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FR A L 4 "& '\ EES LP aaa SELON RASHES 8 Sea Cadet Jim Dyer explains the operation of the "Lee Enfied"' rifle they use for marksmanship to LCDR Fraser McKee, vice president of the Toronto Navy League, centre, and Mayor Lawrence Malcom of Scugog Township, right. Budget unacceptable says, Mayor Newman Trudeau to Sutton onJunel Prime Minister Trudeau will be visiting this riding June 1 as part of the Liberal Party's campaign to get voted back into power this summer. Norman Cafik is the Libe- ral candidate from this rid- ing for the third time in succession. Trudeau will be at the Sutton Fair Grounds and arena at 4 p.m. on June 1. Attractions at the public meeting open to everyone is a free beef barbecue, a Fun Fest in the arena (with commemorative mugs) and two Om-pa-pa bands to pro- vide music for dancing till 1 Kinsmen's Springfest Fri., Sat. Plans for the Kinsmen"s Annual Springfest are near- ing completion with only two days left for it to begin. The Springfest opens on Friday, ~ May 31 at 8 p.m. The Springfest is in aid of Cystic Fibrosis and Commun ity Sports Facilities. The Brian Larter Trio will begin the evening's program on Friday and carry on till 1 a.m. Admission will be $2.50 per person. Modern Square dancing will be presented the follow- ing day Saturday by the Oshawa District Callers. Participants will be welcome and admission is free. Saturday evening there will be a return engage- ment of the 'Par Four' Hospital Report Week Ending Thurs., May 23 Admissions .............. 28 Births oc. viivienssommman 2 Deaths .~ ............... Nil Emergencies ............ 139, Operations. ............. 9 Discharges .............. 40 Remaining ....... 34 by Ashok Chandwani Charging that the regional budget is 'a bureaucratic arrangement by which we provide services Mayor Desmond Newman attemp- ted unsuccessfully Wednes- day to strike the budget from the committee of the whole report. 'Mayor Newman, who had "earlier expressed his anger at Whitby being denied provincial transitional grants (all other area municipalities received them), brought up his motion at the fag end of a strenous day which left many tempers frayed. Councillors were arrang- ing their papers and snap- ping shut briefcases when Mayor Newman brought up his motion. "In my humble opinion" he said "the entire preparation of the budget and the techni- ques used are totally unac- ceptable." "It is absolutely unbeliev- able that we have succeeded in adding to the budget rather than reducing it" he added. Mayor Newman said in the 9 years he has been public life, this budget represents the highest mill rate increase in Whitby inspite of the fact that the assessment has grown by a greater percent- age. "I am talking of the poor people living in homes who don't have the ability to pay an additional $100 a year in, taxes "he continued, 'not the ones who have the money to do so." He said council had lost an incredible opportunity to reduce taxes to counter infla- tion, adding it was council's duty to hold back its spending in a time of rising costs. He said the budget was 'grossly inequitable' too, as it was charging certain areas for police services without providing them. (Scugog is one of these areas). He hoped the impact of the budget would 'sink in' before the bylaw came up for discussion and even at that late -stage councillors will undertake some economies. Earlier during the debate on the budget the Mayor had made persistent efforts to reduce costs, staff and other expenditures in the budget without any success. Speaking on the striking motion Mayor Jim Potticary (continued on page 6) Will form planning committee Council delegated Regional Councillor Reg. Rose to represent them at a meeting on Thursday, May 30th to form a representative and informed group of volun- teers from Brock, Scugog and Uxbridge to elect a local social planning committee. The committee will pro- vide advice and recom- mendations to a Durham Region Social Planning Ad- visory Group, which will consist of volunteer repre- sentatives elected or appoin- ted from each of five geogra- phic areas of popula- tion in the region. These areas are Oshawa -- Whitby, Ajax -- Pickering, Beaverton -- Cannington, Northern area: = Scugog, -Brock and Uxbridge and the Eastern Area: Bowmanville, Orono, Newcastle and Clarke. The meeting has been called at the initiative of the Social Planning Council of Oshawa with the objective of getting input for social ser- vices on the basis of a fair distribution in the region. The meeting will be held at 8 p.m. at the Municipal offices in Port Perry. 15 per mile on Township business Employees of the Town- ship of Scugog will get 15 cents a mile travel allow- ance in future, whenever they use their vehicles for municipal business. Council passed this recom- mendation Monday night empowering the Clerk Administrator to supervise the allowance. PERRY | ( 15¢ per copy 24 Pages Volume 108 - PORT PERRY. ONTARIO. Wednesday. May 29. 1974 - No.31 $15,000 committed Towards restoration of Town Hall by Ashok Chandwani Town Hall 1873 - a corpora- tion formed to save the old town hall suggested to Council Monday night that they consider approving a tender from the corporation requesting a lease on the building for an extended period at a nominal annual charge. Dr. Price and Dr. Ham- mett, co-chairmen of Town Hall 1873 made the proposal to Council in a deputation to inform Council about the efforts of their group to preserve the old town hall. Council heard the doctors in committee. No decision was taken nor was any motion brought up later when council reverted back to its regular meeting. The doctors told. council they had set up a board of 12 directors interested ir pre- serving the town hall. They already have committments for $15,000 towards the town hall and are launching a fund raising campaign to raise more money. Dr. Price held out the poss- ibility of a grant from the Ontario Heritage Corp. pro- vided sufficient local support was forthcoming. Dr. Hammett told council- lors they were seeking their "blessings and their moral and spiritual support for the project, not financial sup- port." The doctors said they had come to council to keep councillors informed about their efforts so that there was no question of two separate forces operating. They told council they would be submitting a tender not for ' purchase of the building but for a lease on it. If granted the lease they would find the money to renovate and restore the building. Council would not be required to pay any tax dollars for the restoration, they emphasized. In response to a question from Coun. Bob Kenny the doctors said they had consid- ered the problem of parking at the old building, but had not come up with a definite solution as yet. However, they felt that there was enough parking in the area and it was not an insur- mountable problem. Cancer campaign exceeds objective by over 50% The annual Campaign for the Canadian Cancer Society held each April was again a very successful one. The Port Perry Branch includes the town of Port Perry, Cartwright, Reach and Scugog municipalities. The overall area is broken down into 26 smaller areas for the campaign with a captain over each area. The captian in turn gets their own canvassers which this year - amount to 126 volunteers. The objective designated to the Port Perry Branch for 1974 was $4,000. while the receipts amounted to $6,100.00. This exceeded the 1973 receipts by $944.40. This increase was general as every area exceeded 1973 receipts. The outstanding success of the campaign must be con- tributed to the hard work and time spent by the captains and canvassers combined with the most generous re- sponse from the residents of the area. wins award The Scugog Chamber of Commerce won an award for "Exceptional Community Service" at a formal banquet during the 52nd annual Chamber of Commerce Con- vention being held in Hami}- ton this week. Attending the convention from here are president, Kenneth Dowson and vice president, Richard Drew. Senior Citizens Week Council passed a resolu- tion Monday proclaiming June 16 to 22 as 'Senior Citizens Week.' An announcement will appear in the press shortly. Picture shows members of the Kinsmen Club installing the park equipment they purchased for the use of children at the playground on the lakefront near Water Street in Port Perry. $a a as we a We x ia, 18 oe RO PE > CE i LENT A IRR "as KY