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Farm on Scugog Island. The following information was released Tuesday by the Ontario County Board of Education in the form of a letter to "parents of pupils in Greenbank and Epsom Pub- lic Schools." It was signed by Mr. Howard Hempstead, Programme Superintendent for Area 4, . Ithas come to our attention that parents in Reach Township are concerned about rumoured changes in school boundaries and the possibility of the closing of some public schools. This is written to ensure that all parents are fully aware of current developments and plans for September, 1972. Since the formation of the County Board of Education, continuing - studies "of the pupil population and ac commodation requirements have been carried out by the principals and senior OPP Report For the week of April 10-16, the Whitby Detachment of the OPP reports a total of 19 motor vehicle collisions, causing $11,500 damage. There were three persons injured in these mishaps, but no fatalities. ? During the same week, the OPP investigated a total of 99 general occurences including 13 liquor offences, 2 thefts, 3 break andenters, 3assavlts, 3 driving complaints, and 2 cases of malicious damage. The Whitby Detachment of the OPP patrol the southern half of Ontario County with the exception of those mun-' " icipalities with their own police forces. Hmmm, those pancakes and ma two-year old Doug Arculus who along with his Port Perry recently attended the Ma : officials. During the past .year in particular, studies have been made of the declining enrolment result- ing from a reduced birth rate and the withdrawal by the Victoria County Board of Education of the pupils residing in the Seagrave area to the newly built Mariposa Central School in Victoria County. Plans made for senior public school programmes for Grade 7 and 8 pupils in Uxbridge and Port Perry, are now coming to fruition with new buildings ready for September. It has been our goal to be able to cease using portable accommodation and the older schools for regular primary and junior educa- tion. With the expected enrolment in kindergarten to Grade 6, we will be able to accomplish this goal at Greenbank and Epsom this September. We expect to have four classes at Epsom and four classes and kinder- garten at Greenbank, this September. 1t has been possible to plan 'two improvements in boundaries for September. Pupils in the north-west portion of the township, west of Marsh Hill Road, who presently attend Greenbank Public School, will be per- fd HOSPITAL REPORT Week Ending April 13 Admissions .............. 38 Births ©... abun 2 Deaths .................. Nil Emergencies ............ 87 Operations .............. 14 Discharges-.............. 26 Remaining .............. 47 ple syrup are sure good. Digging in is parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Arculus of ple Sugar Festival at the Everett Prentice Lyi SAI slave Cty. Education Board outines policy mitted to attend Uxbridge Public School, since pupils in this area attend high school in Uxbridge. In the Epsom area near or on the town line with Uxbridge Township, we have had = several requests to attend Uxbridge Public School. We will be able to grant these requests for the coming September. Inboth cases above, letters will be sent by the principals, in the near future, to the parents concerned, and op- portunities for discussion will be provided. In. summary, therefore, there will be very little change in the school bound- aries for the coming year. There will be the shifts of Grade 7 and 8 pupils to the senior school programmes in Uxbridge and Port Perry. There will be the two minor boundary changes outlined above. Both Epsom Public School and Greenbank Public School will continue to serve reduced numbers of pupils in their available classrooms. Prices up Prices went up in Ontario liquor stores Monday. The increases announced in last month's provincial budget, range from 10 to 35 cents on hard liquor. Beer goes up by 35 cents on a 24 - bottle case and 20 cents for 12 bottles. A bottle of Canadian wine costing less than $2 is increased by 15 cents and more expensive Canadian wines are up by 20 cents. Imported wines cost between 10 and 15 cents more a bottle. Volume 106 -- Port Perry, Ontario, Wednesday, April 19, 1972 -- No. 26 Local councils to hold amalgamation meeting In what is described as "strictly an exploratory - meeting," council members from the municipalities of Port Perry, Reach and Scugog will get together on April 25 to discuss the possibilities of amalgama- tion into one municipality. The April 25 meeting has been called as a result of a suggestion made by a County Council warden's advisory committee on April 11, which calls for the possible restruc- turing of Ontario County into six almalgamated munici- palities. These six would be made up of Port Perry, Reach and Scugog; Mara and Rama; Beaverton, Canning- .ton, Brock . and Thorah; Whitby and East Whitby; Scott Twp, 'Uxbridge Twp, and Uxbridge town; and Ajax, Pickering Twp, and Pickering Village. The possibility of amal- gamation of the three municipalities is not a new issue, and the general con- census among some mem- bers of the local councils is -that with regional govern- ment for Ontario County now almost an inevitability, the formation of one government 50 entries in contest Response to the Port Perry star "Hometown Newspaper Contest" has been simply fantastic. By the time the deadline expired last Sat- urday the STAR had received almost fifty entries. And now, we have the most difficult task of selecting the one we feel best expresses what a hometown newspaper means to the reader. As in any contest or competition, there can unfortunately be only one winner, although it would make our job a lot easier if we could simply declare all the entries a winner. This can't be done of course. We will be selecting the winning entry soon, and this will be printed in its entirety in next week's issue of the STAR. We will then forward the entry to the national contest of the Can- adian. Weekly Newspapers Association. The STAR would like to sincerely thank all our readers who took the time to sit down, put their thoughts on paper, and submit an entry to the contest. Many were complimentary, and these gave us some gratifi- cation. Others offered con- structive criticism, and the suggestions will be con- sidered. Complimentary or critical, the STAR appre- ciated receiving each and every entry. Again, to our readers, we say thanks. Look for the winning entry in next week's paper. for Port Perry, Reach and Scugog will be a matter of course, As far back as 1969, Reach Council passed a motion indicating that the three municipalities would amal- RCMP make drug arrest Charges are pending foll- owing a raid last Wednesday afternoon by RCMP drug squad officers on a private residence in Reach Town- ship. A spokesman for the Whitby OPP said four RCMP officers and an officer from the OPP took part in the raid. Asearchof the residence was made and a quantity of what police believe to be hashish was seized, the spokesman -said. Names of the persons involved have ~ not-- been released by police. The address of the house was givenasRR No. 4, Port Perry. "The spokesman for the Whitby OPP said the RCMP has made "'several" arrests involving illegal drugs in the Port Perry area during the last year. Last week, members of the RCMP drug squad also carried out raids on two private homes in Whitby, and dtug charges involving amphetamines and Cannabis are being made. Mr. servicing and welding at Port Perry High 'School looks over an MG automobile with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gardiner of Asburn during parents night at school last Wednesday. (story on page 5). Mike McGill SOY SAS SRSA Sees CARER LT hamate should an Ontario County region be formed. Commenting on the April 25 meeting, Reach Deputy- reeve Mrs. Lucille Gray said it is a "foregone conclusi that amalgamation will place someday, but n rushed into overnig Gray said amglgamation would require that several things be ironed out such as water and sewer service upkeep, and road main- tenance. Scugog Reeve Cecil Fra- lick called the April 25 meeting"exploratory," but added that with "the on- slaught of regional govern- ment it is in the best interests of the three municipalities to look into amalgamation." Mr. Fralick said his con- cernwould lie with whether a municipality would end up getting less service than it has already. He also men- tioned whether there would be one. zoning by-law, or exceptions for the urban and rural areas that would be a part of the one municipality should amalgamation take place. Scugog Township also has a motion on the books stating that amalgamation should take place in the event of a formation of a regional government for Ontario County. Port Perry Reeve Robert Kenny also described the April 25 meeting as "strictly (continued on page 3) (left) who teaches auto