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PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, March 12, 1980 -- 5 @ i 5: i S f ogo ih: . ueen Jt. petition gL, [ i not very timely 2 1h Attention Editor pedestrians, particularly i ® Re: Queen Street Recon- children and is a hazard to LS struction. all drivers backing out of ier With some deep concern parking spaces with their 0 and amazement we read the view restricted by other AR petition presented to us by a parked cars, trucks and ay few Queen Street merchants vans. : et seeking our support this past ~~ There will be a loss of 13 a week. The main theme of parking spaces. However, Er e their petition to Township one alternate proposal by the ER council and the Minister of petitioners, suggests the Ore Transportation and Com- elimination of parallel park- 3 munications is the retention ing on the south side of VR of angle parking on the north Queen Street. With a little fh side of Queen STreet. home work, one realizes 2S The petitioners say the there would be a loss of 18 Fo it plans have been finalized spaces there. Surely we don't VB 0 George Crandell's last ship was known as the water line at Lindsay on October 22, 1908. Photo without consideration to the wish to impose this on our 1 Crandella and was built in 1891. It's name was above shows the Crandella at Washburn's Is- convenience and character fellow merchants across the ER ! later changed to the Kenosha and burned to the land. [Courtesy of Scugog Shores Museum] of angle parking, acknow- street. ibs { ledge some safety problems One final note, the present , due to minimum street plans provide for resurfac- Oo 60 YEARS AGO as teacher of the third book in the Public School to take width and quote the loss of 13 ing the municipally owned far . Thursday, March 11, 1920 the place of Mrs. Fralick, the present teacher. parking spaces. parking lot behind the Post Me Last Friday evening friends and neighbours ga- Mr. Wm. Bickle intends leaving for the West on Some of the more pertinent Office, a little improvemént i Ae thered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Woolridge, Saturday. facts are that council has which will help greatly. Ee Seagrave, and presented them with an address and a given every consideration to Unnecessary delays are eS t chair, and wished them many happy years in their new 35 YEARS AGO angle parking in consultation costly. We urge council to S & | home at Little Britain. Thursday, March 15, 1945 with consulting engineers, complete the project as plan- PRS | Evidently Reach and Scugog Townships are anxi- Mrs. H.L. Richardson of Portage La Prairie, Man., the ministry and Durham ned, improving driving and : Gite - ous to secure Hydro-Electric power. And small wonder. and Mr. and Mrs. R. Peckham of Port Credit, were in Regional Police. There have walking conditions, overall i 5 | ¢ When a farmer can secure enough power to grind grain, Myrtle last Tuesday, calling on Miss Helen Richardson. been three public meetings safety, and appearance. wi ! cut feed, or wood, pump water, light house and barn, Mr. Frank Dowson, Betty, Art and Glen were on the subject open to all These features will attract Hea ) and perform much other farm work and house work for Sunday visitors of his son Joe and Mrs. Dowson, Scugog. merchants, dating back to people to the downtown area, ad) | about $10. per month, many of them will have made a Several from Greenbank attended the Nugent sale June 13, 1979. This petition and benefit merchants and fs | great stride toward solving the labour problem on the in Brock last Friday. doesn't seem particularly citizens alike. Ri | farm. Miss Dorothy Williams attended a conference of the hey parking iohibits | Mel ours Very Truly i i ary Catherine and Nelso 8 ° Miss M. Leonard of Warkworth has been engaged (Turn to page 6) traffic flow, is dangerous for d Patterson . chotterbox ....... ANOTHER ELECTION COMING? Now that the federal election is out of the way, there is speculation that Ontario voters may be going to the polls this year. - Premier Bill Davis didn't exactly fall all over himself to help Joe Clark's cause. In fact, Mr. Davis and members of the Cabinet made some pretty strong statements over federal Conservative this time, but speculation is part of the attraction and enjoyment of politics. Through their work in education and municipal politics, both Mrs. Christie and councillor Rose appear to have made | [2 The last provincial election was in the summer of 1977, energy policies. Voters in this province are not likely to all the "right moves" for anyone who has aspirations to sit j but there are a few indications that this will be the year. forget how Davis and Cabinet reacted to the 18 cent excise in the provincial legislature. oo | One is always hearing lots of rumours from people who tax on gasoline, for example. ~I'quite frankly would be very surprised if one of them are supposed to have an inside track on such things. But the And one should not forget that leaders Dr. Stuart Smith did not seek the nomination in this riding. Or maybe even { most telling indication for me, anyway, was a