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"demolished the store and its contents. On hand for the 16 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, July 3, 1985 . . » Ve r - | i : n = $ { ' ht SC ------ Allan Beacock, president of the new hardware store, bought out the Hoskins 14 years ago and the store has been a Beacock family operation ever since. That's Allan and his son Bob with family members Barb, Steven, 14 and Chris, 10. See story for details. | Dominion Blackstock Hardware, formerly known and loved as Beacock's Hardware, officially re-opened its doors last Thursday following the 1984 fire which RAINBOWS DECORATING CENTRE Port Perry Plaza -- 985-9235 * Wallpaper 4 Paints & Btaine * Vertical Blinds * Venetian Blinde More than a year after fire devastated one of Blackstock's favourite institutions, Beacock's Hardware is in business again Only now it's called Blackstock Dominion Hardware, and is backed by a national marketing and advertising cam- paign. But regardless of the name change, the store is still basically the same, run by the family that has made a name for itself after 14 years in the hardware business. business. That's when Allan Beacock purchased the store from Frank and Muriel Hoskin, a farm- ing couple much like the Beacocks. "Frank just came and "pestered me until I bought it," Mr. Beacock recalls with a grin. "I never thought of myself as a hardware man.' His son Bob began to take a lot of the store's responsibility over after 1975, when he graduated from Port Perry High School Always known as a friendly place where you could find just about everything, Beacock's Hardware became a fix- ture in the small com- munity, an anchor to the time of the old-fashioned genera] store where folks would drop around just to shoot the breeze. "People would come in if they wanted directions. Or anything for that mat- ter,' Mr. Beacock Senior says. 'They always came here." But tradition nearly came to a screeching halt on May 16, 1984, when the hardware store burned to the\ground. The family everything they had in- vested in the store and seriously wondered if they'd be able to re-build. Thankfully, the loss was covered by in- surance, and they were able to start re- construction after two or three months. h | ribbon cutting was Allan Beacock, Dominion rep Garth Jamieson, Mayor Jerry Taylor, Barb Beacock, Ron Lock, sales manager for Cochrane-Dunlop Consumer Products and Bob Beacock. 3 IN PICK YOUR OWN Custom Made VERTICAL BLINDS ........ up to , 70% OFF enbanh 'Say It with a. BALLOON BOUQUET - FOR ANY OCCASION - STRAWBERRIES . AT THE SCUGOG TWP. Birthdays - Anniversaries Births - Office Parties Get Well Wishes Phone: 985-8295 The Balloon House Delivery Available 2868-81085 lost "The new store is the same size as the old one but boasts all sorts of new merchandise. All the old lines are there, along with a new range of housewares, plumbing and electrical supplies, home decorative ideas, and farm equipment. The store also offers mechanical and small X Blackstock store A re-opens after fire engine repairs. "We're servicing what we sell," says Bob Beacock. "We've always done that and we always will. And we'd also like to thank the people in the past who have provided us with asistaned and hope we can help the the future." Strawberry Social tickets up for grabs Utica and Area News by Vera Brown This Saturday in Utica Hall the United Church are holding their annual Strawberry Social at 8 p.m. I have been given a few tickets if anyone wants them. The price of admission is $3.00. Church service this week is at Utica at 11:15 a.m. and the Vacation Bible School starts next Monday and will be held in Epsom Church from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. There will be a euchre in the Hall on Friday at 8 p.m. and every Friday during the summer months. The Gerrows of Pon- typool visited the Browns on Saturday \ i that Susannah could celebrate her 2nd birth- day along with her Grampa who has one this week. Recent visitors with the Sugcliffes were Tom and Brenda Bray and Doris Bray and children. Visitors with the Earl Fieldings on the weekend were son Bill and Miss Donna Wakeford of Oshawa, Jim Fielding and son Marc of Pefferlaw. Mrs. Viola Scott of Toronto and Jean and Wally Scott of London were Sunday visitors with Mrs. Crosier. Lorne and Eileen Slute attended the family pic- nic, at the home of Lloyd Slute in Raglan, on: Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Skelding and girls were Saturday luncheon guests with her mother, Mrs. Doreen Lake, in Newcastle. Hillis and Carol Wilbur spent the weekend in Haliburton taking in the baseball tournament in which Todd was par- ticipating with the Port Perry Legion Inter- mediates. Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Newbold were pleased to have their great uncle Rev. C. 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