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Port Perry Star (1907-), 10 Mar 1955, p. 1

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{ i © ot NA POT A ATT fy 4 "S~'\ SENIOR GIRLS * « Hope, nal 3 minutes after Port Hope had JUNIOR BOYS - - ing into a 46-19-lead in the first game, _ seniors a commanging lead and while 1 3 @ Toronto, the Junior Boys at 'night, March 11th at the Memorial Teams Win Lake "The three teams to win titles 'were the ' five point advantage to Fort Hope. . i 3 * ATA Her, aku AE RAI ABT ERRY STAR z3E=zX _ Authorised as Second Class Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa. ch : "PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1966 * Crowning The Carnival Queen ie Queen of Carnival (Barbara: Love) being crowned by Miss Grace Davis, at the The above picture shows t High School last week. "The Queen" will reign in her glory; to-morrow Carlene Ice Revue and Carnival. In. cluded he evening Review will be skaters from the'Oshawa and Toronto Lake Shore Skating Clubs. The Little Britain Band will be on hand all even- ing. Come out and enjoy a splendid program planned for your entertain- ment. . Three High School = Ontario Tites PLAY AT TORONTO SATURDAY As a result of play-off games in' Bowmanville and Port Hope Friday last, Port Perry High School teams gam three Lake Ontario COSSA Championships and the right to play- off at Toronto on Saturday, Feb. 12. P.P.H.S. Jr. Boys: Sr. Boys and Sr. Girls. Carrying a 39 point lead into the game (having won the first game 67- 28), the Port Juniors continued to roll up the_poifits at Bowmanville as Bob Carnegie and Floyd James. put on a terrific passing combination that, net- ted Carnegie 32 and James 25 in the final contest. With five other Port players hitting thé score column the juniors tallied 67 to Bowmanville's 32 and hence won the series in decisive fashion 134-51. Fowler and Cowling had 11 each for Bowmanville. At Toronto Saturday, PPHS Juniors will meet the Bay of Quinte Jr. Cham- pions from the new Quinte School in Belleville-in the COSSA semi-finals. SENIOR BOYS = _Playing with confidence, after surg-. the P.P.H.S. Sr. lads, took a 23-9 lead at Port Hope by the end of the first quarter. * This gave the Port 'Perry, the Port Hope quintet played stronger as the game proceeded, they couldn't match the visitors scoring punch. Led by Captain Jack Owen, whose reboung- ing and. play-making- outshone the 35 points he tallied, and by Bob Gibson who counted 20 the Port lads came up with a 70-47 triumph. The Perry' quintet thus won the round {16-66. Top men in a losing cause were Richards -(17), Plummer (9) and Loevenmark (9). In Toronto, on Saturday Port Srs. will meet Albert College, Belleville, In the semi-finals for Sr. 'B' for. COSSA. Both Boys teams will play at Ryerson 2 p.m. and the Sr. eye at 4 p.m, The P.P.H.S. Sr. Girls had a real fight to edge Port Hope Srs. as the locals wonsat home 35-30 and took a In Port Hope, our girls won 26-20. In both games the officiating was ex- tremely close with both teams losing valuable players via five fouls. Top scorers in the geries for Port Perry were Captain Ruby Leask with 80 while Helen Honey had 14. At Port P.P.H.S. gals rallied in the fi- came within 2 of tying the series. Our girls, of course, are now Lake Ontarto Sr, 'B* COSSA Champion8, At Toronto, the PPHS Sr. gals will meet Trenton, the winners of the Sr. 'B' Championship of the Bay of Quinte District, the game to be played at After the usual opening ceremony of the March meeting of Scugog Chapter 1.0.D.E., two minufes silence was held to honour the memory of Mrs. C. Mounce ,a member recently passed away--A book will be placed on 'the memory shelf in the Library. Prior to the regular meeting a luncheon ex- ecutive meeting was held at the home of Mrs. S. MacFarlane, Regent. Ten- tative plans were discussed to carry on the following activities--Christmas Draw, Blind Tag Day, Hospital Rose Tag Day, Home Baking Sales, and Marathon Bridge, © Conveners for each was named, but no groups formed. These projects were confirmed at the March meeting. The flag purchased for the 'High School Cadet Corps, has arrived, the presentation to be at a later date. Empire Study, condfcted by Miss M. Harris, was in the form of 'an excerpt from Bruce Hutchin-! son's "The Unknown Country", and a: short quiz on Canada followed, which the members thoroughly enjoyed. > Congratulations At the recent Mid-Winter Examina- tions. of the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto, the following pu- pils of Mrs. J. E. Jackson were suc- cessful. _ h THEORY-- Grade II (First Class Honours)-- John Croxall. . Grade II' (Honours)-- Marilyn Reesor. v Greenbank W.A. The February meeting of the Wo- men's Association was held on Tues., March 1st in the S. S. room. Mrs. Elmer Gibson presided and opened the meeting with hymn 502, followed by the. 