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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), September 15, 1971, p. 1

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Bad Water- Town may truck water to Srigley St Lemar area NEWMARKET Residents of the Srigley StLemar Rd lie may have a waterman call on them if their tap water turns brown and smelly again coun cil said Monday night A delegation from the nei ghborhood beaded by Lome Payne told council water has been so bad for the past two weeks they cant drink it They said they thought it was mak ing children in the area sick Regional Councillor Ray Payne jokingly that the Vandals delay pool opening two weeks Vandals have caused a twoweek delay of the new Rogers Park wading pool and have damage to other park and recreational DAMAGE EXCEEDS 1000 such a rate said Recreation and Parks Committee chairman Raj last week that he has ordered The chairman said a reward will be posted for information leading to con- of offenders He said anyone doing wilful damage to public property can be fined up to and their parents or guar dians can be made to pay He urged anyone immediately Both the recreation chairman and Mayor Boh asked parents to im press upon their children have run well over in addition to the man hours eaten up in making repairs said recreation director Dan Shannon He said the Rogers Park pool would have been in use during the current hot spell had not work been delayed by vandalism Thats the worst area in town for vandalism he said We clean it the pool out one day and the next day its right back in he crackdown He said work on the pool ground to a halt be cause stones and mud were thrown onto the curing mar- base The base must ler and each time vandals threw things into the pools it had to be drained and chips repaired He said at the same pool the drain pipe was plugged with mud a 500- foot hose cut with a knife and other damage done At Fairgrounds Park signs on posts imbedded three feet in the ground up broken bot- smashed and broken down Almost all the parks department facilities have had obscene words written on walls and windows bro ken At the arena light fix tures have been smashed mirrors broken toilets de stroyed and walls defaced He said in one park a sign warning against van dalism only lasted one night First they wrote on it and then during the Car explodes two die BRADFORD Two Brad ford men burned to death when their car exploded in flames af ter a singlecar accident early Saturday morning on Highway 11B and the Federal Farms cut- Police said their Will use fund money for parks NEWMARKET Funds collected by the nowdefunct Community Centre Committee will be used to purchase addi tional park land or for capital improvements to existing parks town council said Monday Council made the the Community Centre northbound car went out of con trol crossed the curb hit a tree rolled over and exploded The top of the auto had to be cut START EAGLE NEWMARKET Work on the Eagle St reconstruction program started Monday Regional Councillor Ray Twinney told council there is still a slim chance of getting one coat of pavement down this year if the weather holds hood and the ladies could come out with their bottles Mr Payne had suggested the town supply bottled water if the tap The towns con suit in Chisholni the delegation the water is contaminated He said it is colored and smells bad of iron which gathers i He said it is realistic and reasonable to expect the new eastside well and water mains which will alleviate the bad wat er problem to be in operation by son Invited by council on the discussion said he would arrange a meeting this week be tween council and provincial and regional engineers to see if a way can be found to speed lank Council also arranged for biweekly water quality tests to be done in three homes in the neighborhood Reports Will back to Mr Payne THE ERA vol 120 Since I8S2 newmarket PAGES NEWMARKETAURORAKESW1CK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 15 1971 15 CENTS Aurora seeks money for centre York cool The South Lake Simcoe will stock Fairy Lake with large mouth bass each bearing a tag worth a cash prize in the New market fall festival fishing derby Above SLSCA Merchants fear derby will kill business town takes no action Town will hire fulltime fireman second fullt the towns volunteer brigade but voted against spelling out a salary for him Council had debated offer ing a salary range of from to The new fireman will pro bably be taken on strength like at least A group of 30 Main St merchants spear headed by clothier Frank Daw son failed to persuade town council to order an eleventh hour change in plans for the fall festival In a letter to council Mon day night the merchants com plained that the closing of Main St on Sept 24 and when both Eagle St and Church St will also be closed by construc tion projects will hurt business In fact Main St wont be closed for three days It will only be closed for about two hours Friday Sept to allow the annual Legion soap box der by to bo run down Mam St hilt It will be closed from Millard to Timothy St The letter brought a bitter reply from fall festival commit tee chairman Jack Groves also a Main St merchant who charged the letter was a typi cal Dawson trick and warned councillors if the letter pres sured them into making change in the derby plans they committees such as the one for the fest hut ays exit and hampered them Even with our first mall fight him all way he said A suggestion that the derby which will he run southward on Main St he changed to run ittee member said orgmt- wantcd the derby to run l I iik work backing the Fridaynight derby Steal 2000 from plaza shoe