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hails ifincit didend WAT WRN TOF EAMT ATT 5 hk rr aad ea Playground Prin cess Holding her bouquet of red roses is Port Perry's Playground Princess for 1970 -- pretty 11 year old Melodie Cannon of 45 Caleb Street. Melodie was presented her crown Friday night by Coun. Phil Orde at the Penny Carnival in the arena. The carnival was held as a follow-up to the children's parade down Queen St. Melodie was picked for the Princess title by other youngsters in the Senior Playground program. For other pictures of play- . ground winners, parade and carnival, see Pages 6, 11 and 14. --Photo by Bob McDougall MAY COST $2,000 Dredging For New Park Set A bigstep to bring the new ball park nearer to reality was taken last Wednesday when council agreed to hire Ira Carr to drag the lakefront in front of the proposed field, The new ball park is plann- ed to go in just south of the Friday's playground parade is Tammy Barbour, who at four- years-old is the youngest majorette in Port Perry and 'probably in Ontario County. existing field on Water Street where a land reclaiming pro- ject is now going on. Cost of the dragging work is expected to run about $2,000. This works out to about $2 a foot for the 900- odd feet of lakefront that has to be dragged. But the work should be eli- gible for a 50% subsidy from the Province since it is for park deyelopment, The dragline operation will remove Lake bottom. mud and silt to an estimated depth of four feet and to a distance of about 50 feet from shore. In turn, the excavated ma- terial will be dried out and used as fill in the reclaiming project, Reeve Robert Kenny views| the new ball park as a worth- while undertaking, providing the taxpaper with something tangible for tax dollar.- Councillor Phil Orde sees the acquiring of the water- front land as a real asset in terms of what it will do to beautify the Village. Although it's a little early the councillor envisions a tree planting program along Water Street and the park which will greatly enhance that sect- ion of Port Perry. Another advantage of loca- (continued on page 11) Meters Lose 2 Hours Parking hours at the meters will now be daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. instead of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ; ~ Council approved the ch- ange at its meeting last Wed- nesday. to coincide with the time period now stipulated on the meters. © Objection to the change was voiced by Councillor Joe Podres that the Village would be losing money by cutting back the two hours on paid parking. But while agreeing with him that some money would be lost, Deputy Heeve Bruce Beare pointed out there would be some saving and that coun- cil would not have to pay someone to look after the meters for an extra two hours. Council also decided to contact Rhodes Parking Met- ers, the firm that supplied the meters, to come here to see if something could be done to change the vi- olation flag on the parking meters. As it stands now the vi- olation flag shows almost continually even though sev- gral hours of parking has been paid. This has caused a great deal of consternation for people visiting here and also has caus- ed difficulty for the bylaw en- forcement officer in issuing tickets. "| ratepayer would have $10 in I Volume 105 -- Port Perry, Ontario, Thursday, August 27th, 1970 -- Number 43 Village Hires Inspector As Trenching Increases Port Perry has hired another trench inspector to ease the workload caused by increased sewer construction. Council agreed to hire Cleve Kight for the job at a special meeting Friday night. He will be paid $2.50 hourly. Crawford, who under ordin- ary circumstances carries out the trench inspections, in- formed council last Wednes- day that the job had almost become a full time endeavour. The number of construct- ion crews working here, he Village foreman Peter said, has increased from four What May Lie Ahead Regarding Sewer Billing It's a little early yet but| council is already given the question of billing for sewers some thought. Last Wednesday it agreed generally that the billing shou- ld be'made on a monthly basis and separate from the water bill. Reeve Robert Kenny said he favored the monthly billing since it was more likely a his pocket and could meet the monthly payment than to be hit with a three-month bill (about $30-0dd). But where'water meters are: concerned ¢ouncil favored the] three-month billing. Most businesses in the Vil- lage are on water meters as is the public school and hosp- ital. A water meter is exped- ed to be installed at the high school in the future. Regarding penalty or dis- count for late or prompt pay- ments of sewer bills, coun- cil decided it was a little early yet to decide and will likely wait a year before a- dopting a policy. Some thought was also given to the paying of the con- nection charge. It was suggested that a rate- payer could be allowed to pay (continued on page 11) Hospital Report WEEK ENDING AUGUST 22 Admissions Births ............... Deaths Emergencies .... Operations .... Discharges ...... Lt Remaining ...................... Last Week For Museum This is the final week and the last opportunity this season, to visit the Scugog Shores Museum and Craft Centre on Scugog Island. ' Sunday the closing day will have some special interests, At 2 p.m., Mrs. Ina Goose and her son Arnold will give another demonstration of the art of basket weaving. Any- one who did not see these two people at work a few Ri i i tl a a. E--------E-- to more than 10. Because of this, inspections should be carried out at least twice daily to ensure, among other things, that proper safety standards are being followed. Earlier this summer 25- year-old Gordon Van Egmond of Smithsville was killed when the trench he was working in on North St. caved-in on him. A coroner's inquest into the death found three parties were negligent: Adri's Trench- ing Ltd., the firm Mr. Van Egmond was employed by; Clairson Construction Ltd., and the Ontario Department of Labour. The jury was critical of the Trench Safety Act which they said- was unclear in sections and also disapproved of one man handling the inspection job saying it was too big a task for the one.person. Mr. Crawford told council that Albert Hull of the Depart- ment of Labour testified at the inquest that he (Mr. Hull) had inspected the site four days before the accident and told the crew that the trench was too narrow. A trench, according to the Act, should be dug at 45 degree angle or be shored up. It apparently wasn't in this instance. Mr. Hull didn't return to ensure that his order had (continued on page 11) aving at museum. weeks ago, should not miss this opportunity. The museum will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and visitors will also be able to take in the Craft Centre and see the display of some of the delightful work done there this sum- mer. As a fitting climax to a season of appreciation of our heritage, there will be a service held in the 110 year old Head Church. One of the projects of the Lake Scugog Historical Society is the restoration of this building and already there has been a great deal accomplished. The Service will begin at 7:30 p.m. and the min- ister for the occasion will be Rev.-J.K. Braham well known pastor who served in Scugog area for some years, There will also be special music, and a social hour will follow the service. SEE TH a BE Leniba didi ndeaiadstat hs