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A lt EVNRENN IA 38a] SEN EA LANE IA HR An Se rl AUGUST 22, 1968 - Ontario County Dairy Princess Pat Hunter of R.R. 2 was caught by the Star photographer as she practiced milking a cow in preparation for the Dairy Princess Competition at the CNE. remember when ...¢ 60 YEARSAGO Thursday, July 28, 1921 Some thirty rinks are taking part in a lawn bowling .tournament, one of the largest ever, splendid prizes are offered for the competition. . Mr. H.S. White who operates a restaurant here has just installed a large new soda fountain and marble serving counter. Miss Jean McTaggart and Gertrude Gibsorrof Sonya areattending C.G.I.T. Camp at Geneva Park. A wrist watch was presented to Miss Christina Currie of Sonya, whois leaving for Korea. The following Port Perry High School pupils have successfully passed the Lower School examination, Eunice Malcolm, Florence McLaughlin, John Raines, and Una Sleep. 35YEARSAGO Thursday, August1, 1946 Mr. Gibson, proprietor of the New Lakeside Theatre is having the finishing touches put on the building and equipment and expects to open to the public soon. On a motion passed at the regular council meeting, Leonard Leahy was instructed to have a scow built for removal of weeds at the lakefront. Also at the same meeting, Mrs. Arthur Brock, Dr. B. Lundy, Herbert Brown were appointed to the Board of Governors of the Community Memorial Hospital. While swimming in Chalk Lake in 75 feet of water, .. Harold Murphy, 22, of Toronto was drowned. The unveiling of the Chiropractic Memorial is set for Wednesday, August 14th. - Mr. A. Panabaker, Toronto has joined the staff of A.L. McDermott Funeral Service. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday July 29, 1956 A perfect Cribbage hand turned up at the Legion Hall when Art Bidgood held a score of 29. Despite a constant downpour, a large crowd attended the Lions Club Carnival at the arena. A draw for a side- walk car was won by Miss Mildred Clark a camper at Boniface on Lake Scugog. A meeting to form a Teenagers Association was held inthe Community Room at the Port Perry Library. (Turn to page 6) chotterbox CHARLIE AND DI By the time you read this, the Royal nuptials will be history. ; And not a moment too soon as far as I'm concerned. I don't mean any disrespect to Charlie and his new bride Di, but I've had it with all the news leading up to the Royal Wedding today (July 29). Did we really have to be told that the seamstress i is actually making four different wedding gowns for Lady Di just in case the design leaks out at the last minute and a switch can be made? Do we have to know how many pounds of nuts and fruit are going into the wedding cakes? Does anybody really care? I know a Royal Wedding is big news and deserves ample coverage from the media, but talk about overkill. R The whole affair is becoming far too tedious, and frankly making me a little sick at the very mention of Charlie and Di. I'm not anti-Monarchy. If anything, I'm semi-pro the Royal Family, especially the Queen Mum. I get a little ticked off from time to time when I read about the wealth, and Princess Anne is a boor who deserves to fall off her horse, but for the most part, I can live with the Monarchy. . And England, in this summer of riot, needs a Royal Wedding to boost the sagging tourist industry. A lot has been said and written in the past few weeks about the riots which have rocked the streets of major British cities. Some say it is racially motivated; others blame the economic policies of Margaret Thatcher, which have created high unemployment. Still others say that riots by the poor are a fact of life which will occur without fail every few years or so. All are partly true. My own hunch is that all the hoopla and publicity leading up to the Royal Wedding may have played a role in the riots. How would you like to be living in a grimy British slum, pulling down $50 a week on the dole, and pick up the paper every morning to read about the cost and extravagence of this damn wedding? I don't think it is any wonder there have been riots in the streets this summer. There can't help but be resentment among the poor. The cost of this wedding is more money than the average slum dweller of London or Manchester will see in two life-times. Like I said, Lhe wedding js 4 bore, I wish Charlie and Di all the best for a long, happy and fruitful life together, but I'm glad the papers can get back to reporting the real world, like by John B. McClelland the war in the Middle East, starvation in Africa, torture in South America, and the postal strike in Canada. HERE'S A THOUGHT I had an interesting conversation recently with a gentle- man from Northern Ireland. He is in Canada on business, and invariably our talk got around to the "trouble in Ulster." He said the hunger strikers have no choice but to do what - they are doing. They are under orders from the I.R.A. and to disobey would mean a quick bullet in the head. He said the hunger strikers demands for political prisoner status stem from the fact that if the '""Troubles" are ever sorted out, they could as political prisoners demand amnesty and freedom from prison. I didn't ask what side of the fence he is on in Northern Ireland, but I found his comments very intriguing. What's more, he said that 99 per cent of the people there deplore what is going on, and only want to get on with normal day-to-day living. It's the one per cent lunatic fringe causing all the trouble. Interesting comments. AND FINALLY ..... Movie producers will go to great length to ensure their films get maximum pre-release publicity. I think the niftiest public relations ploy of the year surrounds the film "Tarzan" starring Bo What's-her-Name. Bo plays Jane and through the film, she eventually ends up in the all-together, which is what she wore in "10" and in Playboy magazine. Lo and behold, the estate of the original author of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, sought a court order against the film on the grounds that Bo running around the jungle with nary a stitch was not in keeping with the old way Edgar wrote the original Tarzan stories. The court case and all the publicity virtually guarantees that people will be flocking to the theatres to see Tarzan and Bo to find out what all the commotion is about. If that's not a smooth caper 1 miss my guess. 