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Editorial Comments Leadership required Heated tempers, bloodthirsty fans, and poor coaching all attribute to a 'black mark" against our minor hockey system and the community. With only a few minutes remaining in a juvenile game between Port Perry and Uxbridge last week, the game had to be called off due to the unruliness of our local coach and players. Port Perry's Minor Hockey Association cannot afford to have players who refuse to take penalties, and coaches who urge their team to leave the bench when they disagree with a call. When a coach leaves the bench and shouts at the reféree, it's time to take a good, hard look at what these people are teaching our youth. In a matter of only 20 minutes, the dedication and hard work of numerous members of our minor hockey system was wiped out...because our town ambassa- dors, the hockey team, could not controt-themselves. It would be easy to blame it all on the fans, who obviously enjoy fighting more than hockey; or the referees; or the players, who didn't like the idea of losing; but we feel that the blame must, at least partially, fall upon the coaches shoulders. He is there not only to teach the players the fundamentals of hockey, but also, and more important "good sportsmanship", This can only be accomplish- ed if the coach himself is a good sport, and from what we have seen, this is not the case. Everyone likes to win, but if the cost of winning only loses respect for your team and community by the" opposition and your own fans...... What have you really won? ~ Castrophobia McCarthyism is dead, you say? Why, haven't you heard the domestic reaction to our: prime minister's infamous trip to that den of iniquity; Cuba? Coddling the commies...romping with the Reds...hobnobbing with the heathen hordes? Stand up, Canadians, say the critics, and show our disgust at the communists' participation in the latest African war and their attempted enslavement of the peoples of Angola, and show that we are solidly behind the Angolan forces of freedom, domocracy, righteous- nous and descency. oo -- va like South-Africa. Speaking of heathen hordes, where were the high-minded people who demanded a halt in Canada- U.S. relations at the height of the Viet Nam conflict? CU. Aen ar "That's OUR AN7s-WrLATION Bosrp ! -- /F THE WORKERS GE] JOO FAT, . WE wallop THEM / Remember When..? 50 YEARS AGO Thurs., February 11, 1926 At a special meeting held by council, Mr. George Raines was appointed Asses- sor with a salary of $150.00. Miss Marguerite Jackson is taking a position as nurse in the Sick Children's Hos- pital, Toronto. ) Annual appointments made by County Council was A. W. Jackson was appoint- ed a member of the Board of Auditors, and Mr. George McMillan of Reach as a County Valuator. 25 YEARS AGO Thurs., February 8, 1951 Mr. Grant Christie and son Fred of Manchester at- tended-the Pony Breeder's meeting in Toronto. Mr. Don Anderson, an employee of Beare Motors, is taking a three-day service course on car maintenance at the Chrysler Corporation in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Hooey have moved into their new house_in Blackstock. Mr. Ernest McLean of Blackstock Radio Navigators Wings and is now stationed in Sask- atoon. 15 YEARS AGO Thurs., February 9, 1961 A meeting was held in the Municipal office to form a Town Band Association. Mr. Garry Tummonds, originator of the movement was elected President, with John Orde as Vice Presid- ent, Mr. Wentworth Watson 'was _ installed as treasurer and Mr. Frank Godley as secretary. Blue Ray Chapter, order of the Eastern Star catered received his . to 150 guests at a "Bobbie Burns" Masonic Temple. The Port Perry Chamber of Commerce honoured the Port Perry Baseball Club, 0.A.S.A. All-Ontario Cham- pions at a presentation din- ner at Flamingo Restatirant. Port Perry Midgets eliminated when they were beaten by the Uxbridge Midget by a score of 6 to 4. 10 YEARS AGO Thurs., February 10, 1966 Seven Port Perry Guides enjoyed a winter camping weekend. It was a cold bright winter weekend but all enjoyed the cooking out, etc., that goes with this type -of Guide training. Those taking part were Lynne Mac Gregor, Sharon Sweetman, Beverley Carnegie, Joanne Martyn, Karena and June supper in the Murray and Karen Carnegie. Carnegie. In the March of Dimes Campaign over $500.00 was collected in Port Perry when some sixty women did a house to house canvas. There is a great concern among local veterinarians and physicians in the area in regard to a recent outbreak of rabies in Reach and Scugog Townships. Port Perry Legion presented new jackets to the members of Port Perry Squirts, Baseball team who won the All-Ontario Squirt Championship in the summer of 1965. Janet D'Altroy and David Porter were the winners. of the Novice Dance Cham- pions in the Central Ontario Sectional Championships held at Varsity Arena. Bill Smiley Random thoughts : Some random observations this week on a variety of topics, none of them world-shak- ing. If you are short of either time or patience, turn to the classified ads for some real