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TNs i sa Nas a BaD AY Gla St Linn Ld aul be (Caplio - - o daly obi A Rh RETR 3, 2, Rl igh a. ugar Sn EER letters Same old scare tactics Dear Sir: Mr. Morehouse's letter in last week's Port Perry Star requires an answer. We must allay the economic scare tactics trotted out by supporters of the old line parties to discredit anything new and pro- gressive the New Dem- ocrats offer. These same people are also trying to protect the status quo of making the rich richer to supposed- ly ensure a healthy economy. What Mr. Morehouse did not say was that in the past, Liberal and Conservative. ments have allowed Canadian research and development and the training of our work force in skilled trades to lie dormant while other govern- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, May 8, 1984 -- 5 d : OO ( rout Peo iis (QC CNA PO 80K 90 PORT PERRY ONTARIO LO8 NO (416) 983.7383 oO 5 J. PETER HVIDSTEN EA Seca Publisher \ . y , Advertising Manager Member of the countries outstr ipped line parties that have Canadian Community Newspaper Association us, and thus outpro- allowed Canada to be- J.B. McCLELLAND and Ontario Community Newspaper Association. . come a branch plant Editor Published every Tuesday by the oo been the New nation and the Canadian CATHY 8 Port Perry Star Co. Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario. Domocrats ory for workforce to be controll: Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office years at we should ed by fJecisions made by Mews & Fonbures Department, Ottawa, and for cash payment of provide more assistance absentee andlords. postage in cash to R& D and should Note the recently ER ee train our youth and announced closure of & A 4 Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 retrain our unemployed the Hamilton trim plant Ng of Rate: io Canada $15:00 nth skills required Lo ata costof 30 Candia I refine our own natural jobs and its relocation in resources into finished Mexico. That decision products. It is the old (Turn to page 6) remember when: 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 8th, 1924 A social evening was spent at the home of Mr. Wm. Brooks, Manchester, when a number gathered and present- ed his daughter, Mrs. Roy Hart, nee Aileen Brooks with a shower of silverware. Mr. J.J. St. John, of Sunderland is the second farmer in the district to convert to hydro electric power. His milking equipment, barn and house are now all supplied by hydro. Mr. John Murray, of the Club House, Scugog Island, is taking a trip to Scotland this summer leaving the end of May. Dr. J.B. Lundy's dog was stolen from Port Perry a short time ago but was recovered Saturday night in a house in Hamilton. Geo. Dobbins, Rosa Street, is selling milk at 8 cents a quart or 13 quarts for a dollar, delivered. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 12, 1949 The Port Perry Fire Brigade answered a fire call at the office of Drs. Rennie and Dymond on Wednesday afternoon. The fire, which started in the basement, casued approxi- mately $2,500. smoke and water damage to delicate equip- ment, but did not destroy the main part of the building. Miss Lois Parr and 21 pupils from Shirley Public School carried out the usual proceedings of Arbour Day, by hiking to the woods and picnicing on Friday. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 7th, 1959 Worthy Matron Marion Sandison gave a warm welcome to District Deputy Grand Matron, Agnes Muir, at the in- spection meeting of the Blue Ray Chapter, No. 238, Order of the Eastern Star. Lion Dr. McNab toasted the ladies at the annual Lions Charter and Ladies Night of the Port Perry Lions Club, held at the Flamingo Restuarant on Monday evening. Taken from writings of 1857: Port Perry is connected with Scugog Island by a floating bridge about 3; mile in length and 16 feet wide. This was built by the county last summer (1856) at a cost of 1150 pounds. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 7th, 1964 Robert D. Carnegie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Car- negie, Port Perry, was awarded one of the 108 post-grad- uate scholarships and fellowships under the Fitness and Amateur Sport Act announced last week by the Hon. Judy La Marsh. He received an award of $700.00 to take a sum- mer course at Michigan University. Roy Scott of Seagrave was voted all round good sports- man of the Port Perry Men's Curling Club for the 1963-64 season and was presented with the first "Good Sportsman- ship Trophy." Port Perry Council agreed last week to subsidize the Brignall Ambulance Service to the amount of $600. per year for the continuation of ambulance service in Port Perry. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 8th, 1969 Mrs. J. Wygerde, R.R. 1, Nestleton, won the top and last prize of $100.00 in the Bazaar of Values contest. Port Perry Fire Department was called to Caesarea last Friday evening to assist Caesarea Department in fight- ing a blaze which destroyed a farm house owned by Mr. W.G. Bowles. Tenants were living in the house. Utica News - Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Collins of Sunderland on the birth of twins - a daughter and a son, in the Oshawa General Hospital. Several area boys received recognition at the Queen's Scout Recognition Ceremony for the Lakeland Region at King City Secondary School. Among them were Dennis Symes and Bruce Smith from First Scugog and Ray Pal- lant from First Port Perry. