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Port Perry Star (1907-), 31 Aug 1967, p. 1

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14 3 =p = {+ yo. am NH © SN $9 OF S69 LEE BL BE. 5 s Co C0 Joel Aldred, General Campaign Chair- man, looks over the final architect's draw- Commission. ings approved by Ontario Hospital Services P2RT { PERRY Volume 102 PORT PERRY, ONT. THURSDAY, AUG. 31st, 1967 Number 45 According to a statement made by Joel Aldred, General Campaign Chairman for the raising of funds for the new hospital in Port Perry, the recently launched campaign is progressing very favour- ably. 4,000-5,000 envelopes con- taining vital information about the plans and construc- tion of the new hospital are now being mailed to resi. Expect Large Attendance At Port Perry Fall Fair Every year attendance at the Port Perry Fair shows a marked 'increase. This is proof that small town fairs are very much alive and con- tradictory to the general be- lief that local fairs are doomed. Last year over 8,000 enjoy- ed one of the best fairs ever held here, and it is reason- able to believe, if good wea- ther prevails ,that another record attendance will be added to previous years. The Fair will again be held on Labour Day, Monday, Sep- tember 4th and will have all the traditional attractions fa- miliar to everyone visiting the Fair. Deine One. of the main events again this year will be the popular commercial steer class, held for the first time last year. Jointly sponsored by Ontario Department of Agriculture and Port Perry Agricultural Society the ani: mals will be sold by auction immediately following the show. ; Of other features are Achievement Day for the Port Perry Dairy Calf Club and Port Perry 4-H Grain Club, Junior exhibits, judg- ing of horses and cattle class: es, ladies classes ,efc. The Orono Band will en: tertain, and Allan Shows will be on the grounds for the amusement of young and old. 13 Delegates Will Attend Leadership Training Camp The Provincial Junior Farmer 'Leadership Training Camp will be held from Sept- ember 4th to 11th, at Geneva Park, Lake Couchiching. Ap- proximately 75 delegates from across the Province and 14 staff members will parti- cipate in the week's program. The Ontario County dele- gates are Doreen Jones, R.R. '#1, Ashburn, & John Stone, R.R. #2, Blackwater. Doreen is a member of the Brooklin ' Junior Farmers, while John is a member of the Port Perry Junior Farmers. Both of these delegates were selec: ted on their work in their Junior Farmer organization during the past several years. The purpose of this camp is to develop the leadership abilities of the delegates at. tending. Instruction will be | Hospital Report Week Ending Aug. 26th Admission .............ccco... 18 Operations ...............c.c...c.e. 10 Emergency Treatments .... 11 * Births... 2 Deaths ..................cinninnis 1 Discharges ...........ccccoo... 24 Remaining ...............c.ccceen 15 Visiting Hours 2 p.m. - 8 p.m. Maternity Hours 3 p.m.-8 p.m. given in programme develop: ment, social recreation, water safety and swimming, as well as a variety of other interest groups which the delegates choose. ~~. The camp will be organized in the Indian Tribe fashion, The delegates will be divided into five tribes; and members of each tribe will wear dist: inctive head dress during the camp period. The Provincial Junior Far. mer Leadership Camp is sponsored by the Ontario De- partment of Agriculture and Local Lions At Seminar In Belleville Members of the Port Perry Lions Club executive attend- ed a seminar in Belleville re- cently. Those attending were dents in Port Perry, and the Townships of Reach, Scugog and Cartwright. As soon as approval from 'the Ontario Hospital Servi: ces Commission has been re- ceived; expected in mid-Sept- ember, tenders wil be called and ground work should be started not later than Novem: ber 1st. Robt. Kenny, pres.; Gord. Prentice, vice pres.; Cec. King, treasurer; Joe Draper, Secretary; Art Van Camp, tail twister; and Ken Murray lion tamer. Also attending was Storey Beare, Zone chair- man for Zone 10 South, The seminar is held for the benefit of incoming officers of Lions Clubs, and especially new members receive a great deal of information in regard to the function of their res: pective offices. The two-day seminar cov- ered various phases of Lions work, and one of the inter- esting topics was given by representatives from the Lea- der Dog School in Michigan. He spoke on the training of dogs, and the teaching of the blind in the proper use of these well trained and intel- 3 Applications For New Position Three applications were received for the new position of By-law Enforcement Offi- cer in Port Perry. The ap; plicants were Mr. Owen Mac- Lennon, 136 Water Street, Port Perry; Mr. E. Wall, 1260 Islington Ave., Rexdale, Ont.; and Mr. R. Roy, Simcoe St., Port Perry. - Constable R. Roy, the pre: sent police officer here will carry on as By-Law Enforce- ment Officer for one month from Sept. 1st - 30th with the same salary as previously. After that date, salary, du- ties, etc. will be reviewed by Port Perry Council, and if changes are found necessary, these will be made. The 0.H.S.C. has increased the floor space from 27,500 sq ft. to 31,000 sq ft. with 43 beds and five bassinets & one bassinet in isolation. Hospital chairman, Harry Phoenix and