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Port Perry Star (1907-), 3 Aug 1961, p. 1

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. nes THE PORT PERRY STAR Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa PORT PERRY, ONT. La" THURS., AUGUST Married in 1 St. John! S Preshylerian Church, ~My. _and-Muys. Robert. William. Mat-. thews following their marriage in St. John's Presbyterian Church, Port Perry on June 24th. The Bride is the former Alice May Williams, daughter Port Perry of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Williams and the Groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. John Matthews of Oshawa. The happy couple will make their home in Oshawa. ~ Wedding LAMB - MASTERSON Baskets of pink & white gladiolias formed the setting in Rockway Pres- byterian Church, St. Catherines, on Saturday, July 29th, when Margaret Ann Masterson and William Charles Lamb exchanged marriage vows, The bride is the daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs, J. Roy Masterson, St. Catherines, and the bride-groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lanib of Manchester, Ont. "The "Rev. F. "Gillespie "officiated" with Mrs. Harold Roland playing the wedding music. "The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a full length gown of | star:white silk organza with a fitted bodice and elbow length sleeves. Ap- pliques of Provencal lace entwined with the piping outlined the bateau neckline and were repeated in a simi- lar design on the- skirt. The full overskirt had a wide self Border which fell from the waist at the front form- ing a chapel train at the back. Her "headpiece was a small circlet of or- ganza roses---which held the -elbow- length veil of tulle illusion. Sh ried a modern colonial bouquet of white feathered mums, stephanotis and white roses, accented with lilac tulle. Attending the bride as maid of hon- our was her sister, Miss Carolyn Mas- terson, and Miss Muriel Lamb as bridesmaid. They were gownéd alike in lilae silk organza over taffeta with bateau necklines, cumberbands and back bows of lilac taffeta. They wore matching headpieces, circlets of lilac taffeta bows, and carried bouquets of white feathered mums and pink sweet-. heart roses. - Mr. Ted Lamb was best man and Mr." Bill Masterson and .Mr, John Sommerville ushered.' A reception followed at the Rock: way Community Hall. Receiving the guests, the bride's mother wore a blue lace over, taffeta dress with matching accessories and a corsage of white feathered mums and pink sweetheart roses. The bridegroom's mother wore an apple green sheath with beige: ac- cessories and a corsage of stephanotis and p sweetheart roses. Foi the wedding trip, the bride wore a coat dress of eggshell sateen ems- i Ts "and purse, flowered hat "and wore a corsage of orange "delight roses, Mr. and Mrs. Lamb will reside at 'eheéckéd nylon, with" full" skirt. She car-| | Manchester. Pre-Nuptial Parties On Sat., July 22nd, Mrs. J. C. Love; Port Perry, entertained at a Trousseau Tea in honour of her daughter, Bar- bara Grace. Mrs... Love received her guests, weafing a sheath dress of gold em- broidered linen. The bridezto-be wore an afternoon dress of black and white "Miss A. Fick, of Aylmer, mother of the prospective groom, was gowned in heige organza with-embroidered flow- 21s in shades of rose, with a pill box hat and veil to match. The bride's grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Miller, of Toronto, wore a gown of printed silk in" white and green. . All wore match- ing corsages. vor The tea table was attractive with pink candles and table centre of pink carnations and white fuji chrysanthe- mums, on a hand crocheted tea cloth. Those presiding in the afternoon and evening were--Mrs. B. I. Love, of Edmonton = Alta.; Mrs. Geo. Love, Greenbank; Mrs, D. Grant; Kitchener; Mrs. A. Almeida, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. | Wm. Taylor, Buffalo; Mrs. Wm. Ma- gee, Toronto; Mrs. R. Foster, Green- bank; and Mrs. M. Rennick, Mrs. F. DeéNure; Mrs. C. C. Jeffrey, and Mrs. Z. M. Jackson of Port Perry. Assisting in the Tea Hoom were: Mrs, D. Fick, Miss Bonnie Foster, Mrs. H. Forder, Miss D. Farrndale, Mrs. E. Wilson, and Mrs. W. Lane, The tea room was under the direc- tion of Mrs. A. W. Miller and Murs. C.