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of Ee Ws © = REPRE Ee = SE a EAL SY RE Ao br SIIET THE PORT PERRY STAR Breaklast With A -Two smiling members of Scugog Junior Homemakers, Jean Samells and Kaye Prentice of Port Perry, believe in 'Good Breakfasts The Year Round'. As representatives of the Province of Ontario, in the foods project at the Smile SE National Club Week. competitions in Toronto, the two Port Perry girls de- moristrated this topic with impressive posters, and placed seegnd behind Al- berta, "A good breakfast means a better start for the day and goes 3 \ Announce Hospital Opening Date Ratepayers Can Hear Councillors Report on Dec. 22 Newly-appointed Acting Reeve H. . Peel requested councillors. to have re- ports of - their various committees ready for nomination day meeting scheduled for the Public Library a week from Monday, Dec, 22, Speaking at Monday night's--regu- lar meeting, Mr. Peel pointed out that this was the one time that ratepayers could be presented with a report of accomplishments of various depart- ments. Members of council are ex- . pected to report on the financial set- ups of each commiittee. Councillor Hugh Santer commented that he thought council would 'come out pretty well' financially at the end of the year. Clerk John Raines' in- formed that budgets should be close to estimates and that current assets would help balance accounts. BOXING DAY will be observed in Port Perry again this year on Deé¢, 26 as result of a motion moved by Frank - Hastings---and passed unanimously. The Clerk was instructed to issue the usual proclomation - declaring the day after Christmas a holiday. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS will be turn- ed on Friday, Dec. 12, council decided as they commented on the approach- ing festive season, It was approved to put on the coloured: lights which cover Queen Street before six _each evening until further notice. DESTRUCTION of signs and pro- perty during and since Hallowe'en was scored by the Acting Reeve who was of the opinion that it was not children who caused the damage. "Wish we could catch some of those birds and put. it right to them," commented councillor Santer, THE CLERK was 'authorized to draw an agreement so that Fred War- ren could take over the balance of the . garbage contract from Earl King. The contract ends Jan, 81, A BUILDING PERMIT for a one- . roomed addition to Port Perry Dairy "for additional bottle washing space was passed. The application for the 81 by 12 building was submitted by George Parry. . Contractor is John Sweetman. At Friday's meeting the following building permits were ap- proved: Charles Harvey, Scugog Sti, Dwelling; Mrs. M. Boyd Quéen and Ella, Apartment; and Ira Aldred, Wa- ter St, Garage, port gn Junior Institute activities in long way towards a feeling of buoy- ant health; so don't skip breakfast," was the advice given by the two young ladies. Miss Prentice also gave a re- the Central Area, Wednesday, January 7, 1953] will be the red-letter day that Port Perry and district citizens have heen waiting for almost four years. That is the date set for the official opening of the Community Memorial Hospital, a. member of the board an- nounced today. -The inaugural cere- monies will commence at 2:30 p.m. a .8pokesman for the hoard informed the Star, ' The official also stated d that many details are being ironed out among which is the re-organization of the standing committees. *It was felt that in view of the changing complex- ion of the Hospital and its manage- ment that these committees should be re-arranged .in order to have repre- sentation of each of the municipali- ties concerned on each committee," said the spokesman. "With this ar- rangement we of the board feel that the business of the hospital will be carried on in an' efficient manner." The House Committee, whose duties will consist of working with the hos- pital superintendent -in the ordering and purchasing of supplies of: Mrs, Neil Malcolm, eton, Durham County Representative; Earl Martyn, R.R. 2; Port Perry, Reach Township Representative; A, Suggitt, Nestleton, Cartwright Township; Les Smith, R.R. 2, Port Perry, Ontario County and J. Dowson, Scugog Island, Scugog: Township. Management & Property-- Whose duties will consist of work- ing with the Hospital Superintendant in Hiring and Managing hired help and with the maintenance of the pro- perty. H. Brooks--Port Perry, Port Perry Rép.; R. Tetlow--Port. Perry, R.R. 8, Scugog Rep.; A. Bruce -- Seagrave, Reach Twp. Rep.;.G. Reesor -- Port Perry, Port Perry Rep:; B. Heaslip-- Nestleton, Cartwright Twp. Rep. Finance Committee-- "Whose duties will be to pass on all bills and accounts for payment. B. Heaslip -- Cartwright Rep,; J. Dowson--Scugog Rep.; E. Martyn-- Reach Twp, Rep.; H. Brooks--Port Perry Rep. - onsists. | the Times-Journal. 