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Port Perry Star, 18 Oct 1978, p. 6

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6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., October 18, 1978 remember when ...? continued 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 14, 1943 Congratulations to Mr. Albert Orchard of Port Perry who celebrated his 94th birthday on October 11th, 1943. Mr. John Weir, Port Perry, picked a handful of luscious berries from his raspberry canes a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Williams celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday, October 9th. Mr. Gordon Shunk, just north of the Yellow School, discovered a large tomatoe in his garden recently. It was 21 inches in circumference and was in the shape of a horseshoe. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, Octeber 15, 1953 Mr. Jack Raines, the town clerk, informed the Star last week that in the official figures for the census, 1953, the population was given as 1961. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Saywell, Blackstock have hada T.V. installed in their home. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Gerrow, Oshawa, who celebrated their 57th Wedding Anniver- sary on October 14th, 1953. Oshawa and Ontario County is the second highest wage earning district in the province of Ontario. The 1951 average income for the head of an urban wage- earning family in this district is given as $2,796.00 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 16, 1958 Mr. and Mrs. E.L. McLean of Toronto (formerly of Port Perry), were in town Saturday renewing former acquaintances and were guests of Mrs.. Ingram and Miss McKee. . The Second Annual Tri-County. Track and Field Meet was held Friday at Blackstock with 103 con- testants from Blackstock, Orono and Millbrook com- peting. Orono took first place with 180% points, followed by Blackstock with 163 points and Millbrook with 971% points. Fire prevention week got off to a bad start this week in Cartwright. Monday night the Caesarea fire department was called to a blaze at the dump east of Blackstock and while they were extinguishing it, a call came to fight a fire in a tobacco kiln on the farm of Vic- tor Malcolm. Although they were not able to save the kiln, the fire brigade managed to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby buildings. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 17, 1963 Mrs. Maria Fielding, Manchester, celebrated her Report recommends complete Queen Street reconstruction A preliminary engineering report prepared this month suggests that deteriorating conditions make necessary a complete reconstruction of Queen Street in downtown Port Perry. The report, submitted to council at the regular meet- ing of October 10, was writ- ten by the Township's con- sulting engineer R.E. Sims following an inspection of 'Queen Street, October 2 and meetings with Scugog Roads superintendent Ron Mac- Donald, and Rob Dawson, an engineer with the provincial transportation ministry. Mr. Sims' report says that because of a variety of poor conditions such as high street crown line, a limited storm drainage system, cracking in the concrete, and deteriorating curbs, a re- surfacing of the street "would be uneconomical and. only give the appearance of an improved street during the first year." The report suggests that the earliest possible date for starting the reconstruction of the street would be in 1980, with detailed planning car- ried out in 1979. Whether the reconstruc- tion would be done under a single contract or in stages would depend on several things such as available funds, the co-ordination of regional services (sewer and water) and avoiding a con- struction conflict during the tourist season of July and August. During discussion on the report, Mr. MacDonald told members of council that the estimated cost of the recon- struction of Queen from Lilla to Water Streets would be a minimum of $450,000, with Scugog's share amounting to something in the neighbour- hood of $200,000, and the remainder covered by pro- vincial subsidies. Council tabled the report until at least the next meet-, ing scheduled for October 23, Vandals damage farm Police estimate that damage could run as high as $1500 after two tractors and a corn harvestor were vandal- ized at a Scugog Island farm late Saturday night. A spokesman for the Whitby detachment says that the machinery was being used for corn harvest- ing on a 12 Concession farm. Vandals smashed all the gauges, set fire to the seats, sprayed the equipment with to give members a chance to study it before making any decisions on when and how -the improvements to Queen, Street will proceed. equipment a. fire extinguisher and