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Last weeks mild temperatures and rain have made Lake Scugog a Vol. 113 No. 8 24 Pages Wednesday, January 3,1979 Scugog merchants report ~ Christmas season sales up J . 5 spending during the Christ- consumer may have been several merchants noticed man contacted, who declined | pans : mas period in Port Perry shopping a little more selec- was a dramatic take-off in to allow his name to be used, Elizabeth Fulford was hired as district co-ordinator for was brisk, and most tively during this Christmas sales in the four days just said his business was off this Scugog Community Care Organization. merchants contacted said season, almost all agreed before Christmas, and this December as compared to 'Yvonne Christie and Gordon Goode returned to Durham they are satisfied with their that there appeared to be no was attributed by some to the year before, and sug- | Board of Education. ( retail sales figures for the shortage of money, and a lot the unseasonably mild gested this was probably due Scugog Township council agreed to purchase a'new , month of December. of people were paying cash operative es Rs te, Sinst 1 Bis Sbsjors oxppnsion of two-way radio system for the Roads Department at a cost ® ® ® "People weren't really in ~~ Another said that while A cottage on Fralick's Beach owned by John Booth, the mood for Christmas generally satisfied with Jp. was completely destroyed, causing an estimated 4 eo r (0 ] | e shopping," said one business December sales, they could damage of $40,000. man. Another suggested be improved next year of all that the mild temperatures businesses in Port Perry As of January 1, 1979, the 18th birthday during 1978 allowed people to drive to would agree to stay open late FEBRUARY legal drinking age in Ontari when the legal age was 18, Oshawa and elsewhere for during the two weeks before . i , ® g agein ario g g , g , went up from 18 to 19 years. will still be able to buy beer their shopping during that ~ Christmas in an effort to j Daring the Lop Ti gs . of oss Sei Boe While the annoudcement and liquor, and this includes period. provide shoppers with the in Livin did WS before it was over. the vicious was made to increase the someone who may have While most merchants widest possible selection. Bang | ad had caused death. injury. massive age several months ago, turned 18 on December 31, contacted said they were a In the more expensive property damag y power failures and a hug " Jury, ¢ jam on January 1 was selected as 1978. little apprehensive about the price 'range of Christmas yt the date for implementation. But someone born just a Christmas season because of gifts, both Chick Carnegie of oshawa Road that involved more than 400 abandoned 8 However, there will be day later, who reached their the supposedly depressed Homestead Furniture and ; a some 18-year olds still able to . 18th birthday on January 1, economic picture in Canada, Howard Hall of House of eppnam Region wins changes 10 profiel ik) federa) legally purchase beer and 1979 will have to wait another any fears they may have had Howard Furniture said that i al wo 12 pease they receive liquor in 1979, ] . year before they can legally ultimately proved to be colour Ty sets were 8 The establishment of a Business Improvement Area for Anyone who reached their buy or consume any spirits. unfounded as 1978 cametoan popular item in December. \ A Mr. Carnegie, who said he | a section of downtown Port Perry merchants took an initial . ® ° was "satisfied" with Decem- | Step forward when more than a hundred merchants, ' business people and local politicians jammed into Port 1 - aw . J Car crash inj ures wom an lang day he Tavern and voted almost unanimously to set the wheels in sold well. Mr. Hall said that [motion for a BIA in this community. A Finlayson Township A spokesman for the not injured. in addition to the colour Three young Oshawa men were charged by police in woman was taken to Scar- Whitby detachment of the Three passéngers in the TV's, fast moving items |connection witha break-in at the Brewers' Retail outlet in borough. General Hospital OPP said the Tschesnokow Tschesnokow vehicle sus- inclu od Paving overs Port Perry. with serious head injuries vehicle was westboundon 7A tained minor cuts and include foungers and. dish Scugog Township council approved a 1978 roads con- following a \{wo-vehicle about3:30 pm. when ithita bruises as a result of the dshers. all ger: he i struction and maintenance budget totalling $961,000. 5% accident Saturday aft atch of ice, went out of mishap. washers, all in the $200 to Ti . » @ 2ccident Saturday afternoon Pp , ; $700 price range Elementary and high school teachers across Durham & . on Highway. 7A about two control and struck the right Police estimate that Bill Barr of Stedmans told | Region are upset over recent Board of Education policy i miles east of Port Perry. front bumper of the Stiver damage to the two vehicles the Star that his December | Which in effect would limit the hiring of new teachers to 0" Mrs. Edith Stiver was a vehicle. could run as high as $10,000. OC increases were up | those with one year teaching experience or less. Represen- passenger in a 1975 Blazer Five year old Ronald No charges have been laid. considerably over the same [tatives held a press conference in Ajax to air their Iriving by her husband Stiver sustained a broken The Stiver family is from period last year, and the saje | concerns and to seek public support in their efforts to have Robert, which struck a half- arm and cuts and bruises Dwight, Ontario in Algon- of al) love was ood He polic modified. 'on truck driven by 50 year and was treated at Port quin Park, where Mr. Stiver ys was good. @ Old Illia Tschesnokow of Perry Hospital. Twelve- works as a conservation (Turn to page 3) (Turn to page 9) A sample survey by the Star indicates that consumer l'oronto. While most business people contacted said the year old Yvonne Stiver was rather than buying on credit. A second trend that officer. : end. However, one business- | A Look JANUARY A series of break-ins occured during the first weekend of °1978. "OPP reported nothing stolen but a great deal of damage, particularly to the Comco plant was done. Other "break-ins were at Odd Fellows Lodge and Scugog Lumber Co. A fire totally destroyed the barn owned by Joseph Janowski, R.R. 2 Port Perry, and killed over 40 head of cattle, causing an estimated damage of about $70,000. Other animals destroyed were four pigs, two horses and 40 IRN TYR IC \ v -- "rid - " (Darian pa ~F ay NL Ts - ne