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OC GLARE LR) ES EVALY a de ula jut eal ISB BVER EU URTOREE AN AMEE BIANS KRNTAY QUICK ACTION SAVES LIFE OF MAN Thanks to the quick, sus- tained actionby a Perry nurse and an Oshawa fire- man, a man's life was saved when ' tractor overturned and pinned the driver face- down in a muddy ditch along Victoria County Road 4, just west of Little Britain. According to a spokesman of the Lindsay detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, Mrs. Dorothy Nelson of Port Perry and Arthur Forsythe of Oshawa worked frantically on the man for over 15 minutes, Mrs. Nelson applying heart massage and Forsythe giving mouth-to- mouth resuscitation, Investigating officer Const. Bob Beatty said the vehicle had beén westbound on the county road when it entered the ditch and rolled over on top of 26-year old David Duffy of RR 3 Little Britain. Const. Beatty said Duffy was driving the bor- rowed vehicle home where he was planning to dig post holes with it. Just how long it was before passers-by: Arthur and Win Thuron relocation to Peel building In a move that would mean a major expansion for the local company, Thuron Ltd.' wants to relocate into the empty Peel Poultry build- ing on 7A highway west of Port Perry. Chuck Preston of Thuron said the company needs to move out of its cramped Water 'Street property. In- creases in business demands more space and more staff, he said. The industry, an animal health insecticide business will hire between 20 and 30 part-time employees once at the new site, accord- ing to Mr. Preston. Problem is-one of time, according to Preston. Be- cause of the seasonal nature of the business, the company would have to be moved in and ready to go by Novem- ber in order to get ready for the 1977 season. He said that there didn't seem to be any objections from the region about the proposal. The company doesn't need the farmland attached to the poultry build- ings, and is asking for a severance. He said the company would do considerable land- scaping to give the plant an attractive appearance. He (continued on page 18) Racing boats authorized Scugog Township Council gave permission for the local Chamber of Commerce to fence off a section of lake- shore at Palmer Park on Sat., Aug. 7, and allow boats to be launched from the old launching site at the east end of Queen Street. The permission was need- ed to ensure the success of Canadian Boating Federa- tion-sanctioned boat races on the Saturday afternoon of the community's annual West- ern Weekend celebrations. It was the second time the chamber has asked for per- mission to launch the racing boats at the old site. Council turned down the original request on the grounds that new facilities were available and put in this year and There's been no major fire . or mishap to test the abilities of the newly-hired members of the Caesarea unit of the Scugog Fire Department, but at least three of them are confident they'll measure up. Eleanor Forsyth, Donna Gould, and Maxine Mc- Millen became probationary firefighters with the depart- ment two weeks ago, follow- ing half-year controversy, charges of discrimination and counter-charges of grandstanding. As full-fledged members (probationary as are all new recruits), the ladies are try- ing for a low profile, fearing that too much commotion on their part would incite those who opposed the hiring of women for the department. There's been some nega- to launch at Queen site. 'should be -used with no exceptions. Chamber representative Cliff Crowell argued, how- ever, that communications would be difficult between the new launching site north of the park and the site of the races. He also felt that from a business standpoint, the event would be more suc- cessful if spectators were to see the boats out of water and up close. He said the boats would be a drawing card in themselves, Mr. Cro- well felt, and would draw more people to the event. He also said that using the old facility just for the races would allow business as usual at the new launching site. If the CBF were to use (continued on page 14) tivism about the move, but the girls are surprised how little there has been so far. A threat by some firemen to stage a mass-resignation if women were allowéd, has not materialized. "In fact," said Donna Gould, "there's been no pro- blems with other, male members of the department so far." } She said the girls have been at one training session so far, as well as a call to a car accident. "The men seem to have accepted us, at least they aren't giving us a hard time or anything. They've been terrific." Although "two or three guys has quit," according to Mrs. Gould, "it wasn't be- cause we joined." The mass resignation threat was just that--a threat," she said, Forsyth and the Nelsons arrived is not determinable, - although police think it was: shortly after the accident. According - to police, the rescuers used fence rails to edge the tractor off the vict- im, then pulling 'him out from underneath. When police arrived short- ly after, Forsythe and Mrs. Nelson were trying to revive Duffy. "When I got there, he certainly wasn't breathing and he had no pulse. There was nothing I could do but call the ambulance," said Const, Beatty. "They were doing everything they could and knew what they were doing," he said. They work- ed on him steadily until the ambulance arrived. By then he was breathing." Const. Beatty said that both were covered in mud. Duffy had been laying face down in about six or eight inches of mud and water in the bottom of the ditch. Doctors at Lindsay's Ross Memorial Hospital report that Duffy's condition close- PORT @ PERRY Serving Scugog Township ly resembled a drowning victim, the lungs "having been filled with liquid and mud. According to the doctors who put the man under inten- sive care for 24 hours, he would have died had it not been for the rescurers. "They did a fantastic job," said Const. Beatty. 'It was just wonderful. They brought him back to life." Const. Beatty said that Duffy seems to have made a good recovery. The man is up and around and talking about jt; and fear of severe brain damage due to the lack of Oxygen hasn't material: ized. Police have made recom- mendations for commenda- tion for the rescuers, and at least one local official has suggested that "this kind of thing be given recognition, not just all the bad things." "They saved a life," said Scugog Township Councillor Bob Brinkman. '"'That's not a small thing." David Duffy of Little Brit- ain would agree. 32 Pages [a Si Log 2 On the hot, humid days, about the best place to be is the cool, refreshing water of Lake Scugog. Trouble is, Carl Kroonenberg can't seem to convince a hesitant Firewomen try to keep low profile adding that only a few mem- bers tried to instigate the trouble. The women, all in their 20s, had earlier charged that they were victims of dis- crimination when their application to join the 30- man force were passed over for the men. Scugog Township council initially backed the depart- ment's decision not to hire the women, but backed off when the women threatened to file a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Com- mission. Recently, a Fire Marshal's study of the township includ- ed a report- on hiring practices, and stated that all applicants should be consid- ered. Initially, arguments were forwarded about the prob- able inability of women to handle the heavy, cumber- some equipment, but all three women have passed practical as well as written tests. The Scott airpack was one item that was reportedly too much for women to handle, but the new members say they've tried it in practical tests and have had no pro- blems with it. Perhaps' the girls biggest problem has been the ten- dency by a lot of people to put the "women's libber" tag on them-men and wo- men both, "We simply wanted to vol- unteer, there was no attempt to score a point for women's rights or any of that" said Mrs. Gould, "yet that's what a lot of people automatically believe. % i won out. One of the reasons the women had given earlier for their desire to join the de- that several partment is poodle, Kiki, of the advantages of a quick dip. Kiki fires were poorly attended by firefighters, many of them out of town. (continued on page 3) A AAAANANAAAAAANAAAA AAAANAN Sorry, girls. It's been a dog's life down here and we've been as busy as a cat on a tin roof, but it seems our source of information was for the birds. It's A Dogs "World! The girls running the Western Weekend Mutt Show are suffering from shock, we understand, { after reading in the July 14 issue of the Star that not only dogs, but cats, goats, frogs, and most any kind of pet would be allowed in the show. A mutt, organizers point out emphatically is a d-0-g-, dog. Nothing else. "Can you see a couple of dozen dogs waiting to be judged when somebody brings a cat into the group? said an organizer. For the record, only dogs will be accepted. ili QE Ee a a rr Et Bata VP IHATIER,