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® «oy . citizens; THE PORT PERRY STAR BE i ald als Lali oii BNE Authorised as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa PORT PERRY, ONT, THURSDAY, FEB. 9th, 1961 $2.00 Per Yeo, Single Copy b¢ 1.0.0.F. News -- I "am sure that the members of Warriner Lodge and there were a good many, who journeyed to 'Oshawa the evening of Sat. , Jan, 28th, were not disappointed. The occasion being the annual District Banquet, honour- ing the Grand Master's Official Visit "to this area, The setting for this occasion being the Centre St. Unitéed Church. Our thanks go to the ladies for the sump- tuous supper served. Those of us who feel that the rural churches are the only ones capable of serving a real meal have had to modify our views. Great credit is due to Bro. Glen Wanamaker, District Deputy Grand Master who acted as host and M.C. for the evening, conducting the in- formal entertaining as befitting the occasion, Many of us were interested in hear- ing from a Grand Master whose years in Oddfellowship are comparatively | short, but whose zeal and capabilities left no doubt as to why he has reach- ed that high office. Grand Master, Bro. Ralph Yager, certainly in a different and construc- tive way showed why he is such an ardent Qddfellow. ° 1t would be no exaggeration to say that some. of his enthusiasm was con- tagious and we of the subordinate lodges should try and transmit some of that enthusiasm in our own lodges. The members of Warriner. Lodge are reminded that we are planning some special evenings in the future. The first being a Roll Call night with an Oyster Supper. More details in your bulletin. ' Rod and Gun Club The target shooting is now being conducted regularly on Thursday even- ings, and a good number of members, both Junior and Senior, are turning out to take full advantage of the new facilities, which are quite sufficient as to handle more shooters in their complete environment. All members, or personell interested in becoming such, are welcome to participate in this years schedule. (And boast of their marksmanship to fellow mem- bers, if they so desire). Take note, however, that on Thurs. day, Feb. 9th, the shooting schedule will be disrupted for, due to circum- stances beyond our control, it is necessary to hold the monthly meet- ing at 8:00 p.m. on this night. The more enterprising members are bring- ing pictures and slides that will be of interest to all members, so, reserve Thursday, Feb. 9th for the Club meet- ing, and see these worthwhile pictures. Also note that it is necessary that this meeting be held not in the reg- ular place but in the Court Room in the Municipal Building, Come out, I'm sure you'll not have a "trying" time. Port Perry Anyone * interested in joining the next "Gun Safety Course" and four- teen years of age or over is' asked to contact Ott Hamilton at their earliest convenience, for preparations are be- ing made for the next class. Remember everyone--without a--hunting . license, without this course will be unable to purchase your license, but with it, you may get your license at only 16 years of age, instead of the usual 16 year limit. IN OUR TOWN- We Were Disappointed! - Yes, to put it mildly, we were dis- appointed. Some people expressed themselves rather more: strongly on the subject: Everyone was looking forward to seeing Port Perry on CF- TO-TV last Sunday, but no one was __very happy with the coverage. tiful residential streets; do they bear too. much resemblance to Toronto su- burbs to be of interest to a TV au- dience? A million dollar highway project is being built on our door- step; it was not mentioned. We have an attractive. hospital and several Certainly we are proud of our his- torical past, and Mr, Grant Christie presented this aspect of our commun- ity very well; but we are very much a part of the present as well. We look forward to _a prosperous Future. Yet the. TV program made Port Perry ap- pear a quaint old village dreaming the days away with fond memories of past glories. We. were shown flash pictures of Lake