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' A A 7 ye ¥ A] J ) { \ ' \ » ' LY . 4 " « 2 i L) Ed | { , | " W ' | "5 ), °Welsh, guest speaker, Reeve Wilfred "work of the supply committee, and a { <7 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" Mr. Herbert Buckland, 81-year-old veteran of the Boer War is on the left, Col. G. Arthur Welsh (Tiger) On Saturday night( May 26th) the Veterans of the 1st World War were entertained at a Banquet in the Ux- bridge Legion Hall by the combined membership of the Uxbridge Branch and the Port Perry Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. = This was called "Old Bill's Night" and it is hoped that it can become an annual event. Head table guests were Col. Arthur Gould of Uxbridge, Reeve J. J. Gib- son, Port Perry, Dist. and Deputy District Commanders of the zone; Pre- sidents of both Legion Branches: Ted Jackson, Port Perry; Dr. Davis, M.C. and Guest of Honour Herbert Buck- land, Port Perry, Veteran of the Boer War. Port Perry U.CV. The general meeting of the Port Perry United Church Women was held in the Church basement Tuesday af- ternoon, May 14th. Mrs. Merlin Dowson. presided, and opened the |: meeting with a poem. Progress reports of units were given, by Mrs. John Hoskin (Unit I), Mrs, srnest Healey (Unit 2), Mrs. Gord. Thomas (Unit 8) and Mrs. Wm. Moase (Uunit 4). Corr, Sec'y Mrs. George Hall re- ported 32 cards sent, since the last meeting, and a number of thank-you notes received, 93 calls have been made during the past month, Mrs. Gordon MacDonald outlined the fine array of knitted articles for the bale, were on display, (Continued on page four) Legions Honour Veterans With | with the success of this new venture. | tion could help with this problem. - | Referees for Season-- Ist World War Veteran and guest speaker of the evening, in the centre vears old, and the oldest person at- tending the banquet at the Legion and to the right Henry Parsrey, 92 | Hall, Uxbridge, on Sat., evening, is 'Old Bill' Banquet © PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 30th, 1963 $2.60 Per Year, Single Copy 7¢ | a veteran of World War 1 | : Uxbridge Times Photo Over 128 men attended the banquet and those in charge were well pleased Much time was spent-in renewing old acquantances and reminiscing about the days gone by. Col. Welsh | in his address stressed the need' for a renewed effort on the part of Legion members toward world peace. He | Ahout Town LN) felt they knew best the horrors and | Dh - rns hardships of war and veterans should | SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION is lend every effort to prevent another | said to have been. the cause of a fire such disaster. Canada has its own I which got started in a bale of straw problems with the situation in Quebec, | 4 hid b last Friday. The straw was lying this condition should be righted as | . ) . i Lon the ground between the two build- quickly as possible in order to help | ] ) bring about "world stability, The | ings of the Baptist Church. Bill Legion being a nation-wide organiza- | Chapman, noticed smoke coming from between the buildings. An alarm was turned in and the straw raked out. It was found that no damage resulted Hockey Club Holds Annual Meeting The Port Perry Hockey Club held it's annual meeting on Sunday, May '26th in the Port Perry Arena. Officers elected for 1963 - 64 sea- to the buildings, although the walls were hot. Firemen washed the walls down with water and stayed long enough to be sure that fire had not gotten inside the walls. It was fortunate that someone no- ticed the smoke early enough to pre- vent the buildings from burning. Accidental Shooting, Church Fire even Days ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING last Sunday. morning occurred when two lads were out hunting groundhogs, Citizens Petition Council: Some Objection To M Minutes of a Regular Meeting of Council of the Village of Port Perry, held in the Municipal Office on Fri- day, May 24th, 1963 at 7.30 pan. PRESENT Deputy Reeve, R. A. Kenny, Councillors, Bruce Beare, Ivan Parkinson and John Orde. MINUTES On motion the Minutes of May 10th were adopted as typed. Carried. DEPUTATIONS (a) Petition and letter dated April 24th, 1963, addressed to His Worship ink Ranch gentlemen in this matter in the in» passed. terest of all concerned. | (¢) Dr. G. M. Rennie attended Council expressed their sympathy, | Council meeting to discuss with the but there being no zoning by-law felt | members of Council the proposed that they had no authority to act, but I washrooms at the athletic field. Coun if the mink ranch does become a pub- | cillor Ivan Parkinson reported that the lic nuisance then Council would be in | washrooms would only be open for a position to give the matter atten-| ball games, that big drums would be the Mayor and Councillors. [ Mr. Purvis attended Council meet - ing on behalf of the petition signers and protested against