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5 Fo ene SIRI TL SRE SR | Cet SEL SRE 3 f f BERLIN NTR dad atin sdrdad sly Lom 4 THE PORT PERRY STAR I T Authorized as Second Class fail, Post Office Department, Ottawa PORT PERRY, ONT., THURSDAY, MARCH 9th, 1961 $2.00 Per Year, Single Copy 6¢ RECEIVES HER GOLD CORD Monday evening, February 27, 1961, will always remain foremost in the memories of Guide Margaret-Anne Witherspoon, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J, K. Witherspoon of Man-. chester, Ontario. Margaret - Anne received, in the presence of her fellow Guides, Brown- ies, her family, friends and neigh- --bours, her-gold-cord, a symbol-of the highest achievement to be obtained in Girl Guides. Margaret-Anne is- the sixth Guide in. a period of fourteen years of Guiding in Port Perry to receive this coveted award. This happy occasion was held in the Church of the Ascension, North Street, Port Perry of which Margaret- Anne is a member. Following the opening processional hymn, "Onward Girl Guides, Qwnard" and the National Anthem the Colors were presented by Eunice Roach and Karen Mark, assisted by guards Susan MacMaster, Gerri Cooper, Beverley Dymond and Judy Dagenais. Mrs. Arnold Roach, District Comm- E. W. Fuller, B. A. , L.Th, of Church of the Ascension. After the closing hymn "In Christ there is no East or West", the standard bearers retired with the colors, The congregation Joined in singing "O Canada" and the blessings of the Church were, given by Bishop Hunt. a reception was held at the home of Mrs. Witherspoon of Manchester. The tea table was most attractive with a unique floral arrangement flanked by candelabra and centred on an antique lace cloth. Mrs. Leslie McDonald and Mrs. Donald Milne presided at the tea table and were assisted by Guides Margaret Terrett, Nola Hunter, Ruth Milne and Donna Heayn. The Guide and Brownie Mothers Auxiliary were hostess to over fifty guests. Among the honoured guests were Division. Commander Mrs. Clarence issioner of Scugog Division, acted as! mistress of ceremonies 'and after ex- tending a warm welcome to everyone, lled upon Guide Betty Badour to re-- Co ano nt hiesentas pan - y y , was ing at the Toronto Cricket, Curling "and Skating Club, and plans to follow peat the Guide Laws. This was succeeded by the Brownie Prayer repeated by the Guides, which was followed by everyone repeating the --Lord's--Prayer.------=~- i | After the Guide Hymn, "God Who Touchest Earth With Beauty" was sung, three Brownies, Sandra Johns, Brenda Webster and Janice Williams gave the ceremonial salute to a Gold Cord Guide. - Guide Margaret-Anne Witherspoon was presented with the Gold Cord by Mrs. Frank Godley, Area International Commissioner. : ' Other presentations were: The solid gold trefoil 'guide pin, presented by Mrs. Leslie McDonald, chairman of the Local Association; a sterling silver guide coffee spoon presented by Guide Catherine Jefford on behalf of 1st. Company and Guide Lynne Beare made a presentation of a cultured pearl necklace on behalf of the 2nd. Company, Margaret-Anne was the re- cipient of many other useful and-per- sonal gifts among which was a gold- embossed white leather bound Bible. An inspiring address was given by | the guest of honour, the Right Rev. H. R. Hunt, M.A.D.D. Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Toronto, who is a personal friend and former family rector. In his opening remarks, Mr. Hunt expressed his pleasure at being present on such an auspicious occasion and was delighted to take part in this ceremony as he had officiated at the wedding .of Margaret-Anne's parents and had also baptized the gold cord winner, The theme for his address was based on 'Ideals and Loyalties' stress- ing the point--to get the most out of ~t fife tne must put the best in it; to in high ideals and to stand up ob what you believe. He pointed out that she three major aspects of Guid- . Were the Pledge, Purpose and the Carter; Area Camp Advisor Mrs. Don. Fox; and Scout Leader Rev, J. K. Bra- ham of Scugog. Guests were present from Oshawa, Toronto, Scugog, Port Perry and Manchester. Margaret Anne attended Ontario Ladies College and at present is train- a skating career. Hilltop Herald Hi there! -. With Easter Exams on the near horizon, all the students are busily studying to prepare for these deciding factors. However, on Friday, March 3, the students in the Drama Club took time off to participate in our own district for the best play of the year. Although we received no a- wards, I believe that the people of Port Perry will agree with me, that this was one of the best plays ever presented by this school. On Wednesday evening, March 1, several of the student body and tea- chers journied to Toronto to the Crest Theatre, to see the professional pre- sentation of "The Heiress". This evening was enjoyed by all, especially the people from our own cast. . Saturday, March 4, terminated the basketball season for our Sr. boys. They journied to Richmond Hill to play in the Georgian Bay finals and won the first game against Graven- hurst 