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RT RR re _ Soil & Crop - tions, noon session. L -l THE PORT PERRY STA SERVING PORT PERRY, "Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Dept., Ottawa, for payment of postage in cash" PORT PERRY, , Hort Perry * Killed at Minden LINDSAY -- A 62-year-old Port Perry man was kllled near Minden last Saturday night, after a two-car collision on Highway 121. Dead is Herkless T. Barry, of Scugog Strect. His wife, Leona, is in fair condition Ross Memorial Hospital, Lindsay. She was driving the car at the time. Police say, Mr. Barry was thrown through the windshield of the car. The other car was driven by Mrs. Russell Baker of Minden The deceased was born in Halibur- ton and was the son of the late Mi. and Mrs. James Barry. He married the former Leona Cooper in Haliburton in 1928 and they moved to Port Perry district 17 years ago. Mr. Barry was a farmer until, his retirement three years ago. He was a member of the United Church of Canada. He is survived by his wife, six daughters, Mrs, E. L. Leahy (Noreen), Port Perry; Mrs. L. Smith (Ella), Enniskillen; Mrs. O. Keefer (Barbara) Peterboro; Mrs. P, Espie (Geraldine), Prince Albert; Mrs, R. Leach (Allison) Columbus; and Carol Barry at home: and one son, Jack of Edmonton. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs, E. Heayn (Cora), Scugog Island; and Mrs. G. Switzer, Haliburton; four brothers, Sylvester, Whitney, and Ed- ward of Haliburton and Titus of South River and 20 grand-children, Funeral service on Wednesday, Dac. 12, conducted by Rev. C. C. Gilbert. Interment in Pine Grove Cemetery. Conference The 1968 annual Soil and Crop Con- ference at Kemptville Agricultural School is the fifteenth such meeting being held by the Eastern Associa- The overall theme for 1968 is "Profitable Crop Production". Dele- gates and farmers will be present from the fourteen Eastern Counties of Ontario. / January 2nd, the opening day will feature a business session and Fertil- ity. Reports will be presented from several committees and recommenda- tions made on many phases of our district farming. An exhibit of hay, grass silage, corn and corn silage will be a feature of this Conference, with tests being conducted to determine feeding qualities ete. The use of capital in farm business will feature the evening meeting. On January 3rd, the theme for the morning meeting will be "Corn Pro- duction". Speakers will cover the aproduction and uses for this import- mnt feed. The annual banquet and awards dinner will be held at K.A.S. Dining Hall at 6.00 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 8rd. Mr. W. P. Watson, Deputy Minister, (Production) Ontario De- partment of Agriculture will be speaker for the evening session, The theme "Forages and Pastures" will be fully dealt with during the after- - On January 4th, the theme will be "Livestock", for the forenoon, with speakers discussing the timely topic of Beef and Machinery on our farms. The final session will bring us up to date on the scourge of rust in our cereal production and the -very important look at the future ARDA projects for Eastern Ontario. Panels for questions and discussion will be the feature of all sessions as well as full explanation of the exhi- bits as sent in from all counties. Meals and overnight accomodation will be supplied at the Kemptville Agricultural School. : J. W. MacRae, Secretary. SIR ERNEST MACMILLAN is host and conductor on the Tuesday night CBC radio network program, Talent Festival, which introduces young Canadian concert artists of the high- Women's Hospital Auxiliary On' "Monday afternoon, Dec. 10th, the W.H.A, met at the home of Mrs. Geo. Holmes. Mrs. Lavern Martyn, in the absence of Mrs. M. B. Dymond, opened the meeting with an finpres. sive prayer. = The reports from the various secretaries were given, the annual reports having been given on Nov. 12th. . The tenth anniversary dance was quite a success, socially and finan. cially. Cochrane's Orchestra provided fine music and the refreshments werq good. We thank the committee on their fine efforts and also to our friends who patronized the dance. Once again a committee will decor- ate a tree at the hospital entrance, for the Christmas Day, to add a little cheer. We are pleased to accept several more pairs of bootees. Since our November meeting, we gratefully ac- knowldege the following donations: -- Mrs. Ronald Wanamaker.......... 