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92 -- PORT PERRY STAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE -- Tuesday, September 20, 1988 1985 - Police find body JANUARY . A massive police investigation 1s underway after the partially clad body of 9-year-old Christine Jes- sop was found on New Year's Eve, ug 16 km north of Port Perry. young girl disappeared October 3rd after buying bubble gum at the general store near her home in Queensville, Nine-year-old Chad Brown had a close call when he went through the frigid waters of Lake Scugog. His brother Robbie, 14, and his uncle Dean Matthews, 23, man- aged to pull Chad to safety after he had been in the water about four minutes. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Howsam of Port Perry celebrated their 63rd Wedding anniversary on January th, Scugog Township council is seriously considering a by-law to force residents to clear the snow from sidewalks in front of their homes and businesses. Mersco Department store opened with a bang and all sorts of spe- cials Saturday after moving from a shop beside Luke's Country Store to their new location beside House of Howard. Star publisher Peter Hvidsten presented Judy McColl, chief li- brarian at the Scugog Library and Yvonne Christie, president of the Historical Society with 63,000 pages of microfilm from copies of the Port Perry Star dating back to 1857. FEBRUARY Marg Wilbur announced she will be seeking the NDP nomina- tion for the provincial riding of Durham-York. A reward of $50,000 has been offered jointly by the Durham and York Police comissions to anyone with information leading to the ar- rest and conviction of Christine Jessop's killer. Mabel and John Sweetman cele- brated their 60th wedding anniver- sary at Emiel's Place, with family and friends. A 43-year-old Scugog Island man, Robert Hobbs was treated for frostbite and hypothermia after falling from his snowmobile sometime during the night. A resident spotted him on the ice just before 7 a.m. and alerted snowplow operators who went to his rescue. : The Port Perry Unit of the Scu- gog Fire Department spent several hours pumping more than five feet of water from the basement of a home at the north end of Bige- low Street. The flooding was caused by an ice-clogged culvert which diverted water down the driveway, through the garage and into the basement. The Holstein Association of Canada recently awarded retired Seagrave farmer Harold Honey with a special clock, commemo- rating his membership as the longest continuous one in Onta- rio, a total of 54 years. MARCH Maxine Pedlar, a 56-year-old woman of no fixed address was killed Wednesday night when she was struck by a car travelling north on Highway 12 near Man- chester. She was crossing the highway with an armload of fire- wood when the accident occurred. Mr. Bob Rae, Ontario NDP leader was guest speaker March 6th at the Durham-York NDP nomination meeting in Keswick where Marg Wilbur was acclaimed as the party candidate for this rid- ing. A fire caused an estimated $100,000 damage at the DeLong farm on Highway 7A, just west of Blackstock. Three trucks from Caesarea and three from Port Perry were called to fight the blaze which destroyed a tractor and elev- en head of cattle. The local LCBO store in Port Perry received 2160 cases of American Stroh's beer last Friday. More than half the cases were al- located to restaurants and taverns and the rest was snapped up at $20. each by thirsty beer drinkers. It was the first shipment since the lockout began four weeks ago. The Port Perry Lions Club will take over the Manchester Hall af- ter council agreed to allow the club to take over the operation, upkeep and maintenance in return for the use of the hall to hold their twice monthly meetings. Principal Noel Woods and Cath- olic parents who have been wait- ing five years for a new school, had a chance to take a look at the plans for the $1.6 million facility last week. The construction will begin this summer, with school opening for students in September 1986. The Scugog Chamber of Com- merce "Beard Growing Contest" got underway last Thursday even- ing at the Municipal Office when the faces of about 18 contestants were trimmed. Les Parkes and Zoe Allan ac- cepted the THEA award for best presentation of a Canadian musi- cal for their work on Birdseye Centre at the Metro Convention Centre Saturday night. In all, the Borelians won 5 THEA awards for their outstanding productions. Guy Paul Morin, the man ac- cused in the murder of Christine Jessop has been remanded in cus- tody and will make a second court appearance in Whitby. He has been charged with first degree murder in the girl's death. EXTRA COPIES OF THIS 29th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE The Port Perry and Port Perry. your comments. Star has printed a few of ex- tra copies of this special Anniversary Issue, ey will be available on a first-come, first served Basis at our office, 235 Queen Street, Additional copies of this issue are $1.00 each with a limit of 3 to any one person. We hope that you have enjoyed the con- tents of this anniversary issue, and welcome ia Pe RRR TE EE £0 JETER dered youn 8 LT . ny ph so wx. FEBRUARY 1985 ny * Community Memorial Hospital expansion chairman Howard Hall was happy to re- celve $400 from the ladies of the marathon Bridge Club as a donation toward the expansion. From left, Marjorie McCombe, Margaret Cornish and Emmie Cox were happy to hand over the crisp new bills. MAY Scugog Memorial Library re- ceived a pleasant surprise when Bob Archer, president