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an #4900 Dr.Wm. Cohoonis presenting Neil Hunter, representing the Fair Board, a cheque in the amount of $1000. at the general membership meeting of the C of C held at Centennial Restaurant. ~ Registration for Evening Classes . Monday, Tuesday, September 25-26 Registration for the Port Perry High School Evening Classes will be accepted in the high school gymnasium Monday, September 25 and Tuesday, September 26 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The brochure of Adult Evening Courses unfortu- nately failed to list many of the courses the school is prepared to offer. One of the omissions was a failure tolist several new five week courses designed to concentrate on one area of 'Snow Show' Sept. 29 - 30 Port Perry Snowmobile Club formed only about a year ago has ambitious plans for the upcoming season. On Friday and Saturday, September 29 and 30 the club is presenting 'Snow Show 73" in the Port Perry Arena. This is a first as far as Port Perry is concerned and could very well be for a much larger area. 16 different manufacturers have promised to display their 1973 snowmobiles, clothing and accessories. In addition entertainment will be provided both evenings. Week Ending Sept. 14th. Admission .............. 44 Bits: avai, 1 Deaths <...........00 05 1 Emergencies ............ 137 Operations ............... 11 Discharges ............... 39 Remaining ............... 34 interest. Courses were sche- duled in Crochetting, Knitt- ing, Drapery and Small Appliance Repairs. These courses will be operated if sufficient enrol- ment is forthcoming. Many courses which have been offered in past years will be available, although the brochure failed to list them. . ; Advanced Sewing, Cera- mics, Family and Personal Financing, and Academic Grade Thirteen* subjects such as Chemistry, Biology, and Geography all were to be included on the list of avail- able courses but were omit- ted. As in the past, any group of fifteen or more adults can have a course established for them by applying to the school administration. Evening classes have been a valuable and stimulating "night out" for those who have taken advantage of them, Last year one hundred and ninety adults as far away as Oshawa were enrolled in courses as different as Art and Welding, Sewing and Small 'Engines. It is hoped that this year's Night School will be larger than ever, as members of the community take advantage of their one opportunity to use the school's fine facil- ities. NEW CARS ON DISPLAY Local car dealers are making announcements of the arrival of 1973 car models in this issue of the Star. A couple of weeks ago the publisher of this paper had the opportunity to preview the G.M. new cars and trucks at an O'Keefe Centre showing, and the public will certainly find some drastic changes in many of the models. ~ Enrolment decreases in K.D. Munroe, Director of Education for Ontario Coun- ty, reports that there were some surprises in the num- ber of students who enrolled in County schools in Sept- ember. Elementary Schools Officials and Principals predicted in January, 1972 that there would be 220 fewer students because of declin- ing birth rate and subse- quent Kindergarten regis- tration. Actual enrolment as of September 8th was 32,854, which represented an in- crease of 110 students from projection, compared to a September, 1971 enrolment of 32,964. Staffing and acc- . ommodation is available for this increase. Budget impli- cations of an enrolment increase beyond projection, result in increased revenue to the Board from the Provincial Government, Secondary Schools Officials' and Principals P2RT Volume 106 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday. Sept. 20, 1972 -- No. 48 Reeve Kenny: Queen St. not always to be a priviledged area At a dinner meeting of the Port Commerce held at Cent- ennial Restaurant Wednes- day night last week, Robert Kenny, Village reeve issued a warning to the Queen Street merchants to improve and modernize their stores to meet the challenge of Shopping Plazas. '"'Remem- ber, he said, the Queen Street area is not always going to be the privileged area and you may as well spend some of your money on improvements, rather than letting the Government ; take it". Reeve Kenny was an invited guest at the meeting along with Fred Christie, Reach Township councillor who was substituting for Sam Oyler, 'reeve of the Township. Also attending as guest was Neil Hunter rep- resenting Port Perry Fair Board who accepted a "cheque for $1,000. on behalf of the Board. This was the result of the Fair Board's participation and responsi- bility for the horse races during the successful West- ern Week in August. Mr. Kenny's speech cove- red a wide area of topics involving