Scugog, of a farm home and farm stock, of the ancient steam boats which have long since rotted away, of some of the older stores and very little reference was made to the modern town in any way. Yet we do have a very modern, up-to- date Municipal building; it was not shown. . We have two- fine modern schools; we did not see them on TV. We have a new curling arena; it was not shown. - A goodly number of mo- dern homes are located on our beau- We have a good sized hockey arena where the youngsters spend many happy hours; we have a poultry farm of considerable renown, a fur farm, a chicken processing plant, a bottling plant, lumber yards, bowling alleys and others 'which I may have aver- looked. We have a cabin park, and a lakeside park. "We have a business section which can hold its own with any town of similar size. ne We have a reeve in our town, and only common courtesy would make it seem essential to interview him on an assignment' which takes Port Perry before such a wide audience. Of course we realize' there is a time limit on such a program and it would be impossible to give us all the attention we would like--but surely a more representative - sampling could have been: shown. fine churches in our community, but only one church received attention. | I 0. D. E. ¥ The annual reports of the various secretaries of Scugog Chapter 1.0. D.E, showed the many facets of work accomplished by this organization: hampers at Christmas, sox for Kore- ans, adoption of a Greek child, scho- larships; donations to local and out- of-town projects, Tag days for the Port Perry hospital and C.N.I.B., and assistance voted to a local student to help with her tuition. After which, the following 'slate of officers were presented:-- Honorary Regent---Murs, W. H. Harris 2nd Hon. Regent--Mrs. Zula Jackson Regent--Mrs, H. Carnegie 1st Vice--Mrs. R. McNab 2nd Vice--Mrs, J. Porter Rec.-Sec'y--Mrs. E. 8S. Linstead Corr. Sec'y--Mrs. G. Rennie Treasurer--Miss M. Jarrett Educational Sec'y--Mrs, M. B. Dymond Services at Home & Abroad-- Mrs, W. T. Harris Echoes Sec'y--Mrs. D. C. MacMaster Empire Study--Mnus. I. R. Bentley Standard Bearer--Mrs. J. C. Whitby Councillors--Mrs. S. MacFarlane, Mrs. S. Beare, Mrs. John Murray, Mrs. A, E. Hodgson, Mrs, M. Beare. Business concluded; the retiring re- gent Mrs. S. Beare was presented with a sheaf of red roses in appreciation of her two years of hard-working leadership. Mrs. R. MacNab made the presentation on behalf of the members, id ; ~ Founder's Day of the Empire (I.O.D.E.) pbserves Founder's Day on February 13th, it will not only mark the sixty-first an- niversary of the Order but also iden- tify itself with the Arctic as being | the first women's national organiza- :tion to have a building project in the far north. During the past year the I.0.D.E. erected a community hall at fFrpvisher Bay. Plans are now under way for a second hall, this to be erected in the Western Arctic at Tuktoyaktuk. Organized in 1900 by Mrs. Clark Murray of Montreal, the. Order now has 084 chapters reaching from Yu- kon to Newfoundland, and is affiliated with chapters in Bermuda and the "Bahamas, the Daughters-of- the Bri- tish Empire 'in the United States and the Victoria League in England. Thirty-one thousand voluntary wo- men comprise the membership which "distributes 'approximately a million dollars annually. One-quarter of this amount ($260,- 000) is spent on education. During the past year 2,264 schools were as- sisted and 1649 scholarships, bursar- ies and grants were awarded. The interests of the Order recognize no boundaries, and from the project in the far north, they extend to the Fed- eration of the: West Indies and Brit- ish Honduras where seventeen schools were adopted in the year just past. From its First and Second War Me- morial- Funds, the L.O.D.E. provided thirteen overseas post-graduate scho- larships of $2,000 each and awarded sixty-eight bursaries in Canadian uni- versities to the value of Twenty-five When the Imperial Order Daughters bh * * Thousand, Two Hundréd Dollars ($26, 200), to children of Canadian war veterans. In