of the Roy- al Canadian Legion, Branch 419, presented Judy McColl with a cheque for $2,112.18 to pay for their new microfilm reader. The riding of Durham-York stayed solidly Tory Blue in the provincial election. Ross Steven- son had no trouble holding the rid- ing for the Conservatives, al- though the party had trouble winning only a narrow minority government. Jim Grieve of the Port Perry Rotary Club presented a cheque for $200. to Jazzmerize director Charles White. The popular choir from the High School will use the money to help pay for a trip - to Quebec City to compete in the Canadian Stage Band Festival. Student council president Lynn McLaughlin was named Cart- wright High School's At-Home Queen at the annual formal dance. Former Port Perry Star publish- er Per Hvidsten passed away on May 27th after a brief illness. Mr. Hvidsten was also the former pub- lisher of the Uxbridge Times Jour- nal from 1953 to 1963. A group of students under the direction of teacher Paul Arculus will begin work this fall to exca- vate the foundation of the old Grammar School which burned to the ground in 1926 on the south lawn of the present high school. JUNE After nearly 18 years of teaching business students, first at Brock, and then at Port Perry High School, Betsy Newman retired from the teaching procession. The Port Perry Tennis Club's annual mixed doubles competion was won by the team of Diane Burt and Jay Neill in a tough fi- nale over Sophia Brendon and Ken Elliott. A crowd estimated at 2,000 looked on Saturday as a team of six men attempted and succeeded in flipping the world's largest pan- cake. The pancake took over 100 pounds of batter and was cooked in a seven foot, 250 pound frying pan, by a team consisting of Jack Cottrell, Peter Hvidsten, Wayne Luke, Elgin Knopp, Earl Cuddie, and Harold McDonnell. Jennifer Copithorn, 11, won the hearts of judges and audience alike as she captured first place in the Festival Days Lip-Sync Contest. Port Perry IGA store manager, Jim Grieve was selected as 1985's Sexiest Male with an outstanding 148,484 votes, followed by Chuck Dewhirst with 106,395 votes. The Kidney Foundation was the real winner collecting over $11,000 from the contest. Seventeen-year-old Stephanie Butt placed fourth and second in two categories of the recent Miss Canadian Hemisphere Pageant in Toronto. One of the finest Holstein heirs anywhere went on the block last week, and when the two-day sale ended, buyers had paid just over $7,000,000. for 302 animals at the Hanover Hills Farm south of Port Perry. AUGUST Former Port Perry Reeve J.J. Gibson passed away August 7th after a three month illness. Mr. Gibson spent over a decade in pol- itics in Port Perry and the high- light of his life in politics came in 1965 when he became Warden of Ontario County. The company developing Caw- ker's Creek subdivision in Port Perry has refused to pay any more bills to the Township's firm of consulting engineers saying the fees are "way out of line". Ten-year-old Jennifer Geer of Prince Albert has been nominated for the Junior Citizen of the Year Award. SEPTEMBER Enrolments in both Port Perry High School and R.H. Cornish have increased significantly on the first day of school, as 1070 regis- tered at Cornish and 1027 at the High School. Ward 2 Councillor Jack Cottrell has announced he will not seck re- election to Scugog Council this November, leaving the position up for grabs. OCTOBER It was announced that tonstruc- tion of a new municipally-owned marina on the Port Perry water- front could get underway in as ear- ly as two weeks, with completion by the end of April 1986. Paul Milligan took over the po- sition of building inspector and by-law enforcement officer after being chosen from a large number of applicants. The 34-year-old car- penter lives in Prince Albert with his wife and one child. The latest report from Environ- ment Ontario shows that Lake Scugog fish continue to be the most contaminant-free in all the province. After managing the Ted E. Bear toy store on Queen Street for two years, Christine Gerber bought the business on October 1st, with her husband Bill. | NOVEMBER Students at Port Perry High School are taking a stand against impaired driving after losing sever- al of their friends to alcohol-related accidents this past year. They will set up a branch of SADD (Stu- dents against Drunk Driving) and hold a public meeting. Mayor Jerry Taylor was returned as Mayor for his third term defeat- ing challenger John Wolters by 865 votes in a hard-fought battle. Others elected to office were: Lawrence Malcolm, Harvey Gra- ham, Howard Hall, Yvonne Chris- tie, Don Cochrane and Neil McLaughlin. In the race for School Board, trustee Stuart McEntyre was de- feated and Joyce Kelly of Black- stock along with Debbie Tredway will now represent Scugog at the Board of Education. Debbie Tred- way narrowly defeated Bobbie Drew by six votes to earn her scat. Port Perry gained national pub- licity when "Ripley's Believe it or Not" featured last summer's 7 Foot Pancake Flip in one of its' weekly columns. The feature is syndicated around the world, and was seen locally in the Toronto Star. DECEMBER Scugog Council have been asked for a re-count of the votes cast in the recent Board of Education elec- tion in the public interest. Bobbie Drew of Port Perry made the re- quest at the first regular meeting of the council. Jennifer Geer of Port Perry is one of 15 young ple from across Ontario to be honoured as a Junior Citizen of the Year, at the February Convention of the Onta- rio Community Newspaper Asso- ciation.