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bo . Secasois (rrr RY JTAR P2RT AN -- PORT PERRY ONTARIO, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1972 -- No. 10 J '@ ff prm----"-- ---- ee e An accident last week resulted in minor damage to a truck owned by the Lucas Arthur Meat Company. The vehicle, descending the hill behind the arena, skidded on the icy surface and flipped onto its side Firemen were called to wash away spilled gas from the roadway, before the truck was > righted. The driver of the vehicle was uninjured. w wow Fire Chief offers plans for safety at Christmas A happy Christmas can change in a few momentsinto a family tragedy, warns Fire Chief Jack Cook, in homes where fire safety precaut- ions are neglected. Such precautions should head the list of every sensible fam- ily's preparations for Christ- mas, he says. The fire chief urges the public 'to. exercise special care in the setting up and decoration of Christmas Trees, and draws attention to the following important points: If plans call for a natural tree it should be bought fresh and green, and kept outdoors or in an unheated garage before being brought into the home for decorating. Then, one or two inches should be cut diagonally from the butt, and the tree should be set up with the butt in water which should be maintaned above the level of the cut. Check strings of electric lights carefully for worn insulation, broken plugs or loose bulb sockets. Only CSA-approved lighting sets and only non-flammable decorations should be used. Declare the tree a no- smoking area and keep matches out of the hands of children. Do not allow discarded gift wrappings to accumulate under the tree. Dispose of them as soon as the gifts are opened. Even a green tree will burn if ignited by burning paper around the base. Set up the tree away from heat sources such as fire- places, TV sets or radiators. Do not allow it to block access to doors or windows in the event of fire. Switch off tree lights at bedtime or when leaving the house. Fire Chief Jack Cook points out that tests have proved the safest tree is a tree with its butt set in water. However, if a tree has dried out before it is set up, it cannot regain its safe moist- ure level. A dry tree can be ignited by a single match, to POON burn violently to a charred state in a few seconds. Even artificial trees can be serious fire hazards. Metallic trees are conduc- tors of electricity, and should not be decorated with strings of lights, but illuminated with floodlights. Some plas- tic trees, made from styrene materials, are flammable, unlike those made from Polyvinylchloride. id All trees should be re- moved from the home as soon as possible after the Christmas celebrations. (EEG HEOESESOGS Eo Year. Christmas greetings. The next issue of the Star then, will be published on Thursday morning, January 4. As much as we regret to miss the issue between Christmas and New Year, it would not be fair to the staff members of the Star to be asked to 4 Important message | to readers, ) Due to Christmas falling on Monday and pe Boxing Day on Tuesday, it will be impossible to 9% publish the Star between Christmas and New Consequently the last issue of the Star before Christmas will be published on Wednesday, December 20. Included in this issue wil| be the regular edition featuring stories, pictures and } advertisers work Boxing Day. Particularly following a very busy schedule of work during the last couple of months, including the extra work from federal and municipal elections. We urgently request that advertisers, subscribers and persons contributing to the Star keep this in mind and co-operate in the best way 2 possible. Approve salary "révisions Approval for revision in some elementary school teachers' salaries was made by Ontario county Board of Education Monday, The adjustments were to correspond with the final agreement between the board and the secondary school teachers. A memorandum to direc- tor Ken Munroe also said "it is assumed that the change in the sick leave plan increasing maximum accu- mulation to 220 days would apply to all staff." Board meets January 8 Inaugural meeting of the newly elected Ontario County Board of Education will take place Jan. 8. Statute requires that the meeting take place by Jan. 10. The present board's chair- man, Milton Mowbray, asked for opinions on whether to keep board meet- ings Monday night as they presently are at this Mon-~ day's Board of Education meeting. Two freshmen trustees, Yvonne Christie and Bess Phin, attended, and both voiced no objection to keep- ing meetings on Monday night. Neither woman will be officially installed until Jan. 8. Team wins basketball tournament A basketball team from R.H. Cornish Public School won the annual Basketball Tournament for Elementary Schools at St. John's Train- ing School on Saturday, Dec. 16. Teams from the following schools participated in the tournament: St. John's Training School, Uxbridge; Joseph Gould School, Ux- bridge; Ridgeview Senior School, Oshawa; N.J. Hobbs Senior School, Northumber- land-Durham; R.H. Cornish, Port Perry. The Port Perry team played and won three games against Ridgeway, 28 - 6; Joseph Gould 16 - 9; St. John's 25 to 6. Larry Elson, R.H. Cornish was the tournament's top scorer. Members on the team were: Phil Cochrane, Larry Elson, Randy Crawford, Stu Cochrane, Ed Olsen, Billy Evans, Robert Evans, Ted Blain, Robert Morris, Jeff Howell and Larry Vennor. - = . reetings Champions receive trophies Last year's winner, Charles Harper, presents the 1972 Port Perry Rod and Gun Club Annual Senior Trophy to Charles Lown. President Charles Harper won the 1972 Handgun Trophy, here being presented to him by Cec King, Shooting Chairman for the Club. Kim Wakeford was named winner of the Rod and Gun Club Intermediate Trophy. He is here presented the award by Cec King. To win, he scored 497 points out of a possible 500. Young sharpshooter Kevin Crews added the Novice Trophy to his other awards collected Saturday night. He is here presented the award by Club member Charles Lown. oe BR pe 2 oe 3 Ey SRFSAPINONE WE Lia