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RE iy fr' . TB 5 a = . - - SR a Cl EN Re EE EA 0 A 2a on SA, -- oe a, ne x REET DIAL CHANGE OVER EDITION, JULY, 1958 THE SUNDAY SKIPPER The harbour area at Port Perry on a Sunday is becoming highly popu- lated with the influx in power craft. That's good, because it seems that we are now, learning to "relax" on"the water, as a family, Not too far back papa went fishing in the boat, and mama and the kids stayed home or did their fishing from the dock. Up to now the egg-beater boys and their ilk have been allowed to roam the inland seas, at any speed then can make, with little regard for their own safety or the safety of others. To preserve our summer population, a power boat operator may soon need a license, just like a car driver, Which brings up a rather interest- ing point. Why the sudden increase in power boat popularity? The ease of renting a boat and motor, plus the _cottagers already nesting on available - lakes makes the water surfaces of our vacation lakes rather crowded. However, a new breed of boating enthusiastiast has been added, people who used to spend all their vacation on one pond hole. Now boating by trailer has made their horizons un- limited. The reason, the new trailer rigs and lighter and easier to handle boats makes it possible for the family to move from lake to lake. Geared to this new type of vacationer more docks are being fitted with areas suit- able for launching and beaching power operated craft. There is no doubt but what Ole Evinrude and his wife Bess were the earnest pioneers in what was to be- come a manufacturer's bonanza. In the five years which followed much progress was made and several. firms got into the act. In 1914 Evinrude sold his interest to his partner because of his wife's poor health, The early Evinrude Motors were an engineer's dream. The flywheel was on top and was spun by using a rope properly wound in the right notches. That at least is how the manual de- scribed it. Actual practice was some- thing else again. You spun the rope until you sprained your wrist or the rope 'broke.or the motor started, If the motor started your only worry was to keep the blame thing going. Ig- nition was by coil and battery with a very irregular timing device. The carburetor might .either starve or flood. : Bess Evinrude however was prob- ably right when she wrote in her ads, "It. is &till better than rowing." By way of contrast today we have remote controls, pressurized gasoline tanks and automatic bailers. All in all the motor has taken the work out of fishing, although this same bundle of horsepower must be treated with a certain amount of respect. However that may be, the number of outboard motor devotees has now reached the amazing figure of almost 800,000. One of the largest users of outboard motors is the Ontario Government. Among the uses it finds for the things are: the moving of scows and freight- er canoes, fire. prevention work and other packhorse chores. ' Outboards have been known to help move a dis- abled plane across a lake to its desired haven. Many's the pilot has made home base with a kicker tied to a pon- toon. Long range trappers now use this type of motive power to reach their far away trapping areas. For the next year the trend will be more power because even now they are building motors that run about 2% pounds per horsepower. We may expect hydraulic shock absorbers to take the impact when boat and motor strike a submerged log, coupled to a switch that cuts out as soon as the motor kicks up over the obstacle, Of OUR (EW TELEPHONE NUMBER 1S YUkon 5-7952 Dr.R. G. McNab DENTAL PORT PERRY MEDICAL: CENTRE SURGEON . QUEEN ST. PORT YUkon DR. G. M. RENNIE-- YUkon 5-7301 DR. 8S. P. KANDEL-- YUkon 5-2246° MEDICAL CENTRE PERRY - / 5-1301 DR. M. B, DYMOND-- YUkon 5-236: DR. JOHN DIAMOND-- YUkon 5-2183 ORO OUR TELEPHONE NUMBER IS (+9) YUkon 5.2112 FLAMINGO - RESTAURANT "The Finest Food in Town" AIR CONDITIONED QUEEN ST. PORT PERRY WATCH FOR GRAND OPENING OF OUR FABULOUS NEW DINING ROOM larger motors, and next year we can expect automatic transmission one- hand controls and no more shear pin worries. From a safety angle we have had in previous years rules and regula- tions which. were not too rigidly en- forced. With the. advent of the Small Vessels Regulations . 