the establishing | dae mink ranch in close proximity of then homes. The letter accompany- tyr the petition reads as follows: "We, the adjacent | property holders or residents, ;most undersigned strongly resent permission being | mink ranch to be started in the close proximity of our granted for a home A The property purchased by Mur. | Kight immediately West of Carnegie | Street we consider far too close to first class residential property to be used for this purpose. Due to odor, ete, which permiate our homes, we consider it would be a public nuisance and that it would de- | finitely deprgeinte the value of our property. There ave several lots already pn Street, the owners of same having no knowledge We feel this would restrict building, in which case taxes would be lost, Mink for the rural areas and not in towns, We ave proud! chased on Carnegie of the proposed mink ranch. ranches are Scott Rolo lay down to rest and Gor- don McGowan leaned the gun thoy | were using against a tree. The gun fell over and discharged striking the | Rolo lad in the face. A passing mo- torist wax haled and took the hoys to the hospital where Scott received emergency He was -then taken to General Hospital where an operation was performed. Last reports =say he favorably. treatment, Oshawa iI progressing SIDEWALKS are being repaired in several places avound town. Work is also being done on the retaining wall along side of the Bowling Green. The business of keeping our streets, parks, waterworks, ete. in good condition and clean is a full time job. son were as follows: President--Carl Luke 1st Vice-President--Carlyle McGill 2nd Vice-Pres,--Ross Sweetman Secretary--Harry Short Treasurer--Leo Taylor Directors-- : Rod Foster, Joe Fowler, Paul Espie, Blake Gunter, Walter Sandison, Mac McMillan. BLACKSTOCK Girl Guides The Local Association of the Girl Guides met at the home of Mrs. D. Dorrell on Monday, May 13th with 9 members present. District Commissioner Mrs. H. Kyte presided, minutes of the last meeting weré read and adopted. {Brown Owl Mrs. R. Turner gave her report, 29 badges have been a- warded, and several more are being worked on. Brownie Pack Camp will be held June 21st to June 23rd, at View Lake and 16 Brownies will be going, - Brown Owl also reported that the Brownies made $18.45 from the sale of Home Made Candy at the Hydro \ Considering there dre over 250 boys playing hockey in Port Perry, there was a very poor turn out for this meeting" with only eleven people be- ing present. ; --Harry Short, Sec'y End of Season Final Statement Donations, Sale of Choc. Bars, Sale of used Equip. Special Nights .....ccccon. $2,481.36 | Show, which was held by the Parents Receipts from-- Committee in April, this money is to Tykes, Bantam, go toward buying a new Mirror for Atoms, Midgets, the Brownie Pack, which is used in | Pee Wee, Juveniles,' their Fairy Ring and represents the 3 GMB cerasireniisnimmsrirsipssienee 2,327.51 | Fairy Pool. i ' A 7 Guide Captain Mrs. I. Thompson re- Total Receipts '62-'63........ $4,808.86 | ;orted that 17. badges have been a- = | warded since the last L.A. meeting, and that 12 guides with their leaders | went to Oshawa Fire Hall, after a very interesting tour of the Fire Sta. tion the girls trying for their Fire. men's Badge, were tested by one of | the officers and we are very pleased Expenses of Operation '62-'63 Tnsurance, Equipment, Ice Time, Special Nights, Advertising, Trophies Pee Wee, Midget, Bantam, Juvenile ............. 212.60 | to say that all 12 girls past the tests, . paneer Een | Wo pre- Very -grateful-to-the- Oshawa vo8 ung = / y Total Expenses '62-'63 ......$4,082.86 | Fire Dept. and to thé men who tested Dai Man Kang, 6 year old Korean | ~~ 5 : the girls, for their interest and the orphan adopted by Ladies Auxiliary | Bal. int Bank End of * | time they gave. of the Royal Canadian Legion. This| '62-68 Season ........ wenn $ 726,01 The guides sold 46, cartons of cooks lad now has 88' Canadidh Aunts,' ~=Ross Sweetman, Treasurer, ies on their Cookie Day and money is! "at Vines Laurel Brook Park. to be used to buy another tent. Tho Guides wish to thank everyone who bought. cookies, incidentally Capt. Thompson has a few boxes left if anyone wishes to buy a few more. Guide Camp this year will be from July 2 to July 13th, and is to be held As this meeting was the last one before Guides and Brownies break for the summer, plans were made for tho Big Camp Fire, which includes the Scouts and Cubs. It is to be held June 24th at 8 p.m. This year wo have planned something special, there will be a "FLY UP" ceremony for the Brownies going into Guides and the Guides who are trving for their Gold Cords are planning the evening and will have something extra special for us, so we hope to see a large crowd at the Camp Fire this year. Part of the evening will be held in the Re- creation Centre, then we shall all go out to Camp Fire in the Fair grounds. We