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"48 Cawker of Toronto. 60 YEARS AGO . Thursday, August 26,1920 = The Entrance class of Port Perry Public jeibol re- cord for the years ending in June, show 81 candidates tried the Entrance and 75 of these passed, with 32 of these in the honour list, making an average percentage per year of almost 93. Miss Estelle Bull, who is holidaying in Bloomfield, will resume her music classes here in September. Mrs. H. Jeffrey, Prince Albert, is selling her house- hold furniture at her home east of the Post Office. George and Ted Jackson will be the auctioneers. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 6, 1945 Fred Colbear is home from overseas. Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Colbear, Port Perry, Fred has been overseas for the past five years. Flying Officer Bruce Beare has received his discharge from the Air Force and is now home. Port Perry Fair had heaviest attendance in many years. Mr. R.D. Woon, the Secretary, reports there were 188 entries in the Black & White Show. Sergeant M. Reekie has arrived home after 5 years service. A reunion was held at his home. Mr. and Mrs. -Joel Aldred, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Aldred, Cameron and Douglas were in attendance. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 1, 1955 The Ontario Municipal Board has awarded compen- - sation to DeNure Bus Lines totalling $18,000. The bus company claim their business was "adversely affected" as a result of annexation by the city of Oshawa of a part of East Whitby Township. The final meeting of Port Perry 4-H Dairy Calf Club 4 was held at the Oyler Farm. Mr. Leslie Smith, leader of the club was thanked by Ken Wilson for his untiring efforts in the past year. (Turn to page 6) PORT PERRY STAR.-- Wed., August 20, 1980 -- 5 Samuel T. Cawker [1843-1938] who established the butcher store which served the residents of Port Perry and area from 1868 to 1973. The photo comes from a tin-type which is in the possession of John O. [Photo courtesy of Scugog Shores Museum.] hotterbox ... BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES Scugog Township's representation on the Durham Board of Education has been cut in half: reduced from two trustees to one, effective when the municipal elections are held this November. The reasons are not that there has been a drastic decrease in the number of students in the Township, or any marked decline in the interest of parents and voters in the - education process. No, the reason Scugog-will have one trustee instead of two is a simple numbers game which as I see it, makes little sense. . The number of trustees which each municipality within the Board (excluding Oshawa) can have on the Board is- determined by property assessment. Under equalized assessment, Uxbridge Township has edged marginally ahead of Scugog in the total value of property, thus, Uxbridge will have two trustees and Scugog one. * But the difference is so tiny, that one cannot help but ~wonder if it is fair to reduce the number of trustees by 50 per cent. Now, I'm not saying that Uxbridge should not have another trustee on the Board. What I am saying is that both Scugog and Uxbridge -should have two trustees on the Board. Basing the number of trustees from a municipality on - "the value of property under equalized assessment may have no relation whatsoever to the number of schools, teachers, and students in that municipality. The difference between the equalized assessment of property in Scugog and Uxbridge amounts to less than one-half of one per cent. And yet, Uxbridge's representation on the school board will be 50 per cent more than Scugog's. That's not right. There must be a better method for allocating representa- tion on the school board than the one now being used. In terms of actual tax dollars that each Township will contribute to education, the difference will again be very, very small. And it may very well be that Scugog could have more students in the school system than Uxbridge, because the number of students doesn't necessarily depend on the value of all real estate within that municipality. Once school gets underway this fall, I think it would be very interesting to find out if indeed there are more students in Scugog than in Uxbridge. The Education Act calls for a review of school board representation every election year. That's fair enough. But surely there must by another formula for allocating the number of trustees from each municipality. The absurdity of this situation is illustrated even further when one sees the final result of the mathematical formula used to determine the number of trustees from each municipality. The formula, based on a per centage of total equalized assessment multiplied by the total number of trustees on the Board says