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Xr ; MANS RIE AASB ALL . Ever iv v ETN FMRI ITVS NIV bat gp dhscnrnn bodied RAP. TEAR VOTO ESATO SOE RE ACEP Son HIRE ALENT ASS vile at Xd Reader's Viewpoint Now, is it? Dear Sir: #4 ' Once again in reading your paper, we are faced with - the question "to approve .or not to approve" the building of a Federal Reception Centre, first. in our own township of Scugog and now in the township of Uxbridge, our next door, neighbour. oT ecently, while read- ing my copy of "The Angli- The Catholic among them said, 'Is it ecumenical:" JESUS AND "THE BOYS" One day Jesus had gather- ed around him a group « men. Jesus sdid: "I have an idea!" The Catholic among them said, "Is is ecumenical:"' The Episcopalian said, "Is it apostolic?" The Methodist said, "Is it non-alcoholic?" The Presbyterian said, "Is it moral?" The Baptist said, "Is it spiritual?" The Lutheran said, "Is it scriptural?" The*Congregationalist (UCC) said, "Is it demo- cratic?" : The Quaker said, "Is it peaceful?" The Unitarian said, "Ts it . liberal?" And Jesus said, "Forget it!" . "As I read this, the i popped into my mind...how very apropos to the confus- ion this matter is causing! One thing is certain, the question is not going to be settled by all the individual "Is it? Is it? Is it?" NOW, IS IT? Edith Brunton, Port Perry, Ont. Appreciates editorial Dear Sir: Thanks for your good angry editorial about the small-minded people who want to drive Quebec out of our nation. Ican't figure out what Quebec has ever done to them. How do they suffer? They're probably the same pious idiots who agree penitentiaries are needed, but in someone else's com- munity. Bill Graham, @reenbank. Refreshing ontrast ar Sir: I refer to John Gast's column in your issue of November 10, 1976. This is such a refreshing contgtst and welcome relief from the hard core bigotry which sur- \faced regularly in the space under Mr. Kelly's name, that I consider it appropri- ate to offer congratulations on the change. May I express the hope too that this marked improvement in content will continue to be a feature of your editorial page. Yours truly, W. G. Fox, Prince Albert, Ont. It's hard to control calories if you eat while watching TV or reading or talking on the phone. Behavioural scient- ists say that if you change your habits and make eating an experience in itself, you can fully enjoy your food and not be as tempted to overeat. Try it. * PTL) at LE LATS y w ' far A RA MRE PICFENDR TATRA MERSIN FOF RCV IV SESE TR A-hunting we will go -maybe The next Scugog Town- ship council will have to decide if '"'vicious and' ig- norant hunters' will harass local landowners in 1977. In a scathing letter about hunters and culpable coun- cil, G.I. Hamilton deplored what he called a notable increase in harassment of" resident land owners. . "In our area near arsh Hill,"" the 'letter sta es." "willful trespass on private posted land has become a real problem because of the deliberate _destruction and abuse of private property by hunters. In no cases which we investigated had permission to hunt been given to hunters by land owners. In some cases, no . identifying numbers were worn by hunters." Hamilton claims that the O.P.P. are helpless because _of the time it takes for a cruiser to answer a call for assistance. By the time a cruiser arrives, the hunters have left the area or have ceased to violate the law. "This situation is plain invitation to open aharchy next year. Do we land- owners have to resort to . force to maintain law and order and to protect our private property?' asks Hamilton. Hamilton (and four other co-signers) say Scugog - Council is to blame for - allowing this situgtion to develop by having -an open season for deer. We request that there be no open season in our. area next year. We will certainly make our feel- ings felt at the next local election in the hope that responsible councillors will g elected who will respect wishes of the land own- ing taxpayer and who will uphold the enforcement of law and order. Coun. Don Frew regretted that Mr. Hamilton had such bad experiences with hunt- ers, saying that it certainly wasn't his experience. He said he's had no problems in his area, and that hunters have acted 'like a real bunch of gentlemen'. Coun. Neil Hunter agreed, saying that he's had little problem out his