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A Moc bach NEA - o7 Not Much Opposition When Provincial Treasurer Charles McNaugh ton on December 18 unveiled his proposal for local government reform in the area east of Metro, several heads of local municipalities was more than unhappy with the announcement However, since then, with a quiet digestion of the proposal, the atmosphere seems to have become calmer and not as disagreeable. As a matter of fact, it looks like Mr McNaughton will have very little trouble making his proposal a reality. Just a couple of days ago, 17 Ontario County reeves endorsed the external boundaries of the proposed Oshawa Region with the provision that the eastern boundary be the east limit of Clarke Township. This suggestion should certainly be heartedly applauded by the Towns of Port Hope and Cobourg. When McNaughton presented" the proposal, the opposition and protests from the key figures in the two municipalities was considerable. The sugges tion made unanimously by the 17 reeves that the boundary line be Clarke Township's eastern limit should be warmly accepted by the municipalities in question and possibly be a factor in a logical change. The heads of the local municipalities, Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright are all in favour of the government reform proposal, except for a few minor changes. Reeve Kenny favours a seven man council, while Reach reeve Catton prefers nine members. Lawrence Malcolm, Cartwright reeve also favours more than five members on council. Mr. Malcolm was unable to have his opinion on Regional Government written by the deadline in last issue of the Star. It will be found in this issue, on page five. Cliffton Crowell, reeve of Scugog could not be reached for comments last week, however, according to his statement made at the re-election meeting November 29, last year, he made it quite clear to the audience he was in favour of Regional Government. In addition to the size of council, the reeves point to a few minor changes in the proposal they feel will m ake it more workable and satisfactory to the people involved. The responsibilities of the local council will be one of mediocrety, compared to those imposed on Regional Council. Oshawa with 11 representatives of 31 could quite conceivably become too powerful a member. With the support of only five additional votes, decisions could in some cases favour that area. Submissions of briefs with suggestions of changes, additions and deletions are now accepted by the Government. These will be accepted until the deadline, February 28, 1973. During this period a series of public meetings will also be held in various locations. A safety tip from the Whitby Detachment, Ontario Provincial Police. Motorists: For a collision-free New Year, make sure your driving is winterized -- adjusted to winter driving conditions. Slow earlier for curves, downhill slopes, intersections, railway crossings and any other location where the inability to stop could be fatal. Leave more stopping room in moving traffic between your car and the car ahead. Always make sure you have all'round visibility . . . . and stay alert. Winterized driving is a must for safe winter driving - and a safe and happy New Year. TRI ININININ PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited % CNA : (um) : DUAR): wo 7, & "rs asd Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Plant Manager J. PETER HVIDSTEN, Advertising Manager Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number (265 BILL MILEY NOW IT'S FOUR TIMES THANKS TO THE CAT As I recall, my last column was a tale of woe, relating the dreadful things the gods had done to me in 1972. I should have kept my mouth shut. The same gods. annoyed at my tiny protest, decided to show me what they could really do. Take a cat. Go on. Any old cat. Take a freshly-waxed floor. Take a guy with an armful of milk and eggs. Take a wife who is upstairs watching TV when she should be helping that guy with the groceries. 0.K. The guy comes in. He takes off his boots so he won't make a mess on the newly-washed-and-waxed kitchen floor. He is in his sock feet. Right? Out of the grocery bags he takes two quarts of milk, a dozen eggs and a case of pop. He heads for the kitchen counter. At that very moment the cat, unfed, hurls herself at his legs, meowing and rubbing. He lifts his right foot, gently, to turf her out of the way, spins smartly on his left metatarsal, and goes down like Niagara Falls. He fails to eject the grub, out of some dim, primitive idea that you hang onto the grub at any cost, The first thing that hits anything is -his noggin, which tries to tear the copper off the cupboard door handles. The next thing that strikes hard-pan is his nose, which bounces off the floor in a spray of blood and milk. Yes, he's still holding onto the milk. He loses only one quart of blood, two of milk. His erstwhile wife and protector comes down and finds him sitting in something like a Masai wedding, two parts milk to one part blood, a cold cloth on his torn scalp, eggs all over the place, and his nose going up like a balloon being filled with