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@ Y » * L 4 GOVERNOR of District 8, Clare Hewson, chats with president Fred Canning, and Deputy Govenor of Zone C Don Masterson, right, before dinner at the Anniversary Dinner and Dance of the Kinsmen Club of Port Perry held last weekend. Cafik calls for Post Office cost estimate Norman Cafik, M.P., met with officials of the Post Office in his Ottawa office last Thursday and officially requested that they prepare a thorough estimate on the 'cost of renovating Port Perry's present Post Office so it can continue to serve the needs of the community. Mr. Cafik's plan calls for complete retention of the front and roof of the present building, so that the part which faces the street will not change its appearance. One side and the back would be removed and a portion built on to take care of the need for more room. The interior would be completely renovated into modern facilities. Mr. Cafik's office stressed that there has been no definate committment to follow through with this plan. The M.P. has simply given the Post Office officials his views on what should be done Buyer beware "Maybe these people are right, but they can't be completely right because everyone who buys a piece of property has an obligation to check out what he is getting into," observed Port Perry Reeve Robert Kenny re- cently. Mr. Kenny was discussing complaints from some ratepayers who ap- parently bought which had a ditch running through backyards then complained about the ditch after they had moved in. It was council's view that the complainants were at least partly to blame for their own situation because they had apparently not taken a clo§e enough look at the - deal before signing. However, council decided to pay up to $1,500 for culvert _ material to help ease the situation. tral homes to preserve the appearance of the town's main street. The officials will determine if the plan i$ feasible and come up with an estimate as to how much it would cost in comparison to building an entirely new structure. A final decision will be made based on that report. New building not needed for Archives A proposal to provide this . area with a regional arch- ives has been slightly mis- understood, Port Perry's representative on the Cen- Ontario Museums- Association told the STAR Monday. The association has sent letters to all municipal councils and boards of edu- cation in the proposed region asking for approval in prin- ciple of a plan which would make the regional council responsible for maintaining a regional archives. The archives would house orig- inal documents, photographs and records from munici- palities within the region. Such storage would require a facility with heat and hum- idity control. Last week the STAR re- ported that Port Perry council" 'was one of the municipalities which has delayed approval because councillors were concerned about what construction of an archives building might cost. However, Bill Brock of the association says that a new building may not be needed at all. there are a number of buildings which already have rooms that are heat controlled. As an example he Week Ending February 15th Admissions .............. 43 Births ....... NUS I S. 3 Deaths .................... 1 Emergencies ............ 92 Operations ............. 120 Discharges... ........... .34 Remaining ..............39 cited the county records office. All the = association is asking for, says-Mr. Brock, is approval of the idea that regions should be given responsibility for regional archives as part of the legislation which will es- tablish regional guidelines. It will be the responsibility of the regional council to decide on the location and cost of the facility after that council has been elected, he said. A number of municipal- ities will cease to exist when regionalization takes place, and the association is con- cerned that historic records from these municipalities will not be lost or destroyed. 15C per copy 20 Pages Volume 107 ~~ PORT PERRY. ONTARIO. Wednesday. Feb.21.1973 No 18 Anniversaries are fun to celebrate, and with that in mind, members of the local Kinsmen, Kinettes, and guests helped to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the Kins- men Club of Port Perry and Istanniversary of the Kinette Club. at the Legion, Saturday night. A Wine and Cheese Party, with hosts Sandy and Doug Gouin and Vallerie and Peter Sweetman, started the even- ing off in fine style. For over an hour members of the local clubs mingled with old and new friends from out of town clubs and guests. Present for the anniver- sary by special invitation of the Kinsmen were Reeve and Mrs. Cliff Crowell, Scugog Twp.: Reeve and Mrs. Art- hur Catton. Reach Twp; Reeve and Mrs. Lawrence Malcolm, Cartwright Twp.; and Councillor and Mrs. Reg Rose, Port Perry. Following a delicious roast beef dinner prepared by the Legion Ladies, President Hillcrest to close The Hillcrest Nursing Home on Ella Street, Port Perry will close when its license expires March 31. A spokesman for the home, who did not want his name in the paper, would give no reason for the fact that the