42-37, and in the afternoon lost to Markham 40-21. Our boys are to be heartily congratulated, as they have only lost two games all year and "We would have won against Markham, except we had trouble making our foul shots". The boys have truly done well. { Curling was as exciting this week as ever and the scores were: Skip Art Jefford won over Skip John Tomson--6-6 Skip Frank Fielding won over Skip Jim Read by default. --Nola Hunter Following the impressive ceremony Margaret-Anne's parents, Mr. and Cub & Scout News The annual Father and Son Ban- quets were held at the Scout Hall on the evenings of Feb. 21 and 22. There were some 116 boys and Fathers in attendance each night, Tuesday night was Scout night, Mr. J. Nelson acted as chairman for this evening, he proposed a toast to the Queen, following this we all sat down to a very delicious turkey din- ner catered to by the Scout Mothers. After dinner, Brian Mark proposed a toast to the Fathers, thanked by Ro- bert Walker. The Chairman then in- troduced the guests at the Head Table, Rev. Linstead, Mr. S. Richardson. of Oshawa, Mr. W. Monghan and Mr. J. Copeland, representatives of the Dept. of Lands and Forests and Mr. Wm. Parker. Chairman Nelson then called Mr. H. Edenborough to the front and pre- sented Harry with a set of Scout Book-Ends in appreciation of the many years that Harry has served the Group Committee and the Scout movement in Port Perry. Mr. Wm. Parker, who handles all our waste paper spoke of the need to get more paper and encouraged everyone to save it, he presented to H. Edenborough a cheque for $65.00. The Group Committee thank you Bill for the great job you are doing. Following a few remarks by the chairman, Queen Scout Brian Simp- son gave a report on his trip to the Scout Jamboree at Colorado Springs, U.S.A. last summer, this was very in- teresting tg all. Brian also had a number of items that he had swapped with the different boys on display. Mr. Monaghan, assisted by Mr. Copeland showed a number of slides of the different trees grown on the reforestation in Ontario and pointed out the best for the various sections of the country. : Owing to the lateness in the evening the showing of the films was left over. Chairman Nelson thanked everyone for attending and brought the'even- ing to a close with the Mizpah. On Wednesday, Feb. 22nd the Cubs and their Fathers gathered. at 'the Scout Hall some 115 in all." This ban- quet was catered to by the Guide Mothers. Guests were Rev. Fuller and Mr. Ben Smith representing the Dept. of Lands and Forests. Chairman for the evening was Mr. R. Walker, who proposed a toast to the Queen, and following a very de- licious turkey dinner Brian Mark . proposed a toast to the Cub Fathers. | After a few remarks by the Chair- man he introduced Queen Scout Brian Simpson who again gave his report on his trip to the Jamboree, he also | showed some 600 feet of film taken at' the Jamboree. Mr. Ben Smith then showed two interesting films "Survival in the and" from these pictures the boys | could learn some very important in- formation, Mr. Walker then thanked everyone for attending and closed the evening with the "Mizpah", The Group Committee wish at this time to thank Mr. Ben Smith, Mr. W. Monaghan," Mr. J. Copeland, and Brian Simpson and everyone who helped in any way to make the Father and Son Banquet a success. Special thanks to all the Scouts and Guide Mothers who worked hard to prepare and serve these banquets, All the Brownies, Guides, Cubs and Scouts attended the Annual Church Service on Sunday, Feb. 26th meeting The March meeting of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, was held in the Munjcipal rooms and cap- ably conducted under the new leader- ship of Mrs. Harry Carnegie. The Spring work of the chapter was plan- ned, including the Annual Tag Day for the Canadian Institute for the Blind under the convenorship of Mrs, J. Murray and Mrs. J. Orde, to be held Friday afternoon und evening, April 28th, and all day Saturday, April 29th. The Rose Tag Day, in aid of the hospital, is to be on Friday afternoon and evening June 2nd and all day Saturday, June 3rd. Mrs. Harry Carnegie, Mrs. George Rennie and Mrs. Stephen Kandel convening, A Home Baking Sale is in the offing for June 16th, on the Bank lawn. The Provincial Annual Meeting is to be in Hamilton on April 18th. Empire Study by Mrs. I. R. Bentley included a vignette from the life of Queen Eliza- beth and Prince Philip, and a charm- ing portrait of the Queen Mother, a woman of rare grace, intelligence and wit, and a smile that is known around the world, 'Attains Gold Cord Miss Laurine Brunt of Wallaceburg recently attained the highest award in Guiding when she received the Gold Cord. Miss Brunt is the granddaughter of the late A. J. Kight. She attended Camp OQogamaqua with her cousin Miss - Patricia Midgley, and Miss Jeanne Williams also a Gold Cord winner from Port Perry; they were both at the Ontario Guide Camp at Doe Lake. Port Perry Rod -- and Gun Club All members who have, in the past, seen slides and photos of local