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A THE PORT PERRY STAR SERVING PORT PERRY, BROOKLIN and SURROUNDING AREAS "Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Dept., Ottawa, for payment of postage in cash" Fulford - St. In a ceremony in Port Perry United Church, Margaret Elizabeth, daughter be- came the bride of James Albert Ful- ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ful- S. Lin- stead officiated. Miss Gloria Hast- ings played the wedding music and Mr. Ken Hallett sang "The Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Roy St. John, ford of Brampton. Rev. E. Prayer" and "The Lord's Prayer", Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a simply styled gown of white peau de soie with the skirt ending in a chapel train. cap held her finger tip veil. A Juliet and streamers. Attendants Mrs. Ronald Gibson, matron of honor, Nola Hunter and Shirley Clarkson. LY A distinguished speaker, a director of Lions International, Tris Coffin of Montreal, gave an excellent talk on Lions and Lionism on Monday evening. Many -other -well known speakers honoured the Port Perry Lions Club on the occasion of their twenty-fifth anniversary held in the Legion Hall, Port Perry. Seated at the head table were Djst. Sec. Dalton Higgs, Lion Sec. Jim Porter and Mrs. Porter, Lion Roy Cornish and Mrs. Cornish, Lion Storey Beare and Mrs. Beare, Dep. Dist. Gov. Ross. Oliphant and Mrs. Oliphant, Int. Coun. Deac Goddard and Mrs, Goddard, Pres. Ray Cook and Mrs. Cook, Dist. Gov. Bob Garden and Mrs. Garden, Int. Dir. Tris Coffin and Mrs. Coffin, Int. Coun. Brent Rickard and Mrs, Rickard, Mi- chael Starr, M.P. and Mrs. Starr, Hon. Dr, M. B. Dymond and Mrs. Dymond, Dep. Reeve Bob Kenny and Mrs, Kenny, Zone Chairman Ed. Ni- chols and Mrs. Nichols. These guests were piped in by Rosemary Nodwell. All former members of the Port Perry Club, together with all clubs in" the district had been invited' to join with the Port -Perry Lions in celebrating this important. event, 26 years of Service to Port Perry: and District. Over 160 folk sat down to a delicious meal prepared by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Royal Can. adian Legion, Lion Lion Ray Cook welcomed the guests to Port Pe turned the program over to Lion Roy. Cornish, who acted as M.C. Lion Roy, a charter mem- "ber, spoke briefly about the history : of the Club. He then ably conducted the interesting program. Dep. Dist. Gov. Ross Oliphant introduced the She car- ried a white Bible with two orchids wero =| customed to dur own. ways that ave. John Exchange Vows Roy Ormiston Proud Owner of Vi £ 4 They were gowned in aqua peau do soie with matching headpieces carried nosegays of white carnations centred with a pink gardenia. Best man was Allan Rahm and ushers were Allan Fulford and Brian Fulford, brothers of the groom. A reception was held in the Chureh Parlors, where the bride's mother re- silk shantung. Her corsage was pink rosebuds. . ~ The groom's mother as. sisted wearing a mint green sheath with a white fox fur and white ac- cessories with u corsage of pink rose- buds. . Out-of-town guests 'were present from Oakville, Barrie, Toronto, Scu- gog, Brampton, Oshawwm, Little Bri. tain and Meskavhy, Sask. "+ Night of Festivities Helps Celebrate 25 Years of Lionism in Port Perry nail sketch of each. * Dep. Reeve Rob Kenny made the official wélcome to Port Perry. (Reeve J. J. Gibson was unable to be present). Our Honour- able member, Lion Dr. Dymond; pro- posed the toast to the ladies in his inimitable witty manner. Mrs. Jim Porter made an unique and intérest- ing reply. Chevrons which marked years of service in the club were presented to various lions by Int, See. Dalton Higgs. These covered from 10 26 years in the club. Int. Coun. Deac Goddard read the list_of Past Presi- dents, and Int. Coun. Brent Rickard |, called on the guest clubs fo stand and | be recognized. to The speaker of the evening was in- troduced by Dist. Gov. Bob Garden who gave a glowing account of the work accomplished by the Int. Diree- tor Chris. Coffin.