1958; things are changed and the Federal Department of Transport is respon- sible for the regulations dealing with ;] ship lifesaving, firefighting equip- ment, licensing and navigation. . Peace Officers assist in the enfor- cement of these laws and if sometime "the boys in blue" in their fast boat overhaul you for a talk, make sure that you are properly equipped and that you are observing correct boat- ing regulations and "the Rules of the Road", The boys in the gold stripe, R.C. M.P. will also be on hand to check up and advise you of the proper way to conduct yourself and your boat while on the bridge of your "Flying Dutch- man", These same boys are inter- ested on how I behave while rowing my flat bottom punt, good old "Prun- ella", Incidentally last week at the Carp Derby in Port, Constable Lesieur of the R.C.M.P,, made himself available to explain the new regulations to some of us on the dock. It was sur- prising 'on how many points, even the oldtimers in outboard operation need a refresher course. Many .a boat trip has ended abrupt- ly because proper care was not taken before starting out. Make sure that the motor is properly installed, with the prop the right distance down in the water. If the prop runs too near the surface, full power cannot be de- livered. To make sure the motor does not work loose and slip off, in- sert a safety chain or rope through the motor brackets and fasten se- curely to the boat--even to the rear seat if necessary. When starting make sure-the lever is in neutral position ,to avoid capsi- zing the craft, and when the motor is idling properly, engage the gears and slowly move from the dock. Keeping a weather eye out for swimmers, floating logs and other objects you steam out to sea at no more than six miles per hour while in the harbour area. For safety sake in case of theft all small craft should be licensed, that is registered and bearing the custom's port number followed by the indivi- dual boat number. All boats carry- ing a 10 horse or more MUST be li- censed. The requirements, are block characters at least three inches high on port and starboard sides of the craft. These must 'be clearly visible to the passing patrol boats. Perhaps safety measures are the most important items if you operate a power driven pleasure craft, up to but not over 18' in length. For this boat you must have: a) one approved standard life jack- et, lifesaving vest, lifesaving cushion for each person on board. Be sure | you use the life saving equipment which bears the approval of the De- partment of Transport. Anything but this could prove dangerous to your welfare as well as that of your pas- sengers, b) two oars complete with row- locks, or two paddles. ¢) one bhailer or one manual bilge pump. It is not possible while on vacation, always to get to home port before dark, so you must be prepared to carry a white light aft to show all around the horizon. This type is of- ten referred to as a spotlight. Red and green running lights must be course we have electric starting on the | ¢ telephone system will be converted hig on the port: and starboard sides of your craft. Even good old Prunella must exhibit a white light in the direction of any approaching vessel 'in sufficient time to prevent collision, The same applies to canoe- ists travelling at night. It could cost a power boat operator a fine not exceeding $600.00, and fail- ure to pay, a-term of imprisonment not exceeding six months for operat- ing a boat in a careless manner, de- trimental to other craft or your own passengers, operating 'a boat while impaired by alcohol or drugs and be- ing- involved in an accident and not stopping to render assistance, or in other words, a hit and run driver, and finally failure to obey a Peace Officer. The first two offences also might cost you the privelge of operating a boat for a period not exceeding one year, If you want to find all this out for yourself, without wading through all this drivel, just write to Steamship Inspection Service, 66 York St., Tor- onto, and ask for a copy of "Safety Afloat". 