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Port Perry Star (1907-), 25 May 1967, p. 1

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oy -- 4 wv * Little Expo" Great Success The Star readers may remember a picture of a strayed cat "adopted" by printed on the front page about three months Since that time "Saphire", the cat's name, has added three new members to the "Star The beautiful little kittens above have ago. family". Ay ' . AS Good Homes Needed For "Star" been well looked after since their birth about six weeks ago, but unfortunately we have no room for them any longer. .As much as we regret to part with them, we are now compelled to look for good homes for our feline friends. Please drop in and see them. the staff and 4 Py 'y" ' 5 JAY ae f b JE dsrusbeldandoidiviidibmaivat it ulin hob asodiddad i Card ALL » "IB Ly TH BY : ' ' . . FEA LES AN . \ Kittens Under the leadership of Mrs. F. Godley, Mrs. M. Williams, Miss K. Rice, Mrs. B. Snelgrove Mrs. C. Hartmann and Mrs. A. Rice the Explorers and Cana- dian Girls in Training of the United Church presented their version of "Expo 67" to a capa- city audience. Antiques from sleigh bells and plows to china and hand works were displayed in the Enters Bridge Championships HALIFAX, N.S.-- Mr. R. B. Davis, Port Perry is an entrant in the 1967 Canadian-American Bridge Championships being held here May 18 to 22. From five to six hundred players are expected to parti- cipate in the tournament and an entire floor of the city's lar- gest hotel has been assigned as a playing area. While trophies. and priges will be awarded, most coveted reward for the winners are the Red Points, 50 of which must of Life Master in Duplicate Bridge. (4 accumulated for the degree JET AE ~__The--annual Canadian-Ameri-- can Red Point Regionals is one of the high points of interna- tional bridge play. This is the first time they have been hosted. in Halifax. _classroms. There were also pictures of former Sunay School classes & C.G.I.T. groups, some dating back to the 1800s. Most of these articles were loaned to the girls by members of the Congregation. - The program began by -Rev. A. Rice introducing the pianist, Mrs. J. E. Jackson who modelled her own wedding gown of sev- eral years ago, and the com- mentator, Miss Karen Rice who wore a silver lame gown of mo- dern styling adorned with a pin which had been worn, & hand- ed down to Karen by her Great- great Grandmother. The pin is about 125 years old. ~The members of the Explor- ers modelled dresses of the past from those worn by Indian maidens, Puritans, school girls and party girls. Some of these were actually worn -by girls many years ago and others were (Continued on Page 18) Ho Discuss | Store Hours An important meeting, con- cerning in particular the retail merchants in Port Perry will be held on Tuesday,-May-16th+in the Municipal Office. The main reason for this meeting being called is to -at- tempt a more uniform schedule as far as store hours are con- cerned, and it is of outmost im- portance that all interested re- tailers attend, to express their views on this matter. In addition to the above ques- tion, other items of interest will be discussed at the meeting. The meeting is called by Port Perry Chamber of Commerce. IMPORTANT Centennial Committee Meeting, Wednesday, May 17th, 8.00 p.m., Town Offices. All member Or- ganizations urged to have rep- resentatives attend. 150 Attend Local Art Show jy Lilla Street, By Mrs. Alma Reesor The second annual Art Show, sponsored by Mrs. Douglas Wal- -Jace--and--her-Junior--Art----Stud- ents was held in the Scout Hall, Lions Entertain Ladies, Friends two-day show-was the display 'School Port Perry, on April 29th and 30th. . One of the highlights of this unique of Oil Paintings by the Night Class of Senior Art Students of the Port Perry District High under 'the supervision of their instructress, Mrs. Irving Boyd. RYERSON GRADUATE Murray Croxall, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Croxall, Port Perry, graduated from the Ryerson - Polytechnical Institute in. Pro- duction Technology, May 5th, 1967. He also received a $200. scholarship. Murray is now employed by Northern Electric of Bramalee, Ont. Port Perry Lions entertained their ladies at Club Annrene on Saturday evening. Members, their wives and guests enjoyed an excellent smorgasboard din- ner. At the conclusion of dinner Lion President Gordon Thomas spoke a few words of welcome and then called on Mr. Storey Beare to make the toast to the Ladies, which was very capably responded to by Mrs. Gord. Thomas. The President then called on i the Depiity "District Governor Mr. Herb Visser who spoke briefly on Lionism which had its beginning 50 Years ago and is "this year celebrating its Golden Anniversary. Mr. Visser thanked Mr. and Mrs. Phil Goreski for the excellent din- ner and for the Anniversary cake which they so generously donated and which greatly add- ed to the celebrations. The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing to the Blue Diamond orchestra, This is an evening that every- one looks forward to, and from all comments those who organ- ized this event are to be con- gratulated. 