activi- ties or conservation at club meetings can fully appreciate the general skill of the photographers and value of such proceedings. Thus, all members who have seen, or who have not yet, but would like to observe such pic- tures take notice that on the-evening of Tuesday, March fourteenth, many slides will be shown. The regular meeting will commence at eight p.m. have recorded the history of our new Forests" and the "Care of the. Trees" -tive of the opportunity to meet in this Tuesday evening in the regular club room over Brock's Store, and will be followed, upon completion of the busi- ness, by the viewing of such slides, The pictures should be extremely in- teresting, as some of them were taken at Federation meetings, while others causeway from the time of the cx- cessive spring floods of last year, to its present state of. near-eompletion, The club president 0. Hamilton, has reported that there is a possibility of his having obtained by the meeting night, the report of g survey made regarding the waters of Lake Scugog. Members take note, and reserve the night of Tuesday the fourteenth for your club. pm < Greetings and best wishes were brought by Division Commissioner Murs. Clarence-Carter of Scugog. The Scriptures were read by Rev. in the Anglican, Presbyterian and United Churches. The Group Com- mittee and leaders are most apprecia- service of worship each year. The new time clock at the Mem- orial Arena, Port Perry, which- was NEW TIME CLOCK AT ARENA VF Photo by C. W. Boyd. installed last week. Floyd James . Among Finalists Five Queen's Univetsity students, finalists among 23 competing for the A. C. Neish prize offered by King- ston section of the Chemical Institute of Canada, will address C.1.C. person- nel at a meeting here next Wednesday night. The A. C. Neish prize is for stu- dents in chemistry and chemical en- gineering at the local university. This year 23 essays were submitted and among the five. finalists was Floyd James of Port Perry, who spoke on the effects of additives on the properties of the electrolyte used in the production of aluminum. "Entries were of a high calibre", reports C.L.C. secretary, "and the panel of executive members had a difficult job in selecting five to be presented at our next meeting." --IFrom Kingston News Paper. T.0.PS. This week's meeting was held at the home of Iris Boyce with just two absent. Two games were played and then the meeting opened with the pledge. Two letters were read by our presi- dent and in one it was brought to our attention that this was national Watch your Weight Week. 1 think this is a very good thing, but I think that every week should be watch your weight week as a great deal of sick- ness comes from over-weight, espe- cially heart trouble, The prizes were discussed for the Euchre and I want to bring to your » attention that this is a Euchre and ' Crockinole. The tickets on the can- ister set are selling very good. That is about all for now folks. Credit Union Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Man- chester Community Credit Union was held in the Myrtle hall on Wednesday, March 15. Mr. Cecil Disney reported "for "the board of directors that the year had been very successful in terms of growth. Membership had increas- ed twenty-five percent and assets had kept pace. Improvements on the building acquired at the first of the year had kept profit down but the directors recommended a four per- cent interest be paid on all share accounts. The first loan in seven years of operations wus written off, it amounted to $264.00. Reports were heard from Mr. Eu- supervisory committee. Mr. Roy Ro- bertson. was re-elected to the board of directors as was Mr. Lawrence Midgley to the credit committee and a new member was welcomed to the supervisory committee, Mr. Wm. Me- Laughlin of Port-Perry. An induction service embracing all executive of the Manchester Credit Union was performed by the Rev. Mr. Braham. With suitable scriptures Mr. Braham -remarked on the com- munity service which is performed and charged each member with the responsibility of the duties of his par- ticular authority. For the second year the Manchester Credit Union has been sending a do- nation to Jamaica and ingpired by this interest had asked the Rev. Mr. Romeril of Blackstock to be guest speaker, Everyone enjoyed the in- teresting pictures which were brought to mind of this beautiful island with its lovely climate and unusual to our minds at least, people. ' Mr. Carlton Waddling had given the auditors report and a question arose as to why the qualification regarding the guarantee fund was on the report. The auditor reported how they work- €d their conclusion on a percentage basis based on what they termed de- linquent loans and overdraughts, Mrs. Hamer explained that any loan that has, not had a payment in 8 months must be classified as delinquent. To the auditor it was a name on a piece of paper but the credit union knew the man and could not agree that there was a chance to lose that much money, however it does point out the need for regular payments