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Tes alt olay 2 Pia AY 7 EM dh ol o 3 a eo > 2 = nt ed A Tw pe re a oS = Na , nA = wm ie Er Do You Remember? : se The tribute the two branches of the Royal Canadian Legion from Uxbridge and Port Perry pay the Old Bills (First World War veterans) every Spring has become a popular event a- mong the honoured guests and Second World War veterans. the banquet held last Saturday in the Port Perry Legion Hall _ is the sixth. The responsibility for these functions are altern- ately looked after by Uxbridge and Port Perry, and involves a great deal of work. The Banquet held Saturday was possibly the most success- ful of the six held, and the at- - tendance of Old Bills, 34 of them must be considered good. On a couple of occasions it was said by visiting dignitaries the "Old Bills' Night' is a uni- que idea for this area. Appar- ently no one 'has heard or at- SG Whar Newspaper readers aren't the only ones feeling the pinch of the strike which has idled San Francisco's two daily papers. The city merchants are feeling it right where it hurts -- in the pocketbook. Major department stores in --the city report that business is off five per cent from a year ago, where before the strike it was running four per cent a-- head of 1967. In other words, the news- paper strike has.cost merchants between nine and ten per cent of their business just because: of th loss of the advertising ve- hicle provided by the news- papers. Auto dealers report an . even more drastic drop in busi-- nss since the strike began --. some of them as much as 30 per cent. Similar reports are received from Detroit, where that city's = bd # 3 50 YEARS AGO Thurs., May 2nd, 1918 Mr. Wm. Moles of Sea grave has purchased the So far $126,850 of the $167,000 objective been raised. Gnr. Merl Dowson RCA, LER Tra TA RA Seah vd LEON Unique And Fine Effort tended similar functions any- where, at least in Ontario. Had it not been for Ed Mason of the Port Perry Branch and Ron Huntley of the Uxbridge Branch the "Old Bills' Night" may never have materialized. ] Since the original idea was -- As far as. can be determined born, the function has been one both First and Second World War veterans are looking ffor- ward to celebrate. The Port Perry and Uxbridge Branches of the Royal Cana- dian Legion deserve a lot of credit for giving the Old Bills this opportunity of spending an enjoyable evening together. Ted Jackson, we believe, ex- pressed the feelings of the Old Bills appropriatly when he said: "We are feeling younger being with you on this occasion and I am sure that everyone here can sense the presence of real comradeship." A Newspaper residents have been without their newspapers since Novem- ber 12. Those of us. who have been in the business for a few years could have foretold the effect of the strike on both the readers and the advertisers. ---- A merchant might have the greatest values in the world but he's going to have a hard time -selling them unless he- can tell his potential customers. And we're convinced there is no better way to tell them than in the pages of the newspaper. ~ As_for the reader, most of them do take the newspaper for granted but find it's like being without a member of the family when it isn't there. Any circu- lation department can tell you that because of the torrent of phone calls they get whenever the papr is a little late, not de- livered or poorly delivered. 10 YEARS AGO has Thurs, "May 8th, 1958 Mr. Ray Birkett's deli- _pulsory benefits, a means test, should be looked after, but those who just don't want to work should. Palmer property on the 8th concession, just west of the Yellow 'School House. Mr. A. J. Carnegie has accepted the management of the Farmers Union Milling Co. In a letter written in England by Ted Jackson to his mother, he signed, Your loving son, Ted, Yours, till we bomb Berlin. 25 YEARS AGO Thurs., May 6th, 1943 Port Perry District is leading in Ontario County in the Victory Bond drive. Mrs. Dowson and - baby visited relatives in Port Perry before Merl returns to Debert, Nova Scotia. 15 YEARS AGO Thurs, May 7th, 1953 Mr. Stuart Sweetman is changing a garage ware- house into a modern Im- perial Service Station. Mr. John Raines, Clerk- Treasurer, - reports that $97,000 of the present $125,000 debenture issue has already heen taken up. - very truck rolled down the steep grade at the Raglan Underpass and - ~crashed into a bulldozer, causing: extensive damage. Dr. M. B. Dymond last week vacated the post of Minister of Reform Insti- tutions, and accepted the port folio of Minister of Transport. ES J. W. Lowry, Bell Tele: phone manager for this region. announced this week that the new dial "exchange will open Sun. day, July 6th. ~ / BILL SMILEY Somebody is reading this thing, anyway. Letters have been coming in shovelfuls lately. ---Keep -it -up, chaps, whether--you agree or not. A recent column on high taxes seemed to touch a soregspot. I didn't hear from the Minister of Finance, but I did hear from a number of people who are getting hot under the collar as various levels of government 'take bigger and bigger bites from an apple that has already been well chewed. : : Ken Gagnon of Tillsonburg dislikes com- He says the needy, after be given menial labor if they want public handouts. He also protests the costly com- missions established to investigate tax and other problems, and whose reports, after a cursory examination, are shelved. -G. MacDonald of Toronto, with terse Scot sense, says, "The government has become top-heavy." Mrs. M. Ferguson, also of Toronto, tells of the incredible cost per day for a hospital bed in-a public ward in that - city -- from $45.15 to $52.50 a day, for those who don't have provincial hospital insurance. And many don't. } Wm. E. Smith of Oakville writes, "just wanted to get my two cents worth in to support your views." Fastened to his letter were three pennies, with the postscript, "Why the extra penny? Tax." ] The Whipp Affair. You remember Mr. Whipp, editor of the Petrolia weekly, who warned me to stop writing about education - and teen-akers, or he'd cancel. Buckets of letters excoriating Mr. W. and encouraging your 'hero. It seems that there are a lot of people, of all ages, who are interested -in these topics. Many-of them run to two or three typed pages, but I'll quote excerpts from a few which are representative. David Bell of Preston: "Your column swings with its own sweet suburban rhythm. Keep telling it like it is." Mrs. Mina Wesley of Georgetown: "Felt impelled to write as per invitation. I never Sugar and Spice} TAKE THAT MR. WHIPPI ~~ rhyme: "Tell that managing editor to jump in the lake; I subscribe to.the Era mostly for your sake; As to teen-agers, call em young adults, Perhaps then, by semantics, you'll get better results. ; As to education, you're in it, well brother, SO are we," And besides, as you mentioned, it certainly isn't free." : T. A. Deans of London: "If in some of your columns, you stress education and youth -- good for you. You obviously didn't agree with Richard J. Needham. I do. But . . . education, whether formal or in- formal, is essential, and 'for the Managing Editor of a paper to threaten to cancel a (Continued on Page 3) PORT PERRY STAR COMPANY, LIMITED - Surrounding Areas P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Editor Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member 'of the Ontario" Weekly . Newspaper Association Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario. ~a Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. Subscription Rates, In Canada $8.00 per yr, Elsewhere, $4.50 per year. Single Copy 10e. ~~ Serving Port Perry, Brooklin' and ; \ "miss reading "you. Does that -mean--any--- thing? Think you are 'kinda good'." Thank you ma"m. Sometimes I'm kinda bad, too, ~but it usually makes me feel kinda good. ™ - Mary McCaughna of Keswick swings into