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AY XI | he tt NY ag nd A 'eo IF REA 3 Ad Pl ' A, » + way . RITTER SANS. Sry) Sea PENNS In TRE RE NEALE FAL AR TINA has Ce ---------- Do you recognize any of the students in this picture? Photo was taken in front of the old Port Perry High School on October 5, 1925, just six months before it was burned to the ground [April 7, \ 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 25, 1918 On Saturday evening, Pte. George White was presented with a handsome gold watch and chain by the Port Perry Citizen's Patriotic League. The presentation was made EEE AER SEER Y RE FREES FTE Ra Tie RE TEN 1926]. We appreciate interested persons bringing old photos to the Star for publication, and thank Mr. Burnsell Webster for the above photo. How about digging out some of yours! by Reeve Jeffrey and Mr. H. G. Hutcheson responded for the recipient. Mrs. Noble, who has been visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Ebbels, leaves this week for her home Continued on page 6 chotte We hear a lot of complaining these days due to high costs of food, gasoline, clothing, etc., but according to world standards, Canadians have got it pretty good. Mr. Theodore J. Smeenk, from the financial planning division of the North American Life Assurance Company recently wrote an article that found its way into the Globe and Mail and we would like our readers to see it. Following is a portion of the article: If you believe the news media, this country is going to the dogs. The worst winter in history, the highest unemployment since the depression, the lowest value of the dollar since 1933, rampant inflation. Television news provides the daily tonic for depression, just before you head for bed: rapes, fires, scandals, strikes, murders, accidents, blizzards. This is "news". 1t seems the only way to sanity is to refuse to watch this daily litany of misery to keep your faith in your fellow men and maintain your optimism. What is the truth? Ninety per cent of Canada's population is working, despite the tremendous advance of technology and mechanization, following the industrial revolution. In Ontario the percentage is even higher then in many of the other provinces. In total numbers: there are more people working now than ever in the history of Canada. They earn more money than ever before. The Canadian minimum wage is among the highest in the world. HIGHER PAY . A bus driver in Ontario earns more than $11,000 a year. A bus driver in Disneyworld, Fla. earns half that much. In Homosassa, Fla. jobs for truck drivers were advertised for. $3.50 per hour and filled. Truckers in Ontario earn up to three times as muich, and some. In Morocco a worker in the saltmines carrying 250 pounds of salt daylong earns $10 per day. Average incomes in many African and Asian countries range between $200 and $500 per year. - A Czechoslovak father had to pay a year's wages for the fare to Canada for him and his wife to visit their son they had not seen in 10 years. For many Canadians it takes only about a week's wages to visit their relatives in Europe. Home ownership in Canada is among the highest in the world. Meat costs only about a quarter of its cost in Europe. A Dutch cup of coffee costs almost three times what we pay here.' TAKEN FOR GRANTED Our homes have water....electricity, automatic heat- ing, bathrooms, appliances and color television sets which we take for granted. But they are impossible to achieve for more than three-quarters of the world's population. Just ross the U.S. border into Mexico and you can see the 1usewives getting a pail of water out of a hole in the street. oY re, YY a PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Apr. 26, 1978 -- § letters Political Games Dear Sir: Granted your readers do not recognize the name councillor Doug Wilson of Durham Region, but I still feel it imperative to com- municate with the people in your area on matters which affect them. Nearly all the politicians at Regional level claim the Region has been a harmful experience for their particular section of the Region. It would seem our main concern must be - are we harming the individuals in the Region - more specifi- cally, the homeowners? A common practice at Regional Council is that a local representative will support expenditures for another area on the basis of being able to get support for similar undertakings in his own area. In many cases, some of these projects are not required, the cost should not be spent and the debt should not be incurred. These matters are quite often overlooked by the poli- tician in his endeavour to thump his chest and tell his constituents what he has done for his area. This form of disorganized and impractical spending is what has caused excess debt in Durham Region - in turn, it will in the future increase your taxes. by J. Peter Hvidsten