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TE Spe PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, February 20, 1990 -- 7 OLD PHOTOS Isn't it funny how the passing of time can play tricks with one's memory. A few weeks ago, the Port Perry Star ran a photo of Pee Wee hockey team sponsored by the cal Legion branch. The photo is on display at the Scugog Arena, part of the "sports gallery" but there were no names with the photo. The Arena Board asked the Star to carry the photo with the request for somebody to identify the young players in the picture. We received several calls from members of that team, and determined the picture was taken in 1960, the year the team participated in the famous Pee Wee tournament in Goderich. From the several calls we had, we were able to get the names of all the players in the photos, so we thought. _. | mentioned the photo to one of the players we identified, and he said "nope, that's not me. | don't know who it is, but it's not me. | wasn't on that team." Anyway, a few days later, another member of the team phoned from Toronto and was able to identify everyone. | have passed the names on to the Arena Board and they will be included with the photo that's hanging in the gallery. Thanks to Steve Foster, John MacMaster, and Dale Beare, all members of the team, for their help in putting the right names to the faces. Viewpoint by John B. McClelland readers. Whenever, we carry one, we always get several phone calls from people who have informa- tion about who is in the photo, where it was taken and why. . We enjoy getting this feed-back from our read- ers. Old photos obviously bring back memories for those who are in them, or those who knew the peo- ple "way back then." And it's always interesting to find out more about the photos, and to put names to the faces. If you have an old photo that's a bit of a mys- tery as to location, people, etc., drop it off to the Star office, and when space permits, we'll re-print it and see what reaction we get from our readers. THE SECOND SEASON Hockey fans in Scugog and Uxbridge can ex- pect to see pretty good action as the Junior C Mo- Jacks and Bruins battle it out in a Best of seven se- - ries to determine who will meet Bowmanville for the Central Ontario League championship. There were no upsets in the opening playoff series as Uxbridge handled Lakefield in five games, Port Perry took care of Ajax in five, and Bowmanville dispatched Cobourg, also in five. Bowmanville took the second round bye and is now waiting for the winner of the Uxbridge-Port Perry tilt. Two games between the Bruins and MoJacks have already been played, of course. But since this column was prepared prior to the series opener Fri- day night, you'll have to check the sports pages to see how the series sits as of today. Even though | am writing this without knowing how those first two games turned out, | feel pretty safe in predicting the series will be a long one (six, perhaps even seven games) and it will be hotly contested. Port Perry and Uxbridge have a sports (espe- cially hockey) fivaliy that goes back many years, in fact, goes back to before the players in this series were even born. And this season, the MoJacks and the Bruins carried on that rivalry during the regular schedule. They met six times with Port winning three, Ux- bridge once and two games ended in a tie. | wouldn't dare go out on a limb here and pre- dict the outcome of the series now underway. After all, in the playoff, anything can happen. The 1989-90 version of the MoJacks has been successful so far this season. They were a strong second in the regular schedule, and were able to knock off a pretty good Ajax team in the opening playoff series. | was most impressed with the way the Mo- Jacks played in the final two games of the Ajax se- ries as they won 7-3 and 9-2. They sure looked like they were gathering momentum. Coaches Ken Harman and Garnet Warriner have done a good job with this team all season. It's a well balanced squad with a good mix of veterans and freshman. This is going to be a dandy series. Fans are going to see some exciting playoff hockey. But got there early because the arenas in Port and Ux- bridge are going to be packed and noisy, which is how they should be for the "second season." Old photos seem to be very popular with our Remember When? 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 22, 1945 Port Perry High School students, under the direction of Mrs. Rowe, won first place in class 77, Mixed Vocal Choir - Collegiate. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 24, 1955 An egg that might be considered unique was found by a local resident Mrs. John Snooks, last week. It was an unusually large egg having a circumference of 3" x 4'. When the egg was broke open it was found to contain a conventional yolk and white plus another complete egg, shell and all. : The Scugog Chapter IODE recently gave a gift of books to the Port Perry Memorial Library. These volumes were presented by Mrs. A. Brock, Regent, and a committee represen- ting the chapter in a very impressive ceremony at the Library and are being placed on a special shelf as a memorial for deceas- ed members of Scugog Chapter. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 25, 1960 The Port Perry Fire Brigade responded to a call on Mon- day and found a chesterfield smoldering in the home of Mr. Richards, Rosa Street. The fire was soon brought under control but considerable damage had been caused by smoke. Last Wednesday, the Grade 11 Port Perry High School Boys had a very enjoyable and educational day on their trip to General Motors and Steel Plants in Hamilton. The climax was the NHL hockey game evening in Toronto. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 25, 1865 Rev. Owen R. Orr, Rector of the Church of Ascension, Port Perry, and also St. Thomas' Anglican Church, Brooklin, is leav- ing Port Perry to further his studies at the University of Toron- to in medicine. i Best wishes are extended to Mr. Thos. Redman, Scugog, who celebrated his 89th birthday this week. Mr. and Mrs. Laird, sold their home recently to Mr. Bruce Leask, one of Greenbank's local boys. Doug McMillan, Seagrave, journeyed to Montreal area with the G.M. hockey team this weekend. Mrs. William MacGregor celebrated her 90th birthday at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Leighton MacGregor, Beamsville, on February 4. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brock have just returned home from a vacation in Florida. (Turn to page 10) Letters oie. Bigger is not necessarily better To the Editor: Mark Hamilton in his lengthy letter to the Star last week says "lack of growth will only lead to stagnation, inactivity and frustra- tion," Some people think Bigger is Better. Not so! Take a look at your next tax bill! The bigger governments get the more they spend and waste. As councillor Yvonne Christie said recently about the huge cost ($52 million) of the Durham two building Administration offices "'I feel sorry for the taxpayers of Scugog." As a member of Citizens Against Unjustified Taxes I fully agree with Christie. Immense social problems are manifested by uncontrolled growth. Health services at the A good example To the Editor: - I wish to commend those in charge of the activities held on Lake Scugog the weekend of February 10-11. Never in the past 20 years have I seen so many people en-' joying themselves. And on the following Mon- day, there was an extensive clean-up of all the garbage left on the ice, with even small chil- dren helping out. Congratula- tions to all. Hopefully, this summer, the boaters, Ficnickers, and even owners of dogs will follow your example. Yours truly, Helen Mathieson, Scugog Township. local hospital are overburdened. Water, sewers, roads, garbage, are very costly. The schools are overloaded! Last year the Public Board hired some 400 teachers. This year we need 6 new school sites. By 1995 we need 30 new schools and 200 more portables. Students are growing at 1,500 a year. A fully qualified teacher with 11 years experience gets $53,621 a "year for 185 working days. This is the equivalent to about $70,000 on a 12 month basis. Principals salaries range from $59,500 to $64,500. The cost of the 400 new teachers could run to $21,448,000 (not including principals) if they are fully qualified. Extra costs for expensive fringe benefits are not included. French Immersion is costing in Smile For The Day excess of $27 million with some immersion teachers wanting more money because they are bil- ingual. The public school budget for Durham is $267 million. The Province has cut back on funding yet forces mandatory subjects on local boards. MORE AND MORE of Province's share of funding is being shifted back to the local pro- perty owner. In 1989 school con- struction costs were dropped to 42 percent by province and 58 per- cent by local taxpayer,--a shift of an additional 35 percent to local taxpayers. See insert in your tax bill for details. Premier Peterson promised in the election he'll raise province share to 60 per- cent. French Services Act got the money! Housing, apart from all the (Turn to page 8) At 17) "Of course you're hungry as a horse, where do you think we got your new stomach lining from?** f | ENELEMAN,