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«35%5%% THE PORT PERRY STAR zZ3TFX ci as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. + wr. PORT PERRY, ONT, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11th, 1956t BE 3 $2.00 per year. Single Copy Se. | Prat September Wedding RAY - MORRIS OA Eo} Baskets of white and mixed Gladiol} decorated the chancel of Port Perry (@nited Church when Joan Winnifred, -daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Franklin L, Ray became the bride of Harry Thom- as Morris Jr.,, son of Mr, Harry Mor- ris and the late Mrs, Morris, Ross- on-Wye, England. Rev. R, H, Wylie officiated at the ceremony. Mrs. J. Dobson presided at the or- i@n to accompany her daughter Miss a Dobson who sang "The Lord's Prayer" and "Because", Given in marriage by her father, the bride chose a gown of Chantilly lace with a bouffant skirt of Nylon tulle over taffeta embroidered with chantilly lace. Her finger-tip veil of nylon tulle embroidered with silk and chantilly lace was caught by a matching lace cap encrusted with pearls and sequins. She carried a white Bible of Mother of Pearl, a gift from the groom, with a cascade of red carnations and white baby mums, The maid of honour was Miss Shir- ley St. John, gowned in a princess styled street-length dress of pink lace, with matching feather headdress. She carried a houquet of pink and bropze mums. The bridesmaid's were Miss Victoria Ray, cousin of the bride; Miss Thelma Sweetman and Miss Ca- roline Naples. They were similarly gowned in blue and carried bouquets of bronze and yellow mums, The flower girl was Miss Patricia Nott, cousin of the bride, She wore a street-length dress of yellow nylon with matching headdress and carried a bouquet. of hronze and yellow baby ~-mums, Mr. Geoffrey Taylor was hest man and ushers were Murray Gibson, Charles Lowne and William Graham, The Bride's mother received wear- ing a street-length dress of powder blue taffeta with matching accessor- jes and a corsage of white and pink baby mums. Guests were present from New --Y4 Detroit, Toronto-& Port Perry. 'er the honeymoon in the Thou-| sand Islands and Upited States the eonple will reside in Port Perry. #elp Keep Our Streets Clean Folks downtown shopping on Satur- day were pleasantly surprised to see attractive trash barrels conveniently located on our streets. These barrels on by the Sun Oil Company are 1 eaming white with black letters and have beén put on the streets by the Chamber of Commerce to help keep our town tidy. Nothing does more to make a place look down-at-the-heels than a lot of papers and rubbish on the streets, You can do your part by putting the trash yon want to throw away when you are out shopping in one of these con- "venient containers, -ttact our Held First Fall Meeting Blue Ray Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, started off their fall term in fine fashion, The Worthy Matron, Margaret Cornish, has been preparing special meetings and so far have proved very interesting and worthwhile, The first meeting held was in honour of our first Corps of Officers and it was pleasing to see Past Matron Myrtle Palmer and Past Patron George Palmer in charge of the opening ceremonies, assisted by the original Staff or Chartered Mem- bers. Splendid reports were given from the various Conveners and the financial report was outstanding, The next meeting we had as our guests Sunbeam Chapter from Osha- wa, - Owing to illness not as many members arrived as anticipated, Words of welcome were extended by the Worthy Matron in her charming man- ner and it was delightful to see Martha Dunlop, P.M: of .Sunbeam and Hon- orary member of Blue Ray and Past District Deputy Ann Creighton, of St. Mary's, in attendance. The officers and staff carried out their work in a very efficient manner and at the close we had the pleasure of hearing from Worthy Matron Evelyn Moore, of Supbeam Chapter. The Refreshment committee, under the leadership of Ethe] Nottingham served a tempting lunch. For entertainmept the conyeners, Helen Colbear and Jeannette Hutchin- son held a Bingo (Jame which proyed lots of fun and profitable ta the lucky ones, The draw which was held at this gathering had the following winners: Lace Table Cloth, donated by Flor- ence Wilson, won by Laura Carnegle. Fancy Apron, donated by Marie Britnell, won by Jeanne Dymond. Set of small ash trays, donated by Margaret Cornish, won by Mabel Cawker. This brought to a close a very in- spiring meeting and the attendance so far has been gratifying. Plans are under way for our first Apnual Church Seryice apd several in- vitations have been regeived. Con- transportation convener, Jessie Esple, if interested in attend- ing any of these affairs, Just a Rumour Reports were heard that an airplane 'had landed on Perry Street north, last