the field of service, half a mil- liom is spent annually, Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000) in Can- ada, and One Hundred Thousand Dol- lars ($100,000) in supplies shipped to Europe, Africa, Korea and the West Indies. Thousands of knitted and sewn articles. of clothing and quilts are made by the members and distri- buted, and chapters have undertaken the sponsorship of destitute and re- fugee children, By its diversity of interests, the I.LO.D.E. offers a satisfying outlet to any woman who is a Canadian citizen or a British subject, and who would like to identify herself with a patriptic and at the same. time non-secterian organization. 1.LO.D.E. Announces the Short Story Competition Mrs. H. B, MacMahon, London, Educational Secretary and Mrs. W. L. MecFaul, Hamilton, Chairman of the Short Story Committee, announce to- day that the Provincial Chapter of Ontario, I1.O.D.E. will this.year offer a scholarship award for a short story. This is the fourteenth consecutive year this competition has been held and this year the value of the award is $200.00. The competition is open to writers, citizens of Canada resident in Ontario, -{ and-closes--April 30th, 1961. Professor G. C. Haddow, M.A. Head of Department of English, Mc- Master University, Hamilton, Ont., will be the judge for 1961. Contestants are advised not to sub- mit any manuscripts without first ob- taining printed conditions. These may be secured by writing to: "Provincial Chapter of Ont; 1.0.D.E,, 168 Jackson Street, West, Hamilton, Ontario. Baseball Meet-the- Champs Dinner The Port Perry Chamber of Com- merce as usual being interested in the "youth of our community are -honouring. the Port Perry Baseball Club, O.A.- S.A. All-Ontario Champions for 1960, with a presentation Dinner on Sat., Feb. 18th at the Flamingo Restaur- ant. Similar to the dinner held for the Hockey Club last July there will be a presentation to the players by Mr. J. Gibson, Reeve of Port Perry. For tickets contact the Chamber of Com- mérce Secretary, Howard Hall soon, as-only a limited number of tickets will be available. 85th Birthday Mr. James C. Crozier will celebrate his 85th birthday on February 8th. He has been a resident of Scugog:-tor the past .seventy years. He is in very good health and will spend the day quietly. PORT PERRY AS SEEN x Gi $3 =v se Ce FROM THE AIR The view on the Hight shows us Port Perry as seen from the Air . : the sires 'séction as it appears |The left hand pieture was taken after when approached from the East. The } circling around and coming in from dock- house has since been dismantled. | he South West. Bobbie Burns Supper Blue Ray Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star No. 288, excelled thein- selves recently, when they catered to nearly 160 guests at a "Bobbie Burns" Supper. This social event was held in the Masonic Temple in-the Banquet Hall which was tastefully decorated with the traditional Scottish Tartans and emblems of the dear old land. Among those seated at the head table were Mr, and Mrs. W. T, Harris; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Nottingham; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest White; Mr. Hugh Espie; Mrs. Jessie Robertson; Mr. "Jock" Simpson; Mrs. Alan Wilson and daughter Mrs. John Diamond; Mrs. "A, Williamson and Associate Patron Leonard Colbear. To open procedure in the usual tra- ditional manner the Haggis was piped in with the assistance of Mr. Alan Wilson of Oshawa and Mr. Ivan Me- Kinnon, of Seagrave, all dressed up in the complete Scotish Kilts to do honour- to this worthy morsel. Fin- ally the Haggis was escorted to the head table by "Sandy" Williamson, where the Worthy Patron of Blue Ray Chapter Hugh Espie, gave the address to The Haggis. After a bounteous repast, ably su- pervised by the Benevolent Commit- tee; a delightful program of versatile entertainment was presented. Singer and entertainer "Jock" Simpson, of Toronto, rendered several 1 numbers and jovially entertained with his anecdotes. An out-of-town mem- ber of the Eastern Star delighted everyone with her