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grat EM EOS pn, letters Dear Sir: a Our Christmas Seal Can- vass has now concluded and I should like to express warmest thanks to the ; residents of Port Perry, A Seagrave and Prince Albert for their generous support. E | Once again, our communi- | ty has responded whole heartedly to this appeal, donating a total of $5,070 to : | the Christmas Seal Cam- | paign. This represents a 13.8 { per cent increase over funds raised during our Canvass 2 last year. } Our very special apprecia- | tion is extended to our 93 can- Campaign a success vassers and 7 Team Leaders. Without their enthusiasm and hard work nothing could have been achieved. On behalf of all those in our community who must strug- Birdseye pool (From page 1) has reported it would have to be shut unless brought up to standard. There have been sugges- tions that a new outdoor pool should be constructed, but members of council fear the woe uN «2 Fl Vv, ry 1s, lS iy av, ' J - vo» xed "Et a REA «ly Se NEU IVR RP. 3 Aa 0 BN ved SVAN BEX INE SELL y eX ERA 4 3 RT EAE BARS ARI , A» Sid y rN Ay TY A be ets TS Tere BPN AX IPE ¢ PORT PERRY STAR -- Tues. December 21, 1982 -- 5 the PORT PERRY STAR CO. LIMITED 235 QUEEN STREET. ] i £.0.80X 90. S OO PORT PERRY. ONTARIO. LOB INO (GS } (416) 985-7383 cn gle to breathe, sincere thanks = for wonderful team effort. J. PETERHVIDSTEN Yours sincerely Publisher Member of the Bill Boagey, Chairman Advertising Manager Canadian Community Newspaper Association Port Perry Christmas Seal Canvass Editor cost wold be prohibitive for the municipality. The pool is located in Bird- seye Park at the north end of the Port Perry waterfront. It is open during the summer months for recreational J.B. McCLELLAND AN CoO AWAD! MM upy Gn S24 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 postageincash. Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $15.00 per year. Elsewhere: $45.00 per year. Single copy: 35¢ swimming and instructions. and that's a fact. I know what I'd like to give them, and I know what they want, but neither one fits the bill. Except that they | call me "Bill" and it's Bill who meets the bill. x What I'd like to give them is what we'd all like to give Tn Ll NR RE our children and grandchildren; a feeling of security, of being loved, health, happiness, good marriages, children of their own, acclaim in their chosen fields, whether it be pumping gas or pumping philosophy, good and dear friends, dignity, honor, virtue, integrity, and enough to eat for the rest of their lives. Pretty wild dream, eh?, for children who will, if they are lucky, sail into the twenty-first century as young adults. : They'll have a feeling of security and love as long as "I'm around. Health is dicey, at the rate our great leaders are allowing the world to be polluted. Happiness is something you experience, if you're lucky, two or three times in your life. They'll probably make lousy marriages as so many do these days. I can't guarantee they'll even be any good at pumping gas - or philosophy - same thing. Their friends may turn out to be rotten traitors. Their dignity and all the rest is up to them. I can't even promise they'll have enough to eat for life, although they try to store up enough when they're visiting to make do for years. So. I can't give them what I'd like to. Nobody can but God, and He doesn't hand out stuff like that at Christmas, or any other time. You have to grow, and roll, your own. I'know what they want. Nothing much. Simple, really. Db | | | CHRISTMAS GIVING I don't know what to get my grandboys for Christmas Just about three thousand dollars worth of electronic games: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and such. And new skates. And a rifle each. And a magic wand each. And anything quite expensive that is guaranteed smash- able in eight seconds. And some explosives, to blow up their teachers. And a kitten each, and a dog each, and a horse each, and, if it weren't too much trouble, Grandad (Bill), maybe a small elephant each. Nothing fancy. What I'd like to give them is impossible, realistically, and what they'd like to get is impossible financially and aesthetically. And grandmotherly. My old lady is sick of having kittens dumped on her. She'd have a stroke if the boys went off, after Christmas, and decided they'd had enough fun with their baby elephants and were leaving them for Gran. What I should give them is a suite each of long underwear, a Bible, and a one-hour lecture about the work ethic of saving your money for a rainy day. (I can just hear Balind, "But, Bill, it rains every day"). Those gifts would bore all three of us out of our skills, although they're the kind of gifts I used to get when I was their age. It's bad enough trying to figure out gifts for the boys, but I come to a complete blank when I try to think of something for the Old Battleaxe. She has everything. After all, she married me. What more could a woman want? Except jewellery, furs, a new hi-fi, a private checking account, and two weeks in Mexico with an exciting man. Well, she can't have them all. If she's willing to put up the air-fare, I'll go, reluctantly to Mexico. My son is another dilemma. He professes to be completely uninterested in material things, only in those of the spirit. And every time he leaves, after a visit, I'm missing my favourite shirt or jacket. About the only thing I can give him is a couple of hours of my undivided attention, while he goes on about astrology, spiritual auras, the occult, and the very slim chance I have of getting to the next world and flapping around with a bunch of sour-faced "Saved" who denied themselves all kinds of fun on earth so they could have no fun in heaven. It would be a real sacrifice, because I can usually last only about twenty minutes, when he gets going, without blurting something that starts with B, and heading off to the bathroom or some other sanctuary free of saints. That's what I'll give. Along with the usual cheque. What about my daughter? I'd like to give a twenty- four-hour-a-day baby-sitter, a job she loved, a rich, handsome and extremely understanding husband, two angelic sons to replace the wee devils she has, a total relief from the migraines she suffers. Along with the ususal cheque. B And what about yours truly? You can't love other people unless you love yourself. So goes today's cant. What I usually get for Christmas is the blasphemous job of trying to make the *14&!