Sunday. Investigation shows that the airplane came down on the lake, but damaged one of the pontoons and so the pontoons were removed and the wheels put on instead. Folk then saw the plane being towed through the town to a field where there was room for the "take-off" and jumped to the conclusion that it had landed on the * road, / | heading for the fields already staked Off To a Good Start * Under ideal plowing conditions, the International Plowing Match got un- der way at Brooklin. at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, when the first con- tests started in bright sunshine, In spite of a brisk shower of rain which came along,, but quickly éleared away to bring back the sunshine, the land was in ideal condition for plowing. The thirteen classes of the local day brought out 87 contestants, including 29 cmpetitors in-the classes for boys and girls, Making their initial scrat- ches on the lands assigned to them, the 'competitors went to work to build up the kind of crown which would win the approval of the Judges, Two farms north of No. 7 highway were used for this morning's plow- ing competitions, The horse plow- ing matches in sod and stubble were staged on fields on the farm of W. D. Thomson, just north of the high- way. The land was in excellent shape, and the contestants got off to a good start. The tractor plowing competitions, ten in number, were taking place on the Thatcher farm on the 7th concession of Whitby town- ship, north of Brooklin. The roads leading to it saw a stream of tractors coming out of the tractor park and out for the contests. Spectators were "already pouring into the official parking areas well in advance of the tjme set for plowing, The brilliant morning supshine at- tracted the crowd, and a steady stream of aptamobiles eame along the yari- ous highways. While many of the visitors wended their way to the fields where the plowing contests were up- der way, the majority, during the forenoon hours, headed for the tented city with its two miles of streets. Here the great mass of farm machin- ery and equipment, and the varied demonstrations and exhibits, held the attention of the crowd, While Saturday night's heavy rain held up the work of preparation, the fine weather of the rest of the week-{ end quickly dried up the grounds, and the streets in the tented city were dry and firm, affording excellent foot- ing for the visitors. . An official luncheon for the direc- tors of the Ontario Plowmen's Asso- ciation and members of the Ontario County Committee was held, after which the luncheon party made a wa- gon tour of the tented city and the plowing areas for the day. The of- ficial opening ceremony, with Hon. W. A. Goodftllow, Ontario minister of agriculture, officiating, was held at headquarters following this tour. Mr. Goodfellow was on the grounds throughout the forenoon, and was tre- mendously impressed by the magni- did arrangements - which had been made by the local committees for all the details connected with the match, One of the interesting features up- der way was a farm welding compe- titjon. Tuesday's competition was also gonfined ta the counties adjacent to Ontario apd consisted of twa clas- ses, 'one in oxy-ajetylene welding and one in are welding. These competi- Infernational Plowing 'Match tions . will be held daily in the area immediately west of .the tented city. Floyd Lashley, secretary-manager of the International Plowing Match, was most optimistic as to its success. "We have over 600 entries now" he said, "and all we need is a continua- tion of the fine weather to have a record match, and, we hope, a record attendance," Obituary NORMAN HENRY MOUNTJOY The passing of Norman Henry Mountjoy was a shock to the family and neighbourhood following a short illness in Oshawa Hospital on Oct. 2, in his 73rd year. The deceased was the son of the late Henry and Sarah Mountjoy, born on the farm south of Blackstock, now owned by Neil Malcolm, In 1909 he married Margaret Fer- guson and they spent their life on a farm on the first line of Cartwright now occupied by their son Ivan, Re- tiring to Blackstock in 1947, He was a faithful member of Black- stock United Church and active on the Board of Stewards for many years. Survived by his wife, Margaret and the following family: Hazel (Murs. 'rnest Belyea, Bronte); Lela (Mrs. Lorne Wannan, St. Catharines); Mu- riel (Mrs. Frank Hoskin, Blackstock); Aileen (Mrs. Murray Byers, Burke- ton); Bruce, Langstaff; Ivan, Burke- ton; Audrey (Mrs, Edward MaeNell, Toranto); and 18 grandchildren, He also leaves two brothers, Leslie and Russell of Blackstock and one sister, May (Mrs. Henry Graham of Toronto). Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W, C. Hutton at the McDermott- 'Panabaker Funeral Chapel at Port Perry on October bHth. Pallbearers were Messrs. Harry Sanderson, Dalton Dorrell, Stuart Dor- rell, Carl Wright, Leith Byers and Oscar Graham. Interment was in Cartwright Union Cemetery and the beautiful floral tri- butes showed the high esteem in which he was held. : Over Ninety Club Gets Two New Members Congratulations are extended to Mrs. James Short, Seagrave, Ontario, tude of the tented city and the splen-| yon the occasion of her 90th birthday October 10th. Murs. Short has beep a resident" of Seagrave for nearly 70 years. Birthday greetings and good wishes also to Mrs. Robert Mole of R.R, 4, who will be celebrating her 90th birth- day on Saturday, October 13th. Good friends from all around wish these fine citizens many "Happy Re- turns'! Mr. and Mrs. Terry Hodgins who were married in Grace United Church Scugog. The bride is the former Eileen Cherrie, daughter of Mr. and Married Recently in Grace United Mrs. G. Cherrie. The bridegroom the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Hector Hod- gins, Prince Albert. Rev, Braham of- ficiating. United Church Women's Assoc. The October meeting of the Women's Association was held in the Sunday School Room of the United Church with an outstanding attendance. All six groups were well represented and splendid reports were received from the leaders regarding the summer ac- tivities. The meeting was in charge of the President, Mrs. S. N. Griffen, with all other officers in their respec- tive positions. Mrs. M. Williams, the secretary, read the minutes and gave a report of the recent Executive meet- ing. Mrs..V. C. Taylor, treasurer, presented the financial statement. The Devotional part of the meeting was in charge of Mrs, F. DeNure's group with Mrs. G. Reesor officiating, with the assistance of Miss Ethel Me- 'Dermott and Mrs. Paul Diamond, Mrs. Harold Honey rendered a delightful solo, entitled The Stranger of Galilee, accompanied by Mrs. Bill Taylor, Jr. at the piano. Murs. Edgar Leask gave a very interesting Travelogue of her recent trip through Western Canada which was enjoyed by all. The highlight of "the meeting was the discussion and plans pertaining to the Annual Bazaar which is being held ticulars in the advertising section). Members are reminded to collect art- icles for the Opportunity Booth, Past |, Office and Baking Departments, Mrs. J. C. Love and Mrs. I. Crawford are the conveners for the bazaar. We were sorry to hear of the illness of several of our members far whom we wish a complete recovery and for those in sorrow we extend our heart- felt sympathy, At the close of the meeting Mrs. R. O'Neill and her group served a dainty lunch. The next open session will be held in December. Obituary WM. A. STEELE The community was shocked by the sudden passing of William A. Steele who had resided in Port Perry for some three years and during that time made many friends. Mr. Steele was born in Scott Twp. in 1883, the son of the late John and Mary Jane Steele. He attended school in Thorold Township, the teacher being Sadie Braiden. He married Annie B. Davidson of Sunderland and they took up farming. Of this union a son, Frank and twins, George and Helen were born. Mrs. Steele and the twins died, and short- ly after Mr. Steele went to Toronto where he was employed with the T, Eaton Co. and was also motorman for the T.T.C. After a time he came back to farm at Sunderland and in 1918 he married Gladys Baker of Valentyne, Ont. They moved back to Toronto taking with them the son, Frank, of the previous marriage. Frank was suddently taken ill with diphtheria and died in 1920. Mrs. Mina McMaster, deaconess of Sher- bourne United Church at that time, ccame and spent some. time with them during this period of sorrow. In 1924 they bought a home on Greenwood Ave., and became members of the Riverdale United Church. Mr. Steele was also past master of John Knock L.O.L. 2996, Toronto and Sir Knight of the Royal Black Preceptory 337, Toronto. He worked for the Canadian Gener- al Eleetrie Co., for some twenty seven years and retired in 1953, a member of the Quarter Century Club of that plant. Upon retiring he moved with his wife to Port Perry where they had happy home life filled with garden and friends. He enjoyed bowling and fishing. Mr. Steele was a member of the United Church, in Port Perry, Former Resident Receives Degree A former resident of Port Perry, Dr. David Turner, B.A., M. SC. will receive his degree of Doctor of Philo- sophy from the Department of Bio- chemistry, University of Western Ontario in London, on October 19th, at the Fall Convocation, Dr. Turner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Turner, 26 Shields Ave., Toronto, and formerly of Port Perry. "Dr, Turner is at present the Direc- tor of the Surgical Research Metaho- lic Laboratory at Georgetown Univer «sity Hospital, Washington, D.C. He is also Assistant Professor of Bio- chemistry at Georgetown University on November 3rd (look for the par-! Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth [Roy Bateman are pictured signing the register fol- lowing their marriage in- the Church of the Ascension, Port 'Perry. The bride was Wendy Elizabeth Brunton, | Port Perry Couple Recently Married of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brunton and the groom is the son of daughter Mr. George Bateman and the late Mrs. Bateman, Local Boy 3 Times Winner in Drag Race On October 8th, 160 late model cars competed in the Championship Drag Races for 1956 at Kohler Air Strip, near Cayuga, Ontario. Over the mile track some racing models reach- ed as high as 104 m.p.h. Murray Gibson, driving his How- ard Motors "206" Special, won his class again. Murray was entered in Stock Class "A". This is the third consecutive time that Murray and his car have beaten all other cars enter- ed in his class, regardless of makp, model, year, price, ete! A. number of campetitors in these races have been from the Northern States. All these races are organized by the Ontario Timing Association, com- prising the car clubs from Southern Ontario. "Congratulations Murray." Girl Guide and IODE Members Visit CNIB On Friday afternoon; Oct. 5th, 31 guides and 10 1.O.D.E. members had an opportunity to visit Bakerwood, the new home of the Canadian Na- tional Institute of the Blind. The I.O.D.E. in Port Perry sponsors the Annual Tag Day for the Blind in this community. The Girl Guides have always been active participants in this endeavour. It was in recog- nition of our efforts on behalf of the C.N.LB, that this visit was arranged by Mr. Brown; the field secretary for this district. Tea was served in one of the beautiful dining rooms at the conclusion of our visit. Mrs. Godley on behalf of the Guides and 1.0.D.E. thanked Mr. Brown for the wonderful opportunity of visiting the C.N.L.B. Next week we hope to have a des- cription of some of the things we saw during our visit. P.P.Rod & Gun Club A meeting of the Club will be held in a room over Brock's Store on Thurs. October 11th at 8 p.m. At this meet. ing the report of the Committee will be heard giving us the definite date for the Club annual Dinner," At the last meeting a date was set with an another date as an alternative date, ng to which date that the Scout Hall could be had and that the Scout Mothers could put on the dinner. There will be a meeting of the Club to report progress as to the program arrangements and sale of dinner tick- ets, Scout and Cub Mothers Auxiliary The Scout and Cub Mothers Auxi- liary will meet at the home of Mrs. Leslie McDonald on October 16th. Will the ladies who were unable to bring their talent money to the Sept. meeting please bring it to this meet- ing. The lunch committee, Mrs. A. King, Mrs. L. Hunter, Mrs. L. Beacock. We had a lovely meeting at the home of Mrs. A. King when. the Scout and Cub Mothers Auxiliary presented Mrs. Herb. Howard with a beautiful cup and saucer with the Scout emblem in gold, on the event of her departure from our midst. The address was read by Mrs. Kennedy and the pre- sentation was made by Mrs. King. A lovely lunch was served by the host- ess assisted by other members of the auxiliary, Mrs. Howard thanked the ladies for the lovely gift. Honeydale W. I. Mrs. Paul Diamond chaired the Oc- tober meeting of the Women's Insti- tute held an Qctober 4th. in the Par- ish Hall. The scripture reading was given by Mrs. John Taylor and Mrs. Bell gave a paper on Nutrition which was fol- lowed with keen interest by the mem- bers. A list of rasslations to be submitted to the area convention were read by Mrs. Bryant and each resolution was voted upon. Mrs. S, Ploughman and Mrs. (Raines were appointed delegates from the local branch. The convention will convene in the Royal York Hotel, Tor- - onto, Oct, 31st, Nov. 1-2. The next meeting for the making of cancer dressings will be on Friday Oct. 19th. White cotton material and thin white flannelette material is needed and may be left at Gerrows Bakery. Mrs. Lawson Honey told of all that had been done re the preparations for serving dinners at the Plowing Match and the final arrangements were then completed for serving under the Big Top. Mrs. Raines then took charge of the programme and gave a reading on the true observance of Thankagi- ving. Mrs, Johnstone followed with a humorous reading and Mrs. Wick told of life in Pakistan where her son is an engineer on a dam construction job. She showed pictures of the country and described the climate and the food and eating habits of the na- tives, . Bowls of fall fruits and an arrange- ment of colored maple leaves gave the tea table a festive appearance. Mra. Raines' group served a dainty lunch. Cooking Demonstration, Wed » Oct. 17, § p.m. UNITED CHURCH SCHOOL ROOM i. = ple I TW mm a Fm A Th 4