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. 12- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, July 5,1994 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Q Former resident paints new sign for Utica Hall A reminder to churchgoers that services are being held at Epsom, 7 p.m. on Wednesdays for the month of July. These are informal and include discus- .~ sion, music and prayer. Every- one is welcome. _ Utica Hall is proudly display- ing a much needed new sign over the front door. The artist is former Utica boy, Pat Donnelly, of Port Perry. Thanks, Pat, it looks great. Credit also goes to Merv Storie and Bruce Hough- land for the framing and instal- lation. We now, also, have our street emergency number in place. Another improvement this week was the work of Ron Compton as he filled in, smoothed and planted grass seed along the lawns that were torn up recently by machines. Another job well done and it just goes to show that the resi- dents here are proud of their vil- lage as we all do our best to keep it neat and attractive. Strawberry time is once again upon us and Willowtree Market has been alive with ac- tivity and the berries are plenti- ful. It takes very little time to fill containers with those very big, luscious berries. Jean Scott of London was a weekend guest with her mother Mrs. Crosier. Mrs. Crosier also enjoyed seeing a former student of hers, Doug Geer who stopped in for a visit while in the neigh- borhood on business. Please be reminded that if you wish to contribute to a gift for Jackie Skelding's upcoming wedding, try and get it turned in by this weekend. | Jean Jeffery set to relax after writing Epsom news for By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star A little piece of the Port Perry Star is gone. After writing about the news of Epsom for more than 40 years, Jean Jeffery, the commu- nity's trusted correspondent, has decided to put down her 55% n. Mrs. Jeffery, who is in her 87th year, cited age as a factor in making the decision. "I will miss it," she said. "It gave me more of an interest in the community." Mrs. Jeffery, who has lived in the community most of her life, took up the job as a way to in- form people of the events in Ep- som. From births and deaths to bridal showers and church sup- pers, she prided herself on keep- ing the readers informed. "Ilike writing and letting peo- ple know what a nice communi- tyitis," she said last week. And being a long-time resi- dent with her fingers on the pulse of the community, she conceded it has changed over the years. While she has remained in the same house in which she was born and raised, the people around her have changed. 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SCOTT ANDERSON / PORT PERRY STAR After more than 40 years of writing news for the Epsom area, Jean Jeffery has decided to put down her pen and call it quits. Much has changed over the years in the tiny village the correspondent says. See story. as a student her spelling was less than perfect. This problem was remedied in high school, however. "I corrected it through the years. My spelling is OK now," she said. "I got the spelling cor- rected because I was losing too many marksin composition." Over her long career as a cor- respondent, Mrs. Jeffery has only one regret. "I never had brains to get a typewriter and I should have. eople had to put up with my handwriting." Now that she is putting her writing career on the back burn- er, she will turn to gardening, another passion in herlife. But, she has not ruled out the chance of writing for the paper on an occasional basis. "There's always something going on in the community," she said. 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