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ai 5 5 vi FD J ad - Se Ja EA A HS LA A FIGS SE aL I e (8y J eln ti Se Sah aalad s AIT EARR INE SAE Hg RATAN auc 4 ARAN Ea R ar ( Seay aa AS EN ey a ty "a SO SAT oy Br Ld SR Ro FT JUNE 13, 1968 - Exams at Port Perry High School completed on Tuesday. Pat Webber [kneeling], Donna Rodd and Charlene Bourgeois were busy cleaning out their lockers for the summer vacation when the Star photographer took this picture. remember when... . supplies and equipment. 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 9, 1921 The tennis court at the town park is now ready for public use. A bronze tablet was unveiled at the local branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce in honour of 1,701 members of the staff who enlisted in the Great War. Mr. Walker was manager of the bank. Mr. and Mrs. McLachlin, Oakville, have moved to Port Perry. _ , Mrs. Wm. Mills is leaving Port Perry to make her home with her sister on Manatoulin Island. Mr. and Mrs. G.H. Hutcheson have returned to bowen, Mr. Hutcheson will resume his duties at the bank y. +35 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 13, 1946 Rev. W.P. Brown celebrated his 99th birthday. A committee composed of Reeves of Port Perry and surrounding townships, together with the Munici- pal Councils have decided to purchase the Port Perry Hospital as a going institution and to take over all Mr. Rosser Williams, Buffalo, was in town visiting acquaintances. He was a former Port Perry boy. Mrs. George Jackson left by plane for New York to spend a month with her son Dr. Jackson and Mrs. Jackson. The Tristram family are leaving Port Perry, they will join Rev. Tristram at Noble. Miss Mina Dobson will be teaching at Prospect school and Miss Doreen Johnson, of Manchester will teach at Markham. 25 YEARSAGO Thursday, June 14, 1956 - The following were graduates at Oshawa General Hospital - Lois Mary Harris, Brooklin; Ethel Marie Sweetman, Seagrave; Jean Frances Williams, Port Perry; Mary Wilson, Burketon; and Florence Ann Godwin, Brooklin. Mrs. Henry Skerratt, R.R. 4, Port Perry won the first prize of $100 in the Star Weekly Quilt Contest. A deputation from Caesarea attended by Cart- (Turn to page 6) ~ chotterbox THE CENSUS I was one of the lucky 20 per cent of Canadians asked by our government last week to fill out the so-called "long" questionnaire. My gut reaction was that all those questions about the number of bathrooms, type of heating system, salary and so on, were a bit of an infringement on my privacy. But what the heck. I went ahead and filled the darn thing out, figuring there is nothing about me the government doesn't know anyway. I also figured that if I did kick up a fuss, with my luck, some gigantic computer in Ottawa would punch out my name as one of those the government decides to prosecute. I don't want to go to jail for six months, and I sure as heck can't afford a $500 fine. . Anyway, the only serious objection I have to the census is why do they need my name. If the government wants the detailed data (as it claims) strictly for statistical reasons, that is all well and good. But 'do they need my name for statistics as well? And my - address? And my telephone number? I wonder. I suspect that most people feel the same as I do about the census. It's a bit of a nuisance, it's mighty costly, and maybe. it's an invasion of privacy, maybe it's not. Of course the census has brought the usual handful of shrills out of the woodwork, shouting from their soap-boxes that they will fight all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary, to keep the government from prying into their lives. All on a matter of principle. There are people who just can't find happiness unless they're bitching about something. The census is a wonderful opportunity for them. Governments are their favourite target, and here is a tailor-made chance. I think they're just a bunch of chronic naggers, full of hot ir who like to hear themselves talk and believe the rest of us like to hear them as well. Balderdash. The kooks who are fighting the census are the same ones who fought the seat-belt regulations, just for something to do, and a matter of principle. (Don't you just love that word.) -And aren't they being just a trifle conceited, assuming - there is something in their private lives so amazing and . startling the government would want to shout it from every roof-top? I hope when the government prosecutes and convicts these people for failing to fill out the forms, that bit of info is shouted from every roof-top. a by John B. McClelland In fact, as editor of this paper, I would love to get a government press release about a year from now stating; "The following are the names of individuals in your area who have been convicted for not filling out the census forms." That would make front page reading. While we are on this subject, I think the Revenue department should get into the'habit of informing small town newspapers all over Canada of those from the communities who are convicted of evading income tax, no matter how small the amount. Talk about a deterrent to tax evasion. The coffee shop