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] on hee Fras: AA fer ot ES Pd PES HE er RN v 4 er LW : nea BaT A aa 3 5 NT a Si SM Dur oi a 3 y Sod Te a J NI A AEE Dorf ns, HEL KALE > ooh » 20 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1973" Lions 35th Birthday 4 made his official visit and told the members, while Lions International gained 127,000 with new members the loss of members was great enough to reduce the actual gain to only 23,000. In the Spring of 1969, Storey Beare was acclaimed District Governor for A-3, and was officially installed at the Multiple District Convention in Ottawa in May. Mr. Beare is the only member of the Port Perry Lions Club to attain the high honour. A surprise presentation of a gift and cake were presented to Cec King on the occasion of his 25th year as member and 17th year as treasurer. . The Club presented the third and fourth instalment of a $5,000. pledge to the hospital making the amount donated $4,000 in three years. SEPTEMBER 1969 - JUNE 1970 Ron Wismer retiring Governor of District A-3 conducted the installation of the new executive, headed by Stan Mumford. The treasurer, Cec King presented the last $1,000 instalment of the $5,000 pledge to the hospital in January, 1970. During his year as District Governor, Storey Beare made some 125 visitations to clubs near and far and covered about 16,000 miles of travelling. For his dedicated service, Mr. Beare received a certificate from Lions International with an inscription acknowledging his leadership and invalu- able contributions to Lionism. SEPTEMBER 1970 - JUNE 1971 Don Carnegie was elected president of the Club at a meeting in April 1970. A Leo Club was started in May with 20 members, but was short lived, primarily due to young members moving away for further studies at universities and colleges. Don Crozier, Ray Cook and Cec King were presented with 25 years perfect attendance pins. 75 entries took part in the snowmobile races sponsored by the Lions Club in February. SEPTEMBER 1971 - JUNE 1972 59 Jus Port Perry's Centennial Year and pa most of the organizations in the Village. Arnold Roach and his executive were installed in May, 1971. Rosie Frey. Port Perry High School student won the speaking contest sponsored by District A-3 in Peterborough. Three new members were installed by Deputy-District Governor Bill McGuire, Cobourg. A long time member of the Lion's Club Dr. M. B. Dymond won a seat in the Ontario Legislature for the fifth consecutive time. Donations were made to "Meals on Wheels" for $250 and to the Guides $150. In May 1972 a second Port Perry High School student proved to be a top orator when Roswitha Malischewski won the speaking contest sponsored by District A-3 and hosted by the Port Perry Lions Club. "SEPTEMBER 1972 - JUNE 1973 Don McRitchie was elected president in May, 1972, but due to sudden illness and doctor's orders, first vice president Wm. Sharpe replaced him for the year. Mr. McRitchie, now first vice president is in line for the presidency for 1973 - 74. A new feature launched by the club, but not too successful was a Newspaper Bingo. Two lucky persons were the winners of $500. each, but the club took a considerable loss. The last event of a busy year was held on Saturday January 30 when the Lions Club Novice Tournament was held. To the delight of the club and fans, the local team walked away with the trophy. January and February of 1973 have been two busy months planning the big event of the year, celebration of Lionisim in Port Perry for 35 years. The celebration will take place on Saturday, March 3 at Club Annrene with Tris Coffin, First Vice President, Lion International as guest speaker. About 400 persons are expected to participate in the celebrations held at Club Annrene. NURSING HOME NEWS ticularly June was a busy month-for , Mr. Fred Middleton was the only new admitance to the Home during the week. He is from Prince Albert and was transferred here from the Hillcrest Nursing Home in Port Perry. There were no discharges from the home in this period. On Monday the Kinette Club of Port Perry arrived at the Home and conducted a splendid evening of cards and checkers. They joined