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em ny HE HOR To itt io Miss Margaret Johns (left) who has vol- unteered to assist in the teaching of the oEntidren at the school for. retarded, and Six Pupils Attend School Opening Members of Scugog Town- ship Retarded Children's , Authority have accomplished * what they set out to do. It took a great deal of plan- ning and hard work, and at one stage it did not seem to be possible-to-meet the dead- line of March 25th for the , opening of the: school. On Monday morning the teacher and the first six pu- pils were present when the - school started in the Sun- day School rooms of St. John's Presbyterian Church ¢ in Port Perry. This accom- modation, however, is only temporary until the Head School on Scugog Island, de- oe signated to house the child- ren; is ready for occupancy, 'in a couple of weeks. Present at the opening were the. teacher, Mrs. Eli- zabeth Fowler, Oshawa, who is a registered nurse, and has considerable experience in_the. field of retardation. Miss Margaret Johns, R.R. 4, Port Perry, retired teacher for the mentally retarded, Mrs. Elizabeth Fowler, the first permanent teacher at the school. -and- a- member -of -the -Auth- 'man of Scugog Township Re- =. Staff Photo who has volunteered to assist when it is necessary. Mrs. M. B. Dymond, president of Central Seven Association for the Mentally Retarded, ority. Arnold Roach, chair- tarded Children's Authority. "Old Barn Destroyed 1 .By Fire The local Firemen, after having a very busy week, were again called out last Thursday evening, to a barn fire. The department re- ceived the call about 10.30} » am. to the home of Mr. Goulding, just south of Port Perry on the Oshawa Road, where an old barn was on fire. been used for some time was * completely engulfed in flam- es when the firemen arrived, and~lit up the whole sky, which could be seen for miles. Mr. Goulding, owner of Je property was not at home at the time the fire broke out, but arrived short- ly after the firemen were on the scene. No estimate of damage was available at the time of pub- » lication. * The barn, "which bad not Mrs, Lillian Forder Was 95 Sat., Mar. 23 A grand old lady of this community, Mrs. Elizabeth Jane (Lillian) Forder cele- brated her 95th birthday on Saturday, March 23. Mrs. Forder who was born and lived most of her life in Cartwright Township now makes her home with Mrs: Gwen King on Rosa Street. She was born on March 23 1873 to Mr. and Mrs." Henry Bollon on 'their Cartwright Township farm. At the age of 20 she married the late Samuel McLaughlin, and they continued to reside and farm in the Township until his death in 1933, after -40 years of married life. | from Sweetman's -| $55,549.65 to {-interest-charges.---- | terfat. In 1936 she married Jo- * (Continued on Page 17) Volume 103 PORT PERRY, ONT, THURSDAY, MAR. 28th, 1968 Number 24 Mill Rates ot To An- All Time High Stolen Goods Recovered Some time in January a number of items were stolen Service Station, and at the time no trace of thieves or stolen goods was found. However, a few days ago most of it was discovered in a ditch in the north end of town. It appears everything was dumped and covered by snow, and the recent warm weather melted the snow and uncovered the goods. According to O.P.P. in Whitby the case is still under investigation. County Approves Hospital Grants Grants to the hospitals at Ajax, Uxbridge, Whitby and Port Perry were approved last week by the Ont. County Council. The payment of $191,400 to the Ajax and Pickering General Hospital and $60,- to the Uxbridge Cottage Hos- pital against the county's commitment towards the cost of construction and equip- ment were approved. The 1968 instalment of de- bentures issued by local mu- ies "for hospital grants were as follows: Ux- bridge Town, $3,360; Port Perry, $2,177; Scott Town- ship, $1,355. 50; Uxbridge Township, $1,642.50. During the last three yrs. the two mill rate for hospi- tal grants raised $83,549.65 in excess--of the commit- ments for those years. It was decided to distribute the Whitby General Hospital and $28,000 to the Port Perry Commun- ity Hospital, against the county's 1973 commitments, to enable the hospitals to save more than $29,000 in Area Holstein Cow Has Fine Record A purebred Holstein cow in the herd of Smith Bros., Port Perry, Ontario has re- cently completed a fine re- "cord of performance produc: tion test. As an eight-year- old in 305 days on twice-a- day milking, Leigh Pabst produced 19,257 lbs. milk containing 836 lbs. fat, average test 4.349% but- This record has a Breed Class Average of 1629, for milk and 1919, for fat. Hospital Report Week Ending March 23rd Admissions .... 17 Operations... 9 Emergency Treatments 17 Births ....... correnrernens 1 1 Deaths... .... 1 Discharges .. 19 Remaining 20 Visiting Hours--2 to 8 p.m. High Point]. Residential Rate Up 11 Mills Commercial Rate Up 14 Mills In spite of a reduction of almost $11,000 in the origin- al Port Perry Public School requisition for 1968, from $89,098.00 to - $78,161.00 the mill- rate will be up to a marked degree in Port Perry from 1967. As in the previous years, the cause of the increase is due to higher education costs, and again this depart- ment will take the largest share of the tax dollar, about 649. General Dept. .... $ 71,802.58 County Levy $ 67,487.79 Public School .... $ 78,219.00 High School $130,336.28 Commercial .. Residential .. At the council mee}ing on Tuesday night, Mr. Len' F. Pitura, Ontario Water Re- sources Commisison was pre- The council, in order to keep the mill rate increase to a bare minimum, managed to reduce the mill rate for General Purposes from 30.33 in 1967 to 25.16 for 1968 (commercial) and from 27.28 '| mills to 20.59 mills (residen- tial). Mill rate for County levy is up from 19.00 to 20.24 in both categories. Below is a breakdown on how the tax money will be spent: Com. 1968 Res. 1968 Mill Rate Mill Rate 25.16 © 20.59 20.24 20.24 25.48 22.93 42.46 38.22 113.37 1102.00 T1967 1968 99.02 113.37 91.00 102.00 likely have men and equip- ment tearing the streets apart REMINDER TO ICE FISHERMEN sent to discuss the Agree- ment and -By-Laws- forthe long awaited sewage con- struction in Port Perry. No definite time has been set for the start, but in the not too distant future, residents will Remember that under Ont- ario Regulation 13-65, March 31st is the deadline date for removing fish huts from fhe ice of any waters in the Lake Simcoe District. New Pastor For Baptist Church The Port Perry Baptist Church served by week-end or student pastors for many years has engaged a full time pastor for its congregation. Mr. Allen Hern was officially . welcomed here on March 8, and is now in charge of the church. Following High School graduation, Mr. Hern farmed for three years before turning to teaching pro- fession. Baptist Seminary for three years. and the couple now reside in After five years of teaching he attended Central Mr. Hern is married Toronto, but intend to move Maternily Hours 3 to 8 p.m. to Port } Parry in the near future, SPS SEE ay a ---- wd A Ba a " - ~~ 2 es Shed eh RS RP a hon Sl CEE So