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nl? ers mn LRA a a fs, S78 Ad SNARE Fa) Rrra hry pris V2 "ew RAN SE 6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., August 6, 1980 remember when...? continued Mrs. R. Bently and daughter have returned home from a pleasant holiday in Muskoka District. Mr. and Mrs. Crane have moved to Port Perry. Mr. Crane is to be Principal of Port Perry High School. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 18, 1955 Spending a vacation in Britain are \Mrs. Aleta MacFarlane and Miss Gladys Joblin. The 5th annual Starr-Dymond picnic held at Green- wood Park, attracted the largest attendance ever, with an estimated 800 present. Miss Donna Samells, Port Perry, was the winner of the Garden Umbrella Table and four chairs in the Lion's Club draw recently. Marie Taylor, A.R.C.T., R.M.T., has attained the highest marks in the Province of Ontario in her Pipe Organ examinations in June. Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Honey have moved Arom Tor- onto to Port Perry and have purchased the bungalow on the corner of Perry and Scugog Street. Roy has been a railway mail clerk in charge on the Ottawa and Toronto night train for fourteen years. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 18, 1960 Mac Christie, R'R.4, Port Perry, was televised do- ing chores at Christie Brothers Farm, one morning during the past week. The picture will be shown on Country Calendar. Miss Beatrice McNab of New York City, Mr. Tom McNab of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. O.W-- Hancock of Ot--- tawa, were recent guests of Mrs. C.C. Jeffrey. Mid-afternoon blazes at the home of Russell Hood, Scugog Island, completely gutted the house and des- . troyed much of the furnishings. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 12, 1965 Mrs. Charles Dyer of 118 Lilla Street, Port Perry, was the lucky winner of the Port Perry Lions Club Lawn Umbrella Set which was drawn recently. Miss Dominion of Canada, Carol Ann Tidey, will be present at the 100th Anniversary of the Blackstock Fair. Miss Tidey will judge the beard growing contest, a special celebration event. Early Saturday morning, 24 Port Perry and Scugog Guides and their four leaders, Mrs. Audrey Hall, Mrs. Eileen Hodgins, Mrs. Georgeen Carnegie and Miss Jane Carnegie left by bus for a week of camping at Camp Adelaide, Girl Guide Camp in Haliburton, 10 YEARS AGO ' Thursday, August 20, 1970 For the next couple of weeks, Klaus Brosche, 17 year old student from Augsburg, West Germany, is a guest of Mary Nelson at her parent's home, Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Nelson, Port Perry. He is one of 30 students on an exchange visit to Ontario from West Germany made possible by Bayerischer Jugendring, a German Youth Organization. A clearance of only 10 to 15 feet saved the farm home of Mr. Bruce Geer, Utica from complete destruc- tion when a five seater Sea-Bee plane roared across thé house and crash landed in a field only 50 feet from the dwelling. The only occupant of the plane was the pi- lot Eric Hemmer, 47 of West Hill. He was taken to Port Perry Community Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Scarborough Centennary Hospital. Greenbank News - Congratulations to Mr. Wm. Hill who was 82 years old on Sunday. Mr. Rudi Jammer caught three large Muskies on Tuesday morning. They weighed 14, 15 and 19'2 lbs. and were 40', 42" and 45" respectively. Misses Janet and Mary Cannon have just returned from a trip to Scotland where they visitied relatives. They enjoyed a tour of the Lake Country and Shake- speare Country and spent some time in London. letters EEA TOR IO rn Par 10 Library controversy once more Dear Sir: Well, back to the continu- ing saga of the library. Although to tell you the truth, I'm just about as sick of the subject as Mr. McClel- land. Especially the more I find out about it. We are to have another OMB hearing at the Latcham Centre on September 2. Each hearing cost $5,000 of the taxpayer's . money, so you understand why it makes you feel a little sick. At the beginning of the story of the Library I noticed a piece in the paper where Mr. Preston said (Oh well, I guess if we can't have a Cadillac I guess we'll have to settle for a Chev.) Too bad Mr. Preston didn't stick with the Chev class of people instead of the Cadillac crowd, there are more of us. He probably would have had his library built by now. I hear we are to get more parkland further down the beach. Are they admitting we will need more in the future? -- Or are-they just -- using a little common sense at last? But we are still very mystified as to their insisting on that particular site for a library when they admit there are alternatives. I have also heard they have never had a contractor give them an actual price on a plain addition to the library we have. We wonder why. I guess if they feel like Mr. Rose feels when he said (God help us if petitions rule the OMB. Where's our demo- cracy?), then we know why they are in politics, and it doesn't seem to make much difference about the people's democracy. . Thank goodness there i is an election coming up in November. Then maybe they will find out power is "'a privilege and not a right." I understand the library board only raised $12,000.00 from canvassing the public. The majority of the money they have raised is from different organizations from out of town, even to selling' tickets in Oshawa. It's a darn shame they