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] ' ; ° 4 a | 3 $4 At a two day carnival staged by the students of Port Perry High School, Miss Nancy Dowson was chosen as Snow Queen. Nancy is shown here coming out of the Igloo built by the boys of grade 11F, winners of 1st prize in the ice sculpture contest. ~ Local High School Students Show ' ora bp Former "Warden Marry Peel Dies In 63rd Year A resident of this commun- ity for most of his life, William Henry (Harry) Peel died sud- denly at his residence, Sun- day morning. Mr. Peel was a well known and highly respected man, not| only in Port Perry and area, but throughout Ontario County. He was a member of Port Perry Council for .several - years, and became reeve when Ernest Hayes died in 1962. Mr. Peel was re-elected to this position for thé 'next four consecutive years, and was elected Warden of Ontario County in 1966. Left to mournhim are his wife, the former Hattie Marie Hamilton, and a son William of Rochester, N.Y. Service was held at the McDermott-Panabaker Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, February 18, and interinent was in Pine Grove : Cemetery. "The sefioot spirit of Port High was finally found, when the plans of 'the 1st Winter Carnival was put into effect. Under the fine management and leadership of Carol An- ton and her 'committee, the carnival proved to be a great | | 'success. At 1:15 Thursday, Feb. 13 tion, Endurance During Carnival the carnival opened with the Chariot Race. The winning team consisted of Bob Swain, Bill McCartney, Paul Mappin, Mark Malcome, Wayne Pugh, and Jim Thompson, all of 11F pulling Janice Neil on a Ski-boose. Following at 1:30 was the 'Continued on Page 2) P2RT { PERRY | Volume 104 -- PORT PERRY ONT., THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 1969 -- Number 19 Port Perry Star Wins Top Honours In OWNA Newspaper Competition The second year of opera- tion for Central Seven Asso- ciation for Mentally Retard- ed is well underway and the new executive has been ap- pointed. Only four changes were. made, and the follow- ing persons combine to make the 1969 executive: President-- Mrs. M: B, Dymond 1st Vice President-- Mrs, C, Badour 2nd Vice President-- Mrs. J. Christie Secretary-Treasurer-- Mrs. P. Hvidsten, Je Corresponding Secretary-- Mrs. J. Lawrence Directors-- Mr. Wm. Bradford Rev. R. Rose Mr. A. Roach Mrs. G. St. Pierre Haspital Hepat Week Ending Feb. 15th Admissions Operations Emergency Treatment .... 50 Births cocci, 1 Discharges ............c.......... 30 Remaining .........c..cocconeee. 16 Visiting Hours--2 to 8 p.m, Maternity Hours 3 to 8 p.m. "Central Seven" Appoints Members 0f '69 Executive Two additional directors will be appointed in the near future, one from the Town- ship of Scugog and a second from the Uxbridge area. Total membership now stands at one hundred and fourteen persons. This is an increase of sixty eight per- sons since the first meeting of the Association on Nevem. ber 1st, 1967. A member- ship costs only $2.00 per single person, or $3.00 per family registration. All the money raised by the mem- berships will provide needed items for the children at the school. If you are interested in becoming a member of an exceptionally 'worthy organi- zation, please contact Mrs. P. Hvidsten, Jr. or any of the above members of the exe- cutive. There will be a general meeting at the Head School on Scugog Island on Tues- day, March 11th, and any interested persons are invit- ed to attend. The guest speaker for the evening will be Mrs. Ann Stafford, an advisor "on- Home Care for the Mentally Retarded. Firemen Fight Scugog Fire For Six Hours Local firemen were called out last Thursday evening, ortly after 9 p.m. to the ome of William Middleton om Scugog Is'and. e.house clowded in th inside and out. After entering the home they found that the smoke was| Hotel, coming from a clogged chim-| ney and a kitchen stove. The firemen had their hands full as the large chimney had been packed full of soot from top to bottom. The fire had burnt its way from the base-| ment up to the first floor where flames were coming out where the kitchen stove pipes joined the chimney. From thi point up to the top the chimney was completely solid and the smoke could not escape only out through th interior of the house. The firemen had to go to the roof and with the aid of a long steel pole gradually pierced a- small hole down through the chimney so that the draft could carry the smoke -and flames to the top of the chimney. The chimney was finally clearea after firemen used the steel pole and a heavy chain to push the burning soot from the top of the chimney to the basement where the red hot soot was carried outside in wash tubs. : Fire Chief Harvey Mahaffy estimated damage to the chimney and smoke damage to the house at about $200.00. Only Eight Days To Buy Plates Most place in Ontario, the selling of licence plates are lagging behind sales at the same period last