Timeline: 1860-1869
January 1861 Scugog Council - Reeve Ezra W. Gamble, Councillors M. Emerson, Jos. Reader, McKinley. Reach Council - Reeve James B....
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May 7, 202358 min read
Timeline: 1870-1879
THE EARLY YEARS of the 1870s proved to be some of the most interesting and industrious for the residents of Reach and Scugog Townships,...
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May 6, 202349 min read
Timeline: 1880-1889
THROUGHOUT the early years of the 1880s, the prosperous and busy village of Port Perry began to attract large numbers of residents and...
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May 4, 202347 min read
Timeline: 1890-1899
January 1890 Results of the municipal elections in Port Perry - Joseph Bigelow, Reeve, James Boxall, Deputy Reeve, councillors, Messrs....
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May 4, 202338 min read
Timeline: 1900-1909
JANUARY 1900 Rev. Wm. B.A., pastor of St. John's Presbyterian Church married Miss Laura K. Draper, youngest daughter of the late George...
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May 3, 202342 min read
Timeline: 1910-1919
January 1910 Reeve - H.G. Hutcheson. Council - Geo. Gerrow, Hugh Carmichael, Jas. Forman, Jas. Stonehouse. Both Reach Twp. and Scugog...
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May 2, 202331 min read
Timeline: 1920-1929
January 1920 The Port Perry Star moved to new quarters in the Jessop Block. Councillor Davey suggest selling the fire engine, which is a...
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May 1, 202328 min read
Timeline: 1930-1939
January 1930 Council - Reeve Robt. Somerville acclaimed; Councillors W.W. Crosier, James McKee, J.E. Jackson, Norman Ewers. Major-General...
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Apr 30, 202329 min read
Timeline: 1940-1949
January 1940 Port Perry 1940 Council: Reeve - W.M. Letcher. Councillors- H.R. Archer, Grant Gerrow, R.M. Holtby, J.E. Jackson. Reach Twp....
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Apr 29, 202334 min read
Timeline: 1950-1959
January 1950 Port Perry Council - Reeve E. Hayes; councillors - W.H. Peel, Dr. M.B. Dymond, R.H. Frise, W.J. Carnegie. Innes Motor Sales...
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Apr 28, 202331 min read
Timeline: 1960-1969
January 1960 Beare Motors became the authorized dealer for Chevrolet and Oldsmobile in Port Perry. Reach Twp. returned the entire council...
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Apr 27, 202333 min read
Timeline: 1970-1979
January 1970 Eighty-two babies were born at the Community Memorial Hospital during l969. Forty-three were boys and 39 were girls, an...
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Apr 26, 202350 min read
Timeline: 1980-1989
January 1980 Scugog's newest citizen of the year was little Amanda Rosetta, born at Port Perry Hospital to Marci and John Redman, R. R....
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Apr 25, 202385 min read
Timeline: 1990-1999
January 1990 Scugog Township lost its only Provincial Court after suitable space in Port Perry could not be found. The Havelock to...
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