have to do that. Times are tough and are going to get a lot tougher, but if they would co-operate with the majority instead of 'Job well done' says visitor (From page 5) "special note 1 would like to __say "job well done" to the youngest volunteer manning the school room (July 13). Her enthusiasm and know- ledge was an inspiration to the youngest visitors. This was seen on the faces and actions of the family stand- ing ahead of me. It's great to see the young people getting involved in the community. Sincerely, {Mrs.) Fran Chambers -.. Little Britain, Ontario (From page 5) . . You can be sure that the authorities will not easily forget that the Americans tried to disrupt their Olympic show- piece. They back away from a show of force, and strike when their adversaries are weak orn a time of turmoil. Quite frankly, unless the climate between the Russians and the Western world takes a dramatic turn for the better, the chance of conflict is as high today as it has ever been. It may be ironic, but one thing that could help to avert open conflict would be the election this November of sabre-rattler Ronald Reagan. He's promising to spend more for weapons and the. military in general, and he's also touting a tougher stand against the Soviets. It seems to be the only thing the Russians understand. It's rather a sad way to run the world. But getting back to the Olympics for a moment, I gaid at the outset I'm glad I wasn't there. I suppose I could have put up with the hassles from the police and soldiers, and even endured the biased officials and boorish behaviour from the crowds. But I don't think I could go two weeks and not see any little children in the streets of Moscow. That would be too much to take. Whenever things in the grown-up world start to get me down, it helps to see some kids laughing, playing and carrying on, even in Moscow. the minority they would get all the help they need, with- out even a grant from Win- tario. I hear on the radio where Mr. Taylor says the council will come up with another 50 or 60 thousand dollars to help out if they miss out on the Wintario grant. 1 wonder where that will come from. It was only a month ago Mr. Taylor told me they didn't have enough money to tear down the Griffen house on the property which seems so much a controversy at the moment. So why wasn't the old arena sold instead of costing another $9,700.00 to be torn down? Oh, well, it's only the taxpayers money after all so what the heck, they really don't count. Myrtle Prentice, Port Perry, Ontario Teenage deaths | behind the wheel At this time of year, when there are seemingly no end to the reports-of young people losing their lives in trafic accidents, the following article is rather tilely. It is called "The Day a Teenager Died," and appeared on occasion in the Ann Landers column. Maybe it should be mandatory reading for anyone, young or old, who gets a drivers licence and the right to slip behind the wheel of a powerful car. The message _| needs no further explanation. ~~ == cin, ra Please God, I'm only 17. The -- 1 died was an ordinary school day. How I wish I had taken the bus! But I was too cool for the bus. I remember how I wheedled the car out of Mom. "Special favour," I pleaded. "All the kids drive." When the 2:50 bell rang, I threw my books in the locker. I was free until 8:40 tomorrow morning! Iran to the parking lot, excited at the thought of driving a car and being my own boss. Free! It doesn't matter how the accident happened. I was goofing off - going to fast. Taking crazy chances. . But I was enjoying my freedom and having fun. - The last thing I remembered was passing an old lady who seemed to be going awfully slow. Theard the deafening crash and felt a terrible jolt. Glass and steel flew everywhere. My whole body seemed to be turning inside out. I heard myself scream. . Suddenly I awakened. It was very quiet. A police officer was standing over me. Then I saw a doctor. My body was mangled. Iwas saturated with blood. Pieces of jagged glass were sticking out all over. Strange that I couldn't feel anything. Hey, don't pull that sheet over my head. I can't be dead. I'm only 17. I've got a date tonight. I am supposed to grow up and have a wonderful life. I haven't lived yet. I can't be dead. Later I was placed in a drawer. My folks had to identify me. Why did they have to see me like this? Why did I have to look at Mom's eyes when she faced the most terrible ordeal of her life? Dad suddenly looked very old. Hetold the man in charge, 'Yes, he is my son.' The funeral was a weird experience. I saw all my relatives and friends walk toward the casket. They passed by, oneby one, and looked at me with the saddest eyes I've ever seen. Some of my buddies were crying. A few of the girls touched my hand and sobbed as they walked away. " Please! Somebody wake me up! Get me out of here. I can't bear to see Mom and Dad so broken up. My grandparents are so wracked with grief they can barely walk. My brother and sisters are like zombies. They move like robots, in a daze. No one can believe this. And I can't believe it either. Please don't buf} me! I'm not dead! Ihave a lot of living to do! I want to laugh and run again. Please don't put me in the ground. I promise if you give me. one more chance, God, I'll be the most careful driver in the whole world. All I want is one more chance. Please, God! I'm only 17! SPONSORED BY -- SCUGOG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE »