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, county council's, ° 0. Mr. and Mrs. S. Griffen Celebrate Anniversary In Florida Mr. Mr. & Mrs, Sam Griffen, from Port Perry, and resid- ing at Lehigh Acres for the winter months, celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniver- sary at the Matador Room of the Lehigh -Acres- Copntry Club Friday, Feb. 16th, ~The following guests were from Port Perry, Ontario. Their son and wife Mr. and Mrs. Ted Griffen, Mrs. Grif- fen's sister and husband Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Michell, Dr. and Mrs. Robt. McNab; also and Mrs. Howard L. Young who reside in Lehigh Acrés permanently. They received many love- be back next year. ly cards and gifts from rela- tives and friends and espe- cially from their two other children who 'could not be present, their daughter and husband Mr. and Mrs. Doug. Hillier of Port Perry, Ontario and- their son Rev. and Mrs. John. Griffen of Kingston, Ontario. This is the third" winter Mr. and Mrs. Griffen have spent in Lehigh Acres. They have already made plans to t Check The Label On Your Paper 7 "Council Members Discuss Regional, "Future Go Almost two hours of Thursday morning session was devoted ~ to the presentation of the ideas in regard to regional or future government for Ontario County. The dis- cussion arose out of the re- port of the standing com- mittee on - county: matters, chaired by . Reeve Gordon Hanna of Whitby, on the re- commendation that the coun- ty take part in the regional government study initiated by Oshawa. All council members were urged to at- tend the planned conference sessions. The discussion was initi- ated by Warden Ross A. Murison who asked, in the event a metro form of gov- ernment is. adopted by the municipalities along the lake what would happen to the northerly 'municipalities who population 'and assessment. CLARIFICATION " Reeve Henry Polak, Ajax, "took the position that at this stage there has heen no dis- ® cussion of a metro form of government; but that talks were being held to secure speakers -to clarify the mat- ter. He said the. county should not sit back without being represented. "Three of our municiphli- ties (Pickering twp., Ajax, ~ Pickering: village) held a meeting last night and I un- _ derstand they talked about going in with Metro Toronto. If this is the case, I do not | 'years away. know if the north would be better off or-not. However, the county must take part in the talks", said Reeve Chesley Oldham of Scott Township. Reeve John Williams, Pic- kering Township, said the feasibility and possibility of forming a Metro Oshawa area was being discussed. It was his feeling this was be- ing done with the idea of Oshawa becoming a separat- ed city for educational pur- poses. : EXPLORE CHANGES "It is not my desire to wreck the county of Ontario. We make a fair contribution to the county. Regarding the meeting, we have never had a meeting with higher stand- ards. It appears we are now beginning to talk municipal problems within our borders. I see nothing wrong with sitting down and discussing the future. The feeling was that if there was a change, it would be more advantage- ous for us to go with Tor- onto. That could be, five It is the res- ponsibility of every munici- pality to explore the chan- ges it would like to see. If we don't, we will likely have something we don't like for- ced on us," said Reeve Wil- liams. 'Deputy Reeve Douglas Hall, Uxbridge ,agreed the councillors needed informa: tion as he felt the people of the county do not know what county council does. Many of 'them do not ex- vernment For Ontario County pect any big changes in their areas. Turning his attention to the proposed amalgamation of the district health units, Reeve Williams said he did not think it was a good idea. Ontario County should not become involved with York County as he could foresee grave problems with the pos- sible loss of control of the dollars that go into the ser- vice. The county should not go into the scheme unless it is convinced it is the best and most economical plan, "The Association of Ont- ario Counties was told coun- ty boundaries would 'be .used for regional government. I have reason to believe the government will not accept the recommendations of the Smith Report for the divi- sion of the province," said Reeve W..H, Gould, of Ux- bridge. TWO STEPS AHEAD "I feel we are two steps ahead already as we have a county-wide assessment and a county-wide . health unit and the formation of a coun- ty school board is under: way. off the north end of the county. The county council should do a job to protect individual municipalities by being well informed," said Deputy Reeve Robert Atter- sley, Whitby. "Pickering Village has not indicated which way it is go- ing and Ajax did not com- mit itself at Wednesday's meeting. 