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2th JANUARY The contentious issue regarding building of a new library for Scu- gog Township was finally settled at the first council meeting of the year when councillors Robert Es- pey and Don Crosier went along with Councillor John Williams and Mayor Jerry Taylor and voted in favour of the Water Street site. After sixty years of service to Port Perry and area and always in the same family, Storey and Bill Beare announced the sale of the GM business to Mr. Russell E. Gray. Among dignitaries attending the official ribbon cutting ceremony, to open the Spruce Lawn Apart- ment building on Rosa Street for senior citizens were MPP Bill Newman, MP Allan Lawrence and Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor. Res- ident Anne Mulligan was given the honour of cutting the ribbon. A new Blackstock-Cartwright Lions Club was formed with 24 members. Roy Turner was elected president. About 25 employees of the hos- pital set up picket lines as part of a strike by CUPE members at 65 hospitals across Ontario. FEBRUARY The Durham District Health Council has recommended to the provincial Health Ministry that the maternity unit of the Port Per- ry Hospital remain open. The 25 employees of the hospi- tal who joined a province wide strike January 26th, reluctantly JUNE 1981 Charles Bourgeois (right) president of Port Perry Junior C MoJacks glves team sponsor Ken Jackson a helping hand to put on a new leather jacket present- ed by the team. went back to work the following week. Miriam Price was elected presi- dent of the Scugog Chamber of Commerce at the annual dinner meeting held at the Port Perry Le- gion Hall with over 100 members in attendance. Ross Stevenson, a farmer from Udora won the Conservative nom- ination for the riding of York- Durham and Marg Wilbur of Scu- gog Township was unopposed in her bid for the NDP nomination for the riding of York-Durham. Gary Adamson, Markham will carry the Liberal banner in the up- coming provincial election on March 19. MARCH Durham Region's 366 police of- ficers have accepted a two-year contract which will boost the sal- ary of a first class constable to $29,800 by January 1, 1982. APRIL It seems unlikely that Scugog Township council will come up with the money this year for an addition to the Fire Hall in Port Perry. If you own an average home in Scugog valued at about $60,000, get ready for a tax increase that could amount to as much at $130.00. That was the prediction as council adopted a local budget which is 23 percent higher than last year. Kim Harris of Port Perry High School was the winner of the Li- ons International District A-16 Ef- fective Speaking Competition for English- speaking girls. MAY A crowd of 200 business peo- ple, friends, relatives and former employees honoured Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brock on the occasion of the Brock's 100th Anniversary in business. A major expansion has been proposed for the Port Perry Plaza on Highway 7A. Harding Gate PORT PERRY STAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE -- Tuesday, September 20, 1988 -- 47 JUNE 1981 Port Perry Senior Citizen's Club elected their King and Queen for the year and the popular choice was Flossie Ploughman and Freeman McCullough. Developments which owns the 'plaza, has applied for a building permit for construction of a 12,000 square foot single storey structure for up to 12 new stores. Approximately 200 cubs, scouts and parents planted an estimated 5,000 white spruce trees at the Nonquon Conservation area north of Port Perry. A meeting between the Town- ship, Health Department and a de- velopment company has been set up to keep the Poplar Park pool from shutting down. Mary Skinner, who graduated from Port Perry High School in 1975 was named Female Athlete of the Year at George Brown Col- lege in Toronto. In recognition of 45 years of valuable service, the Ontario . Roads Association presented John Maw of Port Perry with their Long Service Award. The Hon. James Snow, Minister of High- ways presented the plaque to Mr. Maw. JUNE Two Port Perry High School students will be touring Europe this summer with the Ontario Youth councert Band. Laural Holtby and Mary McKelvey won places in the band after audition- ing in Toronto. John Gradish has been named the new principal of Port Perry Turn to page 48 1980 - Seniors Citizens opposed to library move From page 46 audiences on both Friday and Sat- urday nights, as the popular show concluded its third season. Durham Regional Council voted unanimously to ask federal and provincial governments to change legislation so that some welfare recipients would be required to work in the community in ex- change for their benefits. Port Perry High School student Darlene Gibson scored the highest marks in a province wide short- hand contest. Her score was 97 percent. A temporary injunction against a group om for the mentally re- tarded on Scugog Island was re- jected at an Ontario Supreme Court hearing held in