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-- Ay, pr ---- ---- TI nT 10 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 1, 1991 125th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE About one dozen heavy wooden wheeled wagons parked on the north side of Queen Street in front of the Blong Block (Settlement House). Other stores visible are W. Brock (Emmerson Insurance) and W.H. McCaw. Whitby traveller in Port Perry From Pag St., and hither pag her gen- erally, we see confusion every- where giving place to order, the mists roll away and the smoke of the late fires and we see grad- ually rising before the mind's eye, and taking definite shape the Port Perry of the future with its fine brick blocks on each side of the main streets, its largely increased facilities for inds of business and its in- creased business we hope in proportion thereto. And as we EEE look at the brightening pros- pect we cannot but feel that, everything considered, the fire has been more of a 'blessing than a blight to the spirited and enterprising village of Port Perry. Seeing the familiar face of Mr. Wright inside the door of his temporary place of business on Perry St. I venture in and find him as ever overflowing with urbanity and full of infor- mation which he readily gives as to building operations going on all around. Guided by his ad- vice and a little sketch of the burnt section, I wind my way down Queen St. to the railroad and commencing with the lar brick building on the south side of Queen St. {all the new build- ings are brick} in course of erec- tion by Mr. Charles, I find Mr. Ackerman's harness shop, comes next, then Mr. Ebble's fine building consisting of store and office, then the Ontario Bank building in course of erec- tion by Mr. Ross, being a fine Please Turn to page 11 201 Queen Street, Port Perry (in back of Luke's Country Store) .........ccuvuseereenene 985-3221 11 Brock Street W., UXbridge...............ccumcrmmonsnnnnnnnn 832-7299 c. 1950 Mr. Dorman Corbman is pictured here in his Queen St. store in front of a counter filled with candies, and chocolates. He also sold ice cream, and fruits. THE KINSMEN CLUB OF PORT PERRY Congratulates the PORT PERRY STAR on their Anniversary Issue! and continuing its coverage of Kinsmen gerving the community's greatest needs through contributions and projects including parks, Cystic Fibrosis research, Scugog Community Care Program, Community Memorial Hospital Expansion Program, minor sports and bursaries. The Kinsmen National President, David Robinson, from Port Perry joins in expressing gratitude in the dedication of journalism in covering community events and news. OT TPT EITC TR di,