1 surance. Farm Home Burns Advocates Water Truck for Brigade A large water tank fire truck has been suggested for Uxbridge by the Times-Journal as result of a fire which destroyed the Reach Township farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Daoust early in the morning of Dec. 1. The home which is situated on the farm pf Willmot Croxall about two and half miles east of Uxbridge, on the oth concession urned to the ground, accorfiing to pr papér, after the Uxbridge and Part Perry brigades | had run out of water, The report states that the alarm was sounded at 4.28 and that the Uxbridge brigade soon had the fire, which is assumed started from the furnace, under con- trol. "The brigade ran out of water and the fire started up again but Port Perry truck and fighters arrived and again had the fire under control, "says "They also ran out of water and despite the efforts of the boys to get a further supply from the creek were unable to do so and the home was completely destroy- ed with its full contents." #This is the second time our fire boys have had the experience of run- ning out of water just at the critical moment and we suggest that the Council provide a large truck. tank with a capacity of & couple of thous-- and gal. to back up the amount carried by the engine," comments the editor. "It could follow up the engine and be on hand when required. "The cost would soon be made up in property saved as has already been shown since the new fire apparatus has been in- stalled both: in Uxbridge and Port Perry." : The Daoust tamily just managed to escape the blaze in their night cloth- ing and one of the boys is reported to have ran to the neighbouring farm of Clarence Croxall to give the alarm. The loss, estimated at upwards of $5,000 was covered partially by in- "SOMETHING FOR EVERY CHILD" "Yes, that's the motto for this Sat- urday's visit of Santa Claus, sponsored by the. Port Perry Business Men's Association and the Lions Club. Start- inge-at 1,30 p.m. the jolly gent will be on hand to distribute treats for every- one and then children will be invited by owner R, A, Gibson to free shows at Lakeview Theatre. Two Comedy films will be presented at two and three p.m. and the older children are asked to turn out early and not crowd. the tiny tots. * ------ Q ad : : v LE Aid Worthy Work Port Perry and district citizens have an opportunity again this year of 'recelyin by giving'. Thanks to Oshawa Kiwanis Club, who carry out T.B. prevention work in the county, thousands of Christmas Seals have been .dis- tributed throughout this area. As proceeds from these colourful stamps are the only source of revenue for this great work, the Oshawa Club is appealing to citi- zens to send in their donations. President A. E. Johnson in mak. ing the appeal, points out that throughout the entire county Re- ferred Clinics are operated weekly and approximately 1,300 patients were X-Rayed this year. "Litera- ture has been placed throughout the City and County. to help us'all have a better knowledge in the control of Tuberculosis." Dona. tions may be sent to the Bank of Nova Scotia in Oshawa, Support. ers of the project in this area are : patrons Merle Letoher of Port Perry and Art Brunton, president, of the Liona Club, ; x -- ; * Elect Port Perry Man Second V- p Of Junior Farmers - Murray Holtby of Port Perry.was elected second vice president as the Ontario County: Junior Farmer Asso- ciation held their Annupl Meeting and Conference in the Township Hall, in '{ Beaverton, on Saturday, Doris McMillan, President of the Ontario County Junior Farmers, of- ficlally opened .the meeting with a speech of welcome for the forty rep- resentatives from the four Ontario County Junior