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Or. Wm. Cohoon sporting a promising looking Centennial beard appears to be attentive- ly listening to past president Ted Griffen. Picture was taken at the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting last week when Dr. Cohoon took over the reign as president of the organ- New Ag. Rep. Takes Over ae Mr. H. Ivan Bell is the new representative of the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food in Uxbridge. He took over the first of the year on the retirement of Mr. H. Lynn Pair. After completing High School in Bradford, Mr. Bell attended the Ontario Agricul-| ture College in Guelph and graduated in 1951 with «a BSA degree. He served as assistant Agriculture Repre-| sentative in Haldimand Coun- ty from 1951 to 1967, as a sociate Agriculture Repre- sentative in Victoria County from 1957 to 1960 and as Ag- ricultural Representative in Prince Edward County for the last ten years. He i# married and the fa ther of three children, Susan 10, Robert, 6 and Elizabeth 6 Hospital Report | Week Ending Thurs. Jan. 21 Admissions 28 Births 2 Deaths -- Emergencies BH Operations 9 Mnecharges 32 Remaining 41 Visiting Hours 3 & om in Uxbridge 'Attend 6 District Representatives Anyone attending the Cam- paign Conference, held by the Canadian Cancer Society at the Westbury Hotel, Tor- onto, on Saturday and Sunday of last week, could not help but be enthused and pass that enthusiasm on, to the volunteers and canvosers who will be out in force, during the campaign in April. During the convention, the 500 persons in attendance had the privilege of hearing Dr. T. Alex McPherson, Dept. of Medicine from the Univer- sity of Alberta. He spoke on research and how 63% of the funds collected by the Society were used in that area An interesting session ill ustrated with slides on the project "Bone Marrow Trans port" with Drs. A. McCulloch, R. Phillips and D. Amato who have worked on this project for 6 years was very enlight- ening to all present. The chairman of Education, Mr. Don Inslay spoke on how 12% of Cancer funds is spent on education through- out Canada The Port Perry Branch have been very fortunate in hav- ing Mr. Don McRitchie as the campaign chairman for the OPP Reports The Whitby Detachment of the OPP. reports another quiet week. Total damage to vehicles during the week January 18 to 24 was only $8,600. Two persons were in jured in 24 collisions 80 general occurences were reported and topping the list were eight liquor offences. Thefts were three, break and enter two, assults three, distur- bances two and only one snowmobile complaint ancer Convention tlast few years, but unfor tunately for the Cancer So- ciety he has had to resign this position because a very busy schedule. Anyone in- terested in helping or join- ing this worthwhile organi- zation, please contact Mrs. Ruby Roach at 985-7129 or 7383. Attending the convention from this area were: Mr. Jim Ball, Campaign Chairman for the North Ontario County Unit, Mrs. Mary VanWick, secretary, Mrs. Yvonne Math- ews, Campaign Chairman for Uxbridge and Mrs. Ruby | Roach, Pres. of the Port | Perry Branch. PERT & PERRY TAR @ Volume 105 - Port Perry, Ontario, Wednesday, January 27, 1971 -- No. 14 Over 40 Members Attend Dr. Wm. Cohoon Elected President At Successful Annual C of € Meeting If the attendance at the annual meeting of Port Perry Chamber of Commerce is an indication, the interest among the members is on an increase and the future of the Chamber is indeed bright. Over 40 members sat down at Conway Gardens to an excellent steak dinner, Wed- nesday last week, followed by a brief, but informative meeting. Compared to the year before, this is twice the amount attending. Ted Griffen, president dur- ing the past two years gave a report on activities during 1970, starting with the Testi- monial Dinner in honour of Edward Oyler, Reeve of Reach Township and Warden of Ontario County during 1969, held in January; Home Show in June, and Santa Claus Parade in December as the main events of the year. He urged the business men to take part in the Centenn- ial celebrations during 1971, particularly during the main events, June 9 - 12. Friday, dune 11, was to be the "mer- chants day" and he hoped all would take part and suggested owners and staff members dress up in costumes of 100 years ago. It has also been suggested, Mr. Griffen said, to close off some of the streets to create some type of a "Mall" on Queen Street. In his closing remarks, he said he had enjoyed holding the position of president during the last two years, and of all the organizations he had belonged to or still be longs to, the Chamber of Commerce was the most in teresting. He extended apprec- iation to the members of the executive for their work and Smoke Hinders Fi Car, Firemen were called out last Saturday evening, when a visitor at the hospital no- tieed smoke pouring out of a garage and work shop own- ed by Mr. Eric Scriver of Rosa Street, Port Perry. He immediately informed the switch board operator at the hospital, who turned in the alarm | When firemen arrived on the scene the building was completely locked and had to be broken into. The dense smoke caused by the materi- als kept in the building ham pered the firemen, and Scott Air Packs had to be used to | enter the structure The fire apparently start ; ed in a half-ton pick-up truck | Belonging to Mr. Seriver and was in for repairs. The truck along with a Ford car, owned by Mr. Ben Bohan, also in 'for repairs were destroyed in : Truck Destroyed In Saturday Night Fire the blaze Firemen were able to con- fine the fire to the inside of the cement block and wooden structure. Considerable dam- age was done to the inside of the building and other contents, but a complete es timate of damage was not available at press time. Twp. Appoints Clerk - Treasurer Donald 5S. Kennedy, a school teacher and former clerk of Uxbridge Township has been appointed clerk. treasurer of that municipal ity to ueceed J. Elwood Foskett Mr. Foskett, clerk for the last 14 years, has taken a position with the new muni cipality of Stouffville - Whit church co-operation and especially thanked Dr. Wm. Cohoon for accepting the position of pres- ident. Howard Hall on behalf of the members present extend- ed appreciation to Mr. Gri- ffen for his dedicated work in the organization for many years. "He has been a member since its inception," Mr. Hall said, has held the position of president a couple of times and always worked in the best interest of this community." When Stegey Beare asked what was bein? done to fill in all the holes on Queen Street, Howard Hall, (new councillor this year) told the members it had been looked after and would be patched with cold mix in the best possible way. An earlier decision by the executive to dispense with the Home Show, due to a busy schedule during the summer was questioned by Mr. Howard Hall. Normally this event has taken place during June, the busiest month of Centennial year. It was suggested, rather than drop the popular event, to delay it until perhaps August or September When no other nominat- tions were made from the floon the following slate of officers presented by the nominating committee went in by accla- mation: Wm. Cohoon, presi- dent, Ken Dowson, Richard Drew, George Proctor, Don McRitchie, Doug/Hillier, John Price, Ted Griffen, Eleanor Wood, P. Hvidsten, Dr. R. Allin, Jack Dowson and Ralph Ballard. Junior Dance Champions Despite the fact, David Porter is now skating out of Toronto, residents of this community will consider him a Port Perry boy, even if an "adoption" of his partner Barbera Berezowski should be necessary Congratulations to the young couple for their excell ent performances during the Canadian Figure Skating Championships. In tough competition they first went to the top and captured the Junior Dance Champion ship and later entered the Senior Dance competition and placed a deserving fifth in strong competition