way, despite the fact that hunters are allowed on parts of his' land under an environment ministry agreement. Council moved to take no action, and will inform Mr. Hamilton that the next council will have to, make the decision when it{come: before the township some time late next year. Utica district plans continued needed amount andthe dir- ection will depend on which section fram the Crossroads is most suitable from a planning, engineering, and, of course, an economic con- siderati : "This District Plan should be just a one or two page document that is simple and can be easily understood. It can be produced in a mini- mum of two weeks," he outlined. } "We should request the Planning Committee to allow Regional Planning taff to assist Scugog to produce a District Plan for One in the east and one 1: the west. ~ Regional Plan ning Staff does not as y& have the required forma: made up for a District Plan I was assured that this would be easier to do with Hamlet or two in mind, and the relevant District Plan could be produced at the Bame time with no extra effort," the mayor recom mends. A Development Plan is a much more detailed plan for such as the re-vitaliz- ation of a downtown core of an Urban Centre; It should specify detailed plans of street patterns, densities, two Hamlets for a start; ----heights and types of build- ings. 1 got talking to a chap at the curling club 4 the other evening. He seemed a pleasag; straight-forward, friendly sort of bloke afd we bought each other a drink. "My name's Jake, Jake Sloan," he introduced himself. I reciprocated. Some- how the conversation got around to Canada's immigration policy, which seems to be disturbing a good many people these days. I asked him what he thought of it all. "Oh, I got nothing against immigrants," he said, expansively. 'The country 'needs them." I asked him why. ) "Well, we gotta have Chinese and Greeks to run the restaurants," he opined, "for one "And we need the Japanese for market gardeners, and the Eyetalians for construc- tion work and running the fruit stores." "Is that.all?"*- "Well, we need a lotta hunkies for th heavy work, like, you know, mines an longshoremen and all that." . "You have no prejudices then, about allowing people into this country?" I queried. "Absolutely none," he replied firmly. "We gotta have them West Indians so as people in Toronto can have domestic ser- vants, and there'll be somebody to do the dirty work." _ . thing." "Yes?" "How about Indians?" I asked. "Well, I kinda feel sorry for them. They 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 25, 1926 The Town Hall was well filled on Tuesday night at \Mr. Stacey's Conservative meeting. Dr. James Moore of Brooklin, occupied the chair. Mr. Jas. Swinson, Epsom has returned - home, after spending the: summer in the West. Mr. Fred Hogarth, Utica; has purchased a car. At the closing session of Ontario County Coun- cil for 1926, Warden Geo. Sweetman, Reeve of Scugug was presented with an engraved gold watch as a token of appreciation of services rendered during the year. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 22, 1951 J. J. Gibson can -be proud of his work as a Poultry Processor. A box of fowl (1 dozen) killed, dressed and Remember 2 When... packed by J. J. won first prize in the fowl oldss at the Royal Winter Fair and was also Reserve Grand Champion of Gall poultry in the show. Christie Bros. of Man- chester won two 3rd's and two 4th's with their ponies at the Royal. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gray of Welland, and Mr. Earl Carlisle of Carroll, Manitoba, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. James Moffatt and Mrs. R. M. Holtby in - Port Perry. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 23, 1961 Reach Township coun- cil was returned by ac- clamation Saturday dur-. ing nominations at the Township Hall in Man- chester. Back for another term of office are Reeve Edward Oyler; Deputy-Reeve .W. Earl Martyn; and Coun- -cillors Alan Crosier, Morley Bruce and Law- rence Doble. " On November 4, 1961, in St. Paul's Anglican "> ding, and where her par- 'open on Hwy. 7A near Church, Uxbridge, where the grandparents of the bride had the first wed- ents were also married. Catherine Isabel Jean Sheehy was united in marriage to Thomas Arthur David Midgley. 