RI DCI et 4 MINA TE Sm FR 12 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, August 8, 1990 GM vehicle sales bounce back for month of July General Motors of Canada dealers sold a total of 39,980 vehicles in July, an increase of 8.8 per cent over the 36,740 units delivered in the same month a year ago, reported Bill Atkinson, vice president of marketing. For the first seven months of the calendar year, combined passenger car and truck sales totalled 291,020 units. This is a decrease of 9.2 per cent from the 320,679 sold in the same period last year. Passenger car deliveries in Ju- ly of 27,248 were up 9.9 per cent from the 24,788 sold in July, 1989. Sales of General Motors passenger cars for January through July 1990 totalled 194,870, down 10.1 per cent from the 216,811 sold in the same period last year. Truck sales in July of 12,732 Japanese TV crew films Scugog ghost Weird happenings in Cana- da, including two in Scugog are the focus of a Japanese + dd sion documentary. _A group of Japanese televi- sion cameramen were in town on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week filming the "infa- mous" ghosts at the Murray House and at Port Perry's world famous Ghost Road. The group is from Nippon Television in Japan, and the filming that took place in Port Perry will appear on Japanese Free Pickup & Delivery Free Estimates COUNTRY UPHOLSTERY DONNA ANDERSON 105-328-1156 =F television on August 17. Also in the documentary on natural phenomenons will be a piece on Ogo Pogo. The group ad just returned from Vancou- ver when they came to view Scugog's ghosts. For the filming, the group also brought along an exorcist, and a medium to verify the ex- sistance of the ghosts, to talk to them, and exorcize them. As of production date it was not clear if this was accomplished. BONDED * Attics * Basements * Eavestroughs * Garages * Hedges PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ABSENT-EZE t it HOME -- COTTAGE -- BUSINESS WATCH * Gardens * Grass - Cut & Trim * Leaky Taps YOUR KEY TO ALL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 985-0069 INSURED * Painting * Papering * Pools & Yards * Windows Roger B. Moase, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT (formerly of Winters, Sutherland & Moase) wishes to announce the continuation of the Port Perry Office with the name changed to ROGER B. MOASE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 238 QUEEN STREET, PORT PERRY, ONTARIO LIL 1B9 (416) 985-8893 were up 6.5 per cent over the 11,952 sold in July, 1989. For the first seven months in the 1990 calendar year, sales of General Motors trucks totalled 96,150, off 7.4 per cent from the 103,868 sold in the same period last year. "We are building high quality vehicles aimed right at the heart of the market and our strong Ju- ly sales figures tell me we are right on target," commented Atkinson. "In the midst of an overall soft market we experienced sales in- creases throughout our product line up," he continued. 'Building on the value story of our Chevrolet Cavalier and Pon- tiac Sunbird, sales of these models are up more than 34 per cent over July 1989. The Chevrolet Cavalier is now the number one selling car in Canada," noted Atkinson. '"'Sales of Canada's most fuel ef- ficient cars, the Chevrolet Sprint and Pontiac Firefly, were up by more than 33 per cent over July last year," he said. 'We are look- ing for even stronger results with our recent introduction of a con- vertible model for these two en- tries. They are the least expen- sive convertibles in the marketplace today." Atkinson pointed out that com- bined sales of the midsize Chevrolet Lumina, Pontiac Grand Prix, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and Buick Regal, are up 34 per cent over July, 1989. 'We have had phenomenal customer acceptance of the new, Oshawa built, Buick Regal four door sedan," commented Atkinson. '""This car has been in the market for only two months and in July accounted for 68 per cent of all the Regals sold that month." "Sales of General Motors lux- ury cars were very strong in Ju- ly as well. The introduction of the 1991 Buick Park Avenue last month put sales of this model 32 per cent ahead of July, 1989," he said. "We're really pleased with the sales results recorded by our Passport organization,"' noted Atkinson. 'Passport sold 1,091 vehicles in July. This represents the best month in their three year history." "Our trucks continue to do a great job for us. I'm particularly pleased with the acceptance of our new "people-mover"' the Pon- tiac Trans Sport and the Chevrolet Lumina APV. As well, our compact vans and pickup trucks continue to gain market- share for us," concluded Atkinson. 4 ) Please recycle _ this newspaper, * Somiy® automatic control system + * Besutif fabrics 10 choose from + Custom Design See our glorious array of designer fabrics! No obligation -- Call today ALUMINUM & VINYL. PRODUCTS 1 T) BILL ... 985-7921 AUBREY ... 986-5673 Remember When? (From page 7) : judge the beard growing contest, a special celebration event. Early Saturday morning, 24 Port Perry and Scugog Guides and their four leaders, Mrs. Audrey Hall, Mrs. Eileen Hodgins, Mrs. Georgeen Carnegie and Miss Jane Carnegie left by bus for a week of camping at Camp Adelaide, Girl Guide Camp in | Haliburton. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 20, 1970 For the next couple of weeks, Klaus Brosche, 17 year old stu- dent from Augsburg, West Germany, is a guest of Mary Nelson at her parent's home, Mr, and Mrs. Gerry Nelson, Port Perry. He is one of 30 students on an exchange visit to Ontario from West Germany made possible by Bayerischer Jugendring, a Ger- man Youth Organization. A clearance of only 10 to 15 feet saved the farm home of Mr. Bruce Geer, Utica from complete destruction when a five seater Sea-Bee plane roared across the house and crash landed in a field only 50 feet from the dwelling. The only occupant of the plane was the pilot Eric Hemmer, 47 of West Hill. He was taken to Port Perry Community Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Scarborough Centennary Hospital. Greenbank News - Congratulations to Mr. Wm. Hill who was 82 years old on Sunday. Mr. Rudi Jammer caught three large Muskies on Tuesday morning. They weighed 14, 15 and 19% lbs. and were 40', 42" and 45" respectively. Misses Janet and Mary Cannon have just returned from a trip to Scotland where they visited relatives. They enjoyed a tour of the Lake Country and Shakespeare Country and spent some time in London. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, August 6, 1980 For the next four days, downtown Port Perry will be alive with activity as the 10th annual Western Weekend comes to town starting Thursday evening. Despite the throngs of motorists on the highways over the last holiday weekend of this summer both Durham Region Police: and the OPP report that the Scugog area was almost accident free. Miss Donna Strong, daughter of Ronald and Ruth Strong, graduated from Durham College as an R.N.A. Donna is now employed at Whitby Hospital. At a recent Royal Conservatory examinations in Oshawa, Robert Dobson received an Honours mark of 74 percent in Grade V piano. He also placed first in the Grade V class at the Sunderland Lions Music Festival. There are two fishing derbies scheduled for Lake Scugog in the coming months, the first, a Muskie Derby for Western Weekend, and another, the International Bass Championship for the third weekend in September. On Tuesday, July 29, 33 ladies from Summerlea Golf Course and Sunnybrae Golf Course joined together in a morning of fun and prizes. The Port Perry Bantams finished in third place out of eight teams in the annual York-Durham Softball League year ending tournament on August 24 in Bradford. GARDEN BROS. GAREY S hy wi Woy THE ENTERTAINMENT GIANT! Hosted by Durham Regional Police Assoc: OSHAWA CIVIC AUDITORIUM . FRI, AUG. 10 - 4:00, & 7:30 SAT., AUG. 11 - 11:30, 3:30 & 7:30 SUN. AUG. 12- 1:00 & 4:30 Child 3-14 yrs. $6.00 Adult $13. SEE! ALL THIS! 3 BIG DAYS ONLY!