in with the residents in such games as euchre, cribbage and checkers and awarded prizes to all the winners. They then followed by ser- ving a lovely lunch which was greatly enjoyed by everyone. The members of the Kinettes included Val Sweetman, Doreen Kendall, Mary-Lea Dowson, Jeanette Ross and Gerri Langille who was in charge of the event. On Tuesday evening -we had a visit from the mem- bers of the Port Perry Presbyterian Church who put on the usual weekly religious service. Mr. David Sinclair conducted the ser- vice in the absence of Rev. William Black. Mr. Bruce Freeman was the pianist and accompanied the congrega- tion in the singing of 'Revive us Again," 'Jesus Loves Even Me," "He Leadeth Me" and 'Blessed Assur- ance." Mr. Sinclair read the Scripture from Psalm 33, Verses 1 to 15 which was followed by prayer and the ance to date at our weekly Bingo held on Thursday evening. The following resi- dents were prize winners: Walter Chidley, John Pres- ton (2) Wm. Smith, Grant Christie, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Pearcey (2) Mrs. Balgue and Mrs. Lafontaine. These weekly Bingos have turned out to be a splendid success and we would like to extend our thanks to Lloyd Mehaffey, Mary Peters, Ina DeYonge and Pat Oosterloof for their efforts on our behalf. eT story of the "Widows Mite." 7. \ SEI Refreshments were served - LRA 3 A RAT LAE ES by the following ladies of th church: Mrs. K. McPhaden, Mrs. McFarlane, Miss Car- roley, Mrs. Peterman and Mrs. Philp. We had the largest attend- Cw Now Is The Time To Order Your WINTER Quality Fuel Oil Call Collect 668-3841 | Money on DX Premium DX FUEL OIL CALL US TODAY FOR PROMPT, COURTEOUS SERVICE Hospital On February 19th, 1973 the Auxiliary met at the hospital at 2 p.m. with 21 members present. The president Eli- nor Davidson opened with a prayer by Edgar a Guest. The minutes were adopted as read. The treasurer's report as read by Bonnie Gerrow showed a net balance of $591.13 and the Tuck Shop reported by 'Lois Smith an excellent balance, and all"in all the Auxiliary funds are up over the The Thousand dollar mark at this time. Marion Webster reported distributing boottees to 8 boys and 4 girls since last month and several letters were read from the Mothers who had received these bootees expressing their thanks. Mary Cannon has wool ready for anyone interested in knitting for either baby clothes or heavier wool for the Tuck Shop. Several notes were read - from Candy Stripers expres- sing their gratitude for pins purchased for them by the AUXILIARY at Christmas time. - Once again the item really looming largest on our horizon was, what is going to happen to our Obstretical Ward at Port Perry. Every- thing possible has been done in the 'way of petitions, expressing our need, how the hospital was built out of this need, the viewpoint of the Doctors and Administrator and Mr. Van Camp ex- plained just what stage these briefs and recommendations were at now. The conclusion was that Durham Health Planning Council recom- mended a further meeting directly with the Govern- ment, as soon as possible. A further brief will be pre- sented at this time so please be patient. Our local repre- sentatives are doing all possible on our behalf. On a motion made by Jeanne NEED MUSIC? for a WEDDING \ DANCE 2) PARTY etc. Call 985-3089 P:Hvidsten after 6 p.m. v 5 Ever wonder where Jack Frost lives? Our photographer spotted him on Union Avenue in Auxiliary Meeting Goode and scconded by Marion Webster the Hospital Aux. members signed a petion stating their feelings regarding the matter under discussion and that all sup- ported the Doctors and Administrator 100 percent. The' Hospital Auxiliary Spring Fair will be held Saturday, May 26th with Mrs. Eileen Pugh as Con- venor. Mrs. Pugh will be Prince Albert. 'contacting the groups at a later date and you will also hear from your group repre- sentative later. A Pot Luck Luncheon will be held at Jeanne Goode's home for members of Aux. at 1:00 p.m. on April 2nd. The business meeting ad- jourried and our hostesses from Seagrave enriched our short social time with a delcious lunch. os he | #45 Te, (that's him hiding behind the bushes). --