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» WORLD O OF MUSIC or . Capacity Crowd Enjoys Local Talen = Wednesday - eyeing last week the United Church au- ditorium was filled to capa- city and the large "audience with their applause showed their = appreciation -of . the talent and showmanship of - the young -peoplerwho parti-| . cipated in this fine concert. Behind this programme was t Perform "the- inspiration* of Mrs.-Grace| Hastings. Mrs: Hastings is well known in Port Perry for her work with Public School Choirs, and her choice of good music and fine dir- ectorship of the Port Perry 'United Church choir. She felt that a great number of young people do not have enough: opportunities for FRE Graduates Mr. Ron L. Wagner, son of Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Wagner, Port Perry, graduated May 14th. from Ryerson ;Poly- technicals: Institute. - -Ron placed 'second. 'in his 'class ' . with an average of 81.1% in Architectural Technology. Ron received his public school education at Prince Albert and his high school . in Port Perry. He is now 'employed with " Ballard / Lumber Company in| 2 "the John the contracting department. performing in public, nor to hear: good music performed Lby---their friends -and--col- leagues before an-audience. 'Mrs. Joan Godley, who was programme co-ordinator, has had a great deal of éxperien- ce in this capacity and has always done a very fine job. 'Mr. L. Peter Chellew, mu- sic supervisor of Port Perry | High School, was master of ceremonies . and . introduced his = High School Concert 1Band. These young people, looking very smart in their new red jackets, were Te- 'plause. Mr, Chellew has been train: ing this group for less than 'two-years-and-the results-are 'remarkable. The -band-open- ed with 'O Canada' and add- ing to their fine rendition of Our National Anthem was Mrs, Hastings' R. H. Cornish Public * School. Choir. Al" though these two greups per- formed again later in the 'evening the audience would | have been happy to hear more of them. Piano, vocal and pipe or- 'gan solos rounded out a well planned programme. The teachers had had a difficult task having to choose from their students, the few who could -he- given the privilege of performing. (very charming in their long Continued on page 9 y .reports three car accidents in __on the corner of Oshawa Road 17A with 1964 Oldsmobile 'Tartar; 'Toronto received an ceived with tremendous. ap- | The girls O.P.P. Whitby Detachment the Port Perry area over the Holiday weekend. The above 1963 Chevrolet, driven by Michael - Stokes,. 19, Toronto was damaged to the cost of $1,000. when it turned over on the corner of Highway 12 and County Road 7. 'The driver and a passenger, Larry Chilton, R.R., 1, Port Perry, were taken to Port Perry Com- munity Hospital treated for ---minor.-injuries--and--released. |- The accident occurred on Sat- urday, at 1;60 p.m. ~~ The 1965 Pontiac seen at left was involved.in a collision (County Road 2) and Highway driven by Timothy Bruton, Port-Perry. Drivers and pas- sengers © escaped without injuries, The accident occurred! Saturday. "At 10 p.m. Saturday, a self-]. inflicted. accident occurred at Greenbank. The -car-a 1966] Chevy II, driven by Istvan estimated damage of $500. A passenger. in. the car, Eliz- abeth Szell was taken to Port Perry Community Hospital and treated for minor injuries. ! Mill Rates Down In Scugog Twp. Last week Port Perry ratepayers received the good news that the mill rate was lowered to some extent. This week, Scugog Township ratepayers are receiving the same good news. The total levy this year Capital Grant of $2,560. The 'amount to be raised 2y taxation is$146,588.90. ~ Commercial mill rate for 1969 was struck at 93.59, compared 'to ~~ 98.43 in 1968, a saving of 4.84 mills. Farm . and residential * rate in 1969 is 86.30 mills compared 1090.94 in 1968, a reduction of 4.64 mills, Marie | Taylor Performs With Symphony Chorus . 'Marie Taylor 'recently per- formed with the - Toronto Symphony Chorus, in the production of Brahm's Re- quiem. s The work was sung in German, and staged 'in Massey Hall, Toronto. ~'This occasion marked the final concert the Symphony Chorus will sing under the baton of Seizi. Ozawa, con: "ductor 'of the Toronto Sym- phony . Orchestra, who next season will conduct the Los Photos by Joe Jordan Angeles Philharmonic, - is $149,148.90, reduced by | | Ron Wismer, retiring governor of District A-3 performed the installation of the 1969-70 Port Perry Lions Club officers k "Tuesday 'night at' Club 'Annrene. Here he extends congratul- ations, to his successor, Storey Beare, last year's deputy- district