Old town hall at Port Perry may be saved

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Old town hall at Port Perry may be saved

Date11/4/1974

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Beaty, Keith (photographer)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Old town hall at Port Perry may be saved. Port Perry - Citizens of this town are campaigning hard to save their histric town hall from the wrecker's hammer. A committee was formed to save the 101-year-old hall after it was threatened with demolition; and 500 handwritten letters were recently sent out to canvass funds. [Incomplete]

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