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" Hurricane rips across part of Darlington Township A hurricane-twister of intense force slashed a destructive path through Darlington Township south of Blackstock early Sunday morning, leaving in its wake extensive property damage, disrupted phone and hydro service, up-rooted trees, and residents of the area shaking their heads, asking themselves *'what happened?" : "* The brunt of the twister hit almost' without warning between 1:00 and 1:30 Sunday morning. Nobody seems to know exactly where it started but damage was reported in Ennfield and along a narrow ten-mile strip running roughly ina north-easterly direction up to Cadmus, two miles east of Blackstock. In Burketon, television antennas were toppled andseveral large pine trees were ripped out of the ground at the roots. Property damage all along the twister's path was heavy. Two properties suffering extensive damage werg those of Mr. John Bilida and Mr. Al Martens who live opposite each other on the Old Scugog Road, about half a mile north of Burketon, : ' A large steel structure used as a riding arena for Mr. Bilida's pure-bred Arabian horses was flattened. Mr. Bilida said he had just gone into the house after closing the barn doors when he heard a humming noise and then a loud crash. With lightening flashing he said he saw what looked like an 'orange funnel." ' - Across the road from the Bilida farm, a 60 by 36 foot galvanized steel barn of Mr, Al Martens was lifted right off thefoundations. Atwisted hunk of the steel was dropped about 100 feet away and smaller pieces of it were scattered as far away as 300 yards. No animals were lost on either the Bilida or the Martens farm, but Mr. Martens said the family dog Lily was in the barn when the storm hit. She was not injured. Mr. and Mrs. Martens were in the house when the twister struck. They heard a loud roar, and said the whole house then started 'to shake, **My wife turned white as a ghost with fear," said Mr. Martens. : The destroyed barn had been filled with 1,200 bales of hay and straw. About 800 of these have been recovered, and the remainder have just "disappeared," said Mr. Martens. The stone foundation and floor are the only things standing The freak nature of the twister is indicated as a similar steel structure on the Martens farm standing only a few feet from the one destroyed was only slightly damaged. (continued on page 6) | perT( PERRY Volume 106- Port Perry, Ont., Wed., Aug. 30, 1972 - No. 45 '72 rural-urban exchange program ends in Ont. Cty. aug 34 young people involved The Urban - Rural Ex- change Programme has ter- ~ minated for the year 1972. In "the area covered by Ontario, Victoria and York Counties; 34 Urban Exchangees spent a week on a farm this past summer. These young people 12 - 15 years old came from centres including Oshawa, Whitby, Markham, Richm- ond Hill, Aurora, Klienburg, Toronto, Burlington and Hamilton. : Farmfamilieswhoacted as hostsranged all the way from asinglemanandhismother to " a family with 9 children. Types of farms included poultry, beef, swine and dairy, as well as a few hobby farms. There were a few rural Economic council asks for support A. request by the Erie Economic Council and nine other similar councils across Ontario for support of a resolution to the Ontario government 'has been re- ceived by the Village of Port Perry. The matter was considered by Port Perry Council at the regular meeting of August 22, but no action was taken at that time. The Erie Economic Coun- cil is upset over a decision by the Provincial government to cease financial assistance as of January 1, 1973 which amounts to $34,000 to each of the economic council across Ontario, provided that the councils each raise $10,000 - themselves. The Erie Council stated in an accompanying brief it is concerned that if the funds are stopped, valu- able 'feedback' from people who are working for "orderly growth in Ontario" might also cease, and this, said the brief is not 'in the interests of participatory democracy." The request of the Port 'Perry Council asked that a resolution supporting the Economic Council's position be sent to Municipal Treasurer Darcy McKeough, and Premier William Davis. youngsters in the area who took the opportunity to spend the same amount of time in the city. More would have returned if they had not already been involved in - activities which - required them to remain at home. Everyone involved in the programme - host families and urban exchangees, de- serves a lot of credit. But they havereapedtheirownreward by making new friends and J learning through experience. Ont. County rates given for Village The 1973 apportionment rates for the Village of Port Perry and the Townships of Reach and Scugog have been announced recently by Ont- +. ario County as 2.167, 3.97, and 1.14 for the respective mun- icipalities. These figures represent the percentage that each mun- icipality will be asked to contribute towards the total Ontario County budget in 1973. Port Perry Clerk Neil Brodie said he is not sure what the figure for Port Perry will represent in actual dollars and cents, as the 1973 County budget is not known at this time. He said there could be a slight increase of about $100 over last year's figure, which was in the neighbourhood of $60,000. Star to close on Fair Day Labour Day, Monday, September 4 is Fair Day in Port Perry with horseracing, horse and cattle show, rides, games, a midway and other attractions. Twenty years ago, a photo- grapher from Molson's Ltd. was on hand to capture some of the event on film,and these photos appear onpages 12and 13 in this issue of the Star. Because Monday, Sept.