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RA NT WE a Le, HE Hr ee EE Tio 7 mai er "Santa" Had A Great Day In Port ll In spite of .the cold weather Saturday," hundreds of adults "and children crowded Queen St. in front of the Post Office; when the ever popular Santa arrived in a convertible, rather than the usual sleigh, pulled by his famous reindeer. : After parading down Queen Street to the water front and back again, Santa éntered the stage waving his hands and echoing his popular chuckle, to = the delight-of the many child- ren present, . Among the entertainers, per- forming on the stage were Murray Elford and Wayne Ma- haffy, two western troubadours with. their own guitar accom- paniment, Perry Grandell, Har- monica and guitar artist from Nestleton, who all made a real d let's mot forget the very young tap dancers and baton twirlers, pupils of Mrs. Jean Barbour, who braved the cold weather in their bare legs and summery costumes. All together about a dozen local performers appeared on the stage. 30 lucky winners went home | - with a large basket of grocer- ies and other Christmas good- es. (29 of them were won le- gally by legitimate draws, but one basket disappeared, when someone didn't have time to wait for the draws. 'Santa and his three popular clowns handed out about 1,600 bags of candy to the children, and there were still a few left over, The Chamber of Commerce who sponsors and arrange the Santa event was ably assisted by members of the Rover Group and Fire Brigade, and the afternoon"was a total sue- cess for all who participated. 'Home Gutted In Thurs. Fire A fire on Thursday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Ashton, on the 7th con. of "Reach Township caused an es- . timated $4,000 damage to their home and $3,000 to the con- - tents. When the Uxbridge Fire Bri- gade arrived at the scene, the fire had just started to break through. In the meantime fire had done considerable damage | to the kitchen where the fire started, the dining room & the upstairs. The fire appeared to have started after the hydro went off and came on again, while - the Ashfon's were away from the house. 'Apparently a type of appliance had been left on the stove, and when the hydro came back on the appliance be- 'came over heated, the content ~-g-----boiled-over-and-started the fire: When the Uxbridge trucks ran out of water, Port Perry Fire Brigade was called to as- sist in fighting the fire. Oshawa Elects New Mayor In one of the heaviset turn- outs at the polls in Oshawa's history, lawyer Ernest Marks reaped an overwhelming 9,649 votes as he toppled Mayor Ly- man Gifford and Ald. Christine Thomas in the Iayorohty. ¢ conr test. Mr. Marks received almost as many votes as Mr. Gifford 04,251) & Mrs. Thomas (b,524) combined. A former alderman and sep- arate school board trustee, Mr. Marks won the mayor's chair. Sunday sports for the city 'was decided in a vote of 11,030 to 4,168, 47% of eligible voters turned out to cast their ballots. Jim Proudfoot, a sports wri- ter for the Toronto Star, in an article -in that newspaper, un- der the heading "Glitter of gold ahead for Canadian skaters" re- minisces and carries short in- terviews with various coaches 'and skaters in an article about the future for Canadian figure 'skaters. It's interesting and encourag- ing to read what Bruce Hyland, | who has turned out three Cana- 'dian pair winners, and coaches Port Perry's own skaters, has to say. "He'll tell everyone who'll listen that his Anna Forder and Richard. Stephens, are surefire successors to his previous titlists." The young Port Perry skaters are training hard, and have al- ready skated publicly for New- market and Lakeshore Figure Skating Clubs. ; On Sunday, Dec. 11th, they are scheduled to skate.at Var sity Arena for the University Skating Club. They have recently received award from Canadian Figure Skating Tests. Anna received a Bronze for Free Skating, and in pair skating they both re- ceived Gold, The Canadian Championships Coach Bruce Hyland Predicts Bright Future For Skaters will be held this year in Varsity Arena from Jan. 23 to 29. Can- ada's international team will be chosen on that accasion and will compete in 'the North American finals at Montreal Feb. 10, 11 and 12. - Then it is the World Chr: pionships in Vienna from Feb. 28 to March bth. SPAT E ral ns Co Ce TEER SESS ANA We PLAS faa . ' Fg 4 Feld) Tar hd ~ Fr -_y LF SST WE" Mwy EE EL 8 § oo fo. VOLUME 102 PORT PERRY, ONT., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8th, 1966 NUMBER 9 Donations, Pledges To Hospital Fund Very Encouraging According to an advertise- ment from the Hospital Cam- paign Office on another page in this issue of the Star, dona- tions and pledges are still com- ing in, Due to rumours and misun- derstandings in regard to how the Fund Raisers were paid, and for the benefit of the pub- lic, an explanation is given in order to clarify this situation. Contributions to the hospital fund can either be paid to the official canvassers, or direct to the office of the treasurer at the Hospital. A list of the names of chairmen for each municipality is also listed. Voters Elect First Dep.