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r--- Pee Fe 7 . £ 3 , & Post Office Departmenty-Ottawa. fs i N : PORT PERRT, ONT,, THURSDAY, APRIL 22nd, 1954 * $2.00 per year.' 'Single Copy be. | ee 's Win First Game From Durham, ph To Add 44.Bed Addition to Three-Year- A} pect to epable.the addition to be built PROVINCE WILL PAY HALF * OF A LIKELY $200,000 COST - Opened only three years ago, Fair- view Lodge at Whitby, the home. for the aged maintained by the County of Ontario and the City of Oshawa, is 'already overcrowded and many 'are Awaiting admission, Yesterday the Ontario County Council authorized the firm of Rounthwaite and Fairfield to call tenders for a 44-bed addition. , Estimated cost is $200,000 of which the province of Ontario woyld pay fifty percent, : It has not been decided whether or not Oshawa will participate in the ad- dition. (The County operates 'Fair- view Lodge, but Oshawa contributed to the capital cost and a block of beds is reserved there for Oshawa citizens). County officials said today that suf- ficient money is on hang and in pros- po LEAT without any: tax levy. -- Of Teachers That the citizens of Port Perry ap- preciate. the work of the staff of teachers and pupils of the Port Perry _ Public School is attested by. the fact that so many parents turned out on the various "Open Days" recently held in the new Public School building; as ceived by the Chairman of the School Board. Fin *¥* * ¥ [aay Box +139, Port Perry, Ont., "April 15, 1954 Mr. W. T. Harris, Chairman, . Board of Education, A Port Perry Public School. Dear Mr, Harris: Would you please convey, on behalf of my wife and I, to your, Board, our congratulations and gratitude for their splendid work and obvious good taste ,in organizing the building and equip- Fring of our new public school. We would feel remiss in our duty as parents and citizens if we. failed to take time to note that the sacrifice in personal time and effort of our Board has been very: praiseworthy indeed. Obviously the very important task of shaping the minds and characters of our children is safely entrusted in the capable and efficient school prin- cipal, Mr. Roy Cornish, and his well- chosen and supervised staff of teach- ers. Rd staff spare no effort in rounding out a L_-- splendid curriculum- for all his stu- dents was amply shown to us at the recent Open Night. ~ Again, our thanks. -- Yours very truly, Frank Godley. This, of course, is not the only sword of commendation received by those associated with the work of the school. Certainly many paregts made favour- |- > able comment upon the display of work as shown by the pupils. It would be difficult to. do otherwise when faced with so many signs of the progress made by the students since their last open days before Christmas season. The volume and quality of the work on the walls, desks and on the platform of the auditorium was truly very satisfying to both the -- teachers and the parents and must be ? "P- of pride to. the children, too. well as-by the following letter re-| That Mr, Cornish and his teaching | Old Fairview Lodge Homemakers Hold Achievement Day Sixty 4-H Homemaking Club mem- bers from Ontario County showed that 'Being Well Dressed & Well Groomed' way the secret of poise and charm, as they took part in their Achfevement Day activities at the Uxbridge High School on Saturday, April 10th, The display o. i books and slips by the club mem. rowed that much careful work had gone into their making, Senior Club members who had taken previous clothing projects displayed a high standard of work, while the Junior girls displayed work |: of which they could ba justly proud, For. many Junior Club members -this was their first attempt at sewing and '| they .had difficulty in mastering - "the Appreciate Work | art of making a fine seam". "Ti the morning the girls judged a class of slips, giving reasons for their placing, and worked a hemmed patch. They also judged a dress parade. In the afternoon a member from each club gave interesting comments on their club exhibit. These club exhi- bity dealt with such topics as: "Clean- liness Counts", "Steps to Good Groom- ing" and "How to Look Your Best". "Would You be Well Dressed" and "Making the Most of Our Clothes" were some of the themes covered in the skits and demonstrations present. ed by the clubs, ; Mrs. M. Harrington, of Udney, Dist- rict president for Ontarlo North Wo- men's "Institute, presented a County Honour Certificate and Pin to the girls who had completed six club units. These girls included Jean Robertson of Udney, Helen Huff of Sunderland, and Dorothy and Shirley Francis of Beaverton. a Four girls received Provincial Hon- our Certificate and Pin for complet- ing twelve projects. Bonnie Gerrow and Jean Samells of the Scugog Club were