ask all parents of Guides, Brown- ies, Scouts and Cubs, to make a ; cial effort this year and attend the Camp Fire. Everyone is welcome, so bring your friends along. Captain Thompson also reported that 6 new tents have been ordered. District. Commissioner Mrs, H. Kyte presented the Executive of the L.A. with Group Committee Pins, These are very attractive pins and we shal) all be very proud to wear them, --~The--meeting-was--then-elosed-and- our hostess served us coffee and ginger bread cake with piles of whipped cream. Next meeting to be held Sept. Oth at the home of Mrs. J. Ballingal. "speetion last Friday, not too cold for of Port Perry, let us keep it clean. | We respectfully request that seri- | ous consideration be given to you | Port Perry High Sc It was a perfect day for Cadet In- the pirls, and not too hot for the boys. The programme began, on campus at 2 oclock, with the Inspection of the Cadet Corps by Major Warniea, Officer Commanding the Regt. The boys Rifle Squad and Signals were next on the agenda, followed by The band then performed, exercising it's vari- Ontarip the girls' demonstration. ous pattern formations. The corps reformed to await the comments of the Inspection Officer, Major Warniea, who spoke lighly of the entire programme. } wi RY pare required other than those recom tion, It was left with Mr. Purvis to ad- vise the signatories of the petition | of the position of Council. - | (bh) Messes~ A. Lo McDermott, H. | Germann and Douglas Hogyr appeared | before Council on behalf of the resi- dents of Beech Street and vicinity af- fected by By-Law. #1242. Mr. Germain, acting as spokesman for the deputation, stated that they would appreciate having Clause 4 amended especially with regard to a public park in order to eliminate any | chance of a commercial enterprise be- | ing operated in the park. Mr. W. T. Harris, Village Solicitor, appeared at the meeting a little later in the even- | ing and assured Council that the a-, mending by-law of 1242 was quite in | order and that no commercial enter- | prise could be undertaken as referred to in Clause 4, unless under the per- mission of Council. He explained fur- ther that the amending by-law was drawn up in accordance with instrue- | tions from the Ontario Municipal Bd. | and that to change any Clause in the! Coviginal by-law £1242, other than the! changes already made, would require In' amendments another hearing of the by-law. other words, if further mended by the Board, that application would have to be made to the Ontario Municipal Board. Council was satisfied with the ex- plantion given by Mr. Harris, and so the amending by-law #1380 was used in the place of septic tanks and weeping tile, and would be pumped out and drawn away frequently. Dr. Rennie explained that proper wash- rooms could not be installed in that aren until we have sewers in the | village, but that he would approve of the proposed temporary washrooms only, and if they are kept in a sani-. tary condition. Council decided that from their pomt of view they would give these proposed temporary washrooms con- sideration, (d) Chief of Police, R. J. Cameron, reported to Council on Police matters and stated that his Department is still operating very efficiently and assured Council that he would check certain by-laws of the Municipality with the Clerk. BY-LAW #42, £1380 to amend by-law to Regulate the use of Land | and Character, Location and use of Buildings and Structures, was moved and seconded, 3 rend three times, passed, signed, and the Seal of the Corporation affixed thereto. COPY of a By-Law #320 of fhe Town of Ajax-to provide for the li { censing, regulating and governing of owners and drivers of taxicabs and establishing the rates or fares to be charged for the conveyance of pas- semgers within the Town of Ajax. Held over for further study. (Continued on back page) The trophy Best Cadet-and.Cadette ' of the year was awarded to Captain Carol Anne Morrow, and Captain Charlie Hastings. The of dismissal given and the corps 'broke off'. On the afternoon of May 28rd a peneral assembly was held in honour of the four members of our staff, who will be leaving us this year. commands were They are as follows, Miss Hastings, Mis. Mr. "Johnston and Mr. Pearson. Roach, Everyone is sorry to see them fo, for they have been good friends as well as good teachers and supervi- hool Holds Annual Cadet Inspection {or the future. This week should prove to be very exciting as the candidates for next year's student"s council are busy cam- prigning. Posters have been erected, drawings exhibited, and students are wearing the namo tag of the candi- date of their choice. The other stu- dents awaiting the hoxes and campaign speeches, are now foap We wish them every success This year's Student Council is very - It demonstrates the promise of active school spirit for the year 1963-64. Photos by Tom Hughes proud to see this. VE Gop CRT, a _. aE Te) ~~