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Port Perry Star (1907-), 5 Sep 1968, p. 1

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the Fair went on to become "and the crowd consequently "as good .and in some cases _"® Kingfisher Lake is 300 miles ~.. north of Port Arthur, .. wl RR. 2, Seagrave, Ontario 'Princess was one of featured Perry Fair. LING HANDS. Pat H Norm Cafik, Ontario Riding, - nter, County Dairy" guests at Port #M.P. who officially opened the fair is giv- From early morning and close to noon rain was pour- fing down Monday, Sept. 2nd, the day of the Annual Port Perry Fair. To all the hard working members of the fair com- mittee, and persons who ar- rived to take an active part ®n the arrangement it looked like the Fair would be "rain. -ed out". About 2 p.m. the rain * stopped "and, "although the grounds and track was soak- ed by the early, heavy rain, quite a. success. ; Gate receipts were down considerably from last year, could not match last: year's record of over 8,000. » Participation was, however Sa better than previous years. Will Teach On Indian Reserve Mr. Robert Salter, Gradu- ate of Port Perry High School sand Toronto Teacher's Col: lege left recently for the Cree Indian Reserve at King fisher Lake, : Bob will be the only white person on this Reserve and will be teaching Grades 1-6 . To Two Cars "Weather Poor, Fair Still Display of grain was the best in several years, and the Royal Bank Trophy present- ed to the exhibitor accumu- lating the highest number of points' was won by Leslie & Irwin Smith who tied in num- ber of points. A. Pacey, local bank man- ager presented the trophy to ing a helping hand, to the princess, while the president of the Fair Board, Clarenca Carter, and Armour McMillan help to land her safely on the ground. EO 5 A Success vit en Week Ending Aug. 31st Admissions... 22 Operations Emergency Treatments... 35 (Continued on Page 6) BINNS. ©) nin, 2 Deaths .................... Nil Discharges ........................ Remaining On Monday, September 2, at Port Perry Fair, the. Port Perry 4-H Dairy Calf Club and the Port Perry Lions' 4- H Grain Club held their achievement days. Twenty- eight = members exhibited calves, and fifteen members exhibited grain. In the Junior Holstein class first place went to Donovan Smith, Port Perry, second to Bruce Smith, Port Perry, and Collision Causes $2,400. Damage Damage. to the tune of $2,400 was inflicted on two 1968 model cars when: they collided on the corner of concession road 8 in Reach Township and' Highway 12. Achievement Days "first place for his --Herta- erry Fair y Fair third place to Irwin Smith, Port Perry. : First place in 'the: Senior "Holstein class went to Mur- ray Stone, Blackwater, sec- ond to Robert Smith, Port Petry, & third to Earl Phoe- nix, Greenbank, Only one calf was exhibit- ed in each of the Junior Ayr- shire and Junior Jersey sec- tions. The winners were Marion Couperthwaite, Ux- bridge, and Ronald Nobbs, Little - Britain, respectively. The Champion Showman was Martin Kuenen,. Ux- bridge, followed closely by Donovan Smith, Port Perry. In the grain class, first place for Garry oats went to Irwin Smith, Port Perry. Jim Gerrow, Port Perry, won barley. Volume 103° PORT PERRY, ONT., THURSDAY, SEPT. 5th, 1968 Number 46 Public School Begins Year With 699 When the doors opened for a new school year at the R. H. Cornish Public School Tuesday morning 699 pupils registered during the day. year in June, the school had 702, pupils, but according to the principal, Wm. Bradford additional registration is ex- pected in the next few days. . Grades two and five have heavier registration than the rest of the classes this year. Off To Norway Great Britain known Port Perry resident is on his way to Norway, by S.AS. This is one trip of several Mr. Buckland has made to that country, and possibly won't be the last. Mr. Buckland has a great love for Norway, and parti- largest city is of great signi- ficance to him. His late some I5 years ago was born and raised in Bergen, and it is relatives of hers, Mr. Buck- land