10 YEARS AGO " Thursday, Nov. 24, 1966 Mrs. W. Watson, on behalf of the Hospital Board, received a pledge card from Legion Pre- sident Ed Mulholland in the amount of $5,000.00. It was passed by the membership at a recent meeting and will be paid over a period of 5 years. On Saturday, Novem- ber 26, 1966, a coin laun- dry and car wash will the causeway, under the management of Wm. Tripp. : Congratulations to Jean Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Len Taylor, Greenbank, in passing her Registered Nurses Examination. Ralph Sadler, Nestle- ton, won Grand Cham- pion on Standard Bred Stallion "Royal Skytop", at the Canadian National Exhibition. were here first, but now they're all drunk or on welfare or both." ; "Actually, I meant people from India. And Pakistan." 'Oh, them. Well, I'll tell ya. A little bitta em goes a long ways. They're all too well educated. They come here with nothing, and first thing you know, they're doctors and teachers and all like that, and taking jobs from our own people, and thinking they're as good as we are." How do you feel about Europeans?" "Waddaya mean?" | : "Well, you know, French, Hungarians, Poles, Czechs, Yugo-Slavs..." "Oh, now, wait a minute. We got enough frogs already in this country. And them _ others, they're too smart. They come out here on a shoestring, and before you know it, they own 200 acres of prime tobacco land, or they turn into architects, or they own a shoe factory and boss a whole lot of real Canadians around." "You haven't mentioned the Germans. We have a lot of them." "Ya, the Krauts are 0.K. They're clean and they're good workers. But you know what happens, eh? They save their money ang. first thing you know, they've bought a summer"cottage and live like kings, just like they won the war or something." "I presume that you'd have no objections, then to a steady flow of immigrants from | the U.K., English, Welsh, Scots, Irish?" "Well, I wooden go that far. The Limeys are sorta hoity-toity, like they got a plum in their mouth. The Welsh can sing, but they're gerazy. The Micks are either Catholics or drunks or both. And the Jocks are pushy peasants with an accent that would curdle your blood. Arid most of them are skilled tradesmen, stealing the bread out of an honest Canadian's mouth." "How about the Portuguese," I asked rather desperately, 'or the Arabs?" "Well, now, the Portuguese tend to crowd together in the cities. They'd be 0.K. if we had a sardine industry, or lotsa olive trees. But we ain't. A few of them Arabs might be awright, if they brought some of their oil money with them. I wooden mine being an Arab, you know," here punching me jovial- ly with an elbow. "Three or four wives, and I hear all ya gotta do to get a divorce is clap your hands three times and say, "I divorce you!" Priddy neat, eh?" I agreed it was priddy neat. "You certainly seem to have an open mind about immigration," I pusgested. "But if you were to Immigration, to whom would you really open your arms? South Americans, per- haps?" "No way. Them spics are always having revolutions and such. And half them can't speak any English. No, I'd like to see us thrown wide open to Australians. They're pretty mouthy but they're good drinkers. like Canadians. And besides, they're so far away we wooden get many of them." I shuddered "Next," he Said, showing that he was in touch with world affairs, "I'd welcome a whole slew of them Rhodesians, if they hafta get outa their own country. They're white, good workers, and they know how to keep the blacks in their place. Just to make sure they didn't take a lot of good Canadian jobs," he chortled, "we could send them up to the Mackenzie River area to sort out the Indians and Eskimoes." It was getting on. I asked Jake, from a combjnation of curiosity and politeness, what his own ethnic background was, as | couldn't even imagipe it. "Oh, I'm a pure Canadian. My grand- father was Polish, and he married my grandmother; who was half Scotch-half Indian. My ole man changed our name from Slovinski to Sloan. We're third-gener- ation Canadian." I went home and washed out_my brain with soap ahd water, and wondered, for not the first time, at mv fellow Canadians. The Argyle Syndicate Ltd. (PorT PERRY STAR Company Limited Phone 995 138) Se, Gn (mm): i> <a Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships J. 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