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Council will probably be committing the ratepayers for a twenty year period so they should make sure everybody knows what they are getting into. Fire Prevention Week Although next week is officially Fire Preven- tion Week, fire prevention is a year around job and fire consciousness shouldn't be forgotten once next week is over. Fire losses in Canada have soared past the quarter billion dollar mark for a single year. According to the latest available figures, $254,266,623 worth of property went up into flames in a single year in Canada. ' ' Although loss figures in the Port Perry area didn't rise drastically in the 1972, there was an $18 million increase on the national level. Faulty electrical appliances were blamed for more than 14,000 fires costing more than $44 million. Careless smoking caused more than 22,000 fires and damage was more than $18 million. Careless smoking thus became the largest single cause of fire last year although the damage from fires caused by electrical appliance fires was greater. "Careless Smoking blamed for become a sadly famous headline. In one instance a couple fled their blazing home last year. They said later they were unaware they had left their tenant behind. The tenant died. Careless smoking was blamed for the fire. And this brings us to the one fire loss that no price can be put on: human life. Eight hundred and thirty people died in fires in 1972. Fire prevention is a serious matter and parents should take time to make sure their children know never to play with matches. Parents should also have a practice fire drill so fire' has that their children know how to react and how to get out of the house in the event of a fire. Its worth the time as it could, s 2,091 FOREST FIRES IN CANADA DURING JULY Z The Canadian Forestry Service recorded 2,091 forest fires in Canada during the month of July, affecting some 1,442,000 acres of the country's forest land. . The figures are compared with a total of 1,712 fires in the corresponding period last year, over a total acreage of 1,657,000. their life. NAINA PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited 0 a , $ S, > " cw (OUR) z a "Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher J. PETER HVIDSTEN, 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 Regisiration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $4.00 per year. Elsewhere $8.50 per year Single Copy 15¢ NAAR Lah UE AE ASLO SS 0 A POL CRRA ERSTE VAR Wath I 3 LTV | THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE IT -- IT'S MADE IN JAPAN BILL gS MILEY UGAR ano MAYBE I COULD CHANGE HISTORY Time to catch up on some corres- pondence. From the sublime to the ridicu- lous. Letter from old friend George Cadogan, of the North Shore Leader, Newcastle, N.B. "Dear Bill: Are you going to the thewspaper) convention in Toronto July 24 - 27? I have a room at the Sheraton, but Elda won't be going: you could use the other bed. Perhaps you know the Americans will be there. and we expect about 2,000 delegates. Speakers will include Pierre Trudeau, Nelson Rockefeller, and Father McLaugh- lin, the priest who is a speech writer for Richard Nixon." Well, thanks, George. It would have been sublime. The Sheraton is a luxury hotel. In other words they charge too much. But I certainly wouldn't have minded seeing some of the old weekly editors' gang, or what's left of it. And I'd have rather enjoyed knocking around with Flower Boy, Rocky and the good Father. Alas, "twas not to be. thanks to our magnificent postal service, I received your letter about Aug. 4th. And my, my, what a lot of changes hate taken place since that convention. Pierre, after a sally into the streets where the common people are, is safely back in his ivory tower, or crystal i scoffing at any suggestions that he do som thing about inflation. ' s Nelson Rockefeller is now Yin Drogiden of the United States. And I/hope Father McLaughlin hung onto-a parish. For he sure is out of a job as a Speech writer for you-know-who. That I didn't make that convention fills me with a deep sense of frustration. If I'd been able to get even one of that illustrious trio alone for a moment, I might have been able to change the whole course of history. Providing I had a club in my hand. Well, thanks again, George. (George Cadogan is a modern Don Quixote who is idealistic and afraid of nothing. At present he is galloping, lance at the full tilt, against a monstrous windmill, K.C. Irving, who practically owns the Maritimes.) And give my love to Elda and the kids and the grandkids. Hang in there and slug it out with old K.C. ' It seems the New Brunswickers are after me this year. Just the other day I got a phone call, on a Saturday morning, from Gordon Fairgrieves, publisher of the Hart- land (N.B.) Observer. I didn't even snarl at him, though it was 9 a.m. our time, and I'm not the best of company at that hour on a Saturday morning, my day to sleep in. He soft-talked me, that man. It took me a _ couple of minutes to realize it, as I was still groggy from watching the late, late show. I have an orgy every Friday night, because I don't have to Work on Saturday. It's a compensation thing from my