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Port Perry Star (1907-), 2 Oct 1952, p. 1

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nr 4 ms empl ny eh ------ nt Sh So So ---- ea ad 1 1 td ia 3 Authorized as Second Bier Mail, - 1 Post Ofte Departmen, Ottawa. EY SRT PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2nd, 1962 $2.00 per year in advance. 4 4 "i . Single. Copy 5¢ This quartet of Port oes High School track and field champions will be closely watched in the inter-school meet at the fair ground her . Friday. "Peter Atkin is the promising | junior champ while Garry Lawrence and Garnet Palmer tied for the intermediate crown and Ray Dearborn took the senior x championship--Photo by Parkinson, / FEATURE PORT PERRY GARAGE IN FARM EQUIPMENT MAGAZINE Forty-three years in the garage business a Allis«Chalmers dealers for 14 years, Beare mMotors were featured recently. in story in "Farm Equipment. Deller" trade magazine, The article which traces the develop-. ment of the garage from its founding. by the late Cec Beare to the present management by sons Bill and Storey, is highlighted in the section "Toward . Modernization". The feature story, headlined "Enterppising "Allis:Chalm= ers Dealers at Port Perry, Forge Ahead" is reproduced' Hs follows: Without a doubt, Bill and--Storey Beare, who operate Beare Motors at Port Perry, Ontario, are two of the most _enterprising farm equipment dealers in the province. (They-are-do- Veteran Farmer, |Ex-Reeve, Warden Passes at Scugog A veteran Scugog farmer, George Clark Sweetman, who, served faith- fully and well for many years as reeve and later Warden of Ontario County, passed away at his Island residence, |, Wednesday, September 24. . He was in his 83rd year -having béen born, October 14th, 1869, in thé same house as he died in. : Many district residents attended the funeral which was held from MecDer- out for the 87th annual Cart-| Sunshine Greels Visitors at Two District Fairs - The weatherman smiled on two an- nual fairs in the district during the week. Yesterday a good crowd wright fair at Blackstock and last Wednesday warm sunshine greeted the many visitors to the Seott fair at Uxbridge. Cartwright secretary, Henry Thompson reported entries up at this year's presentation and president Neil Malcolm and his executive were well pleased with the support of the citi- zens from far and near, The main building with its outstanding women's and school exhibits was one of the big. features of the day. The heavy horse class and the ponies shown be- fore the grandstand were outstanding "land the cattle show was a well-repre- sented event. Orono Band and the racing events topped off the varied program, One accident' marred the day's pro- gram when well-known horseman Ivan Cochrane was shaken. up badly when thrown from his light show buggy | during the trial of speed. . Mr. Coch- rane was guiding his horse at a top pace down the track when a line parted. He tried to keep the-herse away from the fence but five posts from the open. section the animal swerved and the buggy struck a post missed one, then rebounded & clipped a post which parted the shafts from the buggy and upset the driver. Ap- parently he suffered no ill effects from the heavy fall. At Uxbridge under ideal weather conditions a very large junior section competed and _the standards in_all classes were of a high order. 'This is the highlight of the year for all these junior farmers and Junior 4-H Club members and as usual attracted much attention from the general pub- lic.". These were the comments of 'Agricultural Representative H. L. Fair who along with his Assistant A. ----------in-an-excellent--job-of-work; and-their enthusiasm for the community and the surrounding countryside, with its large dairy herds and power machine farming, as wel las their faith in the name Allis-Chalmers, is a great tonic to 'everyone in contact with them. Enthusiasm, civility, honest business, and excellent service has made Beare Motors what Hs today--a business to be proud of. > "Started Business in 1919 Way back in 1919, Dad Beare set up as a garage operator . . his mottos, "honest business" and "never trust your memory". In 1938 'he tock on the Allis-Chalmers dealership and built up a very successful business. 'On the death of Mr. Beare Sr. his two sons, Bill and Story, formed a limited company. Bill has been in the business al lhis life with the exception of five years as a radar mechanic in the R.C.A.F. He saw considerable service overseas. Storey was a drug- gist, but came into the business on' the "death of his father. At the present time Storey is a leader in the Ontario 4H Tractor Maintenance Club, -and regular monthly meetings of Junior "Farmers are held on the Beare pre- mises. Impressive Building The present: building, on Queen St., in the downtown section of Port Perry mott Funeral Home, Port Perry, on Saturday, Sept. 27. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Al- bert, and services were tonducted by Rev. Fred Joblin, : Geo. C. Sweetman gave sincere and faithful Service to the Community of Scugog in both Church and Civic ad- ministration; and was highly respected for his integrity and good judgment in-the performance-of-his-duties.---- For many years he served on the Scugog Council which included a long ternt as Reeve. In 1926 he was hon- oured by being elected Warden of the County of Ontario. Again rendering sinceré service: in,that responsiblility. (Continued on back page) J Gill directed the junior section, | Scott 4-H. Dairy and Beef Calf Club This year=-the Scott 4-H Dairy and Beef Calf Club had 1§ members en- 'rolled-in the club and on Fair Day 13 members turned out to show their calves. The calves on show were ex- ceedingly well brought out and it was evident that a great deal of work had been done by 'the club members in the --fitting--and training of "their calves, The standing on Show Day was as follows: Beef Section. 1. Sinclair Robertson, RR. 2, Port Perry; 2." Thomas Duff, R.R.2, Port Perry; 3. Arthur Dowson, Blackwater (Contnued on Page Four) Ottawa Trip Awaits Two Port Perry carriers may be among 80 happy youngsters who will be travelling to Ottawa early in Nov- ember visiting points of interest along | the way and seeing all the sights of Canada's historic. capital, Sirpirire At least two air-conditioned, radio- equipped, 40-passenger buses will leave Toronto Nov. 10 with a'passen- ger list of over 80 carrier-salesmen of the Toronto Telegram, hailing from was erected ih 1948, and is three times "the size of the original structure. The showroom is 90 feet 30 feet, repair shop, 60 feet by'48, while the parts department is 16 by 20 feet. 'This new building was. made necessary by the big expansion in 'the volume of 'busi- ness which has come to Beare Motors during recent years. The building' is equipped with almost every modern facility for display and repair, and is of olid brick with an all glass front. . The water roof gives adequate insula- ...tion and protection daring the. sum- "mer months, It' fs equipped "With fluorescent. lighting and is insulated throughout. * Apart from their Allis-Chalmers line, Beare Motors are agents for © Dodge and DeSoto cars and -trucks, and handle Goodyear tires, Sunoco gas and - oil, Cobey spreaders, Fleury- Bissell plows, and Horn loaders, In addition, they carry a full line of Westinghouse household appliances, from refrigerators and deep-freezers to toasters and stoves. This dealer- (Continued on back page) - -Hehry,-more than 126. years old. 80 Carriers liament Buildings, and see the beauti- ful Gatineau Valley from the eApital! s Peace Tower: ---- 3 At Rockeliffe, Ottawa's R.C. A. F. Station, they will watch jet planes. They wi]l continue to Rideau Hall, the residence of Canada's Governor-Gen- eral. Later, they will have a chance to watch lumberjacks on the Ottawa River at the Eddy Paper Co, One item of the itinerary which the youngsters 112,923 Over 90! Some idea of the size of Don Fairbairn's "Over Ninety Birth- day Club" possible membership list on his Sunday morning broad- ccast "Neighbourly News' is re- vealed in the age group report of the Dominion Bureau of Statis- ---tieg--108 census Aces the recently released tables there are some 12,923 residents over 90 years of age in Canada. _Of.this total, almost half, 5,102; are re- siding" in Optario, -and eligible for salute in weekly papers and on the popular' CBC broadcast from Toronto not to mention the 2,655 in Quebec, All of which means that on the average 100 persons mark an 'over ninety' an- niversary every week. It is in- teresting to note that of the five thousand Ontario residents over 90, only 1,904 are males. A break down of the report .accord- - ing to counties shows that Ont- ario county has 92 citizens who were born before 1861. Sixteen of these were over 95 at census time 'and the ladies-outnumbered the men 55 to 37. --We :learned of another local resident who has reached the grand-old age--Mrs, Alfred King who is in her i year. ~ 9 Fire Brig ades Drill Water Relays In Brooklin Tonite "Port Perey Fire Department will join brigades from nine other centres for training exercises under the On- tario County Mutual Aid and Civil Defence plan-at Brooklin to-night. Organized by "Fire Chief W. R. Elliott, fire co-ordinator for the county the exercises will consist of the laying of -water relays through Brooklin to fhe junetion of highways Nos. 7 and ing--to-- -] weeks yet. 