the local council Fire levels area barn Last Friday evening a large barn on the farm of William Kuyt, R.R. 2, Sea- grave was destroyed by fire. The local fire department received the call at 10:55 p.m. and were on the scene, until 3 a.m. Saturday morn- ing. The fire which is believed to have started by combus-+ tion caused an estimated $25,000.00 damage. Lost in the blaze were 3,500 bales of hay, a quantity of grain plus some farm machinery. there was no livestock in the barn at the time. Some damag- was also done to the house which was nearby. Ontario County schools predicted that 15,548 stu- dents would enrol in the 16 secondary schools of the county. Enrolment as of Sept. 8th, was 15,249. This number is expected to in- crease by 50 - 60 students by the end of September. How- ever, this decrease in enrol- ment will require that the Board reduce expenditures for 1972 by an estimated $300,000 to meet the Provin- cial expenditure ceilings. For 1973, the picture is somewhat more pessimistic. Perry Chamber of such as Regional Govern- ment, sub-division and in- dustrial developments, shopping plazas, etc. Council has been under heavy pressure from devel- opers in Port Perry and the area during the last couple of years, and this is expected to continue in the future, he said. He was personally not in favour of a shopping plaza located near the lakefront, Perryview Plaza and Marina and 'suggested that develop- ment of Water Street as a second shopping area would be more beneficial. He felt this area on the West side of Water Street could become a very attractive -shopping section of the Village if old buildings were renovated and new construction erect- ed. He made a comparison with this area and similar places he had seen in Europe during a visit there. Touching on local indus- try, Mr. Kenny didn't think industry in Port Perry would ever amount to very much. Extensive growth to the Port Perry area, he suggested would not begin until con- struction of the new Airport was to start and he believed this was still 4 to 5 years away, and then "it will be substantially residential." Fred Christie, Reach- Township councillor related some 0. his findings in regard to the Athica Devel- opment south of Port Perry in Reach Township. He said the first plant, Coulter Manufacturing Lim- (continued on page 16) Will commence work on recreation area The initial start of the planned recreation area on the east side of Water Street will begin within the next couple of weeks. The first phase of the development will be the portion at south end of the property where the new ball diamond, tennis courts, horseshoe pitching pits and shuffle boards will be located. The executive of the Chamber of Commerce at a noon meeting on Monday, decided to spend the $14,000. raised during Centennial Week last year for this purpose and it was empha- sized to have it started immediately. The first phase -of the program is expected to cost approximately $25,000. In July a group of Port Perry merchants and the Chamber of Commerce agreed to join with the Village of Port Perry to carry out a feasibility study in regard to the proposed shopping plaza south of the Village. In the opinion of the three The Chairman of the Board, Mr. M.J. Mowbray and Mr. S.E. Lovell, Chair- man of the Board's Budget Audit Committee, have called a special committee meeting for Monday, Sept- ember 18th to review the implications of these new facts and determine where reductions can be made to offset the deficit in 1972 and plan how to meet the 1973 expenditure ceiling that pro- vides for an increase of only 2.78 percent. bodies, the population of the area is too small to support a shopping plaza and will be a definite detriment to the Village. The study is to be under- taken by a professional consultant firm and will cost about $3,000 and is to be shared equally by the three. A motion was pased to accept the financial respon- sibility for one third of the cost. Mrs. Eleanor Woods, San- ta Claus parade chairman announced plans are already progressing well for this year's event on Saturday, Dec. 9. Santa has been 'booked" and five bands have been engaged. Mike Starr PC candidate Michael Starr won the Oshawa-Whitby Progressive Conservative candidacy by acclamation at the nomin- ation meeting held in Osha- wa last week. Present at the meeting were many prominent PC members including Allan Lawrence who is seeking the Northumberland-Durham PC nomination; and Eldon Woolliams, MP for Calgary North. Mr. Starr, minister of labour in the Diefenbaker government, told the m eeting that Canadians would pay 10 percent more income tax if the Liberal govern- ment was given another term in office. Mr. Starr, who lost the last federal election to NDP Ed Broadbent by 15 votes.