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f he \&y, SE Aa lira mmisiidyn nici Zl fl shine nme binadiforis dash ais Misunderstandings settled Lack of water supply controversial issue A potential controversy over Scugog Council's atti- tude towards industrial de- velopment in the munici- pality was averted Monday in a timely meeting between Council and Dr. M.B. Dymond and a Toronto solic- itor JA. Kennedy. The whole affair dates back a couple of years when Port Perry was governed by the former Reach council. It is also tied in- with Port Perry's water problems. Two weeks ago Dr. Dy- mond, the area MPP and J.A. Kennedy a Toronto sol- icitor acting for Athica Enterprises wrote letters to Council alleging the town administrator Neil Brodie had told potential industries wishing to locate in Port Perry 'there won't be any water for two years." While Dr. Dymond's letter expressed concern that such statements reflected Scugog Council's official policy towards industry (by im- pliction a negative one) Kennedy's letter claimed such alleged statements by Brodie were actionable # slander against his clients Athica Enterprises who are in the process of locating a factory in Port Perry. Dr. Dymond wanted 2 statement of policy from Council while Solicitor Kennedy wished a resolution from council calling his com- plaint to the attention of the clerk and directing him and his staff 'to cease giving out misleading and untrue infor- mation." Council decided to clear up what it fell was a big misunderstanding and invi- ted both Dr. Dymond and Solicitor Kennedy to attend Monday's meeting. At this meeting Dr. Dymond repeated the sub- % stance of his letter and be «4 interested industrialist hay. & requested council to give him a statement of policy on industries. Both Dr. Dymond and Solicitor Kennedy revealed that their information was additional water supply would be available in the near future. Dr. Dymond claimed an (whose name he was not at liberty to disclose) had phone the town clerk with Dr. Dymond's secretary lis- tening in. The clerk allegedly told the industrialist there was no chance of getting water for another two years. Mr. Brodie denied making the statements attributed to him and said any comments he may have offered he did not recall making any, had been totally misinterpreted. The fact of the situation was that there is no additional water supply available and until it becomes available no new houses or industries can be approved by Council. Besides, said Mr. Brodie, Athica Enterprises had been discussing their factory with the former Reach council. They had yet to submit a copy of their draft plan to the new Scugog Council (after the formation of the region). Further, water was regional responsibility now, so he could not say anything at all about when it will become available. Councillors also explained to Dr. Dymond and Solicitor Kennedy that the stumbling (continued on page 5) Chamber president Ken Dowson presents plaque to Mayor Malcolm 24 Pages Volume 108 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, Aug. 21st, 1974 -- No. 42 15¢ per copy Garbage collection too costly A delegation of 12 ward -4 (Cartwright) residents led by Bill Ferguson and Jim Catty appeared before Scu- gog Council Monday to pre- sent their case for area rated charges on garbage collec- tion in their ward. Jim Catty pointed out to council several farmers had been billed as much as $100. in taxes for garbage collec- tion, although they did most df their own garbage dump- ing privately. He requested Council to review its garbage policy when the present confract for garbage collection ex- pires in November. He said the residents would like Council not to renew the garbage collection contract and restore the previous position with collec- tion limited to the lakeshore and provision of a voluntary collection system on a private basis. The delegation also urged Council to consider putting street lighting on area rated charges for only those people who benefit from them. Finds 1894 newspaper in stone foundation When James Cookson de- cided to build a new entrance to his basement he didn't realise he would be uncover- ing the exact year his house was built. Hacking through a two foot thick foundation wall Cook- son found a rusted broken ican with a newspaper and "letter in it. The letter has decayed to the point where the writing on it is too faint to read, but the newspaper is in fine shape. - Claims news report unfair "It makes me look like a fool, to have people think that TI would deliberately place myself in front of a truck and be hit by it", ex- claimed Mrs. Jane Harper in the Star office, Monday morning. She was referring to a recent incident in front of Flamingo Pastries Ltd. while on picket duty. She was