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TE NL IN QIN | Serving 'Scugog Township Wednesday, December 3, 1975 20° Vol. 110 No. 4 Could loose 300 jobs 36 Pages No sewer....no industry Servicing _ problems may mean the loss of some 300 potential jobs in the area. Lipman Brothers Ltd. pres- ident,. Mervyn Levinter, --scheduled - to- phase out "his Toronto silver-plating fac- tory by no later than Decem- ber 15, 1976, wants to re- locate' the operation in Scu- gog Township, on a .two-acre site 'located 'immediately south of the K..R. Coulter plant. j Levinter wants to construct the 50,000 square-foot fac- - tory, however, only if water Santa here Saturday Like the song goes; kids, you better be good. Santa's comin' to town in just a couple of days!! He's scheduled to touch down his reindeer here at 2 - p.m., then take part in a ~wave or-two from-Santa did parade that starts at the Port Perry High School, pro- ceed down Queen Street to Palmer Park. i" There will be candies, a his helpers, and for those kids who want to bend Santa's ear, the Bearded One will be available at the Latcham Centre for some serious talk about stockings 'n gifts. It will be the first time Santa has held counsel at the Centre, mainly because of past crowd control prob- lems. If Santa is the main attract- (continued on page 13) and sewer services to the factory site is provided by June 1976. The site has water services passing the property on "Ontario Street, but Scugog's nearest sewage line is about three-quarters of a mile north of the land. A regional works report estimated it .. would: cost about $870.00. to connect both services to the site. Describing his operations to members of the Friday meeting consisting of Scu- gog Council, Dr. Matthew Dymond, regional industrial representative Jack Rich- ards, developers Charles Santos and Graham Kidlark, he said the industry did not provide any extra sewer or -water problem, and does not -require any special sewage treatment for its effluent. The firm would start off by hiring about 100 people in the community for the oper- ation here, a figure that Mr. Levinter hoped would grow to around '300 over the next three or 'four years as the business grew. . Owner of the industrial park where the two-acre lot Ld . Accident APort Perry youth, listed in serious condition, was transferred from Port Perry Community Memorial Hosp- ital to St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto with suspected head injuries he suffered in a two-car collision Saturday evening at the intersection of Queen and Lilla Street. Kenneth DeJong, 15, a pas- "(continued on page 35) . 'Memorial' honours 'nation's war dead | There was some question about what the "Memorial" in Port Perry Community Memorial Recreation Centre stood for at last week's meeting of Scugog Township Council. In a story appearing in the Port Perry Star, Thursday, January 18, 1951, the then Ontario Premier, Leslie Frost makes it abundantly clear. "We dedicate this Com- munity Centre to the men who served, suffered and died to maintain our way of life, in two world wars," the late premier told the crowd in attendance at the opening ceremonies on Wednesday of the previous week. "It is hard to express one's feel- ings, but I feel we are encompassed about by a great company of wit- nesses,"' continued the premier. "Those men whom we are honouring tonight by dedicating this beautiful building to them. All we can do is to live so as to make this Canada for which they died worthy of them, by re-dedicating ourselves to uphold those principals for which they gave their lives." Scugog Township decided at the last meeting to invest- igate the origin of the "memorial" name. Need for the clarification arose when the OMB requested that and other information before construction approv- al could be given. is located, Charles Santos blamed the region for mov- ing too slowly in approving and providing the services. A meeting will be set up in. . the near future to discuss the possibility of speeding approval and construction with Mr. Santos, Mr. Levin- ter and Mr. Richards. A quick solution to the problem of servicing was dashed at the meeting when Mr. Levinter stated he had a financial interest in the two acres of land. Council had earlier suggested that the problem could be solved by simple relocating the fac- tory to a more suitable site. Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm sees only two alter- project to go ahead. Either developers get together with neighbouring subdividers to arrange servicing costs on a cost-sharing basis, or devel- opers put in their own line along Ontario Street to Scugog. Mayor Malcolm is still optimistic, and describes the industry as relatively clean and "a good thing for the community"'. osition ends in frustration, say residents Although residents are still opposed to a Durham Region plan to widen Lilla Street, 'sheer frustration" leading from past '"'run- arounds" has resulted in a 'to hell with it" attitude. That seems to be the general, concensus of some of the concerned citizens who were vocally opposed to the widening. project when the project was initally announced. The comments came fol- lowing last week's announ- cement that the Region ~ would set up a public natives that will .allow -the --- information centre to inform interested Port Perry resid- ents of the details of the project. The letter, before council last Monday, informed Scu- gog Council that the Region's works committee has decided to uphold an earlier decision made on October 16 to improve exist- ing Lilla Street to a 32-foot cross-section comprising of two 11-foot through-lanes and a 10-foot parking lane on the east side. Residents are still opposed to the project today, al- though most will tell you they've all but given up any effort to get the region to reconsider the project. "Just what can you do," said Gary Carter, who lives on the corner of McDonald and Lilla Street, "They're going to go ahead with it anyway, no matter what we | say." Mr. Carter considers any such widening more than a nuisance, and claims to have seen more severe re- sults of the project. He's been trying to sell my house for a year now, mainly because of the planned widening. He hasn't been able to sell it, and blames the planned project for his inability to sell. 'People hear about it," he said. *"'And they back off. I can't sell it for money." He's taken his house off the market, and now faces "bringing up my kids with a four-lane highway in front of my house," as he put it earlier this year. "Sure, I'm opposed to it, but what can you do?" he said. "It's supposedly for the greater good of the people of the region." "And" with" that "in mind, thinks Mr. Carter, the local aren't even considered. Bev Muir, another concern- ed citizen, thinks the defeat- ist attitude resulting from past frustrations may have been what the Region was counting on. She said people genuinely concerned about the project and demanded further information have been getting two versions... (continued on page 16) d No Violence In This Hockey If you're in the mood for a good 1augh, drop into the local arena some Saturday about noon. First year '"'tykes', the youngest of the organized hockey teams in Port Perry, take to the ice. These children will be the "'stars" of tomorrow and will give you a complete hour of enjoyment Above, two of the tykes have developed a bit of a problem. Where did the third stick. come from? More Photos on page 29