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Port Perry Star, 3 Apr 1974, p. 6

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PE lat r,t aL PS A A FRERSE ICRI nL ERS Th a "A Sas -- Sn Py BE Te, v Fe . DITORIAL PINION Rules were relevant Durham Region's councillors feel they should be free to enter and leave council chambers when they like without anyone taking note, eat and drink what they wish within and smoke whenever the need arises. Last week they voted out Chairman Beath's four point memorandum call- ing for members to be 'recognized' by the chair when they enter or leave chambers; a ban on food and beverages, except water, in the house and a ban on smoking in the house. Several councillors felt they were being subjected to unnecessary control from the chair; that their democratic rights were being curtailed. Only five of the 28 councillors present, found themselves in favour of the rules. We can under- stand the feelings of councillors about smoking. To sit for several hours without being allowed to smoke can be trying for a habitual smoker. However we cannot feel the same way about the other three rules. As Chairman Beath explained 'recognition' implied a mere nod, an indication from the chair. It did not mean there would be a halt in discussions each time a member left or entered the house. But councillors chose not to look at it in that light. It did not matter to them that the same rules served the Ontario County Council meetings fairly well before the region of Durham came into existence. Instead they felt the Chairman would use these rules indiscriminately. We cannot agree with the feelings of councillors on the food and beverages matter either. Surely a lunch recess followed by a coffee break is sufficient for councillors to satisfy their need for food and drink? Within the chambers water is more than adequate to keep them going. In any case, coffee addicts can always step out for a cup whenever they feel like. } Unfortunately the people who felt this way were in the minority so the rules have been rejected for the present. We do hope, however, that council will find an occasion in the future to reintroduce them. Dental health Nine out of ten Canadians have had their health affected by dental disease. So common is the affliction, that many have accepted dental disease as inevitable -- yet are unaware that a person's overall health can be affected if the dental condition is not remedied. This is a tragedy of the uninformed. Through better education and a little effort, many dental problems can be prevented, remedied or repaired through the skills of dentistry. It is also important to remember that poor overall health can cause dental problems. Expec- ially closely linked are poor dental health and digestion problems. The continued presence of physical disease or irregularities, whether in the mouth or in other parts of the body, can also lead to poor emotional health. : Its important you don't neglect your health or that of your family. A Aan PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited \0 ST, <, REE " (a 2 (Um) : rn 3 Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher 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 Part 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 0245 Subscription Rate: In Canada $6.00 per year Elsewhere $8.50 per year Single Copy 15¢ TERCERA ANE "IF YOU THINK JHATS GOT A WALLOP, PODNER, .. YOTTA TRY THE IMPORTED STUFF" BILL MILEY ABOUT MY WIFE, KIDS AND GERMANY This is going to be a shot-gun column, instead of the usual coherent, unified, lucid examination of a single topic. I'm going to aim in all directions at once and pull both triggers. Reason is I've got . to get ready to go to Germany on Sunday and have a lot to do. Like shine my shoes, and change $12 into rubles or whatever they use. and get my wife to iron some shirts, and. ub, get her to pack my bag, and. uh. well, a lot of important things. First of all, I've rediscovered a maxim that was already ancient when Moses looked out over the promised land: women are not only unpredicatable, but unreason- able. My wife had known for about a month that T might be going to Germany on the winter break. She thought it was great for me. "I'll be a nice change for you. And it'll do you good to.get away from me for a few days. You must get sick of me." I lied politely, as usual. Told her I didn't need a change, that I could scarcely bear the thought of being separated, and that the very idea of bing sick of her was nauseating. Then I came home one day and told her it was all set, but that she couldn't go. "When?", she queried, knowing it would be several months off, and that there might be an earthquake or a flood or something in the meantime. "Oh. I guess Sunday night," 1 responded casually, serene in the knowledge that she was in favour of the trip. She burst into tears. My next topic also deals with the family, and with an aqueous event. Aside from a rainstorm, have you ever been soaked from a great height? I have. Last Sunday. I was thoroughly enjoying playing with my grandson. He's old enough now to be played with, without fear that he'll break. 