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--y | -- ff Attendance Officer, and at-same rate. five volumes. .- ii cn Te ki rat. elected --board--persoriniel-- would: 2 ~ bs se 2 coe Bod lo cha ET THE PORT PERRY STAR 4 ERT CRARE POE RAIA ARS HIPS RRL L200 a "Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Dept., Ottawa, for payment of postage in cash" al PERRY, ONT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11th, 1962 $2.00 Per Year, Single Copy 6¢ Cartwright Jan, 2nd, 1962 Following a dinner tendered to the | Cartwright School Boards and the Municipal Council by Mr. J. G. Porter, Manager on behalf of the Canadian- Imperial Bank of Commerce, Port Perry Branch, Council met at the Cartwright Township Hall. for Inau- guration. Canon Ashmore of St. John's Parish, Blackstock was present, and conducted a brief devotion with words of wisdom to the members of ood the Reeve in VWs an { 1] Ze "har School Trusiees ~The above are just a expressing themselves aaequavesy. After the Declarations of Office were made a few words of welcome to the two new members of Council, The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved and the subject, Park, at or near Savinac's Beach was introduced from the former minutes. After discussion, Clerk was instructed to enquire into the possibility of pro- - curing some suitable site. Mr. Earl Dorrell, Twp. Assessor was present and requested Council's advice -and permission to procure legal assistance: in the Assessment Appeal coming up before Judge Miller on Thursday, February 1st, 1962. Council approved a certain party to assist Assessor if available at that time. Mr. Dorrell was also asked at this time if he would re-accept his positions as As- sessor, Dog Tax Collector and School of remuneration, Excepting Dog Tax Collector, Mr. Dorrell was satis- fied with the salaries, but felt that to collect the Dog Taxes he should ° receive 109, as commission, Ap- proved. Council also approved the following appointmenta:-- : Relief Administrator -- Reeve Gib- son; Representatives to the Cart- wright P rks Board--Reeve A. Gib- Inaugural Meeting Council J son and Deputy-Reeve M, VanCamp; to the Port Perry Hospital Board--M. VanCamp reappointed; Fire Dept.-- A. Gibson; Rink Committee -- Coun- cillors Wm. Swain; Weed Inspector and Building Inspector -- Ken Samells; Livestock Inspector -- George Johns; Livestock Valuer--Wm, Forder. All above at same salary as paid in 1961, = The fol- lowing five were appointed Fence Viewers for the Twp. of Cartwright. (1) Murray Byers; (2) George John- ston; (3) David Johns; (4) Roy Me- 'Laughlin; (6) Chas. Fee; Pounds ! Keepers to be approached for appoint- ment or re-appointment as the case may be, Councillor Wm. Ferguson was appointed as Township represen- tative to the Durham County Federa- tion of Agriculture. Mr, Thomas Harris of Harris and Wallace, Port Perry, Ont. reappointed Township Solicitor. The following By-Laws were read and passed: By-Law No. 1076 to authorize bor- rowing to the aggregate amount of $60,000. as required during 1962, By-Law No. 1077 appointing Walter H. Pope of Georgetown as Municipal Auditor for the years 1961 and 1962 and subject to Council's pleasure: Council approved of the purchase of new volume Clerk's Guide and the 1962 Revised Statutes of Ontario in sion also changed the regular date of Council Meeting to the first Tuesday in the month, as so many Mondays were now declared holidays. 'Roads Bills approved for payment were--Voucher No. 14, 1961 for $275.- 08 and Voucher No. 1, '62 for $720.72. Meeting adjourned until, Tuesday, February 6th, 1962. V. Malcolm, Clerk. Tum Down Move ~ To Elect High | By a vote of 18 to 6, the York County Council has rejected a resolu- tion that would require all High School trustees to be-elected rather than appointed. . The matter was dis- cussed at considerable length at a County Council session 'last week. Deputy-Reeve, Kenneth Laushway of Stouffville Was _one who expressed opposition to the motion. Speaking for Stouffville, Mr. Laushway stated that his municipality was satisfied with the present system of appoint- ment. Deputy-Reeve R. J. "Hendérson of "Woodbridge suggested that there was | some indication in a number of muni- cipalities that the present appointed trustees showed a lack of control over expenditures. - Deputy-Reeve, Caro- line Ton of Newmarket also favoured the election of officials