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Vol. 106 ~ Port Perry, Ont. Thurs., Nov. 19, 1970 -- No. 4 12 Volunteers To Assist New Leader Of Scouting Geeod sews for Port Perry cant is the night of meetings. ROBERT GETTINS DONALD FREW VERNON ASSELSTINE NORMAN MAIRS scouts this week -- they have a soulmaster " Pred Fraser, who owns a in the village and is a former cubmaster, has stepped forward t6 lead the varety store troop And Mr. Fraser won't be alone. He says he has at least 12 people who have said they would help him i Scouting in Port Perry was discontinued last week when no one could be found to lead} the boys RILED UP ' 'Tt got riled up when i) read about the scouts discon tinuing and | told my wife| there was no way they're going) to close them down," said Mr Fraser Although he's never been a cub or a scout himself Mr Fraser likes younger people and enjoys working with them As a former cubmaster here, he expects that many of the existing troop will be former cubs from his pack In taking over the scouts Mr. Fraser has already made} some changes. Perhaps the most signifi From now on the scouts will be meeting Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Scout Hall instead of Fridays. With the help of volunteer assistants, which include two OPP officers, Mr. Fraser hopes to offer all interested boys in the Village an expanded and varied scouting program. Among these will be .22 calibre rifle shooting at the high school range and .38 re- volver and .303 rifle prac tice at the range on Scugog Istand. FIRST PROJECT This Saturday the scouts will be undertaking their first project under the guidance of Mr. Fraser. This will be a paper drive and everyone is asked to put out their bundles of papers for the scouts Other plans for the imme- diate future include snowmo- bile parties, building a float for the Santa Claus "parade and the selling of Christmas Cakes to for scouting activities Combined with these activ ities, of course, will be the usual scouting work toward badges and other awards raise money Skate. Party, Big Bonfire Te Start Centennial Year Port Perry will one hundredth year weeks, the begin its in only and preparations past six months will become a reality Old Tyme Skating} Christmas Tree "x " soon An Party and Hospital Report Week ending Friday, Nov. 13 Admission s 16 Births ' Deaths Nil Emergency Treatments 83} Operations 11 32 48 Discharges Remaining Only oe Burning™ to he held on Lake Seugog, January 2, 1971 will start' the ball rolling, if the weather co-operates with the centennial committee At a meeting of the comm ittee Thursday night, it was decided to go ahead with plans, have the ice cleared and flooded, lights erected and music available, when the ice becomes suitable To add a spark of light to the evening, a "Christmas Tree Burning" wil! take place on the ice not far from the skating area at the east end Continued on page 17 LAWRENCE MALCOLM 6 Hurt In Collision Six persons, three of them children, were taken to Osh- awa General Hospital Sunday afternoon after a grinding two-car crash on the Oshawa Road near the Ridges Police said one vehicle was Robert Black 40, of 241 Mary St., Oshawa Passengers in his auto were David Black, 9, and Eddie Ouelette, 10 Driver of the ir was William Lindguist. 38 of 12%% Bond St. W., Oshawa His passengers were Joan Bryant, 38 and Janice Bryant 3 second ( Damage the Black ¢ |was estimated at $1.500 and the Lindguist vehicle $2.000 | Sorry,RanOutOF | Space ThisWeek Some articles and pic | tures to have appeared in | this issue of the Star will | not because of lack of space. We hope to have | the items in the next . i | Publications. to "r | 4 f 11 drize winners of the 4-H Grain Club sponsored by Port Perry Lions Cluh were present to receive their awards at the regular dinner meeting held Monday at Conway Gardens. Seated from left are Marion Couperthwaite, Donovan Smith who weented the trophy on behalf of his brother Bruce as well a winning for himself third prize, Ken Knight, Back row from left Rainh Honey. club leader Irwin Smith, Ron Thomson, John Hoskin and the driver of Battle For Déeputy-Reeve Job Assures Cartwright Election Cartwright Township vor] ters will be electing a deputy-| reeve and at least one new| councillor when they go to} the polls Dec. 