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mT J 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 10th, 1920 The chief business before the Board of Education at its last meeting was the matter of teachers' salaries. Most of the teachers asked for an increase. Port Perry celebrated the King's birthday at the June 3rd celebration and a good crowd attended the | fine day's sport. Seldom has the town hall been so well filled as it was' for the concert last week. Every seat was taken and many were unable to gain admission. The favourite performer was Ben Hokea, the Hawaiian guitarist. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 14th, 1945 The Parish Hall of the Church of the Ascension was on Saturday evening, the scene of a happy social func- tion when the ladies of the congregation held a shower for Rev. Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Burton, the new occupants of the rectory. L. Cpl. John Jeffrey of Camp Borden is enjoying two weeks furlough at his home here. Pte. George Nott was a recent visitor with his mother Mrs. G. Nott. Mr. Arthur Asher, who has been in Montreal and district for several years, is home for the summer with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T, Asher. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 16, 1955 7 The baseball game in Lindsay on Monday night for the benefit of Bud Warriner, injured Port Perry player, proved very successful. Bud suffered a serious com- pound fracture of one leg and will be laid up for some time. Mr. C.D. Purdy of Lethbridge, Alta., is spending a few weeks vacation with his brother C.V. Purdy and his ? sister Mrs. LR. Bently of Port Perry. According to latest reports, Mr. Wentworth Watson, who is spending some time with relatives in Aurora is improving in health. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 16, 1960 Last Tuesday evening the Scout Mothers assembled at the home of Mrs. C. Howsam to honour a member, Mrs. A. Craig who is leaving our midst to take up resi- dence in London, Ontario. During the past week-end Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Gibson had the pleasure of entertaining a newly married couple remember when ...¢ from Holland, Mr. and Mrs. John Blankestyn, who have been in Canada less than a week. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 17, 1965 During the traditional May Festival held recently at Ontario Ladies' College, Whitby, Mrs. Greer Roberts, Q.C., placed the crown on the head of this year's May Queen, Ruth Milne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Milne of Port Perry. - Milton E. Heayn, Prince Albert, was the honoured guest at a staff barbeque last Friday night, held annually by Peel's Poultry Farm Limited. He was presented with a watch for 25 years of devoted service with the company. Two of the honoured guests at the annual "Old Bills Night" held at the Uxbridge Legion last Saturday were. Herbert Buckland, a Boer War Veteran and Samuel Eyre, who was serving in the British navy in 1896 during the reign of Queen Victoria. About 35 Old Bills" from Port Perry and Uxbridge area were in attendance. Congratulations and good wishes to Mrs. William Graham, formerly of Scugog Island and Port Perry, who celebrates her 100th Birthday on Friday, June 25th. Mrs. Graham now resides at Fairview Lodge, Whitby. Lorna Wright and Betty Bradburn, two guides of the 1st Blackstock Guide Company, received their "All Round Cords' at an impressive ceremony held June 7th. Marlene Tomchishin received her "Gold Cord" during the ceremony. " 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 18, 1970 Norm Cafik, Ontario Riding M.P., arrived at the Port Perry Arena to cut the ribbon and officially open the third annual Home Show. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Richardson, R.R. 3, Port Perry were startled to see a huge black bear munching on the contents of a garbage can in their back yard. _ Louise Moore, daughter of Sandy and Irene Moore of R.R.2, Port Perry, graduated from the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital School of Nursing on June 5th, 1970. Greenbank News - Congratulations to Keith Phoenix on winning the award trip sponsored by the Junior Farmers to Pennsylvania and other points for two weeks. Warren Sinukoff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morey Sinu- | koff, Toronto and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Levinson, Port Perry, has recently received his M.D. from Toronto University. chotte CONSTRUCTION Downtown Port Perry is in the midst of one of the largest construction jobs in recent years. The streets and sidewalks to the east of the town have been completely torn out, and last week the excavating-began on the centre block of the downtown core. There has been some jnconvenience for the general public and the merchants, but because of the weather (which ha$ been good) and the excellent work of the Hubway Construction the job has been tolerable. Speaking with some of the merchants during the past five weeks, we find a difference of opinion on how the construction has effected their business. Some in the central part of the block between Water and Perry Streets find that business most definitely has been slow. This is because businesses are not as easily accessible as those on either end of the block where customers can park or walk easily to their desired store. Most of those on either end of the street have not found the problem as harsh. Granted there has been an inconvenience and business has not been as rosey as they would like, but they have been able to cope. Much credit for the smoothness of the construction job to date must go the project co-ordinator Richard Dunford and the work crews of Hubway Construction. They have made every effort to see that inconvenience has been to a minimum. - Mr. Dunford has been more than co-operative with us at the Star, reporting to our office each week to give us a progress report so we can inform our readers about future areas of construction. It has also been learned that he has kept in close touch with the Chamber of Commerce so that they know how the project is advancing. It is this type of attitude and concern that has made the project the success it has been to this point. Granted