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Members of Port Perry Council and the Chamber of Commerce met informally Monday night to discuss changes that might be of benefit to the community. Ken Dowson, president of the C of C told council that it was the general feeling of the g directors that one hour parking signs on Queen Street should be change back Winter Carnival 1 still "Go'"' Port Pery's second annual winter carnival will take A : place February 16 to 18 even if people have to go to it in bikinis, the Chamber of Commerce decided Monday. Speculation was that mild weather, which has relulted in a lack of snow and ice breakup on the lake, might PY force cancellation of some events. However, the chamber is proceeding just as if we had ten feet of snow and a lovely ten below temperature. A refreshment booth will be set up to serve hot drinks to chilled spectators (or maybe chilled drinks to hot specta- tors), a huge area of the lake is fenced off for skating (or perhaps swimming) ice sculpturing (would you be- lieve mud models) will be judged and other delights of ice? and snow? will take place. Seriously (we think) if the mild weather continues the chamber will meet to re- organize the carnival so events can take place on shore, or in the arena instead. But come ice, snow, or high water Port Perry is determined to have a ball at winter carnival on the 16th through 18. @® See ya there. or We can understand the smile on the face of Port Perry Reeve Rohr Kenny ¢ (left) as he accepts a fifteen thousand dollar cheque from the Chamber of Commerce, but what is C. of C. Ken Dowson so happy about? He is giving the money away. The cash will be used for waterfront improvements. to "Two Hour' signs be- cause of complaints from many district shoppers. "The one hour signs are not being enforced" said Reeve Keénny, "and I feel that we, should not be trying to chase anyone off the street when they are doing business in town, whether they are parked one, two or two and a half hours." Mr. Kenny said that the people that abuse the parking priveleges on the front street are the ones they were after. 'These are the cars that are sitting on the street for three and four hours, and some of these I feel are businessmen and tenants who live above the stores," he said. The Reeve said he did not see any problem in changing the signs back to '"Two Hour" parking, and he would pre- sent it to council for consi- deration. It was agreed that "Off Street Parking' signs should be erected at strategic points on Queen Street to let area shoppers know that there is parking available behind some of the stores, and the post office. Parking meters on Water St. took up the most time at the meeting when the cham- ber asked if they could either be completely removed, the heads taken off or covered over with bags. The Reeve said that the village was under contract with the parking meter people, and that they could not do any of these without breaking the Hospital Report Week Ending February ist Admissions .............. 36 Births .................... 3 Deaths .................... 2 Emergencies ............ 85 Operations ............. 14 Discharges .............. 34 Remaining .............. 39 Visitor cards will no longer be required. C of C, local Council discuss topics of common interest contract. This would mean that they would probably be faced with a bill of over $5,000.00 to pay the remain- ing amount owing on the meters. He said that the meters are not being enforce now so not to worry about them. Ken Dowson said that the thing that bothered shoppers was that when they put money into the meters and the violation tag did not move in the meters they felt that they were going to be penalized with a ticket. After much discussion it was decided that possibly signs could be erected telling the people that the meters were only enforced on Sat., Sun., and Holidays, at which time there would be tickets han- (continued on page9) PP°RT QR PERRY TAR 15C per copy 20 Pages Volume 107 - PORT PERRY - ONTARIO. Wednesday. Feb. 7.1973 No: 16 Phone rates may go up People in the Port Perry area will be getting a letter from the Bell Telephone Company any day now which could be the first step to increased telephone rates. Bell proposed to extend its local service so that people will be able to call Uxbridge, Brooklinand Oshawa free of long distance charges by the end of this year. However, telephone rates are set according to the number of phones you can reach from your home. By including Uxbridge, Oshawa and Brooklin in our local calling area the total number of phones, . and therefore monthly rates, increase. For example a private residential line now costs $4.25 in Port Perry. If the area is extended rates will go to $5.40. That is an increase of $1.15 a month or $13.80 a year. The letters being sent out Fewer than two dozen people turned up at a public meeting called jointly by Port Perry Planning Board and village council January 30 to discuss two rezoning applications by developers. The public meeting took place at the same time as a meeting to form a residents association was being held in another part of town. Mr. Robert Longmuir of Will demonstrate Residents of particulary the Port ""weaker" Perry and area, sex are not too happy about the decision of closing the Obstetrical Wing of the Community Memorial Hospital. Letters have been published in the Star and written to various authorities connected with the hospital, protesting the decision by the Health Minister R.T. Potter to discontinue the essential service to the local public. To emphasize the importance of saving the Obstetrical Wing and prove to those responsible, concerned mothers will stage a protest demonstration in front of the Hospital Wednesday (today) between 6 and 7 p.m.This time was chosen to coincide with a meeting of the Executive Committee of Ontario-Durham Counties Health Planning Council, headed by Dr. G.A. Rundle and the Joint Conference Committee comprised of three board mem- bers, three from the medical staff and the hospital administrator, James Van Camp. Elect executive Thursday by the telephone company this week include a question- aire on which you will be asked if you think the added (continued on page 9) in rezoning Scott-Can Builders showed the meeting plans for a complex which featured 29 two storey townhouses and two five storey, 60 unit apartment buildings which his firm proposed to build on the Gibson property north of * Bay Street between Rosa and Bigelow. Reeve Kenny pointed out that the village's official plan, expected to be adopted later this month, limits apartment buildings to four storeys, so Mr. Longmuir chopped one storey of the top of each proposed apartment building, thereby reducing the proposed density by 24 family units. "We would like to build penthouse apart- ments on the top floor," Mr. Longmuir said. 'It must be a lovely view from up there." "It was a lovely view from our house' countered a Rosa Street resident. The pro- posed apartment would be between Rosa Street and Lake Scugog and would cut off the view of the Lake from Rosa. The most outspoken critic of the plan was a Rosa street woman who's main com- plaint seemed to have to do with the "class' of the people the development would bring into her area. The developer said that he hoped to price the town- houses and rate apartment: rentals for working families (continued on page 20) 90 attend Ratepayers Association meeting About 50 people turned up at a meeting in the Anglican Church January 30 to begin forming a residents and ratepayers association for Port Perry, Reach and Scugog. The association will meet again tomorrow (Thurs. Feb. 8) at the church to elect an executive and draw up an action program to deal with the main issues which came out of last weeks meeting; regionalization and the proposal to put a stop sign at Queen and Lilla Streets. A temporary steering and nominating committee was selected to organize the next meeting. Besides the com- mittees recomendations- nominations will be accepted from the floor tomorrow night. A membership fee of one dollar per year was sug- (continued on page 20) PAUL ARCULUS (left) chairman of a residents and ratepayers meeting last week talks to guest speaker Ed Kolodzie of Oshawa (centre) and Mr. Kraupa. Mr. Frank Godley is in the background. Hans building fs.