will visit while in Nor- way. On Sept. 21, Mr. Buckland will fly to London, England, and -will spend some time there before he travels to Aberdeen, Scotland. An ar- dent stamp collector, Mr. Mr. Buckland ms to Canada and Pon Ty on Oct. 26th. . M. B. Dymond Health Minister Matthew Dymond will open the Chris topher Robin - Home for Children in Ajax, Sept. 5. The home is situated on RR. 1, Highway 2, a half- mile east of Harwood Ave- nue, Ajax. It is a non-profit charitable organization for the care of severely mentally and physi- At the end of last school Mr. Herb Buckland, well] § cularly Bergen, the second| wife, who died in Port Perry| Buckland will attend a con-| aged to the tune of thip was $400. untario Provincial Police, Opens New Home Whitby detachment is inves- tigating the cause of a one- car accident near Myrtle ear- ly - Friday morning which caused injury to a Port Perry resident. Robert Edmund Park, 22, of 195 Mary St., Port Perry, received a broken nose and lacerated face when his car crashed on Highway 7 and 12 south of Myrtle, about 1.55 cally handicapped children. MEARE EE RN I AA : Due to the fact that Mon- ; } : day was a holiday, and : consequently the loss of . + one day of production, the . am, Estimated damage to the Park vehicle is $1,000. * * LJ The same day at 9 p.m. a three car crash occured on + Star regrets that a num. s ber of articles and pic- +-tures_must be held over. until next week. | Perry. Street in Port Perry. :| Elmer Guy of 13 con. Reach ¢| Township had damage done | to-his-car-to- the amount of A 1968 Buick, driven by C. A. Macdonald, Commer Ave., Willowdale was head- ing west on the Township road when it crashed into a northbound 1968 : Chevelle, driven by Victor Hill, 28 of Valentia. % Mr. Macdonald and his daughter Karen, Mr, Hill and his wife Shirley were all taken by Brignall's Ambu- lance to Port Perry Commun- ity Hospital where they were EE E----------------------_---------- a 1 ] {treated for minor injuries. Witn the registrations from Uxbridge Township's Good: wood community and the Girls' Diversified Occupa- tions classes from the Ux- bridge Secondary School, to- gether with the ever-increas- ing registration from the Port Perry Area, the High Schdol shows a tentative re- gistration on Tuesday, Sept- yuu 814 Students Register At ember 3 ot 814 pupils. [ The science and techno- logy programme has this year moved into Grade Ele- ven with Grade Twelve Sci- ence and Technology to be continued next year. The Diversified Occupations pro- grammes for both the boys and the girls has this year advanced to include the High School grade ten pupils. The additional modern lan- guage of German has heen taught for the past several years to include the grade thirteen graduation year. Last year, and continuing this year, the grade ten stu- dents of the four year arts and science programme have (Continued on Page 4) 1 A) WVHA RRO AY) OPP Investigates Accidents, Theft V's This 1967 Pontiac owned by Robert Mathews was dam- $700. The estimated damage to the 1959 Chevrolet below, owned by Elmer Guy, Reach Town. Damage to the extent of parked 1967 car owned by Robert Mathews, Oshawa. 1862 model, owned by Gord- on Robertson, Port Perry, es- timated damage $150. Two persons received minor in- juries. LJ * * . Estimated damage to a farm wagon pulled by a trac- tor was $200. after it collided with a car on Shirley Side Road. The accident occurred Wed- nesday last week. The trac- tor was driven by Henry - Collins, con. 9, east Whitby Township.- Damage to a 1957 'car driven' by Colin Haines, Port Perry was $250. . * * * Andy Fletcher, game war- den with the local depart: ment of Lands and Forests reported theft in the Port Perry area of an 18 h.p. out: board motor valued at $145. + + On Monday, Sept. '2nd, Robert Gordon Law was treated for injuries in Osh- awa General Hospital after a car accident in Columbus. Damage to his 1967 car was estimated at $1,000. RUAN PPR RUIN WY nn $700. was inflicked on a The third car involved, a PRIN AT A ~

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