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Watch. your. Label; it tells when your Expires, $2.00 per year in advance. subscription 5c. Single Copy $2.50 per year ou (ers from many of théiarge "side Fergus. teachers of Fergus who in would be dealing with the local community. The workshop lasted for . during that time some 22 members of the . workshop dividing into committees cover- ed the history, the social life, the geogra- phy and the industries and occupation of this unusual community. Their findings and their reports provided cussion covering -the aims and objectives, the methods and procedures, and the sub- ject matter of education . . . not only as. it applied to this particular community but The work culmi- nated in resolutions.to be forwarded to the to all local communities. Department. It was amazing to see such an experi- ment in operation . . . the gus co-operated in every (teachers.eénjoyed an experience-long to be remembered. . It was amazing to discover just how fruitful a study of the local community proved to be and what an opportunity __ awaits the Social studies teacher who is awake to the possibilities. Perhaps, this experiment' the Department of Education to undertake 'other parts of the similar workshops in community. If Port Perry had a suitable camp-site there is little doubt that it too, would pro- vide a good field for such an'experiment. Needless to say, the teachers in this experiment in the space. of a few days learned more about the community than A NEW EXPERIMENT It, was our privilege to observe a new riment in education this week. The Ontario Department of Education set up.a © /pilot|workshop composed of elected teach- centres of On- « * tario| at the Department's camp just out- The purpose' of the work- shop was to make a survey. of the resources ito be found in that cgmmunity and to de- - termine how these might be used by the will encourage © NOTESANDCOMMENTS / 7,8, 9and 10, Social Studies * one week and life newable, a field of dis- \ people of Fer- way dnd the in the, school large. [a "even the best informed citizens. It was a remarkable demonstration of the effec- tiveness of the new programme suggested sin the revised course of studies CONSERVATION There was a time when we taught our "children that Canada was a country of un- limited pesources, and in many cases we need-to-fknow far-more-about resourses if we are to make intelligent use of them. Natural resources have been defined as the things in nature which man uses or may use to satisfy wants. water, minerals, vegetation fish and wild Of these, minerals alone are not re- - By his- misuse of natural re- sourses man has depleted the soil, wasted water, consumed the minerals, destroyed the forests and exploited fish and wild life. If man is-to survive he must learn to -make wise use of natural resourcés and this we call conservation. "Wise use of resources in any community depends upon knowing what the resources -are; taking steps to adequately protect j teaching experience in rural schools, them; making wise use of them; and final- ly, making certain that the natural re- sources are renewed. : The only possible ways of doing this 'is by developing a public understanding of the value and importance of natural re- : -sources.---We-can-do-this-in-the-home.and ted in the arts and crafts of the Pub- We can't do it by teaching our children that Canada has unlimited resources . . . _ we can't do it by shrugging our shoulders and nutting the job on someone else. - Either you and I are conservation con- scious . . or we are not. - If we aren't or if we fail to, develop it .