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Port Perry Star (1907-), 19 Jan 1961, p. 3

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Member of ig 3 Weekly Newspaper Association THE STAR EDIORAL PAGE Thursday, January 19th, 1961 -- EE "Notes "and Comments World Leadership CI Fitzgerald Kenned next Friday. As president States he will find himself seats of the mighty. As a matter of fact, his elected office makes him the leader of Not because we who are not Americans have chosen him to be our representative but because any man 'who becomes president of the United the Western world, States also automatically chief figure in Western diplomacy. represents the wealthiest That is why we wait expectantly for him to take office and why we shall fol- low carefully his every move in the realm of international affairs. S impressed with his initial decisions. has chosen a very able cabi avoided some of the blunders made by his predecessors in the first the press. should do. to do it. Transportation 'When Port Perry is dalled a "suburb of "Oshawa some of us do not like it. ever one cannot look at the vast system "of highways linking our citi in Ontario to-day 'without transportation has made the suburbs and the suburbs are now maki . transportation problems for the nation. Our highways were not planned for the traffic that flows over them to-day and the time has come when adequate scien- tific planning must be done if we are to "get anywhere with any speed in the near We are fortunate in a town like Port Perry to have beautiful trees and future. parks and country at our-d the days go by more and more housing units' and business units will grow up be- tween us and Whitby, Oshawa and Tor- ----onto-so -that_in-the future: space and sunshine we now gobbled up in an unhappy fashion. THe "great cities in the United States are basing their highway planning on the type of region . involved, trend and the national trend. ways are being built to circumnavigate the cities linking suburb to: Suburbs have become small cities i in them: most powerful: country and the most strategic country in our hemisphere. ; He appears to know what he He appears to know- also how y takes over of the United sitting in the becomes the He country, the cern. Then there i of defense. dent-elect o far we are He inet. He has {; ive touch to sessions with petitive. A recent report indicates south of the border is just about as bad as the muddle north of it with regard to national defense. What are some of the things that will engage his attention immediately? Well, here are a few: gerent Cuba; determination of some policy regarding Laos; a stand with regard to the U.N.'s position in the Congo. relationship with belli- On the home front the most pressing problem is unemployment which has now reached the five million mark. Another vexing problem is the monetary one. The run on gold continues and the stability of the American dollar is a cause for con- is always the perennial one the presi- that the muddle The race for space lends a nice competi- a yiyaby already too com- The eyes of the aden world are on the new president and as we watch we "wish him well. How- ies and towns realizing that ng. their own separated. oorstep, As arranged for much of the - cars may be enjoy will be the . regional Huge high- selves. suburb. Many selves housing ---- and duets as well as residential quarters. 'the whole quality of suburban living. If we would keep our green belts and quiet residential areas we must plan now. During the next fifteen years the people of the U.S. will spend. one. trillion dollars. on transportation. penditure is now approximately one hun- dred billion per year. Tr ansportation planning will be a prob- lem in systems design. 'hicles and pedestrians will be completely Automation will 'be greatly increased to take care of human error. Rights of way for future roads will be This changes The total national ex- E Fast moving ve- before buildings go. up in the district involved. ----During-times-of--heavy traffic private - kept off certain roads -and- only fifty passenger buses allowed. ~~ The trend is to living in the suburbs because: the stress on health and. relaxa- tion but the difficulty will be to keep the suburbs from becoming cities in them- (N.B. -- statistics are by courtesy of Architectural Forum Jan. 61). Dis {- OSHAWA COMPANY 'BUYS: LINDSAY WATCHMAN-WARDER The One Hundred and Five Year old weekly newspaper, The Watchman- Warder and related job printing busi- ness changed hands last week when S. R. Pitts, President of The Victoria Publishing Company (Lindsay) Ltd., sold to Times Publishing Company of Oshawa Limited. . The newspaper 'and job 'printing: business. will con- "tinue to be conducted at No. 6 Cam- bridge Street North, Lindsay, Ont. and S. R. Pitts will continue as pub- fisher and manager. The business will be operated by The Victoria Pub- lishing Company. "In commenting on the sale; Mr. Pitts 'says that he has every -assur- ance from- the new owners for the continuance of 'The Watchman-War:' der in its service to the citizens re- "siding in Lindsay and Victoria. and Haliburton Counties, featuring local news and advertising. In speaking of the change, the publisher said he felt the new arrangements would main- tain satisfactory-local autonomy and, at the same time, assure a sound economic position that is so essential | in view of changing 'méchanical me- thods of operation and probable need for further plant expansion to keep |' pace with the growth and development.