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Oshawa Times (1958-), 31 Jul 1963, p. 39

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Memorial Park Ideal Family Picnic Place An ideal, and very popular | epot for picnics is Palmer Me-| moria]) Park, This green and well shaded park = stretches along the south west shore of Lake Scugog just off the centre ef Port Perry's business sec. "thon, The park is named after one ef Port Perry's most famous @ons, Dr. Danie] David Palmer, founder of the medical art of| chiropractics. Palmer Memo-) rial Park is watched over by a} bust of Dr. Palmer which was | presented by an association of professional chiropractors, There are plenty of picnic tables provided in Palmer Park | amd plenty of shade trees sur-| round many of these tables to! add to the enjoyment of dinner | im the park, Even if you don't go to Palmer Park with food already | prepared for the picnic table you | can still get it nearby. There is | a refreshment stand at the worth end of the park, néar! government wharf in Port! Perry. A mobile chip truck! parks at the south end of the | park every weekend. } Ceramic Panels Will Adorn New Centre MONTREAL (CP)--Jordi Bo- net, Spanish - born Monirea! ceramist, is working on eight! massive ceramic panels in a| bold relief design reminiscent of . This park offers more than just a place to have a picnic. There are plenty of facilities for children's play, and there is the lakefront forming the east- ern border of Palmer Park. There is plenty of open space to just sit in the sun and watch the activity which abounds on Scugog. What's more, one can sit almost anywhere on the lake- frontwall and wet a fishing hine. Fishing from the park is not ali in vain either. gog and lots of these are pulled out right around Palmer Park too, The Port Perry Chamber of Commerce has been greatly interested in lakefront devebop- ment. Its members did not for- gei the park. Huge refuse con- tainers have been -- provided through the efforts of the Cham. | ber membership to assist in keeping it a place that can be enjoyed and that Port Perry residents can remain proud of, Something than can be over-| looked while sitting in almost any spot in Palmer Park is the mooring. area surrounding. the | Port Perry Yacht Club. sizes Boats of all types and can be seen bobbing gently on) | the water. Sailboars, which add beauty to any water body rock gently at their moorings around | the yacht club dock. Eyes often focus in their direction, To the east of the park is the Plenty of | iender catfish have been pulled, out right there and what's nicer, than fresh fish cooked over an | open fire. Bass abound in Scu-| jrunning an IGA | Perry mainiand, The road bevel was raised four feet this year to pre- vent springtime flooding and it is Well worth a little drive after a.day at Palmer Park. | Mod | ern Store -- For Groceries A first class supermarket can be found in the village of Port) Perry, Residents of the village | and visitors can now do their | weekly shopping or pick up everyday needs in a modern new grocery on the main street, Jack Hope, a-4l-year-old na- tive of the village, has been store in Port for the past ten years, Two years ago he moved fur- ther along Queen street to his | present quarters, Mr. Hope said that the grow- ing population and increase in summer visitors placed too great a load on the old store facilities, The increasing de- mand for food and consumer goods can be met easily at the new modernized store, | The new store is situateed in the building once housed Ho- ward Motors. It now carries a, complete line of groceries and | meats and some hardware goods, The all self - service store also provides parking spaces for more than 60 shopper's cars. ' Mr. Hope has been in the gro- 2ery business for over 20 years and learned his trade in Osh- awa. He worked with Loblaws for medieval gargoyles -- an art Highway 7A causeway which; a number of years before open- form seldom seen today. | The panels are te adorn La} Grande Salle in Place des Arts, Montreal's new centre for the! performing arts scheduled to open in the fall, Designs on the panels, each eight feet wide and three feet high, will depict various aspects of music and the theatre. The) relief ranges in depth from four © 12 inches. The finished panels will be placed over the eight entrances to the orchestra seats of the mew concert hall-opera heuse. The technique involves epreading specially prepared clay on tables set on trestles. The clay has worked into it a substantial amount of fiinty- hard fragmenis which give the baked ceramic strength. The clay not being worked is covered with a plastic sheet to keep it moist while the rest is Shaped. When a pane! is com- pleted it is broken into smaller Pleces for baking in the kiln. After baking the pieces are re- assembled and cemented to- gether. Pigments are worked into the ciay and take their final colers in the baking. Bonet, born in Barcelona in 3932, studied art until he was 17 and then set out te see the world. He moved to Montrea! in 31934. connects Scugog Island with the! ing his own Port Perry store. . . * RAR SE PORT PERRY WESTINGHOUSE MOFFAT McCLARY - EASY NORGE ELECTROHOME T.V. APPLIANCES TED JACKSON AUCTIONEER HOWARD HALL, Manager @ PITTSBURG PAINTS e@ PHONE 985-2272 WE MANUFACTURE PRECAST CONCRETE SEPTIC TANKS Approved for all municipal end township by-lews. Quality is unconditionally guerenteed. Deliveries are made on time. © 460 GALLONS * 600 GALLONS ¢ 700 GALLONS CAPACITIES AVAILABLE: ALL ON SINGLE OR DOUBLE CHAMBER ® 525 GALLONS © 800 GALLONS ® 1000 GALLONS Prego COMRETE Promucts LTD. ess] THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesdey, July 31, 1963 J] BURNFIELD & BALLARD _ Plumbing and Heating | e@ Esso Oil Furnaces @ Air Conditioning @ Beatty Pumps and Water Softeners @ Floor Sanding & Rentals Casimer St. 985-2491 For The Convenience Of The Port Perry Residents A. E. JOHNSON OPTOMETRIST has on office on Mary Street directly behind the Medica! Centre OFFICE HOURS: Wednesdey (For Examination) -- 9 a.m. te 12 noon PHONE FOR AN APPOINTMENT 985-2383 723-2721 Welcome to PORT PERRY DROP IN AND VISIT US AT OUR NEW SHOW ROO &S S < ' . = diame a SN ee WE BUILD LARGE and SMALL and buildings of all kinds Repairs and Remodelling Good Meterials and Workmonship Guorenteed OUR HOUSE DESIGNING SERVICE AT YOUR DISPOSAL LAKE SCUGOG LUMBER COMPANY LIMITED PORT PERRY 985-7391

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