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Now Lowe Ave residents want their water cleaned up too council to give their water supply the cleanup treatment their neigh bors on Arthur St received Lowell runs parallel to Arthur and Is part of the same former army camp subdivision Arthur St residents said they were plagued for years with brown water and some claimed worms In their water Town officials said the bad water was caused by obsolete pipes installed as a temporary mea sure in 1940 when the area was first built as an army camp For years the town put off fix ing the situation pleading high costs although a new main was built up the street some years ago to provide ade quate water pressure for fire hydrants In mid June after Arthur St residents had raised a stink about their smelly water council discovered It would only cost about to take the homes off the old army mains and hook them up to the new main It then ordered the job done At the time Reeve Clare Salis bury asked Deputy Reeve Bruce Eves chairman of the operations committee if Lowell residents were faced with a bad water problem too Mr Eves said they werent Town will fight for crosswalks NEWMARKET An Eagle Hills subdivision request for a crosswalk at Eagle St and Lome Ave last day triggered demands for complete reviews of both the towns crosswalk and stop sign policies Council endorsed the Eagle Hills ratepayers request for the crosswalk which must be installed by the Toronto and York Roads Commission because Eagle St is a county road and instruct ed Reeve Clare Salisbury to push the request at the county level Mr Salis bury is a member of a county roads committee Councillor Doris Blair urged council to review the whole cross walk situation in the town She con tended at least two more should be installed on Main St and Councillor Herb Elines said he wants one on Davis Dr at Niagara St A suggestion by Councillor Lou Stephens that a stop sign be considered at Eagle and Lome prompted Council lor Bob to ask for a study of all the towns stop signs We should be trying to break the traffic in this town by erecting stop signs he said Council voted in favor of a Forhan- sponsored motion that Mr Salisbury push for the Eagle St crosswalk and thai the slop sign study be undertaken Previous town requests for cross walks have been turned down by the county roads commission council was told The Eagle Hills ratepayers said they need the Eagle and Lome cross walk because all their children must cross Eagle to reach their summer recreation program at the Lions Park They described this situation as dangerous The ratepayers also pointed out only the north side of Eagle St has sidewalks ail the way from Lome to the downtown area making it neccs- beall and endall to a potentially dangerous situation but it should go a long way to relieving the situation said the ratepajers letter Last Tuesday he told council he has since learned otherwise He said he received many phone calls and a petition from Lowell Ave residents Town engineer Mike Perkins said later there is also a new water main running up Lowell Ave which the residents can be hooked Into How ever he said the main wasnt installed mi public property it runs through the gardens of the homes on the north side of the street The main reason why we are just doing Arthur St now Is that we are not absolutely sure this measure will cure the problem said the engi ne said if the town gets satis factory results from the Arthur St project Lowell Ave would also be At the same Tuesday night meet ing that the Lowell Ave residents petitioned for action on heir water problem council received a letter from Mrs Helen Snow spokesman for the Arthur St residents thanking It for taking action The Era also received a letter from Mrs Snow Sec Letters to the Editor page THE 20 PAGES VOL 110 NO 15 CENTS NEWMARKETAURORAKESW1CK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12 down here for the teachers Dill Nancy Nancy Wilson Is the former loves Ontario it loves her By GEORGE Era News Editor NEWMARKET After she shyly takes her hands down from I her face you are greeted with a charming captivating smile and you arc hooked for good Nine year old has been taking everything in her Eskimo stride since she came south on July 1 for the first time from her home and saw the wonders of plane travel cars and all the things which have been a vague dream to her even though BOBBY ORR RIDES WITH ROYALTY NHL star Hobby Orr was the headline attraction at the 1970 beauty contest Mary Lynn Sutton Fair last weekend and seated in an open convertible above he ami also a runnerup in the conies looks like he is thoroughly enjoying himself The hockey player is flanked and at right Eva Young by from left Darin Dunn the first runnerup in he Miss Sutton Fair York County Princes- Walker Miss Sutton Fair of lie Furrows White photo I Dropin centre closes cite political pressure she has been told about some of them at her school in the Northwest Territories Nancy Wilson the former Nancy Ridley of Sharon Road and St and her husband Bill brought little Mary down with llicm from Baker Lake where hey are both teaching Mrs Wilson is a daughter of Mr and Mrs A A Ridley Mary Is her name at school I and everyone at Baker Lake finds I NEWMARKET Political pres sure is a primary reason that New markets dropin centre on St will close its doors one week from today according to a statement is sued by the centres staff this week The statement did not specify the nature of the pressure It only noted that political infighting due to the upcoming election is one son the staff decided to close the i tre two weeks before its trial period I Expressing thanks to Mayor Tom and town council for al lowing the centre to function in the old Newmarket Motors Building the statement also listed inadequate heat ing facilities for the winter and staff leaders taking on other responsibili ties in September as reasons for the closing The staff noted that it hope develop a centre next summer But in mentioning political I infighting the statement in effect created an issue for the imminent campaign leading up to the Oct The only two announced candi dates Tor mayor of Newmarket in cumbent Tom and Deputy Reeve Bruce Eves have taken dropin centre Mayor originally sup ported the efforts of the young per sons involved in operating the centre while Deputy Reeve Eves has been a repeated objector However a remark made at last weeks recreation com mittee meeting indicates Surgeoners support has been waning in recent Sec DROPIN CENTRE page Town not doing its bit Marritt NEWMARKET Newmarket