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Port Perry Star (1907-), 1 Feb 1968, p. 14

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14 - PORT PERRY STAR - Thursday, Feb. 1st, 1968 Greenbank News Mrs. Helen Stevens and baby Paul of 'Agincourt visit- ed with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Diamond last Thursday. A very successful "Baking with Yeast" Course conclud- ed on Tuesday afternoon. Bethesda & Greenbank W.I combined forces and approxi- + mately 50 ladies learned the fundamentals' of baking with veast. Appreciation is ex- pressed to the leaders for their time. Mr. and. Mrs. Harold How- sam and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Snodden on Friday evening. The Neil Hunters, Dave Thomson, Geo. Beares, Stew- art Dicemans and Armour McMillan attended an Adult Skating Party in Uxbridge on Saturday evening. Mr. Bert Phinney of Brampton is spending a_few days with his sister Mr. and Mrs. Art Couves. Mr. and Mrs. Reg Cookman of Sunderland visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Cookman on Sunday. } Mr. and Mrs. Armour Mec- Millan attended the christ- ening of Cynthia Gail daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Legg on Sunday at Prospect. Don't forget another card party this Friday evening®in the Hall. Visitors at the Implement Show, in Toronto recently were surprised to see a local scene on display, the picture being; the flat field of oats on the farm of Roy Leask, taken following a severe rain storm last summer. Earl Phoenix took the top| prize in bowling with the Jr. Farmers at Beaverton. _ Mrs. Wm. Sommerville, with her son Lloyd, attended the Golden Wedding celebra- tion of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Reynolds of Toronto recently. Mr. Ron Blakely of Guelph visited his parents on the week-end. Miss Myrtle Blake- ly of Brooklin was with the Blakely family on Sunday. Sorry to report that Miss Reycraft is a patient in Port Perry Hospital. We wish her and all the other flu victims in the community, a speedy recovery. The sympathy of the com- munity is_ extended to the families of the late Mrs. Wm. Beaton of Uxbridge and Mr. Jim Dusty of Oshawa. All girls who are 12 years of age by March, and are in- terested in 4-H, please con- tact Mrs. M. Lee or Mrs. Couperthwaite by Feb. 7. Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Hunter and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Howsam had a very success- ful day-Curling out-of Lind- say on Saturday when they won the Scugog River Trophy. Last Sunday morning at the worship service, Mr. W. Stone, representing the Ses- sion of Greenbank United Church, assisted the Minister Rev. David Harris in present- ing 'Awards to thirty nine hoys and girls who had quali- fied for them by having the required attendance at the Church Services throughout the year in The Young Wor- shippers' League. _ Check The Label On Your Paper (i AN CO -OP TOPICS 1] "most effective Sons are: * Fertilizer will seeds, «WS HA JA ~ Uxbridge 8352-3321 Fertiliae? is one of your best investments: The cost-price squeeze is a serious matter in farm production, narrowing farm profits. Wise use of fertilizer is one of the farmers profit. . For further information regarding your 7' os fertilizer needs call your Co-operative. United Co-operatives of Ontario (UXBRIDGE BRANCH) means fo counteracting in- creasing land and labor costs. Several rea- High profit return on fertilizer. Plant food costs have increased by less than 129% over the period 1950-1967. - Cost of fertilizers have increased less than most other farm items. push yields into the profit area YA specified minimum crop yield ~must be | produced just to Fixed costs such as land, taxes, machinery, as well as variable costs for labor, gas, fertilizer and spray materials, must be recovered before any profit can be realized. Every progressive fap must Rr his production costs for each crop in order to establish yield goals for maximum break even. Port Perry ZE. 8-3130 .|to combat the blaze which LOR NLS IIR NL FX PATS to (pes 4 RY Sw - F WORE TT" Oy ¢ The H. H. Goode and Son Feed Mill, including a large grain elevator, two Canadian Pacific Railway sleeper cars and a box car, and part of the CPR station were des- troyed Thursday evening of last week in a fire which started shortly after mid- night. About 50 firemen from five stations were called in was not put under control. until 2:30 am. A water truck and six @ pumpers -from Oshawa Fire Department, Port Perry, Brooklin, and Whitby were all in use. The Whitby Ontario Prov- incial Police detachment was called in to control the crowd which gathered to watch the blaze. There was a danger of the fire reaching dynamite which was stored in one of the box cars but CPR workmen quick- ly smashed open the wired door and carried the _explos- ives to safety. "No accurate estimates of damage are.available but one source suggested it would be in the area of $250,000. gid When firemen saw there E873 was little hope of stopping - concentrated much of their hind the station. effort on the CPR station and managed to restrict damage termined. The cause has not heen de- VILLAGE OF PORT PERRY Re Snow Removal Operations Cars left on the village roads -and/or ob- structing the operation of the snowplow will be towed away at the owners expense, 5 a By the Order of the Village Council, JOHN F. RAINES, Clerk-Treasurer. NOTICE T0 CAR OWNERS. Sleeping | Cars, Mil Destroyed By Fire | At mien the blaze in the mill they © the roof and a shed be- FOR * INDUSTRIAL REPAIRS ° COMMERCIAL ~* RESIDENTIAL + ALTERATIONS CALL 985-7042 Heating & Ventilation © pri --r + CONTRACTS \ wn EE --

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