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". y+ Rin y -->npamed_-to- $ Township Council. Ee "Las Vegas? A Scugog card shark? The syndicate on the move? Nope. The Pat a xi 2 w wu hottest action around last week was right hese in Port Perry with everything from pony rides to beef barbecues. Manning one of the many booths and games of 'chance on the temporary downtown mall, was Mrs. A. Kane. Put your money down...... Ss Four people have been will study both sides of the penitentiary issue and make recommendations to Scugog iS The list of four names, representing: those in favour . of the reception centre, were. presented to township coun- cil Monday night and were accepted by Scugog Council. They are Dr. Matthew a_committee that Dymond, M.P.P., of Ward 2 -- (Port Perry); Fred Christie, "Named to penitentiary group members from each of the four wards of Scugog Town- Ward 1 (Reach); Anson ship, each pair representing. Gerrow, Ward 3 (Scugog Island); and Jim Marlow, Ward 4 (Cartwright). At the last regular meeting _ of council two weeks ago, council moved to set up a -study committee made up of eight members and a chair- man to study the penitentiary 'both sides of the issue. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm said Monday, that Tuesday, August 19, has been set as the date for a meeting to pick the members representing the opposing view. The meeting. will be -open and will be advertised in the local news- proposal. There would be two paper. . When penitentiary issue solved... As soon as the penitentiary , issue is out of the way, there will probably be considerable opposition to the develop- ®ment of the Scugog Island provincial park. At least, that's the early signal -as recorded by some _. councillors in a position tg know. ~~ Jerry Taylor, who repre- sents the people on the island for the township, said the only reason opposition to the -@ park hasn't been more vigor- ous is because most people are preoccupied with "the penitentiary issue. "As soon as the penitentiary issue has been settled," Coun, Taylor Aveek Ending August 7, 1975 Admissions ET PPP PTR Emergencies ir Operations...................... Discharges....................... "7 Remaining.................ov.. predicted, "Ithink we'll face a lot of opposition." { He said council shoul make it clear to the people that what they -are being asked is not if they are in favour or against the park... but which one of two Natural Resources ministry plans council prefers. "We are being asked for input...sug- gestions on the park plans," he said. "Not asked if we are in favour of a park or against it Coun, Bob Kenny: "We 'cannot live in isolation. We cannot keep going like this. It is impossible to preserve the way it was 200 years ago." It was pointed out by one councillor that the main island opposition to the peni- tentiary (as it was rumoured to be on the island) was because the island was.good agricultural and recreational land. "And now there's opposition to a recreationa park." .- Coun. Reg Rose said that a - swimming area and boat launching facilities would be of benefit to locals as well as people from outside. Heavy fire damage Cars, tree houses and barns burned Saturday night, keeping Scugog firefighters behind hoses .most of the evening. . Damages to a barn, imple- ment shed and equipment owned by Morley Raines, may well climb. to over $150,000. following an early evening fire on Saturday. Fire Chief Jack Cook said the blaze apparently started when an extension cord used. on a bale elevator shorted. He said firemen called to the farm, north of Seagrave, could do little else but keep the fire from spreading to the nearby house and pump house. He said the barn was completely engulfed in 20¢ per copy a | vol. 109 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, August 13, 1975 -- No. 40 24 Pages 'Chamber's festive weeke. 1 proves a financial success It looks like Western Week- end '75 has continued a trend the event has set over the past four years. At least financially; the event has shown a healthy increase - over last year's income. According to Scugog Chamber - of Commerce President Richard Drew, the four-day festivities have raised over $20,000. That's gross. The chamber hopes for a profit of between $6,000 and $7,000. Although Mr. September Premier William Davis called for an election in Ontario on September 18, vowing that his Government would stand on its record, with its admitted imper- fections. Announcing the decision Monday, Premier Davis said he wanted a new mandate to return early in the fall to confront "serious responsi- bilities at a time of our + history that can sensibly be described "as critical." ----The decision 'to "consult the people" had been made several weeks ago, he said, but said an earlier election would have inconvenienced many with planned: vacations. ' Inflation, unemployment and the health of thé Ontario economy were the major concerns expressed by Mr. Davis, and he said he would like tohave the House back in ~ y Expect park op position Coun. Don Frew comment- ed on the admittal charge aspect of the park. 'How (continued on page 3) flames when fire trucks arrived. No one was hurt in the blaze. . No sooner had firemen returned to Port Perry when asecond alarm was called in. This time it was a tree house in some bush behind Cawker's Slaughter House, west of Flamingo Pastries. Cause of the fire was not known. ° : While extinguishing the treehouse fire, a third alarm was called in, and a truck was dispatched t&8cugog Island where firemen put out a car fire. The car, owned by Elmer Brown of the Island, was completely destroyed, according to Chief Cook. Drew said inflation has driv- en the operation costs way up, this year's profits may well' show a good increase in net profit. - Money raised. through the event will be applied as part of the Chamber's $10,000 commitment to the new arena and other community' work such as the annual Santa Claus parade. Particularly successful were the dances held over the weekend. Mr. Drew re- ports sell-out crowds. "We 18 election session by October 21 to deal with the problem. i Opposition parties will attempt to end 32 years of Progressive Conservative - government in the province on September 18. "We would be less than realistic if we didn't consider ourselves the underdog," said Liberal Leader Robert (continued on page 2) had to start turning them - away at the doors by 9:30," said Mr. Drew. He said the Saturday night dance in 'the arena with Little Ceaser and . the Consuls was a smashing success. He's already had requests to bring back the. group next year. The Friday night graffiti dance proved equally suc- cessful. As in past years St. Charles (saloon) was one of the most popular places around. Mr. Drew said business was "booming". All but 24 cases of the over 300 in stock were used to quench the thirst of parched patrons. Mr. Drew said, however, that in general, crowds were not as big as in past years. He said that the trend seems to be reflected all over the province in general. He said - cottage and tourist areas in other communities are ex- periencing the same trend. A promising success this year was the Scugog Super- (continued on page 17) What's this? Has the long hot summer and Scugog township's recent controversies finally erupted into revolution? For more information on this unique Scugog occurance, see page 6). ed ERR, SRE SVE 3 ai 2 Rd) "a Yt . hes