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So, SS, at Ler an ae oe ) Sa ~ ~ -- Tans Te Ball in our court After many months of preparations and eftorts by a handful of volunteers and community-minded people, the new Scugog Community Arena project has evolved from little more than wishful thinking to an active program, complete with target construction dates and financial commitment, ; Like all dreams, however, a great deal of effort and commitment is needed to produce a reality and planners have gambled with the co-operative, com- munity-mindedness of the citizenry to back up their . dedication. : : In other words, the planning and development has goneasfarasitcan. It's time now for the community to get behind the project in a very real way. There Is little doubt that there will be a yood response in community. In a short blitz of the business community in Port Perry, about $35,000 has been raised. Hard-pressed service clubs, over and above the many regular commitments and projects, have acted in a positive way by making two and three-year commitments of thousands of dollars to the project. It is efforts like this one that prove a community's nettle, with benefits not only in the obvious advantage of at $750,000 building, but in the building of community strength and co-operation. ° There are perhaps a dozen people who initiated the project and carried it through the initial stages. There are perhaps scores of people who will be going from door to door as volunteer canvassers. But only the thousands of us can make it all worthwhile. Let's make our doers keep doing--and get a new arena to boot! -- I i Lessons learned? Noy. 11 is the day to remember, and we can't help observing that there arent many who dn There seems to be a growing attitude that Remembrance Is for "old vets" and not for you and |. We say that in view of the Sunday service at the Legion where not one boy scout troop or cub pack took their symbolic part. BN Perhans we confuse what the remenfiber in Remem- berance Day means, a misunerpicianun mal ne 'Legion, among other groups, sometimes unintention- ally promotes. . we should remember to avoid repeating--to avoid at all costs--to promise those who died that their contribution has meant an end to killing, wars, and settlements by the 'gun. . Often, Rememberance Day Is seen as reflecting the old glory. One cannot help but remember the American Legion's. attitude toward the stop-the-war wrong attitude that saw little flexibility right to the end. A strange paradox for people who should have learned the meaning of war. . Fehr 5 Every seat was taken in the lounge and people were lined up into the hallway for the official. opening of Port Perry's Community Nursing Home on Thursday. (Officlally opening the home following an address was wt Dr. Matthew Dymond, former M.P.P. and Ontario' health minister who had a great deal with bringing in legislation for nursing homes. At left is the home's director of nursing Mrs. Edna Goss. In the centre is Mrs. Dymond. Remember When..? 50 YEARS AGO Thurs., November 12, 1925 Mr. John McLintock, Jr., has taken a position in Aiken- head Hardware Co.. Toronto. The Scugog Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughter of the Empire have.established a scholarship of the value of $15.00 in Port Perry High School, to be competed for annually by first and second form students. It will be known by the name of Scugog , Chapter 1.0.D.E. Scholarship. Messrs. Mac Beare and James Boe intend building; . an up-to-date garage on the lot between the house of Mr. 'Jos. Britton and Mr. Robert 'Bartley on the south side of Queen Street. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Harding of Prince Albert have returned to their home in Brooklin. 25YEARSAGO Thurs., November 9, 1950 Elected to the Literary ___ners at the Society's executive at Port Perry High School were: "Isabel Clements, president; Dave Brunton, vice-pres.: Doris Denure, secretary- treasurer, Two women and a two- year-old baby' escaped from their Nestleton on, November 7. Every able bodied man in the district joined the bucket brigade in a futile attempt to save the general store of Ada Leal, and the .apartment attached. When Burt Hutcheson broke an egg the other day for the purpose of frying it, out popped a perfectly nor-, mal egg of pigeon-size. 15 YEARS AGO Thurs., November 10, 1960 TOPS Club members Lillain Leach -and Betty . Ashmore oy division win- B nnual Ontario rovincia Retoghition Day held at "the Prudhommes Hotel, St. Catharines. Two flaming home at: honourable mentions went to Shirley Cummings and Reta Brown. The Club also received. a' plaque for. he most pounds lost per person for- all Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Russell But- son of. Prince Albert cele- 'brated their Golden wedding anniversary. hl - 4 The High School Com- mencement was held in the new auditorium. The stage is large enough now to hold forty persons, members of the board, teaching staff and, students. Principal Grant McDonald introduced the, Chairman of the Board, Mr.' William Beare, who present-. 