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A Ey a I NE BL i.e... Remember When..? i The old saying, "a man's home is his castle', is not far off in the case of this Port Perry house of the 1800's. The house was built in 1870 by Dr. John Herert Sangster, who had emmigrated to Canada to take up his practice in - Port Perry. In 1892, the home burned to the ground and the property was purchased by Mr. Blong who constructed a house on the old foundation. He later sold the house to Mr. F.A. Kent who modernized it in 1912 and it became known over the years as the Kent Estates. The building is presently owned by Mr. and Mrs. Hans Kraupa who are restoring it. Continued on page 6 "Parliament. "FUDDLE BUNK" Well, old Pierre has done it again. He had the country hanging on his every word last week, and the big question on everybody's minds was '"did he say it or didn't he." Seems the PM got into an argument in the House of Commons (what else is new?( with none other than John G. Diefenbaker (who else?) and as he was in the process of sitting down said to the Tories "that's a lot of bu--." Well, that touched off an uproar in the Commons the likes of which hasn't been seen since old Luke Hansard first went "scribble, scribble" a couple of centuries ago and started to record the magnificent oratory heard in the British Parliamnet. Diefenbaker claims Trudeau said "bull," a most undignifies word to be uttered in the chambers of Trudeau says he said "bunk," and Hansard has recorded it as such. I happened to watch the instant re-play of the "conversation" on the news that night and it sure sounded like 'bunk' to me. Anyway, who's right? Maybe the more important question to be asked is who the blazes cares? The whole issue is nothing but a crock of "fuddle-bunk," not even worth the paper this is being written on. -What seems to have been lost momentarily in all the fuss over what the PM said or didn't say is the issue that prompted the exchange between Trudeau and Diefenbaker, and that is the recent "in-camera" trial and conviction of a Montreal electronics expert on charges of violating the official secrets of the land. Both the Tories and the New'Democrats are pushing the government for some answers on this case, and rightly so. The issue is so intense and critical that Jed Baldwin of the Tories is going to act as co-counsel in the appeal procedure launched, by the convicted man. The judge in the case has stated that any criticism of the disposition by members of Parliament could result in contempt of court charges, and he will not tolerate interference in the case by Parliament. What the devil is going on here, anyway? The public has a right to know, if for no other reasons than sheer appearances. Secret trials are particularly unpala- table in a so-called democracy. The point is not necessarily this particular case, but rather the broad issue of one trial being held in secret leading to a second, maybe a third and so on. Hopefully, the opposition members of Parliament won't be scared off by the threats, and will continue to push for information on this disturbing case. MAKES ME WONDER Last week the Star ran a picture on the front page of a rather comely young lady who also happened to possess some very obviously abundant natural assets. It is not very often the Star makes an effort to run the kinds of pictures one sees on page 3 of the Toronto Sun, for example, or on all the pages of those steamy tabloids that roll off the presses in the British Isles. However, we decided just this once it would be kind of fun to run a picture like this, and to be honest with you, I was quite prepared for a phone call or two from people objecting to it. I thought for sure I would hear from someone saying it is not the kind of photo that should go on the front page (or any page) of a family paper in a small community. I also thought I might get one from a women's libber calling it exploitation, or at very least demanding that we give equal space to a picture of a handsome male. Not so. To my knowledge the Star hasn't received oneirate phone call. Neither has it received a mail-bag full of critical "letters to the editor." On the contrary, in the past week a lot of guys have said things like "great picture, who is that girl," or "why doesn't the Star carry pictures like that every week?" And, I understand that many locations around the area completely sold out last week's issue of the Star. Whether the picture on the front page had anything to do with that I'm not sure, but if a photo such as that can generate the interest in the front page of the paper that it did last week, then maybe we should be running a "Star-Shine" girl every week. You know, this is a funny business. Sometimes you can work your guts out all week covering local events, writing news stories which you hope will help keep the community informed, digging and researching for feature stories which you think will be of interest to a majority of the readers. Or you can spend a lot of time plugging away at what you think is a good editorial, PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, June 21, 1978 -- § letters Deserve Thanks Dear Sir: It is sometimes too easy to criticize the actions of our local politicians for not per- forming as we see fit. All too often they do not receive the thanks they de- serve. May this letter serve to show the gratitude of the boys and girls of The Soccer Association of Port Perry and the surrounding area for Mayor Lawrence Malcolm and the Scugog council's ef- forts in obtaining the High School soccer field for this summer. We should also thank Mrs. Christie and Mr. Monroe of the Durham Board of Educa- tion in taking the time and trouble to attend last Mon- day's council meeting to help to finalize this situation. The High School field be- ing the largest in the area is ideally suited for the needs of our young players. May we offer our assurances to treat it with the care and attention required. Once again our many thanks. Yours faithfully, Brian Yeo, Uxbridge and District Soccer Association Negative Thinking Dear Sir: Iwas appalled at the letter of Mr. Menzies in the June 7th Port Perry Star. With the exception of Mr. Menzies and his friends every man, woman and child in. Port Perry knows that more senior citizens buildings are required. Since everyone is entitled to his or her opinion I would say his was a very negative side of the question. Since no man should live unto himself as an island let us all sare the good earth we are blessed with. } The present senior citizens building is a model of perfec- tion and more buildings like chotter bOX i def 5 eciolond that are a credit to any town. So what if someone builds apartment buildings! What has Mr. Menzies got against apartment dwellers? Does he consider them lower class citizens or what is his beef? Two funny little men in Europe in the thirties tried to assert the same kind of power. They tried to tell the rest of the world how they were to live and look at the unglorious end they came to. Although at present I live in More Letters on page 6 one that takes a position and conveys a message. And the reaction? Nothing. Not a comment from anybody, not one word, not even a bad word. It sometimes makes you wonder whether anybody is buying the newspaper, let alone reading it. But carry a pretty girl pic on the front page, and well, it's a different story. In the year or so that I've been with the Star I had more comments over that one picture than on any other story or picture. Maybe somebody is trying to tell me something. Maybe I'll consider this a learning experience. And maybe, just maybe, I'll be keeping an eye open for the rest of the summer for attractive ladies and make the pretty girl pic a regular feature in the paper. Ha. Ha. Ha. iia (port perry star I Company Limited ao ¥¢, Phone 985-7383 Sam, G CNA (OUR " C "ag yss® iL] ot "ion 7 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. 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