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Ll -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1968 dent of Cartwright High School was chosen Queen at the school's "At Home". The memorial stone was laid at a special ceremony of Burns Presbyterian Church in Ashburn. The former church was desfroyed by fire Feb. 12th, 1967. 2,000 persons attended the 10th annual Figure. Skating Carnival in the Arena over two days. ) 1,500 acres covered with Christmas trees were destroy- ed by fire. More than 200 fought the biggest blaze ever occurred in Cartwright Twp. The last remnants of ice disappeared from Lake Scu- gog April 4th, Storey Beare, Zone chair- man of 10 South, Region 10 Sub-District A-3 Lions Inter- national was elected Deputy- District Governor in Cobourg. |. 20 local Lions and wives went along for the occasion to give Mr. Beare the neces- sary support to win. - MAY 120 'Veterans attend the annual "Old Bills Night" held in the Legion Hall. Ro- bert McChesney, president of Ontario Provincial Com- mand was guest speaker. Mr. Norman Cafik was elected Liberal candidate at a meeting held in the R. H. Cornish Public School. An estimated crowd of 700 atten- ded the meeting. Well over 150 persons at- tended Port Perry Lions Club 30th Anniversary cele- bration at Club Annrene. Guest Speaker was past in- ternational director, George Laughlin. Within 24 hours two fires | : occurred in Caesarea. A home and a summer cottage were both, completely de- stroyed. : Increases in millrates an- nounced in Scugog & Reach Townships. Clark Muirhead elected P.C. candidate for Ontario Riding in a six way contest -in - Uxbridge. More than -1,000 persons attended the meeting. 77 students of Port Perry High School collect $300 from a walkathon between Port Perry and Uxbridge for the benefit of Central Seven Association for Mentally Re. tarded. JUNE. _ : Denis Symes and Bruce Smith, members of 1st Scu- gog Scout Group. received Queen's badges at Manches- ter United Church. 75 persons attended a function in the Masonic Hall in honour of two teachers at the R. H. Cornish Public School. Mrs. Eunice Hunter and Mr. S. Cawker, long time servants at the school were presented with gifts on their retirement, Members .of Lions Club cold 4,400 light bulbs to Port Perry and area residents dur- ing their annual "Bag of Bulbs" campaign. : Miss Margaret Stewart, Lilla * Street received the Centennial Medal. Miss Ste- wart, a registered nurse de- 'voted her life to the 'nursing profession, not only in Can: ada, but in United States, Europe and India. Norman Cafik liberal mem. "ber. won Ontario Riding in the Federal election, in sec- BEARERS EE ES ES i i i hs fh hm a hm irs mm ena Som sa ne SA NS RA CRA RAID | 3 Looking Back At 1968 Item ond place was P.C, candidate Clark Muirhead, and third, Robert Wing, N.D.P. candi- date. JULY A three-car crash occurred near the Manchester inter- section. The Lions Club sponsored Bantam Softball team won the Port Perry Star trophy after winning the final game against Oshawa. Two persons were admitted to hospital following a two- car collision on the corner of County Road 2 and Scugog St. Damage to the cars was esti- mated at $1,600. . President and founder of the Handicraft Guild, Mrs. Louise Patterson was honour- ed at a farewell party. Mrs. Patterson is now making her home in Truro, Nova Scotia. AUGUST Sharon Sweetman, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sweetman, was runner-up -in a beauty contest held by Zone F1, Royal Cardadian Legion in Whitby. Mrs F. Crosier, correspon- dent for Port Perry Star for 40 years, celebrated her 80th birthday. Barn and contents of Mr. D. J. Taylor, Scugog Island were completely destroyed by fire. Fortunately, 20 head of cattle in the barn were saved. The following six students of Port Perry High School were Ontario Scholars for 1968: Timothy Bruton, Bri- gitte Alzner, Marten den Boer, Bonnie Cawker, Rita Stein, and Lois Milne. The first annual Chamber of Commerce Carnival was attended by hundreds and was judged a decided success. Miss Pat Hunter, RR. 2, Seagrave was chosen to re- present Ontario County in the competition for Dairy Queen at the C.N.E. Beth Johnston, Cartwright High School, was awarded an Ontario Scholarship. SEPTEMBER 814 students registered at Port Perry High School, the highest in the school's his- tory. - R. H. Cornish Public School began the year with 699 pupils. - A collision at Greenbank. between a car and a truck caused an estimated damage of $2,800 to the two vehicles. Two persons were taken to Port Perry Community Memorial Hospital for treat- ment after a-two-car collision at the Manchester intersec- tion. Tina Ruhl, RR. 4, Uxbridge was a winner of a transistor radio in a Poster Contest sponsored by General Motors of Canada Ltd. Over 1,000 children took part in the contest. 