-A. Love, both aunts of the bride. Miss Gale "Forder welcomed the guests at the door and the bride's at- tendants, Miss B. J. Davis, Mrs. J. Chantler, Mrs." W. Fallowfield, Miss Carolyn Miller. and Miss Lexie Love, all wearing corsages of stephenotis, assisted in the rooms which displayed her trousseau. Miss Love was entestained at sev- eral pre nuptual parties and showers. Miss I. Blask and Miss E. Ramsden, of Collingwood, were corhostestes at a paper shower, SA Mrs. Wm. Magee, of Toronto, hon oured the bride elect at a buffet _sup- ' a cup and saucer "hat 1 Martyn entertained | ous shower. ~ estar" in_an endeavour to keep the children -Jones. Tentative approval has been re- ceived by the Central Ontario High Scheol Board to their, plans for-a 17 room composite school to structed in Uxbridge. Barnett and Reider, a Toronto firm of architects, have been retained by the Board to prepare plans to submit to the Department for approval. be con- The seventeen room school will ac- commodate 420 students and in addi- tion to the present school bring school- room capacity up to 820. T he rooms given tentative approval are: four classrooms; one business ma- chine, one typing, two" laboratories, and one each of drafting, auto shop, In addition to these 17 rooms, plans call for a double gymnasium assemb- ly, 70 x 90 or 6300 square feet with a 16 foot stage at one end, ahd a cafe- teria. Since these two will be used by students from the present school also, one half the cost of both gym- nasium and cafeteria must be paid by the municipalities. All the rest will be paid by the provincial and federal governments, The municipalities the composite school will serve are the same six as are now in the Central Ontario Dist- rict High School Area, napely Ux- bridge town, the village of Port Perry and the Townships of Scott, Uxbridge, Reach and Scugog. carpentry - millwork;- electricity, ma- |. chine, home economics," sewing, and It ds hoped the approval of plans | one occupational training shop for | and other formalities will be process. | boys and one occupational shop for {ed in time to have the new sch ol | girls, completed by carly in 1963, Wins Bicycle in Elmer Contest Congratulations to Miss Linda Pick-' . N | ard who is a winner in the Elmer Safe- - ty Contest currently running in the and other weekly papers. Linda was the winner of a beautiful racer type bieydle the prize in enmtes) No. 2 > . In the same contest Miss Melody Ann Wilson .of R, R. 4, Port Perry, won a reflective tape kit. ! The Elmer Safety Contest is con- ducted by the Ontario Safety League conscious of the hazards of traffic during the summer holidays when the children are away from the influence of the schools. To Celebrate 100th Birthday Miss Ella M. Yarnold, formerly of - youngsters out of. its path, Port Perry and now residing with Mrs, Agnes Roache at 124 Dowling Ave, Toronto 3, will celebrate her 100th birthday on August 11. Fongratu- lations from Port Perry fricids. --00Q0-- is located I im rela ) The winner of the Lions Club lucky , draw made last Saturday was Mrs. Geo. Smith of Scugog Island. The prize was a beautiful lawn umbrella with 42 inch table and four chairs. A Farm Credit Corporation Open New | Office in Port Perry The Farm Credit Corporation have opened. an office in Port Perry. Lo- cated in the Post Office building the local branch ig in charge of Mr. D. The object of the Corporation is to provide credit facilities to the service of Canadian Agriculture. Two types of loans are provided, the "standard" 'loan which may be obtained on the security of farm lands and the "pack- age-deal" designed to cover long and intermediate' term credit, The Corp- oration also ag many services Since the pining of the Tocal off-~ ice a little more than a year 'ago a- hout forty loans have been approved in Ontario County alone, involving a "convenient, Bun Away Co Car at Park A runaway car crashed into the. kiddies swing at the Lakeside Park on Tuesday. Fortunately a gentle- man who was sitting near the street noticed "the -car-in time to warn the and no one was injured. ~The frame-work. of .the swing was. quite badly bent and will have to be tuken down, It is fortunate indeed that the err was stopped by the frame work cf (the swings, as had it continued on it would probably have crashed into a 0 - ? | picnic table where a family were having a meal. The car was owned by Norman Samells of Blatkstock, who had come into 'Port Perry for groceries. --000-- - Conway Gardens Restaurant A new restaurant has been opened | | in Port Perry. resigned to serve | the needs of the fnotoring public it! ~at--the- Works dos She Causeway on Hwy. TA. There is 'ample parking space and | "1 gas and oil are sold on the location. Meals or snacks are served in an! attractive dining room overlooking Lake Scugog, and will be found very not only for Port Perry folk but for travellers on Hwy. TA. | eg | | IN. with the Seagrave Rd. (near the ! Yellow School). 3 ~My. and Mrs. Batéman were driv- Jing North on Simcoe St. and had | | total of abot half a' million dollars. | Throughout Canada during the 1960- 61 fiscal year 5597 loans were made totalling some sixty million dollars. It is noteworthy that the use of the long term credit today trends toward the 'purchase of land and additional livestock. Five years ago under the | Canadian Farm Loan Board 259, of loan proceeds were used to buy land, while in 1960-61 this has risen to 549, Over the same period expenditures for livestock have doubled. This illus- trates the trend towards the use of long term credit to increake product- ive capacity. Illustrated here are a os porn and livestock herd which are two of the purpéses on which a Farm Credit Loan may be obtained. Receive Tentative Approval of Plans For Composite School at Uxbridge | She earried red roses Walluee, [ganz over ton, | their | when it was side swiped 'by a damage to it, of the 3rd, 1961 Wedding | MENZIES - INNES Avery pretty wedding was solemn- ized in Manchester Church-on Satur- day afternoon, July 22nd when Donna Geraldine Innes became the bride of Archie Edward Menzies, son of "Mr. and Myvs.