Harry opened Harry’s Café at 59 Gore Street in Perth. Jasper was a cook there until the 1940s. Jasper Hum (chef at Harry’s Café from 1930 to mid-1940s, and later had a share and worked at the Astor Café, Smiths Falls). (Courtesy of Linda Hum)-Photo from The Fong Johnston Family in Perth
Doris (née Fong Johnston) Soong in kitchen of Harry’s Café, circa. 1960s. (Courtesy of Linda Hum) Photo from The Fong Johnston Family in Perth
Harry’s Café flourished during the tourist season when cottagers and summer camps opened up. After the Second World War, Mabel and Doris expanded the menu to include Chinese dishes adapted to western tastes. Mabel died in 1966 and Doris took over the business with her husband, Howard Soong, who also had a share in the Astor Café in Smiths Falls. Harry’s Café closed in the late 1980s.–The Fong Johnston Family in Perth
Jack Wong (husband of Lillian Fong Johnston) and cook, Danny Fong, Harry’s Café, circa. 1960s. (Courtesy of Linda Hum)Photo from The Fong Johnston Family in Perth
Perth, during ‘Old Home Week’, 1948. This picture was preserved in the family album of Constable Dan Lee (standing at far left). The vertical sign of Harry’s Café is visible on the right. (1948 “Old Home Week” souvenir booklet, Perth)-Photo from The Fong Johnston Family in Perth
Photo from The Fong Johnston Family in Perth
Photo from The Fong Johnston Family in Perth
Photo from Perth Remembered
Now you can read all about the Fong family in this great book!
Lives of the Family: Stories of Fate and Circumstance
by Denise Chong
Now in paperback! To purchase:
“Our critics’ favourite books of 2013 “A masterful storyteller at the peak of her writing career, Vancouver-born Denise Chong has written a worthy historical follow-up to her bestselling 1994 family memoir, The Concubine’s Children… Bravo.” Georgia Strait, Vancouver
Come and visit the Lanark County Genealogical Society Facebook page– what’s there? Cool old photos–and lots of things interesting to read.
Information where you can buy all Linda Seccaspina’s books-You can also read Linda in Hometown News
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