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» » rd : JH Ny Fost $2.00 per year in. advance, FEHB LEERY in telephone switchboard to completion _-are these 'three Bell specialists who head a large group of men who will |. make possible"the new 3560: line board Perry as well as Cartwright. right, George Wilson of Oshawa, cable 'splicer, joins the cable at 'the | pole near the new exchange. Atl i the 1 "Above | ! new swith while PA Me- Arthur. (kneeling) connects the cable at the wrack." Work is expected to be completed in December, Op: en Blacl ' stock - Name 2 District Men as Directors 'Of Onfario V-G-A Two Port Perry district men, Fred Christie and Russell Pogue, were elected as directors at the annual meeting of thé Ontario County Vege- table Growers' Association, in Whitby Township Hal, Brooklin, October 28. A. -T. Sirett, Cobourg, Distriet Director of the Vegetable Growers' Marketing + Board, reported on the work" of that Board during the year. He urged that as many as possible should attend the Annual Convention , in Hamilton on Dec, 8-4. William Walker, Dunnvillé, Chair- man of the Vegetable Growers' Mark- eting Board, reported:that over 6000 growers had signed the Can Crop Agreement last spring, He also stated that, in his opinion, something should be done in acreage control for canning factory Crops, : Lowe Butler, Fieldman for the Vege- table Growers' Association gave an interesting talk on the development of the canning industry. Chas. Brough- ton, president, was in charge of the meeting. : The election of officers resulted as follows: Executive-- President, Norman "Down, R.R4, Oshawa; ~ vice-president, - Bill Stone- house, Whitby; Sec.-Treas,, H, L, Fair, Uxbridge, Directors-- Pia Pickering -- Bill ollie: Whithy; Whitby--Fred "Lee, R.R.1 Brooklin; -----Chas.-- Broughton, Whithy; E, Whithy -- August Geisberger, R.R.8, Oshawa; Réach -- Fred Christie, R.R.4, Port Perry; Scugog--Russell Pogue, R,R,3 Port Perry; Brock -- Vince Beaton, > Blackwater; Elton Starr, Canpingion, -tersection. New Told Board fo Serve 350 in December The extensive preparatory work for the establishment of a new telephone exchange at Blackstock is progress- ing satisfactorily, according to- A. A. (Gillespie, Bell Telephone manager for this region. A start on the project was delayed temporarily but it now is--proceeding on schedule and the new exchange should be ready to open in December, Mr. Gillespie- said, . The new exchange will initially serve some 350 subscribers in the Cart- wright Township area at present ser- ved by rural lines from the Port Perry exchange. There will be no long dis- tance charges on calls in either direc- tion between any subscribers served by these two' "exchanges. Installation of the switchboard and other equipment was started recently in the exchange building at the north- east. corner of Blackstock's main -in- The building, being leased: from 8S. G. Saywell, has been com- pletely renovated. The complex work: of installing the switchboard, being carried out hy Bell Telephone craftsmen, will take sev- eral weeks to complete. #Bell installers have started calling on residents of the area to gheck 'their telephones for operation with the new exchange. In some cases, it will be necessary to install new sets. Construction crews are also husy extending and rearranging telephone lines to. copnect with. the 'new ex- change, New lines are being built ta provide individual or" two-party ser- vice in Blackstock and to reduce the number of parties on congested rural lines, ag we]l as ta provide seryice for 'New Blackstock numbers will be as- signed to all telephones served by the exchange. A list of the new numbers will be distributed to each subscriber im the Blackstock and Port Perry areas at the time the new exchange -is opened, Many Hallowe'en Pranksters Very Active in Town Hallowe'en, 1952, in Port Perry, will go down in the unofficial history book as as one of the most hilarious in years, Under, the guiding light of a full moon the youngsters from a few years of age upwards made the rouiids of houses in search of treats. The throngs of . witches, goblins, clowns and other costumed young folk eca- vorted about in the earlier part. of the evening and later the oldsters took over, TE ; Although there were scattered re- ports of some unnecessary damage done in the village, most of the gang, reported to have numbered over 30, were out 'just for fun'. According to usually 'reliable sources this collee- tion of school graduates toiled until carly Saturday morning in pulling several pranks, : Two nearby farms were objects of a midnight raid in search of wagons. {One group was reported speeded up in their. chore' of hauling a. wagon, back to town hy a shot blast from a shot gun, This farmer who trailed the pranksters to. the high-school -ro-_ covered his rubber tired wagon in pieces. After assembling it -he re-_ tired to his farm without $0 much as new subscribers. (Continued on Page LE * TOUR ADDRESS HIGHLIGHTS BOWLERS ANNUAL An enlightening "and informative address on the Canadian bowlers tour of the United Kingdom and election of officers highlighted the annual méating of the Port Perry Lawn Bowl- ing Club at Scout'hall last Wednes. ¢ day. Some 40 members and their wives enjoyed a fine turkey supper provided 'by the Scout Mothers' Auxiliary, de- "lighted in the word pictures of Merl Letcher and Mra, Letcher who toured Great Britain and Ireland; and