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¥ 2 ol a i . 4 VES na A en rnd BANA ae We ARB EAE G(T FT (A CS 2 PERRY STAR TITER Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 14th, 1959 $2.00 per year. Single Copy be. Wedding WALKER - IANSON T Baskets of pink snapdragon and white mums formed thei background for the wedding of Frances Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Ian- son of Greenbank, and Gordon Edward son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walker of Hepworth. Rev. 8. R. Cooper, performed the double ring ceremony and Mrs. John Dobson played the wedding music. Prior to the ceremony Miss Patricia Barron, of Oshawa, sang "The Wedd- ing Prayer" and during the signing of the register "The Lord's Prayer". Given in marriage by her uncle, the bride looked lovely in a floor length gown of white silk organza with fitted bodice of French lace. The flowing skirt was inset with a wide panel of lace and trimmed with pink roses at intervals, Her finger tip veil of tulle illusion was held to a pearl trimmed crown and she carried a bouquet of red rosettes and white stephanotes. . The maid of honour, Miss Carol Beare, wore a ballerina length dress of The -office staff gathered at the home of Miss Joanne Barron of Osha- wa and presented many beautifully wrapped gifts to the guest of honour. Miss Carol Beare, Mrs. Ruby Dusty, Miss Carol Midgley had a number of school friends and Junior Institute popular place--with the parents, at members at a party held at the home | least. The Annual Open House and of Mrs. Ralph Dusty. After opening | display -of work at the High School the gifts a dainty lunch was served | was attended by every parent that could possibly be there, and also by A community shower was held at [many who are not parents of High School children. by the hostess. the home of Mrs, James Ianson on Fri- day, April 24th, Misses Janice and mother at the piano sang for the |t "High School Open House No doubt about it, school is a very clation meeting last Wednesday i campaign meeti lowing the anno : Frost of a provi : by Col. Wm, A The work in every field was well | organizer, Gordc Jill 'Stone accompanied by their |done and the displays were most n- | elected the assoe} eresting, Everywhere were indica. | four vice-presiden: Dr. Roy Kelly, guests which was much enjoyed. Mrs. [tions of the attention and labour of Geo. Beare and Mrs. Ralph Dusty con- ducted a lively contest and Ruby Dusty then read an address to the bride-to- Frances' wa$' assisted by Carol Beare and Evelyn Heran in opening her many lovely gifts. be. both pupil and teacher. when our only variation from book work was a short period of Physical An old-| William Wright, | timer, like myself, can not see this|Lorne Thompson, Scugog; 4th, Mr. amazing display of attractive occupa- | Duncan Grainger, tions without making comparison to |Harris, Uxbridge Was re-elected trea- the school days of not very long ago, | surer. a3 = Tom Hari at ; f 3 ha The Ontario County Liberal Asso- 8ld in » Sunderland 30 became the first 'in the riding fol- cement by Premier ial election in June. In the election of officers conducted , Eastern Ontario 'Rynard was re- tion president. The ts elected were 1st, gaverton; 2nd, Mr. averton; 3rd, Mr. itby. Mr. Robt. Mr, T. Harris; the standard bearer is Speaks at eeling in Sunderland Receives Certificate From Lieut. Governor training, Our teachers of today make every effort to keep the classes interesting, It is too bad we can't transport some of today's students back in time for a week or 80 of classroom work of a for the Liberals ih the riding was the first speaker. He attacked the pre- sent government for its highway po- lley and mentiongd in particular the Port Perry - Peterborough highway which he said wasn't any better than a townsip road. "I won't be surprised, times, from $17,000 in '1949 to $68,000 in 1959, while the Government grants have not more than doubled. WILLIAM T. HARRIS Saturday, May 9, 1959 at 10 a.m. PRESENT--Reeve J. J. Gibson in the chair, and Councillors Arthur T. Cox, W. T. Harris, Itving Boyd and Frank Godley. Minutes of Regular Meeting of April 17th, 1959 were adopted as typed on motion. DEPUTATION -- Mrs. Jack W. Raines and Mrs. Bruce Espie and Mrs. W. G. Raines appeared before Council with a petition with eighteen signa- tures which reads as follows: e the ratepayers of Water and Scugog Streets request the dump to be moved from Water Street. This dump is an eyesore, a source of con- tamination and a nuisance to the im- mediate neighbourhood. We also request the construction of a sidewalk along the west side of wa- ter street from Sweetman's Garage to Scugog Street. This is in the in- terest of safety to the numerous child. ren and adults who daily use this thoroughfare. This road is heavily tafficed and cars frequently drive too Port Perry Council News Minutes of a Regular Meeting on Co., Port Perry Bottling works, Both [Schools and J. J. Gibsons Killing -- "A Plant. REPORT = on Property Develop- ments by Coun. Irving Boyd stating he ordered a supply of wax for the office floors and that the Eleanor Flower Shop will plant the flower beds at the new office. PASSING ACCOUNTS--On Motion accounts totalling $34,354.35 were au- thorized for payment. Carried. TAX COLLECTIONS to May 4th, 1959--The Clerk reported on Tax Col- lections being better this year, that up to May th, $63,546.56 had been collected from a total roll of $131,257.