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a Speakers Praise Port Perry, Residents CROWDS ...CROWDS...MORE_ CROWDS SECOND SECTION Wednesday, June 16, 1971-17 7 Continued from page 1 This letter was accomp And so, Mr. Chairman, with | , nied by one of his own to these brief remarks and as we| ine Village, properly framed look back on the paSt with | .ide by side and attached to a fondness and perhaps regret/}ox with a glass lid contain-| for the good old days, let us ing a Canadian flag, presented mot forget to look forward! +. Reeve Robert Kenny as a to the future which I am gift to the people of Port sure holds much promise for Perry Port Perry and it's citizens. 4 Cafik told the crowd In closing t would be T@| he got the idea one day walk- miss in my duties if I did not, ing up Parliament Hill while on behalf of the village thank | t,o Canadian flag, flying over the Centennial Committee and | iy. buildings was lowered. He others who have wholeheart- requested the flag, had the edly and unstintedly given) 5. made for the presentation their time and effort to make | at the official opening of Port this occasion a huge success. Perry Centennial. S Rant you. Mr, Caffk also read his The next speaker was Mr./ wn letter addressed to the Norm Cafik, M.P. who fol-| Vintage, which read in part lowing a few introductory|«~, commemorate this im- remarks read the following | portant occasion and as a letter be received from Prime |small token of my esteem for Minister Pierre Trudeau Port Perry and its good peo- Dear Norm | ple, I take this opportunity of presenting to the Village a am pleased that yOu/ very special Canadian flag have offered to carry my| This flag is unique and finds greetings to the citizens of| its meaning in the fact it re cently flew over Parliament an Mill. This flag should serve Centennial Day. not only as a symbol of this To a community with! great country, but also of the a geat deal of spirit and| highest democratic institut a deep sense of pride, })iom, Parliament itself A long time resident and ardent booster of Zort Perry, and warm wishes on this! ry Mathew B. Dymond, MPP important occasion. May! for Ontario Riding said, "Now Port Perry enjoy another|I like to feel that after some century of progress and! thirty years, | am «a citizen of lishment." | this wonderful community." He extended congratulations New Airport Could Cost | Ontario One Billion Dollars) A decision on the location | site until cost-sharing has| of a second Toronto Internat} been resolved. | ional Airport will have to be Darcey McKeough, provin | made, before meaningful talks | cial treasurer, strongly argues | om cost sharing can begin) this point at a closed Met-| according to Federal Trans-| ropolitan Toronto-provincial port Minister Donald Jamie-| meeting in May, according to son Pickering Township Reeve| Mr Jamieson told the| John Williams. i He of OC . House of Commons that Ont Reeve Will told the 4¢ ft yee 'ane stan "9 ps p= Oshawa Times that Mr. Mc te id | Keough had said an airport f ede vernment ore wal go » bef - } at any one of the four sites accurate estimate of costs can | would cost the provincial be made i | men b Cin cies ett te had | form" t about $1 ition | in roads, water, sewers, and | siready made thie point in} discussions with Queen's Park, are tenets | but planned to reinforce it at | The reeve quoted the) « meeting to be held with| municipal affairs minister as Ontario Transport Minister | saying the province could not Charles MacNaughton proceed with such expendi Premier William Devise said | tures, until Ottewa indicated 'ast Thureday hia government | what cost sharing arrange will refuse to agree upon a' ments would be made Port Perry, Ontario on offer my congratulations| to the local Chamber of Com- merce for taking the initiative to the celebrations and praised the Centennial Committee, organizations and individuals for the fine efforts and _tre- amendous amount of work all had extended in order to make this a occasion to remember. Dr. Dymond read a mes- sage from Premier William Davis where he says in part he is delighted to extend greetings and good wishes from fellow Ontarions. (The complete text of thie letter. is printed. on Page 31.in the Port Perry Star Centen- nial Edition.) Continued on page 18 - Q a J Two top. pictures show crowds during fiddlers contest _B#low a section of the crowd during opening ceremonies, and the bottom picture shows the crowd following the parade 4