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N PORT & PERRY a JDLV AS SECTION PORT PERRY, ONTARIO -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1976 -- PAGE 17 It was drums, bugles and marching feet downtown Port Perry on Saturday morning as scores of cubs marched from the waterfront, down Queen Street and to the fair grounds. The parade signalled the beginning of the annual Cuboree, hosted this year by the Port Perry Pack because of their first-place win last year. The Brian Robb trophy went to Uxbrid share a uniform with man's (or boy's (Jr. Cubs) show their enthusiasm. ge this year. At left, a couple of youngsters ) best friend. At right, a group of Beavers Port Perry pack hosts Cubaree On Saturday, May 29th, "B'" Pack, Port Perry were host to the 1976 Cuboree. 220 'cubs and leaders took part in the daylong program. A parade from the Lake to the fair grounds started the event. Parade was led by Piper Bill Hopkins, Leader Laura Ruesink and Cub Chris Saulnier. At the fair grounds, the official opening took place with a-mass grand howl by Akela Saulnier and Chris Saulnier, Others taking past in the opening were Mayor Malcolm, Rev, McEntyre, D.C. Walter Welts, District President L. Parliament, and District Cubmaster M. Parliament. An afternoon ot games followed and at 4:30, we cleaned up for the return home. Uxbridge will host the 1977 Cuboree, as they were the winners of the Brian Robb Trophy. The crest for the 1976 Cuboree was . designed by 9-year-old Chris Saulnier. Alcohol is biggest drug problem, meeting told & The use of hard drugs such as LSD and Speed is levelling - off if not actually on the decline, according to recent studies, . According to the experts, however, that's no reason to breath easier. Young. people have "turned on" to.the traditional drugs of their parents... Booze, -ning Council-hosted meeting 'All the panelists at last Wednesday's Public Forum on Alcohol and Drug Con- cerns agreed that alcohol use among young: people is at least as much a problem as the. highly-publicized hard drug problem of the late 1960s and early '70s. The Scugog Social Plan- 'A public Forum on Alcohol and' Drug Concerns was well-attended last Wednesday at Town Hall 1873, - Taking parton a panel were, from left: Corporal John Pratt of the R.C.M.P. drug squad, Port Perry High was told that the growing alcohol problem is made worse by the fact that many people see alcohol use as an acceptable thing. Commer- cials on television, for example, portray a picture of drinking as a pre-requisite for having a good time. But while the problem was almost completely ignored School students council president Karen O'Rell throughout the panic over hard drugs recently, alcohol use has grown tremendous- ly. "Alcohol", according to alcoholic, according ARF official; The foundation is aiso con- cerned with the wide use... and misuse of the over the to the Judy Carter of the Addictions counter drugs such as caf- Research Foundation, 'is our third health. problem." Around 85 per cent of people over 18 in Ontario drink, and one in over 20 drinkers is an BG TAL CN AY § Shs} ab ly. Wm. Newman, riding MPP, Miss Judy Carter of the Addiction Research Foundation, Dr. Wm. Cohoon, and moderator Stuart McEntyre. feine, aspirin, and such pre- scription items as tranquil- izers. Marijuana use is also - on the increase, not only by young people, but among all age groups. She warned, that although many people don't see these things as habit-forming, they © can become a problem. "We can become psychologically dependent on any drug," she said. Panelist Dr. Wm. Cohoon backed up the statement. "I often wonder if aspirin isnt our main drug problem," he said, referring to the patient who often tells him, she or he can't sleep unless they have an aspirin. "What they need to sleep," he said, "isn't aspirin. It's a pill... any pill." Perhaps the most alarm- ing figures were the ones showing the increase in the number of alcoholics. Re- search has found six per cent of the population of any community are alcoholics or (continued on page 21) It's not the hat, but the principle! Lyn Chatten of Port Perry can't understand why some: one would want to go through all the trouble and. fuss of stopping his car on a busy ~ highway, getting out "and swiping a $3.00 sun hat. But somebody did. "It's not the hat, it's the principal of the thing." said Lyn, who said the hat blew off her head while she was cycling down Scugog Street near the Water Street junction. Someone" pulled into a Scugog Street drive- way, got. out of the car, > picked up the hat...and with Lyn yelling at him to give back the hat...got back in behind the wheel and drove off. Lyn hasn't given up yet. She hopes the guilty will _ come forward and return her hat. Meanwhile, she's al- ready approached one resid- ent at.a Port Perry home when she thought she recog- nized the black car in the driveway. Lyn gets an "A" for per- severance. Hats off to you, Lynn! a -- es a Ve i PRN ez OE sa Ta PPE a CO o H PEIN Sa FC RR dg I REP Ny mt ERED CRE Garr ud AN Ser a STAR a AL eta A AEE at PN on ae PE he 1 ra TA ; Prd ie in' 2 | Et Na rd en » So