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5 SAMUEL FARMER ESTATE SELF E TORN Notes and Comments OUR TOWN One hundred and eight years ago our town was a camping ground for the Indians and the fur-trader, In the centre of an area that abounded in fish and game it was the favourite landing spot for those who made use of the trail between Lake Scugog and Lake Ontario. In 1832 the building of the dam on the Scugog River at Lindsay flooded much of the low-lying land killing off the timber which the early settlers cut down for use as fire- wood, Gradually it became the feed- grounds for countless numbers of ducks and a paradise for sportsmen. For a time Port Perry was an Indian reservation named Sclgog and it was not until the settlers established the first post office that the name was changed. Reuben Crandell settled on the land west of Lilla St., in 1821, The Williams, who settled east of the street, sold some of their holdings to Peter Perry in 1845. At that time Perry laid his land out in lots and this was the real beginning of the town as we know it to-day. Shortly after- wards three sawmills Avere = erected which did a flourishing business until the pine forests around the lake were exhausted. Hotels 'and stores followed about 1849, and in the same year a plank road was built that stretched nineteen miles from the Port to Whitby. The plank were ten feet long and three inches thick--What a lumber harvest was there. 5 In July, 1851 Fort Perry was swept by a hurricane that killed two people and lifted a house across a street. Then - followed the 'steam-boat era when trips were made three times a week to Lindsay. The town grew quickly doing a brisk trade' in grain, lumber and lumber products, flour, stoves and boats. In - 1863-64 the town was linked to the © to railway. * Perry will continue to grow. Island by means of a bridge which later became the causeway. Then, for a time, Port Perry became a railway centre. It had now passed through the various stages from port- age trail to stage coach to steamboat With the coming of the motor car and the movement of in- dustries to the larger urban districts, Pory Perry and Prince 'Albert started to decline. The population dropped from around two thousand to about eight hundred. During the last ten years our town has'bégun to show once more the enterprise and energy which had made it in bygone years one of the most thriving of Ontario's smaller communities. The population to-day is about thirteen hundred and shows signs of still increasing, As suburban property becomes more and.more de- sirable as unquestionably it will, Port The trend to-day is away from the larger cities and a recession in business will serve to increase this trend, There- fore, we feel that no matter what is in store for us, Port Perry is bound to grow. In its growing stage it is to be 'hoped that the same mistakes end of June, that have served to spoil so many of our cities will not be made here. Houses should be set in large lots, and the natural views should be preserved. Houses of individual style and charm should be the aim of our house owners and builders. We live 'only once . . . and it seems only common sense that our life should be spent in as happy and pleasant surroundings as possible. This town has much beauty . . . let us see that this beauty is not lost but rather increased and enhanced in the growing stage that lies ahead of us. : x 4 WELCOME RAIN Before this article appears in print, it is our fervent prayer that the wel- come rain will have fallen upon our land, For over a month now the moisture in the soil has been slowly drying up. The other day we took a spade and dug down to the subsoil to see what amount of moisture still re- mains in the ground. There was none, No moisture and this but the The seeds in the ground that were planted late are not even wrinkled . . . nor is there the slight- est sign of germination; the early