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Port Perry Star (1907-), 12 May 1966, p. 1

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oh i .: 2 he iN Ne lh i 4 A Ul 2 VOLU ME 101 Delay In Addition To P.P. Public School' THUDSDAY, 1966 MAY 12th, NUMBER 3 Will Keep Two Scugog Schools Open At a joint School Board meet- ing held in Port Perry Public School on Monday evening, it was revealed that the planned addition to the Public School will not be finished.in time to accommodate the projected en- ~rolment by first day of school, Tuesday, September 6th. Dve to a myriad of "red ~~ tape"-and- theofficial -approv--- als required from Department of Education, Fire Marshal; Ontario Municipal Board, etec., the final plans for the addition "and the calling for tenders has "been delayed, To accommodate all the school | pupils from Scugog Island at | once would be an impossibility, | so the alternative decided upon .is that the Kindergarten age-! "group, plus the seniors from Grades 5, 6, 7 and 8 will be transported -by bus to Port Perry, while. the remainder will continue attending the two re-. maining schools on the Island, until the early part of 1967. By keeping S.S. #1 and S.S. #2 open on the Island, the pu- pils will suffer no interruption in their studies and until class- ---- rooms are ready for them in ----Port Perry, school will £0 on as wsual. wera t Mrs. Beckett will be the teacher at S.S. #2, teaching " Grades 1 and 2." At the other school, S.S. #1, Mrs. Measures will be teaching Grades 3 and 4. In conversation with the Chairman of the Port Perry School Board, it ' was learned that-one-third of the Auditori- um is to be turned into a class- " room to accommodate the influx of pupils in September. What the enrolment might reach by opening day is anybody's guess, Will Honor Champions Through the co-operation of the Council of the . Village of Port Perry, the Port Perry Chamber of Commerce is hold- ing a "Meet the Champions" dinner at the Port Perry Legion Hall, to honour Port Perry's ~ own Anne Forder and Richard Stevens, Ontario Figure Skat- |} ing Champions for 1966, and the local Intermediate 'C' Ont- ario- Champions Hockey Team, - This should bé a big night © for all sports fans in "Port the only opportunity to pay suit- - able tribute to the well deserv- ing Champions from Port Perry. These young people deserve support and as a large crowd is anticipated advance tickets will be available from R. Wilson or Gordon Carnegie. The dinner and reception will be held in the Legion Hall on Saturday, June 11th, Confir- mation has not been received regarding thé guest speaker, but additional® information about this next week, | Credit. as the summer school holidays bring changes in the population. Last-year there was an increase of 38 pupils between closing day in June and opening day in September. This year cpuld re- sult in a similar situatidby, with new families moving into town. The Kindergarten classes will number about 66, with attend- Twelve of thefe will be Island youngsters, who will draw the 9 a.m. to 11.15 shift, due to the fact. they have to travel the farthest, and will probably come by bus and be returned to the Island in time for lunch, The other 44 (or more) will share | the other two shifts--and-the| scheduling of this one factor alone will. be no mean feat. for ance on a three-shift basis. | the school officials, Peel's Poultry Farm Ltd. Form Separate Export Co. Dr. John Price, President of Peel's Poultry Farm Limited, announces the formation of a new export company called | INTERAG FOOD EXPORTS OF CANADA LTD." "INTER- AG" -- coined from the words International and Agriculture was formed to trade interna- | tionally in agricultural products from Canada, The basic orien- incorporated in Noigmbar 1965 | This new trading company (which under a Dominion Charter. will act as the sole export agent | for Peel's), will enable Peel's 'Poultry Farm Limited to con- | tinue to .place their primary emphasis on the research, breeding and production of breeding stock for meat - type chickens. (Peel's are presently tation will be to meet the ex- panding needs of the poultry | industry in-world markets. -- The Company, a 'subsidiary of | Perry, Ontario, Canada, iy United Church Anniversary Services Sun. This Sunday, May 15th the United Church in Port. Perry will celebrate its annual anni- versary. at the 11.00 am. service will be Rev. Fred Joblin of Port F. G. Joblin of Port Perry, and brothér to Miss Gladys Joblin, | Port Perry Public School Kin- dergarten teacher. will also have -Mr, Fred Den- sham of Oshawai as soloist and | the Port Perry Choir has pre- pared special music as well. In the evening at 8.00 p.m. the celebration. will take the form of a fellowship of friends. singing of favourite hymns and the sermon period will be taken up by the showing of a film-- "Almost Neighbours". . The guest preacher | He is the son of Rev, || The service |- asks for a total subsidy of exporting their breeding stock to some thir ty countries 'around | "the-world)." TE da INTERAG will be selling pri- Peel's who are located at Port | marily on behalf of Canadian | work Thursday, May 5th at the (Continued on Page 4) - First Abhi "Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs, G. Pentland who one year ago purchased the jewellery '| store owned by Mrs. I. R, Bent- ley isicelebrating the first an- niversary with a bargain sale, See advertisement on page 14. Hospital . Report For week ending May 7th Admissions .......cueeeineenns » 18 Operations ........cccervvinnnnnne 8 ¢ Emergency Treatment... 