isnt doing its bit in the fight against noxious weeds County Weed Inspector Frank told town council last week I cant understand how you expect to enforce The Weed Act when you havent cleaned up your own town property said Mr who has been the countys chief weed inspector since He told council some town roads are a disgrace and said the towns north end dump badly needs clean ing up He challenged department statement that cleaning up weeds along the side of some roads is too dangerous Mr said they could he easily and sprayed He also urged council to upgrade the town weed inspectors job it now pays a season The county inspector said it should pay an hour plus mileage lie told council that is the only way the town will get a good weed inspection job done Mr also urged council to buy more spraying equipment He said it would cost about A swim in Fairy Lake NEWMARKET Fairy Lake water should be pure enough to swim in at least for a few days after being treated this afternoon with a new pollutionfighting chemical spray Holland Valley Conservation Au thority resources manager Derek said use of the chemical hi this context may be a first for Ontario Mr said spraying will start at 10 am and by pm show what we i do this He said if the project is suc cessful the lake could remain swim- able for two or three days until more pollutants arc carried down from the Aurora end of the river sys tem usually covers it all Marys home is about miles north of Winnipeg and is reached only by air in most cases with the regular which is scheduled for two or three flights a week but depending on weather might only be able to make one Bill and Nancy Wilson are taking a summer course at the Uni- of Waterloo and Mary is I having a wonderful time playing I and sometimes even scrapping with some of the youngsters she has mot since she came out with her two teachers Both the Wilsons teach in a school which is fairly modern con sidering the distance away from so many things we take for granted I There are about pupils up to Grade They have both been teach- in the north for the past three years and intend to go back to Ba- ker Lake for the start of school on j If Sept 1 They will of course have I their young protege with them for MAYBE YES Seek taxsupported town day care centre MAYBE NO NEWMARKET A municipal lysubsidized day care centre can be in operation here by September if town council agrees to participate Mrs Perry president of the Newmarket Day Care Centre Advisory Board told council last week Mrs Perry said per cent of the operating costs of the centre which would initially accommodate be tween and children between the ages of two and six years would be paid by the province The town would be expected to pay the remaining per cent Ontario will also pay per cent of the cast of renovating suitable quarters she said but will not pay any capital costs Mrs Perry said an initial esti mate indicated there may be as many as children needing such care in the expanded town of Newmarket She said a similar centre which has been operating in Richmond Hill for a year cost the town council during the first three months of its operations The committee hopes to find a local service club that will purchase a home which can be renovated into a centre Mrs Perry said negotiations are already underway between the committee and a club and that they have a piece of property in mind The committee also hopes church es and clubs will provide funds for other capital expenditures such as fur niture and equipment said the com mittee president The committees written proposal the health and safety of children but also for their mental wellbeing and sound personality development Day care can offer to the child from a poor home environment the habits social and moral values that he is not being exposed to at home and can do much to counterset the negative effects or his environment However the more stable mother can relax on the job knowing that her child is receiving the same warm at- tentiveness that she would provide as a parent The centre would operate 52 weeks of the year The proposal listed four cate gories of parents who would be ser ved by the day care centre mothers who are now working but whose children are not receiving good developmental care and who are re sidents of the Town of Newmarket sole support parents widows wid owers parents who are divorced families who because of marital strife emotional upset drug or alcohol addiction or arc serving jail sentences nurses teachers whose ser vices are needed by the community The paper said cost for parents will be around 15 weekly depending on the rent the centre must pay It said the cost of operating the centre will range from to per day per child It said some parents will pay the full fee and others only a nominal amount Some wont pay at all This will be determined by a means test A sliding scale of fees will be estab lished in which family income the number of dependent children and other pertinent information will be considered Day Care centres are licensed and inspected by the provincial gov- through The Day Nurseries branch of the Department of Social and Family Services The centre must include a minimum of square feet per child of indoor space and 60 square feet of play area outdoors which is securely fenced trie Mrs Perry said this last require- School men rules out the use of church buildings in Newmarket In order to establish a centre in Newmarket a Board of Directors or a Day Care Association will have to be appointed with the full approval of Town Council Mrs Perry said by controlling of this board or association through its appointed members town council liilU or subsidized proposal said of the advisory board are willing to cooperate in establishing the board of directors Advisory hoard members are Mrs Perry Mary Stevens secretary Vail secretary Dr Mary ft good English but she has to be I pinned down when asked some questions as she has a disarming little habit of giving a positive yes to a question requiring a I If questioned You If didnt pack the towel for the beach Mary she will answer yes See AGNAMAKTIK page Owens who is ad ministrator of York County welfare department Dr John Gil Gray of the Childrens Aid Society A Hurst OD and Marilyn Tat- Newmarket Nursery LOUS GONE NEWMARKET The joy of a lot of young children and an in stigator of near riots when he whist- had been a resident at Zellers at Newmarket Plana The life span of a is generally about ten years and Lou Peter Van Dyke manager of says that arrangements have been made for a Lou Junior to take over the area vacated by the