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re ------" 43335 THE PORT PERRY STAR pis . Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. w PORT PERRY, ONT. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1956 "| HEN * $2.00 per year. Single Copy Sc. November Wedding Mr. and Mrs. Ross Graham signing the register after their wedding in the of Local Inferest - ey LAY Port Perry United Church in Novem- ber. --Photo by Dave Enge Wedding GRAHAM - GIBSON In an afternoon ceremony at Port Perry. United Church, Hazel Isabel Gibson, daughter 6f Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gibson, became the bride of Ross Phillip Graham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Graham, all of Port Perry. * The Rev. Robert Wylie officiated. Given in marriage by her father, the bride was gowned in nylon net and lace over white satin with tiers of ny- lon net accentuating the back. Her veil was of white tulle bordered with white lace caught into a crown of lace, embroidered with sequins and pearls, and she carried white roses and pink rosebuds. She also wore a pearl choker which was the gift of the groom. The matron of honour, Mrs, Bill Williams (sister of the bride) and Miss Muriel Tummonds were gowned alike in paddy green velveteen with matching hats and gloves... Miss "June Hodgson and "Miss Elizabeth Drake were gowned in similar dress- es of cinnamon velveteen with mat- ching hats and gloves. They carried yellow mums in the shape of a has- ket and wore pearl chokers and ear- rings, gifts of the bride. 5% The flower girl, Heather Mark, neice of the groom wore a short white velveteen dress with matching gloves, and her head pieée and nosegay were of pink and white rosebuds. She wore a silver locket, gift of the bride. The ring bearer was George Gibson, brother of the bride, who wore white | flannels and navy jacket. His gift from the bride was a gold signet ring. The reception was held at the home of the bride's parents where the bride's mother received in toupe lace beige and silver lace over taffeta, with brown accessories, gray fur stole and a corsage of pink carnations. The groom's mother assisted wearing bronze brocaded taffeta with white accessories and a corsage of yellow carnations, The best man was Mr. Keith Mark, and the ushers were Mr. Bill Gibson, . brother of the bride, Mr. Art Gibson cousin of the groom and Mr, Allan Bond. Among the guests were the respective Grandmothers of the bride and groom, = ® Mrs, Grace Hastings rendered "The Wedding Prayer" and "Because", ac- companied by Mrs. H. Dobson at the organ, For travelling the bride chose a black and white tweed suit, trimmed with persian lamb, black and white accessories and a corsage of white roses, : : After a honeymoon trip to New York and several Ontario points the happy couple will reside in Pembroke, Ontario. Hospitalized Aiter Accident As Mrs. hugn luspie was returning nome arwer a shopping expedition in wown her car was suuck by a leaded catue truck dnven by mr, Kerr of Bethany. 'the actident occurred as Mrs. wspie crossed Scugog Street (Hwy. 7a) at Water Street to enter her driveway. Mrs, Kspie was thrown clear of the car and suffered a slight concussion and head lacerations, ar. nerr was not held, : ine wspie car was severely dam- aged, approximately $800 to $1000 be- tg the estimate, 'Lhe herr truck re- ceived only light damages, Fireside Service A Fireside Service will be held in the Sunday School room of the Sea- grave United Church this Sunday, Jan, 13th at 8.30 p.m. Invited to nt- tend this service are -the Young People of Greenbank, Sunderland, Little Britain, Port Perry and Sea- grave. The address will be given by Mr. J. Mills, of Little Britain, Every- one welcome. i Honeydale Women's Institute Mrs. Sam. Cawker, President, pre- sided over the monthly meting of the W.I. held on Thursday afternoon, January 3rd, in the Parish Hall. Mrs. Nelson Williams, Secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting which were adopted and the communi- cations and bills relative to new busi- ness. The sum of ten dollars was donated towards the mentally retavd- ed training programme at Ajax. Mrs. Diamond reported on sick calls and Mrs. Brunton requested that the clothing for Save the Children Fund should be donated within the next two weeks and left at her home for de- livery. ' Convenerg reporting were: Mrs. Fines; Mrs. Moase and Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Bryant gave an account of the Cancer Dressing work. 1372 assorted pieces have been made and delivered. Work is at a stand still due to short- age of material for bandages. Will anyone having used white material kindly donate same. Mrs, Cawker invited the members "to her home on the afternoon of Jen. 17th, (3-5 p.m.). The February meeting will be at Mrs. Honey's and will be followed by a Pot Luck supper. At the close of the business session Mrs. E. Kennedy and Mrs. Cawker sang a duet. A short skit on New Year's Resolu- tion to visit the sick was presented by Mrs. Moase, Mrs, Young and Mra. Smeltzer, Mrs. Moases group served refresh- ments, "Gamblers" Win 1 Two Games The O.R.H.A. hockey schedule got got under way last week and the Ho Greenbank-Sunderland "Gam- blers" got off to a flying start by winning their first two league games. In Sunderland arena on Wednesday night, the "Gamblers" downed the Sutton "Greenshirts" by a score of 12-4. Jack Owen played a terrific game in goal for the "Gamblers" and Jack Anderson led thé attack with four goals, while Ron Wallace and en Mark picked up 2 each. Bill Brad- bury, Tip Vipond, Johnny Hogg and Bill Gibson with a goal each completed the scoring. In Kirkfield on Saturday night, the surprising Kirkfield team, who have veel strengthened this year by sev- eral players from Beaverton, fought right down to the wire before losing with about ten minutes to go in the game the was tied at 1-1. Then Bud :fcard scored on a blistering shot from the blue line to make the score 2-1 for the "Gamblers". A minute later Glen Till went through the entire Kirkfield team, circled the goal,~and fed a pass out to Mert McKee who blasted it into the goal. Johnny Hogg and Ken Mark added 2 each before the game ended and the final score read "Gamblers" 6, Kirkfield 1. This Wednesday night the Keswick "Comets" are the opposition at the Sunderland arena, and the "Gamblers" travel to Sutton on Friday night for a return game with the "Greenshirts"; "Gamblers" entertain 'the Woodville "Maroons" at Sunderland arena, and 'her journey to Keswick on I'riday agi wid to Coboconk on Saturday night. The "Gamblers" have a very colour- ful team this year so come on out to the Sunderland arena and see them in action, 446 Calls Per Person In Canada For the fourth consecutive year Canada outranks all other countries in the number of telephone conversa- tions per person, averaging 446 per' capita, This is considerably ahove the United States, the second-ranking country, with 409 conversations per person. Canada's calling rate is ex- ceeded only in two U.S. territories-- Alaska and Hawaii. Canada again ranks third in the number of telephones in use. At tho beginning of 1956, there were 4,149,- 300 telephones in service in this coun- try, according to figures released by The Bell Telephone Company of Can- ada; The United States had 56,243,- 200 telephones in service and the Uni- ted Kingdom 6,879,600, at the same date. ' In the statistics for the number of telephones per hundred persons, the United States leads the countries of the world with 33.7, Sweden is second with 30.4 and Canada third with 26.2. Nearly 76 per cent of the telephories in Canada are dial operated. There were approximately 101 mil- lion telephones in the world at the begining of 1956, or two telephones for every one in existence 10 years previously. A person in Canada could call any of 97 million of the world's telephones located in more than 130 other. countries and. territories. Leading city in the world for tele- phones is New York City, with 3,927,- 421 in service on January 1, 1956. Second-ranking city is Greater Lon- don, with 2,020,000 telephones in ser- vice. In Canada, Montreal leads with 522,295 telephones, followed by Tor- onto with 449,634. * The information contained in "The World's Telephones', compiled by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, requires about a year to tabulate from the reports of more 'than 250 governments and telephono companies throughout the world. CCF Wants State Intei'vention OTTAWA--CCF Commons members suggested the appointment of a gov- ernment controller to direct imme- diate resumption of work on the CPR unless the tieup on the system is end- ed promptly, ~ | glected to report. Then on Wednesday, Jan, 16, the Hilltop Herald Homemakers 45 Gallons Per Minute Natural Flow