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Port Perry Star (1907-), 10 Oct 1968, p. 1

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wi ri rie © Ay Te ii L1. AFL A On 'Thursday, October 10, Mr. William F. E. Armstrong of 265 Casimir Street in Port ~Perry could look back on-90 years of healthy and happy life. >. Township in 1878, 31% miles north east of Nestleton. He married Margaret Watchorn of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in 1899. For 23 years, Mr. Arm. * strong farmed at Armstrong's Point. During this period about 1909 he also started a summer resort business __known as Armstrong's Point or Scugog Point. se "In 1922, Mr. Armstrong and his wife moved to Bowman- ville where they resided un- til' 1931. While in Bowman- ville he was an employee of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. for four years, and rose 'from' labourer to supervisor, foreman and inspector.. The remaining five years he maintained and operated cot- He was born-in Cartwright] Local Car Dealers "| and the public will have free Stage 2nd Annual 'Autorama Show' When the first annual Autorama Show was held last year it was with a consider- able amount of interest by the public. More than 2,000 persons visited the Port Perry Arena during the three day showing of new gleam- ing cars. The decided success of the show. has encouraged the local car dealers to repeat the show and on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, 1969 cars will be on display in the Arena. Mrs. Wood of Eleanor's Flowers has offered to sup- ply flowers for the occasion, coffee sponsored by Dan Madsen, proprietor of Port Perry I.G.A. The following car dealers will have cars on display: Beare Motors Limited; Maj- cher . Pontiac-Buick Ltd.; H. Peel Rambler Sales & Ser- vice; Cy Wilson Ford Sales and Sweetman Motors Ltd. tages at Armstrong's Point. He returned. to Arm- strong's Point in 1931 and farmed-until 1963 -when he retired and moved to his pre- sent home on Casimir St. Mr. Armstrong: has one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Hicks, Nestleton, three grand- children, two of them twins, Betty and George Hicks, Nestlton, Mrs. Shirley Pros- ser, Nestlton, and three great. grandchildren. The Star also joins his many well wishers and: ex- tend to Mr» Armstrong best| wishes for the future. XA : | Caucus Whip Mr. Wm. F. E. Armstrong .90 Years 0d October 10 Cafik Named Ontario riding MP Norman whip of the Ontario caucus of Liberal members of parlia- ment. ' The election took place at a meeting here Wednesday of all Liberal MPs in the pro- vince. The freshman MP will serve under Ontario caucus chairman Ian Whan of Tor- onto St. Paul's riding, . | Mr. Cafik's duties will in- clude making sure members of the Ontario caucus attend future meetings.' Hospital Report Admissions Operations .......................... Emergency Treatments .... Births Blackstock Girl Receives B. A. Lynda J. Kyte, Blackstock was one of nearly 100 stud- ents to complete their studies during the summer semester at the University of Guelph 'and receive. a bachelor de- gree. * Miss Kyte received a ba- chelor of arts in psychology | hospitals in this area and 92 Hospital Auxiliaries Meet At Club Annrene 15 representatives of the Community Memorial Hospi- tal - Auxiliary attended the fall conference of the Hos- pital Auxiliaries Association on Oct. 1st at Club Annrene. This conference covers 15 ladies were present. The morning session was welcomed by Mrs. M. B. Dy- mond. . Roll call was read and each auxiliary related their own achievements in the past year. The nominat- ing committee reported and the election of officers were received. Following the noon lunch- eon, Mrs. Ralph Jane, chair- man of Research Committee for the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, headed a panel" discussion on public relations of auxiliary mem- bers. The panelists discuss- ed the need for friendly and courteous - auxiliary volun- teers. | tithe convocation, - duals Ecumenical Meeting Held In Catholic Community Hall On Sunday evening, Oct. 6 a group of thirty interested participants representing various faiths of the com- munity met at the Catholic Community Hall, d Presiding over the meeting were the host, Father Lee, Reverend Rose and Reverend Mansfield. The common prayer used by all Christian faiths was used to open the proceeding. A film strip entitled "The Ecumenical Bit" was then shown - which © 'emphasized Christ's intent of one Univer- sal Christian Church and the need and usefulness of such 8, Jmission in ~ today's | Hii, + hit HULL dL i AE dd cated world. Discussion - followed, em- phasizing the common ground to be worked on and gener- ally 'clarifying many miscon- ceptions each faith has of the other, At the evening's end all felt that a step had been taken in the right direction and only through cooperation and understanding can thé problems of todays complex society be met and solved. The meeting was concluded by a prayer from Father Lee and it was decided to meet again on Sunday, Nov. third, eight p.m. in the Anglican Maijcher. rte rvhl Volume 103 PORT PERRY, ONT., THURSDAY, OCT., 10th, 1968 Numbe 51 Cafik has been elected as| ~~ Douglas Johns, administrator of Hillsdale Manor in Oshawa and Lion president, Gordon Prentice seen to- gether after close of the meeting. Lions Hear Important Talk About Senior Citizens The many absent members of the Port Perry Lions Club certainly missed out on an interesting and well deliver- ed address ,at the regular meeting Monday at Club Annrene. Mr. W. D. Johns, Adminis- trator of Hillside "Manor, home -for the aged in Osh- awa said he wanted to speak of his favourite people, and this he did with deep sin- Honorary Degree To Dr. Dymond Dr. Matthew B. Dymond, of Port Perry, Ontario, minister of health, will be among nine recipients of honorary degrees to be conferred by Queen's University of King- ston, Nov. 8. Others being honored are Prime Minister Trudeau and Ontario Educa- tion minister William Davis. cerity and a great deal of knowledge. Previous to 1940, Mr. Johns said, homes for the aged were known as poor houses or union houses. Senior eci- tizens of this country were actually frightened of living their last years within the walls of these institutions. Facilities were poor, restric- tions militant, no recreation, - Continued on Page 2) Taken to Hospital After Accident On Simcoe Street Brignall's Ambulance took a Brock Township man to the Oshawa General Hospital Friday, Oct. 4th after an ac- cident on Simcoe Street. In hospital is James Me- Lean, 31 years, lot 12 con. 5, Brock Township. Apparent- ly Mr. McLean ran into an unattended truck parked on Simcoe Street. Damage to Mr. McLean's 1961 Meteor was estimated at $600. and to the truck, a. 1960 Ford, $350. Investigated by OPP. constable John Ross. * * * A 16 year old boy, Gordon Mahaffy, East Whitby Town- ship was involved in an ac- cident on Shirley Side Road in Reach Township on Sat. Oct. 5th. Damage to his car, a 1962 Chevrolet was established at $150. after colliding with a 1959 Borgward station wagon driven by Raymond Shirran, 27, R.R. 3, Burketon. Dam- age to the station wagon was $250. No injuries. Investi- gated by O.P.P. constable Don Simmons, i New Owner Takes Over Archer Motors Limited recently changed ownership, and Bob Archer is seen hand- ing over the keys to the new owner, John AA "Mr. Majcher has lived most of his life in Whitby, and has a solid back- ground in the automotive business with 14 Sarai various apacitios Mri Majcher: is | Deborah grade Pontiac +! Bute § VRE School, Whitby. will also take an active part in the firm, to be operated under the name of Maicher . married, and have two girls Linda, 20,. a student at Western University, London, and 13 student at Anderson High Mr. Majcher's wife Olga k Lid.

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