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SO WE nA TINTRY 0 ORT PERR STAR gzz==z Authorized as Sesond Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. » tL ew * oy PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1956 : " o~ $2.00 per year. Single Copy 5c. LIONS. BRING CIRCUS TO TOWN - SEE ADVERTISMENT ON PAGE 5 eda Wheat Crop Thin & Patchy in Ont. County After a recent survey of the current crop position in Ontario County, the Agricultural representative, Mr. L. Fair expresses the opinion that gen- eral improvement over earlier esti- mates is indicated. Hay, according to Mr, Fair, will be below the average of the past five years. However, this is better than expected. Forty .to 50 percent was badly weathered and cured poorly. Rains have brought along a second growth very well, some of which will be used for hay and the remainder for supplementary feed. Some secqnd growth is ready to be cut and new seeding, promising. 4 A few fields of fall wheat are being cut and harvested this week, but it is generally thin and patchy. It is doubtful if the yield will reach moré more than 22-23 bushels to the acre. There is the odd farm which has, un- der the circumstances an exceptional yield expected to reach 60 bushels to "the acre, but these are isolated in- stances. Spring grain, of which there are a few early fields should give an ex- ceptionally good yield of grain.-Those fields planted the last week in May and the first week in June have made- excellent .recovery and an almost av- erage yield is expected, Plenty of warm weather, especially at night, is needed for corn. Most fields show a good stand, but require this heat to bring the crop along. The considerable moisture 'of recent weeks has done much to build up pas- ture land although, hereas well, more rain and sun would do much to im- prove not only pasture land but all other crops as well." A much lower harvest for the fruit crops is expected as compared to last year. The apple crop is expected to 'produce only half of last year's bum- per crop. Sorry, Its Postponed We mean the "Teen Town Weiner Roast and Dance which was to be held on Friday, August 24th, 1956 A lit- tle bird informed us that the circus is coming to town on the very same date, so . . . we'd better all go to the.cir- cus instead! At the Committee meeting on Mon- day we decided to hold the Weiner Roast some other night, but don't worry, we'll let you know about it in plenty of time. By the way, folks are taking a dim view of the notoriety Port Perry has had this week. Let's not go overboard kids! . Well, we'll see you all at the circus, but don't get too close to the monkey cages, they might haul you in. Open 401 Toronto By-Pass Tuesday afternoon of this-week the Deputy Minister of Highways, Mr. M. A. Elson, was host to a greup of news- paper men, engineers, contractors, and others interested in the newly laid Toronto By-Pass which is to be opened to the public on Friday, August 24th. This group, among which were the Star's W. A. Farmer and I. A. Boyd, were privileged to be the first to travel over this beautiful stretch of road. This super highway will serve one of the largest industrial develop- ments in the province. It is expected to be a quickly growing community _ because of the excellent accessibility by road transport and by rail. EASTERN, TERMINAL PORTION of the Toronto Bypass with extended . view of its curving approach over Highway # 2, and its continuation as Highway 401 easterly (bottom of pic- ture) to Oshawa, Bowmanville, and Ontario Department of Highways This four lane Wp 27 miles long, with outside shoulders of 10 feet. The right of way is general- ly taken as 300 feet. There are 11 traffic interchange overpasses and 13 traffic interchange: underpasses . as well as ten bridges. 2,600,000 cubic yards of gravel were used, If this were loaded on railway cars, 60 tons to a car, the train would be 427 miles long. 250,000 tons of bituminous asphalt were used and 4000 tons of reinforcing steel. Perhaps the best place. to view this new throughway is from highway 48 at Markham. A map of area will be in the window of 'the Star Office this week, Newcastle. This air photo shows how planning experts provided for Toronto Bypass' direct entrance to and egress' from Toronto-Oshawa four-lane High- way. That is, traffic does not use cloverleaf except for connection with Lansing Cutoff Road. , The C. N. E, holds a special thrill for two local girls this year, with their entry in'the Dairy Queen Contest. 