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Le ras. Cal PEATE 0 a HR I 2, et " Hid l Pee oy i |! 3 a EL A Scugog Township man recently completed this replica of a Dutch windmill, a project that took him more than five years to complete. ~~ [Story, more pictures on page 11]: Vol. 112° No. 37 'Wednesday, July 19, 1978 32 Pages E 'e guts house - two families left homeless Two Port Perry families -have been left homeless following a fire early Sunday morning which gutted a two- storey house on Union Avenue. The ground floor of the older frame house was oc- cupied by the Lyon family and the upper floor by Mr. and Mrs. M. Midgley and their two_children. Although exact estimates "of the damage had not yet been established by Monday morning, the interior of the house was completely des- troyed, and both families lost almost all their personal belongings. Fortunately the losses are covered by in- surance. The alarm was turned in at 1:30 a.m,, and Scugog Fire Chief Jack Cook said the - blaze is thought to. have started when cooking oil - over-heated in the kitchen on Water problems likely with pressure increase Residents of older homes in Port Perry may face - broken water lines when the' pressure in the municipal water supply system is in- creased later this year. And itis also likely that the . 'increase. in pressure will cause problems in certain - sections 'of the municipal lines in Port Perry, some of which are up to fifty years old. -- i. The water pressure in the - Port Perry system will be "District plan studies Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm expects that public hearings will be held in August as district plan sstudies for the communities of Blackstock and Caesarea are now in the final stages of preparation. Township council will early in August. broken éut and re-poured.. HHH Queen Street. EHH TT SIDEWALK REPAIRS _ Scugog Township Rbads Superintendent Ron Mac- Donald says he expects that repairs to the sidewalks on - Queen Street in Downtown Port Perry will be started A mortar mix will be used to fill in and smooth out the cracks, and in some areas where the concrete is in especially poor condition, the whole section will be Scugog Township has allocated $1000. in the current budget for repairs to the sidewalks along both sides of Cc increased following con- struction to boost the storage capacity of the stand-pipe on Silver Street from the pre- sent 300,000 gallons to 470,000 gallons. Work on the $300,000 pro- ject is expected to get under- .way later this summer and will take about six weeks to complete. At present the water pres- . sure in the municipal system . varies from a high of 80 pounds per square inch in the - meet privately this Monday afternoon with planners from Durham Region and make any last-minute re- commendations to the two plans before they are made available to the public for comment. Continued on page 3 = LE. SA sure. low areas of Port Perry such as the municipal building to a low of about 20 pounds per square inch in parts of Prince Albert. Both Scugog Mayor Law- rence Malcolm and Roads superintendent Ron Mac Donald say they expect the boost in pressure will cause "a few problems' on both private and public property. Water systems in all Dur- ham municipalities are the responsibility of the Region- al public works department, and the policy now is that the cost of repairing or replacing pipes on private property is completely up to the pro- perty owner. Property owners may get some relief however, if a notice of motion introduced at the Regional council meet- ing July 12 gets the support: of the council. The motion, resulting from problems of broken lines on private property in Oshawa calls on the Region to pick up - § the ground floor. The family on the: second floor were asleep at the time, but managed to get out safely. Sixteen year old Jeff Lyon, who was alone in the lower floor of the house when the fire started suffered minor burns to his feet and was treated at Port Perry Hos- pital. The ground floor was al- ready burning by the time firefighters reached the scene and flames spread quickly though the walls and. ceilings. At one point the Uxbridge: half the cost of repairs and - replacement when the dam- age is caused by an increase - in the water system pres- = [£3 specifically to the problems . of 11 homeowners in a cer- _ tain section of Oshawa, how- ever, if the full council goes along, it would set a prece- dent for the Region. motion is expected to come before council for debate and a vote at the next regular meeting July 26. The motion speaks That _ § department was called in to lend assistance and a pum- "per stayed on the scene for a couple of hours. The stubborn fire created a lot of thick black smoke and firefighters finally fin- ished up mopping up more than four hours after the 'blaze broke out. to the Star sports page.) ~~ Ball Brawl Organizers of the Port Perry Midget Softball Tourna- ment were forced to suspend play Sunday night when a ~ brawl-erupted in the final game between fears from Willowdale and Scarborough. Scarborough was leading the final contest 4-0 and appeared to be on their way to an easy victory when the fighting started after a play at home plate. complete report on the game and the tournament, turn "(For | A fire early Sunday morning destroyed the interior of a two-storey house on Union Avenue in Port Perry and left two families homeless. AR Seba ii hs