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PEAR HAA oh RA AAR Xk eli nie T SR RY Sli i, gid LR Wana = a aa re ERRY STAR zzaxzX BY Bn a A lI ln se bi Pe sti . » Authorized as Second Clase Mall, : Post Office Department, Ottaws. 2h » Ld * PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1954 * $2.00 per year, Single Copy Sc. Port Perr Scene Of CL W. A. H. MacBrien Assists Once More Through 'the kindness of Port | ¥ Perry's good friend Bill MacBrien, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Maple'Leaf Gardens, Toronto, and the courtesy of Mr, Conn Smythe, Man- ager of Maple Leaf Hockey Club, the citizens of Port Perry and surround. ing community are going to have the rare opportunity of witnessing one of the best games of 'hockey,' ever to be |- played in Fort Perry. Mr. Conn Smythe and Assistant Manager Mr. Hap Day, are bringing to Port Perry Arena their last year's Maple Leafs, plus many new players, to play a game against Pijtsburg Hornets, There will be about 45 star hockey players in both clubs. This will be one of the very best games you could possibly see, as the boys will all «be giving their best, trying for a place on the big team for the coming season. "The Toronto Maple Leafs will be coached by King Clancy and the Pitts- burg Hornets by Howie Meeker, two former stars of the Maple Leafs.. The game which is being sponsored by the Port Perry "Lions Club, will be played in the Port Perry Arena on Wednesday, Sept. 30th at 8.30 p.m. and the entire proceeds are being given by the Lions Club gn li Perry Rink Committee to pay the costs of installation of 'Artificial Ice Plant and cement floor. -° Don't forget the date and make sure of your reserve seats early as no doubt. this event will draw one of the largest crowds ever to witness a 'hockey match in Port Perry, : Scout and Cub Mothers' Auxiliary ' This month's meeting of the Scout and Cub Mothers' Auxiliary will be ~ held at the home of Mrs. Geo. Lane, Union Ave,, September 20th, at.8 p.m.: decided that: no-further action' 'would q Cartwright Council Cartwright Council met on Sept 7, with all members present, Reeve in the chair, 'Minutes read and adopted. Owen Stacey, Joe Redmond, Orma Hyland, and Oscar McQuade were present re sheep damages. About 20 or more of the property owners of Blackstock 'were present re Blackstock street lights, also a mem- ber of the street lighting division of H.E.P.C. office in Barrie' and Mr. Richardson from Uxbridge. It was quite evident that the present street lights were not satisfactory to the people of Blackstock. "Too many dark spots between lights; bulbs too small, etc. After a long discussion with the Hydro representatives and going out and inspecting conditions; on behalf of the deputation, moved by Wallace 'Marlow, seconded by Stan Rahm, the lights be increased from 100 watts to 160 watts, and another light be in- stalled in dark spots. Moved by C. 'Venning seconded by E. Dorrell that a committee of villagers be appointed to decide where extra lights are need- ed. This committee to be Gilbert Mar- low, Harold Crawford, John Venning, Frank Hoskin and Stan Rahm. - Moved by W. Marlow seconded by N. Mountjoy that capital cost of lights be paid over a period of 6 years. The Township as a whole will assume 3% of capital and maintenance cost. Deputation from Caesarea compris- ing Geo. Blyth, Geo, Swift, Milton Fisher, Thos. Gettins, Ollie Weather- elt, Bernard Forrest, Chas. Miller. This delegation had a long and friend- ly discussion with the Council and Hydro officials about the different ways that street lights could be in- stalled. The delegation requested the 'Council to install street lights and charge same up to thé whole township. After the delegation left the Council be taken by the Council until a peti- tion was present signed by at least »| 81% of the owners as shown by the last assessment roll in any defined area of Caesarea. Communications were read from De- partment of Highways re Develop- ment Road from Blackstock east. This read that the request will be brought to the Minister's attention when ad- ditions to our current 'quota of De- velopment Road undertaken is under construction. . Communication from Reg. Office re increase in price of records from 10c. to 26c. each, and on motion same was accepted. Order drawn on Treasurer for ac- counts as follows: Owen Stacey, 4 lambs killed and 1 sheep inj. ovine +..