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Page 22 -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1971 PORT PERRY STAR ye CENTENNIAL EDITION PTE PTE PTs. PTE TE A JEFFREY F. JEFFERISS M. KING H. KETTLE J. JOHNSTON LORNE BROW . & re . b IEUT. CHARLES C APT. MORTIMER ( PTE. J. ELLIOTT » MacMAST Continued from page 18 SEPT. -- Work is being done on the waterfront and old railway property to make an attractive park. The corner next to Water and Queen Streets will be the site of the Daniel David Palmer memorial by the Chiropractic Associa- tion NOV. -- S8/L Joel Aldred awar- ded the Distinguished Flying Cross. ! 1946 4AN. -- Sad. Leader James Kerr, former H. §. teacher, is to be made a member of the Order of the British Empire. -- Street signs to be placed on Port Perry streets Lake- shore Knitting Co. to locate in Port Perry United Church, | celebrate the diamond Jubilee! of members PEB. -- Church of the Ascen son burn mortgage MARCH -- Mr. Samuel Farmer resigned after serving years on the Board of Educa-/| tion. : : : for | APRIL -- Pte. Clarence Butson receives Mention in Dispatches for gallent and distinguished service Word has been received that Flying Officer Geo, Mulligan is buried in France. Flying Officer Mulli- gan was reported missing be- fore. MAY -- New Baptist Church is! LIBUT. 4. PF. IRELAND GEORGE BOW PTE. WILLIAM CLARK PTE. CHARLES CLARK TE. J. EB CRAWFORD 1939 s*EORGE MULLIGAN SP. W. R WILLIARD TOM MENEELY PTE. TOM HAYDEN LIEUT R. S. HILLIAR TE. GEORGE DODSLEY SINCE 1918 & AP. INGRAM PTE. GEORGE HEAYN N. SiR JAMES MeBRIEN PTE. A. HUBBARD 'TE WILLIAM ROBERTS PTE. J. L JOHNSTON iOWARD TUMMONDS PTE. |. W. McMILLAN WILLIAM ALEXANDER ,ORDON BROOKS EORGE BROWN PTE. N PTE ERMAN PTE ARNEGIE SGT LARK PTE. PTE. PTE. SGT. J. SU PTE. F. A ER P.O. T. W P.O. W. M. LAC dedicated. New building on former site. AUG. -- Garbage Collection in village to start August 2nd. -- Chiropractors honour their founder. Unveil memorial to Daniel David Palmer, founder of chiropractic. -- Port Perry Band ix revived. SEPT. -- Ration Book No. 6 to be distribtued. ocT. Canadian =H. W. Gossard Co. Lid. of Toronto to locate a factory here. NOV. -- Joel Aldred makes rapid progress in the field of radio announcing. Miss Audrey Kent's Angora make sensational wins at Royal Winter Fair. Shortly after they returnhomea disasterous fire destroys the rabbitry and | many of the rabbits. The prize rabbits were still in Toronto 1947 JAN Pilot Officer W.M Aldred posthumously awarded Operational Wings of R.C.A.F.| in recognition of gallant ser- vice in action against enemy. MARCH SNOW! greatest snow fall in 53 years. Man chester road blocked for a week. -- Piying Officer Geo. Mulligan honoured posthu- mously. Awarded Operational Wings for gallant service in action with enemy LIBUT. EB. D. WALLACE PTE. M. WATSON PTE. PERCY WARD PTE. HOWARD WHITE PTE. ROBERT WILSON PTE. GRANT WILLIAMS PTE. HAROLD PARRETT GEORGE PRENTICE GEORGE RAINES HARRY ROBERTS ALFRED STEER PTE. C. STEPHENS R. WHITFIELD EYDEN MAJOR J. A. HAYDEN 1945 P.O. W. HUGHLI MURRAY SPEARS LAC. ROY WHITESIDE PTE. W. LEACOCK PTE. MAHAPFY THERLAND ANDREWS LEAHY ALDRED drinking water found at Ced ar Creek. JUNE -- Rev. W. P. Bro dies at his home a few da after celebrating his 100th birthday. AUG. -- 75th anniversary of Incorporation celebrated 'days of festivities. Old bo: and girls come from all Canada and some from States NOV. --Grace United Church, Scugog, dedicated. 1948 MARCH -- Miss Sarah Ann Ward of Greenbank attains 100th birthday. APRIL -- Port Perry is goi on DST. S. Farmer dies after short illness. Owner and edi- | tor for 40 years. JUNE Eastern Star open chapter in Port Perry Re- | bekah Lodge instit uted in Port Perry | AUGUSP--- Local option again as issue. Port Perry votes to remain 'dry.' | SEPT. -- Miss Audrey Kent j wins many prizes at C.NE. | with her angoras. -- Port Perry office robbed. The safe con- taining stamps, etc. is removed. Safe is found near Brooklin, contents removed. | NOV. -- Port Perry Hospital | forced to close. ist time in 30 years village without hosp- MAY -- Plentiful supply of! ital OCT. -- Memorial Library receives gift of beautiful chairs from late Charles Stewart. 