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6 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuwesdey, July 31, 1962 VIEW OF PORT PERRY'S MAIN STREET BUSINESS BLOCK Peter Perrys Store Start Of Community The village of Port Perry was | incorporated in 1872, but its his- | tory dates back many years be- | fore its incorporation, The earliest reports from the! area reached the shores of Lake} Ontario by means of Chippewa} Indians who trapped fur-bearing animals and brought their pelts | to Oshawa harbor. White settlers began pushing | into the interior of what is now | Ontario County. With the sett- lers went the trading posts and | as a result such a post came! to the shores of Lake Scugog. STORE BUILT In 1845, Peter Perry came and} settled in the area. He built a small general store and in the immediate area on which he constructed his log structure be- came known as Perry's Corners. Perry began to organize the community to make .improve- ments to their area. He was in- strumental in proposing the Whitby to Manchester road. He was a public and private benefactor and many farmers made their farms prosperous because of the help he was al- ways ready to lend to his neigh- bors. He was a remarkable man of shrewdness and sagacity and he early saw how much the peo- ple of this county would be bene- | fited by being separated, for municipal purposes, from the county of York. LAID FOUNDATION He became the prime mover in agitating for the separation) of Ontario County from York} County and was successful in this movement. As a member of the United Counties Council and | as a member of the Ontario! | his influence and the vigor of a father's death, played an impor- | tation a charter was secured for Legislature representing the rid- ing embracing the southern por- tion of the county of Ontario, keen mind were used in that di- rection. Although he did not live to see it, he laid the sure foundation for separation and_ independ- ence. As founder of the. village of Port Perry he was _ instru- mental in many projects for its | welfare. He died on August 24, 1851, at the comparatively early age 'of 58. He left several daugh- |ters and two sons, Robert E. | Perry and John Ham Perry. John Ham Perry, after his tant part in the municipal and political history of the county of Ontario. He continued to a suc- cessful conclusion a separation issue which was initiated by his father, was reeve of the town- ship of Whitby and warden of the county. He took an active part in the promotion of rail- way and other enterprises. RAILWAY LINE One of his projects which finally bore fruit was that of building a railway from |Lindsay, a which the village contributed | $20,000, meant a great deal to! 'the community and led to the} capital of $250,000 of which $100,-' 000 had to be bona fide private | subscriptions. After considerable | difficulty, the required amount | was obtained, three Port Perry | men, Messrs. Sexton, Paxton; and Bigelow, each subscribing | $10,000. The town of Whitby | gave a bonus of $50,000 and/| afterwards subscribed for $10,-! 000 of stock. | Whitby Township gave $15,000, | Reach Township $30, 000 and) Scugog Island, $2500. Finally a| contract for the building of the | railway was let and Oct. 6, 1869, | the first sod was cut up by} Prince Arthur of Connaught, al son of Queen Victoria and I later | the Duke of Connaught. The} ceremony took place in Whitby | and the day was one of celebra- tion. ROAD TO LINDSAY The building of this railway which was later extended to project towards | Orientation Visit By 900 Students ROTTERDAM (CP)--A party of 900 Canadian and American students is on an "orientation™ visit to Europe. The trip was organized by the Netherlands Bureau for Foreign Studem Relations. They stayed in Holland for @ few days upon arrival and they began a tour of the Continent, Later they will be going on te universities in London, Pacis, Rome and Spain. incorporation of Port Perry as a village in 1872. The road to Lindsay was completed in 1877, It continued to serve the dis- trict for close to 60 years but in the days of the depression of the "'thirties", on account of the losses incurred, the railway was abandoned and ceased to oper. ate. Most of the tracks were torn up. WELCOME! WHEN LOOKING FOR \m } | LAW = aK aa a LANAI oe (Hh AN ( (ee U nl ated user a Huth im aM Anns he LET US HELP YOU = \ '( cre Jeaigh ie SL Ll] Te lun yunicaunnun 1 -- Also---New Homes, Cottages and Remodeling BUDGET TERMS AVAILABLE JOHN BALLARD LUMBER & BUILDERS' SUPPLIES CASIMER ST. PORT PERRY 985-2491 Georgian Bay. 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