and the need to negotiate a loan if-a member | welcome at the Honeydale Branch. gene. Dearborn Tor the credit com-| 'mittee and Mr. Gordon Corner for the Mrs. E. Baker Speaks on | "Health" at W.I. Approximately thirty-five Honeydale Women's Institute, held in St. John's Presbyterian Church, on Thursday, March 2nd, Convener Mrs. L. Patterson was in charge of the Pro- gramme, the theme being Home Econ- omics and Health. The meeting direct- ed by the President, Mrs. E. Bryant was brought to order in the usual manner, The roll call, "Different ways wheat comes to the table", brought many interesting comments. Correspondence included a letter of appreciation from the Scugog Junior Homemakers' Club for a recent donations. Conveners reporting were as follows: Mrs. F. Warren reported on sickness amongst the members. Mrs. A. Prentice read an article re- lating to milk products, and also gave the Convention report on Agriculture and Canadian Industries. Mrs, F. Raines summarized the Port Perry Fall Fairs, from inception in 1865 to the present time. Members were pleased to welcome Mrs. C. Martyn and Mrs. B. Smith, leaders of the Prince Albert Junior Homemakers' Club. Mrs. Martyn out- lined briefly the work being done in connection with this unit. Mrs. J. Carnochan reported activities of the Scugog Club. After some discussion, members de- cided to enter a display at Blackstock Fair, as"well as Port Perry, Mrs. R. Cornish was appointed convener with Miss A. Kent, Mrs. J. Cfmochan and Miss A. Dodd as assistants, The matter of the Annual Bazaar, has been left over until the next meeting, Mrs. L. Patterson, taking the chair for the Programme, extended a gra- cious welcome to the visitors present, and stressed that visitors sre always Mrs. W. Day gave a splendid talk on Ladies attended the regular meeting of the Greenbank Fidelis Class The March meeting of the Fidelis Class was held at the honreof Betty McGee on Wed.,,, March 1st. The meeting opened with quiet music, Mary June Howsam told the story of the two hymns "Jesus Christ is Risen To-day" and "Day of Resurection", after which both were sung. "Beneath the Cross of Jesus" was sung followed by the scripture given by Verna Fraser. May Blakely gave a reading on "The Meaning of the Cross" followed by a prayerfby Betty McGee. A lovely solo was rendered by Jean Pogue "Remember Christ of Calvary" accompanied by Betty Me- Gee, We sang "There is a Green Hill Far Away" followed by the de- votional and a prayer by Mary June Howsam. The meeting was then turned over to the president Shirley Lee. and Betty Stone be our correspondent, It was agreed that we cater to the Mothers of Diabetics banquet on May 10th. The meeting closed with the mizpah benediction. A lovely lunch was served by the group in charge. Curling News and Views Ross ten, Carnegie two, leaving the latter in "the blue". Bentley eleven, fine. MacDonald lost with seven to Bruton's eight; Ethel went looking for . one to help close the gate. McCoy It es decided that we adopt a refugee child 'si ; Robinson nine; Dhel's best wus mighty . nine, left MacMaster with seven; Marj was dead-eye and really 'levellin'. * Schell downed Owen ten to six; Fran left it as such and picked up "broom"- sticks. Beare twelve, Panabaker four, Marg. was sad but could not get more, the Motto, "A person who has health (Continued on page four) / body cheateu that I can recall. Car. score and lots of fun. TELEPHONE CA BLE TO ISLAND | Heron and Crozier. tied 'six all; nee op ter ten, Cook one; a better game than - Fe The Bell Telephone Company of Canada is laying a cable across Lake | Scugog. A slit has been cut in the! ice and the heavy cable dropped to the bottom of the lake. will eliminate the telephone be laid underground up Queen St. t This cable | connect with the present undergroun poles | cable at Queen and Perry Streets. \ Photo by C. W. Boy along the causeway. It is understood that when the fr is out of the ground the cable' Hold Fund Raising In accordance with the wishes of the Archbishop of Toronto, His Emi- nence James Cardinal McGuigan, a fund raising campaign has been start- ed, on behalf of the Sacred Heart Church in Uxbridge and the Immacu- late Conception Church in Port Perry, The "published goal" has been got at $43,000. The money raised will be used entirely to meet the most urgent Parish needs. The campaign will bé centered a- does not have sufficient current funds. round a Loyalty Dinner to which the In Uxbridge and Port Perry Pastor, Father A..Marynen 8.C.J. in- vites all his Parishioners. ish Dinner will be held Sunday, March ing School. There will be no charge for the dinner-,nor will there be any solicitation of funds at the dinner, campaigns, throughout the whole Archdiocese of >. Toronto, and is directed by the Ca- Campaign This Par- 12th, 1961 at 6.00 p.m. in the Train. This campaign is one of the many now ~ being - organized tholic Fund Raising Company "Cathos Limited". -- It-will be. completed -in-* three weeks from February 27, * \ au gnre Skating Club CARNIVAL, Friday, Ap ril " PORT PERRY 9 ARENA