- I8 or 48.47% against 47.7% for 1958. Mr. Malcolm Elford complains of the condition of the road on Lorne St. It was left with Councillor F. Godley to advise Mr. Malcolm Elford and al- so Mrs. Snowdon that Council will ditch, and grade Lorne St. and remedy this situation when the maintainer is in town which will possibly be June 1st. LETTER from the Ontario Water generation ago. No doubt their ap- Among other speakers was Col. mint green taffeta with lace bodice _ and featuring the harem skirt. She wore a matching crown and carried a bouquet of pink roses and white mums. The groomsman was Mr. William Middleton, of Whitby, and the ushers were Mr. Murray Lee of Greenbank and Mr. Alan Johnson of Hepworth. The guests were entertained at a reception in the church parlours where the bride's mother received wearing a navy dress with navy and white ac- cessories and corsage of rose éarna- © tions. The groom's mother assisted wearing a rose dress with rose and beige accessories with pink and white I present to receive their certificates at corsage. 5 For "travelling the bride® chose a biege suit with cocoa brown accesso- ries and a corsage of: gold 'carnations. -Last Saturday, May 9th, the Queen's preciation of today's methods would Scouts Recognition Ceremony was held |be much greater. in Midland, Ontario, when 48 Queen Scouts received their certificates. Perry, both received their Queen Scout Certificates from His Honour the | teachers of our High School who have Lieutenant Governor. of Ontario," The given so much time and thought to Honourable J. Keiller MacKay. : "Open House" of today has so much more to show the parents than any Bob Bell A.C.M. of A Pack, Port | "Open House" of a quarter century Perry and T.L. Art Jefford, of Port [ago. Certainly "the Mr. Harris said, "that in the next 37 days Dr. Dymond Will announce work will be started on this highway." He also attacked the cabinet min- isters in the Froft government for their part in what he called the Na- Much credit must be given to the [tural Gas Scandal, : build a solid foundation upon which "The most important problem to- day is education"; Mr. Harris said. He used his home town Port Perry The 'presentation took place at a|our young folk can continue to grow. special ceremony and Scouts from such places at Ajax, Bracebridge, Hunts- ville, Midland, Oshawa, Woodbridge and Thornhill as well as others were the hands of the Lieut-Governor. Congratulations, boys! : I= st of education -has increased four Port Perry Hockey |= of ctucoton » as an example to ghow the rising cost of education in the last decade. Dur- ing this period, Mp. Harris said, the Wm. Abel, who also introduced 'the vice-president for the Ontario Liberal Association, Mr, Royce Frith. Mr. Frith spoke at some length and gave a very informative and inter- esting address, expressing the belief that with hard work and strong co- operation the Liberal party could take over the leadership in the Ontario Government. - Gordon Rynard, Zephyr, acted as chairman and prior to the meeting Arthur Whitney's orchestra enter- tained with light music. Club News ATTENTION ALL HOUSE LEA- Jeanne Pearson fast for pedestrian safety. We also request the installation of an additional street light to be placed on Water Street further south of the existing one. Council promised to investigate the above request and that a report would be made at the next regular meeting. THE PROPOSED $250,000.00 High School Debenture was discussed. Coun W. T. Harris, Chairman of Finance, reported on a letter from Mr. John R. Helm, Manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, which stated that rela- tive to the interim financing on Capi- tal account in connection with the High School Addition the Bank is (2) A notice of the next meeting of the County of Ontario Assessors Asso- ciation, to be held in Sandford on May prepared to grant this temporary ac- commodation, but would expect the necessary background documentation Resources Commission dated April 29 able solution can be found to tie both wells in for summer use. Sam Oyley of the next Regular Coun- cil Meeting so that the Fire Depart- ment and Cemetery Board matters may be Discussed. LETTER from Mr. Robert