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by Mrs. Marilyn Beacock On Tuesday evening of last week, several members e ig Seagrave attended. the A." meeting at Green- aL Public School. Guest speaker at this meeting was , Mr. G. Roberts who is the "Math Consultant for the Region of Durham, The topic for the 'evening cen- tered around the Metfic system with which everyone is becoming more familiar. From the beginning it was indeed evident that Mr. Roberts had done his 'home- work' and had certainly spent some time planning and preparing his displays Uxbridge council move out Mayor Gordon Davie cast the deciding vote in Ux- "bridge council last week, that will schedule three_ of the townships regular meet- ings during the year, into "the wards. The motion, made by Coun. Sandy Ewen, ran up " against stern opposition when various councillors "disagreed with the move on the . basis that files and necessary information would not be reafiily avail- able. : : Other councillors ques- tioned the locations of the meeting, indicating that other small communities * should be considered. The three meeting places decided upon were Good- wood, Zephyr and Leask- dale. Coun. Ewen clarified his reasonings for the three hamlets saying Goodwood is in Ward . one, Zephyr in Ward two and Leaskdale in Ward 3. "We are all one township now and all these various communities are in the township", sald Coun. Ewen. "We owe it to them." for the evening. Most of the parents attending, with the exception of the teachers, were pretty green on the subject of the metric system but by tke time the meeting was finished we had all received a surpris- ing amount of knowledge in regards to this future system of measurement. I, as well as everyone else, thoroughly enjoyed the meeting. My only regret was that there was only such a scant few. present from Greenbank. Come on Greenbank pull up your socks and let's see you all out at the next meeting. * Date to be announced later." 'Many thanks to those 'in- dividuals who were respons- ible for arranging this most informative meeting. Birthday greetings go out to Paul Wylie, Bruce Mal- colm and Keith Puckrin who all added another year during this past week. - At our U.C.W. meeting on _ Wednesday, evening plans were discussed in regards to fund-raising ideas to aid in our Kitchen and Base- ment Renovation program. Something to keep in mind is the Variety Supper which will be held on Wednesday, April 6. All the ladies will be asked to bring a. casser- ole and dessert, but more on that later. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Wana- maker and family of Oshawa, Mr. and Mrs Bilt Wanamaker and Sara of Prince Albert and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Wanamaker and family were all home with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wana- maker for dinner on Sunday night. Welcome homé to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Short who have recently spent a few weeks. in Florida. Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. Keith Puckrin and boys and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Puckrin and family enjoyed having dinner with Mr, and Mrs. Doug Gale of Oro Station. The old-timers hockey (continued on page 7) PORT TAVERN invites you to an evening of DINING & DANCING Saturday, Feb. 19th Try our delicious HOT & COLD BUFFET SMORGASBORD 3.95... . SERVED FROM 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. (No cover charge for entertainment with dinner. _For Reservations Call 985-3281. ENTERTAINMENT & DANCING to the music of Irwin Smith 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. ($1.00 cover charge) INC a a ol eer ff ff lf lf fl fF fo A A A A Th A The two day fair of 1976 was reviewed as a great success at the Annual meet- ing of the Port Perry Agri- cultural Society, held at the Immaculate Conception Church Hall on Saturday, February 6. Postponed due to weather conditions from the week previous, 65 people were present for the dinner, reports and social time. All reports from the direc- tors indicated increased interest in all sections and pride in the success of the fair. Again the Black and White Show (Holstein) was outstanding. It was noted that the "Miss Port Perry Fair" con- test and the "Children's Parade" were innovations of -mittee report. 1976, and will again be plan- ned for in 1977. It is hoped events such as these will encourage more young people to participate. Mr. Donald Crosier pre- sented the Nominating Com- The Direc- tors for 1977 are: Wm, Armstrong; J. Baxter; 'D. Beacock; L. Beadle; Mrs. J. Chambers; J. Chambers; Mrs. F. Christie; F. Christie; Mrs. D. Crosier; D. Crosier; B. Cummings; Mrs. W. A. Currie; R. Deeth; J. DenBoer; Mrs. D. Gerrow; Mrs. J. Gibson; Wm. Harrison; Mrs. A. Harper; B. Holtby; M. Hoskin; N. Hunter; Mrs. J. Ianson; L. Kendall; Mrs. Wm. Lamb; N. McLeod; Mrs. A. McMillan; Mrs. S. Naples; G. Parrott; N. Kinsmen Heritage Day continued fly the national and Kins- men flag at Palmer Park for the week. Both flags were ior to council by the ub for Heritage Day last Y The Canada-wide Associ- ation of Kinsmen Clubs is the prime mover behind the Heritage Day effort. Mr. Lawrence said: that many thousands of dollars have been spent so far in an effort to promote the special day. How successful has it "I don't think there's any great amount of awareness as yet," said Mr. Lawrence. "I think it's going to take a few years yet." What will make the differ- ence, thinks Jim, is if the federal government goes ahead with plans to make it a national holiday. '"That's the bogst we need," said Mr. Lawrence. PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1977 -- 3 ~ Seagrave area news Ron Deeth president for second term Raines; R. Robertson; Mrs. B. Smith; I. Smith; M. Stone; Mrs. F. Warren. Associate Directors: S. Diceman; B. Jordan; Mrs. E. Lee; E. Lée; A. Kerry. Mr. Ronald Deeth was elected president for a second term, Mr. and Mrs.. G. Wanamaker will again share the duties of Secre- tary-Treasurer for 1977. Highlight of the evening was the presentation of Honourary Life Director awards to nine former Board members. Mr. Fred Christie presented the pla- ques on behalf of the Agri- cultural Society and outlined the impressive years of ser- vice each award repre- sented. The Honourary Life Direc- tors are: Malcolm Bailey; William Chapman; Roy Cornish; Cecil Heayn; Harold Honey; Herman Kerry; Lorne Thompson; PO) ® 0 © 0 © ° : 1 LGTS Ww ITS PORTARLE RENTS, 11 SELLS STOPS TM TELLS TM SOLUS TM Clare Vernon; Wilbur. Ronald Deeth, although Ralph expressing optimism for . bigger and better fairs in future years, warned that the Board might be faced with re-location of the fair if a suitably long lease cannot be negotiated with the municipal council of Scugug. Expansion and future capital expenditures will depend on these decisions. Mr. Deeth noted that the Christie Building is a great asset. 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