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Port Perry Star (1907-), 7 Nov 1957, p. 1

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} a --T------ i " ® .:. ¥ el Al #35 3 » BA rs fits cx tere E PORT PERRY STAR pexre Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. PORT PERRY, ONT., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, 1957 $2.00 per year. Single Copy 6c. Recently Married in Seagrave and Mrs. Mr. were married in Seagrave United Don Wallace who Church, The bride is the 'Marion Forster daughter of Mr. and | former {and Mrs. "Jesus". Mrs. Jack Forster of Blackwater. The bridgroom is the only son of Mr. Lloyd Wallace of Port Perry. Reverend McNeil officiated. Hospital Auxiliary - Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Women's Hospital Auxiliary was held on Tues- day evening, October 29th, in the Pub- lic Library, The meeting was opened by prayer, and the President, Mrs, M. B. Dymond, after the reading of the monthly reports, made a: few timely remarks regarding the work of the Auxiliary, particularly as to the cost of maintaining the linen supply at the hospital. She also paid tribute to the mending committee, a small:group of women who. give: of their time and efforts, without recompense, to keep the hospital linen in repair. The treasurer's report-was read and accepted, after which Mrs. Bell read the slate of officers for the year just commencing: President--Mrs. M. B. Dymond 1st Vice-Pres.--Mrs, S. iRodman 2nd Vice-Prep.--Mrs. B. Wanamaker Rec. Secretary--Mrs, 'Wm, Chapman Cor, Secretary--Mrs. L. Martyn Treasurer--Mrs, D. Crozier Mrs. Dymond, who has been Presi. dent of the Auxiliary since its incep- tion five years ago, was presented with a bouquet of flowers, and thank- "ed for the outstanding work she has done in the Auxiliary. Mrs. Dymond paid high tribute to Mrs. Falconer, a Toronto lady, who recently passed to her reward. Mrs. Falconer was a widow who summered near Port Perry; she was. greatly. in- terested in our Auxiliary and was continuously making "talent money" and sending it to us. . Just béfore she died, about a month ago, she handed Mrs. Dymond a handsmade quilt which. she said might be of use: to-us in raising more funds, 'As yet we have not made plans for the sale of it. He were glad to have present at the meeting Mr. Joseph Dowson,.the Chairman of the Hospital Board, and he was good enough to make a few remarks in his usual gracious man- ner. Following the business we were fa- vored with a duet by Mrs. Tobin and Mrs. Abrahams, of Seagrave. The sisters sang together beautifully, and they also sang a second duet at the close 'of the speaker's: address. The speaker of the evening was Mr. George Wilson, of Oshawa, Immediate Past President of the Oshawa Branch of the Retarded Children's Assocla- tions of Ontario. Mr, Wilson spoke ~about the work being done for retard. ed children (children and young adults whose intelligence quotient is below 650%). most of us: know very: little, and Mr. esting and most informative. The at- sents to hear this address. foundly interesting; he could have he did without tiring anyone. address light refreshments were ser- past 'year, but the needs are still many, so we are starting another year's work with whole-hearted en- thusiasm. The hospital belongs to the worked for it, and got it, but the lower than most hospitals) so "the Auxiliary is counting on the continued support of the public, without which we could not possibly carry on. Hospital News One of the most important events of the hospital year is the annual Con- vention wich is held at the end of each October. This year the 33rd an- nual Convention was held at the Royal York" Hotel, Toronto, and our=local COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPI- TAL, Port Perry, was represented by Mrs. Kathleen Hook, Superintendent, Mrs. E.-Jean Gray, Assist. Supt., and Mrs. Doris Watson, Secretary-Treas, Many phases of hospital services were discussed in Section meetings and General Sessions, particularly with reference to the néw Ontarip Health Insurance programme that comes into effect on January 1, 1959. Our hospital is constantly striving for the welfare of the Community and the good of its patients. Notice fo Advertisers Please take note that due to the volume of advertising now Scugog Homemakers Third Meeting 3 On Wednesday evening, October 23 seven girls met for the third meeting of the unit "Sleeping Garments". We opened by singing one verse of the hymn "What a Friend we have in This was followed by repeat- ing the Lord's Prayer in unison. The minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted. The roll call was answeresd by each girl present. A report on home assignments