| of Lindsaysand district. There will be. no change in editorial or business policies: and no staff changes are contemplated. A lease of the premises occupied by the news- paper has been arranged. = The transfer of the business to The "Wictoria Publishing Company was of- fective from January 10th, 1961, i An ort, = MANY HAST ROUGE WEILS GONE DRY Councillor Clifford Lieox. of Pek: ering Twps told council last week that many homes in East Rotge had dry | wells and 'wete- purchasing' loads of : | [ro-Telaphone. tates for any exchange {are governed by the number of tele- load. . "I expect a petition will Ye com- ing to council from the area, asking that water services be put in there as soon as possible," -he said. "We should endeavour to supply the residents in East Rouge with the fi- gures on what it will cost them for water", said Reeve Scott, Mr. Scott said that a start would have to. be made on_ servicing areas badly in need of water but that it would bé¢ many years before the whole south end could be serviced. He said this would no, doubt be disappointing to many residents. LINDSAY TELEPHONE RATES TO BE INCREASED --Beeause -the- Lindsay local calling area has outgrown its present rate group, increases will go into effect February 7th to bring rates into line with those charged in other centres with a similar. number of telehpones, C. B. Symonds, Bell manager for this region said last week. .The increases are relatively small, For example, the monthly charge for two-party residence: service will be only 20 c¢ents higher, and individual residence service 26 cents higher. ~The transfer "of Lindsay into the next higher rate group was directed by 'the Board of Transport Commis- 'sioners for Canada following a Bell company report issued October 81st, 1960. The report stated that the number of telephones in the Lindsay calling area had increased by more than 'five per cent beyond the maxi: 'mum limit of the present rate group. phones. in the local calling area. LINDSAY FIRM RECOGNIZED AS TOPS IN SPECIALIZED FIELD A refreshing reversil -of the eco- 'nomic trend that is affecting numer- trict Doings "reported by The Lincraft Company of Lindsay which reports receipt of the 'largest contract received in fourteen years of business. The contract, calling. for laboratory furniture, counters, fume hoods, bal- ance tables ete., used in chemical en- gineering research and experiment, is for the new Engineering Building at Essex College, an affiliate of Assump- tion_Universisy, Windsor, Ontario. - The Lindsay Compnay is one of two firms invited to bid on the contract which must be completed by June 30, 1961. The successful bid of The Lin- craft Company will result in exacting work being done in Lindsay by local labour. A twenty-five percent in- crease in staff will be-required and a 'second shift added to assure. comple- tion of the contract on time. NEW: PRINCIPAL FOR DUNBARTON HIGH Mr. Vernon: Stettler has. been em- ployed as principal of the new Dun- barton High School, effective January 1st. Mr. Stettler was formerly. principal of Queen Elizabeth Jr. High School, South Peel,. He is at present organ- izing for .the-new school and working out of the Pickering high school of- fice. TRI:COUNTY LEAGUE UNDERWAY WITH 11 CLUBS The Tri-County Hockey League is once more underway for a winter of hockey in the district" with eleven clubs 'entered. This number is one more thih last year.' 'Siitton, Keswick, Sunderland, Mount Albert, Minden, Little Britain, Beaver- ton, Haliburton are the teams entered from' last winter with Wilberforce, Brechin and Coboconk the new clubs. Dropping out of competition in the Tri-County Leaps a are Wondvitte and . water every. for, sags. at $500, per. ' ous. businesses throughout Canada is Kirkffeld. ee Blackstock Mission Band got working again on Tuesday. Nine children availed them- selves of the opportunity. Mrs. Har- old Kyte and Mrs, Harald McLaughlin are the new leaders. Mrs. Kyte ex- plained the meaning and aims of the Mission Band and told an interesting story of An African Boy. Games were enjoyed, Next meeting is to be held in the Sunday School room, Jan. 24th after school and it is hoped that all child- ren 6-8 years of age will be able to attend and spend this interesting and profitable hour. On Christmas Sunday three new Festival Hangings, donated by Mrs, J. Scott and Mr. W. Campbell in mem- ory of Mrs, Campbell, were dedicated in St. John's Church, On January 8th, kneelers for all pews inschurch and choir loft, donated