-Reeve Of Scugog Joseph Dowson was elected the first deputy-reeve. of Scu- gog Township on Saturday, Dec. 3rd. He defeated Ray Fralick with a margin of 40 votes. Myr. Dowson pulled 193 votes a- gainst Mr. Fralick's 153. Only one third of the eligible voters in the Township took time out and showed enough in- terest to cast ballots. With the election of a deputy reeve, were to be elected. Two mem- bers elected for the first time last year, Mrs. June Crozier & Mrs. Grace Love were both re- elected for a second term with 194 and 166 votes respectively. The third member elected was Glen Demara with 149 votes. Three other candidates were defeated, Roy Collins with 126 votes, Phillip Goreski with 115, in a two-way contest Victor Aldred was returned by only three councillors]: Jos. Dowson and Everett Bryant with 113 votes. At the the previous meeting Reeve nomination Saturday, acclamation. * Mrs. Helene Redman and Mr. Robert Cawker, members of the Port Perry - Scugog Township School Board, were also re- elected by acclamation. Of the 1,100 eligible voters, only 355 turned out and made use of their franchise. Hospital Report Week Ending Dec. 3rd Admissions .....coeeevinnnn, 15 Operations... 13 Emergency Treatment.... 3 Births eee, 1 Deaths .......cccvvvvvvvnnnnn. Nil Discharges .......c.cccoouevrens Remaining OR AI Sul ey Mr. Stan Lunney, rai] was the winner of the Ontario County 500 Bushel Potato Club this year. The score is based on yield and quality. He used the Kennebec variety. His esti- mated yield in bushels per acre was 652, Mr. Elwood Walker, Zephyr, was in second place with 'a yield of 605 bushels. He used | the Kennebec variety, Mr. Ches Lunney, Zephyr, was in third place with 567 bushels per acre, with the Kennebec variety. There were 19 potato grow- ers, who took part in this yield competition this year. The av- erage yield for the 19 growers was 445 bushels. The 500 Bushel Potato Club Competition was brought to a conclusion with a banquet in the Sandford Community Hall on Wednesday, November 30th. Mr. Ches Oldham, Zephyr, was master of ceremonies. Mr. Walter Rutherford, Fruit Zephyr Wing i Vegetable Extension Speci- alist, gave an interesting talk on the potato industry, with particular reference to soil test- ing. Mr. Lynn Fair gave an illus-' trated talk on his recent trip overseas with the Junior Farm- er Exchange Delegates. Mr. Russell Morrison, Direc- tor of the Provincial Soil and Crop Improvement Association, and Mr. Charles Hadden, Pre- sident of the Ontario County Soil and Crop Improvement As- sociation, congratulated the growers on their success this year. Mr, Walter Kerry thank- ed the donors of prizes and Mr. Bob Timbers thanked the ladies for a very fine banquet. Mr, Lynn Fair, Agricultural Representative, anounced the prize winners, and asked the various donors 'of cash and merchandise to present their prizes. Will Explain Sewage Works A meeting of considerable in- terest to ratepayers -in Port Perry will be held in the Court Room of the Municipal Build- ing on Dec. 19th at 2 p.m. At this meeting the publie will be confronted with the ini- tial step in regard to the pro- posed sewage system for the Village of Fort Perry. Engineer's report and plans have now been developed for the Ontario Water Resources Commission, but before further development of the project, the Commission will be reprsented at the meeting and present ne- cessary information to the pub- lic concerned. A plan of the proposed sew- age system. will be available for inspection at the clerk's of- fice in the Muricipal Building. Receives M.A. Robert D. Carnegie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Carnegie has received his M.A. from the Uni- versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan, U.S.A. Bob attended Port Perry Public & High School. He fur- thered his education at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, where he graduated with his B.A. and P.H.E.D. degrees. He is on the teaching staff at Queen's University, a posi- tion which he has had for the past three years. 'He received his M.A. degree by attending the University of Michigan during the summer sessions, ERY SERRE ro | Ao aot Beis Corn isod sh G50 pe rf nL DAH TNT -- Cn re i de » Na Rr nr r---- - AY EET Ke on » Sa NZ AAT a NA fh ~ we wv A LEY ee Yo PLL w ~ a Tey od v. ¥ X, dpm