$100.00 Jos. Redmond, 1 lamb killed .... 24.00 Orma Hyland, 1 lamb killed ..7 21,00 Oscar McQuade, 1 lamb killed 20.00 R. Wall, valuator .....covmninr), 20.00 T. Gettins, bal garbage coll..... 400.00 Reg. Nesbitt, Spraying... 84.00 Reg. Nesbitt, cutting weeds .... 18.30 Kid Burton, cutting weeds .... = 9.10 L. Passant, rent, Tractor and MOWET .o.ovvsiisssensesessissascrninss 19.00 E. L. Fallis, gas, oil, etc. ........ 10.36 County Treas,, hosphialiastion 36.00 Johns- Manville Co., culverts .... 175.00 Dept. of Health, insulin ........ 8.497 Morrow Farm Equipment, rep. 18.76 N. & D. Health Unit ............. 56.00 H. Thompson, Clerk-Treas. ... 125.00 E. Sues, Assessor ..... 98.44 Grant Thompson, postage ........ 37.00 Wallace Marlow Co, lime ........ 1.70 Saywell's spray material ........ 3.33 Martyn's, bulbs for street lights 8.21 H. Martyn re street lights ........ 18.00 H. Martyn, supplies ........... 1.69 O. Weatherelt, gas, towing .... 7.20 Postmaster, unemployment SEAMPS iin, «15.00 Voucher No. 8 $4,726.61 $6,002.86 Council adjourned at 2.30 a.m. to October Au , 8 pm. *- Henry Thompson, Clerk. Cousins Team Up For Kicking Off 'Ceremony In Big Four Game SATURDAY AFTERNOON MARIL YN BELL perforniéd the kicking offceremony at the Big Four football game, MEET FOR FIRST TIME Marilyn Bell who recently swam her way into the hearts of all Canadians teamed np with her cousin' Bob Simp- _son to perform the kicking off cere- mony at the Big Four foothall game in Toronto last Sat. This occasion was the first time that Marilyn and . Bob, who are both well known in the sports world, have met, Bob whose family live in Port Perry has a very active career in- the sports world, Bob started his sports Her cousin, Bob Simpson, st ar of the Rough Riders, held the ball. applauding crowd of 14,000 fans, ' career after graduating. from Patter- son Collegiate in Windsor. He then enrolled at Assumption College where he was very prominent in basketball and football, "At 16 he started play- ing for the Windsor Rockets and in 1949 at the age of 18 he was accepted by the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Big Four League. In the same year while playing basketball for Living- ston he helped win the . Canadian Championship, °' ; She booted it 14 yards before an In 1951-52-63 he was chosen for the Big Four All Star team. Last year he was the only Canadian to be chosen for the All Star team. Bob, who is only 23 has been with Ottawa for five years and has, been 'on the Canadian All Star team for three successive years. A record to be proud of, Mr. Ben Simpson, Bob's fat who lives in the Morrow Apartmen {d that he was very pleased. that young athletes. met for the first time on such a wonderful occasion, On Wednesday, September 16, the | x Port Perry Public Schoo} played host | * to the South Ontario Teachers' Insti- tute. Some 160 teachers plus a num- ber of visiting teachers and inspectors were present at this meeting, which was under the direction of Mr. A. Archibald, inspector of public schools, Mr, Archibald {8 well known to par- ents and children of Port Perry, Rev." R. H. Wylie, B.A, of Port Perry United Church, conducted the opening execises which were followed by a short address by the president of the institute. Miss .M. Phyllis Bainbridge, M.A, B.Paed., of the Toronto Teachers' Col- |lege was guest speaker. Miss Bain. bridge featured her address on the modern trend of child psychology. After a lovely dinner which was served by the ladies of the Port Perry United Church, the teachers examined and discussed books which were put on display by publishers, During the course of the day pupils of Port Perry Public Sehool, Grades IV and VII, under the capable direc- tion of Mrs. Elsie Dobson, favoured the visitors with musical selections. : Programme 9.16--Registration. 9.36--Opening Exercises: Rev. R, H. Wylie, B.A., Port Perry. 9, B0--President's Remarks. 