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Port Perry Star, 4 Mar 1981, p. 6

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HR OIE a aE a A NE SRN AU A BEAT RA RA BALES CREE Li vA RN FERRULE RE SRE BN 74 3 V BS A Uh RL UL CN Wg TR 6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, March 4, 1981 remember "She When ...¢ (From page 5) Mrs. M.E. Burnett of Port Perry won a 40% Coupon at the Appreciation Day Draw and is now richer by i $236.84. ° A surprise farewell party was held on February 25th for John Gilll, Assistant Agricultural Representa- tive, when the County Junior Farmers all joined in wishing John the best of luck in his new position on the . staff of the Animal Husbandry Department of the 0.A.C., Guelph. Manchester News - Eunice Roach, Marjorie Stak- aruk and Billy Colbear were in Port Perry Community Hospital last week for tonsilectomies. Port Perry News - Mr. and Mrs. V. England, Tor- onto and Mr. and Mrs. Art Nott, Vancouver visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Nott over the weekend. Utica News - Louise Mitchell celebrated her tenth 'birthday recently and had as guests Sharon and Kenny MacDonald, Donna Sutcliffe, Judy Philip, Larry Sker- ratt, Heather and David Saunders and John, Timmy, Brian and Sandra Holt. 20 YEARS AGO WT J Heavy ir Marna Wet debris caused it's hard to believe that by the end of February found skipping on the road in the bright, warm considerable flooding in Port Perry last Thursday. The there was scarcely a pile of snow to be had anywhere. sunshine last Friday. Motorists might be wise to keep large culvert on Queen Street became blocked, forcing inthe area. But taking advantage of the situation are, a close lookout for anxious youngsters as they travel the creek to back up as far as Scugog Street. Water rose from left, Cory Greenwood, Donna Lynn Nixon and the streets of Port Perry and Prince Albert. | to a depth of 8 feet or more to overflow the road and Charlene Daigle of Prince Albert. The girls were ! made a cascade over the wall at the bowling green. . Seven figure numbers will be introduced in Port Perry co-incident with publication of the 1961 Telephone Directory in July, J.W. Lowry, Bell Telephone manager for this area said last week. When the change takes effect the present number YUkon 5-1234, for example, will become 985-1234. All Port Perry numbers will be pre-fixed by the three digit code 985. Mr. Thos. Redman, Scugog, who was 85 years old on February 23, 1961, was entertained in honour of | his birthday on Sunday, February 26th at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Allan Carter, who also resides on Scugog Island. Blackstock News - Messers. Bruce Ashton, Bert Gibson, Merrill VanCamp and Merlin Suggitt attended .the Ontario Good Roads Convention at the Royal York Hotel. On Wednesday evening they were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Victor Malcolm, Mrs. Ashton and Mrs. Van- Camp and all attended the banquet and entertainment. Popular. Brands Cigarettes (20 per pkg.) ... 3 for $1.00; Chocolate Bars ... 12 for $1.00; Instant Coffee (8 oz. jar) ... $1.00. Elect a Strong New Voice on the Davis Team reas VP ene 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 3, 1966 C.D. (Danny) Reesor, Agincourt (formerly of Port Perry), was elected President of the Scarborough- North York Progressive Conservative Association at that organization's Annual Meeting last week. Sandra Anne Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hall, Port Perry, was presented with her Gold Cord in Guiding at an impressive ceremony. Approximately 300 chickens perished in a barn fire on the farm of Mr. Hugh Strong last Thursday night. The Strong farm is located about one mile west of Port Perry on Hwy. 7A. Fresh minced ground beef ... 2 1b. 89¢; Round steak ...89*1b.; Margarine ... 21b. 49¢. Seagrave News - Miss Sylvia Wanamaker was a member of the Junior Basketball Team of P.P.HS., oo) which played in Brampton last week. They won one game and lost one. 7 Congratulations to Miss Joanne Jackson who re- ve ceived-100 marks in Grade II Theory at the recent mid-winter Exams of the Royal Conservatory of Music held in Port Perry. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, March 3, 1971 A meeting to form a little theatre in Port Perry had a successful turnout of approximately 40 people. Noted director and producer, Dennis Sweeting was guest speaker for the evening and was enthusiastic about the possibility for amateur theater in Port Perry. A cottage at Honey's Beach, R.R. 2, Seagrave, Ee ----------------_---------------- LN HES ART SC STEVENSON Durham-York March 19 owned by John W. Fleischacker of Don Mills, was com- pletely gutted by fire last Friday evening. dent Note These New Voting Hours For Advice or Assistance Call ebbie Garvey, 17, a 3rd year studen was crowned Queen at the 1971 Port Porry High School Advance Polls | Election These P.C. Committee Rooms "At Home". Miss Susan Tripp, 15, a 2nd year student, » was the successful candidate in the contest for Princess. Thurs. March 12 Day EAST GWILLIMBURY 895-5980 This year's theme at the 23rd annual 'At Home" was : , KESWICK 476-4393 "Japan" and the auditorium was tastefully decorated Sat. March 14 Thurs. PORT PERRY 985-8463 as a Japanese garden. Mon. March 16. March 19 SUTTON Dr. William G. Beer is returning to his practise in \ . 722-3247 the Port Perry Medical Centre. For the past three years 11am - 8pm | 8am - 7pm UXBRIDGE 852-7126 Dr. Beer has been attending post-graduate studies at / / the University of Toronto in Psychiatry and Internal Medicine. Neil Clark, 18, of Port Perry, won the Georgian Bay Secondary School Association's Wrestling title in the 157 1b. class at a meet held Saturday in Uxbridge. Mrs. Anne Wanninkof of Manchester held a Bon Voyage party at her home for Richard McAllister, Port Perry, who is leaving for a six week vacation in Spain. Also a guest of honour at the same gathering was Mrs. B. Leahy who was celebrated her 81st birthday.

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