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rrr -- ES Ere------ RE look after him. Boy, First 1969 Arrival At Hospital A fine looking. little boy. became Port. Perry Community Memorial Hospital's' New . Year's baby when he arrived at 4.42 p.m. January 2. He weighed in at 7 Ibs. 5% 0z. and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Freeman, R.R. 3 Port Perry. Tentatively named Randy, he is fortunate to have a- 10. year. old sister, Tammy, who no doubt will be happy to help " Home Decorating Contest ps £ i E + . The judges appointed' to pick winners for the best decorated homes in Port Sa, Perry during Christmas season "had a most difficult task. The many artistically dec- orated homes were inspected several times, and finally the * judges came to the conclusion "that three homes rated the ¥ same honours. : Consequently, it was dec- ided to award the prize money in three equal amounts, $15.00 each. The winners were: Mr. James Rider, 128 Alva Street, ve Audrey McNeill, 101 er Street, and Mr. Jack "Forster, 2 Simcoe Street. ¥ " Pick Three Winners, Share Prize Money Seven persons were only one number out when count- ing the amount -of light bulbs on the Christmas tree in front of the Post Office. - The correct niimber was 271, and the guesses. were either 270 or 272 for the seven. This was unexpected, and again the committee was in quite a dilema of what to do. The final decjsion was to present 'each of the seven with $5.00 each. The lucky "winners were: 'Mrs. = Ken Prentice, Miss Sony Enge, Mrs. Cecil Heayn, Mr, Ray Litt, Mrs. Pat Donnolly, Mrs. R.E. Rose, and Miss Judy Howsam. Minutes of a Regular © #¥Meeting of Council of the .- Village of Port Perry held in , - the Municipal Office on Wed- nesday, Dec. 18th. diy ~The former John P. Orde Marina property recently pur- chased by the Village of Port «YPerry, is now occupied by . the Works Department. Additional wiring is need- ed in the building, and W. G. i Raines Electric submitted two prices: $480. or $400. if the Village provided an as- sistant. The latter price was accepted. Port Perry Council News| The Port Perry council at the December meeting ob- jected to a proposed increase in Bell Telephone rates. The following resolution was passed: This council ob- jects to. the Bell Telephone rate increase March 1, 1969 "and a letter to this effect be sent to Canadian Transport Commission. Mr, Allan Bertrand attend- ed Council meeting and stat- ed that he is not in favour of a commercial garage be- ing built on the Eric Scriver . (Continued on Page 16) Hospital Report Week Ending January 4 Admissions . : 27 Operations . . . + 9 Emergency Teatiidiis 29 Births 0-5 n 0 3 Deaths . . . . . . 1 Discharges . C24 Remaining . -20 : No Visiting Yours "i? : Volume 104 New Tank Trucks | tank trucks are badly needed PORT PERRY ONT., THURSDAY, JAN. 9, 1969 Number 13 Needed? Three Councils, Firemen To Meet For Discussion A meeting between Port Perry council, members of the Fire Department, Reach and |, Scugog Township councils will take place some time"in January, The meeting has been called "to comply with arequest from the Fire Department, that new in both townships: 'The letter presented early in November, 1968 stated that the truck owned by Reach Township is no longer safe to drive, beyond repair and the tank leaking. A similar request was also sent Scugog Township Council at the same time. Scugog Township has signi- fied they will be glad to attend the meeting, and it is expected that a representation from Reach will be present and "Reach council, however, has | Takes Option On Property Couneil at & meeting in December 'decided to sign'an option of purchasing the prop- erty of E.G. Michell, better known as 'Birdseye Centre". It was further decided to make a down payment of $5,000. The purpose of acquiring land and buildings is for future development of addit- ional park land and recreat- ional facilities for the benefit of residents and visitors to this area. The purchase is subject to governmental approval, and if and when approved, consider- able grants can be expected in connection with the development. : stated they are not in favour|' of purchasing a new tank truck at this time. But will give the old truck a complete mechanical check-up by a licenced mechanic, and neces- sary repairs made. Few are On Tax Rebates Particularly in the larger municipalities complaints have been quite frequent from tenants concerning landlords failing to pass on provincial property tax rebates. According to John F. Raines, clerk-treasurer, a number of calls from tenants have been received at his office. The proper procedure, according to Mr. Raines, is to contact the department 'of municipal affairs in Toronto. Crown Attorney, Bruce Affle- ck makes the same suggestion in the Oshawa Times, and the 'number to phone is 365-6881. Cc a v Production Increased In 1968 - 'Total production by GM during 1968 to Dec. 28 was 335,982 cars and 85,738 trucks compared to 311,614 cars and 73,405 trucks during| the same period in 1967. Ford of Canada produced 286,868 cars and 157,087 trucks to Dec. 28 compared to 177,316 cars and 118,463 trucks during the same period in 1967. Chrysler Canada produced 218,134 cars and 16,638 trucks to Dec. 28 compared to 186,675 cars and 16,137 trucks during the same period in 1967. Fire-Chief Resigns After a faithful service for 35 years on Port Perry Fire Department, and 20 of them as. chief, Mr. Guy Raines has decided to retire. His decision was made known at a meeting held in the Fire Hall, Monday evening. The resignation called for a replacement of Mr. Raines, and following an election, the present deputy-chief Harvey Mabhaffy was elected, and Jack. Cook was given the deputy's job. The election of the two top positions on the Fire Department is subject to council's approval, and it is expected this will be given at the first meeting in January. Councillors Get $20. Per Meeting For the last several years, members of Port Perry council have received $ 16.00 per meeting for their services to the Village. At a meeting held in Dec- ember, sthe question of an increase in remuneration was raised by the retiring reeve, J.J. Gibson, and after a brief discussion, it was decided to increase the remuneration from the present $'16.00 to $ 20.00 per meeting. Scugog Begins Year With Three "Freshmen" On Council t This is the time of inaugural meetings, and the first to be held in this area was on members of Scugog Council Saturday when the elected met for their first meeting of the year. Rev. George Teskey addressed the meeting - and spoke from the 16th chapter of Paul's letter to the Romans, and concluded by 'offering prayers. Prior to the council began discussing the first nleeting's business, the above picture was taken, and seated from left to right are: Clifton Crowell, William Bell, councillors; Rev. George Teskey; Sidney Chandler, clerk-treasurer; Mrs. Helen Redman, councillor; reeve; and Cecil Fralick, Mrs. Grace Love, deputy- reeve. The three councillors are new to municipal politics, but reeve and deputy: reeve have both previous experience.