7. A council acclamation was ruled out this week when Robert Gettins, incumbent deputy-reeve, said he would) seek another term } Coun. Vernon Asselstine announced earlier he would be trying to step up a notch on the municipal ladder by running for deputy-reeve Coupled with Mr. Gettin's announcement others from Councillors Norm Mairs jand Donald Frew that they | would seek additional terms | Mr. Asseistine's contesting the deputy-reeve's chair leave were of | will |} council } one vacancy on UNOPPOSED So far unopposed is Reeve Lawrence Malcolm nounced earlier that he would | be in the running again Reeve Malcolm was return ed to office by acclamation in the municipal and indications who an election will last are he again The last election also saw Robert Gettins topple the then incumbent deputy-reeve John Hamilton of 366 to' 275 75 Donald by a vote Frew topped the poll for councillors with 425 votes, followed by Mr. Assel stine with 410; Mr. Mairs, 348 Osmond Wright 114 and? Walter Wright 260 | SCUGOG In Scugog Township De | puty-Reeve Grace Love and} |Coun. Clifton Crowell have} indicated they will run again | i Reeve Cecil Fralick and Councillors, William Bell and Helen Redman still uo-| decided | In the last township vote) Mr. Fralick defeated the then incumbent deputy -reeve Dowson by a count of 207 to 134 to win the top job Mrs. Love won in a three-| way race for deputy-reeve by| toppling Phil Goreski are , Joe dune Crozier and} A 16foot fibre glass boat was destroyed by fire Satur day afternoon in a freak! blaze at Goreski's beach on Scugog Island Fire Chief Jack Cook sa'd the owner. John MacDonald! of 205 Farewell Ave. Osha- wa, was preparing the vessel for winter spark storage when a caused while discon. | necting the battery, started the fire. The boat was in the water and tied to a wharf Firemen managed to save the motor but the vessel it- | self was lost bent | comers Lovefentering the Port Perry elect 116) ion race as a council candidate and Mrs. Crozier 86 Scugog's councillors Helen Since then Mrs. Crozier) Redman, Clifton Crowell and is no longer a township! Bill Bell were acclaimed to residept and Mr. Goreski is! office in the previous election Acclamations Likely | In Village Balloting As the Nov. 25 nomination date draws near it looks as if Reeve Robert Kenny and deputy-reeve candidate Phil | Orde will be acclaimed to office Balloting was Mrs 141 votes, Mr. Goreski the then incumbent reeve J. Gibson by a resounding 782 votes to 142. Mr. Gibson has said he will not run again for office ; Those who may be. inter So far they are the only ested in running for council two candidates for the two} ore baiiainda teak te Quail highest posts in the Village Cor nommieailons ta Mas In the race for 85/25 at 8 p.m. Nominations standing for election; Incum will be held in the municipe Podres and new | building begining at 7 p.m Jack Forster, Phil/ Goreski and Jerry Jackman.| If these remain the only contestants Port Perry voters will be going to the polls Dec 7 with the task of picking three out of only four candi line seats Joe Santa Parade Lacks Floats Mrs. Eleanor Wood, Santa dates in an election that is|Claus parade chairman told costing the municipality m ore| the Star Monday, float en tries are now coming in. How than $500 Deputy-reeve Bruce Beare,| ©¥er the amount of floats en who was acclaimed to office | tered is far below the 20 tak } ing part last year is not running this time Council workload combined/ It's a short three weeks un with County Council duties| ti! the parade starts moving has forced his retirement.| down Queen Street and part | In the previous race for|Jcipation is a must if the day Mr. Kenny defeated is to become a success ---------- reeve, Durham MPP Alex Carruthers always wanted to drive a fire truck And although he still hasn't he came close Saturday after officia pening tt ew Cartwright Township firehal! at Caesarea The MPP donned a fireman's hat and atond with 10-year-old Gordon Thomas of Caesarea ed behind the wheel of one of the townships fire truck it was only make believe but Mr of 75 people attended the Upwards marked the Carruthers enjoyed it anyway ypening which culmination of several years work by the existine and former councils. 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