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1 y Waterloo HERR ws AL Ad PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1969 -- 11 | Looking Back At 1969 Items From The Files Of The 'Star' Continued Three arrests were made following a break-in. and theft of $2,000 worth of tel. evisions at. Ted JackSon's Appliances (now House of Howard). Ted Jackson and Norman Aldred were two First World War pilots of about 200 who attended a banquet in Tor- onto, After several weeks of negotiations the councils of Port Perry, Reach and Scu- gog agrees to "amalgamate as far as fire protection for the area is concerned." Port Perry and Reach will" pay 409% of .the cost each and Scugog 209%. APRIL ; Debbie Griffin and Nancy Warren win first place in vocal duets at Peterborough Kiwanis Festival. Teacher and accompanist was Mrs. 4 Grace Hastings." Joanne Martyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Martyn of Prince Albert won the Junior Award for sewing 'at Kempville College of Agri culture. Graham Powell of Port Perry was awarded the Es- cott Reid Plaque as the out: standing male athlete of Glendon College, York -Uni- versity. 1,400 enjoyed the best Ice Carnival ever staged by the __local Figure Skating Club. Anna Forder and Richard Stephens skated their last performance as pair skaters on the occasion. The ice surface on Lake Scugog disappeared on April < 12, 1,500 Port Perry and area resident attend 'Open House' at the new Community Mem- orial Hospital. : Proféssor L. Johnson of University, was guest speaker at the first meeting of the organizing meeting of the Historical Society where over 100 per: sons attended. > Former Warden of Ontario County, William Heron, Sun- ~ derland dies at Ross Memor- ial Hospital, 'Lindsay. MAY A baby girl was the first arrival at the new Commun: »ity Memorial Hospital on Sunday, April 27. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Wesley St.- John. Chairman of the Board Harry Pheonix presented the little girl with a silver cup on behalf of the Board. Linda Mountjoy was chos- en Queen at the annual "At Home" held at Blackstock. Lorrie Turner was chosen first princess and Dianne Taylor, second. Mrs, J. Wygerde, RR. 1 Nestleton won top prize of $100. in a Bazaar of Values contest . sponsored by the Port Perry Star. Both residential and com- mercial mill rates drop in Port Perry with 64 and 5 mills respectively. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Lawren- ce proprietors of the Count- ry Store at Nestleton donate 100 year old log cabin in Manvers Township to the Historical Society. Also in Scugog Township, ratepayers were surprised to have the mill rate reduced. Commercial went down by 4.84 and farm and resident- ial by 4.64 mills. William Brock was elected president of the Historical Society 'at a meeting held in the Centennial Hall, Green- bank. The Department of Energy and Resources approved a grant of $5,000. for improve- ments of David Palmer Mem- orial Park. JUNE Historical Society decides on third printing of Samuel Farmer's book "On the Shores of Scugog". After several meetings be- tween the town of Port Perry and the townships of Reach and Scugog discussions came to. a successful conclusion and an agreement was reach- ed "tos purchase a new fire tank truck. . Farm and residential and Commercial mill rates in Reach Township were in- creased by almost eight mills Residential by about 9 and commercial by 11 mills. More than 30 canoes took part in the first "Canoe the Nonquon". Winners were Greg Howard and Glen Fall- is, Millbrook, Ontario. . Storey Beare, Governor of District A-3 and his wife Doris left for Tokyo, Japan' to attend Lions International convention in that Metropolis Second annual "Home Show" was a big hit with some 4,000 spectators. Spon- sored by the local Chamber of Commerce, local merch- ants displayed their finest st the three day show. 300 persons from Ontario and neighbouring counties honoured Warden and Mrs. Ed (Sam) Oyler at a banquet held at Fern Cottage, Lake [] Quality Fuel Oil oll 3. 668.3341 )X FUEL OIL CALL US TO-DAY FOR PROMPT, COURTEOUS SERVICE Couchiching. Marie Taylor, local music- ian and teacher was appoint- ed to the staff of the Royal Conservatory of Music. JULY Due to increased sales in Western Ontario, Flamingo Pastries Ltd. decided to open a plant for the baking 'of their famous butter tarts. Community Memorial Hos- pital received .a cheque in the amount of $2,000 from the Port Perry Lions Club. This is part of a $5,000. pledge of which alreadv $2,000 have been presented on an earlier occasipn. Belleville and Brighton win Star trophies in the an. nual Bantam ball tournament here. Assistant clerk - treasurer John Doble commences dut- ies at the Port Perry Muni- cipal office. Gamond, four "year old, purebred" Arabian. stallion won first place and the grand champion prize at Barrie All- Arabian Show. It's owned bv J. R. Bilida, R. R. #1, Port Perry. Celeste Briggs and Mary Ann Goreski were two of 24 boys and girls enjoying a two-week holiday in Allan- town, Pennsylvania -on a Lions Club exchange pro- gram, Margaret Down, Sunder- land