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> "> 130TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE Star committed to com CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 _ « One of the first things Mr. Hvidsten did after acquiring the Star, was to hire William Harrison, a former employee of the newspaper who was working in Cobourg at the time. Mr. Harrison was appointed editor of the Star with Mr. Hvidsten assuming the role of publisher. Within months of purchasing the Port Perry Star, Per Hvidsten began to mod- ernize the entire plant. Between the years 1963 and 1967, the shop (located at 235 Queen Street) was completely renovated and all the old machinery was replaced with modern equipment. The last letterset newspaper was pub- lished at the Star office on June 8, 1967. On June 15, 1967 a whole new method of printing came about with the Star changing its printing method from the old "hot metal type" to offset print- ing and the paper wds downsized from a large format (known as broad- sheet) to a tabloid newspaper. With the intro- duction of 'offset printing' at the Port Perry Star, the old cast iron flatbed press which had churned out the paper for over 50 years was delegated to printing auction sale bills. A few years later it was smashed into pieces and sold for scrap metal. During the first few years of offset pro- duction, the Star was printed at Web Offset in Toronto. When Uxbridge Printing Company purchased a web offset press in the 1990s, the Star moved its printing contract to Uxbridge. Two weeks after printing the first issue offset, Mr. Hvidsten's son Peter joined the staff, after working for a web printing company and a professional pho- tographer in Toronto for two years. Further modernization came about in 1971 with the purchase of the Star's first computer- ized typesetter. This piece of equipment all but elimi- nated the need for the faithful old Linotype as it increased efficiency and speed, allowing the Star to move its publication day from Thursday afternoon to Wednesday morning. In 1975 Mr. Hvidsten sold the printing division of the Port Perry Star and concentrated all of his efforts on the newspaper. Mr. Henry Janssen, who purchased the printing department continued to work out of the Star office for five years before moving Port Perry Printing to a new building on North Street. After publishing the Star for 13 years, Per Hvidsten retired and sold the company to his son Peter in January 1976. At the time of his retirement, he had seen the newspaper expand to an all-time high of 4,000 subscribers. During the next eight DESIGN LATE ATH BiG COMPOSITION PREPRESS ME SE ' 3 , TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1996 years, Per Hvidsten continued to contrib- ute to the production of the Star on a part- time basis. He passed away in his 73rd year on May 27, 1985, following a short illness. Between January 1976 and January 1991 the Port Perry Star underwent many expansions and renovations. The offices were renovated and enlarged on two occa- sions, allowing for a larger and brighter office product division. During the 1980's equipment was con- stantly modernized, changing over all typesetting, advertising, and bookkeeping procedures to computers. ; This photograph shows the Jessop Block building from which The Port Perry Star published for 70 years, from January 1920 until December 1990 when it moved lo its present location. In 1988 the Star introduced the latest typesetting equipment, known as "desk- top publishing," This system allowed edi- torial and news reporters to typeset their own copy on computers and print it out on bond paper through a high quality laser- printer, ready for paste-up. Typesetting procedures continue to improve with new programs and graphics and by 1988 about two thirds of the copy, and all advertising was produced by computer. In July 1990, construction began on a new building for the Port Perry Star on Mary Street, directly south of the Post 1 ! 201 NORTH STREET. PORT PERRY. ONTARIO LSL 1BT TEL (905) 985.9755 FAN: (803) 985-0687 « creative design and layout * b/w and colour scanning + direct from your disk film output * high quality process colour printing * computer and business forms + commercial and instant printing * wedding invitations * photocopying FECHAYOLOGY FA Communication Group (CCG) was pub- Congratulations to the Port Perry Star on your 130th Anniversary RE Office. The new home for Port Per newspaper was built to blend with the toric downtown architecture and cons ed of 6800 sq. ft. of retail, production office space on two floors. Re The Star moved into its new premis; on January 9, 1991 and published the first issue of the paper from its new location ¢ Jan. 15,1991. ee ra In 1994, Star publisher Peter Hvidsten contracted the services of Don MacLeod to act as general manager of the newspaper. Mr. MacLeod, an employee of Citizen's lisher of the Uxbridge Times Journal and began a one year term working at the Star. = _* Following the termination of this agreement with CCG, Mr. Hvidsten offered Mr. MacLeod a partnership in the business. On October 15, There h 1995 he began work at the Port Perry Star as a full partner. ; OTHER PUBLICATIONS From 1919 when the North Ontario Observer ceased operation until 1991, The Port Perry Star was the only newspaper servicing the resi- dents of the Scugog area. - re This situation ended May 24, 1991 when two long-time employees of the Port Perry Star, John B. McClelland (15 years) and Valerie Ellis (14 years) resigned their posi- tions as editor and advertis- ing co-ordinator to start a new newspaper in Port Perry. Teaming up with former Star reporter Cathy Olliffe, they began pub- lishing a new tabloid news- paper in Port Perry known" as the Scugog Citizen from offices on Water Street. The first issue was published on Tuesday, June 25, 1991 with the paper being distributed free to households in Scugog Township. Shortly after its first anni- versary the three-way part- nership broke up, with Cathy Olliffe leaving the operation. Mr. McClelland and Ms. Toll Free 1-800-448-1056 Fax: (905) 985-9161 LIMITED COPENT RY