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Ere Armada 2 aa ww LYN Mtl Sp SR o eda Fos inane * SIONS 2 re fi t ARIS NE ek i Questioning the candidates On October 1 about 30 names will be on a ballot as people try for the 11 elected offices created by regional government. Choosing the right man (or woman) will be difficult, even for people who make a regular hobby of politics. The STAR believes that it is important that voters attend at least one of the half dozen all candidates meetings planned in this area, and that they go with questions written down that can be asked at the right time. The fact that a candidate is a nice guy, or has a pretty wife, or tells funny jokes, or quotes cute slogan does not mean he is qualified to spend the millions of dollars you and your neighbours will pay in regional taxes over the next three years. HERE ARE SOME THINGS TO WATCH FOR ....AT ALL CANDIDATES MEETINGS. Odds are someone in the audience, or some aggressive candidate, will put a little pressure on the people who are running. Watch the candidate carefully when he is under pressure. He will have to stand up to a lot of it if he is elected. You can not afford to trust your affairs to anyone who is going to lose his temper, become paranoid, or "cup out' by leaving the room or refusing to answer. Make sure you understand everything the candidate says. The job of your elected repre- sentative will be twofold. First, he must be able to take what the majority of voters want and sell it to the rest of council. In other words, what you are doing October 1 is hiring a salesman. In order to sell an idea the candidate must first be able to explain it so people can understand. Second, the elected person will have to come back to the public to explain what he has done and why, in words you can understand. ASK THESE QUESTIONS If you get a chance ask the candidate you are thinking of voting for what a capital expenditure would be. If he has the slightest idea what he is talking about he will be able to give you an example of a capital expense. Ask him what some of his responsibilities will be if he is elected. You may not know the difference between the job of Ottawa, Queens Park and Regional council, but the candidate certainly should. You will be surprised at how many local council candidates think they are running for Prime Minister. Find out what he does for a living. You don't send a child to do an-adults job. And most of all pray a lot. No matter who is elected we are going to need all the help we can get over the next three years. all Ww Election? What election TAINS { PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited Se, (CG CNA S 2 : (oun) = an Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and E/ & Kray Cartwright Townships P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher BRUCE ARNOLD, Editor WM. T. HARRISON, J. PETER HVIDSTEN, Plant Manager 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. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $6.00 per year. Elsewhere $8.50 per year. Single Copy 15¢ ~~ Ti BILL MILEY UGAR ano WE'RE HOME BUT LOCKED OUT! Yep. We're home. Met a chap yesterday and he said, 'Hey, I thought you were going to England. Better get a hustle on. You go back to work in a week." Perhaps I should explain that this column is written about two weeks in advance usually or sometimes or occasionally or when the situation calls for it. The last two, for example were written in London and Chester. I swear I had the only possible typewriter in Chester. My wife went out to get some dry-cleaning, spotted this office supplies place, and finagled a typewriter, an old beat-up one, on loan. Therefore, by the time you read about me and the Old Lady living it up on the Strand, we're actually sitting in the back yard, swatting mosquitoes. Which we did. We had left the key to the house with the neighbours.Neither they nor we knew when we'd be home. You can guess the rest. We pulled in, absolutely pooped. Neighbours out for the evening. I tried every window any self- respecting burglar would have a crack at. Nothing doing. We sat in the backyard, surrounded by luggage, looking and feeling like two melting ice cream cones, exchanging quips like, "Weren't none of these mosquitoes in Edinburg." Boy, it's something to be an international traveller. Those mosquitoes bow gracefully before they sink the needle. It didn't bother me much. But it was almost the last straw for my wife. She was in a. state of deep depression anyway, because she'd had to leave the U.K. You may recall that she fought the idea of the trip and used every crafty feminine wile to avoid it. From the moment I threw her onto the plane, bodily, she forgot her rotten kids, her Srice HEE kitchen floor, the woodwork that needed cleaning, the rugs and all the rest of it. Right now, she's planning next year's tour of England. Between you and me, there are a few places in England where she will be banned, because she had so much fun. This is the kid who couldn't understand why anyone wanted to travel. Perhaps you read about those bomb scares in London. They are blamed on the Irish Republican Army. IRA my foot. I planted those bomb scares in the English papers because it was the only way I could get my wife to leave the country. And I don't blame her. She was asked to a champagne luncheon, whatever that is, at the Savoy. Without me. She kissed, or was kissed by, a Welshman in Llangollen. Without me. She walked in Hyde Park with a Dublin lawyer. Without me. : She had breakfast in bed every morning. She didn't wash a dish, scrub a floor, cook a meal for three weeks. With the help of four bobies, I managed to get her on the plane. ' From there on it wasn't so bad. It was a matter of jumping out over the ocean or landing at the so-called International Air- port, Terminal 2, Toronto. It's about even-steven. Personally, I'd jump. If I were flying again, I'd go through - to Winnipeg and take a bus back to Toronto. That's how bad No. 2 is. Anyway, the Old Lady is hooked. Already she's sending cards to Heather. The Tudor Bar, Westminster Hotel, Chester, remind- ing her that we want some ice in it this time. . Next year we go back for sure. So says Suse. It's a long swim, but Nl be at Halifax, cheering her as she takes off. ¢ "», A 2 i» \& MBER _ 2 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 13, 1923 Cartwright council passed a by-law appointing W.D. Ferguson as Tax Collector for 1923 at a salary of $100. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Alix Gilboord, Port Perry, on Sunday night. Miss Elizabeth O. Hanlow has returned to Toronto after spending five weeks holidays with Mr. and Mrs. T. Druean, Seagrave. Miss Irene Spoffard, Greenbank has secured a position as teacher at the Yellow School House in Port Perry. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 16, 1948 $300 in cash and $1,200 in stamps was taken from the Port Perry Post Office during a robbery last Wednesday night. The whole safe was taken but was recovered, though badly damaged, in a field near Brooklin. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reesor and Danny were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Powers, Union- ville and accompanied them on a motor trip to Bellfoun- tain. Rev. Merrill Ferguson, returned to his work in Angola, Africa after spen- ding a year's furlough in Canada and U.S.A. He was staying in Blackstock with his wife and family. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goose, Ashburn, spent the weekend at the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. George Philips 'on Georgian Bay. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 11, 1958 The Hon. Mathew B. Dymond, M.D., and Mrs. Dymond were presented to H.R.H. Princess Margaret during the recent Royal Tour. ' A Hackney Stallion owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sadler won the Canadian Hackney Society Special Ribbon at the Canadian National Exhibition. About 125 students are enrolled in the new modern four-roomed public school in Prince Albert. Mr. and Mrs. Vanderheul Sr., who have been visiting with their sons Manus, Harry and daughter, Mrs. B. Van Ryswick left for their home in Holland last Tues- day. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 12, 1963 At the regular meeting of Fidelity Lodge, A.F. and A.M., V. Wor. Bro. Norman W. Heayn was presented with the regalia of Grand Stewart of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. G. Oldfield; Port Perry will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniver- sary later this month. -- Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Clark, Scugog, were taken by sur- prise on Friday when over 30 friends arrived for a chivari. "Congratulations to Mr. -and Mrs. David Morton (nee Sharon Beare), who were married last Saturday. pe *