Toronto. Scugog Township council wants the library board to "study the possibility" of relocating the library in Port Perry's Latcham Centre, and the Senior Citizens to study the possibility of moving to the present Library building. Stan Ploughman and Connie Glass were crowned Port Perry Senior Citizens King and Queen at a ceremony in the Latcham Centre. JULY The Port Perry Scnior Citizens Club wants to remain at the Latcham Centre. Club members last week voted unanimously to . reject a suggestion from Scugog council that they explore the pos- sibility of moving to the Memori- al Library Building on Queen Street. A report prepared for the Dur- ham Region District Health Council recommends phasing out the maternity units of the Port Perry, Uxbridge, and Bowmanville Hospitals. The Ontario Municipal Board has approved a zoning change which will allow the Port Perry I.G.A. to expand its store area and parking lot, but at least one resi- dent on Mary Street says there may be an appeal to the OMB judgement. A 19-year-old Oshawa man drowned in Lake Scugog Monday afternoon when he fell from a high-powered motor boat about 100 yards off the north shore of Seven Mile Island. AUGUST Planners for Durham Region have recommended that the hamlet of Seagrave undergo slow residen- tial growth over the next several years, and that any new growth in the community be closely moni- tored, to insure that it doesn't have an adverse effect on water supplies to existing homes. One of the finest historic homes in Port Perry and area, built by Jo- seph Bigelow in 1877 has been sold by its present owner Bill Carnegie, to a Bank of Montreal executive. Scugog Township council has accepted the low tender of $148,000 from Edgar Brown of Scugog Island for a two-year con- tract for garbage collection in Wards two, three and four. SEPTEMBER Round two of the battle over the lakefront site for the proposed li- brary got under way in front of the Ontario Municipal Board with a request from the objectors that the hearing be postponed until after the November elections. This re- quest however, was denied by Pe- ter Wilkes, chairman of the OMB panel hearing the matter. Judy Colley, R.R.5, Sunderland was crowned Ontario County Dairy Princess at the Port Perry Fair. OCTOBER Work will get underway on a new $426,000 addition to the Prince Albert Public School. Yvonne Christie, former chair- man of Durham Board of Educa- tion and at present school trustee from Scugog Township announced she will seek the Progressive Con- servative nomination for the pro- vincial riding of York Region. A number of dignitaries were present when the re-constructed Queen Street was officially opened by Robert Eaton, parliamentary assistant to Communications min- ister James Snow. The provincial Ministry of Transportation and Communica- tions has refused to contribute anything towards drilling new wells in Manchester, despite the fact road salt run-off is responsible for contaminations of some of the wells. Mr. Gary David, manager of the Bank of Commerce, opened the doors for the first customers in the new building located at Queen and Water Streets. NOVEMBER Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor was returned to office, but councillors Jerry Jackman and Richard Drew went down to defeat. In the race for Regional Council Lawrence Malcolm defeated Jerry Jackman and Robert Espey defeated Richard Drew for a Scugog council seat. Don Crosier defeated Ruth Mark for the area council seat, Neil Hunter won the seat in Ward 1 over Val Lovering, and Paul Saulnier. Presbyterian minister Stuart McEntyre won the seat on Durham Board of Education. The Ontario Municipal Board has ruled in favour of the proposed waterfront location for a new Scu- gog War Memorial Library build- in g. The people of Scugog have sent a strong, clear message to Durham Region Health Council. The ma- ternity unit of the Community Memorial Hospital in Port Perry must not be closed. DECEMBER Scugog Township council has given tentative approval to a sug- gestion from two Port Perry teen- agers, David Irvine and Keith Geer to build an open air skating rink on the site of the old Port Perry arena. Breaking from tradition, the new Scugog council used the inaugural meeting to pass a by-law which rescinds the action taken one week earlier by the out-going council to re-confirm its financial support and the Water Street location for a new library building. Over one hundred friends of John and Marion Rodway honoured the popular couple at a surprise dinner prior to the couple leaving for Australia on a teacher-exchange program. ] Scugog Township Council re- moved Chuck Preston from the Library Board. By a record vote of 5 to 2, council approved a motion from Lawrence Malcolm and John Wolters to appoint Joel Aldred to the Board The Durham Police winter snowmobile patrols will have two machines based at the Port Perry sub-station, and will have trained officers to operate the snowmobile patrols. 1981 - Beare Motors sold after 60 years in family