2.00 Can, Legion Ladies Aux......... 10.00 ANONYMOUS ......coovevrirerereriennne 6.00 Honeydale Women's Institute ....ccooovveriirirecciinnnan 10.00 Scugog Head Memorial U.C.W. ........... 10.00 Scugog Grace U.C.W. ............ 10.00 Scugog Chapter I.0.D.E. ........ 10.00 Manchester U.C.W. ............ 20.00 . Prince Albert U.C.W. ........... 30.00 Following the business session, there was a friendly, social hour. The hostess served tea with Christmas de- licacies. We appreciate the kindness Mrs, Holmes in inviting the auxiliary to her home. May we thank our many friends again, for their personal and mone- tary interest in Port Perry Commun. ity Memorial Hospital, for another year. We Wish All of You a Happy Festive Season. Hilliop Herald Christmas Holidays are approaching and the Student Council is busy pre- paring for the Christmas party, to be held the last afternoon of school. The programme is to be a surprise. Stu- dents and teachers watch out! The Boys Volleyball Tournament held Friday, Dec. 7, was a complete success for Port. Both Jr. and Sr, teams finished in first place, while Sutton Jrs. and Srs., Brock Jrs. and Srs., and Uxbridge Jrs. and Sra. fol lowed respectively. ; The Basketball season is starting and practices have begun, Good luck to the teams, let's hope they come through on top. This year the Magazine Campaign 'will prevail for a period of three re- porting days. Each student who sells a subscription will give the applica- tion to the "School Organization", of his choice. In this way we hope to earn money for the various organizations, and at the same time increase the spirit of the Student Body. P.S. -- Miss Moore's Grade Nine Girls Volleyball team won the Brock Distriet High School Tournament on Tuesday evening, Good work girlal ® HELP YOUR RED CROSS est calibre, Town Council News Minutes of the Special Meeting of Council of the Village of Port Perry held in the Municipal Office on Fri- day, November 30, 1962, at 7.80 p.m. PRESENT---Reeve J. J. Gibson in the Chair, Deputy-Reeve R. A. Kenny, Councillors Arthur T. Cox, Irving A, Boyd and Bruce Beare. HYDRO DEPARTMENT was dis- cussed in general and also the hiring of pa new Hydro Clerk to take the place of the late Brinson Cox. SAFETY BELT---Reeve J. J. Gib- son reported that Beare Motors would like to present a safety belt to our Police Cruiser. This donation was approved by Council, MUTUAL AID re Fire Departments --The Clerk was instructed to advise Mr. Ray Hobbs that the Reach Twp. truck should be taken off Mutual Aid 'unless arrangements are made direct with the Township of Reach. LETTER of RESIGNATION by Councillor Arthur T. Cox from his office on the Village Council. "To the Reeve and Council of the Village of Port Perry-- "It is with regret that I must tender my resignation as a Councillor of the Village of Port Perry, effective on November 30, 1962. "It is my intention to submit my name as a member of The Hydro Commis- sion for 1963, and find it necessary to take the above action to conform with the Municipal Act. "I wish that you might have a sue- cessful year in the ensuing term," ADJOURN--On motion Council ad- journed until Saturday, Dec. 8th, 1962, Carried. W.I. Christmas Meeting Thirty members of the Honeydale Women's Institute met in the Parish Hall, Thursday, Dec. 6th, the Pres., Mrs. N. Williams calling the meeting "visitor was welcomed. Members an. swered the roll call by naming a Christmas tradition carried out in their own homes. Reports Mrs. H. Smeltzer, Historical Re. search convener, gave a splendid pa- per on Christmas customs, and Mrs, V. Bell, Agriculture and Can. Indus- tries, reported on several interesting features of the Royal Winter Fair, Mrs. Bell also reported on the organi. zational meeting for the Senior Citi- zens club, and gave the list of Offi. cers. The visiting committee report they have