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Port Perry Star (1907-), 12 Oct 1967, p. 1

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all he ets | . Maternity Hours 3 to 8 p.m, iia AIR IAB ah "> . i] 4 A i p tia Sina rd si anna A ahatys vie 1:0 at ot ach -" oh . NR > - - a Mall > Sy wel. 23 amembers Joel Aldred and __mond in a serious discussion following an "People in this riding t€ll *he I have nothing to worry about as far as the outcome of this election." Dr. Dymond said, at a meeting attended by about 100 supporters in the Masonic Hall, Port Perry Thursday of last week. #» "The very fact that people do _tell me this is the thing that worries me", he said. The Ontario Minister of _ Health continued by warning against an apathy that pre- ,vails throughout the whole province. He said he had. no inten- tion of making a lot of prom- ises, and emphasized strong- ly that the cost of any bene- fits his government provides gomes from the tax payers pockets, Ontario is the fastest grow- Two prominent Progressive Conservative Dr. M. B. Dy- ing province in Canada, Mr. Dymond continued. 50 per cent of all new-comers to Canada choose to stay in Ontario, and almost half of Gas Leak Causes Anxious Moments Last Friday afternoon the Port Perry Fire Department was called to Eden's Store on Scugog Island when gas from the gas tanks which into the basement of the store. Upon arriving they found that the gas had already cov- ered a good part of the base- ment floor. Representatives from Texaco Oil Company were also called and when they used their test meters 336 Candidates Run For Election A total of 336 candidates has been confirmed by the office of the chief elections officer for the Oct. 17 Ont- __ario election. The-total isthe biggest in the province's his tary. Official papers were filed by Progressive Conservative, Liberal and New Democratic to check the fumes ratio they found that the fumes were already several points above the explosion point. The fire department roped off the area until the Oil Company dug up the old tanks and put in new ones were leaking began to seep address the Minister of Health delivered to a crowd of about 10 people in the --Masonic- Halim -- Local Supporters Hear Dr. Dymond ario their home. and less than 29, ployment, which by experts is considered the same as no unemployment at all. 959, of the people of Ont- ario today are covered by comprehensive medical ser- vices, Dr. Dymond said. Thousands of new beds have been added to hospitals, men- tal hospitals with additional dental and medical colleges made available. "I am proud of OMSIP", he said. "It filled a gap in our medical services, and made possible that no person in Ontario need go without me- dical services." Dr. Dymond said he was not in agreement with the suggestion that the govern- ment take over the cost of education, and warned that if this happened, the govern- -on-Tuesday. Members of the Fire De- partment were on duty most of the week-end and along with Mr. Eden and his fam- ment would also have to take over the control. He prefer- red that as much as possible, the responsibility and opera- tions of schools be kept at local level. new industries established in | this country also make Ont: | edo Poverty in Ontario is small [g++ in comparison to other prov- s 55 inces, the minister continued of the. working force is without em- "[Hall. | Volume 103 PORT PERRY ONT., THURSDAY, OCT. 12th, 1967 Number 1 Mrs. Welma den Boer was one of 88 blood donors attending the Red Cross held Wednesday, Oct. 4th in the Oddfellows With her is a member of the Red Cross team conducting the clinic. Only 88 Give | Blood At Clinic ; This is-the third clinic held in about one year, and attendance this time was a poor as the first was good. Only 88 donors gave blood this time compared to about 220 a year ago. However, it was his opinion that the growing demand for higher education was a gov- ernment responsibility, and | cited as an example the total cost of the new Durham Col- lege has been absorbed by the Ontario Government. ~ He concluded by saying ily baled out the gas by hand. (Continued on Page 16) 125 Liberals Hear 125 Liberal suporters from Owaissa Lodge, near Ather- ley, Tuesday night to hear the platform of their new riding candidate, Howard Anderson, dairy farmer from Party candidates in all 117 ridings. - In addition the elec- tions office confirmed the no \ mijnations of seven Social Credit, two Communist and six independent candidates. The largest previous field was in the 1959 Ontario elec- tion when 327 candidates competed for the 108 seats then at stake. A 1966 redis- tiibution has increased the total by nine. ,At dissolution the standing was PC 175, Liberal 20, NDP eight, vacant five. [4 | Hospital Report Week Ending October 7th Admissions .................... 18 Operations .......................... 6 Emergency Treatments .... 16] BitdhE .........iviiinnniiinic: 2] Deaths. .................cc.ouiiniis Nil Discharges .......................... 25 Remaining ..................... 21 Visiting Hours -- 2 to 8 p.m. 2,000 Attend Autorama Display tt Yio ih $i a About 2,000 persons visited the first "Autorama Dis- play" held in Port Perry Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Five dealers had cars and trucks on display, and people showed a real interest in the fine display of 1968 products. 1,600 cups of coffee. and 1,000 donuts were served during. the three days of the show. sible for the successful show. John Orde, Cy Wilson, Storey Beare, Harry Peel, Bill Beare, Stewart Sweetman and Bob Archer. -- Pefferlaw. Ontario--Riding gathered at Howard Anderson Mr. Russell Honey, North- ho = Nw Rt dl Sr att pn Et a em Tr a is CER Sn Mk J A PE © i Ba - wv Dre i ] x 5 Tee RAN, YT A an 4 A ge Ta Eg HC W a Liaw on oy wa ich Fa | Simian) NR nore on, . - 3 we Air a OATS REI Ag, NT i - . br 'umberland-Durham represen- tative in Ottawa, delivered a fast moving talk on the lack of concern for voters living beyond the large urban cen- tres by the 25 year old Ro- barts Government in Queen's Park. tion in housing, education cost sharing to relieve muni- cipal taxpayers of the heavy burden of increasing taxa- ¢|tion, and improved agricul- tural legislation to help farming people in their struggle to keep abreast of _||creeping inflation. fine Centennial Ball This Saturday Above are the men respon- From left: Dan Madsen, CR AA ARE «| best. costume, There are still a number of tickets available for the Centennial Ball to be held at Club Annrene Saturday. Any- one who wishes to attend must buy the tickets prior to Saturday, since no tickets | will be sold at the door. Phone 985-2165; 985-2360 or 985-2393. Dress is optional, but any- one who wears Centennial dress will be competing for He cited the need for ac-

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