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SI £7 Ct, Go MG # Pe Eem --_------ of dy CON ~ On Poppy Day Er SOUR Volu me 99 In the picture to the left are Port Perry two top honour graduates Br 'and Bonnie Wallace. presented with the Ontario Scholarship by Dr. M. B. Dymond, MPP. . They have just been uce Ballinger Government HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT Bruce Ballinger Valedictorian Scholarships and Bursaries to speaker and during about hair versity is seen to the right. Number 8 Professor Smallman, Ph.D. a native of Lm Port Perry who was guest speaker is the head of the Biology Dept. of Queen's Uni- --Star Photos This painting of the stately the amount of $4,765. were pre- | an hour he delivered a most in- ' maples of Ella St. with its burst sented to 15 students at the - Port Perry High School during the. annual Commencement on | Thursday and Friday. On Friday night, which saw the main portion of the Com- mencement, about! 700 parents, students; and guests were pre- sent. - rr] { +s In spite of the many presen- tations, speakers and other ac- tivities the arrangement was; well handled and never was, { there any hitch or hold-up dur- ing the heavy program sche- | dule. : I Professor B., N. Smallman,' | Ph.D. a native of Part Perry and former student of Port, Perry High School was guest Collect $400.00 Members of the Port Perry Legion, Ladies Auxiliary and other volunteers collected about | $40000 during the annual Poppy: campaign Friday and Saturday. The money raised from sell- ing the scarlet poppy every|McGibbon gave during the pre- : year: is set aside for a special purpose, the money goes into a "Poppy Fund" and is used to aid disabled war veterans, widows and others in this area who for the reason of the wars 'need assistance. | A teresting speech with ~~ humorous throughout. man' is head of Biology Depart- ment of Queen's University. Valedictorian, Bruce Ballin- ger in his address pleaded with the students to continue their education and complete at least remarks | grade 12 and if possible go on to grade 13 or even further. He also extended his appre- ciation to the Port Perry High School, the principal, Mr. Mac- Donald and his staff for the]! untiring assistance they give |] the students through the years. |} Bruce spoke with a fine dis- tinctive voice and his delivery was on' a plane any veteran public speaker could envy him. Possibly the most impressive part of the program was the presentaton of a painting to the school by Dr. Diane Me- Gibbon. : : The beautiful painting was the work of her mother the late Mrs, M. M. Boyd, and had been painted in memory of the late Samuel Farmer who owned and published the Port Perry Star for about 40 years. low is the brief address Dr. sentation: "Tonight on behalf - of - my mother Anne Farmer Boyd, I have the pleasure of entrusting |. to you a tangible symbol of both the past and the future of Port Perry. : Professor - Small- | Be- |! intermingled . of glorious colour prediéts hap- In each brush stroke there lies a deep (Continued on page 12) piness and progress. kl Commerce luncheon m cently elected . president, C. 1 Health, Zone Commander Vern "Seated from left to 'right at the head table during the Port Perry. son, reeve of Port Perry, Mrs. R. Oke re- Band from Oshawa. The Port Perry Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion began I'their observance of Armistice Day with a banquet in-the Le- gion Hall Saturday night. About 100 members and guests . were present on the occasion and among head table digni- taries were the guest speaker, Lt. Col. M. P. Johnson, Col. G., Arthur Welsh, Dr.- M. B. Dy- mond, Ontario Minister of. McCarl, Port Perry reeve J. J. Gibson, Scugog and Reach Twp. reeves Anson Gerrow and Earl Martyn and The Legion Padre Rev. Claude C. Gilbert. See article from banquet on another page in this issue. Leading the Armistice Day parade is the Caledonia Pipe Close to 100 members of Branch 419 of the Royal Canadjan Legion, Auxiliary members and firemen took part in the parade from the Post Office to the Library. --Star Photo Observe Armistice With Banquet. Remembrance Service & Parade On 'Sunday members of the branch joined in the Scugog United "Church for a Remem: ~~ = brance Service with the Padre, Rev, C. C. Gilbert in charge. After the service members of the Legion, Ladies Auxiliary and Fire Department lined up at the Post Office led by the- Caledonia Pipe Band, Oshawa in their colourful uniforms paraded down Queen Street to the Library. Mrs. H. H. Mulligan, assist- ed by Legion president Johm Maw and Comrade Clarence Nightingale laid the wreath { from the Province of Ontario. Comrade Wes St. John for Branch 419, and Clara Warren ' for Ladies Auxiliary. "Values of a Chamber of Commerce" was the topic Mr. E. Noakes of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce chose] when he spoke to about 30 mem- | bers of the local G.-of C. on Wednesday of last week. He emphasized the import- ance of producing good ideas and then sell them just as a merchant would .fill his store with good merchandise in order to attract the customers, He also suggested that the C. of C. draw up a definite | program aimed at promoting the community. "Anything you do to make Port Perry a better place to live in, is part of the values of a Chamber of Com- merce", he said. He advocated that the C. of C. should work with the muni- cipal council ,and if controver- sies over some local matter a- rose, it should be brought to the attention of the council and settled there rather than bring- ing it to the attention of the public before it had been dis- Zed Chamber of are J. J. Gib- R. Williams, : speech. Christmas chairman and retired president. Standing | ; is Mr. E. Noakes, Canadian Chamber of Commerce during the delivery of his Queen St. Brighter This Christmas C. of C. To Install Street Lights cussed. The retiring president Mr. C. R. Williams, who is in the near future taking over position as manager of a new Liquor Store in Peterborough, as chairman. Storry Beare gave a report the installation of new street lights and told the members present that the local Public Utilities Com- mission had given excellent co- operation and it was hoped to have installation completed in about 2-3 weeks time. The total cost of the lights and welcome signs including labour for installation would be $1,600, Mr. Beare said. He also explained that the lights will be hung permanent- ly and will come on and off with the regular street lights. The recently elected presi- dent, Mrs. R. Oke who is re- placing Mr. Williams due to his transfer presented him with a lighter on behalf of the C. of C. executive. on ~Star. Photo acted as