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sy a a a LAR : { SI | | | f | | oO h wad ud Oo ree c<Ccailis 10 sna bp) . . ad reaching a level that will AA | Although Port Perry area said it would be at least 1978 iy Blackstock. AL increase - rates 3 | " i . & As tt - 3 residents will be able to betore Bell could consider There is no money in the in the next few years vq telephone Oshawa toll free such a request. Bell budget at this time to Once Oshawa has passed 3 i after Saturday afternoon, it Ihe demand for increased give Blackstock expanded that level, Blackstock could ; : y 1 » SOTVICe agen' 'or 0: 1 COP UI ¢ NY ar "nw : big pe ) | appears it will be sane Hime service hasn't been great in service and there are other be considered, Mrs. Veater 4 before Blackstock residents Blackstock until very recent- areas that have asked for said . : said. 4 get the same service ly. she said. expanded service as well. There has been a great 'y- Marlene Veater. local She explained that an area Telephone rates are deter- gomand in the Port: Perry manager of Bell Canada. had to be surveyed to see number of 18 -- PORT PERRY STAR ~- Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1974 Blackstock must still wait for said that after 2 p.m, on Saturday, people with tele- phone numbers beginning with 985 will be able to telephone numbers starting with 723.728, 579. 725, 576, 644 and 655 without toll. Urban customers with a 985 number and a private line will pay $5.55 plus tax stead of current price of $4.65. Rural customers pay a higher rate. But despite the fact Bell received a petition from Blackstock asking that Osh- awa be added to their toll- free service, Mrs. Veater how much of a demand there 1s and this hasn't been done mined by the telephones that can be called toll free and Oshawa is area for the expanded ser- vice since the late 1960's, she said. Slow real estate sales (continued) moving slowly. "We are in a preferred market here," Mr. Forder said. "We draw customers from Toronto even though their market isn't loving." Both Mr. Stone and Mr. Bruce think house prices have dropped some in the past few months, although Mr. Forder doesn't agree. Mr. Stone said there has been a $3,000 Lo $5,000 drop in the price of houses and Mr. Bruce said the drop was $2,000 to $3,000. "Houses are still selling for the same price," Mr. Forder said. 'We haven't changed our way of apprais- ing houses." Mr. Stone said that if somebody analyzed the re- placement value of each house, they would find the owner was still getting the replacement value of his house when it is sold. The immediate outlook for the real estate market isn't good either. Mr. Bruce said sales would be slow as long as the interest rate stayed high. There is more art, theatre Santa made a brief visit at the Latcham Centre last Thursday when the Kinettes entertained their mothers or a friend. Prior to the visit, the Kinettes enjoyed a dinner, 'a combined effort of all the membBers, conducted a regular meeting, staged a few skits and entertained their favoured guests in a ® worthy manner, and the mothers really enjoyed 'and music in our province than in many nations. themselves. Seated on Santa's knees are Kinette President Bev Travis and her mother, Mrs.. Mary Sweetman. NDP elects Margaret Wilbur president for third term mm u [ u x This is what Ontario is doing || eee worm elected at the annual general Cannington; Mrs. Katherine =m m mu meeting of the Ontario riding Anderson, Uxbridge. to help you get involved init. || fie sens. mo Assocjation. Jenny Ausman, Port Perry. munity. They're described in a colourful Ontario Arts Council catalogue entitled "ONTOUR". And, through the Touring Arls The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Margaret Wilbur, Port Perry, who was elected president for a third term. Vice-presidents elected to serve four areas, are: Norman James, Port Perry; David Dobson of Uxbridge will serve as treasurer and delegate to the provincial council. Allan McPhail, mayor of Brock and member of Dur- '® ham Region executive, was on hand for a discussion of area planning and regional avr Fund, the Ontario Arts Council can help Mrs. Lorraine Crockett, government. sponsors with the fees for touring groups in NE... visiting your community. 1 More than 100 musical, theatrical, dance ! CUSTOM DENTURE CLINIC ¢ and crafts groups are available to Ontario ; : elemenlary and secondary schools. The 'i Ne ; repertory is presented in the brochure ' WHITBY MALL : x | "artslist". : Thicksons Road and Highway 2 ( isi ' 38 | Outstanding creative artists want to visi ' ¢ ! the classrooms of the province, so that all : Phone: 7123-7496 ' | Ontario youngsters may be exposed to the / creating of painting, pottery, composing, ' : L An artist residing in your community working photography, playwriting, sculpting, weav- HARGE ¢ I with senior citizens and children. ing, poetry, puppelry, ceramics and many ' , ¢ {] A beautiful low cost print by an award- other art forms. This program is described in ! er ? | winning Ontario artist in your living room. abookletcalled "Creative Artists in Schools". ' CHARGEX ACCEPTED : Impossible dreams? Not at all. 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