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Coun. Howard Hall will be approaching the Chamber of Commerce to find out if bute toward cost of jackets or some other suitable prize for members of the Port Perry midget hockey team which won the Ontario championship recently. Coun, Hall's action follows 'the appearance of a three-man delegation from the minor hockey association at the last it would be willing to contri: | ¢ Quarter Century In Business On May ist, Mr. and Mrs. Stan Bruton can celebrate a Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bruton | Port Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Bruton have not only created quarter century in business in 8 successful business, but have Port Perry. On that date in| contributed a great deal to the 1946, the couple purchased | @ business operated by Mrs. | P..G. Morrison For a period prior to the Bruton's take-over, and fol- lowing the death of her hus-/to be able to celebrate this | ing the many well wishers on band, Mrs. Morrison operated | occasion during Port Perry's | this memorable occasion the store, but not as a regular licenced drug store. Mr. Brut- on's task was first to build the business up again as a regular pharmacy business During the 25 years in! lce Gone! The ice surface on Lake Scugog disappeared early Wednesday morning, April 21. This is only two days | later than last year when it left on April 19 Nearly 100 years ago, jin 1878 Spring must have arrived early im this area; when the ice left the lake on March 20. According to records kept by the Star, it was in 1904 and on April 28 the ice left Lake Scugog on the -- date + society by various organizations and shown much interest in com- munity life in general. They are particularly happy taking part in | Centennial Year and they} |both agree this Village was a | good choice to settle in. Through their personal/ friendliness and co-operation Mr. and Mrs. Bruton have won a lot of friends who al! will extend congratulations. The | Star takes the liberty of join- \New Tower es eg System Rejected An offer to install a new overflow warning system on the Village water tower by H. & H. Protective Services Led. has been turned down by council. The tower overflowed ear- lier this year and council has since considered installing a warning system connected to the road foreman's residence H. & H. said it would install the system for $687. but on top of this there would be a surcharge for rental of Bell Telephone cable Council considered the price too high and instructed | the Clerk to contact Bell the existing shut-off system } could be improved Telephone and inquire how| In other business last week council Granted Frank Godley to courtroom for census taking and to Maurice Jeffrey, for the annual meeting of the minor hockey association, but reject- ed a request for free use of the hall to the Latter Day Saints who wanted to use it for showing movies. (The Church group can rent the Wall for the normal fee of $8); Approved building permits for Ken Murray, Joseph Mar- tens and the scout hall; Instructed the clerk to; advertise for lifeguards for |the Birdseye swimming pool. Re-Construction Of Queen St. Begins' Residents of this munici-| the last year as far as the | ing (today) portions of Queen pality have experienced con siderable inconvenience during! Week Ending Thurs., April 22) wili be greater for the next) Admismons 26 couple of weeks. However, Births Zi residents will be happy to| Dea ths 1 | know this extra sacrifice will Emergence. 99 \ pay off with a brand new Operations 10 street without pot holes and Discharges 19, bumps Remaining 43 Starting Wednesday morn | conditions of streets This will continue for some time, and as far as the bus- ines section, Queen Street inconvenrence is concerned ' Street will be closed to vehicle traffic from time to time for the next two to three weeks; Clairson Construction Ltd_,is moving heavy equipment on! the street, digging and excavat-+ ing, to make preparations for a new surface on Queen Street Residents are requested to cooperate while this work is under construction and use : neighbouring streets for park ing while downtown shopping council meeting. w Headed by ded by spokesman Port Perry C of C Bonates $200. Chamber of Commerce at the last donated $200. towards the purchase of jackets for the All-Ontario Midget = Champions. taining the boys at a banquet was discussed, but since the boys had already been hon- oured at a banquet last Satur day, the donation towards the jackets was decided on. The cost of the jackets will be in the neighbourhood of $700. and anyone willing may give a donation towards the! purchase. regular meeting | The possibility of enter- Stewart McQuade, the "delet gation asked council if it 'ould be willing to do some ing for the team. Mr. McQuade. thought the Village should do something special for the team this year since it won the championship. He said the association had considered buying jackets for the boys but this would be costly since they would run about $35. a piece. Mr. McQuade said the association was also consider ing approaching the Chamber of Commerce to see if it would be willing to contribute something. The delegation was told the chamber is @jed up at pre- sent with centenfial activities but Coun. Hall said he would! approach members on the | matter Others from the hockey association who attended the meeting were Murray Hoskin and Maurice Jeffrey Representation from the consulting engineering firm of Totten, Sims and Hubicki was to have been made at) council last night to clear up _digerepancies im a study the company is doing on storm 'sewer for the Village. a PERRY Re Volume 105 -- Port Perry, Ontario, Wednesday, April 28th, 1971 -- No. 27 Hockey Delegation Seeks Village Support For Hockey Team Jackets Simcoe Sewer To Cost More Copies of a letter from the Ontario Water Resources Commission concerning the extension of sewers on Simcoe St. are being forwarded to Ken Jackson , president of Flamingo Pastries and John Ballard of 74 Simcoe Street The OWRC has informed council that there are addit- ional costs involved in the sewer extension and this means rates may be higher than ordinary. Village Clerk John Doble said the two parties are being informed because they were involved in the initial plan | ning for sewer work along Simcoe 'Park Plan To Be Discussed The Village council is to jmeet with Phillips Planning | Ltd. this Thursday night to | discuss a draft plan for parks Land fill site approval is to be investigated prior to the {| meeting to start at 7.30 p.m. Cartwright High School's 13th annual At Home was held in Blackstock, Saturday. The highlight of the evening is always the selection of Queen and Princesses. Queen this year was Linda McLaughlin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mc aughlin, R.R. 1, Blackstock, Last year's queen, Lorrie Turner was present to place the crown on the 1971 Queen. At left is the second princess Sue McColl and at right the first princess, Glenna Clement, Photo courtesy Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville