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---- _. i A A rm ¢ & E 4 CLE & PROSPERITY Peace and Prosperity underline the new Durham Region coat-of-arms. The coat-of-arms designed by Oshawa resident, Lionel Furze, was accepted by the Durham Region council, last week. The heraldic crest is topped by that old Canadian symbol -- the beaver. The four quadrants of the crest hold a trillium, a neutron symbol, a Great Lakes freighter and a teepee. In the centre, the eight-member municipalties are re together. The predominant colors a presented by eight sheaves of wheat tied re green and silver. Adopt Coat-of Arms for Region of Durham A Durham coat-of-arms was adopted by the regional council Wednesday. The design which 1 council's approval, was sub- mitted by an Oshawa man, Lionel Furze, of 601 Laval St.. in conjunction with the ~assistance of a special four- member council committee. The basic colors of the coat-of-arms are green and silver. In Mr. Furze's origi- nal submission made Jan. 10, the colors were blue and silver. Coun. Alex Robertson (Pickering) had noted that the blue would be hard to pick up when the design was reproduced on letterheads or newspaper ads. The four quarters on the shield of the coat-of-arms included symbols which rep- resent the region. resent the region. The first quarter has a white trillium on a green background. (A trillium is the province's flower); the second quarter has a 12- cogged wheel ("continuous Local firemen head Mutual 'Aid Association At the January meeting of the new Durham Region Mutual Aid Fire Services Association, two member of the local fire department were elected to the associa- tions executive. The meeting was held in Oshawa hosted by the Oshawa Fire Depart- ment. Len Nixon was elected to the presidents position and. Bill Harrison as secretary- treasurer. These two men will hold office for 1974. With the forming of the new region, four new fire departments were added to the roster, these being Caesarea, Bowmanville, Newcastle and Orono. met motion") and a neutron sym- bol inside (nuclear power): the third has a Great 'Lakes vessel representing trans- portation: and the fourth, a teepee symbolizing outdoor living and recreation. Superimposed in the cen- tre of the shield is an escutcheon containing eight heads of wheat bound to- gether. This repre- sents the region's eight member 'municipalities. One of the issues which the councilors attacked with great dispatch was deciding on whether or not a beaver or a Canadian goose (either in flight or sitting) would top the shield. The beaver won out. 150 at Co About 150 Ontario County farmers attended the Annual Meeting of Ontario County Milk Producers in the Township Hall, Sunderland on Monday, January 28th, 1974. Chairman Grant Car- son welcomed those present. Reports were received on last years activities and plans approved for 1974 pro- gram. including Dairy Prin- cess Competition-Twilight meeting and Concert & dance. Murray Stone and Ted Smith were appointed audi- tors for 1974. Jan. Visser, Milk Com- nisston Fieldman, pre- sented quality certificates to the twelve producers with the best record based on gel count, bacteria couht and barn score. Those receiving certificates were Marinus Verhooy, Jakson Bros. Dean Beatty, Ross Evans, Ver- hoor Bros. G. Kroeken- stocl Les. Wo Smith, Gordon Kea, Irvin Kydd, Brian Lee, Wim. Werry and Pat Duffy & Sons (RT MecLaughhin presen- Council also rejected a bid by Coun. Alan Dewar (Oshawa) that the region's motto -- Peace and Pros- perity -- be written in Latin. "Very few people under- stand Latin," replied Coun. Robertson. Coun. John Aker (Oshawa) thanked Mr. Furze for his cfforts and suggested that some type of gift be awarded him. The special committee set up to review submissions for the coat-of-arms, was in- 'structed to decide on prizes . for the best designs. Most were submitted by school children throughout the region, as was the intent of council's original action in - requesting ideas. unty Milk ted the Lynn Fair trophy to Gerrit Kroekenstoel as the top quahty milk producer in 1973. : W. J. Cavanagh noted that many flnd milk producers could benefit by purchasing subsidy quota. Mr. Cava- nach 1s available to meet milk producers at the Agni- nd SECTION Volume 108 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday. Feb. 6. 1974 - No. 15 Declare Marijuana harmful Reports of at least six arrests in the Scugog arca over the past month for illegal possession of mari- Juana have increased alarm over scientific evidence of the harmful effects of the narcotic. The writer of any anony- mus letter (po the editor to the STAR suggested that there is little harm to be found in use of the drug, bul two scien- Lists speaking to a meeting on non alcohohe drug abuse in Vancouver recently have linked the narcotic to a number of physical problems including cancer. Dr. F.S. Tennant, of the University of California Faculty of Medicine, told the British Columbia meeting he has found pre-cancerous tissue in lung biopsies taken from soldiers who smoked hashish. Al the same meeting Dr. G.GG. Nahas of Colum- bia - Presbyterian Medical Centre in New York reported that frequent and long term use ol marijuana or hashish can lower the body's immunity to a number of diseases. including cancer. Dr. Nahas discovered that a group of 51 marijuana and hashish smokers whose median age was 22 had an immunity level 40 per cent lower than a group