-.. Canada's re- sources will quickly disappear and with it our prosperity and national life Largest Altendance Enrolment in Local School History End of Summer was marked on Tuesday. by the procession of Child- ren, and mothers, heading toward the red brick building on 'the hill. The weather man kept a hint of autynin chills in the aiy although the sui was bright, but busy teachers and pupils Ahad little- time to spare-the weather. « for Grades * x x After all the names were down and the lists of boks packeted and ull the confusion of new comers and the ex- citement of meeting old school mates we find an attendance vegistered of 225--the highest yet recorded for Port Perry Public School--Twenty-eight of these are facing school life for the first time. © : They include soil, Miss Joblin, who has_been ou' very capable Kindergarten-Primary teacher for some years is-to be assisted this year by Mrs, Elmer with the "work 'of Grade I, Lee |! Mrs. Lee, who has had nine years {will also give: a half day weekly to ant, Mr. Cornish the principal, plans to spend some time in general super- Y vision of the classes. - lic School. + Miss Metler and Mis. MacFarlane row hold specialist de- grees in Arts and Crafts. and will have the 'supervision of this work in all forms. dnd in the community at All teachers are back refreshed by rest and stimulated with new ideas and plans. for a better than ¢ver school year,' The High School hag also shown an increase in registration. Strangely enough the figure for attendance was Students Win ~~ Provincial Scholarship "Principal Ji Li Crane announced to-day the awarding of Provincial Scholarships to 2 High School Stu- dents, the awards being based upon "the success achieved last year. i= Mr. Howard Garvey, son of Mr, and Mrs. A. Garvey Port Perry was 'a- warded a Grade XIII scholarship, of . a value of $100. Howard is continu- ing his studies at Port Perry High .gahours, : ; ; = With their enlarged -grounds and. "School. x Miss Mary~ Wilkinson, daughter of Mr. and Mys, Fred Wilkinson, R.R. 4 Port Perry was awarded a scholarship - of $260 for Grade XIII standing. Mary will attend Normal Sshool at Peterborough this year. These students are to be highly _ complimented on their success. 1 Blackstock F air The Directors of Cartwright Fair picked an excellent day of. its 86th annual meet. The attendance was up from last, and the exhibits were good except in-the Heavy Horse Classes. The program was good all afternoon. |. ( Featherweight Iron from Radio Shop, |. __The fair was-officially- opened .by-the new Minister of Health for Ontario, Hon. Dr. Phillips. He told that the government looked_upon the country fair as an excellent educational centre for the farmer, and of the assistance the" departments were giving to the farmer in helping them to live in a better atmosphere among their neigh- "large building the fair has spread out - considerably in the past few years. HORSE RACING--2.26 Class 1 Teddy Harvester, owned --by--A. Brown, Oshawa, 3 firsts. : 2 Lucky Lady, J. Cameron, Oshawa, three seconds. 25d ae - 3 Admiral C. Gratten, F. Conlin, Osha- wa, 3 thirds. i. wa, 3 thirds. hig : 4 Fast Rush, F. Ashby, Oshawa, two fourths and a fifth, 5 Peggy M. Gratten, D. Dowson, Port : Perry, 1 fourth and 2 fifths. Free-for-all-- : Jerry Mac Jr.,, F. Conlin, Oshawa, 1-1-2, ; Peck Abbie, W. Fowler, Apsly, 2-2-3, z Ata Sally Lee, P. Nichols, Goodwood, Emit -3- EE. I ET EAE 5. EC ims Victory Gadsby, J. Lever, Oshawa, 4-44 - Be : SPECIALS Eaton. Trophy -- Best Agricultural also given as 225, the same as that of the Public School. Es: Several new teachers have been ad- ded to the High School Staff, and no doubt many new ideas and plans have grown - during the summer vacation. All'in all it appears to be a very fine year ahead. Wallace Marlow Special--Best Hol- stein Herd==Neil Malcolm, Lawrence Malcolm, Neil Malcolm. : Best School Exhibit' -- Egypt and Archers tied for 1st with 75 points; Caesarea 74, Mahood's 69. These ex~ hibits were very popular among the attendance. (List of Prize Winners next week) . ai Fy I iq r r NX ibiti i - wei Fhie bride's mother received in navy | rought a good exhibition of Hol (Grade 8 work. With this able assist- Somithing different is to be attemp- ; . . Td ¥ T "approximately seventy-five guests gat of Ken Spears and his entertainers. ~SFy agt