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Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for one of Port Perry's best known and respected businessmen. Arthur Brock passed away No- vember 30 at the Community Nursing Home after a lengthy ill- ness. For close to 60 years, Mr. Brock devoted his working life to the family owned department store on Queen Street, a business that has been a part of this community for over a century Mr. Brock, who turned 83 this September, had been in failing health for more than a year. He was hospitalized in June, 1987 and three months later went to the Community Nursing Home in Port Perry. He is survived by his wife Marguerite; two children, Arthur William (Bill) Jr., and his wife Claudette; and Georgia Marguer- ite; grandchildren Sophia Brendon and Marina, Michael, Peter and Juliana Brock. Mr. Brock's twin brother John, a dentist in Oshawa, passed away eight years ago. Arthur William Brock was born September 6, 1905 in Port Perry, the son of Frederick Wil- liam and Hanna Sophia (Parr) Mr. Brock and his wife Mar- guerite, also a Port Perry native, knew each other as children grow- ing up in the community and were married on September 1, 1930. Aside from a short time when he and a friend went to Detroit as young men to work in an auto plant, Mr. Brock spent his entire life in Port Perry. The family business was start- ed in Port Perry by his grandfather William in 1881 at the corner of Queen and Perry Streets. Destroyed in the great fire a few years later, the business was re-located further east on Queen Street, and in 1918, it moved to the present location on the south side of the street. Mr. Brock began working in the store with his father Frederick and his uncle Harold at a young age. During the late Depression and the War years, the store began selling linoleum floor covering, and Mr. Brock went to the United States to take a course on how to install the linoleum. It was during these years that he literally was working dawn to dusk, all day in the store and then installing linoleum in the even- ings. In an interview with the Star in 1981 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the family Le ARTHURW. BROCK 1905 - 1988 business, Mr. Brock said "floor covering used to be a good bui- ness for me. "Thirty years later, people were telling me the floor I put down in their homes is still in good condition." In the mid-1950's Mr. Brock took over the operation of the store from his father and uncle, Arthur (Art) Brock, one of Port Perry's best known citizens passed away No- and he continued to work six days each week until his health began to fail seriously about 18 months ago. While the store was his life vember 30 after a lengthy lliness. Funeral services for Mr. Brock were held on Saturday. He was 83. For more than three decades, Mr. Brock owned and oper- ated A.W. Brock Department Store on Queen Street, carrying on a family busli- ness that began In 1881. This un-posed photo of Mr. Brock was taken In the spring of 1977 by Ryerson photo-journallsm student Kent Peterson who spent five months that year taking pictures In Port Perry. We believe the photo will bring back memories for many of the customers who shopped at the store and got to know Art Brock. Port Perry businessman 60 years for better than half a century, Mr. Brock had numerous other inter- ests. He was a long time member of the Masonic Lodge in Port Per- ry, worked actively with the Busi- nessmens Association, and was a life long member of the United Church. He was an avid boater, and loved to fish and hunt. For many years he was a member of the lo- cal Rod and Gun Club, greatly en- joyed skeet shooting and at one time held the provincial champi- onship in skeets. He was a mem- ber of the Oshawa Skeet Shooting Club. But it will be as a merchant and store proprietor that he is re- membered by most people in this community. It was a department store in the true sense of the word where customers from all over Scugog and the surrounding area could find everything from rubber boots to pillow cases. And there were many regular customers from ~~ far away as Oshawa and Toronto who wouldn't miss dropping into Brock's when they paid a visit to Port Perry. In 1981 to mark the occasion of the 100th anniversary of this family owned business, Mr. and Mrs. Brock were honoured with a special evening by the Scugog Chamber of Commerce. Since his health began to fail, the business has continued to be operated by Mr. Brock's son Bill and his wife Claudette. The visitation was held last Friday from 2:00 to 9:00 PM with many friends, customers, employees and former employees paying their respects. Funeral service was held in Wagg McDermott-Panabaker Chapel on Queen Street at 3:00 PM on Saturday. A Masonic Ser- vice was held Friday evening. Buriel was in the family plot at Pinegrove Cemetary in Prince Albert. After leaving the chapel Satur- day afternoon, the funeral proces- sion made its way along Queen Street and stopped briefly in front of the store in honour of Mr. Brock. The funeral service was offi- ciated by Rev. Glenn Jackson and Rev. Donald Tansley. Pall bearers were his grandsons Michael and Peter Brock, nephews John Love, and John, Ted and Doug Brock. At the request of the family, memorial donations in Mr. Brock's name can be made to the Port Perry United Church or the Scugog Shores Museum. Hall, Christie await Regional appointments Newly elected Scugog Mayor Howard Hall and Regional coun- cillor Yvonne Christie will find out this Wednesday (December 7) if they get their wish in appoint- ments to the Durham council's standing committees. Wednesday is the inaugural meeting for the new Regional council, and it's also the day the council votes for a new chairman and votes councillors to the vari- ous Regional committees. 1 has indicated his first preference is the planning com- mittec, followed by finance and public works. He also is looking for one of two spots on the Durhain Police Commission. Christie has indicated her first reference for committee work is 1s public works, followed by fi- nance and planning. Neither Hall nor Christie gave any indication they are interested in serving on the health and wel- fare committee, although it is the largest budget department at the Region, after the Police depart- ment. Hall and Christic are both new to the Regional council scene. Whether their fellow councillors clect them to the committees of their choice will depend largely on whether long time members are seeking to work on the same com- mittecs. Each of the four standing committees of the council has seven members and one chairman. Regional council elects two of its own members to the Police Commission. Along with Hall, there are six others looking for a spot on the Commission, includ- ing Whitby Mayor Bob Attersley, a current member, and newly clected Ajax Mayor Jim Witty, the present chairman of the power- ful finance committee at the Re- gion. Hall will be a member of the Region's management committee, as this committee is made up of the mayors of the eight munici- palities in Durham. Also next Wednesday, the council will elect a new Regional chairman for the coming three years. Current Durham chairman Gary Herrema is looking for an other term, and to date there has been no other candidate announce publicly any interest in takin Herrema on for the top politica job in Durham.