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Perry Fire Brigade Monday ~The Star's youngest staff member, Peter Hvidsten Jr. shot this unique picture dur- ing the Fireworks Display held by the Port night. He ob- tained the effect by resting the camera 1,500 See Colourful Fireworks Display ~The third annual Fireworks | Display sponsored, by the members of the Port Perry Fire Department was again quite successful, with about 325 carloads of young and -old from Port Perry and sur- Will Conduct Piano Exams John Dewdney, member of the Board of Examiners of the -Royal Conservatory of Music will conduct current "examinations for the Conser- vatory in Port Perry on June 3-4. John Dewdney has been a member of the Royal Con- servatory of Music's teaching staff since 1946, as a teacher of theory, piano, and until "recently, the organ, Cana- dian trained, he studied with Dr. David Ouchterlony, Dr. Charles Pcaker and Reginald Godden. He holds a Bachelor of "Music degree from the University of Toronto and is an Associate of the Royal Canadian College of Organ- ists. He recently retired as organist of St. Barnabas An- glican * Church, Toronto, to devote his full time to teach rounding 'area coming to view the display inside the local Fair Grounds last Mon- day evening. The firemen began the evening a little before dark with a display of small ground fireworks to keep the children contented until it got dark. Everyone on hand to see the display seemed to enjoy the evening and many have expressed their appreciation to the Fire Department for 'sponsoring the evenf. We venture to say that the 70 or on the hood of his. car, and shooting at 5.6, he left the 'lens open for three to four minutes while the rockets were shot off into the air. led for taking upon them- '80 odd cars who parked on the roads leading to the Fair Grounds and did not come in also enjoyed the Fire- works. With the increasing num- ber of accidents to children playing with fireworks, the Firemen are to be commend- selves the responsibility of putting on this display each year, so as to reduce the pos- sibility of -children in this area injuring themselves by trying to light their own fireworks. Wreckless speed boat op- erators and waterskiers bet- ter watch out on Lake Scu- gog this summer. The Whitby detachment of Ontario Provincial Police has purchased a high speed out: board cruiser and plans a crackdown of hazardous boat- ing habits on Lake Scugog and the south end of Lake Simcoe, . The 18-foot aluminum crui- ser, powered by an 85 horse- bower motor was launched Saturday from J. Orde Marine, where from it will also operate. Constable Gary Fellows and Gary Chapman will command the craft this summer. Each officer will be assigned one assistant when on patrol. Both officers have taken a one-week OPP course at Oril- lia recently, where they re- -ceived instruction in naviga- tion and maintenance, ing. High Speed OPP Cruiser Will Patrol Lake Scugog Part of the course included training in rescue and re- covery techniques and how to work as a team with scuba divers. PORT Q{ PERRY Volume 103 PORT PERRY, ONT,, THURSDAY, MAY 23rd, 1968 Number 32 An estimated 2,500 to 3,000 attended the first annual "Home Show" in the Port Perry Arena Thursday, Fri- day and Saturday. And from all accounts the arrangement was a decided success. As was to be expected, the crowd Thursday was the smallest, when about 700 at- tended, the largest was on Friday, and Saturday was a close second. The public appeared gen- uinely pleased and in some cases surprised realizing that the Port Perry merchants take no back seat to out of town businessses as far as merchandise and the display of same. Quite frequently complimentary utterances were made in regard to in- dividual displays and the "Home Show" in general. As far as can be determin- ed, the exhibitors were all more than pleased with the first "Home Show". Star" was speaking to some of them and they unanimous- Jy. agreed this was a funec- tion worth repeating every year. would be possible to arrange a show both in Spring and Fall. In charge of the arrange- ment was Ab Fulford, Arena manager who planned the layout of the exhibit area and had the booths erected. Working with him was mem- bers of the Arena Board. - Winners of free draws at Home Show were: Ballard Lumber -- Jack (Continued on Page 4) Hospital Report | Week Ending May 18th Admissions ............. 19 Operations .................... 8 Emergency Treatment ... 19 'Births ©... Deaths ..................... Discharges Remaining Vifiting hours -- 2 to 8 p.m. Maternity hours--3 to 8 p.m. Public, Exhibitors Agree "Home Show" Great Success, Should Be Repeated ~The] Some even-thought-it|- Clark Muirhead, a profes- sional engineer and member 1| of Uxbridge Township Coun- cil won the six way contest of the Ontario Riding Pro- gressive Conservative nomin- ation in Uxbridge Friday 'night. The Uxbridge councillor '| took the lead on the first ballot, gained on the second and third and won by a ma- jority of 41 on the fourth. Joel Aldred, was nomin- ated after the names of five "The cruiser, the top speed of which is not yet known, replaces a 35 horsepower cedar strip motorboat. United Church Auction Sale The United Church will sponsor a Monster Auction Sale in the church new Re- creation Centre. It will take place on Friday, May 31, at 7.30 p.m, Two well known auction- eers, Ted Jackson and Ted Spenceley will get the bids going, and the articles to be auctioned off are numerous. There will be new & used articles, furniture, tools, etec., and even a used car in good condition. In addition the U.C.W. will hold a gigantic The commercial mill rate in the Township of Reach this year will be 95.29. This is an increase over last year of 8.14 when the rate was 87.15. : The farm and residential rate has been set at 85.90, an increase over 1967 of 7.07 mills, when the rate was 78.83. A break-down of various categories in farm and resi- dential assessment shows the County will receive 21.21, (19.47), Township 1249, bake sale, (11.61), Unemployment relief Mill Rate Increased 7.07 In Township Of Reach 1.13 -- (1.16), -School Area Board 6.89(4.03), High School Area 38.12, (32.58), School Debenture rate 6.06, (9.99). 1967 figures in brackets. The commercial mill rate, County 21.21, (19.47), Town- ship 16.21, (14.74), Unemploy- ment relief 1.13 (1.15); School Area Board 7.66 (4.47), High -School Area 42.35 (36.20), School debenture rate 6.73, (11.12). The total municipal levy was set at $431,701.12 against $380,973.74 in 1967, a jump of almost $51,000. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Muirhead show genuine happiness after the announcement of his election to carry the P.C. banner in the June 25th Federal election. P.C.s Elect Clark Muirhead Ontario Riding Candidate declared candidates had been announced. More than 1,000 persons at- tended the five-hour meeting at the Uxbridge High School, including some 600 voting (Continued on Page 4) * Spring Fair Sat. May 2 The annual Spring Fair, sponsored by the Hospital Women's Auxiliary is Satur- day, May 25th. The fair has become a po- pular event over the last few years, and ads extra funds to the treasury of the organiza- tion and the hospital. 2.00 p.m. is the opening time in the Masonic Temple, - and there will be Tea and Bake Sale --in--the- Presby- terian Church. Final Canvass Starts May 27 With the new hospital .now progressing on sche- dule, more funds are needed for the continued construction and comple- tion of the hospital. According to Joel Al. dred, Building' Fund cam- paign manager, the final canvass of funds will start on Monday, May 27th, rp Ao