seedlings sent out their roots and reared spindly plants that have long since withered and died. The berries are dried up on the bushes; the grass is brown and parched as of late fall. Here, in one of the richest farming lands of the world--the area about the Great Lakes--we are experiencing a drought which would do credit to the dust-bowls of the West. We have had spells of drought before but our meni- ory fails to recall one falling so dis astrously early in the growing season and one of such persistent duration. And so our thoughts turn to rain. Much of the damage is now irrepar- able, but how welcome the rain would be. ; Rain like so many common things is taken for granted until we have to do without it for a spell. drought comes we see what a truly great and necessary blessing rain is to | man's life. Then, like the poets, we evaluate it anew . ... like Thomson pray thus; Prelusive drops, let all your mois- ture flow in large efflusion O'er the freshened earth. or echo once more the thought of John | Burroughs-- I think rain is as necessary to the mind as to vegetation. My very thoughts become thirsty and crave the moisture. : And perhaps as the drought ends and the rain comes we can say with Jones-- The later rain--it falls in anxious haste Upon the sun-dried fields and branches bare, Loosening with searching drops the rigid waste, As if it would each root's lost strength repair, That it will rain we know; that it will rain soon we sincerely pray. Port Perry Long Ago (Taken from an old directory loaned to us by Mr. Geo. Hull.) The following paragraph is taken from a copy of Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America, "containing - the lastest and most authentic de- & fl <t AN a be Boy \ A ' 3 scriptions of six thousand "Cities, towns and villages . . and general informa- tion, drawn from official sources . of over fifteen hundred lakes and rivers . . . " The gazetteer was pub- lished in 1873, PORT PERRY, a flourishing post village in Whitby Co. Ont. on Lake Scugog, at N. terminus of the Whitby and Port Perry railway, 18 miles from Whitby. It is built on an eminence commanding a fine view of the lake, and is connected with Scugog Island by a floating bridge, % of a mile long. It contains Episcopal, Presbyterian and Methodist Churches; two branch banks; a number of stores; several hotels; saw and grist mills; a news- paper office; 2 telegraph offices, and ; manufactories of agricultural fmple- ments, machinery, steam engines, iron castings, mill gearing, ete, Steamers play between here and Lindsay. Pépulation 1600.. TURN 10. PAGE 3 FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS LETTER RE PORT PERRY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Parliament Buildings, Toronto, AE ; June 21st, 1949 Mrs. C. Sleep, Secretary of the Board, Memorial Hospital, Port Perry, Ontario. Dear Mrs. Sleep: After Mr. Frost was sworn In as Prime Minister he came over to see me, He was very insistent that I should take all summer off. I told him that there were a number of things that I was especially interested in and that I wanted to see some pro- gress made on, and the first was the Memorial Hospital at Port Perry, Mr. Frost said that these were all im- portant but not as important as my health, However, I just want you and the Members of the Board to know that your hospital at Port Perry is one that I have thought of many times, . You will remember that it was ar- ranged that I would go down to Port Perry as soon as the House prorogued |. . but, of course, my illness prevented this. . All being well, IT am to be back: in harness almost immediately. At least I am going to try it, and if I can serve you in any way please feel | free to call me. Yours sincerely, Russell T. Kelly, Minister of Health. SARI -- When a' and perhaps | yr > TREC TA REE We NRRL REY Public School even iN Port Perry (High School Entrance to be pub- lished in the next