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Vol, 106 -- Port Perry, Ont., Wed., Dec, 16, 1970 -- No. 8 GOODE HEADS COMMITTEE To Plan Addition For R. H. Cornish P. School An addition to one county | four of them, a special edu- school was approved last/ cation room, industrial arts week by the Ontario County| and home economics rooms, Board of Education and ad-| guidance room, art room, li- ditions to two others are to| brary resource centre and be studied by a temporary | general purpose room. committee. The proposed enrolment at Approved were plans for/| the school when it opens will be 523 students from the sur- source centre at Pickering | rounding area. High School, with changes to rooms in the existing build- ing. The addition will fill beg lene ypatew: Payment middle of the present 'sturc- The Town of Aurora may ture. There will dlso be|try a new tax collecting large group-instruction rooms|*cheme next year which -- give citizens an opport- ity of paying taxes in six "Rub-e-dub-dub, three men in a tub, the butcher, the baker the candlestickmaker," was the theme of the winning float entered by the staff of the Port Perry Star. The well disguised "characters" on the float were Joe Jordan, Bruce Beare and P. Hvidsten, Sr. - Hundreds Line we | i gf + 4 i bi i H Ft HH Hi i | HL ithe and sun, at and "Ho-ho-ho-" cert- f let Perry High There were a number of University of excellent floats in the parade, a Bachelor's and for the judges, who inci ematics, he dentally were Toronto people 3 year's training in on a visit to see the onto parade, it was no small task © Sharp, Nash to pick the winners. whom he is The Port Perry Star cap- ployed. tured first prize, » combined Bruce is the son of effort of your local news Martyn, Port Perry. paper. The recently formed Leo Restrict Club and their "father club" s the Lions, also com- bined efforts were second Snowmobiles 32. wines. A popular third prize went On Streets --(% % Community Nursing Home. a well decorated float bytaw with persons of all ages, depic- by « small cart by four class | parade. Unfortunately it's im- mates. (Unfortunately names | possible to mention them all were not obtainable before] in these columns. shaped building. Included on the lower floor: _| will be classrooms, a general purpose room, a gymnasium, art reom, kindergarten, op- portunity classroom & rooms for science, home economics and industrial arts. Allow- instalments. Mayor Dick Mlingworth explained that the town is required to pay the York County Board of Education four instalments in a year, "}and because the first instal- "| ment is due prior to the first "| tax payment, the town winds up borrowing money and pay- ing heavy interest rates. nN Mayor Illingworth said if the idea is accepted, the first tax payment would be due February 17 and the second on March 12. Two collections would be printing). Scond prize was won by two little clowns and their | pony, Marilynn Stephens rid- ing and Margie Vokins leading the pony down the street. The Brownies captured third prize, all dressed up in their beautifully decorated gift boxes. The five bands taking part and Mrs. Jean Barbour's young baton twirlers added much to the colour and festivity of the parade. For the children, the great- est thrill was t6 meet Santa and receive a large bag of candy from him. Sr. Citizens Entertained By Lions Club Members The Community Nursing Home was a real "beehive" By f credit for i i PAST i i : iif 1 the Morrow the refreshments, they each provided transportation for three or four of the senior guests from their home to the Nursing Home and returned them following the successful function. OPP Reports '| Quiet Week Constable Ed Laas, PR. with the Whitby Detachment -- - of OPP told the Star Monday afternoon, the week had been unusually quiet for this time of the year. The only ineident reported Q locally was two spotlights stolen outside a house and a couple of minor car accidents. As far as the area the © Detachment patrols, 40 colll- -- sions and 24 persons were re- ported injured during the week of Dee. 7 to 13. Up to this date 19 persons were killed during 1970, compared to 38 during the same period in 2 1969. Total vehicle damage dur- f-. Perry Star, Box 90, Port Perry and we'll for- needed to have enough money to pay the first education instalment at the end of March, the mayor explained. ances are being made for use by the general community. The second floor will in- clude three open - concept teaching. The school will accommo- date children from Port Perry and Scugog and Reach Townships. The 32-room school would have an enrolment of 895 if it is ready by 1971, said ar- chitect Jaies Hempsted. This would rise to about 1,039 by 1974. Trustee Morley Umphrey will head a committee to look at plans for a new Sunder- land Public School, to re- place the present building on a sixacre property on High- way 7, south of Sunderland. Students will be housed in portables until the new build- ing is completed. Included in the new build- ing will be six classrooms, with portable walls between Attention boys and giris! Here's an important message direct from Santa's workshop at the North Pole. Heavy snow and blizzard conditions have delayed mail to Santa and he wants to make sure he gets your ~ letter in time for Christmas. So he's asked the Port Perry Star to help by collect ing your letters for him and speeding them north by | special jet. ) Hf you have a letter for Santa just address it to The Miss Janice Williams, daug- hter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Williams won the Ethel Chap- man Women's Institute Schol- arship for the County of Ont ario, at the 4H Homemaking Club achievement day at Ux bridge on Saturday November 28. 7 ward it and make sure Santa gets it : We'll also publish a few of the letters in the next edition and send Santa a copy ee Be sure to write soon!