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YR LRAT LIRA ree Bere | Authorized as Second Clase Mall, Post Office Department, Ottaws. . E PORT PERRY STARzzxwzf | * PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24th, 1968 - * $2.00 per year. Single Copy 5c. { AE. Fx -- i - -- 4 -- Gd Kd _ ~ . ' = - bh KX . i » A | 4 C. G. Venning, AY ' Blackstock, ; i A : % "w 1 Postmaster for 25 0 Years. : : || : by Doria Marlow : 1 { 3 On Tuesday, December 22, 1968 a h of i} : milestone in the History of Black- stock was reached when Charles G. Venning, Postmaster, and his wife, 3 'Ella Venning, as his capable assist- ant, completed twenty-five years of faithful service to this Cartwright Community. | In the first years of this period the HE Christmas- Sale of Stamps was be- a : tween 1000 and 2000, and Mrs. Ven- i yi ning reports that this Christmas sea-. f : ii T son the sale of stamps is around 16,- Ll : 3 fad : w 000 mark. 3 ah ; ai = : For about a two year period in 1941 n- Ch Chri 1 ; : 3 a P E( rn m J P and 1942, Mr, Alex. Gilbert, as assist- 0 Pp : B" mas P 2] ant, had the Post-Office in his general i : : y 5 SE store, which is now Saywell's, This | nh Hy ' : THE - ; : was when Charlie, who is a First ah ; : ? World War Veteran, joined the arm- » re far am ta : ed forces in the Second World War i ' . R ' : and had the great misfortung of 5 . Zi 3 , breaking his back during manouevers. fi ey iis " The Jate Edward Montgomery was 4 ; "The Master walks the hills again, Jout to someone in the course of the day let the previous Postmaster and served in i . He treads the virgin snow ours follow as fast as we can. Let us not this cgpacity for 20 years. The of- 3 *. _Where'er men follow in His steps leave Christ in a cold and lonely church fice was a small building attached to The Christmas roses grow." during weekdays. Let us take Him with . the east side of the family residence ' Two thousand. years iz a long time to us each:day of this bright New Year. on the corners-which is now the home 4 tread the hills of life, Pwo thousand years| , Only then will the McCarthy's be beaten, of Mri. William Van Camp, Mr. g is a long time to.be remembered. Yet the Communists see a new light far out- | Mgntuomery passed away in the fall 3 Christ still walks among us and His first shining their own; only then will suspicion ; of 1928 and 'his daughter Mrs. Amy ; _ birthday and His last great act are still and hatred fall away fromthe world and Fitchett carried on until Charlie Ven. 3 tr remembered = <= = man go forward to share atomic secrets ning took over in December. ; ? i ~ : : fe 1 for the good of all mankind, and indeed In February of 1929, Mr. Venning f All the years in between that he labored, | o})sire other secrets far greater that have established the Post Office in the 2, : thirty-two of them, are recorded as twink- | .0), 'kept back because of greed and évil- front part of the building which is ¥ el baling poltits of light over the Jages of the doing. > : : : : now the Marlow Transport Company Hr bh ph b ih stor Yd Mayans 'the pil. This Christmas let us each try again, wl Than sin December of ne the ; pia laging and the crafty behaviour of warped | 0 matter how much harm we have done in prop erin £ 'men. They.seem to say "Try again. You [Ur homes and in our-community because on 28; ue ot 954 : 2 La mado mistakes but it can be done the right | We have been blind and selfish, The man eT © way. Seo this bit of light where a quarre] | Who does a good deed is instantly ennobled ass i was settled in My Name or this star shin. | bY its very doing. Hig face shines and a a Fist apd Ine where a Widow and_nier mite were ac-] Y2rm-glow goes all over his body. He is ey g ] ; y | healing himself. in, the Master's way by that-of-thi-late Mye_Alhert Henry. d © corded their true place, or this one where going. about doing good. No. ane knows i ih Mr. Philp moved to Burketon village = Sr : nselt=no-one-knows--what-it--c hail his AY dll i : vo oo behave in the only way that will save thef .