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Professional INSURANCE BURGLARY AUTO AND list Bill 18 St PHONE VandtrVoort DENTIST Main St Newmarket thai from a Ufa with and children for of mitfidm for of tout through Lai ma nil yoa today DR DENTIST Mala Street Newmarket none MISCELLANEOUS Newmarket Era and Express Thursday Oct Lawn Garden Equipment SALE SERVICE Hill iiiLU Fire A and Casualty Newmarket Mount Albert Enquire coop one CONTRACTING House Farm and Industrial Wiring Free Estimates DOUG BAIN Ontario St Phone Newmarket EVANS FUELS newmarket Coal Coke Wood and Stoker Coal Phone 5 Orders taken for Gravel Sand and Crushed Stone and General Hauling EVANS FUELS Distributor In Newmarket and District for WHITE ROSE PRODUCTS Gasoline Motor Oil Stove Oil Fuel Oil Phone CLU OP CANADA Sanitary Contractor Drains Cleaned and Repaired Tanks Past a RICHMOND BOX TURNER STIVER LYONS AND VALE barristers Solicitors N Phone 120 Phone EM 82343 Newmarket Toronto Builders Contractors or Farmers No 1 and No Hemlock Spruce and Pine Lumber Rough or Dressed Delivered on the job by truck Write for prices Clapperton Lumber Co Port Ontario TRAVEL IS MY BUSINESS Bookings for Land Sea and Air TRAVEL BUREAU Herbert Authorized Agent for All Steamship Lines Main Street Newmarket Ont Phone Il Solicitor and Public IN ST Ml it Insurance ford St Phone BACKACHE MaybeWarninq to lis Then lKl a TW IB iV to you Drift at By Laura Rolling No lives were lost in bergs devastated flood section on Main Street but damage was placed at Hurricane Hazel dealt a crippling blow to the village when the swollen creek hit homes busi ness places and commercial es tablishments The flood tore up more than half a mile of cement sidewalk gouged great holes feet wide flooded buildings to a depth of four and five The current swept everything movable in its way and turned the highway into a roaring river five and six feet in depth Residents battled against time to remove their belongings to higher level only to give up hopelessly Elderly people wo men and children escaped from their homes in the darkness During the weekend bewilder ed citizens viewed the devasta tion More than 200 men of the village and surrounding rallied Sunday to clear up the debris and of temporary out of the ruin There sand bringing in fill hauling away debris and merl scraping inches of mud ftonv attest Women scraidSatt out buildings ahd scrubbed floors with and store was converted a refreshment depfit for The village women hundreds of sandwiches serv ed hot coffee all day Saturday and Sunday During Friday the cellars were flooded In the evening the wa ter rose above the first floor and by oclock people had been carried of homes and put in row boats Foundations had been weakened and entrances to some places were gouged away A large tree crashed into the creek and struck the hydro transformer plunging the community into darkness The water burst doors coming in one side and rushing out oth ers Family pets were drowned The street was filled with cartons and personal belongings Many risked their lives to save others- Piles of dressed lumber at Gra hams planing mill were tossed about like matchwood Lumber was carried downstream into the Marsh canal It stood up on end when the stream was blocked by a fallen tree Time sheets and records were swept away A large building housing lumber was car ried 30 feet and tossed on a sec ond building The loss in lum ber and supplies cannot be esti mated The grocery store of Mr and Mrs Roy Jennings damaged beyond repair They had car ried heavy cartons of merchan dise from their basement wading waist deep in water to Grahams garage These floated out with the current The first floor of their dwelling was ruined My and Mrs Jennings and their five children were rescued by boat their loss is 10000 The large front plate window was as supplies swept Into the street ear lot was wrecked cars felt into a deep gorge 35 were swept feet to the back of the fetj bent and twisted like even a heavy truck were carried into the river and on downstream Gars in the garage were tossed around and battered against the wall Equipment away like so much paper The flood waters burst the win dows a side door in Cliff hams garage and through the building smashing the show room window Equipment in tires office records were car ried away Time sheets which were on the second floor are all that Mr Graham has left New and used cars were ruined Paint Standards of white and yellow chrysanthemums and maiden hair fern decorated the church for the marriage of The I ma Florence Gordon daughter of Mr and Mrs Aubrey J Gordon and Donald Lewis son of Mr and Mrs Maple The ceremony was performed in King City United church by Rev Jcnkinson Roger sang Walk Beside You and Because Mrs was organist Given in marriage by her fath er the bride wore a gown of white lace over taffeta It was styled on princess lines with sweetheart neckline encrust ed with pearls arid The long sleeves were pointed over the hand full skirt fell over a crinoline A petal shaped headdress of tulle featuring lace motif and held her fingertip tulle illusion veil She carried a cascade bouquet of white chrysanthemums and cat- nation petals Edgar he brides aunt was maid of honor She chose rose and beige taffeta The bridesmaids Jean Mc Donald Kettleby and Smith Campbells Bay Quebec They wore forest green and rose taffeta Styled alike the attendants waltzlength gowns bad strapless bodice and fitted jackets Peter Pan and bracelet length sleev es Their full skins were over crinolines Looped matching pet als and crown veiling studded with rhincstonca were their head pieces They carried colonial sun burst bouquets of gold and sweet heart rose buds and bronze and yellow mums on gold with two toned ribbons Jack was man carnation petals The grooms assisted in copen blue faille black hat and accessories and pink corsage For a motor trip the bride travelled in a black and blue fleck Italian wool suit made a box jacket She chose a navy velvet hat with matching feather trim and navy accessories Her corsage was of pink and blue petals Upon returning from their honeymoon the young couple will reside in King City Guests were present