for the posts. She was opposed by her Couticll part- would not support the resolution. Mr. Sellers of Sutton suggested that many good trustees, now serving on High School boards by appointment, would decline to stand for election. Reeve -} Clarence Davis of Aurora argued that many persons had no time for eclec- tioneering and their valued services would then be lost. A vote of 18 to 6 against the reso- lution, shelved the subject for the] present. The County appointment for the Stouffville Dist. High School Board is Mr. Gordon Ratcliff. Port Perry Rink faprmres | Willis Trophy A group of Curlers from Port 'Ferry brought home-the coveted Wil- lis Trophy from the Bonspiel held in Uxbridge Curling Arena last Satur- day, (Jan. 6th). In order to do this ner, Reeve P. S, Legge. Mr. Ruther- ford of Vaughan contended that the Teachers' Federation was a! very strong Union and he expressed doubt strengthen the trustée's 'position. 'Warden J. V, Fry said that he was satisfied with the Present system and they first 'defeated a rink from New- market, and then one from Uxbridge and finally a rink from Unionville, The team-consisted-of Gord -Holder= shaw, skip, Ted Griffen, vice skip, Glenn Van Camp 2nd and Dr. John (Price. lead. many boys and girls wh the Intermediate Hocke town, and oti. the d the 'Hotkey. Club will Shown hore. left to right, are Gord- McGowan, Ken Prentice, Judy ton and Marlene Gilbert, each of s hoping to be the winner of tractive bicycle, Many other boys and girls are also taking part in Ferguson and Ernest _Council_after. discus- J. _ '| Church, Greenbank, on Saturday, Jan. | Crest-Competition in the fall of 1961. Ball Park Floodlight News With the holiday season over, your floodlight committee is back at work furthering the development of the New Ball Park at the Lakefront, The poles for the lights are expected sorme- time in the next week and will be in- stalled soon. A concrete price on the installation of the lights has ds yet not been received, but three com- panies have received our specifica- tions and will "be submitting a price in the very near future, The finance committee is very an- xious to receive any further donations and hope that anyone who may have been missed on th canvas will cofi- tact either Art Cox, chairman, or any member of the Ball Park Committee. | Further recent donations are as fol- lows, with a total receipts now over $4,600.00: ANNOYMOUS wove virnineienenns J. L. Cook ........... N. Malcolm .... G. Davidson ...... Albert Harper .. George Beare Tim Thomas Ken Middleton Ross Sweetman .... Gillson & MacPhaden ........ Mrs. Terrett viverra, J. Wild ............... Marriage GIBSON - REESOR In the United Churth Manse, Port Perry, Rev. E. 8. Linstead officiated at, the marriage of Marilyn Elizabeth Reesor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Gordon Reesor to Ron#ld Gordon Gib- son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gib- son of Prince Albert. | bi Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a short gown of pink nylon sheer over taffeta with match- ing pink taffeta accessories and car- ried a nosegay of pink sweetheart roses and blue and white chrysanthe- mums, Miss Gloria Hastings as maid of honour, chose a gown of turquoise velvet with matching Peau-de-soie ac- cessovies and carried a nosegay of white and pink chrysahthemums. James Gibson was best man for his cousin, t : z A reception was held for the imme- diate families at Sandalwood, Osh- awa, after which the bride and groom left for a short honeymoon trip to points East. They Will be residing in Oshawa on their el Hilltop Herald Mrs. M. Buckley Mr JoMurray Phoebe's Beauty Salon ........ . Mr. NIXON von sens Ron Wallace All members of the Ball Park Fllood- light Committee are requested to meet at the Flamingo Restaurant Tuesday, Jan. 16th at 8.00 p.m. to discuss fur-! the funds necessary to bring this pro- ject to its successful completion. Floodlight Committee, Chairman, K. F. Jackson. | Ont. ee Farmers' Assoc. Annual Meeting The Ontario County Junior Farmers' Association will hold its Annual Meeting, and Banquet in the Port Perry Public School, and United 20th, 1962. The Annual Meeting will be held in the Port Perry Public School, begin- ning at 1.00 p.m. The election of the 1962 executive and directors will be conducted, and the annual reports of the various committees will be made. Miss Edna Strong, President