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AA. Shoppers ask "what is going on?" Business section closing-up on Friday nights "It was almost mid- night when we closed the store on Saturday nights. Cars lined the street and hundreds of shoppers gathered in the stores and stood about the street talk- That is the way some of Port Perry most senior remember the town some 40 years ago. But CHS will have 'new principal in September After 34 years at Cart- wright High School in Blackstock, principal Gordon Paisley will be leaving this fall to take up new teaching duties at " Port Perry High School. Mr. Paisely, who became principal at CHS in 1954 and continued to teach English, Latin and Guidance, said last week GORD PAISLEY he made up his mind several months ago to make the move and is looking forward to teaching in 'the new academic resource pro- - gram at Port Perry High School. The Durham Board of Education has announc- ed that Jim Musselman will be taking over the principal's reins at Cart- wright High School this coming September. Mr. Musselman has been with the Durham Board for 22 years, and is currently the vice- principal at Eastdale Collegiate in Oshawa. He has been a vice-principal for the past 16 years at Anderson and Harwood: Collegiates, and is a maths and sciences teacher. He is not exactly a stranger to the Scugog area as he taught maths and sciences at Port Perry High School from 1962-65. Scugog to get 4% more for roads budget Scugog Township will receive a four per cent increase in the roads subsidy from the prov- incial government this year. The increase will give the Township $279,400 in 1984 subsidies, up from $700,300 last year. The Township Works department is proposing a total budget of $1,355, 000 for 1984, a five per cent (or $70,000) hike over the 1983 total bud- get of $1,285,000. Although the overall subsidy from the pro- vince has increased by four per cent for 1984, in terms of percentage share of the Township roads budget, the amount actually de- creases from 54.5 per cent to 53.8 per cent. The Township has made an application to the Provincial govern- ment for a supplement-' ary budget amount of $70,000 to be used for road maintenance and repairs in Scugog this year. merchants time has changed! Today, merchants no longer open on Saturday night. This was changed in the early 1950's when stores in the larger cities began closing Sat- urday and opening Fri- days. And for many years Friday night shopping was a success, even in towns like Port Perry and other small comm- unities. But once again time has changed the shopping habits of con- sumers. Anyone walking down Queen Street after 8:00 p.m. might think that the town is dying, as at least 20 stores were closed and darkened by that time. It appears more and more store owners are closing earlier or not opening at all Friday nights. This attitude of the merchants is alarming to some of the business owners who do stay open until 9:00 p.m. Marion Murray of Ingredients Unlimited, who not only opens Fri- day night but also Thursday, told the Star that she has customers coming into her store saying "what 'is going on?" She claims many of her customers are be- wildered at the attitude of the merchants, and they wish the businesses community would be more consistent in their hours. For this reason, and the fact Mrs. Murray did a phone survey of the downtown business community one Friday night about 8:30 and found only two stores open, she would like to see a meeting of the merchants to discuss the problem. When the Star survey- ed the street last Friday at 8:15 the following stores were closed on Queen Street: Sears, Pink Dot, David's Hair- styling, Port Cleaners, Port Perry Star, Port Gifts, Karen Taylor Cosmetics, Lawrence Pharmacy, Luke's Country Store, Modern Textiles, Hair Shoppe, Book Exchange, Country Classics, Brooks Feed Store, Country Capers, Elea- nor's Flowers, Pentland Jewelers, Do No's, Pet - WELCOME... employees of CRAFT CABINETS LIMITED toa Blue GHIP Basic Plan. Ross Freer Suite 204 Peterborough Square 360 George Street North Peterborough, Ontario K9H 7E8 2 (70%) 743-0677 ONTARIO 6310-3 BLUE CROSS Shop and Fox Manor. In addition to these stores in the business core, real estate firms, banks and insurance agents situated in the retail area were closed, all adding to the "ghost town' image. Howard Hall, of House of Howard, told the Star that business hours have always been a problem because the town is made up of in- dependent businesses. He feels that because each merchant operates his own business they will continue to be inde- pendent and open and close when they feel like it. Shoppers do not tend to run into this problem in larger centres where shopping plazas have become the place to go. Each merchant in the shopping centre is bound by contract to remain open a certain number of hours each week and they do not have a choice, as do the independents. Mr. Hall told the Star Video Thieves hit the Black- stock Video Store over the weekend, making off with two video record- ers, a small amount of cash and about 40 tapes, according to Durham Region Police. Entry into the store at 4 Scugog St., in Black- stock was = gained through a rear window. Arena (From page 1) room washrooms, Mr. Wong said he doesn't believe any of the plann- ed dances for the arena this sumer would be in jeopardy by the 450 patron limit. He said he would be seeking assurances from the Arena Board that these extra washroom facilities can be made available when dances are held. and To Hold WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY Cathy Robb 649-2450 i Ale nuns iH] PORT PERRY STAR -- Tues. February 21, 1984 -- 3 that he feld that nothing could be done to regi- ment the hours, but he wished that the mer- chants would at least get together and. do something, "even if only to tell the customers when we are going to be open," he said. What worries some of the merchants who do stay open on Friday night is that more and more shoppers are gett- ing "turned-off" on Port Perry because so few stores are open. Con- sequently they are head- ing off to Oshawa to make their purchases Mr. hol Dir hages Brock of Brock's Department Store says that there is always some business done on Friday night, but not like the Sat- urday"s of some forty years ago. When the Star asked Mr. Brock if he ever considered closing on Friday's he said, '"We stayed open for the past 60 years at night, it's a habit. Maybe someday I'll close, but I've never really given it any thought." It was only last week VALUES FOR MEN! LINED COATS 25% OFF PLAID SHIRTS *14.95 Levi Fleece Shirts ... $19.95 Levi Fleece Pants ... $19.95 Levi Fleece Shirts ... $11.95 Large Assortment of Men's STANFIELD UNDERWEAR BRADSHAW WORK CLOTHES that a consulting firm who has been working in the area for the past few months stated that, "the local merchants must start ,working together." They found that although Port Perry was a very appealing place, there was not a high level of co-oper- ation among the mer- chants. Whatever the mer- chants decision is as far as hours, they must remember the old say- ing "together we stand.. divided we fall." A.W. BROCK DEPARTMENT STORE QUEEN STREET - PORT PERRY (Merchandise Not Exactly as lllustrated.) A -- ots at gy ST pm -- oN | Cn WE