ri Pel RE PLEA 4 3% Fer ed +1 ta Sr ESTE HEE . _ Published: by THE PORT PERRY STAR CO. LTD, Authorized ag--becond Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. PORT PE The only dampening thing about the 1950 Fall Fair' was the wehther. {It was cold and even a few sprinklds lof rain -fell---but the attendance re- mained very good 'and gate receipts "proved a satisfactory item on the days ~~ Wedding | JONES--TRISTRAM The little Country Church at-Hurd- ville was the seene of its first wedding when Julia Jessie Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs: Earl Jones, bécame the bride of John Beynon Trist ram, son of {balaneé sheet. "Wo R. Tristram and Mrs. Tristram, of | i. bid * 4 Avon and formerly of Nobel. The! he exhibitors also made a good proont's father, Rev, Mr, Tristram, of - showing And were well worth thé eri- ficiated assisted by Mr. D. Harris. ical Ingpection of the crowds who : Y: (thronggd the building and tents. Many, Given in the bride wage a white moire taffeta the penches and/tables and the liye- gown ith | finery vi falling' stock entries wire of high calibre/ Aroma halo he She carried a! 4 bouquet of red roses. ; Her sister, Phyllis' tones Xo bridesmaid and i wore blue taifetagwith overskirt of not and a matching hat. She carried a bouquet of yellow roses. ddress, © The Golden Guernsey. show # was held in connection with the Fiji for the first timg¢ and proved a very pop- ular attraction without in anyway de- tracting from the well known Black and White show which has been it Linda MacLean, cousin of the bride, feature for many years. was flower girl wearing a pink inten | gown with matching bonnet and ear- vying a nosegay of sweet peas. Joseph Milligan and Sons, Whitby were major winners in the Guernsey SE th ] show, while James Batty, Brooklin F'om Tristram was his brother's best : Y, . : ; _ and Harvey Brothers, Bowmanville, man and the usher was Jim Hill, A Lis ide a good Row ih A : X 3 0 \ x. wedding reception was held at the A Rk E % ng : home of the bride's parents. Elmeroft Farms, Oshawa, as usual p steins. - , cerepe with red rose corsage and the, groom's mother in navy with yellow! Port Perry Calf Club had a very "rose corsage. : : rood showing in all cattle classes, The groom's gift to the bride was a #04 are to be congratulated on their two strand charmante pearl necklace, suceess., This group of young folk is "To the bridesmaid a rhinestone neck- Sponsored by the Department of Agri- | lace, and-to the best man and -usher culture. The local representative is! | leather wallets. : My FOAL Fair of Uxbridge. I'or their trip to southern and west- | Junior Farmers (Port Perry group) ern Ontario the bride donned a brown $taged a tractor driving contest. Con- corsage of yellow roses, wheel iber tired wagon to a tractor and dri- FE ; . S : N CA made a good showing. 'Lastern Star News + . "Midway" without which the Fair On Saturday; September 2nd the Monkey show to the Ferris ) (warm A splendid menu was prepared un- enough te weather the cold EHCER Suit With brown aceessories and | testants were required to hitch a rub- : Be pve thripuch a lane of stakes --back to la loading chute and return to original i stalls. The Casey Shows provided the Blue Ray Chapter No, 238 started just wouldn't be a Fair to the young | off their fall season in fine style. folk. "All games and 'booths from the Chapter had the pleasure of catering !were kept busy. ut the Chiropractors Picnic. The handy individuals der the capable management of the that "air-conditioned" the grandstand) convenor, Mrs. Howard Durkin and. were well pleased with the efforts down to the picnie supper where good Ken Spears' P. A. System carried the fellowship prevailed and a social time good musical program to a large part was held at the close of the afternoon of the grounds. Other forms of en-| ceremonies, A full report will be tertainment were also enjoyed by the (GARG HG AA marriage by her father, (very Jovely and splendid ittms filled 1 Foal blasts 3 RRY FAIR - important item of the day was the harness 'racing--a free-for-all and a 2.26 class, In the free-for-all, Victory Hy, driven by "Mr. Payne and owned by Mi. Blewett of Peterboro took all three one mile heats. Buddy C, Grat- tan, driven-by Ross Dowson, Port Perey" and owned by Clarence 'Budd, Wyodville took all heats of 2.26 pace; LLIST OI" PRIZE. WINNERS CLASS 1--CLYDESDALES Yell Mare or Gelding--1 and 2 T. ROHR, Oshawa; 3 Elmer G.