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---------------- CRT ah 48.4 Ta FRET A i $ ~ 2 HSER TRV EA { Sir LEAR CRY (air What Is Left Of The 19 Cows Perished 1856.1964 Babies| * Born February 29 Celebrate Today i 1968 is the fourth leap year. since the Community Memorial - Hospital was es- + tablished in 1953 and since 1858, when the first leap year baby was- horn, a -boy to Mr. and Mrs. Feddema, RR. 1, Nestleton two babies have arrived at the local hospital. ! ¢ On the 29th of February, .....1964 8 second boy was born, ""and this time to Mr." & Mrs. RR. 1, .Nestleton. . ~The only year birth was got: recorded on February 20th was in 1960, and ac- » cording to' information re- ceived from the hospital, chances for a leap year baby this year is 'practically, fl Hospital - Boa rd » Honour Mrs. Hook |. On Retirement Mrs. Kathleen Hook, ad: ministrator of the Commun- ity Memorial Hospital on the eve of her retirement was * honoured by members of the Board, at the' 'Werratal Res- taurant on corner of 12 and 47 Highways. - Among the 22 who part: cipated in the function were also the Board members' respective wives and hus- bands. Joe Dowson, deputy-reeve .of Scugog Township on be: half of the Board members preserited a Fob watch on a gold pin, set with a cultured pearl and 'a rope gold chain. Mrs. Hook has served the local 'hospital for 15 years, "since the' opening" in Janu-| ary, 1953. She has held the position of since 1955 after serving as nurse for the two first. years. * [Mospitat Report] Week Ending February 24 Admissions sii + 19 ® Emergency, Treatments. 7 Operations ............. 12 Bitths: joc... iam Nil "Deaths ........ccciiniin 2 Discharges ................... 14 Remaining .. 21 Visiting Hours --- 2 to 8 p. m. 3 'Maternity Hours 3 to 8 p.m. ~ administrator : Volume 103 PORT PERRY ONT., THURSDAY, FEB. 29th., 1968 Number 20 Will Sell Yellow. School' By Public Auction Mar. 9 Persons who as children attended the 'Yellow School' on the 8th concession of Reach Township better have a last look at the-school, be- fore it comes under the auc- tioneer's gavel on Saturday, March 9th. On that day, SS. No. -9, better known as the "Yellow School" will be sold to the highest bidder, and no doubt renovated and turned into a private dwelling. There is always a certain amount of -nostalgia attach- ed to these old -schools "whether they are "red" 'or "yellow", 'and in order to learn something about this particular school's "history" the Star turned to a former pupil, Mrs. Gordon Shunk. 'When asked, Mrs. Shunk told the Star, she did attend the: "Yellow School" as a child, but not the present school building. Peel's Poultry Enter Exhibit In Montreal Albert Smith, Peel's Poul try Farm Ltd., attended the National Salon of Agricul- ture Exhibition which was held "at the Place Bonaven: ture in the heart of Mont- real on February 7th to 11. Peel's entered an exhibit booth which was also manned by Mr. Ed Sackhouse, Montreal, Peel's Quebec and Maritimes sales representative. The show is one of the largest of it's type in Canada and was well attended; at the exhibition "The 'school I attended", Mrs, Shunk said, "was- an old oneroom frame build- ing, painted - yellow". "It burned down on December 2nd, 1930, and I-remember the date so well, -because it was also my birthday". Since the old frame build- ing for many years had been known as the "Yellow School", the School Board decided to stick to the yel- low colour, but this time it was brick instead of franfe construction. According to information obtained, this is how S.S. No. 9 came to be known as the "Yellow School". Hold Meeting Tuesday, 'Mar. 3 The monthly meeting of the Central Seven Associa: tarded will be held in. Ux- bridge on Tues., March 5th, The meeting will be held in -the Sacred Heart Parish Hall, starts 7.30 p.m. and will take the form of a panel discussion. Taking part in the Hicie sion will be Arnold Roach, chairman of Scugog Retard- ed Children's Education Au- thority, Mrs. John Christie, vice ies -of Central Seven ation for the Ment- ally 'Retarded, Mr. D. Lau- tarded Children's 'Education Authority, and a teacher from Glenholme School in Oshawa. In. Uxhridge .On -own_apartment. tion for the Mentally Re-| Mr Redman has an excél- 19 out of 42 head of cattl¢ perished in a blazing barn fire Friday morning about 5 a.m. on the 14th conces- sion of Reach Township, 'near Saintfield. When Mr. Donald Taylor, owner of the farm rushed to the barn attempting to save his cattle, the heat from the flaming barn was almost un- berable. He "still managed to save 18 out of 19 milking cows, but the balance, most- ly calves and yearlings peri- shed in the flames. When fire trucks from Port Perry and Uxbridge ar- rived at the scene the barn was completely destroyed, but a smaller barn which caught fire by flying sparks was saved. In addition to the cattle lost, 5,000 bales of hay went up in flames, and so did milking and other equip- 19 Head Of Cattle Perish on Fire Near Saintfield ment in the barn. It is a great loss to the owner and his family, since