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Yesterday's Memories 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 6, 1926 A shipment of purebred Holsteins was made to the farm of the home for Protestant Old People, Quebec. Jos. Peel and Son shipped four animals, four from Wilmont Walker, one from G.H. Walker, three from George Smith and two from Stanley Croxall. Mr. RH. Holtby was responsible for this large sale. Films to be seen at the Port Perry Picture House in the Town Hall are Mary Pickford in Tess of the Storm Country; Bebe Daniels in Wild, Wild Susan; and Harold Lloyd in Girl Shy. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 3, 1951 : 14 teams are expected to enter the Tri-County Baseball League this year. Those entering are Port Perry, Sunderland, Sutton, Stouff- ville, Woodville, Valentia, Cambray, Lindsay, Fenelon Falls, Little Britain, Sonya, Bobcaygeon and Cameron. At the annual meeting in Sunderland, Roy Scott, Seagrave was re-elected president, Irv- ing Boyd, Port Perry and Pete Hicks, Valentia, vice-presidents. Joan Venning received a silver cup for achievement in the Durham Public Speaking Contest last fall. Her subject was "Wood in the Life of Canada." 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 4, 1961 Wednesday afternoon fire caused considerable damage to the store at Utica, owned by Lakey and MacGregor. Port Perry Fire Brigade were called to quell the blaze in the general store. Wednes- day afternoon the store is always closed and no one was at the store when the fire started. Alvin Blades, assistant agricultural representative for Ontario County, as of June 1 will be transferred to Bruce County and hold the same position there. : Murray Holtby was elected chairman of Ontario County Pasture Competition Committee. Other members on the committee from the Port Perry area are Cliff Redman and Ed Oyler. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 5, 1966 When the local Intermediate "C" team, Tripp's Bulldozers cap- tured the coveted O.H.A. championship trophy Wednesday night, it - was the first time in the history of Port Perry. It took six games to complete the series successfully against a tough opponent from Port Elgin. venors of the Ontario Amateur Softball Association. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 5, 1986 Port Perry High Scheol held their annual At Home last Friday and Christine Donnelly was picked this years Queen. Last years Queen Bev Pascoe crowned Christine while Princess Lori Clark watched. Efforts by Hospital administrator David Brown and board chair- man Howard Hall have resulted in a $56,000 reduction in the original $94,000 budget cut for the hospital by the province. . Mary Lynne MacMaster, daughter of Archie and Marion McMaster was part of the CTV programme W5 last week. Mary Lynne was the circulating nurse in a feature film about an open heart operation at Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto. Carol Williamson won the Girl of the Year award for the Theta Delta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi of Port Perry. The 5th Star, one of the highest awards in cubbing was awarded to Jimmy Harris and Glen Kerry of the 1st Scugog Cub Pack at the annual Father and son Banquet. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm made the presentation to the two boys. : PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, May 6, 1986 -- 5 etters Vin Walker, Port Perry, is one of 29 men appointed special con- M.D.'s views on OHIP Dear Sir: It saddens me to think that some peoplé feel in conflict with their doc- tors because of the proposed ban on extra billing. It saddens me that some dismiss the issue without thought of the repercussions - saying that, "Doc- 'tors make too much money anyway." It saddens me that most do not care at all about the prospect of government and politician controll- ed health care. Extra-billing is not an issue. On- ly four percent of family doctors are opted-out of OHIP, only some extra bill, none in this area. Accessibility to health care is not an issue. Specialists who do not extra bill can be found with the help of your fami- ly doctor. Doctors are opposed to this bill because it will mean a lower quali- ty of medical care for you and your children and your children's children as time goes by. Why? Because if this bill is passed, as presently proposed, health care will become totally government controlled. : There is government-controlled medicine in Quebec. Such control presently means that the physicians in the large cities have had their fee for services reduced by 30 percent. The purpose is to reduce the number of doctors in the cities. The result is chaos in the emergency rooms due to understaffing. Who suffers? The' sick! Government-controlled health care in Quebec has meant ceilings on Doctor's incomes. The result, because of patient demand for ser- vices, is that ceilings are reached before the end of the year and doc- tors stop practicing. Who suffers? The sick! As time goes by, with government and politician-controlled medicine, the level of investigation of disease and care will be what the govern- ment can afford and/or will dictate, which will vary from government to government and health minister to, health minister. You will not be free to obtain the most recent advances in medicine, even if you are willing to pay for it. Physicians will have lost control and struggle to provide care in a tangle of bureaucracy, red tape, top-heavy administration and 'politics. Clinics will replace the pre- sent doctor-patient relationship. It will be a government-patient rela- (Turn to page 6) Response to letter Dear Sir: Re: R.E. Steer's letter to the Editor, April 22, 1986. . After reading this letter, I was compelled to write my own. In the first part of his cor- respondence, R.E. Steer condemns terrorism perpetrated by Hitler in the 1930's. In the second part, one can only assume he condones Libyan ter- rorism along with brutal dictator- ships around the