Port Perry High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Port Perry, Ontario Canada)

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THE .v'R1o,Lgp1URAL TRIP Massey Harris CLarry Kendall! A group of boys of grades ten, eleven and twelve piled into-one of Mr. DeNure's fine buses, At nine- fifteen in the morning we left for Toronto. Reaching our destination about ten-thirty, we entered Massey Harris's large display room. There we saw varying displays of tractors, ranging from cubs to diesels, and huge combines. from the display room we walked for about a block to the combine building. The North Combine Plant at Toronto is recognized as one of the most modern assembly lines operating on the North American Continent. This building covers an area of 270,000 Square feet, It is a fascinating sight to walk down the line and see, station by station an unrecoenizable frame taking shape- Finally it emerges, at the end of the thousand foo! building, as the qleaming red and yellow self-propelled'combine famous in the harvesting fields the world over, After a tour through the forde building, we went back to-the showroom where we were shown a very delightful movie called W0ur Daily Bread.W . . , . 1 .f I -.I uw Q frlo .0.,ne:.r1j After p'Bsing through the Massey Harris building we advanced po the west end of Toronto to the Canada Packers Company. Here we donned white coats and proceeded to explore the ragrent building of this company. As ne moved along the assembly line studying the processing of the meat of both cattle and hogs, we were very much impressed. We closely examined the work of the men and women , from the time the animals were slaughtered to the point where they were Shipped out on the trucks, Along the way we took time Out to peer into the smokers, out of which came juicy hams, and sh0uldsnshy'Further down the line we ceme to the home of Domesticw5hortening end Maple Leaf Lord. Here we watched these-products being prqked intg bgxgs' PIIGS and bHTrGlS. 'Returning to the offices of the ' giant, we removed our oloaks, fftcr which we wgyg ' ' rested to refreshments of hot dogs :nd milk. After n mrd rush to the bus we soon found our- It solves at the Eglington Theatre. Here all of us enjoyed WThG Royal Journeyd and an exciting 'fr feature cflled WThe Wooden-Horse.W

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HQDE PRCGQCT QTed Lawbf 4.u-4-,. ' ' ' - ' The late Mr, Samuel Earmer and Mrsl Farmer ao ated a Trocl to be won by the student or fst,ednts having the nost conolete Home Iroject. The student's name is inscribed on the Troph, which hangs on the school wall. This year the Trophy was won by the Lamb twins. 3 , .. T A T' . A 'Twins Are you fellows twins U '. f , N 'Of course we are twinshp 'seve teen and one half months apart -H- 4 . A 4 The Port Perry Lions Club Grain Club provided each of us wth a bushel of Registered fiak Oats, These were.treated and sown V on land, one acre for each of us 'hich had been manured and worked the provious fall and which we fartiliged, cultivated and harrowed that spring. The'qrain came up in about six dafs and 'ood weather helped it'Erow, 4.w T T Q if-' A ' Mr Crave came out in June to inspect the project and took a picture of the grain, us and the doa. B' Wood luck we pulled the mustard the day before Lr, Crane came again. A few days later he returned brinfing Mr, Jennings, the assistant.Aqricultural mep resentative, o inspect it, link: , Cn August lO, the grain was cutzand stcokedk two weeks later it was thrashed, Achievement dai was Septerberht, and we each showed one bushel of our oats at Port Perry Fair, I won first prize and Bill took second, nt a banquet in tovember held at the Delicateria Restaurant f the Lions Club, I was presented with a cheque for eight dollars for winning the hiqhest,number of points. For second prize Bill received se en do lars, 'jg H , pf lt was an interesting project we had to keep a record of all costs, such as renting the land, value of farmyard manure used, commercialfertilizer, cost of the use of the tractor and farm implements. threshing and other incidentals, Je compared the cost with the value of the grain to find the accualaprofit in money, Added to that was a worth'while profit in experience. 1 - F f ,J 3 - ' an in - 1. - ' ' . 'f F ' ' X ' 51,1 : --lf 14 e . ' 2 . 5,11-'1 -will 11 ' - s -.-- .- .grfo-'1 :I tai' U. 1' t l will ' 'N' H- --f-1 -V ff, Lrifji- :' ' 9f'3'.Z'L fi T-11:7-5:42 '- - E . 'li , . -. ' - ., - -W 4' l--i. ' 1- . J : ff.-.ez j'L.1 '-' : V' -'V Lg: 1' 1 T 3. I 5,3 .'A'L 4,f': 'Luv' 1, A -iff' if. ' 5 ' 34435S.'-i5G 3+'H3'f1Qi-1751.3.-1. :., . . ..:4 f. .. - ' Q rf: I-g'::'.i' :-- '55, ' 's 5ff' 'f- '. '- .El .- ' . - . ' 4 I hi' . .1