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Port Perry Star (1907-), 11 Feb 1954, p. 1

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=r ow % x ¥ Naor BNR 3 TIA RE ERR by ik ye FEHR ea PORT PERRY STAR zz==z¥ Authorized as Booed ¢ Class Mal, Pork Ss pase, as * PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1964 - my te * $2.00 per year, single Copy Be. Local Talent Enter Kiwanis Festival | LINDA TOPLIN Sh re i Miss Donna Samells of Port Perry * will he one of the contestants in the forthcoming Kiwanis Music Festival, She is entered in Piano Solo section, under 14 years. We wish Donna luck. Algo entering again is the Port Perry United Church Choir under the direction of Mrs, Elsie Dobson. This group were successfnl in bringing" honours to Port Perry before and we believe that they will do it again. cities are fepresented--187 commun- ities in all. Entries have come from across the border also." The musical calibre of the contest- ants improves steadily each year. The festival gives both pupil and teacher a profesiohal- yardstick by which to measure progress. Panel of adjud- icators this year will include such well known musicians from Great Britain _.as' Ronald Biggs. Frank Odell, Gay ' "The youngest entrant in the Elev---Jonsorm and Jan van der Gucht. Com- enth Annual Kiwanis Music Festival Feb. 16-27 in Toronto is Linda Toplin, age b years. Linda is typical of the many small fry who try their wings musically for the first time at the Festival each year. Among the-+15,000 participants an un ented number of towns and - Accordionist Association. ing from the United States for the ac- cordian adjudication will be Eugene Ettore, President of the American ' And on the panel from Canada will-be James Ted Griffen Elected Commodore "The Port Perry Yacht Club held its annual election of officers on Sunday, | February 7th, when a full representa- tion from all parts of Ontario elected the hard working, popular Port Perry lad "Ted" Griffen as their Commo- dore for 1954. : Another native of Port Perry, "phil Orde-was raised to Vice-Commodore, and Dr. H. H. Webster, of Oshawa, is now Rear Commodore. - The four Trustees are Roy Wotten, Dave Bowman, Ed. Gresik, all of Oshawa, and Bill Baker of Port Perry. Don Smith of Oshawa was elected Fleet Captain of Power and Ernie Sul- man, Port Perry, was re-elected Capt. of the Sailing Division. The Women's Committee is again headed by the very capable Mrs. Fred Smith, Oshawa, while the equally cap- able Mrs, E, Gresik, Oshawa, will head the Entertainment Committee. Mrs. Phil Orde, now of Port Perry, is _| Treasurer of the Club, taking over the duties from Mrs. H. H. Webster, who found it necessary to resign due to added business and domestic respon- sibilities. Lloyd Saunders, Oshawa, was again clected Secretary after serying during one of the best and most active seasons in the history of the Port Perry Yacht Club, and Mrs. Roy Wotten, Oshawa, now heads the Membership Committee and Don Simpson, Port Perry, the House Committee. During the general discussion it was unanimously decided to completely re- vamp the-entire book of By-laws with the view of having the Club Incorpor- ated as well as making\it one of the most modern in the country. A system of zoning Eastern Canada, including Quebec Province, is now be- ing organized by the Canadian Boat- ing Federation with the help of its affiliated Clubs. This should result in more and even better sanctioned Outboard Championship races, as only the best from each zone will compete at the Canadian National Champion. ship Regatta. i McDonald Gayfer, Director of Music for 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion Band. Seagrave Couple Celebrate Their Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary On Sunday, February 7th, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Moon, of Seagrave, were the recipients of many beautiful gifts, congratulations and best wishes from over one hundred relatives and friends who called on them at their home on Sunday. to help them. celebrate the 60th anniversary of their marriage. The marriage of Annie Wells and Charles William Moon was performed with the Iate Rev. Yeo Kenny, of- ficiating, and Myrtle Tenicke and Mr, Geo. Wilson as attendants at the of "the bride's parents, Mariposa Twp., on February 7th, 1894. The home was tastefully decorated for the occasion with the bride gown- ed in black sheer with corsage of pink and white roses and maiden's hair fern. A dainty lunch was served with + the bride cutting the wedding cake. There were six children born of the marriage, four daughters, Mrs. Wm. Keen (Ila); Mrs, A dam Wallace (Olga); Mrs. Bellingham (Cora); Eva who died in 1981, and two sons Roy of Raglan, Aubrey of Seagrave, i There are twenty grandchildren and twenty-five great grandchildren, Mrs, Keen received the guests with her-parents while Mrs, Wallace and Mrs. Bellingham poured tea with Mrs. Reg. Abraham, Mrs, John Tobin, Mrs, Jos, Lake, Mrs. H. Eagleson, Mrs, R. Scott and June Bellingham assisted "with the lunch, Miss Phyllis Keen with the guest book. Among the gifts were some very beautiful