- Lian Chris and his wife have recently returned from a trip~to Japan where they visited Lions Clubs, and he spoke of the enthusiastic , welcome they 'received everywhere they went, : No Lion who listened to this speak- er could fail to feel an important part of the great International organ- ization and to be extremely proud of the work that Lions Clubs are doing in the 118 countries in. which they are organized. Lion Coffin stressed the need for us to try to think in an international, way. He said that this was not easy to do as we are so ac- are inclined to think that these ways are always right, but for, the sake of world peace and friendship we need to <learn that other ways strange to tl. +4 | Fly to Ottawa "I'laad now of Brechin, was chosen to and | ceived in a twa Pidee dress, of blue first celebrated in 1846 . reminded Oanadtans not-onty-of nro Gold Seal Cow A member of the purebred Holsteit herd of Roy qualified She is the Hawkherst bred by EL Ormiston, Gold "Excellent" Pathfinder Oyler, Seal Cow, B who Port Perry. a as Porformanece test, ard made her latest record as a fif- Jteen year-old, Her largest individual vearly record of 18,268 Ibs. milk aver- a seven-year-old. . Baroness was thé second prize dry cow at Peterhora Championship Show 5200 rated as a Two Star Brood atthe dam of two "Very Good" Lougrhto rs, Honour Student to Jim Lamont, Neil Lamont, son of Mr. and Mrs, formerly of Scugog [s- | represent Orillia High School to tour Ottawa on May 12 - 16th, Sponsored { by the Rotary Club, only the student 1 with the highest grade in the school | is allowed this honour. Jim one of the Orillia High Le hool's most active student in both academic and extra-curricular activi- ties. He is in 12T1 and is specializ- ing in Mechanical Drafting. His lowest average since entering Grade 9 is 76 per cent. After completing Grade 13, Jim plans to enter an Bn- gineering course at either Waterloo is Technical College or Ryerson Insti- tute. ; He is 8¥d vieeipresident of the Student Council and belongs to the Chess Club, Bridge Club and Club. i In his spare time, Jim enjoys hunt- ing, raising pigeons, wood-working, snorkel diving, dancing and skating. Many of the in Port Perry High will remember when they were school buddies at Seugop S.S. No. 2, with Jim. Judo boys Lion Storey Beare thanked the and presented a small gift to Mrs, Coffin as a memento of this occasion. A vote of thanks was ten- dered to members of the club by Zone Chairman Ed. Nichols and Mr. Mike Starr expressed his apprecia- tion of the work of the Lions Clubs in this area. An informal dance speaker brought the was i In fourteen lactations on Record of Baroness has pro- doesd on twico-a-day milking a total of IRGRTT Ibs. milk containing 7,819 los fat, average test 4.219 butterfat: She storted on test as a two-year-old age test L400 butterfat was made as N N\ PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 9th, iid $2.50 Per Year, Single Copy 7¢ From Port Perry Breeding... Specialist, in the breeder work. This the Poultry is only Breeder farm Huteheries. The sales are from Coast to Coast. U.S.A. competitors, Port Perry Chicks in Japan It will be of interest to the people of Port Perry to know that breeder stock to reproduce poultry for meat, has recently been shipped to Japan, all armed with passports and Health Certificates. This is a 16 hour flight Toropto_and the lonvest flight that any Peel chicks have taken. from Two wit of 550 chicks. Orders of 2-3,000 breeder <tock are frequently shipped to Europe and to date, Port Perry chicks have been flown to Chile, Mexico, United States, Coast to Coast in Canada. Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, Ja- pun and Czecholslovakia. Started in 1925 Mr. Peel started in the poultry busi- Shows in 1925 and his business has pro- yestel steadily, "Over the years, the | Improvements - As will who can your there be seen Tey those of vou OPEN HOUSE at Hospital on Sunday 12, 196%, have been numerous improve- ments and added equipment. Over the ten year period $57,000. has been spent in these improvements and major equipment. Of the above, approximately 216,000. was donuted, the most of it by the Hospital Auxi- liary. In 1957 the Department of Health donuted equipment to the vitlue of $3000. for the Formula room and nursery, result of a staff member attending a refresher course at University of Toronto. attend as au In 1958 the Parking areas and driveway were paved al a cost of $2600. Through donations the alcove at the west end of cach corridor was converted into a room. By 1959 it was very apparent that additional office space was required. Utilization of available space pro. vided the extra office pace, also au larger linen room at a cost of $3000. In 1960 the laundry ironer had to be replaced costing $670. 1961 saw the installation of an Emergency Power Unit, which provided power fo lights and equipment throughout the hospital in the event of hydro failure; the amount involved was $3600. Also in 1961 a completely up-to- date X-ray unit was installed at a evening to a close, cost of $16,000. This figure included The Astonishing History of the "Queen's Birthday" The and most beloved patriotic holiday was . twenty- two years, before the date dr Canadian Confederation. Because the date is still associated with pleasant spring weather, bursting fireworks and feel- ings of patriotic pride, it is not sur- prising that it enjoys universal po- pularity throughout the nation. nation's oldest perhaps It all began in 1846 when the legis- lature of the' Province of Canada (now Ontario and Quebec) déclared the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, May 24, to be a holiday. Ever since that year a special day in com- memoration of a good queen has heen observed annually in Canada. Over the, years, Victoria Day has spected monarch but of the whole astonishing period known ag the Vie- torian age. Here was a time of achievement in trade, commerce, art, us may also. be right. head table guests, and gave a thumb ' science, invention amd - exploration. I.0.D.E. Commonwealth and Citizenship Day, May 17, 1963 -set-apart- Among the vital developments were the lnging of the Atlantic cable, con- struction of the Suez Canal, discovery of the Northwest Passage, explora- tion of Africa, together with devel- is John's right-hand man Canadian Farni selling Ciiiifi- dian Broiler Breeder stock to Canadian All other stock comes from chicks wepe lost in the long flight, ! the farm of his father, 90 years old and retired. and poultry to several and stores in Toronto. that followed. Ron Peel experiment- ed in various phases of the business before developing a hatchery with a high reputation for quality and de- pendability. Twenty-five years ago raised broilers and capons. In 1939, when the late King George VI and Queen visited Canada and the U.S. the Royal train was supplied with capons from the Peel farm. Research Work Considerable research work has been accomplished year after year and vast changes took place at the Peel firm. Large-scale operations vary from time to time. he | There have been as many as 10,000 | hens the 128-aere Peel "These breeders are divided and "in two sets of breeder units. dition to this, Peel's opera 100 test pens under on farm. vd- Almost | the direetion of! New Equipment Can Be Seen At Open House the X-ray equipment, providing com- pletely leaded walls, dresing rooms of | room for the Radiologist. Half of the cost was contributed by the Hos- pital Auxilinry. = One wonders how our hospital would acquire improved cquipment if it were not for the faith- ful assistance of the Hospital Auxi- for out-patients and provision equipment, was donated by the Hospital Auxil- $96HK8.00. An additional Anaesthetic | machine was purchased for the Op: Grocery Vouchers WINNER OF the IGA Food Vou- cher last week was Russell Chandler and the week before Rita Donnelly was the winner. The lucky numbers are obtained at Beare Motors and the draw is made each Sat. afternoon, Xe Glenn Starkey of the United States Air Force has Deen viisting friends and relatives in Port Perry and dist- rict. Glenn will be remembered by many folk here. He