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Family burned out while father helping neighbor mother in hospital couch next he stove of the couch can be i In foreground RIVER DRIVE PARK Lady Luck seems to have a way of giving the back of her hand to Raymond Banks of Oak St and smiling while she does it The Banks family lost ev erything but the clothes they had with them in an explosion and fire which gutted their small frame home here late In the evening of Jan 11 but be cause Mr Banks had responded to a neighbors emergency and rushed a child to York County Hospital in Newmarket he es caped serious injury and per haps death Neither his wife nor his fouryearold twin daughters Tracy Anno and Michelle were home on that night when the propane gas stove in the liv ing room exploded turning the bungalow into a mass of flames If they had they might not have escaped Mrs Banks is a patient in Perth Great War Memorial Hos pital where she is recuperating with their mothers sister in Toronto Friends and neighbors in the River Drive Park communi ty touched by the families streak of ill luck someone even stole their little dog a short time ago said Mrs Ma- custodian at Seneca College in North York about when he was awakened by the mother of 13yearold Morris Chaput broken Could Mr him to the hospital Morris arm wasnt broken as it turned out only sprained and so Mr Banks waited wlilic the boy up policeman called the hospital for him He told me my house was on fire By the time I got back the fire was out but nothing was saved said Banks All he had left were the clothes on his back But he said If he hadnt ta ken Morris to the hospital he would have been asleep on the couch beside the stove when It blew up and by the look of that couch I dont think Id have had much of a chance The Holland Landing fire brigade answered the call They came very fast They were excellent said Mr Banks In fact ho said quick action by the firemen prevented a much larger disaster Two 150 gallon tanks of propane gas sat just outside the house and if they had exploded half the block could have gone up The firemen kept hoses trained on the tanks Newmarket brigade mistic about the prospects of reuniting his family His wife is being trans ferred to a hospital in North York next week but shell be there at least another two or three weeks I just dont know about the children now he said Mr Banks is staying with neighbor until things straighten My neighbors have all been really nice he said Neighbor Mrs Marie Lea- man who is starting the fund to help the Banks family said River Drive Park is a working community but It sticks by I Donations to the fund can made at the three River Drive ark general stores Snl852 KESWICK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19 1972 The Banks family tost everything they owned but the clothes with them Neighbors tn the community have launched a drive to aid the family Beds bedding and clothing are especially needed The Banks have two j earold twin gins who wear sizes four and five If yoti have something a volunteer can pick up call Mr Joyce HE NEWMARKETAURORA iWinter Carnival 1113 I In this town will be held 1 Ill and 13 this year Moving force behind the nival as In oilier years will I be the police association First event of the festival 1 weekend on the schedule at I Police Association with the operation of the town rccrea- department will hold day night at the Legion hall arc a couple and are available from the recreation department office Highlight of the Saturday program will be the annual Newmarket Novice Hockey Tournament The town arena will again be the hub of events Fire levels marsh packing plant full of vegetables BRADFORD Damage may be in excess of in a fire last week that destroyed a storage building and packing house of Springdale Farms Ltd James whose father Is a part owner said a large quantity of onions and carrots were lost In the blaze Also destroyed wore heavy machinery a panel truck and several fork lift The fire broke out shortly before midnight Thursday night and within an hour the 200foot by foot was total loss The fire was fanned by strong winds Firefighters from Schom- berg and Bradford fought the blaze in nearzero weather The cause of the fire is Firemen had to chop a hole through the ice on the Holland Canal to get water to fight the put a portable pump on the ice by the bote and used it lo feed their pumper See photograph page MPs back grant for GO TORONTO Two Federal cabinet members and every LI- MP in the Metro Toronto j driven by works depart men I employe will lawyer John A mobile rides rides in a ilrawn sleigh tugs of war and i helicopter will ho available for King workers strike picket cots plan for a threemonth trial GO North commuter train And York Simcoc MP John Roberts will introduce a pri vate members bill in the Com- i urns next month to establish Fire destroys dream home up in smoke here last week when a twostorey frame house a Metro family have been reno vating for the past month burned to the ground John Smith of Avon- Ave had plan ned to move his family into the house half a mile south of here shortly Damage was estimated at said Mount Albert Fire Chief George Green It started in the back of the house but there Is no stove or anything there the fire chief said Mr Smith had left the house in the afternoon to return