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EAL Py NERS 6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., February 11, 1981 EE OM Se Vy PAL | RR AN REPO AMA YEO TINE rg UST BELEN el ZL EE TE EN RVI RARE SI EEE FEA RECA ATTA EAP fol 4 remember Sie when ...? (From page 5) ficially opened. This addition adds 5 more classrooms and a cafeteria. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 9, 1961 The Port Perry Chamber of Commerce honoured the Port Perry Baseball Club, 0.A.S.A. All Canadian Champions for 1960 with a presentation at the Flamingo Restaurant. Blue Ray Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, ca- tered to 150 guests at a "Bobbie Burns" supper. A Town Band Association was formed to encourage local youngsters to acquire musical skills. Mr. Garry Tummonds was elected president, John Orde as vice- president, Wentworth Watson as treasurer and Frank Godley as secretary. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 10, 1966 Last Tuesdays ""Blitz" which was carried on by 60 local Port Perry ladies in a house-to-house canvas, resulted in over $500 being collected for the March of Dimes Foundation. Port Perry Guides took advantage of a beautiful weekend and camped out Saturday and Sunday. They included Lynne MacGregor, Sharon Sweetman, Bev- erley Carnegie, Joanne Martyn, Karen Murray, June Murray and Karen Carnegie. The Port Perry Squirt Baseball team, who won the All-Ontario Squirt Championship for 1965, were present- "| ed with their new team jackets by the Port Perry Legion who sponsored the team. Hearty congratulations to Mrs. George A. Raines who celebrated her 94th birthday on February 2nd. Janet D'Alfroy, Barrie S.C. and David Porter, Port Perry F.S.C., pupils of John Wild, were successful in winning the title of the Novice Dance Championships in the Central Ontario Sectional Championships held at Varsity Arena during the last weekend in January. Congratulations to Judy and Linda Mountjoy, music pupils of Mrs. Lorne Thompson, who obtained honours in their recent Theory examinations. Linda obtained 100%. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, February 10, 1971 Peter Hvidsten Jr., proudly accepted the Second Place Prize Certificate for Advertising Excellence at the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Convention held last week in Kapuskasing. First vice-president, Wilson Boyer, elevated to the position of president for 1971 presented the award. One of the largest business enterprises in Port Perry, Lake Scugog Lumber Co. Limited, reguries additional space for expansion. The company owns a large property at the south end of the village on the east side of the Oshawa Road, but before a decision can be made regarding a move, the company must sell its pre- sent site and buildings. Mr. Ted Griffen, manager met with Village Councillors last week suggesting, perhaps Port Perry would be interested in purchasing the site along the waterfront. Port Perry Kinsmen Club will receive its charter on February 20, 1971. The elected executive members are Fred Canning, director; Bob Bradbury, registrar; Barry Fisher, treasurer; David Langille, secretary; Larry Kendall, president; Jack Dowson, Vice-president; Hudson Isherwood, bulletin editor; Raymond Hillier, director; and Tom Armstrong, Sgt. at Arms. Scugog News - Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. M. Vanstrien called at her sister's home, Mrs. Trudy Scheepers in Brooklin to bid farewell to Mrs. Vanstrien's brother John Jagers who leaves for Holland shortly. Epsom News - Congratulations to Miss Esther Houghland who competed in the public speaking contest at R.H. Cornish P.S. in Port Perry last week. Esther placed first for the Township of Reach. This is a first time that Epsom has won this honour. Esther now goes on to the County Competition. GEL SES Students at both Cartwright and R.H. Cornish Public Schools were given a first hand view of what it "is like to be blind last week when Mrs. Joan Caswell and her seeing-eye dog Roxanna visited the schools to demonstrate the use of a dog and speak to the children about this handicap which inflicts some 37,000 Cana- SALE "x, HARLEQUINS... 5¢ Each FICTION ... 10¢ Each NO EXCHANGE February 11th to 14th, 1981 BOOKWORM | 175 Perry Street - Port Perry Roxanna, a Shepherd-Collie [cross] seeing-eye dog not only assists her master, Mrs. Joan Caswell in getting around, but also protects her from dangers which she may encounter when they are travelling about their home city of Peterborough. N.D.P. nomination A nomination meeting to elect a candidate for the New Democratic Party in Durham York provincial riding will be held Sunday, February 15th at 2 p.m. at Uxbridge High School. So far, Margaret Wilbur of Port Perry is the only candi- date to have announced an intention to seek the nomination. dians. Students learn how blind see aided by seeing-eye dogs A hundred and twenty pairs of eyes turned and stared as she entered the room and made her way to the front of the classroom at Cartwright Public School last Wednesday. Roxanna," her 2'2 year old Shepard- Collie cross layed down and curled at her feet after she had settled into a chair, and then she raised her head and smiled to the students. For many of the children, this was their first contact with the blind and a seeing- eye dog. Mrs. Joan Caswell of Peterborough has been blind since she was eighteen and on the invitation of the Blackstock-Cartwright Lions Club she accepted an offer to speak to the students about the blind. In the gymnasium the 120 students remained hushed as she told them about the problems the blind have in their day to day routines, and her depend- ance on Roxanna, her seeing-eye dog. There are 37,000 blind people in Canada the students learned, and they are able to make their way through society with the aid of either a white cane or a seeing-eye dog. "I like to walk quickly and find a cane is much to slow for me, so the dog, which travels between 3 and 5 MPH, is better for me," she told the students. "The dog will take me where I want to go, all T have to do is give the directions." Mrs. Caswell explained that she and Roxanna work as a team. "If I tell her to go right, left or forward she will take me in the direction 1 have commanded. But if there is an obstacle or danger where I have direct- "curious ed her, she will stop and wait until it is safe or lead me out of danger," she said. As the demand for seeing- eye dogs is heavy, there is approximately a two-month waiting period before one can be obtained. After that, the blind person spends about one month being train- ed at a special school in the U.S.A. During this period the dog and its new master learn to work together as a team, walking on streets, and learning how to cope with elevators, revolving doors and dangerous obstacles. They also are taught how to care for the dog, so if it gets sick a veterinarian can be contacted. Each dog has a compulsory six month check-up by a vet to make sure it is in top shape. By the time the dog is completely trained and the equipment it will need to assist its master is attached, the average seeing-eye dog will have cost between $5,000 and $6,000. Quite often this cost is paid by groups such as the Lions Club. Mrs. Caswell told the children that a seeing-eye dog is allowed to go any- where she goes. There are no restrictions on my dog other than those made for the general public, such as an isolation ward in a hospi- tal. "Other than that, we (Mrs. Caswell and her dog Roxanna) can go wherever we want. To movies, super- markets, restaurants, and even in airplanes," she said. At the end of her presentat- ion, Mrs. Caswell answered dozens of questions from the students, and demonstrated how her dog guides her where she wants to go.