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SN Cn a PPP ROR NC Sed I I EEN Ndi ¢ Kes a Ta RP Ne a DITORIAL PINION Be a good scout By Gerald Nelson,' Chairman of Paper Salvage Committee For the past number of years, the Port Perry Boy Scouj Association, through a Committee, have with volunteer help, gathered waste paper in town and country. On five occasions during the yeag, February, April, June, September and November, small trucks loaned by co-operative townspeople and driven by volunteer adults, may be seen traversing the streets with Scouts and Cubs gathering bundles and boxes of paper, books etc. The local Scout Hall is the focal point of activity on such Saturday mornings as a huge truck from Cedardale Scrap and Metal, Oshawa, is parked to receive contributions from all sources; what is brought in by the small trucks, truck loads dropped off by interested individuals and the bundles brought to the ScoutHall between drives. Action is feverish for 2V2 to 3 hours on paper drive mornings as boys and men hasten to gather all paper that is put out by dhe local citizens and transfer it to the transport. Revenue from this paper salvage that averages about 12 tons per drive assists the local Group Committee with expenses involved in the opera- tion - maintenance of the Scout Hall and the conduct of the Scout program. Paper drives also provide a very useful service to the community as many kind-hearted folk feel they are a part of the Scout movement with their contriutions to this project. With a scarcity of paper products, demand for used paper to be recycled has become a vital factor in our economy and also somewhat financially rewarding. The net value of a ton of waste paper has almost trippled within the past two years. Thus everytime a hundred pounds of paper goes to the dump, its the same as throwing away 75 cents, with benefit to nobody. The next time you put out your garbage, make sure that newspaper, cardboard and magazines are not a part of it. Let us all adopt the slogan, "BE A GOOD SCOUT AND SAVE YOUR PAPER." Future paper drive dates for Port Perry, Greenbank and Seagrave are June 1, September 14 and November 16. If storage is a problem between drives, phone 985-2426 or 7141 rather than discard waste paper. Your local Boy Scouts appreciate your continued suport of this worthy community project. humanity counts support your @® |ocal association ok for the mentally retarded 1 Canadian Association for the Mentally Retarded PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited ~ { : Sean, (GC CNA : (olin) : -_-- LIS 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 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $6.00 per year. Elsewhere $8.50 per year. Single Copy 15¢ PS "/ WON'T BE HOME TONIGHT, PET, --- | GOT" PICKED UP BY A WOMAN * BILL MILEY UGAR ano TOWN ENGINEERS WHO NEEDS THEM? -t can understand why a president or a king is assassinated. What I fail to under- stand is why town councillors are not assassinated fairly frequently: In the first case it is usually done by a crank, nut, or fanatic. In the second case it would be done by a group of irate citizens. What is done in many small towns these days in the name of 'progress' is so difficult to believe that the mind reels at the prospect. . You've all seen it. In a desparate attempt to get bigger and more progessive, towns across Canada have assaulted the eye, the ar, the nose, and plain common sense. I believe the definition of rape is, "Carnal knowledge without consent." If this is so, there is a lot of rape going on in Canada these days, in villages, towns and cities. Again, you've all seen it. Turn the fertile farmlands on the edge of town into new "developments." Cut down all the trees. Pave everything that isn't paved. All in the name of those great modern gods, 'the car," and "business." And all with the benign approval of misguided town council- lors. who actually believe, in the dim little recesses of their minds, that they are contributing to "progress." "Progress" is usually just a synonym for what the town's businessmen want. And what they want is more business, so they can make more money. That's fine. That's their bag. But very often they can apply pressure and exert influence with results that cynically bulldoze the desires of the average citizen who is not cognizant of their wheeling and dealing until it's too late. Don't get me wrong. I'm not just an old grump, who thinks any change is going to be disastrous. I've served on the other side of the fence, and I am aware of the abuse a councillor receives, the long hours he spends on other people's business, and the lack of apprecia- tion for what he does. But on the other hand, as a councillor, a reporter, and a citizen, I have seen some of the dimmest characters in town elected to council because no one else wanted the job. And I have seen what they can do to reduce a beautiful small town to an ugly, noisy, stinking mess. o Srice Bigger isn't necessarily better. In fact, it's usually worser. But many a municipal councillor thinks he's going to get into the Canadian history books or something if he helps make his town bigger. Too few of them stop to think farther than five years ahead. As I suggested, strongest influence on the councillors comes from businessmen. But the latter's closest ally is nearly always the "town engineer." More councillors have been bamboozled by town engineers than there are flies on a dead dog. Your average councillor doesn't have much technical knowledge. Consequently, he is mystified and awed by such terms as "access road" and "drainage" and "hard- topping" and "right of way." Quite wrong is the councillor. He should question and find out what the hell is going on. Engineers, in my opinion, are not superior beings. They are people who like to build things, and tear things down. And the latter often precludes the former. Show an engineer a tree and he'll hand you a chain saw. Show an engineer a curve and he wants to straighten it. Show an engineer a garden and he wants to pave it. Show him a hill and he wants to flatten it. Show. him a beautiful rushing river and he wants to dam it. It's the engineers who should be damned in this country. We need trees and curves and gardens and hills and rivers. We don't need stumps and straight lines for speeding and more parking lots and bulldozed flats, and dams that flood thousands of acres. We need fewer. many fewer, engineers. Show me a town engineer who has ever looked at a 100-year-old maple without lust in his heart, who has ever looked at a space more than 15' x 25' without lust in his heart, who has ever looked at a space more than 25' x 25" without wanting to asphalt it, or who sees any running water, even from the kitchen sink, without wanting to divert it, and I'll show you a freak who will be kicked out of the Professional Engineers' Associa- tion at its next meeting. . Oh, well, all is not lost. My neighbour brought me two huge plates full of cleaned smelt last week. There's still hope for the human race. But not for dumb councillors and rapacious engineers. They will all go to hell. I hope. a 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 22, 1924 After teaching mathema- tics and physics in Port Perry High School for forty vears, Mr. George Stone is retiring from the teaching profession. Remember those good old days when Pure Wool Tailor Made Suits were only $30.00 @ and men's Shower Proof Coats made of all wool gabardine only $22.00! 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 19, 1949 Art Brunton has spent some time in Toronto this week representing Port Perry Church of the Ascen- sion at the Diocesan Synod Assembly of the Church of England in Canada. Mr. Lloyd Wright of Cartwright, donated a Wolf Head and Hide which is being mounted for use at club meetings. Mrs. F. Fletcher expressed her thanks to Mr. Wright for the Cubs at a meeting on May 16. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, Jack Roach of Toronto, sang a solo with the band when Edgewater Pavilion opened in Caesarea. Mrs. Elsie Dobson, the Music Supervisor of the Port Perry Public School, took grades VII, VIII to Ajax to compete in the 3rd annual Music Festival. 10 YEARS AGO Several packages of book dealing with many subjects were donated to the Public Library by Dr. Lloyd White. Cliff Redman was appoin- ted chairman in 1964 by'the members of the Ontario County Pasture Committee. Mrs. Gregory Carter, Regional chairman, conducted the season's final meeting of the Ontario County Catholic Women's League. May 21, 1959