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id hogy | Volume 100 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10th, 1964 Number 12 Ed (Sam) Oyler Ele vasa ii Honour Caretaker, Rog Si. Toles At Reception In United Church By Mrs. Charles Reesor The members of the Official Board of the Port Perry United Church arranged a jolly get- together in honour of Mr. Roy St. John who has been a faith- ful and ardent caretaker of the Church for the past eight years. The reception was held in the Sunday School rooms and ya a large representation of mem- bers were present to show their appreciation to Mr. St.John who has carried out his duties far beyond the requirements of a caretaker. Mr. Charles Reesor acted as master of ceremonies for the varied programme ar- ragged by Mr. Stan Ploughman, "The devotions were in charge of the Reverend Mr. Alec Rice and words of welcome and sin- John Hamilton New Dep.-Reeve In Cartwright John Hamilton, a member of Cartwright Township council last year was elected deputy- reeve in Monday's election. He succeeds Merrill Van Camp who wag acclaimed to the position of reeve at the nomination meet- ing held earlier. Also contesting the deputy- reeve seat was. Blake Gunter, who polled 212 votes against Mr. Hamilton's 379. Elected to the positions of councillors were Wm. Ferguson + with 466 votes; Ernest Swain, 392 and Gordon Gettins, 356, - who will be serving his first term on Cartwright Township council, Unsuccessful candidate was Charles Sharpe who pulled 292 votes, cere appreciation were expres- sed by Mr. Sam Griffen, repres- enting the Board of Stewards. Those taking part in the pro- gram were Mrs. Frank Hastings, Mrs. Frank Godley, "Mrs. Geo. Burnett, Mrs. Ellsworth Ken- nedy, 'Mrs. W. G. Sharpe, Mrs. Arthur Beauchamp, Miss Ena Harris, Miss Barbara Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harper of Greenbank, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Samells, Mrs. Bruce Snelgrove, of Prince Albert, Miss Linda Heayn, Messrs. Gerald Nelson, Roy Smith, Glen Taylor, Ralph Wilbur and Joe Saunders. The highlight of the evening was. the address and "presenta- tion of a twin desk set, leather writing case and also a sum of money by Mr. Rae Webster and Mr. Stanley Ploughman, with everyone joining in singing 'For He's a Jolly Goodfellow'. Mr. St. John in expressing his pleasure and thanks for the honour bestowed upon him, re- minisced briefly with a few am- using anecdotes which had taken place during his service as caretaker of the Church. To climax such an enjoyable evening, the United Church Women, under the capable sup- ervision of the caterer, Mrs, N. Heayn served refreshments and a social half-hour of chitéhat and reminiscing with brief speeches from several of the members brought the party to a close. Hospital Report For Week Ending Dec. 5th Admissions .......... neg 18. Operations . 12 Births .... ---- ws) Deaths ..ovveveviiineennne . Nil Discharges ........ SURO | | ReMAIning vec irinenns we 22 i | cil. Mus, ced Reeve Mrs. Lucille Gray First Lady Elected To Reach Council Ratepayers of 'Reach Town- ship went to the polls on Mon- day, December 7th and elected Edward (Sam) Oyler Reeve. The question of the 2-year term was included in each bal- lot and there were 497 "Yes" and 135 "No". Votes for Oyler were 586 defeating Earl Mar- tyn' s 424. . "Topping the poll was "Mr. Chester Geer who received 708 votes for his position on Coun- Bert (Lucille) Gray was second highest with 689 votes and is the first woman to '| ever sit on Council in the his- tory of Reach Township. Mr. Larry Doble received 613 votes to win over Mr, O. J. 