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a eh a a ahatenant on demon . The above home, until just recently, was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hill. It was built approxi- mately 150 years ago by Sarah and Edward Williams, then-handed down to Alonzo and Ethel Williams and then sold to Charlie Howsam. The Hills bought the house in 1955 and it was occupied 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 15, 1917 ing. Some of the cast of characters included Mor- "appointed Mr. William Nesbitt was re-appointed con- stable for the Village of Port Perry. It was agreed by Council that Mr. Nesbitt was a good . constable, Mr. Roy O'Neill has purchased from Mr. John McMillan the pro- perty on Crandell St., formerly occupied by Mrs. Albert Stevens. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 19, 1942 The Seagrave Young People put on a success- ful play called "Aunt Tillie Goes to Town" in the Port Perry Town hall on Wednesday even- ley Bruce (Mervin Tuck- er), Everett Nicholls (Ronald Howland), and Alma Frise (Aunt Tillie). Twenty-five boys re. presenting the Dairy Calf, Beef Calf, Swine, Potato and Grain Clubs from Ontario County, were royally entertained by the Riverdale Kiwanis Club on- Tuesday at the Broadview Y.M.C.A. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 20, 1952 Port Perry and Dis- trict's new Community Memoria! Hospital has been completed. = Miss Frances G. Hicks of Bracebridge has been Remember When..? by tenants until August, 1977, when it was torn down, and a new house constructed on the property by the Hills. In the photo from left, Vera, Mabel, Alice, Ethel Williams, Sarah Williams, Aunt Annie, Rob Dodds and Uncle Aaron. Mrs. Glen Hill. superinten- dent and the date of the official opening will be set shortly. Port Perry's new quarter million dollar Public School will be having its cornerstone laid by Eunice Harris, a former teacher, on Fri- day. A copper document box will contain an issue of the "Star", a variety of 1952 stamps and coins, the names of 242 pupils, the teachers and the names of former stu- dents who died in World War I and II. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 21, 1957 "On Thursday, Nov. 20, 1957, Warehouse and Liquor Phone courtesy of Store outlets was held. The outcome was in fav- a or I bods ' PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1977 -- § Reader's Viewpoint Conserve energy Time is running out! Dear Sir: While President Carter has faced the energy crisis head-on, Ottawa continues its ad hoc "band-aid" talk with little concrete action. One thing is certain - we face a serious energy shortage! Last year we ceased to be self sufficient in oil. This year we are running a deficit close to 300,000 barrels a day - at todays prices thats ONE BILLION. 500 MILLION Appreciates support Dear Sir: On behalf of the Lions Club we would like to express our appreciation for the outstanding way you supported our recent drive for the CNIB through your generosity we have collect- ed $3,000. A special word of thanks to Mrs. Ruby VanCamp and her helpers, who devoted so much time to collect in Blackstock on our behalf. Yours sincerely, Bill Bromley, President Port Perry Lions Club DOLLARS By the md- eighties we will be import- ing roughly 1 million barr- . els a day at a cost of over $5 billion, and «that if prices stay al their present levels, highly unlikely. Premier Alberta says gas and oil prices will double in two years. For every $5 billion we spend importing oil we face the loss of 200,000 jobs. It is so serious that Presi- dent Carter has addressed himself to the nation at least twice recently asking (continued on page 13) - Enjoyed playing at Town Hall Dear Sir: We have just received a copy of the Port Perry Star of November 2nd which contains the revue on Theatre 5's performance in Port Perry and we are de- lighted with the warmth of the revue. We enjoyed playing at the Town Hall, "and look forward to seeing you again in February. Yours very truly, Valerie Robertson: Artistic Director, Theatre 5 Lougheed of © the vote for-degal our of both, 63 percent for Warehouse and Liquor Store 61 percent. The total number of votes recorded was 1,200. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 16, 1967 The Ontario Hospital Services Commission plans have been approv- ed and heavy equipment has been moved to the new hospital site to begin excavation. Mr. Tony Vandervoort, Manchester, left for Hol- land for a three week visit. Tony will be bring- ing his bride back to Canada. 