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4 ii FEU LE RE WS OR RS CE Fas Marie Devereux A. Mus., A.R.C.T., R.M.T. Barry Devereux Mus. Bac., A. Mus., R.M.T. Barry and Marie Devereux, of Port Perry, have recently been appointed members of the Canadian Music Festival adjudicators Association. Mr. Devereux is Head of the Music Department at Eastdale Collegiate in Oshawa, and Mrs. Devereux is a private Music Teacher in Port Perry. They will now join other noted musicians in adjudicating Music Festivals across Canada. Planning staff of 44 proposed by Council The planning and devel- opment department of Dur- ham will have a 44-man staff split into six divisions, council decided last week. The report was prepared by planning commissioner Bill McAdams, and recom- mended by his committee. Durham will inherit seven people from the Central Ont-, ario Joint Planning Board. Under the act that formed the region, 'an official plan has to be prepared in three years. Long-range studies and research, transporta- tion plapning,.and services would involve one-sixth of the staff. Another one-sixth of the staff would take care of money situations of the land division committee, zoning by-laws and other respon- sibilities. The land division staff committee would process applications and be under the planning and develop-- ment commissioner. Councillor Allan McPhail Brock asked if the depart- Christmas P.O. hours Regular hours will be observed at the local Post Office during the holiday season. These are -- Mondays to Fridays 8:30 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. and on Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The wicket will be closed on both Christmas Day and Boxing Day, Dec. 25 and 26, and again on New Year Day, Jan. 1. There will be no mail deliveries on these days although mail will be des- patched on Wednesday, December 26. ment would take on the planning function in his area. Oshawa, Whitby and Pick- ering Township are-the only municipalities to have their own planning staff. At this time, said McAdams, "we are not taking over the local planning function." He said his committee did not recommend doing local work unless authorized by council. arden bls nd SECTION Volume 108 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, Dec, 19. 1973 -- No. 9 Councillors vote themselves Christmas "expense" bonus Regional council has moved just in time for Christmas and provided it- self with a little extra, 'expense account," money. When councillors start col- lecting pay cheques in Jan. they will also get 15 cents for every mile they travel on region business. Committee chairmen will get an extra $500 a year, and each counci- llor will be entitled to $500 worth of conventions. The expense money will be tax free, and is in addition to the $10,000 salaries council- lors will get. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm was a little concerned about possible abuses of the 15 cents a mile travelling all- owance. "There has to be some control. You can't just run here and there. All travel should be- authorized by a committee," Mr. Malcolm said. A number of Oshawa councillors argued that they should be paid for any travel- ling they do throughout the region. They suggested that, if they are going to have to vole on an issue someplace, they should go and take a look at the situation first and be paid for travelling. When it was suggested that this might be abused by councillors charging the region for pleasure trips the Oshawa delegates angrily replied that they were all honest men. They were quite angry to think that anyone might suggest that a politi- cian would ever do anything dishonest. There would be no "need for controls, unless and until it could be proven that Tuesday evening last week was installation night of Fidelity Lodge officer for 1974. Installation took place in the Masonic Hall on Queen Street and the Star photographer shot the above picture prior to installation. In back row from left: Jack Notting- ham, Stan Glass, John Ross, Jim Baird, John someone was cheating, they argued. The Oshawa group sug- gested giving the no controls idea a test for six months, then at that time if it appeared someone was abus- ing his expense account, controls could be considered. "We just can't just let it go," insisted Mayor Mal- colm," and then come back in six months and see that we have big mileage costs and Unemployment up in November A slight increase in the number of persons without employment and registered with Canada Manpower try to fix it then." "The time to do it right," the mayor stated, *'is now." Council finally decided to make members submit (ra- vel allowance claims on an expense sheet which will list the reason for the trip. It was also decided that councillors who go to conven- tions at the taxpayers ex- pense will not be able to charge their wives expenses to the region. Centre in Oshawa and Ajax occurred during Noverioer. At month end 1,714 males and 2,516 females were regis- Important announcement Due to Christmas falling on Tuesday and Boxing Day on Wednesday, it will be impossible to publish the Star between Christmas and the New Year. Consequently, the last issue of the Star before Christmas will be published on Wednes- day, December 19. Included in this issue will be the regular edition featuring stories, pictures and Christmas greetings. The next issue of the Star then, will be published on Thursday morning, January 3. As much as we regret to miss the issue between Christmas and New Year, it would not be fair to the staff members to be asked to work Boxing Day. Particularly following a very busy schedule of work during the last couple of months. We urgently request that advertisers, sub- scribers and persons contributing to the Star to keep this in mind and co-operate in the best way possible. » Sweetman. Middle row: Ken Nottingham, H. Krauvpa, J. Marlowe, Tom Anderson, Alex Johns. Front row: Warden, Al Crosier. Senior Warden, Master, Roy Lane; Master, Jack Fallis; Past A. Taylor; Junior Port Perry to get a Pizza Parlour A lake oul pizza parlour is planned for Port Perry be- fore fhe new year. Bill Lock, 43, of Scugog Island has rented a store al the east end of Queen Street in town and he says he hopes to have his take oul pizzas available in time for New Year's eve celebrations. It will be the first time an establishement specializing in pizza only has been open in Port Perry. Mr. Lock says there will not be tables for patrons lo sit at and enjoy their food on the premises. Service will be take out only. No definite opening date has been set yet. As many as one million medical services are pro- vided yearly for Canadians suffering from asthma says the Ontario County Tuber- culosis & Respiratory Disease Assoc., the Christ- mas Seal organization. r tered with the two offices. The major reason for this increase has been a build-up of persons seeing part-time and temporary work for the Christmas season. No major lay-offs or plant closures occurred during the month. Shortages of skilled tradesmen for industry and construction continued into November. A shortage of semi-skilled construction workers occurred during the early part of November as construction activity con- tinued at a strong pace, but was overcome by the end of the month. Unusually mild weather has not interferred with local construction activ- ily despite periodic rainy periods. Some let up in demand for construction equipment operators has been noted however the rest of the trucking industry has shown no signs of a slow down. Factory hirings were sleady during the month and most unskilled positions were easily filled from our files. Metal pattern makers, cabinet makers, industrial truck mechanics and machine tradesmen have all been in short supply. Also presently required are T.V. repairmen, office machine repairmen, and Class "A" auto mechanics. Clerical hirings declined in November leaving a large number of secretaries, stenos and office clerks on our files. Orders remaining on file were limited to a few orders for fully qualified bookkeepers and specialized office personnel. Opportunities for professional and technical workers have also been limited this month. At this time a good supply of exper- ienced personnel in the ad- ministrative and profess- ional categories include accounlants, personnel officers, and purchasing agents, as well as many teachers, nurses and R.N.A"s. During November 482 people obtained permanent employment through Canada Manpower Centres in Oshawa and Ajax.