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Port Perry Star (1907-), 21 Apr 1966, p. 1

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Intermediates In Finals Team Requires Financial Aid ToPay For Travel, Hotel, Ftc. After a most successful hoc. key season so far, the Port Perry intermediate team has reached the Ontario finals and is now playing Port Elgin for championship honours. However, in order to operate such a team successfully a certain amount of money is needed. Except for the last few games the attendance at the Arena has not been of the best, and con- sequently the team is therefore in short supply of funds, _The fact that the team is | playing three games in Port Elgin on Friday, Saturday and Sunday is not helping the situa- tion a great deal. The cost of transporting 20 to 25 players, coaches and leaders, plus hotel rooms and meals will more than drain the reserves, A few generous contributions have been received already, but the team is still in need of more money. ' : Through the season, the play- ers have quite frequently had | to dig into their own pockets to | keep going, This shows a fine team spirit, and particularly now when an Ontario Champ- | ionship is within the team's reach, some local support js es- sential, Anyone wishing to give a donation, small or large may do so at the Star Office. Port Perry Man Appointed J.P. The Department of The At- torney General recently announ- ced the appointment of My. J. R. Helm of Port Perry as a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Ontario, Mr. Helm who is well known in Port Perry and district main- tains an office at 151 Queen St. (Carnegie Real Estate) where he is readily available to provide the services of his office to those who may require them. Ontario Cty. Junior Farmers Win Zone Drama Festival Festival for this Zone was held in the Uxbridge Secondary School on Saturday, April 9th, at 8.00 p.m, The _folldwing Junior Farm- ers' Association presented one act plays -- Victoria County, Halton County and Ontario County. The Ontario County one act play "Comes Romance" received first prize. The actors in this play are all members of the Brooklin Junior Farmers; they are Shirley Jones, Ken Stick- wood, David Hawthorne, Doreen Jones, Jan Hoskins, and Carl Wilson. The play was directed by Mrs. Almack, Claremont, Ontario, The plays were adjudicated by Mrs. R. W. Sheridan, Bow- manville, Ontario, New Feature For Port Perry Fair A Market Steer Class will be added to the Prize List for 1966. This will be in two sections, steers from 600 to 850 lbs., and those over 850 lbs, The steers will be weighed at the time of judging and sold by public auec- tion, immediately afterwards. This project is sponsored jointly by the Ontario Department of Agriculture and the Port Perry Fair. For further information contact Malcolm Bailey, R.R. 1, Pot Perry, or Dr, D. C. Christie, R.R. 4, Port Perry. Port Perry Intermediate Hockey Club(Tripps Bulldozers) advanced to the Ontario Finals when they defeated Trenton RCAF in the semi-finals. The Bulldozers met Port Elgin in the finals with the first two games being played in Port Perry last week-end. On Saturday Port Perry drop- ped a 5-2 decision to Port Elgin but came back on Sunday and picked up a 9-2 win to even the series. The Halton County Junior Farmers' Ladies Trio won the Provincial Competition last January; they provided the music between plays. Miss Anne Dryden, President of the Ont. ario County Junior Farmers, led the group in a singsong, The Junior Farmer Drama Competition to select a Provin- cial winner will be held in Mem- orial Hall, University of Guelph on Saturday, April 16th. The Ontario County Drama Group will be taking part along with four other Junior Farmer groups from different counties in the Province. Cty. Junior Farmers Ontario Winners In Drama Festival Ontario "County won first place in the Ontario Junior Farmer Drama Festival held Saturday in Memorial Hall at the University of Guelph. The winning one-act play was "Comes Romance", presented by | The Brooklin Junior Farmers. Four other groups from across the province took part in the final. Members of the cast were: Shirley Jones, Ken Stickwood, David Hawthorne, Doreen Jones, Jan Hoskins and Carl Wilson. _ TAR VOLUME 101 THURSDAY, APRIL 21st, 1966 The Lions Club of Port Perry the Lion 101 Club. On the le of $883.88 which was presented to the club by Port Perry Lions Club Receive Cheque For $883.88 were recipients ' ft is Lion Club President Gordon Goode who is looking on as 101 club chairman, Jim Bower, on the right presents the cheque to the club treasurer, Cecil King (centre). ENROLMENT DEADLINE MAY 1st The play was directed by Mrs. | Almack, of Claremont. | Port Perry - Port Elgin, Meet In Ontario Final Gary Geer picked up Port Perry's two markers in Satur- day's game while Matthews & Geer with 2 & Burnett, Middle- ton,McNenley, Bryant and Doug McMillan with singles clicked for Port on Sunday. The next three games will g0 in Port Elgin this week-end, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and the Bulldozers have to pick up at least one win to be as- sured of another game in Port Perry. running out for those persons who intend joining the Ontario Medical Services Insurance Plan (OMSIP) during the two- month open enrolment period which ends May 1, Health Min. ister Dr. Matthew B. Dymond warned today. "It is apparent, with less than two weeks to go, that a large number of our citizens are wait- ing until the last minute before sending in their OMSIP appli- cation forms," he said. The Minister stressed this was in line with the experience in other public and private me- dical care insurance schemes Hospital Report For Week Ending April 16th Admissions .........cceoeun..... 24 Operations ........................ 11 Emergency Treatments... 4 Births Deaths Remaining ........................ 19 of applications were received in { the final 10 days of an open | enrolment period, "Applications are now being received at a rate of some Juniors Judge | The April meeting of the Port Perry 4-H Dairy Calf Club was held at the farm of Mr, Les Smith, R.R. 2, Port Perry, on the afternoon of Thursday, April 14th, Club President, Murray Stone, R.R. 2, Blackwater, called the meeting to order and announced the programme for the after- noon, Grass Fires Keep The Port Perry Firemen have been kept busy the past two weeks answering nine calls since April 10th. ee On April 10 they were called | to the home of Mr, Crawford on Union Ave. to extinguish a blaze which was started by the furnace motor, and the following day they were called to the farm of Lawrence Medd in Reach to quell a barn fire. On the 12th they were called to a chimney fire at the home of Sam Cook, R.R. 1, Port Perry. As this is the time of year for grass fires the alarm has been going quite frequently. Grass fires were extinguished at Douglas Hogg's, Port Perry, Mr. Saunders, Reach, George Charlton's, Reach, G. Raines, Port Perry, G, Lehmann, Reach Raines on Ash St., Port Perry. Local Firemen Busy | OMSIP Receives 12,000 Applications Daily TORONTO -- Time is fast where upwards of 80 per cent! mond, "The number of appli- cations received to date is in excess of 150,000, covering al- most 400,000 individuals and | their dependents." i | (Continued on Page Four) | Following a dairy cow type | demonstration by 4-H leader | Mr, Leslie Smith, the elub mem- | bers judged a class of mature | Holstein cows in milk. The of- : ficial placing was established by club leaders, with the assistance cof Keith Phoenix and Aldon Smith, senior members in the club, The Port Perry 4-H Dairy | calf club represents the largest { 4-H agricultural club in Ontario County this year, with a total | of 43 members enrolled. The meeting was adjourned with the 4-H pledge Minor Hockey Hold Final Closing Night The Port Perry Minor Hockey Association rounded out the season last Monday evening in the local arena when they held a "Meet the Champs" night. Four hockey games were played and trophies were presented to the winning teams of the season. To top off the evening the minor hockey executive and the local firemen played a broom- ball game which the hockey executive won. The firemen gave the spectators that were on hand a good laugh when they jcame out on the ice dressed up and one on the property of J.| as women and a few were quite | convincing, Holsteins EA 3 oy SNe pei x = La " oa RAL oo on vo Sas TAY Rr a Cv ra [cn 2

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