that Scugog should have 1.45 trustees on Uxbridge should have 1.48 trustees. But Uxbridge gets two and Scugog gets one. Now, that's a numbers game that totally fails to reflect the reality of the situation. It should be changed. HORACE OF THE 401 Anyone who drives a car lives in fear of the drunk driver coming straight on at 60 MPH or faster. And there are other menaces on the road like the driver who has to play Stirling Moss and pass everything in sight, or the one who tail-gates at night with the head-lights on bright. __And then there is the driver who brakes to a quick stop to make a left turn and fails to put the signal light on. It's either hit the shoulder or wind up in the back seat. But I've recently discovered another menace on the highway: one who is probably stone cold sober and obeys "the speed limits right down to a fraction of a kilometer. In the past few weeks I've been travelling Highway 401 from Whitby to Toronto on family business almost every day. ' - Since these were not leisurely pleasure trips, I've been using the so-called "fast lane", the one beside the guard rails. - I haven't been breaking any speed records, but let's just say I've been travelling slightly over the 100 KM limit, like just about everyone else who uses that lane. Almost without fail, I'll come up behind a driver I like to call Horace. Now he's in the fast lane, and that's where he's going to stay, Come hell or high water, he will not move to either of the other two lanes to let the "Faster" traffic go by. Nope. Horace, who usually is travelling just a hair under the legal limit, has that look on his face as if to say "if you want to go by me, you can go around me." I have seen drivers almost ride up on Horace's back bumper, give him the bright lights a couple of times and even lean on the horn. But Horace will not budge. I have seen drivers tail-gate Horace for several miles, and then finally out of frustration, pull out into the centre lane, pass letters Resent letters Dear Sir: This is too much. The election isn't even here yet, but 3000 are gnawing on the bone of extension. Any potential councillor who allows him or herself to be intimidated by the library issue isn't worth their salt. And I strongly . resent letters to the editor that presume to speak for the populace as a whole. This "We the people" line and '"We" - that implies solidar- ity behind the writers. This sort of campaigning and advertising should be paid for by the 3000 petitioners who can surely spare a few dollars for posters, etc. To blame the council for the cost of the OMB hearings when the 3000 called them in is ridiculous. Much less when this group says it can't even afford a lawyer to speak on its behalf shows irresponsibility. They tell us that to attach an extension to the memorial will not demean it - architec- turally. Have the 3000 acquired the services of an architect to prove this? I -don't-intend-my -tax dollars -- " to be wasted on barnacle building without a protest. A lot of money has been given in support of the library. Would those contri- butors get off their backsides and speak up. Those who pay the piper should call the McClelland tune. The 3000 don't appear - to have any money, but they're happily telling you how to spend yours. This highly presumptuous group knows everything, what is and is not good for Scugog Township without benefit of architects and lawyers or computered facts. It pre- sumes to speak for the entire population. It threatens the elected councillors. Of such, dictatorships are born. And would they register their membership just so I can be sure I'm not on it. Yours truly, Margery Webb Thanks to organizers Dear Sir: I would like to express our thanks to all the people who organized the Port Perry Lob Ball Tournament last weekend. It was well organ- ized which made a very enjoyable weekend for everybody. Yours with thanks, Tony Harrison, Manager Nonquon Warriors Lob Ball team Seagrave him and then cut sharply back in front while giving him that universal greeting made with the middle finger on the right hand. But it doesn't seem to bother Horace. He knows he's travelling at the legal speed limit, and he's not going to give an inch so that somebody else can break the law. My observations of the Horaces on the 401 are that they are usually middle-aged, driving a mid-sized late model car either dark-green or blue. Or, they're driving a Volvo which seem to be popular with Horaces. More often than not they are smoking contentedly on a pipe. And they may have the kids in the back seat who probably ask why a lot of other drivers are waving when they go by. I think the Horaces on the 401 are a menace. They create dangerous situations, and let's face it, the 60 MPH limit on 401 is a little unrealistic. 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