- Lee, Burketon. i i Thige year old, filly or gefding--T. Hall, Lgslie Cochrane, Jas, Stark, Burketon. I. RY; - Brood Mare James Stivrk. Hames Stork. go I yvearpld J, Stark" : 2 vepr old Jas, Stark: gp 2 Team in harness --T. R. Hall E. G. J, CLASS 2--BELGIANS or. PERCHERONS Yell Marve or Gelding -- R. C. Moyvnes, Oakwood; 2&3 Alvin Mark, Cameron. 4 vear old Wilmot Shea, W. Shea, [.. Cochrane, : pr & brood Mare ---- 1 &- 2---W. Shea, Manila, 3 Russell Cochrane, Burketon. Foul W. Shea, R. Cochrane, Albert West, Woodville, is Ioyvear old AD West, R. C. Moynes." 2 vear old CR. C. Moynes, i Feam in harness--W, Shea, Alvin Mark, RC. Moynes. CLASS 3-- AGRICULTURAL or LIGHT DRAFE ; Yeld Mare orc Gelding---1 & 2 Ver- din, Cameron, yen, TT 3 year old 1. Wilson. . Lil brood Mare -L. Wilson. Foal T.. Wilson hy Team in harness--V, Mark, L. Wil- son, : CLASS 1--WAGON HORSES Dairy Team -T. R~Hall; -A. West, W. Shea- Dairy, single 1 and 2 T, .R. Hall, Jand 4A. West, bread Team Alvin Mark, 2 and 3 R. Cochrane. Bread Single--R. Cochrane, 2. and 3 Mark, 1 R. Cochrane, Four Horse Team---13y, RO Hall, 3 VV. Mark and A. FAC West and 1. Shea, 2 T. Mark. . Wilson, 5 R. C. Jest Horse on grounds--T. R. Hall: "Best Team on Grounds--V. Mark. CARRIAGE HORSES Brood Mare--Ralph Sadler, Nestle- ton. ig Foal --R. Sadler. given at our meeting. on September crowd. BN 14th. - CL To _the racing enthusiasts the only i oF Looking Team--Russell Cochrane, Burketon, Simpson Trophy--Ladies' Depart- ment--Mrs. Dalton Dorrell. ~ Major Foote Special--1 Mrs. Neil Malcolm, 2 Mrs. Ira Lowe, 3 Mrs. Norman Green. = Bailey, Uxbridge. . : ~ Pony Race---1 and 2, Henry Michell, Markham, 3 Roy Cochrane, Oshawa. 1st prize is a windbreaker. Bicycle Race--Junior -- 1 Gordon Gettins, 2 -Allan Bailey, 3 Russell Oliver, 4 Jimmie Greaves. Bicycle race, Senior--1 Don Coch- rane, 2 John Lamerock, 3 Glenn Van- Camp. * pS First in each class is a baseball glove. } E ~Saywell Cup--Flowers and Plants-- Doris Marlow. Radio Shop Vase--Best, Gladiolus--- D. Marlow. : Most Points in Domestic Science-- Mrs. Neil Malcolm." 4 - . Collection Fancy Work--Bed Lamp --Mrs. Sandy Moore. ar Most Ponts by Teen Age Girl--Bed Lamp--Doreen VanCamp. Maple Cream Candy--Hunts' Choc- olates--Mrs. Reg Boundey. Christie -Biscuits -- Fancy Sand- 3 bags flour -- Best Fruit Cake-- gn Neil Malcolm. rs, Rég Boundey, Mrs. D. Edwards, Mrs. Neil Malcolm. LI5Y el ~ THEPASSINGSHOW by M.A.C." ' Fat - ----Vergiis is described by its inhabi- tants as 'the best little town by a dam site.' 20 2 * In the early days of Canada's na- tionhood, the long-lived Conservative government was wrecked by the rail- way scandal . . . just recently it ap- pears that a long-lived Liberal party . . has been wrecked by a railway strike. * % % Television is rapidly dividing the Americans into a two-class society . . those who act and those who sit and "watch, Somebody described the Koreon War as'a STALIN/Mate.- g ET TE TE ; School is started again . . . and the mothers are delighted. 2 * * * Donald Gordon can now well ap- preciate how Leopold of the Belgiums must have felt. ; & - * * » Somebody 'said the unforgivable sin wa3 that of cynicism ... . tantamount to saying the only sin is cyn. * * * i "Every time we see a deck of cards now we think perhaps that somebody is getting ready to go to church, ~ i Bank of Commerce Tray--Malcolm } (continued on page 4) Down at Port Perry's 1950 Fair : Moynes and E. G. Lee, 6 R. Cochrane. - 4 Lorne Wilson, Bob- ry vend Eo ye NG nn na at ne » ---_