was also given, Roll Call for next meet- ingd-The type of finish I will use on my sleeping garment, All business was discussed. It was decided that our next meeting be held on Saturday morning, Nov. 2nd at Mrs. Ploughman's home at 9.30 a.m. Mrs. Samells and Mrs. Ploughman took over the meeting giving talks and demonstrations on "Using the Pattern, Marking the Garment Pieces, French Seam and Lapped Seam'. *: Each girl made a sample of the seams to be placed in her record book. The meeting closed by repeating the 4H Pledge. A delicious lunch was served in the kitchen. The hostess was thanked by Elizabeth. ! Fourth Meeting On Saturday morning, Nov. 2nd at 9.30 a.m. the girls met at Mrs. Stan. Ploughman's. This meeting consisted of placing the pattern of the sleeping , garment on the materials, In the absence of the president for the beginning of the meeting the past president took the chair. We. open- ed by singing one verse of 'Blest be the Tie" which was followed by re- . peating the Lord's Prayer in unison. This is a subject about which read and approved. maintenance costs are high (although. being received it will be neces- office on Tuesday, at 4 p.m. in order to insure space. Lsary to. have. advertising in. the! | This was followed by repeating the 4H Pledge. ' The minutes of last meeting were Next meeting will be held at Mrs. Geo. Samells on Wilson's address was intensely 'inter- November 12th at 6:45 p.m. The six girls present answered the tendance was larger than usual, but' roll call which was "The type of finish it is a.pity more people were not pre: I will use on my sleeping garment". The sub- Roll Call for next meeting--One pat- ject is dear to Mr. Wilson's heart and tern alteration I have learned to make his remarks were moving and pro- and how it is done. The girls then worked on the placing talked at much greater length than and pinning of their patterns on the ) | material. At the conclusion of the speaker's juniors with difficulties. Mrs. Ploughman helped the ved and a social halEhows enjoyed by u . al Rabies in Muskoka The Auxiliary members feel they | accomplished a great deal during the has been identified in a dog at Hunts- Ottawa, November 1, 19567--Rabies ville, in the district of Muskoka, Ont. , Investigations conducted by veterin- ary officers of the Canada Department of Agriculture indicate this to be the public -- they needed it, wanted it,| only case in the area to date, but fur- ther investigations are continuing. As in previous outbreaks, the res- ervoir of infection is in the wild life. The dog at Huntsville had 'been 'in contact with a fox before contracting the disease. : " Hunters going into Muskoka are urged to have their dogs immunized against rabies before taking them in- to the area.' . . 'DAUGHTER by Hallowe'en Night By Jimmy Taylor Publicity"given to Port Perry over the Halloween Shenanigans that went on was "Completely Uncalled For" in the words of Chief of Police A. Men- zies, "The total damage done in the town would not exceed $25.00, and af- ter a complete and careful investiga- tion I am convinced that the hydrants that were turned on were not turned on by our local teen-agers". This article is being written for the express purpose of telling the true story of Halloween Nite. We feel it is necessary because of the widespread and very harmful publicity given this community and Port Perry Teenagers by the Oshawa and Toronto papers. A retraction will be printed in the Oshawa paper, quoting this writer and Chief Menzies, Anyone knowing the history of Port Perry Teen Town will know that it has not been an easy job to keep Teenage enthusiasm from erupting at the wrong time, and if guilty, we'll take whatever punishment is coming. Unfortunately, the repor- ter to the Times Gazette (we under- stand it is one of our own members), let his enthusiasm get away from him, telling . one story, while completely ignoring another and -bigger story. This story would have told about the Teen Town Ball Club Dance the same night, the first dance to be held at the Public 'School in Port Perry on a Halloween Nite and termed very suc- cessful by Principal Roy Cornish and members of the Port Perry Public School Board. The story of this dance is in another part of this paper. The firemen did turn their hoses on the kids, (without too much time spent in good aiming) and seemed to be having more fun than the kids, who only wanted to play a tune on the fire siren. © A small car was turned on its side, a privy was burned and a few bags of feed were scattered on the road. If the adults of Port Perry would look back to their Halloween Nites and be honest with themselves, I am sure they would say things could have been worse. We have a good bunch of teenagers in this community, and, like every other organization, a few reb- els, who, in their better moments make very good leaders.