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NEWMARKET Newmarket Arena will be officially opened near the end of September to the crash of symbols the inn pad pall of a big brass band the tinkle of beer steins and the laughter of children A meeting of representatives of town organizations which was called by the Newmarket recreation commit tee last Wednesday night put together initial plans for the opening and en dorsed a proposal by meeting Chair- Bob that It work towards celebrations are expected to take place either the final Saturday in September or the first in October depending on the arena con struction program Two committees were formed Allan Tough of the Chancellors Car Club will chair the committee ing afternoon festivities which will bo oriented to children and John Cole of Newmarket Rotary Club will chair the evening celebrations The committee tentatively plat a free corn roast for the after noon complete with bands and clowns In the evening a German beer garden again with bands for dancing Is plan- Show in the arena foyer for the whole Mr in opening the meet ing pointed out Newmarket was once renowned for its community activities For many years one of the largest ype for next yea fairs in Ontario was held here It died when the army made the fair grounds Into a basic training centre in 1039 but other carnivals and street dances sprang up in succeeding years The town has had nothing for about a dozen years he said He said the recreation commit tee on which lie sits as a town coun cil representative hopes the commu nity groups that participate PAGES VOL NO IS CENTS Newmarket Aurora ONTARIO WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19 IS CENTS FOR MAYOR OF NEWMARKET Forhan makes it a threeway race NEWMARKET Councillor Bob announced this week ho will be a candidate for mayor of Newmar ket in the Oct election Mr Forhans entry makes the race for the expanded towns lop post which includes one of its two regional a threeway event incumbent Mayor Tom hi stand for Deputy Reeve Bruce Eves lis for major veral weeks ago Mr who during his two year term on town council emerged as one of that bodys most outspoken members said in announcing his de cision he feels the new town of New market it will be increased in area by times Jan will need younger more ambitious people at the helm who will bring in new ideas and work to see changes made Its time we had someone in there who will treat the running of our town just as he would his own business and I hope other people will feel the same way and will run for council he said We need more peo ple between 25 and to get Involved in running the town The candidate said a major goal of a administration would he to foster a strong community spirit in the whole town not just the old part He said many residents of the towns new subdivisions Eagle Hills for instance havent been made to feel a part of the community and ho pointed out areas of East King and Whitchurch townships will soon be part or Newmarket Its time we became concerned with the whole town not just the old part said Forhan who lias re peatedly urged the present council to slart its town planners on studies of Sterling begins 2M expansion AURORA It was a little more than 11 years ago that Dr J Mark llicbert took part in the official Sterling Drugs the groundbreaking of Sterlings addition which will increase the plant size by nearly per cent Dr is chairman of the hoard and chief executive officer of Sterling Drug inc a worldwide cor poration based in the United States personally picked Aurora for Ster- mis headquarters i made the choice to come here and Im happy to have made that ice he said last week after ro ving the hard hat he donned for ial groundbreaking I New clue in which may lead to Hie arrest of the murderer of two area housewives Mrs of Vaudorf 111 Ml It II I Ill Twp wives of high school teach ers were criminally assaulted and murdered In May by what police be lieve to been one man decided on Aurora because the peo ple were right for Sterling and Ster ling was right for the people Its a very fine community Sterling now employs more than persons at its Yonge Street South Dr has visited the Au rora plant frequently during the past years during which Sterling has doubled its sales and outgrown its present facilities And hes looking for ward to the completion of the new ad dition in mid-1971- Were trying to put into the Sec STERLING page the expanded town this summer The candidate brought two other issues out when discussing his cam he will advocate a stronger line by the town when dealing with big land developers and if elected ho will streamline and update town coun cils business procedures Its high time we had people on council who are not afraid of city folks by this I mean the big city land developers who have been com ing up here and bleeding this town dry Its time we had people who will stand up to them he said He said an updated procedure for conducting council business could save hours or meeting time thats now wasted on nothing and Salisbury may make it four NEWMARKET Clare Salisbury is a likely candi date for mayor of the expanded town of Newmarket in the Oct region si election The reeve said last week he