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pa A i A LR NA ea EL ------ MEE BL SS TL Ee Ta IA RCE SHR ER LL BEE A . RT PRL ce) > oe ¥ 44 bbb si diiines oubddad datas tisitas bubeniciitabbb ca iinhobb dus vives AX] L a The maple trees are much larger, the boardwalk and the picket fence are gone and there have been a few changes to the basic structure of this building, but it still stands at the corner of Queen and Caleb St., Port Perry. When this photo was taken about 1885, it was known as 60 YEARS AGO. Thursday, July 11th, 1918 Messrs. Dan McTaggart, of Sonya and Arthur J. Boe, Prince Albert, have been home on leave. They are: now acting corporals, at Niagara Camp. Corp. Clinton Short is taking a six week's military the Forman Estate and it is believed that the gentleman standing by the gate at the right is Mr. T.C. Forman. The home is presently owned by Mr. Ralph Fairman. Photo courtesy of Mr. Wm. J. Carnegie. course at Ottawa. A motion was carried at Town Council, appointing the Reeve a committee to buy and distribute coal for the Village of Port Perry. . Continued on page 6 4 SAD GOODBYES If I seem to have been walking around in more of a daze than usual these past three weeks.....there is a Five Norwegian cousins, and a good friend of theirs whom we have adopted as a cousin, have just left for their homeland after 23 glorious days in our fair country. Twenty three days that kept members of the family and many friends busy touring them to points of interest around the province. It was my first encounter with the cousins since my visit to their home in Norway some 24 years ago, and needless to say they had changed considerably. But there's an emptyness inside now, one that was not there when they arrived at the airport three weeks ago. It was strange meeting someone I had not seen for so long, and I would not have recognized any of them had I bumped into them in the corridor, if my father was not standing talking to them when I arrived. After the usual hugs, kisses and greeting we drove them to Port Perry where they settled in and commenced their holiday. There was trips to the CN Tower, the new Eaton complex, Niagara Falls, a few days at a cottage and a few more at a nightclub in the Muskoka district were a cousin of ours was entertain- ing. And in between the travelling there was a little rest and a lot of parties. } Perhaps the strangest thing about this visit, was the closeness we attained in the three short weeks they were here. We were absolute strangers when they arrived, but as they said there final goodbyes at the airport a large lump formed in my throat and I promised that I would do my very best to make a return visit to their homeland as soon as possible. And I'm going to get there! - : - AWARD IS THEIRS As you may have read by now, the Port Perry Star was among the winners in the recent Canadian Community Newspaper Association 'Better News- papers Competition." It was indeed pleasing to us when word was received that we had placed second in our class as the Best All round Newspaper in a competition that takes in newspapers our size from Nova Scotia to Vancouver Island. But the credit is not all mine. If it were not for the pleasant and dedicated staff we have here at the Star, this award would not have been ours. Editor John McClelland, the front office staff and the part-time help in the composing and darkrooms all have an equal share in this achievement and I can only hope they are. proud of it. . As of yet we have not heard who won the first place award in our class, but they had better keep up the good work, because we'll be working hard towards that goal next year. STREETS NEED WORK Last week in the Star we briefly editorialized about the condition of the sidewalks and roadway along Queen Street. Since that editorial, a number of people have reinforced the claim that elderly people are falling on the sidewalks due to their deteriorated condition. It has been rumoured that the Region is budgeting money towards a facelift of Queen Street (sidewalks and roadway), but it will not take place for at least a couple of years. It would therefore seem that the township is going to have to dig into Scugog's coffers and find enough money to at least cover them with asphalt, until they can afford proper cement sidewalks. But it's an election year, so it is very doubtful that anything will be done until our representatives are forced into it, and I can only hope it is not because someone falls and seriously injuries themselves. They could possibly then face a court action that could cost them more than the work necessary to make the streets safe. It also does not take a trained eye to see that Queen Street is in desperate need of proper garbage containers. One does nqt have to walk far on the street on a windy day to see an assortment of garbage blowing across the roads and sidewalks in the business section. Although some of the blame for this mess can go to shoppers and merchants, if proper garbage containers with covers were available in enough locations most people would use them. Of course here we will get into the argument that vandals will ruin the containers and STs i ' ' ' LE 0% PW EA » % i . 4 ' 3 1 ' ' iy 7 ", . v ' » ' LST, ' 3133 y ' {7d Se ' A i . a a A a a a A lu i } PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, July 12, 1978 -- 5 editoriol | continued too many people, too few resources, too many bombs, too little ozone, too much carbon dioxide, not enough food, an accelerating rate of change and a slowness to adapt. Having become the best-informed society in history about these hazards, we have also become, in the words of University of Detroit Professor Margaret Maxey "the most fore-warned, anxiety-prone, exhorted, and guilt-ridden of cultures." Little wonder many people yearn for "the good old days," when life was simpler and easier. What hogwash! Without denying that today's world has problems and that yesterday's had some values we seem to have lost, does anyone really want to do back to those "good old days"? When average life expectancy was 45 years? When you could count on at least one child in each family not surviving to its fifth birthday? When the major Insecticide used on almost every- thing was lead arsenate, and the most common red food coloring was lead chromate -- both deadly poisons? When the main killer diseases were not forms of cancer, heart breakdown or nerve decay, but influenza, pneumonia, tuberculosis, diphtheria and whooping cough? That's all within the last century, documented in Otto Betteman's book, The Good Old Days -- They Were Terrible. No, we may not yet have the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, and much more than material progress will. be needed to achieve it. But let's not flagellate ~~ ourselves into thinking this is Hell, either. The many hazards that pre-occupy us now do so only because, for the first time in history, we have the luxury of recognizing them. At any previous time, they would have been submerged in the greater hazards of daily survival. Unchurched Editorial chotterbox ...... tops, and this is very probably true. But if we intend to keep our streets clean we can not ~ let a handful of malicious people discourage us from doing so. If the containers are damaged they will have to be replaced. That is know as upkeep, and in any business whether it is run by government or privately, there is a certain amount of upkeep. It's sad......but it's true. 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