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Tx RL) La a your . EL Aen if RATA IH A NT : or AY 3 mili SAH a viauiiaad XA VE TP RADNER) Lake Scugog claims life of 12 year old A 12-year-old boy drowned in Lake Scugog at Cart- wright Park in Caesarea on Tuesday of last week, at about 4 p.m. John Roy Cain, 12, of Richard's Landing, St. Joseph Island, drowned while swimming with a group of supervised young people of the 7th Day Ad- ventists Ontario Conference, Oshawa, Ontario. The body was discovered after supervisors and others at the Adventists annual conference formed a human chain. Witnesses reported that the boy, a non-swimmer, had been playing on a log in about seven feet of water when he fell off and dis- appeared. The body was recovered after about 40 minutes, "'according to Church Elder Edward Beck. The boy's mother was attending the conference at the group's headquarters in Oshawa. He was pronounced dead at Port Perry Community Memorial Hospital. Girls needed for Miss Fair contest First, second and third prizes of $50, $35, and $10 are up for grabs in a Miss Port Perry Fair contest being held this year as part of the annual Port Perry Fair activities. Open to girls between the ages of 14 and 18, the contest is open to any resident of Sucgog Township, and will demand a prepared speech of about two minutes on any topic, a demonstration of personal talent, as well as tests to determine character and poise. During the contest each girl will appear in both casual and formal . dress, but no bathing suit. It's not a beauty contest, organizers are quick to point out. There is a limit of 10 entries for the event. The contest will be held on August 25, seven days after the entry deadline. A meet- ing to discuss contest pro- cedures with the contestants will be held after the dead- line date. Miss Port Perry Fair and runner-up will ride in the Port Perry Fair parade and will attend the official opening of the fair. PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, July 14, 1976 -- 5 d iki cag Ambulance drivers unhurt in accident Two local ambulance drivers 'narrowly escaped death or serious injury on Tuesday, July 6th when they lost control of the vehicle while in the process of pass- ing a truck. According to a mechanics report, the rear axle of the ambulance snapp- ed causing the vehicle to go out of control, crashing into a hydro pole and turning over on its side. George Skerratt, Jr., R.R. 1 Port Perry, driver of the ambulance, and Ron Craw- ford, Port Perry were taken to the hospital, but released bruises. Charles avoided. shortly after with only minor Brignall of Charles Brignall Ambulance Service told the STAR, had ped. the axle not snapped, accident may have been The ambulance, which is owned by the Province of Ontario, was a complete write-off and has been towed back to Toronto to be scrap- the The accident is under in- vestigation, but no inform- ation was available from Provincial Police. Bill Smiley Great Canada On a recent evening, I watched on television two elderly gentlemen being interviewed. In both cases, the result was an excellent testimony to the human spirit. And in both cases, the old-timers echoed something I've believed for years - that Canada is the greatest country in the world in which to live. First of these indomitable elders was Conn Smythe, widely known for years in this country as the irascible, out-spoken manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, when the tough, blunt attitude that made him respected by many, hated by some, and almost revered by others. He detests whiner and layabouts, as most of us do, but he doesn't mind saying so in public. He doesn't like a lot of the things that are going on in this country, and makes no bones about it. But when he was asked whether he thought Canada, as such, would endure, he just laughed, and said, in effect, that of course it would. It was too great a country, and we had too many fine people (although that hockey team was a by-word in Canada. Smythe is 81, and he hasn't lost much of there are a lot of "skunks") for it to 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 15, 1926 Miss Marion Farmer was attending the Miss- ionary Summer School at Whitby last week. Congratulations to Walter Asling and\Elsie Gibson, Epsom, on pass- ing their entrance exam- inations. . Men's smartly tailored suits of serge, tweed or homespun are on sale now for $16.75 at F.W. McIntyre's Department store. Women's porch dresses are also clearing at $1.35. I-25 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 12, 1951 Congratulations to Miss Olive Wallace, Port Perry, who graduated in June from Cornell Uni- versity, receiving her degree of Master of Science. Mr. Gilbert Weir, M.P., and Mrs. Weir, of Car- men and Manitoba visited the Weir home at Shirley L Inet week Mr Weir ic Remetniser When..? the son of Mrs. Weir and the late Will Weir. Bryce Philp of Stirling visited in Nestleton last week. Robert Philp and his bride visited Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. and Mrs. H. Trewin of Blackstock recently. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 13, 1961 .. The first meeting of the New Party Club of Prince Albert 'got off to a good start on Tuesday with approximately 60 people in attendance. Tommy Thomas addressed the crowd with concerns of the day and Mrs. P. Stewart gave an address on the Party's organiza- tion and growth. Congratulations to -Mr. James Kight of Port Perry who has obtained honour standings on the completion of the Televis- ion and General Elec- tronics Course at the Radio College of Canada. Jim is now employed in the Research Depart- ment of R.C.A. Victor factory at Prescott, Ont. About 25 people gather- ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. Redman last Fri- day, for a surprise Bon Voyage Party for Mrs. Arthur Leighton of Black- stock. Mrs. Leighton is planning a trip to her homeland of England after living in Canada for forty-eight years. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 14, 1966 Welcome home to Dr. and Mrs. G. Harold Jack- son who, after residing and practicing medicine for 35 years in Union, New Jersey, U.S.A. are returning to Port Perry to live in the Jackson family home, 234 Mary Street. Two stores in Port Perry have undergone face lifts and now sport new store fronts. Lawrence's Pharmacy and Master Feeds, new looks make our town a little more attractive. disintegrate or disappear. What a refreshing change from the purveyors of woe who fill soc many columns of our newspapers and magazines, and so much air time, snivelling about Canada's loss of identity, or search for it, or attempt to retain it, or something. These are the same snivellers who have been with us since Confederation, warning us that the big bogey to the south is taking us over, and that we'll wind up as a banana republic, or a satellite of the U.S. These carpers wouldn't know the Canad- ian identity if it sneaked up and bit them on the backside. They'd think it was an American yellow-jacket, or at least a CIA plot. One of the most persistent criticis of Canadian manners and mores is yours truly, but I sure don't go around worrying about,or losing any sleep over, the Canad- ian identity. Nor dogs anyone else who really knows anything about this country, or who has fought in one of the two big wars. The Canadian identity is just as real, and present, and prickly, as thorns on a rose. I haven't much of a punch any more, but if anyone suggested I was a Yank, or a Limey, or an Australian, I would be inclined to give him a punch on the nose. And I think most Canadians feel that way, whether their background is Anglo-Saxon, or Japanese, or Ukrainian or whatever. We're not less boisterous Americans, or less obnoxious Englishmen, or less excit- able Italians, or less phlegmatic Germans. We're Canadians, warts and all. There's nothing I'd rather be, and there's no country in which I'd rather live. And if that sounds like chauvinism, so be it. We have our faults, and we bicker like hell among ourselves, and we may be a mongrel race, but ask 99 percent of us if we'd like to be something else and live somewhere else, and you'd get a resound- ing "NO!" Second old-timer I mentioned was "Jack- rabbit Johnson." So named because at nearly 100 years old, he was still cross- country skiing, living alone, proud and independent. He's a Norwegian who came to this country as a youth, and loves it deeply. He was asked what were the most imporant things in life. At 100, you aren't too much worried about what people will think of your opinions. His answer was more or less, clean air, clean water, nature, feeling good by keeping fit. Nothing deeply original. But he added that Canada was the most wonderful country in the world. That our young people, on the whole, don't know it. That the big cities - Montreal, Toronto, Van- couver - were not Canada. I couldn't agree with him more. Our cities are carbon copies of other big cities, or of each other. Don't expect to find the Canadian identity in them. Don't huddle in a highrise, fight traffic, fence yourself in with television and con- crete, and expect to get the feel of this country. If you do, and aside from the language, you might as well be living in Tokyo or Frankfurt or Glasgow. Get out into that clean air, and that clean water. Breathe Canada in (not, please, while you are under water). My kids could hardly wait to get away from the small town and off to the city. Now the phone rings only once before it is snatched up as they hope for an invitation to come "up north," away from the city. Why not be like my wife and me? Stop relying on the plastic life, and get back to nature. The Argyle Syndicate Ltd. (PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited Phone 985 738) (ecin Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugoq and Cartwright Townships J PETER HVIDSTEN, Publisher Advertising Manager John Gast, Editor Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper A$soc:alion and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Porl Perry Star Co. Ld. Port Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Oawa, and for payment! of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $8.00 per year Elsewhere $10.00 per yesr. Single copy 2c Re Cy TE er -- ------ RNR rand, SENET or --_-- rn - ? Ses, rt To re -- ---- a 2 SL re -i oo Rk ~- on he LA al Ra BN AG om er ox $ EE