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~ DITORIAL PINION ~ What About 1971? Despite a three months strike at General Motors with a large number of employees from this area out of work and the inconveniences caused by the construction of @ sewage system; - 1970 must still be considered a relatively good year for Port Perry and neighbouring communities. The question many would like answered is what can we expect during 1971. Theoretically, the year we just eqtered holds a lot of promises and could very well be oné of progress and prosperity. With a weil planned year of Centennial celebrations during the next 11 months, (January celebrations are completed), the residents of this community can also look forward to a year of exciting events, especially during the week, June 9 - 12. June 9, is the date when Port Perry was incor- porated and reached the status of Village. The main events will naturally take piace that day and representation from federal and provincial governments will be present The present construction of a sewage system in Port Perry should be completed during the early part of 1971. tt is too early to expect much advantage from this construction, except from a sanitary and practical one. However, it has been stressed on various occasions by members of the local Industrial Commission, out- siders show a definite interest in the present development and the possibility of industries locating in Port Perry is now closer of becoming a reality. It's also interesting to note the optimistic forecast for 1971, by Roland S. Withers, president of General Motors of Canada, Ltd. Mr. Withers predicts 1971 to become one of the best years in the history of the auto industry. If this optimistic prediction of Mr. Withers holds true, it can only mean stronger economy for this area and Gents to a great extent are either directly or indirectly depended on the auto industry. Minor Hockey Week starts Saturday, 23 January. It's a big week in the lives of over a quarter of a million young Canadians playing Canada's National Sport. Don't send -- TAKE your boy to the arena -- and stay to see him play. More children run into danger than away from it. Children should always be taught to walk, not run across streets, says the Ontario Safety League. And motorists in built-up area should always drive with the thought in mind that a child may run out without warn- ing from between parked cars. Remember too that a running child on the road, apparently in the clear, imm- ediately becomes vulnerable if he stumbles. Serving Port Perry, Reach, Seugeg and A Cartwright Townships ?. HVIDSTEN, Publisher - Editor WM. T. HARRISON. P. MVIDSTEN, Jr. Plant Manager Advertising Maneger Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Lad, Port Perry, Ontarie. Authorised sa second cam mail by the Post Office Department. Ottews, and for payment of postage in cash Second Clase Mall Registration Number 0268 Subseription Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr, Eisewhere $6.00 per year. Single Copy 104 BILL MILEY UGAR HE's NOT TELLING WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Ray Argyle, the chap who syndicates this column, has written for about the fourth time asking for a new picutre of yours truly to head up the column. For various reasons, none of them worth the powder, I haven't got around to having my "portrait" taken. But I don't blame him. The old one does not do me justice. There's scarcely a hint of the bags under my eyes. There's little suggestion that I'm gray as an old billy-goat. The deep lines of suffering nearly twenty-five years of domestic war- fare just are not there. However, I have a good reason for not having a picture taken for a couple of weeks, at least. I have a black eye. That is, it was black. Then blue. Then purple. It's now a sort of mauve, shading into yellow. I haven't had such a dandy since 1944, when some German guards gave me a going- over for being imprudent. That time it was both eyes. In fact, the first time I got a look in a mirror after the beating, I could have been mistaken for a fairly scruffy rainbow. There's nothing quite so embarrassing as a black eye. It arouses the worst -- in other people. Loud and clear, "What happened to you, Smiley? Wife beat you up figain?" And so on. Those inane remarks. To people who ask that, I reply tersely, " "Yes." They don't know where to go from there. But to those who seem genuinely con- cerned, I try to find some more exotic rea- son, something to make them think I'm a devil of a fellow. 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Were Presented with hockey "He's atbig paper bor." sticks autographed by all the For the ladies, I use « different tech- Maple Leaf players. * nique, I tell them that this lady took a violent crush on me at a party, that Iwas Thursday, January 19, 1956 holding her gently, patting her back and trying to quench her unrequited passion, Miss Hazel Reesor, a miss when her visious, jealous husband hit me 'nary on furlough from Nig- right over her shoulder, with my hands tied eria, was the speaker at the up. They raise an eyebrow, sometimes two, W.M.S. meeting in the United | but I can hear them muttering together Chureh. and sneaking glances at me from the other The Officers for the Royal To others, I relate that I was arm-wrest- ling with my daughter, and when she found I was winning, she punched me in the left eye with her left fist. Which she would. I have lots of others. Hit my eye on the rearview mirror when I collided with a : { i F fy sz rai + 7 28 +: i 2