0.K. sailor, heave up the mother-in- law, I mean the anchor, and lets get under way. : In November 1944 Miss Ellen Mac- Gregor was presented with a frathed citation signed by the president of the Bell Telephone Mr. C. F. Sise, Sunday To Be n [/] D-Day for the part she played in saving the life of a 3 year old child. The cer- Sunday will be "D-day" for tele. | tificate was presented at a dinner in phone users in Port Perry. her honour in the Genosha 'Hotel, Oshawa. came through the Port Perry phone |lad--Douglas Webster, to conscious- office for a doctor to attend a child | ness. who had fallen in a water trough, | As no doctor was available Miss Mac- | chief operator of the local branch in Gregor took the station inhalator and | Port Perry and retired last year from drove at once to the farm of Burn-|the Bell Telephone Company. sell Webster where Mr, Alpin applied voles On July 19, 1944 a call artificial respiration restoring the At that time Miss MacGregor was Shortly after 8 a.m, July 6, the from manual to dial operation. The changeover will take less than two minutes to carry out, At that monent, the dial tone will replace the 'number please" of the local telephone operator. The old man- ual switchboard will cease operation, being replaced by the new dial" ex-. change. will be changed. The numbers in fut- ure, consist of an exchange name and numeral - YUkon 6-- and four figures tually no interruption in telephone service. Early Sunday morning was chosen as the appropriate time be- cause normally there are few tele- 2 phone conversations in progress then. The actual cutover will be made according to a closely co-ordinated schedule calling for split second tim- ing to make sure that the period when J all the city's telephones are "dead" | Ve is kept to a minimum. At a signal given when calling has reached a low ebb, a gang of men wearing goggles will go into action at the. old manual exchange to dis- connect all the lines to the old switch- 4 boards, The goggles are necessary because of the method of disconnection. Tapes 5 are strung behind the heat coils --|%Ye little fuses that protect subscribers' lines from high voltage -- so that the fuses can be ripped ont by the thousands. This operation will re- quire about 80 seconds, As soon as the old exchange is "dead", the signal will be given over a specin]l telephone line to the new exchange, where another gang of men will be standing in readiness to re- move the 'blocking tools" from the dial switching equipment. These tools, which are used to prevent the dial switches from working while the man- ual exchange is still in operation, also are attached to cords so that they can be yanked out in a few sec- ation given. ppetty. a Any person causing false alarms will be prosecuied fo the full extent of the law. Once the blocking tools are pulled out, the dial system will be in oper- ation. As the first callers dial, the dial switches will begin to click, con- necting Port Perry's telephone calls. Fire Alarm Procedure . : ; i = ES. + perny topone mumbers| 11 €@S€ Of FIRE the following steps must he taken: The cutover will be made with vir. 1 Dial YUkon 5-2345 | | } ° Give your name, and the number of the ielcphone from "where you are calling. The location of the Fire, out of town residents must give the Township and Concession. ~~. If it is possible, also the type of fire, Tain house, bush. Be sure the person answering understands all the inform- If the fire is in the Village of Port Perry the Fire Siren will he started immediately. ---- The proper information could mean the saving of life and Pictured here are the members of the Port Perry Volunteer Fire Bri- gade in their new uniforms. "The sixteen member brigade are on call to fight fires, not only in Port Perry but also the townships of PORT PERRY'S VOLUNTARY FIREMEN ' ' ' ¥ \ oF rd Li Sed ® : ne 5 Reach, Scugog and Cartwright. In|Bill Gibson, George Parry, Mervin answering calls in the townships they | DeNure, Jack MacGregor, Jack Cook, are assisted by volunteers of the area Guy Raines (Chief), Bruce Beare, and in the case of Reach equipment Harry DeShane (Assistant Chief), is also supplied. Benjamin Pickard, Howard Gibson, Pictured above from left to right-- | Beverley Kent, Donald Carnegie, Rae Harvey Mahaffy, Charles Lowne,| Webster and Keith Mark, Ba OB BO OBER D OUR NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER IS ® 'YUkon 5-2582 - TRIPP CONSTRUCTION LTD. PORT PERRY, ONT. RIO hd A A a a a a aa a a a a a a a aa a a a a a a A A A A A a a a \ (%9) OUR NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER Is YUkon 5 - 2481 "PORT PERRY DAIRY WATER STREET ' PORT PERRY