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Sam A A iain a RN Do i ER PA 3 SO EASA 1, Cale P WY % a GT Nand NORE Thr ne, Me SRE RE EE "PORTQ PERRY Editorial Page Grade Congratulations are due, not only to the six Onario Scholars, but to the teaching staff of the Port Perry High School on the announcement of Grade 13 re- sults. The excellent marks obtained by the six students was topped by Timothy Brunton with 89.5%, followed by Brigitte Alz- ner with 88.8%. The other four, the marks printed on the front page in this week's issue of the Star are also students of high standard, and will all have a. bright future in whatever course of studies they choose, when they enter a higher and more challenging hall of learn- ing. The six students, as well as the 31 classmates who passed "their exams, but did not obtain marks high enough to receive Ontario Scholarships, have all worked hard. Every year, edu- _ cation demands more of the in- - B415 votes, dividual student, and success is harder to come by. This demand also applies to the individual pedagogue who has to keep a- breast of the rapid progress in education, making use of their summer holidays by attending courses of their choice. Results Exce "holiday ent Congratulations are also due the parents, who provide a good and happy home for their sons and daughters and encoruage them to greater efforts during their years of learning. New Safety Slogan It seems that pre-holiday traffic fatality predictions have created the impression that weekends produce greater massacres on the high- ways and are more dangerous than other weekends for driv- ers. Actual figures to our surprise show that holiday weekends are sometimes safer. Perhaps the reason is that drivers are ex- posed to increased traffic and take a little more care. There is less opportunity for taking chances. It will be noted that the "Canadian -Automobile -Associa- tion has changed its emphasis from scaring drivers to a more positive approach of promoting more and safer holiday travel. Drivers will no longer read, "Speed Kills" and "Death Rides 'the Highway."' Now it's "Bring 'em Back -- Alive." Last week a local resident had a humorous experience, at least humorous thought about it for awhile. Although we imagine at the time he was a little hot under the collar. Perry, sub-divided into, lots, and about two years ago, when 'he had not re- ceived an assessment notice for two of these "lots; "he" asked the town for one in order to pay tlie taxes. 'error were forgotten about until last week, when the person involved was about to sell the lots and needed proof that the taxes were paid. to him after it was all over and he had - } __ to pick up the assessment slip. This person has property in Port The notice and taxes, through an Upon checking with the town he found that the taxes were not paid and upon "numerous calls to the county assessor in Uxbridge finally got an okay to pay these taxes if he travelled to Uxbridge As we mentioned before he was a little hot under the collar when he started out for Uxbridge, and with this on his mind was not looking at .the speedometer and just as he was leaving Port Perry, he received a speeding ticket. At the time the resident in question was not too pleased but after it was all over, and thinking back he told the Star he now felt it was quite humorous. Le ay oo A Do You Remember? 50 YEARS AGO Aug. 15th, 1918 For some three or four years bees 'have been thick up at the Primary , School, and Mr. W. H. Doubt thought he would investigate matters. After some search, the swarm was located and Mr. Doubt found about 150 lbs. of honey. A barn owned by Mr. James Lakey west of Man- chester along with hay, barley and implements was totally destroyed by fire. 25 YEARS AGO Aug. 5th, 1943 Arthur Williams, C.C.F. won the 'Ontario Provin- cial election Aug. 4 with _against J. C. Anderson, Lih., 5428 and _ Geo. Hart, P.C. 5175, WHAT HAPPENED? A . movement has started for the beautification of the Highway between Port Perry and Manchester as a War Memorial. Among those graduating recently in trade training from No. 2 Composite Training School, Toronto, R.CAF. was Elizabeth Griffin of Port Perry. 15 YEARS AGO August 13th, 1953 Michael Starr won the Ontario Riding for the PC party. in the federal elec- tion Monday with 1284 votes over John Lay, Liberal. SEEN ON OUR STREET --Two car§ racing neck and neck down Queen Street one afternoon. Fine weather and good crowd marked the Civic Holiday Celebration in Port Perry. 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 14th, 1953 Port Perry and Uxbridge Fire Brigades fought a blazing fire sweeping ac- cross about 250 acres of reforestation at Brookdale near Uxbridge. An estim- ated 100 volunteers also took part fighting the blaze. About 60,000 young trees were destroyed and the loss estimated at $50, 000. 140 cats and dogs, one rabbit, one lamb were pre- sent for vactination at the anti-rabies clinic in Black- * stock. FERMI . BILL SMILEY BRE (Ein MR FAR AE} SA Loa hts |Sugar and Spice] WE GET LETTERS Teachers get some pretty funny notes from parents ,explaining the absence of a pupil. Usually - it's because the- harassed mother or father stabs down anything at "the last minute, as the kid, heading for the door, and already late, screams in dis- may; "Oh I gotta have a note." ) Thus you get such things as, "Please ex- cuse Jane's grandmother for being absent due to her illness." finally figures out that granny had the 'flu and Jane had to stay home and look after her because Mom can't miss a day at the shoe factory, because that's the only way she can muster enough money to buy Jane some decent clothes so she can go to school, so she can be a real whiz and help out Granny and Mom. Sometimes the notes are not so funny. "Please exuse Jim for being late as he had to appear in court this morning for drunk and disorderly, but it was the other guy's fault," Well, teachers aren' the only ones who receive sad and funny letters. The rest of the column will be made up of sentences taken from actual letters received by the Toronto "Welfare Department from appli- cants for aid and assistance. They may explain why English teachers look so stunned so 'much of the time, The sentences will be in quotation marks. The comments will be whatever comes to mind. "I am very annoyed that you have brand- éd my son ililterate as this is a lie. I was married to his father a week before he was born." She didn't mean illiterate. She meant illegible. ; "In answer to your letter, I have given birth to a hoy weighing ten pounds. I hope this is satisfactory." Really, what ¢ould be - more satisfactory? "Unless I get my husband's money pretty soon, I will be forced to lead an immortal life." And good luck to you, Missus. There should be a lot more of that type of positive thinking in the world. "Mrs. Jones has not had any clothes for a year and has been visited regularly by the Clergy." No comment. The baffled teacher - "This is my eighth child, what are you going to do about it?" What, indeed? It's certainly time somebody did something. Or, stopped doing something. 2 "I am.-glad to report that my hasten who was reported missing is dead." Now there is a sentence of which Hemingway would be proud. Not a syllable too much or too little.- The emotion is reained. Note that she said "glad", not "delighted". s And here's one with the same theme, but a different twist. = "Please find for certain if my husband is dead, the man I am living with can't eat or do anything until he finds out." There's drama for you. There's tragedy. Think of the poor devil, starving to death, unable to smoke or drinks or pick his teeth or pull the fluff out of his belly-button. Here's another that shows a nice respect for bureaucracy. "In accordance with your instructions, I have given birth to twins in the enclosed envelope." And they thought The Pill was a big deal! . 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