presented with their Pin by thelr C 'y Leader, Mrs. R. Boundey. Mrs. Clifford Ross of Beaverton Presented her daughters, Marilyn and Joan with their Provincial Honour Pin. Twenty-five club members-received Certificates of Achievement for ¢om- pleting two club units. Mrs, R. Boundey of the Scugog Club was presented with a Leader's Certificate in recognition of having been a Club Leader for seven -conse- cutive years, Each club member received a silver teaspoon for completing the club pro- ject. In addition, the Local Leaders were presented with teaspoons in re- cognition of their splendid contribu- tion to club work. The Clubs, with their Leaders, were as follows: Altona: Mrs. D. Crosier, Stouffville Mrs. M., Bunker, Stouffville, 3. Beaverton: Mrs, C. Ross, Beaverton, 1 Mrs, O. H. Bagg, Beaverton, 1 Quaker Hill: Mrs. T. Forsythe Ux. Mrs. E. Noble, Uxbridge, R.2. Sunderland: Miss M. Marquis, Sund. Mrs. L. Kealer, Sunderland. Scugog: Mrs. R. Boundey, Port Perry Mrs. §. Rodman, Port Perry, 8 Udney: Mrs, Lloyd Wood, Udney. = Lions Charity Ball Io bo Gala Affi The Port Perry Lions Club are hope- ful that their first Annual Charity Ball, to be held in the High School Gymnasium April 30th, will become an annual Spring event. Members of * the Club are working hard to make this Ball one of the nicest events they have ever staged. = The High School Gymnasium is to pd be decorated by the men of the Lions «Club and. especially lighted for the occasion. A tasty luncheon is Ba ned for about midnight and this is to be prepared by the Staff of the High S¢hool Cafeteria under the direction of Lion J. L. Crane, Principal. On arrival at the dance, each lady will teecive a delightful little gift to remind her of the happy evening. Al Harvey, well-known radio and television star, is to join us during the evening and it is expected he will again treat Port Perry to his warm, jovial fun-making. As well as his regular comedy routines '¥nd songs, Al has some wonderful new audience- participating stunts. ready, so any- thing may be expected. ~ "Remember the nig A pril 80th-- 9.30 to 1 am. The Lions Club hopes you will all con® and bring your friends froni far and near and help them to make their first Annual Char- ity Ball a grand success. " Port Perry Holstein Is Blue Seal . Producer Recognition of the lifetime record of High Point Snowdrop Supreme, a Blue Seal Certificate of long time pro- duction has been awarded to her owner B. Webster, Port Perry, Ontario, by the Holstein-Friesian Agsociation, Seven lactations on twice a day milk- ing Snowdrop has produced a total of 125,423 lbs. milk containing 4,389 Ibs, fat average test 3.50% butterfat, As a junior two year old Snowdrop produced 14358 lbs. milk in 305 days and a junior three year old 16033 Ibs milk also in 306 days. Both re- cords were amongst the top five in Canada in the year in which they were completed. She also has a five year old record of 21197 Ibs, milk, a six year old record of 217567 Ibs. milk and a ten year old record of 20,483 Ibs. milk. Impression of the Toronto Subway "For, lo! The winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of the birds ds come; and the voice of the tdhrtle is heard in our land," : ~ Lovely sentiment" for- such weather as we are enjoying. Toa Life, T guess lacks good copy. Liv- ing in the country surrounded "by peace and quiet, this even tenure of our days would séem more natural, but living as we do among subways, taxpayers; we wonder if we are letting life pass us by. : Speaking of subways my insaitable curiosity led me to ride up to Queen St., on it one day. Most wonderful thing, 'Not one crushed hone! And speed, that rig sure does dangle. After 1 got back'to work I wondered if anybody is as self-conscious on their first ride as I'was. Does it ever fail that when we are trying to-be noncha- lont we make dolts of ourselves? First of all, when trying to buy tokens fromi~the machine I was too much of an old hand at the thing to read the directions, so dropped my quarter in and stood pounding the thing because nothing came out of it. It's very simple the little man said, just press the designated lever and You get your tokens. He did and I did. , Bids T Not: the least bit crushed we pass the turnstiles alright, mount the mon- ster. and while waiting for it to'bégin its movement, wonder if we should hold onto a strap or not. No, we think, we never had to on a street car, so lets be casual about this thing, Then another little mén blast: vicious- ly on his tin whistle, the doors clang shut and the train moves- out from under our feet leaving us thrashing madly about on and off toes until we end up clinging breathlessly and em- barassedly to the first solid thing we contact. Fie That is the last straw, we sling off at the next stop and try to