Lake Scugog Historical Society Historic Digital Newspaper Collection

Port Perry Star, 8 Jun 1982, p. 8

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4 VIR AT RAS aT RRO BTR BEND ASL SI RAT J RSA SRERGEN at SAS EAR . 8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday June 8, 1982 Book of Remembrance moves HRA VTLARARARE SON FHKE AAA Re a a to new Memorial Library library was constructed in 193¢ as a memorial, and along with the Book of Remembrance, the engraved silver trawel used in that construction will also be displayed in the new building. Rev. Reg Rose of Port Perry delivered prayers of dedication in a brief ceremony in front of the new building, and a Canadian flag was lowered and raised as bugler Gord Copeland played Last Post and Reveille. Members of the Legion led by Mr. Sweetman then placed the Book of Remembrance and the silver trawel in the wood and glass display case. The display case, which is lined with bright red velvet, is in a prominent position in the main foyer of the new library buiding. The inscrip- tion on the case reads 'This memorial is dedicated to all those who served in times of o conflict." After the Book and trawel were placed in the display case, Fred Cavannah, a veteran of World War 1, laid This dedication ceremony was held June 6, 38 years to the day after the Allied landings in France in 1944. Canadian servicemen played a crucial role in the D-Day invasion, and the memory of those who lost their lives has not been forgotten. The dedication ceremony was the final function in the official opening of the new Memorial Library on Water Street. The Books of Remembrance were removed from their place of honour in the old library last Sunday where they have been on display since 1934. These three gentlemen were in charge of moving 2 wreath in the foyer of the and protecting the Books of Remembrance on their building. trip to the new Scugog Memorial Library. From left, Jack Lee, 3rd vice-president, John Sweetman Branch 419 Charter president and Ross Weir, 1st vice- president. Police ask for help to locate attacker Durham Region Police continue an intensive search for a man wanted in connection with an assault on a woman in Uxbridge May 26. The woman, 23, was punched in the face, thrown to the floor and then struck with a chair after she sur- prised an intruder in the kitchen of an Uxbridge home where she was baby-sitting. She needed hosptial treat- ment for bruises to her face and arms. Durham Police have issued the following description of the man want- ed for questioning. He is 27-30 years old, about 5 foot, 10 inches tall with broad shoulders, stocky build. He has short brown hair, side- burns to the bottoms of the ears, and was wearing a blue or green t-shirt, jeans and dark sneakers. He was carrying an army pack-sack over his shoulder. .The attack on the Ux- bridge woman took place in the middle of the afternoon. Her attacker was wearing surgical gloves at the time. Police believe there may be a connection between this incident and a series of day-time house burglaries in Uxbridge over the past several weeks. wlormiation A veteran of both the First and Second World immediately contact Wars, Fred Cavanagh was on hand at the ceremony Durham Police at 579-1234. last Sunday at the Scugog Memorial Library, Members of the Port Perry Legion parade past the old { Quoon Street Library during Sunday ceremonies to move the Book of Remembrance and dedicate it at thé new Memorial Library on Water Street.

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