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Port Perry Star, 8 Jun 1982, p. 1

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EV RANE PI Royal Canadian Legion officers stand guard outside the old Scugog Memorial Library awaiting the colour party and parade before entering the building to remove the Books of Remembrance. The ceremony took place last Sunday afternoon as the books containing the names of local men who lost their lives during the first and second world wars was removed from their place of remembrance in the old library and taken to their new resting place in the new Scugog Memorial Library. More photos on page 8. The hottest selling item on four wheels in Canada right now is the Chev Malibu, but you can't place an order for one in Port Perry. The 'Malibus, which were supposed to go to Iraq, went on sale in Canada last week," but only 'through General Motors Chevrolet dealer- ships. . Bryce Philp of Philp Pontiac-Buick, told the Star Monday morning that he has "not been allocated any of the 5000 Malibus which are on - sale in Canada. "I have had quite a few enquiries from people in- terested," he said. He added that he believes Remembrance Book moved to new building 'Legion members hold service at library Under sullen gray skies Sunday afternoon, members of the Port Perry Legion held a dedication service as the Book of Remembrance was moved from the old library building on Queen Street to the newly opened Memorial Library on Water Street. The dedication ceremony began with a colour guard parade of Legion members, accompanied by the Ux- bridge Legion Pipe and Drum Band, which moved down Queen Street from the old library to the new build- ing. Ross Weir, vice president; Jack Lee, 3rd vice president, and Jack Sweetman, charter president of Branch 419 had the honour of lifting the Book of Remembrance from the display case in the old build- ing. The Book contains the names of 46 men from Port Perry and area who gave their lives fighting for their country in the First World War. The Queen Street (Turntopage8) Vol. 116 No. 27 Tuesday, June 8, 1982 32 Pages On Saturday morning the rains came, And the rains continued for most of the day making life miserable for the more that 200 hardy individuals who braved the elements in the 14th' annual Canoe the Nonquon. Organizers of this' event pointed to the inclement he would have no trouble selling the Malibus, but he accepts the company policy to retail them through their Chev dealers only. That means that anyone in Port Perry or Scugog Town- weather as a definite factor in keeping the number of entries down this year. The final tally showed there were 107 canoes enter- ed in the regular categories, five in the tourist, four in the racing event,"and two in the six-man North Canoe race. North Canoe race. Despite the fact the actual No Malibus for Port Perry dealer ship interested in placing an order for the $6500 new car will have to go to Oshawa, Whitby or Uxbridge. Since -the GM announce-~>with difficult wind conditions _ ment last week, the interest (Turntopage3) Weather trims entry in Canoe the Nonquon number of entries was down this year (there has been as many as 200 canoes in the event) organizer Bill Brock told the Star the amount of money raised will be about $4000 (before expenses) and this is more than last year. He said the incentives were a factor in the par- ticipants bringing in pledges this year, and although the weather was most dis- appointing, Mr. 'Block said all in all, the day was far from being a total wash-out. Along with the steady rains which chilled many of the participants to the bone, the canoeists had to contend on the Lake Scugog portion (Turnto page 14) Star wins three national awards Port Perry Star publisher Peter Hvidsten romero PEE gr RATT An ge TE 2% = Ry eS AT is pleased to announce the Star has won three awards in this year's Canadian Community Newspaper competitions. The competition takes place annually and the Star 'competes against newspapers in Class 4, which includes all tabloid papers across Canada with a circulation between 4,999 and 9,999. The Star currently prints 5,200 papers weekly. . The three awards the Star will receive are: 2nd place for Best Front Page; 2nd lace for Best Editorial page and 2nd place or the Best All-Round newspaper. First place in these categories was won by an | Alberta weekly newspaper. : 8 The staff and management at the Star 3 are very pleased with this accomplishment and we hope that our readers will feel equally proud as the Star is YOUR com- munity newspaper. I ym on = A . a » Lg That's Re a' & > not lily-dippin' The two large six-man North Canoes took off at This is the first year these large canoes have been a 9:00 a.m. from the lakefront and made their way up part of Canoe the Nonquon.- The canoes measure 27 the lake to near the mouth of the Nonquon and back. feet in length and weigh about 400 pounds. ter gpb te 2

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