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BE pit Piven AK my Ty | p i Pah a . Pet ited raahbinnletulsstntiline int sss dist iasbvasbot dasdonb in A ate isda 1 7 y 5 ii / 15¢ per copy 28 Pages Students, adults return from tour of Britain They're back. The 200 students and 50 adults who left on a tour of Britain March 9 returned to Port Perry late Saturday night after a hectic and exciting time. Paul told Arculus the OLD BILLS came out 20 strong last Saturday "night when they were honoured at a dinner at Port Perry Legion, Branch 419. In photo above are three Discuss future Official Plan for Scugog by Ashok Chandwani Council resolved Monday night to approach the Re- gional Council and get their opinion on proposed deve- lopment in Ward 4 and Scugog. The resolution was piloted by Councillor Rose during a discussion on a letter from the Regional Council re- garding Council policy to- wards District Plans and amendments to Official Plans prepared in isolation of the Regional Plan program. } Discussion on the letter was lengthy and involved. It pointed out that no Official Plan existed with regard to development in Scugog. Neither has any plan bee prepared by the Regional Council. Councillor Rose suggested Request council to publize new by-laws by Ashok Chandwani The Scugog Ratepayers' Association has written to the Mayor and Council re- questing wider publicity to Truck destroyed Firemen of the Scugog Department were called to the farm of Mr. Fred Box- all, R. R. 4, Port Perry at 7:15 p.m. Monday morning, when a fire started in a 1962 half ton truck. Mr. Boxall was trying to start the truck when the fire broke out and he turned in the call because it sitting beside a small barn. The truck was totally destroyed but no estimate of damage was available at press time. Hospital Report Week Ending March 21 Admissions .............. 42 Births .................... 5 Deaths ......... .. ...... Nil Emergencies... ......... 105 Operations ............ _. 18 Discharges .............. 44 Remaining . ....... ..... 43 was ° proposed new by-laws and by-laws passed by Council. The letter was read out at Monday night's meeting of Council. Bill Ferguson and Ray Penny who were pre- sent on behalf of the Asso- cialion were asked to clar- ify what the association meant by 'wider publicity." They explained that coun- cil often passes by-laws like the fire arms by-law and the junk dealers by-law and the public generally re- mains ignorant of them till they are caught breaking them. They felt that council should publicise" new by- laws, perhaps through an ad in newspapers, so that peo- ple know what they are. No decision was taken by Council on the request. A second request by the asso- ciation for a list of proper- ties owned by Council was accepted and a list was made available immediate- ly to Messrs. Ferguson and Penny. : The general response to the request for greater pub- licity was pretty favourable, though nothing concrete was decided. Official - of the oldest vetrans, Mr. Perry; Mr. C.A. Glass, Port Perry; and Mr. Ted Jackson, Port Perry. that some ground rules should be framed to abide by when applications for: sub divisions come up, otherwise there was every danger of development re- maining frozen till an Of- ficial Plan was prepared. Mayor Malcolm pointed out that preparing a fresh Plan to cover Scugog dis- trict would take a long time, maybe two years. By that time the Region may have prepared an overall Plan that may come in conflict with the local one. } Councillor Taylor inter- vened to suggest that coun- cil needs to know what 1s going on - whether the Re- gion has taken any steps to draft a full Plan or not. Councillor Frew felt the matter could wait till some indication was available from the Region about its plan. However Councillor Rose saw no reason to go on waiting and wanted some action to be taken. The matter was finally settled by council approving a motion to get the opinion of Regidnal Council on their plans. This move left the door Consider plans for arena Council is exploring the possibility of setting up a new community arena to cater to the increased de- mand on time at the exist- ing one. An engineer is working on a preliminary report about a possible site for the arena. The matter is still in its most primitive stage and it will be quite some time before any concrete direc- tion on the issue enverges. Len Woods, R. R. 1, Port open for local council to prepare it's own plan which would be respected by the Regional Plan when it came into existence. Council