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Reader's Viewpoint *Appreciates Town Hall support * Dear Editor: On behalf of myself and other members.of Town Hall 1873, I should like to com-_ mend the Port Perry Star. and its staff, in particular John Gast and Peter Hvids- ten, for its friendly, positive, and unstinting coverage of local talent and neighbour- hood events. You truly prove what a valued service a "small-town" newspaper can provide for a commun- ity. ; I should also like to sin- cerely thank all those friends and neighbours who have contributed so warmly their time and talents to make our Town Hall events so successful over our past year's operation. ~ Without DIM AND BEAR IT When an oncoming driver doesn't switch to lower beams, don't fight back by keeping your upper beams on, says the Industrial Ac- cident Prevention Associ- ation. Just dim and bear it, says the IAPA. the valued support of talent and patrons such as we have had this past season, fun nights such as our- recent "Cabaret" would not have been the success they proved to be. In closing, I should like to extend an open invitation to press and public alike to let us know what you have liked..,or disliked... and to become involved actively in the operation of your hall. We would be pleased to hear from you in any capacity. Sincerely, Diane Lackie. Critisizes public behaviour Dear Editor: This past Saturday Port Perry Kinette Club donated their time to Cystic Fibrosis, it is too bad that many of the citizens of Part Perry and the surrounding areas did not want to con- tribute. R We were not asking for your life savings, a nickel would have been a great help. : We realize there are many different areas where contributions are needed but a little bit goes a long way if everyone would donate. When the girls asked "Would you like to donate to C.F.?" we got such respon-' ses as yelled at, to the point you go home in tears, threatened to be run over, completely ignored and the lowest of all sworn at. A simple yes or no would be sufficient. ¢ Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease affecting the lungs, digestive system and sweat glands. One in every 1800 children born -in Canada has cystic fibrosis. To those who donated to C.F. a big "thanks", we the Kinettes, appreciate your contributions. . -a Disappointed Kinette Bill Smiley CYSTIr Fifi Js ad PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, May 11, 1977 -- 5 4 i # A [3 Vo "= Port Perry Kinettes were out Saturday afternoon for their annual toll gate in support of Cystic Fibrosis. Almost 20 Kinettes were manning strategically- located toll gates leading to the downtown area. Seen here taking a donation are Vivian Canning (left) and Doreen Kendall. Women's lib * Some perspicacious readers of this column, I'm sure, have detected from time to time, a whiff, a mere essence, of what -- the Women's Lib movement, in its love for .inaccurate epithets, has termed male chau- vinism, ~ ; \ There is usually a pig thrown in there too, for added effect, although what a pig has to do with either maleness or chauvinism is a mystery to me.- Maleness is a matter of plumbing. . Chauvinism, in its true mean- ing, is supernationalism to the point of idiocy. Pigs can also be female, and I've met some lady pigs. Therefore, as people say when they're trying to stall for time, the slam "male, moved, even a little scornful. If you look carefully you can see a definite possibility that if I wasn't careful my lip would curl, "ever so slightly, - Perhaps you're thinking 'Oh, here we go again; one of those looks into the murky -.depths of Smiley's mind. And just when we think he's committed himself to something, he'll slide out from under, and tell us he really loves women, and thinks-the Liber- ation movement -is- the greatest forward step for humanity in 10 zillion years." Well, you're wrong. I've just spent a weekend with my daughter, who has read about 800 books on Women's Lib, and comes out with such unadulterated and misinform- ed garbage about men and women that I chauvinist pig" leaves me completely un- Wednesday, May 9, 1917 At the regular meeting of Reach Council a bylaw was passed to change the Statute of Labour from the former price of $1.00 to $1.50 per day. Mr. H. W. Linke has bought the residence of Mr. Henry Doubt, on Bigelow Street. Mr.. Doubt is moving to Oshawa. Mr. Morley Campbell . has sold _the Charles Harper farm, Scugog, to Mr. Clarence Hood. Mr. Charles Gibbard Venning of Cartwright, who was reported miss- ing is now a prisoner in Lemberg. Dr. J. B. Lundy is at- tending the Ontario Dental Convention in Toronto. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 14, 1942 Congratulations to Messrs Cam Master and William Cawker for successfully passing their examin- ations at the Ontario Veterinary College at Guelph. Mac-- -- When..? Mr. Holmes has recent- ly retired from the Tor- onto Police Force after Port Perry Yacht Club for the coming year are: Commodore George Emmerson, Vice-Com- 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 9, 1957 Mrs. John Hamilton and Mrs. Velva Bailey, Blackstock, attended the annual Anglican W.A. Convention held in Tor- onto. Honeydale Branch of the Women's Institute will dedicate a maple tree to commemorate the _60th anniversary. of - the founding of the institute. The ceremony will be held at Lakeside Park. Mrs. M. B. Dymond entertained the members of the Scugog Chapter of the 1.0.D.E. at a buffet luncheon prior to the May meeting. Port Perry Scout Troop were guests of the Toron- to Maple Leaf Ball Club at a ball game in Tor- onto. s YEARS AGO Thursday, May 11, 1967 At a ceremony held recently at the Canadian Forces Base, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Fly- ing Officer J. H. Carnegie son of Mr, and Mrs, W. J. Carnegie, Port Perry, was presented with his ot's A Pl tall son of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Crox- all, Port Perry.. grad- - Co. of Bramalea, Ont. Under the leadership of Mrs. F. Godley, Mrs. M. Williams, Miss K. Rice, Mrs. B. Snelgrove, Mrs. C. Hartmann and Mrs. A. Rice, the Explorers and the C,G.L.T. of the United Church presented their version of "Expo '67" to a capacity audience. 'Mr. R. B. Davis of Port Perry, is an entrant in the - 1967 Canadian- American Bridge Cham- pionships béing held this month in Halifax, Nova Scotia. have to fight back, in the interests of truth and objectivity. I emerge from these sessions sore and raw and bleeding, but by George, I still have my heels dug in as she tries to drag me into the 21st century. To put it very bluntly-and briefly, she makes me sick. She blurts out all sorts of hairy and half-formed generalizations, which I'm supposed to accept as gospel. For example. She says, airily, "Women have been oppressed all through history." This is just after I've fed one of her kids, and got the other one off to sleep by reading him six books of fairy tales. She is lying on a couch watching television, and she and her mother are drinking tea and eating cherry cake and cheese, prepared and " brought to them by guess who. Her mother, who is about as oppressed as Attila the Hun, nods sagely. I blow up. "Crap!" I get so mad that I'm reduced to this kind of language. Poor show. 'Come on, Dad. You know perfectly well that women have never been allowed to make the crucial decisions, that they've never had control of the purse strings." "Now just a minute there, you rotten kid. Just hold it right there, Miss Smartass. My father was never allowed to make a crucial decision in his life. My mother made them all, And he came home and forked over his pittance to my mother and she ran the whole show, financially." '"That's right, Kim", commented my wife, who changes sides as it suits her. "Your Dad is the same. He can't make a decision, and if I didn't look after the money, we'd be in the poorhouse. I even have\to make. out the income tax, because he's so stupid. One year he did it, and he was out $2,000., which we had to pay." This kind of support I don't need. Fortunately, Kim, like every other turkey painted into a corner, rounded on her mother. "Why didn't you get a job when we were children?" she queried. For no particular reason, except to hassle her mother into a sense of inferiority. "Because 1 didn't need one. I was married to a man who worked 60 hours a week to provide a living for his wife and children, of whom you were one and don't you forget it. And we had a lot less then than you have now." This was otie of those big swipes women can make, which simultaneously take a crack at the daughter's husband, remind her that she's been a burden, establish the fact that we coped better than she does, and tries to get me on her side, two against one. It didn't work. I've been at this interne- cine warfare too long to choose up sides. I like guerilla warfare better, sniping from the weeds. The old lady went on to show that she'd had jobs: doctor's receptionist; kinder- garten teacher; church organist; pro tem editor, in which she covered a murder- suicide case. : Kim was getting a little desperate. "Yabbut, mom, that was the old days. Look at you now. You're just a housewife." This is supposed to be the crushing epithet, the. one that makes you put your head in your hands and weep, "You're right. I've never been fulfilled." But the Old Lady's getting tought, too. She retorted: "Yes! And that's exactly what I want to be. I like my sewing. 1 enjoy cooking gourmet meals. My piano students are a pleasure. Your Dad has lots of insurance." Kim was fairly speechless, but blazing inside. Something had gone wrong with the whole discussion. "But how can you? I'm going to...No man is going to...They try to... You have to..." By this time, the two oppressed women were talking so loudly and angrily that I couldn't even hear, on the late sports news, whether the Leafs, bless their erratic souls, had won or lost. I tiptoed off to bed, on my way checking the sons of the slave mother and the grandsons of the downtrodden grannie were properly covered for the night, and dream- ing of the sweet days when they could revenge themselves on those two women who were trying to destroy them by making them into little gentlemen. The Argyle Syndicate Ltd. 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