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hi Cadi tc hy yor fa i Lider Yesterday's Memories 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 8, 1926 Mr. Ronald Peel in a thorough and interesting article in the Star writes about his success in the poultry business when he had 125 pullets produce 1,000 dozen eggs in seven months. Cawker Bros. are moving their butcher shop to the store next: to Morrison's Drug Store. Zane Grey's Border Legion will be shown at the Port Perry Pic- ture Theatre in the Town Hall, Saturday, April 10. Admission -- Adults 25 cents; children 15 cents. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 5, 1951 At the annual meeting of the Community Memorial Hospital, it was unanimously decided to proceed with the construction of the new hospital. Extensive damage was done to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Bowles in Blackstock, when fire broke out around the fireplace. Help from the community and Port Perry Fire Brigade saved the home from being a complete loss. Mrs. Gordon Jeffrey was the teacher at Reach No. II on Mon- day in the absence of Mrs. Bailey, whose little son, Alan, is on the sick list. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 6, 1961 Tax rates went up in 1961, residential 11 mills and commercial 10 mills, following the presentation of a budget by the Finance Com- mittee headed by Deputy-Reeve W.T. Harris, showing expenditure $289,093.22 and receipts $112,993.02, leaving a balance of $176,100.20 to be raised by taxes. Port Perry Juniors won the Ontario Semi-Finals by defeating Parry Sound four games to two. : The Roy Scott rink made a perfect 8-end in the last Bonspiel of the curling season held in the local curling rink. Other members of the rink were E. Kennedy, lead; Alf Jackson, second; and Frank Honey, vite. ~~ 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 7, 1966 Mr. R. Larocque of Cedar Creek reported Monday that he had spent over one hour and a half watching a flying saucer hovering around the County Road to Oshawa. At first taking the bright object for a star, Mr. Larocque got his binoculars and saw red and green flashing lights at quite a high altitude. Gale Forder earned the highest proficiency award, the Gold Cord and the presentation was made by her mother, Mrs. Harold Forder, at a ceremony in the United Church. : The local Heart Fund was successful in collecting $802.75 dur- ing the campaign for funds. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, April 7, 1976 For the third consecutive year, Miss Beverley Simmonds of R.R. 1, Port Perry auditioned for the Young Artists Recital in Oshawa, and has been accepted for each Concert. The Chamber of Commerce has met with criticism on their pro- posal to beautify Queen Street with many shoppers opposed to the removal of angle parking, and the dilapidated awnings. One shop- per voiced their opinion saying '"'even though the awnings are dilapidated they still provided shelter for the shoppers from rain and Letters PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, April 8, 1986 -- § The last letter about police ~ lap Dear Sir: Hopefully this is my last letter to the editor for another 20 years. Durham Regional Police have assigned Inspector Kay to in- vestigate my concern and he is in- terviewing eleven witnesses and assures me that all complaints about police behavior are viewed quite seriously by his department and are thoroughly investigated. I would like to thank our Mayor -- Jerry Taylor for his personal iu- volvement in bringing this matter, and another similar case that has come to light, to the attention of both te police commission and the police chief. : Thanks-too, for all the witnesses who have taken the effort to come forward -- even those who wrote the paper expressing views that differ Moving fairgrounds Dear Sir: In the last few weeks I have been "amazed by the decisions with regards to the disposition of the land occupied by the Port Perry Agricultural Fair. It seems that the powers that we have decided that by selling piecemeal parcels, the whole will be worthless as a fair ground and so it can be subdivided for housing. While I agree that education is one of our first priorities, has the pro- perty opposite the arena on the south side of Regional Road 8 and west of Simcoe Street not been con- sidered? There would not be nearly as much site preparation needed and work could be started soon -- rather than waiting until after the Labour Day fair. If the fair is forced out of the pre- sent site why bother to relocate it north of the arena because without the race track and all of the related agricultural aspects, it will cease just as surely as the Oshawa Fair. Who can even find it now? If everything has progressed too far to now have any reconsidera- tions, why not save all that which will be wasted (in a temporary move) when the fair ceases to exist in the near future. After all, it is on- ly our money in the form of taxes that is being thrown away. Yours truly, R.E. Steer, Scugog Township. from mine. It is a responsible act to volunteer information on' such serious matters and I am the first to recognize that every dispute has . 