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After a long and tiresome journey from Vancouver fo ~ ~Yaronto by plane, and from Toronto to Port-Perry-by bus - a hot cup of coffee and a warm welcome by all the well: : o Wishers made Richard, Anna and David really feel good again, This was 3 a.m, in the morning, and when they -eventually crawled "into 'bed an hour later; no doubt it ust have been a wonderful feeling to be back home after so much excitment. Le David Porter, Vorct D'Altroy Novice Dance Champions Anna and Richard Place Second In Senior Pairs 'Will Represent Canada At Olympics In France ~ Members of the Port Perry Figure Skating Club went all out to' show their affection Land admiration for the club's 3 *star skiters;- Anna: Forder ~~ and - Richard Stephens on their arrival 'at: Toronto 'In- l§ ternational Airport Monday, night. About 40° members of the: club, adults and «children fill: ! "ed a chartered bus and laft for Torontd 'at 7 p.m. to wel- come the skaters scheduled to arrive at 8.20 p.m. Reach Schools We Closed- Monday The three schools in Reach Township were all closed on Monday, due to the storm jl and heavy snow fall. How. : "ever, Tuesday everything was "Back to normal, 'and: attend- ance was good at the schools. Absenteeism was light "at i the R, H. Cornish Public ("8 + School Monday, but the pup- .@ ils were sent home about [8 $80 p.m. © Attendance at the Figh | School was good on Monday when busses managed to det through on most of the main routes. Tuesdav busses cov- ered "all routes except one 9 gall area. - Instead of-arriving on time the plane was delayed almost five hours, but this did not dampen the enthusiasm of the small welcoming crowd when the second place winn- ers in the Canadian Senior Pairs Skating Championship Anna -Forder:--and - Richard | -Stephens arrived. Included in| the rousing * welcome were also David Porter and his partner Janet D'Altroy, who earlier in the week had cap- tured top hongurs in 'the Novice Dance Competition. David is a local skater and his partner hails from Barrie, 'but they are both members of the Unionville Figure z Public School Broken Into The R. H. Cornish Public School was broken into on Monday morning, and a great deal of malicious damage was |. done inside the school. According to the local OPP damage to the school will amount to about $80.00, and $10.00 in coins and a number | of pens and pencils were stolen. O.P.P. constable P.C. Ross is investigating Skating Club. ling * club presented Anna Mrs. Joe Franssen, presi- | Forder and Janet D'Altroy Steady gress during their skating and Richard 15 years old Novice Pair Championship : pionship. in Peterborough The following year they Shields of Toronto. The { Fn v ana aa Looking back through the files of Port Perry Star from 1963 up to the present, Anna Forder and Rich- ard Stephens have shown a steady and marked pro- In January of 1963, Anna at the tender age of 11 In February the following year, the couple placed second in the Central Ontario Senior Pair Champion- ship, and a couple of weeks later won top honours in a mixe® pair event in Oshawa. i In January, 1965 Anna and Richard again Placed second in Central Ontario Senior Pair Championship. In February the same year they entered the Cana- dian Figure Skating Champiods berta and placed third in the Junior events. Anna and Richard won their first Canadian Cham. they .captured the Junior Pairs event. competition when participating in the Canadign Senior Championships, placing third in the pairs events. The champions in 1967 were Betty and John Me- Killigan and in second place were Dr. Chris and Alexis real, Anna and Richard defeated both the McKilli- gans and the Shields in the North American Figure Skating Championships and placed fourth behind three couples from the United States. Progress career. won the Central Ontario in Newmarket, Ont. hips in Calgary, Al- in January, 1966, when moved into much tougher following week, in Mont- PSRT({ PERRY Vol. 103 Port Perry, Ont., Thurs. Jan. 18th, 1968 No.14 Ross * Murison, reeve of Pickering Village is the 1968 Warden of Ontario County. ; Mr. Murison was elected on the third ballot when he received the necessary over all majority. _ Six candidates" were nom- inated for the position, but John Howden, reeve of East On the first ballot was the following five candidate;-- John Dancey, Brock Town: ship; Gord Hanna, Town of Whitby; Ed. Oyler, Reach 'Township; Ross Murison of Pickering Village and Robt. Nesbitt, Uxbridge Township. The result of that ballot was Dancey 5, Hanna 5, Oyler | dent of the local figure skat-| (Continued on Page/6) 11, Murison 17 and Nesbitt 2. $1000. Presented To Hospital Jos Dowsor., deputy-reeve of -Scugog Township and a member of the Hospital Board was present at the annual meeting of the Port Perry Legion, Sunday after- noon, Here he receives a cheque from Leg- fon president Building Fund Ed. Mulholland in the amount of $1,000, 1967 instalment on a pledge of $5,000 towards the construction of the new hospital in Port Perry now under way. -Whitby-Pownship-declined.-- | Reeve Murison, Pickering 1968 Ont. County Warden The result of the second standing of the candidates at all, but the support from the council fienibers - changed somewhat: Dancey 6, Hanna Nesbitt 1. = Reeve Murison lacked only one vote to make the election on this ballot. both Nesbitt and Dancey were eliminated from furth. er participation, arid on the third ballot reeve 'Murison received enough votes to win him the seat of Warden for 1968. The result of the ballot Murison 22, "Rev. R. C. Rose of the Church of the Ascension in Port Perry conducted the de- votional service following the election. Damage Light |To Hydro Lines: According to Larry Mabley foreman of the. local Hydro crew, the severe storm that hit so hard in most places in Ontario, did only minor dam- age in Port Perry. The crew spent about six hours on, Monday morning from 3 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. re- day afternoon there was a brief black out in the south and west end of town. Hospital Report Admissions TS Operations ............ 15 Emergency Treatment .. 8 Births Deaths ............ Discharges Remaining Visiting Hours -- 2 to 8 p.m. Maternity Hours 3 to 8 p.m. ; fal yr a She (CIE nt EM vt XA 284 TN NA na ballot did not change the. 5; Oyler 8, Murrison 20 and "After the second ballot, was ; Dancey 7, Oyler 11 and - pairing burned out wires, and a couple of hours Tues- - Ree a a Ta To a EL QUAN nt a a Ma a ha ot Te a hy +