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ph (continued) except to break a tie. At any rate our chairman will not be elected at large. Mr. Irvine said. He gay eventually be elected by "council though.. The M.P.P. said regional council will have the right to decide if it wants to elect its chairman or request that Queens Park continue ap- pointing him. "That decision will be made by the people you elect," he said. CANDIDATES IN THE DARK William Brock of Port Perry asked when prospect- ive candidates will be told if the job of a regional councillor will be a full time one, and what the rate of pay will be. Mr. Irvine said there will be no statement issued on the mater. That decision, he said, will be made by council after it is elected. "You mean to say," asked Mr. Brock, "a man will not know until the first regional meeting next January if he is being paid or not?" "That's right," replied Mr. Irvine. Mr. Brock contended that aman can not possible make a decision about whether he can afford to take time off from his business to run on that basis. REGIONAL POLICE FORCE Mr. Irvine said the region will be expected to establish a regional police force by January, 1975 if possible. In the meantime the Ontario Provincial Police will con- tinue to patrol the Port Perry area, he said. Mr. Irvine made the statement in answer to a question by Frank Godley of the resi- dents and ratepayers associ- ation. .. He also said that fire protection will continue to be the responsibility of the local municipalities, just as it is now. The only change, he suggested, might be that fire departments will be able to buy their equipment through the regional council. In this way, Mr. Irvine said, money can be saved by having purchases for all municipal- ities made in larger ship- ments. There will be no change TRAVEL NONQUON made in the responsibilities of local hydro commissions, or in the way they are selected. Responsibility for cemetaries will not change. VILLAGE BRIEF Reeve Kenny presented a few highlights from the first draft of Port Perry council's brief. He said that council had made no decision regarding the brief yet. The copy he had contained only suggestions and was pre- pared by clerk treasurer Neil Brodie. He said each of the four municipalities will be expec- ted to prepare a brief on its own. No council had decided on the exact wording of the brief until after the public meeting had been held, so the views of taxpayers could be considered, he suggested. Port Perry council is considering suggesting a ward system with a total of 9 councillors. It suggests that two councillors be elected at large, and that each of the others be elected from within a specific geographic area, or w yd. The village's draft brief suggests that Port Hope and Cobourg remain in the region. It suggests that that portion of Mariposa Town- ship which comes this side of the Non Quon river be included in the Port Perry- Cartwright-Scugog-Reach municipality. And it asks that summer residents be included in total population figures for grant purposes. The provincial government which gives each municipality a yearly cash grant based on the size of population. Mr. Kenny did not indicate when village council may get around to discussing its brief officially. DR. DYMOND'S VIEW "lI am very strongly in support of regional govern- ment," Dr. Dymond told the meeting. "I believe it is in the best interests of the people I represent." The Ontario riding M.P.P. said that regionalization has not been foisted on us. People knew as long ago as 1969 that change was coming. ~ SERVICE | 160 Queen St. -- Port Perry 985-2336 Did you know that you no longer have to be a club member to take advantage of Charter flights to England and Europe Eurail, Britrail Information & Tickets Available Air Canada, CP Air, BOAC, etc., schedules and prices available from April through summer. NONQUON TRAVEL SERVICE is your local agent for Trentway Tours, DeNure Tours, Travelways, Gray Coach and all Tour Co's. See Canada '73 brochures available ALL PROVINCES AND ALASKA For your Free copy, please drop in. «150 attend Region meeting He said that there have been a lot of complaints that the authority of local government has been errod- ing, and its functions taken over by all sorts of boards and commissions. The Dr. suggested that regionaliza- tion will strengthen local government so it can assume its proper authority again. Dr. Dymond said that in his 18 years as an M.P.P. there have been more amendments made to the municipal act than almost any other act. He described these amendments as patches. 'Patch work is only good for so long," he said. "It is time to get a new start." He said he believes the county system worked well in its day, but that day is past. If we want to stop the Metro Toronto sprawl from swallowing up Ontario county, he opined, something must be done now. "I know of nothing our government has tried to do that has created so much fear and misinformation," as regionalization Dr. Dy- mond said. He blamed the press for the misinformation. ED @D-- @D-- @D ED @on- Gon Con CoD) @w EOD Eon @oD- @ooD GENERAI 0" Citati CLAIR HOLD 4 Manchester U.C.W. The Manchester U.C.W. met at the home of Mrs. Aletha Holtby on March 8 with twenty five members present, Mrs. Aletha Holtby, Mrs. meta Holtby and Mrs. Jo Bain chose as their topic and theme prayer, hymn 377 and the Lord's prayer in unison. President Mrs. Pat Kingstone thanked the hos- tess and business proceeded. Plans were made for March 29, evening, candy, door prizes, lunch. Tickets will be sold. Mrs. Mitchell gave report on decorating church. The treasurer's report good. There will be an evening of pictures in April and a rummage sale May 5th. Members agreed to help at Hospital Fair May 26 at Presbyterian Church. Cor- respondence read and the Tuck Shop calendar passed around. Mrs. Ives kindly offered flowers for church. Benediction closed the meet- ing. Mrs. Jean Elliott auctioned a nice lot of useful articles. Aletha, Meta and Jo served lovely lunch and everyone agreed it was a successful meeting. very BALLARD LUMBER PORT PERRY, ONTARIO 985 - 7335 P.O. Box 329 - y 2k CONTRACTING * All Types ¢ ir ) ( nstruction Estimates gre & Delivery RTE ar PRs 5 159 Casimir Street A I a EE A EAR a. Seagrave Meeting 6, March 7, 1973 We started the meeting with the 4H pledge. It was once again held in "the basement of Seagrave United Church. Everyone answered the roll call which was 'Demonstrated good standing and sitting pos- ture." Then the collection was taken which was $2.20 and the balance is now $15.87. The minutes were then read by Darlinne Watts. We decided on getting heavy weight tristle board because it has the colour we want. The Achievement Day has been moved to May 5th. The discussion and demonstra- tion was on how to insert a zipper and how to sew on a button properly. We ended the meeting with the 4H motto. Darlinne Watts home . . 720 colors 3 NOW ONLY ADVERT VIORE @ Sate OFF on GUARANTEED INTERIOR HOUSE PAINTS interior paint. Now is the time to put the interiro finishing touches to your . to select from advantage of this once-a- year interior paint sale! Regular *8.35 | Prince Albert Meeting No. 4 of the Prince Albert Pals was held at the Prince Albert Community Centre on March 10. The meeting opened with the Lord's Prayer and the roll call which was & line in clothes that suits me" was answered. The minutes were read by Marie Holtbty. there will be no meeting next Saturday but one on the following Saturday at the Community Centre. At the Achievement Day on April 5 our club will do a demonstration on what pat- tern type and size for you?" A commentator two models were chosen for this event. Mrs. Pugh explained Staystitching" and darts" while a demonstration by Mrs. Solomon followed. Then some notes on posture were handed out. The home assignment was given and the 4-H pledge closed the meeting. {CT Sy CTT A CTs Eon @ (@ow)- (@ion) Yes! We"re thinking spring and want to clear our stock of fabulous and take CD--@eD- @e)- @wo) -@9-- En (IT fD PRICES ARE { CARRY VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY OAL : oo RS 2 EN AS RE _ A - w () Rs rhe To pe wo Ss RR Dh al Hg a hee oy AE x > = 7: 0 GR wi