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Port Perry Star (1907-), 29 Apr 1965, p. 1

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Frank Beale, Margaret Hospital, Toronto; CANCER PANELISTS DISCUSS SYMPTOMS Shown above in serious debate are Mrs. M, B. Dymond, Pres. of Port Perry Branch; Dr. Mr, radio-therapist from Princess Miss Patricia Leslie, V.O.N. nurse; Dr. M. B. Dymond, Min- ister of Health and Moderator for the evening, Maurice Grimes, Ontario Director for the Cancer Society. --Staff Photo Ontario Government To Spend $2,000,000 For Cancer Research, Treatment This Year by Dorothy Mulholland There were very few empty chairs at St.John's Presbyterian Church last Monday evening. As a pralude to the start of its an- nual Cancer Campaign for funds, the local Society arranged a meeting at which the general public was invited to ask ques- tions and receive answers from an authoritative panel of med- ical men. Mrs. M. B. Dymond, President of the Port Perry Cancer Soci- ety, opened the meeting with a welcome to all present, after which St.John's minister the Rev. Buntain, gave a short prayer. Moderator for thé "evening was Mr. Maurice J. Grimes, Ontario Director for the Cancer Society. Born at Navan, Ontario Mr. Grimes became deeply in- terested in the problem of cancer and in 1952 he joined the De- partment of Health for Ontario and is now connected full time with the Cancer Division and works in close liason with the oe 4 Local Men Attend Mutual Aid Meeting Attending a regular monthly Ontario County Mutual Aid meeting in Brougham on Friday night, representing the Port Perry Fire Department were Guy Raines, fire chief, Howard Msahaffy, deputy fire chief, Bruce Beare, chairman of the Fire Protection Committee, Clive Boyd and Howard Gibson, members of the local fire bri. gade. Regular business pertaining to Mutual Aid was discussed, end a representative from Im. perial Oil Ltd, showed instruc. tive slides on the most effective and proper methods of fighting fires of inflammable materials in tank trucks. The next meeting will be held fn Cannington on Friday, May 21st. Hospital Report | Week ending Apsi) 24th Admissions un, 26 Operations cme 11 Ener geny'd Treatment .... 4 Births ....ccoeenereinnnnnn Nil Deaths ive rnernenen Nil Discharges srs 19 - Remaining iii. 28 Visiting Hours 3- 4 & 7. 8 p.m, Princess Toronto. Dr. Frank Beale, radio-ther- apist on the staff of the Princess Margaret was also present. Miss Leslie, a Victorian Order Nurse presently working in Whitby, answered questions relating to her contacts with cancer pati- ents during the course of her nursing duties. Dr. M. B. Dymond, Minister of Health for Ontario was also one of the panelists. Dr. Dym- Margaret Hospital in ond answered many questions submitted by the audience, and a few of these are given below: Question : "What is radio- therapy?" . Dr. F. Beale: Radio - ther- apy is the treatment of external cancers either by X-Ray or Cobalt Machine. This destroys and curtails the malignant cells, and where surgery is not feas- ible, radio-therapy is used. Question: "What is the 'Pap' test?" (continued on page 12) Ice Is Out! On Tuesday evening, large patches of ice were still visible on Lake Scugog, but during the early morning of April 28th all ice had disappeared from the water surface, Only once since 1872 has the! | a sewage project in the Village ice remained intact this late in th eseason. In the Spring of 1904 the ice also disappeared from Lake Scugog on April 28, We apologize to Pete McGil- len of the Toronto Telegram, whom we informed that the latest dates previously were April '26th, 1872, and April 26, 1940, These dates were pub- lished in the Telegram on Tuesday, April 27th. Longer - Lease Proposed By Fair Board Clarence Carter, Frank Honey and Fred Lamb on behalf of the Port Perry, Reach & Scugog Agricultural Society met with] Council to review the Fair Beard Lease of the Fair Grounds, at the last regular i meeting. Mr. Lamb explained that the grandstand, in their opinion, is a big contribution to the fair and is badly in need of repairs. He stated further that they weculd like to preserve the pre- sent grandstand and that a capital grant could be obtained to help with this expense if the Fair Board have a long term lease. The present lease has seven or eight years to run but it was recommended that a new lease be drawn up for a period of from fifteen to twenty years. Council expressed their wil- lingness to co-operate but re- frained from any commitment Sewage Project Considered By 0. W. R. C: At a meeting during early Spring, Port Perry Council de- cided that! any development of should be handled 'by Ontario Water Resources