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4 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, January 9, 1990 Downtown merchants are split over Christmas sales Downtown Port Perry mer- chants are fairly evenly split over Christmas sales. Many merchants claimed their sales were up from past years, and some were down. Mostly the owners claimed their sales have remained steady compared to past Christ- mas'. Carol Luke, owner of Luke's Country Store said their sales were definately a lot high- er than previous years. She said 3 was bard to say od ore people were shopping locally this Christmas, or not, due to the fact that they had a lot of out of town customers. Daphne Mitchell, owner of the Settlement House stated she as well was very Disesed with sales over the holidays. She added that her sales as well were better than previous years. She also explained that there was a lot of traffic in town this year, which may reflect Mrs. Luke's comment on the fact that many shoppers were out of town visitors. Rob Jamieson, co-owner of Pineridge Sports claims his sales were very good this year, and also better than previous years. His competitor though Barry Johnston of Sportsland described his sales as "spotty", that sales would go really well for a time, then slack off. He added it was not the greatest he has had. Many merchants stated their sales were pretty much steady. Jamie Donaldson of Radio Shack/House of Howard stated they had a good Christmas. He stated the sales were fairly strong, but not quite as strong as other years. did add that Radio Shack itself did very well. Both Bill Brock, of Brock's Department Store, and Audrey Turner of Strawberry Threads rated their Christmas at about the same rate of sales as previ- ous years. Other stores such as Pelican Pier, and Gold and Glow both felt holiday sales went fairly well. They both had good re- sponse, and both store owners stated that it may have been a long time coming, but the last week was good, with the last minute shoppers. Brian Calloway, owner of Home Hardware, stated his store did not have a strong Christmas, and had trouble holding thier own. He added that Christmas sales were pret- ty much the same as previous years. Stedmans was another store, . that did not see a great Christ- mas. Their sales were much less fhanlag Your, - e specialty shops of Port Perry offering unique gift, and home decorating ideas, seemed to fair the best over the holi- days. Whether it was due to lo- cal or out of town shoppers, downtown Port Perry stores over all held their own this Christmas. Watch for Upcoming Wednesday "FUN DAY" Specials 0 art! Forder-Parks Insurance Brokers Inc. 34 WATER STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. LOL 1J2 - 985-8471 ECONOMICAL INSURANCE CO. HAMILTON TOWNS INSURANCE COMPANY PAFCO INSURANCE CO. DON FORDER FARMERS MUTUAL COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE CO. SOVEREIGN GENERAL INSURANCE CO. CANADIAN SURETY INSURANCE CO. Thank You All Again For Making i - OurTransition Easier! 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Reaching Out = courtesy of - WAGG-McDERMOTT- PANABAKER FUNERAL HOME, PORT PERRY HAROLD WAGG Children and Death When a family member dies a question that usually comes up is what to tell the children in the family. Should they be involved in a funeral and if so, to what extent. Before adolescence, a child perceives his identity as being part of a fami- ly rather than a unique individual. With this in mind we realize that children are very sensitive to the family behavioural patterns. The regularity of these behavioural patterns gives the child security as he learns to feel comfor- table with them. A death in the family often gredtly disrupts the regularity of these behavioural patterns. Dad may not 80 to work. Mom and dad may be depress- ed or crying, phone calls may come more often than usual or perhaps the family will visit all at once and it isn't even Christmas. Because of his in- quisitive nature, the child will ask questions so that he can understand these happenings and regain his sense of security. The response to these ques- tions is extremely important. One afternoon during a visitation period at a funeral home, the funeral director noticed a nine year old girl standing in the doorway of a stateroom where her grandmother's body lay in a casket. She was sobbing from heart- break. Her mother tried to comfort her but seemed to be at a loss for words. The funeral director seeing this, wisely stepped in and asked to speak to the mother and child. After a short conversation he showed them a tape which was written by a child psychologist and which explained death and the funeral to children. The funeral director then had the child draw a picture of how she felt while he explained to the mother how to deal with the situation. When they went back into the stateroom, the child approached the casket, placing her pic- ture inside the casket, saying, "Everything's all right now Nana". When telling a child about death we should answer the child's questions honestly on the child's level of thinking. Children should be encouraged to be involved in the funeral process but never forced. However this situation is handled, it will affect the child's perception of death and ability to grieve for the remainder of his or her life. PLEASE DIRECT ANY INQUIRIES TO HAROLD WAGG ... 985-2171 LARNER a OR TAR