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idadanibaiibradniotd r.S- ne LE J SE § 't . YN ¢ ¢ d ' aman i ....._;..e Damage of village property due to a heavy rainstorm last Sunday afternoon will prove very costly, as this photo indicates. Numerous roads and sidewalks were undermined by the huge volumes of water running down the streets. This photo shows a sidewalk that caved-in at Perry and North Streets. bis tton ruldld dd vrais dodo 20c per copy In \ ' Vol. 109 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, July 23, 1975 -- No. 37 28 Pages Violent rainstorm causes damage to homes, The thunderstorms, high winds and heavy rain which hit the area Sunday after- noon caused a great deal of flooding and water damage to homes and grounds. Fire chief Jack Cook told the Star the firemen were kept busy from 2:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. pumping water out of several basements in the village. Back-up in a sewer pipe caused considerable damage in the lobby of the new Nursing Home where the new rug was actually floating in water. The firemen also assisted in pumping out three feet of water in the Simpson-Sears basement and a new house near the Scout Hall on Lilla Street. Water also damaged some of the carpeting in the McDermott-Panabaker Fun- eral Chapel and no doubt many other places through- out the area. Council rescinds penitentiary motion The Scugog penitentiary issue is not dead! A jubiliant crowd of about 75 area - farmers, doctors, merchants and residents packed the council chambers Monday night and listened as Not ruled out! Allan Lawrence, : M.P.P. for Northumberland- Durham contacted the STAR on Monday afternoon stating that he had brought up the question about the peniten- tiary in the house that after- noon, and that the Hon. Warren Allmand, the Solicitor General, had said that a new location is now being looked for. A quick check, Tuesday morning revealed that in answer to Mr. Lawrence's question in the house, Mr. Allmand replied "the Peni- tentiary Service has decided to look at this proposal once more, and we are also looking at the possibility of placing the Reception Centre in that part of Ontario but perhaps in a different municipality". This, according to officials, does not rule out the possibil- ity that Scugog Township may still get the centre. a decision made only one week earlier, "to turn down the penitentiary services offer to build a reception centre here' was rescinded by council. . The Kenny-Brinkman motion reads "that a motion dealing with the federal regional reception centre be rescinded by this council and that the jssue in question receive further study and that the public be properly informed of the issues involved". A small opposing group at the meeting looked stunned when the motion was passed by a three to two vote in favour. The motion by council came after Dr. M. B. Dymond, M.P.P., speaking on behalf of himself and what he believed to be a sub- stantial number of others in the municipality brought to councils attention a number of discrepencies in the petit- ion that was circulated. He also discredited the content of the open letter sent out by the S.T.P. committee recent- ly. (see page 15) . "Turgeyou, Mr. Mayor an councillors, to re-open this . subject and review it, having 11,000 chickens perish in 70,000 barn fire Spontaneous combustion in a tinder dry manure pile was the cause of $70,000 fire - that killed over 11,000 chic- kens and completely raised a barn owned by Don Hoekstra R.R.1 Port Perry (Honey's Corner) early Wednesday morning. Oo Scugog fire chief Jack Cook reported that the chickens alone were worth ;. about $14,000 while the barn and equipment could bring the total loss to well over $70,000. According to Chief Cook, the fire started in an old manure heap at the rear of the barn. He said when the firemen arrived, that portion of the barn was completely engulfed in flames. He said there was no electrical equipment or wiring at that location in the barn. Chief Cook theorized that the pile, tinder dry as a result of the past few weeks of hot, dry weather, caught fire after owner Don Hoek- stra earlier started moving it. Reason for this, said Chief Cook, is that moving the pile allowed air underneath the pile, which in turn supplied the right conditions for spon- taneous combustion. Despite initial water prob- lems, firemen were able to keep flames from spreading to an adjacent building con- taining 22,000 chickens. Chief Cook said firemen had the (continued on page 3) the greatest interests of the entire municipality inmind," Dr. Dymond said. Councillor Bob Kenny, ob- viousty the most outspoken councillor, in favour of the reception centre told council "I think that this council would do the community a serviceif the whole issue was reconsidered. "More 'publi- cation must be put out and the people made aware of the facts. There have been too many fantasies created," he said. . He expressed to the council . that the centre would be a" good thing for the township and that we needed the tax dollars that this type of development could bring into the area. 'When the federal govern- ment wants to bring some money into the municipality, we had better darn well get out and get it", he said. Attending the meeting were both Mayor Carl Puter- bough, and Regional Council- lor Bill Ballinger of Uxbridge Township. Only last Thurs- day, their council voted in favour of pursuing the possi- bility of the centre being situated in that township. "I'd sure the heck rather see it here, than over the border in Uxbridge," Bob Kenny said. "If they put it there, we will have all the troubles, if there is any, and I don't believe there will be, and none of the advantages." Councillor Don Frew told Dr. Dymond that his vote against the reception centre had (continued on page 7) Area residents oppose hunting club and school Scugog Township council was faced with a room full of irate residents on Monday night in connection with a hearing on the proposed By- law amendment to allow the establishment of a private hunting and fishing club and school on lots 2 and 3 of concession 3 of the former Township of Scugog. It was obvious from the start that all of those attending were opposed to the proposed club and school. The president of Skinner Shooting and Fishing School, Mr. Sinclair tried to explain to those present that what he has proposed to do is unique to North America. "We are going to try and duplicate the shooting schools of the United King- dom," he said, "and these schools have the strictest rules in the world." Mr. Sinclair explained that only that back 25 acres of the property would be used for the school which made the (continued on page 3) roads During the same period the firemen were called to a fire in Prince Albert where a driving shed belonging to Gerald Jones had caught fire. Only slight damage was inflicted to the shed. According to Larry Mab- ley, Hydro-Utilities super- intendent, no damage at all was reported to his depart- ment. Ron MacDonald, Works Department superintendent told the Star, the Cartwright area was the worst hit with considerable damage to- roads washed out by the heavy downpour of rain. Five entrance culverts in Port Perry were damaged by the storm, but should all be back in operation in a couple of days, "as a matter of fact, by the end of this week everything will be back in shape and we won't even know we had a storm", Mr. MacDonald said. - Only three harness races were completéd on the Fair Grounds before the down- pour become so heavy and the track so muddy it was impossible to continue. Five races had to be cancelled, but horse lovers and those interested in betting will be able to take advantage og the next races on Sunday, August 10. ) Hospital Report Week Ending July 17, 1975 Admissions ...................... 38 Discharges.... Remaining + Over 11,000 chickens were destroyed last Wednesday morning July 16 as the result of a fire in a barn owned by Don Hoekstra, R.R. 1, Port Perry. Photo courtesy Uxbridge Times-Journal LE SLATS rn x oh a, er nN NET « Pont om gh MI ; L460 Inder' ros, PE & NT > al a 2 fags GE