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Y LA : x. * 8 » A {LA [™ Rash oo ata \ ' \ Sh JE ARR dean ks shoal ou Shy . A : ARGENT FLAY Water Safety Week JUNE 2 - 8, 1974 Back in the good old days before new math and Dr. Spock there were rules and regulations covering just about every activity people did. And like the Ten Commandments, most of the rules began "Thou shalt not' or "Don't" or Never'. Red Cross Water Safety rules were like that too. "Don't swim alone," *'Don't dive into unknown waters." "Don't overload your boat." Psychologists said this was the wrong way to approach the problem. They claimed that *"Don'is* and 'Nevers' turned people off. So the writers of rules and regulations went back to the drawing board and they re phrased everything. "Don't cross the street on a red light" became "Cross the street with the green light only." "Don't swim alone' became "Always swim with a buddy." "Don't dive into unknown waters"' became "Investigate unknown water before you dive in." Last year 1,339 people drowned in Canada -- an increase of 173 over 1972. Most of the increases occurred in the age group 16 to 30, people in the prime of life. Has the sugar-coated pill became a placebo? In an effort to ""avoid turning people off' have we made them turn a deaf ear instead? No one wants to go back to the time when people feared the water. Swimming and boating are good, healthy activities. But a little more respect for the dangers is certainly indicated. This is National Water Safety Week in Canada. Al Thiessen, national director, Red Cross Water Safety Service says "Any sport is more fun when you know the rules. The more skilled you are, the more fun you have; the more skilled you become, the safer you are. The Water Safety Service wants people to enjoy aquatic activities in safety. Common sense goes a long way, but you need skills too. Common sense doesn't tell you how to perform rescue breathing or teach you how to throw a ring buoy. These are not difficult skills to learn, but they are skills which must be taught by an expert. "1f 1 may use that word that psychologists hate; Don't let another summer go by -- enroll in a Red Cross Water Safety course this year. Learn to Swim, learn to swim better, learn to handle small boats, learn the rules of water rescue and self-survival. "The Red Cross Water Safety slogan is Keep in the swim. There is a programme for every ability level, any age group. We invite you to Come on in." | PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited CULE) ™ 'o, ; Samy, | Gon s{I); rom + & "tn 5 aed 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¢ "Here Kirry,® rrry ! NICE KITTY L BILL MILEY UGAR ano I'M A GENIUS AT NOT SAVING Well. were vou alert enough to fill your gas tank and pick up half a dozen five- gallon jerryeans of the stuff before the price soard? Were you smart enough to have your furnace-oil tank filled before the stuff turned - to black gold? . That's funny. Neither was I. In fact. my wife informed me, the day after gasoline prices headed for the moon, that we were riding on a pint and a prayer. "Dummy." I'stated. "Dummy yourself," she retorted. "Why didn't you tell me the price was going up?" "Twice-dummy," I responded coolly. "Why don't you read the ruddy newspapers?" "Thrice-dummy." was her unoriginal answer. 'Because you're always hogging them. and you never talk to me, and I'm alone all day and never see anyone, and you come home and bury your big fat nose in the newspapers. and I am sick and tired of it.' "Bull-oney!"". I snorted, and we were off one one of those half hour deals so popular with married couples, and from which 1 always emerge looking like Archie Bunker. And there wasn't a bit of truth in her tirade. I don't hog the papers. I let her have the classified ads section and the sports section, when I've finished with it. She's not home alone all dav. She has the cats. She sees people -- the postman and the garbage men -- when they're not on strike. And 1 don't have a big. fat nose. It's just big. I'm digressing. But I often do that when 1 get talking about my hepmeet, my other half. my chicadee. my lambie, the Joan to "my/Dyjrby. that broad who is driving me squirrely with talk about spring cleaning. What I really began to discuss was my native ability. born knack. or sheer genius. al missing chances to save money. There aren't many such chances, in these parlous times. but every time there is one, 1 seem to be out to lunch. Show me a hydro bill, «ad I'll show you that it's four days past the deadline for the discount. By the way. that's one sweet racket. Hydro sends you a bill. with a Seice © certain "discount" if it is paid within a certain date. That means that Hydro can get along quite nicely if everyone pays on time. Right"? Therefore, the "'discount' is no such thing. It's a penalty. Robbers. Show me an income tax return and I'll show vou that T should have been paying, and have not been. quarterly, in advance. So I'm penalized. Show me a full-page advertisement featuring a big sale, 50 per cent off everything, and I'll show you that the paper is ten davs old. and the sale ended last Saturday. Show me a big jump in the price of beef or lettuce. and I'll show you a craving for red meat and salad. And my wife is just the same. Show her six books of wall-paper samples -- all good, sturdy. durable, colorful stuff, and she will unerringly pick the one that's twice the price of all the others. My swim suit invariably springs a leak in July. before the August sales begin. My winter boots spring the same thing in January. before the sales begin. If 1 plunge for five shares of a sure-thing stock. a war starts, or Nixon says something stupid again. and there's a stock market shimp. I don't consider this to be a malignant thing. T don't really believe, though it has crossed my mind. that God has it in for me. Maybe it's Old Debbil. At any rate, it happens too often to be a coincidence, and I'm getting sick of it, bv gum. A typical was the first Olympic Sweep- stake. I forgot to get a ticket. You'd think a guy's friends would remind him. But oh. no. Not them. Too greedy. And I've a sneaking notion I'd have won the million bucks. Boy, would T show my socalled friends, if T won that. They wouldn't sce me for gold-dust. But there is one little area in which my wife and T are infallible. when it comes to saving money. Every year, we pay our house taxes in January. 1 think we save about eight dollars. That will show them. we tell each other solemnly. 'leadership of REMEMBER £8 WHEN 4 Q- Jt 1924 June 5, The road construction ma- chinery has arrived and the Thursday. new road is being con- structed on Water Street and continuing north until the main street is reached. Mr. James Crozier was made chairman of the court al a meeting of the Scugog Council on Saturday. Some forty well trained singers of Orono will present an opera in the Town Hall in Port Perry. Mrs. D. Robb and 'Mrs. R.H. Brown were the directors of the operetta. The Port Perry Band is being reorganized under the Mr. Ross Roach. The following pupils of Miss G. Stovin of Port Perry Public School were given prizes for excellent essays on "Why I must be a total Abstainer from Alcohol & Tobacco were Beverly Smallman & Hazel Jeffery. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 2, 1919 Port Perry Juveniles opened the 1949 baseball sea- son at Yelverton and won 9 - 7. Cawker, Lee, Helm & Hayes led the Port attack with two hits each. Mrs. © Helen Willard's pupils of Pri Perry and Brooklin, will hold their annual recital. At the Port Perry High School Variety Night, Wesley Jackson gave a saxa- hone solo. Bruce Gerrow, Ted Griffen, Zula Jackson and Norma Hackley, all sang at Variety night. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 1. 1959 Roy Ormiston bought the famous cow Windylea Nancy Low for $5.000.00 from J.B. (continued on page 3) L