it is only about half done, and there will be much more inconvenience before it is completed, but at least the job is being done by professionals. Last week the sidewalks were laid to the east end of town and this will undoubtedly help those businesses that have been having problems. The street is now open to traffic and according to the construction company will be maintained until the job is completed and paving gets underway. Looking out from my window as I write this, I see a dirt street, three feet below its normal level. There is a manhole sticking out of the dirt with a pile of crushed stone beside it. PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, June 11, 1980 -- 5 letters Kids Theatre Dear Sir: On Tuesday night, June 3rd, J] attended a play at R.H. Cornish Public School. It was performed by grade 4, 5 & 6 students and was assis- ted by Mrs. Fairburns choir. The theme was biblical, entitled "Cool in the Fur- nace' with a message that should be heeded. I am a mother who sees these children daily as a supervisor. In an age when children are so quick to mock each other - it was so good to see them work together and actually enjoy being together. Sometime s it's a chore to actually get girls and boys of this age to sit together for lunch. Miss Reed has spent many hours working with them and she can feel mighty proud. The performance was excel- lent and moving. It brought tears to many eyes, includ- ing mine, and shivers down many backs. The music and singing gave tingling sensa- tions. Mrs. Fairburn, another job well done! I sat there feeling mighty proud of those children and that school. Anyone who missed it, did miss some good entertainment. For the crowd who did attend I'm sure you agree with me. Good performance Kids, and thank you for making that night of entertainment possible for me. Yours truly, Mrs. Glenys Windsor Lunch-hour supervisor Port Perry The Choral Society Dear Sir: I saw a half-hour presen- tation entitled "Port Perry" on TV recently. Most of this had to do with the work of the Choral Society which was excellent. I thought it might be of interest to your readers to know that such a society existed 70 years ago. They also put on Gilbert and Sulli- van "HMS Pinafore" and "The Mikado". Their big hit, however, was a presen- tation of the sacred cantata DOX by J. Peter Hvidsten The driveway to the back of the medical building has been hacked off at the end and asphalt hangs over the excavation. The bulldozer constantly goes by the window causing small tremors throughout the building and except for the odd person entering the building across the street, there is little activity. : But two months from now the story will be a different one. We will have smooth, new sidewalks and the roadway will be black from freshly laid asphalt. And I anticipate once again the street will become a beehive of activity. In the meantime we will all have to be patient. The construction crews are doing a fine job and if Mother Nature co-operates the way she has during the first half of the job, construction should be completed and we will be able to enjoy our new street by the first week in August. I can hardly wait. GOOD NEWS The staff of the Port Perry Star were pleasantly surprised to learn Friday morning that this newspaper is the recipient of three awards from the Canadian Commun- ity Newspaper Association for its circulation class. The Star entered into the CCNA Better Newspapers Competitions in February of this year and were informed by letter that "you're one of Canada's top weekly news- papers". The newspaper association also sent along an ad of congratulations which can be seen elsewhere in this issue. The awards will be presented at the 1980 CCNA convention which is being held in Edmonton on August 13-16. The Star will at that time receive First place for Best Front Page, second place for Best Editorial Page, and third place for Best All-Round newspaper. As publisher of the Star I would like to congratulate the entire staff for their part in making this paper a recipient of these awards. Although some of the staff are more visible than others it takes teamwork to succeed and everyone deserves credit for the accomplishment. Staff members responsible for these wins are: editor John B. McClelland; office staff Ruby Roach, Gayle Stapley, and Nancy Prentice; advertising, Valerie Mappin; darkroom tech., Annabell Harrison; typesetters, Debbie McEachern and Muriel Crawford; paste-up Per Hvidsten. My thanks to everyone. WE'LL MISS HER While speaking about staff, the Star said farewell to one of our long-time staff members on May 30. when Ruby or oratorio 'Queen Esther." The editor of your paper at that time, Samuel Farmer, was the Scribe. The Grand- father of Howard Hall's wife, George Jackson, who had a magnificient bass voice was King Ahasueres. Others who I remember in that produc- tion were Merle Letcher, the undertaker, who was the Beggar, Dr. Berry as Haman, the Reverend C.P. . Muirhead, tenor, was Mordecai, Mrs. David Archer, the doctor's wife, was Queen Esther and Mrs. Bamforth, the wife of the : Methodist minister, contral- . (Turn to page 7) Roach retired from her position as office manager of the Star. Ruby, as we all know her, had been with the Star for 17 years and undoubtedly her presence in the office will be missed by both staff members and customers. But we all wish her a long, happy and leisure retirement, although we cannot imagine her sitting idle for too long. Taking over the reigns as office manager will be the familiar face of Gayle Stapley. Gayle has been with the Star for seven years and we are pleased to have her with us. At this time I would also like to introduce the lady who will be taking over the position of bookkeeper at the Star office. This position is now being handled by Denise Larabie, who we feel will make a capable and pleasant addition to the front office, and I along with the entire staff welcome her to our "family." 8 port perry star ) Company Limited 0 » Phone 985-7383 Na, Sa-_ - G CNA : (one) = NUL) EA <& rary 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 Elsewhere: $18.00 per year Single Copy: 28° _ Subscription Rate: In Canada $10.00 per year J N hg hg 4 x y i ¢ TE CRAY g rd PT CEE Ye bok BIE bs IHS RAS