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 8th, 1974 Michelle Robinson was crowned the 1974 Queen at the Cartwright High School "At Home" by last year's Queen Janis Dorrell. Greenbank News - The 4-H Achievement Day was held in Uxbridge last Saturday. Girls from this area who took part were Denise Dusty, Debbie Lee, Dawn Real, Kim Denby, Kathy Taylor, Janice Till and Miriam Couperthwaite. Blackstock News - Denis McLaughlin of Calgary, Al- berta spent a few days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Roy McLaughlin and Debbie. Recently a farewell party was held at Scugog Hall for Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vanstrien and family prior to their departure to their new farm home. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd King spent their 31st Wedding Anniversary at Nashville, Tenn. at the Grand Ole Opera. Ernest and Mrs. Gertrude Zingg of R.R. 3, Port Perry were among a large number of residents in Durham Region to receive their citizenship papers recently. bill smiley I'M GLAD TO BE BACK Well, I've been to Florida, after years of denigrating those cowards who flee the true north, strong and freez- ing, to loll around on beaches, amidst palm trees, ac- quiring tans which are supposed to make us hewers of snowbanks and drawers of rusty fenders feel like an in- ferior breed, beyond the pale, across the tracks. You can have it. They may be more comfortable, out of doors in March, than we are, but they're no happier. They all talk about their weather, which isn't that great, when you add up the cost of getting there, their cars, their houses, their rotten kids, and all their old friends who died last year. Just like us. I lolled around on exactly two beaches. In both cases, the water was too cold to swim in, except for lit- tle kids and crazy old ladies. You had to be smeared from head to toe in goop or the sun, if it happened to be out, would burn you to a potato chip. If I never saw another palm tree, I would not weep. They are ugly, misshapen things, on the whole, with nothing of the elegance of a maple or an oak. There is one type that is rather impressive, soaring up like something in the South Pacific, but most are grubby lit- tle things that have to be clipped or trimmed, and the fronds hauled away. Just like home, except that I'd rather deal with autumn leaves than palm tree clippings. And you don't clip them. You need a chainsaw, unless you're Tarzan. how me a palm frond and I'll show you a pile of dry leaves, burning scarletly on a crisp October evening. As far as a tan goes, I got a dandy. My nose and my knees and the tops of my feet peeled. Otherwise, 1 came home as white as the belly of a fish, with a few freckles across the shoulders. Back to the people. The Canadians who go to Florida, that is. They're rather a sad lot. And they're everywhere. They think they are having a hell of a time. They delight in telling you that it is 68°F and it's 4°F back in Canada. That's after you've slipped on a sweater and put on some long pants, while they sit around, grow- ing goose-pimples because they insist on wearing shorts and sleeveless shirts. They unabashedly brag about their accommoda- tion. They seem to eat out every night. They run around in traffic that I wouldn't even attempt, driving forty miles to a "great restaurant" which serves fair food at arm-and-leg prices. Pity them. My lit. 2 brother, The Colonel, put me up, or put up with me, for ten days out of the fourteen I wasted. Before I arrived he'd had my daughter Kim and the boys, Nikov and Ben, for two days. Before that, he'd had my sister for about two weeks. He is extremely generous and hospitable, but by the time I got there, he was a little on edge, and I don't blame him. In his place, I'd have just moved out, into a motel and said "Help yourselves.' But he pressed on, cooking special meals, taking people out to dinner, at great expense, and trying to con- vince me that I was hopelessly incompetent. We'd both lost our mate in the last seven months. He also had a dog, Cyndy, a hid golden retriever, and a step-son, a big, Golden on with a cheerful charm and the awkwardness and laziness of all teenagers who like sleeping in, eating like alligators, and forgetting everything serious they are supposed to do. In addition, he had a house, which seemed to be sur- rounded by Jungle, and sixty-four glass doors which he kept so highly polished that I frequently ran straight into one, thinking it was open. I have a large bump on my forehead to prove it. The glass doors were constantly being locked and unlocked, an unnerving experience for a guy who scarcely ever locks anything. He has to tackle that jungle, take the dog everywhere with him, and worry about his step-son's marks, attitude, motivation, and whether he'll get home tonight from the barbecue or whatever. My poor little brudder. Well, I finally took a little pressure off him by ac- cepting an invitation from a couple of old friends who lived not too far away. My brother said '* He's all yours, I can't do anything more." This was after he'd arrang- ed flights, a rental car and a motel where there were no rental motels, near Disney World. Two days at Disney World nearly finished me: Ben, the whirling Dervish and Nikov, who wanted to ride anything that would scare the wits out of a human be- ing. And Kim, who seemed inexhaustable, and wanted to get their money's worth. Spent the final two days with the old friends, went to a cocktail party, was fed on such as fresh melons and strawberries, and lines up a door-to-door limousine ser- vice from there to home. Some incompetent! Maybe I will go back. Sometime.