baskets of flowers, a tele- gram from Her Majesty the Queen; "A -and a purse of money from the fam. i ily. y Among the relatives present were: Mrs. Philip Ripley, of 'Oshawa; sister of the groom; Mr, and Mrs. Adam Wallace, of Bolton; Mr. and Mrs, Jos, Lake, Toronto; Mr, and Mrs. Tom Walker, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Keith Wallace, Bolton; Mr. and Mrs. Bob . Wallace, Bolton; Ken and June Bel- * fingham, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs, Roy " Moon, Raglan, who also celebrated their wedding .anniversary the same day, it being their 81st; Mr. and 'Mrs. John Tobin, Seagrave; Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Abraham, Seagrave; Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Moon; friends from Col- borne, Oshawa, Port Perry, Oakwood, Little Britain, Sonya and other out- side points called during the day to offer their best wishes, Mr. and Mrs. Moon have resided in the community all their lives with the exception of a short stay in Toronto. Their's has been a life of service to home, church and community, with the latch key of their home always on the outside. Both have been ac- tive members of our church while health permitted. Mr. Moon has served for years on the Board of Stewards and led the choir for years, while Mrs. Moon has been most active with the W.A. © Truly they have been 'good citizens, God Bless Them, : |Convict Man of 3 ] ] Beating Wife CONYICT PORT PERRY MAN OF|- BEATING WIFE--FINED A Port Perry resident has been fined .$26 or one month in jail upon a con- viction of beating his wife. Maurice Lince, a: former: Oshawa resident, was convicted of assaulting his wife occa- eloning hetual bodily harm. The case was heard -before . Magistrate F. 8. Ebbs in Police Court at Port Perry, A fine of $26 and costs or one month in jail was levied by His Worship who stated that he was making such a sen- 'tence on the understanding that the couple would make some attempt to straighten out their affairs even if a separation appeared to be the solution, He warned Lince that a similar charge and conviction again would bring "a long sentence". "This"p said His Worship, "is your last opportunity." At the end of Court, accused had not paid his tine. The Port Perry Yacht Club is al- ready working on the coming season's activities with the Annugl>Regatta on the 24th of May promising to be a kighlight of the year. : Don Smith. Celebrate 90th Birthday BLACKSTOCK Congratulations to Mr. S. A. Fer- guson, who celebrated his 90th birth- day on Monday, Feb. 8th, at Mr, and Mrs. Chas. Venning. Mr, Bruce Fer- guson, Hampton and Mr--and Mrs. Tennyson Samells visited him, and during' the afternoon he had many callers, also receiving many cards of congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Johnston left for New Mexico, with Mr. and Mrs, Walton Larmer, Toronto, last week. Word. has been received that they have arrived in Truth or Consequence. |: = And find the weather very hot, in the daytime, with cool nights. Mr. Albert Wright is in Port Perry Hospital. We wish him a speedy re- covery. : - Mr. and Mrs, Bruce Semple, Osha- wa, spent Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Saywell, Misses Betty and Jessie McArthur spent the week-end with their parents Dr. J. A. and Mrs. McArthur, The High School pupils presented their three Act Play, "Come out of your Coma", in the Recreation Hall on Thursday and. Friday evenings. 'bringeth thee into a good land, a | land of brooks and water, of foun- The parts were well taken, and the good comedy provided two very en- tertaining evenings. ha 'Our Sympathy to Mrs, John Scott, teacher in our High School, op the death of Mr. Scott on Sunday evening, Feb, 7th, Sorry to hear Mrs. Robt. Brown is in Port Perry Hospital. Hope she will soon be. feeling better. Congratulations to Mr, and Mrs, Richard Bowles on the birth of a son, in Toronto, on Feb. 7th. Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Milts and family have moved into Percy Collins former home, South Ont: County (Fed. of Agriculture The South Ontario County Federa- tion of Agriculture met at Myrtle, on Wednesday, Feb. 4 Present were twelve directors, répresenting every Township in the #outh end of the county. John Hamer secretary, read the minutes followed by the financial report and correspondence. It was _ decided on motion of Mr, Johns, seconded by Mr. A. Downey that Mr, J. Powers and Mr. R. Rodd be committee for the Co-operators In- surance to promote auto insurance in the county. cr Reports were heard from 'the dele- gates to the annual convention and various phases of marketing were discussed. : Mr. Harper told how the potato growers in this country have refused to sponsor the marketing scheme presented to them. This scheme is finding much favor in other counties and perhaps after the far- mers have had more time to think about it they will feel better-'quali- fied to vote for the idea. It was brought<aut- that packing houses are working hard, trying to break the Hog Marketing Agency by paying truckers to. deliver 'hogs di- rectly to the plant intead of taking them to the agency and