'taxes for 1967, due to higher -Approximately -one--hundred- and fifty guests, who strolled through the banquet hall dur- ing the Saturday and Sunday (Continued on Page 16) Mill Rate Up In Reach Twp. Ratepayers in Reach Township will also have an increase in cost of education. However, the increase is not 'as "high asin "Port Perry or| Uxbridge, but will be quite no-|. ticeable when the tax bills are sent out. : Residential and Farm rates are increased from 65.5 mills in 1966 to 78.8 for the current year, an increase of 13.3 mills, and Commercial is up 15.1 mills from 72.0 to 87.15. Total Provincial grants are up this year by about $125,000, from $400,869.00 to $526,089.90. Education receives the larg- est share of the Provincial grant, $320,015.00. It is inter- esting to note that welfare grants more than trippled, from i | Port Perry Monday night. P2RT Q PERRY VOLUME 102 pe --\ PORT PERRY, ONT., THURSDAY, MAY 23th, 1967 Car Collision A car collision involving three cars, an estimated damage to the cars of $2,500. and three men injured, happened south of The three injured men had attended a meeting at the Odd Fellows Hall, were leaving by car and in the process of turn- ing on to County Road No. 2, when the collision occurred with a southbound car. The injured were taken to Port Perry Community Mem- orial Hospital for treatment. One of the passengers Keith Drake of R.R. 2, Beaverton was later transferred to Oshawa General Hospital . where his condition was reported as fair. .. The driver of the car, William, McDonald, 52, of Lot 3, Con. 1, Thorah Township Beaverton were kept in the' Port Perry Hospital over night bruises. They were released the next day and able to return home, after X-Rays: had been taken. The second car involved was driven by Arnold Duench of Kitchener, Ont., who escaped injury. A car, parked on the side of the road was hit and received some damage. The owner of the car Albert Harper, Lot 13, Con. 13, Reach Township was not in the car at the time of the collision. Constable Ray Bibeau of the Whitby detachment investigat- ed the accident which occurred about 11.45 p.m. Elect Ruth Franssen 1967 President Of Figure Skating Club P.PFS.C. Annual Meeting was held May 1st at the lovely home of Mrs. James Baird. The following is the secretary's, Mrs. Ray Litt's report: This has been _a_ year of in- novation and progress for the Port Perry Figure Skating Club. Most important perhaps was the participation and co-operation of parents in our club activi- ties. We are indebted to Joe Franssen_for his ingenuity and talent with the construction of a bulletin board, where mem- bers and non-members have been seen to congregate for the latest news from the club. Albert Fulford, appointment as arena manager has proven beneficial to everyone. His en- thusiasm and commonsense has been much appreciated by our president, Mary Baird, and by everyone else including our professional, Jean Barclay and all those working in the Carni- val. and Albert § Drake; --54;,--of -Rural-Route 2,7} and treated for minor cuts and | NUMBER 30 Sends Three To Hospital Manitoba. Presented With Pilot's right, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Port Perry, was presented with his pilot's wings. receiving the wings from Group Captain R. T. P. Davidson, Flying Officer Carnegie, who trained at Moose Jaw DFC, CD, base commander of the Canadian Forces Base, Rivers, and Portage la Prairie, is now stationed at Winnipeg. Wing At a ceremony held recently at the Canadian Forces Base, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Flying Officer J. H. Carnegie, Carnegie, 178 Cochrane Street, He is seen Pranksters went all out for 'their own "enjoyment" Sunday morning. Rob Roy, police officer in charge was called out to Queen Street about 2 a.m., where two fire hydrants had been turned on and water was gushing all 'over the street. Mr. Roy called the assistant fire chief Harvey Mahaffy, who left his home when the fire siren started to scream. When firemen arrived at the hall it was discovered that the prank- sters had broken the glass on the alarm system and started the siren. However, this was not enough to satisfy whoever was on the rampage. A grain elevator on Master Feeds property was re- moved and placed in the inter- (Continued on page 14) section of Water and Queen hb pp -------- Pranksters Turn On Hydrants 'Streets, and Charles _ Reesor's------ jeep, parked at his service sta- tion at the corner of Scugog and Union Streets, was driven down town and parked on the Library steps. E On the surface it all appears quite innocent, but the esca-- pade caused a lot of annoyance and loss of sleep for everyone involved. | Hospital Report | Week Ending May 6th Admissions 18 Operations ..... 6 Emergency Treatments. 11 Births . 1 Deaths Nil Discharges ... 15 Remaining | . 22 Visiting Hours--2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Maternity Ward -- 3 to 8 p.m. $10,675.00 in 1966 to $46,501.98 this year, of two of the cars involved in a the Oddfellows Hall on Monday night. To Constable Rob Roy shot the above pictures collision near- the right is the ca of Thorah Township, and at left the car driven by Arnold Duench of Kitchener, Ont. i ven-by William McDonald oo. Nn ah AR OL awed . WESTER a Cans vr

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