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rau EEE LT RRP adn CE a ERR Ee lit dR 18 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, April 2, 1985 Indexing newspapers a great aid in research So okay, you know the guy's name and you know he had his picture in the newspaper sometime within the past 50 years. How do you go about "finding that picture" At the Toronto Star, past issues are so well in- dexed it takes mere moments to look up a particular name, story, photo or ad. All you need to know is a person's name and the Toronto paper's filing system can FROM tell you how many times he or she appeared within its pages. At the Port Perry Star, there is virtually no in- dexing system and fin ding information about dated issues is next to impossible. But thanks to a Canada Works Grant and the in- dustry of three women, all that will change. In January the Port Perry Star, Scugog Memorial Library and Scugog Shores Museum Fly 'Wardair Class' to ANCOUVER all received microfilmed copies of the Star dating back to 1857 In February Celine Marcoux of Oshawa, Bonnie Guindon of Seagrave and Mary Jane Teer of Port Perry began the arduous task. of in- dexing all 63,000 pages of microfilmed papers. Everything is being cross-indexed according to subject, name and oc- cupation to make research easy. Only trou- RETURN per person Departures to Vancouver April 3 to November 1 1985 "RETURN per person CALGARY / EDMONTON ble is, why they're mak- ing other people's work easy, the indexers face a difficult job of their own. Type was tiny back in the earliest days of the paper and all three . women have been strain- ing their eyes reading each word and taking copious notes. As Celine Marcoux points out, "It wouldn't take us so long if we didn't file everything. But since we're doing it, we might as well do the best job we can." The grant, acquired by the library, will last un- til May 10th, by which time librarian Judy Mac- Coll is hoping to have somewhere close to the year 1900 indexed. "We may be revising that downwards because it's taking longer than we thought," she said. In the meantime, she's working hard at securing another grant to continue the work. And if everything goes accor- ding to plan, part of the index (1857 to 1890) could be released to the public = ---- iy hadi : rN hie J - » Ware \ Town - THY hi: @ wy PARRINg tn - FREES iy THE SPQp, «oN ™ New CL Oheap Gorge LoAY " L330) Bey N Aaa EH A Lary aya, x td 5 | A ty ve - . meme TI oC Ginger Pa. -- ~ « Se tTARtep uy CCl ) . an wee a "WAR ma.. wr nme vm Le 4 rie Aa RT " | BL. ale ow i. fi Sa SIS DL © en % a Sa 3 hag RR dh Thanks to the energy and. patience of three hard-working women, the microfilmed pages of the Port Perry Star will be indexed and cross-indexed for posterity. See story for details. Departures to Calgary April 3 to October 29. 1985 Departures to Edmonton April 20 to October 1 1985 ~ WINNIPEG £1697" Departures to Winnipeg June 5 to Sept 11, 1985 000 YOUR FUGHT UP TO THE DAY OF DIPARTURL ASK ABOUT WARDAIR'S SEAT RUSH FARIS! Flights also avaiable 10 Halitax and Saskatoon Fare is determined by date of departure and return by the end of May. % FROM = Gasoline Trimmer/ Edgers Four models available for homeowner commer- cial use. The 83G can be equipped with a 10 inch steel blade, the 250G with an 8" steel blade. Others use nylon monofilament line only. Reg. list $329.95 SALE PRICE 3275. ¥ 64 Water Street. Box 1720 T Port Perry. Ont LOB INO phone (416) 985-2268 after hours (416) 728 810% Sut WARDAS FLIGHTS WI 0 P01 OR BC 9 oes ov grre-wd by Bu An ont Batong (Rete pon sen of Pe Coder Ar (oe Sym ois rd on wre d By By he bg ued Lier Pa Ey WO Bee iy wn A 0 baer Od Be Bn | ots ee Band OB ut dn ol den EAT Sag oan hg ala wa bowl OR lens Dan 8 0 or Be ad Ne Regd se aidty od me Eten SO FUGA IMD 00 SOLO BUY AaB PLIGHT AY U0) RAGLIARRY 4 SCROLLS OUR Til 0471) SAOWS ® Nad 48 SRE TE ah are of aed be Sen AN Red Sp dund ba deon AN ¢ Rode (ompen \Wardair We're listening, 2M cs & y & Pont Perry TraveL r For major ) DISPOSABLE bladder control TLIOTIIEN | rosicm. 48 Small 66 * Medium " 2 Large 36 ° Large Atten ds only S t OY . each with 80¢ coupon below \thout coupon special Price w Now available at BRUTON'S IDA DRUGS \_ J Riding Mowers Now, tor the price of an ordinary riding mower, you can own tn 80Cy a new John Deere R70 or R72. Rugged 8 hp engine, SAVE 80¢C n Speed gear drive transmission and 30 inch cutting wdth us sector-and-pinion § ring an inch turning rads , f Full-length welded steel frame. And colour-coded controls 1s Coupon ima s08 Asa etal rice off g The R70 has foi start, the R72 has electric start Big 6 | gger available for both. Save $3388 While or Large Plus 32 size disposable diapers - supphes last ALE PRICE 1849 purchased at *eerennna, 00 BRUTON'S ) R70 Series ... Now 1495.00 M PRICE... 755.00 IDA DRUGS ' fi S00, SS RRIRlE, lim ane coven bee swe [7p UTICA FARM EQUIPMENT John Deere Snowmobile - Sales & Service R.R.4, PORT PERRY at UTICA - 985-3042 A ------ -------- BRUTONS I.D.A. DRUGS 200 QUEEN STREET - PORT PERRY 985-2511