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gor ad be 17 INL Three Alarm Fire In Uxbridge A three alarm fire in Uxbridge completely HHS a store and two apartments on Brock Street Tuesday. Firemen from Uxbridge, Port Perry and Stouffville fought the blaze for about seven hours and kept the fire from spreading to neighbouring buildings." The fire apparently started in the basement of Moore Hardware, and' spread rapidly throughout the two- "storey structure. Cause of fire and total loss have yet to be: determined. he P2RT { PERRY | Perry _dohn _. Minister, Dr. M.B. Some For 75% Subsidy Turned Down By Province Warden 'of Ontario County Ed Oyler, reeve of Reach Township, and Robert Kenny, reeve . of Port Perry were members of a delegation from Ontario County Council who! Prime - Minister Robarts and Health met with last week. A request from the deleg- ation for an increase in the - provincial subsidy to the Ont- ario County Health Unit from 50 to 76 per cent was turned |: - down by the two ministers. Deputy Reeve Robert At- tersley, Whitby, who headed the county delegation to Queen's. Park said the prime minister and minister of health said the department of health did not propose to change its policy as regards subsidies to regional health units. When the York-Ontario 'Regional Health Unit was set up, a subsidy of 76 per cent of the cost was approved. Ont- -ario County, which had been of 50 receiving a subsidy per cent of the cost of operat- ing the county health unit, "decided at that time, to remain a separate entity. At its February session, county council decided to go Hospital Report Weéek Ending Feb. 28 Admissions . 28 Operations PR 8 Emergency, Treatment 30 Births .......... .. Nil Deaths'... .............0 Nil Discharges ..... hang] Remaining ... 23 Visiting Hours 2 to 8 p.m. Maternity Hrs. 3 to 8 p.m 'Dymond | over the head of Health Minister Dymond and ask the prime minister to increase the subsidy to the county unit. During the session the 1969 budget "for the unit. of $421,238 was submitted but council - took the stand. that}. it__would "force "the - -govern-|- ment's hand and reduced the figure to $104,392 -- which is the amount the county would have had to pay had the 76 per cent subsidy been granted. + During the session, it was emphasized council could not budget for a deficit. Reeve Henry Polak, Ajax, took this to mean the county would have enough money to operate| the unit until July 1 when it would be faced with the alter- native of joining the regional unit or terminating its health services. : Mr. Attersley said today the county board of health is now faced with three alter- natives -- join the regional unit, live within its budget or cancel the service after July 1. Increase Own Pay The members of Uxbridge council increased their own wages recently. The mayor will receive $1,600 per annum, reeve, deputy-reeve and coun- cillors will be paid $1,000. per year. A payment of $20. per day will be paid to members who spend time away from Uxbridge on council business. Port Perry reeve, deputy- reeve and councillors receive $20. per meeting, and on an estimated average of 30 meet- ings per year remuneration per annum is only $600. Sharon Baird Tops Class Sharon Baird, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Baird, received top swimming hon- ours in a class of 26 at West- ern University, London, Ont. Miss Baird is presently enrolled in a physical edue- ational and language course at the University. During the summer, Sharon will again conduct swimming classes at Poplar Park. Brigade Hires Two Firemen On arecommendation from the Port Perry Fire Brigade the council at their last meet- ing accepted applications from | Robert Rodd and Ray Penny to serve on the brigade. This will bring the force up to the required strength of 16 men. The acceptance of 'the applications is subject to a medical check-up. You can help every heart in your family by supporting your Canadian Heart Fund. - last regular Volume 104 -- PORT PERRY ONT., THURSDAY, MAR 6, 1969 -- Number 21 No final agreement has yet been reached as far as the 'purchase of a new tank truck to service the Townships of Reach and Scugog. Port Perry Fire Department insists the present truck is obsolete and dangerous to operate, and demand a new truck. According to a report, following a meeting between members of the two town- ships and the Fire Depart- ment, Reach Township is quite willing to share in the purchase of a new truck. So is the reeve of Scugog Township, Cecil Fralick, but the members of council are under the impres- sion that the old 1959 truck purchased last year is suffic- iently good enough. It has now come to the point where Scugog Town- ship may be without fire protection as far as the Port Department' is con- cerned. hy "! The contracts with the two townships will soon be up for renewal, and the Fire Depart- ment has made a request to the Port Perry council that unless Scugog Townshipagrees to go along with Reach and purchase a new truck fire serv- icesin the township will be discontinued. Port Perry council at the TMegiing agreed Fire Department Demands Reach, Scugog Buy Truck with the Fire Department and passed the following motion: "That the Port Perry Fire Department with the Munic- ipal Council do not sign a fire fighting agreement with Scugog Council unless their equipment meets with the approval" of the Port Perry Fire Department." Alonzo Williams Dies In 94th Year Alonzo Williams, a life- time resident of Reach Town- ship passed- away in Oshawa General Hospital on Monday, March 3, in his 94th\year. Mr. Williams was born in December, 1875,at the family home on the 6th concession of Reach. Here he grew up and lived the busy life of a farmer until he retired in Port Perry 22 years ago. He married Ethel Still in 1900 and they celebrated their 650th wedding anniversary before she passed away 14 years ago. Left to mourn his passing are four daughters, Mabel (Mrs. C. Howsam); Alice (Mrs. Ray Cook); Marion (Mrs. John Reader) and Dorothy (Mrs. L. Martyn) all of Port Perry, and two sons Melvin (Jerry) of Fredricton and Murray of Port Perry. He is also sur- vived by 17 grandchildren. Anna ror: and Richard Stephens, Canadian Pair Fig- ure Skating Champions placed 10th in the World Champ- ionship in Colorado Springs last week. The couple was in the ninth position following compulsary figures, and is the best performance of a Canad- ian couple since 1964. The 10th position is quite an improvement over their 16th_ placing in the Olythpics in Grenoble France, last year, Anna Richard Place 10th and there is certainly no reason for being discouraged. A Toronto newspaper said a couple of days ago, it is quite possible Anna and Rich- ard may not even defend their Canadian_Championship next | .. year. When the Star asked for a confirmation of this possibil- ity, she said, "At this stage, they had not decided what to do, 'and right now they are far too busy with skating engagements at various carni- Constable Promoted well known O.P.P. SEC, in this area, Peter David Onlock has been pro- moted to the rank of corporal, and commenced his duties at the Brechin Detachment March 1. Born at South River, Ont. Mr. Onlock is 39. He joined the Toronto Detachment of the O.P.P. in 19568 and was transferred to Whitby i in 1960: The family moved to Greenbank in 1962, and resided there until 1966 when they made their home on Lilla Street in Port Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Onlock have four children, David 17, Richard 15, Peggy 12, and Kathryn 5 years old. "While™" Detachment, Mr. Onlock held the position of Court Officer for the last four years. He enjoys fishing and camping and has been an ardent sup- porter of Port Perry Baptist Church, deacon for the last vals throughout the winter." three years. Farm Home Near Prospect Destroyed By Fire Above are the sad remants of the farm home of Mr. Wm. Armstrong, R.R. 2, Port Perry, one mile north of Prospect, third con. of Reach Township. The only occupants of the house at the time of the fire were Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, and they barely escaped from the flaming house. Cause of the fire is not yet determined. "with "the Whitby ~~~