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| i sl Pn: A Samat All et tot me OFA president acclaimed Harry Pelissero has been acclaimed presi- dent of the Ontario Fed- eration of Agriculture (OFA). He was chosen by the OFA's Board of Directors at a meeting in Toronto Feb. 23. The election was made necessary by the resignation of Ralph Barrie. Several other: changes were made in the executive: Brigid Pyke, 37, a dairy farmer from Wolfe Island in Frontenac County, was acclaimed first vice- president. That left her previous position of second vice-president vacant. Jack Wilkinson, 32, who runs a mixed farming operation in Camlachie in Lambton County, was elected second vice-president. Brenda Ward, 30, a hog farmer from Monk- ton in Perth County, is the new member on the seven-person executive. The other members are Keith Buchner, a dairy farmer from Browns- ville in Oxford County; Lynn Girty, a fruit, Mary Wicks, a dairy farmer from Bobcay- geon in Victoria County. Pelissero, a 32-year old egg and pullet re- placement farmer from St. Anns in Niagara North Region, has been the first vice-president since July 1983. He said he 'wants to make OFA a household word, both in the country and the city". IE He said he plans to raise the federation's profile so farmers who vegetable and cash-crop © don't belong to it "will farmer from Blenheim in Kent County; and be convinced beyond a doubt that the work we do for them is invalu- able, and will join the strongest farm lobby group in Ontario." Pel- issero said he plans to PORT PERRY STAR -- Tues. February 28, 1984 -- 5 a the PORT PERRY STAR CO LIMITED 139 QUEEN STRERY PO 80X90. {» CNA PORT PERRY. ONTARIO J. PETER HVIDSTEN stor == © of} = "spend time travelling Publisher the concessions and Advertising Manager Member of the talking to farmers about Canadian Community Newspaper Association OFA, face-to-face." J.B. MCcCLELLAND and Ontario Community Newspaper Association. He said unless urban Editor Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario. dwellers understand CATHY ROBB : farmers' problems and News & Features © Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office appreciate their con- cerns, the lobbying function of the OFA will be more difficult. "If a consumer doesn't know what it costs to run a farm, and how much a " . Ya Com, o ASS Nip) 9 " Qe 3 Department, Ottawa, and tor cash payment of postage in cash. Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Can. Ja $15.00 per year. Elsewhere $45.00 per year. Single copy: 35° See bottom of page remember when: 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 28, 1924 At the Annual High School Commencement program in Port Perry, diplomas from the Toronto Department of Education were presented to Arthur Brock, John Brock, Jas. Carnegie, Alpha Crosier, Percy Malcolm, Florence McLaughlin, Lewis McLean, Jas. Michie, Orval Switzer and Alymer Tennyson. Mrs. Albert Stevens, Port Perry expects to leave town shortly to settle with a sister in California. Messrs. T. Smith and Arthur Bailey, Blackstock attend- ed a Tractor School in Peterboro on Tuesday of this week. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 3, 1949 A benefit hockey game was played at Blackstock on Thursday night for Harold Crawford who had the misfor- tune to break a bone in his ankle the previous Friday night in a hockey game between Oshawa and Blacksto« k. A presentation in honour of newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Wally Collins, was held in the Manchester Hall on Saturday evening. Cub Bob Carnegie received his 2nd Star and Artist Award at the annual Father and Son Banquet held Feb- ruary 23 at the Prince Albert United Church. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 26, 1959 A resolution was introduced at the regular meeting of the Port Perry Council to refinish the downstairs part of the Municipal Building in order to make a Police Office and cells. Council also approved the borrowing of $250,000. for the purpose of erecting an addition to the Port Perry High School. 116 Fathers and Sons enjoyed the First Annual Father and Son Banquet of Cartwright Cubs and Scouts held in the Rec Centre in Blackstock. Port Perry's O.R.H.A. team signed up forward Bob Cherry for the remainder of the season to replace injured Johnny Hogg. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 27th, 1964 A fire on Scugog Island totally destroyed a barn be- longing to Mr. J. Fitzpatrick. 130 sheep which were kept in the barn perished in the $10,000. blaze. A local rink skipped by Rodd Foster of Greenbank, won the Adam's Distillery Trophy and the Lake Scugog Lumber Trophy at Bonspiels held recently at the local arena. The team members were Neil Malcolm, Rodd Fos- ter, Jim Baird and Ivan Thompson. A first for the Scugog Scout and Cub Packs was the awarding of the Religion and Life Award presented by Rev. Gilbert to Bruce Smith and Bill Gray at the Annual Father and Son Banquet. Catherine Jefford, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Jefford, Port Perry, received her Gold Cord, the sym- bol of the highest achievement in guiding. The 11th Port Perry Guide to receive this honour, Catherine was present- ed with the cord at an impressive gathering at the Church of Ascension, Port Perry. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 27th, 1969 Dr. Austin C. Bathie has been elected president of the Oshawa Shrine Club. Port Perry High School held its annual 'At Home" dance last weekend. Judges selected Melody Wilson, grade 12 as Queen and Donna Ballard, grade 9, as Princess. Dennis Symes was presented with the highest badge in Scouting, the "Bushman's Thong' at the Father and Son Banquet held in Prince Albert Church last Saturday. Mr. Wally Harper from Provincial Headquarters, Toronto, made the presentation. : Several Ashburn residents attended the 100th birth- day celebration for Mr. Werner Lynde held at Brooklin on February 15th. Miss Janice Carter has returned to Kingston Univer- sity after spending a week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. Carter, Scugog. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, February 27th, 1974 Cheryl Wright was chosen Heart Queen at Cartwright High School Friday night. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wright, Blackstock. A faulty electric heater was the cause of a house fire (Turn to page 6) Hope cadets win snow challenge bill smiley TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE There's a great hoo-haw these days about confor- mity, which has become a dirty word. Educationists and editors, social workers and sob sisters warn us that one of the great threats to freedom in the modern world is conformity. These Cassandras claim that we're turning into a nation, a world, of conformists. They threaten that the golden age of the real individual, the rebel, the non- conformist, is nearing an end, and that very soon we shall all be slaves, eating what everybody else is eating, wearing what everybody else is wearing, doing what everybody else is doing, and thinking what everybody else is thinking. I find myself remarkably calm in the face of these prophecies. In fact, I think they are pure poppycock. In the first place, I see nothing wrong with comfor- mity. It merely means "compliance with established forms." In short, the individual accepts the respon- sibilities and the restraints which society imposes on him. The vast majority of people have always been con- formists. If you happen to be a cannibal, and the piece de resistance was roast missionary, you sat down with the rest of the boys and enjoyed the preacher. You didn't say, 'Gee, I don't know fellas. Maybe we're making a mistake. Maybe we shoulda boiled him." No, sir. You conformed. You went along with the crowd. If you happened to be a Roman legionary, happily backing up Gauls and ancient Britons, you didn't stop in the middle of the orgy and ask yourself "Is this the real me, or am I just doing this because everybody else is?" If you did, you were a dead non-conformist. Equally, if you happen to be a modern man, and your kids and wife are putting you over the jumps, you conform. You don't take a two-by-four and pound your kids into submission. You threaten to cut off their allowance. In the second place, the deliberate, or conscious, non-conformist is a simple pain in the arm. He is the - type who thinks he can't be a painter unless he has a beard, who thinks he can't be a poet unless he needs a hair-cut badly. Perhaps the greatest conformists in the world to- day are teenagers. In their desperate attempt to avoid conformity, they become the most rigid conformists in our society. They dress alike, do their hair alike, eat the same food, listen to the same music. All this, in an effort to revolt against society, to be non-conformists! Not that there haven't been great non-conformists. Beethoven, Tolstoy, Gauguin come to mind. But they were great, not because they were non-conformists, but in spite of it. They had talent, Mac. On the other hand, Bach was a church organist, music teacher and had children. Shakespeare worked atrocious hours, lived an exemplary life, and never missed getting his hair cut regularly. Alexander the Great, Napoleon, the Marquis de Sade, Hitler, and Lee Oswald were non-conformists. You know what they contributed to the world. Does this mean every non-conformist is a nut? Not necessarily, though probably. He is usually an unhap- py chap who, for some deep-buried reason, must attract attention. Trouble is, the e who constantly warn us of the dangers of conformity have confused the non-conformist and the individual. The former is to be pitied. He is seek- ing firm ground in a quagmire. The latter is to be en- vied. He has found a prune (himself), in the porridge of society, and he chews happily ever after. Perhaps old Polonius put it best in Hamlet. His son is going away to college. dad gives him a lot of ad- vice about conforming. Then, in an unexpected and un- typical flash, he adds, "This above all. To thine own self be true; thou can'st not then be false to any man." The Hope Christian Reform Church Cadet Club of Port Perry won the Pine Ridge Council Snow Derby Challenge Trophy on Saturday February 18. The competition was held on the J. Suurd Farm near Bethany and the boys of the Port Perry Church came in first out of the 8 churches from Whitby (2); Oshawa, Bowman- ville (2); Lindsay and Peterborough. The A groups boys (12 years and older) with John Fennema, Mark Brobbel, Jason Bert- rand, Jan Westerman and Mike Capello came in 5th out of 11 teams. In the B group (boys 11 and younger) the Mustang Cadre of Jason Fedd- ema, Chris Douma, Scott Kooije and Harley Wonder also came in 5th. The youngest team of Jason Eenling, Duke Capello, Pieter Kooger and Tony Systma did very well. The compet- ition was held outdoors in slushy snow and the boys deserve full credit for their win. The club has previously won the trophy in 1982 and their leaders are proud. New OFA president From top of page farmer makes from the food he sells, he can't appreciate our need for better government pro- grams or for better marketing systems,' he said. He said the OFA will continue to be involved in consumer- education programs like the annual Agri-Food Week, scheduled for October. Pelissero said that with both federal and provincial elections looming, "the OFA will have to sharpen its lobbying skills and raise its public profile. We've got a lot 0. ._u.rning and changing to do if we're to continue fighting successful battles on behalf of Ontario's farmers." He said it was going to be necessary for the OFA "to change and improve internally to ensure that we offer our members the best possible service." png gogo