is the son of Edna and Jack Starkey who are now living in Oakland, Calif. Glenn, who was stationed in Loui- sianna, has been home with his par- ents on leave before coming to Port Perry. He is.now en route to Spain where he expects to be for the next Ron Peel started with Barred Rocks and had a flock of about 100 hens on Joe Peel, now Prices were fairly good and Ron sold both eggs restaurants Expansion developed in the years liary at all times. | | In January of this year a walk- <n 1062 brought a fair share of added ! refrigerator was completed; An BElectrocardiograph | installed" in half of the storeroom off inry, the value of this machine was | perishables much more convenient. EB the patients' charts of the firs} five. "to Japanese Feeding The breeder work at Peel's Poultry | firm specialized in day-old Barred | Dr. Price. The backbone of all tes Farm Ltd. is now solely munaged by | Rocks and "Peel's Whites". Years | work is the oldtime Barred Rock Dr. (John) Price, with ua staff of | have been spent in breeder work de- | stock which has been a closed flock about 30. Al Smith, a O.A C. Poultry veloping a better chick. for 30 years. other farm. the year. from approximately trict. Full Control Peel's Poultry Farm has full con- trol over plan.., This control covers a number of flockowners as well as the key matings on the two plants near the hatchery. To secure the quality chicks Peel's trade requires, flocks nre rigidly con- trolled. The requirement of the hat- chery roverns the breed or strain of fireeders that a flockowner may re- ceive, the number of birds he may | Hone and the date he will receive them. This planned 12 to 18 months in advance. After receiving the breeders, one brand: of feed is used , exclusively. The kind of féed and ! method of feeding is directed by Peel's | ! Poultry Farm to insure uniform chick faility. , erating Room at a cost of $1436., the i nnaesthetic machine in use in the Operating room was re-conditioned and transferred to the Case-room. | Since the number of forms for pa- tients' churts and office seems to always be increasing a Gestetner Du- plicating Machine was purchased for { the office at a cost of $500.00. it was the kitchen. It makes storage of Another 10,000 breeders are on an- A total of 45,000 to 60,000 hens are in the production of select hatching eggs at all times of These breeders are selected 75,000 day-old pullets per year and are contrilled by 23 flockowners in the Port Perry dis. all phases of its breeder t Strict enforcement of flockowner regulations has been an important factor in controlling a high standard of quality. In all the thousands of layers controlled by Peel's Poultry Farm, there has not been a single pull- orum test reaction for years. The firm has between 26 and 30 employees. Among trucks used is one that can carry 27,000 baby chicks, another 12,000, and a smaller truck that can carry 6,000. The trucks are air-cooled or-heated to withstand all typos of climate. Japanese Workers Peel's Poultry Farm separates as to sex all mixed chick orders. Over the years, hatchery employees have judged the sex of Barred Rocks chicks by appearance at the rate of about 8,000 per hour. On white birds--- where male and female chicks look alike, Japanese workers, who are skilled in the eareful determining of the sex hy handling, have been hired. The two-storey hatchery covers 16,000" square feet of floor space. There are 10 hatcheries and 21 setters with egg capacity of 374,000 eggs. In recent years, Peel's Poultry Farm have extensified its large-scale enterprise to produce broiler breeders for many parts of the world. La years were microfilmed to conserve storage space. It will be possible for visitors to Open House to see a chart in the reader located in the "business "office, (Continued on back page) Anniversary Congratulations! Congratulations on the occasion of Mr. and Mrs. M. Stichmann's Golden® As mentioned in an earlier edition, Mr. L. Fairburn, Mr. Chas. Williams, President of the Port Perry Chamber of Commerce announced to-day that the "Farmers Night