of the Junior Farmers of Ontario, will be the guest speaker at the Banquet, to be held in the Greenbank United Church. The presentation of the various. Junior Farmer trophies won in 1961, will also be made during this programme. Following the Banquet, an evening play-party--will-be-held--in--the-- Port. Perry Public School. Mr, Rod Oxford, well known folk dance instructor from Greenwood, Ontario, and his group will provide the music. Frank Barkey, Claremont, R.R. 8, President of "the Ontario" County Jr. Farmers' Association, and the other members of the 1961 Ontario County Junior Farmers' Association Execu- tive, and Directors are to be congra- tulated on the many achievements of the Association during 1961. poem, "Twas the Night Before Christ. "the school's activities. Hello Readers: a --AS a-pleasant--ending "to the first term the student council staged a Christmas party and .depicated the "mas". This caused congiderable hilar- Loses Cattle in The Lake Four Cows and a Heifer went through the ice at Honey's Beach sometime during the night, Thursday of last week. Mr. Frank Honey owner of the cattle, said they were at the barn about midnight when he checked just before turning in for the night, The weather was exceptionally mild that night and it is thought that they wandered out onto the ice in séarch of water and broke through a thin place. The house is a considerable distance from the lake and they would not be heard. Honeydale Women's Institute The January meeting of the Honey- dale Women's Institute, was held in the Anglican Parish Hall, on Thurs- day, January 4th. The attendance was somewhat smaller than usual, due to sickness within the 'Branch. The Convener of Citizenship and Kducation, Mrs. I. Fines was in charge of the meeting, The President Mrs. E. Bryant chaired the meeting, and opened with the usual procedure. She extended "best wishes coming year. In the absence of the See'y the position was capably filled by Mrs. N. Williams, ity among the students nnd the staff. Following this a dance was held. The results of Monday's curling- ther means of raising the balance of Al Armour's rink over' John Thomp- ings, are born free and équal, in dig- son's rink 8-3. Ralph Sommerville's! [rink over Jim Read's rink 6-5. Len. Sommerville's rink over Bob Jemm-: ett's rink 9-8, 4 Tuesday, the Junior, and Senior "| Whitby for exhibition, g; ames, while 'the Bantams went to inbarton. We extend our "wel 16 to "Mrs. Redman who is assisting Mrs. Roncly in the cafeteria. Ag you can see, we are well into John Williams \ LIONS CLUB - Twenty-four years ago the Port Perry Lions Club came into being and on Monday of this week thé only re- maining-- Charter member, Lion Roy. Cornish, took the Lions back across the years with a review of the high- lights of those past two decades. One other old time member was present in the person of Lion Sam Griffin, who missed being a charter member by only one meeting, Lion Sam thanked Lion Roy for his talk, which! all" the Lions énjoyed. -- This week is also Melvin Jones week | in which all Lions do honour to the founder of International Lions Clubs. One of the projects in honour of the founder is to bring in new members, and Keith Sweetman was inducted into the. club at the last meeting. Two others were to have been added to the roster but were unable to attend thiz meeting, which was held as usual at the Flamingo Restaurant, where a delicious supper was served, The Ontario County Farm Safety Council sponsored" a Farm Safety with udging There was a_ splendid respon 126 crests being submitted tor ju in this compbttition, 4 The judge for the ipetiion was the well known artist, 'Mr, "Arnold Hodgkins, Leaskdale, Ontario. : The prize winners in this competi- tion are as follows: : 1st--Harry. Lade, Oshawa, R. 1 2nd-=<Mrs, Adelaide Kerr, . Claremont, R. 8 = ~~ 3rd---Murray Arksey, Brooklin, R.1 4th-~Bryan Tomlinson, Cannington, R. 1 Harry Lade, Oshawa, R.R. 1, Wins Farm Safety Crest Competition Bth-- -Fredérick R. Waines, Cannington, R. 1 Gth--Terry Clayton, Beaverton, R. 2 7th---Margaret Coutts, Whitby 8th--Bobby Green, Oshawa, R. 8 ~"0th---Ken Smith, Cannington, R. 1 10tk--Danny Bell, Oshawa, R. 3 11th--Marilyn Ellery, % Mr, T. MeCuaig, Box 10, 'Gamebridge. 