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if 3 . L484 LEE re ply AY ERNE / ! , 4 YAS +} : » ' \ 1 PIL ARALLLR 2 SRS TAN SAR Tl A ATE ER RAT remember when ...¢ This photo taken about 1913 shows Lake Scugog in the background and a number of people enjoying themselves at Caesarea. To the 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 10, 1919 It begins to look as though the waiting room at the wharf should be cleaned and repaired as Council can- not afford to have a dirty spot like that on our front doorstep. It is a pity persons who did the damage could not be cleaned and repaired too. An enthusiastic meeting was held in the Public Library on Monday evening to organize and lay plans ta right is a building called **The Lakeview". Photo courtesy of Mr. Ralph Sadler. for the Peace Demonstration and Soldiers' Reception to be held Monday, August 4th, Civic Holiday. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 20, 1944 Last Friday evening the Union Rod and Gun Club, of Oshawa invaded Port Perry and Lake Scugog to the b strength of 50 members. Mrs. Albert Harper accompanied her husband, Spr. (Turn to page 6) IY . ot . ot a4 3 . Sd SAY RO EMS p : wba NES AUR hy tal } Ra) . A) . Ud , 1 v Sh. viel y fententotrhuituseunnhisfonb snsdutianit sebastian te dn Adds isisiranitapstot-soanstudond dx sisrhiodopioin os | Gif css boniiaisbuns stat Cod ANAANE A Alor n bos HANS PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, July 4, 1979 -- 5 «ov Holiday traffic heavy, but no bad accidents Both the Durham Region Police and the OPP report that holiday traffic through Scugog Township was heavy at times, but there were no serious accidents in this area. Durham Police say there were a couple of minor acci- dents, one Saturday evening in Port Perry, causing min- imal damage and no injur- ies. In the entire area patrolled by Whitby OPP, there were just 12 accidents over the long weekend, all of them considered minor by police. A spokesman for the Dur- ham Police Newcastle office says there were no accidents in the portion of Cartwright Township patrolled by the Newcastle detachment. While the highways may have been relatively safe over the long weekend, an accident at go-cart track near Uxbridge sent a Toron- to man to hospital with pess- ible fractured ribs and a broken leg. Police report that Mark Hepburn was involved in a race at the Goodwood Race Track when his go-cart left the track and struck a tree. any issue or subject. the identity of the writer. Letters Policy As a community newspaper, the Port Perry Star welcomes letters to the editor from our readers on Our policy concerning letters is that the writer's name and address must be included with the letter. We will publish an unsigned letter provided we know However, we would strongly urge that all letter . writers allow their names to be printed along with their letters. Printing one's name gives weight and credibility to the letter and the arguments being made. While we urge our readers to express their opin- ions in the public forum of our. letters to the editor column, we must at the same time reserve the right to edit letters with regards to good taste and liability. Letters to the editor should be typed (if possible), double spaced, or neatly hand-written in ink. chotterbox ...... QUEEN STREET RECONSTRUCTION Well it looks like at long last, the reconstruction of Queen Street in downtown Port Perry is going to take place. The project has been talked about for years and no doubt both shoppers and merchants will enjoy the results when completed. i But there is going to be a definite inconvenience to both the shoppers and business people of the town for the estimated three months that it will take to complete the street, and we can only hope that both will help each other in getting through this critical period. For the businessman it is a time for concern, as the street will be a mess and access to the various stores will be much more difficult than usual. The planners have promised that the inconvience would be kept to a minimum, but even then the accessibility of the stores could be difficult for short periods of time during peak construction times. } The thought of any business having to close because of the lack of support by shoppers during this period is frightening, both to the owners and the town in general. Finally after four years with vacancies on the front street, all of the buildings have now been filled and the public is able to enjoy shopping to the fullest. During the construction time it will be imparitive for the merchants to give the shoppers a reason for putting up with the inconvenience and to continue shopping on a street that will be full of holes, dust, mud and ramps. For once they are going to have to work together to get them through the crunch. It is my opinion that they should start thinking towards those ends now, while construction is still eight months away and develop a good promotional package to offer the consumer while the construction is underway. This promotion could be good for both the merchants and the consumer. If they offer genuine bargains, the consumer benefits from the prices and the merchant is able to carry on business. But, as has been traditional in small towns and villages for centuries, local independent businessmen seem to have a hard time working together. They own their businesses and feel that they should be able to run them the way they see fit. And true they are! ' The sad thing with this type of attitude is that no one seems to be interested in helping make their fellow businessmen successful. They don't seem to realize if the store next to it is successful, then chances are he will be successful as well if they work together. This is the case in major plazas where large promotional schemes are written into their leases, so the businesses have to participate, making the plaza work as a unit. It is this type of thinking that is going to be needed to get all the stores in the downtown core through the rough times ahead. Let's work together. It'll pay dividends for everyone. ANGLE PARKING The thought of losing angle parking on Queen Street between Perry and Water Street seems to have a number of merchants upset and concerned about their future. They seem to feel that the loss of 13 parking spaces on the front street could spell certain doom to their businesses. I can only say that if thirteen cars parking on Queen Street mean the difference between staying open and having to close-up, they are already on pretty shaky ground and should be thinking of other ways to improve their volume of business. As we all know angle parking has caused problems for years on Queen Street. There are probably very few at one time or another have not either been in a small accident or came very close to it while backing out into traffic. Even the police feel that the angle parking is something that should be eliminated, for they can see the problem becoming worse as traffic in the core becomes heavier. So, what is the alternative to the parking on Queen Street. Firstly, it should be pointed out that there is a lot of off-street parking available in downtown Port Perry. Presently it is not paved and marked properly, but in time this is one way that the volume of business could be improved. But, we the business people of downtown can not expect the Township Council to do it all for us. It is time to use some of our profits to help ourselves. If it means every business chipping in a little to develop parking areas behind stores, let's all get together and help each other. It's too easy to sit back and wait for someone else to do it, but if that's the attitude I would guess we will be waiting for a long time, because the Township doesn't have the extra money for this. Another way of improving the parking situation on Queen Street is the enforcement of the parking by-law. If cars that are notorious for parking on the street all day, or cies tiandend pied vind for even half a day were ticketed this might make room for more shoppers. Of course, the other problem is merchants wh use the areas in front of their stores for parking. Although this problem is not as bad as it was at one time, there are still a few that continue this practice. Although there are some complaints about the angle parking, I feel that they will go the way of the complaints about the widening of Lilla Street a few years ago. Once the project is completed and the businessmen and consumers see how good it looks, they'll be pleased. A good example of this is Bowmanville. They have just completed their front street reconstruction and there are few who would argue that it wasn't well worth the inconvenience. Let's hope we can say the same. (port perry star | Company Limited Phone 985-7383 Sm, Gon JIE Serving the Township of Scugog J. PETER HVIDSTEN Publisher Advertising Manager J.B. McCLELLAND Editor Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $8.00 per year Elsewhere $10.00 per year. Single copy 20¢ [2 of Cg \By 1 on A EAGT Te - pk ~ ne ro Toe Sa ns ue Be ea a AL ES Tg POR Mi ter § i es BER >, ale; 4% TR, ed ona San Te (2 SN 2