*Archie Menzies, Port Terry. The bride is the daughter of My. Murs. Grant Innes, Manchester. Rev. J. K. Braham performed the double ving ceremony, and Mrs. Richard Steer played the wedding music. Mr. Kenneth Hallett sang the Wedding Frayer and Because. . Given in marriage by her father, the pretty bride looked charming in a floor length gown of white silk faille fashioned with long bodice and cut out trim. Her veil of embroidered silk tulle wus held in place with a tiara of and brilliants. and stephanotis. Miss Helen Innes was maid of honor for her and bridesmaids Mrs. Diane Menzies_and Miss Betty all gowned alike in ved or- taffeta with white They white roses. Mi. groom and seed pearls sister were aceds- sOrics, carried easeades of Garry wits Menzies, brother of the man and brothers bavid and Grant were ushers. The reception was held in the sup- room of the Chureh; and receiv- the mother wore beige over taffeta with green accessories and corsage of yellow and best per ing, bride's laee green bronze mums, assisted by the groom's mother a silk sheath frock with watching accessories and CO Sage wearing blue The church was prettily decorgted with dark red roses and shasta daisies, all donated by the FE. F. Larish nur- Brooking. . coos oni [For the wedding trip t to W ashing. Virginia and other southern the biide left in a charming frock of white embroidered lawn with mauve and accessories. On return they will reside in Port SC) ie S, parts, corsage Perry. Guests were present from Carnar- von, Cobourg, Kingston, Brooklin, Utica, Scugog and Port Perry. Previous to her marriage the bride was given miscellaneous showers. by Mrs. Pat Rowe, Mrs. Annie Toombs, Fort Perry, Mrs. Pat Mutton, Bow- manville, a personal shower, General Motors Parts and Service an electric I'ry pan and Coffee carafe and Mrs, Charlotte Korczyneski, awa a miscellaneous shower, wo Lar Sido Swiped The car of Mr. erry, considerably Ken Bateman, Port damaged ar was | driven by George James, North Osh- awa at the intersection of Simcoe St. stopped at the Seagrave road to wait for traffic to pass before continuing I north, when the James car turned off the Seagrave road into Sime ee St. "In making "the twin the car side- swiped Bateman's car doing extensive the left head light and fender, door, tie-rod and back fender "were buckled by the impact. went into-the ditch None The James car 'but wa only slightly flamaged. occupants were injured. Provincial Police investigated. Leask Family Re-Union The Leask Family Re-Union was held at Cedar Stone Park on Satur- day, July 20th, 1961. The day was ideal and many enjoyed reminiscing over the years. A bounteous picnic was enjoyed by everyone at noon and Mr. Lewis Bea- ton provided ice-cream for all. This was much appreciated. Mrs. Roy Leask conducted the business while still at the table. The president for next 'year will be Mr. Ered Dobson and -secretary, Mrs. Wes. Lane; The Sports Committee will cdnsist of John Leask, Hugh Dobson, Ewart Leask, and Ralph Dusty. Ewart, Leask was z Coie on Back Page of blue and white carnations. Osh-. : inches in length:--- C-- $2.00 Per Year, Single Copy B¢ The community has heen 'shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Gary Jackson, When Gary, 13 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Jackson, did not come home for meals on Sunday a search was organized; although, as in many homes on Sunday the children did not keep regular meal hours and no real alarm was felt until the time of the evening meal. Gary had left home in the morning to go to ball practice at the Fairgrounds. After questioning many of his friends, none of whom had seen him, a search was made in the Fairgrounds and his body was found hanging in the barn. Investigation revealed that many of the lads had been in the habit of playing Tarzan-like games on ropes in the barns, and it is thought that Gary was probably playing alone and Community Saddened By Death of Gary Jackson found himself in difficulties when his feet could not reach a support, When he was found by his uncle, Mr. Bruce Mcoy,the rope was around his body under the arms but had slipped up pinning his face against his arm in a way that cut off his breathing. Chief Cameron had been called on to help search for Gary and was in charge of the investigation, The Criminal Investigation Bureau were also called in and at time of going to press no official statement had been released. Gary has been a well-known and liked lad. He has taken an active part in both baseball and hockey and had been very enthusiastic about the games., He was also a carrier boy for the Toronto Telegram. The new provincial sales tax which into ¢ffect in Ontario in Sept- comes ember will return some of its money