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Port Perry Star (1907-), 21 Oct 1965, p. 1

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ay --------y CES PE RES BE ASR TENORS. IRATE SR \ . P2RT § PERRY ) v N_ -- 'Volume 101 THURS, OCTOBER 21st, 1965 Number 4 Volume 101 More Break-Ins In Port Perry Sat. Port Perry residents were the target again last week-end when thieves entered, ransacked . and robbed three homes in and around Union Avenue, The home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Heayn was completely ransacked, with dining room buffet drawers and bedroom dresser drawers turned inside v out, in the thieves search for money. - $35.00 in cash was taken from a minature cedar chest which stands on Mrs. Heayn's dressing table. The small box was left, as was a wrist-watch and a Masonic Ring. There was no damage done to doors or windows, but their son, Mr. Douglas Heayn who lives farther down the Avenue found his home had been broken into and about $100. in silver dollars and 50c. pieces had van- ished. In Doug Heayn's robbery, the porch door had been pried open with the aid of a shovel taken - Aberdeen - Angus Sold For $2,000. Royal Lady of Elm Grove 60th from the herd of Malcolm Bailey. and Sons, was awarded the Grand Championship in the female division at the recently held 6th Annual Ontario Aber- deen Angus Futurity Show and Sale held at London. This animal was also the top selling animal in the sale sell- ing at $2000. to Aberan of * Edgehill Farms, of Shadwell Virginia. . The judge of the show was Col. Don Mathews of Highland Stock Farms, Calgary, Presi« dent of the Calgary Stampede. from the garage. He had just added a new porch to the house and it was here that the thieves gained entrance. The dollars and half-dollars were kept in a type of piggy-bank, and this was later found thrown outside in the hedge. A next-door neighbor, Mrs. Alvin Aldred, who was playing Euchre at the Senior Citizens' Club on Saturday evening found her doors swinging open on her return, with lights burning in the house--but nothing of value was reported stolen, Another Union Avenue home, that of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hobbs was robbed of a collection of 25c. "shin-plasters", which are now of great value to coin col- lectors and considered irreplace- able. The shin-plasters were rolled up and kept in a jar in the den of the house, and the thieves probably mistook them for a roll of currency. Mrs. Hobbs was in Oshawa Hospital at the time of the rob- bery, but her daughter, Mrs. Brian Tassel, who has been keeping house during her ab- sence, left at 6.10 p.m. when everything was in proper order. When Mr. Ray Hobbs return- ed home at 9.00 p.m. he found the bedroom window had been' smashed and several drawers turned out). However, nothing else was missing so once again the thieves are obviously inter- ested in cash only. } It is not known the exact time the thieves transferred their operations out of town, but Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Sweet- man of Seagrave, returned home around 11 p.m. and found their house thoroughly ran- sacked. There was only around (Continued on Page 4) Pictured above, in the centre, is Jim Gerrow of Scugog Island who is the proud winner of the Port Perry Lions Grain Club Trophy. won the trophy by placing highest in the club, he received 927 marks out of a possible 1000. Jim 4 Pictured on the left is Lion Roy Cornish pre- senting the trophy to Jim, and on the right is Lion George Smith holding the small trophy which Jim will keep. SES Pe CPT ys gh -' hl ART > RE A Tt OT pn I --) a ET TN Pl Ss et a --Staff Photo Hospital Report For Week Ending Oct. 16th Admissions Operations Emergency Treatment... 3 Births Deaths Discharges .... Remaining Visiting Hours 3-4 and 7-8 p.m. Entertain Friends, - Council Members Members of County council, staff and friends were guests of Warden J. J. Gibson at his cottage on Fralick's Beach, Lake Scugog on Tuesday night. It was a perfect fall evening and much of the activity was heid outside in order to accomo- date the large crowd of guests. A delicious roasted suckling pig was cut and enjoyed by more than 50 people present. < Friday, some 70 students from the W. A. Porter, Collegiate Institute, Scarborough, made a brief study tour of Port Perry. In charge of the group was Mr. H. A, Smith, Head of the Geography Department of the Collegiate. Each student had a questionaire to fill out, and the town clerk, Mr. J. F. Raines was kept busy for a couple of hours at his office, answering ques- tions directed to him. Above are a few of the students in front of the bus just before they returned to Scarborough. --Staff Photo 211 Holsteins Entered The East - Central Ontario Championship Show to be, held Friday, October 22, at Peterboro has attracted an entry of 211 head. According to the Hol- stein fieldman for the district, G. E. Nelson, of Port Perry, this should be a top quality show. Representative groups of cattle have been entered from eight countries in the district. These are: Simcoe, York, Ont- ario, Durham, Victoria, Peter- boro, Northumberland & Hast- ings. The top cattle from the coun- ty Black and White Days will be competing for district hon- ours and an excellent entry from the best herds of the area will assure that competition will be keen. Orton Eby of Ebydale Farm, Fewer Cattle in Ont. County A decrease in the number of cattle in Ontario County .on June 1 of this year, compared with last year, is reported by the farm economics and statis- ties branch of the Ontario De- partment of Agriculture. The report shows there were an estimated 82,060 cattle of all ages in the county in June as compared with 83,200 a year ago. Ontario County showed a de- cline in the estimated number of swine. The figure was 60,- 000 compared with 66,400 a year ago. It is estimated that the num- ber of horses in Ontario County remained steady at 1,900, Hospital Extension To Cost $700,000, A campaign to raise $125,000 will be conducted in Uxbridge during the week of Nov. 1st to 6th for an extension to the Cot- tage Hospital. The extension, which is to cost a total of just under $700,- 000 will give the hospital an ad- ditional 24 beds, larger kitchen, emergency operating room, se- parate maternity ward, reading room, and several other facili- ties. Federal, Provincial and Coun- ty grants amount to about $450,000. -Kitchener, Ontario, will judge. Mr. Eby is one of Canada's most noted exhibitors and jud- ges of Holstein cattle. Ebydale cattle are internationally fam- ous and he has judged many of the leading Canadian shows. #4 Ps fa » Beaverton Reeve be Seeks Wardenship oy William D. Gillespie, Reeve of i : Beaverton ;has indicated he will iy. seek the position of Warden of Am the County next year. The elec- se, tons are held in January. wn Mr. Gillespie has been reeve o v an ~~ of Beaverton for the past eight years and has served on the village council since 1950. Beaverton has had only two by wardens since it was incorpor- ated as a village in 1885. David Walls served in 1919 and the late Dr. J. C. Devine in 1944, The present warden is J. J. Gibson, of Port Perry. SENG GE Still Time To Register Persons interested in Special- ty Cooking, Woodworking, and Physical Fitness (women) may still register for night classes at the High School. Specialty cooking and physi- cal fitness classes are held on Thursday evening and wood- working classes on Tuesday evening. Ld Enjoys Banquet Members of the I.G.A. Staff, wives and husbands were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hope at the annual banquet of the IGA organization at Club Kingsway Monday night. More than 1,600 persons from Ontario attended the . function,.and among them were 30 from Port Perry. all over Tickets Available For 'Squirt' Banquet Tickets are still available for the Legion sponsored banquet in honour of the "Squirts" who captured the Ontario Softball Championship. Anyone interested may pur- chase tickets' at the Legion Hall, Flamingo Restaurant and from members of the executive of the Port Perry Minor Soft- ball Association.

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