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a There will probably be lots of people who can pick out the faces of people in this photo taken at the horse races at the Port Perry Fairgrounds 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 24, 1919 For many years the Department of Education has been urging that a new High School be built in Port Perry and according to the way matters are shaping, it is probable that the matter will be brought before the people for their consideration at an early date. In the coming prohibition referendum, all British subjects, male or female, who have resided within the Province for one year and who are 21, will be entitled to vote. about 1950. Photo courtesy of the Port Perry Fair Board. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 3, 1944 For sometime past there has been trouble owing to the flooding of Beaver Creek Bridge on the fourteenth concession of Reach. At the present time it is closed and what can be done to relieve the situation is difficult to decide. Phil Orde, John Jeffrey and Ross Harrison are the latest boys to join the armed forces. L.A.C. Harry Carnegie, RCAF of Rivers, (Turn to page 6) chotte Hundreds of men, women and children from Scugog Township as well as visitors to our town are enjoying the shores of Scugog more these fast few weeks, than they have in many-a-year. And the reason is the new swimming area provided by the Port Perry Kinsmen Club. The idea of a beach-swimming area was first conceived by the Kinsmen some three years ago, but it was not long before the hands of government agencies fouled their initial attempts. After months of planning, talking and writing to the authorities, the red tape was cut and last winter the project got underway with the dumping of tons and tons of sand on the ice of frozen Lake Scugog. Then came the task of spreading plastic over the ice before leveling the piles of sand over the desired area. This plastic is what eventually gave the sand a base on which to pack and form a solid base. As Spring arrived and the temperatures gradually rose, the sand began to sink into the water just off shore and then the final grading was done on-shore to level the beach. And now, much to the delight of young and old alike, the lakefront has taken on a new perspective. There are now i "All birds between 178nd 66 are welcome." 'Vance sascoscsanwe CLL TTT TS Veconnas?' The summer blood donor is a rare bird. Be one. friends for life The Canaan Red Cross Sooety PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, July 18, 1979 -- 5 letters Kinsmen deserve a pat on the back Dear Sir: While vacationing in Flor- ida this winter, I read in the Port Perry Star the effort the Kinsmen were making to give the area residents a swimming location -- to en- able all to enjoy the water facilities of the first of the Kawartha Lakes. Boys, 1 sure was dubious! Being the third generation out of five, raised using these recrea- tional privileges, but also knowing the bottom of most of Scugog I didn't think such a project would succeed. Was I wrong! You couldn't have done a better job! Both yesterday and to-day being heat blister- ing days, I decided to see for myself. You couldn't have done a finer piece of work. I am sure what has been done cost a lot of money. If you have seen what I have the last two days, you must be proud. Grandparents dozing in the park. Friends visiting while swimming and watch- ing little ones. Employees able to take a dip during lunch hour. By actual count 125 wet bodies happily splashing around about 3 p.m. This evening one young lad told me it was his fourth DOX by J. Peter Hvidsten people using the park that have not had use for it in years, and from those who have made comments about the new swimming facility, "it's the best thing that could have happened to the park." So to the Kinsmen, we tip our hats, and say "Thanks so very much for a job well done." And while we're speaking about the swimming area, a spokesman for the Kinsmen said that in the very near future the club will be installing marker buoys around the swimming area so that it will be safer for the children. DESERVE CREDIT This year there would appear to have been more visible progress at Palmer Memorial Park than in many years with the planting of trees, repairing the ball diamond, sodding, erecting fencing and general grounds-keeping. It is the men of the Scugog Township works department that have been doing this work and they deserve a lot of credit for the condition of the lakefront. A trip to the park early Monday morning (7:00 a.m.) will find the crews out cleaning up the bits of paper and trash left behind over the weekend and not long after it is cleaned up they are busy cutting the grass and grooming the area. "Keep up the good work guys," it is appreciated - believe it or not! ) LAKE SCUGOG Over the past few years Lake Scugog has gotten its fair share of publicity from the large daily papers to the south, and one of the most recent articles was published in the Toronto Sun about six weeks ago. In case you missed it, it was entitled '"'Scugog No. 1 For Fish' and the story and photos it contained covers the best part of a full page. Based on their advertising rates, that means about $2,000 worth of free advertising for Scugog Township. Following are excerpts from the article: "Muddy Lake Scugog, located 60 miles north-east of Toronto is the most productive fishing lake in Ontario." After staring into Scugog's primal soup for eight hours last weekend I became curious about the lake's potential. I decided to compare it to Lakes Erie and St. Clair, long said to be Ontario's top fish producers. Resources Mike Petzal, of Aylmer, hunted up the figures for St. Clair and Erie and gave a figure of 8.9 pounds of fish produced in both those lakes every year for every acre of surface area. trip to the lake that day, now he was awaiting his parents. Isn't this what social plan- ning is all about? Kinsmen, you will probably never know in dollars and cents what this beautiful park, sand beach, swimming area etc. have contributed to the fullfilment of a Canadian summer in this area. It is just one of those intangibles you can't put a price tag on. Now, Mr. and Mrs. Gener- . al Public, let's be smart and do our part and take care of what we have been given. Let's prove we are respons- ible adults and children. Let's pick up empty bags, and containers and deposit them in the recepticals pro- vided. Let's wash our hair and bathe in our homes. If I have missed giving credit where it is due, drive down to the lakefront on a hot day and you will see your re- ward. P.S. to Council. Just don't ever consider putting the P.O. in the same area on Water St. unless you want - absolute chaos. Yours truly, Jeanne Elliot Port Perry Resources Ed Cox, an authority on fish productivity rooted through old commercial fishing records that showed, ""Scugog can actually produce 21 pounds of fish per acre every year. 'Our method of measuring productivity doesn't work in Scugog," Cox said, explaining that the lake is shallower and surrounded by far more nutrition-rich farm lands than northern lakes, where the test method was developed. Scugog is the most productive fish lake in Ontario." That doesn't mean you'll catch more fish in Scugog than elsewhere because angling competition is stiff. There are always many anglers on the lake to carve up the scaly " pie. That's some of the comments of Sun outdoors writer, Ted Gorsline, and if what he says is true, there is nb wonder that the shores of Lake Scugog are crowded each weekend with fishermen from the south trying out their luck for some of that 21 pounds of fish per acre. (port perry star) Company Limited {r CNA Phone 985-7383 ' : (olin "1, Serving the Township of Scugog 0 "iow v, "as wd 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 02465 Subscription Rate: In Canada $8.00 per year Elsewhere $10.00 per year. Single copy 20¢ _