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w C f fatal ai h stery The cause of a crash of a message of a "May Day" "As of right now," said plane was owned by the ent, Mr. Goodbrand said that charge of the police invest- light airplane two weeks ago from the pilot shortly before Mr, Goodbrand, "We areina Oshawa Flying Club, and the in mishaps involving small igation into the crash and which took the life of a young the crashsaid that a bird had bit of a quandry as to. what pilot had taken off about 4:30 aircraft, an investigation said Monday that he has sent * Oshawa man remains a struck the plane, there was caused the crash." ; p.m. from the Oshawa Air- willinsome cases fail to turn _ his report on to the federal mystery. : : no trace of any bird found in The wreckage of the plane port ona flight to Orillia, and up any specific cause of the department and it contains The single engine Cessna the wreckage. Mr. Good- was removed from the crash came down in clear weather crash. no evidence as to what might 150 came down in a heavily brand added that all the sjteandis now ina garageat about half an hour later. Cpl. Robert Simpson of the have caused the crash. "It is wooded area of Scugog pieces of the wrecked plane the Qshawa airport. The Commenting on the accid- Newcastle OPP was in (Turn to page 7) Township on September 9 were located in the vicinity i and the wreckage was found of the crash impact site, the following morning about ruling out the possibility that one mile north of Purple Hill a bird had clipped off a vital _Road and three miles west of part of the plane several ®Blackstock. The pilot, 22 miles away. year old John Thomas Keller However, in saying that, died instantly. Mr. Goodbrand suggested Roy Goodbrand, of the that just because no trace of federal air accident investi- bird was found in the wreck- gation office in Toronto, arr- age, the investigators cannot ived on the scene shortly rule out completely the poss- after the downed plane was ibility that a bird was some- located, and he told the Star how involved in the mishap. Adast Thursday that a thor- The federal investigation ough investigation has been indicated that the motor was «¥' unable to come up with a functioning right up to the conclusive reason to why the moment of the crash, there | plane went down, was no sign of instrument or : w NO BIRD FOUND other mechanical failure, [ Although Mr. Goodbrand and both gas tanks contained VOl- 112 No. 46 Wednesday, September 27, 1978 36 Pages said that a tape recording plenty of fuel. : . = UT TTT RTT RTT TT TTT . ® ® £ ; = Pe EE ' Women dies in 2 : p E x E : 2 | 2-car mishap i £ A 35-year old Sunderland in hospital in Oshawa. ES £ woman was killed early According to a spokesman ES £ Saturday evening, when the for the Whitby OPP, the = £ car in which she was a Shelley car was northbound = £ passenger was struck by a just before 7:00 P.M when it = £ second car at the intersec- was struck broadside by a = £ tion of Regional Road 2 and westbound vehicle driven by = £ the Oshawa-Scugog Town 19-year old Brian Rogers of £ £ Line." - Bowmanville. He is in hos- = gE Lorna Shelley died »en pital with injuries suffered in = £ route to hospital in Toronto. the crash and according to = £ Her husband, Allan, 40, police he allegedly failed to E E driver of the Volkeswagen, stop at the intersection. E £ and their two children aged Both cars were heavily = £ six and nine, suffered in- damaged, and charges £ = juriesintheaccident and are against Rogers are pending. - Scugog going to bat g = Scugog Mayor Lawrence that he has asked that the ¥ £ £ Malcolm wants Durham issue be reconsidered by the' = £ Region council to reconsider Durham council at its next s £ a decision taken last week regular meeting October 4. = £ which would block a pro- He said that the vote to i £E posal for a motel-restaurant- deny the Official Plan = £ tavern development in Scu- amendments carried by a 2 £ gog at the southeast corner 14-10 margin with six coun- E E of Regional Road 23 and cillors absent and he is 4 £ Highway 47. hoping that the decision will £ = While the Scugog Town- be reserved after he presents = £ ship council is on record as a full argument on why = = being in favour of the devel- Scugog feels the develop- E £ opmentinprinciple, Durham ment should get the go- «® = £ Region council September 20 ahead. LE £ agreed to a recommendation The basis of that argument 2 £ from the Planning Commit- will be that the motel- E £ tee that the necessary restaurant complex is com- E £ changes to the Durham Offi- patible with the development = £ cial Plan be denied. of the tourist industry in the E 5) Mayor Malcolm old ' area, that it will not have a = £ Star after e Regiona E VY " £ council meeting last week (Turn to page 6) g ; # : : gE ol nr A - Strike halts E E 4 : Celebrate Unique Occasion E [| ocal mail [| / = S Very few couples can boast of having lived decided to return to Port Perry and build. Mr. = : . ' : . E over half a century together, but Mr. and Mrs. Oldfield supervised the building of their present Z ind er rating He dicuy felt in areas like 3 'George Oldfield of Simce Street, Port Perry can home, which they have lived in for the past 25 = ion across Canada has The Toronto centres were do so with plenty of room to spare. The happy years. 2 reduced the flow of mail into expected to be back to work couple quietly celebrated their 65th Anniversary The couple feel they have a lot to be thankful £ the Port Perry post office to by Monday night, but Port at their home last Sunday, with a few visitors for, and to this day they still take care of their £ a trickle. Perry postmaster Bruce dropping by to extend their congratulations. flower garden, as well as bake, cook their own - Almost all the mail into Hull told the Star that walk- " The Oldfield's were married in Mrs. meals and generally take care of themselves. : Port Perry is first routed outs in other jars of the ' Oldfield's family home just a few doors away We, at the Star, extend a very Happy £ Braun ie Jorn posal country Hy) affect the mai from their present home in 1913. They then Anniversary to this very charming couple. : centres (in fact half of all the coming in here. . : mail in Canada goes through Actually, the volume of moved to Toronto to' live until 1953, when they Toronto) and when service mail coming into Port Perry nT AA A. -- there is disrupted the affects (Turn to page 2) aT) Lt 15) ANS 8 A i Bada ¥ 2 A ry VA ga PAA, ¥ Ae EAL) a SS SERRE je ri ol DA, 2 a ly apg -- Be Pg rd Np ~ 3! Ns th - SIE NN _ IAT AD 4] - Tats