Farmers and Junior | Institute Clubs who were present for the afteroon's programme, ~*~ Harold Beatty, Victoria County, one of the Overseas Trip winners last year; gave a moat interesting talk on his trip to the Old Country, Harold with the help of a series of slides, brought out some of the main features of agriculture overseas. He also showed slides on historic points of Interest taken throughout Southern Scotland .and England. The Young Farmers, the. British counterpart of the Junior Farmers here, were seen demonstrating their skill and know- ledge at some of the larger summer shows which the party visited. The Provincial Campers, Marilyn Ross, Beaverton, and Ed Prentice, Port Perry, gave an account of camp life. Marilyn, the spokesman, pointed out the salient features of this year's cagp and urged anyone to attend these camps who got the oportunity as the course provided a unique train. ing in leadership. .. At the Annual Meeting the 1968 slaté' of officers was presented and elected as follows: Past President-- Doris McMillan, Beaverton (late of Uxbridge); President--Ross McMillan Beaverton; 1st Vice-President -- Bill Boyes, Pickering; 2nd Vice-President -- Murray Holtby, Port Perry; Becre- tary-Treasurer -- Norm Lyons, Ux- bridge, " Following the Annual Meeting the Lincoln County Bus Trip Winners, Doug Coates, Brooklin, and Doris Me- Millan, Beaverton, gave a report of their trip to the States. Doug, who did the talking, showed some of the highlights of the trip with the aid of a set of slides. THe meeting then ad. journed, i Hear CBC Broadcaster The Annual Banquet which followed féatured Norm Carriock, CBC Farm Broadcaster, as gueat speaker, Norm delighted the company with some amusing incidents from his life as a farm broadcaster, It seems accord: ing to Norm his listeners have defin- ite ideas on his appearance, 'fat, short and middle-aged' but when he appears in person they hre surprised to see a) 'tall, thin and not so old' figure. Norm described how a broadeast is prepared and gave some interesting anecdotes in the history of the 'Oraigs', the CBC farm family, As listeners to a farm broadcast we often overlook the amount of work that goes into the pre- (continted on page 8) erat Of Council As Acting Reeve Ernest Hayes ended six years of servic by resigning as Reeve of Port Perry at a municipal offices Friday evening. His successor is senior councillor, Harry Peel, who w animous choice of the council at the special session. over the chair Friday and was officially declared Reeve for the re mainder of the term at Monday' 8 Mr: Hayes, who accepted the posi | tion of Hydro Clerk and Typist eight weeks ago, started his new duties on Monday morning. The move ended the ex-Reeve's term in Council which began six years ago. Mr. Hayes ser- ved one year as councillor and five years as 'Chief Magistrate' of the five- man council. "I hereby resign as Reeve of the Village of Port Perry to take effect at once," was the terse text of the Reeve's written resignation which he submitted to council at the special meeting, : Commend Reeve's Work - According to the minutes of the meeting as presented by-Clerk John Raines at Monday's meeting 'Council- lors expressed the_good work which Reeve E. Hayes has done in directing council and watching the - expendi- tures.' Mr. Peel was appointed Acting Reeve on motion of councillors Hugh Santer and Frank Hastings, which passed unanimously. The new Acting Reeve was declared head of council officially" at the .opening of Monday's session and he thanked the councillors for the honouf- He gave no definite indications a8 to whether or not he would stand for election. on Dee. 29. The. Star was informed of Friday night's special meeting and therefore a complete account other than min- utes can be presented to the citizens. ® Install Officers Of Fidelity Lodge 6 William J. Carnegie was installed as the new Worshipful Master of Fi- delity Lodge, No. 428, A.F. & A.M, at annual installation ceremony at the lodge hall Tuesday night, V. W. Bro, Geo. R. Davey was returned as secre- tary for his 28rd term and Treasurer R.W. Bro, A, B, Cawker was also re- elected, Other officers installed and invested hy Installing Master George Lane were: Immediate Past Master, Hugh Esple; Senior Warden, Gordon