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gk 7. » | o p @ RR -- -- --At--this nomination meeting there | { ye? \} Fe TRE Ors e SR Re ; Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa PORT PERRY, ONT., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1958 "$2.00 per year. Single Copy be. ~ Nomination M 4 \. v Ing, - Monday November 24th, 7.30 p.m. » S Diamond Wedding Anniversary 3 On Sunday, November 16th, Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Peel, Port Perry, 'cele- brated their sixtieth wedding Anniver- sary. Previous to this Mr, and Mrs. Peel were entertained at a family dinner in the Flamingo dining room which. was appropriately. decorated with mums and roses. After dinner Mr. Linstead 'acted spokesman and after the wedding cake was cut by the bride and groom, he called on Mr. R. 'B. Smallman to propose a toast to the bride and groom to which the groom | ably replied. Following this several of the guests spoke briefly, and at the close the bride and groom invited all the guests to their home. & Many letters and cards have been received from far and near and letters and telegrams were received from Her Majesty, the Queen, Prime Minister Diefenbaker, Premier Leslie Frost, Hon. M, B. Dymond and Hon. Michael 'Starr, The couple received many lovely gifts, and the immediate family pre- 'sented the bride with a diamond ring and the groom a diamond tie clip. Both Mr, and Mrs. Peel are enjoy- ing good health, and we extend to them every good wish for many more years of happiness together. | 1958 Reeveand Council Will Stand 'Again . Reeve J. J. Gibson and Councillors Art Cox, Irving Boyd, Frank Godley and Tom Harris have all said that they would allow their names to stand for election if nominated on Monday. (The nomination meeting will be held in the Public Library on Monday evening, November 24th). Reeve Gibson stated that in view of the work in progress, especially the new muni- cipal building which is being con- structed on Perry Street, it would fe only fair to the ratepayers to continue in office if the electors wish them to do Bo. will also be required nominations for the Board of Education for the Public School. Three new members will be required. United Church Service Club On Tuesday Evening, October 28th at 8 p.m. Service Club met at the home of Mrs. Bruce Beare, with 17 members and one guest present. The President opened the meeting with words of welcome. The Mary Stewart Collect was repeated in uni- son. The devotional opened with Mrs. I. Boyd reading "A Thought For To day". : Opening hymn was the first two verses of hymn No. 677. Mrs. George Hall led in Prayer. Mrs. Bruce Beare _led in responsive reading of the 147th am Tp close the devotional we " ©sang the last two verses of hymn No. B77. - The usual business meeting follow- ed. Plans were made for the Serv- ing of tea at the W.A. Bazaar. Roll call was answered with each member's Birth date. Meeting closed with the Mizpah Benediction. Mrs, Irving Boyd showed those present two, Very interesting films of the "Haugens" visit in Europe and Mr. Weeden's visit to "Marine Lahd" in Florida. A delicious lunch was served by the Committee and a Social half hour was enjoyed. Cub and Scout Thé Cub and Scout Mothers' Auxi- liary held their meeting at the home of Mrs. Les McDonald on Nov. 17th with 16 members present. The meeting opened with the re- peating of the Scout Mothers' Pro- mise. The minutes of the October meeting were sead & approved, Plans were made for the purchasing of a new flag and a picture of the Queen for the new portion of the Scout Hall. A card of thanks for the gift given them by the Auxiliary, was read from John and Helen Pollard (nee Lane). Reports were given by the treasur- er, the property committee and the sick convenor. Mrs. McDonald, ban- quet convenor reported on our group having catered to the Yacht Club ban- quet on October 256 and the Legion banquet on November 8th. The members voted in favour of having a party at the Scout hall In January with plans to be.made later by the executive. Mrs. Craig gave us on interesting report on the convention which she and Mrs, Milne had attended at the Y:M.C.A. in Toronto. The meeting closed with the Scout Mizpah and lunch was served by the committee in charge. Donations fo Minor Hockey Fund Dr, D. Cc. MacMaster .......... $ 20.00 Elmer Lee .....ccriniinennnenee 10,00 Garnet Porter ............. 10.00 Lloyd Dawson ......... werseesee 18,00 aw 2.00 ~~ 1.00 80.00 20.00 20.00 26.00 10.00 10.00 26.00 100.00 100.00 George Davey 'William Anderson ...... Frank Hastings ....... SO John Ballard ...... Edward Weeden ........cvneu Dr. M. B. Dymond .............. Mrs. Nightingale, Toronto.. Supporters of Gen. Motors Annonymous ........oevverines i Can. Legion, Branch 419 .... Port, Perry Lions Club ........ CICYT T TY TYP TIT Port Perry Star .......coonn.. 