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Reader's Viewpoint Grateful for assistance The Editor, Port Perry Star, Port Perry, Ontario. Dear Sir: In my capacity as presi- dent of the Big Brother Association - of Scugog District, it is both my duty and honour to write this letter to the people of Scugog Township, Scugog to stick with Initially we would like to express extreme gratitude. to the literally hundreds of - persons who have assisted in making our Bed Race the success that it was. This support was both necessary and greatly appreciated. Secondly we would invite any constructive comments on the Bed Race that would help to make it a unique conservation decision If Scugog Township doesn't end up under the protective wing of one con- servation authority or another, it won't be for a lack of proposals. You might say Scugog Council is swamped with proposals to save their en- vironment, including several for the extension of an existing authority to cover Scugog; another proposal for the establish- ment of a new authority; and even a suggestion by several councillors that Scugog should forget the whole thing. Discussions about joining an authority. surfaced at the Monday meeting when two representatives of a Victor- ia County study group asked Scugog to come into a sep- arate, northern authority. Jerry Heatlr- and Ron Cook of the: Kawartha Con- servation Study group they had either full-fledged agreement or at least in- principle. agreement from most of the other area municipalities so far. 3 "The message we want to bring," said Heath, "is that the thinking has changed said approached: since we last voted" (in an unsuccessful - attempt to form a northern authority in 1972), For Scugog councillors, 'the message was too little and too late. The township already has gone on record as supporting an expansion of the southern Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority -- into' Scugog Township, and most council- lors indicated they wished to stick with that decision. The 'proposal, sponsored by Durham Region, is now before the province for approval. ~.. Even with: the requested CLOCA: expansion, there is some controversy over boundaries. ~The original Scugog Township request 'was for CLOCA to take over an area inside the political boundary of Scugog Town- ship' and 'although the 'provincial ~~ government 'hasn't officially rejected this proposal, it has made a counter proposal to the' region that would expand CLOCA even farther north. - Just how far north was the subject of some dis- agreement. Vern Assel- (continued on page 12) and colourful annual event for the Port Perry area. Please send any comments to P.O. Box 961, Port Perry. Finally, we would like to express our hope that the very generous support of the Township people will continue into the area of Big Brother Volunteers so that we will be able to provide every fatherless boy with the opportunity of having a. Big Brother. . With thanks to all, John I. Stewart, M.D, continued readily respond--to° any problem which may arise." The ministry official said he supported the township's move of allowing the deer season again this year. "As you may know," he said, "deer as well as other wild- life in Ontario are a public resource and are therefore the property of all the tax- payers of this province. The township of Scugog supportsy a healthy deer population which provides an annual sustained yield of big game which may be harvested without jeopardizing the level of abundance of these animals'. PORT PERRY STAR -- Thursday, May 26, 1977 -- § Additional staff for deer hunt "Not only does the deer hunt provide outdoor rec- reational opportunities to the Ontario taxpayer, and in particular, Scugog resi- Sent, ¥ sleo contributes to e local economy through purchases made by hunt- purchases made by hunt- ers," according to Mr. Grey. Mr. Gray also pointed out that a substantial number of the 222 hunters checked last year were residents of the Township of Scugog. At the request of council, Mr. Gray also provided in- formation about who and where to call if a local property owner is having trouble with: hunters. Should a problem: arise in the area during the deer hunt this year, people are asked to call the Lindsay office collect 705-324-6f121. '"We maintain radio contact with the helicopter and our officers' cruisers, and will do our best to respond promptly to your request," said Mr. Gray. Barbara Humphries of Caesarea recently returned from Toronto, where she attended a special educa- tional conference at the head office of The Imperial Life Assurance Company of Canada. 60 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 30, 1917 Dr. S. J. Mellow was in Toronto attending the meeting of the Ontario Medical Association, where he represents the Ontario County Associ- ation. Butchers in town, owing to the scarcity of "help, will close their shops on Monday and Wednesday afternoons of each week. 35. YEARS AGO Thursday, May 28, 1942 The Honeydale W.I. held a miscellaneous shower in honour of Miss Helen Edwards, who is about to be married. - Hogg and Lytle of Port Perry, unloaded a car of wheat and a car of cement during the week. Mr. Fred DeNure and family, also Rev. J. A. MacMillan and family, Rem ember When . yo have taken up residence in Port Perry. At the United Church Anniversary, two noted speakers, Rev. Dr. R. P. Bowles and Dr. Millson, spoke to large congre- gations at both services. Mr. Charles Reesor will represent the I1.0.O.F. at the sessions held in the Royal York, Toronto. Congratulations to Mr. Drew McCulloch, Epsom, on his marriage to Miss G. Aynn, Toronto. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 30, 1957 Miss Karel Espie received her Gold Cord, highest award in guiding, at the Port Perry United Church. Miss Jean Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Williams, received word that her 150 word letter, "Why I would like to meet Pat Boone", made her a winner. At the regular meeting of Port Perry council it was moved and seconded that the fire Hall be wired for a fire siren. It was also moved and seconded that the Police be given two weeks holi- 3 i g R Perry, graduation stud- ent in Music, University of Toronto, will receive an honour award of the Students Administration Council at a Garden Party following Con- vocation ceremonies. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 25, 1967 Bonnie Malcolm, a Cartwright High School student and Arnold Heayn, a Port Perry High School student, won _; gathered at the-home of first and second prize, respectively, in the STAR Essay contest. . On Sunday last, the family of W. G. (Guy) Raines, Port Perry, his brother John Raines. The occasion was a five generation gathering -- Mrs. Marrietta Raines; son Guy Raines; grand- son Jack Raines; great- grandson John Raines; and great great grand- daughter Kelly Raines. Mr. Thomas Sharpe and Mr. George Matt- hews, two of Greenbank"s senior citizens, planted a tree in the community park to commemorate the Centennial year. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McKee, Port Perry; have returned home after spending the winter months in the south. Canada Day A Et For years I'd been hearing about Canada Day, an annual event at which Canadian writers come: out of the woods or from under stones and allow themselves to be pestered for autographs, lauded to the skies and otherwise tortured by hordes of starry- eyed students and eager English teachers. It was Jim Foley, a leprechaunish slip of a man, who spawned the idea originally, * when he taught high school English in Port Colborne. Why. shouldn't students have a chance to meet some real, live writers? First year it was done on a shoe-string. -'Foley's students raised money by collecting beer bottles and other nefarious means, A few authors and poets turned up and talked. to the kids. It was a great success. Since then, it has grown in both scope and ambition, and is now a singular annual event in Canadian literature circles, with hundreds of students busing hundreds of miles, and a pretty good accounting of Canadian writers, good, bad and indiffer- ent, turning up for their accolades. Foley, who is no dummy when it comes to raising money, got publishers, a notably reluctant lot when it comes to spending money, to set up displays. He tapped every possible cultural well, from departments of education to Canada Council, This year I attended, along with a young 'colleague who is a budding poet, and we . had a good time and came home dropping cultural fingernails all over ourselves very ostensibly. hy _ "Well, after Margaret Laurence gave me a big kiss," I noted, "the whole weekend was just one mad whirl." This made my students sit up. "Michael Ondaatje's beard is neater than mine," contributed my friend Roger, "but I'm a better poet, and I told him so." "At least half the writers there are regular readers of my column," I com- mented smugly. Three or five of them actually are, but wotthehell. "We had breakfast with Mavor Moore and drove him to his seminar," Roger tossed in. And so we went on. As a matter of fact, some of those did happen, and some others that I have no intention of revealing. Some rather interesting contrasts popped up. For example, the novelists seem to be rather a steady lot, in comparison to the poets, who had a tendancy to get into the grape, Age seems to have little to do with ability. Leslie MacFarlane, the grand old man who wrote the Hardy Boy books (and received about $50. each for them as total royalties) away back when, was honored at the same time as young Jack Hodgins from Van- couver- Island, who has just published his first novel. There's close to sixty years difference in their ages. And by the way, there's a young fellow to watch - Hodgins. He was exhausted from a combination of jet lag and too many ; interviews in too short a time. But he gave names all over the place and buffing our ~ § ga t everything he had, in panels and quiz sessions; He's very handsome, very elo- quent, and very enthusiastic, and I imagine the teenagers were swooning over him, Let's hope he doesn't get caught up in the snarling and back-biting that too often stains the Canadian culture scene. Canadian publishers, on the whole, showed their usual uninventiveness, coming out of what seemed a deep lassitude only when John Roberts of the Federal cabinet said something about more help for publishers. That's the only thing that seems to stir them. Exceptions are a few small publishers, who show some verve and imagination in design and quality of books. Farley Mowat's beard is almost as long as he is, but he has a nice wife. Pierre Berton is still combing his sideburns over his bald spot, but looks healthy and self- satisfied as ever. Suave Hugh Maclennan makes most of the other writers sound as. though they's just left Hayfork Centre. Yves Therriault, a popular Quebec writer, has a new and charming second wife who seems to like him. Lloyd Person, Saskatchewan novelist, still thinks I should devote a column to a review of his book if he sends me a copy. Mavor Moore doesn't comb his sideburns over his bald spot and looks fine just as he is. Poet John Newlove has eyes like two boiled eggs at a certain point in his progress. Some of the young fellows from Newfoundland put on the liveliest show of the weekend, with music and poems. Max Braithwaite and charming wife, fit and tanned, are just back from California, and they're making movies of a couple of his Uh, let's see. Irving Layton is getting old, just as he threatens in his poems. I don't know why Mrs. Jim Foley doesn't go out of her nut, running interference for Jim. Politicians, about eight of them, insisted on welcoming everybody, to everybody's dis- 'may. Al Purdy looks as though he needs a week in a rest home. Poet Don Gutter- idge's wife, Anne, enjoyed driving us back to the motel when my driver ran out of steam. i There you are. Just a few notes from the literary scene by a non-hero-worshipping weekly columnist who knows that when you peek behind the talent, the writer is just dogsbody, like the rest of us. : The Argyle Syndicate Ltd. § PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited wwe, , Phone 915 7383 Sam, -(@ cin {| » S€rving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships J. PETER HVIDSTEN, Publi Advertising Manager John Gast, Editor Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Lid, Port Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0245 Subscription Rate: In Canada $5.00 per year Elsewhere $10.00 per year, Single copy 20¢