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Fi E427 7C Winall .yabauny $f YRCONT THAT 10 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, July 25, 1989 Exhausted after Canadian Jamboree Scugog Scouts back from PEI They arrived home Sunday morning exhausted after a long flight and precious little sleep: brought back some memories that likely will stay with them the rest of their lives. the night before. They had just spent the last But the six Scugog Scouts seven days at Fort Amherst and leader David Collins PEI, taking part in the annual Remember When? (From page 7) 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 6, 1964 Ted Lamb, R.R. 4, Port Perry, a member of the Port Perry Junior Farmers, has been selected to represent Ontario County on the Annual Soils Tour, sponsored by the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Last week the Department of Lands and Forests deposited 1,000 Fingerling Muskellunge in Lake Scugog. The '"Lunge" were approximately 2 months old and six inches long. They will not reach legal size for about six years. Army worms have done considerable damage in this part of the country and last week the assistance of a'company using a helicopter was brought in to do the spraying. In one day, over 1,000 acres were sprayed on farms in Brooklin, Seagrave, Green- bank and Blackwater area. Hope's 1.G.A. Pee Wees attended the North York Pee Wee Tournament on Saturday, August 1 and returned home with the Consolation Cup. It is reported that Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Brown, Port Perry, have purchased the Saegar property in Prince Albert and have moved into the house. : Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cox and Mr. Irving Boyd of Port Perry, had a score of 54 plus 4 to win the Dr. S.J. Phillips Trophy in the mixed trebles lawn bowling tournament held at the Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club on the Civic Holiday. Mr. John Sushelnitsky of Boisserian, Manitoba, spent the weékend with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Aldred, Scugog Island. John is leaving to teach high school for two years in Africa. : Miss Cheryl Henley, 17, o Toronto, v..s chosen Regatta Queen at the Annual Lake Scugog Regatta held in Caesarea last Saturday. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 31, 1969 Mr. C.S. Jones, 92 years old, was a visitor in the Star Office a couple of weeks ago. He was born and raised in Port Perry but has lived in various places since. His father, Mr. Wm. Jones and his uncle, Mr. C.W. Jones, operated a grocery store and a dry goods store on Queen Street. One incident Mr. Jones recalls in Port Perry - "I can remember when John A. Macdonald spoke in Port Perry prior to an election. A platform was built in the centre of Queen Street. It was a big day with bands and lots of free whiskey." Miss Jo-Anne Ruth Eileen Harris, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. David Harris, R.R. 6, Bowmanville, formerly of Greenbank, graduated from the Nightingale School of Nursing in Toronto on July 25, 1969. Fire completely destroyed a barn, owned by Mr. Edward Bain, 11th concession of Reach Township last Tu y afternoon. Lost in the fire were about 300 bales of hay and 300 bales of straw but all the livestock was saved. Some 60 relatives and friends honoured Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jamison at their home in Caesarea on Sunday, July 27th on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Miss Margaret Down, R.R. 1, Sunderland won the title of Dairy Princess at the Annual Ontario County Dairy Princess Competition held at the Oshawa Fair on July 25. ° 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, July 25, 1979 An 800-pound safe proved a little too much to handle for thieves who broke into the XL Service Centre at the corner of Union Ave. & Highway 7A in Port Perry. While thieves were not able to get at the cash in the XL safe, a Brooklin man was the victim of a theft Sunday afternoon when somebody pocketed his camera valued at $1300. More than 200 applications have received by Durham Regional Police for 35 vacancies on the force. The May 4, 1978 edition of the Port Perry Star was awarded top marks for front page & editorial page in recent competitions sponsored by the Canadian Community Newspaper Association. The Star placed third in its circulation class for best overall paper with 78 points out of a possible 100, just four points behind the first place winner. Crews of firefighters from both the Port Perry & Caesarea departments were busy Sunday & Monday battling a stubborn forest fire south of the tiny hamlet of Cadmus in the far eastern area of Scugog Township. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Wallace of Port Perry celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on July 24 & last Sunday friends & family wished them well at a party in their honour at the Lat- cham Centre in Port Perry. Canadian Jamboree, sharing experiences and activities with nearly 10,000 other Scouts and leaders from all over Canada and several foreign countries. "It was a great week, the weather was nearly perfect," said a bone tired Scouter Col- lins as the group arrived in Blackstock just before noon on Sunday. He had had almost no sleep the night before due to cold weather as the temperature dipped, and they were up very early to catch their Air Canada charter from Charlottetown back to Toronto. Scouter Collins is leader of a kie, Thom the First Cartwright grou ,and the Scouts who enjoyed this "once in a lifetime experience". were Steve Kyte, Jamie Wood- cock, Crai itchell, Jay Gee- aters and Mike Lo- nergan. Their time at the Jamboree was jam-packed with activities at camp, but one of the high- lights was a chance to go deep sea fishing for-cod, and an after- noon at the beautiful Cavendish Beach. The boys even got a glimpse of Royalty as they had front row seats for the opening cere- monies with the Governor Gen- eral in attendance and Prince Filled with great memories, six scouts and their leader from Scugog returned home af- Andrew and Sarah who were in Canada on an official visit. And they were even part of a history making event that had little to do with the Jamboree. They chartered to PEI from Toronto aboard an Air Canada L1011, and it was the largest jet ever to land at Charlottetown airport. That attracted local TV cameras. In fact, the jet was not used for the trip home because it could not take off fully loaded. In all, it was quite a week for the six Scouts and leader Collins, the first time any of them had been to a Canadian Jamboree. ter a week at the Canada Jamboree in PEI. They were all tired out completely after the flight and an early morning, but said the Jamboree was a great experience. 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