* Christmas tree stand up, the treat of making the turkey dressing, and the sensual delight of signing crisp new cheques. This year, it's going to be different. I saw a letter on the bulletin board the other day. A couple with a terrific home, all modern gadgets, near Peterborough, would like to exchange houses for a week at Christmas with someone in our area, for the skiing. I'm going to write and make the switch, neglecting to tell tham that our house included two grandboys, their mother, their uncle, and all the friends they drag in. And if that doesn't work, I'll give everybody for a year, a month at a time. It would be cheap, good for them all, and give me a chance to grow senile in peace. And may your Christmas choices be equally easy. | [remember when? # Wallace. cents a on the Joe Louis - Jersey we men mourned the presen Flarper, Vice President, presi pres Aidit, Mrs. Thompson. The tmas am was i by the Young Women's Group, Mrs. 4 Presiding. anie and Richard Carnegie gave a duet, Mrs. Cawker gave a solo, Kenneth Dowson gave ia tings gave a piano solo and Mrs. Slater gave a ] 60 YEARS AGO 4 Thursday, December 21, 1922 H The following students received Honour matriculation fi and first class certificates at the Port Perry High School ] during 1922: Elizabeth Allin, Charles Cawker, Ernest f Gerrow, Miriam Harris, Lewis McLean, Percy Malcolm, Helen Mellow, James Michie, Allen Sweetman and Edna # F.W. McIntyre offered girls Brushed Wool Chokers ¥ for 60 cents, Men's leather Children's wool booties for 50 cents, Men's silk socks for 75 ir, Men's fancy plaid Macknaw coats were $13.00, a Nippon China cream jug was 35 cents and a small china doll could be purchased for 20 cents. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 18, 1947 The Star's "'Sixbit Critic' Frank Harris commenting ) Joe Walcott Heavyweight Cham- Rionehip bout: 'Like millions of other fight fans we sat by our radio the night of the fight and as round followed round and the Brown Bomber Showed up wiarse Band Worse, he passing of probably the greatest : hea t who ever lived." i tmas meeting of the afternoon Auxiliary of the WMS was held in the United Church with Mrs. rt belts for 50 cents each, in the absence of the er Oke a recitation, 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 19, 1957 Teen Town Club held a Christmas Dance. Carol Tan- ton and Dale Lowcock arranged the successful affair, at- tended by many Port Perry teenagers Geopite bad weather. Peter Lawrence and Brian Taylor looked after the records, while dance prizes were won by Jim Wilson fod Wary Lynn Hodgins, and Joyce Cookson and Barry e , I The annual Lions Club Christmas Party was held at the Yacht Club clubhouse. A sumptuous meal of turkey as served by the caterer, Mrs. N. Williams and her pers. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 20, 1962 Thirty five senior citizens gathered in the municipal building to discuss plans for a Senior Citizens Club to begin in Port Perry. A warm welcome was extended by Mrs. Jessie Robertson, while Mr. John Orde chaired the meeting. Mrs. J. Clunie and Mrs. Thomas of the Port Hope Senior Citizens Club were the featured speakers. Masonic history was made in Port Perry when George H. Lane, a Past Master of Fidelity Lodge No. 428 AF and AM, installed his son Stuart as Worshipful Master. Mr. Lane's other three sons, Roy, Don a Wes, were also members of the Lodge. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 21, 1967 Kathleen M. Hook Administrator of the Port Perry Community Hospital will leave the post she has served for the last 15 years this coming February. About 1,000 people from Port Perry and area attended the opening of the $2,675,000 addition to the local High School last week. Master Stephen Archer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ar- cher won second prize in the Colouring Santa Contest, sponsored by the Oshawa Shopping Centre. Approximately 200 children of members of the Canadian Legion, Branch 419 were on hand for the annual Christmas Party held in the Legion Hall. Mrs. Claire Whitter played the piano as the children enjoyed a half hour of carol singing. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, December 20, 1972 The Lindsay Post has been doing a historical review on some of its s communities, and on Decem- ber 8th Greenbank's history was featured. The annual Choral Christmas Festival was held at the United Church and once again the presentation was most enjoyable. Marie Taylor AR.C.T., RM.T. was guest organist with Gloria order assis . The Senior and Youth Choirs, under the leadership of Mr. Glenn Taylor sang many of the favourite Christmas carols. of bu a turkey for Christmas Dinner? In 1972 a Canal Grade A frozen ny urkey dower 20 be) was se or 42 cents per ; Egg Nog was 59 cents a cling case of 24 cans of Canada Dry soft drinks was priced at $2.39 a case. Snack items such as a tin of mixed nuts (13 oz. tin) sold for 99 cents and Golden Hour Chocolates (14 oz. assorted box) was priced at 98 cents. -- dr 2 Ra Rin! FIT ert wT AR oh wile L$ WCE a CCC ST a CEI, eal a a ae Ta ILD PATI Sul 2 20 air, A tw V4. 0; © o ry x NR REF ty To Ne Ke it at re i Ea EE -- Td eo TN a --) RENE A ee