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Le AY u 37S AY Ye: Vig. ¢ od o PLINER RA] . AK PAREN DBR SLIT rg HRI Sy 2 olpne voli ly . 0? y Ld wih sas Just who this group represents and beside whose home it was taken is not known by the Star. Can you help? Photo courtesy Mrs. F. 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 22, 1919 Port Perry is greatly indebted to the Hydro-Electric Power Commission and to Mr. Dibble of Toronto for the repair of our electric plant in a very short time and at a remarkably low cost. The Junior High School Entrance Examinations will be held in the High School, Port Perry on July 2, 3, and 4, 1919. (Turnto page 6) remember when ...¢ Leslie. Have you any old photos from the Scugog area? Drop them into the Star and we may be able to use them in this space. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 25, 1944 Pupils and the visitors all enjoyed Open Day at the Public School and with good reason. The music demon- strated was, as usual, worthy of the pupils, the teachers and Mrs. V. Rowe, the musical instructress. Pte. Rev. W.R. Tristram, who has been stationed for some time at the Bowmanville Internment Camp, has been made Honourary Captain and has been assigned as Chaplain to the Internment Camp at Mon- teith. IF I WERE PRIME MINISTER Election Day, 1979 is now less than a week away. Next Tuesday about midnight, Canadians will know whether their leader for the next four years or so is to be the eager but untested Joe Clark, or the battled and beleagured Pierre Trudeau. I'm sorry I can't include Ed Broadbent. Likeable as he may be, despite the fact he seems to be making a lot of sense on the campaign trail, the NDP simply will not form a government in this country in the near or distant future. In fact, Broadbent may have a real battle on his hands to retain his own seat in Oshawa. As for Pete and Joe, they are going at each other hammer and tong , saying just about anything to whoever happens to be listening at the time. Promises, promises. An election is a wonderful time for the cynics of this land; a chance every four years to watch the high and mighty grovel in front of the howling masses. Imagine a man like Pierre Trudeau, patrician, arrogant, an intellec- tual snob of snobs, so scornful of that great sticky lump of every-day humanity. Imagine him donning hard-hat and actually talking to workers in a Nova Scotia fish plant. And take Joe Clark; a political animal of the purest pedigree, a man not yet middle aged who has done precious little in his life except play the political game. Imagine him racing around the country during this campaign talking to people who actually have to go to work every day, people who get up at the crack of dawn, hustle their kids to day-care centres, fight the traffic or the subway crowds, punch a clock, and take their lunch when a bell rings. Imagine Joe Clark telling those people that if they elect him everything will be OK. You can say what you like about election campaigns: they are too long, nothing but a lot of hot air and empty promises, and when the final ballot is counted, nothing really changes even if a new man and new party get tosit on the government side of the House of Commons. But one thing an election campaign does is bring down the politicians a notch or two, at least for a few weeks, anyway. It forces them to get out and touch people, talk to them, rub shoulders and bellies with the ordinary folk, and yes, even listen for a change. It takes them out of that insulated cocoon on the banks of the Ottawa River where the cocktail hour starts at noon and the honourable members are shuttled around in mini-buses. An election brings them all down to street level, eye-ball to eye-ball with the farmer, fisherman, factory worker and everyone else who grinds through the work-a-day week and looks forward to Saturday morning. | chotterbox ...... If nothing else an election campaign is a great equalizer. In their mad six week dash from coast to coast, the three men who would be king have all made their fair share of promises; food prices, mortgages, job creation, the constitution, national unity, bilingualism, pensions, even the Canadian embassy in Israel got into the act this time around. The issues are the same ones that have been bounced off the collective head of the Canadian people relentlessly for the past six or seven years; the same old songs with just a slight variation in the melody. What Canadians need right now are some fresh ideas, some election promises that are novel, unique, goodness, dare I say inspired? No, better not use that word when talking about politicians and election goodies. Anyway, if I were up there on the platform with Pete, Joe and Ed, I'd throw out to the Canadian voters the following promises. Number One. And this would be my very first task, the day after my election as Prime Minister, if not sooner. Trade the Toronto Blue