'Population of Port Perry =) x increased by 91 during 1968, and brought the population to an all time high of 2,746. Vin Walker was elected chairman of the new Arena Board. OCTOBER Port Perry Juvenile "C" team won the OASA Softball Championship by defeating Tavistock 4 to 3.. Dr. M. B. Dymond, Ontario Minister of Health received an honourary degree at Queen's University, Kingston. An estimated 2,000 persons attended the second annual "Autorama Show" sponsored by five local car dealers. 191 persons register for the Port Perry High School night classes. Capacity crowds attended two dedication services of the United Church new Christian Education Centre. Several car crashes and break-ins were reported by the Whitby Detachment of the O.P.P. NOVEMBER Dr. M. B. Dymond officially opens the new bakery plant of Flamingo Pastries Limit- ed. In a short period of two years the firm, making butter tarts expanded from a staff of two, the proprietor Ken Jackson and his wife Marj. to a staff of 80. Miss Lynne MacGregor was valedictorian at the annual Port Perry. $5,100 in cash and $2,300 worth of jewellery was stolen from an apartment above Rio Restaurant. Collection for UNICEF dur- ing Hallowe'en passed the $400. mark. Yt Port Perry Lions Club pre- sents a cheque for $1,000. to the Hospital Building Fund.' A local teenage group known as "r place" present: ed $250. dollars each to the Hospital Building Fund and the Central Seven Associa- tion for the Mentally Retard- ed. Members of Branch 419, Royal Canadian Legion hon- oured fallen comrades in two World Wars at a Remem- brance Day Banquet. DECEMBER Robert Kenny was elected reeve of Port Perry at the municipal elections. He.de- feated J. J. Gibson who head- ed the council for over a decade. . The present reeve of Scu- gog Township declined no- mination for the next term, and Mr. Cecil Fralick was elected after defeating the present deputy-reeve, Joe Dowson. Mrs. Grace Love was elected deputy-reeve for next tem. Wm, Williams and Ted Griffen were elected to Port Perry Hydro Electric Comumnis- sion, following the resigna- s From The Files Of The 'Star' tion of Arthur Cox and Ted Jackson, Elected to the new Ontario o County Board of Education to represent Port Perry, Township of East Whitby, and Township of Scugog was Gordon Goode of Port Perry. R. Geitins was elected de- * puty -reeve in Cartwright Township. Reeve Lawrence Malcolm was given an accla- mation for next term. Sewage works ' for Port Perry was approved by Ont- ® ario Municipal Board. Santa greeted by hundreds when he arrived in Port Perry. An excellent parade featuring two bands .took part. } Ed (Sam) Oyler decided to seek position of Warden of Ont. County for next term. Suggests More County Roads (Continued that 88.2 miles of rural roads and 13.2 miles of urban roads, to bring the total mileage to 392, be assumed. Some of the new mileage in the southerly sections of the county developing areas; while roads in the north to serve summer. resort areas or to provide improved links in rural areas The report, when adopted, would provide a schedule of road work over a 10 year period, Mr. Sims said. aNaSe-- a Cl \errerys Lord Simcoe, first lieuten- ant governor of Upper Can- ada, and his family at York in 1793, on the day when he declared the name of Tor- onto changed to York. This was in honor of the success of the Duke of York against da i aR 3 - LS HIRES | = NN 3 ANN A DN ITD A RAEN \ the French in Holland. . Mrs. Simcoe's diary says, "there was a party of Ojibway In- dians here, who appeared much pleased with the fir- ing" -- a salute of 21 guns to celebrate the occasion. "One of them took Francis My ~~ M! cs AN AW, a0 . \ \N\¥ 2 JA ', ond EE... CS NYS Wy EON : : i RAL * 0 20 ' Od : A ON N 20» sO ED a ® i A = 2% in his arms, and was much pleased to find the child not afraid, but delighted with the sound." . The illustration shows Mrs. Simcoe's hound, "Trojan", who once disgraced himself, she reported, by tearing in \ nme i \r TI d NAR \ : 0 A J - ; Prom the Imperial 0il Collection pieces a map of Canada which sale of the explorer's effects. she had drawn. In the back- ground is the "canvas house" in which the Simcoes lived. This was a large tent used by Captain Cook in his South Sea expedition; Simcoe bought it in London at the It was set up on the high ground east of Garrison Creek, at the foot of the pre. sent Bathurst Street in Tor onto. ' (This picture is one of a series which readers may wish to clip and save.) 4 LJ would serve | | A, EE ----