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Charber of Commerce President Dr. Bill Cohoon (with all the hair). and Port. Perry. Clerk-Treasurer Neil Brodie (with the crazy hat) are all smiles as referee Barry Leahy gets set to drop ball for broomball game betiveen C. of C. members and 'municipal employees at the arena' Saturday hight. The game provided a lot of smiles and laughs for the spectators as well. " Council members vote for salary increases The salaries and wages of all persons enmployed by the .. Village were reviewed by Council at regular 'meeting ~ of February 8. In. doing'. this, Council members also discussed * their own salaries, 'and decided on a small increase' for Council and Committee imeetings. i Ss : "Retroactive to January 1, ge Vall members of Coundil™™ = Tg 1 TTT "will "receive $25 for each Council : meeting, and '$15 foreach Committee meeting attended. The rate prior to - the 'increase 'had been $20 and $10 for. Council and Committee meetings, Regu- lar meetings of Council are held on a weekly basis. - Before voting on the in- crease, Council noted the 1971 salaries paid to the members of Council from the villages of Pickering, Cann-- ington and' Beaverton, and the town of Uxbridge Pic- kering reeve was paid $1,800 and. councillors: $1,000. per = i: annum; Beaverton reeve was paid $1,800 and council- lors-$800per: annum. Cann- ington reeve was. paid $300 and councillors $250 per annum, In Uxbridge, the mayor received $2,000 and the rest. of Council $1,000 annually. In 1971, all members of Scugog Township Council received $240 annually. In Reach Township, the reeve received $900 and councillors 5 $600 annually. Councillor Gerald Jack- man voted against the re- solution for 'the pay hike. He said later his opposition was not to the raise or to the 'amount, but rather he would like to see councillors paid an annual salary with deductions for meetings missed. Councillors are deducted for missing a meeting now, " Lospits Report § Week ending Feb. 10, 1972 Admissions... ........ v.o..36 Births. Gov coin, 1 Deaths... .............. Nil Emergency Treatment, ..74 Operations. ........... Sesh | Discharges............... 38 Remaining. .............. 41 but they: are paid extra for any special meeting of Coun- cil called, He said that last year there' were about. 85 regular and ~ special meetings of Council and committee meetings. Mr. Jackman feels that by setting an annual salary, and deducting for meetings missed, some of what he called the 'unnecessary ex- "tra meetings" might have been avoided. "He added that this practise seems 'to: be the general trend | adopted = by - other municipal councils. Girl struck school day is in Toronto's Sick Children's. Hospital: after being struck by a car while ~ walking for a school bus near her home on Concession 1, Uxbridge Township, early Monday morning, J Constable Gerry Gibson of Whitby OPP said the girl had watched the school bus stop about: a quarter-mile. from her home, and was starting to walk towards it when struck by an oncoming car "driven by Charles Sutton of Usbridge. ar Re Sh, 'bus : Eight year old Kim Holi- walking fo Eis cg ate SSS Constable Gibson said that a strong wind blowing at the time of the accident may have impeded the girl's hearing, along with the fact that she was wearing a heavy ski-doo outfit. driver sounded his horn but the girl: made no move, said Constable Gibson. No charges have been laid. The: Volume 106 -- Port Perry, Ontario, Wednesday, February 16, 1972. ~ No. 17 - By all' "accounts, Port Perry's first Winter Carnival was a success. Dr. William Cohoon, Chamber of Com- merce Chairman said "we are very pleased with the way things happened." Prior to the Carnival, there had been some apprehensions over finances, but Dr. Cohoon says that after all the expenses have been paid, there may be a small profit. "At least,' he added, 'we're not going to lose money." The Chamber considers this year's Carnival to be such a success that plans are going to be made for a "bigger and better' carnival next year. Dr. Cohoon said that a lot was learned about staging a winter carnival, and 'next year's plans will include' an expanded pro- gramme with more events and activities and a dance with licenced facilities. Dr. Cohoon also expressed hope - that next year, a' Carnival Committee will be formed at an earlier date with. ap- = pointnients from the Various" organizations involved. Weather Cooperated Most of this year's events took place Saturday, on the Lake Scugog ice. With the sun shining and tempera- tures in the high thirties during the afternoon, more than 2,000 people gathered on The young girl was taken the ice to watch and take toOshawa General 'Hospital with a broken: pelvis and fractured skull. Because of the head injuries, she was later transferred ' to Sick: Children's 'Hospital as a precautionary measure. part in the many events. An event that provided some. unexpected humour was the bed-pulling contest, as one of the entries literally fell apart half-way through the course. : "drivers competed : "Bigger and better next year," after Winter Carnival success The naijl-driving and log- sawing contests were popu- lar with both spectator and contestant. Several persons learned: through experience that driving a spike into an old stump is not quite as easy as it looks. The Redshaw brothers,. Bruce and Alen from Claremont made the sawdust fly as they won the log-sawing event. Children of all ages took part in the skating races, with the winners presented with Win- ter Carnival certificates. If- any children who took part in the races did not receive a certificate they can get one at the STAR office this week. Though it looked like hard work for those involved, the tug-of-war provided ' spec- tators with lots of laughs as team members slipped and fell on the ice in their efforts to haul the other team over the centre line. Eight horses and their in the 'harness racing around 'a half tile oval track plowed é ice. There were four dng with four. horses running in the first and third heats, and four others in the second and fourth heats. Winners were 'Frosty High- land" driven by Mac Hoke of Peterborough, and 'Pointer Joy" driven by. Sherman Moore. Old-Timer Recalls Races Harness racing on Lake Scugog has not taken place inrecent times, tholigh years ago it was a most popular event. Mr. Isaiah Irwin, who celebrated his 92nd birthday last fall recalls watching Alen. and Bruce Redshaw from Claremont, winners of the log-sawing contest show how it's done. Besides the hand:saw event, competition for power saw operators. there was also races on the ice more than 65 years ago. Mr, Irwin said at that time the races were "very popular" and were held over a-four-day period. Infact, it was reported that a world record for harness racing on ice was established on Lake Scugog many years ago. ' On Saturday evening, Port Perry girls' hockey team, with some added "junior" strength played a game against members of Port Perry's minor hockey exe- cutive. If some of the men thought playing hockey against the girls would be a pushover, they got a bit of a surprise as the game ended in a 3-3 tie. Following this game, spectators saw two separate events that illustrated a real contrast in what style and ~grace on skates is all about. The first was a demon- ° stration by young members of -the Port--Perry Skating Club, showing the style and grace. Broomball Game The second was a broom- ball "game" on skates (continued on page 6) Non-stop dancing to raise money One peculiar phenomena of yesteryear is the Dance Marathon. There are proba- bly some who can recall witnessing or even taking part in one of these events that were very popular during -the- Depression and before. Those who saw the fairly recent movie "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" will also have some idea what a Dance Marathon is all about. Last Thursday night and Friday morning, the Dance Marathon made a comeback at Port Perry High School as over 100 students danced to. raise money for support of the school's overseas child, eleven-year old So- LingChen in Hong Kong. Most of the students start- ed dancing at 8:00 p.m. and by 6:00 a.m. the following morning there were seven couples still on the floor. , The dancers were allowed "six a minute rest periods each hour. The couples were spon- sored receiving a sum of money for each hour they stayed on the floor. Organ- izers of the Marathon say that at least $150 was raised, and that plans will be made for a similar sort of thing next year. Teachers chaperoned through the night in two hour shifts.