was unanimous on the point that they should have some say in the final plan to fulfill local needs and aspirations. Mayor Malcolm will also circulate a copy of a sug- gested Master Plan for the District, prepared by a con- sultant sometime ago, be- fore the United Counties were dissolved. This will help, Council to crystallize thinking on local zoning and planning. STAR they thoroughly en- Joyed the tour and found it very rewarding. The highlight of their trip © was a presentation to the Lord Mayor of Durham on behalf of Durham region in Ontario. A small group from the travellers called on the Lord Mayor of Dur- ham and conveyed Chair- man Beath's greetings to him. The Lord Mayor accep- ted the greetings and read- ily agreed to visit Durham later this year at Chairman "Beath's invitation. The Lord Mayor and his wife also hosted the smaller group lo tea and biscuits and took them on a tour of the Guild hall and the an- cient chambers of council. Our travellers also found themselves participants in a historical. though tragic, happening the attemp- ted kidnapping of Princess Anne last Wednesday. «in _ which four men were shot. Here is how Paul des- cribed it: "The attempt morning of the found us at the gates of Buckingham Palace. We were screened by police before being allowed to enter, to watch the changing of the Guard. While inside, Prin- cess Anne drove up in her sports car. A little later, she left. The kidnap attempt took place the same after- noon. "The next day we walked down the Mall and found police searching the St. James Park area where the shooting took place, with metal detectors. We chatted with police about the case . Another highlight of the tour was a visit to the Wyvern County Secondary' School, near Southampton, where the Headmaster hosted the group. They pre- sented Gilbert and Sulli- van's operetta "Trial by Jury" which they had per- formed here last fall. They played a basketball match with the Wyvern school team and predictably won. They also played a soccer match which predictably lost! "We lound the people ex- tremely friendly and hospi table. The coach drivers were particularly congenial as they drove us through Britain, in six coaches, over 2 weeks." said Paul. When they left Britain for a day's trip to Amsterdam before returning home, the daffodils were already in bloom and tulips were be- ginning lo. Amsterdam was "very clean but very expen- sive" (A glass of Coke sometimes cost as much as 80 cents). Port Perry was of course slushy and snow- bound when they returned home late Saturday night, though spring officially be- gan last Wednesday even- ing. Whelan to speak at Ag. Sewmar This Saturday. approx- imatgely 500 farmers will be attending an Agricultural Seminar to be held at Club Annrene on Scugog Island. Special guest for the day will be The Hon. Eugene Whelan, Minister of Agricul- ture for Canada, who will be speaking to those attending and will be present through- out the day for answering questions. Mr. Norman Cafik, M.P_, Ontario Riding, who is spon- soring the seminar said "This is a very important event for the farmers - of Ontario Riding. Special- ists from Ottawa, and Provincial Government will be brought together to dis- cuss important and revelant programs."' "The farmers, them- selves, will be given ade- quate opportunity to partici- pate." he said. The seminar will begin at 9:00 am. with .-regis- tration of those attending. Mayor Lawrence Mal- colm. of Scugog Township will be speaking at 9:30, welcoming the guests to the seminar and to Scugog Twp. they Joins 'Star' editorial staff The STAR has a new. face on its editorial staff. He is twenty four year old Ashok Chandwani of Toronto who joined the STAR on Tuesday - last week. Before coming to Canada in September last year, Chandwani was the Assis- tant Editor of The Hita- vada, an English daily published from Nagpur in central India. Besides 'writing for the Hitavada and the Times of India. Chandwani also taught English at the St. Francis DeSales College at Nagpur. and Public Rela- tions at the Dept. of Journa- lism at the University of Nagpur. gs He brings to the STAR his" three years experience as a reporter. columnist and editorial writer. Asked if he would enjoy working in a small town like Port Perry, Chandwani replied "very much." 3 "I love being in a small town because the people are friendlier and the air fresher' he said. In Toronto, Chandwani was free lancing for a while before joining the STAR. He is married to twenty two year old Christina, also from India. AE KS hv