by Mr. Charles McLaughlin, Willow- dale. Also a Litany Desk and Cred- ence Shelf, donated by Mr. Gordon Hall, Willowdale, in memory of his sister Mrs. Florence Bateman, were dedicated by Canon Ashmore. After the service a dinner prepared and served by cousins was served to Mr. and Mis. C. McLaughlin and fa- milies, 16 in all, and a re-union with them held in the Parish Hall, until time for the At Home in the Rectory. Congratulations to Miss Florence "| McLaughlin, Toronto, a former Cart- wright girl, on winning 2nd prize out of 400 entries, on a Christmas eve story entitled "The Brooch" in the week-end Toronto Telegram. ] Sympathy is extended Mrs. Court- ney Graham and Mr. Wilbur Toms on the death of their brother Mr. Fred Toms in Enniskillen Wednesday. Also to Mr. Rupt. Byers, Bowmanville and Messrs. Mervyn and Oscar Graham, Blackstock and the other relatives on the death of Mrs: Rupt. Byers, Bow- manville, Saturday. The January meeting of the W.M.S. was held in the Parsonage Wednes- day afternoon with 15 ladies and 7 children present. The president opened the meeting with a poem--The New Year. After the singing of a hymn the voll call was answered" with many interesting items from the Missionary Monthly. The payment of fees and list of books read and calls made. Several letters of thanks for Good Cheer boxes were read. "Secretary and Treasurer gave fine reports. Committee reported used cards ready to be mailed and band- ages for Lepers almost ready. The new prayer partner for 1961 is Miss Elizabeth MecColgan, Newfoundland, and her letter on "Missionaries at Work" was read. Christian Stewart: ship Sccretary is to write her. It was agreed that the July meeting be a joint one with W-A Mrs. Romeril conducted the Devo- tional period with Mrs. "Walter Wright giving the offeratory prayer. = Mrs. Russell Mountjoy gave a fine New Year's reading and Mrs. Walter Wright read "The. Click is Running Things". Mrs. Ralph Larmer told some interesting facts from Ecumeni- cal Work Camps: After the Benedic- tion the group and hostess served lovely refreshments. A slightly better than usual atten- dance attended the Annual Congrega- tional meeting held in the Christian Education room Tuesday night. Af- ter a hymn Rev. Romeril offered prayer. A hymn was sung in mem- ory of members of the congregation who had passed away during the year. Rev. Romeril. reviewed the work of the year and read the minutes of the last meeting in the absence of the Sec'y James Marlow. - Mrs: Romeril reported for the Explorers; Mrs. Stuart Dorrell for the Mission Band and W.M.S.; Mrs. Russell Mountjoy gave the Treasurer's and Mrs. W. Ar- cher the. Secretary's report for W.A. Ralph Larmer reported fox. the Sun- day School; Mrs. Ivan Thompson for the Couples Club; Ivan Thompson re- ported for church treasury. All these reported a balance of cash on hand. fr. John Carnaghan, treasurer of the building fund reported the debt. on the new building had been reduced by a little over 650% during the year, and expressed hope that 1961 would see it liquidated. Mr. Peroy VanCamp reported the envelope givings and Mr. Carl Wright the M. and M. Three. men were added to the slate of Stewards<iMessrs, Wilber Toms, Bruce Ashton and' Stuart Dorrell. There was some discussion on the duties of the ushers. Mr, Harold Kyte, chairman of Ste- wards thanked the minister and his wife for their splendid work during the year and the congregation unani- "March of Dimes, The Sacrament of the Lord's Sup- per was administered at our three Churches last Sunday with very good congregations at all. In the United Church we celebrate this passion of our Lord oncé a quarter, but in the Wesleyan Methodist Church it was once a month. There are many, who though they may not attend the regu- lar Sunday Services, will attend a Service of this kind. There is no fear here, but simple trust, and a casting of ourselves upon the sure mercies of our God. There is also no idea of being | worthy for we are not. "And so, it could be, that if these Services were multiplied, that a larger num- ber, to whom the Sermon is anathema, would come and find peace, Too many of us Protestants go to Church, simply to hear a man preach, whereas we should go to Worship God. This is no reflection on Preachers, but prea- ching does not comprise all of wor- ship. Manchester congregation met last evening (Monday) for their Annual Congregational Meeting. The Treas- urer presented a. very fine report District Churches ~ Scugog, Manchester and Prospect. showing that our total receipts were $1866.63 and disbursements $1768.20, leaving a balance of $108.43. Various nominations were made for additional Elders and we will soon be able to announce the results. Ethel Frank lin was voted a Steward for a period of three years. The following officers were pointed for the Sunday School: Supt.--Wesley Johnson; Assistant Sup.