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2 -- PORT PERRY STAR, Thursday, June 10th, 1965 EPSOM NEWS By Jean Jeffery "Our loves are Albums-- written through With good or ill--with false or true, And as the blessed angels turn The pages of the years-- God grant they read the good with smiles And blot the ill with tears." --Whittier Mr. and Mrs. John Henning and Glenn of Oshawa visited with Mr, & Mrs. Chas. Geer on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Harry Geer and Mrs. Gordon Jeffery are home after a visit to Uxbridge Cottage ~ Hospital and we are hoping Mrs. L. Lyons will be able to return at the end of the week, At present Mrs, Lyons is mak- ing satisfactory recovery from recent surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold Asling of Toronto were with his par- ents Mr. and Mrs. Donald As- ling for the week-end. Mr. and Mrs, Allan Card, Ronnie and Cathy visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pegg of Zypher on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Jeffery were dinner guests on 'Sunday 'with Mr, and Mrs. J. Moore of Oshawa. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Clarke of Ashworth visited with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Asling one even- ing last week. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wilson enjoyed a drive to Lake Simcoe on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Wagner visited with Mr, and Mrs. H. Ashton one day recently. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Geer and boys of Utica called on Mr. & Mrs. 'Harry Geer on Sunday afternoon. There were 24 tables of Euchre at the Epsom Commun- ity party. This was supposed to be the last Euchre and dance of the season but the group voted and decided to hold an- other party this Friday even- ing, June 11th, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Walk- er were week-end guests with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Stewart. The results of the Euchre at the school were won for the Ladies 1st Mrs. Lena Ogden, 2nd Mrs, Jennie Coyte, low Mrs. Olive Gimblett. For the Gents--1st Gordon Taylor, 2nd David Prentice, Moase, Mrs. Brown of Windsor visit- low Morley ed with Mrs. Roy Munro on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs, Ray Edwards and family joined the Storrey Re-Union at Utica on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. M. (Cracknell and a friend are staying at their cot- tage for the week. Mr. Edwards and Mr. Ingle- by of Goodwood attended Or- dination Services at Metropoli- tan Church in Toronto on Fri- day and Mrs, Edwards visited with Mrs. Ingleby. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Munro were week-end guests of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Graham of Sud- bury. Mr, and Mrs. Henry Thomas of Pine Point and Mrs. Mar- garet Real of Port Perry visit- ed with Mr. and Mrs. FF. Mun- ro. On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. R. Edwards and family & Marie and Sharon Anderson motored to Hillsdale on Saturday to see their new home. The Edwards family will be moving at the end of the month. (Continued on Page 106) 16 graham wafers (crushed to fine crumbs) 1, cup brown sugar 1 tsp. cinnamon namon, butter, and salt, pan. Bake for 30 minutes. RECIPE OF THE MONTH By the Ontario Tender Fruit Institute "Buy Canada Choice Canned Fruit" QUICK CHERRY CRUNCH a dessert delight for easy summer dining Heat oven to 325. Mix graham wafer crumbs, sugar, cin- Sprinkle three-quarters of crumb mixture over the bottom of an eight inch or nine inch cake Pat down gently with the bowl of a spoon. the Canada Choice cherry pie filling over crumb base. Then sprinkle on remaining one-quarter of the crumb mixture. Serve warm with cream. 14 cup melted butter 14 tsp. salt 1 20-0z. Can Canada Choice cherry pie filling. Spread Serves '6. ATTENTION ALL VETS! OLD BILL'S NIGHT UXBRIDGE LEGION Sat., June 12, HALL 1965, 5 p.m. to honour the veterans of WORLD WAR ONE In the Port Perry and Uxbridge Areas For information about Complimentary Tickets and transportation for these Veterans, contact : Ed. Mulholland -- 985 - 2033 Ed. Mason (Myrtle) -- 655 - 4645 TESTIMONIAL DINNER (Continued) In our many memories some will particularly remember Jay's popularity and promin- ence as a local ball player, others will remember his years of long hours and hard work when he was establishing his caponizing business--still others will recall his contribution to fraternal and service organiza- tions and the fact that the Oddfellows elected him to one of their highest offices--Dist- rict Deputy Grand Master. The chicken processing busi- ness which he established made a very real contribution in a small Municipality where com- mercial and industrial assess- ment is urgently needed, but extremely difficult to acquire. All of these things -- and many more -- are additional to his long service in the field of municipal -government which in itself would be sufficient justi- fication for this Testimonial evening. Jay -- I have known you for many years in many capacities --we have worked 'together, grown up as friends together and served on municipal coun- cils. I am privileged to have been selected to present you with this plaque as a pa this wonderful night alf of all who are present and the many residents of our commun- ity who could not be here pure- ly because of limited space." Honoured Guest Accepts Plague Mr. Gibson, visibly moved by the speech, presentation of the plaque, and the spontaneous ovation from a standing group of friends, expressed his sin- cere thanks to the members of C. of C. and everyone who had contributed in some way to make the occasion such a mem- orable one for him. He particularly stressed his gratitude towards the present and previous council members for their co-operation and sup- port, and also gave much credit to his wife Hazel and his fa- mily for a successful climb to the highest position in muniei- pal politics. "I was first elected to County Council in 1957", Mr. Gibson said. "During this short period I have witnessed a tremendous growth in the County of Ont- ario. The population of the County has increased by 27,000, the assessment by 45 million and the expenditures by over 31% million. This year it will cost approxi- mately 5 million dollars for ser- vices supplied by the County. The per dollar cost of these services will be: Roads .ooveeeivevirrenvenionns 62%¢c Protection to persons and property ............ Te Welfare on Debentures ... Miscellaneous The County derives its money from the following sources: Property Taxes ...... 32%%c. Province of Ontario... 47%e. City of Oshawa ie 6c. Miscellaneous . We do appreciate the gener- ous financial support that the County is now receiving from the Provincial Authorities -- nearly one half of our revenue comes from this source, In order to meet the growth in this County, it has been ne- cessary for the County Council to provide new County build- ings, During the last 15 years the County -Council has erected a new Home for the Aged, a County Jail, a Registry Office and a new County of Ontario Court House and Administra. tion Building. This year the Council will start the construction of a new Home for the Aged to serve the northern part of this County. Also, the County has/ provided substantial assistan¢e for the construction of Public Hospitals that serve the residents of this County -- yet we are unable to keep up with the demand for additional hospital accommoda- tion. The Council is levying annually 2 mills for this pur- pose. The growth of this County has just commenced. It will be necessary for us to plan for the great expansion that will take place during the next few years. Also, we shall be required to accept certain changes in our municipal insti- tutions in order to provide ade- quately for the social, economic and cultural needs of our people". Speaker Emphasizes Strong Municipal Government Ei ri Wilfred Spooner, Ministér of Municipal Affairs, who was introduced by his col- league, the Hon. M. B. Dymond, Minister of Health delivered a most interesting speech where he gave praise to municipal leaders such as Mr. Gibson and emphasized the importance of a strong municipal government, Unfortunately, limited space in this newspaper does not al- low the printing of the com- plete speech. Below is some of the highlights from his address, and in paritcular the parts per- taining to My. Gibson and the special occasion: "In the course of each year I have the opportunity of addres- sing a goodly number of audi- ences, covering a wide variety of occasions. Once in a while the occasion is one such as this, where men and women, keenly aware of their responsibilities to their community, gather to- gether to pay tribute to one of their number for services of an extraordinarily meritorious na- ture . . . What a sad reflection it is on our modern pace that all too frequently we allow such opportunities to slip oo. until it becomes too late to make the person aware of our fondness and respect. You, however, have not only NOT failed in this respect, but you are honouring one who has just reached the peak of his ser- vice to his fellow man. What pleasure it must give Mr. Gib- son to be, so honoured. What pleasure it would be for any of us in similar happy circumstan- ces. How much better could we all fulfill our daily tasks being sure of the appreciation of our fellow-workers for tasks well done. Too often we are called to task for our shortcomings rather than applauded for sin- cere effort, This is most par- ticularly so in the field of mu- nicipal service to which Mr. Gibson has devoted so much time in the past ten years. Municipalities today are big business and the tremendous assets involved are owned by the public. Therefore they must be operated in the most. effi- cient and business like way by the best qualified persons avail- ahle. Yet, even as big business is governed by the policies set each company, so municipali- ties look for their authorities to the Province which created them and which has incorpor- ated various Acts for their guidance. Municipalities operate under permissive legislation. You and I, as individuals, can do any- thing we choose, provided the law or our conscience does mot forbid it. Municipal councils, however, can only do those things for which provisions are made under the various statu- tes. In these days of rapid growth and greater mobility, no muni- cipality exists in isolation. De- csions that are made by one council very often have ceper- cussions on neighbouring com- munities, It is increasingly imperative, therefore, for many matters which affect a common area to be studied, and con- certed action taken by a co- operative effort on the part of a number of municipalities. Although the province cer- tainly has an interest in en- couraging our municipalities, and strives at all times to pro- vide all possible assistance to the communities in every area of municipal government, I be- lieve that the basic responsibil- ity for the fututre must remain with the municipalities them-~ selves. And by the municipalities, ladies and gentlemen, I do not refer to large, cold, impersonal and obscure entities but to warm, moving masses of indi- vidual human beings. I refer to YOU...and YOU... and YOU , .. and YOU . . . the pitizens who ARE the munici- palities. Ontario is fortunate, indeed, in the number of men who--like Mr. Gibson -- are dedicated in their service to the community but I ask you to consider care- fully, whether we are not ask- ing fap too much from a few far-sighted individuals -- and not nearly enough from the great mass of us who gain our livelihood from the assets of this Ontario of ours. While we show Mr. Gibson our appreciation for a whole life spent in varying services to us -- let us not cheer him as bystanders watching a game -- let us rather show him our ap- preciation by taking our full part in the team of which he is so deservedly the leader". As a momento of his visit to Port Perry, and guest speaker at the Testimonial Dinner, Storey Beare expressed his thanks on behalf of the Cham- ber of Commerce and presented Mr. Spooner with a table ligh- ter. To conclude the successful evening, the president Grant McDermott also expressed his thanks to the speaker, and everyone who had accepted the invitation to take part in the memorable event. & LN i down . by. senior. exeentives of [