- ember 4s a holiday, the Port Perry Star offices will be closed for business that day. Hurricane damage. These twisted hunks of metal from a barn were thrown against the side of Mrs. F. Tabb's home on 10th concession, Darlington Twp. in a Possible C of C funds for youth drop-in-centre There is a possibility that some of the money raised by the Port Perry Chamber of Commerce Western Week- end will be used towards the establishment of some kind of permanent drop-in centre for young people in the area. This suggestion was made to C of C President Dr. Cohoon following last Tues- day's meeting of Council when it was learned that some of the original plans for the money will have to be altered. Dr. Cohoon said the matter would have to go before a general meeting of Council when it was learned that some of the original plans for the money will have tobealtered. Dr. Cohaon said the matter would have to go before a geneal meeting of the Chamber, but he per- sonally thinks the idea has 'great potential." Councillor Gerald Jack- man has had some conver- sations with severfal persons interested in setting up a drop-in youth cente, and it was he who approached Dr. Cohoon with the idea. One of those persons has heen Ross Wingrove of the OPP, and Mr. Wingrove said that he and other OPP officers living in Port Perry favour such an idea and would be willing to do what they can. One of the major obstacles in setting up a drop-in centre is finding a suitable location. In order to be successful, a centre must be as close as possible to the downtown area. And any supervision, unkeep, etc. should be entire- ly the responsibility of the young people involved. Natu- Bell issues new books The Bell Telephone Com- pany started delivering new telephone books throughout this area on August 25, and hopes to have all new books delivered in the rural areas by September 13. The books incidently have a newly designed cover in blue multi-colour. Annual Mrs. Gerald Kelly The 107th annual Black- stock Fair held on Saturday, August +26th was a tremen- dous success in every way. Beautiful weather blessed the day and records were set in almost all ways. Gate receipts were almost double those of last year when rainy weather hampered the activ- ities. Entries were higher than ever before. Durham rally, it is hoped that if these plans do get off the ground, interest among the young people would be: generated. The availability of some of the C of C funds became apparent at the August 22 meeting of Council when it was learned that plans to paint the arena will have to be put aside pending the outcome of an engineering survey to determine whether changes will have to be made to bring the structural capa- bilities of the arena up to required standards. Mr. Ted Sims, an engineer- ing consultant for the Village was at the meeting August 22 on a separate business matter, and he told Council that new changes in the standards of arena structural capabilities are now in twister that slashed through the area early Sunday: morning. Barn was completely wrecked, and there was damage to the house. (More pictures on page 6). existance, and these he said are considerably higher than before. Council agreed that a survey should be undertaken to determnine if the arena meets these standards. the Chamber of Commerce had ear-marked $1,500 for paint- ing the arena. The Chamber's plans to give Queen Street a face- lifting with permanent trees planted along the sidewalk (continued on page 3) Hospital Report Week Ending August 24th Admissions ............. 28 Births ..................... 3 Deaths ............ ee. 3 Emergencies ............ 116 Operations ................ 6 Discharges ............. 34 Remaining ............... 30 Blackstock Fair County's Dairy Princess, Linda McLaughlin of Black- stock officially opened this year's fair. The Oshawa Shriners' Oriental Band led the parade in a most colourful fashion. Many dec- orated bicycles, tricycles, wagons, floats and novelties made up the fine parade. _Mr. Glenn Larmer, one of the.. Fair's own Directors made his debut as M.C. in a most successful manner. Entertainment during the afternoon in addition to the fine horse show was provided by Mr. and Mrs. Boehm"s Dog Obedience Demonstra- tion and by Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Abernethy and family of Oakwood. The sewing contest was won in the Married class by Mrs. Donna Kyte and Mrs. (continued on page 7) ¥