-. Because of the harmful publicity given by out of town newspapers, their attitude now is "If we have the name, we might just as well get the game". This is wrong. Help us to change it. Any weakness in the teewagers of Port Perry (and this is only ur per- sonal feeling) is directly connected with lack of Parental help and under- standing. Many parents feel they "Haven't Got The Time" to help out as chaperones for dances, bowling, etc. We know because we have phoned as many as twelve to get one couple. Would you help YOUR SON or YOUR REMEMBERING WHEN YOU WERE A TEENAGER. Their problems aren't too much dif- ferent than yours were. If this article makes it hard for you parents to hold your tempers, so much the better, If T have to get you | Hilltop Herald Last week the school was visited by our district inspe¢tor Mr. Johnson. He toured the school and sat in on at least one class of every grade. The more observant 'students will recall how the teacher's composure slipped momentarily as he or she was waiting for the answer to a question. Most Grade 9 students were petrified but others, to whom he spoke, found him friendly and understanding. As it was promised last week, we have a complete report on our maga- zine selling. Carol Beare, acting as See.-Treasurer did a splendid job dur- ing the campaign. Our objective of $1000 was not quite reached as re- ceipts totalled $961.30 of which the school received $868.26 but to make up the remainder, a one day "blitz-drive" will be staged on. November 18th. The three top salesmen for the six days were: David Milne, Eric Lane, and Barbara Grass, Top salesmen for each day were: Eric Lane, Margaret Postill, Barbara Grass, Gerald Read- er, Marion Martyn and David Milne. The grade selling the most subscrip- tions was 11A who will.be treated to an ice-cream party, their home-room teacher Mr. Baxter will receive either chocolates or flowers, Captain of 11 A, Miriam Harris will receive a Brownie camera kit. The mystery prize which built up over the six days to $12 was won by Dale Lowcock. All prizes were provided by the Curtis Publishing Co. Please keep in mind November 18 last day of campaign and Remember Kids--sell 1 subscrip- tion each and we'll be successfully "over the. top". A few "extras" have been added to our regular activity periods. Conver- sational German, with Mrs. Von Hau- sen is to start presently. The choirs have begun practice and a new system, which permits any mu- sic enthusiast (regardless of grade) to take part. Mr. Litt is in charge of the boys while Miss McFadyen su- pervises the girls. We now have two assemblies a week. On Tuesday morning for the juniors and Thursday morning for the sen- iors. After devotionals Mr. MacDon- ald "briefs" us on recent happenings and events to come. We find it quite an essential exercise at school. A tournament of inter-grade foot- ball is being played at moons. Mr. Cole is promoter of this activity. Games played and scores are as fol- lows: On Monday, October 28th 9G was beaten by 10G with a score of | 19-0. On Tuesday, October 29th, 13 won over 11G 7-6. On' Thursday No- vember 1st, 10A wan over 9A 13-0. Intra-mural volleyball has begun. On Monday "A" team (captain Kaye Hastings) won over "B" team (cap- tain Carol Huntley) with a score of 30-20. --Darlene Christie mad to get you interested so be it. What we are interested in is having your help, rather than you just drift- ing with the tide. Come in, phone or write, give me YOUR IDEAS and help to make Port Perry a better com- munity in which to live. Friday night, October the 25th, the |X new Memory Hall was officially open- ed by the Honourable Dr." M. B. Dy- mond, member of the Provincial Par- liament, and newly appointed minister for the Department of Reform Insti- tutions. Dr. Dymond in his opening remarks said he felt honoured by having the opportunity of opening the new and beautiful hall and that his close con- nection with many members of the community as a family doctor had made him feel a part of them, He told the audience present that the first hall was built in 1899 and presented to the community as a gift by the late Mr. Thomas Horn who owned the farm next to the hall. "The name, Memory Hall," said the speak- er, "is a splendid one." When Mr. Horn presented the hall to the community, his only stipulation wag _that church and school activities could be held free of charge. The minister mentioned by name the different groups who had made use of the hall up through the years and praised the various projects which had taken place there during