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You're never too young to sing Christmas carols. Four-year-old Tracey Skele- ton agrees as she joins the older set during a carol sing at the Community Memorial Wospital Sunday. Tracey's mother, Mrs. Sandy Skeleton organized the singin which was enjoyed by many patients and visitors. Organist for the evening was Mrs. Carol Mor- gow, who did a splendid last- Wide awake sfter 3 few eye-biinking moments of disbelief, 11-year-old Betty Ann Rose | of Nestieton carries on an animated conversation with Santa Claus when the Jolly Old Elf visited her Sunday at the Community Memorial Hospital. Santa popped into the hos- ® pital to pay a brief visit to patients. He found Betty Ann asleepwhen he entered her room but the young girl was soon wide-eyed awake. Betty Ann hurt her head while toboganning but hopes to be home for Christmas. "Photo by Bob McDougall Operations of snowmobiles will not be prohibited on the streets of Port Perry. However, there will be certain restrict- tions for operators to follow and if not adhered to and found guilty of an offence, a person is liable to a fine of up to $300. Following a discussion of the controversial subject in Port Perry council at the last regular meeting a by-law to that effect was unanimously passed. It was generally agreed by the councillors, snowmobiles are a nuisance on the streets, but it was felt complete ban- ning of the vehicles would not serve the purpose. If a snowmobile is opera- ted on the streets, the driver must keep as close to the right side curb as possibile, but must not drive along or | across 2 sidewalk. Permission is given to drive the snow- mobiles in public parks, ex- cept on roadways where ve- hicular traffic is prohibited, but speed must not exceed 25 mph. the proprietor. Only where it is indicated minute job as a stand-in when! by signs is snowmobiling per- the scheduled organist failed to appear Photo by Bob McDougall Council Passes By - Law Restricts Operation Of Snowmobiles In Village {mitted on municipal proper- ties. See By-Law on page 11 Christmas Mail Heavy At P.O. The local postmaster, Bruce Hull informs the Star mail handling at Port Perry Post | Office has been heavier than in previous years. He also said all mail ser- vice is cancelled for Christmas day. On Saturday, Dec. 26 there will be no wicket or| delivery service. There will be one dispatch of mail at 5.30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 28 On January 2nd, normal Saturday service prevails, and there will be regular mail| delivery on Monday, Dec. 4 r 1 Please Note! Port Perry Star will pub- lish the next issue on Tues- day, Dec. 29. For this part- icular issue the deadlines must be advanced, Latest hour for display advertising will be 1 p.m. Monday and for classified advertising, Monday at 5 p.m. The feason for this change is that the paper || jmay be published early enough to reach the larg est number of readers be- fore New Years Holiday. The . Port Perry Star office will close on Wed- nesday, Dec. 23 at 6 p.m and remain closed until Monday, Dec. 28. and then stay open until Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. The cooperation of advertisers, correspondents and contributors will be Volume 105 - Port Perry, Ontario, Wednesday, Desember 23, 1970 -- No. 9 Council Accepts Offer Purchases A large tract of land, the property of Branch 419, the Royal Canadian Legion will become # park and playground area for Port Perry Children. The Legion offered the site to the Village for the sum of one dollar a couple of months ago. Council at that time was generally in favour of the idea, but it was suggested a proper agreement should be drawn up for a later presenta- tion. John Barton, representing the Legion Branch, presented such an agreement to council at the last regular meeting and following a lengthy dis- cussion the proposal was accepted with a few minor as a playground for several years, Mr. Barton said, the Legion would like to see the continued use of the property for the benefit of children. He explained, the Branch has no intention of dividing the property into building lots, but thought it would be a sound investment for the Village to acquire additional playground facilities, keeping in mind the steady growth of the area. He admitted one of the reasons for wanting the Vill- age to take the property over was the fact the Legion would not have to pay taxes on the large property every year. With the sewage project now under construction, the payments | of frontage rates would be an additional expense in the fu- ture. It was estimated the com- bined cost would run in the neighbourhood of $1,000. and Will Make 2nd Attempt January 5 A second attempt of form- ing a Kinsmen Club in Port Perry will take place Tuesday, danuary 5. At a meeting held at Con- way Gardens, Tuesday, Dec. 15 only 16 prospective mem- bers showed up. According to rules of the Association of Kinsmen Clubs of Canada, no club can be formed with less than 20 members So far, 19 young men of the area has signified their interest, but three were not able to attend the initial meeting last week Attending the meeting were three members from the sponsoring Oshawa Club who explained the function of the Qleb and showed films for the benefit of the potential members. Any young man under 40 years of age interested in becoming a member should contact Jack Dowson o7 attend the next meeting at Conway Gardens, Tuesday, | dan. 5 since children in the area en- joyed the land as's playgound it would only seem proper to secure it for the future. In the agreement is a clause, the Legion would have the right of purchasing the land back for one dollar. When the question came up if such a possibility could happen, Mr. Barton assured the council, although he could give.no written guaran- tee, this would never happen. "In no way would the Legion want buildings around the Hall,"' Mr. Barton said. He further explained the Legion could not sell the pro- perty for the real value, be- cause Provincial Command will not allow the branches to accumulate a great deal of money. This then was another point and good reason to let the Village and its children benefit from the sale of the land for the sum of one dollar. If the Village did pur- chase the property for one dollar, it would mean loss of revenue from taxes as well as payments of frontage rates. Reeve Kenny feared that the council could come under a great deal of criticism from ratepayers for accepting such an agreement. In addition to this it would also be the cost of upkeep of the area as a playground. Legion Property For $1 This question was settled by Mr. Barton, when he on behalf of the Legion offered to pay $300. annually towards the up-keep of the playground area. A motion was passed un- animously to purchase the land for one dollar, but to include a clause in the agree- ment covering the annual $300. commitment on part of the Legion. \See Letters To Santa Page 2 Boys and girls who sent letters to Santa will be happy to know he has re- ceived them ail. The Star sent a special mail plane to the North Pole yesterday and by now Santa has your names on his list for Christmas. Santa also received a special edition of The Star in which some of your letters are published. There wasn't room to print them all but we got in as many as we could. These are inside the paper. Don't be disappointed if your letter wasn't printed because we made sure that Santa got it anyways. i Hi. Merry Christmas to all. | From Days Of Yore No one knows exactly how old this piece of cedar plank ing is, but it was once part of the board surface on Queen Street in Port Perry. It was discovered during recent sewer excavations about 3% ft. under the present road bed in front of Don Carnegie Men's Wear. Cleve Kight rescued it the best preserved of several pieces found at same level. He presented it to Bill Brock as a relic to be displeyed at Seu | gog Shores Museum in the future Photo P. Mvidsten, Jr