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4--PORT PERRY STAR, THURS. SEPT. 26th, 1963 'Editorial Viewpoint By LEILA E. HVIDSTEN. 'A Message to Our Readers With the sale last week of your home town paper one era of the Port Perry Star was completed and another started. The Star was established in 1864 and next year it will observe its centennary, ranking with some of the older papers of the province. Since 1906 the Star Has been operated by the Farmer family,sfirst by Mr. S. Farmer until his death in 1948 and since that .time by members of his family. Participating in its publication locally were Mr. and Mrs. Irving Boyd as your editors and managers and by Mr. Ar- chie Farmer in the printing department. Mrs. M. Boyd (nee Farmer), Ottawa, was a regular contri- butor of editorials until her death last year. Over half a century of publishing the same paper by members of the same family may not be exception- al but it is noteworthy and we feel they have served their town well. We appreciate being given the op- portunity of taking over the Star's publication and are grateful for the good wishes of family members. Henceforth Star readers will have as their editor a native son in the person of Bill Harrison. Bill began his newspaper career in the Port Perry Star and for the past several years has been managing editor of the Colborne Chronicle. We feel fortunate in re-claiming his services as editor in the town he likes so well and where he was active in sports and other community affairs. We ask for Bill, your co-operation and your consideration. We know he is going to do a fine job for us and, more particular- ly, he is going to serve vou well. These are Our Plans With this first issue we wish to outline a few plans and what may be expected under new owner- ship. i First, the present staff will remain emploged in their respective positions, other than Mr. and Mrs. Boyd whose interests have taken them elsewhere. 0 other changes in personnel are contemplated. Second, the Port Perry Star paper office and sprinting business will occupy the same premises -as at present although certain changes eventually : will be made in office arrangement. "Third, this paper will continue to be interested wholly and completely in the affairs of you, your "town and the district it serves. It will be operated "completely as a Port Perry unit and will carry as much news of your activities and messages from your merchants as your demands may dictate. Fourth, it will have several departments added, a new classified ad section, a woman's page, cartoon, past years events and a weekly editorial page among others. Some have already been instituted for this issue; others will follow as time goes by. As vou have noticed, you now have a new page gize--one that 1s increasingly growing in favour and - which, we like to think, is a brighter, newsier format. Two or more local pictures will be carried each week. We hope you like your new Port Perry Star and would appreciate letters to the editor telling us so or, on the other hand, perhaps making suggestions of your own. And, incidentally, there will always be space on. the Star's pages for the Opinions of _ Others department. = We hope you will use that space. : ------ We'll Need Your Help No newspaper, regardless of its staff or the ma- chinery in its shop, is a successful journal unless it carries a maximum amount of news. of the per- sons it serves. And that is where Port Perry Star readers can help make this paper truly their own. We desire a continuous flow of news from the various service organizations, the church groups, the schools, ladies auxiliaries and sports groups as well as the personal comings and goings of its citi- zens. We want to know who caught the largest fish (or shot the biggest buck), what streets are be- ing paved, when Scugog freezes over and the hun- dred and one other things that go toward making up the news and activities of your community. And this is where you come in. We request all organizations and societies to ap- point press secretaiies who will send in news reports REGULARLY. Individual or personal news items will be gratefully accepted either by phone or in the office by the editor, by Mrs. Mulholland or others on duty. We do want to make your. paper a newsy paper, a mirror of the residents and their. activities. this, we need your help. 'And our grateful thanks in advance for the excellent Sooperstion we know we will receive, To do Can't Tell the Married Folk From the Courtin' Kind EF: . SEAT BELTS | INCLUDED IN 'é4 MODELS ~ < News [em [n Remember When? | Sugar and Spice 50 YEARS AGO * January 1st, 1913 " The following persons have installed - Bell Telephones: --F. W. McIntyre, Port Perry; A. Gilroy, Prospect; Robert Butson, Prospect; Samuel Dusty, Green- bank; Edgar Leask, Saintfield; Arthur Howden, Columbus; wil. liam Somerville, Shirley; Henry Hocken, Shirley. Mr. Will Ingram was driving up by Charles McArthur's 'the day before Christmas and in turning a corner the rig upset and Will was thrown out, the sleigh falling on top of his ankle which was . severely bruised but not broken. Mr. Howard Tummonds is again practising Veterinary Surgery in Port Perry. - 25 YEARS AGO January - 13th, 1938 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Harris of Port Perry and Mr .and Mrs. Robert J. Harris of Uxbridge left last week for a Motor trip to Florida. The first meeting of Port Perry Council was opened with devotions, led by Rev. W. J. H. Smyth, at 11 a.m. on the morn- ing of Monday, January 10th. The annual meeting of Port Perry, Reach and Scugog Agri- cultural. Society was held in the Port Perry Library. W. F. Thompson was the president and N. Ewers was the secretary 10 YEARS AGO January 1st, 1953 Last week Mr. Harry Peel was acclaimed' reeve for 1953, the 21st consecutive acclamation for the Reeveship of the village. As a result of this acclamation Mr. Peel became the 14th man "to lead' the local council since 1907. A well-known Port Perry poultryman, Ivan Kerry, has won a special award for his salesmanship efforts as a rep- " resentative of Toronto Elevat- ors in the new Maritime terri- "tory. Reeve John Sweetman was re- elected to Scugog Council by acclamation for the third time. Walter "Turk" Broda, one of the most publicized hockey players of this era, has been engaged by the Port Perry Hoc- key Club to instruct local min- ors from 12 to 18 on the finer points of the game. By BILL SMILEY What qualities do young people want in a father? You'd be surprised. And then again, you might not. I found out the other day when I asked about 35 teen-agers to list the traits which they sensidorcd would make up "The Ideal Father. They don't want much, willy, The modesty of their demands was almost pitiable. All they want is someone with the looks and build of Rock Hudson, the morals of Sir Galahad, the loving kindness of St. Francis, the sense of humor -of Stephen 'Leacock, and the bankroll of E. P. Taylor, to name only a few of the required attributes. As I wrote down their suggestions, checking them . one' by one against my own characteristics, the hearty smile with which I had begun to write the list turned into a sick simper. ' My wife has been telling me for years that I'm a lousy father, and I've been retorting: "I am not. I may be a lousy husband but I'm a perfectly good father. Ask the kids." * % = And they, depending on whose side the treacherous young. devils feel like throwing their weight, would an- swer: '"He's not so bad, Mom, there must be lots worse fathers than Dad!" Or: "She's. right, Dad, you're not much of a father." "But here was 'proof, from outside the family. 1 had only about four of the 89 qualities required by those teen-agers in The Ideal Father. It hurt. I won't deny it. For a moment I toyed, bitterly, with the notion of turning in my 16-year-old union card in that great society of BOOBS -- the Benevolent Order Of Bewildered Slaves --whose membership is made up of ,the country's finest its fathers. , Fortunately, as an old BOOB, I have great resilience, ; We come back faster than a cheque marked N.S.F. Just as I reached the bottom point in my disillusion, I re. membered that we were discussing, not me, or any ordin- _- (Continued on page 5) P. HVIDSTEN, +. Canadian Weekly Port Perry Star Co. Lid. Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding 'Areas Publisher ¢ Editor Member of the' Ontario. Weekly Newspaper Assoc. Newspaper Assoc. Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario. 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