necessitating the -packing houses bargaining for them. In ome cases the trucker gets 50 cents per hog and in other cases the trucking is paid in other ways; of course, the farmer pays the truck=] ing on his hogs too so the packing houses are using the truckers to break the value of the marketing sys- tem. This scheme has never been equalled in advantages to the farmer and. it is the responsibility of the owner of the hog to see that the hogs do go through the market. There was discussion regarding a coming meeting later-in February to 'promote the Brucellosis vaccination in Reach township. It was moved by Mr. Harper, secon- ded by Mr. A. Downey that the presi- dent, Secretary and Mrs. Hamer ap- proach East Whitby, Uxbridge and Reach Townships regarding the half- mill rate for financing. Carried. It was moved by Mr. A, Downey that the delegates to the Convention be paid expenses, mileage and hotel bills. Motion. seconded by Mr. A, Johns and carried. A public relations plan was discus- sed. © Mrs. Hamer had been approach- ed concerning a plan to use radio for public relation work and she presented an offer from station CKLB to use a 10-minute period each Saturday from 12.60 to 1.00 o'clock. A sample script was read and found favour with the directors. It was moved by Mr. Rodd seconded by Mr. Harper that Mrs. Hamer be hired to write the geript and deliver same for the radio station CKLB for the South Ontario County Federation of Agriculture. Motion carried. This programme started Saturday, February 6, at 12.60 o'clock. --Mrs, John Hamer. press secretary. on January 28th, ciation are: Elm 'Seagrave, elec P. Mangon, . Amos Barry, Treasurer, unn, Brooklin, re- elected vice-president; Mrs, C. Sleep, vice-president; Jos. shawa, vice-president; ickering vice-president; John Cameron, Oshawa, (re-elected) secretary; Elgin Granger, of Waithy, Re-Elected Presidentof ~~ Ontario Riding Liberals aa Robert W. Harris, Uxbridge, was re-elected President of the Ontario | Riding Liberal Association at the an: + nual meeting of that group in Whitby Special speaker at the meeting was Farqpar Oliver, Ont- § + Wedding ALDRED-SUTTON NUPTIALS ) By candlelight in Mark Street United Church on Friday évening, Mr. Norman Prentice Aldred, son of Mr, and Mrs. Norman P. Aldred, of Port Perry, took as his bride Misa Dolores Josephine Sutton of Peterborough, the daughter of Mr. Ormand J. Sutton, of Toronto. . The Rev. Dr. N. D. Patterson per- formed the marriage and wedding music was played by organist Mrs. Cecil Searles.' Given in marriage by her father, the bride was lovely in a waltz-length gown of white tulle styled with strap- less bodice and matching shoulderette and- a full flowing perma. pleated skirt. Pastel sequins formed three small butterflies on the bodice and skirt. She wore a matching feather headdress and was carrying her prayer book with a white gardenia corsage. Mrs. J. Lynn Thain of Peterborough attended her sister as matron of hon- our and the groom's sister, Miss Cath- erine Aldred, was the' bridesmaid. Their waltz-length gowns, also with strapless bodice and matching shoul- derette topping a ballerina skirt were in blue and pink and they wore match- ing feather headdress and carried nosegays of assorted flowers to match the gowns, The groom's attendant was Mr. Douglas Forbes and the ushers were Lynn Thain and William Brock. An informal reception was held at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt Mr, and Mrs. James Caroll, 183 Reid Street. Receiving with the couple of the bride, gowned in blue with cor- sage of pink Talisman roses, and the groom's mother, who wore a coffee- colored gown and. corsage of gold roses. Mr. Aldred, who has been an an- nouncer on radio station CHEX is commencing work with a Toronto sta- tion next week, and the couple will live at 114 Glen Road, Rosedale, To- ronto. To go away the bride chose a Banff blue miron wool sheath dress and matching jacket trimmed with white angora, They will enjoy a brief honeymoon in points west. Dr. Dymond Addressed 1.0.D.E on Their Thirty-Fourth Birthday "My County" by adoption, and not by birth, was the theme of Dr. M. D, Dymond's address to Scugog Chapter 1.0.D.E., inspired by the scriptural passage, "For the Lord thy God tains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, and wines, and fig trees, and pomegranates: a land of olive oil and honey; a land wherein thou shalt eat without scarceness, thou shalt not Jack anything in it; stones are iron, and out ot whoge hills thou. mayest dig brass," = Introduced by Mrs. W. T. Harrls, the doctor - impressed the listeners with his great pride in, and sense of responsibility toward the land of his choice. The material resources with which Canada still abounds, in spite of fifty years phenomenal 'develop- ment; the intangible things, 'freedom a land whose | of speech, freedom of worship, and private enterprise are to be zealously guarded against any inroads of de- structive "isms", looking with greedy {yes toward Canada. His speech, ringing with conviction and loyalty, was a challenge to all who heard him, The occasion was the 34th birthday party of