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Port Perry Star (1907-), 6 Jan 1966, p. 2

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(Continued from page 1) Anna Forder and Richard Stephens place third in the Canadian Junior Pair Champ- ienship in Calgary, The Port Perry Star wins second prize in "Advertising Excellence" in competition with weekly newspapers from all over Ontario. Charles Brignall hoists Can- ada's new red Maple Leaf flag on top of the Post Office on Monday, February 15th. Port Perry rink wins Massey- Ferguson District Curling Play- offs by upsetting rinks from Markham, Sunderland and Bea- verton. Members of the rink were Bob Kenny, skip; Oscar "Beare, vice; Gerry Hunter, sec- ond and Neil Malcolm, lead. Handicraft Guild named af- ter Mrs. Louise Patterson. Linda Mountjoy wins Public Speaking contest. County Sheriff, G. Arthur Welsh passes in Hastings, Bar- bados at the age of 68. Rev. Owen R. Orr, Rector of the Church of Ascension, Port Perry and St. Thomas Anglican Church, Brooklin leaves Port Perry to furthey his studies at University of Toronto in medi- cine, MARCH Heavy snow fall completely paralyzed town traffic during last week, Town employees wor- ked day and night to clear the streets of snow. : Public School raises new flag attended by the school's 512 pupils. Marie Taylor wins First Class Honours in the Associateship | Pipe Organ examinations at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. 2 - PORT PERRY STAR, Thursday, Jan. 6th, 1966 S.S.A. Championship. ware trophy at the Curling rink Roy Cornish, vice skip, Nei ish, lead. Commerce for 1965, passes in Oshawa General Hos- pital. Four persons were killed in a head-on collision near Man- chester. MAY Debbie Garvey was presented with her 23rd Brownie badge. The 1965. executive of the Port Perry Lions Club was in- stalled by distriet Deputy-Gov- ernor M. Tamblyn of Lindsay. The members elected were: Gordon Goode, pres.; Gord Tho- mas, first vice pres.; Bob Kenny second vice pres.; Jim Bower, third vice pres.; Joe Draper, Keith Sweetman, Bill Sharpe, Don Carnegie, directors; Cecil King, treasurer; Jim Porter, secretary; Stan Mumford, bul- letin editor; Bill Harrison and Arnold Roach, tail twisters; Storey Beare, past president. George W. Pentland of Osh- 'awa, purchases the Jewellery Store formerly owned by Mrs, I. R. Bentley. Port Perry Chamber of Com- merce hold Testimonial Dinner in Honour of J. J. Gibson, War- den of Ontario County, Lynda Heayn, Sandra Hall, Sharon Baird and Linda Jefford were presented with All-Round Cords at Scout Hall. Yvonne Christie elected pre- sident of Ontario Riding Young | Progressive Conservative Asso- ciation, Dianne Hall, daughter of Mr. ! and Mrs. George Hall, Port Perry presented with Gold Cord. Port. Perry Legion at their regular meeting decided to pur-. chase. jackets for the local Pee Wee hockey team. $200.00 was dorated. P'rominent business man I. R.! Bentley, who operated a jewel- lery store in Port Perry since' 1916 passes in Community Me- | morial Hospital. : Denna and Donna Ballard twin daughters of Mr, and Mrs. Jobkn Ballard were presented with their last Brownie badges bringirg the total to 23 for both of them. Two local hockey teams reach | Ontario Semi-finals. The Pec | Wee team by beating Huntsville 7 to 3 and Tripps Flyers by eli- minating Cannington 9 to 4. Audrey Beauchamp, piano student of Mrs. Marie Taylor placed second at a Music Festi- | val in Peterborough with 83 points. APRIL ! Deputy-sheriff Morley 1 Bain | was appointed new sheriff of Ontario County. The announce- | ment was made by Ontario Health Minister M, B, Dymond. | John Maw a past president of | Port Perry Legion was elected Zone IF1 at Bowmanville. | ¢ 1965 Budget presented by | Port I'erry Council shows no in- crease in the mill rate. Resi- | dential 80 mills and Commercial 88.330 mills. Port Perry High School Junior Boys basketball team wins B.B. employee of the firm years. Club sell their "Bag of Bulbs' campaign, presented with an 1.0.D.E. Life Membership. left on countries in Deputy Zone Commander of | Holland, Sweden, Russia, West mont was chosen County Dairy Princess at the Oshawa Shop- ping Centre. Sheila Tomischin was elected "Queen' at Cartwright High School's "At Home". Denise Malcolm and Linda Gray were chosen "Princesses". of the General JUNE Dr. C. H. Vipond chosen Li- beral candidate for Ontario Ri- | ding. i Ontario County Juniors win | the Quinte District rifle compe- tition, Members of the team were David Hawthorne, Clare-! mont; Bob Robertson, Port' Perry; Ralph Honey, Seagrave; and Allan Jones, Claremont. General Motors presented the following Port Perry employees with 25-year rings: Lloyd Wal-| lace, Arthur Cox, Orr Jeffrey, Bruce Snelgrove. Roger Oke; Grant Willard and Tom Bell. 35 veterans of the first and second World Wars attended an "Old Bills' night held in the Uxbridge Legion. Mrs. Ronald Peel presented | Mr. Milton E. Heayn with a} watch on behalf of Peel's Poul- try Farm Ltd. who has been an for 2b Members of Port Perry Lions 2,400 light bulbs. in Mrs. W. S. MacFarlane was Dr. and Mrs.