Mr. Aldred met recently with the Ontario Hospital Services Commis: sion, and as a result of that meeting the first of Ontario Government grants is expect: ed shortly. The third read ing of the Ontario County By: Expects To Start Work On Hospital By Nov. 1 law authorizing the County grant is also expected in not too distant future. After working at the hos: pital for some time, and seen the poor conditions the staff works under, Mr. Aldred says he is more than ever convin- ced of the need of expiditing completion of the new hos pital. The result, Mr. Aldred says "will be a quantity and quality of medical care never before available to us in this Blackstock Blackstock's 106th Fair was attended by almost 3,000 persons who all agreed that this was the biggest and best fair ever held in the village. The Fair offered some- thing to everyone, from de- corated bicycles to exhibits and contests. The Fair began with a parade from Cartwright High School led by Cartwright Fife and Drum Band with an ex- cellent display of decorated floats and bicycles. The prize for the best float was won by Cartwright High School. Hea- ther Green of Bethany won the girls' class for the best decorated bicycle, and Chris- topher and Richard Smith tied in the boys' class. Best | decorated car award was won by John Payne. Winning the baking con. test was Mrs. Harold Mec 106th Fair Was Enjoyed By 3,000 Laughlin of Burketon, who also won the shirt ironing contest. Mrs. Murray Coates R.R. 2, Port Perry won the (Continued on Page 16) [J ® ol Receives Five |CNE Awards Congratulations to Mrs. Rose Philip, RR. 4 Port Perry, who won 1st prize with - her entry of brown bread at the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition. The jud: ges gave her 99 points and a prize of $10.00. Mrs. Philip also was awarded the "Chate- laine Special Award" of $25. given for the best yeast entry. Other entries which she received prizes on were, 4th for white bread, 3rd on cof- fee cake, and out of 34 en-. tries in the Centennial Cake class she won 3rd prize. ligent animals The executive of the Lions Club held the first meeting "after holidays recently and the club members meet for the first dinner meeting of the fall season on Monday, Sept. 18th. General Motors Recalls 8,500 General Motors of Canada in Oshawa has recalled to work another 500 hourly- rated employees, bringing to about 8.500 the number of workers on the job since 1968-model car and truck production resumed. $ 4,500. The Province of Ontario has made a grant of $4,500 for the extension and further de- velopment of the David Pal mer Memorial Park. In a letter from the De- partment of Energy and Re- sources Management, read at the last regular council meet: ing announcing the grant, it was further stated that be- fore any work is proceeded with, it must be approved by the Conservation Authorities Provincial Grant To Palmer Memorial Park Branch and, where any of the work is to be done under contract. approval of the ten ders must be obtained before acceptance of the Council. The grant made available under the Parks Assistance Act will be used to add two parcels of land to the park's present seven acres, and to carry out further develop- ment work in the park which fronts on the west shore of Judy Nancy Cochrane Dorrell The Grade 13 students at Cartwright High School made an excellent showing on their departmental examinations. Ninety percent of the papers tried were passed and thirty- five percent of the marks obtained were either first or second class honours. There were six students out of eighteen who received aver- ages of 709, and over. The top students were: Judy Cochrane (average-- 77.69,) obtained first class honours in all 7 papers with a high of 85 in His- tory. She is going to at. tend York University, Tor- onto. Nancy Dorrell (average-- Lake Scugog. " * i. we oi ff 3 PS . $F 4 ' Elizabeth Brian Thompson Mountjoy honours in 3 papers and second class honours in 4. Her high marks were 90 in History and 86 in Latin. Nancy is going to attend Victoria College, Univer: sity of Toronto. Elizabeth Thompson (average --171.39) obtained first class honours in 5 papers and second class honours in 2 papers. She is going to enter the Faculty of Science at the University of Toronto. Brian Mountjoy (average-- 779) obtained 4 firsts and 3 second class honours. His high marks were Math. ematics A--85; Math. B-- 82: Physics--83. Brian is 77.49) obtained first class (Continued on Page 16) Th GTR Marguerite Clement Health Minister At Park Opening . Hon. M. B. Dymond, Min- ister of Health for Ontario, was in Udora on Saturday night to officially open the community park inthat vill age.' The park is three and one- half acres in size and is situ- ated just a block west of the main street. Georgina and Scott Townships aided in the centennial project. Assisting Dr. Dymond in the official opening cere- mony was Reeve Ted Norris of Georgina, Mr. Allan Wagg, chairman of the parks com- mittee, and Mr. Morley Ross, representative from Scott. Sheila Tomchishin wr Ah DL x we ER "i. lr we Fe A re me tr -- STN a Ra -- 3 "Td ; ah JO NLA STE I FINE aPC] PH VE D0, var ai We SEDULE Sra I 8. IEP LET IW, FORCNRPIT PARNER GR TRIATHLETE OUI TAPS TE SSN, NE WISIN VOIR) Trane ar | Ri Cand Judy Cochrane Top Student At Cartwright High School |

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