hydrogen. But there's no fret, no sweat. He's had his nose broken three times before, and by. far better people than a cat, or his wife's waxing. Sitting there among the eggshells and milk and blood, he remembers fondly the time his future brother-in-law gave him an elbow and cracked the old beezer during football practice. And then he thinks of that beautiful free-for-all with the Royal Marines, outside that pub in Wrexham, North Wales, when UGAR avo Srice the fighter pilots proved only that they could not fight. And he remembers, almost with pleasure, the day he was being beaten up by the German guards, and nobody had even broken his nose yet, and then the little guy who was engineer of the locomotive came rushin into the circle and kicked him right in, the snoot. And I'd like to say this mutt sat there happily for ever after, thinking about the other times his nose had been broken. But she wouldn't let him. Her first thought was pure. Florence Nightingale. "Everybody will think I did it", she wailed. 'Yes, I would think they would," I countered. "Knowing you." **They'll think you were drunk." was her next contribution. "Well, that's what I'd think, if Someone told me he'd lost a one-round bout with a cat," I suggested. "How am I going to get the blood out of that towel," she queried. "Well, you might pretend you were a vampire, and suck it out." "People will think you've been beaten up," she worried. "Yes", I rejoined. Smugly. No answer. "I'm going to lock the door, so nobody can see you." And I replied, "I'm going to call a press conference, and admit it was all your fault, because you'd waxed the floor, and you cynical, almost vicious hadn't put the cat out, and you weren't down to help me with the groceries." Ah, heck! I shouldn't put her through all that. It was not her fault, except that she'd waxed the floor and hadn't put the cat out and didn't come down to help with the groceries and insists I- take my boots off when I come in onto her rotten polished floors. It's not so bad, really. Apart from the cuts on my nose, which look as though a gang of. Glaswegians had worked me over, there are only the eyes. They don't weep, except for the first six hours. They swell up and up and up. At first they are red. Then they begin to look like a couple of tea-bags that have been on the booze. And when the worst is over, they turn a sort of bilious yellow. When that happens, you know you are home free, and that all you have to do is think up witty answers for the query: "Wife beat you up again?" 30 YEARS AGO Thursday. January 11, 1923 "Markham defeated the Port Perry Wolves in an intermediate O.H:A. fixture at Port Perry by a score of 5 - 4. in a fast, clean game which featured a ten minute overtime period. Deshane of = Port Perry was sensational @ in goal. The Scugog Council met with all members present to subscribe to the declaration of office. The Reeve, Mr. Geo. Sweetman, took the chair. Mr. J. Aldred put through a by-law appointing . Pathmasters and . fence- viewers. | Representatives from Sunderland, Uxbridge, and Port Perry met at Uxbridge where after considerable discussion it was decided to organize the Ontario County Junior Hockey League, com- posed of teams from Can- nington, Uxbridge, Sunder- land, and Port Perry. 25 YEARS AGO * Thursday. January 15, 1918 At the 1948 inaugural meeting of the Port Perry council a number of citizens were present. Reeve E. Hayes called on Rev. E. G. Bruton to open proceedings with prayer and the reading of scripture. The Port Perry Boy's Basketball team won the J first Canadian Amateur Basketball Association game to the tune of 57-32. Sparked by the fine checking of Stuart Lane, the high scoring by Rod Foster, and the fine defensive play by Mac er Christie, the team had Lind- say baffled all the way. Salway and Stone also | played "heads-up" ballg § throughout. 3 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 9, 1958 The Annual Meeting of the Port Perry Memorial Lib- i rary was held in the Com- f munity Room with Mrs. A. MacFarlane in the Chair. / Mrs. Bruton, Mrs. Cornish, } Mr. Harper, and Mr. Jefford were also present. Mr. Whitby was not present. Very encouraging annual reports were read. The Fifth Anniversary ; Birthday Party was held at } the hospital and was really a happy event. About one hundred guests attended. Mrs. M. B. Dymond, presi- dent of the Hospital Auxi-@ liary, said a few words of greeting, after which Mr. Herb Brooks, the first chair- man of the Hospital Board, told the story of the hospi- tal's beginning. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 10, 1963 The Inaugural meeting of the Scugog Township council was held in the Town Hall. { Declaration of office was taken by each of the follow- ing: Reeve, A. Gerrow, N councillors V. Aldred, C. Carter, Jos. Dowson, and C. B. Hoult. Rev. C.C. Gilbert opened the meeting with a prayer. The new Senior Citizen's Club held their second Meet- ing in the Municipal build- ing. . Club President Mrs. Jessie Robertson presided. Two new officers were | appointed; a second vice- A president Mrs. M. Cullen and a corresponding sderetary Mrs. George Holnfes.