world, and wants to compare the U.S. air raid on Libya with McCarthy era witch hunts. Further on he wants padded cells for all those who.do not go along with his kind of Chamberlainite thinking. Had this appeasement ideology prevailed in the 1930's, where would we be to-day? R.E. Steer, what are you trying to illustrate with this letter of yours? C.J. LaPrairie Scugog Township Viewpoint by John B. McClelland Ben CRIME | Durham Regional Crime Stoppers is asking for the assistance of the public in solving a number of suspicious fires which have oc- curred this year. On January 30, 1986 a house under construction at 52 Hemingford Place, Whitby was destroyed by fire. Damage was $80,000.00. On March 6, 1986 at about 9:50 P.M. a fire destroyed 4 partially built houses at a new subdivision on Fletcher Drive, Ajax. The same evening straw in another house was found burning. Total Damage a fires, it is felt that heaters, which were being used to keep the houses warm during construction were deliberately push- ed against flammable materials. oo Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 to anyone providing infor- mation which leads to an arrest in these cases. Amounts of up to $1,000 will be paid for tips leading to an arrest in any 5€rious crime. Callers do not have to give their names or testify in court. The Crime Stoppers numbers are 222-8477 or 1-800-387-8477 Toll Free. Sgt. Sandy Ryrie of the Durham Regional Police Force writes this article to help combat crime. A citizen board administers the program, one of more than 600 Crime Stoppers Boards across North America. The award money is raised through tax decuctible dona- tions which may be sent to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers, P.O. Box 54, Oshawa, Ontario. L1H 7K8. STOPPERS SOME PREDICTIONS Back in early January, on a cold, dark wintery evening I was sitting around the bar sip- ping a beer and watching the hockey game with a few friends. The Leafs were getting it in the neck and bet- ween periods the colour commentators unanimously agreed that their chances of mak- ing the playoffs looked slender. My friends at the bar were nodding their heads silently and staring into their half-empty glasses of beer. It sure did look then like another early spring on Carlton Street. I decided to break the sombre mood that even- ing three months ago by making a rash and brazen prediction. Not only would the Leafs make the playoffs, I ventured in a tone of voice filled with confidence, they would come within a whisker of going all the way. : Getting no reaction from my buddies at that prediction, I decided to push on with yet another one. When it comes down to the final four, I stated, the teams still alive will be the Rangers, Montreal, Calgary and the Blues. Thinking that I might have had too much to. drink that evening, one of my friends immediately offered to call a cab. Another suggested that maybe I just needed a vacation. And a third said simply that somebody should put this poor fellow out of his misery. . I just shrugged and said '"'we'll see if my predictions come true." Seriously, dear reader, the above story did NOT happen. I mean, who in their right mind could have predicted the way the NHL season.is winding down? Not even yours truly, who has been known to go way out on a limb in the past, could ever have dreamed that Edmonton, Quebec, Washington or the Hawks would fall by the wayside in the trek towards the Stanley Cup final. And not even the most sophisticated computer in the world could have come up with the scenario that the Leafs would make the playoffs, put the Hawks away in four and then push the Blues to seven before bowing out by a one goal margin. But that is precisely what has happened in this, the strangest of NHL seasons to baffle-hockey fans in a long, long time. Here it is the first day of May and last night - weeks may turn out to be the best thing for lackey the Leafs came so agonizingly close to advancing one more round against the Flames, who stunn- ed the Oilers. What the Leafs have done in the past two in this part of the country since Punch Imlac coached a gang of veterans to the last Stanley Cup for Toronto back in Centennial Year. For the past couple of seasons, anyway, the Leafs have been the butt of jokes from everywhere, the organization has been ridiculed, the players scared to show their faces around Toronto, and so on. The fans grew restless and on more than one occasion in the Gardens this year, there were empty seats by the hundreds. Through it all, the coach, the manager and - owner kept telling the fans: be patient, the nucleus of the team is there, the only way to go is up. Well, most fans and even the harshest critics in the Toronto media, would have to admit that maybe they were right. Have the Leafs turned the corner on the way to bringing hockey respectibility back to Toronto after such a long drought? The last two weeks would indicate the answer is yes. But, the proof will be in the pudding next season about Christmas time. Will the Leafs be battling Detroit for a playoff spot, or will they be right up at the top of their division battling for first place? I don't like to throw water on things right now, but I'm not totally convinced the Leafs are out of the woods. Sure, they had a great playoff against the Hawks and Blues, but that in itself does not a great team make. Unless the Leafs can build on the momentum that's been created and became a contender game in, game out, the fans and especially the media are going to quickly forget the last two glorious weeks when it really was a heck of a lot of fun to be a Leaf supporter once again. As for what will transpire between now and the end of May when the troops from one team finally chug from the old Cup, here are my predic- tions. They are being made before any of the semi- final series start. : Montreal will nip by the Rangers in six. Calgary will take the Blues in five. And in the final, Montreal will win it all in seven games. i { 1] gg A LS i a GT ae