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) BRA Rp SEN SANE AAS SRB A Ah LAR TORR of bee CY EE NY TV NH § Bat . a 1 » F: 1e:s Fa . Io! SLY 3 ' 3 i . LS IH BA ¥ 4 va) yal 2 / eZ 5% y i EEE ama a NEE ATS RL LAN REE S1 aan a LW TREE RES SUR SE4 VPARP Teacher at right, Miss Effie Gamble. 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 9, 1919 The subscription list for Port Perry's gift to her re- turning soldiers is now well started and a number of persons have given liberally to the fund. It is what might be expected as our towns people have given many evidences of their thorough appreciation of the soldiers. -- Like many other towns, Port Perry bias of late found difficulty in finding a sufficient number of nur- ses, during these days of sickness. In some places there is a central organization looking after this matter. remember when ...? The class of 1922-23, Port Perry Public School. Phato courtesy Dorothea Koch. Such work could be undertaken by the Patriotic Society or The W.C.T.U. oo 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 13, 1944 . While stationed at Hagersville, Cpl. Maunsell Gerrow, R.C.AF. received his Sergeant's Stripes and was given a position in Belleville Hospital on the nur- sing staff. re At the Port Perry Council inaugural meeting, (Turn to page 6) . ~~ - COOL CHRISTMAS With the high cost of heating oil and gas these days, more and more people are becoming fuel conscious and have taken other alternatives to help defer the size of their heating bills. ©. Wood burning furnaces, wood stoves and fireplaces are becoming more and more popular! Bitten by the bug, not necessarily to save money by heating with fuel, but to be able to sit in a cozy room with a warm fire burning brightly before my eyes, last year-I installed a fireplace in the livingroom and purchased two face-cords of wood for about $70. But a fireplace is not the only heat producing device I have in my home. Three years ago, when my dear grandmother passed away, the wood cookstove she used for both heating and cooking purposes was moved to my basement where it has sat with only occasional use. I knew someday it would come in handy if the electricity went out or the furnace broke down, and it did this year on Christmas morning. Having sat around the livingroom with a fire blazing away in the fireplace Christmas Eve, my mother and I did not find it unusual that the rest of the house seemed-a little cool when we decided to turn in for the evening. But at 4:00 a.m. when I woke up with a ¢old nose and all the curling-up under the blankets I could do did not help to take the chill out of my bones, I surmised "there is something wrong here". Flipping back the covers there became no doubt in my mind what had happened. The furnace had gone out' sometime in the early evening and with the fire going in the livingroom, the house temperature did not drop until after we went to bed. And then 'it dropped and dropped and dropped until the temperature in the house would not even register on the thermostat. It was then I remembered those cold winter mornings at. my grandmothers when she would rise in the early hours of the morning to throw the kindling and a couple of 1ogs in the stove, light the crumpled newspapers and then head back to. bed until the house warmed up." "With this in mind, I pulled on my housecoat and slippers and quickly dashed outside where I grabbed an armful of wood and kindling. I then carried the wood downstairs to the waiting stove and preceeded to build a roaring fire that my grandmother would have been proud of. o With that fire underway, I returned to the livingroom and stoked-up another fire in the fireplace, then brought my pillow and blankets to the chesterfield so I could keep an * to fear the police, Durham, O.P.P. or whatever force you eye on things. 'From that early hour on I was up every half hour to add fuel to the fires in both the stove and fireplace and when my mother and I finally decided to rise about 9:00 a.m., the house had returned to a comfortable temperature. Mind you, downstairs where the fire continued to burn intensely in the old cast iron cookstove, it was so hot, my idea to cook breakfast on the "ole girl" was quickly forgotten and we poached our eggs in the conventional manner. rm Although a furnace breakdown is not the most pleasant thing to happeii in the dead of winter at anytime, happening Sama -on Christmas morning just helped make this past Christ- mas just a little more memorable that any in the past. It is something even I will have a hard time forgetting! HAPPY NEW YEAR! ; The year 1978 is just a memory now, and in 'this weeks edition of the Star you will be able to take a brief Iook at the year gone by reading our '"'re-cap of '78. 3 But 78 is now history, and we must think ahead to the year now looming before us and what it has in store for us. The most obvious change to date, is the change from Ontario Provincial Police to Durham Regional Police within the Township of Scugog. Durham Police took over jurisdiction of the township as of midnight December 30 and in the weeks to come their bright yellow cruisers will become a familiar sight in Port Perry and area. The O.P.P. served in Port Perry well during the past five years and we have no doubt that our new force will continue along in their footsteps. Their job will not be an easy one, as already there are rumours spreading that they are going to rule the township with an iron fist. "And you know what rumours.can. do." Just remember that the police have:a-jab to do, and as long as we as citizens do not break those laws, there is no-reason care to mention. If you're speeding.....be prepared to pay the fine, ifyougo through a stop sign......be prepared to pay the fine and if you're not wearing your seat-belt don't blame the Police when they stop you. They'll be doing their job to enforce the laws....... do your part and obey them. FOOTBALL FEVER If you happened to be' one of the millions of North Americans who were glued to your television set on New Year's Day, by now you should have had your fill of football, at least until next weekend. ait oY hs AR saint ae dh dat ty dn indo r] . 2 ty AE 4 hg ie. p deltas tis sb besinsbianddosod At st saben bi PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed. January 3, 1979 r 5 letters Christmas Spirit? Dear Sir: In the interests of energy conservation, we did con- sider not putting up any outside Christmas lights this year. But then as the Holi- day Season grew closer, it seemed that something was missing. Consequently a last minute effort was made to arrange some. coloured lights on December 21, to give some semblance of the Yuletide Season. Within a few days, some unwanted visitors saw fit on two occasions to remove all the flood lights. The action of some individuals simply boggles the mind. It isn't so much the value of such a loss, but the principle of stealing, and especially at this time of year. I wonder if the culprits, be they child or adult, enjoyed any more the joy of Christmas because of their inconsiderate actions. I question also if the foot- prints observed at the scene will someday direct those people to a life of crime, which certainly could if such actions continue. Yours very truly, Gerald Nelson Port Perry, Ontario 'Education Salaries Dear Sir: _ Because of cutbacks by the Provincial government on education spending, grants *'to the Durham Board of Education (D.B.E.) have not kept pace with inflation and the rising cost of education. This has put pressure on the D.B.E. Trustees to reduce spending on education to try to keep down the tax mill rate on homes and property. The D.B.E. has been cur- tailing and canceling many vitally necessary education by J. Peter Hvidsten programs and services such as: special education assis- tance for children with learning disabilities; kinder- garten classes; 'school library services; French language classes; sports programs; gymnasiums, etc. That is why the D.B.E. Trustees voted against building a new community school in the Mary Street area to replace the Mary Street school which is to be closed in June. Teacher workloads are being in- (T urn to page 6) It was college football day on the "boob-tube" Monday and the avid football fan had an opportunity to watch the ~Cotton Bowl, Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl. Starting in the early afternoon, the avid fan was able to sit back and watch football until late evening, with the only ~ exertion being to get up and change the channel or grab a snack to hold them through the ordeal. I'll have to admit although I am not a "sports-freak"', I did watch portions of three of the games and one in particular was a nail-biter, as Notre Dame came back from a 34-12 deficit against Houston in the fourth quarter to win the game in the last seconds 35-34. " But to show you I can live without the game; with a dollar bet riding on the Orange Bowl Monday night, I decided I'd seen enough by half time and went to bed. 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