10.00--Address--Miss M, Phyllis Bain- bridge, Toronto Teachers' College. 10.50--Singing, Grade IV pypils of 'Port Perry Public School, directed by Mrs. Elsie: Dobson, A.T.C.M. 11.00--Group Discussions. : 11.40-2,00--Dinner and Examination -.of books displayed by publishers, (Dinner was served by the ladies of Port Perry United Church). 2,00--Singing, Grade VII pupils of Port Perry Public School, directed! by Mrs. Elsie Dobson, A.T.C.M. 2,10 -- General Business and An- nouncements, 2.80--Group discussions: and brief re- ports from groups. 3:46--God Save the Queen, Port Perry Track & Field Club Will Compete In Oshawa Saturday Several members of the Port Perry Track and Field Club will leave the High School at 1.00 p.m. sharp for the Shamrock Meet," Oshawa, this Sat- urday, Sept. 18. While the weather has been rather poor for practice some of the boys and "gals have béen getting Jn con- dition and show fine promise in var- ious events.. Thursday will be the last evening for strenuous practice 'while Friday's training will be con- fined to jogging. Let's hope this year, as in the past our athletes will have as much success as they had in the previous Shamrock meets, South Ont. Teachers Meet in Port Perry To Hold Europ AL Art Exhibit Here Port Perry will be one of the many places in Canada to have the honour of viewing an art exhibit of many of Europe's great masters. This exhibi- tion will be held in the Port Perry High School auditorium on Friday, Sept. 24, 6 p.m. to 10.00 p.m., Satur- day, Sept. 26 from 9.00 a.m. and on Sunday, Sept. 26, from 9.00 p.m. This exhibition will be free to the public on all three days. The exhibition, which will include pictures from some 400 adaptations in water colours, oils and etchings, has as its- aim an awakening of interest in wide ¢ircles of rural and urban pop- ulations in the' products of European |: artists, Austria in particular, from which many of the great artists of the world have come. All art lovers should not miss this opportunity. This exhibition is sponsored by the Economic Association of Graphic and Plastic Artists of Austria and is under the directon of Major Leslie Mattya- sovszky, of Toronto, who is manager of the Continental Art Gallery. Mr. - | Mattyasovszky was in Port Perry this week to make arrangements for this exhibition and to contact local artists who might be interested. He was ac- companied by Mr, Otto Schwerer who has flown in from Vienna to help with these exhibitions, : . If enough interest is taken in these exhibitions it is the hope of the asso- ciation that in the future European artists will be able to come to this country and paint Canadian scenes, and for Canadian artists to travel in [Europe for the same purpose. Former Port Perry Man Diesin B.C. Mr. Charles H. Allison, who was born and raised in Port Perry and occupied the residence now owned by Mrs. Harry Nasmith and who ran a drugstore here, died at Quesnel, B.C., on August 30th, 80 we are informed, Mr. Allison went to Quesnel" when it was a small village and opened a drugstore there and later became. the Postmaster and Customs Officer and also Reeve of the Village and had the satisfaction of seeing it grow to over 2000 in population. Mr Allison is a cousin of Miss Islay Hiscox and Mrs. Cephas Sleep of Sea- grave to whom the Star extends its sympathy, Mr. Allison, in addition to his widow . leaves a son and daughter, whom are married. Mr. Allison. had sold his business recently and retired to his very ex- cellent house on a commanding terrace' adjacent to which he installed a swim- ming pool a photo of which he re-- cently enclosed in a letter to Mr. Bert both of Hutcheson, ORONO -- A head-on collision be- tween two teams of show horses tra- velling about 26 miles an hour at the fair grounds here Saturday resulted in one horse being destroyed. The other three horses suffered cuts. gE Drivers, John Sheridan, of Stirling and Ivan Cochrane, of Neatleton, es- caped with only a shaking up, A numbei~of spectators at the 102 annual Exhibition of the Durham Cen- tral Agricultural Society narrowly missed being trampled by the horses as they walked across the track into the infield. The teams were warming up for the Roadster class race and were travell ing in opposite directions around the half mile oval, considered one of the fastest tracks of its kind in Eastern Ontario, when they crashed together. "Little Evy" had to be destroyed a few hours after the accident. It was taken from the fair grounds on a stone boat. The tongue of the buggy, which was coming in the other direc- tion pierced its chest. The mishap occurred north of the filled grandstand. About 8,000 people attended the fair. A little' earljer the two crack teams were shown before the grandstand. * Horsemen who entered horses in the Roadster event turried their winnings over to the owner of the dead horse. Horse Killed As Teams Meet Obituary MRS. HERMAN 'HOORY The death of Mrs, Herman Hooey of Blackstock occurred at Toronto General Hospital, September 8, 1954. Mrs. Hooey, the former Eva Smith was a daughter of John and Mary Smith of Thorah Township in Ontario County. She taught school in Eden school in Thorah, also in Egypt school in Cartwright Township and was al- ways deeply interestdd in young peop- le, their education and progress. She was an active member of the Blackstock Womens' Institute and the Womens' Missionary Society of the United Church. Mrs, Hooey, whose husband prede- ceased her by just two months, is sur- vived by three sisters, Miss Mary Smith, Mrs, W. Bruce and Mrs, Y. Windatt, also one brother Jack, all of Beaverton, The memorial service at Port Perry was conducted by her pastor the Rev. C. W. Hutton of Blackstock United Church. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert, Ontario. over a measured mile and crossed th of 57.062 miles per hour erases a n RON BIGGS SET TEN RECORDS Canadian records were established in 10 other outboard classes, as the Port Perry Yacht Club staged the first official speed trials in the. Do- minion's history. Biggs, whose boat "S'cuse Me" was powered by a regular stock motor, stole the show from seasoned profes- sionals. from both sides of the border. Many of the drivers who pitted their skill against the stopwatch were fresh from victories at the CNE. The cheerful, red-haired youngster told The Times-Gazette that the trial was the last boating event in which he will take part this season. He will return to Ottawa to begin fourth year classes at Nepean High School. Ron gave much of the credit for his success to his mechanic, Ken Jackson, -of Ot- tawa, -| DOUBLE VICTORY A double victory went -to a second Ottawa driver, Ernie LaSalle, who set Canadian records in both the CZ and C-Service classes. His mark of 62.281 miles per hour was thé best time re- corded by any boat during the trials. LaSalle's mile run in the C-Service craft was clocked at 48.198. Second best on the day was George Wells, London, Ont., who captured top honours in the class FH competition with a speed of 61.644 miles per hour. Other "winners and their official times were: Dawson Throop, of Ottawg, 47.182 in class BZ:- * Bob* Glenney, of Dunnville, Oatarie, 34.026 in class BU; © Dean Patte, of Oshawa, 35.438" in class CU; " Monty Cranfield, of Oshawa, 52.023 in class DZ; . Bruce Elford, of Toronto, 60.302 in class DH; Joe Carr,- Quays, 56. 782 in class B. racing; miles per hour to smash the world record for BH power boats. st Canadian Speed Trials 16 YEAR OLD OTTAWA YOUTH SMASHES WORLD RECORD Ron Biggs, a 16-year-old school boy' from Ottawa, piloted his hydroplane -at a speed of over 57 His record nark- of 66.967 set last September by e finishing line- American driver Burt Ross, Jr., at Devil's Lake, Oregon, Keith Cavenaugh, of Perth, Ont, 40 mph in class AZ. - FOUR DISQUALIFIED Officials disqualified four drivers, and several other boats were ordered to meet weight requirements before being allowed on the course. With the first light, overalled me- chanics and drivers went to work tun- ing and mounting their repairs. The trials "were scheduled to start at sun-, rise, in order to take advantage of lake and atmosphere conditions. ° Spirits were high among competi- clear dawn broke over Lake Scugog. The surface of the water was almost "| mirror-smooth, in marked