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AEN, stthedean CEA TAAY JE) ANAS rer Ep RNR 38 YAR SY 3 by Reader's Viewpoint Better Racist than Red Bigoted against bigots, reader charges Letter to the Editor: "Since edity r "John Gast has put t uzzle on me, he has taken to calling Eng: lish-speaking Canadians "bigots" in the Toronto Star 'Letters to the Editor' (Nov. 9,1976). His verbal ramblings state quote "If anything our intolerance and bigotry is far worse than the racism * of South Africa, Uganda and other Third World. coun- tries'. In all eleven para- graphs Gast talks about bigotry of Canadians in one form or the other. In another spot, he says '"'Can- adians from Toronto who spout off....some of the most accomplished bigots you'll find anywhere, Georgia or Johannesburg." He faults Canadians for failing to con- demn alleged racism in Rhodesia but fails to men- . tion that the Russians and - Chinese have been the sup- pliers of weapons against the white Rhodesians. That Cuba has sent thousands of soldiers to Africa to cause trouble. The communist take-over of Africa seems to be of less import than the bigots...we Canadians. Gast says '"The official Languages Act have pulled Canada's ~~ ENGLISH SPEAKING bigots. together -like a magnet...twisting the issue to reflect their own bigotry", unquote. He concludes with "People with views like these spring from the same garbage pile as the Idi Amins of the world". The tirade continues on the editorial pages of the Star, in his column "Go 'Suck a Lemon". It appears the editor is suffering some kind of psy- chosis. He can't really figure out why dedicated people 'like former Defence Minister Richardson (about 10 others have left the cabi- net) could not go along with Trudeau government policies on bilingualism. Canada has many faces. Canadians as a whole are among the most tolerant people in the whole world. Canadians don't usually complain too much until they are pushed into it. A secret plot according to Richardson is that Trudeau plans to bring back the con- stitution whether the Pre- miers like it or not and entrench the language issue into it'so it could never ever 'be changed...not by our children or their children. It would be there for all time! Canada has many ethnic peoples. What about the rights of the Italians in Quebec? Did Ottawa move to overrule Bill 22 and its racism? No. way! What of the rights of the Gernfdns, Poles, Ukranians, Chinese, Japanese, etc.? Are these bigots or are they all Eng- lish speaking? Is Dean Kelly a bigot because he speaks out for thé rights of the minority? Cquld the real reason be for cancellingany column in the Star be that I spoke out too freely? Because I took op- posing sides on a number of issues to the editor's views? Because I openly question- ed the editors use of "cann- ed editorials" (those written by others)? Was I muzzled because I didn't conform with the ideas of the editor and his boss? The official 'reason given was that the column was not being read. If such were true why then have I been offered a fea- ture column in an Oshawa paper with a circulation more than 10 times greater that pays 5 times more than the Port Perry Star. + If Gast spent more time writing articles of substance and less exposing his own bigotry he might end up working. for another Star... the Toronto one, instead of writing letters to their editor. Bigot heal thy self. Thou dost protest too loudly! Sincerely, Dean J. Kelly, Pres., Association of Dedicated . Canadians. ENJOYS PAPER: Amused by The Editor: Reading the Port Perry Star, I was amused at the quotation of the challenging Mayor that the squeaky wheel gets the oil. With so much traffic here*in the Metropolis of Toronto where I live, I certainly hope he is right. But might I remind all that as my grandfather used to tell me "Silence is A SAN Spin Cog LO LAR SEI KE TAN LLP au ' i dy : yr) = TY REELS LSR MRR ELE ARN WPL ASV SW ISRASE 47 STRATE RN ITRN VI LAA CO ET AAT TR SARA atch. PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1976 -- 5 Failure of maintaining road compels taking legal action The Editor: With reference to your article covering the Council. meeting of September 13 last, at which the residents of the Cartwright-Manvers Boundary Road supported a petition presented earlier requesting the improvement and maintenance of the section of this road on which people live, and the letters that have followed it, I would like to bring out a point which so far has failed to appear in your paper, i.e. the Cartwright-Manvers Boundary Road is an open public road which on the public admission of the Mayor at