been very busy calling on the sick and shut-ins. Mrs. S. Ploughman gave a resume of the District Board of Directors meeting, held Dec. 3rd in the Brook. lin Council Chambers. Mrs. L. Patterson, reported on ac- tivities of the Hospital Auxiliary. A donation was voted to the Hospital Aux. doll project. Mrs. M. Bassant, Mrs. L. Honey and Mrs. C. Howsam were appointed to look after the Christmas cheer for the shut-ins, ete. A special collection was taken--the money to be used to purchase Christmas gifts ors the mentally ill, The latest issues of the "Home and Country" and Federated News" were given out. Programme At the close of the business portion motto, "God, give us memory, tha we have roses in December". Christ- mas carol singing was enjoyed, and many old favourites were sung. A skit on "Citizenship" was given by Mrs. M. Hardy, Miss M. McLaren and Mrs. L. Duff, bringing to the fore many points of importance, on the part a good citizen is challenged to play, in community and world affairs, Mrs. W. Moase concluded with a Christmas poem, The draw on the Linen luncheon set, and Hand hooked chair seat amounted to $38.86, the lucky winners were Mrs. E, Barnhart, Uxbridge and Mrs, R. Black, Oshawa, The tea in charge of Mrs. Moase's group, proved to be a festive occasion, The members sat in a circle around the tea table, which was beautifully decorated, appropriate for the Christ- mas season. A social half-hour was enjoyed by all, to order with the Ode and Collect. One | Ta Head Polls and School Board REEVE -- J. J. DEPUTY-REEVE -- COUNCIL -- ROBT. B. BEARE, J. HYDRO COMMISSION -- FOR COUNCIL No. 1 No.2 No.3 Total BEARE ee, 166 171 166 -- 497 BOYD ovininsnimmsimninsimmiisin. 93 101 118 ---- 312 ORDE iii eee 163 136 173 -- 41 PARKINSON coor, 179 213 198 -- 690 FOR SCHOOI, BOARD ARCHER ..... etree rennet nns 156 201 190 -- 547 GOODE ............ OPTI IIIT 168 172 176 -- 5616 JEFFREY ovine 76 81 104 -- 261 VANCAMPE ..vnmimimimmmmimni 176 181 174 -- 0680 John €. Goodwin, Reeve John G. Goodwin, a former Deputy- Reeve of Whitby Township, became the Reeve for 1968, thus replacing Reeve Heber Down who has had a 24. year political career. Mr. Goodwin is the father of three children and works as a tool and die maker in General Motors of Canada. Mr. John Dryden becomes the Dep.- Reeve, & Fred Sturch, Frank Thomp- son and Donald Roberts as Councillors, REEVE-- John Goodwin--964 Heber Down--1738 DEPUTY-REEVE-- John Dryden polled 90 votes over Myrtle Lovelock COUNCIL-- Fred Sturch--1012 Frank Thompson--916 Donald Roberts--869 -- Sydney Lockyer--880 Port Perry Rod and Gun Club The regular monthly meeting of tho Club will be held at the home of Mr. Ben Smith, Prince Albert on the even- ing of Tuesday, December 11th at 8.00 p.m, sharp. Because of the Club bowling Nights being the first and third Tuesday Nights it has been found that there will be no interference between the bowlers and Club Meetings, Meeting Nights have been arranged to be on the second Tuesday of the month. Because of the nominees being ab- sent at the last meeting the President was not elected, this was left over to the meeting of Dec. 11th. Other of. ficers elected as follows: Vice-Pres.-- E. Healey, Act. Sec'y--Ben Smith, Assistant Sec"y--Stan Tripp, Treas.-- H. W. Avery, Auditors--W, Vance, E. Healey, Ben Smith, Committees Shooting--H. Simpson Water Safety---S. Naples Membership--H. DeShane Sick--H. Davey, Chm. Conservation and Survey--- 0. 0. Hamilton. an excellent programme was present: ed by Mrs. W. Moase and group. Mrs. ' C. Howsam ably responded to the! Ontario County Win First Round The Ontario County Junior Farmer debating teams of Donna Johnson, Uxbridge, and Frank Barkey, Clare- mont, upholding the affirmative side, and Bruce McMillan, Blackwater, and Ted Gordon, Cannington, on the ne- gative side, County team in the first round of the Provincial debating series, The debates were held in the Ux- bridge High School, on' Wednesday, December 6th, with Mrs. Jean Keat- ing and Mr. Henderson from Ux- bridge and Mr. Bev.