7 BIER "visirernerdiecnssnsonions 2.3 Deaths ..........: AI nil DISchargas a.com 13 Remaining ......ccceeeviineveinnne 30 isting hours 3-4 dnd 7-8 p.m. ~ The Port Perry Chamber of Commerce is planning a Testi- ) monial Dinner in honour of R. H.- Cornish, principal of the Port Perry Public School, who this June is retiring after 40 years in the teaching profes- sion, Of the 40 -years, Mr, Cornish has served 35 years in Part Perry. . ER Mr. Cornish is being honour- I ed not only for his service to the Public School system, but for his service to the Commun- ity over the past 35 years. | The dinner will be held at the 4 Bore Perry Legion Hall on Bboy SR Ferg 2 ; Ha wai Pp sleagen a Testimonial Dinner In Honor Of Principal. -R. H. Cornish Wednesday, June 22nd, and as many of his ex-pupils & friends will want to attend, the Cham- ber of Commerce is having an advance sale of tickets to try to accommodate as many as pos- sible, For tickets contact the secie- tary Howard Hall at 985-2273 or 985-2367. Guest Speaker for the even- ing will be Mr. H. B, Hender- son, Superintendent of Metro Area, Dept. of Education, Prov- ince of Ontario. "ly Council Contributes $200 To Banquet For Champions On a request from Ray Wil- Ison and Gordon Carnegie Jr., représenting Port Perry Cham- of Commerce, the local council at the last regular meet- towards a banquet the C of C has arranged for Saturday, June 11. ' The banquet planned honour of Anna Richard =~ Stephens, Canadian Junior Pairs . figure Skating Champions and "Tripp's Bull' dozers", the Intermediate "C" Hockey Champions of Ontario. is in Forder and. individual trophies be presented to the skaters and the memberg -of the hockey team. | Receive Incre Thirteen nurses went back to; Ontario County Health Unit in Whitby, ending -a 34-day dispute | over higher salaries and fringe benefits. : --- William G., Manning, Ontario | County clerk treasurer, said the dispute ended when the nurses and the unit agreed to settle- ment terms handed down b§f"de- partment of labor conciliation -1 officer, J. Dunklee, "The nurses walked out April 1. The agreement gives eight ny County Health Nurses It was suggested that small ) \ * ov 4" 7s snag asalemid ay. LY -ing---decided to-contribute $200. "TN ase In Wages Senior public health nurses will get four annual wage hikes of $300 each for a $5,800 low. and a $7,000 high. Registered nurses "employed on a part-time basis will get $24 a day. of] Fringe benefits include a 35- hour work week, 11 national tion allowance of 20 working days with pay after one year's service; group life, health and accident insvrance;.regular pen- sions; sick leave credit of one and one-half days a month at full-time , public health nurses four annual increases of $300 | each with a set minimum annual | | salary of $5,150 and a top of | | $6,350, Four registered nurses will | get .two annual increases of | | $200 each and two annual in- | creases of - $300 each with a maximum wage of $5,600 and a | low of $4,600 annually. a cumulative rate. The agreement is binding from April 1 to March 31, 1967, The nurses returned to work in the new health unit estab- lished April 1, the old one hav- ing been dissolved 'March 31 by" Ontario County Council because it didn't cover the whole county, 'The former unit only serviced Shhh outlien municipalities, The controversial issue of ambulance service in Port Perry and surrounding municipalities seems to be gradually' cleared : i up. A meeting between the depu- tations from Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships and the Port Perry Council was held recently where a revised request of subsidy from Charles Brig- nall, owner of the ambulance was presented. In his request, Mr. Brignall $2,070.00 arrived at on a call basis, and broken down as fol- lows: Village of Port, Perry $720. 00 "Twp. of Reach . Twp. of Cartwright .... Twp. of Scugog ereverttiiee $195.0 sessane Total $2070.00 After some discussions the following subsidies were offer- ed: : : . Village of Port Perry $850.00 (Retroactive to first of yr.) "Twp. of Reach ........ we. $600.00 Twp. of Scugog $200.00 Due to the fact that the de- putation from Cartwright Twp. had to report back to the Coun- cil, no commitment was - made on Pej part, arernane, or Municipalities Offer Subsidies For Operation Of Ambulance However, a letter was recei- ved during the week from Cart- $72 i , os S10 ich Township council offer- ing a subsidy of-$250.00 The letter further states that Brig- nall's Ambulance must graran- tee service for one year starting on June 1st or before. , , This request differs to some extent from the other munici- palifies who are offering to make payment retroactive to January 1st, 1966. "The reason for this is the fact that, Mr. Brignall has given ambulance sevice to the muni- cipalities during this period Shad MAST TRA h@lidays with pay and a vaca- - yy | * . 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