to the city and the al arm was turned in at am lUtei his Snowmobile crash badly injures man Saturday night is in only condition in York County Hospital James Stewart of River Ive Park suffered a broken arm and leg multiple lacera head Injuries and shock A passenger Donald James i Young also of River Drive Park was treated for a broken wrist and released from when the snowmobile slammed the back lodging under neath and pushing the car for By ALICE KING TOWNSHIP Ural President Don called Mayor Ken Maelaggirt carl yesterday morning anil demanded a meeting between round and all striking employees He demanded date for office- and inside contracts The local gate the mayor until noon to arrange a meeting within hours Mr said the move did not represent a resumption In negotiations Well walk up and down till hell The strike wis not in open night excel t for brief reference to a dosed meeting scheduled for Council went into at Monday It- is binned for II sir She workers were openly angry at I hex described is council criticism of Mr for being sympathetic to the workers de mands Coiuiri is seeking a scapegoat they said There was also speculation of showdown between council At a meeting in Toronto called by Mr Roberts seeking a grant inpathctic to the strikers sec duties would Mr as having done nothing KING lownship employees went on strike inoriiini determined to on the picket line until town ship council agrees to give both office and outdoor workers a com All mi ptcdieted a lout an hitler simple the conflict Is the reliable source claimed l with those of Mr Arlidge Council on ml ay first reading to a bylaw to hire Wayne now with tic Town of as township engineer Councillor Hen Roughs dissenting vote prevented second lending which will now lie taken at the next regular meeting Mr Arlidge had no comment on the matter Monday night Mr No attempts I a 1 been on it reopening negotiations which broke down early last month over councils demand that termin ation dates lor He iwu contracts lie different The union argues that different dales hurt the six office employees David We man of the Metro Liberal caucus said he would call bis parlys members together to discuss traffic in the Metro area The meeting also decided to establish special Commuter Communion for the Metro area Meanwhile in announcing Ins in lor iiimher liob to I Urge family counselling centres Newmarket Sutton this year and take over existing centres in and Richmond Hill according to a proposal scheduled to go If the region supports the scheme the system of munici pal family life centres would be funded on a 5050 basis by the region and the province It would cost the region bout to operate the t I few weeks which will tike from a letter It The letter and take of wards said These locals Mr Edwards said pects of their proposed terms and negotiations rura and ion came from CUPE locals rkham York County Hoard of Ontario Hydro Mr am plysual assistance had compromised on other have been willing to accept able than those negotiated at An nul the two for a full ye lation for a northern commuter train Mr Medcof and Mr Sill cox were at Mondays meeting Mr Roberts said most of He recent pressure for a north for last s 1972 before taking action see STRIKE page the proposal suggests An additional would have to come from community sources in each area served bv a centre estimates the report prepared by the regions Health and Social Services Department The brief will go before See FAMILY LIFE page HINTS OF NEGOTIATIONS ON GROWTH LIMIT NEW GRANTS NEWMARKET Broad j hints that growth limits on York can be negotiated wards and a promise of finan- aid if the limits cause ship didnt dampen criticism t council meeting The TCRP Is the provinces 30year growth scheme for a throughout the and Queens Park at first these could not be exceed ed until the year The hint and the promise came in a letter lo York Reg Chairman Garfield right from Ontarios new supermin ister of planning an al government Treasurer and Ec onomics Minister Me- Keough Mr McKeotigh said It is in the population totals in the TorontoCen tred Region Plan Mr Wright agreed to a sugges- in In his letter the mlnistc allowed that the provincial popi ceilings may create di ficulties for some municipal lies by restricting developmei of a growing diversified base this would occur the result of provincial plat some form financial a well be in order that if the are not lifted they will York in a financially leaves Richmond Hill with a growth factor of less than for the next years and the councillor said he is not happy Montreal area by three one since It included York Region as north as Newmarket in this Chairman Wright said lo living in substandard homes In this area unless the province finds some way to stop people moving lo southern On- the lossihihu of financial Onlat Hill Councillor port dated Jan 7 which said the Toronto urban area growth rate has outstripped the metro- made on it in the council meeting The minister said he and Municipal Affairs Minister ton Bales are studying the tern created when the de signated Township a recreation area but didnt pro vide any means for paving for new parks and other recreation He said he and Mr Bales will see how the recreational role designated in the Toronto- Centred Regional Plan can be recognized in the provincial sub sidy system