Commission, _A reply to this letter was re- ceived at the last regular coun- cil meeting stating that as soon ag the preliminary certificate of approval has been granted by the OWRC Division of Sani- tary Engineering, the matter will be presented to the Com- mission for consideration. If the Commission agrees to proceed with the work, an ap- plication will be made to the Ontario Municipal Board for approval of financing the pro- ject. A TA ge AEE LAN") fil FEVERS MENG TUF ES FOr 2) r+ 5% K- | CLV EA FRE) LOSI SAYS NRT RY 0) \ | Volume 100 THURS., APRIL 29th, 1965 Number 32 No Championships This Time For PeeWee And Novice Teams After winning their two first games a week ago, the Port Perry Pee Wee All Stars re- turned to Goderich to play three | additional games last weekend. | In the first game the young players won 4-3 over Lambeth, | This brought the team to the, semi - final against Dresden. ! After a close game which ended in a 3 all tie, Port Perry was declared winner having more shots on goal. In the final game on Satur day against Thornhill, although the Porti Perry boys played a good and aggressive game the opposition was too strong and won with a score of 2-0. * + The Novice team returned to Brampton on Friday to play in that tournament against Bolton in the semi-finals. In a two-game series, score counting, Bolton total won First Grass Fires Another sign of Spring are the traditional grass fires. Last week the local fire de- partment was called out to two fires. On Thursday night grass in a ditch north of town on the Seagrave road was on fire and on Sunday afternoon a small field north on Lilla Street in flames was the cause of a sce- ond cpll. with a score of 7-5, winning the first game 4-2 and the second game ending in a 3 all tie. In spite of the losses, both the local teams made a credit, able showing of themselves, against the best teams in Ont ario, and 'the boys and their leaders should be congratulated on their fine efforts, Estimated Cost Of Arena Roof Repairs To Exceed $12,000 At the last regular meeting of Port Perry Council, Bruce Beare, a representative of the Arena Board and member of council, reported from a meet ing held recently by the Board. At the meeting, Mr. Beare said, Mr. Kretch, representing Canadian Mitchell Associates Ltd. was present, and told the Beard that the Arena roof should be strengthened before a new roof was constructed. The estimated cost, accord- ing to Mr, Kretch would be over $12,000. Below is a break- down of the cost figures for one type of new roof: $4,280.00 for strengthening structure before the new roof is put on. $2,630.00 to replace joist. $6,030.00 to replace roof. Port Perry On a request from Port Perry | age, Minor Ball Association, repre- sented by Harry Short, Vincent Walker and Don Gray at the last regular council meeting of Port Perry council, the organi- zalion was given permission to make use of the parking area south of the present ball park as a ball younger children, A request was also made for more modern washrooms, but council decided nothing could be done before sewers are install- ed in that area. rv» A by-law concerning licens- ing and regulations in regard to operation of taxis in Port Perry was read three times and passed, According to the new By-law every owner or driver licensed must be 21 years of | Street, diamond for the| and an application must be/approved by the Chief Con- stable. The Port Perry Chamber of Commerce, by letter, requested Council to have the Christmas garlands removed from Queen A request was also made to have the parking areas on Queen Street and the erossing areas on Water, Perry and John Streets painted this spring. Councillor R. A. Kenny, chair- man of Streets was authorized to look into this matter. rox % Norman Parry was hired as a Village employee and will be employed by the Works Depart- ment at the rate of $1.65 per hour. When available the Vill- age will also pay half of O.H.S. ouncil In Session and half of P.S.I. &® *® » Four building permits were granted John Ballard for con- struction of houses on Simcoe, Bigelow and Allan Streets. FJ * * * Letter from Wm. G. Man- ning, County Clerk - Treasurer advised that effective April 1, 1965 the daily main"enance rate chargeable to residents at Fair- view Lodge was increased to $6.00. * * LJ The statement of accounts wag authorized for payment: General Dept. ....... $7,077.97 Property & Parks ... 220.05 Street Maintenance 324.18 Waterworks, OWRC 25.00 Waterworks Dept. .... 234.12 Truck & Triactor ...... 222.14 Total .......... oe $8,103.46 PTH Wel To 1 AECY ERG dh hei NTA SEES "a To La EATS cere on mo Am ries? Ss ee 7 CSE

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