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1978 - Violent winter storm strands 400 vehicles 44 -- PORT PERRY STAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE -- Tuesday, September 20, 1988 JANUARY A series of break ins occured during the first weekend of 1978. OPP reported nothing stolen, but a great deal of damage, particularly to the Comco plant was done. Other break ins were at the Oddfel- low's Lodge, and Scugog Lumber. A fire totally destroyed the barn owned by Joseph Janowski, R.R.2, Port Perry, and killed over 40 head of cattle, causing an esti- mated damage of about $70,000. Elizabeth Fulford was hired as district co-ordinator for Scugog Community Care Organization. A cottage on Fralick's Beach owned by John Booth, Toronto was completely destroyed, causing an estimated damage of $40,000. FEBRUARY During the last Thursday night of January, Scugog Township was in the grip of the most violent winter storm in living memory. Before it was over, the vicious winds and driving snow had caused death, injury, massive property damage, power failures, and a huge traffic jam on Oshawa Road that involved more than 400 aban- doned vehicles. ' Durham Region wants changes in provincial and federal legisla- tion so that some persons on welfare will have to work for the financial benefits they receive. The establishment of a Business Improvement Area for a section of downton Port Perry merchants took an initial step forward when more than 100 merchants, busi- ness people and local politicians jammed into Port Tavern and vot- ed almost unanimously to set the wheels in motion for a BIA in this community. Elementary and high school teachers across Durham Region are upset over recent Board of Edu- cation policy which in effect would. limit the hiring of new teachers to those with one year teaching experience or less. Rep- resentatives held a press confer- ence in Ajax to air their concerns and to seck public support in their efforts to have the policy modi- fied. Port Perry Legion, Branch 419 charter members were present at the 32nd An- niversary held at the Legion Hall. They were, back left, Walter Sheridan, Grant McDermott and Allan Carter, Front left, Gord Carnegie, John Sweetman (the first MARCH Reacting to a petition signed by 53 senior citizens of Port Perry, Scugog Township agreed to look into the possibilities of establish- ing snow removal by-law for side- walks in the municipality. The petition is the result of three seri- ous injuries suffered by Senior Citizens. A sheltered Workshop for the adult mentally retarded is to be lo- cated in the Township of Scugog. Elizabeth Fulford, president of Central Seven Association for the Mentally Retarded announced the recent purchase of a parcel of land from Cesaroni Holdings Limited. APRIL Work is expected to get under- way this spring on a $300,000 project which will improve the de- livery of water to homes and busi- nesses in Port Perry. The storage capacity will be increased from 300,000 to 470,000 imperial gal- lons. The Community Memorial Hospital in Port Perry will be in- cluded in an emergency patient helicopter transfer system. Durham Board of Education ap- proved a $76.6 million budget which will add about $15.00 per year in property taxes to an aver- age assessment across Durham Region. Alarmed at several incidents in recent weeks, a group of parents in Blackstock is attempting to form a Block Parents organization in that comunity. MAY A 1978 automobile valued at $10,000 was reported stolen over the weekend from Philp Pontiac- Buick on Water Street in Port Per- ry. In a closed-door session, Scugog Township Council decided against a purchase of the Lake Scugog Lumber property on the Port Per- ry waterfront. Highway 7A east of Port Perry was closed to traffic for several hours while Hydro crews worked to clear the road of live wires that had fallen when a car sna ass foot comer pole in three pieces. OW IE RR et Fe pan hu a » oa)! 