Could the oil companies and utilities not be asked to Hundreds of millions of our fellow men cannot criticize their government or freely leave their country for foreign travel. Other millions don't have any system of justice. Amnesty International reports thousands of cases each year in many parts of the world, where people are imprisoned without recourse. Often without being charged and kept without trial for their religious or political beliefs, or simply because they support internationalled recognized human rights. Not only are these victims put in prison, or made to disappear (murdered), but they are frequently tortured to obtain confessions to crimes they had no part in. In Canada we can move, speak, meet, write, criticize or oppose the Government or even our Prime Minister without any fear. In what we are made to believe is a sea of misery, a lousy country and a bankrupt economy: Travel agents were overworked from arranging all the foreign holidays and cruises for the March schoolbreak. Airlines had to put in extra jumbo jets to move the huge crowds. Road traffic at the border was reported to be stalled for more than four hours to accommodate our Ontario tourists heading south to sun and surf. We must ever be mindful that the creation of an atmosphere of -gloom and-doom is a fertile ground to produce a character like an Adolph Hitler, who promised his people bread, work, autobahns and cars. U.S. President John F. Kennedy brought a message of hope to the world. He raised the awareness of his fellow men everywhere to all the riches we have at our disposal. He promised to use it to eradicate sickness, poverty and war from the face of this earth, and asked every American to do his share for his country. He was assassinated and had but a few short years, but he got the United States -rolling-.and - the whole world enthusiastic - for - such endeavors. When will Canada "hear" a leader who will give the country a new hope? When will our newspapers, radio and television start to emphasize the tremendous opportunities and advantages we have in this country? SUNSHINE AND CARS When will they say that we have 10 times more hours of sunshine than the people of the Netherlands? That we drive cars instead of bikes and have better cars than almost anyone else in the whole world? That we have the best medical and hospital care in the world? That we eat better and cheaper than the rest of the world? That we have better housing and more luxuries than most of the world? Then we would see this country reach great heights. Then we would be willing to make sacrifices to make it even better. - RAE A good indication of folly of this nature is the manner in which a nine million dollar water project (Grandview Reservoir) was forced into the Oshawa area and it is now found to be totally un- necessary. Again, an ex- ample, the 1.7 million dollar Works Depot for the Oshawa- Whitby area was also forced into this area. In both these cases, the Oshawa delegates and the Whitby delegates, with the exception of one in each case, voted against Continued on page 6 Thanks Dear Sir: The Great Pine Ridge Art Group has just completed their first Art Show in your town. The support and en- couragement we received by your townspeople and visitors were greatly appreciated. Your Town Hall 1873 is a place you should all be very proud to-show off. It cer- tainly gave us pleasure to exhibit there and we hope to make it an annual affair. Thanks to all of you. Yours Sincerely, Jean Cooke Great Pine Ridge Art Group Uxbridge "sacrifice" a little for the good of the country and stop the 'constant rape of unnecessary price increasess? Could the unions not be expected to sacrifice a little to help stop inflation by stopping the demands for ever higher wages, which price Canada out of the marketplace and out of our _exports? Then we would not need to have a 50-cent dollar to sell aboard. I am not talking about the underpaid worker's right to a just wage, but about wage increases of 10, 20 and more per cent. Millions of people would give their everything just to be able to live under the sun in this country. Other millions did come with nothing more than their bare hands and made good and helped this country prosper. Let's get rid of the winter doldrums and work ourselves out of this climate of misery, gloom and doom. When we count our blessings every individual Canadian would be willing to make his contribution for this country, his country. The results would be astounding. (port perry star) Company Limited Phone 985-7383 Sa, (= CNA ] (oun): - Serving the Township of Scugog J. PETER HVIDSTEN Publisher Advertising Manager J. B. McCLELLAND Editor Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage incash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $8.00 per year Elsewhere $10.00 per year. Single copy 20c a Y! i 4 bh of 4 ? aT SIE