the war years. He commended the community on the fine public spirit they had shown from the day of cleaning up after the fire until the completion of the beau- tiful hall, of which they had all reasons to be very proud. Mr. Jerry Nelson introduced Dr. Dymond and Mr. Fred Wilkinson in a short address thanked the guest spea- ker for honouring the community by taking time out from his busy sche- dule to open the new hall. Present for the occasion, also was Warden of Ontario County, Mr. Mor- ley Bain, reeve of Scott Township, who brought greetings from the other 'members of county-council. M.C. during the evening was the building committee chairman, Mr. Ralph Wilbur, who with the assist- ance of Chester Geer, as treasurer, and Bruce Bailey, as secretary, have looked after the administrative part of the building. 1 80'x72' structure, Mr. Geer told the Press previous to labour had been given by the members of the community and by the surroun- "ding farmers, since the footing was ' poured a year ago. This is a tremendous effort in itself, but money was needed to build this $3,000 was realized through: the fire insurance, a grant from the provincial government in the amount of $2,285 gave the building fund another boost and the balance of about $4,000 has been raised through activities and donations in , the community. "Built on concrete foundation, the cement block building has a full size basement, and the interior upstairs has wood panelling on the lower half of the walls and masonite panelling on the upper half. The floor is of beautiful gleaming hardwood, and at the one end a stage is built. tay A capacity audience was at Utica Memory Hall for its official opening fire in April, 1966 and members of the community soon banded together to make plans for a new one, The new | by dint of hard work and community | were present. on Oct. 26th. The old hall was lost by | hall is a very fine one and a concrete | spirit. the meeting that 8,000 hours of free- Hon. Dr. Dymond Officially Opens New Utica Memory Hall Ww After the official opening ceremony a dance was held. Later a draw was made for a pure- bred Holstein calf, donated by Suther- land Bros., local farmers at Utica. The winner was a six-year old boy, from Dunbarton, George Johnston, who had been given the ticket by his uncle, "Buz" Johnson, Siloam. Mont. gomery's Orchestra entertained dur- mg Lhe evening aud played Lor the dance. The ladies of the community provided refreshments for the nearly 400 who attended. -------- Boy Scouts Mothers Auxiliary Yes, a month has nearlly rolled a- round since our last meeting at the home of Mrs. N. Kerry. The atten- dancé was lower than usual owing to the "flu" making itself welcome in various homes. Mrs. Edenborough, the president, opened the meeting in the customary fashion, also welcomed the new la- dies present. Mrs. Beacock, sec'y, read the minutes, plus a thank-you note from Wayne Craig. Mrs. Gib- son, treas. reported on finances. Mrs. J. Cook, flower convenor announced sending out one bouquet and five get- well cards. Rough plans were boiled up regarding the weddings and ban- quets booked. Thanks to the indivi- duals who liberally dished out their "castaways" therefore the attempt proved worthwhile. President stres- sed as many as possible strive to at- tend "Annual Scout Meeting" follow- ing night, which stirred up a brief lunch talk for this event. Well Apple-Day has come and gone. We feel deeply grateful to Dr. Arm- strong and Rev. Fuller who each gave of their time and effort in consenting to act as judges for the many beau- tiful decorated baskets and lovely posters. Perhaps the readers would be in- terested in learning the names of the winners in this part of the Scout Mo- vement, Scout Poster-- First prize to Donald Beacock; with Grant Tummonds second. Scout basket-- First to Ronnie Kennedy with David Milne taking second place. Cub basket-- Lonny Mark won first; Robert Wal- ker was owner of second. The meeting closed by all members repeating Scout Mizpah. Dainty lunch was served by Mes- dames Long, Smith and Pickard. Mrs. Lloyd Hunter has graciously offered her home for next meeting. Lets go eh! MINOR HOCKEY i Minor Hockey players will practice on this Saturday at the same times as last Saturday. example of what can be accomplished | the hall and the large audience who The photo shows a section of | Dr. On the left is the Hon, M. B. Dymond, who. was guest Exhibition speaker at the opening ceremonies. Following the speeches a draw was made and a calf won by a young boy. (Photos. 'courtesy of Uxbridge Times) Hockey, BROOKLIN vs. PARRY SOUND, Nov. 15 FA 2s 4 AN na ars eA S32 oi re Gans ag Bled

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