8 AUGUST 1978 president of Branch 419) and Bob Carnegle. The two-day opener "Pioneer Days" of Scugog Shores Museum was a great success and many of the visitors suggested that it should be an annual event. Twenty teams pushed their beds up and down Queen Street in the second Annual Big brothers Asso- ciation Bed Race and the winners were the Aztecs, five members of a Ball Hockey team. JUNE The first-ever contract for Scu- gog Township's outside employ- ecs was ratified by the workers May 23 and gives them pay in- creases amounting to six percent retroactive to January 1. Mr. Ken Jackson purchases lakefront property from Lake Scu- gog Lumber. Medical staff at the Community Memorial Hospital got their first look at a new emergency evacua- tion service when an air ambu- lance made a trial run from Toron- to to Port Perry. JULY The Port Perry Star was notified last week by the Canadian Com- munity Newspaper Association that the paper placed second in its class as the Best All Round news- paper in the Better Newspapers Competition. Two Port Perry families were left homeless following an early Sunday morning fire which gutted a two storey house on Union Ave- nue. AUGUST Legion Branch 419, Port Perry celebrated the organization's 32nd anniversary. John L. Sweetman, first branch president was speaker on the occasion. Scugog Township council has given its endorsement to an ambi- tious project which will develop a multi-use park and recreation area in Greenbank. Less than two weeks after a break-in at a downtown drug store, thieves hit the Gate Restaurant' at Port Perry Plaza and made off with liquor, food and cash. Several business people in downtown Port Perry have publi- cly voiced their anger at the condi- NOVEMBER 1978 Dereck Baker Is seen here receiving the Valedic- torian Tophy from student council Kathy Smith follow- ing his address to a packed auditorium. tion of sidewalks along Queen Street and feel that they have not been getting full value for their tax dollar. Blackstock celebrates 113th an- nual fair under clear, sunny skies and record crowds. SEPTEMBER Three Oshawa men were taken into police custody following a high speed car chase through the streets of Port Perry and Prince Albert. More than 9,000 people visited the Annual Port Perry Fair over the Labour Day Weekend. Eight members of Scugog Fire Department Unit 1 led by Chief Jack Cook joined nearly 200 fire- fighters attending the funeral at Sunderland United Church for Brock Township Fire Chief Carl Umphries who died while fighting a fire near that community. A Cessna 150, piloted by John Thomas Keller of Oshawa, crashed in a heavily wooded area in Scu- gog Township about one mile north of Purple Hill Road, about three miles from Blackstock, kill- ing the pilot. The number of building licences issued by Scugog Township to the end of August were 129 for single family homes, compared to only 89 for the same time last year. Building permits for all categories "of construction so far this year to- tal 315, compared to 239 for the same period last year. A strike at Flamingo Pastries Limited has been averted when production workers at the Port Perry Plant voted to ratify a new two year contract. OCTOBER Work on the expansion of the Port Perry Sewage treament la- goon system is progressing right on schedule and if dry weather con- tinues right through fall, the new system could be operational by the beginning of 1979. The second high speed police chase in Scugog Township in the past three weeks has resulted in charges laid against a Willowdale man. Vandals struck R. H. Cornish Public School early Saturday morning and left behind a trail of damage estimated by police at $2.000. Desks were ransacked and overturned in about 20 class- rooms, ink bottles were smashed against walls in classrooms and halls, and obscenities smeared on walls in red ink. Actual reconstruction got under- way Tuesday moming on the Cen- tral Seven Workshop for mentally handicapped adults. A preliminary engineering report suggests that deteriorating condi- tions make necessary a complete reconstruction of Queen Street in downtown Port Perry. John Rodway, Keith Jones and Dave Sims were among 3400 run- ners who took part in and com- pleted the 26 mile grueling race from Buffalo to Niagara Falls. ~ NOVEMBER Jim Zoet, the star centre with Canada's national basketball team has accepted an offer to play one season at least with a club team in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. Constable Rick Olaisen of the Durham Regional Police Force re- ceived the Father John Markle Award for the Outstanding Proba- tionary Constable for 1978, A fire which destroyed a barn in Greenbank on Halloween night ap- pears to have been deliberately set, and is believed to be a Halloween prank. Construction of a new Imperial Bank of Commerce branch in Port Perry should be ready for occupan- cy by the middle of summer. Jerry Taylor, councillor from Ward 3 scored an upset victory over Mayor Lawrence Malcolm by 237 votes and will chair Scugog Township council meetings during the next term. Police suspect that foul play was involved following the dis- covery of a badly decomposed body buried in heavily wooded area three km. south of Sunderland. The Ontario S Court has ruled in favour i busi- nessman Carl J. Rush ordering Turn to page 45 b