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- of R.R. Hampton, Ontario. Quick Action of Chief Archie Menzies Ends In Capture of Three Youths spd The quick-witted daring of Port Perry Police Chief Archie Menzies re- sulted last Thursday night in the cap- ture of three men suspected of being gunmen who held up the Prince Albert post office near Port Perry and made off with nearly $80 in cash, Unarmed and alone, he collared the three young men, believing they were still carry- ing a pistol with which the bandits had already threatened to kill. - Charged with armed robbery before a justice of the peace at 1.30 Friday morning were Kenneth J. McDonald, his brother John, and Jack Bould, all The three men, between the ages of 21 and 25, were remanded in custody and ap- peared "in the Oshawa court Friday morning, They spent rest of the night at Whitby, where they were taken by Ontario Provincial Police, A nine millimetre Browning auto- matic pistol, a full magazine, overalls "and hoods worn by the gunmen were regovered from a ditch near Seagrave. A paper bag containing over $80 in notes and silver was later discovered hidden jn the oil filter of the 1948 Ford Mercury in which the three were when arrested, Probe Other Matters Police believe the men were re- sponsible for a similar hold-up in Bur- keton earlier last week. To women were alone in the post office and general store when two -guhmen wearing Ku Klux Klan-type hodds 'entered at Approximately b.46 and held them up at pistol point. Mrs, Leta Doupe, who with her husband James Doupe, runs the store, and Mrs. Jog Newnham, an employee, were packing Christmas parcels when the men came in, Mrs. Newnham came to the front of {the store, She says: "At first I thought it was a joke, but they soon showed us they were not joking." Gate Orders - As one of the intruders stood over Mrs Newnham and forced her to emp- ty the cash register, his armed com- panfon made his way to the rear of the store and ordered Mrs. Doupe to kneel on the floor and place her arms over a packing case. He held the pistol to her shoulder, 2 Meanwhile, the third bandit waited nearby in the "souped-up" automobile, Before making their escape, the thugs severed the telephone wires and left both women on the floor at the back of the store. ~~ They threatened to { 2 shoot them if they attempted to follow them from the store, Terrified, the two women waited for almost fifteen minutes before 17-year- old Carol Heayn, who had just arrived on the bus from Oshawa, came in to collect her family's mail. Carol ran to the Doupe house, two doors away, and telephoned Police Chief Menzies. Although it.was just outside his area, Chief Menzies arrived at the scene within minutes after telephoning the Whitby detachment of the OPP, Found Wires Cut Carol, who has known Mrs. Doupe for almost -4 years, lives just around the corner from the store, on Union Avenue. She described the scene when she arrived: "When IT came into the store I saw Mrs. Doupe and Mrs. Newnham at 'the back and I thought someone had trip- ped and fallen, Then Mrs. Doupe asked me to telephone for the police. I ran to the store phone and found the wires cut, so I telephoned from Mrs. Doupe's house," = Carol, a stenographer at General Motors south plant, was returning from Oshawa with her father, Gordon Heayn, who waited at the corner while she collected the mall, Mr. Doupe, who left a little more than 90 minutes before the hold-up was called home from General Motors where he is working on the night shift. Finds Trio Enquiries reveal the bandits visited the store -to reconoitre during the afternoon, returning to Port Perry for supper... Chief Menzies arrived at the post office armed with an auto- matic American carbine, After ques- tioning the two women he began a thorough door-to-door check. He was told by a woman living near- by she had seen two -men answering his descriptions drinking Coca- Cola, in the store that afternoon, In Oil Filter As Chief Menzies was questioning one of the people reported to have seen the men the suspected car drove up and he ran to the car and arrested the thee occupants. " Chief Menzies reports that he re- ceived wonderful co-operation from many people, who contributed reliable information which led to the capture of these bandits; and he praises their accurate observations, (continued on Page 8) EE a : 2 IGA's Down Bobcaygeon In | Rough Contest Port Perry IGA's collected their 3rd win in four starts when they downed the Bobcaygeon crew 9-5 last Thurs- day night. The game proved.to be a real thriller for the spectators as