10.00 George Davidson .......... I. 20.00 Ellsworth Kennedy ........... wee 0.00 Les. Smith ...., ITIP oe Mothers Auxiliary -of Trade, founded-at-Halifax20:--Wo- Star Staff leaves this week-end to take up a partnership position with a new firm The Times Publishing Co, of Colborne Ltd. , This new firm has purchased the two Colborne weekly newspapers known as the Colborne Express and the Colborne Enterprise. A new pa- per is to be formed which will com- bine these two papers. Bill will be Editor and Publisher of this new pa- per. Bill leaves this week-end for Till- bury where he will spend a short time preparing for his new position. Our good wishes go with him. 1.0.D.E. Scugog Chapter met in the Com- munity room of our Memorial Lib- rary on Nov. 8rd, with Mrs, Tom Har- ris conducting the meeting, After the opening 'ceremony the minutes were read and Treasurer's report gi- ven. Mrs. Harry Carnegie attended the Semi Annual at North Bay and gave a concise report stressing the great threat of communism and what our friendship should be to new Cana- dians. A Flag is to be presented to a local Scout Troop. Also a new name was added to our membership. Arrange- ments were made for dinner meeting (Dec.). It was decided to hold the Marathon Bridge Party Tues., Nov. 26th. Miss M. Harris in her usual fine phecies" recalled after four Centuries and a-half. Her anticipation of com- ing events was almost uncanny. Ad- ded to this Miss Harris opened our eyes to "Canada's Firsts". Did you know--that Canada was first with-- 1. Insulin . 2, Telephone 38. Sleeping cars 4. Standard time 5. Manufacture of paper 6, Marquis and Reward Wheat 7. Steamship 8. Steam Engine 9. Oil wells 10. Submarine Cable 11. Electric Heater 12. Electric Railway 18. Steam Foghorn 14. Super Dyna- mo 16. Helium Gas 16. Pablum 17. Life Insurance 18. Sports, such as Ice Hockey, Five Pin Bowling, Basket Ball and Metal spring skates 19. Board manner gave 'Mother Shipton's Pro-|. Bill Harrison fo Publish New Paper Mr. Bill Harrison of the Port Perry | * * Church of Ascension W.A a The regular monthly meeting was held on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 11th at the home of Mrs. Sonley. Mrs. G. Woods presiding. There was a splen- did turnout, twenty members being present. The president opened the meeting with a prayer for peace and then members joined in a special litany led by Mrs. McClintock. Mrs. McClintock also read exerpts from the new study book "He Cares". Mrs. Glass read the minutes of the last meeting and Mrs. Clarke gave the treasurer's report. Mrs. Mulligan did a brisk business in Anglican calandars and Mrs. Hayes took subscriptions for the W.A. mag- azine "The Living Message." . Mrs. Jarrett sent a charming letter from Kingston thanking members for their card. } Mrs. Popert handed in $7.50 for a quilt which members had ' made and sold. Mrs. Wilkinson read a letter from the Dorcas Society. It was decided to carry on with the same work as in former years. There were orders for two more quilts and it was decided to hold a quilting bee on November 26th to fin- ish two baby quilts intended for the mission bale in December. It was decided to donate $5.00 to the Girls' Auxiliary of the W.A. to start them off on their new venture. Mrs. Glass suggested that we pay off as much as possible of the mis- sionary allotment in the Spring. Many delightful articles for a baby's layette were brought by the members. These, too will be included in the bale. The meeting then closed with the re- eitation of the members' prayer. Refreshments were then served. - United Church : a TL] Evening Auxiliary The Evening Auxiliary met at the home of Mrs. Howard Challis on Tues- day evening, Nov. 11th with Mrs. Dowson presiding, Mrs. Walker read the minutes of the last meeting and obtained the treasurer's report by phone. The tea at the parsonage was announced for Thursday afternoon. Miss Joblin volunteered to keep the nylons until we have collected ten pounds, The discussion about how to reach osr financial allocation led to a de- cision that we have a sale of Christ- mas gifts at our December meeting and that we all should bring our re- gular contribution up to date. Mrs. Dowson announced that Helen Bathie had offered her home for the December meeting and the committee for the meeting will be Kay Pickard, Elsie Challis and Hazel Crawford. The nominating committee was named by the president and consists of Audrey Lee, Gladys Joblin and Kay Pickard. The worship service was begun with a call to worship read by Audrey Lee. ; After the singing of Hymn 389 Thel- ma Beare led in prayer. The Secrip- ture passage was read by Audrey Lee and a poem on the meaning of the red poppy was given by Thelma. The worship service was closed with the singing of "O God our help". Mrs, Joan Lane gave a most inter- esting digest of the second chapter of our stody book which deals with con- ditions in Alaska. The committee in charge served de- licious refreshments. Luella Ken- nedy thanked the ladies for the meet- ing and Mrs. Challis for her hospital- ity. We were very happy to welcome Mrs. Thomas to our fellowship and trust that she will continue to come to our meetings. Zh 8 men's Institutes founded at Brantford by Mrs. H. Hoodless. It is with real feeling that every true Canadian can sing "O Canada, My home, My Native Land". Greenbank Fidelis Class (Too late for last week) The regular monthly meeting of the Greenbank Fidelis Class was held on Wednesday: evening, Nov, bth at the home of Margaret Couperthwaite. Quiet music was played and Margaret opened the devotional. Hymn, "Bless- ed Be the Tie That Binds" was sung followed with prayer by Irene Bay- lis, The Scripture was read by Mar- the evening was "Ready for Service" and it was read by Norene Cook. The hymn "O Master Let Me Walk With Thee" was sung, closing the devotion- al part of the meeting. The president took over for the business part of the meeting. _ The minutes of the last meeting were read and 32 were present, A plans for the ladies evening, Thursday, Nov. 13. The president then turned the meeting over to Rev. Mr. Cooper for the election of .officers for the coming year. Everyone accepted the office they were asked to fill, so all the offices are filled for the New Year, The meeting closed with the Mizpah benediction and a social hour was enjoyed. : garet Couperthwaite. The topic for |. lunch committee was put .in to make | MRS. JOHN PICKARD Mrs Pickard was honoured on Sun. day, November.9th, the occasion of her 80th birthday, at the home of Mr, and Mrs. H. Skerratt. : . Mrs, Pickard was born in England; she came to live in Toronto at the age of 4 and lived there until her marriage forty eight years ago. Since then she has lived in the vicinity of Port Perry. She has been blessed with seven chil- dren, nineteen grandchildren and two Celebrates 80th Birthday - £ 5 -| tion-of-the-season-it-wilt-be presented at Public Library. Be sure to attend | . Recently Married in Port Perry Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ritter after their marriage in the Port Perry United Church on Friday, Oct. 17. The bride is the former Esther Pickard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Pickart, of Port Perry. in Whitby. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Ritter of Bowmanville. The happy couple will reside Cliff Johnston Memorial To Be Presented Thursday Taken from Oshawa Times In memory of the former manager of the Brooklin Combines in the OHA Junior "C" hockey league, the Cliff- ord Johnston memorial trophy will be presented at the first league game in Newmarket Thursday night. The trophy will be presented to Ab Hulse, convener of the Central Ont- | ario Junior League, and at the comple- | to the group winner. For the many hockey fans in Brook- lin and district, Clifford was known as "Mr. Hockey", and everyone was saddened when they learned of the | fatal accident which claimed this | leader over two months ago, He was coach and manager of many hockey teams in Brooklin during his association with the sport for 11 yrs." In one season he would undertake six teams ranging from peewee to Junior C. During those years, the Johnston- piloted clubs broughtsthe village of Brooklin an estimated 22 trophies. Clifford was a lover of all sports, but hockey was his prime interest. In thé off-scason he managed ball | clubs, and before his death he was manager of the Mount Zion Interme- diate Club. There are still several of last year's players on this year's hockey club, and all of them remember the "sound" advice and hockey know-how that Clifford taught them. He was a firm believer in sportsmanship and his teams had to be also. . It is hard to believe that a man who did so much for his community should be taken so quickly, but his work will be remembered for many years to come, The Brooklin Combines are being coached this year by Charlie Johnston, a son of Clifford, and managed by Barry Howie. They open their 1958- 59 season in Newmarket Thursday night against the Smokerings. Satur- day night they will be at home in Port Perry when they play Midland, a new entry in this group. The Clifford Johnston memorial trophy which has been established hy the league, will serve as a reminder to all, never to forget the great work which he did. This new trophy will be on display in the Port Perry Arena this Satur- day night when Brooklin play Mid- land. Garnet V. Gray Receives Doctor of Optometry Degree great grandchildren. them were present on Sunday. was able to enjoy a short buggy ride, driven by her grandsons on Sunday, reminiscing of years ago, rocking choir which was given her by her parents in her wedding day. an otchid corsage given her by her great-granchildren. Thirty-two of She enjoys fairly gbod health and Mrs. Pickard is pictured here in a Among the many gifts she received The College of Optometry of Ontario has announced that Garnet V. Gray, Optometrist of Uxbridge, has passed the examinations with honours, qual- ifying him for the ,0.D. Degree-- Doctor of Optometry. The two year course of post-grad- uate studies is available to practising optometrists in Canada. It involves study in optics, the recognition of pathology, anatomy and physiology, as well as the newest techniques and pro- cedures in optometry, including case analysis, contact lenses, visual train- ing, sub-normal vision aids and special procedures to be followed in meeting the vision problems associated with children and industry. : The course required both home study and residence at the college. nist ist I ies Broo lin vs Midland Sa Port Perry FE AAT a i. Bi Tay Arena ie Gre AN SA apie a arr soar, Bow