1 had him under the armpits and was hoisting him in the air, making those redieulous sounds that would make grand- father blush crimson if they ever heard them on tape. ' A look of pure glee passed across the kid's face, and 1 thought, "By golly, he knows me, and he's enjoying his grandad." Next second, 1 was soaked from shoulder to knee. It was warm, and at first I thought I'd burst a painless blood vessel. But it was the wrong colour. It's not unpleasant at first. Rather like taking a warm, salt bath with your clothes on. It's when it begins to cool . . . There's not much more to be developed UGAR ano Srice & there. so I'll turn to topic three: exams, which we have just gone through a session of. Nothing is more depressing than starting to mark a set of exam papers. and finding that the first five you mark are failures. You are filled with self-doubt. "Have I not taught them anything? I'm a failure as a teacher. 1 should go back to the shoe factory. If everybody fails, I'll be fired, because in this system, if you're teaching failures, you're a failure as a teacher, regardless of any other factors." Then you pick up a paper and the student has understood what you've taught, and applied it, and used some brains of its own, and it's a ninety percenter. Hallelujah! And you're hooked for another year. There is only one thing worse than marking exam papers. That is supervising the writing of them. The quaint old word for this function is "'invigilating." It sounds kind of dirty, but it isn't. Just utterly boring. You are figuartively locked in a room for, two hours with about 35 teenagers. That alone is a fate worse than death, for some people. I'd rather be.locked in with 35 students than with 35 balloons. Then begins two hours of hell. The kids are supposed to be tense, nervous, strain- ing every brain cell to do well. They're about as tense as a hibernating bear. Susie takes off her shoes. assumes a yoga position, and looks out the window. Jack's crutch, a relic of skiing and a broken leg, falls on the floor, and you jump a foot, while the victims snicker. . You resort, after the first hour, to such things as counting greasy hair versus washed hair, bras versus braless, big clumsy boots, versus sneakers. You look up at the picture on the wall of the Queen, on whom somebody has drawn a moustache. You fill in, with your imagination, sideburns, and realize the Queen would have been pretty dashing in 1580. You look out the window at the dirty snow-banks and dream of a beach or a trout stream. You whip around, aware you were drifting, to see if anyone is cheating. Nobody is. Except Joe, who has given up after half an hour of tongue and pen working together, and is sound asleep, head on arms. An early fly buzzes. Warned you this would be a shotgun column. But I think I've covered every- (continued on page 21) REMEMBER 2a) 2+, Ye 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 3, 1924 Thanks to the manage- ment of Miss Grace Davis, Mr. Mac Beare and Mr. Geo. R. Davey, $1,000 has been paid this year on the indebtedness of the Port Perry Skating Rink. Mr. James Harrison (known best as Jimmie), is leaving Port Perry this week to take up residence in Detroit. Jimmie has been employed in Mr. McIntyre's store for several years. > The Owen Sound Hockey Brigade captured the Stan- ley Cup this year in a play- off game against Calgary. Much credit goes to 16 - year old Hedley Smith, goal custodian for Owen Sound. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 7. 1919 Mrs. Alex Diamond saved the life of Mr. Wilson's Song last week when he fell through the ice of a pond. Mrs. Diamond broke the surrounding ice and waded out to rescue the small boy. Mr. Merlin Dowson, who has been associated with the grocery business in Port Perry for several years, has taken over Argue's grocery store. 15 YEARS AGO > Thursday, April 9, = 1959 The Port Perry Skating Club presented its Premiere Ice Revue, Friday evening al the Memorial Arena. The Port Perry Club was assis- ted by Clubs from Peter- boro, Oshawa and Toronto, with Miss Beverley Orr of Toronto skating in the star role. &* 10 YEARS AGO Thursday. April 2nd, 1961 An early morning blaze destroyed 3 barns and a quantity of livestock on the farm of George Davidson which is situated on the Township line of Reach and Brock. A bus load of Blackstock 0.N.O. members and hus. of bands travelled to Toronto on Tuesday night to see the television show "Front Page Challenge."

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