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Nr - & and wrote his final examinations confined Cares for sick 48 years Mayor Malcolm forcasts: Dr. Rennie dies at nursing home George Malcolm Rennie, the doctor who practised medicine. longer in Port Perry had to wear a body cast for 2 years but in spite of this he served as a staff Doctor at £ E than any other in the history of the area, Homewood Sanitarium in Guelph and at E § died in the Community Nursing Home the Oshweken Hospital' of the Seven & here last Friday, March 18th. In failing' Nations Reserve near Brantford. = E health which led to his retirement from In 1928 he joined the partnership of Dr, = practice a little over a year ago, Dr. David Archer and Dr. Alvie Stewart here E Rennie became seriously ill last Novem- = in Port Perry and has remeined here ever = ber, He was treated in Oshawa General (continued on page 6) E : Hospital for some weéks and improved a £ enough to come home early in the year. = But the improvement was transient, his E health - steadily worsened and he was = admitted to the Nursing Home three - Scugog Township Mayor Lawrence Malcolm doesn't think there is much hope for T. Puckrin, ghd Son Ltd. to get the required official plan amendment that would 'allow the Whitby garbage disposal company to estab- lish a giant privately- operated garbage dump at west of Prospect, just north tives appeared before Coun- cil to announce the move . last week. : The Puckrin company holds major contracts for = University Medical School from which he S graduated with the degrees M.D. C.M. in E 1023. During his final year at University = he sustained a severe back injury when = playing football, He finished his studies 4 Sel commercial waste disposal DR. GEORGE MALCOLM RENNIE 8 in an area extending from ha ike & Metro Toronto to Trenton. It has no dump site of its own = to a special type bed where he had to = remain for 18 months. Following this he an unused gravel pit south: residential, - industrial and - but wishes to obtain one. At the same time, the region is facing what has been called a garbage dis- posal crisis, especially in Oshawa and Whitby where existing dumps are almost filled. Although the Region's Works Department recom- mended "Durham council approve the Puckrin pro- dump would be privately operated that bothered Mayor Malcolm. "Perhaps something could be worked out with Puckrin- and the Region. That's probably the only way to go," he said. Coun. Reg. Rose stated a concern at the time about the proximity of the site to No garbage site approval the location of the town- ship's wells. Three miles was too close, suggested Rose, and the possible con- tamination of the water could result. There was some discus- sion about an in-principle : opposition to a scheme that would bring garbage from outside the township to a Scugog site, but most coun- still fairly thick; as much as two feet in places, but fishermen with fish huts on the ice are advised to remove them before the March 31 deadline as the warm weather and slush on the ice could freeze them into the ice making them very difficult to remove, ee TA Pe Fs Sop moma a, SIR KE on ~ E weeks ago. ! : of the Whitby-Scugog bound- posal, opposition by Scugo cillors agreed 'that some € . Born on a farm near Glenallen, in ary. y-$eigog Council helped Ey 2. responsibility must be ac- bi : Waterloo S00: Dr. Roane learned With both the Region and gional councillors to vote cepted here. NG 3 iy ned ting wos Gi soos Foun formally gat Pheiver to guage = of that 1 evo hig health on the record as opposing: Opposition on local coun- gets dumped a mile inside jo = Jf tha Seson an oye oh though Bite the privately-owned dump, cil was divided, however. It our border or a mile out- 2 Fes ailing ho sontinued 10 Drac oy am Mayor Malcolm said on Was, and still is, Mayor y ft E Saud bis physical Monday, that he sees little Malcolm's position that land Fis h huts i bi tof the "Little Red . 1 chance of the amendment fill sites should be under in : produet hres School getting passed by the Ont- strict regional control, as its d ea d | i ne 14 E house e atta es school 1 ario Environmental Hearing own palicy dieaee 7 E Cressi an Dib Sosa a School Board. Puckrin representa- s the fact that the The ice on Lake Scugog is & Ea 3 he SN 2 EE & BO al HL nd ne = Choral Society to entertain It's less than a year ago when the newly formed ~ Scugog Choral Society stag- ed the popular Gilbert and Sullivan operetta HMS Pina- JOUR... scot mips sn Under the capable direct- fon of Grace Hastings and her many. competent assist- ants the three capacity filled Town Hall performances ~ became resounding succes- ses, and gave members that extra 'boost so essential for continued artistic progress. On Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2, S¢ugog Town- ship residents will again have the opportunity to enjoy Scugog Choral Society perform in the Town Hall, assisted by a number of solo "performers, all local artists. The program will be light and entertaining including melodies so familiar that the audience might even be tempted to hum along with the choir. The opening number is The Entertainer (Hey, Mr. Spring over, winter back _.Scugog Township's. roads... department met the first day of Spring atop a snow plough as a blanket of snow fell on Scugog, bringing local residents full circle from eager optimism back to the mid-winter blues. The job of removing the weekend's snowfall present- ed no problems, according to Scugog roads superinten- dent Ron - MacDonald. Three members of the roads crew were out most of the day on Sunday. : As for the overall snow removal picture, Mac- Donald considers the year light. Although he hasn't calculated last month's snow removal costs, he figures costs are still within the budget. : -~ audience. and performers. :.. --Millar-family, the charming of / mo CRESS Ta en a a uw 20° He NT RR -, Rr ee Joplin) by Fred Bock-and- : % Jerry Goldstone, a lively Vol. 111 and rousing start which ol. should create that necessary No. 20 close contact between +5 It's very doubtful if any Qsming Qrnono music composed during the Serving Scugog- _Jast 15 to 20 years has been =~ TT played and sung and become more popular than Rodgers and Hammerstein's Sound of Music. ; Excerpts from this delightful musical will follow on the program, with participation not only by the complete choir, but the ladies section of the choir will render the amusing and enchanting melody, '""Maria". Following an intermission the Men's Chorus will offer a number of shorter melodies, including a solo part by Larry Kendall. . Debbie Jones and Bill Slute will be featured solo- ists in excerpts from Lional Bart's popular musical "Oliver". The complete choir take part as well in various songs, including the rollicking "Oom-Pah-Pah". Port Perry's doctor-pian- ist Tom Millar has again generously agreed to partic- "ipate and will team up with the Choral Society's excel- lent and dedicated accom- panist, Gloria Forder, in a performance for four hands in selections from Tchaikov- sky's Nutcracter Suite. Another member of the Mrs. Catherine, will also participate and sing 'The Homecoming". Also on the program are "My Way" with words by Paul Anka and music by J. Revaux and C. Francois. "And I Love you So", words and music by Don McLean. The title of this variety programme - is 'Music - Music - Music', and for the evenings of April 1 and 2, the » (continued on page 12) wright Central Public School Science Fair last week. Their display was one of many. Charles Walker (left) and Kelly Clancy take a critical look down the flying surfaces of their flying model airplane that they worked on for the Cart.