'Lord's Prayer in unison, Mrs. Rliam gave the Scripture reatl- ping. and Mrs. Harper the Lesgon Thoughts, Hymn 128 was then sung. The, Pest 'speaker was Mrs. Croll from Oshawa, who chose as her Topic "Yourself a Standard". This was most interesting and much enjoyed by all, Mrs. Earl Anderson then sang a Solo accompanied by Mrs. E. Phair. The President then took charge. The Sec'ys report was. read and adopted. Treasurer's report showed a balance of $782.70 on hand. Mrs, Ianson, Mrs, Gibson and Mrs. H. McMillan were appointed to meet the. Church board to make arrange- ments as to some improvements of the church auditorium. - Plans were discussed as to Putting in new Cupboards in the Parsonage kitchen, and allocation of $400.00 was " There, were 26 members, 7 visitors 'and 2 children present. =. . Meeting. closed with Theme song and Benediction. A very delicious lunch was served by group in charge, Danforth Tech, Saturday afternoon; _| the leaders of the Provincial Govern- Tom Harris Speaks At Colborne =~ Excerpts from a speech made by | Tom Harris at' the Northumberland County nomination meeting in Col- | borne on Saturday, March 5. Jack: Price of Cobourg, nominated Liberal Candidate for Provincial election. "I want to speak to you about the Government that is now in power, First, I want to discuss with you the question that is prominently be- fore us, namely, the question of un- employment. In 1945, at the conclusion of the war, our Federal Government, with great foresight, called a meeting of ments, and one of the important sub- jects discussed at that meeting was the question of unemployment and the need of the Provinces to be prepared to face the problem. As you know, the British North Anterica Act divides the responsibility of Government and in some cases the responsibilities, as defined by the Act, are the same for both the Provinces and the Dominion, so that it has be- come necessary to avoid a duplication of taxation in certain fields, for the Provincial and the Federal Govern- ments to agree that the Federal Gov- ernment shall accept certain taxation fields solely and that in return they will contribute to the Province an an- nual sum, The Federal Government at that time offered to pay the cost of unemployment relief in return for the Province vacating certain taxation fields. Mr. Drew walked out of that meeting. In 1952, our present Proniier, the Honourable Leslie Frost, came to an agreement with the Federal Govern- ment but the terms were varied from the proposals made in 1945 because our present Government was still not interested with the question of un! employment but rather it was inter- 2sted in receiving greater financial benefits from our [Federal Govern- ment. 'Now, what happens when the people are up ih arms about unem- ployment? Premier Frost says he is ready to talk with the Federal Gov- ernment on the basis of the 1945 pro- posals. There can be no better proof that the Provincial Government has not been concerned with the question of unemployment in any way, shape, tor form until now, when it is being .| dropped, oe only given sixteen days to submit their tenders? The election of the Con- servative Government was paramount to the public interest, The majority report of the select eommittee has pointed out that there was little or no supervision from the head office of the Department of Highways in Toronto on this project. Our leader, Mr, Oliver, demanded that a-Royal Commission should be appointed to investigate the whole highway situation because it | was discovered that oné fraud led to another and discrepancies arose in the Huntsville area as well a8 in the Lake- head area but the Premier did not want an impartial Royal Commission, He appointed a select committee made up of eight members of bi own party and three opposition mémbers to in- vestigate the fraud of his own Govern- ment. Surely it was injthe interests of that committee to protect them- selves, and protect the Government they did. At the preliminary hearing of three convicted companies, one of the wit- nesses admitted they charged for rock when all that was removed was dirt and he believed that was an accepted practise, Contractors were paid on the basis of a certificate signed by the divisional engineer and other Govern- ment officers and finally by the Com- troller of) the Treasury. These cer- tificates were made out monthly, It was fieely admitted by the Com- troller in the preliminary hearings that no check was made to sce that the work was done or the material sup- plied. When they came to trial the charge of: conspiracy to defraud were which of necessity would have involved Government officers be- cause it takes: more than one to have conspiracy. Unquestionably the char- ges were withdrawn in return for a plea of guilty by the Companies. I think that if we had access" to the vaults in the Parliament Buildings in Toronto, we would find where the-re- sponsibility for the highway frauds lies. There is a reinetit involved that, to me, is more serious 'than this criti- ¢ism that I have made of the Con- servative Government and that is our attitude, as a people, toward these defalcations, . W.M.S. faced with the possibility 'of being; , ousted out of power and will be ousted , out of power. | Second, I want to speak to you * about a matter-that is vital to all of, - us--the question of Provincial grants and Municipal grants. In the last ten years when the Con- | .servative Government has been in power, you and I know and it is a fact that municipal taxes have in- creased and multiplied three times. | That is the average for the Province. | At