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i "ee en Oe Ind Streets No Place For Snowmobiles According to reports published by Canada Safety Council, the operation of snowmobiles on streets or highways is dangerous. The same question has been lively discussed at many council meetings throughout the country and the result im most cases has been the passing of by-laws either prohibiting or restricting the operation of snowmobiles On streets. Locally it was discussed at the Pollution Forum reported in the last issue of the Star, and it was al- so lightly discussed by Bort Perry council following the last regular meeting. it is expected the question will come up again at next meeting. There is agreement in general, snowmobiles should not be operated on streets. However, the opinion was divided as far as completely prohibiting the vehicles in Port Perry. So far snow has not been too plentiful this year, and for that reason very few complaints have been registered and fortunately the rate of accidents quite light. Below are a few facts in regard to accidents caused by snowmobiles last winter: Snowmobile deaths soared by 50 per cent last winter. Predicted high sales of the motorized snow vehicles make a further increase in casualties most likely this win- ter unless operators take more care. In a national report prepared by the Canada Safety Council, public road collisions are singled out as by far the leading cause of snowmobile deaths. Of the 93 snowmobile deaths last winter, 47 resulted from collisions with other motor vehicles. One of the victims was a nine-year-old boy whose snowmobile collided with a car on a main highway. Driving snowmobiles at night proved to be the most hazardous practice of all. Of the fatalities, 28 took place at night. Broken down by location, 22 of the total number of deaths took place on municipal roads, 21 on secondary roads and four on main highways. . There are more than 350,000 registered snowmobiles in Canada, about half of the snowmobiles in use. The unregistered vehicles are supposed to be used only on private property Apart from traffic deaths, 21 snowmobilers drowned of whom 11 were operating their machines at night. Eight died in collisions on private property. Five died when their vehicles were struck by trains. Another five died in collisions with wire of fences. Three died in acci- dents in trails or parks. One each was killed when hitting a tree and house steps. Another two died in accidents while repairing their machines. Broken down by age categories, the 16-19 year olds suffered most fatalities. Twenty of the victims were in this bracket. Thirteen children under the age of 15 were killed, five of whom were drivers. One youngster was driving a snowmobile hit by a train. Of the victims, only 17 were over the age of 44, a sharp decrease compared to the previous winter. Seventy of the victims were drivers and 21 passengers. Seventy-eight were male and 15 female. (The apparent discrepancy in these figures is accounted for by the two victims of accidents while repairing their machines). -- wy gD Authorined ss second clase mall by the Post Office Department. Ottaws, and for payment of postage in cash Es Seromd Clams Mail Rewistration Number 0266 Substription Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr., Eisewhere $6.00 per year, Single Copy 10¢ Fe ee tH Ht BILL MILEY UGAR ano d Hd Hi: ili . 3 Hine u gizE sine | : ~- | : tit Fe Spice get up to $55 a month in supplement or up to $135 a month when his basic old age pension is included? The key word there is "can". But if he or she decides to make a few extra bucks shovelling walks or taking in wash- ing, some eagleeyed social worker will be Johnny-on-thespot, and the supple- ment will be cut, dollar for dollar. In other words, you are pegged at $1,620 ayear. That's a lot of money. Too much to be floating around in the hands of luxury-loving, devil-may<care old timers. Why don't we re-institute the work-house, j 7 givings about the white paper. I don't. It's almost as much fun as reading Alice in Wonderland. You'd almost think there were an election coming up, as one was when Mr. King introduced the baby monus. Surely the government isn't trying tw z a5f st 2 fF 2 z i zee? at HF] F. : ee? x3 fH at me ¢ FEfx i : 3. fF iriy Ley! Fin Fe ne : I 2 z =i [ie ie i 2 Met- very rece- i rt ae f rE f iu a [ Es ge Mr. Donald Crozier, Scugag Reynolds of Pinedale. Mrs. Roy Scott, Seagrave and Mrs. Harrison of Myrtle Station were in Toronto to see the Ice Capades. Sgt. and Mrs. Wesley Vg kins have returned home from a trip to the West where they visited relatives. Thursday, December 15, 19§5 The Port Perry Yacht Club held their annual dinner and the presenting of their troph- ies at the Del Restaurant. Royal Canadian Legion elected their new officers for 1956 President, Frank God- ley, Vice President, Michaé? Brignall Sr., Reg. Moorehead continues as Branch Welfare Officer. Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Love and Mrs. C.C. Jeffrey spent the week end in Ottawa with Mr® and = Mrs. F.D. Slemmon. While there they attended the performance "Oklahoma." Mr. and Mrs. R. Porter, Prince Albert have moved from the village to Oshawa. ii ie Hair! oa "] Ed i j if}