the council meet- ing in question, has never bgen legally closed. Due to statement Golden" often and being female you know what an assignment that was and may well be truth here in this case. We enjoy your paper very much. It was a gift and we say 'Thank you" to the kind donor. Mrs. Robert Ford (Marion), 690 Cosburn Ave., Toronto, Ontario. this fact and the Township's failure and refusal to main- tain the part of this road which passes in front of our property we have been compelled to take legal action against the Township - an action in which we have been joined by other land owners along the road who have also been denied the use of this road. It is our contention that the Township maintained the road in the past and that they have not taken any steps to close the road as permitted in law. As such we content that the Town- ship is under a positive duty as set out in The Municipal Act to maintain the road and our action is based on their refusal to meet that obligation. This action has been taken in an attempt to compel the Township to grade and snow plow the road to permit us access to our home. As a result of the Council's refusal we have been deprived of rural mail delivery which every- one else has, and have been forced to walk a quarter of a mile through snow drifts in the winter to our nearest neighbour where we have to leave our car, and where the snow plow turns back. Originally we asked the (continued on page 6) Standards ¥ ou TN Ee NON Tr Re ne Rr OW Ta ae ee Tel Sb rt ~ Se Rg ---- aes Cp Ts i ans 3 v ---- me -- -t be oS Ir , £45 % Seren . a NS AER Bill Sm ley There is one type among the species Man that puzzles and saddens me. In an age that congratulates itself on its openness, its honesty, its "Let it all hang out" attitude, the hypocrite is still very much with us. Some people might think the 19th cen- tury was the golden age of hypocrisy. Certainly, it set some high standards in this line. - There were the manufacturers who preached enlightenment and progress on the one hand, and on the other worked children 60 hours a week in their factories. There were the men who brayed of chastity as one of the prime virtures, and . dallied .with prostitutes. There were the men who spoke glowingly of a gentler way of life, and set savage fighting dogs on one another. The list is endless. And the women! Oh, but weren't they the hyocrites, too? Just as tough and voracious as any woman of today, they hid these traits behind a facade of gentility, humility, helplessness and fainting fits. It was an era in which the public mouthing of the Christian virtures was only exceeded by the private materialism, corruption, and sometimes downright viciousness of the middle and upper classes. . Well, then, have we got rid of this Port Perry attended a four-day conference of Ontario Mayors, Reeves \ HC 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 18, 1926 South Ontario Prohibit- ion Union at a convention at Whitby on November 11, endorsed the stand taken by W.E.N. Sin- clair, K.C., Liberal cand- idate in this riding and as Liberal Leader, on the O.T.A. Mr. Jos. Wright, Ep- som, has gone to his daughter's, Mrs. W. Ash- ton of Oshawa, for the winter months. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Vance and daughters, Mary and Marjorie of Millbrook, were weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Taggart. Mr. and Mrs, A Mac- quay, Mr. and Mrs. D. Nairn, Mr. Will Brown of Toronto, were in Sea- grave for anniversary services. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 15, 1951 President Reg. Moore- head, Canadian Legion Post, opened the Re- When -> and Wardens at the ® ® ® Canadian Civil Defence membrance Day Ban- quet with a prayer for our fallen comrades. Rev. Henry S. Swabey, Rector of the Church of Ascension then gave a very informative address on the effects the War had on the Canadian economy. \ Elaine Thompson /and Jean Bowers, Peterboro Normal School students spent last week in Black- stock Public School with Mrs. Turner. Miss Ruby Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilson, Epsom, . returned from Nigeria, Africa on Friday. After ~ serving three years on the Mission Field, she is home on a one year fur- lough. : 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 16, 1961 The Citizens Ball Park Floodlight Committee met Tuesday evening with Canvasser's report- ing and tallying up the receipts to make a total of $3,299.30. Wardep A. Gerrow of College, Arnprior, Ont. Misses Kay Poirer and Kathy Murphy, students of Toronto Teachers Col- lege were guests of Mrs. Medd, Manchester, last week. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 17, 1966 The Port Perry Bull- dozers, Intermediate "'C'"" Ontario Hockey Champions for the 1965-66 season are off to a good start this season, winning their first two games. Meredith McKee (top scorer of the team), Jim Burnett and Dale McNenly composed one of the lines of last year's team and are all playing again this year. Members of the Port Perry Legion Branch and the Auxiliary netted no less than $448.60 from the sale of poppies and wreaths. Mrs. B. Smith and Mrs. A. Martyn, Prince Albert, attended the Handicraft Guild at the home of Mrs. Taylor, 'Bobcaygeon, last week. particularly obnoxious type, well into the second half of the 20th century? Not bloody likely! Perhaps we're not quite as hypocritical as the Victorians, but I wouldn't want to bet on it. All that's changed is the terms of reference. No manufacturer today could-get away with hiring children. But - dont_ think they're any less heartless than their fore- bearers. At least, in the 19th century, you knew the boss was a bastard. Today, a company can 'reorganize' and turn half a dozen middle-aged men into the street by an '"'executive decision". Many men in today's society still prac- tise a double standard, one for themse]ves, one for their wives. A man who gets drunk has had "a few too many". A woman who gets drunk is "disgusting". A man can go to a businéss convention and have a little fling with a call girl. If his wife kisses a couple of guys at the New Year's Eve party a bit too warmly, she's a sex maniac. : We have politicians who spout of peace and plan for war, doctors who preach against drugs and tell you cigarettes will kill you, even as they butt their 50th coffin nail of the day, and pop a couple of bennies to keep going. We have pillars of the church whom you wouldn't trust as fas as you could bounce a bowling ball in a swamp. We have all kinds of characters who will cheat on their income tax, and then berate people on welfare for "ripping off the government". We have teachers who 'Can't under- stand the attitude of young people today," completely forgetting that they themselves were insolent, lazy, and not even that bright when they were young people. } We have mothers who got in the family way at 19, and had a shot-gun marriage, bewailing the 'sexual licence' of their daughters. . We have fathers who deplore at length the slothfulness of their sons, conveniently ignoring that they had to have a good boot in the tail from their own fathers before they'd even carry out the ashes. We have school trustees who will double over in an agony of glee after hearing a filthy joke, but in public sternly deplore the "pornography" children are being exposed to in their school literature. They are the type who will respond with chuckles and even belly laughs to the sexual leers of Norman Lear in Maude and All in the Family, but thunder fulminatinly against a fine novel like "The Diviners' by Margaret Laurence. They are the type who don't anything racier than *"The Bobbsey Twins" taught in school, but will shout with ribald laughter at smut on television and take in every restricted movie in town, laughing when there is bloodshed on the screen, and nudging heaily when a couple of naked bodies start squirming on the celluloid strip. What about today's women? Are Whey less hypocritical than their great-grand- mothers? On the whole, I'd say yes. They're just as blasted irritating as ever, but they're more honest. They still cry for no apparent reason, but they know there's no percentage in pulling a faint. They'd probably just get a glass of water in the face. But even the women are a long way from being out of the woods, when it comes 0 hypocrisy. ~~ And many of the biggest hypocrites are "surface" feminists. They want all the perks of the new freedom. and all the treats of the old "essence of woman". Oh, well, "Let him who is without -n cast the first stone". I'm certainly 1 talking about me and thee, gentle read. But aren't you a little sick of them _ lI those hypocrites? Argyle Syndicate Lud ( PoRT PERRY STAR ) Company Limited Prone 983 758 LS -, Gon 3 {VB : - Serving Port Perry Reach Scuaog and CArtarant Toaoh pr J PETER MVIDSTEN Publisher Advertising Manager John Ga. Edite- METD or of Canadian Community Noa AN ONIAF 0 Weekiy Ne atm re Atoc 4f or Pub Ahead cviry Wrdne oy vy Pe Poet Pore Star €o ta Port Gooey Ontarg ~~ AUNOr 10d AY Second «ans the Pont Of Department Ottawa. and tor (ment of posta nea Second C1a5s Mat Rean'rat on Number 0785 Subscription Rate In Canada $800 per year Elsewhere $10 00 per year Single copy 20¢ « ~ " want CE