the same time the Municipal levies for education in places like Colborne and 'Port Perry, my home town, have trebled. The Provincial Government grants for education have increased but not in propdrtion. The Provincial , Government grants for education in the last ten years have been reduced, ! from forty-threa per cent-to thirty-! four per cent of the actual cost of education in the Municipalities and; | | | costs in education represent the big- gest single item of our tax bill. In that same period of time the Provin- 'cial Government has collected, in an- nual revenue, more than three times as much as when they went into power in 1943. Within the last year they. recovered in taxes over three hundred and seventy million dollars. When they went into power in 1943 the an- | nual Provincial Government revenue! was. about one hundred and twenty million dollars. In this fast-growing and wealthy province, the 'Frost Government has not introduced a single piece of pro- pressive legislation. At least a dozen of his ministers were appointed by his predecessor in office. The big question that has been in the papers and that I would like to review for you, is the question of high- ways scandal, rightly called by the newspapers "the worst scandal in Can- adian 'Government history". The Conservative Government is seeking to minimize it but let me review the facts voted as a start towards this project. for you. One of the adnfitted reasons that made the frauds possible was lack of pre-engineering, Is it not evident that there could be little or no pre- engineering for the contracts on this' highway when the contractors were ! day, you and I know that these increased |, The Afternoon Auxiliary of the Wo: ; man's Missionary Society met Tues- March. 8th at the home of the President, Mrs. Leask, with 45 ladies' few girl friends to her birthday party present. This being Christian" Stew- ardship month, Mrs. Smallman spoke on gifts for building advance. Mrs. Colbeanr was appointed convener for birthday box. Mrs. Wylie gave a "report of Presbyterial meeting held in Bowmanville, Mrs. Love, a member of Presbyterial Executive outlined work for 1955. Mrs. Reesor and Mrs. Reynolds con- ducted the devotional. Mrs. Leask as- sisted by 8 ladies from Mrs. Reesor's group reviewed the study book chap- "ter "Growth of India's Churches". Meeting closed with Mizpah Bene- diction. Mrs. Reesor's group served tea. -- PROF. GEORGE RAITHBY, head of the animal husbandry department of OAC, will be one of the speakers on the "Business of Farming" prd grams of the Central Ontario spring Show at Peterborough Mar, 16-18. He will also be the banuet speaker Mar. 16. Central Ontario talent will fea- ture the Show concert Thursday night. Auction of all exhibited seed Kridsy at 1.30 p.m. * $2.00 per year. Two Caesarea Men Drowned as Car Plunged through ice on Lake Scugog Two Caesarea men, Earl Thomas Burr, 81, and Fred Frayer, 51, were drowned in Lake Scugog last Sunday afternoon when their car broke through the ice, and plunged into deep water about 500 feet from shore. A companion, John Neill, 88, also of Caesarea, managed to escape from the car as it was going through the ice, and scrambled to safety after making a desperate effort to save Burr. According to information given to the police, the men had driven out over Lake Scugog, and stopped the car to give Neill"s dog a run on the ice. When the dog, a collie, tired, they returned to the car, and started back to Caesarea. They had gone only a short distance when the car went into a crevice in the ice, and slid down into the water. Fred Frayer was driving the car, and Neill was in the front seat with him. As the car was going down, Neill, according to police, crawled over into the back seat, and shoved Burr out of the car, then climbed out himself. Frayer, and the dog, went down with the car. Burr, however, slid into the water, and in spite of the efforts of Neill, who tried to hold him out, he slipped out of Neill's grasp, and went down in about 20 feet of water. Frayer, who is the owner of Fray- er's pavilion and boathouse at Caes- area, was very familiar with the lake, and used to boast that he 3 the back of his hand. George Blyth, Cacsarea storekeeper, said that in some places the ice was 18 inches thick, and was considered safe, Frayer and Burr, he said, had made a trip over the same area on Saturday with a load of logs. Provincial Constable Chris Cress-. well 'of the Bowmanville detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, was in charge of the investigation. i Mr. and Mrs. L. Glasgowand sons of Aubourne spent week-end with her sister Mr. and Mrs, Grant Hunter and family. Everyone is welcome to the Sichve -and-dance-in--sehool-this-toming Sit. night, sponsored by G. N. Service February 23rd and Club. Miss Beth Hunter entertained a on Monday. We all welcome Mr. and Mrs, Don- ald Leslie to our midst, who moved into our village last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ferris returned home last week having spent several week's in Florida. ew it like 4-H Clubs Interesting Letter 4-H Club Work for rural boys and girls is a definite and important part of Agricultural Extension programs and may be defined as a voluntary educational