the Chapter, convened by Mrs. Dymond, Mrs, Haugen and Mrs, S. Beare, The Valentine niotif was evident in heart-shaped menus, the red and white candles, and flower-bedecked place cards. The usual toasts to the Empire and the Order were original and capably proposed. On the light- er side the mystery quartette per- formed with great gusto and finense, "The Old Gray Mare", A birthday party to be remembered by those proaent. were Mrs. Welly Sutton, also an aunt '- Byron Holthy Holstein Club. President The directors of the Ontario County Holstein Cldb met on Tuesday, Feb, 2 in the Department of "Agriculture of- fice, Uxbridge. The following executive was elected: Past President, Bob Flett, Oshawa R.2; President," Byron Holtby, Port Perry, R.2; Vice-President, red. Christie} Port Perry, R.4; Secretary-Treasurer, H.-L: Fair, Uxbridge; Auditors, Nor- | man Hogg, Uxbridge, R.2 and Gosden Beare, Uxbridge." i: It was decided to sponsor a Bus Trip to the Brantford District on Mar. 4th, Office of the Holstein-Friesian Asso- ciation in Brantford. Some of the outstanding Holstein Breeders in the Brantford District will be visited. Fred Christie and Byron Holtby were £5 a committee to make arrangemeqts for the -Annual Twilight Meeting to be held on Wed- nesday, July 21st. Ken Holliday and Harold Honey were appointed as a committee to find e farm on which to-held a Type De- monstration on March 24, This was a well attended meeting and the Ontario County Holstein Club is off to a good start on a worthwhile program for 1964. A visit will be made to the Head |. Presbyterian Church On Friday. Feb. 12th at 8 o'clock an important Missionary Rally will be held in St. Johns Presbyterian Church here. 2 mfssionaries, at present here on furlough, will address the Rally, viz. Rev. John Elder of British Guiana Field and Miss Hermanson, Reg. N. of the Formosa Field. L The Rev. J. Elder is a native of Ire. land, ordained in the Presbyterian Church, who spreached for fourteen years in the Presbytery of Stratford. In 1941 he was appointed to George- town, British Guiana. Here he served as field misionary for Demerara Coun- ty, supervising the work of twenty 'mission. churches and sixteen mission schools. REV: J. ELDER Canadian. West and a Registered Nurse was designated a nursing miss- pointed to the work. of our church tn the Formosa- Field. Here she has 'served with zeal and distinction ever since. Both of the missionaries have a most interesting story to tell of the work of these fields, and it is hoped many will avail themselves of this op- portunity to hear them. Ontario Lawn Bowlers Raise $2,000 For Crippled Children The Spring meeting of the Provin- cial Lawn Bowling Association was held on Saturday last in the King Ed- ward Hotel, Toronto. The president, W. Merlin Letcher of Port Perry, was the chairman. Executive Officers and most of the 16 District Chairmen from all over the province were in attend- ance for this important meeting. It was reported that during 1963 the Association raised about $2000 for the Ontario Society of Crippled Chil- dren and it was decided to hand this over to the Sportswriters' and Sport- casters' Association fund for this so- ciety. A P.L.BiA. representative will be present at their annual dinner in the Royal York Hotel, which is being held to raise funds for this good work, and the cheque will be presented at that time, The various provinces have declared winners in rinks, doubles and singles, und these winners will all meet in Win- nipeg,-June-27th-to-June-30th to de- cide Canadian Champions in each event. The winners will represent Canada at the British Empire Games being held in Vancouver in August, 'A report was made re the invitation from California to the P.L.B.A. for Spsaria bowlers to make a visit early in 1955. The invitation has been ac- cepted "nd already many bowlers have signified their intention of going on this wonderful trip. At present the membership of the P.L.B.A. is 10,600. There are 16 districts in the province, with 226 men's and 78 women's clubs. An important event for 1954 is the long looked for visit of British Bowlers (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales) to Canada. About 80 bowlers will ar- tour Ontario, play atches in several of our cities from ek wa to Windsor before going on to Vancouver to compete in the British Empire, rive at Montreal he 1 ai July and will Games. Besides the teams from Can- ada, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales the following countries will be represented--Australia, South Africa, und New Zealand. The Ontario match with British Bowlers that will interest our Port Perry Club the most will be held in Peterborough on July 6. Our District No. 14 and District No. 16 are combining for this match, so bowlers will be picked from the various clubs in these districts. - The president has asked all Ontario bowlers to do their utmost in extend- ng to our "visitors from the British Isles a very hearty welcome to our country and to help make their visit one which will long be remembered with pleasure by each bowler. 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