year. Not so in Port Perry. Mr. G. Reesor, the local issuer told the Star, Monday, sales at his office are about 5% high- er than last year, Monday afternoon some 1,800 plates had been purch- ased from the local office leaving some 1,200 of a total of 3,000 to be sold during the next eight days. Former Lion Honoured A former member of Port Perry Lions Club, George Smith, was presented with most deserving honours at the Club's annual 101 night at Club Annrene, Wednesday last week. Gordon Goode on behalf of the club, presented Mr. Smith with a pin for 22'years perfect attendance. This in itself is an outstanding per- formance of a meniber, but Mr. Smith in addition received a Key Award Membership issued by Lions International for exceptional service in d Oshawa, February 18 and 19. building the association. Port Perry Star won top honours in the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association's an- nual newspaper competition. Competing in the class of tabloid newspapers with circ- ulation under 3,600, the Star scored the highest number of points in the category, General Excellence. All prize.winners have been announced prior to the annual Ontario Weekly Newspapers Convention to be held this year at the Chateau Laurier Ottawa, Ontario, on February 21st and 22nd. Earlj Morrison of the Napanee Beaver is Convention Chair- man. Attending from this newspaper will be P. Hvidsten, Publisher and Mrs. P. Hvid- sten. OFFICIAL WELCOME Delegates will be welcomed on Thursday evening by W.R. Workman. Mr. Workman is publisher of the Winchester Press and president of the association. Irwin McIntosh of North Battleford, Sask.. president of (Continued on Page 14) Port Perry High School Enters Festival Contest Port Perry High School is one of six high schools entered in the annual Ontario County District' Drama Festival, to be held in Eastdale Collegiate, The local school will pre- sent George Bernard Shaw's play, "Passion, Poison and Petrifaction", directed by Mrs. J. T. Lackie. Port Perry's entry will be staged on Tues- day night, and the following students: fill - the - cast: -Lady Magnesia, Debbie Griffen; Phyllis, Alison McLatter; George, Larry Emmerson; Adolphus, Paul Taylor; Land- lady, Sharon Lackie; Police Constable, Bill Gray; Doctor, Brian McNab. Other schools taking part Pickering; Central Collegiate, Oshawa; O°'Neil Collegiate, Oshawa; Anderson Collegiate, Whitby; Dennis OConnor High School, Whitby. Awards will be presented for best play, best actress and best actor. Other students will be chosen for Awards of Merit. The school winning the Best Play award will be invited to participate in a regional competiton of Simpsons-Sears Ontario - Collegiate Drama Festival, to be held Saturday, March 29 at Lindsay. The win- ner of the regional compet- ition will go on to participate in the Ontario Finals at the University of Waterloo Thea- tre of the Arts on May 9 and are, Dunbarton High School, 10. Discuss Purchase Of Truck For Reach-Scugog Twps. Representatives from Reach and Scugog Township councils met recently with Port Perry council to discuss the purchase of a new tank truck. Representing Reach were A. Bertrand and A. Cattyn, and Scugog Mrs, Grace Love and Mrs, Helen Redman. Present from the Fire Depart- ment were, Fire Chief, Harvey Mahaffy and Deputy Fire Chief, Jack Cook. Mr. Norman Atkins, representing the Fire Marshall's office attended the meeting. According to Mr. Mahaffy, the present Reach tanker is in a bad state of repairs and not safe to operate. He sug- gested, Reach and Scugog Townships join forces and purchase a new fire tanker to serve both municipalities. Mr. Bertrand, stated he didn't think the Reach tanker was in as bad a condition as described by the Fire Chief. Mr. Bertrand after inspect- ing the truck, completely changed his mind, and told the Star, "he would give complete support the purchase of a new fire truck." Mrs. Love said, Scugog had recently purchased a truck, and thought the sharing of a new truck with Reach could become complicated. It was suggested that the representatives from Scugog and Reach meet with the department at the Fire Hall to further discuss the question and then present the.result to their respective councils. Tragic Accident A tragic accident occurred at the High School Monday, when 17 year old Mauri Kinnunen, Cartwright Town- ship, a grade 10 student fell from a third story window on the south side of the old section, Details of what took place before the accident occurred or what prompted the fall were not available at press time. Dr. W.J. Cohoon, who was called arrived at the school in a matter of minutes and trected the boy at the scene of the accident. Brig- nall's ambulance also arrived on record time and took the boy to Port Perry Hospital. After further treatment here the injured was transferred to Toronto Western Hospital. According to Dr. Cohoon, the boy received painful injuries to his back. SAAR SE IAN .