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Port Perry Star (1907-), 15 Jun 1967, p. 7

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Greenbank News Interested citizens of Reach Township, this coming Friday night, June 16th is the open- ing of Reach Township Hall at fireenbank. Come and see what has been done to this old building, and hear Dr. M. Dymond. Lunch will be ser- ved at the close of the even- ing. This will be followed by a Sports Day at the Park on Sat., June 17th and a Special Seivice in the Church on Sunday, 11 a.m. by the Rev. Keith McMillan, B.A. of Bur- lington. Lunch will be ser- ved at the close of this ser- vice in the Sunday School room. ®Ir. and Mrs. Peter How- sam and family, of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. E, Howsam of Uxbridge, were Sunday guests of Harold and Joyce 'ATTENTION Farm Tanks and DX OIL $+$5-5-8$-85.-8-. Out of Oshawa, Whitby and District Howsam. Mr. and Mrs. Armour Me- Millan called on Mrs. S. B. Watson of Markham on Sun- day. Mr. Watson is much improved and will be home from the hospital very soon now. Several of our W.I. mem- bers have gone to Guelph on Monday of this week to at- tend the National convention. Mrs. Harry Phoenix is the delegate and she will remain for the entire week. Mr. Reg. Foster and Mr. Geo. Beare spent a few days at Expo last week. The Reach Township Cen- tennial choir journeyed to Prince Edward County on Monday to sing for the Home and School Assoc. there. The Foster family gathered FARMERS! ° S AV E..wny pay more! On Premium Quality * GASOLINE -- DIESEL and MOTOR OILS @» Pumps Available : & CALL COLLECT, 668-3341 - $-$-5-8$-8. at Mr. and Mrs. Doug. Fos- ter's on Sat. evening to cele- brate Doug's birthday. I guess we live in the heavy traffic area of the country as we seen C.F.R.B. Jet Helicopter patrolling our highway Sunday night to check on the traffic going back to the city. Mr. and Mrs. Rodd Foster and family were in Trenton on Sunday where the boys played ball. Guests at Mrs. -R. Dusty's on Sunday were the Ralph Dustys, Mr, and Mrs. L. Daw- sons, Port Perry and R. Snod- dons of Valentia. The June meeting of the W.I. will not be held until a later date possibly in July. Miss Linda Stone is through school for this term and is spending the summer in Tor- onto. Mrs. Jean Bennington of Saskatoon, and Mrs. B. Rit- chie and Kim of Toronto vi- sited with Mrs. Roy Leask on Sunday. i § Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baker of Stouffville, visited with their daughter Mr. and Mrs. Len Jarvis and sons on Sun- day. U.C.W. Ladies please keep in mind the lunch on Sunday next after the church service, Mr. Clifford Midgley had a very good sale, well-attended & good prices were realized. The W.I. ladies did a. big business with pie and pop. : } | PORT PERRY STAR -- Thursday, June 15th, 1967 - 7 By Kim Harrison, Grade 4 pupil of R. H. Cornish Public School On Saturday morning 75 Brownies accompanied by several adults left the Scout Hall by bus to go to Pioneer Village. : On our arrival we ate lunch and broke into groups to tour the different build- ings. First we saw Roblin's flour mill which was powered by a water wheel which operat- ed two runs of stones cap- able of producing 100 bar- rels of flower daily. We saw The Daniel Strong Farm (1816 to 1832) which includes five buildings. The Grain Barn, The Piggery, The Settler's first house, The Smoke House and The Sett- ler"s Second house. At the Harness Shop and Saddlery (1850) the artisan hand-craft- ed leather articles used by villagers and farmers and re- paired broken harness, reins, traces and breeching. We saw the Outdoor Bake Oven (1830) that holds fifteen large loaves of bread. The Half Way House was Toronto to Kingston Road. The blacksmith shop is where the blacksmith tends his forge. The Burwick House was a fine dwelling of the country gentleman. At Dickson's Hill School you could have seen some IBe7l1867 it started 90 years ago... 90 years ago this fall, Canada's first com- mercial telephones were installed in Ottawa. e Canada's second Prime Minister, The Hon. Alexander Mackenzie (who was also Minis- ter of Public Works) had one set installed in the Public Works Department; the other was at Rideau Hall, residence of the Earl of Dufferin, the Governor General. These phones were used for government, business v. and 'for musical concerts to demonstrate the miracle of the telephone to guests at Rideau Hall', And from that beginning grew Bell Canada! Today, there is probably not a single person provide: in Quebec or Ontario who does not, in one way or another, 'use' the services we Radio and TV programs are relayed through our microwave network; businesses com- municate by voice or teletype, or transmit data through our facilities; so do news- papers and the government, police and fire departments; there are 414 million Bell Canada phones in homes and offices, and thousands of public phones. Like Canada, we of Bell Canada have come a long way. And one more point: we're proud that nearly 95% of our shares are owned by Canadian residents. Bell Canada wrerveamwy i REG. $15.00 1867 U 1867 a Stage Coach Stop on the Brownies Visit Pioneer Village scholars dressed up as Pion- | the Gift Shop where most of eer Days. The Dalziel Barn [us bought something. is now a museum containing After supper at The Red a large collection of 19th |Barn we returned home wet, century toys. We went to [tired and happy. 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