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Page 16, Thursday, Decernben 9th, 1971, WHiTBY FREE PRESS ovfrrIect3F, T 1iF A December s,~7 1s0yU qE aw Of -'ed PerýaPthffernost seven LEI perjenc ust 27 tiiand tý~e e ttS t0V ie î to u i i foin sto rfgUs 28ln As a vesut h'd eS n6 usflese :1117 --- saget efe CIeliseve n 801ICifshafl' arfei dollOve S ta ,ý \1e ToWfl - a d ýjecon 6 tefl ViUsrw dn VsCo1Jrc ~~of 06nt oved the evefcoro 0 t-je ÇOWfl I de of itol y Y o C a tVieti a a tWO t d t09 en ci ltee Ielraestd aiVped tanta InveshgoPl ~IOtv e~fFund undertake 0 f undoisl<19'suffeed. t elie taIiditY týeh orae CIn d e x t e f t e C l O 'r ve l O tifl e'. ýy ana ttIe fO ectecle Br io Ot le9ciý, cC in Port ,tihe tethe 0oWf& Vie oveoon ed ey tieund S ý ýbe Ccltnp ref .9eîotdy cilY otn ooe OSro - nit 1eCr n 90çt, le peapi,,çfecte VneCcrf9 e usC 1 1 .e ude te haproflSp P fMv vi Winter ,fa, beund0 p begee eo tjoee pe0te Wh s97Y4' atun eC(festlY oçkYOd so en hcite be be wouldyuVcr'whs sonie 0551tnce rou ee given theie InlortalCe of teTWls~1l fl4 t tp. o g t e i n i s u l i e c t t h î s t n e ,1 t o th c irk t e me t Tn e 's o f I i ' C o rn , it e aV~ ~ the¶V tIv~ re 'to C155s t Of STORM DAMAGE RELIEF FUNO NEEDS YOUR HELP! On November 9, two comm i ttees wene formed on the request of the town ta raisemoney for the victims of the Aug- ust 28 flooding under the titie of Whitby Storm Damage Relief Fund. Conimittees composed of volunteer workers The commi ttees, made up of votunteer c i t izens, who are not empioyed by the town, wiît attempt ta raise money toaîad the fi1 ood victims and distribute it as f airtyas possible to those m ak ing ci aims. The c ampaign comm ittee, composed of B ria n W inter, chairman, Bih1 and Judy Durkee, and Harold Eaton, begins i ts ac t ivities Saturday, December il wvith adisplay of photographs and press cîippings about the flooding in the vac- ant Toronto-Domin ion Bank at Brock and Dundas Streets. Committee headquarters The bank Mill be open from 9 a.m. tao 5 p. m. f or people to drap in, view the dispiays and taik to members of the committee. Copies of this special edit- ion of the WHITÉ3Y FREE PRESS wvili be available for distribution and dona- tions wil11 be accepted by one of the com- mittee members. Donations Pensons mak ing donations to the W HI TBY STORM DAM~AGE RELIEF FUND w i t t be i s s ued with an intenim r ece ip t, which wil 1 be folîlowedilater w it h a n off ici ai recei pt i ssued by the town wvhich may be used for income tax purposes. Donations shouîdbe made out ta "Whi1tby Storm Damage Re1 i ef Fund , 405 Dundas Street West, Whitby, Ont- aria. T he Whiît b yStorm Damage Re ief Fund has quaiified under the incarne T ax Act so t ha t alu donations may be d e du cted f rom the danont1s income tax return. A Town application now before province Ap plication is presentiy before' the province tohave the provincial govern- m e nt match eveny dolt1an rai sed by the fund. If the application is accepted, the amount of money naised by the Whitby Storm Dam age Rel ief Fund wi Il be doub- l ed. Donations need not be large T he more d o nations neceived, the more money wiiI be available from the province, so Whitby citizens are unged b y the committee ta assist in any way they can. Donations need not be lange. Everyt1i tt e bi thei ps toass ist those who lost propenty during the stonm. The cF'mpaign for funds begins Dec- ember Il and witl continue ta the end of May , w ith many fund-raising events pi a nned ta, augment the funds received from donations. Al ready the Wh itby Chamber af Com- merce has anranged ta have a cannival nigh t i n Heydenshore Pavilion, Feb- ruary 5, wi th al1 proceeds to go ta the Whitby Storm Damage Relief Fund. Town organizations are encouraged ta corne up with fund-raising ideaîs and p raojects so that the carnpaign may be-. continued from page 14 an oïil tank ftoated in the fload and twis- ted al1 the connecting pipes out of place. ln m an y homes, basement freezers ti1p ped o ve r, spi]l1ing as much asi100 pounds of meat into the water and sew- age. Toil heay i personal belongings The fload t oaok a heavy tol1 in per- saonal belangings such as boks, pap- ers and phatographs. lnone home, hi s- tarcdocumentsmare than 120 years aid were rescued barely in time ta be pre- served.1 Tenants torced to leave apartmnent dwellings Three basement apartments on Ches- nu t Street were inundated with water, forcing the tenants ta seek other acco- mmodat ion. In s o me homes vi sited by à member of the netieffund's campaign comm ittee, washers and dryers which are unusabte have not yet been replaced, and base- ments are stili in a shambles. Extensive repairs flot a happy prospect For some, the repair job wil 1 include rept acing wal 1 surfaces, f loors and most of their furniture. it is nota happy pros- pect. c o me a community effort. Anyone who~ wishes ta help is asked to calti campaign c o m mitt ee chairman Bnian Winter at 668-9490, or the Whitby Free Press, at 668-6111. Eventa-month Wil May The c omm 1 ttee i s hoping to have at Ieast one fund-raising event a month titi1 the end of May. AIt though the total damages are es- timated at $600, 000 no amount close ta this figure is tikeiy to be raised. "We have nat set an objective for the c a mp a ign, I says Bnian Winter. "The aim is ta raise as much as we possibly can in the time ailotted. If the province agrees ta match our fund doll1ar fan doll1- ar, the amount of money raised in Whitby wit11 be al1 the mare important. Il T he W hi tb yStorm Damage Rei ief Fund now stands at $3, 935 wi th most af the money be ing donated by Ontaio m uiciri=1ipl i ties-% whà=riich have given betwiecn Malt1. The daims committee, consisting of GordMcCormick, c ha i rm an, 'G ar y Shewan, vice-chairm an, George SuItli- van, Rev. W. J. S. McClure, Ed Cauchi and Roger Yates, has been visiting homes ta assess the damages.- AIl1 persons who wish ta make dlaims for fi1 o od damages are asked ta obtain app1i ca tion forms from the municipal of fi1ce, fi11 them in, and retunn them before December 3lst. 'I lh- tc