steal off the platform unnoticed; but the man with the whistle doesn't let you off that easy, as you pass him he blasts you into a disconsolate mass of nerves. Some sophistocated Torontonian I am! |New Films in Circulation During the next' few weeks, the Ontario & York Counties' Film Coun- cil will have many very interesting films in circulation' througlout their four libraiies. is : There will be such films as "Holi. day at Waskesiu" which shows the {adgantages--of taking a "Holiday in Prince Albert National Park, Saskat- chewan; "Meet Gisele" which intro- duces the popular singing star Gisele Mackenzie; "Screaming Jets" which shows Canada's prgoress in jet avia- tion together with aerial exhibitions of this type of aircraft; "Silks and Sulkies' which makes you thrill to 'harness racing and shows. the training of a colt for this sport; "Canada's Awakening North" gives us a review of the resources, development 'and settlement of the Northwest Terri: tories; while 'Stagecoach to the Sars" unfolds an interesting story of | the development of Canada's Postal Services from stagecoach days to the modern air mail service used in this country today. Gentlemen Jekyll and Dr. Hyde" is about the motorist who is a saint while walking on the street, but who becomes a menace when he gets behind the 'wheel of a car; "Man in the Peace Tower" is the story of Robert Donnell; our Dominion Caril- loneur, who sends out music from the Peace Tower at Ottawa. A very in- teresting . film indeed; while "North to Hudson Bay" takes us on an ex- pedition "through . Canada's rugged northland to Hudson Bay and far off the beaten track across wheat lands, 'past lakes, into famous mining towns and over muskeg to the port of Churchill, Pe : "Explorers of the Depths" depicts the research into the fishing grounds; while the film "Sight & Sound" point out a new life and meaning for child- ren, who are now being taught 'through the magic of films, filmstrips and radio. In this way learning be- comes an adventure. : These films will be avajlable to all member groups ofl the film council without charge, and also to non-mem- bers on a rental basis, through your local librarian. "u 1 Baskethall Team Port Perry Lions Club entertained the members of their basketball team to a banquet in' the "Del" Restaurant on Monday evening. The lads were the winners of the Lakeshore District Basketball League, winning the lea- gue with six straight wins, being un- defeated in the finals. This gave them the Lakeshore Intermediate "C" title In the Ontario quarter finals they eliminated the Midland Merchants and the Picton Legionaires. In the semi- finals they were put out by one basket by Port Credit in a two game total point series. ale During the evening the Lions pre- sented a trophy. for the Lakeshore District. Basketball League, "This cup is to be kept one year by the winning team. The Port Perry Club have the Lhonour of being. the first winners of this trophy. Bob Pratt, president of the Lakeshore District Basketball League received the trophy from the Lions Club on behalf of the leagiie and made the presentation to the winning team, The members of the team are as follows: Jack "Griffen, captain; Jack Owen, Bud Warriner, Geo. Rodd, Ron Wallace, Bob Storey, Dave Brun- ton, Gary Lawrence, Mac Christie, Sinclair Robertson, Jr, Dave Rider (manager), Ivan Parkinson (coach). The speaker of the evening was Paul Thomas, department of physical Paul Thomas Addresses Lions " education, Western University, and coach of the Tri-Bells Basketball team (Toronto). Mr. Thomas compared basketball with other sports and said that in his opinion it was a cleaner type of game than many others as there was no body contact with the opposing pldyerss He found a more intelligent type of player as this game is only played by high school, college or university students, He- outlined the modern trend in basketball, and told of his experience as coach of the Canadian Basketball team represent- ing Canada in the last Olympic games remarking on the. difference in the methods of marking the floors, and in the baskets gnd rules, which is much harder for Canadian and Ameri- can players in competing with the Efiropean teams, He said that he found the Russian players very -fair in their contests but that they had no freedom to move about in the country in which they visited, being under con- stant supervision of their own police. Mr Thomas closed his address by expressing his pleasure in being in Port Perry and having the opportun- ity of talking to those who are.en- thusiastic about the basketball game. Past President Art Brunton thank- the speaker for his interesting and in- spiring talk, Fis TT team left town early Wednesday morning (5 a.m.) April 21, to play in a tournament at Goderich, Ontario. There