movement designed to pro- vide, through organized groups, a practical training in Agriculture and Home Economics, and at the same time to develop the individual abili- ties 'of the members. Club Work is a supplementary training, not a sub- stitute for formal education. "Learning to do by doing" is a basic principle 6f 4-H Club Work, and its most important feature is that the members underake practical farm or home projects. A sense of responsi- bility, a stimulation of interest and a desire for more information regard- ing better husbandry practices are concrete results of this training. The keeping of records of production costs develops an appreciation of farm and home management problems, Achieve- ment Days or Club Ssows afford the members an opportunity to compare the results of their work with those of ohers and to demonstrate their ac- complishments to the public. Judging | and other forms of competition help to develop self-reliance, good sports- manship and the powers of observa- tion and judgment. What better training could we have for the future farmers of this county? Why no let your son and your daugh- ter take advantage of this opportun- ity. Last year in Ontario County 375 boys and Zits t took part in 4-H Club projects. - All those interested in taking part in 4-H Club Work in 1955 should for- ward their name and address to the Ontario Department of Agriculture, Uxbridge, as soon as possible. " Utica The Utica W.A. Euchre, held in the hall two weeks ago was well attended. Prizes were won by Mrs. Bruce Bailey, Mrs. Roy Hart, Mrs. A. Christie, Mrs. H. Hodgins, Mr. J. Demara and Mr. Charlie Geer. The ladies are having another' Euchre and Dance this Friday night There will be.a silver collection and ladies provide lunch. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kendall visited Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harper of Osha- wa, Saturday evening. The sympathy of the community is extended 'to Mrs. Hugh Burteh whose father Mr. David Davidson, died last week at London, Ontario. = Mrs.- Gerry Nelson is ill and her mother Mrs. Melntyre of Clinton is staying with her. Daughter Mary is with her grandmother, Mrs. Nelson of Campbellford and son Charles is at Cornwall with his aunt and uncle Dr. and Mrs, McIntyre. Mr. and Mrs. George Gibson of Taunton visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. George Harper and family. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ballard, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Crosier and Mr. and Mrs. Chet Geer visited Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Skerratt of Prince Albert last Satur- day evening, Miss Lois Sandison, Miss Patsy Dit- trick and Miss Dorothy Wilbur were in Port Hope Friday evening. Port Perry High School Senior girls won the Lakeshore Championship in Bas- ketball, Mr. Jim Aird and Mr. Hillis Wilbur helped™defeat the Bowmanville Junior Basketball team, winning the Lake- shore Championship for P.P.H.S. the same evening. These teams will be in Toronto Saturday for the C.0.S.S.A. cup play-offs. Sorry to report that Donnie Moore has rheumatic fever while brother Douglas is ill with jaundice. Mr. David Wilson has been at his home here for a week's holiday. Mr. Glenn MacDonald, who has been in Port Perry Hospital, has returned home. - The Mitchell family, 22 in all, thered on.Sunday to célebrate Mr, Mitchell's birthday. Mr. Hainsworth's nephew foil To- ronto visited him Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Bert Mitchell visited Mr. and Mrs. Dave Greaves of Osha- wa, recently. St. John' t. John's Ladies' Ai adies' Aid The regular meeting. of St. John's Presbyterian Ladies' Aid was held at the home of Mrs, Wm. Owen with Murs. Axthur Bryden presiding. meeting was opened by singing hymn "All the way my "Saviour leads me" followed by the Lord's Prayer in uni- son. Mrs. Vernon Bryden read the 54th Psalm and Mrs. Grant Christie offered the prayer. The minutes of the 'last meeting were read by the secretary, Mrs. A. M. Lawrence and the teasurer's report by Mrs. S. Beare. It was decided to help with the fin- ancial support of the new Presbyterian home for unmarried mothers, which will -be build. in Toronto in the near future, The ladies of the church catered a lovely roast heef dinner to their well deserving choir.on- February 24. Plans were made to have this an annual affair. The meeting closed by singing hymn, 'Jesus Calls Ug O'er the Tumult' followed by the, benediction, A delicious lunch was served by thé hostess, The next meeting will be held in the evening at the home of Mrs. B. D. Armstrong. ga- Jim Diving For Bodies of Lake Tragedy Fred James, of Peterborough, a spe- cial diver for the Department of Tran- sport, descended into the frigid waters of Lake Scugog Monday morning, « minutes before he recovered the body | through the icy surface of the lake. of Fred Frayer, 61, of Caesarea, Fred | The body of Earl Burr was recovered also of Sunday Frayer and Earl Burr, 31, Caesarea, were drowned about one hour late. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. ebay . BOTS 1 E Bb ( e Review and Carnival, PORT PERRY ARENA s STARTING TIME 7.30 P.M. Single Copy Be. Therese.

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