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At Home Queen & Princess A large crowd of students and parents attended the thirty-third annual Port Perry High School At Home last Friday night. The highlight of the evening was the crowning of a new Queen and Princess, and this year lovely Jackie Robinson, 18, [left] won the prestigious title of At Home Queen. Pictured here with her is fifteen year-old Marina Brock who won the title of Princess. sian i A ee seni 13 No Thoughts Of Retirement Mr. Arthur Brock and his wife Marguerite were honoured by the Scugog Chamber of Commerce April 28th in recognition of 100 years the Brock family business has operated on Queen Street. The busines was started by Mr. Brock's grandfather William in 1881. Arthur, now a fit 75 years, still puts in a full week in the store, and says he hasn't given much thought to retiring. [see story] Council jumps into licence fight and generally have an ad-- liquor In an unprecedented move in this Township, Scugog council Monday night voted to register concerns with the Liquor Licencing Board about an application for a licenced dining lounge in Caesarea. The decision came after Caesarea resident Charlie Sharpe and a delegation of about 25 residents of the community told council that the granting of a liquor lic- ence could lead to more lic- ence applications, create a hazard for youngsters there, Vol. 115 No. 22 verse impact on the comm- unity. Ward 2 councillor Robert Espey strongly agreed with Mr. Sharpe's concerns, and at one point during the meet- ing councillor Espey stated "there is no more lethal com- bination -than booze and a man behind the wheel of a car." Although the resolution to inform the Liquor Licencing Board of the concerns got unanimous approval from council, both Scugog Mayor Wednesday, April 29, 1981 Jerry Taylor and Ward 3 councillor John Williams ex- pressed reservations that council was commenting on -an issue that is not within its jurisdiction and essentially a matter for the Licencing Board to decide. In fact, the decision Mon- day represents a reversal from a council decision of two weeks ago not to comm- ent one way or another to the licencing Board on this app- lication. A hearing by the Board "(Turn to page 2) 40 Pages When Arthur Brock began working in the store some 56 years ago, Queen Street was a dirt road and therail line ran through Port - Perry. Times have changed, of course, but Arthur, who is now 75 still puts in a full six day week in Brock's Depart- ment Store which offers its many customers a wide range of goods from clothing to toys, wall paper to work boots And in September, the Brock family will reach the milestone of 100 continuous years of business on Queen Street, an achievement Arthur is proud of. "There are not many businesses that have been going 100 years," he said in an interview last week. To help mark the occasion," the Scugog Chamber of Commerce held a dinner last night (April 28th) with Arthur and his wife Marguerite as guests of honour. The Brock retail business was actually started by Arthur's grand- father William, who moved to this area in the 1860's from Newcastle, and worked for a time in a store in Prince Albert. Prince Albert was the hub of commercial activity in this area, but that began to change when the rail line arrived in" Port Perry. In 1881, William Brock opened his own store on the north side of Queen Street in the building where Stone Real Estate is now located. A couple of years later, a disastrous fire destroyed downtown Port Perry, and after re-building, Mr. Brock moved his store down Queen Street 'to where Patterson's of Port is currently located. The present location of the Brock store on the south side of Queen Street was owned by A. Ross and Sons, and Arthur is not certain of the exact date his grand- father purchased the store from one of Mr. Ross' sons. Nevertheless, the store Brock's celebrates 100 years in business was expanded in 1927 when the Bank of Commerce bought the Standard Bank which occupied the east half of the present store. The Commerce moved across the street, and the Brocks moved in the grocery portion of their store into the bank building. The walk-in vault is still used as an office. ¢ Arthur's father Frederick and his uncle Harold were running the (Turn to page 8) Supreme Court rules for Scugog family A landmark decision in favour of a Scugog Island family was handed down April 24th in Whitby by Supreme Court Justice, A.M. Linden. In the first such judgement under a section of the 1978 Family Law Reform Act, Mr. Justice Linden awarded damages to Mrs." Allene Kane, her two sons, Kathryn, as a result of a car accident her husband Jack was involved in almost three years ago. Mrs. Kane was awarded $10,000, her two sons a total of $9,000, and her daughter $1,000. Mr. Kane, 49 and his father-in-law John Sweet- man, 80, were seriously injured October 21, 1978 when their truck collided with a vehicle on Highway 11 \ ) ~/ John and Billy and daughter | ) near Burke's Falls. The driver of the other vehicle, Gilliam Schmidt and her 13-year old passenger were killed. Mr. Kane and Mr. Sweet- man both sustained very serious injuries in the accident, and Mr. Kane will never be able to return to his job at General Motors. Both Mr. Kane and Mr. Sweetman received sub- stantial but undisclosed out- of-court settlements as a result of the accident. Lawyers Terry Kelly and associate Andrew Bruce of Oshawa represented Mrs. Kane and they argued that a section of the 1978 Family Law Reform Act allows the courts to award damages to a wife and children for "loss of care, guidance and companionship' of a father (Turn to page 37) ne o mi a KE Sa E het = Ty on ™ - ad og pe Rw on as A Ea § Unik Si ar 3 A Se a .or el B® le ii ict a" 0