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A ame --, ~ Crowd Of 7,500 Enjoy Annual Fair Humid Sum L 7,600 this year. This is more © elderly, handicapped; ill or: eo, .Sician certifie services are necessary, Owned by Roy F. Ormiston, Brooklin, Brairwood Melissa was named Grand Champion of the Black and White Show at-Port Perry Fair. Presenting showman, Brian " ~~ Reazin with the.Sam Gough trophy is Senor Anibal Gonzalez, president of Puerto Rico Holstein Association. Senor 'Gonzalez owns the largest herd of Holstein cattle in Puerto Rico, all Canadian bred. In Hot And ® Ted Jackson well known in_Qntario County and a i resident of Port Perry for 50 years officially opened the Port Perry Fair, Labour Day. He also introduced the Ontario County Dairy Princess, Margaret Downs, Sunder- -land. Crowds of people coming and going at the Port Perry Fair numbered a total of than last year, when inclement weather dropped attendance well below the record of 8,000 in 1967. -. Afternoon rain was expect- ed, but it held out during the day and instead a sweltering heat from a hot and humid sun kept young and old busy finding some way of keeping For Nurses At a meeting of Port Perry council in July, the services of the Victorian Order of Nurses were accepted for the munic- ipality. The service is to be on a trial basis until Dec. 31st,1969, and for the service council at a recent meeting granted up to $300. for the period stated. - The services of Victorian Order of Nurses in general is on a visitation basis to residents in the municipality, convalescent where the phy- that such cool. : The grandstand = with a seating capacity of about 500 was filled during the whole afternoon, and the consessions providing refreshments were kept busy selling thirst quench- ing drinks, hot dogs and hamburgers for long line-ups of people. bo Opening tke 1969 Fair was a man who has possibly attended most of the fairs dur- ing the last 50 years, Mr. Ted Jackson. : Mr. Jackson extended his compliments to the presid- ent and the Board members for their never ending efforts to keep up a tradition so well established by our forefathers. A happy association "and co-operation has always exist- ed' between the three neigh- bouring municipalities of Port Perry, Reach and Scugog Mr. Jackson said. zl He also gave praise to the many persons taking part dur- ing the day as well as the many exhibitors .- displaying their entries every year. "Without them the Fair would not be possible," Mr. Jackson said. Margaret Down, Ontario County Dairy Princers: was introduced to the large gath- mer Weather '|by Malcolm Bailey, R.R. 1, ering by Mr. Jackson. She spoke briefly and emphasized the importance of the dairy industry. ) Representation was excel- lent in almost every class or category of events, and by walking through the display areas, whether it was animals, flowers, garden produce, bak- ing, sewing, etc., to a layman, at least, all entries appeared to be of the highest quality. 22 exhibitors entered 91 head in the annual Black and White Show. Senior - Grand Champion was Briarwood Melissa, owned by F. Roy Ormiston, Brooklin. The same cow also won the Sam Gough trophy, presented on this occasion of Senor Anibal Gon- zalex, president of Puerto Rico Holstein Association. The Grand Champion honour of the commercial steer class went to an entry Port Perry. The animal 920 Ibs. was purchased by Dyson's Meat Market, Uxbridge at 38¢ per lb. Named Reserve Grand Champion was a 765 lb. steer entered by Brian Beath, and sold to Port Perry IGA at 35¢ per Ib. Seven animals were entered, all sold and lowest price was 32¢ per lb. * With 678 - | registered. This is PORT PERRY NTAR Volume 104--PORT PERRY ONT., THURS Public School Begins Year When children returned for anothér year of learning at the R.H. Cornish Public School Tuesday morning, a total of 678° pupils were slightly 'down from last year, when enrolment was 699, 'With an enrolment of 101, grade one is the largest group of children, the Kidnergarten class the smallest with 55. The second largest group of] children is grade five with 87 pupils, followed by grade eight, 81, grade seven .77, grade two, 76, grade six, 75, grade four, 64 and grade three, 62. There is always the possib ility additional pupils may" enrolled during the ne couple of weeks. TS] Will Continue To Operate By Committee Following a request from the Ontario Municipal Water Association, the Port Perry Council decided at the last regular meeting to operate the Waterworks Department on the same basis as prev- iously, by a cvomrittee of council. : The other two methods of operating the utility accord- ing-to a questionnaire were "A Public Utilities Commiss- ion" and "A Water Commiss- ion". The reasons for maintain- ing the present system of operation was stated as follows: The Port Perry Water- works Department is being operated very efficiently and very economically by the Committee of Council. The general department and the waterworks department work well together. The departments use much of the same equipment. The pro- posed sewer rates are also based partly on the water rates. A committee of council Ras (50 ¥ = DAY, SEPT. 4, 1969--Number 45 > Hundreds of pupils returned to Port Perry Schools Tuesday. Inthe top picture is group of almost 700 pupils gathering in front of R.H. Cornish Public School; and below are the first students leaving the bus to start a new year at the High School. Janitors Stay On Jobs School custodians will wait for conciliation = meetings Sept. 16 and 17 rather than stage a walkout this week. Donald Harper, president of Local 218 Canadian Union of Public Employees, told the Oshawa Times the union feels it has gained the recog- is able to give the waterworks problems special attention. nition' it was seeking from the Ontario County Board of Education through the con- ciliation meetings. Mr. Harper said the union has been waiting for the past nine months to negotiate a new contract and now he says there seems to be some recog- nition from the board. Last week Mr: Harper had Continued on page 10 Was Once In Port Perry Discovers 11 --BY Wm. BROCK-- "Once upon a time there was a Santa Claus who arrived with jingle bells around his one horse open sleigh. It was yesterday, in fact, at Moore- dale House, Rosedale-Moore Park Association Centre." This old clipping provided the clue which has led the Historical Society to the dis- covery of the present where- abouts of the 110 year old life size horse which stood for Continued on page 16 Hospital Report WEEK ENDING AUGUST 30 Admissions . 26 Operations . PRPTY | Emergency Treatments . 108 Births . , . |. 2 Deaths .". . . , |. 0 Discharges . 27 Remaining . 23 i ew Year Old Wooden Horse In Toronto This horse stood for many years inside the factory of Jeffrey and Taylor where it was | used to model the harness they manufactured and sold in great quantity! The picture was taken when the factory was be men's wear stores. SERIES, 7 ing dismantled to make way for the restaurant and a Tw aan