license will not be renewed. He would only comment that "We regret 'it very much because we love Hillcrest and we love the people of Port Perry." Hillcrest has been the smallest of Port Perry's two nursing homes. Fred Canning introduced the head table and guests, wel- coming all to their Anniver- sary Dinner and Dance. He pointed out that they were really celebrating a "triple anniversary." with the founding of Kinsmen Clubs in February of 1920. the Kinsmen Club of Port Perry in 1971 and the Kinette Club of Port Perry in 1972. Following his general wel- come to all, vice president Bob Findlay was given the Job of pinning corsages on all the ladies at the head table, which he seemed to enjoy, while Mrs. Bob Bradbury ¢ Kin Kinettes and guests celebrateanniversaries pinned boutonniers on the men Past president Larry Ken dall proposed the "toast to the association" and re- marked on the beginning of Kinsmen by Hal Rogers in Hamilton in 1920. He went on to say that "Almost every large centre in Canada has a Kinsmen Club' and that it was good to see the work being accomplished by these clubs. He also reminded the members present of their motto "Serving the countries greatest needs." District Governor. Clare (continued on page 19) Only one week to buy licences With only one week to go before the February 28 deadline for the purchase of 1973 car licenses there are still more than one thousand Port Perry area car owners who have not brought their plates. A spokesman for Reesor Lumber, local license plate issuers, told the STAR Mon- day that sales are up about 5 percent over last year, but at that time there had still only been 2150 plates sold in town. Last year a total of 3,500 were sold before the dead- line. So even though sales have increased slightly over last year it 1obks as if last minute purchasers will still have a line up. The cost of plates this. year is $40 for an 8 cylinder vehicle, $32 for a 6 cylinder car and $23 for a small 4 cylinder vehicle. Any person caught driving with old plates after mid- night next Wednesday (Feb. 28) will be liable to a fine of $20 plus court costs. A government statement says the deadline will not be extended. "Quiz kids" lose in finals The five technical students from Port Perry High School who had been going great guns in the Industrial Acci- dent Prevention Association safety quiz contest have finally been beaten, but it took an exceptional team to do it. The boys went down at the hands of a Picton team which has won the all Ontario finals two years running, and was runner up before that. This is Port Perry's first year in the competition. "We did extremely well, but we were up against a good team." commented the teams teacher, Mr. Clark. School Bd. asks for policy papers Ontario County Board of Education has asked the provincial government to present a position paper outlining its policy for edu- -cation in the proposed region before the March 31 deadline for briefs. At the moment trustees do not even know if they will become part of an amalgamated Ontario-Nor- thumberland-Durham Board, or if the present two boards will continue to exist in some form after the counties are joined into one region. Ontario County School trustees met with John Smith, M.P.P., Parliamen- tary assistant to Education Minister Tom Wells, for an hour and a half Monday night but the governments answers were "uninforma- tive' trustee Norm Ed- mondson said. "We had to concern ougselves with a number of possibilities be- cause the government had no stated position," Mr. Ed- mondson explained. John Smith, the youthful M.P.P. from Hamilton Mountain, promised to take the recommendation that the government state a policy back to his minister. He said that if the recommendation is acted upon a policy paper will likely be ready by the middle of March. It was pointed out that submission so far from the Ontario County board are almost exact opposites to submissions form the Northumberland-Durham board. "It is almost im- possible for the ministry to present a position that will suit both boards," com- mented Ontario County Di- rector of Education Kenneth Munro. All Ontario County trus- tees, Dr. Matthew Dymond and the other two M.P.P. representing the county met with Mr. Smith and two of his technical advisors Monday, but the press was not allowed at the meeting. A press conference was held later. The STAR drew Mr. Smith's attention to claims by Port Perry people that they are not fully informed regarding regionalization and asked if he could provide any information at all for the public. He smiled and said only that '"'the public should be informed.' He suggested that if people keep deman- ding answers from their elected representatives they will get them, but your reporters repeated demands got nothing but another smile. In answer to another question from this paper county Director of Education Ken Munroe said that in- creased education costs in York since it became a region are probably due more to inflation that re- gionalization. Mr. Munroe said the increases in York's education taxes would have b een needed whether the area was regionalized or not.