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pr EE 6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed. May 22, 1985 Stephenson's Point subdivision proposal Council says no to nine more building lots Property owners at Stephenson's Point won a skirmish Monday af- ternoon in their battle to halt a proposed residen- tail development in that area of Scugog Island. Township council voted down a request from the developer to approve in principle for 22 lots, rather than the 13 lots which already have received Uxbridge lady killed in crash Charges are pending as a result of a fatal two- car crash near Leaskdale Sunday night. Pauline VanderVeen, 48, of Uxbridge Township was killed when the vehi- cle she was driving col- lided with a pick-up truck on Regional Road 1, half a kilometre north of Regional Road 13. Uxbridge firefighters worked for approximate- ly 40 minutes to release Mrs. VanderVeen, but she was pronounced dead on arrival at Ux- bridge Cottage Hospital. The truck, which was headed south on Durham Road 1, was driven by Laura Metherall, 21, of Pefferlaw. She is being treated for injuries at the same hospital Police say charges are pending following the outcome of the investigation. remember when ...? (From page 5) Freeman, and the second section by Merle St. John, third section by Louise Carnegie. The ex- ecutive for next year will be President, Mary McGregor, Secretary Jean Goode; Treasurer Myrtle Prentice. Mr. James Doupe has started to build his new store in Prince Albert. Mr. Tom Donnelly is erecting a building on his property at Manchester and in the near future it will be a well-stocked grocery store. David Hedge of Blackstock won second prize in boys solo and Nancy Dorell was third prize win- ner in prano at the Music Festival held in Peterborough. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 20, 1965 At the regular council meeting of the Port Perry council a twenty year lease of the Fair Grounds to Port Perry, Reach and Scugog Agricultural Society was approved. At the Mother and Daughter Banquet held in the Scout Hall, "All Round Cords' were presented to Lynda Heayn, Sandra Hall, Sharon Baird and Landa Jefford by their mothers A testimonial dinner was held in honour of J J (nbson, reeve of Port Perry and Warden of On- taro County at the Legion Hall The guest speaker for the occasion was Hon J Wilfred Spooner, Mimster of Municipal Affairs Mrs Doreen Hope and her daughter, Carol, flew to San Juan to take part in an IGA Conference Chosen Queen at the seventh annual Cart- wright At Home was Miss Sheila Tomchischin, her Princesses were Denise Malcolm and Linda Gray Mr Howard Forder has completed a six month Umversity of Toronto extension Course Two prescribed by the Ontario Association of Real Estate Boards The House League Tykes Champions for 1964 65 won the Legion Trophy which was presented to them by Carlyle McGill. president of Minor Hockey The coach of the team was M McKee 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 22, 1975 Compton Cable T V' announced that television viewers in the Port Perry, Manchester. Utica areas wishing to hook into a cable system would be able to do so this fall Norm Cafick, MP, Ontario Riding will of ficially open the newly renovated Post Office in Port Perry this Saturday Lawrence Malcolm, Mayor of Scugog Township will also be present Built around 1912, Port Perry Post Office 1s one of the first to be renovated in this manner Blackstock Women's Institute celebrated its 60th Anniversary on May 14th Cutting the cake on this happy occasion were president Mae Shor- tridge. Mrs Florence Ferguson and Mrs Elva Van Camp The Mayor's annual pay of $5,440 and a coun- cillor"s pay of $4,800 were approved at the Tues- day meeting of council. Councillor's average 1974 salary was $4,826 including special meetings preliminary approval from the council. But vote to deny the request for the 22 lots split the council right down the middle. In fact, the vote ended in a 3-3 deadlock, but under municipal rules of procedure, any vote that ends in a tie is con- sidered lost. Councillors Jack Cot- | trell, Harvey Graham and Don Cochrane who represents Ward 3, voted in favour of the 22 lots, while Neil Hunter, John Wolters and Lawrence Malcolm were opposed. Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor was not present in the council chambers for either the vote or the preceeding discussions. He has a financial in- terest in the develop- ment and vacated the chair for this portion of the meeting after declaring this interest. The request for the 22 lots was made by Michael Fowler who is representing the developers. He noted that soil and water testing was done for the 22 lots and suggested that when the developers agreed last fall to ~educe the project from 22 lots to 13, it was done to ease the concern of existing home owners along the Stephenson's Point Road. A group of property owners has expressed strong opposition to the development since it was first presented to the council in Septem- ber of last year Mr. Fowler said recent negotiations between himself and lawyer Tony Kelly who is acting for the home owners, have failed. Mr. Kelly told council Monday afternoon that the development proposal is contrary to the zoning by-law passed in 1981, and there has been no demon- strated need in the Township for new lots such as these. He also noted that part of the area is Class 2 farmland and could be a viable farm operation. Mr. Kelly did say that his clients would not be opposed to nine of the lots in the development, or those which are not Britain or bust for the Festival Singers These words are on the lips of every member of the Oshawa Festival Singers who have just announced plans for a Concert Tour overseas in the summer of 1986. This accomplished group of girls from Oshawa and surrounding district, in- cluding Whitby, Bow- manville and Brooklin, ages 13 and 19, are under the direction of Mrs. Elsie Drygala. In past years, they have tourned England, Scotland, Wales and British Columbia. Mrs. Drygala and her assistant Miss Cathy Masulka, are currently preparing the choir for numerous and ambitious programs. Recently, the choir won several first place awards at