sep- arated to elect' their 1953 officers. of the men's club to succeed Art Cox. | George Holmes is the new vice-presi- | Secretary-Trepsurer, - Mrs. Myrtle Palmer. was acclaimed as president of the ladies club, Mrs; Minnie Brignall was elected first vice- president and Mrs, Helen Stouffer second vice-president. The new sec- retary.treasurer is Mrs, Alma Cox dent and Joe Allen was 'retiivhed 'as | Robert Harper was elected president | Met Top Competition Although the tour of the Canadians through Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England was a goodwill trip, My. Let- cher told members that their opposi- tion were much better bowlers. "They take the game more' seriously over there . . , and work' hard to be-of- ficers and look up to them," he said. "Of; course they are used to bowling on the regulation 126 foot greens. The greens certainly are beautiful . . . and the games convener Mrs. Janet Hutchinson, much better than here and have thick (Continued on page. 4) and Water ferown from the gravel. road. fished on Monday. * OSHAWA FIRM COMPLETES ROAD Self: Constructed > [PAVE CONTRACT IN VILLAGE. 'Alleys Brings . Port Perry's paving program for | -- 1962. was' completed almost on-sched--:--- ule this week when Bennett Construc- tion of Oshawa, moved in and sur- faced three blocks. Held up by a northern construction firm which had intended to come here from a highway contract council ac- cepted the contract of the Oshawa firm and the job was completed in about two days, Except for building up of the shoulders of the roads the project had been completed, Major part of the contract was pav- ing of the long-awaited 'bus turning route' on Street. A grader started Mary street between John on:the job Friday morning and after | a. slight breakdown removed the high road was rolled on Saturday and pav- ing of a 20 foot wide strip was fin- The | Works chairman | Harry Peel was well pleased with the | speedy work of the firm and the fin- ished job, The contract called for two and half inches of asphalt and | ! ; : { Church Sunday morning. upwards of three inches was laid _in most parts, The other part of the contract was for a strip 22 feet wide on" Water St. from Master Feeds corner past the memorial centre. A number of other private firms and citizens took the opportunity to_ have ssl jobs done on Tuesday, Williams Motor Sales had a large parking area paved on the west side of their garage and Archer Motor their premises where gasoline tanks were formerly situated. A of the village's contracted job. ' Need More Spotters Volunteers for the proposed Ground | Observer Corp to be organized by the | RCAF in Port Perry are'still required, acting Chief- Observer John Raines stated yesterday. Only--fivia names. of prospective group have been re- | coved at the municipal office to date, and a minimum of 15 is required to set up a watoh here, The names in- clude F, A, "Bill" Baker an exper- fenced spotter; James Hunter, Grant Raines, Clive Boyd and Dennis Woods, John Riddell, members of Canadian Legion, Branch 419, at their annual Remembrance Day, Rev. who will address sérvice in St, Joling Presbyterian ~~ --- ob The local Chapter 1.0.D.E. is send- ing good, clean, warm, used clothing to Korea, Articles for men, women tor children are acceptable. Anyone | ticles with Mrs, wishing to contribute, may leave ar- Jessie Robertson: - Wesley Bowling to Porto The popular 'pastime of five-pin i bowling came to Port-Perry Saturday night when the new King Pin Langs Lopened on Seugogr Road. It, looks like the game is here to stay as quite a number of bowling en- thusiasts, beginners and experienced players have Already been attracted to the new lavout which is almost entirely the work of the proprietor Stata of Oshawa. A native of Haliburton where he left in 1937 Mr. Stata is a carpenter by trade and thas worked with a construction firm in- Oshawa since 1940. - A bowling en- thusiast for many yedirs he chose Port Perry to open up his new venture. The 32 x 90 building which is sifu- Lumber Co. foundation and a metal exterior, Three regulation size al- leys, 60 foot long, have already been constructed by Mr. Stata and he plans to build three more in the near futire. from Reesor has a concrete ated across duty Jthe--publie-sehool-as--weltws-- P-S History Oddities To Citizens of century 'this area in the 21st may some day come across quarter-million dollar public school building, according to proposed plans announced by the school board. . This 160:years hence may probably result from a ceremony which is being planned for the near future, when corner stone of the spacious new structure will be laid ut a ceremony. A history 'of public schools as prepared by Principal' Roy Cornish, and an edition of The Port Perry Star (in which the history and program will be printed) present day coins and stamps, will be among the "items that will be enclosed in a special box and entombed in the corner stone. A senior discovery a public school teacher in with the new trowel. Present, ac cord- ing to plans being finalized now by the committee, will be some 250 pupils 'of of the present staff and who Kave taught a the past and several civie dignitaries will take part in the éereniony, "7 piled" by Mr. 