60 girls are to compete in this con- test each day with the eleventh day to choose the grand prize winner,- the Dairy Queen of 1956. Each day one of the breeds will be milked, as Guernsey one day and Holstein another. and each day one girl will be declared queen for that day. with the daily winners com- peting for the title, Following the contest the 6 girls will be featured in a float parading before the grandstand with the winner of the day wearing a crown, Awards are based on appearance, assembling the milking machine, care and use of machine, general efficiency and cleanliness, The two local girls who are so keen- ly interested are Ruby Leask, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Leask of Sea- Local Girls in Dairy Maid Confest grave, who will milk a Guernsey cow, and Shirley Anne Crosier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Crosier of Black. water, R.R. who will be in the Ayr- shire class; Mr. Crosier is an Ayr- shire breeder and Shirley Anne has had some experience in showing cattle at Markham and the Royal. - Both girls attended Port Perry High School and are members of the Junior Farm- ers and have taken a keen interest in the 4-H club work, Ruby is secre- tary at the Port Perry High School wher last year she also instructed the girls in P, T. Shirley Anne is train- ing for a nurse at the Toronto Gener- al Hospital. She also likes to cook and ride her horse. f The contest is jointly sponsored by the Toronto Telegram and the Ontario Milk Distributors Ass'n. With the title of Dairy Queen goes a silver tro- phy,held one year, and a silver tray. Personalities By J. H. Ormiston (Whitby Editor to Oshawa-Times) The picturesque village of Port Perry numbers among it's finest citi- zens today W, Merlin Letcher--a man who has taken 'a very active and im- portant part in civic, industrial, church, community and fraternal af- fairs, and one who was honored with the wardenship of Ontario County. As sportsman, with bowling his spe- ciality, he is known throughout the Dominion and many places in the Bri- tish Isles. He has held important of- fices in lawn bowling organizations which have brought honor to himself and his native village. Mr. Letcher was borin Port Perry son of the late Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Letcher. After completing his edu- cation at the high school he took over a furniture and undertaking business which his father for many years had successfully operated. When in 1931 he was elected a. member of tHe village council, Mr. Letcher entered upon a successful ci- vic career which meant much to the village and the county of Ontario. After serving for two years he was elected reeve, which position he held for thirteen consecutive years. Dur- ing his term of office he was honored with the office of warden of the county. While warden, Mr. Letcher advocated and was successful in hav- ing chartered accountants appointed as county auditors. He had long taken a keen interest in county finan- ces. He advocated that a survey be made of the amount of insurance car- ried by the county-on- its buildings and equipment, with the result that under a three-year plan a larger cov- erage with less cost to the county, was instituted. The survey had re- vealed that the coverage was not suf- ficient. As reeve of Port Perry, he gave able leadership in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the vill- age. Interested in industrial develop- ment, he started a shoe factory in 1933, an industry which he operated until 1942 when illness forced his re- tirement. For many years Mr, Letcher was a member of the businessmen's Asso- ciation, now the Chamber of Com- merce. During the second great war he was chairman of the successful Victory Loan drives held in the vill- age in conjunction with those through- out the Dominion. In church circles Mr. Letcher was a member for years of the official Board of Port Perry United Church, and held the office of treasurer. In fraternal circles he is a member of -Fidelity Lodge No. 428, AF and AM. He is also a past grand of Warriner Lodge No. 76, Port Perry as well as a past district deputy. grand master of Ontario District No. 41 1.0.O.F. As already noted, lawn bowling has long been Mr. Letcher's hobby. He is a member of the Port Perry Lawn Bowling Club, the Granite Club in Toronto and the club at St. Peters- burg Florida. He was in 1964 elect- ed president of the Provincial Lawn Bowling Association when British bowlers toured Canada, and for years he has been active on the Executive. He served as chairman of district No. 14 of the Association in 1949 and 1950, and in 1962 he was a member of the Canadian Lawn bowling. team which toured Great Britain. In 1964 he went with a group of Ontario bowlers to play in California. On August 8 he left with a group of Ontario bowl- ers who will tour Western Canada, returning on September Oth. © Mr, and Mrs. Letcher live at John and Mary streets in the village, Mrs. Letcher was the former Marjorie Mel- low, daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. James Mellow of Port Whitby. They spend the winter months in Florida. New Jail House To Be Built for Ontario County Announcement was made last week a new Ontario County jail would he built in Port Whitby. ~The new build- ing will replace a jail now more than 100 years old. It will be built on the west side of Byron St. S., on a five- acre lot between Victoria St. and the CNR siding. The three-story building will have a total capacity of 71 prisoners, includ- ing a