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125th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 1, 1991 - 19 SCENE ON LA Scene on Lake Scugog appeared along with the article Country Sketches in the Anglo-American Magazine of 1854. Illustration shows Water Street looking north and the steam- ship Woodman at the dock. building at left front is the store built by Peter Perry on the south-west corner of Water and KE ScUGOG. Queen Streets. At right, front, is a freight shed also built by Perry or his associates. North of the shed is the saw-mill built by Thomas and George Paxton, and behind, on the west side of Water Street one built by Samuel Hill, later operated by W.S. Sexton. Perry a generous, kind man From page 18 probably one of the earliest offi- cial uses of the new name, whose bearer by then was four years deceased. By 1872 many new-comers had arrived to swell the town beyond the lim- its Perry had set. These people would not have known him. The question "Who was Peter Perry?" if asked at all locally in 1872 would have received onl vague answers from a few old- timers, and by 1990 no answers atall. If one were still disposed to ask, "Who was Peter Perry?" this paragraph from the Cana- dian Biographical Dictionary, Ontario colume, 1880 might provide a fitting epitaph. - "In private, as well as in public, Mr. Perry lived an eminently useful life, being kind to the poorand a friend to everybody. His gene- rosity was sometimes imposed upon but he preferred to 'err on vitue's side' rather than stop to enquire into the actual merits and demerits of every appli- cant's claims for aid. He held connection, we believe, with no church but was a liberal sup- porter of the Gospel and of be- nevolent societies. In short, his life was spent for the benefit of his neighbors, his constituents what it was to tire in such noble work." and his country, and he knew I! EMMERSON INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED 193 QUEEN ST., PORT PERRY, ONT. LOL 1B9 (416) 985-7306 It was 74 years ago on September 1, when Harold Emmerson bought the insurance business and the company has been operating on Queen Street under the same name ever since. Harold Emmerson was born in Caesarea in 1893 and six years later the family moved into Port Perry. In September 1917, he bought an existing insurance business known as Pearce and Ward and it was about 10 years later that the company name was changed to HW. Emmerson Insurance. ww 3 Back row {left to right), Reg Manns, Bill Dowson, George Emmerson, Larry Emmerson Front row (left to right), Lynda Morrow, Jean Cuddie, Louanne Brown Absent from photo is Jack Dowson. Harold Emmerson passed away in 1963 and p by this time his son, George was actively involved in the business. George retired about a decade ago and the reins of the business were passed on to his son Larry, who today is co-partner with Jack Dowson. Jack has been with the firm 29 years and became a partner in 1978. Other members of the present staff are Brokers Reg Manns, Bill Dowson, Louanne Brown and Jean Cuddie, and accountant Lynda Morrow.