contrast to - Saturday's wind and waves. The event had been scheduled to start 24 hours. earlier, but was postponed in the face of rough weather. The racers were delayed almost. an hour, while Donevan Richards of Osh- awa, who did the surveying gave the course a final check. Canadian Boating Federation. MANY WILLING WORKERS On hand to represent the CBF was Robert Findlayson, secretary of the organization. He was assisted: by PPYC timekeepers Roy Watton, Merv Tuck, Ernie Sulman, Dean Patte, Ross Mowbray and William Hackney. The officials were stationed in barges at each end of the course. Supervising maintenance of telephone connections between the barges was Stewart Karr of the Bell Telephone Co. Phil Orde, Port Perry, and Jack Retz and Alan Cay of" Oshawa, also officiated on the course which was located 114 miles from the Port Perry dock. Don Smith of Oshawa, Fleet Capt. of the PPYC power division, directed the overall operation, less sets that kept him in constant contact with course officials and sur- veyors were three members of the Ontario Regiment, Sgt. Bob Williams, Trooper William Ford and Cpl. Tom Temple: Mr. Smith was also assisted on the pier by Mrs. Ross Mowbray and Mrs. Fred Smith of Oshawa. After the races each winner Wad: to have his motor torn down and in- spected to see if they met the required standards. George Berry, Toronto, inspected the stock class and Stan Me- Donald of Ottawa, inspected the rac- ing class. ' Police Chief Archie Monuia did -a wonderful job in keeping the dock clear of non- -participating boats. He was assisted on the dock by the Pro- vincial Police, Whitby detachment and the Mounted Police of the Cobourg Detachment. C.W.L'Hold Regional Meeting In Uxbridge - The Oshawa Regional Civic Action Committee," Catholic Women's League of Canada, met at Martin's Hotel, Ux- bridge, Ont., on September 8th. To highlight the Marian Year char- acter .of the meeting, Held on purpose on the Feast of the Nativity of God's Blessed Mother, Rev. Father P. Dwyer D.D. opened the meeting with special prayers, the audience of 86 facing the beautifully decorated statue of the Holy Virgin. Miss Ann Mombour- quette of Uxbridge was responsible for the artistic floral arrangements of the 'Shrine. Mrs. Art O'Connor of Pickering was in the chair, Reports and minutes were read by Mrs. F. V. von Pills, Regional Secretary, Mrs, V. Dowling, Treasurer, and Miss Mary Foy, Reg. Spiritual convener. Citizenship conveners of 7 subdivi- sions, namely 2 of Oshawa, Whitby, Pickering, Ajax, Port Perry, Uxbridge told of work done since May 1954, " Rev, Fathers C. Mulvihill, V, Me- Givney, P. Dwyer, Charbonneau, O.P. and M. J. Darby attended while Rev. Father Roeser represented Uxbridge. Markle from Archdiocesan Council, Toronto, were present. Rev: Father Charbonneau, 0.P. of Port Credit, introduced by Rev. Fa- ther Dwyer and thanked by Rev. Fa- ther McGlvney, gave a magnificent talk on the Mother of God. This year's project, in charge of, Mrs, Geo. Finley, Oshawa, came to a successful "close when the Draw for a $50 Bond, donated by Rev. Father Dwyer, was won by Mrs. Walter Trin- stell, Uxbridge, mhking it possible for the Dominican Sisters to be presented with a substantial sum to help them continue with their splendid work at their Convalescent Home at Uxbridge. Seller of the winning ticket No. 3649 was Miss Mary Crichton of Uxbridge. who got the reward of $5.00, Warm tribute as paid to the retir. ing Chairman, Mrs. Geo. Finley and ed to Rev. Father Roeser, Mrs, Dou- cette and the Uxbridge CWL membeis who were the most perfect hosts of this successful evening. Prd " Correction In the names listed in last week's paper regarding the formation of a secretary was incorrectly printed as Mr, Gordon Heayn, We regret this Mrs, J. V. O'Shea and Mrs. Ward SEY We error was overlooked. tors and officials alike, as a chill; The "trials were sanctioned by the Handling wire-_ a heartfelt vote of thanks was extend- - planning board, Mr. Norman Heayn, < IR PINS A oN i» Ad RS 3 RRR BR RR min, ro WES § SAN N, ven, MEL SR, AS PRN LIE on 2 Cr Sa EL SO : - Va Ti . iil Bt RCA ™ s z ha a - gt RR Tas A ra Fy TX i " r a LY