12th----Billy Suddard, 499 Garrard : Road, Oshawa The winning entry entered by Mr. Ladé, Oshawa, R. 1, has been forward- .ed to the Ontario Farm Safety Coun- 1] cil, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, for entry in the Provincial Farm Safe- ty Council Crest Competition, i brief history of the ! now occupied by Mr. [ ed at length, and it was decided the The roll call was answered by nam- outstanding world citizen. Many distinguished people were men- "tioned. The motto, "All human be- ing an nity and rights", was commented on by Mrs. W. Mark. " to all present, for the! New Landmark This attractive appearing water tower will replace the old wood and concrete structure which has Jong been an eyesore on our Queen St. The tank which will hold 300,000 gallons rises 65 feet above Silver Street. Silver street, in case you don't know, Ontario County Council recently voted in favor of an Assessment Com- mittee recommendation to give the County Assessor access to examine all local municipal assessment worksheets and records pertinent to the returning of a proper equalization. The move was made by council to Mrs. 1. Fines took the chair for the Programme, which consisted of read- ings by Mrs, W. Mark and Mrs. I Fines, also-an_interesting contest on different types of "Trees" was given by Mrs, Mark. The Programme con- cluded, with all joining hands and singing, "Auld Lang Syne". During the business portion a re- port on the Christmas Cheer was presented by Mrs. F. Warren, and the report on gifts, purchased for the| Ontario Hospital, was given by Mrs. V. Bell. Mus. F. Raines outlined a Williams home- stead, on the 7th Concession, which is G. Hill. ~ This property was in the Williams family from 1854 - 1955. The Local Leaders Training School Course "143 lbs. of Meat" will be held in February. Plans will be completed _at the next regular 'meeting. A letter was received from Mrs. Lymburner, President of the Feder- ated Women's Institutes of Ontario, advising members of the "Women's Institutes' - Farm--Forum Radio Pro- gramme which will be broadcast on Monday evening, Fehruary bth, the topic being, "Technical and Vocational Training". This matter was discuss- members should meet in single groups, or possibly two groups combining. It 'was emphasized this is not necessarily for Women"s-Institute members only, anyone interested in the Programme may be invited to attend. A discus- sion period will be held after the broadcast, and findings, recommenda- tions, ete. will be sent to the Farm Radio Forum Sec'y of the Province. This year we will ceclbrate-the 65th Anniversary of the Women's Insti- tutes. On Monday, February 19th, a Luncheon ig planned to 'be held in Toronto, at the Queen Elizabeth Building, at the Exhibition grounds Mrs. Haven Smith, Nebraska, a World cords and not take them away. Vice = President of - the Associated Country Women of the World, will be the guest speaker. The South Ont. District is planning on chartering a bus for this event--any member in- terested in attending, is asked to con- tact Mrs. S. Cawker (Phone 985-7994) not later than Friday of this week. The requirements for the Women's Institute Exhibit, for Port Perry Fair, was outlined, the theme for this year, being "A St. Patrick's Party". Members are reminded, Achieve ment Day for the Junior Homemakers' Clubs, will be held in Brooklin, Janu- ary 27th, for the present unit featur- ing "Fruit". The Leaders Mrs. J. Carnochan and Mrs, 8S. Ploughman, need your support. Plan to attend. The meeting closed with the Queen, Tea was served by the committee: a friendly half-hour of "sociability" ] ; progress in their -Up-to:date engineering methods have bring about a greater uniformity in the present method of county assess- ing. It was not made because some of the assessors in the county had ve- fused to show their records to the County Assessor, Gi. D. Hepditch, al- though he did state that in the past he had some difficulty in gaining ac- ~cess to the worksheets of Whitby, Ajax and Pickering Township. Mr. Hepditch stated that council had no control over the records of the as- ; sessors for the municipalities in Ont. County. Unless the law was changed, the assessment rolls were the property of the assessors, he pointed out in sug- gesting that council make proper le- gislation to give him legal access to the records. The County Assessor said that he only wished to gain access to the re- "This would only interfere with the fune- tioning of their offices," he said. "The only weapon a County Assess- or--has is to appeal