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Port Perry Star (1907-), 23 Jul 1959, p. 1

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MEERA EADS Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 28rd, 1959 $2.00 per year. Single Copy 6c. Stouffville Tribune Now In T0th Year of Publication pe The Stouffville Tribune has passed there are several part-time writers, another 'milestone, entering its 70th and more than twenty rural corres- year of publication, While founded in" pondents. 1888, the newspaper completed its first complete year in 1889. Records show that The Tribune opened up with.a subscription list of five hundred and fifty copies. $ In the fall of 1922, the Stouffville "Tribune was purchased by the late A. V. Nolan, father of the -present pub- lisher. : . In the early days, The Tribune shared publishing business along with the Free Press, beginning in 1893. The printing business goes back, i 1838 following the rebellion, J. Boyer purchased Wm. Lyon Mackenzie's wooden press and set up in Stouffville From a modest beginning in a small and for some years it was the only store. The Tribune has grown con-|press in this part of the country. For siderably. It now occupies about three | years it was operated by the Whelers thousand sq. feet of floor space, and |who later took the machine to Ux- is still quite congested. The number bridge. Other early newspapers were of copies printed each week has risen the Stouffville Alert, published by Mr, to 8,600, and the full-time members of Wideman and the Stouffville Advance the staff number eleven, In addition | operated by Mr. Pemberton, Wedding WEDDING AT SONYA UNITES MARY MUNRO & EARL FOSTER. Obituary MRS. LEOLA RIDER Mrs. Leola Rider died suddenly at Wellington, Ontario, Sunday, July 12 The marirage of Mary Helen Mun- She was predeceased by her husband [ro and Earl Thomas Foster was sol- Clarence F. Rider in 1946. She is|emnized recently in Sonya Presby- survived by three daughters, Mrs. |terian Church by the Reverend Wil- Gordon Harris (Ena), Mrs. Charles |liam Fairleigh. The bride is the Botrgeois (Dorothy), Mrs. James daughter-of Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson Redman. (Marjorie), two sons, James | Munro of Sonya and the bridegrooom and David and ten grandchildren, all |is the son of Mus. Noel Foster of of Port Perry. . Newcastle and the late Mr. Foster. Mrs. Elmer Wallace played the wedding music and the soloist, Mr. Kenneth Hallett, sang "Because" and "The Lord's Prayer." ) Given in marriage by her father, Also surviving®are three- brothers, Cleve McMann of Oshawa; R. N. Me- Mann of Toronto and Ray McMann of California. Funeral Service was held from Me- ] the bride wore a floor-length gown remont and Port Perry, including - Dermott - Panabaker Funeral Chapel il . a A -- I. | erry, including J. with Rev. Wm. Parry officiating pel of pure silk organza on princess lines @ccomplished while . the aircraft i8 | Tournament was held at. the Port panner and Dr. Huntley of the OAC, uorine uts : : : with lily point sleeves and a round | It was about 1924 when aircraft |Raxiing on the surface nt 40 miles per; Perry Lawn Bowling Club on Wed-! Guelph and Ken Fallis of the Qusails) terment at Union Cemetery, Oshawa, Ontario. . neckline trimmed with sequins. A trapeze panel floated from the shoul- ders over the bouffant skirt. A crown of chiffon entwined with seed pearls secured her fingertip veil of silk illusion and she carried a cascade of red roses and white carnations. -- Ontario County the Coverington Bros. who operated' however, to an even earlier date, In| MR. R.J. CAMERON 1 Mr. R. J. Cameron has accepted the position of Police Sergeant for Port Perry. He has had extensive police experience in a number of.Ont- ario centres, most recently in Mid- land where he held the position of Chief Constable. Mr. Cameron also Port Penny's New Police Sergeant Port Perry Pair Win Bowling Trouphy On Saturday, July 18th, an Open Tournament was held at Cannington competing for 'the Livingstone Tro- phy. This is a new Trophy donated by Mr, and Mrs. W. Livingstone of Cannington, two very well known Lawn Bowlers in this section of Ont- ario, the Tournament being a Mixed Doubles event. Entries from Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Port Hope, Peterboro, Lindsay, Agincourt, Bre. chin, Port Perry and Cannington, making a full entry of 32 teams, al- though rain stopped the play after two complete games were finished, it was declared a Tournament. Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Cox were the Trophy Winnets, with a score of 39 out of a possible 40, all other two game win- ners were given prizes according to their scores. The Trophy was pre- sented by Mr. Farewell acting on be- half of Mr. and Mrs. Livingstone, whe were unable to attend because of ill health. Congratulations Congratulations to Roger Pickard, 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben. Pickard of Port Perry. Roger has won a miniature Rocket Radio in the Elmer Limerick Contest No. 2. served four years with the armed forces, holding the rank of Corporal with the Regimental Police, Royal Canadian Artillery. He is married and has two sons who reside in Toronto. We welcome Mr. and Mrs, Camer- on to our village and hope that they will have many enjoyable years in our Aerial Watch-Dogs were first purchased for forest fire " control, and from that point to the present a long line of planes have been , honorably discharged for service be-| yond the regular call of duty. Moths, Stinsons, De Havillands and Norsemen have all played an important part and 'community. " : -|Oshawa Couple Win dold 160 gallons and the Beaver 90. Tournament Whe water is scooped up through a pipe that pours it into the top of the tank, which is open. This all can bel A very successful Mixed Couples hour, nesday, July 16th. An overflow of | SE entries made it neccessary to have EXTRA BIG WATER BUCKET two draws, the first prize in the first This is truly a one-man job as the pilot can dump the entire load of wat- or at the desired time and place by merely rotating the tank. The tank can be removed from the floats in about Mrs. Read, of Oshawa; the second prize to Mr. J. Allen and Mrs. A. Cox Ontario County Juniors Quinte District Field Day Winners The Ontario Caunty Junior Farmers won the Quinte District Junior Far- mer Annual Field Day Trophy and the Provincial Junior Farmers' Asso- ciation Quinte Track & Field Champ- ions' Trophy at Peterborough on Sat, July 18th, 1959. The field day is an annual inter- county sports competition for the counties of Durham, Victoria, Peter- borough, Northumberland, Prince Ed- ward, Hastings, Frontenac, Ontario and Lennox and Addington. The field day began with the soft. ball games in which seven boys' and five girls' teams competed. The Ontario County boys' team won -the boys' competition and the girls' team placed second. The standing for Ontario County on the track and field events were as follows: Boys Tug-0-War--1st Boys High Jump--I1st & 3rd Boys Relay Race--1st Boys 100 yd. Dash--1st & 3rd Boys shot put--3rd Boys 440 yard Dash--1st Girls 76 yard dash--2nd - Girls Relay Race--2nd Girls Ball Throw--1st & 2nd Girls 220 yard dash--I1st & 3rd Girls High Jump--2nd The final event of the day was the Spare Dance Competition in which the Ontario County Set tied for second place with Prince Edward County. Peterborough County won the Square Dance Competition, It was a very successful day as in- dicated by the keen competition in all events and the fine spectator follow- ing each county had for their compe- titors. Following the Square Dance | Competition there was a Field Day Dance in the Memorial Centre Arena, Peterborough. The boys and girls of the Ontario County Junior Farmers' Association had a very triumphant and highly en- joyable trip to the Quinte District Jr. Farmers' Field Day and are to be congratulated for their success. Ontario County Farm Calendar 'Music Exam Results Congratulations to Marie Taylor, One of the busiest organizations in Ontario county at the present time is the soil and crop improvement as- sociation, which has a number of meetings scheduled for this month. Some notable speakers will attend meetings at Brechin, Beaverton, Cla- Park staff of the department of agri- culture. Following is the complete farm ca- draw went to Mr. G. W. Read and jepdar for Ontario County for the next fed weeks: Wednesday, July 22, ; who attained honours standing, in the A.R.C.T. Piano Teaching Examina- tion, conducted recently by the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. Marie is now studying pipe organ. Tooth Decay Although the fluoridation of eity water supplies has been a controver- sial subject in a number of Ontario 5 : I.30 am. -- communities, it would appear that the of Port Perry; the third to Mr. L.| Greenwood Park, Metropolitan Toron- introduction of fluorine into the Osh- Mitchell and Partner of Peterboro;'ty and District Conservation Tour. - H . 1 . Mrs. Jack Graham was matron of NOW it remains for the Beaver, a bush h : . ! . awa water supply, commencing in Wins at honor and the bridesmaids were the plane Canadian-designed, and an Otter | 16 minutes and re-installed . quick- | and the last prize in the first draw Wednesday, July 22, 6.00 p.m. | 1953, has had beneficial results. Misses Pauline Beacock and Judy 28 little larger version, to carry on the ly. Water delivesd rate tpl a- went to Mr. and Mrs. J. Morrison of Brooklin, Farm of Ken Holliday.! The annual report of the Oshawa Peterhoroug Munro. They wore harem-skirted work. Both of these planes can carry | Bainst distance o 're on e poy Oshawa. Dairy Princess Competition. | Board of Health states that annual | 'a terrific load and can land and take- | est landable water was: one mite, gowns of dotted Swiss organza