Jays for the New York Yankees, lock, stock, and barrel; trade the Toronto Maple Leafs for the girls field hockey team from the University of Tahiti; and trade the Argos for whoever will take them plus two bottle caps of a well-known brand of domestic beer. Those little tasks dispensed with I'd trade the auditor-general to Iran for the Ayatollah just to keep an eye on government spending for a year or two; the Calgary Stampede for the Irish Sweepstake; the CBC for Radio Moscow; Anne of Green Gables for the Happy Hooker; and the annual seal hunt for a season of bull fights from Spain. I'd trade Sky Shops, Mirable, the Olympic Stadium, and the CN Tower to Cuba for one box of Havana cigars; the Commissioner of the RCMP for the chief of the KGB; and half the members of the Senate for Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew. I would deal the Pickering nuclear plant for the Paris Left Bank, two Candu reactors for one Egyptian pyramid; and the Yonge Street strip for the Vatican City. Goodness, the list of things and places that could be traded away from Canada is almost endless when you put your mind to it. How about the Stratford Festival for one Hollywood TV studio so that CBC could turn out programs, that Canadians really want to see? Oops, sorry about that. The CBC has already gone to Russia for Moscow Mollie. Never mind, we could throw in the Toronto Sun and get the CBC back from Russia. Promises, promises. Election campaigns have a tendency to do that to people, especially politicians. Thank 1 LARSEN PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, May 16, 1979 -- 5 letters Ff, of AL ih PEP JRL oo add sb otis diese bes Enda ALANA suhdhidwassimrobiininbotha sibs indibuuakvibi dist sabttomadointums Sabteibnmh tons wb bas osnn ans star it as oto ode sed sod - Don't move library Dear Sir: Your challenge of a few weeks ago has prompted me to write-my first letter to the Editor of the Port Perry Star. There are many subjects that I could comment on but I will confine my thoughts to the proposal of moving the Library from its central location to one at the lake- front. First, let me explain that I am not a reading member of the library but 1 am a taxpayer of some 39 years and have three grandchild- ren who frequent the facility on a regular basis. This present building was built in 1934 as a Memorial to those Port Perry and vicinity boys who fought and sacri- ficed in World War I 1914-18 and was dedicated to their memory. In my opinion this was one of the finest Memorials that could be built to honour those sacrifices. The contract tender for this building was submitted on June 4th, 1934 by Mr. L.A. Koch for the sum of $4,800.00 and was built by Mr. Koch and his son Bernard. The only extra cost on this contract was for the stone over the entrance. if My main concern is. What is to become of this Memorial building. when vacated? The only sugges- tion I have seen is to make it available for public meetings. . This will be one more meeting place to add to the thirteen or fourteen now available for public meetings. Where is the saturation point? This seems somewhat of a desecration. A building that has enjoyed the laughter and joy of youth browsing through the books in search of information and pleasure and tempered by the more sophisticated visits of adults looking for a weekend's reading for 45 years deserves to be more than a place to hold meetings. (Turn to page 6) Thanks Dear Sir: We want to express a big "Thank You" to all the children who participated in the Canada Hospital Day Poster Con'est for Canada Hospital Day, May 12th. We received some very excel- lent posters which showed (Turn to page 6) goodness, this one is almost over. But just remember when you get out to vote next Tuesday what Pete, Joe and Ed have been telling us for the past six weeks. Just remember how darn glad the three of them will be when this thing is over and they can scuttle back to Ottawa on the Rideau for the security of Parliament for another four years. Just think of the promises, the show biz, the hoopla, the handshakes, the phoney smiles, the idiotic TV ads, and Pete, Joe and Ed out there with the masses for the past six weeks on bended knee, all for your little X on the ballot. Gad, it's almost enough to make me want to go fishing on election day, or better yet, get out of the country. Speaking of fishing, maybe I could deal the Don River to Scotland for one pure, clear salmon stream. Think they'd go for that? (port perry star ) Company Limited Phone 985.7383 Sm % CNA : (oun) : G Cl ALUN). "ras Serving the Township of Scugog J.PETER HVIDSTEN Publisher Advertising Manager J.B. McCLELLAND Editor Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd, 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 Numoer 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $8.00 per year Elsewhere $10.00 per year. Single copy 20c 2. v 4 v f 2 ne or a AT oat | 2 o