assessments," he said, "and this iz costly and creates bad feelings. The job is hard enough without creating bad public relations", he added, "I must have this background infor- mation to work with," he said. "We could have a better equalization in the county if I had full accesss to these records," Mr. Hepditch pointed out. He had not been refused in any muni- cipality-to-sce the assessment work- sheets but claimed that unless the proper legislation was implemented, the assessors in the county could leg- ally refuse. Reeve Everett Quantrill of Whitby said that if the County Assessor had access to the records, they could get misplaced and their absence could be costly to the municipality concerned. is the name of the street on which the old water tank is located, almos: opposite the Public School on Queen St. The new tank is to be painted in- side and outside when weather per- mits in the spring. It will then be ready for use and the old tank will mine". be demolished. ra Grant Ontario County Assessor "Access to Municipal Records Reeve Sherman Scott requested that the term "access" be defined. "Does: this mean that the ocunty assessor can take the records away 7" he asked. With this problem of definition 'on hand,, ,the committee adjourned for 15 minutes to define the word 'access', and review the recommendation, The committee's answer was that the County Assessor could gain access to the records which according to an assessment dictionary, means "axa- dation was amended to read "access to examine", Reeve Scott was con- vinced by the committee that the County Assessor could not take the records away, and the recommenda- tion was finally adopted. Jr. Farmers Enter Prov. Competitions The Junior Farmers of Ontario are olding their annual "Toronto Con- 'wrence" in the King Edward Hotel on Saturday, - January 13th. At this time the provincial public speaking competition and quartette, trio, choir and instrumental music competitions will be held. Representing Ontario County in the public speaking competition will be Donna Johnson, Uxbridge, R.R. 4. In the mixed quartette competition, Ont. County will be represented by Heather Cooper, Brooklin, Donna Johnson, Ux- bridge, John Somerville, Uxbridge and Bruce McMillan, Blackwater. Gary Batty, Brooklin,-has- entered the in: strumental music competition. The Ontario County Junior Farmer Choir, "under the direction of Mrs. Elsie Dob. son, will be competing in the choir competition, The compétitions will begin at 10:00 a.m., and continue through the day. In the evening, the five top public spéakers will compete for the cham- pionship. The winners of the various music competitions will be presented and the evening will conclude with a [ dance in the Crystal Ballroom. The Canadian H. W. Gossard Co." Remodel & Improve P. Perry Plant The Canadian H. W. Gossard Com- pany is 'pleased to report 'excellent Port Perry plant. A complete renovation program has been carried out. A new ceiling has been installed and the interior of the building 'has been completely repaint- ed. The office has been relocated and the entrance-way has been remodelled. been carried out so as to arrange equipment in the most efficient man- ner. The new sewing:machines and work-tables are representative of the best equipment available in Canada. Improvements have also been made in the lighting and plumbing; for the convenience of the staff.' Goseard officials report satisfactory progress in the remodernization of ward. with confidence during 1962. Gossard manufactures one of the best- known quality lines of brassiers and girdlés in the world. They have plants. in England, West Germany, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand: ; Mr. Fern Baron has been appointed Plant__Manager. of the Port- Perry operation, Mr. Baron algo acts as As- . sistant to Mr. Lawrence Parenteau, Production Manager, in the Head Of- fice in Toronto. - Mr. Baron feports that Gossard hopes to have an Open House some time this Spring, so that the friends of Gossard in Port Perry nay gee the improvements made in the plant. Mr. Baron also reports that Mus. Ryba is acting as instruetor In the training of new girls to the Gos: was enjoyed. - their Port Perry factory and look fogghisard manufacturing system, Pi nme ~The clause in the recommen- = ya --- Ba OW = RRR E Te * ow = Paar: Zax \ - Eo } | | BE She: A x 9 gn SE em CS oe nr heat ea as rig) ~ ~ Hn s pr »