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--t-- ry - . played in the Arena on Wed- "At Home" Selects Queen, Princess ~The greatest. event, and what causes. most excitement during the Annual At Home. is no doubt the selection of the Queen and Princess. 'Again this year, the judges had a difficult "task, but reached the conclusion by selecting Melody Wilson, grade 12 student, Queen, (right) and Donna Ballard, grade 9, (left) Princess. The afinual event at the High School was a decided success, the gymnasium artistically decorated on the theme, "The Sea". Firemen Tour School, Hospital Under the guidance of Mr. Grant McDonald, principal of Port Perry Hgih School, members of the local Fire Department recently had a complete tour of the school. Last Monday evening the new hospital which is in the final stage of construction, Where Mr. Ben Bohan, the Administrator conducted a tour of the building for the men. i The purpose of these tours by the firemen is to familiar- fze themselves with the building, both inisde and out, in case they are called to these buildings to fight a fire or for any emergency in- which their assistance might be required. County 4-H Clubs To Be Organized The 1969 4-H Agricultural Club programme will soon be under way in Ontario County. 4-H stands for Head, Heart, Hands and Health. The 4-H motto is "Learn to do by Doing". An invitation is extended to anyone, who has the facil- ities to look after a project and is between the ages of 12 and 21, to join a 4-H Club: 4-H Clubs, with the assist- ance of local Ciyb, Leaders, are conducted under the direc- tion of the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture and Food. The following clubs will be offered this year - dairy and beef calf, grain, corn, potato and an engineering club. Former 4-H members have already received their applic- ation forms. If anyone else is interested in 4-H work, they should contact the Ont- ario Department of Agri- culture and Food Office, Ux- bridge for further information. - Dr. M. B. Dymond To Open Chest Clinic A permanent Chest Clinic and Testing Centre is to be opened this week in the Mid- town Mall, 200 John Street, Oshawa. This is the joint effort --of-the-Ontario- County 'Tuber- culosis and Respiratory Dis- ease Association and the York: Oshawa District Health Unit. The X-Ray Unit has been provided by the Ontario Dep- artment of Health. Dr. C.C. -Stewart, M.O.H. and Director will staff the clinic with a secretary-X-ray technician, and. a public health nurse. The TB-RD Association is leasing the premises, com- pletely furnishing the clinic and 'will arrange for volun- teer assistance. 0.P.P. "Squad" To Play Mustangs A hockey game of some considerable interest will be nesday, March 6. A hockey team of power- ful members of the Whitby Detachment of Ontario Prov- incial Police have generously accepted to play against the local Midget Mustangs, spon- sored by Cy Wilson Ford, A second reason why this game should be of interest and deserves a good crowd, is the fact that the proceeds are to benefit the Heart Fund. The game starts at 9 p.m, and admission chages are every resident who was away tion in the small white re- Mrs. EA. Collins, Executive Director of the TB- RD Assoc- iation has been working clos- ely with Dr. Stewart on this project for more than two association, A 'preview opening' is is ned for this week and invit- ations have been extended to years, Funds from the Christ- mas Seal Campaign have prov- ided for the work done by the throughout Ontario County; also to the mayors and reeves ~ (Continued on Page 16) Heart Fund Reach Half Preliminary reports from the Heart Fund Campaign headquarters would indicate that, with fewer than half of the canvassers reporting, the fund has reached over half of its objective. The volunteer workers al:o report that they are encoun- tering considerable difficul- ty in completing their can- vasses because many people are not at home when called upon, Port Perry seems. to be a very active place in the winter season. "We- sincerely hope that when a Heart volunteer call. ed will mail in a contribu- turn address Heart Fund en- velope left by the canvasser" the chairman stated. "We hope that workers, nominal. Collections Way Mark other have been unable to complete their calls, will do so as quickly as possible", said Mr. Aldred, Volunteers who hdve com- pleted their canvas, report that they were well received by the members of the com- munity. It is gratifying to realize that the majority of the citizens 'are willing to support the heart research being carried on by the Ont- ario Heart Foundation, which is helping to control the na- tion's. Number One Killer -- diseases of the heart and blood: vessels. "While the campaign has gone well so far, Mr. Aldred said, we would ask the peo- ple of Port Perry an ddistrict to continue to support this worthy cause in the future} weeks as the Heart Fund volunteers complete their firemen paid a visit to the | in P2RTQ PERRY | Volume 104 --PORT PERRY ONT., THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 1969 -- Number 20 Only Two The local issuer of licence plates, Gordon Reesor, told the Star Tuesday the increase in sales of plates has picked up considerably during the last two weeks. There are only two days left for anyone who wants to make the deadline. And according to Transport Min- ister Irwin Haskett, no exten- sion of deadline will be made. The local office has been extremely busy the last few days and the average amount of licences issued Monday is about 200. This is a heavy load, when only two persons are employed doing the work. Some 2,800 plates have been .issued as of Tuesday afternoon, but leaves approx- imately 1,200 to be issued if the expected number of vehicle owners show up in time before deadline, Feb- ruary 28, Mr. Reesor said. Mr. Haskett in a news release, says the plates have Hospital Report Week Ending February 22 Admissions 27 Operations Emergency Treatments .... 41 Births «.............................. Nil Deaths... ... Nil Distharges.:. wa 20 Remaining ievadis sid 23 Visiting Hours -- 2 to 8 p.m. Maternity Hours 3 to 8 p.m. Days Left been on sale for 11 weeks, and it should give motorists ample opportunity to get their plates conveniently without waiting for the line-ups that usually occur in the final days. Star Publisher Elected President Of Ont. Weeklies The Star publisher, P. Hvidsten was elected president of the Ontario Weekly News- paper Association during the annual. convention held in Ottawa last week. Other officers elected were: First vice-president H.D. Mec- Connell, Tilbury Times; sec- ond vice-president, Wilson Boyer, Bracebridge Herald Gazette; secretary-manager, Werden Leavens, Bolton Enterprise. Directors: Keith Graham, Chesterville Record; Kenneth Campbell, Strathroy Age-Dis- patch; Walter Brebner, Mea- ford Express; J.C.R. McKnight, Tillsonburg News; J.E. Mor- rison, Napanee Beaver; Wil- liam Kennedy, Durham Chron- icle; John Morris, Jr., Prescott Journal; Don Thompson, Lucknow Sentinel Star and Robert: Buchanan, Aurora Banner. Past ptésident is Reg. Workman, Winchester Press. Give from the heart for the Austin C. Bathie Elected President Of Shrine Club Dr. Austin C. Bathie, has been elected president of the Oshawa Shrine Club. He was recently invested by T. Patrick Henry, Illustrious Potentate of Ramases Temple, Toronto. One of the many functions Dr. Bathie will be heading is when Oshawa _ Shrine Club sponsors the" 'Bhrine Circhs in Oshawa Civic Centre, May the physicians in Oshawa and -8 who, for one reason or an- visits. Port Perry Star Presented at the annual convention of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association "held I' Ottawa last week, publisher, P. Hvidsten and editor, Wm. Harrison display the framed certificate awarded Port Perry Star. Entered in the class of tabloid newspapers with a circulation under 3,600, the Star won first prize. heart says your Heart Fund. Presented 10 and 11. With Award