'lis on the wane. J ehil The scarlet fever outbreak in Port Perry which had Public School offi- cials considering closing the building, is now under a Medical Officer we er Outbreak or Cog Drop Plans to Close School; Advise to Avoid Crowds Yet Doctor Heads of Health Dr. Although no new cases have been reported for almost a week, Dr. Ren- nie states that it would be advisable for parents to keep children. a from large groups for a couple\gt "It is just about stampe out now," said the M.0.H. who in- forms that about 25 were placarded during the- outbreak. "Recently 1 have released one and gained one case . however a cold spell or change in the weather would just about end it," he added. "At one time there wererdbont 10 pupils out of an en- rolment of 250 out of public-school". "Principal Roy Cornish, who distri- buted .a letter to parents last week warning of the prevalence of the di- sease says it seems that scarlet fever "We still have ten . but I understand Were a number of pre-school n afflicted." He reports that re are starting to come back to their: classréoms. wv LETTER WARNS PARENTS-- Hes TM. "Rennie states, out of school . their - The timely and informative letter |} to the parents: pointed out that the i disease is a very contagious one and that although the present type seems to be quite mild it could in some cases be very serious. "Your M.O0.H. Dr. Rennie, informs us that if the number of pupils who. contact tHe disease greatly increases we will have to close the school and perhaps other meet- ing places," Mr. Cornish's letterread. "This letter is to inform you of the situation and perhaps wemight sug- gest, that, for a few weeks the child- ren might avoid large groups, etc. as much as possible, Reliable sources inform us that Secarletina is a mild form of Scarlet Fever and is equally contagious, point. Bire departments etd wa, Ajax, Whitby, Port Perry, Ux- bridge, Sunderland and Brooklin and possibly Newcastle and Bowmanville, will take part. This text exercise has been made possible by completion of the stand- ardization of hose couplings through- out the district." It is a very closely co-ordinated scheme, with the various fire departments leaving their own individual headquarters so as to ar- rive at Brooklin at exactly the same 'time, and form up the water relay. The hose relay line will be laid from the. Cornworth Estate north of the village and on through the west side of the junction of Highways Nos. y and 12, then westerly on the north shoulder of Highway No. 7. Fire Chief Elliott will be in charge of the exercises, with Assistant Chief Hobbs of the Oshawa Fire Depart- ment assisting. This will be the first test of the mutual aid fire plan in thig area and will give the depart- ments taking part some idea on the technique of relaying water over long distances in case of emergency. -------- oY ---- -- Pickering - Liberals early --symptoms of both_ diseases," Pe Association to head the Ontario Riding Progres- Sore throat is one of the | Onfario Riding The first Port Perry district man sive Conservative Association in 48 years, is Dr. M, B. Dymond who was elected president by the majority of 260 delegates at the organization meeting in Whitby Tuesday night. The former Port Perry councillor, who was termed. 'the dynamic little doctor with a clipped Scottish accent' in an Oshawa report, succeeds Oshawa lawyer R..D. Humphreys, Q. C., who stepped doWn this year after several years in office. This is the first time the presidency went outside of -the Oshawa area-since the late William Real of Greenbank, was head .man in 1904 - when another ex- -president the late Peter Christie of Manchester, was -M, P, : | torn off-at-the- elbow. the letter concluded. SRI Sr A Daredevils Aid Grandstand Fund ~The Fair Board and Port Perry. Business Men's Fund for the proposed new grandstand at the fair grounds benefited to the extent of over $60 as result of some 340 _thrill-seekers braving cool breezes to see the Cana- dian Daredevils show here Tuesday night. - el } The crowd paid city prices to see the famed troupe go through most of their 26 tricks in 1962 Ford cars and} motorcycles. Despite thé dust the drivers whipped thé late models through almost impossible manoeu- vers over ramps while Bobo Canuck climaxed the show with his unbeliev- able leap through an alleged atomic DR. M. B. DYMOND Two other Port Perry men, Grant Christie and Albert Cawker, were named as alterpates to the annual meeting in Toronto in November. Other officers elected were: Hon.' corary President, Mr. Humphreys; Secretary, Ernest Marks, Q. C. of and Fred Dent. chairman T.