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"posal, Tris Coffin speaks at 35th anniversary Lions membership near 1,000,000 FLAGS OF MORE THAN 100 NATIONS where Lions serve were presented to Port Perry by the Lions Club of Oshawa Central. Admiring the flags are, from left to right, past District Governor Storey Beare of Port Perry, international Vice-president Tris Coffin of Montreal and Port Perry President Bill Sharpe. Discuss Regional brief, expect 2,000 attendance "Members of the recently formed Cartwright-Reach- Scugog-Port Perry Resi-~ dents and Ratepayers AsSo- ciation are expected to turn out in force at a public meeting in Port Perry High School tonight. The meeting has been organized by Village Council to allow citizens to discuss the village's brief on regionalization, which will be presented to the provin- cial government within the next two weeks. Officials from Queens Park have been invited to the. meeting. The residents and rate- payers association is believed tobe in opposition to a provincial proposal which would reduce elected rep- resentation on regional gov- ernment to two members. Under the present county . system each muncipality has two representatives on County Council. Reach, Scugog and Port Perry send their representatives to Ontario County Council. Cartwright is represented at Northumberland Durham meetings. The regionalization pro- as suggested by Week Ending March 1st Admission .............. 45 Births: .....oonviic iii nies 1 DOA iii iinrinss 1 Emergencies ............ 101 Discharges .............. 37 Remaining .............. 39 Queens Park, would unite "Ontario, Northumberland "and Durham Counties into one region. It would also amalgamate Cartwright, Reach, Scugog and Port Perry into one town. So the present eight represent- atives would be reduced to two. ; The residents and rate- payers association is ex- pected to take a hard line against this proposal. Association vice-president Frank Godley has been quoted as saying that the group may become a militant organization if nec- essary. This led : president Paul Arculus to comment that the militant attitude was David and place 15th Only fourteen men in the world are able to dance on ice skates better than Port Perry's David Porter does. David, and his partner Barbara Berezowski of Tor- onto, finished 15th in the world figure skating cham- pionships dance catagory at Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, Friday, March 2. For the 24 year old Port Perry skater just being {included in the 14 person Canadian team is an honour he treasures. Before leaving for = the world meet, David Porter not "very Godly." "But it is frank' added another mem- ber. The militant remark was explained to mean that the association will be keeping a close eye on all elected representatives 'and, if it feels any are not acting in the best interests of tax- payers, replace them at the next election. The residents and rate- payers association has been said to be expecting up to 2,000 people at the meeting tonight (Wed. March 7). Its regular monthly meet- ing will be held the following evening, Thursday, in the municipal hall at Man- chester. Barbara in world told THE STAR that the Canadian team hoped to finish in the top ten figure skating nations of the world. The communist nations usually dominate the com- petition. Teams from behind the iron curtain won in most categories this year too. First place in David and Barbara's catagorie was won by Alexander Gorshkov and Ludmila Pakomova of Russia. Karen Magnussen won Canada's only first place, gold medal. Well over 300 hundred people packed the Club Annrene on Scugog Island 'Saturday, March 3rd for a supper and dance to mark the 35th anniversary of the Port Perry Lions Club. Lions from a number of clubs around Ontario and Quebec along with their ladies and guests heard the clubs International Vice- president Tris Coffin ex- pound eloquently on the purposes of Lionism, heard local civic leaders welcome them to the formal occasion, and enjoyed the music of the County Town Singers from Whitby. Lions International is the biggest service club in the world. It has branches in 148 countries and expects to sign up its one millionth member in time to introduce him to the membership at a convention in Miami later this year. However, Inter- national Vice president Tris Coffin told local members Saturday that, "Being the largest is of no consequence whatsoever. But," he added, "being the most active and the most progressive is." Mr. Coffin, who will soan hecome the third Canadian to serve as International President of Lions in the clubs history, described lionism as, "a dynamic force for good in every place where lions are." In a half hour speech he repeatedly stressed the international aspect of the movement and its goal of promoting world brother- hood. He urged Lions to "Look beyond the horizons," and see the importance of an international organization (continued on page 6) PPRT§ PERRY AR I5¢ per copy 24 Pages Volume 107 -- PORT PERRY. ONTARIO. Wednesday. Mar.7.1973 -- No. 20 C.of €. will award "Certificate of Merit" In an attempt to try and encourage merchants to improve the general appear- ance of their businesses, the Chamber of Commerce is now awarding 'Certificates of Merit' to their members. Framed certificates will be presented to members, who the directorship feels, de- serves recognition for" con- siderable renovation of in- terior or exterior of their premises. These certificates may also be awarded to individuals or groups who have gone out of their way to help with the betterment of the area. National Chamber of Commerce Week is being held this year April 8 to, 14, and for the first time the local members are planning Reach supports Ratepayers Association Reach Township council granted requests of the Cartwright-Reach-Scugog- - Port Perry Residents and Ratepayers Association for support of their campaign to keep Queen Street a through street and for copies of council minutes. Council agreed that plac- ing a stop sign on Queen Street, Port Pérry, at Lilla would be silly and dan- gerous. Lilla is a county road. At present traffic travelling the county road through Port Perry has to stop at Queen Street. The county has suggested changing the sign so Queen Street traffic stops on a hill. Reach council realized that the hill is very slippery at times, and that putting the stop sign on Queen could cause accidents, particu- larly in winter. Besides, (contintied on page 24) a social evening to help celebrate the week. In the planning stages only, is a dance to be held on Sat. April 14, with plenty of prizes and refreshments. The chamber will be advertising the event in the near future with more details! Posters are to be distributed to members in the near future pertaining to C of C week. Dates for the Home Show and Western Weekend have now been finalized, and this years events, now in the planning, should be bigger and better than ever before, if that is possible. Home Show is slated for June 21, 22, 23 and the Western Weekend for August 9, 10, 11. Still undecided by Jim Van Camp On February 28, three consultants from the Min- istry of Health visited Community Memorial Hos- pital. The representatives of the Ministry of ial were given a ur of the obstetrical facilities and met with Mrs. G. Love, Chari- man of the Board; Dr. R. Allin, Chief of Staff; Mrs. J. Gray, Director of Nursing; and J. Van Camp, Adminis- trator. The brief that was prepared by the hospital was presented along with the correspondence received from anxious parents. The representatives of the Ministry then met with the Executive Committee of the Ontario Durham Health Planning Council in Bow- manville with Mr. Van Camp in attendance to represent the Port Perry viewpoint. This meeting proved to be (continued on page 24) Who wouldn't be happy if they had just won over $1,000. Eleanor Wood receives cheque from Legion President Mike Hlozan after her name was drawn for the legion 50-50 draw. This is the first time the winners take has gone over $1,000.