issue.) Names alphabetically arranged. GRADE VII to GRADE VIII-- Bruton, Wendy . Fifield, Eunice Gerrow, Kent Gibson, Isobel Heayn, Barbara Heyes, Irene Hunter, Barbara Irvin, May Kight, Nancy Love, Barbara Ray, Joan St. John, Shirley Sweetman, Thelma Tummonds, Muriel Bailey, Charlie Espie, Bruce Gibson, Bobby McCombe, Danny McLaughlin, Ivan Owen, Jack Roman, Tony Rowland, Foster Warriner, Bud GRADE VI to GRADE VII Calbery, Jean Dogon, Doris Irvin, Barbara Keeler, Bernice Walker, Marilyn S. A. CAWKER, Teacher GRADE VI to GRADE VII-- Drake, Elizabeth Graham, Dorothy Naples, Caroline Williams, Helen Bailey, Jack Fralick, Herbert Lane, William Mahaffy, George Reader, Murray Rider, David {GRADE V to GRADE VI-- Calbery, Joan Dowson, Carol Heayn, Sandra " Hutchinson, Eleanor Jeffrey, Donna Levinson, Norma MacMaster, Muriel Argue, Paul Boyd, Clive Cornish, William Dowson, Jack - Espie, Paul Fielding, Keith James, Floyd MacMillan, Malcolm Scriver, Eric Rodd, Jack. Tummonds, Gary Williamson, Alex, Woods, Dennis ALETA MacFARLANE, Teacher. GRADE IV to GRADE V-- Buller, Charlotte Cooper, Carol Fralick, Valerie Garvey, Mary - Hastings, Gloria Keeler, Marie Lane, Gladys Lockwood, Marlene Palmer, Beryl Pickard, Esther Pickard, Mary © Ptolemy, Ann Scriver, Rena Wallace, Muriel Watson, Helen Carnegie, Robert Hooey, Gerald Howsam, George Hunter, Jamie Kight, James Roman, Freddie. Warriner, Garnet GRADE III to GRADE v-- Bailey, Rose Heyes, Barbara Irvin, Jean McLaughlin, Maureen Ptolemy, Irene Reéase, Beatrice : Wallis, Betty Jean Crane, Roger Hubert, Norman Lawrence, Peter © Owen, Ronald : Popert, Donald of MARY METLER, Teacher GRADE IIT to GRADE IV-- Bailey, Raymond LS fl 7 Cook, Donald Elford, Donald Harvey, Reginald Reader, Gerald |GRADE 11 to GRADE 111 Badour, Marlene Bray, Marilyn Buller, Joan * Carnegie, Carol Coyle, Barbara Espie, Karel Fralick, Anne Harris, Miriam Hastings, Kaye Haugen, Sharon Hutchinson, Ruby * McNeill, Diane Reesor, Marilyn ' Speers, Geraldine Sutcliffe, Beverlie- Tease, Diane Williams, Alice Chapman, Jack Clark, Philip Oke, Wayne Palmer, Neil Ray, Norman Reesor, Danny Williamson, David LAURETTA ROWAN, Teacher |. GRADE I to GRADE II-- Fielding, Barbara Grigg, Brenda Harrison, Gloria - Irvin, Winnifred Tease, Noreen _ Tease, Pauline Williams, Jeanne Armour, Albert Burnett, James - Calbery, Harold Carnegie, Richard Cawker, Ralph Chapman, William Dowson, Kenneth Elford, Merrill Hope, Ronald Irvin, Winston _ Kight, Arthur Lane, Eric Ptolemy, William Sweetman, Petey Symes, William KINDERGARTEN to » GRADE 1 Butson, Elaine Butson, Margaret Hunter, Nola Popert, Doris Robertson, Gloria Sweetman, Beverley Tripp, Dorothy Wakeford, Anne Wallis, Judith - Warriner, Shirley Wood, Eldene Bailey, Edward Boyd, Kenneth Carnegie, Janies < Cawker, Thomas Dowson, Buddy Gibson, James Haugen, Bruce Irvin, Herbert Lane, Ross McNeill, Robert Pickard, John Starkey, Glenn Vernon, Robert GLADYS JOBLIN, Teacher. R. H. CORNISH, Principal Shirley Shirley school closed on Wednesday with a party which was thoroughly: én- joyed by the teacher and her pupils, The time passed quickly as the chil- dren sped through a spelling match, wheelbarroy race, shoe kicking. con- -| test, three-legged race 'and various games of skill, Prizes were awarded | the winners and each student 'managed to collect at least one "jim dandy." A lunch of sandwiches, cookies, cake and Orange Kist concluded the party. The following is the list of Shirley School promotions. Names appear in Grades which the pupils will enter in September, GRADE 8-- Betty Moore, (Honours). 