Jeffrey; Junjor Warden, Albert Caw- ker; Chaplain, Archie MacMaster; As- sistant Secretary, Wentworth Watson; Director of Ceremonies, E. J. Hutchin- son; Senior Deacon, J. R. Helm; Junior Deacon, Dr. M. B.._Dymond; Inner Guard, Norman Heayn; Senior Stew- art, Robert Carnegie; Junior Stewart, Henry Slater; Tyler, Clinton. Midgley; Organist, G. Blyth; Auditors, G. M. Gerrow and Cecil Heayn. D.D.G.M. George Finnie, of Port Hope was pre- sent for the Hipartat occasion, 'commended Myr. 1} egular council meeting. A | Council Favours e on Village Council special meeting at the =| tendent FE Paying Rural HEPC Bills at Office Council under Acting Reeve Hacry | Peel, granted a request of Port Perry | RR == -- v ES ae. a Seen on Ea a RP PR SE RD Er Le a Sa = = ES epee nh epi: Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. A PORT PERRY, ONT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 11, 1952 : Ge TT TT S00 per 4 : : fe E 2' : i ; year. in advance, Third Completed Despite Weather Despite the heavy rains of the past few weeks the general construction as un- | | work en the new $250,000 public school Peel took | is about one-third completed, superin- Ed. Schwalm of Bennett and | Pratt . Construction Company reports, Three-quarters of the brickwork is {done and had it not been for the un- seasonal weather more inside work would be underway, says Mr. Schwalm, { nThe rains "have made pouring of {cement "impossible these couple of | weeks +... However, as soon as we {get the school all closed in the interior work will proceed." All brickwork and roofing has been Business Men dalegation and reversed | completed on the main academic wing a decision of former Recve Ernest Hayes at the regular meeting Mon- | day night, "As a result the payment of H.E.P.C to the south, and grading for floorsis now underway. The weather has held [up completion of the roof. construction {over the auditorium and the east wing Rural Hydro accounts which were re- | which includes the kindergarten, but cently switched from the hydro office | the to the Canadian- Bank of Commerce, may again be paid at the municipal office. President Cliff Love and Mey- lin Dowson represented the Business Men and told Council .that it was not always convenient to pay accounts during banking - hours. Mr. Love stated that many farmers had asked why the' ehaiige was made in the first place, Acting Rette Peel stated that he saw no- reason why 'the accounts should not be collected at the. hydro office in the municipal building and commend the businessmen Siperintedent ¢xpects that in | about three Weeks all the school will be 'closed in.' Fhe electricians have completed all preliminary work and the plumbers have all drains completed and 'rough- ind done, it is learned. The boiler has been installed and the slabs on the stage in the auditorium installed. Upwards of 32 men have been em- ployed hy the construction company and bricklayers. tricians swell = the Plumbers and eléec- and other -sub-contractors number of employees to for | about 60, at times, it is estimated. br inging up the question immediately. | The concensus of opinion was that the move was never approved by council but had been discussed. On being queried about the Shiite Clerk John Raines stated, "Apparent- ly the new Hydro Clerk doesn't want to do it," and informed that when Mr. Hayes was Reeve the natter was dis- cussed with Hydro officials. On motion of Council Hugh Santer it was decided to inform the Ontario | Hydro officials at Uxbridge that coun- cil favoured collecting the accounts at | the office and that if agreeable the Hydro Clerk was to be notified; Young M yrile Boy Hith Sd Avtomobile A 12.year- fo Myrtle boy is in Osh- awa. General Hospital in fair-condi- | tion after being hit by a car near his home on' number 7 and .12 highways Sunday afternoon. Wayne Nottingham, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Nottingham, is reported to have sustained head injuries when he ran into the path of an automobile ! Ann MacDonald of | The- young boy ran across | driven by Mrs, Oshawa. the busy highway. from east to west and was tossed some distance by the impact. He was given first aid by Dr. W. Grant of Brooklin and after removal to the Oshawa hospital his condition was reported