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a Won ly ns letters A most unusual neighbour Dear Sir: "What's David up to today?' 1 asked my neighbour. David is my neighbour's son. '"'Gone ice-fishing,"' Walter replied. '""Not all that unusual", you might . say, and really, I've ceased to think of David's activities, as unusual. On a summer day he might be found under a car, fixing something or other, or simply chang- ing the oil. Or maybe he"li be in the barn, tinkering with a water pump that hasn't been working too well. A walk around 'the family farm isn't unusual either. He might smile at the song of a bird or stand quietly listening to the tat-tat- tat of the local wood- pecker, or stroke one of the horses that wanders near. But more than likely, David will be listening to a small, hand-held receiver, which keeps him in (Turn to page 6) Just curious Dear Sir: Over the last few weeks while driving on 7A between Nestleton and Blackstock, I have. been hearing an odd sound. It seems to be coming from the South and is a sort of high pitched whine. I was wondering if any of your readers may have heard this sound too, and if so may have the answer to its origin. I would be interested to know. Sincerely, Colin L. Kemp Nestleton is PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, March é, 1984 -- 5 the PORT PERRY STAR CO LUNITED PANAOIAN COMMUN, pews, RS" Arens As3OS 233 QUEEN STREET. (G CNA £0 SOX 90. : PORT PERRY. ONTARIO : LO8 NO X (410) 983-738) ft COI} 1 C1) | =p J. PETER HVIDSTEN Publisher Advertising Manager Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association J.B. McCLELLAND and Ontario Community Newspaper Association! Editor Published every Tuesday by the h Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario. CATHY ROBB News & Features Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for cash payment of postage in cash. Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $15.00 per year. Elsewhere $45.00 per year. Single copy: 35 [4 emember w hen: 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 6th, 1924 Through the upsetting of a lighted lantern, Mr. Oswald Love of Greenbank, lost a barn last week. Fortunately all the cattle were saved and there was some insurance on the barn. The young people of Purple Hill presented a play en- titles "For Love or Money' at the Blackstock Town Hall, Friday evening. Other numbers on the program were ren- dered by Mrs. R.G. Carruthers and Mr. Jack Smith. Congratulations to Miss Merva Brabazon, Seagrave, who passed her primary examinations at the Mid-winter Exams at Ontario Ladies' College, Whitby. She obtained 77 per cent. Brock Bros. and Co. are featuring new patterns and colours of wallpaper this week at 121% cents a roll. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 10th, 1949 Mr. Jos. Strong has bought Mr. Jim Cawker's house in Port Perry. Mr. Hugh Strong and family move to the Jos. Strong farm and Mr. Cawker has purchased Mr. Hugh Strong's farm and will move there this spring. Mrs. Clarence McKinnon of Detroit was in Port Perry last week visiting friends and relatives and attending the McMillan's 50th Wedding Anniversary. Benefit hockey games held in Blackstock raised $120.00 for Harold Crawford on Thursday evening. Enniskillen beat Bowmanville 9-3 and Oshawa downed Blackstock with a score of 9-5. : 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 5th, 1959 David Milne, Arthur Jefford and Ian Beare received their Queen's Scout Badge from Field Commissioner Wally Harper at the annual Scouts' Father and Son banquet. Jeanne Pearson, R.R. 2, Uxbridge, has been nominated to represent the Junior Farmers of Ontario County as a candidate for the Travelling Scholarship to Great Britain and Ireland. : : Miss M.M. VanCamp, Blackstock, is attending the Dominion Bar Council at the Seignury Club, Quebec. Miss VanCamp, who is president of the Women's Law Associa- tion if the first lady lawyer to be elected to the Dominion Council. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 5th, 1964 The official opening of the newly erected Port Perry Baptist Church took place on Sunday with the Rev. M.H. Butler of London as guest speaker. The second leap year baby was born on February 29th in the Port Perry Hospital. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Powell, R.R. 1, Port Perry. Mrs. V.B. Wall, Toronto, a member of the Port Perry Baptist Church presented the new church with an organ in memory of her first husband. A surprise party in honour of Mrs. Leonard Leahy was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitfield, Saturday evening. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 6th, 1969 A well known O.P.P. constable in this area, Peter David Onlock, has been promoted to the rank of corporal and commenced his duties at the Brechin Detachment March 1. Anna Forder and Richard Stephens, Canadian Pair Figure Skating Champions, placed 10th in the World Championship held in Colorado Springs last week. Sharon Baird, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Baird, Port Perry, received top swimming honours in a class of 25 at Western University, London, Ontario. Miss Baird is presently enrolled in a physical education and lanuage course at the University. The Port Perry Fire Brigade accepted the applications from Robert Rodd and Ray Penny to serve on the brigade. This will bring the force up to the required strength of 16 men. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dawson, Sunderland, observed their 55th Wedding Anniversary on February 18th, 1969, when they were at home with their family, relatives, friends and neighbours. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, March 6th, 1974 Roland Coy of Cartwright was acclaimed president of the Scugog Ratepayers' Association at their Annual Meet- ing last Thursday. Frank Godley was acclaimed for a se- cond term as vice-president. After serving the community for 28 years, Stanley Bru- ton, owner of Bruton"s 1.D.A. Drugs, handed over the keys to Mr. Jim Lawrence, the new owner. Mr. and Mrs. Bruton came to Port Perry on May 1st, 1946 and have operated the store from the same location on bill smiley Queen Street since it was purchased from Mrs. G. Morrison 28 years ago. Suzzane Doupe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Doupe won first prize in the annual public speaking contest for Grades 4 to 6. The contest is sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 419. Mrs. Deborah M. Hurd has recently graduated from the Registered Nursing Assistants course of- fered at the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital. IT'S ALL GARBAGE Some people grow benevolent and kindly as they get older. I just get more violent. I hope I turn out to be an Angry Old Man. And I know I will, if I can just hang on long enough to get old. It's a world to turn anyone, even a gentle, sweet chap like myself, a bit savage. Don't think that I'm just getting crotchety. I've been crotchety for years. You hear people going around all over Canada saying 'My, isn't that Smiley crdtchety?" And others replying "Yes, crotchety is the word. If there's a word. for it, it's crotchety." Mind you, I love the world around me, and up to half a dozen people, and I laugh like a mental case at some of the things I see. But there is a limit to the amount of garbage I can stand being thrown in my face day after day in the year 1984 A.D. That makes me just like the Prime Minister. For instance. We have s0 much surplus wheat that we have a national hernia, trying to lift it from here to there. Politicians go white trying to. Why don't we give it away? I don't mean the farmer. I mean Canada. Pay the going rate to people who are starving. Up go the taxes. So what? They go up anyway. For instance. Our educational system caters to the mediocre, to mass-production of the mediocre, just like big industry. The intellectual elite among our kids are starved to death, that is, bored to death, and the kids who are below average are swept under the rug This means our schools are full of fat, lazy kids who are there only because they don't want to face the lean, cold world. I'd turf them out on his or her tail, at 186, every kid who wasn't interested. And I'd let him back in with generous help, when he became interested. For instance. Daily newspapers lie daily. Not downright lies. They merely slant, distort, and color the "news" depending on their policy and politics. However, it's a free country and I guess they're free to lie. For instance. Television could be a tremendous force for spreading peace and love in the world. What it does is spread jam on cake, and violence on ignorance. With a few notable exceptions, it serves its patrons gar- bage in a fancy wrapper. Its entertainment does not entertain. Its news seeks out the sensational or the silly. Its commercials are aim- ed at a world of morons. Do you really believe, for ex- ample, that a certain brand of beer is making Canada famous throughout the world? Or that you can get clothes cleaner in cold water than in hot? Or that you'll never make it if your armpits sweat? And for all this obscenity the three big U.S. net- works last year split ov 2r two billion dollars in profits. The CBC, which give us the same refuse, generally, came up with its usual deficit. This shows the superiori- ty of Canada television. Somehow. For instance. There are two laws. One for the rich and one for the rest of us. And any lawyer and any policeman knows it. If you're a dumb kid from Newfie, or an Indian who got drunk, you can rot in jail for a month or two before your case is even heard. If you're a middle-class doctor or businessman, and you have the money and the right connections, you're home free and everything is hushed up. For instance. Poverty. Twenty million people liv- ing in one of the biggest countries in the world, with enormous natural resources. And millions living in sor- did, squalid proverty. For instance. The Church. Again with a few notable exceptions, it does not face life. It wrings its hands, or washes them. Pilate-fashion. You don't see many preachers charging into a finance company 4nd bran- dishing a whip these days, do you? For instance. This column is about garbage. And I just remembered this is garbage day and I forgot to put mine out. Greenbank - Mr. and Mrs. Fred Phoenix have returned from an enjoyable month long trip to Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia. Drug and alcohol program proposed The Durham Region District Health Council is recommending the establishment of an assessment referral and case management pro- gram for people with drug and alcohol pro- blems. The service to be operated by the Addic- tion Research Found- ation in Oshawa will provide two full time counsellors to enhance accessibility to drug and alcohol treatment services and increased service in particular to people with drug pro- blems and those in communities outside the Oshawa-Whitby area. Tom Cowan, Council Chairman, said "This program will comple- ment the excellent ser- vice provided to people with alcohol problems, by the Pinewood Centre of Oshawa General Hospital'. 'It will meet the increasing needs of the community for a network of effective pro- grams combatting alcohol and drug abuse in Durham Region," he continued. The District Health Council has recom- mended the establish- ment of the $80,000 pro- gram to be funded by the Addiction Research Foundation, an agency of the Ontario Govern- ment.