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A * 35. hy" "ry PL EN Interior view of Widden's Store on the north-east corner of Queen Street, Port Perry [formerly Lawrence Pharmacy]. Standing in foreground is Mr. Thomas Widden and further 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 20, 1921 Port Perry delegates attended the convention of the Ontario Motor League. They included Mr. C.C. Jeffrey and Mr. Ross Hood. : The young people of Port Perry have raised $1000. towards a rink in Port Perry. They are warranted now in asking the help of the residents to help finance this project. It is proposed to raise the funds for the rink by the same methods as were adopted to collect the Pa- triot Fund. The people of Prince Albert feel proud of the suc- cess of Miss Gwen Ettey who carried off third prize in the entrance examinations in Port Perry. She is a little over 12 years of age. } Those attending the 1.0.D.E. Convention in Toronto were: Mrs. Harris, Mrs. A.H. Rose, Mrs. A.J. Davis (the accredited delegate from Port Perry), Mrs. J.W. Crozier, Mrs. Merlin Letcher, Mrs. E.B. Walker, Mrs. gr ' ; a Moore. This photo was taken back is Mr. Fred about 1922. [Photo courtesy of Scugog Shores Museum] John Nasmith, Mrs. Stent and Mrs. R.H. Short. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 17, 1946 Port Perry Junior C Hockey team played in Stouff- ville but lost the game by a score of 5-2 for Stouffville. Gordon Goode played an outstanding game in the nets for Port Perry. The defense did not give him too much support. Don Pargeter is the alternate net minder but has not yet had the opportunity to show his ability. Word was received that the following personel were on the Queen Elizabeth which docked at New York and are expected home: Gdn. S.R. Kendall, Cpl. R.D. Bur- ley, Pte. L.A. Rogers. Col. Bill MacBrien, a former Port Perry boy re- membered his home town and treated the Port Perry (Turn to page 6) IAC TRI SN La gt VEN TPS, 2B. HC EEE] ELS TA AE RE ES DIAL Co y Foy Liki h oo URI hides WAS Xd eT A RN aa anal tn Lk _-- . . A . =t . Medi CAL PRCA A Tr WIN RE NARS ARG A Sint he Ke chbiniicnt Shi, A) ~ Airs Phe 28 » PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., January 21, 1981 -- 5 letters Words of praise Dear Sir: I would like to write a few words in praise and say a public "thank you' to the Port Perry Snowmobile Club. As I am not a very active snowmobiler, I do not parti- cipate much in their club activities. Each year, how- ever, I purchase their mem- bership to support all the good work they do on behalf of all snowmobilers. Snowmobile Clubs put in a tremendous amount of work to obtain access to private lands, to establish and main- tain miles of trails, without which there would be little use for the snowmobile. The _ Port Perry Club has recently completed a very fine club- house where the hospitality is warm for everyone- member or not. I also think every snow- mobiler should think of the implications of using trails over private lands, arranged by clubs, without being a member. The agreements reached between landowners and clubs provide for the protection of each, but no such protection extends to persons not belonging to clubs. In summary, I think the modest cost of a snowmobile club membership should be considered by every respons- ible machine owner, as a good investment in better snowmobile facilities, and as a tangible measure of "thank you" to the hard working people who make it all possible. I would say when you support snowmo- bile clubs, you support snowmobiling. Yours truly, William A. Lock R.R.3 Port Perry *'] just can't bring myself to say grace for a spinach casserole." chotter HOW MUCH ARE YOU PAYING One of the best things that ever happened to the oil industry was the change from imperial measurements to the controversial metric system. Since that time, over a year ago, there have been numerous price increases in the cost of gasoline and heating oil, but the public outcry has been substantially reduced. The reason for this is very few people know how much they are paying for the liquid gold that keeps our automobiles running and our homes warm. We know that the price has gone up significantly when the gas pump attendant asks $20 plus for a tank of gas, or we open our fuel bill and find that it costs over $200 to heat the house during the past month. But I wonder how many people think about the cost of gasoline at the pump when they pull into a service 'station to "fill 'er-up"? Well here are some figures to consider: Regular gas varies in price at Port Perry gas stations from a low of 29 cents per litre to a high of 31 cents per litre. Broken down into terms that most of us can understand, this means that the lowest price for gasoline (as of last week) is about $1.30 per gallon in Port Perry. The two cents per litre difference in the low and high price means a difference of about nine cents per gallon. So the 31 cents per litre gas is in reality selling for $1.39 per gallon. If you're shopping for a bargain, don't let the one or two cent difference on the pumps fool you. That two cents per litre can add up to an additional $1.44 per tank fill-up, based on a 16 gallon tank. And going a little further, if you filled your gas tank once a week, in one year this works out to about $75.00 extra you have paid at a higher price. Now, if you are an unleaded gas user ....... "brace yourself!" The lowest price for unleaded gas in town last week was 31.3 cents per litre ($1.41 per gallon) and the highest registered at 33.7 per litre ($1.52 per gallon). This 11 cents per gallon difference can add up to a whopping $93.00 by J. Peter Hvidsten per year extra on your gas bill if you don't watch closely. Based on these prices, and the fact that price increases are not about to stop it would be wise to keep and fix your old car. If you are ddriving a "pre-unleaded gas car" you could be saving up to as much as 22 cents per gallon from the newer models which require the more expensive unleaded fuel. It has always been my contention that although we do not like to pay high prices for fuel, I would rather see the prices raised at the gasoline pumps than on our home heating fuel. Heating oil and gas is a necessary commodity in our climate and something we cannot do without. It is not a luxury! Automotive gasoline can not be considered a luxury, but on the other hand, much of the driving we do is unnecessary and frivilous. We don't need to drive a block to get a quart of milk at the store, or drive up and down the streets of town going from one store to another. We could probably plan our driving activities better, so when we do use our gas consuming automobiles we do so with conservation of fuel in mind. Car pools for workers travelling to and from Oshawa, Toronto and other centres is a good example of energy conservation. In fact in one area of England, fines are given to commuters travelling alone in their cars to work. And _according to police and government officials this approach is working as fewer and fewer people are now travelling alone. But getting back to heating oil, a quick check to some of the local furnace oil suppliers find that prices do not vary near as much as automotive gas. There was a difference of only .6 cents per litre in the three companies checked. This amounts to approximately two and a half cents per gallon difference. But it is still hard to believe that the fuel we used to heat our homes with about eight years ago at a price of about 20 cents per gallon is now closing the gap on $1.00 per gallon. The prices we are experiencing now are only a sign of things to come, so we (Canadians) are going to have to learn to conserve. And the bonus we will receive for becoming energy conscious will be a few extra dollars in our pockets. That should be enough to make anyone want to conserve! THINK HAMBURG, THINK TREES A recent report from the International Development Research Centre asks that the next time you think of a burger, think of trees. Huge tracts of forests in Central America are being cut to grow cattle for hamburgers and hot dogs as the fast food business continues to boom. According to the report, McDonalds, the largest ham- burger operation now sells about three billion (3,000,000,000) of their famous burgers every year and in the process about 300,000 head of cattle go 'between the buns", so to speak. The pastureland being created in Central America will help to keep the price of the hamburger lower, so the next time you see a tree being cut you could think of it as another Big Mac attack. 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