'Cornish "will. contain data from" the book "On The of Scugog" written - by the former publisher of the Star, the late Samuel Farmer. Names of School | Oflicials, the teaching Staff andthe. pupils will alse® be published and in- cluded in the list of items to be en- closed. some Shores Unlikely Hydro Rates Will Jump The Hydro-Electrie Power Commis- ion of Ontario which announced Inst week a jump in hydro rates averaging ILS per cent has informed the village of Port Perry that interim rates will be ine reased effective 1953. The new Killownit: per annum rate' at that date will be $41:50 an' increase power Jan. 1 of only 50 cents. Based on the Sept- cmber hill of 215,200 kilowatts per month "this may mean an increase from HEPC to the local municipal utitity of under $100. Council will con- new ider the increase at Monday's ~, meeting hut The interior of the building is nice- | indications are that the. iy finished in fibre board and ply wood | slight inevease will not, be passed 'on and includes two washrooms, At the fo the consumers. An increase if nee- right of the entrance is ery har where the bowlers fresh themselves with soft drinks, bars. The approaches to (continued on page 4.) may ¥e- chocolate a confections essary would 'be very email. The letter from HEPC seeretary EB. I}. Eas:zon the 'advising of Tnerease LIONS CLUB BANQUET GRAIN CLUB MEMBERS Sales had small strip done in front of | number + of private laneways were done outside | 3 i y | when members and fathers were feted Port Perry Lions Club received thanks from three sides for the spon- soring of the local 4-H Grain Club [2 a banquet at Little Norway on | Monday night. ' A representative of the 17 club | members, the. Department of Agui- [culture assistant representative "and | | the Port Perry Fait Board commended the club for their part in assisting the Lboys and congratulated past-presiilent boys produce a: little better grain or - made an incentive amongst the mem- Any mature Canadian, male or female, | are eligible to join the G. A, C. and | work fof the special wings, re Moet. Elect Local Bowler ; ~~ On Saturday, at the King 'Edward Hotel, « Merle: Letcher was elected as vice-president of the Provincial Lawn Bowlers As- 'nociation, He has been on the executive of this Ontario body for two or three years and was Dist riet Chairman for two years pre- vious to that. Jamies Crane, for his leadership,' Mr. Crane, who was chairman of the | special evening's' program said that! the grain elub had possibly helped the bers for that. type of work, THe intro- {duced the boys and their fathers and | congratulated them on the year's work and termed the year 'the best in four | years', Assistant Agricultural Representa- tive John Gill, a graduate of Aberdeen University who came to Ontario Coun- (ty 18 months ago, was introduced by 'Mr. "The success of the Club this year," | | 'Crane and officinlly welcomed. | said Mr. Gill, "is not entirely due to any one individual but due to the help received from the fathers and interest shown by everyone." Mr, Gill pointed out the good work of the club's repre- (Continued on Page 8) " precinte Bill Lamb First Wir The final results of the Port Perry (porting, a Points" ". the 4-H Grain Club for the complete {Mi ual? Lions club year having been announced by | Johnny Gill, Assistant Agrienltural Represamtative at Uxhridge, "This year there weve 17 members enrolled in the elub and of these 15 tmembers completed the club projeet." | One registered No. I Joats was presented to cach of the boys in the Grain Club by the Port Perty | T Lions Club, bag of the Lions Club as In their project each having their spongopy, - - {tended the chop throughout the grow- Ling Field notes on the man- [agement and cost of production were Hept, for the complete club year, The | field was inspécted by the Department, (of Agriculture, Uxbridge, and marks were awarded on purity of variety, freedom from other weeds, stand of grain, uniformity of maturity, height | and freedom fom lodging. weason, Fér the final standing on the com- plete yéar, Marks for the standing on show' day, grain | Lagrnin this S1Jeet for the complete year ,is: Lamb, R.R.4, Port Perry, 909; 2 Daniel The Grain Club boys ap- | Janes, : Ashenhurst, | member sowed his grain in a plot oN i, RRA proximately an dere in extent' and however contained a warning which may mean further increase." Grain Club "The elub secure was very fortunate to Crane, Principal at Port: School as club leader vear. The benefit of Mr. leadership was. evident in the attained by the e¢luh James Perry High Crane's high marks Fmembers in thie Anal placings. Ajax | : The order of merit in the club pro- 1 Bill R.R.3 Port Perry, 899; 3 Ralph | Milne; RR. 1 Blackwater, 889: 4 Rogor R.R.3 Uxbridge; Port Perry; 6 Robertson, R.R.2 Port Perry; Dobson, R.R. Uxbridge: 8 Brown, R.R.3, Uxbridge; 9 Bruce Paradine, R.R.3, Uxbridge: 10 George Cochrane, R.R.1, Raglan; 11 Jim Wilk- inson, R.R.4 Port Perry; 12 Hugh Dob- son, R.R.3 Uxbridge: ham, R.R.3 Port Ted Sinclair 7 Earle Robert Perry; 14 Lester Bayliss, R.R.3 Uxbridge; 15 Tom Dult R.R.2 Bort Perry, ess The prize money wag provided by the Port Perry; Reach & Seugog 'Agri-, are also awarded | cultural Society, the Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch, and the Production Single Copy 5¢ 5 Be Enclosed thE aged old papers and relies in the new Port Perry will perform the honoured. _of Jaying the inscribed stone -- teachers, The history of the schools as com- 13. John Need- judging ability and on an examina- | Service of the Dominion Department. . ition based on some of the more im- of Agriculture,