Lake Scugog Historical Society Historic Digital Newspaper Collection

Port Perry Star, 1 Apr 1981, p. 23

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World War || veterans honoured by Legion at their 16th annual "||| Old Bills i Young bugler Mike Korry of Oshawa did a magnificent job of playing "The Queen' and 'The Last Post'"at the Old Bills Night. Veterans of the First World War were honoured at a special dinner- dance at the Port Perry Legion Hall . - last Saturday night. It was the sixteenth year that the Old Bills night has been held. ' The event began in 1965 when John Maw and Ed Mason of Branch 419 and then president Ron Huntley of Uxbridge Legion decided that an evening should be set aside once a year to honour the veterans of the . great war", pul Approximately 175 Legion members and their wives attended the function last Saturday, and Old Bills were present from Uxbridge, Scugog and unnybrook Hospital in. Toronto. % , Among the guests from Sunnybrook was a 93 year old Registered Nurse : from the first world war. aT . Among the speakers during the even- ing offering praise to the Old Bills was Dominion Vice President Tony Stacey: ; LL whose address has been reprinted | elsewhere in this issue of the Star. ; | { . : g Last speaker during the evening was i i [oT } RITE Mayor Jerry Taylor of Scugog who ' . ' ' . . welcomed the veterans and guests .+| = and thanked the Legion for their continued support towards the better- ment of the community. ! A A OO Fa I LE REE RL ne I SENG some of the men that work to make the Old Bills night an evening to remember are, from left, Ed Mason, Ed Groves, president; Old Bill Fred Cavannah, Tony Stacey, vice president., Dominion Command; and John Maw. »

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