a a ALT ELAS 8 SR Ag SIEPRERIOl he) p73 ¢ L054 AA Pe BEE bi 1S ANEURIN FRAO VAY Sista im BST nt PA. ri SOAP PRIE CE ST DF SERIES SARS SETI hs 50 BE AS Se VR FOE te TH Golden Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Rexford Stephenson of Port Perry celebrated a Golden Wedding anniversary on June é. Last Friday evening, family and friends held an anniversary party at the Latcham Centre to honour Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson on this occasion. " conducted by YMCA A feasiblity study is un- derway to see if there is a demand for a licenced day- care centre in Scugog Town- ship. The study is being carried out for the Durham YMCA by George Cope and Leslie Forder who are both grad- uates- of Port Perry High School and now attending university. . Mr. Cope told Scugog coun- cil Monday afternoon that 1500 survey questionaires were sent to Township homes in the past week, and by Monday morning, about 28- percent had been re- turned. "The early returns in- dicate a positive need for a day care centre here," Mr. Cope told council. He said that if data coll- ected over the summer in- dicate there is a stated need. for a licenced day care op- SHARP - CANON TEXAS INSTRUMENT CALCULATORS & Adding Machines PORT PERRY STAR 235 Queen Street 985-7383 eration, the Durham YMCA could start looking for a suitable building. : Licenced day cares are currently operated by the YMCA elsewhere and the charge is about $45 ot $50 per week. : There is presently no lic- enced non-profit day care facility in Scugog, although there are some 29 non-profit and private facilities lic- enced in Durham Region. In response to questions from councillors, Mr. Cope said that if the YMCA decid- es to open a day care centre here, there would be no tax money directly involved in the operation. Durham Region, through its Social Services depart- ment does subsidize certain families who use day care services, especially if this allows single parents to keep their jobs. Mr. Cope told council he expects a recommendation will be submitted to the Durham YMCA on the feas- ibility by August 14. The salaries of Mr. Cope and Leslie Forder to conduct the feasibility study in Scugog this summer are being paid by a grant from the federal government's Canada Student Employ- ment Plan. A, Day Care study being The value of building per- mits issued in Scugog Town- ship in May was five times greater than those issued in May of last year. » The building report, tabled at council Monday afternoon shows a total value of $2,652,400 in permits issued last month. By comparison, the value of permits in May 1980, was a scant $452,500. PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, June 17, 1981 --33 Building permits skyrocket, The marked increase in building in Scugog continues a trend that has been strong since the beginning of the year, and the figure for May is almost $700,000 higher than the April total. During' May, there were permits issued for 39 single family residences in Scugog, 23 of them for Picture Homes of Willowdale for the subdiv- $2.6 million in one month ision located north of the Brewer's Retail Store in Port Perry. As an indication of just how severe the building slump in Scugog Twp. was during 1980, the entire total for that year was $3,746,238. Just last month, the total was $2.6 million in a 30-day period. Beer - Kane Wedding Grace United Church, Scugog Island was the "setting of a lovely wedding, "when on March 7, 1981, Kathryn Allene, daughter of Jack and Allene Kane became the bride of Keith Donald William Beer, son of Shirley and the late Kenneth Beer. Reverend Charles Clark officiated. To the music of Turn around, look at me, beauti- fully played by Hal South- gate, the bride came down the aisle hand-in-hand with her father. Kathie wore an ivory gown of silk organza with Alecon lace bodice and collar, high- lighted with a three tiered skirt. The bodice, collar and cuffs were accented with tiny seed pearls. Her head- piece of Alecon lace, juliet cap was held with a mantilla of clustered flowers and edged with silky Venise lace. She wore a silver locket, gift of the groom and carried her Mother's ivory Bible, on which was a yellow rose surrounded by ivory roses. The maid of honour, Carol Kane, sister of the bride, and bridesmaid Marilyn Beacock were dressed alike in soft blue gowns high- lighted by an overcape trimmed in wide ivory lace, which formed a long "V" at : the back. The junior bridesmaid Lori Carnochan, cousin of the groom, and flower girl Shannon Brown were gowned alike in floral print on an ivory background, trimmed with ivory lace and soft blue velvet ribbons. The girls dresses were made by Carol Kane. All the girls carried nosegays of yellow carnations. The groom wore a tuxedo of pale blue and in his lapel wore a yellow rose. The bestman Michael Healey and ushers Kim Beer, brother of the groom, John and Bill Kane, brothers of the bride, all wore dark blue tuxedos with yellow Open Air Concert The Scugog Choral Society under the direction of Grace Hastings presented an open air concert in Palmer Park last Friday evening, much to the delight of spectators, most of whom brought their own lawn carnations. John M. Kane acted as a very capable Master of Ceremonies at the reception which was held in the Scugog Community Hall. Mr. John L. Sweetman, grandfather of the bride, proposed the toast to his granddaughter. Mr. H.J. Kane grandfather of the bride asked the blessing for the meal which Grace U.C.W. ladies so capably prepared and served. The happy young couple spent a brief honeymoon in western Ontario and are now living in Oshawa. Ny chairs. This was the first time the Choral Society had performed in the park, and there may be other concerts later this summer. Gloria Forder accom- panied the group on the piano. ir rg: oy _ EX