over, 'off in unbelievably small areas. Saturday won the track and field sec-| wore yellow flowered bandeaux and' Ontario County Junior Farmers gtyapless®lips of yellow taffeta, They tion of the annual Quinte District .4;pjed crescents of yellow shasta junior farmers' field day. Farmers op,ysanthemums, from 10 counties competed. The On- The flower girl, Miss Jennie Fish, tario County Club won seven of the wore a full-skirted dress of dotted duties of best man and the ushers were Mr. James Munro and Mr. Tho- mas Cuffe,. > A reception followed in the church parlor. To receive, the bride's mo- ther wore mink brown lace over pink Bus Trip to Ontario operates the largest service of its kind in the world, with nearly 50 Beavers and Otter aircraft in the most heavily forested part of the Pro- vince, the northland. The province | These planes are equipped with the most modern multi-channel radio radio receivers in the-world, most of which 'were desigjfed and built within the i Departmen}. With such equipment The second draw prizes were splic up between Oshawa and Port Perry, with Mr. C. Pencock and Mrs. IE. Goodmgn getting top Honours; and Mr. L. Coljjear and Mrs. W. Owen of Port Perry coming through in fine 29000 gallons; two miles, 2100 gallons: three miles, 1640 gallons; four miles, 1325 gallons; and five miles, 11256 gallons. AIR SERVICE pilot is a hard-working fellow seated behind the motor's firewall which often seems to increase rather than relieve cabin temperatures. Should this firewall be able to keep temper- atures below 70 or 80 degrees, the sun "Perry is The Port Perry Cup, Men's Doubles, on Saturday, August 8th. Fire fighting is a strain pn everyone style to win the second prize; with' | 7.00 p.m.--Holstein Club Twilight Meeting, Dr. C.D. Graham, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, speaker. Thursday, July 23, 8.30 a.m.-- Usx- bridge, Ontario County Hog Produce- ers' Kxecutive Meeting. | Friday, July 24, 800 pm.-- Bre- onto. ~Sunday, July 26, 9.00 a.m. bridge Junior Farmer bus trip to Wa. sago Beach and Midland. Monday, July 27, 8.00 p.m. verfon, Farm of Clifford Ross, Soil Ux- Bea- dental surveys of Grade 2 pupils are conducted by local dentists. The data so obtained is forwarded to the Ont- ario Department of Health for expert statistical analysis. "These analyses reveal that since 1953 there had been a marked steady 10 events to gain 58 - points, Peter- Swiss organza and carried a nosegay has a very large number of lakes on but it is felt the use of aircraft has Mr. E. Carswell and Mrs. J. Oatway chin, al the farm of Frank Davis, Soil improvement in dental status, and hig County des at yellow chrysanthemums. which aireraflt can land oid take off || 40 it possible to attack a blaze | winning the last money. an Soy provement Mating, there is every reason to expect even and Prince dwar u rd wi | : ' without advance preparation or ex- ster than in the old days. The Speaker, en Fallis, Fiel rops | greater improvement as time goes on", : 21 points, ' Mr. Base Adams performed he pense. much faster tha y <+1_., The next Open Tournament in Port Branch, Parliament Buildings, Tor- the report states. The report states that 171 children were examined by dentists last year and of these 47.4 per cent needed no | treatment, | 3 ] EL Fear Fy Er the aircraft division not only spot fires : pet ? taffeta with a floating back panel, a offsets such. advantage by burning Y ol BA no i N Wasago Beach pink flowered hat and corsage of Put carry men and supplies, locate lost through the plane's plexiglass wind- anne ever ° and Crop Pprovemen Meeting. J. Tanner, OAC. i i ' persons and sometimes, aid in the d addi ther 10 to 20 d z Speaker, Dr. D. N. Huntley, Field Wednesday, July 249, 8.00 p.m., Bea- | The Uxbridge Junior Farmer and pink roses. The bridegroom's mother tat eins ows an 2 ing another y 8 y de-1 Mr, Art Panabaker of McDermott-1 fushandry Dept., OAC. |verton, Mara and Beaverton 4-H Uxbridge Institute Clubs will take a | Wo in midnight blue lace with white B% one her Radio static is a headache in| py apaker Ltd. was startled to find | Tuesday, July 28, 800 pan Clare Calf Club Meeting. bus trip to Wasago Beach, Midland accessories and a corsage of yellow | hese ies ere Srinath ine the short arduous flights for the nir- | ypat some two hundred dollars was|ont, Farm of Frank Carson, Soil! Sunday, August 9, 7.00 p.m.