hit by a company truck at the time and the driver told the police Mrs. Harper had del- iberately placed herself in front of the truck. When she was hit, Mrs. Harper says, she was knocked off balance, and fell forward into the front of the' truck. According to Bruce Affleck, crown attorney for the Judicial District of Dur- ham, no charges would be laid against Flamingo Past- ries Ltd. The investigation by the OPP "reveals that some doubt about what hap- pened exists and for that reason no charges will be laid." The alleged incident occu- red on the picket line July 24. It was Local 647 of the Teamsters Union who made the complaint to the Whitby detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police and with Mrs. Harper in the Star office was Mrs. Wm. Overy, an agent for the above mentioned Union. Its the March 22nd, 1894 edition of the Northern Ont- ario Observer, a "weekly, political, agricultural and family newspaper" publish- (continued on page 8) Seek an 1836 meda An 1886 medal that was mailed to the 'Secretary, Port Perry Agricultural So- ciety" by an Englishman last year has local citizens mystified about its origin. Fred Christie, an active member of Port Perry Agri- cultural Society told the STAR the medal turned up in the mail sometime in May last year. There was a letter with it from a Mr. H.C. Taylor of v Coane OY LOUNCH oD CofC special award presented to Council Scugog Chamber of Commerce presented a special plaque they received at the June convention of the Ontario Chamber of Com- merce to the township council Monday to place on one the walls in the council chambers. The special plaque was awarded to the local Cham- ber for excellent community services in providing recre- ational facilities and equip- ment for the community Ken Dowson, President of the Chamber handed over the plaque to Mavor Malcolm during council's meeting Monday. He also thanked council for their co-operation during the Western Weekend and said they had made an approxi- mate profit of $4,000 this vear to be used for recrea- tional facilities in the community. Discuss future Township planning with consultants Scugog Township's plan- ning consultants Totten Sims Hubicki Associates placed five maps before Council at a special meeting Wednesday. Four of the maps cover each of the four wards in the Township - Cartwright, Scu- gog Island. Reach and the Port Perry Urban area while the fifth is a general- ised map of the Township of Scugog Official Plan Base. The meeting had been called to discuss with the consultants the progress on the planning work for the Township. Ted Sims and Bill Dolan from the consultants' firm were present. Mr. Sims requested Coun- cil to review the preliminary copies of the maps and make any corrections neccessary. The consultants would also like Council to note on the prints the following: - Local names of roads and streams plans of subdivision which have been omitted - severances which have been omitted - any other features they would like to have on the bases. Council also discussed means of keeping the maps up to date. Totten Simms and Hubicki LeeMs-Britali, saying the medal had been with his family for 70 years and he would like to hand it back to the society for preservation. Fred Christie, who went to Britain shortly after, meant to see Mr. Taylor, but could- n't. Instead he had some correspondence with him which did not reveal much. So now the medal is with the Agricultural Society are also preparing four other maps to cover the hamlets Greenbank, Seagrave, Blackstock and Caesarea. These will be drawn on a scale of 1" - 500'. The maps representing the four wards are on a scale of 1 - 1350. Following the discussion Wednesday Council is also likely to review its develop- ment fee policy. The current rates have been set at $1700 for an urban area. $1000 for semi-urban area and $300 for a rural area. With the Region of Dur- ham imposing its own-devel- opment fees over the ones charged by local councils, a review is inevitable since the total sum at the present rate is likely to be very high. The new rates will be somewhere between $600 for a rural area and $2200 for an urban area. these sums to include the regional fees. Hospital Report Admissions ........ Mri 29 Births cocoon 9 Deaths .............................. 1 Emergencies .. Operations ....................... Discharge ....................... Remaining ...................... which plans to have it mount- ed. They are yet to discover who won it and for what. The inscription on the medal says Ontario Central Agricultural & Livestock As- sociation of Port Perry, 1886. The same side has what appears to be a figure of Scottish Highland lassie. The other side has a picture of a horse on it. The medal appears to be made of bron- 7¢.