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me ie ha han LR E & letters Board concerned over rate hike Dear Sir: The following letter was sent to the M.P.'s from the province of Ontario. The Ontario Milk . Marketing Board, which represents some 11,000 milk producers in Ont- ario, wishes to respect- fully draw to your attention its very serious concerns about the recently announced rates of interest now being charged by the Farm Credit Corpor- ation (F.C.C.). The rates have been in- creased by 1 per cent to 2 per cent, up from 13 per cent to 14-15 per cent. Of very special con- cern to our Board is the fact, as stated in the Federal Government's April 9 announcement, that part of the reason for the increase is 'because of an increase in the level of anticipat- ed loan losses for the past year". Although recoupment for losses through new rates may be recognized practice of most lending instit- utions, we firmly believe that the F.C.C. will now be penalizing unduly many farmers because of "bad risks" undertaken in the past. This additional burden in farm financing, in addition to the deleter- ious effects on the family farm, will almost certainly result in food price increases in some major agricultural sectors. This is to be especialy deplored for a (Turn to page 6) PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, May 29, 1984 -- 5 Ne ot 5a pens nss0CLAN the x PORT PERRY STAR CO LIMITED 238 QUEEN STREET & CNA £0 80X90 PORT PERRY ONTARIO LO8 INO (416) 983.738) ' (ED) cn J. PETER HVIDSTFN = Publisher Advertising Manager Member of the . Canadian Community Newspaper Association J.B. McCLELLAND and Ontario Community Newspaper Association Editor Published every Tuesday by the Port Pérry Star Co. Ltd , Port Perry, Ontario CATHY ROBB News & Features Authorized as second class mail by the Post Ottice 'Department, Ottawa, and tor cash payment of postage in cash ER, A ' Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $15.00 per year. Elsewhere $45.00 per year. Single copy: 35* remember when? 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 29th, 1924 Miss Effie Gamble, the second grade teacher at Port Perry Public School decided to have a bird house contest. Prizes were awarded to - 1st, Archie Farmer; 2nd, George Tinsley; 3rd, Cleveland Kight. The piano for the community hall was purchased this week in Toronto by Mrs. S.A. Deirth, Miss Effie Wright and Mr. Jack Smith. Mr. W. Moon has given up the store keeping in Sea- 'grave and sold his stock to Mr. W. Crozier. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 26th, 1949 Girls Garden Clubs have been organized at Sanford, Beaverton, Scugog and Brooklin. Scugog Club Leader, is Mrs. Reg Boundey, Port Perry. Local leader is Mrs. G. Samells, Port Perry. The property facing on Water Street, north of Sebert House was purchased for the Recreation Centre site. The parade of coppers held on the north curb of Queen Street, Port Perry on Saturday, May 21 was a great success. $104.37 was realized and much praise is due to Jack Star- key and the Cub Scouts. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 28th, 1959 Bill Wanamaker was awarded the Robin Hood trophy for the outstanding player displaying good sportsmanship and citizenship by Carl Brewer at a hockey banquet to honour the Little Leaguer at the Scout Hall. At the annual Carp Derby held by the Port Perry Rod and Gun about 500 carp were taken out by fishermen. The largest weighed about 16 pounds. Roy Ormiston, Brooklin, was elected chairman of a Pasture Competition to be held this year. Troop Leader Art Jefford was selected as one of the _ seventy five Boy Scouts to represent Canada at the World Jamboree to be held in the Philippine Islands. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 28th, 1964 Youngsters throwing firecrackers was the cause of the fire on Queen Street which completely destroyed the stor- age warehouse of Crest Hardware and the old Blacksmith shop. The fire also caused considerable damage to the arena. The fire caused approximately $32,000.00 damage. Gordon Carnegie of Crest Hardware estimated their loss at approximately $25,000.00 Mr. E.L. McLaughlin, R.R. 1, Nestleton, was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, at the Agricultural College in Guelph. Birdseye Centre Park celebrates its 25th anniversary in operation. the park is owned and operated by Ed and Hilda Michell and not one serious accident has occured in this time. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 29th, 1969 Dick Shatto, a former member of the Argonauts, was the guest speaker at a banquet held in the Port Perry High School on Tuesday night. About 275 members of the Athletic Association were present for the occasion. There is a definite interest for the canoe excursion on the Nonquon River, to be held on-June 14. Members of the Historical Society have measured two alternative routes - one 19 miles in length and the other 15 miles. Burketon News - Mr. John Mortensen had a very suc- cessful sale on Saturday, May 24. 167 vehicles were checked by the Department of Trans- port Safety Lanes in Port Perry from May 20 to 23. Forty- four were ok'd on the spot and 123 were determined defec- tive. Following minor corrections 37 of 123 were allowed back on the road. Blackstock News - Misses Jill and Joy Harrison and friend from Montreal were recent weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. K. Demerchant and family. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Snelgrove have moved from Prince Albert and are now residing on a farm in Blackstock. Mattys and Jantje Mantel, R.R.3, Burketon, were two of 28 new Canadian citizens to receive certificates at the latest session of the Citizenship Court in Whitby. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 29th, 1974 The Scugog Chamber of Commerce won an award for "Exceptional Community Service" at a formal banquet during the 52nd annual Chamber of Commerce Convention held in Hamilton this week. Attending the convention from Port Perry were president, Ken Dowson and vice- president, Richard Drew. bill smiley GROWING OLD COMFORTABLY How to supplement your income when you go into retirement? This is an occupational hazard of potential retirees, who, after living in this country for the past thirty years, know full well that their paper money is going to be good for starting fires with and not much else, in a decade or so. Canadians are extremely security-conscious. They don't give a diddle about growing old gracefully. They want to grow old comfortably. It's hard to believe. These are the same people whose ancestors came from the fogs of Scotland and the bogs of Ireland and the smogs of England, with plenty of nerve and not much else. They paid their dues with hard work, taking chances, raising and feeding huge families. The last thing in their minds were pensions, condominiums in the south, the falling dollar, or Arabs. They didn't need oil; they cut their own wood. They couldn't even spell condominiurh. There was no such thing as a pension. The old man was Grampa, and he hung onto his land, bullied his sons, and made most of the decisions. until he retired to senility and the fireside. The old lady was Gramma, and she helped birth her grandchildren, bossed her daughters, had a wisdom that only hard living can give and was buried thankfully, but with copious tears all around. They lived with a certain ugliness; brutal work, vicious weather, cruel child-bearing by the women, until they were warped and arthritic and sick in body. Few pleasures like music and books and drama and automatic dishwashers and television and milk in a plastic carton instead of a cow. But they didn't need two martinis to give them an appetite for dinner. They didn't need a couple of Seconal to put them to sleep, or a couple of mood elevators to relieve their depression, or a couple of Valium to relax their muscles. They ate like animals because they worked like horses. They slept like animals because they were ex- hausted. They didn't need mood changers because they had only two or three moods: angry, tired out, or joyful. They didn't need muscle relaxers because their muscles were too busy to relax. "Now you may think I'm making a pitch for "The good old days." I'm not. I think they were dreadful days. I remember the look on my Dad when he couldn't even make a payment on the coal bill. | remember watching my mother, who never cried, weeping over the sewing machine at midnight, when she thought no one was looking. But in those days, people grew old with a certain dignity, if not beauty. They accepted their final illness as 'God's will." Most people today say, "Why me?" when they are stricken. Today people want to be beautiful when they're old. They want to be thought of as 'young at heart." They want to be comfortable. They don't want to be ill. They dread the cold. They fear poverty. They search, sometimes desperately, for some sort of womb, or co- coon to go back to, where they will be safe and warm and fed, and never have to look that grim Old Man straight in the eye. And modern economy lets them down. Their hard- earned, and hard-saved dollars dwindle into cents. They come close to heart attacks and strokes when they have to pay $3.80 for a pound of beef, 89 cents for lousy head of lettuce, over a dollar for a pound of butter. They are disoriented, confused and frightened. And it's not only the old who are frightened and in- secure. | see it in my younger colleagues. They don't talk about Truth and Beauty. Ideas and Life. They talk about property apd R.R.S.P s, and the price of gold, and inflation, and thd terrorizing possibility of losing their jobs. Some.of-the smart younger teachers bought some land when it was cheap (they're not 80 young anymore, eh?) and built on it. The smarter ones have a working wife. The smartest ones have both. Most of them, even those in their thirties, are already figuring on a second income when they retire; selling real estate or boats, doing the books for some small businessman, market gardening, antique shops. Who can blame them? But I have the answer for every one of them. No pro- blem about retirement. Just follow Bill Smiley around, do exactly the opposite to what he does, and you'll come out healthy, wealthy and wise, when it's time to put your feet up. If Smiley buys equities, buy blue chip stocks. If Smiley buys gold mining stock, buy a swamp. If Smiley calls the Tories to win, vote Liberal. If Smiley buys an ounce of gold, dump yours fast, because it will drop $200 overnight. If Smiley gets into seat-belts because they are compulsory, you get out. The law will change. I could go on and on, but I won't. Just watch what I do, and do the opposite. And have all the papers to pro- ve it. But I'm charging twenty per cent of everything you make. And that's how I plan to weather inflation and retirement. / en La