both teams went all out in a fast and rough contest. Bobcaygeon started. the scoring 'at 4.68 of the first when Phillips beat Owen in the Port net. Port came back fast when G. Nichols of Bobcay- geon went off for tripping at 8.08. Ken Mark tallied Port's first on a nice pass from Howie at 8.12. And Till on assists from Wallace and Christie put Fort one up at 11.34. Their lead was short lived, when two minutes later Phillips assisted by Packer tied it up for Bobcaygeon at 13.32. The northern crew moved in- "to the lead at 17.17 on a goal by A Nichols. The IGA's were not long in getting back on even terms and then' going one up when Heard took a nice pass from Mark and Till at 19.23 and beat Poole on a long shot. Thirteen seconds later at 19.36 Howey again beat Poole to put Port one up. At 19.54 Phillips of Bobcaygeon collected his third of the night to even the score and to end the first period 4-4. Penalties--Port Perry IGA's-- Myles (holding) 9.33; Olesuk (Inter- ference) 15.44. Bobeaygeon--G. Nichols (tripping) at 8.08, The second period saw less scoring but the play began to roughen up which caused a number of penalties, A total of twelve penalties were hand- ed out in the second period. Brad- bury on an assist from Gibson put Port one up again at 1.05 of the sec- ond. The score remained this way until 14.56 when the Nichols brothers combined on a nice .passing play to put Bobcaygeon back on even terms. The second period also ended in a dead-lock, when each team managed to collect a goal apiece, Penalties--Port Perry IGA's-- Heard (tripping)--b6.63 ) Howey (Interference)--14.23 Till (High Sticking)--15.,06 Bradbury (Interference and misconduct) --16,61 Till -(roughing)--17.68 Heard (tripping)--19.23 Bobeaygeon--Packer (knee.)--2.07 J. E. March of Montreal, has been appointed manager of the department of Public Relations, Canadian Pacific Railway Company. He succeeds the late J. H. Campbell, who died recently. 50 HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS There aye now more than 60 dif-| ferent household electrical appliances to use jn Canada to-day, compared to only 19-in 1080, THE BIG WAGE Canada's electrical manufacturing industry has an annual. payroll of a- round $260,600, 000, 'mark gave the fans an exciting time. Poole (slashing)--9.69 G. Nichols (tripping)--13.33 Packer (elbowing)--16.05 G. Nichols (roughing)--17.568 D. Nichols (tripping)--18.27 In the third and final stanza Port took over and were in charge until the final bell. The third period saw the least penalties but proved to be roughest of the lot. A free-for-all which broke out at the thirteen minute Don Cochrane and G. Nichols collided ins the corner to start the ball rolling and in a matter of seconds it seemed as if everybody was into it. Officials Ivan Locke and Dave Mitchell had their hands full, When it was all over the referee had handed out six penalties to three players. In the goal scoring Port managed to put the disc past Poole in the Bob- caygeon net on four different occa- sions in the third. Gibson started the ball rolling when he scored unas- sisted at 5.46. Howie came back two minutes later to score again at 7.16 on a nice solo flight. At 12.20 Doug Keetch took a beauti- ful pass from the stick of Bud Heard and had Poole beat all the way for Port's eighth of the night. Again at 19.06 Heard assisted by Wallace and Till counted for Port and ended the scoring for the night. Penalties-- Port Perry IGA's-- Heard "(Interference)--7.16 Cochrane (highsticking and fighting) --13.13 Bobcaygeon-- G. Nichols (highsticking and fighting)--13.13 Packer (10 min, misconduct and game misconduct)--13.13 Officials--Referee--Ivan Locke, Oshawa, Ontario. Linesman--Dave Mitchell, Oshawa. No Election in Scugog Township There will be no election in Scugog twonship next week. At the nomina- tion meeting on Monday all the mem- bers of the 1954 council were returned by acclamation. Those re-elected were: Reeve, Anson Gerrow; Councillors, George Smith, Milton Demara, Cecil Fralick and F. Wilkinson. Burgess Beare in Serious Accident Last Thursday night while return- ing from Toronto to his home in Mark- ham, Mr, Beare's car went out of con- trol, 7 or 8 miles West of Markham on the Don Mills Road. in the car when it struck the guard rail posts on the right-hand side of the straight-away and then shot to the other side of the road, snapping off a Hydro pole and coming to rest against a tree, Mr. Beare was rushed to East Gen- eral Hospital, Toronto in critical con- dition with a cut to the back of the head and serious back and chest In- juries. No other