mn HOUR TEST SHOWS AMPLE : -- WATER SUPPLY FOR VILLAGE Relief Fund At $365,306 Contributions to the Canadian Hun- garian Relief Fund now total $365,306, The figure represents 73.06 per cent of the national objective of $500,000. ..Fund officials are urging commit- tees throughout Canada to report their collections as soon as possible as they believe many areas have ne- G. S. Thorvaldson and G. G. Tem- esvary, co-chairmen of the appeal, stated conttibutions over the holidays were up considerably over previous weeks but stated the fund objective must be achieved or over-subscribed if Canada is to do her share of the massive relief operation in Austria and Hungary. They emphasized all contributions to the Canadian Hungarian Relief Fund will be used to assist Hungarian refugees in Austria and Hungary. The fund is* being administered by the Canadian Red Cross Society. Contributions may be. sent to the Canadian Hungarian Relief Fund, 95 Wellesley Street Kast, Toronto, or to any Canadian Red Cross Branch. The Port Perry High School stu- dents and staff would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. Back to school after the Christmas holidays and now gracing our halls is a new teacher in person of Mrs. Grace Milne, temporary Iinglish teacher. Busier than gver is the Cafeteria, putting forth two complete hot meals a week on Tuesday and Thursday in place of the one on Wednesday which. should certainly please all. Basketball is the much spoken and thought of word these days as the Teams of both boys and girls (junior, senior, bantam boys) prepare for the Pictured above is the 10 inch pipe at the top of the new well for Port Perry. It is situated just two miles south of town. on the Oshawa Road on the Stanley Robinson property, The flow of water seen in the picture is natural flow (45 gals, per minute), Early--in the year a pump house will be erected on the site, --Port Perry Star photo. Appointed Manager APPOINTED MANAGER: D. B. Wallace, who was born in Halifax, N.S., and graduated in arts from Aca- dia University, Wolfville, N.S., has been appointed manager of the Cana- dian Pacific 'Railway's department of public relations. Mr. Wallace has been assistant manager of the depart- ment since cits formation in 1945. Following his graduation from Acadia University he served with the Halifax Chronicle; the Canadian Press and the Financial Post and received his M.A. in economics from the University of Basketball tournament of 1957 which | Toronto in 1934. takes in High Schools from the sur- rounding district. This Friday will be the first big game with the Whitby girls playing our Port Perry girls and the Port Perry boys playing the Whitby Boys in the Whitby gym. There to keep their morals high will be the Cheerleaders of 1957. May the best team win! . ~--Mary Lynn Hodgins, The homemakers met at the home of Mrs. Ploughman on Dec. 29th with eight girls present. The meeting op- ened with 'O Come All Ye Faithful', followed with the Lord's Prayer. It was decided to buy scrap books, The girls that completed the unit the "Cereal Shelf" received their sterling silver spoons. Mrs. Samells gave our interesting lesson on 'House or Week-end Parties'. Next meeting, Jan. 12th at Gloria Robertson. Roll Call---Something 1 have learned from entertaining at a formal afternoon tea. Christmas gifts were then exchanged. The girls then entertained their mothers to afternoon tea, We were very pleased to have Mrs. Boundey and Mrs. Rodman, our former leaders. Members remember to gather ma- terial for reference files. Pictured above is Mrs. Ross Graham and her attendants following the, Nov. wedding, Reading left to right her attendants are Misses June Hodgson, Muriel Tummonds, Mrs, Bill Williams | of Port Perry. During the past seven or cight months the village has been makiyg test drillings to locate & new and sufficient water supply, Many thou- sands of dollars have been spent in this search as it is essential that a larger supply of water be found to provide for the quickly growing needs of this village. The drilling was done by Goodberry Company. The best sites found in this search were near the Oshawa road just south One on Earl Martyn's property looked good 'but was found ter drilling was made on Stanley Rob- inson's land, at a spot about two A three inch pipe was first put down and a large enough quantity of water was found that a ten inch pipe was driven down. Last week a 72-hour United Church | Women's Assn, The Jan. Mecting of the Port Perry United Church Women's Association was held Wed., Jan. 2nd, in the Sun- day School room, with.a small atten- dance. The new President, Mrs. W. A. Jackson in the chair. 