of 81 non-marijuana of hashish smokers whose median age was 44. Normally, the, younger a person is the better is his or her cellu- lar immunity. THC. the active ingredient in marijuana and hashish, interferes with DNA produc- tion in cells, he said. DNA has been called the molecule of life. Tt governs the cell's and the person's genetic make-up. Dr. Nahas said that this didn't mean that all man- jnana and hasish smokers would succumb to metabolic or virus discases, including their immune resistances would be lower and some ol them would become ll. An article on his work will appear this winter in Science, he said. Dr. Nabhas said he wants to find out exactly how much THC is needed to have the cellular effect and how long the effect lasts. The latest edition of The Journal Of The Addiction Research Foundation Of Ontario reports that alcohol is still the number one drug abuse problem in Canada, a fact which marijuana users often use to support their false claim that alcohol is more harmful than "grass Howeyer, The Journal points out repeatedly that the severity of alcohol comes from the fact that it is the most commonly used drug, not necessarily the most harmful. The Journal points to tobacco as the second most abused drug for much the same reason. Meanwhile, Constable Wayne Netherly of the Whitby O.P.P. Detach- ~ment describes marijuana use in the Region of Durham, as "Pretty common." Durham School Board debt free, says Goode Gord Goode, one Scugog's wo trustees on the Durham School Board. attempted to answer questions he has heard from parents regard- ing hoard operations and policy. al a public meeting in Port Perry recently. Mr. Goode said that fol- lowing a comment in the STAR's Out in Right Field." column a few weeks avo regarding the borrowing and debenture practices of Scugog and Durham councils he has been asked how much the school board owes. The answer. according to Mr. Goode. is nothing. "This hoard is taking money for capital expenditures out of current revenues to avoid debenture debt," he ex- plained. Land not separated In reply to another concern he said that the board has never divided the land used for playing field at Port Perry High School. A portion of the land had been advertised for sale some weeks ago, but the sale never went through after the Ralepavers Association and Chamber of Commerce com- plained. Mr. Goode said he has heard suggestions that the land had been legally seve- red from the main playing ficld and some thought the hoard might trv to sneak through a sale when the public is not watching. "When we decided not to go through with the deal to sell all attempts to obtain a severance were dis- continued." he said. Producers annual meeting cultural ment. The suest speaker of the cvemng was Geo. MeLaugh- hin. Chairman of O.M.M.B. He reviewed the milk testing prozram as developed by the OMB. All testing 1s done in the Central Laboratory at Guelph by the LR.M.A. office by appont- clectrome equipment. OM.M.B. beheve this is a satisfactory way of testing milk but are not satisfied with the present means of samphng and collecting samples. They are studying the possibilty of picking up fresh samples for testing. Mr. McLaughhn noted that Durham wants in on conservation The Durham region is going to take another crack 'at getting into the business of running its own consefvation authority. Regional council referred a motion by Coun. Jim Potticary (Oshawa) Wednes-' day, petitioning the province to amend the conservation authority act to allow each of Ontario's regional govern- ments to have their own conservation authority - to the planning and develop- ment committee for study. At its meeting one week ago, council strenuously de- bated an attempt by Coun. Des Newman (Whitby) to withhold nominations to the four authorities in the region so a confrontation with the province might permit the region to operate its own authority. Coun. Potticary's motion was altered from its original form, however before being referred. Initially, it called for the "planning and development committee to investigate and present a motion at the next meeting." He said he wanted a posi- tive brief from the commit- tee supporting the motion. Coun. George Ashe (Pic- kering and Coun. Clark Ma- son (Ajax) agreed that the motion was telling the com- mittee what to say. If Coun. Potticary was giving the committee "speci- fic direction", said Coun. Mason, why bother with the committee. The motion would tie the committee's hands, he add- ed. - Coun. Newman introduced a successful amendment which changed the direction of the motion to being that of the regional council's desire for the amendment to the acl there has been a sharp drop in milk production. At a conference of Government officials, Milk Producers, Milk Processors and Con- sumers it was agreed that the objective should be to provide a continuous supply of quality milk at all times. The present shortage of milk I~ causing concern and points to the need of a higher price base." The Members of the Ontario County Milk Committee are: Pat Duffy, Orilha; Rans Bissie, Brechin; Ted Gor- don. Canmngton: R. J. Smith. Sunderland: Charles Hadden, Sunderland: Neil Raines, Sunderland; Byron Holtby. Port Perry: Les Holtby. Port Perry: 'Les Smith, Port Perry. Murray Jackson. Port Perry; Wm. Read, Ashburn; Grant Carson. Claremont ; Maurice O'Connor. Pickering: Ron Werryv, Oshawa: Clarence Wilson. Uxbridge: Murray Conv. Uxbridge