entertainment. For about 10 days over the holidays I had my grandson. Or rather, he had me. At his beck and call. For about 12 hours a day. He's at that very interesting stage where he's learning to talk, fast. You know, putting phrases together, repeating everything he ' hears, understanding most of what you say, PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited Prone 9857383 Siem, (ecin 3 (om): Serving Porl Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships J. PETER HVIDSTEN, Publisher Advertising Manager John Gast, Editor Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Lid, Port Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class mail hy the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0255 Subscription Rate: In Canada $8.00 per year Elsewhere $10.00 per year. Single copy 0c i but not yet quite ready to carry on a conversation. - Two phrases, however, he has down pat. 'The first is: "Come on!" delivered in a peremptory tone and accompanied by a firm grasp of a chubby fist on my index finger. This comes immediately after I have settled down with my paper and a beer and lighted a cigarette. It means he wants assistance in building a pyramid or getting his glass of "dooce" (anything from milk to orange juice) or letting the 'ky-cat' in for another session of torture. What it really means, of course, is that he has a distinct aversion to Grandad retiring from the action. The second phrase, delivered in a piteous tone, is "Help me" accompanied by a forlorn look and a tug at any portion of my anatomy available. This means he wants me to plug in the tree lights, or hold him up so he can watch the record twirling on the turntavle or reach something he can't and wants to break. ++ + Why Don't the Conservatives make their Jeadership race just that? Put the entire 18 or 36 or whatever of them on a track at the summer Olympics, send them off, and the last man to fall flat on his face becomes their leader. It would make just as much sense as choosing them by ballot, which is also a process of finding the guy or gal with the best wind. Personally, I'd like to see Flora MacDonald have a shot at it. The result might be worse than the massacre of Glencoe, but if 50 per cent of the voters are women, it would give them a chance to stand up and be counted. And I think it would terrify Pierre T. One guy I would hate to see win the leadership would be Paul Hellyer. If he won + it, the Tories could kiss their hopes goodbye for another decade. Here's his record. Liberal cabinet minister; ran for Liberal leadership, lost, sulked, resigned as minist- er; formed his own rightist Action Canada party, a total flop; joined Conservative party; undistinguished Tory MP; lost his seat in 1974. If the Tories chose him as leader, it would illustrate nothing more than their unquenchable belief in the infallible powers of snake oil as a remedy. Still on politics, I was sorry to see Dave Barrett lose in B.C. He has one of those qualities so carefully hidden by most politicians - a sense of humor. Maybe he went too far too fast, but he added a lot of zest to the national political scene. And speaking of the Olympics, I learn without horror and, sadly, without surprise, that the Quebec government has diverted some 400 million dollars from the James Bay project to bail out the 1976 Olympics. How does that grab you? And that's only a drop in the big bucket with the bigger hole in the bottom. + + + Something that rather shook me was the widespread hatred of teachers that ejperged when Toronto high school teachers went on strike. I don't think the word is too strong. At a time when doctors were noisily demanding more money, teachers were accused, virulently, violently, and viciously, of being 'unprofessional' in going on strike. The strike was perfectly legal, yet the teachers were called everything but child- molesters. Letters to the editor ran about 90 per cent against teachers. Columnists and editorial writers made no attempt to be objective, and used warped figures, arrant sentimentality, personal vindictiveness and appeals to the emotions to turn the public against teachers. Strange. I can understand some of it as pure resentment. I pity the mother whose entire social life is disrupted by a couple of hulking teenagers hanging around the house when they should be in school. But I can't quite understand the sheer, naked hatred that emerged. I went through school, and I didn't then, and don't now, hate any of my teachers. I felt sorry for some of them. We could make Miss Graydon, our French teacher, cry at the drop of 4 chapeau. Poor Dr. Wheatly, with a Ph.D. in science, couldn't keep order. But I admired some of them, like Old Flem, with whom I still communi- cate, and who has challenged me to a ski cross-country race. And I almost loved some. Old Mary Walker, who used to strap me three times a week. Laura Walker, my first-grade teacher, gentle, kind, bright. Katie Johnston, who instilled in me a love of literature. . Not a sadist or a bully or a sneak among the lot of them. Strange, that hatred. The Argyle Syndicate Ltd. » » a