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Editorial Comments Island woes You can't help but feel sympathy, for island residents...particularly the more impressionable...in light of the experience over the past few weeks. Taking note of Monday's council meeting, some island inhabitants may well look at their pleasant surround- ings and rustic atmosphere and see the writing on the wall. Penitentiaries, and now, provincial park develop- ments. Shades of Manhattan. Bright lights. City slickers. Squealing cars and mile-long line-ups. We were told by one Island resident in a casual, very confident way, the exact location on the Island where the reception centre was going to go. That analysis was made through careful observation of road work, survey and pole-moving activity. Although _ on that criterion, there are well over a dozen penitentiaries being installed in this and the surround- ing area. Now, of course, there are hints that the provincial resources ministry is nearing the completion of plans for the Scugog Island Provincial Park. Development schedules, according to ministry officials, depend on the availability of provincial funds. In view of some of the past misconceptions, you can't blame some local residents from hoping the ministry goes broke. According to some councillors, there has already been noted an undercurrent of active opposition to the park proposal. We can only hope that this issue will not be _ decided, discussed, and opposed the way the last one was. For one thing, there is enough time to let individual views be known. There is an obvious need in this community for developed parks and recreational facilities, and while the park will host many from down south, we are in an excellent position to make full use of the facility. Study committee It may end up to be an exercise in futility as some have already suggested, but a committee to invest- igate the facts about hosting a regional reception centre here, is a good idea. The fact that the suggestion was made by the group opposing the penitentiary confirms our consistent view that the kind of thinkin that led to the writing of the STP open letter represents a minority. : While the committee may not be able to solve the dilemma that faces the community, it is an honest, fair attempt. Which is all anyone can ask. sr [RY 5) HONEST! uss A EVEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I" Remember When..? 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 30, 1925 Arrangement has been completed by the Board of Education to buy the Baptist Church and grounds. The board have been renting this building and an offer to purchase for $1,000. has been accepted. The building will be used for the domestic sciences class and physical culture. Mr. Fred Schell caught two muskalonge, one weighing 12 Ibs. and the other 15. In this issue it was stated that, one person out of 14 of Canad's population, now owns a motor-car. Over 6,000 persons attend- ed the General Motors picnic held at Lakeview Park this weekend. _ Misses Winnie Niddery of Prospect, and Alpha Crosier and Aletha Barrett of Man- chester, left to spend a week in Bobcaygebn as delegates. attending the Bay of Quinte summer school. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 27, 1950 Some 85 persons attended Bill Smiley the Carter-Hood family picnic. The oldest person there was Mrs. Cory Hood of Oshawa and the youngest was Rick Ballard, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ballard. The main plans for the new hospital have been approved. Mr. Herb Brooks was the chairman, Mr. Gordon Reesor, secretary. Neighbours and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mar- shall, nee Verna Niddery of - Prospect, held a party in their honour on the occasion of their recent marriage and before leaving to make their home in Brampton. Mr. Merlin Bailey, Black- stock, has been transferred from the bank in Sunderland to the Canadian -Bank of Commerce in Brantford. At the annual picnic of the Durham Federation of Agri- culture, the federation pre- sented to Mr. E. A. Summers a Rolex wrist watch and his wife, a bouquet of flowers, in appreciation of his 20 years of service to the Durham farmers. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 28, 1960 Mr. and Mrs. Jack Forster celebrated their 25th wedd- ing anniversary with their family in the dining room of the Flamingo Restaurant. Maybelle Rebekah Lodge held a very successful Fun Night on the lovely lawns at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Snelgrove, Prince Albert. The Shirley Women's Insti- tute celebrated their 50th Anniversary at the home of Mrs. Irene Moore and Mrs. Alan Moore. The Cartwright Scouts entertained 'the troup of scouts from London, Ontario, who werestranded at Yelver- ton over the weekend when . the bus in which they were travelling to Coe Hill broke down. Mr. Gerald Asselstine left Toronto on the S. S. Polystar for a trip to Europe. Walter Stevens and David Hobbs of Manchester are attending training at Cap Ipperwash. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 29, 1965 Dale Hallett of Sonya and Ron Short of Port Perry are two local hockey enthusiasts who gre attending the Billy Harris Hockey School held at the Double Rink Arena in Toronto. Robert Smith of Port Perry attended the ninth annual Ontario County Land Jud- ging Competition on Friday, July 16th in the Claremond area and won the Junior Class Land Judging. The Port Perry Legion Squirts are to be congratu- lated on their winnings of two tournaments held in the last two weeks, one at New- market and one at East Gwillimbury. The sixth 0.A.C. Alumni Picnic held in Ontario County on July 25 was a great success. It was held at the home of Professor and Mrs. A. W. Baker, Cedarhurst Beach, Beaverton. Ontario County Junior Farmers, once again carried off the top honours at the Quinte District Junior Farm- er Field Day held at Morrow Park, Peterborough. A summer summary Herewith Smiley's bi-annual Summer Riis Safety Hints. Various departments of gov- ernment: Agriculture, Lands and Forests, Tourism and Tripe, Fire and Water--annual- ly send out a list of things to do to protect your life and various other things during the hot season. It is my opinion that these lists are not only repetitious and redundant, but over- lapping and underpinning, so once in a while I try to publish a few Summer Safety Tips that can be used as filler by all lazy, hot, tired editors. Even though the summer is half over, and thousands of people have drowned, or nearly drowned, I think a few swimming sugges- tions would not come amiss. Never forget that amiss is as good as amile. So my first tip is that if you're going to swim a mile, make sure you don't go amiss. I think that requires no further explanation. Speaking of amiss, never try to make love either reclining in a canoe, or in a reclining canoe. In the first instance, if the thing rolls over, which it usually does, you are caught in a death:clutch and will have to punch your partner in the belly to break the hold. This is considered bad form. It is also embarrass- ing , not to say dangerous, if your partner is swifter with a left hook than you are. In the second place-a reclining canoe-it is obviously leaking, and you shouldn't be out there in the first place. Much better to confine your canoe love- making to a standing position. Then, if women's equilibriumation seems to be taking over--that is, if there is any chance that you are going to be the least bit upset, jump overboard and swim like hell for the nearest lifeguard. Now for diving. Never dive into unknown waters. Many a man you'll meet on the streets, whimpering, limping, middle-aged, head-scarred. Ask him what the matter is, and he'll respond: "I dived into unknown waters". This is his euphemism for admit- - ting he is married. Try not to dive into a swimming pool. Use a diving pool. If you do happen to dive into a swimming pool, and it has a plastic bottom, wear a plastic helmet. If it happens to have a concrete bottom, and you are turkey "enough to dive into it, you probably won't feel a thing. > Never dive alone. Personally, when I dive, whether it is from 30 feet, 12 feet, four feet, or even-my accustomed 18 inches, I am always accompanied by water wings, an inflated tube, and my entire family. It may not be Olympic grace and style, but I don't have a hole in my head from hitting rocks. Never take a person out over his or her ~ depth. In other words, if your mother-in-law is only five feet tall and can't swim, don't take her out where it is six feet deep. Just take her out where it is five feet deep, hand her some lead weights, and tell her to do some push-ups. . . Enough about swimming. How about boat- ing? Well, the same principles apply there. Never put more than 12 people in a 12 foot boat, six people in a six foot boat, or more than 88 people in a bar that is built for 44. This way you can not only be safe but sorry. If it is a sailboat, do not load it up with sailors. Sailors are usually drunk and disorderly, according to the police records of all the ports of the world. The same, by the way, goes for soldiers, if you happen to have a soldier-boat. If you have a power boat, of course, this is your chance to show the world. Take any average swimmer, and a pair of water skiis. Throw both over the back of the boat. The order doesn't matter. Shove the throttle wide open. Then show everybody what Napoleon would have been like without Waterloo. Water on the brain? Let's turn to other aspects of summer danger. Do not stamp out bonfires with your bare #-. feet. In the first place, those coals are probably just fireflies going through their second incarnation, and have just as much right to live as you have. Secondly, the smell of roasting meat is liable to bring dozens of barbecue artists from all over the neighbourhood down on you, asking what kind of sauce you use. Pee on em. The coals, that is. Another think you should not stamp out with you bare foot is your flowerbed, even though it taunts you, thwarts you, thumbs its nose at you and stick its bare roots in the air at you, as mine recently did. There were two rose buses among them, in mine. Then, of course, there are bugs. Don't spray them. Don't swat them. They, too, are merely lower forms of consciousness tryin to rise to a higher, in their next incarnation. I had a Buddisht monk flying around me the other night, whining: "Don't hit me! Don't hit me! I was once an altar boy for St. Thomas Aquinas", Splattt! Is he going to be surprised when he is reincarnated as an Anglican bishop. Female. < The Argyle Syndicate Ltd.