- M. B. Dymond an extended tour of Europe including ind Fast Germany. JULY Donna Barkey, R.R. 3, Clare- A Port Perry rink skipped by Rod Foster won the Crest Hard- OtHer members of the rink were Malcolm, second and Bill Corn- G. McDermott elected presi- dent of Port Perry Chamber of Ronald A. Peel, a pioneer in the poultry industry and a long time resident of Port Perry Douglas Mackey, Mrs. Went- -worth Watson and Mrs. Jack Gray were presented with 10- year service pins by Harry Phoenix, chairman of the Hos- pital Bogrd. Publie hit all-time high enro 691 pupils will attend "Reach Township Community Hospital, Looking Back At '65 Events Of Interest In The Star Ed. Mulholland, pres. of Port | Perry Legion presented Rev, Claude C, Gilbert with a past- padre medal for his services as Padre of the local Legion. On 1| the same occasion Rev. Gilbert was also presented with a paint- ing from the Pastoral charge of Scugog Island United Church, Arnold Roach, Manchester, was elécted chairman of the Central Ontario Division of In- dustrial Accident Prevention Association at the annual meet- ing in Belleville. - Mrs. Grace Taylor was pre- sented with various gifts on the occasion of her retirement from Reach Central School No. 1, (Prince Albert). She had been a teacher for 36 years, Mrs, Florence Fallis Auld re- tives after 40 years of teaching. She was a guest of honour at an Open House Tea at Raglan School where she had been prin- cipal for the last ten years. Edwin McCaig, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs, Marshall McCaig, Greenbank wins Tuition Schol- arship at Waterloo University. Ontario Junior Farmers car- ried off top honours at the an- nual Quinte District Junior Farmers Field Day held in Peterborough. AUGUST Port Perry Council decides that an additional well is to be drilled in Port Perry due to in- creased demand for water. Large crowd attend the 33rd annual Lake Scugog Regatta held at Caesarea where Miss Carol Maurice of Weston was chosen Reggata Queen, Arianne den Boer topped Grade 13 students at Port Perry High School. Rosemary Nodwell, accom- panied by her father, Mr. Robt. Nodwell returned from Scotland after a very successful partici- pation in various Highland Games. Rosemary is a member stock as All-Ontario Softball Championship, The boys were taken on a tour of the town on 'top of the big fire truck led by the local police cruiser. Over 500 students enrolled at Port Perry High School. More break-ins take place in Port Perry. Scugog Ramettes win local girls' Softball Championship by defeating Ryders (Port Perry) in the finals. $200. stolen after a break-in at the Legion Hall, Joel Aldred nominated P.C. candidate in Algoma East. Michael Starr nominated P.C. candidated, Oliver Hodges NDP candidate in Ontario Riding. 650 attend annual P.C, picnic at Heber Down Farms Brooklin. OCTOBER Rev. R. C. Rose conducted his first service at the Amglican Church of Ascension, Port Perry and a new Chancel window do- néted by Miss Catherine Hyland was dedicated by the Rt. Rev. H. R. Hunt, suffragan Bishop of Toronto. Council decided to honour the "Squirts" 1965 Champions with individual trophies. Port Perry residents were again target for break-ins when three homes were entered and robbed in and around Union Avenue, : The construction of an addi- tion to the Port Perry Arena and a heating plant to service the enlarged area was approved as Centennial project. Dr. D. J. Price elected presi- dent of Peel's Poultry Farm Limited. Tr The home of Mr. Rodney Chandler R.R. 3 Port Perry was gutted by fire. Bill Harper elected president of Port Perry Minor Softball Association, NOVEMBER Motors Pipe Band and won several prizes in bag pipe competitions, SEPTEMBER 3,000 persons attended Black- stock Centennial Fair presided! over by Miss Dominion of Can- ada, Carol Ann Tidy, Another car cash took place on the corner of 7A-12 inter- section taking the life of one! person, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lown of Port Perry became the proud parents of twin boys, born .in Port Perry Community Hospi- tal. Mrs. E. Hook, superintendent of Community Memorial Hos- pital, Mrs. Louise Elsner, Mrs. Schools and 527 at Port Perry Public School. Over 8,000, record attendance at the 1965 Port Perry Fair en- | joyed sunny, warm weather on | Labour Day. Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson announces a Iederal election to be held on Nov, 8th. An employee for over 40 yrs. with the Port Perry Star, a well-known resident, George R. Davey passes in Port Perry The Port Perry Legion lin A.R.C.T. Pipe organ of the Marie Taylor recipient of Gold Medal for highest marks Royal Conservatory examina- | tions for 1965. Local Public School children collect $237.62 for the benefit of UNICEF, For the seventh time in 13! years Michael Starr captures Ontario Riding for the Progres- sive Conservative Party. Linda Stone was Valedictori- close race with Allan Crosier. Larry Doble, deputy-reeve; Mrs, Lucille Gray, Chester Geer and Allan Bertrand, councillors were all gcclaimed. Two women, Mrs, June Cro- zier and Mrs. Grace Love were elected to Scugog Township council for 1966. Victor Aldred was acclaimed reeve. The other two members to Scugog Township council elect- ed were Raymond Fralick and Joseph Dowson, Mrs, Helen Redman a new- comer to the School Board top- ped the yote in the election. The other members elected were Ro- bert Cawker, Donald Ashbridge, Anton Krieg and Allan Carter. Doug Butt, showed excellent bowling by scoring 918, a record high triple. December had a second rash of breakins in Port Perry and Prince Albert, Shoplifter gets away with valuable watch from local jeweller. . Joan Horton and Judy Mount- joy are presented with All- round Cords. Police arrests three local youths in connection with re- cent break-ins, Former Port Perry resident celebrates 110th birthday in Saginaw, Michigan. Council hires Wm, F. Fardoe, Toronto as third police officer. Hilltop Herald| (Too Late for last Issue) Christmas holidays are on, The Christmas Dance, spon- sored by the Student Council, was held on the evening of Dec. 17th, The Viscounts, a five piece group which provided music for the evening, was ac- claimed by the large crowd of students and teachers. The afternoon of Mon., Dee, 20th was indeed a busy one. The Junior, Intermediate and Senior boys basketball teams travelled to Anderson St. High for exhibition games. They were accompanied by Mr. Burt's wrestling team. The Interme- diates and Seniors were defeat- ed (43-17) and (51-29) respec- tively by Anderson's teams. However the Juniors won a very exciting game (19-18). Coach Neigh commented on the Junior Farmers Public Speak- police officer starting January during 19656 and the population is 2502 an all-time high for the village, daughters David FEnge. obtained all Brownie badges. stolen Break-ins and damage in Prince Albert. P.C. House leader, Perry wins 500 Bushel Potato Club, "aggressive team play and Reg Foster's foul shots in the clutch", Outstanding performances were handed in by team captain Gord Williamson, Mike Bell, and Reg Foster. Mr. Burt's wrestling team won in overall point stand- ings, (87-22). The entire team is to be congratulated on its tremendous effort. an at High School Commence- | ment Exercises. Barbara Holtby wins Ontario ing Contest. Port Perry Legion collects over $500,00 selling poppies and wreaths. Council decides to hire third 1966. Port Perry gained 141 people On the same afternoon, An- derson High sent its two girls' teams to do battle in Port Perry. The Port Perry Junior girls triumphed, (13-3), while the Senior girls were defeated, (35- 23) in two hard-fought games. The Christmas Cake Shoot has come along very success- fully, with many entrants. Sonja and Sandra Enge, twin of Mr, and Mrs. 23 DECEMBER A Christmas Program was held on Dec. 22nd by the Stu- dent Council and Drama Club, which included skits, carols and parodies by the students. On behalf of the students and staff of Port Perry High, I would like to take this oppor- tunity to wish everyone in the community a Happy and Pros- perous New Year, Considerable sum of money in Port Perry home. Michael Starr re-appointed as Walter Kerry R.R. 1 Port Ed. (Sam) Oyler returned as "Squirts" returned from Wood- reeve in Reach Township after Dave Read

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