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Wonderful news came to a R.R. 2, Seagrave family a few days ago, when it was announced they had won the Province-wide ment Competition. Over 4,000 farmers from all over Ontario entered in the contest, which makes the capture of a championship trophy and $500. much more significant. EE Ee acd Farm Improve- Mr. and Mrs. nial Year... Leonard' Jarvis and their two sons, Keith, 13 and Ron, 10 made this contest a family affair. They worked-hard together, and won what they aimed for: To have the most improved farm in the Province of Ontario for Canada's Centen- ~ P2RT PERRY TAR VOLUME 102 PORT PERRY, ONT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12th, 1967 NUMBER 13 Hon. Wm. A. Stewart, Minister of Agriculture and Food, announced Monday that the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Jarvis, R.R. 2, Seagrave, Ontario County, has been adjudged the win- ner in the Province - wide Farm Improvement Centen- nial Competition held wypn- der the supervision of the Agricultural 'and Horticul- tural Societies Branch of the Department. Launched in 1965 for the purpose of encouraging farm people to clean up, dress up and paint up their property as a fitting recognition of Cana- -da's Centennial Year, the -com- petition attracted entries from 4,064 farms, / Port Perry Council Inaugurated Monday The Inaugural - meeting of Port Perry Council was held in the Municipal Office on _Mon-. day morning. Rev. R. C. Rose of the Ang- lican Church was present and gave a scripture reading, a short address, and closed with a prayer. Accompanying her- self on an accordian, Mrs. Carol Kelly sang the hymn 'Each Step I Take." Clerk-treasurer John F. Raines conducted 'the swearing in of the members of Council and Hydro Commissioners. Present at the meeting were J. J. Gibson, reeve; Bruce F. Beare, deputy-reeve; councillors I. A. Boyd and Philip Orde. 'Absent was Robt. Kenny, who is attending mink sales in Mont- real. Both members of the Hydro Electric Commission,, Arthur Cox and J. E. Jackson were also present. The following committees were appointed with the first named to be chairman: All-Star Game In Port Perry The Port Perry Intermediate Hockey Club will play host to the 1967 Intermediate All-Star game. The game will be played in the Port Perry Arena on Thursday, January 19th, start- ing at 8 pm. The league All-Stars will have as their oppone the league leading Uxbridge Blackhawks. The proceeds for this game will go to the O.N.A. Injured Players Fund which is a very 'worthwhile cause. The players chosen to play Local Skaters : Prepare For Championship . The Canadian Figure Skating Championships are fast appro- aching, and will be held in Tor- onto, January 27 to 29. Port Perry's own skaters, An- na Forder & Richard Stephens, are now in rigid training for the events will be skating com- pulsory figures on Friday, Jan. 27th and the free skating on Sunday, January 29th. Anyone interested in seeing the skaters perform, and it would certainly give the young skaters a moral boost to have a home crowd present, may ob- tain tickets for the events from Mrs. R. Litt, secretary of Port Perry Figure Skating Club, on the All-Star team this year are as follows: Goal--Jim Topping, P, Perry Geo. Kemp, Little Br. Defence--Ken Roberts, Port Perry; Doug McMillan, P. Perry, Tom Brooks, Sunder- land; Dave Nichols, Little Britain. Centres--Lyn Middleton, Port Perry; Ron Jewell, Little Britain; Pete Goodfellow, Keswick: Right Wing--Ron Bryant, P. Perry; Tom Lee, Sunder- land; Doug Gibbons, Kes- wick. Left Wing--Gary Geer, Port Perry; Alvin Drinkwater, Little Britain; John Mec- Knight, Sunderland. As you can see by the above names that the Port Perry In- termediate have a good contin- gent of players on the All-Star team, and strengthened by the best from the remaining teams should prove to be a very good All-Star club. This should prove 'to be a game worth seeing as the lea- gue leading Uxbridge Black- hawks are a fast, hard working club and will be. out to prove why they are leading the lea gue, Remember the proceeds go fo a very worthwhile cause so let's get out and see a good hockey game and also help holster the injured player fund. and Arena Bruce F. Finance, Welfare --Philip W. Orde, Beare, J. J. Gibson. Roads, Sidewalks, ad Build: ing Inspector--Robt.\ A. Kenny, I. A. Boyd, Philip W\ Orde. Property, Parks, Police and EMO -- I. A. Boyd,~Bruce F. Beare, Philip W. Orde. Waterworks and Fire Dept.-- Bruce F. Beare, J. J. Gibson, R. A. Kenny. - Assessment, Sanitation and Dog Control--J. J. Gibson, Robt. Kenny, Bruce F. Beare. Irving Boyd and Philip Orde were appointed to represent Council on the Centennial Com- mittee. Council agreed to give con- sideration to a request from the Hydro-Electric Commission to use the extra space in the Fire Hall for a new truck. However no definite arrangement was made. The following Accounts were authorized for payment. General Departinent $3,491.97 Street Maintenance 524.59 Truck & Tractor... ~~ 132.99 Property & Parks 46.29 Relief Dept. 15.00 Waterworks Dept. 2,733.33 O.W.R.C. 25.00 Carried $6,969.17 Four To Contest Warden's Seat The inaugural meeting of the 1967 council of the County of Ontario will be held on Tues- day, January 17 with the elec- tion of a warden being the main business during the Tuesday' session. Elections for the warden for given their first inspection in the Fall of 1965. The second and final inspection took place this Fall with 3,764 farmsteads completing the work to the sa- tisfaction of the judges. Weekly Newspaper Ceases Publication Whitby newspaper publisher Karl Mantz has announced that the Whitby Weekly News has ceased publication. He said his newspaper which '|' began publication in September 1955 had been purchased by the Inland Publishing Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Toronto Tele- gram Publishing Company. In- land had also purchased weekly papers in Ajax, Pickering and Stouffville, the Whitby punlish, er said. we Hospital Report Week Ending January 7th Admission .................. 23 Operations 10 Emergency Treatment 4 Bivthg 2. SETS Deaths .. oo... 0 Discharges . 48 Remaining 13 Visiting Hours--2.00 - 8 p.m. Mapernity Ward--3.00 - 8 p.m. "| result. All farms were| President--Walter Ed. When the Star representative visited the farm of Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Jarvis Tuesday after- noon, he was met by a happy couple and their equally happy sons, Keith 13, and Ron 10 years old. According to Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis, the two boys have work- ed hard towards the successful Among the many ac- complishments made, Keith Province-Wide Farm Improvement Contest { Won By Mr., Mrs. Leonard Jarvis, Seagrave built one of the fine fences sur- rounding the property, and just to show the interest of the youngest of the boys, Ron one day approached his father ask- ed him what he had done to- wards the project that day. Mr. Jarvis replied: "Not too much, son." Ron being a bit impatient quipped: "We better hurry up, if we are going to (Continued on Page 12) E. Mulholland Returned Pres. Of Legion For Third Year ~Ed.-MulhoHand<who---has~just completed a two-year term as president of Branch 419, Royal Canadian Legion, was given an acclamation for another year, at the annual meeting of the Branch held in the Legion Hall on Sunday. After a short business session the Chair was turned over to Zone Commander Jim Wood- ward, Bowmanville, to conduct the elections. Assisting Com- mander Woodward .were Bill Beeton, Past-District Comman- der from Oshawa and Fred Phillips, President of Branch 152, Brooklinz ~~~ Reports of Committee Chair- men were heard, while the elec- tion ballots were being counted. : Following the elections a short recess was held for the new Executive members to hold a meeting and to make appoint- ments. Commander Jim Woodward conducted the installation cere monies. The successful candidates for office for 1967 were: Mulholland First Vice-Pres.-- Clarence Nightingale Second Vice-Pres.-- Charles Brignall (Sr.) Third Vice-Pres.-- = 'EECHLVE Committee -- Harold Collins; Jack Cook; James Manderson; Bruce McCoy: James Norton. Appointments-- Frank Godley, Secretary James Norton, Sgt. At Arms After the meeting was closed, a social hour was held in the Auditorium, Lack Of Sewers Costs H.S. Brd. $40. Per Day at the" Tast regular meeting of Port Perry Council a letter | was received from Central Ont- ario County District High School Board expressing con- cern with the delay in provid- ing sewers in Port: Perry. Board, at the present time $40. per day, and as more of the new addition .to the Port Perry High School comes' into use, this will increase. An additional expense was the installation of two tempor- ary septic tanks. The letter further states that this is a direct charge to the ratepayers through their edu- cational levy, and the Board trust that the sewage project will be procéeded with as Melvin Woodcock' quickly 'as possible. 1967 will start at 2 p.m. At the present time there are four veteran members of the county council who have indicated that they will seek election as war- den. They are George Brooks, reeve of the Town of Whitby; Charles Heeley, reeve of the Township of Mara; Ross Murri- son, reeve of Pickering Village, and- Jack Dancey, reeve of i Scott Township. Inauguration of members of the Port Perry council was held Monday in the fice. Absent at the meeting and when the above picture was taken was councillor Robt. Kenny, Seated from left to right: Bruce Beare, : ¥ 4 deputy-reeve; J. Municipal Of. councillor, treasurer and P J. Gibson, reeve; Irving Boyd, Standing are F. J. Raines, clerk. hilip Orde, who is serving his first term on the Village council. Lack of sewers is costing the 7 / hd So's wv i' sh 4 is , al 7 :