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7% 2 Si 4 re Sola PLR tL EN Be TE TSE SE SA PRR A view of Queen Street, Port Perry, 1909, looking west. Photo shows a piece of the St. 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 22, 1920 Here are the figures on roads: Over a modern con- crete road figuring 25¢ per gallon, a loaded two ton truck was run 11.78 miles to one gallon of gasoline. Brick roads a little worn, decreased the mileage to about 9.89 miles per gallon of gasoline for a loaded two ton truck. The gravel road does not give quite as good a mileage - 9.13 miles per gallon and the old earth roads are the bug- bear of motor truck drivers, for in wet weather trucks usually sink in to their hubs. Even when the roads are dry, miles per gallon are only 5.78. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 25, 1945 Mrs. Earl Wallace attended a Conference of the Charles Hotel [left] and the Sebert House [right] which is currently being torn down. Bell Telephone Company in Oshawa last Thursday. Flight-Lieutenant Michael Wood, D.F.C. of Green- bank, has arrived home after three years of active service overseas with a Halifax Bomber Squadron. Congratulations to Flying Officer Edgar Emmerson RCAF, on being awarded the DFC. Edgar attended Port Perry High School. The children of Seagrave school enjoyed two holi- days on Monday and Tuesday while the school was being wired for hydro. This will surely be a great bene- fit to the pupils by relieving eye strain on dark days. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 27, 1955 The Rod and Gun Club held its annual meeting in the (Turn to page 6) PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., Janvary 23, 1980 -- § letters Short changed Dear Sir: Just a few words about equalized property assess- ment. My complaint is now how much my property tax will go up (it won't be that much). Real Tax was created to provide a fund of money which in turn pro- vides a group of services. Services such as roads, schools, police and fire protection, water and sewage systems, garbage collection, sidewalks and streetlights, etc., etc., blah, blah, blah. People living in the more rural areas simply Do Not receive an equal proportion of these services. Also, the quality of some services is diminished by distance - police and fire protection for example and road quality. This market value assessment business in other words will be taxing a great many property owners not for services rendered but simply because they own something. Obviously more and more we are being shifted away from the basic concept of property taxation. In fact it smacks more than just a little of good old socialism. (Turn to page 6) In the Star office we have on our shelves hundreds of hard cover and pocket books, magazines and childrens books. While browsing through some of these one day I noticed that there are numerous books, which although they are not great literary pieces, contain plenty of interesting material. One of these is called '1001 valuable things you can get Free" and is a bona fide directory of giveaway items from across the country. The book claims that all you have to do is send for any three items from the book and you will receive more than the asking price of the book back in giveaways. The following are a few of the freebies available. There's one that maybe the council, Chamber of Commerce, or Historical Society may be interested in. "In a nationwide project called '"Main Street" the National Trust for Historic Preservation is trying to get decaying downtowns to preserve their own authentic character. The free fact sheet offers guidelines how to preserve the hometown look, gives source ideas for planning, funding and researching. To get on the free mailing, write to National Trust for Historic Preservation, 407 S. Dearborn, Suite 710, Chicago, Ill. 60605." In today's world it would seem that a housewife's work is never done so the book lists a number of free household aids that may help her in her daily chores. "Stain Dial - special hints for removing stains will help you save garments galore. Available from Consumer Relations Dept., Box B, Texize Chemicals Co., P.O. Box 386, Greenville, S.C. 29602. Sample Polish Packet - yours for the asking. This packet of Hagerty Silversmith's Polish with tarnish preven- tive built in is available by sending to W.J. Jagerty & Sons, Dept. 1001, P.O. Box 1496, South Bend, Ind. 46624." Are you a CB enthusiast. '"Here's your chance to get in on the citizens band radio craze that is sweeping the country. This free dictionary covers the most widely used CB slang from A to Z. Along with the free dictionary you get a copy of the code followed by thousands of motorists who have joined the Emergency Citizens Band Radio Patrol. To obtain, send a "long", stamped, self-addressed, envelope to: E.C.B.R.P., Dept. M.W. Main, P.O. Box 240, Yonkers, N.Y. 10702." And here's a great one for poker players. "If you are one of the millions who enjoy an occasional game of poker, you can improve your luck by knowing the odds. A vest- pocket-sized chart lists your mathematical chances for ATER ERT PE ' Re hy ith LJ 2. A 4 Vv) ) drawing a flush, straight, etc., depending on your hand. To obtain, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: United States Playing Card Co., Cincinatti, Ohio 45212." A baby-sitters guide. 