- Gray from Dur- ham acting as official judges, Ted Lamb, President of the Ontarjo County Juniors, acted as chairman, Ontario County will now meet Peel County in the second round of the series, The topic for the second round will be the same as in the first round "Resolved that the County Council System of Government in Ontario is Satisfactory". GIBSON (Acclamation) ART COX, TED JACKSON defeated the Durham ONT., THURS., DECEMBER 13t} Archer for Council KENNY (Acclamation) ORDE, I. PARKINSON T.C.H.L. Social Notes By Sherriff The demons of the T.C.H.L. put up their hockey equipment and forgot their former battles on the ice, to treat their wives and sweethearts to a night of dancing, on Sat., Nov. 8th. BROOKLIN and SURROUNDING AREAS 1, 1962 St. John's Preshyleri Church Ladies' Aid The December meeting of the La- dies Aid Society of St. John's Pres. byterian Church was held at the home of Mrs. W. Owen, Lilla St., on Tues. day afternoon, December 3. The Pre- sident, Mrs. Nelson Williams was in charge of the meeting, which opened with a friendly welcome to all. The Christmas hymn "0 Little Town of Bethlehem "was sung, followed by the scripture lesson from Isaiah, Chapter 9, read by Mrs, Owen. Mrs. G. Mac. Phaden offered a prayer. The min- utes were read by the secretary, Mrs C. MacMaster and approved. The treasurer, Mrs. H. Carnegie presented a report which showed a splendid bank balance, following the splendid receipts of our recent bazaar held on Sat, Dee. 1st. Appreciation was voiced by the president and convenors of committees, to all those who res. ponded so willingly to help make tho bazaar such a success, financially and socially. The roll call answered by a Christmas scripture verse. A motion of appreciation was for. warded to our fine church caretaker for all his duties performed 'beyond the call of duty", LC (cf \ P Wy v LL" $2.60 Per Yeur, Single Copy 7¢ The January meeting will be held at 4 pan. in followed by a to which welcome. The roll on Tuesday, the eighth, the church schoolvoom, Potluck supper at 6 o'clock, all members we call for this first meeting of the new will be "A Suggestion for aur Church improvement." yean The Manse committee for the ene suing year will be Mrs. C. MacMaster Mes. LL Hunter and Mrs. D. Milne. Boxes of Christmas cheer ave to be sent to our sick and shut-ins -- Mrs. MacMaster will be in charge of this project of remembrance. Mrs. Oliver Watson is looking after the mailing of Christmas Cards to our respected elder members. The nominating committee returned the same slate of officers as 1961-62. Mrs. Milne read a delightful appro- priate Christmas story, "And Glory Shone Around". After singing the Christmas hymn, "While Shepherds Watched their IFlocks", the Mizpah Benediction was repeated in unison. The hostess then lunch. served a tasty Scugog Twp. Council The regular meeting of the Scugog Twp. Council was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday 4th day of December This gala event enjoyed by a small' crowd, was held in the Port Perry le- gion Hall. The floor seemed to jump as the "young twisters" and "old squares" jigged around the hall to the gay music of Orv Selloek's Band, V The Port Perry Minor Hockey League supplied the pop for refresh | ments, | At intermission the draws were | made for A lucky lady draws which were won by the following -- Mrs, 'Irene Rogers, Mrs. Louis Free, Mrs, Carol Menzies, Mrs. Betty Crowter and Miss Judy Puckrin. The door prize was won by Mr. and Mrs. R.| Small. The prize was a combination | picnic hamper and cooler, and refresh- ment server. The 60-50 draw was' won by Mr. @tto Bauer. As the egening continued, the crowd | polked on th a spot dance which was won by Mr. and Mrs. J. Nottingham. As the gala event drew to a close, everyone exhausted packed up his wife or sweetheart and headed for the locker rooms to revive his hockey equipment for next Sunday night. On Sunday evening, Jan. 13, 1963 T.C.H.L. are having family skating at 6 p.m. in Port Perry Arena, followed by an exhibition game at 8.30 p.m. Plan to bring the whole family on skates and enjoy the fun. For fur- ther information concerning the skat- ing night see your team representa- tive. Your executive takes this oppor- tunity