cattle, barn and contents were only partly insured. Attend Meeting In Kansas City Dr. Price attended the Fact Finding Conference -at Kansas City, Missouri dur- ing February 8th to 11th, 1968. This .is an annual conference of Poultry Pro- cessors and further process- ing products. All processors of equipment, poultry manu- facturers and other pharma. ceutical firms attended. Dr. Price attended mainly to meet with many -business- men from Brussels, Trinidad. and Mexico to further Peel's Nsiness with these custom: Celebrates 92nd Birthday "Thomas Redman, long time resident of Scugog Island celebrated his 92nd birthday on February 23rd. Mr. Redman was born at| Kinsale in 1876, but has lived at the present home since his father William Red- man purchased the home- stead from his father-in-law Joseph Reader in 1892. The farm has been in the family for over a century, and is at present operated by Mr. and Mrs. Redman's oldest son Clifford. . ~ Mr. and Mrs. Redman, al- though retired are. still re- siding on the farm in their lent memory, and still inter- ested in the life on the farm, and marvels over the chan- ges and progress in the farm industry. , chairman of Ajax Re:|- County Provides $24,000 For Ambulance Service Approval was given by Ontario County Council last week to a recommendation that $24,000 be- provided -in |- the :1968 estimates to cover the county's share of the cost of an ambulance ser: vice within the county. ~ Last year, an agreement was 'entered into with the provincial department health whereby the depart- 'ment agreed: to provide the service, effective Jan. 1st, 1068, at a cost of 25 cents per capita per annum, No action was taken on a request from the Great Pine Ridge Tourist Council for financial assistance. In this regard, it was suggested the finance and assessment com. ofl: mittee consider the appro- priation of funds to promote tourism within the county. ~Council-- voted --support of a Wentworth County resolu. tion calling-on the minister of municipal affairs and the provincial government to an- nounce immediately the basic shelter 'grant program, It- was agreed the county and Oshawa should build a new office building for the children's aid society and renovate the present shelter to, provide reception and ob. servation facilities. The cost of the plan is $250,000 of which the county will pay halfi .The city and county would then rent the build: (Continued on Page 7) Holstein Cattle [3 Shipped By Air Three Holstein Bulls were shipped via Air France cargo aircraft from Toronto Inter- national. Airport to" Paris, France on Wednesday, Feb- ruary 21, 1968. The shipping arrange- ments were handled by In- terag Food Exports of Can. ada Limited, Port Perry, Ontario. The bulls were bred and raised. on three Ontario farms: Vern Pullen, Wood- stock; W. D. Shore, St. Thomas and Smith Bros, Port Perry, Ontario. This French company pur- chased these bulls to up- grade their ~ present dairy herd. Ontario's Holsteins are noted to be one of the best milk producing strains in the world. -l momentum as the date draws He is a faithful supporter of the United Church and when health permitted was a regularfattendant. On Sunday, Feb. 25th his daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Alan Carter enter- tained all members of the family to a.delicious dinner. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. . Allan Redman (son) Tanaya & Tommy Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Redman (son) John & David, alsé Ross & Karen (children of Irene & Alan Carter), . Stephen Whitter, Scugog, - was- also -among the guests. i Momorial Stone To Be Laid Mar. 31 Interest in the new Sanc- tuaty in Ashburn is gaining nearer. The laying of the Memorial Stone is planned for the 31st of March at 3 p.m. On that date at the morning service at 11.30 a.m. in the Centennial Centre the guest preacher will be the Rev. E. A. Thomson, D.D. of the Church Offices in Don Mills, Toronto. Dr. Thom- son will lay 'the Memorial Stone in- position at the 3.00 p.m. service and the public is cordially invited to attend. The Dedication of the New - Church will take place on . the 21st of April at 3 p.m. The Moderator of the Pres- bytery of Lindsay will pre- side and the sermon will be preached by Rev. Ken. Heron of St. Andrews Church, Barrie. 'A week of special services is planned following the De- dication_ and .the details will ___ be published at a later date. 2,600 Licence Plates Sold Gordon Reesor of Reesor Fuel and Lumber told the Star Tuesday, that a total of 2,600 licence plates had been sold up till that time. This figure is about the amount sold same time last year. 'However, there are still about 600 plates to be pur- chased- by the deadline Feb- ruary 20th, but with the 1 extra day due to 1968 being 'a leap year, Mr. Reesor is certain that most of the plates will be sold. ' During the last few days, Mr. Reesor and his staff has handled between 200 and 250 sets of licence plates every day, and he feels quite sure that the last rush will not bé too much of a prob- lem. HEAR, 2