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The 1965 Inaugural meeting of Port Perry Council was held on Monday, January 11th in the Municipal Building and above are the members posing for the Star camera. Except for Mr. Irving Boyd, who was elected deputy-reeve, all members are the same as last year's council. Seen from left to right--I. Parkinson, councillor; Arthur Cox, chairman of Port Perry H.E.C.; Bruce F. Beare, councillor; Irving Boyd, deputy-reeve; J. J. Gibson, reeve and candidate for this year's County Wardenship; John F. Raines, clerk-treas., and Robt. Kenny, councillor. Volume 100 THURSDAY, JANUARY 14th, 1965 Number 17 ~ Break-in And Theft At Local Curling Rink A break-in and theft at the Curling Rink between-5:30 and 7.30 p.m. on January 11th is under investigation by the Port Perry Police. The burglars made their way through an east window of the building by pulling away the screen and breaking the window open. Inside the building they rip- ped the pay telephone box off the wall containing an unknown amount of money. From here they entered the lounge, stole the cash register containing about $25.00 to $30.00 in change. Neither the cash register or the telephone cash box have yet been recovered. * * * During the night of January 8rd, an attempted break-in was made at the rear of the Mersco Store in Port Perry. The would-be burglars pulled a mesh creen away from the win- dow, but never entered the store. Hospital Report For Week Ending-Jan. 9th Admissions .....eeeiinnn, Operations ... Births Deaths ...cvvvmrircnssrensnses Discharges Remaining REACH TOWNSHIP Court Of Revision Hears Appeals For the past 3 days, Reach Township has/been holding a Court of Revision at the Muni- cipal Hall, Manchester, to hear appeals against 1965 property assessments, For the first time, members of Council do not make up the panel; instead, a three-man Bd. has been selected, comprised of Mr. Howard MacMillan, Green- bank; Mr. George Davidson, Blackwater and Mr. Bruce Snel- grove, Prince Albert. These three men are serving as a Board to hear various com- plaints and appeals from all corners of the Township against the recently introduced system of having lands and buildings assessed under the County As- sessor' Manual. Some 150 filed with Reach Township Clerk-Treasurer, Mr. A. R. Johns, necessitating a 3-day hearing. No decisions are given by the Board during this time, but each appellant is given the opportunity to state his reasons appeals had been The Inaugural Meeting of the Council of the Village of Pont Perry was held in the Municipal Office on Monday, January 11th, 1965 at 11.00 a.m. Present were Reeve J. J. Gib- son, Deputy-Reeve Irving Boyd, Councillors R. A. Kenny, Bruce F. Beare and Ivan Parkinson, and from Hydro - Commission Arthur T. Cox. (J. E. Jackson absent due to illness). The members of Council and the members of the Hydro Com- mission present took the Oath of Office administered by the Village Clerk. Rev. Alec Rice was called up- Port Perry Council Inaugurated Monday on to conduct the Devotional Exercises and first gave a short address, expressing the thought that those who had taken the Oath of Office must have the interest of the community at heart. Then, turning to the Old Testament of the Bible, he used for his Scripture reading -the 12th Chapter of Ecclesiastes and then concluded the Devo- tional Exercises with prayer. Deputy - Reeve, Irving Boyd, expressed a vote of thanks to i Rev. Alec Rice and for coming | out on such short notice, the (Continued on page 16) for requesting a reduction in Juniors Win The Ontario Céunty Junior Farmer Choir, under the direc- tion of Mrs. Grace Hastings, Port Perry, won the choir com- petition at the annual Junior Farmer "Toronto Conference" on January 9th. Eight Junior Farmer Choirs from various parts of the Province took part | in this competition. Ross Mur ison Wins R. H. Cornish Curling Trophy Pictured above is Ross Murison of Pickering and his team of curlers who won the R. H. Cornish Trophy in the Port Perry Senior Bonspiel held in the local arena last Saturday. bonspiel, which was held for the first time this year, is spon- gored by Roy Cornish of Port Perry ,and will be an annual affair, All entrants for this spiel must be 55 years of age or over. 'The bonspiel proved to be a very popular one and The Championship All members of the choir are active members of the Junior { Farmer Clubs in the County. The Choir Executive is: President--Bruce McMillan, Blackwater Vice-President--Ken , Skerratt, Port Perry, #4 Sec'y--Ron King, Blackwater Treasurer--Barbara Holtby, Port Perry, #4 The Ontario County entry placed second in the mixed quartette vocal competition at Toronto. The quartette con- sisted of Bruce McMillan and Ron King of Blackwater; Ken Skerratt, Port Perry, #4, and Ralph Honey, Seagrave #2. David Hawthorne, 'Claremont, #2, represented the County in the Public Speaking Competi- tion. The winner of the public speaking competition was James Moore of Elgin County. The mixed quartette winners came from Huron County, while Perth County had the ladies' trio winners, Ship Holsteins By Jet To Italy Three purebred Holsteins from farmers in this area were a- mong 55 shipped by jet plane to Italy on January 4th. This is the first time that an was over-subscribed by several teams. Entries reported from Toronto, Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Pickering, Sunderland, Peterboro and Port Perry. Prize winners were (1) Ross Mur- ison, Pickering; (2) Al Parkhill, Oshawa; (3) Bert Smither- entire jet has been used for ghip- ment of cattle, The farmers supplying Hol- steins were Hugh Ormiston, Brooklin, T. Robert Flett, Osh- man, Peterboro; (4) Fred DeNure, Port Perry; (5) Stuart 'James, Bowmanville. ~--Staff Photo awa, and Harold A. Werry & Son, R.R. 1, Oshawa,