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This is the steamer '/Stranger', which was owned by the Carnegie Milling Co., of Port Perry. The boat caught fire and burned to the water line 65 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 8, 1915 The most important fact regarding Port Perry Fair this year is this - It is being run to encourage good farming in the community and surrounding districts. two tents. Tent No. 1 for the exhibits of grain, vege- tables, etc. will be in the charge of Mr. C.C. Kellett. . Tent No. 2 for the exhibits of Ladies work, domestic science, flowers, etc., will be in the charge of Mr. S. Farmer. _A total of over $900.00 is offered in prizes. There will be -- near Caesarea in July 1908. [Photo courtesy of Scugog Shores Museum. ] Howard White was mentioned in despatches for bravery and was awarded the V.C. by His Majesty King George V on the 25th day of May, 1915. 40 YEARS AGO EE "Thursday, September 5, 1940 William (Bill) Hayes of Port Perry, son of the manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, stayed with friends in Ottawa recently. While there he attended (Turn to page 9) PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., August 27, 1980 -- 5 letters Not a fair shake for our tax dollars Dear Sir: When Durham Region was set up, we, the residents of Prince Albert, were amal- gamated with the Township of Scugog; therefore, Port Perry and Prince Albert are no more. We are areas of the Municipality of Scugog. We, the residents of Prince Albert are not getting a fair shake with our tax dollars. We are paying more for our hydro, no paid by taxation garbage collection, not one playground for our children, no sewage and very little road work done and few sidewalks. We feel that the Council ignores the former Munici- pality of Prince Albert and spends most of our tax money in other areas. For example: we have a bylaw for zoned residential land and now we have chickens on this residential land plus the flies and the odour. (Figure that one out!!) I am hoping Council will take note of this and start doing something for Prince Albert with our tax dollars. If anyone is thinking of moving to the area Munici- pality of Prince Albert, take a second look. Yours truly, Diane Richardson, Prince Albert I support new library' Dear Sir: Regarding the "library-at- the-lakeside" issue, I would like to comment on several points raised in a letter to the editor last week. The writer first suggests that extra library services are already "available to us in Oshawa and are therefore unnecess- ary here. She then goes on to complain about the threat to our local hospital services which are also duplicated there. Irealize that getting a chotterbox ...... POLAND'S TROUBLES Labour unrest for the last several weeks in Communist Poland reached a climax over the weekend with. the granting to the workers of some rather significant conces- sions. The leaders of Poland's Communist Party have promised that the trade unions in the country will become more democratic in nature, including free elections by secret ballot, and if militant trade unionists are elected to high office, the Communist Party will not interfere or have them removed. Whether this and other concessions become reality remains to be seen, for it's obvious that the Communist masters in the Kremlin in Moscow may have something to say about the situation in Poland. It is difficult to believe that the Soviets will not take some kind of action as a result of the unrest in Poland. When Poland's neighbour Czechoslovakia moved to liberalize that country in the spring of 1968, Soviet tanks rumbled through the streets of Prague in the late summer that year and the Czech leaders were quickly deposed, exiled to the Soviet Union and replaced by more 'hard-liners' who would toe the Kremlin line. However, the Soviet Union has not to this date, anyway, moved to take any drastic measures in Poland. The events in that country over the past few weeks are of major significance, not just for the striking workers in the northern ship-yards, but possibly for the people of other: Eastern European nations under the heel of the Soviet Union. What essentially has happened in Poland is that the people have challenged the all-encompassing authority of the ruling Communist Party, and so far, they are winning. The mere fact that the party leaders allowed the strike to continue and spread to other sectors of the economy, and the fact that Soviet tanks have not yet appeared in the streets of Gdansk or Warsaw is an indication of the intensity of the situation. Obviously, the political authorities must feel that a show of strength of their part could trigger even further dissension which in turn could lead to a full-scale up-rising in all parts of the country. What is also significant about the past several weeks 18 that the Western world is being informed of the events in that country. Journalists and news teams from several western press agencies and networks in the United States have been sending nightly reports out of the country, including 4 interviews and statements from the leaders of the striking workers. There does not appear to be even an effort to censor the flow of information out of the country, let alone measures to expell foreign journalists and clamp a complete black-out on the situation. This relative freedom under which western journalists apparently are able to operate may be another indication of the extent to which the political authorities have lost control. Just as the authorities have chosen not to come down on the strikers with an iron fist, they have also chosen not to round up foreign journalists and boot them out of the country. It is difficult to start drawing too many conclusions about the events in Poland such as whether the unrest will spread to other East European states like Hungary, Czechoslovak- ia, East Germany, Roumania and the Baltic countries of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuainia. But it is a certainty that word of the events in Poland is filtering to the workers in those countries, and if nothing else, the authorities may grant concessions on their own in an effort to head off trouble before it erupts. However, if the potential for wide-spread unrest is simmering in these Soviet dominated countries, it may have an effect onthe foreign policies of the USSR. If the Soviets have problems in their own back-yard, they may be forced to think twice about "adventures" elsewhere -. in the world such as the Middle East and Africa. A BIG DAY COMING UP It is hard to believe that summer is just about over. Seems like only yesterday that school kids were beginning their holidays, and now they will be heading bck to class in less than a week. The start of school this year will have a very special significance for my family. Our oldest boy will be heading off to Kindergarten, and while he is all geared up and ready to go, quite frankly, I have not yet become used to the idea. idea. Of course this is the beginning of something new and exciting, not just for him but for all members of our family. And yet, the first day of school represents the end of something for us as well. He's growing up. For the first time in his life, there will be influences on him other than those of family and his circle of play-mates on the block. I suppose most parents feel much the same way when their first-born walks out the front door on that first day of school. It gives me the feeling of time moving on. He's passed out nae book is not a life and death situation, but the principle is the same. Do we live and breathe and shop and read and get sick in Port Perry or are we merely a bedroom suburb of Oshawa? Port Perry is a growing-and rela tively self-supporting community and all services should be offered here. As to the issue of needing more parklahd, the present council had the foresight to (Turn to page 6) of infancy, he's not a toddler any more. He's five years old and Kindergarten is his new horizon. How those five years have flown by. The day he was born is so vivid in my mind. Possibly what is at the root of this is the realization that time is moving on for me as well as him. It takes something like the first day of school for my first-born to put it into sharper perspective. And how does he feel about it all? Well, from the way he's been talking about it the last few weeks, he doesn't have a worry at all. I'm the one who's doing the worrying. Getting right down to it though, I guess maybe I'm over-reacting just a little to all this. So the kid's going to Kindergarten. It's hardly the same as running away from home to join the army, or heading off to Tibet to live among the monks for a few years. The past five years have gone by quickly for him and me. Nothing can be done about that. It's just that I get to feeling a little uneasy about the fact that in 13 short years, he'll be ar~duating from high school. / ( port perry star Company Limited Phone 985.7383 Sale, G CNA 1 (0): rat 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 $10.00 per year Elsewhere: $18.00 per year Single Copy: 25¢ ". fie Ee A, © ~ rad Lal 4 ", fy 4%