'Boe with 390. The election. results for Reeve disprove the popular belief that a candidate never succeeds, in: a bid for the same office if he has once-been defeated. Back in December, 1962, Mr. Earl Martyn defeated Mr. Oyler with a majority of 133 votes for the Reeveship, This year, Mr. Oyler came back to defeat his opponent with an edge of 162 votes. Mrs. Gray's victory in her bid as Councillor marks a break through for the female popula- tion of Reach. She collected 689 votes on election day and will be the first lady Gon rigile Even though the oletorets voted for two-year terms. for Council and School Board, as far as Council is concerned, this will not become effective until the election of 1966-1967. A By-law must be passed prior (Continued on page 13) "| Douglas Hall, raat - ~ Hect t mag hoy Dep. -Reeve, Return Councillors Ivan Parkinson Heads The Polls 45% Of Electorate Cast Ballots Residents of Port Perry went to the polls on Wednesday in greater numbers than have been seen in many years. Approximately 45% of eligible voters cast their ballots and returned last years councillors to office. af samen ly held by John Orde, hon was not able to contest the seat since he has recently taken up residence in Toronto. Also contesting the office of deputy-reeve were a broth- "er of John Orde, Phil, and Jesse Buxcey, who both failed in their bid for this position. Votes received for deputy- reeve were Boyd 363; Orde 237; Buxcey 48 © this year he failed again. Orten Michie who made an unsuccessful attempt for a } seat on council last year, although given stronger support Ivan Parkinson again headed the polls with 547, but Bruce Beare was only five votes behind with 542. In third position was Robert Kenny, 518, and Mr. Michie 128. On View In An Electric Heat Information Centre on wheels, Hydro's mo- bile display coach will arrive in Port Perry on December 11th. red-and-white coach will be lo- cated on Queen St. in front of the Post Office and will be open to the public from 12 noon to 9 pm. "The Hydro coach tells the complete story of electric heat- ing, and outlines the advantages of this modern convenience for the homeowner," says Mr. A, C. Richardson, Manager, Port Perry H.E.C. "Whether plan- ning a new home or remodelling an older one, everyone will find the display in the coach of great value and interest." Wide variety in types of elec- tric heating equipment on dis- play provides home-owners with an oportunity to choose equip- ment best suited to their parti- cular heating needs. All the equipment is installed in home- like settings to demonstrate the versatility of electric heat- ing units. On display in the coach are baseboard convection units, wall-mounted and ceiling radi- ant panels, radiant ceiling cable, forced air systems, and a cut- away view of an in-duct electric heating system. Many of the In Uxhridge declined a nominatfon for mayor, but qualified for the office of councillor was defea- ted in Monday's election in the Town of Uxbridge. Also defeated was Arnold Tipper a long time member of Uxbridge Town council and a former mayor. Elected to office for a two year term as councillor were Wm. Hickling, A. H. Cooper and Chas. Stew- ard. The only member of the four with previous council ex- perience is Mr. Steward. Mr. E. Bradbury was elected to the office of mayor by ac- clamation. Also elected by acclamation were reeve W. H. Gould and deputy-reeve John A. Ball Modern Heating Display On display until 9 p.m., the] Election Upset Last year's mayor of Uxbridge Mrs. Nellie Kydd who this year; Port Perry heating units are operational, so that visitors can try out the thermonstatic controls for themselves. A heating cost electronic com- puter is also installed in the Hydro coach. By punching an- swers to three, questions into the computer, visitors can ob- tain an estimate of operating costs for an electric heating system in their own home. & The proper techniques for in- stallation of insulation, in con- junction with electric heating, is demonstrated in the coach by colored panels and cut-away models. The coach will be staffed at all times during exihbtion hours with personnel qualified to pro- vide visitors with general infor- mation regarding Hydro, and to discuss the electric heating equipment on display. x Sm yo 2a 7: vn Lions, Ladies to Hear Speaker Arthur Duncan, . wh ERA, director of public relations for Bata Shoe ) Co., will be guest speaker at bed the annual Ladies Night held a oF by the Lion's Club of Port Perry i on Monday, December 14th. § Mr. Duncan is known to be an eloquent speaker, and is also a Lion past president and past Zone chairman, All members and their ladies are requested to attend this furiction which is one of the highlights of the year. oat TAN EWN BE LX - a i 4