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BR Jd ! splashing good time Coolin' it, the fun way. Seven-month old Jeff McConkie of Stouffville took his first swim at the Port Perry beach last Sunday as temperatures climbed into the high eighties. Jeff's Mom Cathy kept a close eye on the little guy who was really splashing up a storm. The new Port Perry beach is proving very popular with residents and visitors alike. More pictures of Scugog's answer to Coney Island are on page nine. LJ wad Lng hi vite es y ' "ed Vol. 113 No. 35 0) 4 hs Wednesday, July ll, 1979 Y y 32 Pages At $24,000salary Township hires an administrator Scugog Township council has officially hired a new clerk-administrator who will assume complete control over the treasury, clerk, and by-law departments of the municipality. The move was made at the regular meeting of council Monday evening when members agreed by a vote of five to one to hire Earl S. Cuddie to the $24,000 a year position. Mr: Cuddie, 38, is present- ly clerk-administrator for _the village of Lakefield. He was notified by phone after the meeting Monday night, and told Mayor Jerry Taylor that he would accept the psoition. He is expected to start September 1, or possib- ly earlier. ' The decision to hire a clerk-administrator was not an easy one for the council to make, and several members said Monday night that they had given a lot of thought to the issue over the past few weeks. OPPOSITION Ward 4 councillor John Wolters was the only member to vote against the resolution, and he stated that he had campaigned for office last November on a pledge to try to hold municipal spend- ing down. "In a year or so, the salary and benefits will be costing the Township close to $30,000," said councillor Wolters. He added that from his observations during the past eight months of how the administration is presently operating, 'the Township would not gain much by hiring an administrator." -- He suggested that if there are any administrative problems they should be resolved by the council. Ward one councillor Don Crosier was one of those who said he had wrestled with this decision for several weeks. "I was initially against this hiring," said councillor Crosier during discussion on the resolution. "But certain things have happened (Turn to page 10) Barn, cattle lost in fire For the second time inside a week, a major fire has destroyed a .barn in old Reach Township resulting in considerable loss of live stock. The latest blaze broke out last Thursday eening about 6:00 p.m. at the farm of Earl Bacon on the 11th Concession about one mile west of Greenbank. Firefighters from the Ux- bridge Department answer- ed the alarm, and the Scugog department in Port Perry was called to help provide more water. Strong northwesterly winds fanned the flames which eventuallly destroyed the large L-shaped barn, about 30 head of Holstein cattle, and an undetermined number of sheep. Turn to page 12 ""Pop" bottles removed from local stores Retailers in Port Perry say that certain brands of soft drink in the 1.5 litre size bottles have been removed from store shelves. Representatives of both major food stores and the convenience stores in Port Perry told the Star last week that certain brands were removed by the soft drink companies, or voluntarily by the individual store manage- ment. The move came midst a nation-wide controversy over "exploding" 1.5 litre bottles with about 50 people across Canada reporting to authorities that they have suffered injury from flying glass. The brands that have been removed from the shelves Council decides on $97.000 refund method Scugog Township council has agreed on a tentative method for re-imbursing a ¥97,000 "over-levy" that was ad'ed in error to the 1979 municipal budget. Council decided at the reg- ular meeting Monday that those tax-payers in Scugog Township who have paid their full 1979 taxes will get a refund from the municipality in the form of a cheque. Ratepayers who still owe the Township the tax install- ment due in September will be granted a credit towards that tax balance owing. The error was discovered about two weeks ago, and is e result of a mistake in budget preparation in which the $97,000 figure should have been added as a gen- eral revenue rather than an expenditure. Had the mis- take not been discovered, the Township would theoret- ically have wound up with a $97,000 surplus this year. Members of council con ceded two weeks ago that the error is an acute embarrass- ment, and at that time the council decided to come up (Turn to page 3) are Pepsi, 7-Up and Canada Dry Ginger Ale, all in the 1.5 litre size in bottles with the so-called '"'torpedo shape." Local store managers says the 1.5 litre size of Coke has not been taken off shelves as they are still being supplied by distributors, and tests have shown that these bottles do not present the same problem as the other brands. While a spokesman at the Community Hospital says that to his knowledge there have been no persons treated for injuries locally from "exploding" bottles, store managers say they have had some problems with the large-size bottles. Jim Grieve of Port Perry I.G.A. told the Star that shortly before the controver- sy came up a couple of weeks ago, a customer placed one of the 1.5 litre bottles on the check-out counter, and both the customer and clerk were sprayed with flying glass when it broke. They were not hurt but the cap from the bottle was found 25 feet away. A spokesman at Dowson's Red & White said that to his knowledge no bottle has exploded while sitting on the shelf, the large bottles that smash when droped have thrown glass up to ten feet. Ken Irvine, manager of the Becker's Store on Scugog Street, said that while he has not had any problems with the large bottles in the store, last week a 750 ml. (26 ounce) 7-Up bottle 'blew' while sitting on the shelf. "It was on the front window shelf, so maybe the heat from the sun had something to do with it," he said. Fortunately, no one was hurt. A A 4 ; SA BC . a - But about eight weeks ago, a soft drink delivery driver was cut on the leg when a couple of 1.5 litre bottles "blew" as he was unloading cases outside the Beckers Store. Ralph Pawley, manager of the Queen Street Beckers store said that he recalls an incident where a 750 ml. size bottle "blew" on the shelf. Jim Grieve of the 1.G.A. store said that there have been shelf "blow-outs' with the large size bottles, and these apparently have happened shortly after hand- ling by store employees. While there is a danger if any size soft drink bottle breaks, the risk of injury increases with the larger ones because they contain more glass, and there is more pressure from gas inside. (Turn to page 3) NAMES WLAN FL UR TATE aA TY J SA AEA PHL PEL - DICARETE Verte lg SCENT AM . IRE RAN | toi edad aan tin snide sive dasidosninssmsionsrid adds saxrsliibisridy i nstibailiad ON SMR Ee a Eng ., sbdrlnlddsovt amin dubs ti ddnainsian ii at gud ti noda ma bdulomis