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abate IE Fas be rsa df Sa Tw i : | { The four occupants of the small sports. fortunate that. nothing more serious did cor were all injured, but by the look of the ' wreck above, it appears they were quite A collision involving a half. ton truck driven by Daniel Linton, 67 of Uxbridge and a'small 1967 Triumph sports- car driven by Peter Masee, 22, Willowdale occurred on the Manchester corner. Satur- ddy about 5.30 p.m. According to the O.P.P. Whitby Detachment the snow was piled so high on the cor- ner of Highways 12 and 7A that the' view was completely BY-Law Officer . Born And Raised On Scugog Island i The recently appointed By- | i i Sicily--causing-so- -much--des- |truetion- and. taking several A RE happen. out' from the Iritersection; and the truck crashed into the car. =The driver and three pass- engers in the sports car were injured, and all taken to the Port Perry Community Mem- orial Hospital by Brignall's -Ambulance: Mr. Masee, and a young boy Robert Bowkett In the background is the half ton truck involved in the collision. 4 Injured In Collision: At Manchester the collision was unavoidable Volume 103 PORT PERRY, ONT., THURSDAY, JAN. 25th, 1968 Number 15 were admitted to the local hospital, while Mrs; Jean Bowkett and a daughter were taken to . Oshawa General Hospital by Brignall's Ambu- lance. on Ses) Mr. Masee is still in the local hospital with broken ribs, while the boy Robert Bowkett was released the following day. = Family Of Local Barber «Safe In Sicily Earthquake The recent earth quake which 'hit with such tremen.. dous force on the island of was only as recently as Mon- ddy that he succeeded in Out One Day Back The Next _ A walk-out of Reach Town- ship workmen on Tuesday, lasted only one day when the Council met for an emerg- ency meeting in the Town- ship Hall, Manchester the same evening to settle a wage dispute. The reason for the walk. out was in regard to an offer made by council at a meeting on Monday, which did not Local Lion, Zone Chairman Asks Members Work Hard meet with -the approval of | | the employees. At the meeting | held on Tuesday night, all the work- men were present to discuss the matter. The original proposal of $2.25 for maintenance opera- tors, truck drivers $1.95 and casual labour $1.70 per hour was acce bv the warl. men when an additional offer | of time and one half for all overtime worked over nine hours was given the em- ployees. : A motion passed at the Monday meeting which gave T. Stevens, the road superin- tendent the responsibility of employing men for his .de- partment was rescinded at (Continued on Page 14) the Tuesday night meeting: Chairman of Zone 10 South, Storey Beare speaks fo - fellow members A member of the Port hundred persons' lives have caused 'many anxious days for one person in Port Perry. Joseph Giglio; a recent {new comer to Port Perry, and the owner of Joseph's barbershop is a native of Si- cily, and most of his family | is still living. in a small vill- age seven miles from the town of Montebago "which took the brunt of the des- truction. ther with families are all living in the village. Every day since the disaster oc lc sister and married tempting to contact his fa- Ay by telephone, and it "iM. Giglio's ther; 'mother rred, Mr. Giglio has been Circulation of books in the Adult Section again shows an increase over the previous year. The total circulation was 12,086 books. In addi tion to this, 216 paper-back books and 573 magazines 'were borrowed. Fiction again tops the" circulation, 2029 classed books borrowed, an increase here of 259 over last year. There are 614 registered [borrowers-in-the-Adult-Sec- tion. Of this number 61 arg non - resident mostly from jrural districts, though some Circulation Of Books 12,566 At Library are from summer resorts dur ing the summer months only. There have been 246 books purchased during the year, this number including the books ordered through CORL grants. The Juvenile Department of the Libjary reported 806 registered borrowers, a sub- statial . increase over last year's total. Here, the cir culation of books - for the year amounted to 12,566, with Perry-Lions-Club-with-9-yrs:{ perfect attendance, past pre- sident of the club, and now chairman of Zone 10 South, Storey Beare, made his first official visit to the club in this capacity 'on Monday night. Mr. Beare has already visit- ed a number of the Zone's 11 clubs and was in. Ajax Wed- nesday (yesterday) where. he spoke to members of that club. . In his speech to the local -members; --h-e-- emphasized strongly "the more you come out and work for the club, the more you will also get out_of the club" bers of other clubs, work a own "a better club, thereby making Port Perry, the Pro- -vince of Ontario and the Do- minion of + Canada better: places to live in. " Gord Thomas introduced the speaker, and Wm. Sharp _ extended thanks to Mr. Beare for his informative talk. : RE Gordon Goode, chairman of the annual Lions Club' Bon- spiel told the meeting that 16 rinks will take part, and up at thé curling rink at some time during Saturday, Joy 27th when the spiel ~ SoH irri) ei mimr -221-children's magazines: The total number of volumes oo the shelves and in circu tion, was 20885. He -also stressed the im- portance of visiting other clubs, learn 'to know mem- law Enforcement Officer, Mr. [+ Gordon Sweetman has been a resident of this area all of his life. Born and Faised 0 on a farm] at Scugog Island, Mr. .Sweet- man also received his public school education there. From 1929 to 1938, Mr. 'Sweetman operated a garage and. service station where Ted - Jackson's Store 'now -is operated. deal. ing.in Chrysler ears. trucks and other products. For seven years during the war, Mr. Sweetman was an em: ployee of General Motors of Canada. Mr. Sweetman has pon a resident of Seagrave: for the last 20 vears-and operated a arage and "service station for thé first 15; = For the last four years he has heen .a Watkins Prod- nots salesman. but has now "relinauished this in favour Appliances z thé "next following | +.of-his- present. occupation... An old shed on' Mary Street could not stand up against the heavy snow. fall last week. weight, and buried all "the coriténts Tn' the shed." The Town. Shed Collapses Under Weight of Snow shed was used for storing a it collapsed under the etrial used for the maintenance of various 'works depart "enmts In Port Perry. town tractor and other ma- ' Admittance Down At Hospital In'67 Total admittance at the Port Perry Community Hospital In 1967 was 1,063 as compared to 1,078 for 1966. Sixty-two babies were borned during the same period, compared to 76 'the year before The death rate was also lower at the haspital in 1967 when 26 persons died, while 38 persons died in 1966. Hospital Report Week Ending Janvary 20th - 'Admissions 23, Operations ..... 13 Emergency Treatment '3 Births NE . Deaths . Nil Discharges ......... 18 Rémaining 25 Visiting Hours --2 to 8 P. m. "little --harder--to--make- your urged every member to show