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tr or i SU Herald Complete State News For Home Delivery mt tami Palm 133-2561 laca Kara 395-7881 Blray layttoi 271-3281 Lakt Wank 582-4206 Pahakaa (alia filada Saulh lay 996-1904 Section Saturday Oct 16 1965 PB Farmers 9 Hopes: 6 Slim None 9 I Herald Bureau DELRAY BEACH As one farmer put it got two chances to save my crop slim and none" And he was more optimistic than two other farmers whose fields were flooded by the rains which thoroughly doused the area Thursday Bob Rauth an owner and officer of Flavor-Pict Co-op on Military Trail estimated that his company lost about $300000 due to the rain dam age and about two-thirds of the production "That's like an industrial plant being closed down for two-thirds of a he said About one-third of his crops were left to plant Rauth said and those already in the ground are a He said would say for the area that this is a multimillion dollar disaster the worst in our history The planting season was really just about Rauth said his company will not replant its fields "and even if we could replant it mean anything still lost that money" Mike Macliek owner of Delray Farms was a little bit luckier only planted 40 acres of his 240-acre farm "I was just getting start he said "and there were a few more in the same boat I only lost about He said though that he go back and replant the 40 acres under water just go ahead and plant Machek predicted the crop loss at 90-95 per cent and said that in an inspection tour from Boynton Beach to Delray using three different roads we saw "very which might be saved Walter Hazellief foreman for Dixon Farms said the 75 acres which his company had under cultivation a total loss or will be since still He said that after running pumps Friday the tops of some tall tomato plants could be seen but that the smaller plants were still under water Friday afternoon got two chances to save my crop slim and Hazellief said "And if the sun comes out got PIij 4s 's i nMr 6 I' rf r- 4l jr i-- Vi -v 6AW -Wl" -ft I -jy i 4 'x Crop Damage in Millions 9 i South County Hardest Hi ivx i Water Hazard Grows on Links at Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach Farmers Forced To Replant Boynton Housewife Experiences That Feeling' ir rtlfr 5 Mr 1 I 1 BOYNTON' BEACH Friday morning Mrs Marjorie Colty wasn't sure whether she had a house or a houseboat At least a foot of water surrounded the place as Chief Says Officer Asked Deal "3 Ar wv SS 9 Photo by JIMMY HUTTON Cruising Down the River Called NW 12th Ave Boca Raton Deluge Was Biggest Since 1947 (-Or Maybe Noah) By JOEL GASTON Dalray Beach Bureau Chief DELRAY BEACH Damage running into the millions of dollars and a loss of eastern-county crops up to 75 per cent was predicted Friday by country agricultural officers as a result of rains which drowned the area Thursday Most of the damage was in the south Palm Beach County area Mike Machek president of the Palm Beach County Farm Bureau estimated a loss of $300 per acre for the land In the Lake Worth Drainage District which Would amount to some $45 million if 75 per cent of the crops in the 20000 acres now under cultivation in the district were lost And Assistant County Agricultural Agent Raleigh Griffis predicted that more than of the winter vegetable crops can be salvaged He said are hoping to save 25 per cent at best 40 per cent and certainly not over of the crops He said that most of the winter vegetables including tomatoes corn bell pepper squash eggplant and cucumbers had been planted in the last month since Hurricane Betsy came through the area in early September and that most of the farmers were in the middle of and He said a few of the smaller farms who would be able to pump the water from their fields together with a few fields which were well-drained or on good ground might survive but that the greater majority He predicted that the next 36 hours beginning Friday afternoon would be the crucial time for most of the crops since a good runoff of water plus a slight overcast even a light misty might help to save them However he said if the sun comes out as it was Friday it will scald the young plants thereby making the situation that muchk worse Most of the crops Griffis said can be replanted However he said most of the farmers had spaced their crops intending to plant some late for the best utilization of labor and also to level off their flow of crops to the market If they replanted now though he said it would mean that much more labor plus a "bumper which would arrive all at the same time and perhaps flood the market He said the normal harvest season should begin about Nov 15 reach a peak around March and begin tapering off However he also predicted that even if the crops are replanted the season will be thrown about four weeks late Assistant Agent John Causey said that if there was any flooding in the Glades area he has not heard of it He said the area had an average rainfall of about three inches and losses we have will probably be from attested to later in the day Friday by a line of small debris deposited around the sides of the house by the wa-ter And that same line of small debris could be wit' nessed around the sides and up the tags of the two cars in the drive Inside the house the carpet didn't make wet squishy sounds when you stepped on it instead it formed individual puddles under each foot Mrs Colty of NW 4th St said she and her neighbors are the -victims of a drain which becomes clogged after each rain and also water which flows from a mound formed by a storm sewer in the rear of the house She said the situation has been that way for over two years "Ever since we bought the house two years ago last In the street in front of the houses a hub-cap deep pool of water about 30 yards long stood until up into the morning Mrs Colty said she's called City Hall everytime it rained for the past two years "and always assured me something would be done" She said this is the first time water has actually gotten into the house although been up to the front door several She and her husband were just moving back into the house from a two-month stay in Miami and the couple who had been in the house were moving Both families Mrs Colty said had a number of goods stored in boxes which placed on the floor goods such as linens and towels She said all of those were damaged in addition to a bedroom suite which was found Friday morning with water all around it And the insurance cover it Mrs Colty said because it cover things marked which is what the water in the house is classified However Mrs Colty may eventually be able to stop playing admiral and become a housewife again City Manager Tom office said Friday afternoon that something may be done about the area through the capital improvements program which is scheduled for a referendum vote later this year He said her property is in of the first areas for part of the CIP street and storm drainage improvement By JIM GILTMIER Boca Raton Bureau Chief BOCA RATON The 146 inches of rain dumped on Boca Raton Thursday and Friday was the biggest dose of showers felt by any city in the county and what public works director Bill Prendergast called the worst storm since 1947 Prendergast compared the squall to Hurricane Betsy and Cleo and said the hurricanes were dry in comparison The hardest hit area of Boca Raton was Country Club Village subdivision where water rose to three feet in some places Paradise Palms subdivision also got a dunking he said from the E3 canal which overflowed its banks and poured water into both subdivisions Jim Barker manager of the Ipcal telephone office said that at one point 2000 telephones were out of serv ice in the city but he said crews were working rapidly to resume service Prendergast said drainage ditches were being cut at various places in Country Club Village but he said the run off of water would be slow because the E3 was continuing to overflow and the big El Rio Canal was too full to accept the flood water The Public Works Department will station special vehicles in the area to help stranded motorists whose cars stalk In the Palm Beach area rainfall was also heavy but by no means at a record level The Weather Bureau at Palm Beach International Airport reported 135 inches of rain in the 24-hour period ending at 7 am Friday That one rainfall exceeded the normal precipi-Turn to Page 2B Col 2 Dog to Haverhill home By JIM GILTMIER Herald Stall Writer BOCA RATON Police Chief Hugh Brown said Friday the president of Civil Service Employes Association and one of the three city policemen accused this week of petty crimes tried to make a deal with him Brown said Jack Withrow and Patrolman Albert Brown came to him Wednesday night and asked that Brown be cleared of a charge of malicious mischief in exchange for resignation from the police force Withrow denied the allegation Patrolman Brown resigned from the police force on Thursday afternoon He was suspended Tuesday after being arrested in connection with the defacing of walls at the Royal Palm Cafeteria Despite his resignation Chief Brown said he did not go along with the deal Two other patrolmen were also charged this week Standford Sigler was charged with malicious mischief and petty larceny Otho Bragg Was charged with petty larceny Bragg and Sigler resigned from the force when they were charged but when Patrolman Brown told police they would have to prove their charges before he would resign Chief Brown suspended him for 30 days The arrest of the three 1 policemen was further confused this week when Mayor Sid Brodhead told a newspaper that Brown and Sigler were hired with what Brodhead called the blessings of former Mayor Joe DeLong DeLong at first declined to answer comment but later' he said that during his two terms as mayor there had never been any scandal This is the way Withrow explained the events leading to and including the confrontation with Chief Brown Patrolman Brown as a member of the Employes Association was entitled to assistance so Withrow and DeLong the employe representative on the Civil Service Board began an investigation But they fiild out what the Basis was Turn to Page SB Col 4 Survey Team to End Work in December Schools Results Due by Spring have spent two days to two weeks gathering the necessary information Part of investigation' includes a confidential questionaire given to all teachers within the county system Jackson said the approxi- "Basically what we want to find out is what areas of the school system we can improve said School Superintendent Robert Fulton Work began on the survey last spring Fulton added but visits by members of the study team start until September Five surveyors currently are in West Palm Beach studying areas of the school system In addition to teacher personnel the men are evaluating the school buildings the secondary school system pupil personnel and the special education program The general areas of elementary schools and finance and taxation and the special areas of vocational education and mathematics already have been evaluated Fulton said team members mately 2500 questionaires will be used to measure teacher morale and will also reveal most deficiencies in the personnel program if they exist far I have been personally impressed with the general attitude of Interest and the desire to improve the school program among persons I have talked Jackson said A major consideration in preparing the study he added is to take in account the peculiarities of individual school systems One such peculiarity Jack-son listed in Palm Beach County is satisfactory salary schedule compared with other southern Jackson stressed that the Peabody survey makes no recommendations to the School Board when the final report is presented simply report our facts and findings based on comparisons with other school systems and the boards decide what action to take if he explained One criticism leveled at the Peabody College studies is that the survey team will report what the School Board wants to hear since the board pays for the study Jackson cited the hjghly-critical Peabody report prepared for Duval County by way of denial report was so negative I hated to give he said the criticisms were All 19-members of the team will return to West Palm Beach and appear with the School Board at a public meeting to make their filial report Fulton said By SUSAN MILLER Herald Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH A comprehensive report on Palm Beach County School $40000 school system survey will be presented to the public in late winter or early spring a survey representative said Friday Dr Joe Jackson associate director of the division of surveys and field services of Peabody College said the 19-m ember survey team hopes to complete all preliminary work by Dec 15 Jackson currently Is in the county gathering information and data on teacher personnel as part of the Peabody survey The School Board authorized the survey about a year ago and earmarked $40000 in this budget to pay for the report Comic Dictionary ALCOHOLIC The man w'ho Inever puts off till tomorrow the drinking he can do today Dr Joe Jackson unbiased --'5 4 -9 LAi.