--Aletha Holtby; Secretary--Eu- nice Roach; Assist. Sec'y -- Elaine Fielding; Treasurer--Aletha Holtby, The following teachers were appoint- ed: Kindergarten -- Mina Steer with an assistant to be named; Primary-- Aletha Holtby; Junior--Ruby Roach and Ethel Franklin; Intermediate -- Wesley Johnson and William McCart- ney. The financial report was good, showing total receipts $198.09 and ex- penses $127.28, leaving a balance of $70.81. The average attendance was much higher than the previous year, ap- The Report of the Women's Asso- ciation showed that the total receipts, including balance brought forward, ménts $640.26, leaving a balance of $218.49. It was decided that the Church should have a congregational supper about the middle of May, and if successful, to have another in the Fall to take the place of the Annual Turkey Supper. There will be a Court of Honour for the Guides on Sunday at 2.00 p.m. ut the Scugog Church. The Court will consist of the Patrol Leaders and their Seconds. Very. shortly a course in Church' Membership will be given the Guides by the Minister. The books--are being ordered, and classes will commence the first week in Febh- ruary. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the Allan Craigs in the death of their little Baby, who is being buried today (Tuesday) in the Greenbank Ceme- tery. May God comfort alll who mourn. Happy birthdays to Heather Demara and David Brown of the Is- land; to Christina Frank of Man- chester; and to Neil Holtby of Pros- pect. Our prayers and love to all the shut:ins. mously endorsed an invitation for them to remain for another year. After a hymn was sung, the minis- ter dismissed the meeting with the benediction, The O.N.O. Club met at the home of- Dorothy Marlow Thursday night with an attendance of 23. It was re- ported that one Serving Trolley has been secured and labels are being col- lected for another. A bowling party for their givls and "| their husbands was arranged for Jan- vary 27th and a family dance was planned for March 24th. A commit- tee was appointed to decide on thé ex- hibit for Blackstock fair. Material was given the girls ready for the Kindly be prepared and- on the look-out for the girls who will be calling on each hame shortly. 2 Following are the officers elected for 1961: President--Jessie Gunter; 1st Vice--Gwen Ballingal; 2nd Vice-- Ruby VanCamp; Secretary -- Dora Martyn; Treasurer--Kathleen Dorrell. Meeting closed with recreation and lunch. i A good many parents accepted the invitation of the Scouts to attend their meeting Saturday night and witness the Coming Up of some Cubs into Scouts. The following Cubs became Scouts: Warren Rohrer; Douglas Asselstine; Glen Bonnetta; Ray Sug- gett; Ronald Martyn and Donald Gray was unable 'to be present: As a fitting finish to a pleasant evening, the Mothers Auxiliary serv- ed lunch, Miss Gertrude Henry, of Toronto, spent the week-end with Doris and Melville Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Graham, Cad- mus, visited Mr. and Murs. Mervyn Graham Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnston and two daughters; Streetsville, called on Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Johnston, Friday: Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Marlow ac- companied by Mr, and Mrs. F. Leask, Solina, left for Florida on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Tummonds, Port Perry, called on Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hill Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. Milton: Sanderson, Toronto, called on - Mr. and Mts. Clarence Marlow; -Wednesday. Mr. Norman McNally, Colborne, spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wright. Mrs. Ernest Larmer, Mrs. Glenn Larmer and Douglas, visited Misses Annie and Effa Wright, Oshawa, on Thursday evening. Messrs, Roy and Bill Ferguson al ed Friday and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hill "called Saturday on Mr. A.W. Pickard and Mr. 'and Mrs. Stuart James, .Bowmanville. : Carol Rahm spent the week-end with Brenda Malcolm, Nestleton. Mr. and Mrs: Kenneth Samells en- tertained 17 of the Samells & Mount- joy cousing last Tuesday for a visit with' Mr. and Mrs. Everett Mountjoy, Sask., who were their guests, "Mi. and Mrs. Russel Mountjoy and Mrs, W. 'Archer visited Mrs. Cecil Ferguson and Mrs. T. Bowman, New- castle on Monday. ' Migs Ruby MecIndoo visited her fa- ther in Bowmanville, Monday. Mrs. Geo. Fowler has gone to Osh- awa and Migs Ethel Thompson to Mr, and Mra, Lorne Thompson's for the winter, Glad to report Mrs. Norman Taylor was able to come home from hospi- tal Saturday. Mrs. E. Crawford, Oshawa is staying with her for some time. Sorry to hear Mrs. Wilbur Toms is quite ill. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Bradburn, Tor. onto, spent the week-end - with his mother Mrs; W. "Bradburn. i } a Anglican Notes By Mary Becker The Parish Hall of the Church of -the-Ascension resembled ow beehive Tast Thursday night, with four activities going on simultaneously, Choir prac- "tice took place in the church; a euchre was held in the main room of the hall; an energetic group of young people painted chairs & tables in the Church School rooms downstairs; while a teachers' meeting went on in one of the new classrooms. - * After an opening bible reading and prayer, the Teachers' Group held elee- tion of a president and vice-president for the coming year. Mrs. T. Becker and Mrs. R. Kenny will occupy these positions. The Rector expressed his thanks to" Mrs. A. Dowson and Mrs, W. Sonley for their efforts during the past year. Miss Marge Pezzack, director of Christian Education for St. John's, York Mills, was a guest at this meet- ing and gave_an interesting addvess on the use of visual aids in teaching in. the Church School. Her talk in- cluded helpful comments on using pro- jected material such as films and filmstrips; flannelgraphs, models and figures; flashcards, maps, charts and| posters and pictures. She stressed that in primary work, the pictures should be used to help the children see the story; while in the junior de- partment pictures of situations are often used to get a discussion started. The group asked Miss Pezzack many questions after her talk and examined "the many examples of visual aids she had brought with her, Migs Pezzack has very kindly do- nated to our, Church School a very beautiful set of pictures depicting the life of Christ. We are much indebted to her for this start on a picture col- lection for teaching. Most of the furniture in the church hall has now received a coat of paint at the hands of our enthusiastic young people's group. They will meet again tonight in the church hall, A Fun with Foods Luncheon is be- ing sponsored by the Evening Guild, on Wednesday, Feb, 1st, at 1 p.m. in the Church Hall. This event will in- clude a delicious hot lunch, a number of interesting food demonstrations and door prizes. Tickets are avail- able from any member of the Even- ing Guild at $1.00 each. Evening Guild members are remin. ded that their meeting next week will take place on Tuesday evening, Jan, 24th at 8.80 p.ni.-in the church hall; and that their $1.50 "Bell" money is now due, At their recent meeting, the W.A,, after an opening Néw Year hymn and litany, heard annual reports from Mrs. Whitby, secretary; Mrs. G. "jackets. Clarke, treasurer; and Mrs. Wilkin- son, Dorcas secretary. Mrs. Wilkin- son mentioned that she now had ma- terial and patterns for two blouses. Mrs. Glass suggested that the nelette for layettes; and Mrs. Fuller enquired whether some bunny bags might be made as well as nighties and It was decided to do this. In her annual report, Mrs, Hayes in the Little Helpers group; and that there was an attendance of 21 at the party last June. Murs. Fuller announced that the Wo- men's World Day of Prayer Service ruary 17th this year. "The Break- down of Unity", the second chapter in the study book, was given by Mrs. Mumford. The meeting closed with a prayer for the abolition of race pre- judice, led by Mrs. Glass, and a Bene- diction by Mrs. Woods. Tea was served by Mrs. Purvis and Mrs. Whit- hy. All members of the parish are arked to keep in mind the date of Monday, Jamaary 30th, when the annual vestry meeting will be held. We were pleased to see an account of the opening of our new building in the current issue of "The Anglican", our Diocesan paper. There will be the usual service of Morning Prayer at 11.30 this Sunday. This will be Theological Education Sunday throughout the Anglican church; and literature describing our theological colleges and asking your support, will be in the pews. We welcome the Gerber family to the area, and especially their child- ren who have enrolled in the church school, Prince Albert Mr. and Mrs. R. Butson and Mr, Milton Butson attended the twenty- fifth wedding anniversary "At Home", of their daughter (Helen), Mr. and Mrs. E. Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. W. Vance attended the funeral of the late Mr. F, Toms, Wagg, Oshawa, on "Bowmanville, on Friday. Mr. Percy Butson, Toronto, is en- joying this week with his brother Mr. R. Butson and wife. Mrs. Moase of Little Britain dist- rict, is staying for a time with Mr. and Mrs: Wm. 'Martyn, who are slow: ly improving. = Mr. and Mrs. Frank. Gibson: were callers on friends, Mr. Johnson and brother of Lindsay, Sunday evening. A pleasant gathering of'forty rela. tives were invited to the home of Mr. and. Mrs. 'F. Gibson last Saturday evening. First, all enjoyed the pictures on western provinces which was followed by a session of cards, as a result, high lady prize was awarded to Mrs. Glenn Gibson; high gent, Mr. Bett Gibson} low 'lady, ' Mrs, Oscar Gibson; low gent, Mr. Geo. Scott, Now a delicious lunch was served to all, Oshawa, U xbridge, Greenbank, Black- stock, Port Perry, Wick, who all ex- pressed their appreciation for the evening to Mr, and Mrs. Gibson of kin fellowship, amounted to $853.75 and the disburse- group buy the usual quantity of flan- stated that there are now 42 members Guests were present from: would-be held--in-our-church-on Fel "7 pr ------ I ub Pa ES So ed ett Ng Bra" =

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