'ed the .Central Ontario County District High School. trophy to Volodmir Hats- chingki. Mr. Htschinski' deserves special mention as he came to Canada from Venezuela in May, 1959, has had to learn English and stood highest in nine Grade Thirteen subjects. - local 10 YEARS AGO Thurs., November 4, 1965 "The Senior and Junior win: ners of the Port Perry Rod & Gun Club this year was Senior Charles Lown with 1000 marks out of 1000, and Cathy Nelson With 996 points out of 1000. Trophies were presented at the annual banquet. ek For the benefit 6f UNICEF children = collected $237.00. ; Marie Taylor received a Gold Medal for highest marks in A.R.C.T. Pipe Organ at the Royal Conser- vatory of Music examin- ations for 1965. The N.H.L. Oldtimers will play hockey in Port Perry against the Tripp Bulldozers' Intermediate eam, the night is sponsored by the local minor hockey association. < Attending the Central Area Women's Institute Convent- ,.ion at the Royal York this week were Mrs. L. Honey, Mrs. 0. Edwards, Mrs. P. Diamond, Mrs.-S. Naples and Mrs. S. Cawker. ee ee EE ob i er pe, oe fo i, pr, om ss The metrication of time by John Squirelly | | 1 | [ | 1 | (A nonsense satire on the introduction of the J) metric system in Canada and a few other things.) | The attraction of the metric system is not so much the advantage gained through standardiza- 4 tion of measurements all over the world, but also j that itis much simpler to work with based, as it is, }] on multiples of ten. It is for this reason the New J Time, metrication of the 60 minute hour, is shortly : to be introduced. ) While government officials admit that changing J" time measurement from its present base of sixty to J) a base of ten may cause some problems of J adjustment, it should be noted that the standard : day and the standard year will remain the same in j duration. (The only way in which these latter could J) be made to fit metrically would be to enlarge the J orbit of the earth around the sun; a proposal that did : not receive a great deal of support.) 8 Thus, a minute will contain 100 seconds, an hour j will have 100 minutes, and a day will comprise 10 J hours. Similarly, a week will have ten days (names | for the extra three days are solicited) and ten [ | | 1 1 | | [ weeks will make one month. It is at this point, of course, that our smaller than optimum orbit tends to foul things up. The new year, designated an "anno", will, of necessity, be only 3.65 months. A ten-anno period, formerly a decade, will become a decanno, and our current century will be labelled a hectanno. In order' to achieve <#his conversion, it will be necessary to alter somewhat the durations of the second, minute and hour as we now know them. For ease in recognition, equivalents for the new and old time components are as follows: 1 new hour is 2.4 - old hours; 1 new minute Is 1.44 old minutes; and 1 new second is .864 old seconds. To convert from Old Time to New Time, simply add up all the seconds from midnight to the desired time change, multiply by 10 and divide by 86,400. Thus, 8:15 a.m. becomes 3.44 hours New Time. However, an official stressed that, In the government's on-going efforts to be completely fair to all sectors of the country, those communities who _decide by plebicite that they do not want their time mettified, will be permitted to stay on Old Time. The Honourable Yodark ("Ram-it-through") Critch, the minister responsible for the implemen- tation of New Time, has conceded privately that this'may raise some problems. . "Television schedules, for instance, will have to be printed in two languages," he said, "that Is, metric and standard, as will cereal boxes which will have to give the bi-measure time for the snap, . crackle and pop to die down before the kids can dig in." "As well," he added, "Quebec has indicated that they expect to opt out of the plan. tawa, the nation's capital, will have both, of course." Asked to comment, a member of the federal cabinet merely shrugged his shoulders in Gallic - style and said that it was nothing more than a fuddie duddle in a teapot. : "Let them eat 7.285 grams of cake," he sald_in perfect Metric. Despite these minor drawbacks, there will be many advantages to New Time. ' A major impact will be felt in the industrial sector, according to government economists. Al- - though some union leaders have expressed mild concerr'over the fact that, under existing contracts employees who are committed to a five day, forty hour week will actually be working 96 old hours, they welcomed the five day weekend that will occur as a result of the switch to a ten day week. However, since additional employees will be needed to make up the other five days, that is, two shifts of employees working five days each, the labour force will automatically be doubled. The Ministers of Industry and Labour together with ~ many leaders of the business community have "hailed this as the greatest boon to Canada since the establishment of the Foreign Investment Review Agency. As well, there will be a five year lag in the implementation of New Time by the United States who will not institute it until 1985. Canada's target date ot January 1, 1980, will give this country a tremendous competitive advantage, they feel. Clearly, the Canadian appetite for hockey will be more nearly sated under New Time as the ohe hour playing time becomes almost two and 'a half old hours of action."Games starting at the traditional time of eight o'clock (8.33 hours in New Time) will continue until well past midnight, that is, ten o'clock. For that matter, almost all of sports will be affected because df the necessity of timing in most of those areas. u A bright note here is that many of the wheezing joggers whom one sees so frequently plodding along the streets and park byways will be able to run a mile in four minutes (5.76 old minutes). Getting up at five o'clock will no longer be a problem for farmers since that will be midday. And finally, with only a ten hour day, the depressing national news at eleven o'clock will not appear. Time, gentlemen, please.