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THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridey, July 29, 1960 Ce HOUSEBOAT MOORED AT THE YACHT CLUB Port Perry Located At Hub The fishing is good in Bass abound, and of Muskelunge 1¢ of the anxious fisherman. Early in the season, plent of tender catfish are eaught in this southernmost in- and lake in Ontario. And nestled in wooded farm fand at the hub of beautiful Lake is a village of about 45 : establishments and 2220 Lake there await- 1 Bu are plenty to: arrival 202 Perry Toronto village is Port drive from and less than half an hour's drive from Oshawa, Port Perry ofters all the north country boasts #0 attroct the tourist trade with out the travel trouble HOLIDAY MAKERS Perry pleases the holiday and the holiday makers Port Perry As more arrive each year, the flexes her muscles, Every nummer rejuvenation is facility An wur's Por make pleas touris's villas yeai manifested by some new Port Perry is growing. It is growing in population, building and in popularity. Each year more and more tourists from all parts of North America arrive to spend maybe just an afternoon by the lake. But those tourists that come just for the afternoon always come back. They come back for a weekend, then a week and many come to spend the whole summer around the Port Perry area The village business although may appear to the stranger to be a bit anti- quated have everything the large metropolitan stores have to offer and more. There are no parking meters to interfere with the pros- pective buyer's shopping Merchants in Port Perry are always very friendly towards strangers and are always more than pleased to give all possible assistance to make the tourists' stay in Port Perrv a memorable one section, Its stores SLOPES GENTLY All the village towards Scugog. Part of the Trent system of waterways, this lake offers everything for the hol- slopes gently | iday maker. REEVE J. J. GIBSON | of Port | Reeve J. J. Gibson Perry is now serving his fourth ¥ term in that, office. *'J. J." as he is knowr around the village, says he plans to stand for reeve another year. He like others in the area is in the poultry busi- ness and operates a poultry processing plant. Chickens are brought into his plant where they are slaughtered and pre- pared for barbeque purposes and shipped out labeled "Meat- master Broilers". One. of his bigrest accounts is with the Swiss Chalet in Toronto. All the birds he imports from with- In a 100 mile radius are origin- Wrapped around scenic Scugog Island, the lake is not subject to the sudden, violent storms which plague so many inland lakes of its size. The placid water is per- | existing eautiful Lake Scugog boating, perfect of 18 fect for all forms water skiing and for aircraft landings. Before the second World War, Port Perry was assisted by the Provincial Government in a plan to improve the waterfront. The government dock was parks were made on Plans to extend the waterfront improvement area east from government wharf to the causeway between the main- land and Scugog Island were halted in 1939 with the outbreak of war. Now Port Perry Chamber of Commerce, one of the most alert and interested groups of civic minded men anywhere wants to continue the waterfront improve- ment program, The Chamber is attempting to! have the Provincial Government reclaim part of the area 'east of the Port Perry Yacht Club dock area and make it into park area. buit and either side. VILLAGE WORKS | The village works department has been dumping garbage and top soil into the area to fill it. The Chamber feels the area it would like the Provincial Govern- ment to reclaim is 'just waste- land the way it is' and would be beneficial to the village if it was converted into park area. 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GROWS FAST One member of the Chamber points out that thousands of peo- |ple from a wide area come to enjoy the facilities at Port Perry, and that the village, though large enough to look after the needs of the present holiday trade, will need help as the crowds descending on Lake Scu- gog and Port Perry increase. | Port Perry is growing im population -- in area and above all, this wonderful southern Oun- tario vacationland is growing im popularity! FOR RENT ® By the Hour ® By the Day ® By the Week J. ORDE | MARINE YU 5-2351 Motel "We're lovely and dry the year round conditioned Your Hosts--Mr, QUEEN ST., PORT PERRY and Mrs. Suggitt YU 5-2541 YU 5-2352 (Welcome Jo PORT PERRY will iams Motor Sales MERCURY - LINCOLN METEOR - FRONTENAC Sales - Service Genuine Mercury, Lincoln Meteor Parts TIRES -- ACCESSORIES GAS -- OlL PORT PERRY