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mer ment Si oss. SI AG J RP Et a ime ly a ms ra ---- Sa ---------- a eg ont 1 0 eg -------- it my og 10 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, January 16, 1990 | Remember When? (From page 7) of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jenkins, located on the boundary of Cart- wright and Manvers Townships, about six miles east of Blackstock. Thumps and bangs were heard during the night and in the morning Mr. Jenkins discovered a crack in the frozen ground extending for 25 yards. Mrs. Margaret Sparks, Ashburn, is spending a few weeks with her son and family in New Mexico. CA winterized cottage at Pine Point, Scugog Island, burned to'the ground Friday evening. Nothing could be saved and the gure, Mr. Henry Thomas, thought damage would amount to Welcome to Mr. and Mrs. D. Rowe and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brooks who have recently moved into Prince Albert. Mr. and Mrs. George Emmerson have returned from their cruise of the Carribean. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 22, 1970 Local skater, Dennis Johnston, won the Juvenile competi- tion at the Eastern Ontario Figure Skating Championship held in Trenton, last weekend. Jeanne MacTavish and Peter Vernon won second place in the Novice Pairs Dancing during the competition. Friends and colleagues throughout Ontario County gathered at Port Perry Legion Hall last Wednesday to pay tribute to Ed (Sam) Olyer, who completed his term as Warden of Ontario County on Tuesday. Mr. Richard Asser and Mr. Ken Jury of Asser Engineering Limited, England, are at Flamingo Pastries, Port Perry, this week studying the possibilities of increasing Ken Jackson's pro- duction by three times its present rate. Floyd Kyte has been transferred from the Warkworth Royal Bank to a branch in Oshawa. Mr. and Mrs. Ellesworth Kennedy from Port Perry, are in their new home about one mile south of Seagrave. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Grant Christie, Manchester, . who celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on January 15, 1970. Eight year old, 60 pound, Ron Card pulled in a 33'% inch, 12 1b. 8 oz. trout while fishing on Lake Simcoe. Ron is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Card of Epsom. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, January 16, 1980 Skating on Lake Scugog in mid-January is almost unheard of, but this winter because of a lack of snow, rain & quick freezes, the lakefront has been a popular sport on weekends for local residents. By a vote of four to two & with two abstentions, the director of the Scugog Chamber of Commerce agreed January 8 to pledge $3000 towards the construction of the new Scugog Library. It has been almost 35 years since George Parry was last in the Netherlands. At that time, he was an engine mechanic with the 439 Squadron, 143 Wing, Second Tactical unit of the RCAF. It was his job to help keep the fighters & bombers flying as they provided air support to the Canadian Army which was helping to drive the Germans out of Holland. This spring, thanks to the Dutch government, Mr. Parry of Port Perry, will be returning to the Netherlands for a ten-day visit to mark the 35th anniver- sary of the liberation. This week Conservative Candidate Allan Lawrence will be attending to Constituency Business, Canvassing, and attending a Cabinet Meeting in Ottawa. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Treleaven and children J ennifer and Jef- fery of Barrie were dinner guests with the McKeans of Green- bank on Susiday. If you happened to phone the C.P. Telethon number in Port Perry Sunday morning you would have been greeted by Judy and Harold Latta. GM president says vehicle sales will be down only 3.7% for 1990 General Motors of Canada President George A. Peapples has forecast total industry new vehi- cle sales in Canada in 1990 *'will exceed 1.425 million units, down only 3.7 percent from 1989 results." Speaking at a media conference for the Montreal Auto Show on Jan. 9, Mr. Peapples noted that "while the short-term outlook for the automotive industry is for continued softness, general trends in Canada indicate there is still more than just a little left in the economy," citing relatively stable unemployment and inflation levels as indicators of that strength. However, he acknowledged that continuing high interest rates were of concern, and said much of the falloff in vehicle sales in the last quarter of 1989 could be trac- ed to those rates. Peapples forecast passenger car sales in calendar 1990 to range between 950,000 and 960,000 units, with truck deliveries totalling 480,000 to 485,000 units. He said General Motors expected to sell BIDWELL - BRAUCH Diane Bidwell and Steven Dean Brauch were united in marriage on Saturday, September 30th, 1989 in the Port Perry United Church by Reverend Robert LePage. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bidwell of Caesarea and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dieter Brauch of Ajax. A Attending the bride as maid of honour was friend, Elizabeth Robertson. Karen and Jennifer Brauch-were bridesmaids. The best man was Jamie Ander- son. Ushers were Rod Cunn- ingham and Ben Barr. The couple honeymooned in the | Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania and they now reside in Caearea. Picture Perfect TELEVISION SERVIC _--_ g Come in for a DEMONSTRATION! '"We service All Makes of T.V., VCR & Home Audio Components." ' yo -- The quealicy goss In before the nase goes oof -- WE SERVICE EVERYTHING WE SELL -- 22 Water Street - Port Perry 985-9500 / ' sh fon Bruce From floors HOMESTEAD FURNITURE & APPLIANCES Hwy. 7A East - Port Perry Phone 985-2451 about 345,000 cars and 175,000 trucks this year. While general economic growth in early 1990 will be sluggish, he predicted a gradual strengthen- ing in the latter half of the year would stimulate activity in dealer showrooms. Peapples added that the new models being introduced by GM at the Montreal Auto Show -- the four-door version of the popular compact Jimmy/Blazer utility vehicle, and the completely re- designed Chevrolet Caprice -- are further evidence that GM has: shifted their focus to new product development. "When you add these vehicles to the list of new cars and trucks that we introduced last fall -- brand-new people movers like thg Chevrolet Lumina and Pontiac Trans Sport, as well as a wider selection of mid-size like the four- door Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, Pontiac Grand Prix and the two-door Chevrolet Lumina, to mention only a few -- you will see that General Motors is introducing more new products this year than in any other in our history. The market will remain very competitive in 1990 and we are ready for it,' concluded Peapples. forces. er money. The being foisted onto the more hikes. The nineties are goi cils and school boa new Heading gog doesn't have ea on new development. But the themselves out of the market. every new lot, develop land in Scu If you live in Scu Viewpoint by J. B. McClelland (From page 7) jects to repair roads, the funds will have to come from one source: the general revenues raised through property tax- You may also have read that this year, the Province has turned court room security functions over to local police Since a portion of police budgets come from the prop-, erty tax base, this move is going to cost you the homeown- Sure, we recognize that Queens Park is feeling a finan- cial pinch, but granting roads subsidy increases of 2.8 per cent and forcing municipalities to. shoulder the financial. burden for such things as court room security, gives local council only one of two options: raise the extra through a tax hike, or cut a service somewhere else. Some choice. problem is that with more and more of a burden oliders of have reached the point where they simply can't afford any if a pp i Ri a substantial recreation levy on velopers are going to build where they can get maximum return on ec They don't care if they Oshawa. What counts is profit, not philanthropy. Township and like to swim, better wey ty owners, many For many, the tax saturation point has been reached. to be a tough decade as local coun- s wrestle with their budyets My pre- | diction is that rather than spread their money thinly in all ar- eas, we are going to see substantial cuts in certain services that we took for granted in order to maintain the essential ones, likes roads, water and sewers. And where will the cuts come? Recreation facilities, parks; day care centres, and social services for people. Just a couple of short years ago, here in Scu was reason for optimism that some fairly substantial recrea- tion Prejesss might get off the ground (a second ice pad, Il diamonds, perhaps even an indoor pool) , there into the 90's, the chance of these projects moving forward is greatly diminished for two reasons: Scu- the money to build them or the money to vily subsidize their operation. 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