impromptu Stot- tigh solo; Three little dancers, Mar- tha Ann Lawrence, Beverley Rodman and Nancy Dymond, accompanied by their instructress, Mrs, Thomas Con- nelly, of Whitby, stole the show with their unique performance of the Sword Dance and Scottish Reels. Mrs. dered several beautiful solos among which were "Ye Banks and Braes of Bonnie Doon" and "Hame O' Mine". Mrs. Connelly, accompanied by Mrs. R. A. Phair, of Whitby, gave an out- standing demonstration of her clever- ness and talent in Scottish dancing at its best. > ~The prize for the best joke of the evening went to wee Nancy Dymond, daughter of Hon. Dr. M. B. and Mrs. Dymond. © To bring the entertainment to a close a. short skit, entitled {Bringing Home the Bride" was giv- en by Mrs. Joe Podres; Mrs: Robert Miller; Mrs. Keith Mark and Messrs. Danny Reesor and Ivan McKinnon. This hilartous little drama was well performed. Out-of-Town guests were present from Bowmanville; Oshawa; Sunder- land; Pickering; Whitby; Brooklin; and" Toronto. : Once again Robert Burns has been memorably honoured in befitting manner and Mrs. Jessie Robertson and her Benevolent - Committee are to be congratulated for the splendid man. ner in which this was accomplished, The proceeds from this project will be used for Benevolent work in and around this community. © L Scottish Major Oshawa fo P Chairman Irwin T. Ormiston of the Ontario County - Oghawa Suburban Roads Commission has been notified by R. E. Sims, P. Eng, Commission engineer, that approval for early ten- ; der call on major construction work on County Road No. 2, Oshawa to Port Perry, has been received. 1 Cost of the project is figured at about $200,000, and involves heavy grading and sight and line improve- ments on County Road No. 2 for three | ¢ miles south of Raglan to the end of the 1960 development near Columbus. . ( Feature of the 1961 job will be pro- vision of a bypass for hamlet of Rag- f lan, Winner of the contract will pre- pare that section of the road for pav- c ing in 1962, but a temporary dust- | j Greenbank | Fidelis Class The " Feb. meeting of the Fidelis Class was held in the Sunday School on Wed. evening, Feb, 1st. The mect- ing opened with quiet music. A' Hymn "More Love to Thee" was sung | © followed by a prayer by Muriel Tay- lor. A poem was read by Elsie Dob-! son "Victory". We then sang another Hymn "Happy the Home": The serip- ture Ist Corinthians 13:1-13 was read by Marie Real and Mathew 6:19-34 was read by Mary Real. The topic "What Do You Want Out of Life" was given by Muriel Taylor, followed by the Hymn "Lord in the Strength". The devotional closed with a prayer by Elsie Dobson, The meeting was turned over to our president Shirley Lee. The minutes were read and approved and. .the treasurer's report given. Shirley conducted the business. The meeting closed with "the mizpah benediction. A lovely lunch was served by the group in charge, Obituary ISAAC LESLIE MOUNTJOY t i t I e t I | le t t - Following _ an _illness of thirteen G home Blackstock on Thursday, Feb. 2 of Leslie Mountjoy. Born in Cartwright Township, Jan. 3, 1882 on the farm now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Neil Malcolm. The" deceased was the eldest son of Henry } and Sarah (Whitfield) Mountjoy, E Fifty-four years ago he married the | & former Maud McKee and they farmea | # whete Mr. and Mrs. Richard VanCamp |" now live until 1936 when they retired and moved into the village. Mr, Mount- | ® joy of a quiet retiring disposition was a faithful member of the Methodist and later United Church. . d He is survived by his wife, one brother Russel of Blackstock and one sister (May) Mrs. Henry Graham, | Toronto. One brother Norman pre- deceased him, Funeral service was held Feb. 4, at the McDermott - Panabaker Funeral | d Home and was conducted by his pastor | ¢ Rev. P. Romeril, with interment in Cadmus Union Cemetery. { The beautiful floral tributes gave silent evidence of the high esteem in which the deceased was held by a host of friends and relatives who gathered to pay their last respects.