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x "The Shee. Dr. Win, Cotioon and Torry } Hodgins 1s holding onto. is woith.¢ 'over $14,000. Mr. Hodgins, president. of the Centennial Committee presented the cheque during the annual Chamber of 'Commerce dinner. meating, ; This is the Initial fund for the con Historical Society writing competition The Lake Scugog "Historical = Society. in cooperation with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is sponsoring an historical "writing contest. The contest is- open 'to students of grades seven and eight with cash prizes going to "overall. winners and to 'winners from feeder schools. The writing. entry should _be from 750 - 1500 words in length 'and may take the format of a diary, journal, essay; poem or play. Entries "650 borrowed books i in 1971 "Adult Library "Total circulation of books in the Adult Library for the year 1971 was 10,938. 9,152 fiction books and 1,786 classified books." In addi- tion to this 485 msgasines were circulated. The book collection. con-! _ sists of 2,906 fiction and 1,833 classified books. 55 "of this number were gifts from Central - Ontario Re- -- gional Library. 650 members borrowed books, 160 of this number are from out of town. Children's Library Number of registered borrowers .......... 941 Circulation of books 8,156 Circulation: of : magazines ....... 147 'a Number. of volumes on shelves and in .eirculation .......... 2,790 -can be forwarded to the Greenbank' School, not later than March 26, 1972. The subject of the entries must: be of local historical interest dating from 1939 to the present. Some suggested 'topics 'are The Growth of business or Industry; A Farngy History; Port Perry Fair - since 1939; the biography of a leading * community citizen; Life in this area during the Second World War; and an im- portant event. in this area. In the judging of the en- tries, special attention will 'be given' to the general ex- cellence of English. -- The Historical Socicty says it will use the winning _ entries as 'part of its collection of historical archives about Port Perry and the surrounding area. OPP report For the week of January 24 -30, the OPP Whitby Detach- ment reports a total of 15 motor vehicle collisions causing 'a total damage of $11,500. There were nine persons injured, and one fatality, the first in 1972 in | the area" patrolled by the Whitby OPP. For the same time period, there were 68 general oc- currences including seven snowmobile charges, five assaults, five liquor offense, three break and enters, two cases of malicious damage, one disturbance and one theft. Wil maintain townline road Whitby will. undertake the winter maintenance of the Whithy-Reach townline west of the Ashburn road as soon as both councils have agreed by resolution to the terms and conditions. The maintenance will be 'carried out on a contract basis at the rate of $300-per- mile for the 2% miles at an annual cost of $675. Previously each municipality 'maintained a ; 2Ya mile stretch of the road, with- Whitby taking the _ eastern portion, and Reach taking the western part. The contract will run until either municipality requests a termination or revision. PORT PERRY Wednesday, Feb, 2, 1972 Official plan for Port Perry essential to good development For the last couple of years, the firm of Philips Planning ' and . Engineering Ltd. has been working on and preparing an Official Plan for the Village of Port Perry. - The Plan. completion, There are some changes to be made as recommended by certain provincial government departments which must give approval before the completed plan can be authorized and adopted by the Village. -In this regard members of . - Village Council have had consultation in the last couple of months with the provincial government's Conservation Authorities Branch. PUBLIC MEETING Before the Official Plan "can 'be finalized, an open is nearing public meeting will be held to" obtain. co-operation. -and- participation of the residents, who of course will 'have to live and work within the framework of the Plan; All suggestions received at this public meeting will be reviewed and considered by - Council, Planning Beard, and Philips Ltd. . The - Village must then officially' adopt the Plan by by-law, and submit it to the Minister of Municipal Af- fair for the necessary ap- proval. It is hoped that - Port Perry's Official Plan will be finalized sometime in the not too distant future. - The estimated cost to the Village for the preparation of be around $9,000. This cost in fees is broken down in the following -manner:- (1) Data collection and. analysis: $2500. (2) Official Plan preparation: $1300. (3) Plan for public park: $1,000. (4) the Official Plan is going to Public meeting: $1400. (5) Finalization: $700. (6) In- vestigation of proposed sanitary "and landfill site: $2,000. These costs of course are to be. paid from : public money. And to'some, $9,000 may appear to be a sub- stantial sum for something like an Official Plan. WHY OFFICIAL PLAN What is an Official Plan? ~~ 'What: purpose is it going to serve for the Village of Port Perry? How is it going to affect the residents who will live and work within the guidelines of the Plan? In the words of the con- sulting firm- resonsible for the preparation of Port Perry's Official Plan, 'the formulation of a sound planning programme is essential to the future of the Village... ..at atime when -urbanization-is occurring at an ever-increasing rate, it is only logical that develop- ment plans and policies be prepared both to encourage' development and redevelopment, and to establish controls over the type, quality, and location and the rate of development in the municipality." "Without an official plan, there can be no proper co- ordination of land use, service and utility planning in a growing urban centre. Such co-ordination is essential for logical growth of these areas and provision of the essential services required by the population in an economic and efficient manner." 'This then, is the J purpose of an Official Plan. To determine how this proper co-ordination of land use; service and utility planning can be attained, the plan is based on factual data. (continued on page 19) Program complete. for first Winter Carnival Representatives from the five organizations taking part in the arrangements of the first Winter Carnival for Port Perry and area met Monday night to complete the program of events. ~The -main- functions - will take place on Saturday, February 12, but the 'High School students will hold a skating party on the lake front on Thursday, February 10. The students have also accepted to create their snow sculptures at the lake front and the contest will be open to other interested than the students. A skating party will be held Friday evening, February 12th where the new - sound system pur- chased by the local Chamber of Commerce will have its 'debut'. Lilting music will be played for the skaters and a food booth will serve food and hot drinks. A Cross country snowmobile rally will begin activities Saturday morning. Port Perry Snowmobile Club is responsible for this arrangement and has planned an approximate two hour run with registration at the dock at 10 a.m. At the same time preparations and registration for a cross country ski race will begin at the Seagrave bridge. ! While competitors struggle through the snow other activities take place on the ice surface at the lake front. Children will compete in skating races, puck shooting, snow throwing - and three legged races. There will be log sawing contests and nail driving contests as well as tug-o-war for men. In this contest a challange has been received from girls of the Navy League in Whitby against the local doctors. ; There will be a bed- pushing contest, ¢omplete with spring or mattress. {continued on page 1v) Representatives receive awards Donald Stronach of 404 Queen Street, Port Perry, has qualified for mem- bership in the' 1972 President's Club of the Great-West Life Assurance Company. The an- nouncement made by James 'Shirley, Manager of the Company's Toronto North "branch, i The President's Club is composed of leading representatives of the "Company who, in. 1971, "distinguished themselves through the maintenance of high: standards in the con- duct of their business. Membership in the Club is the highest achievement award offered by-the Great- West Life.. Since joining Great-West Life's Toronto North branch in 1956, Mr. Stronach has established himself as a successful underwriter and has qualified for the Com- pany's President's Club on 15 occasions, W.L. Evans, of Uxbridge, has qualified for mem- bership - in the 1972 President's Club of The Great-West Life Assurance Company. The an- nouncement was made today by L. Reichardt, CLI, Manager of the Company's Peterborough Branch. The. President's Club is composed of leading representatives of = the Company who, in 1971, distinguished themselves through the maintenance of high standards in the con- duct of their business. Membership in the Club is the highest achievement award offered by the Great- West Life.