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The official dedication of the new United Church ~ Manse took place on a cold and windy day last Sunday, as Rev. Allan Lavis addressed the congregation that. -- | has held the line on spending 3 Rast ~% gathered. In the above picture Rev. Robert Brawn of the Port Perry and -Prince Albert United Church watches on while Rev. Lavis Speaks. Second Section Volume 108 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1974 -- No. 51 New location The issuing of motor Veh icle permits in the Port Perry area will now be, handled by Mrs. Margaret Waite of 160 Queen Street at Nonquon Travel Service. Mrs. Waite takes over the responsibility carried for the past two years by Larry Doble who has resigned be- cause of he avy pressure of his own personal business. Ratepayers told Scugog "council There is very little differ- ence in the administrative costs of the hew Township of . Scugog and the total 1973 administrative costs of the four' former municipalities added togethér. Costs of the new Scugog Works. Department are up' only one-half of one percent over the costs of road servic- 3 N va © ~~ es in the four former munici- palities last year. These are two of the "conclusions that came out of a meeting of the Scugog Ratepayers' Association last Thursday. Bill Ferguson, a Ratepay- ers' representative for Ward 4 brought these facts to light during a discussion on taxes in the new municipality. "Are we pointing our fing- er at Scugog Council or Regional Council?" Mr. Ferguson wondered. "The only transitional grant Scugog got was $22,000. The big transitional grant is being used to reduce" the regional levy." Mr. Ferguson, also, said Scugog council was being blamed for the increases in taxes when it was really educational costs that were putting taxes up. The net regional levy from Scugog was $50,000 less this year, than the four munici- palities paid the counties last year, he said. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm told the 40 people in attend- ance that the township was receiving better road service overall than it. was when there were four municipalit- ies. "The total equipment of all the municipalities was put together. It didn't matter where it came from," the mayor said. . "The equip- - ment was put where it would _ do the best job." Study of permanent Durham' headquarter turned down But Mr. Malcolm reasur- . ed the Ratepayers that the ij regional council was in favor Although divided almost down the middle on the idea of a study of a permanent headquarters for Durham, regional council decided against the idea. . The vote not to conduct the study was 15 to 13 and took place after two previous votes at last week's meeting on the same subject. According to chairman, Walter Beath, the first vote on a motion to study a permanent headquarters was defeated by a count of 15 to 13.- But a standing vote was requested and this time Mr. Beath said it was a tie. More dissatisfaction was expressed with the counting of the vote and finally a recorded vote was taken and the vote was 15 to 13 not to hate the study. Mayor Desmond Newman . of Whitby changed his mind on the subject during the meeting. Answering a question from the audience, Coun. Neil Hunter said that taxes in Reach had gone up this year because of a $31,000 increase ~in the educational levy for Reach. Mr. Hunter said that taxes in Reach would have been up very little if it wasn't for the Several Oshawa council- lors said the authorization of negotations on the purchase of land adjacent to the present Rossland Road site was a move to construct a permanent site in Whitby. There was talk about sell- ing the present Ontario Court House building which acts as Regional Headquarters to both the province and to the Federal Governments. Coun. Mike Breaugh of Oshawa said he voted again- - sl the study because it would represent the first step in building a new Regional Headquarters building. He said the present building is a very. nicé place. Speaking on the same sub- ject at a meeting of the Scugog Ratepayers Associ- ation, Mayor Lawrence Mal: colm of Scugog said that Oshawa Mayor James Patti- cary could talk all he liked about locating the Regional Headquarters in Oshawa. increased educational cost. The educational costs raised the rate by four or five mills, he said. : 'Mr. Hunter, also, said that a couple of years ago in Reach when a man paid $600.00 'taxes, only about $125.00 of that went to the (continued on page 19) of remaining where it was. Coun. Keith Ross of Osha.- awa said the key to acquiring any new Regional- Headquarters is the sale of the present building to the province, To investigate Senior's needs \ Durham Social . Services In a simply door-step cere- mony, the new United Church Manse on Kent St. was dedicated on Sunday by Rev. Allan Lavis, chairman of the Oshawa Presbytery. As soon as the ceremony was over, the members of the two United Church con- gregations present hurried . inside the warm house to escape the cold windy day. During the day, about 175 people, came to inspect the house as it was on public display after the dedication. Rev. Robert Brawn, his wife and four children have . been living in the new three- bedroom house for about seven months. The new manse was con- structed by the Port Perry United Church and the Prince Albert United Church and is completely paid for. A decision was made in the fall of 1973 that a new manse was needed as the old one located at-354 Queen- Street was in need of extensive repairs. Mrs. Zula Hall, chairman of the manse committee, said it was felt that. it wasn't economically sound to carry out extensive repairs on the older house. o So both congregations vot- ed to purchase the new manse in the Kent Estate subdivision. The old manse" was sold and all members of both congregations canvassed for the building fund. The sale price of the old' manse plus contributions from the members complete- ly paid for the new house and for the updating of furnish- ings. Mrs. Hall said the contri- butions were overwhelming. The committee set a target figure of $10,000 and this was easily surpassed. Comniissioner Doug Johns © will launch an investigation into the need for rent-subsid- ized housing and the needs of the elderly in new buildings. | Mr. Johns was given the | instructions by the social . services commission after 4 Coun. Reg. Rose of Scugog _ the committee * ; endorse a motion to conduct a study indicating the do- TG, dé suggested mand for such' housing in area municipalities. § 0 Canvass .tee hopes to - "United Church manse . officially dedicated The old manse was orgin- ally purchased in 1878 as a minister's home by the Methodist Church. After Church Union in 1925 it became the United Church Manse. The original deed of the old manse showed that it was. purchased from Robert John Wright, township of Reach, on June 17, 1878, for-a price of $850. Town Hall in progress If somebody hasn't al- ready knocked on your door asking for donations towards the restoration of the Old Town Hall, they soon will. A canvass of the area is now under way to collect funds to restore the Town Hall built in 1873. The Town Hall commit- receive - enough donations to com- plete the first phase of work this winter. That should involve the roof and masonry work, as well as, enough interior work so the building can be used. If you can't make a large donation at this time but feel you would like to give ngore money over a certain period of time, pledge books are available. Receipts for tax purposes will be sent out at the end of each year in which a person contributes. Last week's STAR con- tained a special section dealing with the history and plans for the historic building. Rev. Lavis congratulates Rev. 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