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Dr. Ralph Price, co-chairman of the Town Hall Committee, Association on Thursday. addressing the Scugog Ratepayers' Seated on the extreme right in the audience is Dr. H.J. Hammett the other - chairman of the committee. Meeting endorses plan of saving Town Hall by Ashok Chandwani Culture won the day at Thursday's Ratepayers' meeting with an overwhel- mingly majority voting to support the Save the Town Hall committee in its efforts to raise funds and restore the Town Hall into a cultu- ral centre and summer theatre. There were a few who objected strongly to the move saying they had no interest in culture and did not want any of it, if it meant paying tax dollars; but when it was pointed out to them that the committee would raise private funds, their opposition decreased. The Scugog Ratepayers Association, will now write to Council expressing its support for the Town Hall Committee. This - committee was formed on April 28th. The members are: Dr. Ralph Price and Dr. H.J. Ham- mett co-chairmen. Jane Litt, secretary, Bill Brock, treasurer, Charles Foote, Peter Hvidsten, Norman Watson, Mina E. Mina, Catherine Christie and C. Clifford. Bill Brock set the ball rolling at the Ratepayers' meeting. pointing to the tourist potential for Port Perry with a fully restored 100 year old Town hall with a theatre in it. "People in apartments from Scarborough to Bow- manville will want to get out into the country and with the price of gas esca- lating they will want to take short trips." Bill felt 'Port Perry would prove to be ideal for such people. Mina E. Mina, a profess- ional actor and theatre di- rector, was also present to talk about his ideas for the Town Hall. Talking about the 'simple "charming glamour of Port Perry' Mina said that if Port Perry wants to be more than just a pretty little town, it needs to capit- Continued On Page 6 Ending May 2ad S3 hme. 33 Week Admissions P2RT § PERRY TAR 15¢ per copy 24 Pages Volume 108 - PORT PERRY. ONTARIO. Wednesday. May 8. 1974 - No. 28 Councillors double ownwages by Ashok Chandwani Councillors doubled their salaries at Monday night's council meeting. They will not get $3,500 a year instead of the present $1.500 while the Mayor will get $4,000 a year instead of the present $2,000. The salary raises will retro- active from January 1 this year. - Coun. Kenny introduced the motion saying the new salaries will still be consid- erably under in several other municipalities. Coun. Frew, Taylor and Hunter supported the motion. Coun. Frew said 'none of us knew what we were getting into" (when council was formed) indicating that responsibilities and work loads are heavy. Coun. Rose agreed with the motion in principle but felt he did not need the extra $2,000 as he felt his salary from the region in- cluded payment for his work at the local level. Coun. Rose who is a regio- nal councillor gets $12,000 a year from the region as does the Mayor. Coun. Hunter introduced an amendment which would exclude the regional coun- cillor from a raise but did not find a seconder for his motion. Mayor Malcolm said he was not greedy for money but he "didn't see many people running for the job of Mayor the way it sits now "indicating like Coun. Frew that the work load is heavy. After a brief debate coun- cil passed the motion auth- orizing the raises. Coun. Rose did not vote. Councillors in Brock get $5,000 a year, the regional councillor gets $6,000 while the Mavor gets $6,500. In' Uxbridge the Mayor gets $7.000 while councillors get $5.000. Newcastle pays its Mayor $11,000 and its coun- cillors $5,000. While raising their annual salaries, Scugog councillors also increased their com- mittee meeting rates from $20. to $30. per meeting. Mayor Malcolm: Problem how to find use for Town Hall Mayor Lawrence Mal- colm feels the members of the Town Hall committee are "sound intelligent peo- ple" who he hopes will come up "with a good solu- tion." Mayor Malcolm was com- menting on the formation of the committee in an inter- view with the STAR. Asked what a good solu- tion was Mayor Malcolm said I don't know. We've been discussing it for four months in council without finding one." "The problem is not re- building the town hall but finding a use for it" he added. The Mayor is not too sure how the people of Scugog feel about the matter. "I've been hearing people tell me "Don't you spend 5 cents on it and others asking me to fix it up." He feels the proposal to converl( the town hall into a cultural centre and summer theatre is 'a good idea," but is not sure of its practic- ality. "(Oshawa has a Symphony Local Hydro to expand Council approved a bylaw Monday authorizing the Port Perry Hydro Electric Commission to undertake a capital works program which involves a revamping of the hydro system. The project will cost $141,600. The Hydro commission will contribute $91,600. The balance of $50.000 will be debentured. Orchestra and they attrac- ted only 4,200 people in the course of a year, many of whom came back for each program and Oshawa has a hundred thousand people." "1 don't know how much support you would have for a cultural centre and sum- mer theatre", he added. Honoured for contributions to science Ernest A Hodgson, M.A. PhD, F.R.S.C., a resident of Port Perry since 1950 has been chosen by 'Who's Who', London, for biograp- hical inclusion in Volume 2 of their 'Men of Achieve- ment'. Dr. Hodgson has been honoured for his contribu- "tion to science in the field of Seismology. After retiring as Assis- tant Director of the Dom- inion ~~ Observatory and, moving to Port Perry in 1950. Dr. Hodgson had been tutoring in Mathematics till about four years ago. Dr. Hodgson is also the author of several books on New Mathematics published by the Totton Publishing Co. in Toronto. Marihuana Seizure On May 4, 1974, Provin- cial Constable Jim McKen- zie stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation on Highway 401 and a check of the vehicle revealed a quantity of marihuana, which was turned over to Durham Regional Police for their action. Subdivision agreements create confusion - by Ashok Chandwani Regional Council approved a motion Wednes- day asking the Chief Admin- istrative Office William Manning to report on 'an appropriate process' for subdivision applications in the region, at council's next meeting May 15. Council also recom- mended to the Planning and Development Committee that it strike from its min- utes a similar recommen- dation (not presented to regional council) requesting the Solicitor to commence immediately the drafting of a subdivision agreement. Writing contest Several councillors ob- jected to the committee di- recting the solicitor to pre- pare an agreement without first getting Council's approval. Explaining why the com- mittee took such a decision, its chairman Coun.Clark Mason said there was con- cern that a number of sub- division applications were being held up at the region. The usual process of sub- division involves local, re- gional and provincial appro- val before construction of homes can begin. A planning and develop- (continued on page 22) Deadline Friday night The response to this year's writing contest announced in the April 24 issue of the Star is quite discouraging. We can only hope that all those would be writers are still working strenously on their contribution and will meet the deadline, mid- night, Friday, May 10. } There is a chance for a local writer to pick up $50. and be entered in the natio- nal contest, competing for a prize of $400. and a gold medal. The title is "Our Home- v town Newspaper" and should be a frank descrip- tion of just what a commun- ity newspaper means to you. Members of Port Perry staff, their families and regular contributors to the paper are not eligible to participate in the contest. We would ask that sub- mission be typed and double spaced. if posible, and should be addressed to "Contest." Port Perry Star, Box 90. Port Perry: no later than midnight. May 10. Michelle' Robinson was crowned the 1974 Queen At Home at the at the Cartwright Michelle. High School Recreation centre in Blackstock Friday. shows last year's Queen Janis Correll Picture crowning WSs tees ---- i a, Go A Ca |