store NEWMARKET Thieves escaped with in cash af ter a breakin at Matters Shoe Store in Newmarket Plaza Sat urday night Police said the front door was smashed in and several shoe boxes opened The cash Study lights for Brooks is considering an Informal town request that lights be installed at the front of Wesley Brooks Conservation Area so young peo ple will have a place off Main St to congregate Councillor Doris Blair co uncils member on the Author ity said she received a favor able reaction to the suggestion from other Authority members but asked council to make a formal request and wildlife must be protected Mayor Bob said he feels the town should consider a lighted fountain In the park Pefferlaw Town finds home for seeks one for youth centre I man charged NEWMARKET Newmar ket Crafters have a new home a babysitting service and somebody to pay the rent The craftgroup which is being established along the same lines as Kingcrafts Ho use in King City will meet in the former Stewart Beare building on Main St New market recreation committee has agreed to pay the 100- rent at least until January to help the group get on its feet Organizer Marlene Smith told the committee about 80 women have registered to date Activities of the group will include weaving quilting Director Dan Shannon at Mr Shannon said if there is one area where the New market recreation department failing its In ladies crafts Mrs Smith said the group hopes to attract young wo men who are normally kept home with children To do this it plans a babysitting service probably in a build ing near the craft headquart ers and exploring the pos sibility of having senior citi zens look after the the space available but to date has not answered The centre has proved Its worth It averaged over 100 kids each night at New market High said recre ation director Dan Shannon The kids want it to con- Theyve expressed with during the months proved that the there for their he said in 1 phone calls and by coming in and year age d three class- i and the gymnasium in shooting NEWMARKET A law man was remanded on bail here last week after being charged with attempted murder following a shooting at Port Bolster in Township George 2 is to appear in Newmarket Provincial Court to day He was released on ball was shot In the stomach by a calibre rifle as he ap proached a south Lake Simcoe County Hospital and is in satis factory condition in the inten sive care unit Police said the shooting oc curred following an argument on the telephone about a mans ire met only limited Thursday Council refused to make the requested available to the centre but agreed to invite its volunteer operators to volunteers who say they wish to keep their independence from Die regional health and social ob jecting to a health and social services committee recommen dation to council that approval be given for the establishment of the Aurora Day Nursery with fore the regional government was created last fall and named a board of directors so contri butions of money to the centre would be tax deductible by the didnt raise as much money as they would liked The mayor said the United Church in Aurora made facili ties available and the centre was due to open Sept with children The opening was set back to Sept regional committee for either or that their efforts be underwritten by the committee so it would start with some mon ey behind it He said the com mittee turned the centre down because it is organized with a eligible for provincial grants Day care centres which are organized under the regional health and social services de partment are paid for by the province and 209t by the would not open un til January and I doubt if we would get the same civic in- He argued that the Yorks 1971 welfare budget is already overspent He said the day nursery is not asking for a grant just want money to get going until funds start coming backing up of He said the Region might be able to reclaim money given to the centre and said regional members could be ap pointed to the day care centre board of directors Richmond Hill Mayor Wil liam said these become dependent on this reg ional council Cant argue with facts on grants Twinney NEWMARKET Regional Councillor Ray Twinney didnt ask for more information about Newmarkets density grants at York Regional Council three weeks ago because he already Monday Mr Twinney was taking umbrage at a remark by Era columnist Evelyn Buck who pointed out Newmarket was the only municipality in the Region to receive the low per capita grant and that Mr asked the rationale be hind the award Density grants are grants designed to offset the government reg- He explained to council grants are calculated by a inula spelled out The number of acres in town are divided into the num of residential units In New markets case sized population and the small est area in the Region Newmarket has resi dential units on 10587 acres Consequently it wound up with a per capita grant Grants ran as high as 7 per capita He said Newmarket was treated fairly and you dont argue with facts and figures if York Regional Police have designated hours during which ice men on foot will patrol Main St Regional Councillor Ray Twinney a member of the York Police Commission told council Monday Mr weeks ago that rowdyism The complaints from Councillors Aubrey Smith and Doris Blair both lightcd marquees i which coming ev ents will be posted advance green and extended green traffic light at the coi ner of Davis Dr Prospect St and Lane Weve been having a lot of accidents there Mr said in making the request The will pay Newmar ket Tree Service to eat down dead trees on town property

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