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Vol. 119 No. 25 Wednesday, May 22, 1985 36 pages Plans by the Port Perry Lawn Bowling Club to build a new facility on Simcoe Street North got a major boost Monday afternoon when Township council agreed to a grant of $22,000. Lawn bowling Club Local history fo come alive An important piece of local history may be restored on the south lawn of Port Perry High School. A group of students un der the direction of teacher and local historian Paul. Arculus will begin work this fall to excavate the foun- dation of the old Gram- mar School which bur- ned to the ground back in 1926. Once the foundation walls, which are a couple of feet below ground have been ex- cavated, the earth in- side the walls will be removed and replaced with gravel. Park ben- ches, flower gardens and a memorial plaque will be placed in the area which will become a small public park. The plan has the blessing of Durham Board of Education and Township councillors were impressed when Mr. Arculus presented the idea to council Mon- day afternoon. The old foundation walls are made of stone and tests digs reveal they are from 2 to 4 feet high. The walls are located on the south lawn of the present school just outside the existing driveway which leads to the front doors (Turn to page 2) STOP This was what happened when a truck driven by Ronald Breen of Robinglade Estates slowed down to make a right hand turn from Regional Road 2 onto Concession 12 -- and the car that was following him spokesman tan Rickard made it clear to councillors that without the extra grant money, the plans to build a new facility were in danger of going down the drain. Club members have been working on the project. for the past several years and have secured a $25,000 Win- tario grant and a New Horizons grant worth $12,000. Mr. Rickard said that if the project had to be abandoned, the club would lose the commit- ment for these two gran- ts. Club member Grace Love put it very bluntly. "We need help now and we are desparte for this help," she stated. Last year, Township Man Durham Regional Police say a young Oshawa man was shot and killed early Thurs- day morning in a didn't. A silver Cordoba driven by Richard Hen- Lawn bowlers get boost with new $22,000 g council agreed to pur- chase a site for a new regulation size bowling green and club house on the east side of Simcoe Street, just to the north of the Central Seven Workshop. The cost to the Township for this new site was $23,000. Mr. Rickard told council Monday after- noon that the club feels the municipality should contribute an additional $27,000 to the project for a total of $50,000. He said this $50,000 is the minimum value of the old lawn bowling site on Queen Street which the club is prepared to give outright to the Township once the new facility is completed. (Turn to page 2) AN WW i ; The Rotary Club Bandstand (Gazebo) being constructed at Port Perry's lakefront will officially be opened on Wednesday evening June 19, 1985 at 6:30 p.m. The $28,000 project initiated by the Rotary Club last year is very near completion and has been equipped with electrical lights and outlets for evening use. President Mike Fowler, right, and Building Chairman, Bill Beare are delighted with the new structure, and will turn it over to the Township at the opening. All maintenance and scheduling of events will be taken care of through the Township offices. A ribbon cutting, and musical entertainment will be part of the official opening. killed near Sonya deserted bush area near CN railway tracks on Simcoe Street, north of Port Perry. Twenty-three year old Kevin Ruddell, missing since last Tuesday after- noon, was discovered with a gunshot wound to his head at 3 a.m. in nessy of Peterborough slammed into the back of the pick-up, pushing it onto the shoulder and flipping it into the ditch. See story on page 2 for details. Mariposa Township, just north of Sonya. Police believe the Pine Ridge Cable TV employee was murdered at the scene, only a few concessions away from where the body of Christine Jessop was found on New Year's Eve. An 18 year old Oshawa . man was charged in con- nection with the slaying, after initally being pick- ed up by Durham Police Wednesday night and charged with possession of stolen property over $200. The property in question was Kevin Rud- dell"s dark blue 1984 Camaro 7-28. A citizen's tip led police to investigate fur- ther, and a few hours later Mr. Ruddell's body was found. Charged with first degree murder is Douglas Scott Maxwell of 97 Eastwood Avenue, (Turn to page 6) 23 Monday night. Fatal crash A 62 year old Aurora woman was killed and four people injured in a tragic two-car crash on Durham Road 21 just east of Durham Road Margaret Parsoris was flown by air am- bulance to Sunnybrook Hospital but was pro- nounced dead early Tuesday morning. Durham Regional Police say she was sit- ting in the passenger seat of her husband's westbound car when it was struck by an east- bound vehicle driven by Steven Guymer, 18, of Little Britain at 8:35 hm. Her husband, Don Parsons, also 62, sus- tained major injuries and was hospitalized. Passengers in the car were Jean and James Parsons, both 77, of Tonawanda, New York. James Parsons was still in critical condition late Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Guymer received minor injuries and was treated at Port Perry's Community Memorial Hospital. The accident is still under investigation