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a i - A name change for the annual formal event at Port Perry High School didn't dampen the atmosphere Friday, when students left their jeans at home and donned evening gowns and suits to attend the Spring Prom '75 (previously the At Home dance). Highlight of the evening was the election of queen and princess. Seated is queen, Bev. Pascoe, and at the rear, from left to right, Jennifer Sweetman, princess runner up; Suzie Bigglesiana, princess; and Jessie Oosterlo, runner up queen. 20c per copy Vol. 109 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, April 23, 1975 -- No. 24 26 Pages Industrial clients waiting Red tape slows development Will Scugog township ever be a Utopia? ; Not according to Mr. Jack Richards, Development officer for the Region of Durham. "The Planning Depart- ment is aiming for a Utopia which will never exist, and I disagree with their method of planning," Mr. Richards said. Mr. Richards attended the Scugog Chamber of Com- merce director meeting last Monday to outline his job and what hes trying to do for the area. He was assigned by the Region, in January, to assist with industrial and commer- cial growth for the areas of Newcastle, Scugog and Ux- bridge. : "I am aware of the prob- lems you have here in regards to servicing, and the Region is about to go ahead with test drilling in this area now," he said. There are, according to Mr. Richards, a number of industrial clients ready to move into the area to- morrow, but with all the "red tape' involved, it is tough to get things underway. One spokesman for the No grant for Scugog township council Monday night turned down a request by the Old Town Hall Committée that council grant the organization the amount of money it would have cost to tear down the old town hall on Qiieen Street. The township had, origin- ally, planned to tear down the building, but when a group or Chamber related to Mr. Richards how hard the devel- opers are working to get things underway, but they get the feeling from the planning department that they are in favour of the proposed development. It was suggested that con- stant pressure must be put on the Region if anything is to be Continued on page 28 renovations local people interested in the building's restoration approached council, the building was rented to them for a token amount. Cost of tearing the old building down would have cost around $3,000, thinks Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm. Continued on page 28 ¢ Official ceremony to open Senior Citizens apartments A ceremony to mark the official opening of 'the $320,000 Senior Citizens apart ment project at 327 Kellett St., Port Perry, will bs held Hospital board reviews year of accomplishment A Wh of major accomp- lishments was reviewed Wednesday night at the annual meeting of the Com- 'munity Memorial Hospital, held at the Port Perry Muni- cipal Hall. One'of the major achieve- "ments in the past year was the establishment of a full physiotherapy department for the hospital, which became fully operative in July with the hiring of Mrs. Colleen Ashby as the hospital's physiotherapist. "The program has been - accepted extremely well, and the response is indicative of the lack of such a program in the past," said hospital administrator, David A. Brown, in his annual report. He said that approval is being sought for the building of a new physiotherapy department in the hospital's Township-regional Scugog Township Mayor Lawrence Malcolm told - council Monday night that he would 'approach regional ~ works department Tuesday to try and set-up a meeting between the department and the township. to discuss a number of issues. : The meeting, hopefully, with works department Com- missioner R. F'. Richardson, will include discussions "ahoul Port Perry develop- ment and a number of road discussions sought matters including the pro- posed Lilla Street work. The township will also try "and get information on how far the région has gone in drilling. The drilling and subsequent establishment of anew well is the first step in a _ local development program that could bring up to 450 new housing 'units in the next three years: Mayor Malcolm said he - will try to set the meeting up for next week, had tobe made, and the expansion of Out-Patient facilities. A new program that became operational the past year is the Discharge Plan- ning program. Established in conjunction with the Durham Regional Health Unit which provides the hospital-with the service of a Liason Nurse two half-days a week, the program has worked out "extremely well", said the admini- . strator. Part of this program also .includes nursing follow-up on patients requiring extended care, after they have left the hospital. One of the things the new _ term is expected to bring is hospital accreditation - a development that officially designates the hospital as having facilities, care, and administration, second to none, and helps keep the kind of quality staff required as well as, toattract such people to the hospital. The hospital has had to work hard for the desig- nation. Preparations for a hospital pre-accreditation survey April, 1974, by an OMA-OHA inspection team " Careservicesinthe area. inspection team's survey report provided the hospital with a list of items to be looked after in order to pre- pare for the -accreditation review by the Canadian Council on Hospital Accred-. .itation. "The hospital went ahead. and completed the work, and Iam happy tosay that we had our accreditation review on March 27, 1975," said Mr. Brown. He added that the results of the reviéw will not be known until some time in thelatter part of May or early June. According to the annual report, hospitals within the "area have been actively engaged in the establishment of some form of co-ordinating and planning body for Health "It is felt that such a body will be established by the early part of this year," said Mr. Brown, (continued on page 15) We regret that a number of articles and pictures could not be used this week, due to lack of space. APS UR ACAI BOG 104s ¥ . Net RE chairman Howard Hall, Friday, May 2, starting at 11 a.m, Invitationf from provincial housing minister, Donald R. Irvine, have beensent out toa number of local people who will help officiate at the opening. Included on the guest list are Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm, federal member Norm Cafik, and other guests. Matthew Dymond, MPP, will represent the province at the event, as well as stand-in for Mr. Irvine, who will be unable to attend. The official opening will include a tour of the units as well as the ribbon cutting ceremonies. TY NETH WATIRL09 FARMERS METOAL CRANE ((MPANY Conn ily Memorial replacing Mrs. > Elected fo the Board of Governors of the Port Perry Hospital John Pike (new member Eleanor Davidson) Jim Marlow, Work on the 30-unit facility began in the fall of 1973, following a survey that estab- lished the need for such 'housing in the community. - The units were turned over to the community a year later, last fall. All are single bedroom units, and were built by (continued on page 15) Hospital Report | Week Ending April 17, 1975 Admissions ...................... Emergencies Operations ....................... Discharges....................... Remaining....... were, from left, Anson Gerrow, and Grant MacDonald. The election took place at the hospital board's annual meeting last