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am The only portion of Burns resiyrorian Church at Ashburn standidng is part of the foundation. The 109 year old church Century Old Church Completely Destroyed By Fire Fire completely destroyed Burns Presbyterian Church in Ashburn on Sunday. The church: built in 1858 was of historic value and has been used con tinuously for 109 years. The fire is believed to. have been caused by an over heated chimney, ..and ._was only 30 minutes before Sunday School services was to have y Started. When fire bridgades from Brooklin and Gerrard Road ar- rived at the scene, the old church was completely engulfed in flames and both church and contents were a total loss. 0 Although only partly insured, the congregation plans to re- build. In the meantime servi- school. The evening 'service on 'Sunday was held in the Port Perry Church. It was a terrible blow to Rev. 'H. M. Buntain, minister of the liscovered church who was to have deli- vered his last message to the congregation before leaving for his new charge in Pembroke. Ashburn is located three miles west of Myrtle: and about 7 miles south of Port Perry. NDP Plans To Form Executive Board Ontario Riding, New Demo- cratic Party, is holding a gen- eral membership meeting at the Community Hall in Pefferlaw on February 23rd at 8 p.m. The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss the formation of an executive board for the Riding of Ontario and to set a date for the nomihation of the The' area organizer for his riding, Bill Cumpsty, will. be present along with a guest speaker for the evening. OMB Hearing To Proposed Five objections in regard to the proposed zoning by-law were heard at meeting called by the Ontario Municipal Board 3 in the Courtroom of the Mun- icipal Building Monday. Two representatives from the Board conducted the meeting, which "lasted for about one hour. : Representing Canadian Mit- ~chell Associates Limited, the firm who has' developed the zoning plans were J. A. J. Knox, president of the company and L. Karistof, town planner, in charge of the Port Perry pro- ' ject: Of the five residents object- ing to portions of the proposed - py-law, only two were repres- ented at the meeting. After hearing, and thoroughly discussing the objections, the Ontario Municipal. Board rep- resentatives decided to approve the restricted area by-law pas- sed Sept. 14th, 19665, and am- ended and passed May 7, 1966. This however, do not stop the persons objecting, to apply for a change in the zoning by- law. After a letter has been ives Approval oning By- Law from he Ontario Eh confirming received Municipal the decision made at the hear- ing, the persons involved may ° again make applications to the. Village council for consider- ation to their requests PC's Honour | Michael Starr Opposition leader John: Dief- enbaker gave much praise to Michael Starr in a speech he delivered at a testimonial din- ner in Ajax Friday night. Speaking to some: 500 Pro- gressive Conservative members of Ontario Riding, he told of Mr. Starr's parliamentary ac- complishments and their long friendship, but gave no indica- tion of the future role he saw for Mr. Starr. Other prominent P.C. mem- bers attending the dinner were Dr. Matthew Dymond, former Provincial premier Leslie Frost; Senator Alister Grossart; Al- bert V. Walker; Arthur Malon- was completely destroyed in a fire Sunday morning. a Inserted in the corner is a recent picture of the old church. The Ontario County Milk Pro- ducers held their annual meet- in the Legion Hall, Uxbridge. The main purpose of the meet- ing was to elect committee members for 1967 and to hear Mr. George McLaughlin, Chair- man of the Ontario Milk Mar keting Board. Mr. McLaughlin outlined some of the objectives of the Milk Marketing Board for 1967. He stated that one of. the object the establishment of a pool for fluid milk producers in old Ontario by June 1st. The ob- jective of June 1st will- not be met because of difficulties be- ing experienced in program: ming the computors to this pro- ject. Mr. McLaughlin expects that everything will be ready to go on this. new pool early this ey; and William Newman, ing on Monday, January 23rd,| ives up to a few days ago was worth a great deal of praise, but the gesture of wealth" with the hospital shows the youngsters aware of the importance and necessity of a new hospital for Port Perry. The executive members of Teen Town met with County Milk Producers| Elect 1967 Directors fall. He said that the North: ern Ontario pool, which was "(Continued on