little package of the Liberals and Michael Cassidy of the NDP have not both of 'them. Wouldn't that make for an interesting : that arrived by mail last week addressed to the editor of the been without their share of problems in the past couple of nomination meeting? | Port Perry Star. years. But here is one final little tid-bit of political speculation ! The package was from the office of the premier of this From what I can see, neither Smith or Cassidy have which I have heard mentioned more than once in recent ; * province (that's Bill Davis, if you've been out of the country performed with brilliance in an opposition role, and weeks. oo Ab 1 for the past decade or so) and inside was a complete whatever lustre they may have had on their political stars Keith Norton, the present minister of community and a ha ] political and personal biography in French and English of is fading, or never really materialized. social services, may vacate his Kingston riding, and take a Ae i all 25 members of the Conservative Cabinet. Included with If we run into a political election this year (and don't shot at York-Durham. He was born in Claremont, and his ML the biogs was a nice black and white mug shot of each bet against it) the riding of Durham-York may prove to be family apparently still has a farm in that area. 4 o cabinet minister, just the right size for reproduction in a an interesting one to watch. Impossible, you say? Maybe. But stranger things have Ti newspaper column. The present MPP Bill Newman has given up his happened in politics. And there are some pretty good signs ; 4 Now, one does not have to be a genius to figure out that Cabinet post because of health problems, and the chances of on the wall that this is an election year in Ontario. 4: this press package was sent out to every French and him contesting another election are remote, to say the least. BS x English newspaper in the province. The reason being that if This leads to the obvious question of who will go after LHL an election is called, newspaper files will contain the most the Conservative nomination in this riding. 2 up to date info and photos of the Cabinet Ministers. _ T'hear (again from people who usually know about these ] | "In other words, the Conservative Party is already things) that Scugog's Regional councillor Reg Rose is ( ort e (r st ) starting to get the wheels of the election machine in motion. considering a A5it at the nomination. And the name Yvonne -) [of Y Qf ; ' After all, it's not every year, that small-town I'S across ristie has Nn mentioned as well. 3 bE ol a nice formation wl Eo of the Neither has made any public statement, of course, but Company Limited id 3 / office of the premier. both have long-standing and solid connections with the J. PETER HVIDSTEN i There was another small indicator not too long ago, that Conservative Party, and both have maintained rather high Publisher io ! might lead one to believe that something is in the winds for ~~ Profiles in recent years. Advertising Manager RON this year. Councillor Rose, is a member of Scugog and Durham 2B. MCCLELLAND WHY The minister of agriculture announced last month that councils (he got in by acclamation last election). During Editor 1 Py there would be additional funds this year for municipalities his time on Regional council, he served as chairman of the } j to clear up the back-log of their tile drain projects for Social Services Committee, a "big-budget" regional de- c Member of the oo : A farmers. Scugog's share amounted to something like ~~ Partment. And he is presently chairman of the planning bie Ontario Weekly Newsman Asoc tain Aa $60,000, and across the province, this announcement no committee. Both positions can be termed politically Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry LS doubt brought a smile to the face of many farmers. "sensitive." Star Co. Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario ib. 3 And I heard just last week from a usually reliable Mrs. Christie has been a Durham Board of Education --_-- 1 source who keeps his ear close to the political ground that trustee from Scugog for eight years, and for four years, Or oy aT oar gsr Ae September 23 is the date for the election. Pure speculation? ~~ served as chairman of the Board. in cash NS | © Mark it down on your calendar, and we'll wait and see She decided not to seek a fifth term as chairman when 3% fA : whether that is fact or fiction. the Board elections were held last December. Four years Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 : ! From a political point of view, it would seem to be to the as chairman of a Board of Education which has an annual Subseriyiion Rfez in Carrie SUpHE VEO? Sop : advantage of the Conservatives to have an election this budget in excess of $80 million is high profile indeed and not Elsewhere: $18.00 per year Single Copy: 25° | gp us year. After all, Ontario voters just recently threw their a bad stone from which to step into other political arenas. a electoral support pretty much behind the federal Liberals. Now all of this is just pure speculation on my part at WB Rd v RE I UTR Fo AN