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Port Perry Merchants Win Girls 'Softball Championship - The Port Perry Merchants girls softball team, coached. by Jim Rider and Ken Moore won the Dr. Dymond Trophy and league honours when they defeated the Scugog Ramettes in three straight games in the finals to win the Port Perry and District girls softball league. Pictured-above is Bill Harper, president of the Port Perry and Distri¢t Minor. Softball Association presenting the Dy- mond Trophy to Linda Moore, On "the left Jim Rider coaches. is captain of the Merchants team. and on the right Ken Moore, the Susanne MacMaster "Ontario Scholar" The Department of Education has announced in its Scholar- ship Listing that Miss Susanne MacMaster has graduated from the Port Perry High School with the designation of "Ontario Scholar", This reference is to an Ont- cario Grade Thirteen student - who has attained an average -of eighty percent. Susanne attained eighty-four percent average and she is one of the eighteen hundred out of fifty- four thousand candidates. of the Grade Thirteen Depart- mental applicants. Susanne will enter the University of Toronto in Honour Science. R. S. McLaughlin Celebrates 93 Years A well known man not only in Oshawa, but in every town and village affected by the oper- ation of General Motors of Can- ada Ltd, Col. R. S. (Sam) Me Laughlin eclebrated his 95th birthday on Thursday, Septem- ber 8th. Despite his 95 years, Mr. Mc Laughlin still takes an active part in the operation of G.M, and can be found at his desk almost every day. - He has also taken a very ac- tive part in community life, and Oshawa and its residents have benefited a great deal from his generosity. Trophies Awarded Members At Dinner On Saturday, September 10, the local Legion, Branch 419, held their first annual Sports- man's Dinner, and although the attendance was small everyone enjoyed themselves. The guest speaker for this event was L. M. McKenzie, Athletic Commissioner for Ontario who was seated at the head table along with his wife, Mrs. 'McKenzie, Dr. and Mrs. M. B. Dymond, William Taylor, Legion Sports Officer, Ray- mond Doupe, assistant Sports Officer and his wife Irene and Edward Mulholland, president of Branch 419. The evening got under way with a roast beef dinner served by the Legion Ladies Auxiliary. Bill Taylor spoke briefly and welcomed those present to the first sportsman's dinner and then introduced the head table guests, President Mulholland also welcomed everyone on. be- half of the branch. Dr. M. B. Dymond, Minister of Health for Ontario was call- ed upon to introduce the guest Uxbridge Fair Wed., Sept. 21 The annual Uxbridge Fair will be held this year on Wednesday September 21st. As in previous years Elgin Park in Uxbridge is the place, and the Fair is sponsored by Scott Agricultural Society. See advertisemnt on another page in this issue of The Star. "Awards Presented To 130 Young Swimmers Awards were presented last Wednesday evening to one hundred and thirty swimmers, at Poplar Park. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Colwell, the examiners, were on hand to present some of the awards and Mr. Paul Meldrum, from Red Cross Headquarters in Toronto, pre- sented the Red Cross Awards. After the presentation Mr. Meldrum spoke to the children about why 'they should continue to take swimming lessons, He Hospital Report Week Ending Sept. 10th Admissions vivre, 9 Operations... wii 8 Emergency Treatments.. 12 Births ....ccvivivens wee Nil Deaths -i.cnnimninaninin 1 Discharges .....ciuiiinn 6 Remaining .......ccooiviiininnnn, 16 Visiting Hours 3-4 and 7-8 p.m. pointed out that while swim- ming is a pleasure sport only good swimmers are able to participate in diving, compe- titive swinning, water polo, scuba diving, and water skiing. Good swimmers are also equp- ped to help others as well as themselves out of difficulty. Following Mr. Meldrum's short talk, Mr. Stewart Lane showed two films, "I No Fool", and "The Choice is Yours". The films carried messages for young and old alike as well as being very entertaining. Karen Davidson presented the Instructors, Pat Salter and | Marg. Terrett, with lovely | Maple Leaf pins on benalf of | the swimming classes. A mad dash to the booth followed dis- | missal and Mrs. Baird supplied everyone with a large ice ream cone, A fine finish to a sue- cessful summer, (Continued on page 14) speaker. Dr. Dymond gave a brief outline of the speaker's background and qualifications of the Athletic Commissioner and then introduced Mr. Mec- Kenzie to the audience. Mr. McKenzie directed his speech éntirey to sports stress- ing the minor sports equipment fund which the Commission has set up to provide equipment for community _sports programs. He stated that he felt that not enough communities were tak- ing advantage of this fund. He also spoke briefly on wrestling and boxing. Raymond Doupe, assistant sports Officer thanked the la- dies for providing the supper, -after which Gordon Rae the Enrolment 732 In Reach Twp. Public School enrolment in Reach Township hit an all-time high when children returned to schools on September 6th, Last year's enrolment of 691 pupils, also an all-time high was