to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. "Good Skating in '63" Hosp. Auxiliary * generally with the at 8 p.m. Present were Joseph Dow- son, Clarence Carter and Victor Al- dred. Owing to the absence of the Reeve, Cecil Fralick being hospital- "ized by a very bad accident on his farm recently, it was necessary to appoint an Acting Reeve for the re- mainder of the year 1962, It was moved that Clarence Carter be Acting Reeve for the month of December 1962, and be authorized to sign cheques and transact business Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Carried. Minutes of the last meeting were "vend and -adopted-on-motion - Correspondence-- I. Bruce V. Mackey B.A, Twp. So- ! licitor enclosing his invoice for work done by him for the township and his retainer fee, 1962. 2. Allied Chemical--quoting prices for Calcium for 1963. J. Canadian Imperial Bank of Com- merce: advising the new int. rate of 5%. on loans to municipalities ef- fective November 156th, 1962. 4. Ontario Association of four! Municipalities; re resolutions to forwarded to them for their 1963 con- vention, } 5. Dept. of Mun. Affairs: re Ho Transactions under the Planning Act. 6. Dept. of Mun. Affairs: approv- ing the application for Winter Works | Project, 7. Dept. of Mun, Affairs: finul payment of Unconditional Per Capita Grant in the amount of $640.50 8. Bell Telephone Co. of Canada: re pole line north of P. Jeffrey farm to he removed at no cost to the township. 9. Dept. of Mun. Affairs, Planning Branch: lowance, ete, MOTION -- Re road allowance on Osler subdivision, of Scugog By-Law No. 1139 all roads must be 66 ft. wide, | | | | | We are pleased to announce the ! following winners of prizes in our annual Doll Draw, held on Saturday, Dec. 8th. Miss Sadie Hortop drew ; the lucky tickets. Our thanks to her also for accepting the Doll Display in her office window. First prize--Catherine Nicholls, R.R. 2, Blackwater Second prize--Carolyn Hurst, R.R. 2, Seagrave Third prize--Tom Harris, Port Perry. We congratulate the winners and | take this oportunity of thanking all our friends who purchased tickets for this draw. MOTION -- That this Council re- commends that the Municipal Act Chap. 249, Section 34 (1) (a) be clari- fied with regard to summer cottagers being qualified to stand for office in Twp. Council. The Clerk to send a copy of this resolution to the Ontario Association of Rural Municipalities.® PAYLIST ' It was moved that the following ae counts be approved and that the Treasurer be instructed to pay the same: Carried. Roads 1,666.79 General 1,849.75 School Area Bd. 1962 Levy ............ 8,787.26 Public School tax --Supplementary 138.43 $12,442.22 On motion Council Adjourned to p.m. or at the eall of the Acting Reeve. 4-H Clubs in Ontario County enclosing re Osler Subdivision road al- Under Township | Fifteen 4-H clubs were organized in Ontario County in 1962. There were {242 projects undertaken by the club members and 84.3 of these projects bu | were brought to a successful comple- | tion, Clubs are organized under the direction of the Ontario Department | of Agriculture with loeal club leaders and sponsoring organizations playing avery important role in the develop- ment and success of a club. "Learn to do by doing" is the motto of 4-H club work, and 4-H is a farm youth organization operating in over sixty countries of the world. All club members, who successfully completed their project in 1962, are to be congratulated. Farm hoys and girls 12 years old "by January 1st, 1963, and not 21 by December 31st, 1963, are eligible to join a 4-H club in 1963. Organiza. "tion will be in March of the coming year, ONE MINUTE TO GO In the Toronto studios of the CBC, ' Moose Jaw, Sask. 47 years ago and worked briefly as a teacher before a smiling Earl Cameron waits his cue | starting with his local station CHAR to start another edition of the nation. | al television news, Cameron began reading the national news in 1944--at that time, on radio. He was born in | | in 1039. His goal was to do national newscasts and one month after join. | ing the CBC in Toronto in 1944, he | achieved it. meet again on December 14th at 8.00