7 Thee meeting was opened by the Devotional, in charge of Mrs. S. Caw- ker's group; Mesdames Colbear, King and Ploughman participating. The minutes were read by the Sec. Mrs. G. M. Williams, and approved. Mrs. J. C. Taylor (retiring treasurer) gave a very gratifying financial re- port. Reports were given hy two groups, Mrs. "W. A. Jackson's and Mrs. S. Cawker's. Mrs. Smallman,- visiting and Christian fellowship convener, re- ported 393 house calls on sick, shut- ins, and new comers, had been made hy members during the past year. During the business session it was decided our project for 1957 would be the refurnishing of the Parsonage. The Vanilla has been disposed of, and our new 48 cup coffee urn was on display at the mecting. The various committees were ap- pointed for the ensuing year. A do- cision that each group be responsible for floral decoration for the church, for two months, during the coming year was made. Letter of appreciation is, to be cent to Miss G. Davis, covering her years of untiring effort, in connection with the flowers for the church. Meeting closed with the Song", followed by prayer. "Theme A very, delicious lunch was served by Mrs. O'Neill's group, and a social official test was made and an average | of about 215 gallons per minute was pumped (at times it went as high as 226 and never dropped below 205 gals.) In the course of this test over one million gallons of water were pumped. Examinations shows that the water in this new well contains just half as much iron as in the well now in use, Present well unfiltered sample, | miles south of the village boundary. cd at the J son of the late Mr Tron Fe) 0.64 per million; new well, Sa parts per million. It is the intention of the Council to bring this water supply in an ecignt not sufficient after longer tests. La. 0 PPC directly intd the 6 inch main at Lilla Street. A Pump house will have to be ereet- well, the mains laid and other details attended to before the water supply is available to the vill- age. When the final arrangements have been made the old well will be put in repair. ' Obituary A. RUSSELL HOOD On Dee. 31, 1956 there entered into rest at "the Port Perry Community | Hospital, A. Russell Hood, in his 71st year. Born in Scugog Township on July 3, I88G, the deceased was the only and Mrs, Peter eption of the last Ne~was spent on Hood. With the_ey two yeass, al Scugog Island== On Feb. 12, 1913, he was married to Mabel May Crozier, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Crozier. She predeceased him in Oct., 1954. George Mr. Hood led an active life being especially interested in Church community affairs. At the his death he was a steward of Seugrogr United Church. and time of I'or many Tie served the Township in the capacity of councillor years and later as Reeve where he gave un- stintingly of his time and effort. A staunch Conservative, he took a keen interest in all political affairs, On Nov. 3, 1956 he was married to Mrs. Mable Ashbridge, and settled in the village of Prince Albert. vivedl by three daughters, Audrey (Mrs. Elmer Lee) of Port Perry; Jean (Mrs. Ralph Laing) of Oshawa; Joy (Mrs: John Ballard) Port Pervy; Glen of Seugog; a step- daughter Mrs. Chas. Harrison of Tor- of one son onto, and a step-son Don. Ashbridge of Scugog. The funeral service was held at 2 pane, Thursday, Jan. 3 at the Me Dermott-Panabaker Funeral Chapel, conducted by Rev. J. K. Braham, as- sisted by Rev. Ro Wylie. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince half hour spent. 3 p 1 RE 4 OH I (sister of the bride) and Miss Elizn- beth Drake, Little Miss Heather Mark is the flower girl and Master George Gibson the ring bearer. Mrs. Gra- ham fis the former Isabel Gibson, Albert, Ontario. daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J. J. Gibson, The Groom "is Mr. Ross Graham, son of Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Graham, all of Port Perry, v~--Photo by Dave Enge HOCKEY - Saturday, Jan. 12, Lindsay vs. - -- Brooklin, Game Time 8.30 p.m. Besides his wife, Mr. Hood is sur- Ein Tn, A 8 RA Pr ea Bio di sd ( 1 \ \ Re i ci on Auk bul, nt FO 0 BY Ray wi gi w v i $ ¥ fet es L