Dinner" sponsored by the Chamber on behalf of the Retail Mer. chants will béKeld at the New Legion Hall on Thursday Evening, May 16th. Mr. Williams urged all Merchants to co-operate in this venture and have a Farmer Friend-asdis guest for this dinner. This is just one of the many ways we as merchants can show our appreciation of our farm customers and friends. Dr. John Price, past president, has arranged for Mr. L. Fairburn, to be three years. | of Wedding Anniversary, Monday, May 13th. Guest §, peaker Farmers Night Dinner, May 16th particular Merchants. Mr. Fairburn, who is the Central Ontario Sales Manager for Pembroke, Shook Mills, a subsidiary of Abbitibi Power and Paper, will discuss pack- aging and how it effects both producer ~ and consumer. Mr. Fairburn's main job in Central Ontario deals with corrugated packaging of Food Pro- ducts at both Wholesale and Retail levels. Tickets for this dinner go on sale this weekand are available from any the Directors of the Chamber, Members of the Chamber will he con- interest to Farmers and guest speaker, discussing a topic of tacted. Youth Not a Time of Life... opment of the modern railroad, steam- ships, photography, telegraphy, elec- tric lights, rotary printing press, tele- phone, phonograph, the sewing ma- chine and the automobile. Because the British Empire reached its height during the long reign of Queen Victoria, there was a tendency in Canada to associate Empire af- fairs, with the Queen's birthday. This trefd found its way into school life through the efforts of Clementina Fessenden of Hamilton, Ontario, - Be- ing an energetic and patriotic wo- man, she began, in 1898, to interest Canadians in _the idea of a sehool day pire. As a result, in that same year the Dominion Education Association (now the Canadian Education Asgsoci- (Continued on back page) homour-tire- British: Em The President Mrs. N. Williams welconyed 39 members and 4 visitors to the Honeydale Institute meeting, held May 2nd in the Parish Hall. The theme was-based on Education, with Mrs. W. Moase convener, in charge of the programme. A splendid explantion of the Motto was given by Mrs. Moase, "Youth is not a time of life, but a state of mind". The Roll Call was answered by each member naming "a means of self education", which proved moat enlightening, interesting reports were presented by the conveners of standing com. mittees, Mesdames V. Bell, M. Hardy and W. Moase, Mrs. M. Bassant re. ported briefly for Flower and Fruit, The Local Leader's Training School | reception for Mrs. .Geerda Van .Beek--L. tourses were discussed, and members decided on the following choicey (1st) "Focus on Finishes"; (2nd) "Des- serts'; (8rd) "Block Printing". During communications the Sec'y Mrs. H. Honey read a letter from Mr. H: L. Fair, Dept. of Agr., Uxbridge regarding a farm safety competition. The District Annual will be held in Ajax United Church, Tues., May 28, registration 9.16 a.m. Voting dele- gates for the. Honeydalg, Branch wera appointed, Nine members plan to attend the hoff of thie Netherlands, World Pre- sident of the Associated Country 'Wo men of the World, which will be held at Guelph College, on the afternoon of June 20th, * The levement day programme -- ...But a State of Mind Education Programme Theme of W. | Meeting for the 4-H Homemaking Clubs for Ontario South, will be held in the Port Perry High School, Sat., May 11th. W.I. members are invited to attend the afternoon programme which commences at 1.15 p.m. Members supported the Canadian Mental Health Assoc. of Ont. County with a generous donation. Junior Programme Miss M. McLaren introduced Mrs, J. Lawrence of Raglan, Ont. who presented educational slides taken while on a trip to Alaska. The Law- rence-family wore way 6 v weeks, and covered- 11000 miles, travelling as far us Anchorage, Alaska. Cake, ice cream and tea was served by Mrs, Moase and her co- hostesses, Mrs, L. Duff, Miss M. McLaren, Mrs, C. Howsam- and Mrs. H. O'Neil. Peel's Poultry Farm. is Largest In Canada Brooklin has producer. Baroness i A Ede Rn A NG a Erie So Se Capon a CEL».