childhood, when my motHgr called up the theatre Serice manager and told him not to let me in to the Wednesday afternoon matinee, because I was not only skipping school to go, but swiping a dime out of her purse for admission. I was about ten. Anyway, Gordon gets the year's award for sweet-talk and persistence. He invited me, and my wife, and any kids who were around, to come down to Hartland for the Remem- brance Day week-end. It sounded pretty nice, the way he put it. As an after thought, he just happened to mention they'd like me to speak at the Legion dinner. As a carrot for the donkey, he tossed off the fact that I'd be in disting- uished company. One of their speakers in the past had been Milton Gregg, V.C., former Minister of Veterans' Affairs. Crafty devil. Gordon,that is, not Milton. He extolled the beauty of the Maritimes in November, the fact that our bedroom at his house would have a TV set, and various other allurements. " I was tempted. That's why I called him a devil. A pleasant weekend in the Mari- times. A change from the dull schedule. New People, new faces, travel I didn't say no. Said I'd let him know. The wife -- you know -- don't know what she has planned. (She was in bed and not in the mood for consultation, with her broken ribs.) I was tempted, and I stand before you,. brethern and sistern, and I admit it. I put out a few feelers, while the old lady was asleep. Called the travel agency. Yes, I could just make it to Fredericton and back on the weekend, without losing/a day's pay. And if everything ran on timg. : I would only cost mg about three hundred bucks, if T took my (wife. And only six or eight hours to write a speech. Not bad. And free room and board down there. Oh, yes, I was tempted. And the good Gordon didn't leave a stone unturned. Same night there was a telegram, phoned from Toronto, backing up the phone call. Three days later a letter: "It will be a pleasant break for you all . . .you will enjoy yourselves in our small town of 1,000 people . . .obtain enough copy for ten columns . . .find out what New Brunswick is like . . .and also what one of the smallest Legion branches in the province does on Nov. 11th." Well, if it does what most of the other branches do, after the parade to the cenotaph, I've already been there, Gord. Finally, I faced the Old Battleaxe, laid out the project. "Don't be reidiculous," she said. "Don't you remember that we're having a family reunion at Grandad' that weekend?" 1 didn't. Sorry, Gord. Sorry, chaps. But I'm still tempted. The Last Post in Hartland would be something. The last post at Grandad's is the last post in the fence. Looking back over this column, I wonder which is the sublime 'and which is the ridiculous: a bunch of politicians spouting platitude at the convention, or me sprinting 10 N.B. to spout some fun to the Hartland Legion? 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 22, 1924 Women's Flannel Sport Dresses for only $8.00. And Men's Overcoals ranging from $5.00 to $12.00? The following men were nominated. to fill the position of Councillers, J.E. Mec- Clintock, Frank Shepherd, and E. Spurr. Mr. Spurr was the one elected. Remember when Ken- tucky Coal in egg size, would be delivered to you for only $10.00 a ton? Al the Manchester School Fair, they had over ninety- two different classes. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 29, 1919 Mr. W.R? Hillier, of Port Perry has been appointed the position of District Man- ager in the Nipigon District with the Long Lac Telephone Co. The Port Perry High School elections were held .and the results were as following. President Bob Helm, Vice President Kay Prentice, Sec-Treas. Fred DeNure all for the Student Council. Mr. W. H. Peel donated a General Electric Refrigera- tor so the Recreation Centre could sell tickets on it. The proceeds from the tickets was $1,033.50 which will go towards the Recreation Centre. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, Oct. 1, 1959 Dr. A. C.A. Bathie of Port Perry Bas been elected as president of the Ontario Chiropractic Association. Ross Bailey of R. R. No. 4, Uxbridge was one of six boys to win a calf at the Juniors Day at Lindsay Exhibition. Port Perry High School Student Council elections re- sulted as follows: President Ken Hallett, Vice President Kaye Hastings, Secretary Carol Skerratt and Treasu- rer Doug McMillan. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Durward was dam- aged some when an electric stove caught fire. The only damage was done by smoke. smoke. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 1, 1964 Canadian Pacific Rail- way's dayliner that travels between Toronto and Peter- borough was discontinued. Only four trains, two freight and two passenger will now continue to use the tracks. Dianne Hall obtained the highest mark in the Grade IV Singing examination for Oshawa and district at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Marie Snooks * was the winner of the Low Gross at the Sunnybrae, Golf Course. She won the, 1.G.A. Trophy donated by Jack Hope of Hope's 1.G.A. Food Market. Roy D. Wolfe, president of the Oshawa Wholesale Ltd. has been elected President of the Independent Grocer's Alliance Ltd. wv > 9 ®' - ~