w Whitby in the form of administra- tive expenses, The district Sales Tax office will be set up in Whitby by the provineial government to serve nn extending from Scarboro to Newcastle, » he office" staff will consist of 15 avo-t of them new employ - aren cmployees, ces to be drawn from the Whitby area. The selection of Whitby as a STO fe new district provineial sitles tax office is expected to mean additional purchasing power Whitby of over 45.000 in and expenditures annually. The government plans to utilize 1,700 square feet of office space. The district provincial sales tax office will be located on the second floor of the Brock Building at the corner of Dun: das and Brock streets. . for salaries "District New District Sales Tax Office To be Located at -Whithy Word of the lease by the govern- ~ ment was announced last Friday by Donald McQuay, Whitby real estate broker. Plans wre being rushed ahead to open the office for some business on 1, but the bulk of its work expected to commence until the provincial salés tax becomes ef- fective in September, N Honourable Matthew Dy 'mond, M.D., of the legislatures for Ont- Riding -has -announeed--that--the- Provincial Sales Tax Office will be located in the Brock Building at the corner of Dun-- and Brock streets. In commenting on the officinl an- nouncement by the Ontario Depart- ment of Public Works, Dr. Dymond pointed out" that "the Whitby office will serve the area east of Searboro August 15 not member aro. this area for das "extending to the Peterboro section und north to the Lindsay area." The Port Perry Rod and Gun Club assisted the Ontario Department of J-Lands_and Forests in the planting of Lake on July] 5,000 bass in Scugog 13. These fish were from 1 to 1! On July 18th'the club assisted in the planting of 10,000" muskies from 4'. to 8 inches. This has been a vedrly effort on the part of the elub as they realize when you take away fish you must replace with fish, Land and a crops underwater crops have lot A of land can be used tb pasture a given number of certain nunthber of bushels of grain. If the land \_Liled, fertilized and further the yield can be The same holds for underwater crop, It difficult mine the yield in a lake by in common, picee COWS OI row a, nui tured nereased. to deter the and fish iti number of fish 15 auch more because crop is caught day day fish. Without a rich census hard to determine the taken, the bait m ive and by of wtoproduct of the type also the general time catch. The rate of + § quire strvival among muskies vary good. They diet of live after and will turn on cach at inches is 1e- a steady bait about 15H days <l 10,000 More 28 inch Muskies In Scugog by 19ib other if their minnow supply is meagre, Rk The Deer Lake Matchery in 1959 produced 4,070,0000 niuskie fiy and this production quota is maintained 'cach favorable vear. With the quota of 2 muskies per day and a minimum length of 28 inches the Fish & Wild- life Branch of the Ontario Depart- ment of Lands and Forests is hoping that the supply will keep up to de- mand. A five vedr old maskinonge, if he might meastre 28.1 inches and become a legal keeper. Some on the hand might be 33.4 inches in length and weigh up to 8 pounds, although the might be be- tween Hand 6 pounds. The late Dr. Harkness in 1945, be- gan a study on the rate of growth of It had been found that faster in southern Ontario than they do in the northern parts of the province, since northern fish must attain all their season's growth in a period of "time, next time you catch a 50 inch weighing about 35 pounds, him with dexterity because he will be plenty smurt for all of his 16 years, is lucky. other. average game fish fish grow much shorter The muskie handle The annual summer get together of Ontario County Conservatives will be held at Greenwood Park, on No. 7 Highway on Saturday, August 1%. The three Conservative Associations ofathe.area are again combining then efforts to put onan attraction of out- standing interest to all who attend. last of the dld-time political get to- gethers, ~8peeches- will take "@ back seat to. family fun however as this year's | picnic caters to thé children. program of races,. games, carnival! rides, pony rides, and prizes has been! . The picnic has been called one of the, Conservatives Annual Picnic al "Greenwood Park, August 12th laid on for the entertainment of the youngsters. A number of well-known figures in both Federal and Frovincial politics will be on hand including the guests of honour Mike Starr, Federal Minis- ter of Labour and Hon. Matt Dymond, Provincial Minister of ¢ Health who will spend the afternoon renewing ac- quaintances with their constituents. Greenwood Park on No. 7 Highway five miles we st of Brooklin, is one of the beauty spits of the County and is A ful] fully equipped with slides and swings, swimming pool and covered stands, picnie AY) LITTLE BRITAIN vs. SONYA THURS., AUG. 3 SAT., AUG. 5 SUNDERLAND vs. SONYA GAME TIME . 6.45 p.m. Sharp a -- RS RD GR -------- wr pt

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