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Rael, § tie "A Family Tradition for 125 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, September 17, 1991 - 13 Ces ERT Chamber of Commerce celebrates 35th anniversary The Scugog Chamber of Commerce celebrated their 36th anniversary reunion last Friday night, and 14 of the groups 19 presidents showed- up for the special occasion. Also attending the milestone celebration was the Chamber's first secretary/treasurer, Mr. Frank Godley who recorded the minutes of that historic meeting 36 years ago held on Tuesday, March 6, 1956. Mr. Ted Griffen, who was a member of the first board of directors was also present at Friday's reunion. Organizers for the event, director Wendy Davis and secretary/treasurer Bill Barr, welcomed 100 members and guests, and kept the night moving, giving away num- erous door prizes and over $4,500 during the elimination draw. ; Head table guests for the evening included Mayor Howard Hall (past president for 1979-80), first vice-presi- dent Ken Carruthers, Frank Godley (founding sec./treas.), president Peggy Finch, Ted Griffen (founding director and 1969-70 president), Wendy Davis (reunion chairman) and Bill Barr. For close to an hour before the banquet, many of the Chamber members renewed acquaintances and reminisced about their days as directors. During the meeting, Ted Griffen explained how the Chamber. of Commerce emerged from the former Port Pe Businessmen's Assoc. which had been formed in the early 1920s. He reminisced about how he and Howard Hall were "just kids" on the Businessmen's Assoc. and were given the job of organizing the Business- men's Day celebration. The day included horse racing, bin- go, cards and a dance. He said they lost so much money, when the horsemen got together and bet against themselves, that the PPBA had to fold, and start up a new organization "That's how the Port Perry Chamber of Commerce got started," he laughed. "Over the years we've had piles of fun and developed lots of progressive ideas," he continued. One of those ideas was brought to council back in the late 60's when we asked the town to construct a dome over the downtown. "Reeve J.J. Gibson almost fell off his chair he laughed so hard," Mr. Griffen chuckled. In closing his remarks, Mr. Griffen said "we have a great town here, and I look forward to more and better things in the future." Mayor Howard Hall brought greetings from the Township, but as a past president and long time director of the Chamber of Commerce, he spoke highly of the business organization. "The Chamber has been the driving force behind a lot of things in the community," he said, stating that the Port Perry Chamber of Commerce was one of the first organiza- tions to recognize Durham Region when it was estab- lished, by assuming the name Scugog Chamber of Commerce. He went on to say that the Chamber has accomplished a lot of work for the community over the years and continues the tradition of working for the community to this day. During the evening, plaques were presented to Mr. Frank Godley and Mr. Ted Griffen, to recognize their contributions in forming the Chamber of Commerce in 1956. Plaques were also to have been pre- sented to Mr. Art Panabaker and Mr. AM. Lawrence, but they were unable to attend. The Chamber also rec- ognized Beth Oke, who was the first women elected as president of the organization, and served a two year term in 1964-65. A cheque in the amount of $3,000 was presented to administrator David Brown of Community Memorial Hosp- ital as part of their commit- ment towards the hospital expansion fund. But for the Chamber of Commerce, one of the most gratifying moments of the evening was the announce- ment from sec./treas., Bill Barr that the "Chamber is once again healthy." During his financial report, Mr. Barr explained about the large debt the Chamber had acquired due to unforeseen dif- ficulties during Festival Days two years ago. "We had to go to the mem- bers to borrow $36,000," he said, and 18 members each loaned the Chamber $2,000 for four years. Through hard work and determination of the directors, the Chamber has been able to repay $20,000 of the original sum in the first year, putting them 2 1/2 years ahead of schedule. "With a bit of luck we'll be able to retire one or more debentures before the end of the year," he said. 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