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Page 6 -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1971 PORT PERRY STAR CENTENNIAL EDITION YEARS LEADING TO CENTENNIAL - MAY -- Marshall Stonehouse open jewellery business in Biong Block. -- Urge cleaning up lake front so citizens could enjoy nature. Suggest that band be asked to play concert at lake front now and again, concerts now given in town MAY -- St. Charles hotel loses tavern license. Given 3 Ham's Hill. This is the hill on the end of Scugog Island over which the road to Cart- wright climbed, and we do mean climbed! . AUGUST -- Mr. Wm. Ross sells seed business to James Lucas. ~ Mr. Thompson has sold his interest in Sebert in tow of logs consistingof some 20,000 pieces for Carne- gieS new mill. Their new is abo pick up log and lumber, property of Carnegie Milling boat the "Se Co | giving good service a ea ase ae JUNE -- 21 carloads of stock Croquet tournament in Tor- were shipped from Port Perry euto. Me. Barey Rolph carried during month of May. Total ae t amin © ten of value about $25,000. -- citi- or constructed w within 30 feet of any wooden building. common gaol at Whitby for 20 days unless such fine and costs and cost of conveyance to gaol be sooner paid. -- -- * events. -- A diver from Lind-| 7*"* band hold Moonlight House to ae. Mekiee who say was employed to salvage) T%#* 8 Scugog. now runs it alone. a. the machinery from ~~ AUGUST -- G. T_ R. is build-}sore thumb and the railway] ly wrecked by an explosion) received that no tickets -- Town Hall nger" sunk about a th) ing a new water tank at the}should remove them. Years} of gas from ylene i ice.| gets metallic ceiling, new ago. -- Mr. Currie, town) station yard. -- Fire destroyed |ago the engine used to remain paintand other improvements. electrician is busy installing) ten buildings at Little Britain./in Port Perry over night -- Nine hole golf course has new electric lights. Special train with two hose|the round house was built | been made in Fair Grounds. OCPOBER -- A. W. Allin has| **°%0™5 sent from Toronto in| for it then. When the railway .| OCTOBER -- W. H. Let response to telegram. -- Rural | authorities moved the engine Letcher sold his blacksmith business) i) deli ey ted - and Son bought the furniture - very gran te Lindsay the round house to Arthur Dowson. -- Weber and undertaking business of to Columbus, Raglan and/ was used as pump house fi Gas Engine Co. apparently Taunton a time. It was recently re- Town and Spears. will not locate here. -- Car- : om NO ta : ' 'VEMBER -- Independent negie Milling Co. ane erecting] SEPTEMBER -- Town water oad Telephone Co. are installing of pint ail ae. te Septet ae Saas poles for line from Brooklin Mnstelied, The tank wee belli sANUARY -- Heyward Teme] caus of thuber ta' delet to Port Perry. -- Two game NOUGREGR -- Mntery offs yum cge and GS Si iad ts cgcuiee en sie ene Sean 1911 preserves in this locality, . Reach Twp. -- Weber Gas) first repair. in his home as Veterinary] in court for perjury in JANUARY -- Robert Mc-| Scugog Game Preserve and the Engine Factory to be located) ocTOBER -- The Bowling] Surgeon. The old Fi tion with the Municipal Knight. town constable for | Cartwright Game Preserve. qn tiien See aay Club have secured a new Plot} building is to come down at] tions. many years, dies. _ have ped to forbid cathe Sande Re wee te Read collie. 60 pee Ee ae settee MARCH -- Carmen dadf -- to the Standard. made ready for next year./ years ago was a thriving A DECEMBER -- Another fac- ~ a Me. Pextes whe eee Society has handed $750. to] burn Telephone Co. secure . DECEMBER -- Over $3000.00! nECEMBER -- Voteon bylaw | 'P*s* © i» | council for its share of Fair| franchise for telephones in| tory wants to locate in Port. im prizes for Christmas Fair_| to restrict sale of spirituous, beg a gg ne ---- Ground Purchase money. Old| Port Perry. The Bell Telephone] Wants $35,000 on usual mort- ba -- List includes poultry ready) fermented and other manu-|C*Wker Bros. have purchase Fairgroundsare now the prop-| had an exclusive franchise] #8 .conditions, free water for- market, butter, eggs and| factured liquors. -- An old| 'Be Livery Stables of Jamie- erty of the town. which was not renewed, | and a railway switch. -- Con- prizes for horses. building at the back of the|*" amd Dennison and are Mee tractor Trick of Oshawa has 1909 | St. Charles House, known od prepared to supply first class} JUNE -- Mr. Jos. Bigelow is| APRIL -- Electric light plant] the work all winter, using a FEBRUARY Weber Co \ the Railroad Hotel should be| - U*"0¥*- enlarging the Big Red Apple/ to be shut down at 11 P.