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® {32 > Mrs. Dorothy Butson, (left) | | who has worked at Dominion Corset plant (formerly.Gossard Co.) in Port Perry since 1947, gets a guiding hand from Mrs. Elsie Reid, floor supervisor. When Mrs. Butson started 25 years ago, she was working on lace-up style corsets. Now, the operation is strictly lingerie and. * loungewear. = SERIE SC 'Ontario Society for Crippled Children celebrating 50 years of service The engineer watched hor- rified from the cab while his heavy diesel locomotive, unable to stop in time, rolled over an 8-year-old boy on the tracks near Timmins and severed both his legs below the knees. Had this accident happened half a century ago - instead of three years ago -Denis' Lapalme might have died, or at best been doomed to a wheel chair for life. But today, because of Easter Seals and the Ontario Society for Crippled Children which is celebrating. its 50th anniversary, Denis climbs trees, rides a bicycle, runs with his dog, plays hockey, Ontario PC's will select fed. candidate The Ontario Riding Pro- gressive Conservatives, will meet, March 16 at Uxbridge, to select a candidate for the next federal election. The area includes the Twp. of Pickering, Whitby, East Whitby, Uxbridge, Reach, Scugog and Scott in Ontario County, and Georgina in York. It also takes in the communities of Ajax, -Bay Ridges, Uxbridge, Port Perry, Sutton and Keswick. There are several pro- ° spective candidates, includ- ing George Ashe, deputy- reeve, Twp. of Pickering. The Riding is currently held by Liberal Norm Cafik, winning in the last election by a 2,900 vote majority. football and baseball and has been returned to the com- munity as an active mem- ber. Denis is just one case. There are 14,524 other crippled children across Ontario who need your help and a similar promise of hope through your purchase - of Easter Seals during the month of March. This year's goal an all-time high one - is $1,627,500. : It was a snowy day in November, 1922, when a dozen men - some of them physicians and surgeons and others representing 10 ser- vice clubs - met at the Prince Edward Hotel in Windsor under the auspices of the 'Rotary Club. After a long discussion the 12 men realized the tre-- mendous number of uncared for cases of crippled children across the province and were appalled. They realized, too, the special skills some of them had acquired during World War I in dealing with severe battle casualties. They decided to employ some of the almost miracu- lous techniques of orthopedic surgery - which was then developing rapidly. Sor they did something positive about it and formed the Ontario Society for Crippled Children. In the first year the. 10 service clubs looked after 75 handicapped children. To- day 230 service clubs are affiliated with the Society in the tiniest villages , and largest cities of Ontario and wherever ctippled children need clinics, braces, artific- ial limbs, wheel chairs, summer camps, cerebral palsy clinics of transpor- tation. Fed. Gov't budgets for post office The.exact date of demolition of the old Port Perry postal building is still not known, Postmaster Bruce Hull said recently that he has heard "nothing definite yet," except that the federal postal authority does have plans for a new postal building in Port Perry. Mr. Hull added that funds for a new structure have been allocated by the federal government in the 1972 - 73 fiscal budget year which begins in April. He said another possible influence in the postal service and facil- ities in Port Perry could be the proposed amalgamation of the Oshawa and Whitby postal services. The decision to replace the . existing facilities in Port Perry was made last Nov- ember following a study by federal postal representa- tives. At that time, it was thought demolition of the old building could take place as early as January of this year. However, it appears as if the old building will remain standing until at least fed- eral budget time in April PORT ({ PERRY SECTION ) | PORT PERRY STAR Wednesday, March 1,1972-17. Local industry plans Dominion Corset Co. Ltd. - is making plans for expan- sion in the near future of its branch operation in Port Perry. Mr. V. Dubay, manager in the company's lingerie and loungewear division said in a recent interview that the expansion plans are being made 'as the company is seeking to concentrate more on what he called: "mid to high fashion" styles and colours in contemporary loungewear items. These include hostess gowns and robes, and coulottes (jump- suits). Although this kind of clothing has been worn mostly for "at-home enter- taining," Mr. Dubay added that their popularity has increased recently to where they are now being worn outside the home, to parties and dances. To keep up with and establish fashion trends in the loungewear lines, the _company has recently.set up its own design division, headed by Rita Dennis, a well-known designer with many. years experience in this field. Dominion Corset, an old Canadian company special- izing in foundation garments took over the Port Perry branch last May, when it took over the Gossard Com- pany. Production of found- ation articles was moved to Dominion's large factory in Quebec City, with the Port Perry operation concentrat- ing entirely on lingerie and loungewear. Mr. Dubay describes the work in Port Perry as inspection, packaging and shipping is done from the company's Toronto plant. The Port Perry operation is in the 100-year old struct- ure at the corner of Queen and Lilla Streets. Gossard Company started making foundation garments at this location in the spring of 1947 Al one time there were as many as 40 employees, but recent trends away from such items as long girdles brought about a decline in production. Presently, there are about 20 persons em- ployed, and they produce about 100 dozen loungewear and lingerie items each week, With the expansion plans, Dominion hopes to triple this output, and hire as many as 30, new employees. Dominion Corset employs some 1200 persons, with about 1,000 of these working at the company's main factory in Quebec City. It is one of the few companies ~ that still makes a variation of the old-fashioned pull-type corset with strings and hooks. Child blinded 'on snowmobile An incident was reported by Sergeant D.J. Robson, head of the OPP Accident Prevention Branch this past weekend. An 8 month old child was blinded as a result of a snowmobile ride. Apparently the injury to the éyes was caused by the wind and sun. The child was sitting at the front of the machine, in front of the parents. to triple production The pre-cutting of fabrics, Contrary to what some people may believe, Mr. Dubay said girdles are still in demand these days, though the trend to shorter skirts has necessitated -changes in girdle styles. And despite Women's Lib, "brassiere sales have never been higher," he said. As mentioned previously, the branch in Port Perry makes loungewear and lin- 'gerie only. The company hopes that the expansion will take palce in the next couple of months, with increased production in items for next fall and winter. Uxbridge man dies in crash One man was killed when the car he was driving collided with a tractor trailer near here shortly after-noon Thursday. Dead is Norman Smalley, Uxbridge. He was pro- nounced dead on arrival at hospital after suffering mul- tiple skull fractures in the mishap. - 5 ---60,--of--58 -- Beach Street," The driver of the tractor- trailer, Donald Papple 21, of Seeford, was not injured. The accident occured on County Road 8, four miles west of here. : } Constable Paul Raney, OPP Whitby, placed pro- perty damage to the car at $1, 900 and at $2,300 to the truck. The car was struck broad- side by the truck as it made a left turn from the Fourth Concession onto County strictly a sewing operation. #1] Juanita Amos, centre in picture above, reigns as this year's Heart Queen of Road 8. Cartwright Township. Re-enacting the crowning, last year's Queen, Heather Dorrell, places the crown on Juanita's head 'while first princess, Janis Dorrell presents the traditional bouquet of roses. Canadian Statesman Photo 2 vd A 225 HN a TET : Sn A Ee &