|s Pallbearers were Messrs. B, Mountjoy, | Ivan Mountjoy, Murray Byers, Carl|t Wright, Osmond Wright and Wilbert | f Werry t Friends and relatives attended the funeral from Toronto, Oshawa, St. Catharines, Bronte, Peterboro, Wark- | 1 worth, Darlington and = surrounding areas, a | Hilltop Herald |. - p Greetingsi-- n The Junior and senior boys basket- ball teams. are to be congratulated, because they have again been victori- ous. On Thursday, February 2, the junior and senior boys teams from Brock visited the home teams and the scores were 40-33 for the Port Perry Juniors and 54-50 for the Port Perry Seniors, The girls teams visited. Brock, and were not victorious, but played a good game. the year, which totals $529,700. This is for ton, Harry Peel of Port Perry, the vited many tops, 'onvention, will not be too much in it ag calorie ounting is the on Feb. we have a good night. ent to invite the hoping we sce ort Perry Road Project Worth $200,000 Tondor Call free and flexible top will be laid this year for the convenience of increas- ingly heavy traffic. Financing of 1961 work on Suburb- in Road No. 2, will call for most of Commission's budget for this nade up by a half-mill of Oshawa taxes and $567,646 by the County of Ontario. Members of the Ontario County- )shawa Suburban Roads Commission 1961 are, with Chairman Ormis- ther Ontario County appointee; E. Warne and Orville Eagle of Oshawa; ind Ray Ferguson of Uxbridge, the fifth member who was named by the county and city appointees at organ- zation, Town Band Assoc. Formed Pleasant memories of former times when Port Perry had its own brass and were recalled recently, when a necting was held in the local Muni- ipal Building to form a Town Band Association, . To encourage the local youngsters 1] acquire o practise were the. problems which ought together a Rroup of -interest- 'd citizens, Mr. Garry Tummonds,.originator.of he movement, was elected President, with Mr. John Ord, of musical renown, iis Vice-President. Mr. Wentworth Watson was instal- ed as Treasurer, and Mr. Frank God- ey as Secretary. In view of his connection with the former~Town- Band; Mr. Victor Stauf- fer was appointed an Honorary mem- er of the Band. Meeting nights, financial assistance, appeals for donations and invitations for younger potential "candidates for he Band were discussed, and it was decided to invite youngsters from age en upward to apply for membership. Those interested in joining are in- to contact the President Mr. ary © Tummonds. | TOPS News The T.O.P.S. Club held their meet- ing this week at the home of Joan lorris. ~~ The attendance was very rood with only one absent, and we re very glad to have a new member nd prospects of one more. Our iembership now stands At 14: which is not bad considering just two years zo this month the club was formed with only five. But I am afraid the girls are not oing-very well, as there are an awful lot of pigs and turtles and not too Due to this it was moved nd seconded to keep a calorie chart from: now on and any one who for- gets it will be fined 26¢. will go to the convention fund and be This money ivided up evenly at the time of the It is hoped that there to loose only way weight, Everything is ready for the dance A letter was Oshawa Club out. There are several posters up around own so be sure and look for them or full particulars. his paper. That is all for now folks and here's a lot of you on Feb, 1th at Manchester hall. C. U. Lighter, Mary Payne. } Curling season for the school- boy urlers 13 coming to a close, and the lay-offs are commencing. Monday ights scores were: Skip Jim Read won over Skip Bob Jemmett -- 7-4. Skip Jim Read won over Skip John Tomson -- 4-2, On Wednesday, February 1st, the band from Ajax High School favour- ed the student body, by playing sev- eral wonderful selections. : Don't forget "Drama Night" on Friday, February 24th at 8.16. ~--Nola Hunter. v3 Night, La Arena, Sat., March en oy musical skills, to provide - nstruments and training, and a place = 11th and all we hope is that Also an ad in. A a dom, A RN ARV ., nn Th RN AN Paar dae oo Any a EL J RE eS -- x - ded df