1951 JAN. -- Open Recreation Centre (Memorial Arena.) Huge crowd. Premier Frost cuts the ribbon. -- The Cana- dian H. W. Gossard Co. Ltd. open branch in Port Perry. MARCH -- Mrs. Z. M. Jack- son receives honour for fifty years service in United Church Sunday School. MAY -- Lakeshore Knitting Mill and Morrow Farm Equip- ment burned out. Located on Perry St. just south of Queen. -- 3000 spectators see Motor Boat Regatta. OCT. -- $75,000 fire razes Grist Mill. dames Goodall mill destroyed. -- Vote 511 for Brewers Warehouse, 485 aga- inst. Need 60% of vote to obtain warehouse. DEC. -- Can. Bank of Com- merce held up by five men. Manager Helm, his wife and the caretaker, Tom Asher forced upstairs at gun point. -- Attempt to blow safe, but the constant ringing of the phone scared them away. 1952 FEB. -- "The King is Dead! live the Queen!" -- Build $55,000 Ice Arena and pay for same in 3 years. Long --The Flamingo Restaurant opens K. Jackson prop. | and all occasions, and was nearly as free as water. When The Spirits Flowed Whiskey used to be sold for twenty-five cents per into Perry mains from| Schoo! -- For the School! May -- June 2 is declared Honou r Roll i. Te gna ne hel ea AUG, -- The farm-of Heber |JUNE -- Fire destroyed the) , nq, -- Chief Constable Geo. Down at Brooklin to be re- * °8 | Holmes resigns after years of built in one day. A unique | 02-6 -- St. John's Anglican) Vi. ©, P,P. to police vik 1914 1918 demonstration. Church, Blackstock, open and} 1.4. until new chief chosen, 1960 OG 0 cow Puke eb: = CORP. ARTHUR ALDRED PTE J. LAIDLAW JAN. -- Reach Township ee ts SEPT. -- New ye pn PTS. WILLIAM BELKNAP PTS. J. LBASK attains 100th Anniversary. 4 opened, Hottest f yo PTE. ARTHUR CLARK PTE. RUSSELL McGILL JULY -- Kenosha House| sreets opening of $250, LiBUT. CHAS. BRUCE PTE. R. D. MIDGLEY APRIL -- Port Perry Junior | burned to ground in early] building. eS. FP. H. CLARE PTs, A. MOUGHTON Institute and Junior Farmers| morning fire at Caesarea.! oor -- Official opening of PTR. HAROLD CLARK CORP. GORDON PARRETT organize. Other occupants have narrow : High Oct. PTR. JACK BRITON PTE. CLARENCE REAL a -- on of | escapes..-- Athineon Founder ee + a Sng _ LIBUT. ARTHUR DOUBT PTE. THOMAS RAINES Brunton owed population ' pre. DAN ELLIOTT PTE. ARTHUR SHAKLEFORD Brunton Poultry Farms, hon-| tion donates $4,200 to Archie Menzies from Peter- PTE GEORGE FINES PTE. H. SLAUGHTER oured by Pakistan Gov. is| munity Memorial Hospital.) joro is new Chief of Police. PTE. JOB FOX PTS. A. STONE presented with beautiful en-/ 4uG. -- Start work on 1954 PTE. WILLIAM GIEBNER PTE, J. SUMMERS graved silver service in pre-| Water Tank. -- 352 from PTE. EDWARD GREY PTE. |. TAYLOR sence of 500 dignitaries, in| work in- Oshawa (plant sur- JAN. -- Hospital one year PTE. GORDON HOOD PTE. A. TARRANT the Pakistan embassy, Ottawa. PTE. EDWARD HOOEY PTE. PETER TRUSS Mr. Brunton had presented | If you drove in' from a distance to do some shopping and felt dry, all | store, and there had to do was to walk to the back of u would find a pail of whiskey and a | tin cup with which you could help yourself. Logging bees, raisings, threshings, huskings, dances and all other functions of the day were considered in- | | complete without whiskey. Indeed at times the whiskey | was considered so essential that the main object of the function (a barn raising for instance) would be neglected | | if the whiskey were absent. The prohibitionist ploughed a lone furrow in those days. Continued on page 24 ey was imposed on imported whiskey; but there | vey.) -- Char-Nell Shoe Store} old. -- Manchester ted School to open Sat. -- Suspend kin-| children find weather balloon, dergarten for one year. School over-crowded. OCT. -- Population now 1, 817. -- Council appoints reeve as new Hydro . Clerk. Brunton Farms open new Hatchery building. NOV. -- New Hospital Bidg. complete. -- Corner stone of new Public School laid in pouring rain. 1953 JAN. -- Official opening of the new Community Memorial Hospital. Record crowd on hand to see opening of 32 bed hospital. -- Mrs. Dehli Bentley is one of first women jurors for Ontario County. She served on jury for five days with Supreme Court. FEB. -- Local Post Office is) 100 hundred years old. MARCH -- Jean Samells, Port FEB, -- Wm. McKinley, form- erly of Scugog, celebrated 100th birthday. MARCH -- P.P.H.S. student: win cup in drama festival, -- Mrs. Grace Farmer,, wife of former editor and president of the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. died. APRIL -- Dowson's Red and White Store 5 years old. -- Port Perry Dairy severely damaged by fire and water. -- Kent Gerrow receives high- est award in Guilding, t he Gold Cord. First Girl Guide in Port Perry to be so hon- oured. MAY -- Ambulance service started by Charles Brignal. JUNE -- Rev. Dr. J. Lewis McLean, former Port Perry boy, elected moderator of the 80th General Assembly Pres- byterian Church. Perry, one of thirteen Ontario) Continued on page 24 --& PINE CATOH OP FISH ~ YOU COULDN'T DO IT NOW. & o