-K. Creighton, Q.C. had gun, Veteran master of ceremonies (Coptinued on-back -page) Oshawa; Treasurer W. J. Brownlee of Oshawa, defeated Gordon Attersley The roster of 17 vice-presidents was reduced to the following four who will also be delegates to the annual meet- ing in Toronto: Harry Jermyn, Mrs, Frank McCallum, Everett Disney, Stuart MacFarlane. During the voting, there was much discussion as to methods and the difficulties with varied opinions meeting, hours. short. procedure due to expressed by the The voting consumed two Thus "addresses were quite {onthe on back page) | the executive: er; Bulletin Editor--Cec. Neighbour's Car Helps Save Life Of Utica Farmer A car nearby in the field helped save the life of W. Clifford Sonley, - Ltiea--distriet---farmer,--who--lost--an- arm in a freak harvesting accident on a neighbours farm Saturday noon. The 61-year-old man was helping Howard Franklin when the mishap occurred and the latter took him to his car in the field and rulhed him to Port Perry. The fact that no time was lost probably saved the man from bleeding to death, according to Dr. M. B. Dymond who treated him. Yes- terday the condition of the injured man was reported as much. better, Mr. Sonley's 21-year-old son Bob was driving their forge harvester on the Franklin farm on the next con- cession just before the accident. The accident victim was raking down the corn to fill the silo and as the stalks were particularly heavy the machine jammed, Mr. :Sonley reached down to make an adjustment and his sleeve caught in. the machinery pulling him into the works. His right arm was es He suffered considerably from shock and loss of blood and after treatment by Dr. Dymond was rushed to Oshawa General Hospital. His home reported he was feeling some better today. A brother Russell Sonley resides on Mary Street here and a "nephew Bud, also lives in Port Perry. Name Committees For Lions. Club Newly-elected president Art: Brun- ton of the Port Perry Lions Club has announced the slate of committees for the 1952-63 Season. Backing up president Brunton is & t tst-vice=president-Stan Bruton, 2nd "vice-president, Bill Car-- negie, rd vice- president, Archie Farmer, secretary, Irving Boyd, treas- urer Ernie Hayes, directors, Don Crozier, Ron Peel, Jim Crane, . Cec King, and tail twister Jack Starkey, and Lion Tamer Ivan Haugen. The list of committees includes: Finance and Budget-- Ernie Hayes, George Smith, Don Crozier; Civie Im- provement, Safety and Community Betterment--Ron Peel, Bill Carnegie; Education and Agriculture -- Jim Crane and Stan Bruton; Attendance, Constitution and By-laws--Ray Cook and Ivan Haugen; Membership. and Lions Information -- Art Brunton, E. Hayes, and all committee chairmen; Boys .and Girls,- Citizenship and Pat- riotism, United Nations--Roy Cornish, Don Simpson, Frank Godley; Health, Welfare, = Sight Conservation and Blind--Dr. M. B. Dymond, H. Toomb: Publicity--Irving Boyd, Archie Farm- King. "(Continued on back page) ANGLICAN BISHOP TELLS OF WORK Io CARIBOO The work. of the church among the miners, - ranchers, -lumbermen and all over Toronto. Port Perry boys are Jack Dowson, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Dowson and. Aléx. Wil- liamson, 14, son of Mr, and Mrs, Alex. Sandy' -Williamson. nine high school pupils and have béen taking a total of 89 Telys for some months. First scheduled stop will be at Tren- ton's R..A.F. Station, where the young sight-seers will lunch, At Kingston, they will visit Royal Military College (Canada's oldest) and. historic Fort After dinner and.checking into their hotel, the group will enjoy special evening entertainment, The educational aspect of the visit will resumé-early. Tuésday morning, November 11, when the youngsters will visit the Royal Mint at Ottawa, to see how money is made, | Lafer that 'morning, they will attend Re- membrance Day Cerenionies at the National War 'Memorial. They will lunch with Members of the House of Commons, in the Parliamentary Rest- Both are grade] will "eat up" is dinner at one of Can- ada"s finest hotels, the. Chateau | Laurier. This will be followed by pri tertainment specially. suited. to their young tastes. § Wednesday morning the carrier- salesmen de visit the barracks of the Royal .Canadian Mounted Police. On the way back to Toronto, they will stop off at Peterboro to view the Gen- eral Electric plant, and Peterboro's lift locks, among the world's largest, Wednesday night, the youngsters will _| be back in, Toronto. Those chosen for this tour will be all carrier-salesmen of The Telegram, both in and outside Toronto, who have increased the number of subscribers on their routes by 16, or obtained 30 orders anywhere. Since boys in small towns have not the same number of prospects to call on as those in larger centres, The Telegram will arrange for the two top boys from Ontario, in communities | pressing the loyalty of the Pickering under 4,000 population, to go on the 'Demand Gonvention To Name Candidate Pickering Township . Liberal Asso- ciation at a meeting in Brdugham on Friday demanded that an early an- nual organization meeting of the On- tario County Liberal Association, The resolution 'as passed by the meeting also requested that an early nomina- tion convention he held to select a can- didate for the coming federal election, The fe ling was expressed that in view of the fact that an election next year seemed a certainty, there should be immediate action to place a can didate in the field and organize forthe campaign. Pickering township is the home of John Lay, Liberal candidate i nthis year's Ontario by-election, and likely choice again. Another resolution was passed ex- trip, 'regardless of the number of | Township Liberals to the Ontario aurant, They will also tour the Par- orders they have secured. i sl County Liberal Association. ford,} A.K.C.,, D.D., Lord Bishop of churches since itself to the al--of_all its 'renovation, lent impressive. and most Christian: services _as tances away, gathered in the adjoining . rooms to join in- Warsi and the Indians in the Diocese of -Cariboo-was described by the Right Rev. F. Stan- Cariboo; at the annual meeting of the Rural \Deanery of Victoria at St. John's, Blackstock on Thursday. The Deanery of Victoria which is part of the Diocese: of Toronto, in- cludes the-parishes of Lindsay, Mill- brook, Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls, Cc annington, Coboconk, Bethany, Ome- mee and Blackstock. : The day's sessions began with Holy Communion in St. John's Church at 10 wm: ~The-celebrant-was-the -Rural Dean, the Rev. H. Hesketh; Rector of St. Paul's Church, Lindsay, assisted by the Rev, G. Nicholson, Rector of St. John's Church, Blackstock. The service began with 'the proces- sion of the choir, the clerk and the bishop to their accustomed places in Church to the singing of the hymn; "In Christ thera is no East or West". The atmosphere of dignity and wor- ship which marks the interior of St. John's Church, acknowledged to be one of the most beautiful of our rural spirithal--of--all cach of the over 160 in church gave open witness to "their personal faith in Jesus Christ by going forward to the Communion Rail to partake of the Sacrament--one: of the only two ser- vices which our Lord, Jésus 'Christ Himself ordained that His followérs shall continually observe. Bishop Stanford thrilled and en- thused his hearers as he vividly de- scribed the work of the Church being carried on in far distant Diocese of Cariboo, with Kamloops as its centre for_.its. widely. scattered. -population, While no effort is overjfoked in serv- ing the larger centres of population, with limited means available, the small, widely scattered groups are not neglected. In one farm home where the Bishop had spent the night, his ground floor bedroom was set in order, 'a window box of geraniums.on the outside sill made a- natural and beauti- ful background for the Communion Table set up on the inside of the win- dow. 'The score of people from sur- ing Missioner- and" Discesan, in thé: prevailing shortage of clergy. Or again, an Indian 'Catechist, who regu-, larly' conducts services and teaches' his own people, and assists in all zer- vices when a clergyman is present, on the death. of the chief of his tribe found himself- elected to that office. in accordance with time honoured custom there is a spetial seat in the chancel of the church occupied only by the chief at all services. Would the new young chief claim his prefoga- Hive and "detiipy the "seat of" a : and honour. Without hesitation he chose" rather to SERVE in the services of the Church, whether realizing it or not fulfilling in both spirit and letter 'the words of Jesus Himself "I am among you as he that serveth". - These two instances, among many others in the Bishop's inspiring ad- dress, show how the work of the Church is being faithfully carried on rounding homes, some quite long dis- hl (Continued on back page) Loa Rs Saat 1, SERRA Li . ea a ah | Smale PY Sap f a rs on Wg i nd a % » =F Ar oe eid KL y Po tr rr

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