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Port Perry Star (1907-), 13 Jul 1967, p. 1

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Ph lO dl Kai Wont YO PRETO wy ~~ O. Edwards. "T just love it," e -- teachers now are marking | - She Enjoys Self-Appoint To most people it's a chore to sell tickets, but not to Mrs. rE tickets for the last three years, and is always willing / ed Occupation ~ Volume 102 she says, and no doubt she ® must, because during the summer her familiar and friendly face is part of Queen Street, when she al- most daily sits in front of " her small table selling tick- ets to persons going by. Originally. from Toronto, Mrs. Edwards moved to Port Perry seven years ago, and enjoys life here to a great extent. She is an active per- son and is also a member of the Senior Citizens Club. - At the time the above pic- ture was taken, she was sell- ing tickets for the Lions Club Umbrella Draw. She sold thirty books in three days, but wasn't too satisfied with this and hoped business + would pick up in the next few weeks. Mrs. Edwards ¥ has sold deserving cause. Her best effort was in 1965, when she sold 365 books. of tickets for the Hospital Auxiliary. Buying a ticket from Mrs. Edwards is Winston Irvine, while his little 2-year old daughter Norma 'is enjoying Mrs. Edwards' friendliness. They Really Knew How To Cure You 'In The Old Days' Mr. I. Doyle, Prince Albert Star office recently. They were. both Toronto papers; The Weekly Tribune dated May 19, 1898, and The Week- ly Mail, June 23, 1898. He had found the papers as part of the packing in an old pic- Grade 13 Results By August 15th Ontario's Grade 13 examin: ation results. about 45,000 of them, will be known about Aug. 15. More than 1,300 4. 175,000 papers. This is 25 per cent fewer than last year, when the requirement for Grade 13 standing was nine credits in stead of the present seven. ture frame, Among the many interest- ing items is an advertise- ment about a medicine called "Hop Bitters". It's guaran- 'teed to cure allddiSéases of the Stomach. Bowels, Blood, Liver, Kidneys, Urinary Or- ness, and especially Female $1,000. in gold for any case "3 ~ GRADUATES Mrs. Elsie Clark graduated recently as a Registered Nursing Assistant from Ross Memorial Hospital, Lindsay. |Firemen Called | To Grease Fire done and the fire was out wonder drugs that will cure almost anything. 'On Tuesday evening, July home of Mr. Ira Carr in Reach Township where a fire had broken out in his gar- age. A welding torch was being used at the time and a spark from this started a pail of lot of smoke, no damage was when the firemen arrived. Early Sunday morning two Burley Buses left for Mont: treal and Expo. The major- ity of Travellers were from Port Perry with a few from Oshawa and district. They arrived back in town late to assist any worthwhile and brought two old and battered | weekly newspapers into the|' gans, Nervousness, Sleeples-| | complaints. . To prove its worth the manufacturer is offering| this medicine does not cure. |! I This is only one of many 11th, the Port Perry Fire De- | | partment were called to the grease on fire. Other than a| | Hospital Report Week Ending July 8th Admissions Operations .................. Emergency Treatment ... 20 BIPEHS iii dis sertnssnisirnn 2 Deaths .................... Nil Discharges .................... 21 Remaining ................... 22 Visiting Hours--2 to 8 p.m. Maternity Hours: 3 to 8 p.m. . 3 "4 CAS ¢ LS ' y titel daiui dtu asin deh toss nnsus side i £2 % ~ ayy" udisdadgivasdadiaslasioneiod cul tia idosuiit dud | PERT PERRY TAR ---- PORT PERRY, ONT., THURSDAY, JULY 13th, 1967 Number 9 An Uxbridge woman, Mrs. Beatrice York, 64 was stab- bed to death in a Guelph home Saturday. She died in hospital Sun. day, about 10 hours after she was_stabbed in the stomach. Gerrard Mann, 65, in whose home the stabbing is alleged to have occurred Saturday night, died in hospital Mon- day of stab wounds in the Woman Stabbed To Death abdomen. Police .found a seven-inch hunting knife in front of the house. John George Reed, a 51- year old Toronto laborer, has been charged with two counts of murder and confined to the Oak Ridges Mental Hos: pital in Penetanguishene in- definitely for psychiatric exa- mination. : Swimming lessons at Pop- lar Park have been in full swing since opening day July 3rd. Red Cross Instructor Marg. Terrett informed the Star that 204 children h regis. tered, an increase 'over last year of 80. prised of Seniors, 5, Interme- diates 16, Juniors 40, Begin- ners 125, Tadpoles 18. Miss Sharon Baird. Red 204 Children Register For Swimming Classes There are five groups com- Cross Leader Patrol is assist ing. An added attraction this year is synchronized swimming; also a competitive swim team is in training, and hope to swim at other Swim Meets in the area in the near future. Awards night will be on August . 7th, when the indi: vidual certificates will be presented to the children participating. Local Rangers Off To Camp The Girl Guides of Canada major centennial project is a camp to be held on Morri- son and Nairne Islands in the St. Lawrence River July 15. 25. About 1,400 Canadian Guides, Rangers and cadets will be there from all prov: inces and territories. Their guests will be 104 guides and several leaders from countries that have con- tributed to Canada's culture - Britain, France, The Nether- lands, Germany, Iceland, Denmark, the United States, Finland, Japan, Sweden and it is hoped, Israel. The girls will live in tents on the islands and guides & their families have offered ors who may be able to stay on after July 25th. Among the guides attend- ing this camp will be two. Port Perry - girls. Joanne Mrs. Ken Jackson, and Mary Nelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Nelson who leave on Thursday of this week. ' hospitality to any of the visit- & Jackson ,daughter of Mr. and Construction of the New Well is going ahead accord- ing to plans, and on Monday afternoon the depth of the well was 86 ft. To reach the desired water supply of about 400 gallons per minute the drilling will have to be con. tinued another 40 ft. Tuesday evening. International Water Supply Lol {HAS hn r---- ara i - . i x 7A { Sr og 3. p - - 7 in w - N £0 he Wd " Pad ge. oy PANN . ' Ltd. of London, Ont. in charge of construction, ex- pects to complete the job within three weeks. Inesrted .in the right hand corner of the picture can be seen the flow of water from the test hole, at the depth of 125', and it' really looked cool and clear. ng Near ( 2 \ |) ; A ! 2 \ } { ompletion % ROLY SELENE Sas EY, A letter just received from the Hon. M. B. Dymond, Minister of Health, states: "I am advised by The Ont- ario Water Resources Com- mission, that a contract in the amount of $34, 750.00 has been awarded to Internation: al Water Supply Ltd., of Lon- don, Ontario for the construe- tion of a water supply well capable of delivering up to 4000 gals. per minute of water. This will greatly aug: ment the present supply and, we hope will eliminate any danger of shortage for some time to come in Port Perry." he FLY yg ST ty i a a \ « - SE ~ a gw © » oo ---- a ad RRR Fo mi Sm Sob Fw, 7 hth) A SR Ro ----r ey ow Wh Vey ~~ ha a on i I a TI am a al LH SIRT

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