Jeffrey requesting that his business tax for 1959 be written off as he sold his truck last September, 1958. Filed and to be dealt with at a later date, by the Court of Revision. MEMO---Dr. A. C. Bathie requests that the Hydrant next to his property be flushed as the water is rusty. The Clerk was instructed to ask My. Leahy to flush the Hydrant. und stating that they think a work- MEMO--The Clerk to Advise Mr, 6th at 10 a.m. --and the approval of the Ontario Muni- FLUSHING of Fire Hydrants -- On their return from a trip through the eastern United States and Ontario the happy couple"moved to their apart- ment in Whitby. i - Guests were present from Owen Sound, Hepworth, Hamilton; Toronto, Oshawa, Whitby, 'and Port Perry. Prior to her wedding the bride elect was entertained at showers where she received many beautiful and very use- i T k R 11 d 0 GUE HOCKEY PLAYERS of our r uc 0 e ver Saturday morning and Wednesday Mr. John Hayes, Port Perry Hydro | Teams. employee, was most fortunate to es- ; Banquet--Dickie Duff or Frank Ma- cape with minor injuries when the | havolich of the Toronto Maple Leafs. truck which he was driving rolled; Be sure your Coach has contacted over near Blackwater. As he was go- | your parents. Banquet time for the Saturday spot near the edge of the road which morning teams is Saturday, May 23, caused the truck to turn over into the' at 6.30 p.m. at the Scout Hall. Wednesday night teams is Satur- ing along the highway he hit a soft' ditch. Some $800.00 damage was Look who is coming to your Honoured The Ontario County Junior Farm- ers' Association held their annual Spring Get-To-Gether in the Legion Hall, Uxbridge, on Friday, May 8th. The main programme of the even- ing was Folk' and Square dancing led by Mr. Carson Whelan, Maple, Ont. Mr. Whelan is a well known Folk and (3) From the Ontario Dept. of Plan- ning; and Development re: Study of Minimum Standards of Building Oc- cupancy and Maintenance, the purpose being to preserve our good communi- ties and prevent the necessity of costly future redevelopments. (4) A letter and statemnt from Hon. W. M. Nickle, Minister of Planning cipal Board to be obtained before such financing was granted. Councillor Harris also explained that rather than borrow the proposed amount of money before being necessary for the pro- Jeet that the first coupoir for interest might be for four or five months ac- cording to when the money is going to be required, and that little can IK done until the tenders are opesied" on local park a That the fire department be requested to open all fire hydrants once each spring and that the Chairman of Fire Committee on Council be informe when amgyhere the work will" be \ done. Carridd. CAMPING RATES REVISED--A¢ follows: (a) Oternight without hydro--$1.25 + (b) Weekly without hydro +. $7.00 ? ful gifts. [done to the truek, day, May 30th at 6.30 p.m. bauare gonee. nstructor me aml Developuient ver AmenAnglie-- afer $50 and the Tine hoaoet tl toh Overnight with hydro ......$1.50 WE in eo Buniors an ir ¥| Zoning By-laws. money required is determined. The | (4) Weekly with hydro ......... $8.50 At these Banquets, cups and cres several new folk and square dance : The following By-laws were read | Clerk was instructtd to send a copy Carried. will he given. to, the winning teams | mbers as well as doing many fa- and also the presentation of the Ro- bin Hood Trophy. To all coaches, we have to know by the week-end, the number of tickets that are sold. Please contact President Barrie Howie or Sec'y Harvey Hall. SEE YOU ALL AT THE BANQUET three time and passed in open council. ' of Mr. Helm's letter to the Ontari. No. 1167 Being a By-Law to enforce , Municipal Board as was requested. the law re: False Fire Alams. REPORT by Councillor Godley on ) dogs running at large -- He reported | Provincial Grants available for the No. 1168 A By-Law to levy rates of that during last month six dogs were | building of Court rooms, police offi- picked up and that only one dog had | ces gud init accommodation for a' . a tag. Municithlity. Filed. The highlight of the evening was [Office Equipmnt PARKING on Queen Street Discus- LETTER from Mrs. Kathleen Whit- the presentation by Ronald Werry,| It was moved by G. Smith and se- sed and realizing that Queen Street is | by, Sec'y of The Imperial Order of Ontario County Junior Farmer Presi: |conded by Cecil Fralick that this Coun- not properly signed decided that of | Daughters of the Empire requesting LETTER from the Dept. of The Attorney General dated April 17th, 1959 and stating that there are no miliar ones. Music was supplied by Mr. and Mrs. Stan. Leno and Mrs. Elsie Paton all of Elgin Mills, Ontario. Their music ] and the dancing was much enjoyed by taxation for the year 1969, in the Twp. all. of Scugog. Dr. Dymond Nominated as P.C. Candidate for Ontario Riding