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HOLM es bain Selo Bi gist varie i LAY 2 FIL 1 JRL rar ®X - A . ? HIE AA SO ET y remember when ...¢ Interior view of Mr. A.J. Davis store, Port . Perry. Mr. Davis and his daughter Grace "Davis are seen in this photo taken in April 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 3, 1921 ? > At the County Council meeting, the Board of Educa- "tion of Whitby and Port Perry were recommended grants for maintenance of Agriculture Classes of $350. each. - Mrs. Ilsen, Director of Hospital Music in the United States War department, was the speaker in the Parish Hall of the Church of the Ascension. Mr. and Mrs. Issac Beadle and family have moved to Seagrave from Mariposa. Real Estate - 150 acres pasture land two miles north 1925. [Photo courtesy of Scugog Shores Museum] of Port Perry, about 12 acres of timber, Nonquon cros- ses property. Priced at $1,200.00, half cash. Those were the good old days. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 7, 1946 At the annual Vestry meeting of the Church of the Ascension, Dr." J.B. Lundy and Mr. Hutcheson were -each recipients of an address and gifts in appreciation of their services. Another event during the evening was (Turn to page 6) irs cmd di tweaked. Aga anniv chotter Should they or shouldn't they? That 'is the question Durham Regional Council was confronted with recently -in regards to smoking in the council meetings. At last week's regular meeting, a request for a ban on smoking in the council chambers by the District Health Council met with stiff resistance. Many of the smoking councillors felt that not being allowed to smoke was an infringement on their rights as individuals and if they wanted to smoke that was their perrogative. The plea from health officials came on Wednesday, January 21, the day that was being designated as "Weedless Wednesday" in Durham Region, but it was not to be in the Regional council chambers. I agree that every individual should be allowed to make- up his or her mind whether they want to smoke, but I don't think that they have the right to make others (non-smokers) uncomfortable with their dirty habit. The non-smoker has just as much right as the smoker, and if that person wishes to breath clean air, that should be their right. Scugog Township council took a step in: the right direction about two months ago when they decided that council meetings would be held without the presence of a smoke filled room and ashtrays overflowing with butts. But even at this, the rights of the smokers have been protected as those wishing to, can smoke during the recess. Maybe Regional councillors should take a look at this progressive step taken by their peers in the lower municipal government body. Maybe with clean air in the regional chambers, we would see fewer members knodding off into dreamland, and at the same time cut down on the hacking and coughing. A comment in thé Bowmanville Statesman editorial column last week brings out another, and possibly a more important point. They say that aside from the health question, regional council ought to have thought of decorum and procedure when it decided against smoking restrictions. Regulations against smoking indicate a respect and deference towards our regional institutions. They show that the institutions are more important than the whims of the puny individuals who are elected to serve. We don't see smoking in the courts, in the House of Commons or Senate Chambers. Few, if any of the councillors would consider lighting up during a church service, and the by J. Peter Hvidsten school system does not tolerate smoking in classrooms. They conclude that Regional council needs a non- smoking regulation if for no other reason than to lend dignity to the office of regional council. We agree whole-heartedly. CAR NEGLECT I had a number of people comment on my last column in which the prices of gas and home heating oil were calculated from the metric measure and cost into terms that we can all understand. Generally speaking it was agreed that the cost of fuel will continue to rise, and although they cannot do anything to prevent this, there are some things that we can do to help make our automotive dollars go further. 'In a recent article by the Car Care Council they gave a few tips on how motorists could save up to $200 per year on gas bills by keeping their car in mechanical shape. The council says that motorists could be adding 25 percent to their fuel bills without even realizing it. The figure is based on a car getting about 20 miles to the gallon and driven 1,000 miles per month. Here is how it works: 1. If the car needs a tune-up, it could be using as much as 11 per cent more gas than normal. 2. If tires are 8 pounds underinflated, rolling resistance increases gas consumption by another 5 percent. 3. If the front wheels are one-quarter inch out of alignment, another factor which affects rolling resistance, chalk up another 2 percent. 4. If the cooling system thermostat is stuck in the open position, causing the engine to run too cool, engine efficiency may be reduced by another 7 percent. The total, 25 percent. The other major gas burner is speed. Every five miles per hour you press beyond 55 mph. will cost you about one mile per gallon. And in closing, did you ever wonder why your car is so slow to start in cold weather? One reason is that your battery grows weaker as the thermometer drops. A battery is at full power at 80 degrees I, but drops to 65 percent at freezing and is only 40 percent efficient at zero. Seah Alero Aidt Aw ~ LV 4 ry PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., February 4, 1981 -- 5 letters Sex education in the schools Dear Sir: Even though I am not of Roman Catholic persuasion, I was encouraged to read in last week's paper that "Scugog May Get Catholic School." This is truly warranted in view of the present condition of our "public" school system which has in recent years embraced a *'religion" known as Secular Humanism and more recently introduc- ed into the classroom, sex education based on this anti- God philosophy. Humanism as declared in the Humanist Manifesto 1 and IT has no moral base, has done away with absolutes - is atheistic in nature and is diametrically opposed to Judeo-Christian Ethics upon which our country was founded and our legal system based. "As non-theists, we begin with humans and not God... ethics are autonomous and situational, needing no theological sanction...we strive for the good life, here and now." Educators who promote such a philosophy in the school often lead our young people to belie¥e that there are no '"'right" or '"'wrong" actions. Pre-marital sex, abortion and even homo- sexuality according to this teaching is neither good or bad but is an alternative dependant on the individu- al's personal circumstance and the situation he finds himself in, at the time. Clive Beck, supporter of (Turn to page 6) Qui ck work Dear Sir: | We would like to thank the Durham Police, and the Caesarea Fire Department for responding so quickly to our call last Wednesday. Our garbage truck caught fire when someone put out hot ashes to be picked up. - As the whole vehicle was afire, it was necessary to immediately dump the blazing load on the street. Within minutes the fire truck appeared and the flames were quickly brought under control. Thanks to all for a job well done. In future, please make sure all ashes are cold, before they are put out for collection. Yours truly, E.W. Brown, R.R.3 Port Perry. Fisherman replies Dear Sir: Mr. Stan Smith's son certainly has my sympathy "after having his foot cut by a broken beer bottle while swimming but why must the much maligned ice fisher- man be blamed for this any more than a summer fisher- man, boater, snowmobiler, or anyone else using the lake for recreation. Besides according to Mr. Smith all the ice fishermen are fishing "in or near the channel." I'd imagine any debris left by them would be left here, not in the'shallows where the boy cut himself. Another fact he states is that he was advised that on Jan. 15th the ice was between 3 and 4 feet deep. | wonder then why when [ was fishing Jan. 27th the ice was at the most 30 inches deep. I will however agree with one of Mr. Smith's points. Per- haps as he says, twenty-six years ago the fish were larger in Lake Scugog. But how many of us enjoyed catching those large carp. I maintain and I'm sure the Department of Natural Resources will agree that fishing on Lake Scugog has never been better. Yours truly, Terry McBride R.R.1 Blackstock. (*Cna (port perry star) Company Limited 0 Phone 985-7383 Sa, Serving the Township of Sc ugog J.PETER HVIDSTEN Publisher a 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: $30.00 per year Single Coply: 25 o ; - = 3 : % § [J © Ks vi 4 PL LEI { Lo Vat ei a FH REPEATS! Ea MAY CR lr si POR Ee LA GIVI BY