governor. Mr. Beare will be officially recognized at the annual convention of Multiple District ' 'A" Ontario and Quebec. Lions International in Ottawa next week. LIONS -CONVENTION IN OTTAWA Plans Canoe Excursion On Nonquon, At the meeting of the His- torical Sosiety in Greenbank on May 15 plans were un- veiled for a canoe excursion to be held on the Nonquon River and Lake Scugog on Saturday, June 14. A committee composed of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Laban- ovich, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pavlik, Mr. John Scott, Mr. Allan Wakeford, Mc Robert Merchant and Mr. William Brock plans to ask all part- icipants to find sponsore/for the 15 mile paddle from the eighth concession of Reach to the 'lake front in Port Perry. The object of "Paddle Six In. Of Water In School Basement The heavy rain during the last few days caused surface water to enter the: basement of the Public School during the long Holiday weekend. Reg Armstrong pumped about six inches of water out of the basemeént Tues- day, but water was still seep- ing in Tuesday night. : The furnace. had to be cut-off; but at this time" of the year, although fairly cool, neither - children 'or teache: 'seemed to suffer from } June 14th the Nonquon '69" is to raise funds for the establishment of the log cabin museum when a site is found. There will be prizes for the persons who are sponsored for the greatest amount. In a sense, "Paddle the Nonquon" will also be a race. There will be a trophy and prizes for the first can- oes to arrive in Port Perry, and the young men who fin- ish in the best time will be offered opportunity to take part\in some of the long distance canoe brigades be- ing" "organized in various parts of the province by illan of the Ont- fation. Mr. Mac- is currently planning a canoe brigade to padd: le from Grand Portage, Minn. esota to Winnipeg .in the summer of 1970, to comm. emorate the fur traders who '| so frequently travelled this route in- the days of the fur trade. There can be few oth: er adventures so exciting as this and the committee hope that through its effort in or- ganizing "Paddle the Non auon"- this community - will be represented in the canoes it] which' reach Winnipeg. in Five Delegates To Attend | Storey Beare Governor "Delegates: to. Multiple "Dis-| trict '"A"; Ontario and Que- bec, Lions International, 49th annual convention in Ottawa from Port Perry will be Stor- ey 'Beare, Gordon--Prentice, Gordon Goode, Art Petrozzi and Ken Murray. oe Accompanying the five delégates are their respective wives. Storey Beare, deputy-district -governor- District A-3 in Cobourg last year, was automatically elev- ated to the position of gover- nor this year, since no other member contested this posit- 'jon in District A-3. Mr. Beare is the first mem- ber of Port Perry Lions Club to hold this important office in Lions International during the 31 years the Hy club elected of} 'has been in existence. This is an honour, not only to him- self, but to the .club -and this. community. The big parade with some" 5,000 Lions participating from" 82 clubs will take place on Sunday, May 25 and then on the following three days the actual convention business will be conducted. Hospital Report Neek Ending May 17 Admission . 27 Operations . 3 15. Emergency Treatments . 54 Births. . . . . . . 1 Deaths . . . . . . 1 Discharges ~~. ~:~ '41 Remaining . 24 Visiting Hours -- 2 to 8 8 p.m. Maternity- Hours -- 3 to 8 p.m. +970. Historical Society Elects Wm. Brock First President About seventy people were present atthe -- Greenbank Centennial Hall on Thursday, May 15 to elect an executive for the society. The follow- ing officers were elected. President, WilliAm Brock, Port Perry; Vice Presidents, Mrs. Jean Nodwell, Seagrave Mr. Wilmot Phair, bank, Mrs. Helen Redman, Scugog; Recording Secretary Mrs. Genevieve John, Port Perry; Corresponding Secre- tary, Mrs. Miriam Labanovich Port Perry; Treasurer, .u. Allan Bertrand, Reach; His- torian, Mrs: 'Margaret Corn-' Perry; Councillors, ish, Po Mr; Ro Cornish, Port Perry, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kane, Scu- gog, Mrs, Patricia Love, Prince Albert, Mr, Reg. Green- Philip, Port Perry, Mrs. Rose -Continued'on page 9-- wr Safety Essays By P. S. Children OP.P. Constable Gary Chapman, a well known personality and friend of public school children in this area recently encour- aged the pupils of various schools to write essays on "Safety". The' Star has accepted and will print a few of these essays, how- ever, there are far to many written, and space will not" permit to publish them all. The first essay appears®™in this week's paper.