increased by 41 bringing the total of this year to 732. Broken down into areas, 318 of Cid) pupils are attending the Prince Albert School, 234 af the Greenbank School, and 180 at Epsom School. The construction of the new addition to the Prince Albert School is progressing very well, but it is not expected to be in use before Nov. 1st. In the meantime therefore, some of the children enrolled in--this- school 'School and Manchester School. Molson's representative for this area showed a film on boating. After the film a social evening was enjoyed by all those pre- sent and music for dancing was provided by "The Islanders." See pictures on page 11. Scholarship For| Blackstock Girl Lorna Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wright, Nestle- ton, and former student of Cart- wright High School, Blackstock, has been awa#dded a scholarship providing her with free tuition for four years at the Waterloo Lutheran University, Waterloo. Lorna was one of 29 Grade 12 students from across the prov- ince who were admitted to the special summer school program this past summer. In order to qualify for admis- sion the students had to have had an over 809, average in each of their four years at high school. During the summer te stud- ents were required to take two 'subjects - English and French at an advanced level. Lorna ob- tained first class honours in both these subjects wand therefore qualified for a scholarship. Lorna has decided to enrol in the four year Honours course in Modern Languages and Literat- ure with the ultimate ambition of becoming a language teacher. Dinner Postponed The Hospital Campaign Fund Office regretfully announces that the planned dinner in the Mas- onic Hall on Saturday, Sept. 17 is postponed until a later date. LY Pn ¢ RM Ae by C1 Rr mt » A 5 zt f 3 . < » » hb At irs va sdbb pias bah naire atiskende ad dust wali lod d Aum sod rabid dg , T wl so ce PEARS VOLUME 101 P2RTQ{ PERRY THURSDAY, SEPT. 15th, 1966 NUMBER 49 Pt. Perry Merchants Buy Prize Winning Steers Among the purchasers of cattle at the Port Perry Fair on Labour Day were two local firms, Dowson's Red and White Store and Cawker's Food Mar- ket. A new feature at the Port Perry Fair this year was a market steer class sponsored jointly by the Port Perry Fair and the Ontario Department of "Agriculture: This feature got away to a grand start with 33 steers: of exceptional quality being shown in the two divisions of class The steers were weighed before the class and shown in their respective divisions -- 600 Ibs. to 850 lbs. and over 850 lbs. | The champion steer was the! ' seen in Ontario this year. winner in the over 850 division this | --a crossbred galloway-Short- horn steer weighing 910 Ibs. shown by Ray Strong of Be- thany and the reserve cham- pion from the under 850 1b. division--an angus steer weigh- Sinclair Robertson of Port Perry. id by ing G40 lbs., shown by The steers were = auc- tion after being chown; The champion steer was purchased by Ralph Davis, Taunton for 40 cents a pound and the re- serve champion was purchased by Bruce Miller, Uxbridge for 34 cents per pound. The aver- age price for all the steers was 30 cents a pound. This was one of the biggest and best steer classes to be ~e din A Members of "Hastings Four" Albert, Bruce McMillan, Blackwater, Ralph Honey The quartette King, both of Port Mrs. Grace 'Hastings. Form New A quartette comprised of for- Perry. mer members of Ontario County : Junior Farmers groups has been formed in Port Perry. The quartette will be known as "Hastings Four" and is under the leadership of Mrs. Grace Hastings, well known teacher of music, and choir leader in tnis area. The quartette, then reprecent- ing Ontario County, last year won top provincial honours at annual Junior Farmers Toronto Conference contest, at the King Edward Hotel. Among the many to praise the quartette was the well-known Toronto condutor Lloyd Bradshaw. A performance was also given at the last Junior Farmers' Con- ference in Guelph. "The quartette is already great demand, and the first in Prince and Ron coached by are Ken Skerratt, is Quartette important engagement is at the Lindsay Fair where they will be singing on Wednesday, Sept. 21st. They will also entertain at Royal York Hotel when members of Women's Institutes meet there for their © annual ec convention. Locally tHey have been sing- ing, and will no doubt be singing at Church services and banquets. Chief Appeals Uxbridge Police chief Laverne Ellenberger, suspended three weeks ago has appealed, and the appeal now goes back to the town's council. The solicitor Chiefs acted on Chief Ellenberger's be- half and had the bailiff served notice to the town of his appeal. of the Police Tuesday morning demolition was started of the building occupied by the Brewer's Retail Store for the last 10 years. A new, modern structure is almost completed behind the old store, and is expected to be in operation in about two week's time, The building being demolished wag originally built by Mr. Art Brunton for a chicken hatchery. Association of --Ontario---- IL VE wr HR v iy Vi 1H AY i. ad oe AR DTT Sage, Ge --~ or ERE he od inv wos sry Se a a oh ent J yy ne as Node mm CAN SEATTNRY, a | SoA POR ated,