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en Ns dal . 3 4 val ADL AR RE « ae . rie at IF Foe ep ram 3 inane shpaadieie le Le is a " 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 21, 1960 A daring robbery took place at Prince Albert when Mr. Jas. Holman's store was burgalized on Wednesday of last week, and about a thousand dollars worth of goods were stolen. The goods included sugar, dry goods, tobacco and other articles of a general store stock. About thirty Port Perry people attended the Old Folks concert at Shirley on Monday night. The affair, which was under the direction of Miss Estelle Bull was very successful with receipts over $115. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 28, 1945 A marriage of interest took place June 6th, 1945 in the Church of England at Heston, England of L.A.W. Elizabeth (Betty) Wellstood, RAF, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Wellstood, Taunton, Sommerset to LAC William Thomas (Bill) Beare, RAF, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil E. Beare. Billy Brock left Malton on Monday to fly by plane to Union, N.J. where he will spend a couple of weeks with Dr. and Mrs. G.H. Jackson and Stanley. Messrs. Bill Bell, Don and Stan Lane are attending Cadet Camp at Niagara-on-the-Lake this week. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 30, 1955 Last week Mrs. J.E. Jackson entertained her piano pupils at her home in place of their annual recital. The June meeting of the Scout and Cub Mother's Auxiliary was held at the home of Mrs. Leslie Beacock with 15 ladies present. Menus were planned for the Scout Camp. Talent money which was a special feature of the evening was very successful. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 30, 1960 Mrs. W.F. Nott ably assisted by Mrs. Alfred Pren- tice, entertained thirty guests at a farewell party in honour of her daughter, Gladys and family (Mr. and Mrs. Phil Grendron, Michael and Paul) on Saturday, June 25th, 1960 on the occasion of their departure to re- side in California, U.S.A. south of Hwy. 7A near the causeway. Mr. Bob Snelgrove has secured work in Parliament Buildings, Toronto, for the holidays. 'A new location for the town dump has been opened remember when ...¢ 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 1, 1965 On Wednesday, June 23 the Port Perry Scout and Cub Group Committee held a 'Leader Recognition Night' in honour of two of their leaders, Gordon Goode and Bill Williams. Both men are retiring after 24 years in the Scout movement. Mrs. Donna Barkey, R.R.3, Claremont, was chosen as this year's Dairy Princess at the Annual Ontario County Dairy Princess Competition. Four Girl Guides from the Blackstock Company received their Gold Cords, the highest award in Guiding. They were Nancy Dorrell, Elizabeth Thompson, Judy Cochrane and Judy Swain. Seagrave News - On Saturday, Mrs. E. Grose and Mrs. B. Tresche visited their sister Mrs. Alma Garlick in Toronto and helped celebrated the 86th birthday of the elder Mrs. Garlick. Port Perry Public School Field Day Champions were: Heather Rider, junior girls; Janet Baird, senior girls; Jody Williams, junior boys; Brian McNab, senior boys. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 2, 1970 The opening of the Scugog Shores Historical Mu- seum on July 5, marks the culmination of 18 months' effort and activity by many people of the Lake Scugog Historical Society. Starting on Saturday, the new parking meters along Water Street and one block east along Queen Street will be in operation. Seagrave News - The Moon families (Keens, Tobins, Abrahams and Standishes) attended the reception held in Raglan on Saturday to honour Mrs. Roy Moon on her 85th birthday. Alan Reesor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Reesor, Port Perry, leaves in September to take up a position as Head of the Music Department at the University of Prince Edward Island. Blackstock News - Bryan and John Wolfe spent the weekend at Pioneer Leadership Training Camp, Lake Clearwater, Port Sydney. On Tuesday evening the teachers of Prince Albert School held a tea for Mrs. Meta Howsam in honour of her retirement. Many former students, teaching asso- ciates and relatives were present. Grant Dawson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dawson, Port Perry, recently graduated from Durham College with top standing PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, June 25, 1980 -- 5 editorial (From page 4) embarassment to the provincial government, and well it should have been. First of all, the man in question, Maurice Carter, just happened to be a defeated Conservative candi- date, losing to Liberal leader Stuart Smith. Carter is also a man of considerable personal wealth, and while racing cars is an expensive hobby, he should well be able to afford the trip to France for his team and car. The opposition parties quite rightly jumped at the chance to make some political head-way out of the grant, which was also accompanied by $5000 from the federal government. Carter caused even more furor when he made a rather inopportune remark about "hating the Germans since landing in France on D-Day." He later apologized. But the capper came on race day when Carter's car failed to qualify for the 50 positions on the grid, despite a letter to the provincial government assur- ing that the car with the Ontario decals would be in the race. And provincial industry minister Larry Gross- man was put in the delicate position of having to say that the province would get its money back, even if it meant taking Carter to court for it. The $15,000 is not the issue, of course. Neither is the remark about the Germans made by Carter. (BUt he really should have kept them to himself.) It is not even the fact that the car didn't get in the race chotterbox PANIC! Panic! What is it? Webster's Dictionary explains it as "a sudden, extreme fright, or rapidly spreading alarm." Other words that express the same feeling as panic are "terror, fear and scare." Well, most any of these words express the feeling I experienced recently in an incident at my home. Returning from Toronto one night I found that the lights in both. the bedroom and bathroom were not working. Checking other rooms and appliances soon narrowed down the problem of faulty lights to a blown fuse. "Making my way to the basement, I found the fuse box tucked in a corner and proceeded to check the circuits. Sure enough, one of the fuses had blown, so I carefully screwed the old fuse out and threw it away. Checking through a drawer 1 located some new fuses and after finding one which read 15 amps I began to cautiously place it in the panel. You may have noticed that I used the word cautiously and carefully. Ido this purposely because I gained a lot of respect for electricity when I was a boy of about eight years of age. While travelling with my father on an old passenger ship to Norway my youthful curiosity urged me to stick my finger into the socket of a light fixture. The following flash of electricity, the smell of burning flesh and the screams of pain have given me a lifelong respect for this powerful, but necessary commodity. Luckily in that case I was standing on a rubber mat and not the painted steel deck that made up most of the cabin, so all I experienced was burnt fingers and a few weeks of painful treatment. With this in mind, I screwed in the new fuse and as it made contact my entire fuse panel burst into flames. I was so stunned at the time I jumped back into a work bench and with only the light of the fire burning in the panel stumbled around not knowing what to do. My first thought was water, but quickly realized that would do no good against an electrical fire. So for what seemed like an eternity, but was probably only a few seconds, the electricity arced, and spewed flames from the box. I then realized that the power would have to be turned off. Fortunately there was a small step ladder beside the fuse box and I quickly, but carefully stepped up and reached over the flames that were by now close to the top of the panel and shut off the power. The entire house went into darkness, and if bones rattled I'm sure I could have been heard around the block. I by J. Peter Hvidsten stood in the quiet of the dark for a few moments, not quite knowing what to do before I began to look for a flashlight. Not being able to locate it, I found a candle and headed back to the fuse box to see the extent of the damage. It didn't take an electrician to realize that the panel was of no more use, and feeling nervous about staying in the house with a potential torch I got on the phone and called a local electrician for help. He arrived about midnight and after a quick survey of the situation temporarily fixed it so that the refrigerator and freezer would run and I had some lights to make my way to bed. My sleep that night was very light and the electrician arrived again in the morning as I was leaving for work to replace the old fuse panel. Fortunately the damage was minimal, so the incident was a good warning. Since that night I have ordered a chemical fire extinguisher, which will be placed some- where near the fuse panel and have purchased an extra flashlight which has found a permanent position in the basement near the same panel. Hopefully I will never have to use the extinguisher, but if I do, it will have been a very inexpensive safety precaution. port perry star Company Limited J. PETER HVIDSTEN J.B. McCLELLAND Publisher Editor Advertising Manager 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 cash payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $10.00 per year Elsewhere: $18.00 per year Single Copy: 25° by failing to qualify. But one can't help but wonder how the whole issue got started in the first place. Surely, the provincial government and Conservative Party should have spotted the potential difficulty right from the outset. From the point of view of appearances, the Carter caper should never have happened. Some- body goofed and the egg on the face is deserved. letters No new library Dear Sir: I take issue to what Scugog councillor Reg Rose is quoted as saying in last week's Star - "God help us if an appointed body (0.M.B.) set up to consider planning matters, can be influenced by a petition." Whether the petition for not building the new library was supported by an affi- davit, the majority of the council members should get the message that many residents of Port Perry and area do not want the extra- vagance of $300,000 for a new library building. The present library is centrally located and it is unreasonable to think that an extension could not be added. Therefore it is high time the councillors and library board listened to reason, and to the people who are protes- ting the new library. Yours truly, Burnsell Webster Port Perry Foreign cars Dear Sir: Every time a boat docks at a port in North America to unload another shipment of Japanese cars, our job security slips a notch. The greed for higher profits has left the "Big Three' unpre- pared to meet the demand for the smaller, fuel-efficient cars which our consumers want. As a result, plants like Houdaille of Oshawa, are closing down their opera- tions and workers are being laid off. Auto unemployment now stands at 33 per cent. Nearly 30 years ago the United Auto Workers union urged the Big Three to re- tool their plants for down- sized, more fuel-conserving cars. This consideration was in turn ignored, as the companies still felt that the consumer wanted the larger, more luxurious car which also could boast fast accele- ration and comfort. Only recently have they begun to re-tool. realizing the needs of the car buyer, but this will take two to three years before they will be able to compete in the car market equally, with the foreign-made autos. In the meantime, Japan- ese multi-nationals, among others, are flooding the North American market with the smaller cars. The Japan-made cars now hold a 26 per cent share of the United States car market. Those Canadians, working in the auto production indus- tries are making only the larger cars, the majority of which are shipped to the U.S., and therefore they are hit especially hard. 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