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SF | ---- LE rn : A ES a sd x 1 20 -- PORT PERRY STAR & Oshawa Mayor speaks harshly When Garnet Rickard, mayor of Newcastle, sugges- ted that nothing had come of the pic-in-the-sky™ idea of petting single male welfare recipients to do agricultu- ral work. he set off an angry exchange with Mayor James Poltticary- of Oshawa. "Farmers aren't willing to do a dam thing to help society." Mr. Potticary said. "Farmers just want to get high prices for their products and to get rich from selling their land." Mr. Rickard said council had received good press when it suggested getting welfare recipients to work for farmers but that as far as he knew. not one recipient had worked for a farmer. "Council indicated that agricultural work is a menial skill and this is not so," he said. 'Mayor Lawrence Mal- colm of Scugog showed that everybody can't get milk from a cow." Mr. Potticary jumped to his feet to demand to know what farmers had done for society. The Newcastle Mayor shot back that the farmer had done more to support society than anyone else. Mr. Potticary said far- mers aren't willing to set up apprenticeships or anything else to help train people and (9 "4 MEND-N FIT) WERE TIRELESS WORKERS YOU WiLL FIND, KEEPING PRICE "THOMSON Heating & Air Conditioning 985-3365 Wednesday, Oct. 9, 1974 Potticary about farmers is time that somebody put farmers in their place. Social Services Commis- sioner W.D. Johns said his department carefully sur- veved their files and the number of people eligible for farm work were extremely 'small. . Furthermore, farmers have a lot of money tied up in equipment and they resent the fact that anyone can refer unqualified people to them who don't care about their machines. Farmers want sincere and hard working people, he said. Mr. Johns said that bene- fits had been "denied to people who refused to work, although he didn't know how many people were involved. He said he could report on that at a later date. "We are constantly at- tempting to secure employ- ment for people," he said. "But most of our single males are one shot deals and we are required to give them benefits by law." Coun. John * Goodwin of Whitby said there had been more than 100 employable males on the role every month over the past report- ing period. "The turn over is really quite staggering," Mr. Johns said. We have a large labor force in this region and there are easily 100 people laid off, - fired, or something like that, in one month. This 'isn't excessive." Mr. Johns said that many people are referred to this area for employment and that it takes them some time to find a job after they move in and they have to eat between the time they get a job and they get paid. "But there are no employ- able males continuously drawing welfare in Dur- ham." said Mr. Johns. Mr. Potticary said a per- son can move from town to town picking up a welfare cheque every two weeks. - The only way to stop this, Mr. Johns said, is to stamp something on the back of the person's social security card when they receive benefits from one municipality. Aosta d Quick action by the Port Perry Fire Department prevented this driving shed on the 6th Concession of Reach from being destroyed on Sunday afternoon. The fire call came at about 2:45 p.m. while most of the (continued Reader went on the bus trip to Camp Kandalore north of Minden. Many passengers' were not prepared for the 3 inch fall. of snow which weighted some branches to the ground and the lack of heat at the camp due to hydro failure. However, the beauty of colour mingled with snow was indescrib- able and the hot dinner prepared and served by five young people was a great credit to them. the only dis- appointment was in not being able to explore more of this fine camp which serves boys of all races, denomina- Conway Gardens -- Tavern ~ will serve a Special Menu SUNDAY & MONDAY THANKSGIVING MENU 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. tions and countries. Scugog 1H The first meeting was held on September 1st at Town Hall at 7:00. We opened the meeting with the 4-H pledge. The following officers were elected: President, Dianne Crowell; Vice Presi- ot i firemen were at the fire hall for an open house. Damage is estimated at $500. to the shed owned by Gary Thomas. dent, Liz Letham; Secre- tary, Cheryl Chandler; Press Reporter, Cindy Van Weston. The leader is Mrs. Chand- ler and the assistant leader is Mrs. Hortop. The rest of the members Te Tammy Freeman, Beth Wilson, Carol Wood, Sandra Krieg, Tamy Silverman, Kathy Chandler, Leanne Hpupe, Linda Lowe and ita' Bell. We then did flower arrangements and judged eachYf them. Cintly Van Westong % Account. oh keep your promise. Phone: 985-7316. 2 Annual SUPPER Adults $3.50 So if you've made yourself a promise -- come 'into Port Perry's Royal Bank and talk to Bill - English or any one of his staff. They will help you ROYAL BANK serving Ontario serving you SEAGRAVE TURKEY Wednesday, Nov. éth - Public School $1.50 Bill English can help you keep those promises you' ve "made to yourself. That's why Bill is Manager of Port Perry's Royal Bank. He is there to help you. When you've got an idea that grows into a promise you mean to keep, a Bonus Savings Account will help. It pays a healthy interest rate on your minimum monthly balance and there are no cheques to tempt you in a weak moment. And to make your Bonus Savings Account really work for you, Bill will tell you all about Royal Certified Service--a complete package of twelve banking services for just $3 a month. That means it' 'S very simple for you to figure out where you stand with your money, 56 you know exactly how much you can afford to save in your Bonus Savings 4)