2 extreme sides -- with the truth ly- ing somewhere in the middle. This is what investigations and courts are all about. Co Concerning the question that the letter writers asked: "How did I, a private citizen, obtain copies of the criminal records of the victims involved?" One of your fathers who is a policeman should have been able to tell you that a citizen can ask for and receive a copy of almost any government records available on him or her. All the people had to do was go to Oshawa and request a print-out which was then brought to . me. Thank you, Jack Owen, Port Perry. rr Letters to the Editor ... our policy It has always been the policy of this newspaper to encourage our readers to make use of the letters to the editor column. Our readers have a right to freely express their opinions and view- points on just about any subject, and we feel that a lively letters column helps make a better community newspaper. : We insist, however, that a letter writer sign his or her name. On rare .occasions, we will agree to with-hold publication of a letter writer's name, if we feel there are very good reasons to do so. Under no circumstances will this paper print an anonymous letter to the editor. While we enjoy receiving letters from our readers, we must continue to insist on knowing the identity of the writer. Viewpoint LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE if the parking spaces are decreased by taking away parking there will be a decrease in the number of shoppers." Homestead Furniture and Appliances owned and operated by Richard Carnegie and Ralph Ballard, had the official opening of their new building on Thursday, April 8 at their location next to Ballard Lumber (now Cashway). : The Mazzarola family of Blackstock have returned home after a six-month, 20,000 mile journey which took them through the US.A., Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. : Young Harry Bolton of Port Perry B Cub Pack was the proud recipient of the Cub of the Year Award at the first ever Girl Guide-- Cub Scout Banquet. ' Editorial Comments (From page 4) thanks to these artifically inflated prices, fortunes so large that some OPEC members simply could not spend it fast enough. So they used our money to buy great chunks of the best real estate all over North America. And now, with oil prices at a reasonable level, the consumer not held to ransom at the gas pumps, we are supposed to feel sorry for the oil barons, Alberta, OPEC, and anyone else who's feeling the pinch? Fat chance. . This current "crisis" for the oil companies and the governments who profited enormously from inflated prices is a prime example of the immense dangers that occur when the true market is artifically manipulated. The front pages of most newspapers last week were filled with pictures and stories of the guy in Montreal who found a wallet with the winning lot- tery ticket worth $7.6 million tucked inside. The guy who found the wallet and ticket went to considerable effort to track down the owner and when everything was sorted out, he was reward- ed to the tune of $1.2 million for his honesty. It was a lovely story. Both the finder of the wallet and owner were down on their luck finan- cially speaking, that is. And obviously, now, their money troubles are behind them. Aside from the fact that I was moved by this story of honesty, can you imagine the odds that the owner of the lost wallet beat last week? First of all, he picked the winning Lotto 649 number (in itself something like 14 million to one). So that was the first lightning strike. Then, he loses the ticket in his wallet in a ci- ty of 2 million people and the guy who finds it ac- tually goes way out on a limb to return it. What are the chances of even getting a lost wallet returned in Montreal (or anywhere else, these days), never mind a wallet with a $ 7.6 million ticket inside? Incredible. That was the second bolt from the heavens. Of course, the people who run these lotteries (and make a pretty nifty profit in the process) just loved the story. Like I said, it made the front pages of papers everywhere, was on the national TV news, and people were talking up the story in coffee shops and bars across the country. That kind of publicity money can't buy. For the lottery companies, it means more tickets sold, bigger payouts and of course, bigger profits. Everybody was happy. In fact, I was so happy, I finished writing this column and ran over to the local variety store to buy some lottery tickets. Heck, somebody has to win. If some guy in Mon- treal can get hit by lightning twice in one day, maybe one bolt will hit me this month. And the ticket is not in my wallet. It's in my shirt pocket that just went through the washer and dryer. So much for lightning striking twice. I'M CONFUSED It's spring, and as usual at this time of year, I'm confused. I've waited all winter for the Stanley Cup finals to roll around, and what is filling up the pages of my daily paper? Baseball. 0.K., so the Blue Jays are hot news this spring. But some of the Toronto papers have given more coverage to spring training than they do dur- ing the entire season. As for all the tight races in the NHL final week of play, not much in the way of coverage. April is supposed to be the height of the hockey season, but baseball is getting all the ink. Same thing hap- pens in the fall, only in reverse. The World Series looms and the papers are splashing miles of ink over the upcoming hockey season. Actually, things are more confusing in the fall because there's all the football thrown in as well. "Like a lot of people, I long ago reached the conclusion that when baseball, football and hockey seasons all merge at different times of the year, then the seasons are way too long. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy pro sports and follow them closely. But I liked it better in the old days. Hockey in the winter, baseball in summer and football in the fall. Each one had my undivid- ed attention. Heck, you turn on the tube these days and you could find hockey pre-empted by baseball. Sorry, but I just can't get excited about baseball in March, or football in July, or hockey in June. Maybe I need to take up a year-round indoor sport ---- like darts. ----