The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Vol. 113 No. 4 Wednesday, December 6, 1978 32 Pages At Monday ceremony by John B. McClelland Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor and the six members of his council were officially sworn into office at the. inaugural meeting in the council chambers Monday afternoon. : About 50 guests and visi- tors were on hand for the special meeting, and they watched as Township treasurer Alex Thomson took the oath of office and allegiance from each mem- ber of council. With the council chambers decked out with bright Christmas decorations, there was a festive atmos- phere about the first meet- ing, with lots of hand-shakes, well wishes and some good- natured humour. Outgoing Mayor Lawrence Malcolm was on hand to turn over the silver chain of office to Jerry Taylor, and he got a chuckle out of the visitors when he made note of some- thing that was obvious to everyone. Both he and Mayor Jerry Taylor were wearing identical blue pin- Cornish gets failing marks A report released to the Durham Board of Education last Thursday says R.H. Cornish Public School is in bad need of repair. In fact, some of the condi- tions at the school are so bad, that the report prepared by the public institutions in- spection panel last month, indicates tha Cornish is the worst of four schools visited on the panel's itinerary. The panel criticized every- thing from a dark and dingey boiler room to a compressor leaking oil, fire extinguis- hers either empty or unwork- able, broken plaster, dirty paint, leaky roofs, torn carpets, and two letters issing from the school's . name on the front of the building. While the panel may have had harsh words of criticism for the physical conditions of the school, the report notes that excellent academic and vocational programs are in progress there. 'Council sworn in; stripes suits. The former. mayor said he wasn't sure just what the significance of that was. In the coming months if some members of his council start to get a little out of hand, Mayor Taylor will have no shortage of gavels for rapping on the table to restore order. Mrs. Eliza- beth Stichmann presented him with a new gavel from Scugog Women's Institute; 'there is an old gavel that has been kicking around the council chambers for more than 20 years, and building inspector Robert Kenny recently made a new gavel for use in the chambers. The gavel that has been used by Lawrence Malcolm for the past five years is leaving office with him, as it was a personal gift from employees in old Cartwright , Township. CHALLENGE In his first speech after being sworn in as mayor of Scugog, Jerry Taylor noted the changes that had taken place in the municipality in the last five years; new housing, sewer and water services, road construction, a new arena, and some new industry. (Turn to page 3) Santa chats with three-year-old Bill. Pargeter at the Latcham Centre on Saturday afternoon, and gives the young lad a bag of candy. Bill was just one of the hundreds who stood in line outside the Centre in eager anticipation to meet Santa during his yearly trip to Port Perry. If seeing is believing, there is no doubt that Bill is a true believer in Santa Claus. More photos of Santa's parade on pages 10, 11. Durham Region council is bound and determined that employable recipients of public assistance should have to work for their wel- fare cheques. A resolution passed by a Oshawa youth killed A 19-year old Oshawa man died in hospital in Toronto Saturday evening from injuries suffered in a single car accident that afternoon on the Old Scugog Road about one mile south of- Blackstock. A spokesman for New- castle OPP said Steven Lavictoire of 448 Adelaide Street was northbound on the ice covered road about 3:00 p.m. when his 1970 Buick went out of control, flipped over into the ditch and came to rest on the roof, pinning the victim under the car. Ambulance attendents from Port Perry, firefighters and police worked to free the injured man, and he was taken to Sunnybrook Hospi- tal in Toronto. Two passengers in the vehicle, Scott Keys and Peggy White, also from Oshawa, suffered injuries in the accident and were taken to Port Perry Hospital. Keys was treated for a broken pelvis and White for shoc and lacerations. after an accident Saturday afternoon south of Blackstock. The victim, a 19-year old Oshawa man died later that evening in Toronto hospital. Beth Schryburt Photo wide margin at the regular Regional meeting of Novem- ber 29 says that Durham supports the principle that employable recipients should be required to per- form work for the commun- ity in return for their bene- fits. The resolution, introduced by councillors John DeHart (Oshawa) and Gord Davie (Uxbridge) says that Dur- ham supports the statements made recently by provincial corrections minister Gordon Walker, who in a speech in Welland called for changes to force certain welfare recipients to work for their benefits. Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm was one of just five Durham councillors who voted against the DeHart motion last week. Mayor Malcolm pointed out that the Canada Assistnace Act, a piece of federal legislation passed by the Liberal government of Lester Pearson, states clearly that welfare assistance is a right not a privilege. Any change in the provincial legislation would first need a change in the federal law. Through a grant system, the federal government pays half the cost of welfare in the pro- vinces. However, 24 members of the Durham council did support the motion, and it represents the third time in as many years that Durham Welfare recipients should have to work has spoken out on this issue. In January, 1975, the council passed a resolution asking that all municipali- ties in the province be given the option of deciding if they wish employable recipients to have to work for welfare, and a resolution similar in intent was again passed in April of this year. The social services depart- ment of Durham Region already classifies welfare recipients as "employable" and "non-employable" based on assessments by social 'workers, and in some cases a report by a medical doctor. Figures for the month of October from the social services department in- dicate that 879 males and 805 females who received assis- tance that month were classified as '"'employable'". The intent of the resolution passed last week is actually two-fold: to have some kind of community work per- formed (such as snow shovelling) in return for welfare payments; and to act as a deterrent to keep employable persons off the rolls. If a person knew that he or she would have to put in a specified number of hours of community work each week to receive the benefits, it might encourage employ- able persons to find and keep a regular, steady job.