3 (Port PERRY a Subscription Rate: In Canada $8 00 per year Elsewhere $10.00 per year Single copy 20¢ Ca Company Limited (ecra Serv.ng Port Perry Phone 933 1348) Reach, Scugoq and Cartwright Townsh.ps \ J. PETER HVIDSTEN, "sbhisher Advert ang Marager JOHN B. McCLELLAND EDITOR Aeros 01 th Canadian Community Newspaper Asso ard Ontario Weekly Neaspape! Asoc a' Published every Wednesday by the Po ¥ Star Co Ltd Port Perry. Ortar uthor ized as second C'ass mail by the 1 Of ce Department. OMawa. and 10r pDayirer® «fF rage n cash Second Class Mad Registration Number 0765 Bill Smiley We're Not Dead Yet -headlines.. This had been the age of the young. Rock music, drugs, dropouts, dirty denim, unisex, swinging singles, discos, and now punk rock. You name it and we've been assaulted by it. It all began with the Beatles, I reckon, this adulation of youth. And now it's The Fonz, a portrayal of a young hood, that gets the To be over 40, in the last couple of decades, has been just this side of being dead, as the media, the entertainment world, and business, salivated over youth: Well, it's kind of nice to see that a lot of the old timers are still in there pitching, despite the deluge of juvenilia. It was a bit of a jolt to hear of the sudden death of Bing Crosby recently, at age 74. But the Old Crooner was still giving some class to the shoddy world of show biz right up to the end. Octogenarian John Diefenbaker has pub- lished another book of his memoirs. Haven't read it yet, but it's said to be as delightfully malicious and wrong-headed as the first volumes. Morley Callaghan, well into his 70s, recently published a new novel, to critical acclaim. Callaghan, one of our finest writers, isn't getter older, he's getting better. Ignored or sneered at for years by fellow Canadians, he just kept hacking away at his vocation of being a first-class writer. Just finished a novel, The Intruders, by Hugh Garner, and although parts of it are bad, when the dialogue becomes polemical, he still has that sure touch of realism, an ear for the talk of ordinary people, and the ability to tell a good story. Garner is no chicken either. Must be in his 60s, about half way. Scott Young, another cracking good writer, has abandoned a daily column of trivia, with which even he was becoming bored, and has gone back to writing what he does best - honest sports stories. He's over 60. Pierre Trudeau is not yet an ancient combattant, but he had his 58th recently, and is certainly no pushover for the young blood-thirsty wolves in the political pack, as anyone who watched the opening of Parlia- ment could see. And how about the Queen. She is no teenager, and she's beginning to show it, but when it comes to poise and grace and charm, very few of the young chicks can hold a candle to her. One of my colleagues, a former officer in the German Army, is into his 60s, but could out-ski, out-swim, and out-walk most of the staff members 30 years younger. I have another friend, about 70, who could out-think, out-drink, and out-swear 98 per- cent of men in their 20s. My father-in-law was a little disappointed to learn this year that a by-law had been passed stating that retirement was compul- sory at 65, and he'd lose one of his jobs. He's 85 and is quite bewildered when he 'hears talk of young fellas. in their early 60s who can hardly wait to retire. Played golf with an old, gray-haired geezer a few weeks ago. He is retired, but only because of a heavy heart attack. He plays 18 holes a day and then knocks back a few whiskies before dinner. His score was 88, mine was 108. He swims all summer and bowls twice a week in the winter, as well as working like a navvy arund his home, I don't really know what I'm getting at here. Maybe I'm just sick of the youth- worship cult to which we've all be exposed (including the young) for far too long. Maybe I'm tired to living on a continent and in a culture in which the very people who are the salt of this country's earth are shuffled off, without honor and hout shame, into places that are called things like Sunset Rest, Final Heaven - everything but Last Chance Saloon. Maybe I'm fed up with the interminable excuses, sloppy service and half-assed work we receive from so many young people whose grandparents and parents gave full measure, and believed in such hoary adagds as "A job worth doing is worth doing well" I sometimes wonder why we are so eager, in this country, to slough off the wealth of experience and wisdom our elders have to offer in our society. Why aren't the older tradesmen used as teachers, at a deeent remuneration, to pass on their skills "to the half-baked young _ tradesmen we so often encounter when we want a job done? There is a crying need for | more day-care centres in this country. Why aren't they filled with volunteer grannies, who could love and pet and teach the children, as only they do so well? Nope. It's easier to sweep them under the carpet: into lonely rooming houses, nursing homes, senior citizens apartments, or, in extreme cases, the Senate. We don't want to see wrinkles and white hair and trembling hands or mouths. We want everything to be the way it is on TV. Well, don't try to shuffle this ole boy off, when the time comes. 1 intend to go right on being arbitrary and obnoxious Unless I'm offered a seat in the Senate. The Argyle Syndicate Ltd. . RB ls Te NYE h 2 L808 5 r . NS 3 " RTE a ~ \ !. y EN = a. oy Tp NR Te ys Ye FN "xen L Flees ng ig oi is ; w