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125th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 1, 1991 - 35 Newspaper records history From Page 33 home for Port Perry's newspa- per was built to blend with the istoric downtown architec- ture and consisted of 6800 sq. ft. of retail, production and of- fice space on two floors. The Star began the move into their new premises on January 9, 1991 and published the first is- sue of the paper from its new location on January 15, 1991. The Port Perry Star cur- | rently employes 14 full and ! part-time people in its news- paper and retail divisions. The paper is printed early Tuesday mornings in Bowmanville, then mailed and delivered to area post offices, and to local stores which sell the Star. Circulation of the Star ili ~ Sa . RIL Te en 1 AMA : stands at an all time high of View of the Port Perry Star building at 235 Queen Street taken in 1939. In front of building are Port Perry Star 7,000 copies per week. About employees, from left, George R. Davey, Bruce F. Beare and Irving Boyd with owner/publisher Samuel Farmer. forty per cent of these are paid subscribers, while the remain- der are purchased over the counter at local store outlets. NEW PUBLICATION From the time the Ontario Observer ceased operation in 1919, until May 1991, the Port Our Commitment to 'Excellence TRE is a Tradition This ended May 24, 1991 when two long-time employ- ees of the Port Perry Star, John B. McClelland (15 years) and --- Valerie Ellis (14 years) re- signed their positions as editor Ot (VARI § We d b . advertising co-ordinator iii € are Pp rou to € to start a new newspaper in Port Perry. Teaming up with I x n , former Star hmmm. x Hy Ol- y: a : of s ervice to the liffe they began publishing a new tabloid newspaper in Port Perry known as the Scugog Cit- izen from offices on Water Street. The first issue was published on Tuesday, June 25, 1991 with the paper being distributed free to households in Scugog Township. There have been many of changes in the equipment and methods of publishing news- papers over the past century, but the one thing that has re- mained constant is the on- going committment they have to the communities they repre- sent and serve. Port Perry community newspapers have played an important role in the history of the area, documententing each week the important events of today for future generations of area families to read and ob- serve and cherish. Port Perry and the Scugog area has been served well by it's community newspapers, the Observer, ph Standard and DENNIS the Star, ever since James Holden rolled the first, four Nobody page issue off the press in Does 1857. It Better! The Port Perry Star is CHEVROLET OLDSMOBILE LTD. proud to be celebrating its 125th Anniversary of service J Crevrolet 4 CGldsmobits to the residents of Port Perry gd men Ajax Line 427-6903 Parts Department 985-9273 Port Perry 985-8401 dition well into the next cen- tury. community since