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DITORIAL PINION Good Luck! After making a considerable contribution and adding substantially to the quality of this newspaper during his one year as associate editor with the Star, John B. McClelland has decided to acept a position with the Oshawa Times. This we regret, but we certainly wish him all the best in his future undertakings. The decision of hiring Mr. McClelland a year ago was made following the receipt of a letter from him, followed by a telephone conversation. It was perhaps a unprecedented method and a bit of a "gamble", however, we were never to regret the decision since it was to be, we believe, of mutual benefit to Mr. McClelland and the Star. From the very beginning, John accepted his duties and worked devotedly and energetically, and through the columns of the Star, he soon made himself a name as a writer. Attending council meetings every week, he was favourably accepted by the council members. He made serious studies of municipal topics coming up from time to time and no doubt today he possesses as much or more knowledge in council procedures as the average councillor. His column "As | see it!' appearing every week during the year made a regular hit with the Star readers. It gave him the opportunity of developing and prove his talent as a writer. Depite his young years, John is a deep thinker and has the wonderful faculty of being able to 'put his thoughts on paper*'. The topics he attack may be of a controversial nature, it may be critical or it could quite conceiveably be complimentary. Whatever the topic, however, he will speak his mind without hesitation. During his year, John almost every week wrote an editorial on some pertinent local, national or international issue and again he always spoke out frankly on any of his chosen subjects. We at the Star will miss John, not only for his valuable contributions to the Star as a journalist and photographer, but equally much for his quiet and friendly attitude towards staff members - and customers. Again, we all wish him the very best and hope he will at times have the opportunity of visiting with the Star family. --- -- Te Joe Jordan, an employee of the Star for the last three years also decided to change position about the same time. He was a valued employee of the Star and his charming personality and quiet humour made him well liked by staff members as well as customers. Joe fit well into the Star family and he will be missed, but he certainly has all the best wishes going for him from his former employer and staff members. PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited CURL? Sa, (#cha 3 (1m): Kr Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher - Editor Le WM. T. HARRISON, Plant Manager J. PETER HVIDSTEN, Advertising Manager Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Lid., Port Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Depariment, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rates: In Canada $6.00 per year. 4 Elsewhere $7.50 per year. Single Copy 15¢ { BILL MILEY UGAR ano ~~ Srice IT'S SEPTEMBER SO LONG SNARLY! That great big '"Who-o-0-sh" of air that is still reverberating across the nation, from coast to coast, is not caused by hurricane, typhoon or cyclone. It is the expulsion of breath from hundreds of thousands of mothers after their sigh of relief because school has started again. There are many emotional reactions to the annual re-opening of school. Let's look at a few of them. First, the mothers who have had three or four school-age kids on their hands for two of the longest, most dreary summer months in decades. During the past summer, the sun has been as elusive as medals are for the Canadian Olympic team. Rain, overcast, drizzle, downpour, humidity. You name it; we've had it. So, mothers. You've had your brood underfoot most of the summer. Kids getting up at all hours, eating at all hours, whining, "There's nothing to do." You've been making peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches until you gag at the sight of a peanut. You've bandaged cuts and scrapes, invented games, planned picnics which had to be held at home, rained-out, and been driven to the point where the kids call you "Old Snarly." For you, school opening was euphoria. Sure, you love your children, but love, like most things, should be taken with moderation. Admit it. When you got them all off that first day, you made coffee, sat down, put feet up, lit a cigarette, sucked in your breath and let it out with a '"Who-0-0-0-sh." You felt a deep love for teachers, however momentary. You secretly thought you wouldn't care if they doubled your education taxes. Well, that's one reaction. What about your kids? Their obvious reaction is one of disgust and despair. "A-a-h, school! Who needs it? Back to jail." But how do they feel behind the complaining that is second nature to kids? Secretly, they've delighted and excited. They are bored to the point of depression, whether they're in elementary or high school. They are sick of "Old Snarly". They've had enough of working, if they worked, or bumming, if they just bummed. Despite the constant criticism of the "unreal" life at school, in my opinion many young people have far more "real" life there than they do at home. Opening day means seeing old friends, making new ones, exchanging lies about -what they did all summer and sizing up, with a hard, cold stare, the new teachers for the year. For high-school students, despite their attempt to be blase, it means the end of that heart-breaking summer romance. But look! There are some new chicks and some of last year's teeny-boppers have turned into real birds. And that greasy obnoxious Grade 10 boy of last year is now a sophisticated Grade elevener, after a summer pumping gas. And he has a motor-bike! Most of all, at school they are accepted by their peers. At home, they were children, were supposed to love and respect' their parents, and had to obey orders, however, grudgingly. At school, they don't have to even pretend to love or respect their teachers and disobeying orders becomes a game, as long as you're not tagged. There's another species. These are the mothers who tearfully, with enough instructions and warnings to confound a Socrates, send off the first-born to the first day at school. Don't worry, ladies. Next fall you'll be so glad to see little Tim or Kathy off you'll thingk there must be something hard and cruel underneath your love of the brat. And what is the reaction of that fine, dedicated, altruistic group - the teachers? A few of them dread it. They are the realists who know what it's going to be like in February. They probably should not be teaching. But, despite the fact that they moan and Thursday, Sept. 14, 1922 Miss Miriam Harris and Miss Elizabeth Allin will attend the Toronto Uni- versity. Crops were good this year, there were three threshing machines in Utica all doing a xushing business. Miss Mabel McMillan, Greenbank leaves this week to take up nursing in Western Hospital, Toronto. Mary Ann McLean was united in marriage with William Arthur Sangster. At Town Council an esti- mate of the general receipts and expenditures for the year 1922, was presented by - the Finance Committee. The expenditures totaled $26,500, and the receipts $20,000. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 11, 1947 Mr. Murray Holtby of" Prospect took as his bride Miss Florence (Tot) Carter of Scugog. There are two cases of - Polio in Port Perry. Mr. and Mrs. E. Wagg of Prince Albert have sold their home and are moving to ° London. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 12, 1957 At the Black and White Show at Port Perry Fair, 'Roy Ormiston of Brooklin and Orval Chambers of Wilfred tied for Premier Breeder with 136 points, and George McLaughlin of Bea- verton was right behind with 134 points. There were 136 - head showed with 30 dif- ferent exhibitors. Don Popert and Irene Ptolemy escaped serious injury when the motorcyle they were riding collided with a car driven by Sinclair Robertson. In the mens doubles in Lawn Bowling High three game winner was Bruce Beare, skip and Roy Honey. Congratulation to Mr. Douglas MacCannell and Ross Bailey on winning leather club bags as conso- lation prizes for taking part in "Calf Scramble" at the Exhibition. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 13, 1962 There were 416 pupils enrolled at Port Perry High School and 488 at the Public School. Holstein exhibitors of the Black and White Show held at the Port Perry Fair turned back their prize money amounting to $530.00 to the Fair Board to help pay for the new cattle barns that were used this year for the first time. Frank Barkley a member of the Brooklin Junior Far- mers has been awarded a Provincial Junior Farmers Travelling Scholarship. He will attend the Rural Youth Conference in West Virginia. Gary Lee of Greenbank fell and b roke his arm. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Beals of Florida have been visiting friends and family in Port Perry. n