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é -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, September 16, 1986 Murray and Doris Williams of Port Perry celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Monday, September 15. Family . and friends attended a celebration party at the United Church Sun- day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have lived virtually all their lives in Port Perry. (See story for details of the happy occasion) stride like a true sport. shortest drive of the day. around a five-iron. Viewpoint (From page 5) mentioning this in the column, but he won the prize for the "shortest drive." Now Glen, by his own admission is no Jack Nicklaus on the links. He's too busy with his construction business in the summer months to play much golf. But anyway, he was having a pretty good game last week until number 16 hole at Sunnybrae. Number 16 is a little short par-three, all of 120 yards. When we reached the tee the rain was coming down pretty hard and the ground was getting very soggy. Glen selected an iron, took a hefty swing and woosh, the ball travelled maybe 15 feet, the hunk of sod went twice that far. Undaunted, he teed the ball again and woosh, same thing. We all had a good chuckle and Glen took it in Anyway, his effort on the 16th tee qualified him for It was all good fun, of course. Anyone who takes the game of golf too seriously is asking for an early ulcer. As for Les, he's retired from GM and must spend a lot of time on the fairways because he knows his way Heffering didn't let a little rain bother him last week. He won it for the team with a nice 78 score. And not only that, he won $3 from yours truly I have made a promise to myself that 1 won't rest easy until I get a chance to take that $3 back again. This is the 4th year I've played in the Rotary tour- nament and it's always been a lot of fun. Hopefully next year, there will be a few more foursomes taking part. Chatterbox (From page 4) It's something Jeo le in Scugog Township should thinking about as well. No longer can we sit back and relax believing co- caine and crack is a problem of the cities. The hard fact is, it's available right here. In Port Perry. On Scugog Island. In Blackstock Coke might not be the number one problem in our quiet little com- munity, but it is available to anyone who waats it, Now is the time to start crack- ing down on crack. Before a small problem escalates into something that rivals To. 0:1to 0. New York. Much of the information in this column comes from the September 15, 198" issue of Time. Scarey stuff, but it's good. By not educating ourselves to the dangers of drugs, we are clos- ing our eyes to an increasing pro- blem. And I believe we can't close our eyes any longer. --_-- A lt tt eae] Murray and Doris Williams of Port Perry Old friendships were renewed and much reminiscing done on Sunday afternoon, September 14th, when over 250 friends and relatives gathered together at an open house in the Port Perry United Church . Auditorium to honour Doris and Murray Williams on their 50th Wed- ding Anniversary. oo Mr. and Mrs. Williams were mar- ried at Fairview Fair, Columbus, the home of the brides parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. John A. Nesbitt, on September 15, 1936, by the Reverend Mr. It.H. Wylie. The happy br. de of 50 years was presented with n orchid corsage and the groom, a yellow sweetheart rose boutonniere, by their six grand- children, Jerry, Jamie, Jim, Joe, Janna and Tyler. The Sarah unit of the U.C.W., of which Mrs. Williams is a member, arranged a delicious buffet table. The tea table was graced with a beautifully decorated wedding cake, topped with a gazebo in the centre of which was a groom and a golden dressed bride. The cake was decorated by Kreative Kitchens and the gazebo reminded the couple of their years spent at Pine Point. Tea was served by Dorothy Martyn, (sister of the groom), Muriel Nesbitt (sister-in-law of the bride), Bobbie Drew, Ann Brillinger, Cora Anstey and Joan Godley, all close friends of the couple. Mark Brillinger provid- ed enjoyable background music ~ throughout the afternoon on his elec- tric piano. Granddaughter, Janna looked after the guest book. The bride's wedding dress was on display as well as many picutres "Throughout The Last 50 Years." Mr. and Mrs. Williams have been life long residents of this area. Mrs. Williams, the former Doris Nesbitt, was raised in Columbus and attend- ed O'Neill Collegiate, Oshawa. Following school she worked at you can't pass up--but you'd better hurry: G.M. - first at a filing cabinet and later as a computer operator for the modest salary of $50 per month. Following her marriage she moved first to Bigelow St. and later to Cochrane St. During this time she had three children, Jeanne, John and Grant. Throughout the years Mrs. Williams has been actively in- volved with the I.O.D.E., U.C.W,, Sunday School teacher, Scout and Guiding movement and volunteer work at two handicapped institutes, the nursing home and meals-on- wheels. Mr. Williams was born in a farm house on Regional Rd. 8, Scugog Township. He attended the "Yellow School House," (now occupied by the Peter Chellew family) and later Port Perry High School but had to stop school to help work the family farm. In March, 1929 he started working for Archer Motor Sales (Royal Bank location) and stayed there until 1942 at which time Le joined G.M. Oshawa in the service engineering department. In 1939 he bought his first garage (now the I.D.A)). In 1949 the family moved to a farm on 7A (now occupied by the Labanovich family). In 1956 Mr. Williams built a new garage on 7A and moved his Mer- cury dealership to this location. This garage is presently owned by Larry Taylor. In 1967 his son John joined the dealership and they ran the business until 1977 at which time the business was sold and Mr. Williams sup- posdely "retired." Mr. Williams started in business with the Ford Motor Company in 1946. During his years with Ford he received many Distinguished Dealer Awards. - 14 of them con- secutively. During these busy work- ing years Mr. Williams found time in FREE ! 'Couple celebrates 50th to enjoy curling and support the Oddfellows organization. In 1967 the farm was sold and he and his wife moved to Pine Point where they enjoyed many years in the former Harry Peel cottage. In November, 1985 they moved back into Port Perry and presently live on Caleb Street. During these years they raised three children, Jeanne, John and Grant. Jeanne is an operating room nurse at Oshawa General Hospital and lives in Port Perry with three of her four children, Janice, Jim and Joe. Her oldest son, Jerry is living in Ottawa. John owns "Williams Arms,' a gun store off Water St. in Port Perry. He, his wife Nancy and daughter Janna live in the Westport subdivision. Grant is head of the guidance department at Osler High School, Scarborough. He, his wife Debbie and son Tyler live in Markham. Congratulatory messages were received from Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Premiere David Peter- son and Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor. Phone messages and cards were received from their many friends and relatives locally as well as from New Brunswick, New York, Florida, Maine, Ohio, New Hamp- shire, Indiana, New Jersey and Rhode Island. Out of town guests came from Toronto, Oshawa, Kinessis Lake, Hastings, Uxbridge, Guelph, Ajax Lakefield and Whitby. Photographs of guests were plac- ed in an album as a lasting remem- brance of this happy occasion. Congratulations Doris and Mur- ray and may you celebrate many more happy years both here in Port Perry and at your winter home in Florida. Polaris Clothing & Accessories! We've got an offer on a new Polaris Snowmobile that Get $200 in FREE Polaris clothing & accessories--if you buy a new Polaris Snowmobile before October 15, 1986. You can take vour choice of Polaris jackets, boots, helmets and more--or select exciting accessories that can help you have more fun on the trail! But get a move on--this special pre-season offer is strictly a hmited-time value. So make tracks to your Polaris dealer fast! 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