page 16) Presents Certificate To Port Perry Star The Port Perry Star is one of 40 weekly newspapers in Ont- ario published for 100 years or more. During the afternoon session of the annual meeting held by the Ontario Weekly Newspap- ers "Association - York Hotel last week publish: ers of -these papers were pre- sented with a framed -certifi- cate, as a recognition of their long established existence in the newspaper field. The certificate will hang on the wall in the Star Office, and anyone interested may drop-in and have a look at it. 33. G0 ES at a = = Eo ' : op 5 ; x, 4 FAL Rf att i a - = cde - EE - - - 4 Add bY ea \_ PORT PERRY | 3 in the Royal Anna Forder and Richard Stephens last week-end left no doubt to anyone, that they rate among the top stars of the North American figure skaters. Competing in the North Am- erican Figure Skating Champ- ionships in Montreal, where all the top skaters from Canada & U.S.A. met, the young couple | placed fourth. Cynthia and Ron Kauffman of Seattle won the pairs title, with 'two other U.S. pairs in his, L108 and third place. However, the remarkable ac- complishment of the Port Perry World Day of Prayer Unite Members Of Port Perry Churches The World's Day of Prayer Service' held at Port Perry Baptist Church, Feb. 10th at 3.00 p.m. was attended by .ap- proximately 60 ladies from the Anglican, Presbyterian, United, Pentecostal minations. Mrs. 'A. Smith, President of W.M.C. of the Baptist Church led the service. Mrs. Larry Mabley was soloist. Mrs. Doug Rice was organist for the occa- sion, Guest speaker was Miss Pat Bradbury of Yonge Street Mis- sion, Toronto. Miss Bradbury's home is in Uxbridge and "her -message on the theme "And of His Kingdom there shall be no end", was most inspiring. The Offerings received at these services is sent to the Women's Inter-Church Council of Canada and is used for many- Missionary - projects. | Hospital Report | Week Ending Feb. 11th, 1967 Admissions ....... 19 Operations 12 Emergency Treatment 1 Births . Deaths : wr 1 Discharges 17 Remaining 20 Visiting Hours -- 2 - 8 p.m. Maternity Ward -- 3 - 8 p.m. { VOLUME 102 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16th, foil Port Perry Figure Skaters © Defeat 1367 Pair Champions ; and Baptist deno-] ---------- ET ------ i 1967 NUMBER 18 ie pair was their decisive win over iu the 1967 Canadian pair champ- Jit ions, Betty and John McKilli- ve gan, of Vancouver, and the sec- 1, ond place winners Dr. Chris & ER Alexis Shields of Toronto. bE Anna and Richard managed REO only third place on that occa A sion. AY Speaking to Mrs. Forder on MN Tuesday morning she told the R67 Star they were all naturally Xd very thrilled about the result, . -- Aer but she said, the coach Bruce Lar Hyland; and his wife, were pos- i . sibly more excited about the Yi honours than anyone else. rs This is not the end of the a skating season for Anna and 84 Richard. They have no less than 10 -invitatiens to various Bravia skating carnivals, ete., and the first event is on Saturday, Feb. 18th when they take part in the Barrie Winter Carnival: Bulldozers Win Play-Off Game The Bulldozers started the ; play-offs in fine style Tuesday sf night, looking like their old 38 selves. A fast game with Port HH pushing the whole playing as a team Continued on Page 16 game and BE something Judging Contest In Port Perry 'Sat. The annual Ontario County - Seed Judging Competition will be held in the Port Perry High School, on Saturday, February 18th, beginning at 8.30 am. Contestants will judge class- es of oats, barley, wheat, small seeds, hay 'and corn silage, and will be required to identify for- BR age seeds and feed samples. f poy All young farm people, under | 29 years of age as of February fo 1st, 1967, are eligible to com- pete. The contestants will be divided into Junior and Senior sections. In addition, team spe- cials will be provided for High School. teams and Junior Farm- er Clubs. This competition is under the supervision of the Ontario De- . partment of Agriculture and Food Office, Uxbridge. "sharing their .are indeed Mrs. [2 Toendgers Donate $50.00 Wor Hospital Building Fund The $50.00 four members of Port Perry Teen Town present ed to the Hospital Building Fund Tuesday afternoon is in itself Wentworth Watson, campaign treasurer at the hospital, "and in the above picture she is seen receiving the envelope containing $50.00 from the president, Larry McNenly. To the left of Mrs. Watson are Sharon Eade, secretary, Doug. Hughes, Treasurer and to the right is Martha Carnegie, vice-president, uy Staff Photo