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Port Perry Star, 8 Aug 1979, p. 2

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Sa ~~ NE SEENY 'w 2 A LK re) RRC Coe 2-- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, August 8, 1979 Town Hall 1873 to commence season When Town Hall 1873 commences the fourth artis- tic season in September, the first event on the 1979-80 season will be "kicked off" with a weekend fun trip to Montreal. This is a co-operative venture between Town Hall 1873 and Nonquon Travel Service and will take place the weekend of September 14-16. The group taking part will travel in a separate Via Rail car from Guildwood to HARDSAND FENCE & PATIO CENTRE . Commerclal & Residential * Farm Gates & Fence * T-Bar * Barb Wire 125-1721 * Installations & Repairs Montreal return, with accomodations at Chateau Champlain, two breakfasts included. Tickets will be available for an Expo game, Saturday, September 15 at the famous Olympic Stadium. This trip is open to anyone interested, and further information may be obtained by phoning Mr. David Waite, Nonquon Travel Service. Although the interest among the public for a continued successful opera- tion of Town Hall 1873 is on a steady increase, more active participation is required. The weekend trip to Montreal is the first under- taking of the season to raise funds for a more efficient organization financially and artistically. Membership to Town Hall 1873 is a nominal cost of $3.00, and gives members 10 per cent discount on Town Hall 1873 sponsored events, advance notice of upcoming r TOWN HALL 1873 presents "The Greatest Movie Moments" A Production by the Newly Formed Port Theatre Co. SEPT. 8th, 1979 8:00 P.M. at TOWN HALL 1873 Fully Licensed & Restricted to Persons 19 Years and Over. \ B Calling All Kids to the KIDDIES' PARADE Friday, August 10th - 10 a.m. (BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET - PORT PERRY) Prizes - Prizes - Prizes ALSO THE MUTT SHOW Saturday, August 11th - 1 p.m. (IN FRONT OF THE POST OFFICE - PORT PERRY) Enter Your Pet in One of the Many Categories! THE KINETTE CLUB OF PORT PERRY CALL 985-7245 or 985-2226 events, voting privileges, at genédral meetings, and last, but not least the opportunity of supporting Town Hall 1873. Scugog Choral Society will open the popular Subscrip- tion Series this season. On the program is the favourite Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "Pirates of Penzance", staged under the direction of Grace Hastings, Friday, November 16. The popular Huggett Family, recently featured in the Toronto Star and well known on stage, television, and radio will present a Christmas family concert of Renaissance dance and music Thursday, December 6. For the third program in the Subscription Series the Town Hall stage will be occupied by a former Port Perry boy Kenneth Webster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Webster. Joining him on the stage is associate vocalist Phyllis Cooper in a perfor- mance of solo and duo songs with piano accompaniment. While residing in Port Perry, Mr. Webster studied piano with Mrs. Harper and cello with Vic Stouffer. The final and climax of Subscription Series will again feature Tom Millar and the faithful Scugog Choral Society accompanist, Gloria Forder. The event takes place on Friday, March 28, and the program is "'an evening of piano duets and solos." After being absent for one year, the popular New Year's Eve Ball will return to Town Hall 1873, a real gala event with live music by Martin Muzik of Oshawa. In addition to the Town Hall sponsored events, several other functions of various categories, spon- sored by other organizations and individuals will make \-- J use of the much respected hall. EA AHA SHA NC II WLS ULL UTS HUTT e TCT Te HUTT TIT TTT TTT To TTT Te TT LL Le Le Junior Farmers compete in Provincial Summer Games More than 400 Junior Farmers from across Ontario will compete in the Junior Farmers Provincial Summer Games at Guelph, August 11. "The provincial summer games are held each year to give Junior Farmers an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities in summer sports," says Rod Stork, of youth extension, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Each team or individual competitor in the summer games qualifies by winning competitions at the county or district level, and at the zone level. There are seven zones in the province. Summer games events include men's and ladies' softball, slow-pitch baseball, track and field, swimming, men's and ladies' tug-of-war, rifle shooting, horseshoe pitching and tennis. One of the highlights of the 1979 games is the provincial tractor safety rodeo which is being held in conjunction with the games for the first time. More than 20 Junior Farmers qualified for the provincial final at eight local competitions held earlier this summer. The tractor rodeo will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The summer games offer New Staff Seargant for Scugog-Uxbridge Durham Region Police Chief Jon Jenkins announced Tuesday that Staff-Sgt. Don Robson has been named offi- cer in charge of the Scugog- Cedar Creek Mr. and Mrs. John den Boer spent last week in the Bobcaygeon area and one day in Algonquin Park. Mrs. Margaret Larocque and her daughter Pauline Grant, of Oshawa, were Fri- day evening visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Victor La- rocque. George Kilpatrick visited his cousin, Marie Henstock and family in Oshawa Satur- day evening. Other visitors were Marie's mother, Janet Porter of Toronto, Dorothy Clark and her son Allen of Toronto, Eleanor Palmer and daughter Tracy of Bos- ton, Mass. and Laura Porter of New York. Dorothy Clark's eldest son, John had been married on August 2nd and the Porter family had all been together for the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Rick La- rocque and sons and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cummings and family of Caesarea spent the weekend camping in the Madoc area. GMC TRUCKS Uxbridge detachment. He takes over from Staff- Sgt. Reg. McIntryre who has been transferred to Dur- ham's Number 25 division in Pickering. Staff-Sgt. Robson has been with Durham Police since it was formed in 1974, and prior to that spent nearly 20 years as an officer with the Ajax Police force. : His appointment took ef- fect on Monday. QUOT BT TT Te TTT 985-2543 TEETER POO TT * Wheelbases from 125 to 254 inches * GVWRs from 13,800 to 44,860 * GCWRs up to 60,000 Ibs. See us soon for this popular medium duty PONTIAC-BUICK LIMITED 10 Vanedward Drive - Port Perry - 985-8474 challenging competition for the competitors, and good entertainment. for specta- tors. The tug-of-war com- petitions, which begin at 4 p.m., and the zany bed race which follows, are popular spectator events. Following the day's activi- ties, the summer. games trophy will be awarded to the zone with the highest number of points. Winners of each competition will be presented with Junior Farmer medallions. All summer games events will be held at the University of Guelph. The tug-of-war competitions, tractor rodeo, and bed race will be held in the parking lot across from the Athletics Centre. Bookkeeping Services FULL or PART TIME Pick-up and delivery if required. DAYS OR EVENINGS {Weekends can be arranged) K. Dave Muir --RIA. -- 173 Lilla St. - 985-7079 ELT TTT TTT Western Weekend SPECIALS PORT GIFTS QUEEN STREET - PORT PERRY CUSTOM FRAMING 10% OFF All Store Pictures 10% OFF All Models ETT TT TTT ° |

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