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BY BOB MCDOUGALL Outside the mercury had plummeted to a bitter 35 below. Frost caked win- dows. Whiffs of smoke rose continually from chimneys. Inside the doctor slept soundly in the warmth of his bed. Then the phone called. it was a woman from Seagrave. Her husband had just suffered a heart attack "My car never warmed up until | was almost back home again," recalls Dr. Stephen Kandel. Such calls in the middie of the night » have not been uncommon for the doctor B since he came to Port Perry 17 years ago. But soon he'll sleep undisturbed. Early in November he's leaving the village to accept a position at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. GROUP PRACTICE There he'll take part in a group prac tice under the auspices of the University of Toronto. At the same time he'll be instructing young doctors how to set up 4 general practice. Dr. Kandel will be missed when he goes. Over the years he's brought more DR. STEPHEN KANDEL... " I'm going to miss this friendly little town." After 17 Years Service Village MD Going To Toronto than 500 local babies into the world, extracted upwards of 300 tonsils, cleaned sand out of countless eyes, removed crayons and similar objects from the ears of numerous tots and on occasion dug out the odd fish hook out from some luckless person's bottom. NO ANSWERING SERVICE Those with belly aches, sore throats, broken bones or other assorted ailments could almost always reach Dr. Kandel. He never had an answering service but when not at the office or hospital he could be reached at home. His number was in the book. Needless to say with 1,000-odd fam- ilies to care for he has been kept busy. Leaviriy Port Perry is something Dr. Kandel looks forward to with mixed feelings. "I'm going to miss this friendly little town. It's been good to me in many ways." Dr. Kandel found Port Perry an ideal place to raise his two children," where they could ride their bicycles and not have to worry." His oldest daughter Linda, 23, is now married and lives in the U.S. His*youngest Continued, Page 13 1GM Car Display General Motors will pre- view for employees and i families only its new u strike would have any effect B ident of Local 222, UAW, said | for the public at dealerships Strike Causes No Welfare Rise Here <" So far the GM strike has not cost the Village any money in welfare although in Oshawa welfare expend- itures have shown a marked increase H.G. Cheseborough, the city's director of social ser vices, reports upwards of 50 people have already applied for welfare since the strike began And he sees this number increasing as more become eligible Although striking GM workers can not draw welfare, any of those laid off from feeder plants can qualify after a week of receiving their final pay Village clerk John Raines Admissions 31 Births 2 Deaths 1 Emergencies 129 Operations 12 Discharges 36 Remaining 29 doesn 't anticipate many claims here because the people here are "thrifty" and have put aside money in anticipation of the «trike They're also the kind of|/in Norway, people "who will try to man-| birth. He'll age without welfare" unless the strike last too long, he said Meanwhile, early this week hope was held out that there | on Toe Norway | blisher of the Port Perry Star, Volume 105 -- Port Perry, Ontario, Thursday, Sept. ith, 1970 -- Number 47 Harvey Mahaffy, local fire chief was accepted at a meet- ing September 14 held by Port Perry, Reach and Scugog Fire Commission. Deputy-reeve, Bruce Beare reported to the meeting, he had contacted Mr. Mahaffy Port Perry, Reach and Scu- gog Fire Department is still not equipped on the same level as their counter parts in the south area of Ontario County. This was disclosed in a letter from Mr. E.R. Stacey, chief of Oshawa Fire De- partment sent to the area w Fire Commission on behalf of Hthe other fire chiefs in the m southern part of the County. In order to properly com- ® municate with the other fire m departments, the local depart- H ment requires radio equip- N ment for receiving and trans- m mitting over the County of Ontario frequency. The lack fire chief who in turn stated quite definitely he preferred to be relieved of the position of fire chief and asked to have the fire telephone removed from his house Mr. Mahaffy, who has been il for more than six months, Fire Gear Under Par of this equipment creates a serious gap in the efficient use of mutual aid assistance, states the letter. The Fire Commission, was quite aware of this situation and agreed the equipment was necessary, but due to the purchase of a new truck and the addition to the fire hall this year, no funds are avail- able and will have to be con- sidered in the 1971 budget. Attending the meeting from Port Perry were deputy reeve Bruce Beare, councillor J, Podres. From Reach Town- ship, councillors Arthur Cat- ton and Fred Christie and Scugog, Councillor Wm. Bell. Within less than a week = Port Perry council is expec- m ted to approve the dates for Mthis year's nominations and § election Village clerk John Raines says he is preparing a bylaw for council which will set out m the dates Although nothing is def- & inite the election will probably S come near the end of Novem: N ber in December. on this year's or early Positions For Employees model-year cars starting to day at the Civic Auditorium A company spokesman said he didn't believe the on the three day show Ted O'Connor, acting pres- he didn't know if the union would take any action GM displays its '71 models eee ae Sept. 29 r Publisher Peter Hvidsten Sr., pub left yesterday for a vacation the land of his be away about three weeks Mr. Hvidsten came to Can ada in 1941 to serve with the | Norwegian airforce-in-exile after he excaped from his would be « resumption in| Nazi-occupied homeland major negotaitions most of the talks have cen tered arourid local working conditions and grievances To date | While in Norway Mr. Hvid | eten will visit his brother and sister and a few long-standing | friends lElection Dates Coming Up ballot will be for reeve, deputy-reeve, Three coun cillors, school board member and a post on the Utilities Commission Last week Uxbridge coun cil set Nov. 23 as the date for nominations and Dec. 7 as the date for the election Port Perry's new council will be inaugurated on the second Monday in January, 1971 Mahaffy Given 1 Week To Decide On Resigning A verbal resignation fromjin regard to the position of has served on the fire depart- ment for about 24 years. Four of these was a deputy-chief and two as chief A motion was passed to have a letter sent to Mr Mahaffy asking him to con- firm his conversation with the Chairman, Mr. Beare in regard to his resignation. If no reply was received within one week, the resignation would be accepted A letter. of resignation as Continued on page 3 Club Signs Top Skater RICHARD STEPHENS Howard Hall, President of the Port Perry Figure Skat- ing Club announced today the signing of the Profession- al for our club in the person of Port Perry's own Richard Stephens for the 1970 - 7} season. The executive and club members should be sat Continued on page 18 THE CERTIFICATE past district governor Storey Beare was presented with Monday reads as follows night "The international Association of Lions Clubs in recogm tion of the services of Storey E. Beare, district governor 1969 1970 hereby confirms and gratefully acknowledges his leadership and invaluable contribution to the strength and growth of Lions International International president signed W.R_ Bryan Arnold Roach first vice president (at left) who presented the certificate and Don Carnegie president Award who presented the Governor 100% District See article, page 20.