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. Time is a mystical phenomena - one of the most difficult to understand and appreciate. At ume it is fleeting, enguifing years as if they were seconds, Then at other times stretching those same seconds to seem like years. Many of us have difficulty conceiving an interval of an hour, day or week, much less 100 years -- the time that has elapsed since Port Perry was bor as a village on June 9, 1871, In the following pages of this Centen- nial edition The Star will attempt to do the impossible and bridge that period witha chronological report of events as they have occurred. But inevitably this record will be in- complete, since we could not recount ex- actly everything that has happened dur- ing those 36,500 days, So what we've done is presented highlights of those 1907 JANUARY -- Probably the first boom of logs for this season. years, to give as fairly as possible, a picture of life as it evolved in the village. To accomplish this we've spent liter- ally days and days pouring over old newspaper clippings, municipal records and an assortment of other historical documents, Early in this research we realized that fire -- which has plagued Port Perry through much of its history -- was also to plague us in compiling our report. The disastrous fires of 1883 and 1884 destroyed all or most of the municipal records while a fire in the newspaper offices about the turn of the century destroyed files prior to 1907. So in order to present as complete an uninterupted chronology we have star- ted our record as of 1907. Other art icles appear elsewhere in this edition on the period before incorporation and from 1871 to 1907. grist mill, planning mill, saw PORT PERRY STAR CENTENMAL EDITION The Anglo Saxon -- owned by Bigelow and Trounce. It was used both for towing logs and for passenger excursion. There is a delightful two-page account of an excursion on the ¥ Anglo Saxon in F.G. Weir's "Scugog and its Environs." It was built sometime before 1867. It's captain, Hank McDonaid. Dunk has bought into the heat . . , equalling the world record on ice . . . never before biggest contract ever let for printing in Port Perry to date is with Jones & Co. who are planning to distribute through out counties of Ont. & Durham 15,000 large bills. PEBRUARY -- Former Port Perry boy Byron Crandell has been appointed chief engineer of Goodman Mfg. Co., of Chicago, Ill., at a salary of $1,800. APRIL. -- G.T_R. smash-up mear Myrtle. Several coaches Gerailed, none hurt. MAY -- The "Stranger" brought into Port Perry its JUNE -- Mr. Joseph Bigelow: has exchanged with Mr. John Stovin a dwelling house and lot for the building between Lila and Perry Sts. known as the woollen mill. It is Mr. Bigelow's intention to make it imto an evaporator for apples. JULY -- Mr. W. G. Monet plans. to plant a big apple orchard on property south of the town. SEPTEMBER -- Messrs. D and A. J. Carnegie purchased the business of Mr. Jas Car- negie, including flour and mill, tumber and timber limits, also the tug "The Stranger." Head-on collision at Myrtle on G. T. R., no one burt. Mr. Sam Farmer will be the new owner and editor of the Star. The business will change hands at once. Mr. Cline will return to the ministry. OCTOBER -- Messrs. Copploy, Noyes & Randall of Hamilton have made arrangements with Henry Doubt to open a clothing factory when suffi- cient help can be secured. NOVEMBER -- New branch of the Western Bank to be opened in Blackstock. Mr. Jones & Co. It will now be Jonesy Dunk & Co. -- Price of nut coal delivered $7.75 ton. Extra 15¢_ charged if there is no one to help carry it in. 1908 JANUARY -- Excerpt tM Globe and Mail re Port Perry Ice Races, 'The meeting was one of the greatest ever seen in Canada. Taking all four races trotted and paced, the average time for the meet was the fastest ever made on the ice im Canada, and in the free for all Lady May and John McEwen paced a dead in past 38 years have four such fast horses faced the starter.' FEBRUARY -- A_ moving picture is scheduled to appear in the Town Hall. -- The following week a word of warning is issued by one who signs himself "Prudent" aga- inst the danger of fire from these machines. APRIL -- A musica! Club has been formed. Mrs. David Arc- er, pres.; W. H. Harris, Vice- pres.; Miss Yarnold, Sec. Continued on page 6 su SSSRSRS SS SSSR SS SSSSSALSSS SISOS SS Slo Slo Oooo OSLO olololo SoS SOOO SSOP LOLOL PLO PL PLP SSS SSL SLOSS SL SLL SIDI FIS1S1S1S1516! GREENWOOD TV pas S ' é ?) A Serving You For ALMOST One Year! : yy st - % We haven't been here 5 Peds a a as long as Port Perry g ry but... We intend to be 5 €* . : es around for a long time. 8 st : a In 1897, the Columbia 9 SAR: Phonograph Co., of New 2 YY York built this Grapho- a See etic stain ti 1! is spring operated. This ed' player will be on display ny $ ey) Centennial Week at Green- 5 pec) wood TV. Come in and ~ oi S id 5 "4 9 a Q ra 7