crowds would really have some fat to chew on if local papers began publishing names like that. But that's another matter. Back to the census for a minute. If you really want something to choke about, consider this. It is going to cost the government $94 million over the next couple of years to get us all counted, and all thé data tucked neatly away on computer tapes. In fact, by the time everything is nicely in place, the information will be obsolete. That's why they have a mini-census lined up for 1986. - WHAT NEXT, GUYS? You may have read an article in last week's Star about problems Port Perry businessmen Elgin Knopp and Larry Taylor are having trying to put signs up on their property just west of town. . No sooner had the article appeared in the paper when misfortune struck in a different form. An animal, thought to be a deer, smashed through the plate glass window at the front of the service station. I don't know how much plate glass windows cost to replace, but they don't come cheap these days. Needless to say, the two were feeling a little blue last week, no doubt wondering what's in store next. When I heard of the smashed window I tried to console Elgin by telling him at least that would take his mind off the sign problems for a while. He didn't say thanks for the kind word. He didn't smile. Gee, did I say the wrong thing? SPRUCING UP Watch for a certain building in downtown Port Perry to get a fresh new coat of paint in the next few weeks. The municipal office is going to get a going over. Council has not yet decided on the colour, but it won't be red. PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, June 10, 1981 -- 5 Poplar Park pool | Dear Sir: The "Save Poplar Park" Committee has not stopped in their efforts to attain the park. To further our cause we have drafted the follow- ing letter to the Durham Regional Health Services. Attention: Dr. Jean Gray Durham Health Unit, The' Save Poplar Park Committee, which was formed to represent many concerned parents in Port Perry, are writing to you with some personal feelings regarding the closing of Poplar Park Pool. We realize there are some health and safety requirements which néed to be updated, however with the co-opera- tion of the Department of Health, Paramount Develop- ment Corporation and Scugog Council we are hoping an agreement can be reached which will allow the opening of the pool this season. After having attended many public: and council meetings, including one with Paramount Development Corporation, we feel that the pool could be brought up to health and safety standards immediately. However, if we follow your requirements for sewers and washroom facilities we do not see the. possibility of the pool being opened this season. If you would consider relaxing your washroom requirements until fall, Paramount De- velopment Corporation" are willing to give a written agreement to bring the facilities up to your standards. Let's face facts. In our society we have a growing number of single families, the parent working extra hours just to keep their household operating financi- ally. We also have families - in which both parents work to keep up the standard of living they wish for their family. The cost of travel being what it is will also force many families to stay home. All of these people will look within the commu- nity for their recreational and social needs, especially for the children. Our children need the pool. Itis a centre for social contact and growth. New friends are found, old ones reaffirmed. It is a centre which can provide variety in so many families' routines. It allows for the physical development of children. For a great number of children in the immediate vicinity of the pool, its closing would mean a depri- vation of needed recrea- tional activities. For many of these children it is just not feasible to travel across town to another facility - a (Turn to page 6) Life bouys are not Kin's responsibility Dear Sir: In your paper dated Wednesday June 3 you printed an article on the Kinsmens Sand Beach in which reference was made to the Kinsmens responsibility for the instalation of the life buoys around the beach. Had you researched this item you would have realized that when this project was undertaken the Kinsmen pledged to purchase and install material required to complete the beach. It was also agreed that upon completion mainten- ance, removal and instalation of equipment would become the responsi- bility of the Township of Scugog. I would ask as a matter of clarification that your readers be made aware of these facts. Yours in Kin John Porter President The Kinsmen Club of Port Perry My apologies to the Kinsmen. I assumed since the Kinsmen installed them last year, they would be doing so again this year. At any rate, no matter who is going to install the life buoys, it should be done now! P. Hvidsten 8 port perry star ) Company Limited Phone 985-7383 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 incash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $10.00 per year. Elsewhere: $30.00 per year Single Coply: 25¢ 0 Sa NE 2 "a wt o * ~ Ss 0 v, < rss TIE Son ARR o Ses oa, ge Uk i rn So.