UXBRIDGE--Renamed Progressive Conservative candidate in Ontario Rid- ing, The Hon, Dr. M, B.' Dymond Sat- urday said that he expected the Con- servatives to form as strong a gov- ernment following the June 11th election. as the present one. He was speaking at Uxbridge Town Hall at an afternoon nomination meet- ing at which only his name was placed in nomination, ; ; ? " Dn*Dymond, minister of health in the last legislature, forecast that his party would be 'back in Toronto in as great numbers as befo "There ia no doubt in my mind," hé said. He recalled that four years ago he had been first chosen ad P.C. standard bearer for, Ontario riding and had been . - . ~ a subsequently elected, He noted that two years later he had been called to Premier L. M. Frost's Cabinet. "I was called not because of any personal attainment," he said, "but because I believe Mr, Frost wanted to recognize Ontario Riding. He said that although hig duties on the executive council forced him to de- vote his attention to affairs far be- of the province which would keép him away from his home riding during the campaign but he planned on spending the people of his riding. i Lawn Bowling Season Begins another season of Lawn Bowling, our 16th, - As usual there will be scheduled Fred DéeNure is the man to see in case our Club. : Again this year there will be Six charge of these, he tells us that he will try to interest as many. local entries £0 everybody should get lots of prac- tice. o This year an extra effort will be made to enroll new members, anybody interested in Lawn Bowling will be] - welcome, the usual trial period is free of charge and the Green is open to new members, as long as the Green in this regard, or cantact the execu- tive. be given as soon as further study is 8 the Ladies' Club President. 4 po :' . --_-- x Y " aa Se ' dent, of a lovely blue blazer to Jeanng Pearson, Uxbridge, R. 2. Jeanne i§ one of four delegates the Junior Farmers' Association of . Ontario who will be leaving this week After a long winter was a lot of [on 5 ten weeks travelling scholarship snow, we are again looking forward to | to Great Britain & Northern Ireland. chair. Several new ideas are being consid- namely: A. Heayn, G. Smith, Clarence ered by the executive and a report will | Carter and Cecil Fralick. Bank of Commerce Council that interest on loans to the Municipality will be increased in rate from 6% % to 65%% effective April 27th, h . representing iRon congratulated Jeanne on behalf green looks real good and the Chair-|,¢ the Ontario County Junior Farm- man of the Greens Committee tells us | gp. that we can start to bowl anytime, so | Brooklin, Port Perry and Uxbridge the season will open on Saturday, May | junior Farmers' Association, the Beaverton, Association, He spoke on the excellent work Jeanne has carried on as a member of the games starting in the near future.| Junior Farmers and also her work in her own community, Ron sald that you have any new ideas, as he is in| Jeanne is a delegate that her com- charge of Club Games, he will be glad muity, Ontario County and the Pro- to listen to any sound suggestions |vince of Ontario will be proud to have which will improve the operation of | representing them on this travelling scholarship. Jeanne thanked .everyone for the Open Tournaments, the dates of which | gift and said she was humbly proud will be posted on the Bulletin Board, | to be one of the four delegates going our President Roy Buckley will be in |to Great Britain and Northern Ire- land. Congratulations Jeanne and "Bon as he can to take part in these events, | Voyage". Scugog Council Meeting The regular meeting of Scugog is fit to bowl on, any member of the [Council was held in the Municipal Hall Club will be glad to answer questions |on Tuesday, May bth at 8 p.m. Reeve Anson Gerrow was in the All Councillors were present, 'The minutes of the last meeting made, we are lucky to have such good [read and adopted, this was followed by Greens, and we should take advantage | the correspondence which was as fol- as much time as possible in his riding. |of them, Lawn Bowling is lots of fun, | lows: Before the meeting adjourned, he |anyone interested in competitive sport sald that he would probably have |with good companions should try the speaking engagements in other parts | sport, either men or women are wel. yond Ontario Riding, he still consider- come, Mr. Roy Buckley is the Men's ed his first responsibility as being to [Club President, and Mrs. Dhel Bentley (1) A letter from the Canadian informing the LL oy ' purchase an Underwood Typewriter for $136.50 as quoted in the letter dated April 21st, 19569, less $16.50 for the old typewriter. Carried. On motion of A. Heayn, seconded by G. Smith the following accounts were approved and the treasurer was in- structed to pay same. Carried. Roads ....occcoevvicvevieinnin, $ 882.16 General .....ccooovvviiinennn 4456.16 Total cover 1327.31 Motion to adjourn was moved by G. Smith and seconded by C. Fralick. The Council to meet again on Tuesday evening, June 2nd at 8 p.m. or at the call of the Reeve. Carried. Many Attend Official Opening Although St. Joseph's School has been in operation since September of last year, the official opening took place only a week ago Sunday. A large crowd of Officials and in- terested people had gathered for the occasion and the perfect: Spring day made a beautiful .setting for the im- pressive ceremony. The Most Rev. Francis A. Marocco, Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, perform- ed the. official Blessing of the school. Hon. M. B. Dymond, M.D,, was the first speaker. He brought congratu- lations and good wishes from the On- tario Government. The next speaker was His Worship, Mayor Wm. Hockberg who said the idea of a Separate School in Uxbridge goes quite a number of years back, but it had taken a man of action such ag Father Vah Zelst and his hard working board members to realize the plan. He congratulated everyone con- cerned on their wonderful achievement and on behalf of the council members and the citizens of Uxbridge wished off-street parking as a forts should be made to make better first move to bettering these conditions. It was recommended that the Town shed be moved to a new location and to ask the Canadian Legion their plans for vacating the site behind the post of- fice, or if they had any plans for the immediate future as the Corporation would like to use all this land for a parking lot. It was also decided to check on the ownership of the lanes leading to and from the present park- ing lot. FEDERAL & PROVINCIAL Work Projects--Coun. Harris reported on the laying of Watermains which is project Number Ont. 2156 and that the Main on Major Street is nearly completed and that one change has been made omitting the main for Ella Street which is not required im- mediately and that a main will be yun up Sexton Street to give service to Mr. David Harrison instead. THAT SIDEWALK Construction Project No. Ont. 2192 would be car- ried on along a definite program to improve the Sidewalks where it js most badly needed. CLEANING WATERFRONT and Improving Parks, Project No. Ont. 2157--That the parks have been rak- ed, rolled, top-soil put in low places and other minor repairs at the wa- terfront. MR. F. B, KENT still requesting some action on Water from hospital Drainage over his Property. This matter was left for the attention of Reeve, J. J. Gibson, REPORT on proposed Street Light- ing Improvement Program by Coun. A. T. Cox, reporting that further de- velopment on their proposed street lighting improvement program has permission to hold a Tag Day for the Canadian Institute for the Blind on Saturday, May 16th and a Rose Tag Day in Aid of the Port Perry Hospi- tal on Saturday June 6th, 1959, On Resolution permission was granted, MEMO--Mr. Austin Hooper and Mr. Albert Fear would like another 3/4" coupling put on their water ser- vice as they are not getting good pressure. There are 5 users on the link, and they state that they were promised that this change would be made if found necessary. The Clerk was instructed to have Len Leahy put in another 3/4" coupling as requested. MEMO--Mrs. V. B. Oar complains of water standing in ditch on Bigelow next to her property and wonders if there should be a catch basin put in. This matter was left for the atten- tion of the Road Committee, LETTER from P.S.I. dated April 23, 1959 and stated that we guaran- teed continuation of this plan for at least the first six months of 1959. It is our intention to make this cover- age available until such time as a P.S.I. representative can contact you and arrange a transfer to a regular P.S.I. Plan, The Clerk was instruc- ted to get the proposals or plans as presented-by P.S.I. and bring them to the attention of Council, RESOLUTION--That the member- ship of $10.00 to the Ontario Muniei- pal Association for the year 1059 to be paid. Carried. MIEMO---Messrs, Storey Beare and Robt. Howsam would like tile in ditch on Cochrane Street, from Beare drive- way to Howsam driveway and then on to corner. This matter was left with Councillor W. T. Harris, after first investigating the purpose for which the tile would be used. been held up for the time being as they are waiting for prices. Coun. Mrs. Eade of the Smith House on Bigelow St. . would like to operate a Cox reported that the Hydro will be |Home for Convalescent persons, The off on May 20th for one hour, 1 p.m. | Clerk was instructed to advise Mrs. to 2 p.m, and that a notice should he | Eade that it would be necessary for sent out to the Hospital, Reesor Fuel the school luek in the future, and Lumber, Lake Scugog Lumber (continued on back page)