was elected Ontario County Dairy Princess. Tennis Club was formed in Port Perry under the guid- ance of Mrs. Georgia Brend- en. . Fire completely destroyed a barn on 11 con. of Reach. The ownegs, Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward Bain managed to save a number of calves and pigs AUGUST Dr. M. B. Dymond handed in his resignation as Minister of Health for the Province of Ontario. He held positions in the cabinet for 13 years, 10% of them as Minister of Health, Rev. V. M. Parsons induct- ed as minister of Blackstock United Church following re- tirement of Rev. P. Romeril. Elaine Prout was chosen Regatta Queen at the 37th annual Lake Scugog Regatta and Field Day at Caesarea. The names of six Port Perry High School Ontario Scholars were announced by Department of Education. Topping the six was Brian Donnelly followed by Bonnie Malcolm, James Gerrow, William Taylor, Rick Ballard and Robert Smith. John Scott was elected first president of Port Perry Tennis Club. Large cfowds attended the 108th annual Blackstock Ag- ricultural Fair, SEPTEMBER The R. H. Cornish Pablic School open the doors to 678 pupils. : Ted cksof®local atiction- eer opened Port Perry Fair a crowd of 7,500 on a flot humid day. : Rey. W. Mark Reeves was inducted as minister of Port Perry United - Church. He succeeded Rev. Alec Rice who was given a charge in Tor- onto. Enrolment at Port Perry High School was 825 at the start of the school year. Cartwright Squirts won the Port Perry and District Championship after defeating Utica 17 to 1. > Population of Port Perry '| increased by 81 and reached an all time high of 2,827. A by-law to form a Rec- reation Committee for. Port Perry was approved by the Department of Education. Members of the committee Kenneth F. Jackson, P. W. Orde, Larry Burt, Mary Nel- son, Vin Walker, Carl Luke and Mrs. John Diamond. Philip Pocock, Co-Adjutor Archbishop of Toronto con- ducted the blessing of the new Catholic Church in Port Perry. OCTOBER A cottage and contents occupied by Mr. and Mrs. G. Hulcoop at Goreski's Beach on Scugog Island was com- pletely destroyed by fire. The Historical Society and UCW of Head Church agreed that the Church built in 1860 should be the site of a pro- posed museum. An estimated 2,000 persons attended the annual Auto Show staged by five local car dealers. Ladies Hospital Auxiliary opened a Tuck Shop in the new Community Memorial Hospital. A record registration of -242 were signed-up for-Adult' Education classes at the High School. The breeder house of Peel's Poultry Fapm Ltd. was totally destroyed'by a morn- ing fire. The building, 15.000 sq. ft. at times housed as many as 5,500 birds. At the time the breeder house was fortunately empty. The Historical Society an- nounced $2,100 was raised in connection with "Canoe the Nonquon". G. H. Proctor takes over the reigns in the local branch of Royal Bank of Canada fol- lowing the transfer of Mr. A. G. Pacey to the Harriston branch. A three day open deer sea- son was announced for the|/¢ Township of Reach. NOVEMBER A great deal of damage was caused during Hallowe' en when an estimated 300 to 400 persons mingled on Queen St. Windows were broken in four establish- ments; police cruisers were smeared with paint, the bill board in front of Post Office was topled over & complete- ly destroyed. Firemen turn: ed out to assist and managed to disperse the crowd with a couple®of powerful water hoses. Children from R. H. Cornish Public School and Prince Al- bert 6chool collected $340.00 for UNICEF. Brian Donnelly was Vale- dictorian at Port Perry High School Commencement Exer- cises. Jayson Madsen won first prize for his di¢play of Cana- dian large cent pieces at a Coin-O-Rama in Oshawa. Mr. A. M. Lawrence, pro- prietor of Lawrence Pharm. acy decides to retire and sells his business to Gordon F. Parkin, Oshawa. Mr. Cec King bags a 300 1b. bear on a hunting trip near Minden. Dianne Taylor is Valedic- torian at Commencement ex- cersices at Cartwright High School. Mrs. Sam Cawker and Mrs. Nelson Williams were elect: ed to the Provincial Board of the Women's Institutes of Ontario. : Jim Gerrow, R.R. 3. Port Perry and a member of Port Perry 4-H Club was the Bar- ley Champion at the Royal Winter Fair. His brother Roy captured second place in the same class. Reeve Ed (Sam) Oyler was returned by acclamation to the top position in Reach Township during nomina- tions. Stewart Sweetman of Sweetman Motors: Ltd. sold his business to Mr. Lorne Scanlon of Toronto. DECEMBER Dr. M. B. Dymond, MPP, laid the cornerstone of the, new Community Memorial Hospital the same day pati- ent- No. 1,000 was admitted. The hospital had been in operation for seven months. Lucille Gray elected depu- ty reeve of Reach Township. F. Christie, A. McMillan and A. Catton councillors, A counterfeit $10. bill was discovered in the local branch of Imperial Bank of Commerce. Participations in the Santa Parade-this-year-was beyond all expectations. About 30 different units took part in the most colourful parade ever held. (0).4:1:30]¢] Thurs.--Fri.--Sat. 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