were 47 teams _ taking part in the affair. The Port boys played and won their first game from Dur- ham at '11 a.m. At night in their second game with Temiskaming, they were beaten by a score of 4 to 0. These boys are to 'be congratulated for their fine showing this season. They won _a tournament at Lindsay where 13 or 14 'teams took part. PPHS All-Stars Off To Queen's 'An all-star aggregation of P.P.H.S. basketballers are off this Wednesday morning for the Queen's Invitation Basketball Tournament. This marks the second consecutive year our high school has been priviledged to attend the University sponsored tournament. Last year some great comebacks by' the P.P;H.S. lads was one of the feat- ures of the 'C' series (for schools up to a male enrolment of 176 boys) our lads loosing out in the finals last year to Perth--after winning the semi-fi- nals but .one hour previous. This year Perth have automatically moved up to 'B' classification. and Renfrew, the team picked to win last year and beaten twice by Port Perry are also moved -up to 'B' on a basis of enrol- ment. Aside from Trenton, who Perth beat in overtime last year, and should be the team to beat again this year, the other high school teams compet- ing in 'C' classification this year are Almonte (whom P.P.H:S. play first), Gananoque, Prescott, Picton, Deep River, Morrisburg and Port Perry. FLASH! In the first day of play at King- ston the P.P.H.S. downed the Almonte team 52 to 48. In the second game they dropped it by one point to Deep River inthe last few seconds of play. The score 44 to 43. P.P.H.S. are still in the running as they have to drop wo games to be out. -- Ont. County Levy is Set at 11.6 Mills The Ontario County Levy for 1954 will be 11.6 mills. This is-a-rise of 4 mills over last year's rate. The by- law confirming the rate for the cur- rent year was passed at the closing session of the Ontario County Coun= cil-in-Whitby- on--Thursday afternoon.' At "the February session of the council the mill rate was almost a- greed upon. But members, after viewing the proposed expenditures of the Ontario County Road Committee decided that this budget "should be trimmed although it would still a- mount-to only 5 mills, the same rate as in 1953. Accordingly, the road committee was asked to make altera- tions in the budget to bring the total county expenditure down. This year sees the payment of certain grants to hospitals in the district, hence an in- creased county levy. . For all purposes, the county will this year, spend $515,302.87. This money is to be used for the general government of the.county, the opera- tion of Fairview Lodge, County Roads and Bridges and the Suburban Road. On an asspssment in the county. of #44,422,661 this amounts to the above mentioned. levy. : For general government of the county, $230,097.84 is required; for Fairview Lodge, $88,845.32 is required and for County and Suburban Roads, $196,459.71. The total County Road expenditures this year hag been set at $423,000. This figure. was arrived at when Council, ordered the Board to trim' its expenditures this year to last year's figure of $405,000 and- add to that the $9,000 surplus from last years operation. The surplus will be used on subsidized works and will therefore make a possible expenditure of $18,000 to be added to last year's figure, : Heaviest contributors to the County treasury will be the Township of Pick- ering which will pay $94,002.48; 'se- cond will be the Town of Whitby which will this year be requested to pay $63,096.23; third comes the Im- provement District of Ajax with $62,240.87. ' Drop 'Second The "Port Perry Pee Wee hockey = To Fidelity Lodge" at the regular. meeting of Fidelity Lodge, AF. & A.M. on Tuesday, April 13th, It was inspection night for R.W: Bro. Chas. M. Wallace, D.D.G.M. of Oshawa, He was accompanied by a number of visitors from Oshawa and Bowmanville, During the lodge meeting, V. W. Bro Harry Wallace, made the - pie- sentation of a sword, on behalf of his four living brothers, in memory of their late brother Ernest D. Wallace, who was killed during World Way I, and at that time was a member of Fidelity Lodge, Port Perry. Ernest Wallace came to Port Perry in 1912 as manager of the local Bell Telephone office, having served with the Bell, at Port Hope, Belleville, Co- bourg_ previously. ait 1914, E. D. Wallace as he was known locally, was among the. first in Ontario County to offer his services for his King and Country. At the time he was Licutenant in the 84th Ontario Regiment. He went' Overséas with the 1st Contingent and won many honours in the different branches of the Military. At the time of his ac- cidental death, March, 1917, he 'was When war was declared in August, | Wallace Brothers Present Sword | A unique occasion was carried