'Study the do's and don'ts of baby-sitting in this helpful publication entitled When Teenagers Take Care of Children. Let your neighbours know you've read this guide. Free from: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Child Develop- ment, 30 C Street, SW, South Building, G-024, Washington, D.C. 20201." And finally, for movie buffs! "Get an autographed, glossy photograph of your favorite movie star. Famous movie idols will be happy to send you a personal photograph, autographed with their own signature. First, watch the movie ads and note which motion picture studio has released the latest picture of the star you're interested in. Then write the star care of that studio. (It won't hurt to include a rave about his or her latest movie). Here are the names and addresses of the major studios: Twentieth- Century-Fox, Westwood, California 90024. MGM, Culver City, Calif. 91608; Warner Brothers, Burbank, Calif. 91503; and Paramount Films, Hollywood, Calif. 90028. For other free items, which include atlases, books, decals, films, maps, posters, recipes, stamps, etc., you'll have to buy the book. It's a $1.99 and available at the Star office. AND SPEAKING OF BOOKS Here is a book that the squeemish won't want to_touch, but it does contain some very interesting ( although depressing) facts. The book is entitled '"The Ghoulish Book of Weird Records" and according to its author incidents in the book are based on true fact, news items and family records. Let me give you a few examples and you can judge for yourself if you really want to waste your money on this pocketbook. "The First Absolutely Painless Dentist - was Manuel Martinez, a Mexican bandit who roamed the American Southwest during the early 1920's. Martinez employed a novel anesthetic - death. On August 5, 1921, he shot dead a storekeeper and his wife in Ruby, Arizona. Before leaving, Martinez removed four of the women's gold front teeth, using his pistol butt as dental equipment. Eight months later, in a nearby town, a deputy sheriff overheard a Mexican trying to sell four oddly-shaped gold ALL 1¥ yr A HE THRE as Tu NTA a { editorial (From page 4) are telling the Canadian people that the campaign hasn't really taken off yet. That may be so. But at the same time, one can't help but wonder if our national media are doing their job of informing the electorate. They should at least be paying lip service to the notion of balance and un-biased coverage. The Canadian voters may not like the idea of another election in less than a year, but most accept it as a fact of life in a democracy. What they may not accept is information coming from the media that has more than just a slight slant to it. It is one thing for a media outlet to editorially endorse a candidate or party, quite another to let its bias blatantly overflow into the columns where the news is supposed to be. - chotterbox nuggets to a local guzzler. The vendor was Martinez, hoping to make a profit from his practice. He was caught, tried for murder, and hanged. A local newspaper covered the trial, the reporter making special mention of Martinez's "Mexican extraction." The First Death Caused by Smoking Tobacco is reported to have occurred February 5, 1838 in New York City after a fire broke out in a warehouse owned by Peter Lorillard, founder of the tobacco dynasty. While fighting the blaze, John Buckloh of Engine 19 Fire Company, was killed when the warehouse wall fell on him. The wall had caught fire from the 'smoking tobacco" inside the warehouse. If this type of trivia interests you there are lots more of these ghoulish stories continued between the covers of this book. Happy reading. va i port perry star A Company Limited \0 Phone 985.7383 RP Gon : (0mm) 1-_-C 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 in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $8.00 per year Elsewhere $10.00 per year. Single copy 20c J oe ig, Eas CL NEY Nan WN EN " ---- Oa . Dh WERE - » P%a No yn ed Ba y Sw, ak