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Port Perry Star (1907-), 29 Aug 1968, p. 1

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4 S.of:6, Judo Club Donate $293, If no one else derived fi- nancial benefit from the Chamber of Commerce spon- ® sored Carnival August 16 and 17, at least retarded children of this area will. Thursday, last week two cheques in the total amount of $293. was presented Mrs. M. B. Dymond resident of Central Seven for the Mentally Retarded. Mrs. Eleanor Wood, president of the local C of C presented a cheque in the amount of $154. and Kim Murray, 7, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Ken Jurray presented a cheque "in the amount of $139, moneys...collected .: from--a Marathon Walk held by the "Maple Leaf Judo Club of which she is an ardent mem- ber. Kim and another seven "Port Perry Fall "oid A large crowd is again ex- year old girl Darlene Blain, RR. 2, Port Perry both walked the distance between Whitby and Port Perry along with another 16 members of the Club. Seen in the pic- judo instructor and organ- tur are Mr. Eric Place, chief izer of the club, Kim Murray presenting 'the Judo Club's cheque to Mrs. Dymond, and Mrs. Wood looking on. Former Port Perry Resident On Visit Here Several class mates and friends of Mrs. Frank Hel- gesen - (Marjorie Pyatt) of Oslo Norway enjoyed an afternoon reminiscing at the home of Mrs. Roy Cornish. During the afternoon Mrs. 'Gladvs-Archer and Mrs, Pearl Gerrow, friends of Marjorie's mother, - poured - tea while Miss Betty- Cawker, Mrs. A. McDermott and Mrs. S. Bru- ton. served the guests. Among the guests were Mr. and. Mrs. Vic Stouffer, From Norway and organist respectively, when Marjorie was a mem- ber of the United Church [ae CRIA Le PLN FEA ery Se lv AY IL {4 7 iA id J] tes VE TON SRL SURE SE AL EIR LEEW EA FN LA LL hs P2RT Q{ PERRY -- -- Volume 103 PORT PERRY ONT., THURSDAY, AUG. 29th. 1968 Number 45 Students, Teaching Staff Record High At the end of June five members of the Port Perry High School's teaching staff withdrew to return to post- graduate university study or to accept positions elsewhere. To accommodate the addi- tional classes and courses additional teachers have been added to the staff. With the Uxbridge Secon- dary School overcrowded and using portable classrooms the Central Ontario County High School Board found it necessary to close out the girls' diversified occupations programme in Uxbridge and transfer those pupils to the Port Perry High School. relieve the overload in Ux- bridge, too, the pupils from the Goodwood area will enter their programmes in the Port' Perry High School. The teachers joining the staff are here listed: Mr. Tom Allison of Dixie. a graduate of the University of Guelph, in the Science Department. Mr. Bruce Brandon of Ux- bridge, a graduate of the University of Western Ont- Continued on Page 2) Choir. It was unique that she should return to visit in her grandfather's home, the late Phillip Figary who was Reeve of Port Perry during the 1920's. Mrs. Archer and Mrs. Bru- ton were co-hostesses in ar- ranging this delightful after- noon for the guest of hon- our. . Wins $200. Scholarship Miss Bonnie Cawker, grade 13 student of the the Port Perry High School, an Ont- ario Scholar with an average of 85.59% has qualified for a Queen's University 125th Anniversary Scholarship, valued at $200 To ;; IAt Port Perry High School In 1968 | Dade bb A A A AS A A A A A SAL SSS SN ENN NNN" Wins Ontario Scholarship Miss Beth Johnston of y Cartwright High School, § Blackstock, has been award-' ed an Ontario Scholarship. Beth, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Keith Johnston, Blackstock, § ' had an average of 83.89, in § i seven Grade 13 subjects. ¢ addition to being an honour student, Beth was a student | librarian and Secretary-/ Treasurer of the Student'ss | Council. Beth will be maj- 4 oring in Science at Victoria § College, the University of § ---Toronto, this coming year. ' EE Ep A / / /' ' ' [J / / ' / / /' / ' ' /' ' ' / / ' / /' / ' ' ' ' ' i if ' ' 'v / ' Ins - Blackstock 107th Fair One Of Best Ever Held . Warm and extremely humid weather prevailed through- out all day Saturday, while the Blackstock Fair was in progress. In spite of this, the Fair is recorded as the best in many years. Ted Spencely, M.C. for the the fair .events, exclaimed with a great deal of enthu- siasm. "It was the best ar- ranged fair 1 have seen in many years, everything went off without a hitch". } The 107th Blackstock Fair opened with the usual colour- ful parade led by Cartwright Fife and Drum Band and the Claremont Citizens Band. Classes were well repre- who had been choir leader Sept. 2nd fe pected at the annual Port |i H Perry Fair on Monday, Sep- tember 2, This fair is one of the most popular within |# Wa large area, and always has * good participation from ex- hibitors as well as the pub- - lic. ; Last year well over 8,000 attended. the Fair, and as long as good weather pre- vails throughout the day, » there is no reason why a new attendance record can't be made. Among the many events|} are horse and cattle classes, Ladies Work, 4-H Clubs, ' Horse races, Baseball, and snaturally the traditional Midway. Week Ending August 24th Admissions Operations ...................... 6 Emergency Treatments .... 26 Births ..................... TREN, 1 DeAtHS iigin 1 Discharges ....................... 17 Remaining ........................ 29 » Visiting Hours -- 2 to 8 p.m. Maternity Hours 3 to 8 p.m. AE Hospital Report Pg People living in and around Seagrave will be happy to know that the new. bridge will soon open for traffic. County Engineer, W. A, Twelvetrees, told the Star Tues. day, that the bridge is expected to be completed by the middle of September, However, some road work will follow on. both sides .of the bridge, so traffic -will not be really "rolling before end of September. cost of the bridge is $56,000. another $30,000 for road construction. New Bridge At Seagrave Ope Opens For Traffic Late September Estimated In addition to this will be The bridge is being built by JohnDee Construction Limited, Fenelon Falls, and road work is being done by the Ontario Qounty Roads Department. sented and competition keen in heavy and light horses, beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep and swine, etc. Every category of Domes- tic Classes had more en- trant sthan usual, and the many delicacies displayed were of the finest anyone could wish for. .Beautiful flowers & floral arrangements were well dis- played, and the quality of fine vegetables were of a high degree. The Fair attracted an esti- mated crowd of over 3,000 persons. "Pig 'N Whistle" At Club Annrene Fans of the popular T.V. Show on Channel 9, Pig'N Whistle will have a real treat in store Sunday, September 1. On that day, the entire group seen weekly on T.V. will be guests at Club Ann. rene and will perform twice during afternoon and even- ing. "Mr. Phil Goreski, the owner of the club has gone to a great deal of trouble to secure the popular enter- tainers, and no doubt he will. be met with two full houses. Local Bowlers Win Trophy The Port Perry entry of A'ma Cox, skip, Rose Wil- loughby and Melba Owen, won their three games and amassed a total of 57 points, to win the annual Women's Trebles Tournament and The Hayden Macdonald Trophy, at Whitby Lawn Bowling Club. The Port Perry trio are the first to have their names on this new trophy. Clubs represented in the eevnt included Toronto Cos- event included Toronto Cos- awa, Port Perry and Peter- borough, along with several host club entries. a WINRARIGY,

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