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od TITER A oF, 8% oi WR LY Be i TEE Ce Oe chad adit hs Vokins, Port Perry had a chat with Santa Claus and a chance to sit on his knee at the annual Legion Children's Christmas Party held" at the Legion Hall last Saturday afternoon. You can tell by the smile on her face that Margaret is enjoying her visit with Santa. --Staff Photo - Local Legion Enterfain Children At Annual Christmas Parly Branch 419, Royal Canadian Legion and their Ladies Aux- iliary played host to a multi- P.0. Staff Busy With Extra Mail "The 'busiest place in Port Perry during the pre-Christmas rush is without a doubt the local Post Office. Postmaster Bruce R. Hull es-: timated that a total of 250,000 cards, letters and other pieces of mail will pass through the local Post Office during the month of December. It is difficult to estimate the amount of parcels handled by the staff, but Mr. Hull be- lieves that well over 1000 have either been received or mailed through the Post Office here. In order to handle all this extra mail, the staff had to be doubled during the pre-Christ- mas rush. Scores 191 Points Dr. Helen Bathie, who had her miniature poodle Askher entered in a 10-day dog obed- fence training course conducted in Oshawa recently was awarded 191 points of a possible 200. The course by the well known dog trainet Dick Koehler, and Dr. Helen Bahtie's poodle was tied for fourth place, only 2 points be-| hind the winner. ' Mr. Kochler will again be teaching dog obedience in clas- ses commencing January 13th, fn Oshawa. Hospital Report For Week Ending Dec. 19th Admission vive 21 Operations... 13 Births .ccoeeercineeeeesinnennnn. 1 Deaths Discharge Remaining tesa was conducted |, tude of children last Saturday afternoon at their annual Chil- dren's Christmas Party. The auditorium was. filled to capacity with children who while waiting for Santa to ar- rive sang a number of Child- rens songs and carols. Mrs. Ted Whitter accompanied them on the piano while three clowns who wandered throughout the hall led the sing-song. Santa arrived at 2:30 with greetings for all, and coming to the front of the hall proce- eded to give each child a present. The president, Ed Mul- holland called out the last names of the children and with the help of some of the mem- bers from both the Branch and the Auxiliary, who handed out the presents and candy, Santa was able to greet and chat with each child. present, before con- Volume 100 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24th, 1964 Strike Settled General Motors returned to normal when all employees went back to the production lines on Monday morning. The strike ended on Sunday, when employees voted almost unan- imously to accept the proposed | offers. Skilled workers go back to their jobs with an Immediate increase of 19 cents an hour. They will get another 7 cents an hour next year and another 8 cents the following year in the three-year contract. Unskilled workers get an im- mediate 1l-cent-an-hour in- crease, with annual 'hikes of 6 cents and 7 cents. Voluntary retirement under the pension plan has been re- duced from 65 to 62. A 30-year man's pension at 62 has been raised to $225 a month from | all the former $138 at 65. The workers also receive an" increase in sickness and accident insurance and life insurance, improved widows' pensions, more paid holidays, Rebekahs Hold Christmas Party Following the regular meet- ing of Maybelle Rebekah Lodge last Tuesday evening husbands joined to help make the annual Christmas party an enjoyable one. After singing carols in the lodge rooms all went down- stairs where they enjoyed games and dancing. Mrs. Santa arrived later' with amusing gifts, which caused a great deal of laughter. At the close of the evening all sat down to a lovely lunch of hot turkey pies, salads and i tinuing on his journey. sweets. ? longer vacations paid Blue Cross plan. 'Workers have lost an estim- ated $5 million dollars in wages during the strike for more money, better pensions and in- creased supplementary benefits. In Oshawa about 7,800 of 14,000 local 222 members jam- med the new Oshawa audit- orium to hear U.A.W. Canadian director, George Burt outline the settlement terms. They and a fully- drug care General Motors, Union Agree voted 98.5 per cent in favour of accepting. The new settlement rows the gap between pay for auto workers in Canada and in the United States by 11 cents an hour for production workers and 19 cents an hour in the skilled trades. The union claims that "the gap formerly ranged from 40 cents an hour for unskilled wor- kers. to $1.40 for some skilled workers. VESPER SERVICE AT UNITED CHURCH Senior, Junior Choirs Perform To Capacity Crowd In Auditorium Heralding the Christmas sea- son with sacred music, the Port Perry United Church Choir pre- sented their annual vesper ser- vice to a capacity crowd, in the church auditorium, Sunday, Dec. 13th. The Church, seasonally decor- ated," formed a beautiful back- ground for both the senior and junior choirs. Under the inspired leadership of the director, Mrs.. Frank Hastings and the assistance of Miss Gloria Hastings, organist and Mr. Glenn Taylor, pianist, a varied programme was pre- sented. The Junior choir of fifty voices impressed all with their sweet dulcet tones in two car- ols, "Ding dong merrily on High", and "Wind through the Olive trees" which. included a very sweet solo by Nancy War- ren . One of the highlights of the programme was Master Lorne Johnston, boy soprano who sang the all time favourite, "Away in a Manger" with a background of treble, muted tones. Dianhe Hall and Dianne Brown delighted the audience with a duet, a Polish cradle hymn. Mrs. Audrey Sharpe's rich melodious voice was an inspira- tion to all as she sang, "Gesu Bambino", During the anthem, "O Little (Continued on page 16) Pleasg Note! The Stay{®Will not be pub- lished durittg the week be- tween Christmas and New Year. Unfortunately, in- sufficient time makes it impossible to complete a paper early enough to reach the mail during that week. } The next issue of the Star will be published on Thursday, January 7, 1965. The Star office will close on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 at 4.00 p.m. Shown above is the newly elected Executive Committee for the 1965-66 term of office. From left to right are President Walter (Ed) Mulholland; Vice-President Eugene Huntley; Ex- Branch 419, Royal Canadian Legion New Executive ecutive Members Bill Taylor; Bruce McCoy; Earl King; Treas- urer Melvin Woodcock; Lloyd Fawns and Executive Chairman Ralph McNenly. ~Staff Photo Number 14" nar- )