from Tor onto Owen Sound Marie Aurora Bruce Mines Vaughan township and King City district cans burst smearing paint inside and out A new Bendix washer was lifted on top of a new car in the show room The place was a mess with grease and I expect the tires are in Lake by now Mr Graham said on Sunday He was at Bells Lake at the crest of the flood towing a bus His helper had re mained in the garage until the Water forced him but The out side platform was gouged into a cavern The Gray Coach bus driven by Bob Moody which was parked next to the garage settled down on the large gas tanks when the earth was carried away The entrance to the Schom Creamery was only a hole About 11000 loss in two vats of churned butter storage butter oyer cans of cream crates of eggs and destroyed motors was estimated The foundation of the frame building was destroyed On both sides of the street the destruction was the same in every building Householders had stay ed inside as long as they could lifting heavy furniture up on chairs and tables The Harold Russell home the Bill Albert Cabell Oriole Sloan Mrs Carl and many others met with the same ruin The Russell home located on a low site took a beating The landscaped lawn garden shrubs ate lying in waste How can we ever have the strength and cour age to restore it to its former said Mrs Russell sadly They remained downstairs en deavoring to up furniture The water rose They went to the second floor When the flood rose to the top of the post they waded out to be rescued by boat Mrs Faster lost turkeys Mr and Mrs Elmer McFadden a bride and groom of a year ago returned home to find their furn ishings completely ruined and Mrs were marooned in their home Their front lawn at the street was gone and their shrubbery hedge was flattened like a pancake It seemed such a short time that the water rose in the house after it once started to come up said Mrs First was the terrific roar and then the muddy water flowed in the back door and out the front She and her husband Robert were car ried out and put into a boat After the flood people had no heat Their furnaces had been submerged in water Elwood Dale the hardware merchant put up a new Quebec heater said Blanch Russell and someone else brought us wood I would ask you to sit down she told us but the chairs are soaking wet and it will take weeks for them to dry out The Park Site The town park was a lake on Saturday The bleachers and club house were swept to the Holland Marsh flats Two Separate school buses were submerged in water One is almost ruined Minutes after Clarence had led five racing horses from the Agricultural barn the park bridge over the river gave way The response from outside communities has been wonder ful said Bob Moody chairman of village commissioners King City Bone Head Pot- and sent in car and of men to help us clean up Brown the barber was a frightened man when the flood struck his shop He couldnt swim He just floated out into the street with his arms out spread followed by his dog Mack Someone caught him downstream and put him in a boat He had lost a roll of in bills and Mack was drowned All day Sun day he kept his store door locked and stayed indoors school was closed most of the week until the fur nace could operate The children attending Sacred Heart Separate school had no bus transportation until Wednesday when Coach lines helped out Schomberg folk are brave people There is a good commun ity spirit in ft will take a long time to dry out It will take a long way to retrieve their losses but there is enough of the old pioneer spirit to see the top of the hill When they look to the Holland Marsh where their neighbors are suffering they are not discour Bridge Collapses The large bridge on south Main St Schomberg collapsed Monday night This cut off traf fic from highway Come in and choose your new Tip Top Tailor suit up and be measured the new photographic way Morrisons Newmarket AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS for Holland Marsh Flood Victims An appeal has been made for funds m to buy food for homeless Marsh residents Please mail donations to CAS A 11 AX DANK OF COMMERCE BRADFORD J Reeve Arthur Evans Chairman of the Fund Committee Space contributed in the service of the com munity by John Limited DAY At a quiet but impressive candlelight service in Trinity church Aurora on Saturday Oct Mary Margaret Day daughter of Rev and Mrs J Day vicar of Somerset England became the bride of Charles Cowley son Colonel and Mrs- Cowley The rector Rev Ian officiated and was assisted by the brides father The choir was in attendance and Mrs Har ris was at the organ Entering the church to the singing of the hymn The King of Love My Shepherd Is the bride looked radiant in a gown of Chantilly lace with fingertip veil and bouquet of yellow rose buds white daisies and English Ivy She was attended by Miss Margaret who wore a ballerina length dress of sand colored net taffeta with matching taffeta bolero She carried a nosegay of yellow rosebuds and bronze and yellow mums w During the ceremony the choir fer Psalm and William Hatch he signing of the register Inn The brides mother received in bluegrey lace over taffeta in cocktail length with threequarter length sleeves She wore a small dusty rose velour hat with feather matching gloves and navy accessories Her was of pink and blue low corsage George Townsend Hamilton was best man Trevor Harris and Ted McCIenny were ushers The reception was held at the home of Mr and Mrs I Harris where the brides mother receiv ed in a gown of green with inrtrtf j i- can weaners up to market Era and Express classified bring results YORK COUNTY FARM FORUM RALLY VICTORIA SQUARE HALL Monday Oct PM Meet Jack he new provincial farm forum secretary total feed on the Purina We can supply reliable feeders with the hog feed required to market your pigs You pay for the feed after you get your re turns when We have so drofci a program i I- T V StiSS 5u A THE STORE WITH THE JKi Welcome Joyce Porter daughter of Mr and Mrs James Porter Keswick and David Austin Huntley son of Mr and Mrs Austin Huntley Keswick were married at Keswick United church recently Photo by Ted Leonard Keswick WML IM I I I