provision for two death cells. Deputy-Reeve Stan Martin of the town of "Whitby, chairman of the county committee which is in charge of the construction of the new building, says that it is plannéd to construct and landscape the area in such a manner that it will have few appearances, if any, of a jail. : It is expected, he said, that when completed the building will have more the appearance of a hospital than a jail. When all landscaping is com- pleted, motorists on Victoria street 'which the jail will face, will be unable to detect the bars on the windows. Cells. will be located on three floors in the building. There will be 50 male cells; two male segregation cells; three overnight cells; two death cells; five male hospital section; 6 female cells; one female segregation cell and two- bed female hospital section. The governor's residence which at the present jail is part of the building, will be a separate building in the new plan. It will be located near Victoria Street, considerable distance from the jail. The walled exercise yard will be located at the rear of the new jail. Plans for the jail, expected to cost about $400,000, have been drawn up by Rounthwaite and Fairfield, arch- itects, of Toronto. 'As soon as work- ings drawings are completed, tenders will be called. Their plans call for a fully fireproof building designed so that future additions may be easily ac- commodated. The province of Ontario has pledged $200,000 towards the cost. The County of Ontario and the City of Oshawa will share equally the remaining cost. Several grand juries in the past have condemned the county's present jail, built to handle 29 prisoners. Their reports at/ one point stated that the jail had been forced to handle 44 pri- soners at one time. Plans for the present structure lo- cated on King St., at the rear of the county courthouse, have not been an- nounced. Appreciation Day Winner | Last Tuesday was a lucky day for Mrs. Sutcliffe 'when she had a 20% coupon drawn at the Port Perry Retail Merchant's Appreciation Day. She received a cheque for $107.76. Next week the draw will be held at the usual time in front of the Western Tire Store. The Treasure Chest will contain $4890.64 There is still a good chance for you to be the winner, 1a Wedding HOLDERSHAW-GRIBBEN Rev. H. A. Kennedy officiated at the wedding in Uxbridge Trinity United Church, of Mary Margaret Gribben to Earl Gordon Holdershaw, son of Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Holder- shaw, Saintfield. The wedding music was played by Mrs. Elsie Dobson. Miss Jean Stone, of Toronto, sang "The Lord's Prayer" and "Because, Given in marriage by Robert Harris of Uxbridge, the bride wore a balle- rina length gown of nylon tulle over satin, featuring a lace bodice and full skirt, Her finger tip veil was held by a coronet of pearls and she carried a bouquet of red roses. Her maid of honour was Marlene Forsythe with June Hill and Joan Kennedy as bridesmaids. They were dressed alike in ballerina length gowns of yellow nylon tulle and car- ried a bouquet of yellow roses. Bon- nie Bermack, flowery girl, was frocked in pale pink nylon and carried a nose- gay of yellow baby mums, . Keith Heron, of Wick, was grooms- man. The ushers were Robert Wal- son, of Holland Landing, Danny I. Gribben, of Wainwright, Alberta, The reception was held at' the United Church. Receiving for the bride ware her two aunts Misses Eunice and Mor- wenna Harris, of Port Perry. Miss Funice Harris was wearing a white and blue printed silk dress with pink hat and matching accessories; Miss Morwenna Harris in green and white silk dress with white accessories. Both wore corsages of pink roses. The groom's mother assisted wearing a grey taffeta dress with pink acees- sories and corsage of pink roses, The happy couple left on a w edding | trip to Vancouver, B.C. For going away the bride wore a navy blue sheath dress with white ac- cessories and corsage of red roses. N : - Of Many Things By Ambrose Hills FREIGHT & PIREMEN It seems to me the labor union hos- ses are acting pretty much like old- fashioned reactionaries these days. watching the fuss the railroad firemen are making because the CPR doesn't want to. pay wages to firemen to sit in diesel-powered engines and read comic hooks. Ap- parently a skilled fireman is about as useful on a diesel locomotive ag jeweller in a blacksmith shop. I've been Yet the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen ave fighting against any change" in employment. The railroad claims that by re-em- ploying displaced locomotive firemen in other useful railway work, it could reduce costs by five million dollars a year now, and by almost eleven mil- lions when all locomotives are diesel- | "ing public. powered. This saving does not seem to impress the union leaders at all. But a saving of millions without any logs of efficiency is certainly going to impress somebody who has to pay freight charges. And it will likely impress other railway workers who must earn their pay the hard way. It seems