out! attached to the Royal Flying Corps. The sword presented was a-part of the équipment of Lieut. Wallace, and will be a fitting memorial to his mem- ory. Among those present who assisted with the presentation were his two brothers V.W. Bro. Harry L. Wallace, and R.W: Bro. Chas. M. Wallace; Lt. Col. Bro. Percy- Jobb; Bro. James Lovell; R.W. Bro. E. F. Farrow, all of Oshawa, who were military and busi- ness associates of Lieut, E. D. Wal- lace, Very fitting remarks were made by each of sincerity and devotion of a brave soldier and true citizen. Bro. Rev. R. H. Wylie offered the dedicatory Prayer., The sword was received and ack- the present and future members of the lodge would keep and preserve this sword as a fitting memorial to =a brave soldier, honored brother, beloved citizen and associate. ' Many older citizens of Port Perry will remember that it was during E. D. Wallace's term here that the Bell Telephone expansion started and has been growing ever since, : Ground Observers To SF: =a 9 = o Visit Barrie On Sunday, April 25th, the Ground Observer Corps, RCAF, are invited to attend an "Open House" at the RCAF Filter Center, 129 Dunlop St. E., in Barrie, to see how the Filter Center operates, and how Aircraft Flash calls are handled when they reach the Filter Center. : This invitation is open to all mem- bers of No. 51 Ground 'Observers Corps connected with No. 2 area which takes in Port Perry, Seagrave, Myrtle, Uxbridge; Goodwood and Stouffville. All members of this corps have been issued Identification Cards by the KCAF, and the identification card will be honoured to get observers into the Filter Station. (If- any mature per- son, either male or female has not been issued a card or would like to join the Ground Observer Corps, they may do so by contacting the Chief Observer in their distriét, or by call- ing the Regional Supervisor, Mr. Clare Keevil at Claremont 81, or Mr. Bert Chewins, assistant supervisor, at Claremont 33420). The chief obser- vers are as follows: Port Perry, Mr. Frank Baker; Seagrave, Mr. O. J. Boe; Myrtle, Mt. or Mrs. Jas. K. Lawrence; Uxbridge, Mr. W. H. 'Gould; - Goodwood, Mr. Claude Wat- son;j-Stouffville, Mr. Garfield Brown; It is expected-that Label- Wings will be presented at this time to all ground observers who have qualified and earn- ed them. -In addition, we expect that there will be a short period set aside for aircraft recognition, and other interesting discussion. This visit is made possible through the courtesy and co-operation of F/0 A. K. Shepherd, detachment com- mander, and staffs of No. 51 GObC; Royal Canadian Air Force. ~ Scout and Cub |Mothers Auxiliary The April meeting was held at: the home of Mrs. King with 15 members present. During the meeting the new executive took over consisting of Mrs, : H. Gibson, Past President; Mrs. N. Kerry, President; Mrs. I. MacDonald, and Mrs. E. Kennedy, Vice-Presidents; Mrs." W. Stata, Secretary; Mrs. V. Bryden, Treasurer; Mrs. A. King, Visiting Committee; Mrs. R. Smith, Mrs. L. MacDonald, Sewing Commit- tee; Mrs. G. Lane, Ryilding Commit- tee. / ' Six of the ladies will attend the Scouting Conferenec at York Mills on May 1st. : - Mrs. Howard Gibson was presented witha Past Presidents pin by Mrs. G. Lane, ' Mrs. E. Kennedy invited us to her home for the May meeting on the 17th. During the delicious lunch, Mrs. King .presented Mrs. Kerry with a beautiful decorated birthday cake. Margarine carton ends for us please bring or send them to the May meet- ing, Et TE A : Choir fo Sing at Guelph UXBRIDGE JR. FARMER CHOIR 'TO SING AT GUELPH The Uxbridge Junior Farmer Choir, which was organized early this year,-- has been invited to take part in the Provincial Junior Farmer Conference at the 0.A.C., Guelph, on Sunday, April 26th. The choir under the df- rection of Mrs, Elsie Dobson will con- tribute two numbers to the evening Church Service and with the Quar- tette will assist at the Fireside Hour. The County Junior Farmer and Jr. Institute Delegates to the Provincial Junior Farmer Conference this year are: rib wide Singing Stars of To-morrow Another indication of Canada's musical growth is seen in the fact that the highest standard so far was set this season in the natibn- competition, ' / Typical of the contestants on the program are the youthful singers shown dhove: soprano Diane Oxner (left) of Lunenberg, Nova Scotia; -.. Norman Mittleman, a baritone from Winnipeg who is also, incidental- ly, a football star; and Floriane Cotnoir of Noranda, Quebec, All provinces of Canada except Prince Edward Island have been represented in the 11-year history of the program, Seta hy qa } praia. © - Fri, April 30 1 Will those who are saving All-Sweet- es nowledged by the Worshipful Master, ; VW. Bro. Gordon Jeffrey, whe was sure 5 = CT --r es = LR: oe A I a a