Society General Manager Tom Hughes Every available firefighter in the Newmarket area was called out Saturday to fight a at a vacant restaurant nt Hells Corner Motel Davis Dr and Yongc St of onlookers jammed the street and sat on nearby hills watch firefighters from all Hast Cwillimhui King Whitchurch and New market departments fight the stubborn blaze It was the second fire nt restaurant in year Cause of the blaze is undetermined Go home for lunch Board urges AURORA York County Board if Education covered the full range of Monday night from a long debate on school lunches through or ganized student trips to Europe and on approval of a multimillion dollar high 1 in A a hot day if it polite than others in most natural water bodies They go un noticed until they reach what is called bloom proportions In order to grow algae require certain nutrients just as any plant The main ingredients required are the five elements carbon hydrogen oxygen nitro gen and phosphorous As with any living thing an al gae cell requires a source of energy a thee radiant energy for photochemical Eal a tic environment Carbon and oxygen is available from carbon dioxide in water and air Hydrogen and oxygen is of course water itself The missing sub stances are nitrogen and phosphorous Eighty percent of the earth at mosphere is nitrogen but that is not useable by most living things Thus we add biologically available However if we leave the nitrogen and phosphorous in these are the ingre dients which permit strea its own organic and this is known to stir i basis he suggested until fish or eve fairly substantial drink gen and phosphorous just we add it to make them green lakes perhaps we might examine the source nitrogen and phosphorous so that they might be eliminated to pre vent this may wash off and through the soil In urban areas over zealous gardeners using the principle one will do so two will do twice as well when fertilizing their lawns may be a major source of nitrogen This Is not true of phosphorous however Recent studies by the US De partment of the Interior showed that one- pensive What Fairy Lake at accept the occasional growing when passing the dam It is no use saying that they can correct this situation It is you who will be called upon to correct it and quite properly so because you have caused it Bus passengers clog doorways NEWMARKET Downtown merchants are complaining about Main St bus traffic and Tuesday commit latives of Gray Coach Lines but no re commendations were formulated A tentative second meeting has been scheduled between the bus line re presentatives and members of councils op rating committee and parking author- while waiting for buses It was also reported that the bus traffic was congesting traffic along Main Si particularly at 5 pm the peak traffic hour The meeting was held to dis cuss alternative proposals for bus routes which would alleviate the problem on The school lunch problem and the future policy of the board on that sub ject found the urban representatives lined up against rural group before it was finally defeated for further study by officials The report stated that the board was convinced that where possible school students should go home for lunch rather remain at the school The board ac cepted that where distance or health made this impracticable the board has an obligation to make adequate provision distance from the school and Ihe inclement weather of the middle wntr but its recommendations that the lunch room be supervised by leachers designated staff or volunteer- came un der fire as did also a clause to encourage school staffs to make arrangements for recreational during the noon Some members fell they would he unfair to staff to expect them to assume Ihe or baby sitting and lunch supervision noon emphasizing fact that board could use this as a policy white the parents might also agree Ihoy would baulk at the extra cost involved The board agreed that rural and urban situations would make Ihe decis ion even more complicated as selling down hard and fas rules dis tance from school etc would only confine Some children quite clasp a school would be unable In go home for lunch due to parents bring wirk while others quite a distance from might find the parents willing to provide transportation both ways in The matter will be left as it is wild a more detailed report can be if light to the board by staff and a policy lair lo teachers students and parents Plan new high school for northend Aurora AURORA Sketch plans for Ihe erection of a new secondary school in Aurora are now ready for department approval The motion to submit Ihe plans was approved by York County Hoard of Education at its Monday meeting was vital Ihe report staled thai the motion be passed at the Aug 25 meeling the vocational grant lit suggested that animal eon countywide responsibility Dick Illingworth Convict Keswick man in Frost car crash Striking Committee will No welfare on Saturday AURORA Driver of the car involved in a headoncrash in which for mer Ontario Premier Leslie Frost and his wife were injured on July 3 was convic ted in court here last week of making an improper left hand turn Elmer Dolph of Keswick Joseph Dales Mr Frost lured leg multiple b County Hospital for pital he had no chance to stop when Mr turned in front of him He said he was approaching the mile per hour and I noticed the car with left hand signal going and facing east all of a sudden it made a left turn and I hit the brakes but it was too late Mr received cuts and bruises to his head but after treatment from the York County changed as of Aug Preliminary plans call Arena bylaw goes to OMB firs and second readings at a special session last Tuesday Council will now seek Ontario Municipal Board approval of the project before giving the final the the weekend told on Monday Mayor Dick Illingworth told council he received word last Saturday morning that there was a family living in Oak Ridges with four children rang age from four to who required elf art He is unable to department Page bruises in the accident which of Davis Drive and the 3rd Cone of Whitchurch Township Jerry 19 said he Ihoughl the Dolph car was going to There was little the Frost driver could do he had no chance said Mr East Gwillimbury Constable had an excellent driving record Although the gave its ap proval of the towns fiveyear capital budget forecast which included the arena debenture council must again ap ply to he for approval of individual The town hopes to get ap proval In time to include the arena money In next years budget but officials say that because of light money and the ceiling on town borrowing hopes for quick approval are slim

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