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band dang PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, June 27, 1979 -- 5 - v ! ° . Bi Appallingrudeness ' EEL Dear Sir: there themselves in such a oF I would like to address fine building. You would fA, - " myself to two topics - the think a library in that i Scugog Public Library and vicinity would be most 7 the meeting at the High convenient. ay School last Thursday night. I also want to express my As a Senior Citizen, I am concern (a concern shared concerned with the future of by others than myself) with the Township of Scugog; the appalling rudeness of . ® part of that concern is with manner and the inflexibility the future of our Library. of opinion shown by many of Will the facilities of our those attending the open | Library meet the needs of all meeting at the High School. the adults and children in It was apparent that many A this growing community? represented at that meeting As to the location of the did not wish to hear what our ; Library - I find it ironic that Mayor and his Council and * 4 the senior citizens of Port the Library Board had to Perry have turned such a say. A meeting planned to be deaf ear to even the possibi- informative, with many lity of the library being at the hours of preparation by the i lakefront; they seem to be Ratepayers' Association very happy to be situated (Turn to page 6) ® LJ A great hurry It's been a few years since the Balsam Store hitching rail outside. Photo is from a postcard Dear Sir: begin the zoning would have looked like this, with horse and buggy tied to the submitted by Mr. Ralph Sadler. There was a matter raised to be changed to '"P" (public at the Ratepayers' meeting land) "Which ordinarily last Thursday evening. means both an official plan A P There seemed tobe a great amendment and a re-zoning. 60 YEARS AGO 35 YEARS AGO hurry to proceed with the This might be done in six Thursday, July 3, 1919 Thursday, July 13, 1944 : library on the above proper- months if there were no : _ Peace has been declared and it would seem to be a The Port Perry Lions Club has good reason to be ty because of the Wintario objections. 3 right and proper thing that Port Perry should hold a pleased with the results of the Street Fair and Dance "Matching Money" situa- By the tone of the Thurs- ' day of rejoicing in honour of the history, the signing of eld here last Friday night. The financial results were tion. A greater problem was day meeting the time period 7 the Peace and the formation of the League of Nations. most gratifying - some $800. being realized for the not explained. This lake would probably be closer to 2 ng oe The St. Charles hotel has been open two weeks and Lion's Club work. property is zoned C4 whichis years, if it could be done at 2 everybody is singing its praise. a category for restaurants, all! ; marinas, hotels, etc. Before Yours Sincerely, (Turn to page 6) library construction could Lawrence Malcolm | | t t b | C 1O\ -- ( OX by John B. McClelland i JN AN INTERNATIONAL DISGRACE political differences, and hatred, are left without a country, London and back again with less than 100 thrill seekers on { They are known to the world as the Boat People. with little food, with primitive medical services. board? { Facing certain death at the hands of barbaric dictators But then, refugees of war have been with mankind as The list of the ways we squander fuel in times of sup- i in Viet Nam and Cambodia, they began to flee into neigh- long as war itself, haven't they? But the plight of the Boat posed shortage is endless, of course. Surely, if the situation i bouring countries a couple of years ago. People in 1979 is an international disgrace, like the plight of is at a critical stage, our governments would be doing more { So desperate were they to get away that many thousan- all refugees throughout history. than just telling us to turn off the lights or raising the price | ds took to the open seas in rusty, old boats with little food, of gas a couple of cents per gallon. Surely, our governments > ® water or other supplies. For some the journey ended when THE ENERGY CRUNCH would impose some immensely unpopular but necessary i those boats simply sank under the sheer weight of human The signs are getting ominous; long line-ups for restrictions now so as to avert totatl chaos a few years hen- ! beings hundreds of miles off shore. gasoline in the Uhited States, a price increase of $1. a barrel ce. And for those who did finally make it to a so-called for Canadian crude at the well-head, dire warnings from I believe the Saudis when they say we haven't seen i friendly shore, their troubles were far from over. Hong the Saudis to start preserving oil now or face disaster by anything yet as far as price hikes are concerned. I believe Kong is turning them back, so is Malaysia, Thailand and 1988 when the wells run dry. our government when it says the price of Canadian crude Indonesia. Sorry, you're not wanted, they are told. We all know about the energy crisis, we can imagine must go up $1. a gallon now and another $1. next year. But I 2 |e A couple of countries are actively towing the boats back what life might be like if the wells did run dry. The problem also believe that if the supply situation is as critical now as out to sea. Others have threatened to shoot them on sight. is that nobody is doing anything to avert it. They are being treated as some kind of dreadful disease Governments are asking us to conserve energy, they that could inflict the entire population. The western coun- are raising the prices bit by bit, but gasoline in this country | tries, Canada included, are dickering and stalling, about is still less than a buck a gallon, and that is hardly high ! how many they might accept. enough to force people to keep their cars in the garage. { Everyone, it seems, has forgotten, that these people are While I'm sure the cost of oil and gas is going to keep port perry star Y i ¢ human beings. Mankind has cast them adrift on a sea of moving upward, I'm not totally convinced that the supply nd : disease, starvation and despair, and mankind is reluctant situation is as grave as it appears. Now, this is just a wild Company Limited } to throw them a lifeline. guess on my part. I mean, how am I supposed to know how wow The Canadian government has said it will accept 8000 of much oil is left in the world. The only people who know that Phone 985-7383 Sam, these hapless souls; the governments of Great Britain, the are the OPEC generals and the corporals who run Exxon, % CNA = (oun) = United States and Australia are also willing to take in some Shell, Gulf, etc. oy --- of the Boat People, and the refugees who are now But meanwhile, companies like Ford and GM keep Ear languishing in squalid camps in southeast Asia. cranking out cars with eight big cylinders, four-barrel car- Serving the Township of Scugog a But, as everyone knows, times are tough in these bs and so on. The latest toys from the car companies, those J. PETER HVIDSTEN western countries. There is some unemployment, some in- off road recreation vehicles with four-wheel drive are Publisher flation, schools are crowded, and goodness gracious, there horrendous gas guzzlers. The motors that drive power Advertising Manager are even line-ups at the gas pumps in the States. boats and cruisers are getting bigger and bigger all the 9.8. TH CUELLAND The western countries are beset with terrible internal time. CT Editor problems of their own. If we allowed all the refugees to If the governments of Canada and the United States come to our shores, who would educate them, teach them fear that we will run out of gas in the next decade, one Member of the i ® English, where would they be housed, and where, oh where, would think the first serious measure to conserve would be Canadian CO vnurity Sizwspapes Avsocis) yg could we ever find jobs for them? Why, they might be a a halt to gas guzzling cars, trucks, motorcycles, pleasure a heim ean oy The por! Fry downright strain on the economy. boats, private planes, and so on. Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario So, the richest nations in the world, the nations with Our governments have forced the car companies to } } standards of living unparalled in history, have agreed to make a few minor changes, and the car companies them- hariasd as secony Chossmont oj #06 Post Office accept a mere trickle of these unfortunate people. The rest selves are making cars smaller and lighter. but these are noah postose ! will have to fend for themselves as long as they can. Maybe scarcely denting the annual consumption of gasoline. . ¢ the Linited Nalions will get around to gone king of assistan- And what shout iranspors ks ht are permitted to Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 ce, a couple of paper resolutions might solve the problem, run empty on the highways? at about the gigantic air- oe . or maybe a debate in the General Assembly. craft that fly the skies with less than half the seats filled? Oe ish Gar "amare pery a Meanwhile, men, women and children; victims of war, What about the idiotic Concorde that zips from New York to