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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, July 29, 1997 As Si Pou Ste w | 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - LOL 1B7 PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 The Port Perry Star is authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. Second Class Mail Registration 0265 Subscription Rates: 1 Year - $32.10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Includes $5.95 GST Member of the BUSINESS OFFICE = | Canadian & Ontario Newspaper Assoc. Office Mgr. .......... serrirsienren Gayle Stapley dh CN A Cn Published every Tuesday by the Accounting....... Judy Ashby, Janet Rankin &=) Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. « Retail Sales...... Kathy Dudley, 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. Heather Callan EDITORIAL: Publisher................. J. Peter Hvidsten p00 ya og ADVERTISING Li General Manager....Don Macleod X Advertising Mgr. .......... Don MacLeod Managing Editor.....Jeff Mitchell Annabell Harrison, Trudy Empringham, gales: Myra Park, Deb McEachern, News Reporters .....Chris Hall, Rhonda Mulcahy, Pam Hickey, Barb Hillier, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, Freelance - Heather McCrae, John B, McClelland Robert Taylor, Richard Drew Deborah Tiffin Editorial Comment | completion. The result wil be a thorough 'Galberg, along with local students, has Bright future for the lake I's no coincidence that environmental stories are front and centre during the warm months. The sun is high, the climate is kind, and our primary natural resource -- Lake Scugog and its surrounding watercourses -- are being used to their fullest. It's at this time that those who use the lake are able to take stock, and gauge its health, relative to other years. Anglers can judge by the bites they get, and where; boaters are aware of water quality and clarity; and the rest of us can take note, too. This summer one group is going beyond those cursory examinations. The Kawartha Fisheries Association's Scugog branch has launched an intensive study, now near inventory of the lakeshore, including a com plete listing of the flora and fauna occurring in any give location. Also taken into account are the structures along the shoreline. "Such documents are valuable planning tools, and will be put to good use, one hopes, SALES ARE STARTING EARLIER EVERY YEAR I 7 Ny Tan THESE BACK-T O-SCHOOL™ N= fiz ~ NS A 2 Ra VON x 0) SNE =H ALE) yi] by the municipality, as well as the provincial government in considering future development around the lake. y More good news comes from Scugog's wetlands, where this summer an exciting project has been launched. Naturalist Cathy introduced the Galerucella beetle, a particularly single-minded little beast: It feeds on purple loosestrife, and nothing but. The project is generating enthusiasm across the province as the effectiveness of the beetle as a means of combating the invasion of the loosestrife plant becomes more apparent. To the Editor: I am seeking descendants of Elizabeth Ann Town - 1859-1948 and Alexander McLean - 1854-1918, both are buried in Pine Grove Thad Cemetery. They were listed in the 1901 census t h of Reach Township with the following children: Ie) Victor, born 1887, Mary E., born 1894, and Iva L., born 1897. Elizabeth Ann Town was the sister of my grandmother, Melinda Town who was married Letter of It's initiatives like these -- and others, just as Week to Charles Wesley Sornberger. Elizabeth Ann worthy -- that create hope for the future of the lake. "i ake. S5SYEARSAGO - Thursday, July 30, 1942 Messrs. George Emmerson and Gordon ik | Carnegie reported on. Monday morning for training in the Déntal Corps. sa _ Miss Dorothy Tristram, who is doing Land : Army work at Niagara, was home for the | weekend. ~ 40YEARS AGO Thursday, July 25,1957 Peter Lawrence, David Mosienko and Allan" Bailey, members of a Port Perry High School trio won the $25 First Prize at an Amateur Musical Contest at Peterborough Fair, - 30YEARSAGO Thursday, July 27, 1967 Dr. D. J. Price, president of Peel's Poultry Farm Ltd., appointed of Doug Hillier as Sales Manager for the company. Hl A 'Joel Aldred, with the help of another driver, § are on their way to Wabush, Labrador, with a § new truck purchased from Beare Motors which will be used for delivery of mail. : J. Peter Hvidsten, son of Port Perry owners Per and Leila Hvidsten joined the staff. . Tweedsliir Tea, sponsored by Honeydale Star I hd and Melinda were daughters of Elizabeth ee ] hei ds = : ar fl ant /B¥| Lake Scugog. Seeking info on Reach history Schell (daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Schell of Scugog Island) and Duncan Town. I have some old pictures of these people, also some unidentified ones, that could be of the Schell brothers. If you are a descendant of any of these people I would like to hear from you. Mrs. Grace St. Jean, R.R. # Eleven, Peterborough, Ont. K9J 6Y ey BS SAAS ANAS ANAM SAAS AA AAAS WHEN....? Mrs. Roy Cornish. Mrs. Oscar Edwards and Mrs. Lawson Honey poured tea: 20 YEARS AGO . Wednesday, July 27, 1977 Hobbs Beverages, formerly Port Perry Beverages, ceased operation putting six employees out of work. Soft drink bottling production was stopped July 8, 1977. Jim Heayn of Port Perry is seeking support | to have the Ministry of Environment bring in | aquatic harvesters to get rid of the weeds in 10YEARS AGO Wednesday, July 28, 1987 Four-year-old Lisa McClure was named Miss Pee Wee Sunburst at the Canadian finals held in Toronto. Community Memorial Hospital installed new X-ray equipment valued at $280,000, the most modem available. : Automated banking arrived in Port Perry at | the CIBC and Mayor Jerry Taylor made the first withdrawal from the new Instant Teller machine, which provides 24-hour service. Lukes Country Store was broken into and about $1000 worth of cash and merchandise Women's Institute was held at the home of ---------- I were taken.