the Oshawa Kiwanis Music Festival and is the 1985 recipient of the Dan Keeler Trophy. During Fiesta Week, June 18-21, the Oshawa Festival Singers will entertain each evening at the Art Gallery Pavilion. Miss Cindy Weldon of Whitby and a member of the 50 voice choir, was recent- ly chosen to represent the Art Gallery Pavilion in the Fiesta Queen Con- test. In the near future, the choir plans to make a tape recording. The choir"s accompanist is Mrs. Kelly King. In preparation for the overseas tour, the choir 1s involved in raising ENMIMERSC 4 *4 3 TLQUIIN CT PORT PEARY 416 38s Cie ALL LINES OF GENERAL INSURANCE VICTORIA AY] A\o Gry TRUST Nn et 4 11% 5 Yr Annual Interest 10% % Semi-Annually Rates Subtyect to Change Without Notice funds under chairman Mrs. Harriet Holton. A Giant Flea Market and Yard Sale will be held on Saturday, June 1, at 10 a.m. at the R.S. McLaughlin Collegiate Parking Area, Stevenson Road North, Oshawa. You may purchase Fiesta Passports from any member of the choir, or by telephoning Mrs. Shirley Petch at 728-0853. On Friday, May 31, at 7:30 p.m. at Knox Presbyterian Church, 147 Simcoe Street North in Oshawa, auditions will 'be held to fill a few vacancies in the choir. At least one parent must at- tend the audition with the daughter. Any girl who is interested in being a part of this talented group is urged to telephone Mrs. Elsie Drygala at 725-9929 facing the existing homes on the lake side of the road. In proposing that council give agreement in principle to the full 22 lots, councillor Cottrell, Graham and Cochrane also indicated that the time had come for a decision on the matter and objection could be heard in front of the On- tario Municipal Board. Other members of council said they could agree to supporting 13 new lots, but not 22. Durham Region has given draft plan ap- proval to the 13 lot proposal. Once the Township agrees to re- zone the property from the rural designation to residential, it is expec- ted that existing proper- ty owners will file for- mal objections to the Municipal Board. Body found near Sonya (From page 1) Oshawa. The charge was laid by Lindsay OPP of- ficers, who will take over the investigation since the murder scene is in their jurisdiction. Mr. Ruddell was last seen late Tuesday after- noon when he left his Oshawa home to see a man interested in buying his car. He arranged to meet the man at Camp Samac, a Boy Scout camp on Simcoe Street, and the next morning the car was found empty north of the camp on Waverly Road. His wallet was found Thursday in a garbage can near the offices of Pine Ridge Cable, 15 km south of where the car was found. Police received a call from someone who said they saw "a man with a knapsack' meet Mr. Ruddell The two ap- parently checked under the car's hood; then the man threw his knapsack in the back of the car and the two drove north on Simcoe Street. Police originally suspected the six foot tall, curly blond haired youth might have been kidnapped. Co-workers called his absence from work Wednesday morn- ing "unusual," since he usually calls in or leaves word with his parents or girlfriend, neither of whom had seen him alive since Tuesday. (From page 5) us a long time. The Parliament Buildings, of course, were first to see on our agenda. It's not called Parliament Hill for nothing, I might add! We slowly made our way up huffing and puffing. By this time I'm practically crawling. When we finally get to the top we just stand in awe in front of these magnificent structures. They real- ly are a sight to behold with the copper roofs that have turned green from pollu- tion. There are three altogether, and they stand on 40 acres of land. Pretty inform- ed eh?" We learned all this when we went inside. We pulled open the huge doors and walked in just in time for a guided tour. The group was led to a huge library with a statue of Queen Victoria in the centre of the room. After that he showed us the Senate Chambers, that's where the Queen "sits when she's in town. Last. but not least, Don and I decided we wanted to sit in the House of Commons and watch the action. You know this particular room on Parhament Hill. where important deci- sions are made. is really a farce. An MP was standing up making a speech on In- dian Rights for what seemed like an hour This was all directed to the Speaker of the House, who sits on a throne of some kind. He did everything but pick his toe-nails We actually hung around to see if he would do that next. I'm telling you there are a lot of bored politicians up there on the Hill. The next day we went on a bus tour. This was the highlight of our trip. Everybody should take this tour, it's real- TELLING IT LIKE IT IS BEV SILVERMAN ly informative and there are a lot of in- teresting places to see. Of course, there was Brian and Mila's, Embassies on every street corner, and tulips every where you looked. All colours, all shapes, but I personally think their town flower should be the ever present dandelion. There was more of these than tulips. I kid you not. We passed the Russian Embassy and we all smiled as we went by. Cameras were focused on us like loaded guns. Kind of scary, I'll tell ya. By the third day we have taken in all the sites and museums we can stand. It's time for a rest. Hubbie was lounging on the bed in our room while I was staring out the window. "Hey hon there's a nice park across the street with a big fountain in it. Wouldn't it be nice to sit there for awhile?' "Hmm Hmm' he sleepily answers. I turn back . to the window and notice a woman wading in the water with her pant legs rolled up. "Hey Don there's a woman over there taking money out of the fountain." "That's nice dear," he answers still not very interested. Not long afterwards the woman starts taking off her clothes. There she stands naked as a jay bird. 'Don, there's a nude woman in the park." I never knew My Donnie could move so fast. I had to catch him before he fell out of the window." "For crying out loud. why didn't you pack the binoculars?' That's a man for ya, eh girls? We are home now and we enjoyed our holiday a lot, but the best part of all, was arriving back in beautiful Port Perry. When all is said and done, there's no place like home.