would not make a firm commitment but that he was thinking seriously of entering the race for mayor and for the regional council seat that goes with it for the mayors job Already de clared are incumbent Mayor Tom Deputy Reeve Bruce Eves and Councillor Bob Kids protest shutdown of towns dropin centre Finalists in Miss Newmarket contest display their sweetest smiles From left Cheryl Hunter Huskett Park Eileen llegg Park Theresa Arrigo Fairgrounds and the judges choice as Miss Newmarket Parks and Jean Holyoke Lions Park Contest took place during playgrounds track meet last week More photos page Lott Photo NEWMARKET As Newmar kets dropin centre prepared for its final day of operation a small group of teenagers planned a demonstra tion for last night to protest the cen tres shutdown less than two months after it opened A spokesman for the organizing group told The Era the teenagers hoped to appeal for support from po litical leaders and the voting public to keep the centre open Some protest ors also opposed tho manner in which the centre was operated since it op ened late in June the spokesman said The dropin centre is in the old Newmarket Motors building on ford St In a statement issued to The Era last week the dropin centre staff said the centre would close today days before its trial period would have ended The staff political in fighting as one reason for the pre- it was the staffs idea it our idea said spokesman for demonstration organizers Its their drop in centre its ours The spokesman a girl to bo identified because were going to get hassles from the police as a result of the demonstra- The police are already tearing down our posters she said referring to signs advertising the protest rally that began to appear throughout the conversation last week Roy adult director of the centre told Era that ho and his See DROPIN CENTRE page Rays Gulf wins Windsor tourney WINDSOR A surprising Rays Gulf team from Newmarket won the prestigious SunParlor tournament here last weekend knocking off a for mer world championship squad twice in a row for the title trophy and a cash award Bolstered by the addition or five Zephyr Spud King players Rays shut out the highly touted hit 20 shutout in the final was named the tourneys most valu able player Rays played three games on Saturday edging Cole and of Detroit and Windsor DropIn Ta mil before blanking Tools a count behind Don Do- hurling The Tools outfit run- RAYS GULF page 14 Two different Pollution returns to lake after kids historic swim for the first time hi decade But they wont be able to re turn the lake waters at least un til next summer Last Wednesdays antipol lution experiment Using liquid alum was successful according to Hol land Valley Conservation Authority officials So successful in fact that on Thursday and Friday more than 100 children were frolicking about in the usually waters However by the weekend the pollution count was mi he rise again and officials warned that the lake Is no longer safe for swim ming By next summer however the hopes to have Installed a inunltnrlng system whereby liquid alum would be released into the lake as conditions require At that lime Fairy Lake could become known as Newmarkets own natural swimming hole By now he lake is probab ly Just as polluted as It was said Int Sloan assistant resources manager for The liquid alum process kept clean for a few days but now were getting the same old upstream pollution again We were really thrilled to see all the kids swimming and boat ing and having so fun she said However she said by Fri day evening New market police to keep close natch mi the area both because the pollu tion was on the rise and because the swimming activities were without proper supervision Miss Sloan said the monitor ing system Is included in the IIVCA budget for next year Iutil then area youngsters should steer clear of Fairy Lakes waters Fairy Lake a test tube for antipollution project NEWMARKET Fairy Lake which water experts labelled polluted in 1053 could be reopened for swim ming and other recreational uses in tiie near future claims Derek the resources manager of the Holland Valley Conservation Authority The Authority owns Wesley Brooks Conservation Area a park Stir ling the lake Last Wednesday over the water by the towns fire truck coagulates pollutants and the resulting harmless sludge sinks to the bottom leaving the water clear and The only problem remaining is to keep it that way said Mr Sterritt said the longterm solution must be eliminate upstream tors The Authority feels a shortterm solution would be to install a tank of alum solution above Fairy Lake The tank would send a fixed number of gallons of solution per day down stream through the lake keeping the water pure The main polluters of the river system feeding Fairy Lake are Choice CutUp Chicken in Aurora St An drews College and the Aurora Muni cipal sewage treatment plant accord ing to an Ontario Water Resources Commission report issued last August Mr Sterritt said there is also some pollution from agricultural sources in the system program First it has a high pollution nut particularly during the sum- Second pine ibni wi- would provide residents of NOW- irkct with a prime recreation 1 FAIRY LAKE