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a LL ¢ }. FF 3 PRE SG ; ~g® * (A il | | < Doherty, 39; o ARCHITECT'S OPINION: | Town Hall Mrs. Jane Litt, a secretary of Town Hall 1873, Napier Simpson, well-known architect and Dr. Ralph Price, chairman of Town Hall 1873 stand inside the old Town Hall discussing plans for its future. The group hopes to have the hall in good enough shape to be used this year. Th on the right. ~ e Port Perry United Church can be seen Suggest Latcham Centre An' enlarged Latcham Community Centre-in Port Perry would be an ideal site for a day care centre, according to a report pre- sented to regional council last week. Mrs. Mary Brown, Co- ordinator of Day Nursery' Services for Durham, repor- ted that there is a possibil- ity the centre could be ex- tended and a Day Care facility incorporated. . But Mrs. Brown said that after a detailed investiga- tion, the old Town Hall in Port Perry has been found unsuitable for conversion into a Day Care Centre. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm of Scugog had suggested the old Town Hall for a site and said he was disappointed at the position of Mrs. Brown and the region's architect. Mrs. Brown said there is a vacant lot adjacent to the Latcham centre which is owned by the Municipality of : Scugog that is being con- sidered as a -building site. Mr. Malcolm said - that "from what he understands, Mrs. Brown would like to add to the Latcham centre and perhaps involve some of the senior citizens from the cen- tre with the day care centre. "They were talking about the need for a father figure and a grandfather figure at the day care centre and then' they were talking about add- ing to the Latcham centre," the mayor said. "Sounds to me like they want to involve the senior citizens." D.R. Owen, an architect, hired by the region, inspec- ted the Latchman centre and the old Town Hall and repor- 'ted that the Latchamh Cen- ----tre is an ideal site. ~The architect said the costs of making a day care $2200 damage Damage is estimated at $2,200 in a two car mishap at Lilla and Queen Street. Whitby provincial police said cars arivgh by Charles Toronto and Dionisia Esquejo, 34, also of Toronto, collided at about 7 p.m. on Sunday. 3 for Day C centre of similar standards to the Oshawa centre would be $48. to $52. per square foot. i The Birds Eye Centre site, which is adjacent to the Latcham. Centre is also good, the architect said, but itis in a very busy area and may have a lot of distrac- tions for the Day Care Cen- tre. Co i a.very expensive job to reno- vate the old Town Hall and at this stage no cost can be ascertained. Inspection of the hall in- . dicated a very high fire risk and the vertical and horizon- tal structural supports down to the basement are wood, the architect said. Furthermore, the roof and exterior walls are in very " bad condition and require ex- cessive repair and the wood frames require renewal, the report states. Mr. Owen said it.would be Vicky Fairman (left) and Sandy Mutdock, both of are purposes The architect said the basemetit of the hall is also dilapidated. Coun. Reg Rose, who is a member of the social service committee, told the STAR that the province has just sent a letter, telling the region would pay 100 per cent of the cost of building new day care centres as well as renovating others if the project was approved. -- - Previously the province had indicated it would only pay 80 per cent of the cost of new buildings. Mr. Rose said that this new information pretty well ruled out the old Town.Hall as a site. Mr. Rose said he would also be opposed to building beside the Latchman centre as-the'water front is a rather unique area and better use of it. Port Perry seem to be enjoying their task of raking up - the leaves on the lawn at the corner of Queen and Caleb Street. Although the girls worked hard Another phase of the op- eration to save the old Town Hall started last week when well-known architect Napier Simpson" and two .of his employees were in Port Perry. They spent most of a day examining the old building and checking into how much land goes with the old Town Hall. { ' Mr. Simpson, who has "been involved in the restora- -tion of many old buildings, has been retained by the "Town Hall 1873" group to supervise the restoration of the historic building. "This building is in remar- kably good shape except for the roof and the parapets,' he said. "The roof is a relatively minor job, the parapels are a major job." Mr. Simpson said the building is of high Victorian style and very representa- tive of the pre- fire buildings in Port Perry. "The building is Port Perry," he said. "If you tear down old buildings like this, it becomes a different town. Port Perry becomes another - Blackstock." Restoration of = this building will be much like restoring an old church, he said. It is very similar to an restoration project in Port Hope at St. Marks Church, he said. The only difference is the Cobourg Church was in worse shape than the Town Hall. Mr. Simpson wasn't upset SBI EA nr AR IA] HEY AD in good condition -- must be saved at an, Durham regional arc- hitect's appraisal of the building. The architect, who was examining the building as a possible day care centre site, said it would be a very expensive job to. restore the building and that at this stage no cost can be ascer- tained. "He didn't really tell us anything new' he said. "You either approach the restoration of an old building in a negative or a positive matter," Mr. Simpson said. "We are looking at the building and trying to find out how much it will cost to fix it." Mr. Simpson said that he and the group were taking a (continued on page 21) PORT PERRY 7 Second Section Volume 108 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, Oct. 9th, 1974 -- No. 49 Durham requests meeting - on provincial land banking The Region of Durham wants to be consulted before. the province buys more land at-$6.500 an acre for land banking purposes. Council asked that the Ministry of Housing counsult the region before it buys any more land and that it give the region an inventory of "what land already held. Scugog 'Mayor Lawrence Malcolm told the STAR that the province has bought about 4,700 acres of land around Brooklin and that as he understands it one farmer received $2 million for a 350 --acre farm. He said that the province is paying $6,500 an acre for land that it may not develop for 10 or 20 years. "We really don't know what they plan to do with the land." he said. "Bat when they are paying that price, it- wouldn't hurt them to con- sult us first." The region has also asked for a meeting with the Min- istry of Housing and that the planning and development department of the region make a list of lands that would be good for land banking. gathering this pile of leaves on Sunday, by Monday morning there were just-as many leaves to be raked up again. / Dr. Matthey Dymond, M.P.P. for Ontario said it was his understanding that the land would be used for future development. But until the land is de- veloped, it will be rented back to farmers who will continue to use the land. "It is really a "hedge against the steadily rising costs of land," Dr. Dymond said. "In one way any price being paid today for land is too much." 3 But Dr. Dymond said the price being paid today will probably be less than what the province would have to pay in ten years from now or whenever the land is devel- oped. Two men in hospital after mishap Two Nestleton men are in good condition in Commun- ity Memorial Hospital in Port Perry following a single car mishap early Saturday morning. Whitby provincial police said a car driven by Gary Rohrer, 23 of Nestleton was eastbound on Highway 7A when it went onto the south shoulder, then skided across the road into the north ditch, turned around, hit a bank and rolled over. The accident happened about one mile cast of Scugog Road. Brian Shaw, 20 and Ste: phen Groves, 21, both pass- engers in the car were admitted to hospital after the mishap. Damage to the 1973 car was estimated at $3,500. Rohrer has been charged with careless driving in con- nection with the incident. 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