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Town Wide In Port Perry This Week The Port Perry Port Perry Days" posters make this week the greatest selling event in the history You can read of and listen to the big city sales attractions, but none of them will compare with the values to be found here in Port Perry this week. of Port Perry. No single merchant could or would undertake such a tremendous sales event as the Port Perry merchants display- ing "Greater Port Perry Days" posters are conducting, Check the "Greater Port Perry Days" pages in_ today's edition of the Port Perry Star, and you will find many useful items that you need and would like to have, at unbelievable prices. ITEMS FOR ALL These merchants are not attempting to dispose of They are offering you outlandish ~yahues on merchandise Yor the home, automobile and for Study the items advertised on the "Greater pages for all your family needs. (Continued on Page 4) distress merchandise. personal use. Port Perry Days" merchants Sales Event displaying _ "Greater have joined together to OCCASIONS Licence Plate Sales Up Here! A TAR Volume 101 keh: 28th Definite Deadline Every other licence plate on Ontario's roads today is going out of style. In less thai one W&ek, they'll not be out of style, they'll be illegal. According to the Hon, Irwin * Haskett, minister of transport, plates and permits issued this year is about 10% down from 'last year. However, this is not the case in Port Perry, the local issuer, Mr. F. G. Reesor, tells the Star. On Tuesday, the Port Perry office had sold about 2,200 li- cénce plates, and this is more than was sold at the same time last year. "We expect Friday and Satur- day to be the two busy days, but we have no trouble issuing 150 to 200 licences per day." Mr, Reesor said. . The total sale in Port Perry | at time of deadline last year was |- This leaves at least an- 600 licence plats to be 2,800. other sold here, four busy days ahead of them. "It seems to be human nature to put off the .purchase of plates", Mr. Haskett said. But he warned that there will be no! extension of the 28th of Febru- ary deadline. Graduates Congratulations to Douglas | Robinson of Seibarth Auto Body Port Perry, who was. a prize winner in the graduation class of "Body and Fender Repair" - held recently by the Industrial Training Branch of the Depart- ment of Labour. Honour Students Pictured on the left is Miss Lexie Love, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Love, Prince Albert, who received first class hottours in Grade VI singing recently, On the right Miss Barbara Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Taylor, Port Perry, who also received first class honours in Grade VIII singing, These young ladies are both pupils of Mrs. Grace Hastings and sing in the United Church Choir, Port Perry. and no doubt - Mr. | will be closed. The oldest of the Island, the "Foo THURSDAY, FE EBRUARY 2 The decision of th Department of Education, that schools with a total enrolment of less than 100 pupils must join with neighbouring schools, Reesor and his staff will have means that the three schools on Scugog- Island t" school seen above was the schools on Scugog Schools To Close 24, 1966 and is of frame construction. reeve of Scugeg Township, was built-by his grandfather, The two other schools to be closed were built at a lafer date, and are of brick construction, Number 21 built as far as can be determined about 1886, According to the Victor Aldred, it William Pupils Will Attend Port Perry School " Last week Ontario County | Council gave approval to the | moving of 97 Scugog Island puipls. to nearby Port Perry Schools. The children will be leaving their three one room schools at the end of 'the school year. In the meantime Port Perry | School Board will be preparing 2 | their public school te accept the | heavy influx of new pupils. 81, As many as six new class-/ {| rooms may have to be built. The closure of the small Is- land's three one-room schools was ordered by the Department of Education, The order was made because the three schools' average an- nual attendance fell under the 100 mark, Under a new section of the adjacent school boards. On Wednesday it was moved in County Council that the Scu- gog Township school board be combined with Port' Perry. The feeling among the major- ity of councillors was that the matter should be discussed more deeply. ] Later, however it was made clear to councillors that the County had to accept the De- partment of Education's order. Reeve. Victor Aldred of Scu- gog Island said that he had re- considered the question after having studied the Act. "The word 'shall" in the school act," he said, "indicates we have no choice but to accept the provisions. "This will give Port Perry an opportunity to prepare for en- trance of Scugog school child- red." There was a worry that if approval was not given immed- iately to the project the Pert Perry School Board would have I no time to make the necessary additions to the school. « x secretary of Scugog Township School Board, the three schools I*quate, and have up-to-date fur- niture, but the decision of the | Department of Education that schools with a total enrolment | of less than 100 must be com- bined with a nearby school is. the only reason for the merger. | School Board had the choice a either joining Port Perry or Reach, but for various reasons | chase Por Perry, Mr. Arnold On Saturday last, the kitchen of the Legion Hall was invaded by a horde of men, attempting | to keep out of each other's way | while they prepared and served | a delicious roast beef dinner to 33 of the 41 members of the Ladies Awgiliary. The girls were treated to a social hour and were not allow- ed to go into the kitchen, so they were not aware of the ap- parent confusion. While the President, Edwin Mulholland, served refreshments to the girls, Comrade Ken Jack- { --~ | Hospital Report Week Ending Feb, 19th Admissions Operations .Bv.......... -- 12 Emergency Tredtment .. 5 Discharges ......ccovverreernens Remaining ......... Apres renrariis 17 Visiting Hours 8-4 and7-8 p.m. According to Mr, Sam Arnold, | on. the Island are all quite ade- explained. A meeting of the Township's | and Port Perry members of be held in the Port Perry Public School on Monday, February 28 at 8.00. p.m. to further study and discuss this important issue. | Honorary Chairmen | Dr. M. B. Dymond, Minister of Health and the Hon, Michael Starr, M.,P,, have agreed to serve as Honorary Chairmen for The Cottage Hospital Ex- tension Fund Campaign in Ux- bridge. Legion Entertain Ladies Men Take Over Duties { Education Act the Department | can order the combining of two | son was putting the finishing touches to the dinner. Comrade John Ballingall was iff charge of waiters, while Com- rades John Maw and Earl King | were acting as bar tenders, Chairman in charge of the operation was Comrade Ed. Ma- son, and it was a pleasure to see all the waiters dressed a- like, with white shirts and ap- rons. When dinner was an- nounced the men moved into position with drill-like precision. and all the lddies were served without delay. Each lady was presented with a cup and saucer as a token of appreciation, and six lucky win- ners went home with the flow- ers from the tables. Following dinner the tables were cleared, dismantled and put away, and a Social evening was soon in progress, From comments heard during the evening it was apparent that the ladies enjoyed "the, evening every bit as much as the men enjoyed arranging it. Aldred. 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