™/ fire to keep the mortar from fishing' for position in Barrie.| torn down. -- Now' that the] FEBRUARY -- Newly decor- Evaporator. as so few people use it after freezing. Weber Co. is negotiating) round house has gone the/ated Methodist Church, at] JULY --G. T. R. tied up with that hour it is considered a a : withou prest cattle pens stick out like a] Woodville was almost comple-| jabor troublés. Word has been| "*5*- Continued on page 8 \E arly y B ylaws Provide Insight Into Way Of Lif Life In Village ort Perry's early bylaws 3. Whenever any wooden building in default the same may be removed tables and bowling alleys were of concern provide an ieee insight into the way shal! be or hereafter be constructed up- under the direction of the council of to residents and were regulated in By 2 f life in the village shortly after incorpor on any lots or parts of lots fronting on the Corporation by any officer thereof Law 210. Sections of this bylaw follow ation in 1871 the said parts of streets there shall who may be directed by resolution of ' The disastrous fires of 1883 and 1884, be placed upon the outside of all Council with such assistant and assist- pe gs 2a mg keep any livery which destroyed the business district windows and doors of any building ants as he may require and the costs iesuaied dies Chae Hy Sod } of the village, apparently consumed most --_ that may be constructed in conformity thereof against the lands upon which =) 9 sows phat within 3 of the municipal records including the with this By-Law, and facing any such building or buildings may be 00%» mo ce ond hook A bylaws such building, solid iron shutters or constructed and shall be collected in i rs r =e STOR im O8 « However, in July of 1884, the bylaws doors as the case may be. the same manner as other municipal year a license fee of $25.00. were re-enacted and record of them is 4. No wooden building shall be in taxes. 2. The foregoing section shall not contained in a bylaw book resting inthe any way connected by wood with Dated the 9th day of July, 1884. apply to carters. muncipa! office vault. any such brick, stone or iron building. od 4 ? ; Understandably, - council's concern 5. Any building constructed in vio- In subsequent bylaws the above By- 3. No person shall keep for hire or after the fires was to prevent a reoccu- lation of this By-Law shall be forth- Law 207 was amended several times 64/0 directly or indirectly to have rence and the first bylaw to pass on with removed by the owner thereof a5 council ironed out and improved its i" his possession or on his premises 2 July 9, 1864, was one to amend the fire upon notice upon behalf of this content. any billiard or bagatelle table or bowl- limit bylaw as it formerly existed. Corporation or by any ratepayer, and Livery stables, billiard and bagatelle _ ing alley in a house or place of public The text of this bylaw follows. entertainment, or resort whether such Ke ' ' billiard or bagatelle table or bowling alley is used or not without having BYLAW 207 first paid therefore the annual license The Corporation of the Village of fee following on or before the Ist day Port Perry enacts as follows of March in each year. s 1. That from and after the passing For a single billiard table . . . $50.00 this By-Law no buildings shall be For each additional table . . . $25.00 constructed of material other than For each bagatelle table . . . $40.00 such as the outer walls of which shall For each bowling alley . $50.00 be of solid brick, stone or iron or partly of two or more of such mater- 4. Any pefion who shall contravene ials, within that certain area described any of the provision of this by-law shall = as follows: - Water Street on the west upon conviction by any one justice side from Mary Street to Queen of the peace forfeit any pay a fine of Street; Queen Street on both sides not less than $10.00 or more than from Water Street to John Street; $40.00 and costs and in default of and Perry Street on both sides from payment the same shall be levied by North Street to Mary Street; distress and sale of his goods and chattels, and in default of sufficient distress he shall be committed to the »