'Sinclair Robertson (Honours) GRADE 6-- Vernon Fenton GRADE b6-- Carol Fenton Earl Whitaker (Honours) GRADE 4-- Mary Lou Robertson Carol Whitaker" (Honours) Cawker, Grant Jack Moore (Honours) GRADE 3-- Reta Fenton Jacqueline Tripp Robert Duff Douglas Moore - GRADE 2-- Raymond Whitaker Dennis Wray -------- Prince Albert GRADE VIII-- = Maxine Skerratt Allan Bonnell GRADE VII-- Caroll Heayn John Doupe Fred Reyner Lorne Wagg GRADE VI-- Dorothy Skerratt Gail Hodgins Berry Fletcher Raymond Doupe GRADE V-- Alfred Newnham Merium Bonnell Mervin Bonnell Douglas Bonnell Beth Taylor GRADE IX-- (Advanced) Donna Reynor Mary Lynn Hodgins Merna Skerratt Tommy Bown Roland Robinson GRADE IIT-- Kenneth Fralick Everett Doupe Jerry Bonnell Norma Robinson Marion Davey GRADE II-- Johnnie Eadie Carol Fralick Vera Newnham Marion Martyn "- Mary Grainger BEGINNERS NEXT FALL-- Mary Parry 'Lloyd Wagg Carol Skerratt Bobby Snelgrove Barbara Fudge MRS. E. A. GARDINER, rr ---- BETHEL SCHOOL Names in order of merit. ENTRANCE on term work-- Ronald Wanamaker (Hon.) Enid Clements (Hon.) To GRADE 8-- Billy Rose (Hon.) To GRADE 7-- Dorean Butt (Hon.) To GRADE 6-- ~~ Kathleen Harper (Pass) To GRADE 5-- Marlinne Stone (Hon.) Elsie Harper (Pass) Bobby Rose (Pass) Connie Stone (Pass) Joyce Rose (Pass) To GRADE A - Patricia Grainger (Pass) To GRADE 3-- Lilly Harper (Pass) To.GRADE 2-- Douglas McMillan (Hon.) _ Neil Wanamaker (Hon.) Carol Butt (Hon.) . - Eleanor Harper (Hon.) Florence Drinkwater (Pass) GRADE 1-- Joe Stone MRS. G. MAY REAL, Teacher. Saintfield The standing of pupils to com- mence school as of Sept. 1949. Passed H. 'S.. Entrance on year's work-- Jean Stone Helen Judge : To GRADE VIII-- Shirley Anne Crosier' Diané Lunney Donald Crosier To GRADE VII-- Isabel Faux (Hon.) Ferne Mc¢Nenly (Hon.) Keith Gibson. (Hon.) - Lawrence Wallace Leonard Wallace To GRADE VI-- Evelyn Wallace (Hon.) Eileen Durward Murphy Baker Ray Short (R.) (Continued on back page) COME and have FUN at the LIONS CLUB STREET FAIR and DANCE, Teacher. S.S. No. 13, Reach years ago. TO DIE THE SAME FOLK OF PORT PERRY AND DISTRICT WE'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY ! | : This difficulty is in securing suf- ness of "raising funds for our Re- creation Centre, It is hard to be- lieve that you people really want a Recreation Centre -- it would appear that there are only about a dozen men who want to get the job done. These men have to earn a living and they are not getting paid to build your new rink, No, these men want an up-to- | date centre for their children and your children,-and they are giving too much of their time to the job now. How about some volunteérs? There . are several jobs to be done,--selling car and other tickets in this com- munity and elsewhere; Collecting items for auction sale; | canvassing for money. Unless more help is received the whole enterprise will fall through. *. * * 1949 CHEVROLET CAR--A GRAND GIFT TO RECREATION CENTRE / Watch your label; it tell whes your ubscription expires \ $2.00 per year in advance. Gc. single copy. Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa, ficient workers to carry on the busi- | 1C ommittee, Jin selling ealf draw tickets. 8 Have you Invested in Youth? COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS at CANADIAN - BANK OF COMMERCE. Are You Interested? Port Part Community acquired a hospital a few It failed to keep going and few people have cared enough to do any more than grumble, IS THE RECREATION CENTRE GOING KIND OF DEATH? The reason the rumour was started can be left to conjecture. However, !the fact is the car was an outright donation; the largest by far, that the Fund received, and the Committee is anxious to guard against any mis- understanding. * JUNIOR COMMITTEE ITS REGISTERED HOLSTEIN CALF * * Last Saturday evening the Jumior Port Perry Recreation Centre, displayed their fine gift calf, donated by Love Bros., and got their Lucky Draw Fund off to a good start with sales of nearly $50.00 in tickets. The Committee is particularly anxious to have the help of Port Perry boys and girls for the next few weeks "Please contact Bill Harrison, Secretary, ¢-0 Port Perry Star Office, for your supply * * JACK WHITBY TAKES ON A BIG JOB * The Recreation Centre Committee On May 4th, Mr. Harold R. Archer