Second Prize For Advertising Excellence Peter Hvidsten, Jr. and his wife Eileen attended the annual convention of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association heid last week in Kapuskasing, Ontario. A highlight for him at the convention was the capture of 2nd prize certificate for Advertising Excellence. First vice president, Wilson Boyer, elevated to the position of president for 1971 presented the framed certificate to Mr. Hvidsten. Port Perry Company Offers Sale Of - Lakeshore Property To. Municipality One of the largest bus iness enterprises in Port Perry, Lake Seugog Lumber Co. Limited requires additional space for expansion. The company's present site, app- roximately five acres is not large enough to meet present and future orders. The firm owns a large property at the south end of the Village on the east side of the OshawaRoad, and although only in the plan- ming stages, this could very well be the next site for Lake Secugog Lumber Co Limited. However, before any de- cision can be made about « move, the company must sell the present site and buildings. Ted Griffen, manager met with council at the regular meeting last week. presented the case to the councillon and suggested, perhaps the Village would be interested im purchasing property and buildings. Mr. Griffen told council he thought it only fair that the corporation should be Hospital Report Admissions 32 Births Nil Deaths ! Emergencies B5 Operations 17 Discharges 33 Remaining 41 given the first chance of ac- quiring the property. He sug-| gested the property would fit in well with the plans of the Village to control as much as possible of the lakefront and for park and recreational purposes. The buildings could be utilized by the Village for various purposes, Mr. Griffen explained. He suggested the present municipal office could be moved into the office and showroom building, the main shed to be used by the -- Department, etc. According to Mr. Griffen, plans for a new Post Office for Port Perry is in the offing and he suggested perhaps the new Federal building could be erected on the site where now the Municipal Office stands. Snowmobile Race Sunday, Feb. 28 Port Perry Lions Club's} first Centennial project is the snowmobile races to be held at the Fairgrounds on Sunday, Feb. 28. Snowmobiles from the im- mediate aren as well a from more distant places are ¢x- pected to take part in this first event in Port Perry. | it appears now it could | affair, however, the Lions) will provide the necessary re-| "We are not a large firm," Mr. Griffen said,"' but bus- iness is increasing and we need more space. However, we just | cannot afford to pull up) stakes and move, we have to| would be resigning the posi-| March 1, sell the present property first.""| He told the councillors, the| offer of purchase is open un til March 1, 1971. PERT & PERRY ee) Volume 105 - Port Perry, Ontario, Wednesday, February 10, 1971 -- No. 16 Fined |Commissio $1,000 Clairson Construction Co Limited was fined $1,000. and cost in Provincial Court in Oshawa, Friday. The firm was found guilty of violating section 8 of the Trench Excavator's Protection Act. During construction of sewers im Port Perry, July 17, a fatal accident ocecw when a trench on North Street caved in and buried Gordon Van Egmond alive. He was in the trench and was trapped when a side of the excavation ditch cofapsed. It took about 20 minutes to dig him out and rush him to Port Perry Memorial Hos- pital. He was pronounced dead on arrival. Officials of Clairson Con- struction Co. Limited main- tained it was the fault of the sub-contractors and not the company, but Judge D.B. Continued on page 16 68 Members Join C of C Norma Cornish, secretary- treasurer of Port Perry Cham- ber of Commerce announced 68 members had signed up for 1971 at the last regular director's meeting. The announcement from the annual meeting made re- cently that Dr. Wm. Cohoon had accepted the position of president for 1971, was made official by election at the meeting. Others elected to the exec- utive were Ken Dowson, first vice-pres.; Richard Drew, sec- ond vice-pres.; Norma Cor- nish, sec.-treas.; Jack Dowson and Ralph Ballard, chairman for Retail Comm ittee. The secretary-treasurer for several years, announced she jon at the end of 1971 The executive accepted volun- teer assistance from Mrs. Rob- erta Drew. resenting the Village of Port Perry, Reach and Scugog Fire Commission presented the proposed 1971 budget on behalf of the firemen at the last regular council meeting. The total amount of money required for purchases, repairs remuneration to extra fire- men, etc, came to $31,114.60. This is about $2,500 less than one year ago. The two largest items on the list are a 1% ton equip- ment van and a two way radio system. The total amount of these two items is $10,000. The present volunteer bri- gade consists of 16 members, but should at the same strength of other brigades in Ontario County be in- creased to 21. Remuneration for firemen in 1970 was $6,000. This amount is sug- gested should be increased to $10,500. to help pay for the additional five men. The two items, the van and the two-way radio came under some discussion following the presentation of the budget. Councillor Orde said, the n Asked To Cut 1971 Budget By $5,000. Councillor Phil Orde rep-{ van will replace the old police car with over 100,000 miles of driving. He explained it had to be large enough to carry men some equipment and clothing. When councillor Jackman asked why a regular delivery wagon wouldn't do, Mr. Orde said, the men need a large enough van they could stand up straight in, in the event they might have to change their clothes on the way to a fire. "Furthermore,"" Mr. Orde said,"no firemen should be expected to be riding on the back of an open fire truck Continued on page 10 Winter Carnival Friday, Feb. 12 The annual Port Perry High School student's Winter Carnival will be staged at the school grounds on Friday, February 12. Since this is Centennial year for the Village, the stu dents are making this pro ject their contribution to the celebrations this month. To make payments of taxes a bit easier on the pocket book, councillor Howard Hal at the last regular meeting of council, suggested the rate payers should have the ben efit of making four payments during the year rather than the present three | The due dates for pay ments of taxes have been (Interim taxes) | June 15 and September 15 Mr. Hall suggested the four payments could be made the |first day of the months of Interim Taxes Due Monday, March Ist March, June, September and November The council, discussing the proposal for some time agreed there was some merit to the idea, but finally decided against any change in the pre sent method. The reason was primarely due to the fact the bylaw would have to be changed and passed by council, the office was now '"'geared" to the three annual payments. A change would necessitate the Continued on page 10 Port Perry Kinsmen Club will receive their charter at a very well be « full day! function to be held in the Legion Hall, Saturday, Feb. 20 The young men above were elected executive members freshments to keep anyone! recently and will be in charge of the duties of the club From left Fred Canning, director; Bob Bradbury, registrar: from being hungry and thirsty Barry Fisher, treasurer; David Langille, secretary Larry Kendall, President; Jack Dowson, Vice-president; Hudson Isherwood, bulletin editor Raymond Hillier, director Absent when picture was taken, Tom Armstrong, Sgt. at Arms Photo P. Hvicisten, Jr