ripped wires and cables from the motors. One of the damaged a tors was owned by the fdr- mer, while the corn harves- # tor and the other tractor were rented. Utica and areanews by Vera Brown On Sunday, October 22nd Anniversary Services will be held in Epsom United Church at 11:30 a.m. Soloist for this event will be Miss Darlene Gibson of Green- bank. There will also be special music by the Epsom Sunday School Choir and a duet by Misses Donna Kerry and Anni, Tapscott. There will be an evening Family Night service at 7:30 p.m. when Mrs. Lorne Slute will show her slides of their trip to England and Miss Jackie Skelding will favour us with guitar music. Sunday School at Utica will be at 10:00 a.m. On Saturday, October 21st the Beavers, Cubs & Scouts will be holding a paper drive. Have your newspapers tied and at the driveway by 9 a.m. for pick-up. For more information see the coming events ad. Birthday congratulations this week to Todd Wilbur and George Harper. There was a huge crowd of people gathered in Utica on Sunday to watch the Snow- mobile races. Racing on the grass track has become a big event and-people must have come from many miles around to enjoy a day of excitement. There were 18 tables of euchre played in the hall on Friday evening. The results of the euchre aren't avail- able this week. On Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. John Croxall were in Toronto to attend the 25th reunion of Royal York Colle- giate with a dinner and dance at Sheraton Centre. While in Toronto they along with the girls spent the week- end at Mr. and Mrs. Norman Holmes' celebrating My, Holme's birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Geer ® visited her brother Mr. Bruce Redman at Hillsdale Manor in Oshawa on sunday and called on Mr. and Mrs. Doug Geer and Bradley of Coppins Corners later on. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Schofield and children were dinner guests with her par- ents Mr. and Mrs. George Harper on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Field- ing had all their family home on Sunday. ' The Utica Sunday School had set November 25th as the date for their bazaar and tea, so please keep this date in mind. i Mr. and Mrs. Eric Wallace of Bolton visited with Mrs. Crosier on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Doug Mac- Cannell and girls of Peter- borough visited with Mrs. MacCannell on Saturday. hoo} 90th birthday on October 13th at the home of Mr. and RE EC ie A ese SIRE FST CAC rd ar = Ds ga A PR A) TE At 2 43 ie " ASIA ir AES P) A ry "a . aha Ts Apes BY Bon? 4 Sed RL Naa, A r. Are 3 A Fh Xe i - - An Coble 7 - 2 ELE es ; : Nr x = x = a Sr et SO Sh ME rk Ee A PEA : Te da a Ca [PRUNE Ze wed a ". ZA , S REAT x _ . Sera : LA Mrs. Arthur Fielding. REA Construction has begun on the new Baptist Church at the corner of Queen and Rosa Streets and it is hoped the building will be completed this coming spring. Members of Port Perry 4-H Dairy Club walked away with most of the honours in the Holstein Class at Scott Agricultural Fair last Saturday. George Smith - Champion Dairy Showman; John Stone - second; Eldon Wilson, Brougham - third; John Armstrong - fourth. SE Se in Na AAR Fo EC oott perry SRO 235 Queen St. - Port Perry - 985-7383 } | | i See Us Today For All Your OFFICE ©}. SUPPLY £7} | REQUIREMENTS REPAIR SERVICE TO ALL MAKES & MODELS i | OF OFFICE MACHINERY. TS > | 3 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 17, 1968 Ross Kennedy of Little Britain, shared honours with Douglas Reid of Brampton, Ontario when they won top positions in 3-day ploughing matches held near St. Eustache, Quebec, recently. Twelve plowmen from seven provinces competed for honours. Carlan Enterprises, R.R.4, Port Perry, purchased a bull, Aberfeldy Jeremy, at the annual Shorthorn Sale at Georgetown, Ontario, paying $2,225. for him. Due to the construction of the new community hospital, a greater demand for doctors is expected. Two additional doctors, Dr. J.O. Dalrymple, Oshawa and Dr. Wm. G. Beer, Toronto, will be available for one day a week each at the Medical Centre in Port Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Heron, Ashburn, returned home Sunday after an enjoyable trip to the West Coast. They visited relatives and friends at Victoria, Van- couver, Chilliwack and Winnipeg. Mr. Merv Pugh and Mr. Fred Canning, Prince Albert, have returned from a hunting expedition to Kirkland Lake. Merv downed and returned with a 700 1b. moose. 'D. THAPA DENTURE THERAPIST 66 Brock St. W., 163 Simcoe St.S., Uxbridge 852-5291 Oshawa 579-8752 214 Dundas St.E., Whitby 668-7797 \_ -l nn we a an AAI CPC CC CCC CCI ICCC - Tee ) ' ' 0 ' ' ' ) ' ' ' } ' ' ' | ' | ' ' EO ICICI ICCC CY - a. - - *

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