donated to the Recreation Centre, ul 1949 Chevrolet Car. This gift was made outright and wholeheartedly, with no strings attached. The" com- | mittee accepted this gift with gracious thanks on behalf of the people of Po. Perry. The Port Perry Business Men's Ag sociation has undertaken the task . ! conducting a. Lucky Draw on the cu. { in order to run the returns into nti, thousands of dollars, all for the K. creation Centre Fund, There is a ridiculous and ugley rumour going about that the car was purchased, was glad to hear that Mr. Jack Whitby has accepted the appointment by the "Business Men's Association to be chief organizer for the Chevrolet Car Draw. The sale of thousands of these tickets requires a tremendous amount of thought and effort in order to have the car on display at the right place at the right time. There is no doubt tle Business Men's Association has rdeeived the "help of the right man. But his effort will be in vain if he does not get the support of everyone. 'Teen-agers especially are asked to contact Mr. Whitby immediately, and offer their help in accompanying the car to sell tickets, to boost the Port Perry Com Centre The Phone Jack Whitby, SAI AR FR A tn Pt a Od DASA ARARARARAR AANA Gar Ticket Sellers Wanted nunity Memorial Recreation rmometer Days or Evenings in Surrounding Communities. 293W, Port Perry rr Halifax celebrates her 200 year an- niversary this summer... though one of Canada's oldest cities, she has one of the most up-todate municipal governments in the country . . . the people of Montreal could truly exclaim "Houde-have thougth it!" '+ se The biggest problem that faces Russia in her homeland and in the satellite countries she dominates js production . . . our biggest problem is consumption. Perhaps, this is an- other argument for gether, us getting to- LE J Four main economic developments are taking place throughout the world according to Dr. * Slichter, one of' United States' most clear-sighted economists. Increased productivity, shift in power from businessmen to employees; enterprise by government guided enterprise, and,development of the welfare state . . . No wonder the Conservatives were defeated! * * | Findland's Minister to Canada was relieved of a careless driving charge 'because of diplomatic immunity . we often wondered why diplomats could do what they do and get off 'scott free', * . *r Two-thirds of the women working in the United States are married-- Can this be called private enterprise of the part of the husband, or is it a kitchen revolt on the part of the The Passing Show by '"*M. A.C." A Doctor says, "If you feel you must drink, don't ". Imagine what would happen if we applied this advice to other things . . .work, for example. » * * The C.C.F. lost a lot of support in the recent election. They claim it went to the Liberals, but they won't admit it was lost in a good cause, : CIE I) The highest paid Union administa- tor in Canada gets $11,000 a year. Last year he negotiated wage * in- creases for Canadian workers of $60,000,000, Some capitalist is pass- ing up a good bet in this man. LIE The biggest problem facing the na- tions of the world to-day is trade. It appears that all lesser problems are part of it. * ® » The Catholic Church in Quebec has fallen out with Duplessis . . ." this is. too bad, particularly when he is such a sick man... on the othér hand perhaps, they would be glad to ad- minister to him the last rites. RELI It is obvious from the number of doctors writilg against state medicine that this business of health is a high- ly regarded vested interest. Actually the problem of state medicine is a question for the sociologists to an- swer rather than the M.D's. * * » * Who said that people lack loyalty ? Only loyalty of 'a most extreme kind could explain the recent election of women ? [od the old warhorse 'Tommy Church,' on FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 8 DISPLAYS - =