ridiculous that a fireman on a diesel, where there is no firing to do, can earn up to $10 a day -more than railroad agents who have really res- ponsible jobs. Most people would think that the friemen were nighty lucky that the railroad is not proposing to fire the lot of them. Instead, the railroad is perfectly willing to switch them over into other useful jobs. You do know about the Penny Draw, don't you? It is being sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary of the Com- munity Memorial Hospital and is their only money-making project for the summer months, In ease you don't know where to buy your tickets we might say that prac- tically every member of the Auxiliary is able to supply them. Almost every organization in our community has a representative in the Auxiliary, and if vou cannot locate your representative we know Miss Horvtop, (office of Greer & Kelly) will be able to fulfill your needs. The tickets come in sheets of twenty-five, and ave only 25c. per sheet. : For some days prior to the actual draw, which will take place in Sept., the prizes will be on display in the of- | fice of Greer & Kelly, but in the mean- time the photograph displayed here- with will show you what the prizes are like, and we enumerate them he- Wonderful Prizes for Women, Hospital Auxiliary Penny Draw low so that you will know the number of each prize. 1. Step Table 2. Blue Wool Blanket 3. Electric Coffee Percolator 4. Pillow Cases, hand worked 5. Electric Alarm Clock 6. Kenwood 'Blanket, blue 7. Television Lamp 8. ti-Months' Sub. 9. Flash Camera 10. Proctor Electric Toaster 11. Boy's Wrist Watch (could be ex- changed for girl's) 12. General Electric Steam Iron 13. Tricycle 14. $10.00 Voucher for Grocery Store, I.G.A. Port Perry. We are hoping to add two or more prizes to the above list Your tickets may all go into one con- tainer for a special prize, or you may divide them as you wish. Just drop your tickets into the container market for the prizes you desire to win. 1 Technological advances nearly al- But to fight advances in the stubborn way the Erotherhood of Locomotive Fire- men and Foginemen are doing is fool. hardy, indeed, and will win very little support or sympathy from the public. To cap it all, these men who now little than engineers' helpers ave asking for a pay boost to 2h, Furthermore, the threat of trike action has heen used, and Wil- liam Gamble, spokesman for the fire- men's union, has declared that a country-wide strike will be ealled it the union doesn't get what it wants from the Federat Conciliation Board. Surely this ill-timed threat and a foolish request, just when rail roads are fighting for their very lives ways pinch some one. such act as more is an against the unfair competition of huses, trucks and government air- lines. It is hard to understand why farmers, who are forever beefing a- bout freight rates, don't make a few vepresentations to the Conciliation Board on behalf of the freight-pay- Markham Oust Brooklin INTERMEDIATE Mavkham Aces, Brookhm Stevenzon Motors OASA Inter, AC" play- cazon and sat back to Jrooklin team march to an Ontario championship, gained their I'riday night when they shunted the defending Inter. "C" champions into the 1066 discard in the opening round, taking Friday night's game in Mark- ham 10-1, to sweep the series in two- SERIES bowed to in the fir-t who rownd of the downs last watch the straight games. 'MaFkham won the first game in Brooklin on Wednesday night by a 6-1 score. "Peggy" O'Neill went to the mound for Markham and came up with a bril- liant five-hit performance, while strik- ing out 13 batters. Don Mitchell with singles in the second and seventh in- nings, was the only Brooklin player to get more than one hit off O'Neill. Charlie Johnston singled to open the Oth inning, advanced on a fly to deep centre and scored after two out, with Brooklin's only run, when Neil Bram- ley, who had relieved Brown on the pitching mound in the 8th, came through with a two-bagger, Brown, on the mound for Brooklin, was hit hard and this plus shaky sup- port at the start, enabled Markham to trump up an carly 6-0 lead. They got three runs in the first on an error, single by Peteh and a homer by Atkin- son. Peteh doubled in the third and scored on a singlerby Raymer. Three hits and an outfield fumble produced two more runs in the fourth. In the fifth, Procenko in the 7th, two more hits and a single and Fowler homer- ed and pair of errors gave the Aces their final two runs. Bramley, eliey- ing in the 8th, fanned three of the five batters he faced and yielded only one hit. SP-- Peteh, hits, to lead his BROOKLIN 3h; Harper, 1b; rf; B. Mitchell, If; Brown, p; Mackie, rf; and p. MARKHAM M. Peteh, ss; Procen- ko, ef; Fowler, 2b; B. 'eteh, ¢; Atkin- son, 1b: Raymer, 3b; Holman, of; Markham catcher, had four team's attack. Croxall, ss; Johnston, B. Mitchell, ef; Woods, ¢; Owen, 2b; Gibson, Bramley, rf Young, If; O'Neill, p. " Remember Port Perry Fair, "Labour Day" wom to The Telegram os WE nt." SE an. Prat 2