~ © ! one-kne Eom : =: A fe 4 5 yl world if you will but follow my teachings." him to do the deed, but he knows and is : 5 A oo i: Pens ; iti Pi i 'Christianity used to be regarded as mere blessed in the only true way blessing can hi fei apf time "ie had a Tail. BR idealism by men in the field of business. come, : c ni . ' i or shop and Post-office combined on' de "To-day 'wa know that Christianity in RY ig Tali ne Lt i the vs where Mr, Leslie Mount 0) Ho business is the mot. practical Bla, on | wi nly will not ek vs" We meet with a ig iB 7? : business going. ~ Tremendous production many rebuffs. Perhaps we have not been - i a rd : Pigs % floods the market with material comforts, | Vise in the way we tried to do good and dono re a ak ¥ : It is the man of goodwill you remember, | have to try again. All kinds of disco. Ta pr, Metin, liter the Al Ji The man' who has given you good service| aging things may happen. The main Bt Sy IR : if in business; the man who didn't sell you thing 18 that we must keep on trying even We are yer wie are unable to i short You will go back to do business if it takes us to a cross. The good we tried Re 4 with him the other man has the goods too to do will live even as Christ triumphed et informa ol : 3 1 g | over the cross. Above all things try again! hout the former Post-Masters. 3 - 5 but you return to the man you can trust. ay ae Lael This community extends sincere A Let us all return to the Man we can trust | "The cup of night is filled with stars congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. C. i! and think of Him as two extra hands and The earth is clothed in pure samite Venning_and trust they will be spared SEAL i : feet, an extra heart and head going with Men's smaller soul have gone to sleep to fulfill this position for many years AW to come. h oy -- -- wr ed or us invisibly every day. If His hands reach Their larger come to life." JE =f - oo 1 Christmas Parly i) The Gossard Annual Christmas Party was held at the Scout Hal on Lr ke December 10, with the Guide Mothers f providing a delicious turkey dinner to the employees and their escorts, After everyone had their fill of all the good things to eat, Mr. Rook, Gen- eral Manager, of ronto, in a few well chosen words thanked Miss Dero- siers, factory manager, and the em- wily ployees for their good work through- . i. £4 out the year 1953, helping. to make ] this year one of their most successful. He also thanked the Guide Mothers for A the wonderful banquet. A Mr. Rook then called on Mr, Pran- 4, teau, Factory Manager, of Toronto, for : p: y : a fow words, : ; a 4 The employees were then surprised : EEN when Mr. Rook called on Mrs. M, 3 3 3 : Clarke, Sales Manager, from the West- 5 Ht A orn Provinces, who in a very pleasing i! ES aia, manner, gave the. local employees R praise for the work in our small fac- R tory. : Fo) Miss Derosiers was then called upon 3 a for a few words, and said that the suc- Ry 3 cess of the Port Perry factory was due 5] 3 & to the co-operation of the employees, 3 uh A, A draw was then made for a turkey Rs | 2d . and won by Nora Warwick; a chicken : Ki : 27 by Yvonne Gibson, and one dozen eggs * & : > 's by Dorothy Naples. ; A Ah: i ge fan =A The rest of the evening was spent 2 SH v . (0 0,8 : x in progressive euchre the prizes being i i pe , I in gas won by--Iladies, 1st 'Flo Mahaffy; 2nd, « NW i oh : nd Lillian Midgley; gents 1st, Ted Kight; : i AW ery ve 2nd, Herman Midgley. Consolation RR : prizes went to Yvonne Gibson and Bob 3 rod i Rodd. AR Y \ : The employees would like to thank it , A is the company for the lovely Christmas +N Party; the Guide Mothers for the , delicious supper, and the lovely de- 3 wf i ; corations which made the party more "wi ; | festive, . ein -- » " - 1 J i