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,_ caretaker. for Chairman Art Cox of Port Perry Hydro-Electric Commission signs a plan for a co-operative electric service and marketing program -as Superintendent Larry Mabley, (seated left), and Commissioner Ted Jackson and Commissioner J.J. Gibson look on. Port Perry Hydro-Electric Commission Joins In Co - operative Programme Seven municipal hydro utilities in the Bowmanville area have joined together to provide a" dynamic, co opera- tive electric service and mar- keting program for their cus- ® tomers. The program was develop- ed at the first annual meet- ing of these utilities held at the Carousel Inn, Oshawa. It was attended by some 50 _ commissioners . and officials of 'the participating utilities. 'They were: Ajax, Bowman: ville Public Utilities, New- castle Hydro, Orono Hydro, Pickering Village Public Utilities, Port Perry Hydro and Whitby Public Utilities. " Oshawa Public Utilities also had commissioners and offi- cials present to "assist in setting up the electric service development plan. Ontario Hydro officials attended the + meeting to help with organi. - zation plans. This is the second area in 'the province where municipal hydro utilities have united in a mutual plan aimed at providing increasing service ® to their customers. Tom -H. Bennett, P.Eng., Marketing Superintendent, of ' Ontario Hydro's Central Re- gion acted as chairman for the meeting. © He outlined » the new association's object: Y jves and- introduced Frank J. Dobson, Ontario Hydro's Cen- tral Region Manager, who spoke briefly. - The chairman stated that one of the prime objectives of the new association is to establish uniformity of con- ditions of electrical service and marketing approach to their customers. An advisory committee was appointed to direct the pro- gram. Doug Tideman, of Bowmanville Area, was nam- ed chairman. Other members of the committee are: Joe Mason, Ajax Hydro Manager; Larry. Mabley, Port Perry Hydro Superintendent; Walt Steeves, Ontario Hydro Cen- tral Region Consumer Ser- vice Supervisor; Roy Smith, Ontario Hydro's Central Re- gion .. Marketing Supervisor and Harry Simpson, Whithy Public Utilities Manager. At the end of the meeting offi-|- cials of the seven utilities and Ontario Hydro represen- tatives signed a plan which would provide staff assist: ance from Ontario Hydro to act as resource personnel in PPRTQ PERRY ---- Volume 104 " -- PORT PERRY ONT, TUESDAY, DEC. 31, 1968 Number 13 People Slow Purchasing Licence Plates Mr. Gordon Reesor, of Reesor Fuel & Lumber, local issuer of 1969 licence-plates told the Star Saturday, car owners are purchasing their plates at about the same rate as last year. Only 200 plates had been issued at that time, which is the same as last year. About 3,000. were sold at deadline, February 28, in 1968, and Mr. Reesor expects the number will be approximately the same this year. Although 4,000 plates were sold during 1968, revenue to the Ontario Government should be considerably increased due to the higher cost of acquiring the plates. The licencing of snow- mobiles is new this year, and so far 160 vehicles of this type have been registered at the contacts with customers. the local licence issuer: - Scarboro Wins Scarboro won .~the first Novice Hockey "Tournament sponsored by the Port Perry Lions Club. Held on Satur- day, Dec. 28, eight teams par- ticipated from Brooklin, Ma- doc, Stouffville, Markham, Scarboro, 'Malton, 'Oakwood and Port Perry. The Port Perry team went all the way to the. final, but was defeated by a stronger Scarboro team, 5-3. Winner of Consolation prize was Stouffville by a win over Malton 10-3. It was the result of a 60-50 Some Christmas Proscnt : Santa was generous to John Doupe of Seagrave this year. He was the lucky winner of the sizeable amount seen on the mammoth cheque he is holding in his hands. Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. = ial Et tt & we TH Foran = Celebrate 65th Anniversary Congratulations are extended to Mr. and Mrs. James Owen, on the occasion of their 65th wedding anniversary Saturday, Dec. 21. As can be clearly seen from the above picture, Mr. and Mrs. Owe couple. n are a happy and healthy draw sponsored by Oshawa Less Fires in 1968 Fire Chief Guy Raines re: ports less fire calls in 1968, compared to 1967. The men were called out 36 times in 1967, and 32 times in 1968, This is for a 12 month period from Oct. |1 to Sept. 30. 18 fires or 509, occurred in Reach Township in 1967. This figure was reduced to 14 in 1968, still higher than any community served. Port Perry had 15 fires in 1967, but only 9 in 1968. Fire calls to Scugog Town- ship increased from three in 1967 to seven in 1968. Only one call was made to Cart- wright Township this year, Suggests More County Roads Details of a needs study for the Ontario County Road System were unveiled at the last session of county council. The study was explained by R.E. Sims of Totten, Sims Hubicki and Associates, Whitby; while slides showing the progress of work on the road system were shown by W.A. Twelvetress, county engineer. Mr. Sims said the existing system consists of 291.8 miles. deleted from the system and Continued on Page 2) and none last year. A Mutual Aid" call was made to Myrtle when CPR train coaches and a mill burned down. Looking Back At 1968 Items From The Files Of The 'Star' JANUARY Anna Forder -and Richard Stephens placed second in the Canadian Figure Skating Championship, senior pairs Meld 'in Vancouver. They re- ceived a tremendous welcome from fans on their arrival about 3 a.m. in the morning. Mrs. Retta Hardy retires after 20 years of service as ugog Town- "ship Municipal Hall. She was presented with a gift by Reeve Victor Aldred on the _ occasion. * Reeve Ross Murison, Pick- ering Village elected Warden ™ of Ontario County for 1968." Port Perry Legion present- ed $1,000. to the Hospital Building Fund, instalment on a pledge of $5,000 Four persons were injured in car accident at the Man- chester intersection. FEBRUARY Anna Forder and Richard Stephens left for Grenoble, France to represent Canada in pair figure skating in Olympic competitions. A collision occurred at the Manchester intersection be: tween a truck and a car caus- ing an estimated damage of Well known Reach Town- ship resident, and a former reeve of the Township and Warden of Ontario County, Mr. Grant Christie was awar- ded the Centennial Medal. Mr. B. A. Bohan new ad- ministrator at Port Perry Community Memorial Hospi- tal begins duties at .the hos- pital. Mr. Arnold Roach, Man- ®hester wag elected first chairman of Scugog Retarded Children's Education Author- ity. Lynne MacGregor chosen Queen 'of the annual, "At $1,800. Home" at Port Perry High School, Port Perry Lions Club do- nates $1,000. to Port Perry Community Hospital Building Fund. A calf with two heads was born on Mr. Les Beacock's farm, R.R. 4, Port Perry. 19 head of cattle perish in barn burned to the ground on farm owned by Mr. Don- ald Taylor near Saintfield. . MARCH Heather Dorrell, grade nine student of Blackstock High School won the Junior Sec- ondary Speaking Contest, sponsored by Port Perry Le- gion. * She was presented with a trophy and plaque by president Jack Cook. Intersection at Manchester was again the scene of a car accident. Damage to two cars was estimated at 1,200. The last old school house in Reach Township, the "Yel. low School" was sold for $7,900. Firemen from Port Perry and Uxbridge fought a blaze destroying the living quar- ters of the owners of San: Man Motel, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Santer. A large portion of the motel itself was also badly damaged. Mill rates in Port Perry jump to an alltime high. Commercial 111.17 -- Resi- dential 100. APRIL Joanne Shaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Shaw, Port Perry, was presented with a $150. wrist watch by Oshawa Independent Order of Odd Fellows. It was awarded to her for attempt. ing to revive a member of the organization Mr. William Manuel following a heart at- tack on Sunny Brae Golf Course. Carol Wotton, grade 11 stu- Continued on Page 2) : He proposed that 1.2 miles be