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wl NE } ou VT A I Bl SF ir RORY 4 SE FRR YS rr JRE ASI. TT I~ ee? This is one of the many £5 hg 2 Da old photographs included in the booklet prepared by four Sunderland area girls as an Opportunity for Youth program. This is the site of a mill pond that was once located in Cannington and Booklet outlines history of area If you have ever wondered what it would have been like to be one of the early settlers in this area, a booklet pub- lished by four Sunderland area students should stim- ulate your imagination. "Living History of Brock and Scugog Township," is a summer's work of the four students, who received Op- portunities for Youth Grant. For example, on July 5, 1850, a tornado swept through Brock and Scugog Township. It started out as a great heatwave in the morn- ing, then in the afternoon clouds began to gather and down came hail stones as big as walnuts. The storm set its path from Lake Scugog to Lake Ont- ario, passing through the northern part of the township of Reach, the south end of Scugog Island into Cart- wright and then northwest into Darlington and on through Bowmanville to Lake Ontario. This is just one of many examples of how the weather played havoc with the farm- ers of the early and middle 19th century. ae Another dreaded enemy that caused hardships and claimed lived of both young and old settlers was disease. Measles, chicken pox, small - pox, mumps, scarlet fever, typhoid, diphtheria were just a few of the diseases. At that ime quarantine was unheard of and when sickness broke out in a (continued on page 18) Scugog If a new Scugog arena is built, the present drena could still be used as a second pad, according to Howard Hall, chairman of the new arena committee. Mr. Hall told a Scugog Ratepayers' Association meeting on Thursday, that once the old arena deterior- ates to a point that it is unsafe, the exterior struct- ure could be removed. "You could have a down- town Toronto City Hall type of skating rink right in Port Perry," Mr. Hall said. If worse came to worse and everything had to be torn down, the town would still have a valuable piece of property which could be sold -or used for some other purpose. Several Blackstock area people expressed concern that it was the Port Perry Figure Skating Club, the Representative. service. + added. Reserve now for Dale Carnegie Course | "Reservations for the Port Perry Winter Dale Carnegie class are now being accepted, it was announced by Lyle Smith, Dale Carnegie Area The course is being offered in this area under the sponsorship of the Port Perry Star as a community "Inquiries already received in the STAR office indicate a high degree of interest in this world-famous adult education program," Mr. Smith said. "Since enrollment in the class is limited," he added, ' anyone interested in knowing more about the course should call or write the Port Perry Star as soon as possible. The class will begin in the New Year. "However, interested people should call information right away to assure a spot," Mr. Smith for XPT AR F. ~ LEAL di WV GOS FARBER (CERF NLP LPI £ WEITER. contributed largely to Cannington's Industrial growth. : A FR igss x Beni vs d The booklet also contains a lot of information about life for the pioneer in the Scugog area. FRPUAE ane IR IE SE PETER Saas Sodbiast id ioda po va Ottawa won't actin Platten Island dispute Residents of Platten Island have lost angther round in their efforts to reclaim land that is now being used as part of Goreski's Marina. Township council last week told the residents there was nothing council could legally da for them. After considerable research, the STAR has learned that the Federal Ministry of Justice has de- cided not to take any action against Phil Goreski. Resid- ents had taken their prob- lems to the federal govern- ment. Johanne LaRochelle, a special assistant with the ministry of Indian and Nor- thern Affairs outlined the history of the problem for the STAR. Her report to the STAR is the basis of the following information. In 1963, Mr. Goreski pur- chased part of Lot 2, Conces- sion 10 on Scugog Island, opposite Platten Island and established a marina. Within a year, he started dredging a channel and fill- ing the surrounding marshy PORT (f PERRY Second Section Volume 109 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1974 -- No. 5 area with the dredged material creating 'made' land, Mrs. LaRochelle said. Mr. Goreski also con- structed a fence at the rear of the filled land effectively cutting the Platten Island cottage owners access to the waters of Lake Scugog. The "man made" land is now being used as a camp- ground and trailer park. The Ministry of Indian and Northern Affairs first be- came involved when com- plaints were received from cottage owners whose front- age and access to the water were being interfered with. One of the owners, a Dr. D. Nikolojevich, succeeded in winning a civil action against Mr. Goreski. He claimed Mr. Goreski had deprived him of his access to the waters of Lake Scugog. The court subsequently ruled that Mr. Goreski must quit claim to Dr. Nikoloje- vich all of the filled land adjacent to Dr. Nikoloje- vich's property. At the time, the Depart- ment assumed it had juris- diction over the disputed area as Lake Scugog and Scugog River were transfer- red to the Federal Crown from the Provincial Crown by virtue of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada of 1859. The Ministry proposed issuing quit claim letters patent to the cottage owners cut off from the water' by "made" land. In fact, the Department accepted fourteen applicat- ions for Quit Claims, along (continued on page 21) Ratepayers discuss new arena Port Perry Fair Board, and the Port Perry Minor Hoc- key Association that was involved, when it was the entire township that was to pay for the new arena. Responding to a question, Mr. Hall said that as far as we Fred Walker, chief instructor of the Port he knew, nobody had con- sidered combining the Blackstock and the Port Perry Fair Boards. It was pointed out that Blackstock is growing and perhaps something could be Perry Judo Club showed members of the Ratepayers' Association how easy it is to disarm a knife-wielding thief. The picture above shows the initial block of the attempted stab. done to improve the Black- stock rink. A table prepared by Alex Thomson, treasurer of Scugog township, showed that a debt of-$750,000 over 20 years would end up costing the taxpayer $1,011,894 in interest. If $750,000 was debentured over 20 years, payments of $88,094 would- be required each year. Mr. Thomson said the mill (continued on page 23) After Fred Walker blocked the initial stab attempt, he quickly threw Bob Goulding of the Port Perry Judo Club to the ground. Sue Gribben, women's North American Judo Champion was also honoured by the Ratepayers FAY 0 1%. J aL Servet 2 NEY LEP . . Bs 'S ov) ' ~~ Ast hy sian beni Latunitt sad APNE, 1 ¥