car was involved in the accident. Latest reports from the hospital state Mr, Beare's condi- tion is improving. Mr. Burgess Beare is the son of Mrs, H. Fitchett, Port Perry. \ a Obituary THOMAS A. CARNOCHAN In poor health for the past three weeks, Thomas A. Carnochan passed away at Community Hospital, Port Perry on Sunday, Dec. 26th, 1954, A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Carnochan,, the deceased was born in Scotland, Dec. 7th, 1867. "Predeceased by his wife Ellen M. Raines on Aug. 21st, 1945, he leaves to mourn his passing 6 sons, namely, Roy of Myrtle, Donald of Oshawa, Howard, Myrtle, Earl, Fred and Wil- mot of Port Perry, a son Grant pre- deceased him 2 years ago. He also leaves 18 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. The remains rested at the Chapel of A. L. McDermott, Port Perry for burial at Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert, Ontario. Beaverton Chief Suspended <BEAVERTON, Police Chief Hector Reid has been temporarily suspended from duty as the result of a charge of drunk driving laid against him last Thursday, Reeve William Gillespie said. Reeve Gillespie said the suspe nsion was made Friday . Provincial police laid the charge after Reid's car went off the highway while he was on his way to an accident. Reid has headed the one- -man Bea- verton force for 20 years. He was discharged briefly in 1952 but was re- appointed by the 1953 council. | REARAGT STU AAE THO NAT 2 TDA N.S EA CH year that has passed, be it this year or last And for many a year long before, We've each one done our best, § West, cov'ring North, South, East, On 'events all around Scugog's shore, This was not just as pride in recording the tide Of affairs and conditions of men-- But we've hoped that such zest might help BUILD FOR BEST And make FUTURE far better than THEN. If we've pleased in the past, let us hope it will last-- If we haven't, then give' us YOUR views, : For we aim to IMPROVE--not just "stick in a groove' - Every angle pertaining to NEWS, But right now, if we may, let us take space to say With voices glad, strong, and sincere: To wherever-You-Are, From THE PORT PERRY STAR A Prosperous and Happy New Year --M. Bruce McCausland, (St. Christopher and Toronto) He was alone AAAI BS RTS Fm TAH AURA SAG: SNR A ANAT NIRITTR A ARLE Hn FOAL ICON IRATURN MN 7 Farmers' Credit Fund or Marketing Support Ontario County farmers supported the principle of deducting a percent- age of their hog price returns to create a fund for the handling of surplus pork and they also indicated that they would be agreeable to subscribing one and a half percent of dairy production sdles to finance their marketing pro- blems. These decisions came about as the Ontario County executive met in the Whitby township hall to-enjoy a turkey dinner and informally talk with Mr. V.™S. Milburn, sécretary- manager of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, This dinner was the fitting close of a very busy and successful year for the South Ontario Federation and the beginning of an equally busy and im- portant year; in-19566. All projects of the farm organization have shown ex- tensive growth in the past year such as inereased membership in Co-opera- tive Medical services and co-operators Insurance Association, the former pre- paid hospitalization, the latter auto- mobile insurance both especially pat- terned, to give farm' people the pro- tection which they need. The forma- tion of several new Credit Unions to bring furthey advantages to country people have marked the "progress of the year as well as Brucellosis control, the calfhood vaccination scheme to further the health of our dairy cattle as well as the citizens of our county. Promotion work 'has been the fore- most task of the Federation in 1954, attempting, by the radio programme over CKLB Oshawa, every Saturday in press reports, and the use of a supplement page in the Rural Co- Operator, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture publications, to let every farmer in Ontario county know what , far-reaching and important steps are | being taken every day to insure farm- ers a better share of the nations in- come and advantages equal to those enjoyed in any other industry. The first question at the Federation dinner to be put to Mr. one regarding financing. Milburn was The farmer 3 Toronto Girl Dies, Three Companions In Hospital A Toronto girl was killed ingtantly in an accident over the holiday week- end. Frances Brignell 16, of 165 Broadview Ave. died beneath the wheels of a car which went out of control near Brooklin on Christmas