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Scugog Citizen (1991), 8 Nov 1994, p. 1

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Your Voice in Scugog Vol. 4, No. 15 .. Tuesday, November 8, 1994 Call (905) 985-6397 CIRC. 13,800 '48 pages 187394 GM Vehicle sales soar in October October was a bumper month for General Motors Canada as the sale of new vehicles surged ahead nearly 22 per cent over the same month last year. Figures released by GM last week show trucks sales jumped 82 per cent and car sales 14 per cent in October. Combined sales for 1) show an overall increase in vehicle sales of 9.5 per cent * compared with the same ten months in 1998. So far in 1994, the company Turn to page two The young remember the fallen Sougog Cubs and Beavers have become part of the Remembrance Day services held at the Cenotaph In front of the Port Perry Leglon each November and last Sunday morning was no as five rep! The Cubs are Andrew Drebit (1st Scugog), Alex McKay and Bryan Tighe (from 1st Port Perry), while the two Beavers are Adam Baker and Jonathan Sheppard both from 1st Port Perry. The young boys were escorted to the Cenotaph by, Branch 419 Sgt.-At-Arms Roy Povey (right), and former Port Perry resident Mark Kendall (left) now a member of the Toronto Scottish Regiment. More photos from Sunday's service on page 30. Scugog pays tribute in Remembrance service Scugeg Township paid tribute to the war dead last Sunday with 'a service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in front of the Port Perry Legion. It was a cold, windy morning with dull, over-cast skies, but a light rain let up by the time members of the Legion, the local Fire department, cubs, scouts, beavers and veterans paraded behind the Oshawa Legion (Branch 43) Pipe and Drum Band, and the Branch * 419 Colour Guard. LOOKING For CHRISTMAS CRAFT SHOWS - SEE OUR CLASSIFIEDS pi Numerous local organizations placed wreaths at the foot of | the Cenotaph. MP Alex Shepherd, MPP Gord Mills and Mayor Howard Hall placed wreaths on behalf of their respective levels of government. Theresa Hlozan placed a wreath on behalf of silver cross mothers (who lost a son in combat) and cubs and beavers placed wreaths on behalf of the scouting movemént in the Township. oo . They were escorted to the base of the Cenotaph by Sgt.- At-Arms Roy Povey, and Mark Kendall, a former Port Perry resident who now Berves in the Toronto Scottish regiment. Pt. Kendall placed a wreath on behalf of a colleague who is now serving with Canadian peacekeepers in Bosnia, .«* Members of the Port Perry High School" Cadet: Corps under the command of W/O 'Brandon Hammond formed an honour guard around the Cenotaph for the wreath laying ceremony. Cadet CWO Mike Tolpa performed Last Post and" Reveille on the bugle in memory of these who died in combat for Canada this century. "** The names of local men killed in the two World Wars were read aloud by John Barton. Prior to the parade and wreath laying services at the Legip , Branch 419 president McMann and poppy campaign chairman Heidi Cushing placed a wreath in front of the Book of Remembrance in the foyer at the Scugog Memorial Library. ° This coming Friday, November 11, there will be a Remembrance service and wreath-]laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in Blackstock. 1 Mare than 100,000 Canadian gave their lives in the two World Wars and the Korean War! the * calendar year (January to Novy,

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