'I think the line to I cannot see lopping be taken should be the coun- ty of Ontario. I suggested the county might be divided into-seven districts by chan- The Ontario County 4-H Agricultural Club Leaders held their annual banquet and conference in Uxbridge on Thursday, "February 22. Certificates, recognizing 15 years of 4-H leadership, were preseinted to Allan Ball, Uxbridge, Leader of the Scott 4-H Beef Calf Club; Archie Newman, Udney, Lea- der of the Mara 4-H Beef & Dairy Calf Club; and Dun- can McTavish, Uxbridge, Leader of the Scott Junior Calf Club. Frank Barkey, Claremont, Leader of the Brougham 4-H Dairy Calf Club, received a 10 year: leadership certifi- cate. Neil McLeod, Black- water, Leader of the Scott 4-H Beef Calf Club, received a 5 year leadership certifi. cate. Plans for the 1968 season include the organization of dairy calf clubs in the Brougham, "Oshawa, Port Perry and Sunderland areas; a beef calf club in the Ux- bridge area; mixed (dairy & beef) calf clubs - in Mara and Beaverton areas; grain. clubs in the Oshawa, Port Perry, Uxbridge and Can- nington areas; a potato club in the Uxbridge.area, and a corn club in the Brofigham area. Two new. clubs will be or- ganized this year -- a 4-H Market Hog Club in the Sun- derland area, and a 4H Farm and Home Electric Club in the Port Perry - Ux- bridge area. These clubs are designed for senior 4-H club_members, 16 years of 1st, 1968. The 4-H Grain Club mem- PORT PERRY STAR -- Thursday, Feb. 29th, 1968 -- 7 \4-H Leaders Receive Pins age and over as of January. 1968, and who have not rea. ched the age of 21 by Dec- ember 31, 1968, are invited i 4 to join a 4-H club. New i members are requested to g contact the Department of i Agriculture and Food Office, i # Uxbridge. p 7 -------------------- fi Record Srondive 1 For Sewage And % Water Projects A record $174.4 million was earmarked last year for bo) municipal sewage and water works construction in Ont- ario, according to figures just released by the Ontario # Water Resources Commis: sion. Value of OWRC _certifi- cates of approval, which must be obtained before such projects are built, bo reached $128.9 million for fh sewage and $45.5 million for g water works in 1967. : The previous high in the Commission's 11-year history occurred in 1966, when cer- tificates were issued total. ling $152.9 million for sew- age.and water projects. ~The = $128.9 million for sewage works in 1967 also . % was a record for this period, A compared to $106.7 million : 8 spent in 1966. -- fi By the end of 1967, the : total value of municipal certificates issued by the OWRC . was approximately $1.4 billion. 120 2K) Ambulance Continued ings to the CAS. ~~ - = = Approval was given to- thei- ~ drafting of a bylaw to pro. ging boundaries. We-are go- ing to have another meeting. I would suggest the north municipalities should also meet. Emphatically, I do not favor losing the north," said Warden Murison. VOTING POWER" "What alarms me was the suggestion that more voting power be given the south part of the county. I feel there is some merit in giv- ing more votes to the south; but something to remember is that if that voting power becomes so strong we_in the north will be Sor ot? | said. Deputy Reeve hn Doble of Brock Township. "I feel it should be man: datory for smaller munici- palities, say two or three in each group, to amalgamate. I also feel there should be an executive council with le- gal authority to do certain things without having to come back to the county. Much can be done to mod- ernize the system, think the county shouldbe the basis. Many more ser- vices should be on a county- wide basis," said Reeve Gould. - ALTERNATIVES "We should not sit back. We should meet and find out what alternatives there are and whether we go east, west or north. We should study the whole matter and try to get the answers. 1 would suggest the north set up ..a meeting and invite Victoria, Simcoe and York Counties to sit in," said Reeve John Dancey, Brock Township. ~~ buf I bers will again be offered the choice of oats or barley as their project crop. Also the senior project program- me, for members 16 years of age and over, will be coén- tinued in the 4-H calf clubs. The various 4-H clubs will hold their organization meet- ing during the latter part of March. Young farm people, 12 years old as of January 1, per-cent. "discount. to. munici- palities if their county levies are paid.-prior"to Dec. 20. During the session "the 1968 estimates of the .con- struction safety . inspector, gmounting to $10,970 and administrative estimates in the amount of $335,032 were ar referred to the finance com- ; mittee for study in the pre- > paration of the county's 1968 Duggel. A letter, sent by Lt.-Col. F. S. Wotten, EMO co-ordin- ator, to members of Ontario County "Council, explaining various aspects of the opera- tion and its financing, was responsible for the Emer- gency Measures Organiza- tion being given a new lease _of life 'at Wednesday's coun- ty council session. At its January session, council referred to its spe- cial EMO committee the fol- lowing resolution for study: "That as of April 1, 1968, the County of Ontario dis: solve and remove itself from EMO and that the county clerk be appointed co-ordin- ator of EMO." In its first report, pre- sented at a session last week, council upheld the recom- mendation of the committee adopted. The committee based its recommendation not to ad- opt the resolution on the following grounds: "EMO is a vital organization we can- not afford to be without in this critical time of,'on and off' hot and cold wars. EMO Will Be Retained ; "In dissolving EMO, the A county would be liable To pay $42,848 back to the pro- vincial "and federal govern- i N ments. This amount would Tw have to be received from the 4 municipalities as shown on x the attached memorandum. This would be in accordance with legislation set forth in the act. that the resolutiéh be not |