as fair. Ontario Provincial Police Constable | Peter Etmanski of Whitby detachment investigated the accident. CLERK'S CALL OPENS EXCHANGE Many months of extensive preparatory work were climaxed in a ~ few busy minutes yesterday (Wednesday) when the new Blackstock telephone exchange was opened to Township subscribers. . service tlose, to 360 Cartwright - . The switchboard in the new exchange was placed in gervice about 10. a.m and promptly starting handling calls for residents of the area. * An.official inaugural ceremony was' held to mark the occasion. A local call was officially placed by Henry T hompson, who spoke to Grant Thompson the Postmaster at Nestleton. Other guests included: George Black, Reeve; Ivan Cochrane, Deputy-Reeve; Howard' Forder, Bruce Ashton and Allan Suggitt, Howard Saywell and the acting Reeve of Port Perry, Harry Peel; John James, M.P. A. A. Gillespie, Bell Telephone manager for this region, welcomed the guests and described the operation of the switchboard and othe equipment, The switchboard waa under the supervision of Myg, M. E, Burnett who has heen appointed chief operator, "Mr. Gillesple sald that most of the exchange's subscribers 'former]y served, by rural lines from ing ©f the new exchange permitted were Port Perry exchange. The open- the company: to supply individual or two-party service for all subscribers within the Blackstock limits and to reduce the number of parties on rural lines, + Service has been provided for a number of new subscribers and others will receive telephones as quickly as the necessary new pole lines can be constructed to link them with the exchange. The manager also reminded residents that thé new. Blackstock telephone numbers are now in effect for all persons served by the ex- change, These numbers are listed in the directory supplement dis- tributed recently to all Blackstock and Port Perry Tesidents, Brothers Purchase Garage Business Veteran garage owner and car sales- {man in Port Perry and district for jover 30° years, Murray Williams of | Williams Motor Sales announces that { the Queen Street. business has been | purchased by Bryden Motors. The new owners, Art and Vern Bry- den, formerly of Niagara Falls and Galt, in making the announcement | along with Mr. Williams, reveal that there will be no change outside of the. | switch in the car agencyifrom Ford's "Mercury, Lincoln, Metcor to General | Motors Chevrolet and Oldsmobile. | "The staff and equipment will remain the same and we will continue to hold the same agencies for the many pop- ular gas and oil products and farm machinery and electrical appliances," "said Art Bryden. Mr. Williams, who was forced to make the move on the advice of a physician, will remain with the new firm in a sales capacity. Brydens will" continue to have re- conditioned and used cars under the General Mo- tors 'O-K" plan. Mr, Williams will handle a mAnber of new cars now on the lot as well as the used ears under the O-K plan. The new owners also plan to maintain parts and service on all Ford products. "We will endevour to merit the con- fidence of the people of this district by maintaining to the best of our ability thse courtesy and service which hase been characteristic of Williams Motor Sales," said Brydens' in their. announcement. The new owners are no strangers to Port Perry having been residents since late in August when they ob- tained the G-M agency and began op- erations at Tripp's Garage. The Bry- den brothers: are natives of Galt dis- trict and previous to coming here op- (continued on page 8) - PEEL'S STRAIN WINS LAURELS w Proof that Port Perry and district is the headquarters for some of the top poultrymen in Canada was shown pain when the meat strain of Peel's Poultry Farm swept honours at the re- cent Royal. Winter Fair. J. J. Gib- son of Fort Perry, exhibiting the Peel serve Grand Champion and a first in fowl which includes chicken, geese and turkeys, Mr. Gibson's other exhibits took'a second in fowl and a first in a capon class. Greenbank's Reg. Foster took the highest honours with. meat strain by winning. and Champion award and fins tow, Single Copy 5¢ a esigns Position Harry Peel Unanimous Choice| --ge New Public School todate, including labourers; carpenters © strain in hox packages took the Re- -