--Jr. and Orillia on Sunday, July 26th. roses. ay pst irs oo yi 2 py craft engineer and operator who com-j | i. no from the cash box one day|and Crop Improvement Meeting. Farmer Picnic and Vesper Service at Fe The honeymoon was spent in west. , ¢ ° on Ses aie were, free of ire ON plete die tiroaman team, . Together last week. Speaker, J. Tanner, OAC. Brock Township Park, Port Bolster hi Each summer the Ukbridge Junior ern Ontario. For travelling the bride 'May first, you can be sure that the|ihese teams have many times kept . Wednesday, July 29, 8.00 pm. -- Wednesday August 12, 9.00 ATA 4 Farmers take a bus trip as a part of | chose a beige and brown figured pilot was at his accustomed post by |fires to minimum size, and saved lives Checking back to see what could y. : , sday, « st 12, 9. .m. AX sheath with a beige duster, matching accessories and a corsage of tea roses. Mr. and Mrs. Foster are making their home at Newcastle. their summer programme, Last year a trip to the Hamilton area was much enjoyed by all. ' A special invitation has been ex- tended to the members of the Beaver- ton, Brooklin and. Port Perry Junior Farmer Clubs to go on the bus trip this year. The potato, grown in Canada from coast to coast, ranks fifth among the Dominion's field crops in gross farm Points of interest to be visited will | value, he Wasago Beach, the Indian Village ---- 802.6 acres. that time. = Some 14 years ago experiments, such as water bombing, were carried out to drop water from a plane to suppress a fire. The bombs were leak-proof paper or plantic bags holding about five gal- ilons of water and weighing about 80 pounds when filled. Twelve of these could be carried on the set or framed metal rollers on the floor of the air- craft's cabin apd simply by pushing, have happened to the money he re- called a man and woman who came in to see a mattress. Mr. Panabaker had taken the man to the store room to make a selection, but the woman said that she would sit in the car. However, when the men returned the woman was still in the building. The couple left without making a pur- chase so no record was made of the names and address. in mercy and routine flights. Many people in southern Ontario have never seen any of the bright yellow aircraft that travel the up- stairs highways all summer. Perhaps the biggest change has been in the pilots. At first they were usually of the adventurous type. Today, however, the air service is a sober, scientific & ,industrous organization. The mach- ines are in constant touch with their homes or headquarters by radio. Navi- The money was not missed at once, Port Perry, High School, Soil and Crop Improvement Mecting. Speaker Peterborough, Junior Farmer Judging at Peterborough Fair. and the Martyn's Shrine at ™M pe Average size of a Canadian farm: and Couchiching Park, Orillia, could be dropped through the camera gation, today, is quick and accurate. but when it wag discovered that it I hatch singly or in salvos of as many as six at a time. With a minimum of , Previously pilots were described as "flying by the seat of their pants". was gone Mr, Panabaker believed that this incident provided the only. op- experience, great accuracy of . aim PILOT®" portunity for anyone to take the : could be obtained. While this was a money withot being detected. xX further step in the, right direction, it There are a few pilots who have - still was limited as to its usefulness. racked up thousands of hours and mil- aaa 2A a of 20 the float lions of miles in the air. Geo. Ponsford, couple of years ago the HOAs | yiae of the Divison of Air Service, " » Ba ' were loaded with tanks containing Dairy Princess SY water, the tank on the Otter would (continued on page five) } SR C mgm RL o ompetition po ADVERTISERS The phenomenal success of Ontario County Junior Farmers in competition 2 rik " of various kinds this year has led to gE i Please Take Note a big upsurge in interest. Editors, commentators and provin- |G, Knowles, natural supervisor CBC bo . ; As a result of Saturday's success at [cial agricultural officials gathered in| Farms and Fisheries Dept. It was on oh ; : Peterboro, it is anticipated there will [the C.B.C. studios, in Toronto, carlier | Monday May 1, 1939 that the first W § )» + - ef] y AY f { . ; The. Port Perry Star will not be published during be a big turnout of farm folk at Ken [this year to celebrate the 20th anni-| broadcast was made in this region. ; Pr ; : : "the week of August 3rd, following Civic Holiday. Holliday's farm at Brooklin for the |versary of CBC radio farm broadcasts |The Craig family was introduced that b. Research shows conditioning hay like, this not only s ds up . dairy princess competition Wednes- |in Ontario and Quebec. Blowing out |day, along with farm facts, agricul- haymaking but gives farmers better hay. And by saving more The front office will be open from 9.00 a.m. to y. The competition starts at 6 p.m., the 20 candles are (1 to r) Dr. H, H,|tural developments and live-stock re- leaves, farmers get up to 10 per cént more actual hay from and will be followed at 7 p.m. by the |Hannam, president of the Canadian|ports -- all of which are still being og each acre. < : 5.00 p.m., however. iy "|county Holstein Club's twilight meet- [ Federation of Agriculture, Orville J.|carried. < Fv ing. ' Shugg, an original producer and Robt. 5 ? : ' 3 > : A. J » 17 ha di _-- : 4 LEY

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