50 may be a 10, but the public relations guy (or girl) who dreamed up the: 'ploy is 110 at his (or her) job. Like they say, the quickest way to double the sales of any book, magazine or film is to have it hauled into court on some morals charge, or in Ontario, have it banned by the Film Censor Board. Anyway, happy summer. When "Tarzan" comes to town, I'll see you at the popcorn stand. Seaton project begins to roll ment to bring new industry to the Region. Durham Region council last week took the first step in moving the massive Seaton project in North Pickering from the back burner to the middle burner. However, Regional coun- cillors and officials involved with the project agree it could be many years before housing and industry moves into that area and at least 1983 before the next Official Plan amendment comes before Regional council again. Seaton is the name the Provincial government has given for a new community situated on 25,000 acres of land south of Highway 7 in Ajax and Pickering. In the early 1970's the Provincial government spent some $260 million to expropriate this land, and the long range plan calls for new industry, transportation corridors and a city of 70,000 the people can be developed over the next 30 years. What Regional 'council did last week was approve "massive York-Durham trunk amendments to the Durham Official Plan which designate land use areas within the project, and also requiring that before any development takes place the Region "shall. examine the staging and timing of the development in terms of financial, transportation and other impacts on the Region." The Seaton development is being undertaken by the Ontario Land Corporation, a public company set up by the Provincial government. The amendments carried easily by a vote of 20 to 6 at council last week, despite opposition : from a few members of council, and a lawyer representing the Urban Development Institute. } Oshawa councillor Bruce McArthur argued against the amendments, stating the Region would be giving up one more "card in the deck" in Durham's negotiations with the provincial govern- Citing the recently approved project for Brooklin, councillor McArthur said the entire Seaton package should be in front of Regional council before any approvals are given. Scugog councillor Lawrence Malcolm also voted against the amend- ments stating the OLC should present concrete and specific proposals to the council, 'rather than an amendment to examine staging, timing and financial impact." He suggested that the horse was going in front of the cart. However, Pickering Mayor Jack Anderson, in whose municipality most of the Seaton project is located, stated the amendments to designate land use areas in the Official Plan are necessary now as an in- centive to bring in new industry. He also noted that the sewer system already built is close to the project area, and OLC will be paying for any internal servicing just the same as any other developer would. The general development proposal for Seaton by the OLC calls for 7000 acreas of residential land on the east side of the West Duffin Creek for an eventual population of 75,000 people. About 10,500 acres would be retained as agricultural land on the west side of the creek. There would be two main industrial areas providing some 1800 acres of industrial land. The project is a long term one to be developed over the next thirty years, but even that may be optimistic. As one Regional councillor said privately after last week's meeting, 'Seaton died when the fedeal government scrapped the Pickering air- port plans." Regional Works depot approved Construction of a new Durham Region Works department depot at the intersection of Regional Roads 23 west of Utica is expected to get underway in the near future with the building completed by January, 1982. Regional council last week approved a corrected tender from Bowman Construction for $404,000 for the 7600 square foot depot. The building will replace the current Regional facility in Manchester and serve Durham crews maintaining Regional roads in Scugog, Brock and Uxbridge Townships. Durham has already con- structed the salt and sapd storage dome on the new site. Initial tenders for the depot earlier this spring came in well over Regional council budget levels, and the Works department called for new tenders on a "Design and construct concept." The $404,000 tender from Bowman Construction is about $200,000 less than the prices received earlier this year. Durham received five bids for the 'design and con- struct' concept, from Bow- man's low of $404,000 to a high of $443,000 by Ridley Building Systems of Gormley. Durham council approved $573,000 last year for the project. In addition to the $404,000 contract with Bow- man Construction, the building will cost $2(-,000 for engineering fees, $56,000 for 'such things as fencing, a wall, fuel facilities, land- scaping and a vehicle hoist. Already, $89,000 has been spent on site preparation and engineering fees. The total cost is $570,000, or $3000 under the budget figure. The building and storage dome are located in Scugog Township. i Dt " elt pest 3S SAE eee ar re Pn Tet