night. Three other persons were seri- ously injured in the accident, According to police, the car carrying the four yong people was coming from a Christmas day spent in Omemee to their homes in Toronto when the ac- cident occurred. About 6.30 p.m. the car driven by Foringo Buonfiglio, 21, of 460 Brunswick Ave., Toronto, war proceeding south at the curve known as the Wagon Wheel Inn and failed to negotinte the curve. It plunged into the ditch, striking a tree, a hydro pole and another tree before coming to rest on its wheels, facing north. The four passengers were hurled out of 'the car, ~ Frances Brignell was found lying beneath the right front wheel, dead. The other thrée persons who had been riding in the car were taken to the Oshawa General Hospital with serious injuries. They were Buonfiglio, Gaetrao Ferrari 20, 476 Brunswick Ave., Toronto and Evalean Brignell, 16, 166 Broadview: Ave., To- ronto. Investigating the accident were Constable Allman and Cpl. John John- ston, of the Whitby Detachment of the O.F.P. Coroner was Dr. G. M. Rennie of Port Perry. ~ Yacht Club NEW YEAR'S DANCE at High School, F Friday, Dec. 31 cused «-Canada network serles Force" which has been Jar its technical accuracy. 'ies reveals the story of who asked the "question" whose main that any farmer paid enougid appre- organization and that man'ce, per- nothing and he wanted to know _ could be done about the problem. Mr. Milburn admitted that the Federation was not as well-financed as befitted an organization with such influence and responsibility. He said that he liad studied farm organization finane- ing in United States and he felt that something would soon be done to bring out a-new plan, Mur. Belyea, the econ- omist employed by_the provincial Fed- eration is doing some research on the problem and the fact that a group of farmers such as the thirty some odd at that meeting realized that there was need for a change was a good sign. Mrs. Hamer, ficldman for the Ont. County Pederntion mentioned the pro- gress made in the southern part of the county in the last two years with Pick- ering, Whitby, Uxbridge, and Scugog paying the half mill rate on assess- ment and the other two townships contemplating taking a more ' equal share of. their responsibilities in this regard. One young farmer said that he would shortly meet the council of his township regarding funds for the Fed- "eration and he would be asked what the money would be used for, he want- ed the answer. Mr. Milburn told of the 13 constructive briefs presented to the government in the last 6 years some of which had beén made legisla- tion with the mast minor changes. He told of the law services now- being to interpret the needs of the farmers into legislation and the need for such competent advice to protect our interests, There are all the ex. penses which must be met in the day to day working of an organization which has the respect of government and must keep its attention on every detail which affects farming and agri- culture in this province. Another question regarding the pro- blems of young people starting in business on their farms, meeting ex- penses. Mr. Milburn said that there is a need for new legislation to cover this problem and the Federation is working towards having farming in the same class as industry which is not obliged to repay its part of debt in the first year as is the case of farmers. This meeting emphasized the fact that all farmers needed to participate as farmers, not as hog producers not interested in milk - producers nor as whole milk producers not interested in cheese producers but each one taking an overall look at the coniplete picture and realizing that each group is direct- ly related to the other. A few years ago it cost much more to keep an in- dividual employed in industry than in farming but a complete reversal has taken place and now the investment per farm worker is much higher than for a labourer in other industry; we have a right to more financial returns and we should go after them in a con- structive, diplomatic way by backing up the organization which is working in our interests, The Federation of Agriculture in [ Ontario county looks forward to 1986 with an optimism justly earned by the new interest and enthusiasm shown by the farmers in the year past, Officers of Ontario County Federation of Agriculture Past President--Mr, Anson Gerrow, Port Perry R.R. 8. President--Myr, Loren Tindall, Good- wood, Ont, Vice-Presidents--Mr, Russell Rodd, R.R. 8, Uxbridge; Mr, Larry Doble, Uxbridge, Ont. Sec.-Treas,--Mr John Hamer, Myrtle, ¢ story is told in.