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FERRI A ond " " y on ANG PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, May 5, 1967 -- § 'by John B. McClelland Viewpoint 'Does it really matter iow many pairs of shoes Brian Mulroney has in the closet at 24 Sussex Drive in the na- tion's capital? Some of the Prime Minister's critics in the media have been taking Brian to task bver the fact that he ap- parently owns 84 pairs of shoes, including some 50 pairs of Gucci loafers: Big deal. Why all the fuss? How. did the media find out about the number of shoes in the closet? Do they have spies snooping around the Mulroney boudoir? As Prime Minister and leader of the party in power, Mr. Mulroney receives a decent salary plus a lot of pergs that come with the office. If he wants to spend his money on a closet full of shoes, that's his business. Has there been any suggestion of abuse of public funds to stock the closet with shoes? No. Prime Minister Mulroney has made enough gaffes in the last two years, gaffes for which he richly deserves to be criticized for. But things are getting pretty chint- zy when his critics zero in on his wardrobe. Do the peo- ple of Canada really care how many pairs of shoes he -owns? I doubt it. What does matter is Mulroney' s record. Barefoot or in Guccis, it's not an especially rosy record so far. NAMING THE DOME Construction on the Toronto Dome Stadium is underway and there is a public contest to find a name for the new 60,000 seat sports palace. One name being suggested is the Bone Dome. That's short for Bonehead, in the middle of downtown Toronto where traffic con- gestion is already a nightmare at the best of times. Can you imagine what it's going to be like when 60,000 people converge on the place to see a baseball game"? Putting the Dome in the shadow of the CN Tower must rank as one of the all-time great planning blunders. It should be located north of the 401 on 50 acres of land. No doubt when the place is finally opened, a lot of people are going to refer to it as the Bone Dome, especially when they spend two hours looking for a park- ing spot within walking distance of the place. DRUGS AND SPORT An 18 year old member of the U.S. National Hockey team playing in the World Championship tournament in Vienna last week was slapped with an 18 month suspension from international competition. This means the kid will not be able to represent his country in hockey at the Calgary Winter Olympics. Tests on this player showed signs of a drug in his system. The drug was a common nasal decongestant readily available by prescription in any pharmacy. For this "drug abuse" the youngster is denied the right to "play in any international competition for 18 months. Meanwhile on this side of the Atlantic, another young American athlete is ge tting ready for release from a drug treatment centre where he has spent the last six weeks trying to kick a cocaine habit. will start throwing baseballs again and start drawing his million dollar salary. I wonder if anyone is consider- ing an 18 month suspension for Gooden? Drug abuse in athletics is a serious problem, but surely there is an inequity when a player can be bann- ed for 18 months for using a decongestant and a profes- sional baseball player can check into a clinic for treat- ment, check out again and hardly miss a'turn in the pit- ching rotation. CONSTRUCTION BOOM : It really wasn't much of a surprise that Scugog Township council decided last week to add an inspec- tor to the municipal building department. Scugog issued more than $20 million worth of building permits in 1986 and appears to be on the way to surpassing that total in 1987. That's a lot of construction in the Township and as the present building inspector Paul Milligan told the council bluntly last week, it is just too much for one per- son to handle. The council agreed and another inspector will be hired, likely in the next four weeks or so. Mr. Milligan table a report for the council's perusal ~outlining some of the problems he encounters when do- " Some of the building violations he found include the | following: ---- no beams supporting floors; trusses cut, notched and drilled; trusses cut through fireplace ~ a reference to the decision to locate this thing smack Presumably, Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets (Turn to page 6) Yesterday's Memories 70 YEARS AGO Wed. May 9th, 1917 Dr. Donald Evans has been promoted to the rank of Captain and ~ is now in charge of a military hospital, somewhere in France. Mr. J.N. Brown, former treasurer of Port Perry, has moved to Vancouver. Lieut. Harry Carnegie is with the Royal Flying Corps in London. Mr. John Fursey has purchased the house and lot from Mrs. Wm. Stubbs, Manchester. 45 YEARS AGO Thurs. May 7, 1942 Owing to scarcity of meat, high prices, and delivery operations, Mr. Wesley Boynton has closed his butcher shop. Scugog Players will present the play "The Deferred Proposal," directed by Mrs. Geo. Samells at Utica Hall. Congratulations to Grant Franklin, Mac Christie and Rudolph *Goreski who were granted their entrance standings at Easter and are now busy on their parents' farms. A reception was held in the school on Friday in honour of Mr. and Mrs. M. Edgerton and Mr. and Mrs. T. Stevens, newlyweds, each couple was presented with a clock. ; 30 YEARS AGO Thurs. May 9th, 1957 - 'Miss Nellie McGregor was honoured by the Bell Telephone employees after 42 years of service to the people of Port Perry and district. Married in Port Perry recently, Miss Dorothy Ann Graham to Mr. Frederick Calvin DeNure and Miss Marilyn Olga Brodie, Oshawa to Mr. Samuel Ross Jemison, Port Perry. The Port Perry Teen Town will have as an added feature at their dance, The Bird Dog (Dick McFarland) of radio station C.F.O.R, Orillia. 20 YEARS AGO Thurs. May 4, 1967 The Hon. M. B. Dymond, Ontario Minister of, Health; won the nomination for the Ontario Provincial Riding at Beoy erton Town Hall Monday night. About 250 persons filled the hall and gave Dr. Dy mond an unanimous acclamation. Sunday, April 30th saw the official start to building the new Chris- tian Education Extension and renovating the present United Church in Port Perry. Among those participating were Rev. Alec G. Rice, Minister: Gerald Nelson, chairman of the Committee of Stewards; Joseph Peel, oldest of honourary elders: and Gordon Reesor, Clerk of the Church Session. Eleanor Wood, proprietor of Elearior's Flowers, was unanimous- ly elected as President of the Chamber of Commerce for 1967. Congratulations to the three Nestleton Guides who earned their Gold Cords recently - Dianne Taylor," Karen Campbell and Bonnie Malcolm. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 4, 1977 Kim Evans of the Port Perry High School gymnastics team won two seconds at a provincial- -wide gymnastic competition at Waterloo University. There were 128 competitors in the event - the best from all over Ontario. Showtime, a sentimental journey back to riverboat days, pro- vided enjoyment to two packed houses. et i S-- Letters More about the Tories & Caicos To The Editor: Please allow me space in your. paper concerning the article under Viewpoint, page 5, with the headline Turks and Caicos Dream. I was born in Grand Turk, the - capital town of the islands, and liv- ed there for nearly fifty years, and have been visiting them yearly since |- 1980, was there twice last year and in January this year. Many of the natives know me and visa versa and I have only heard Canada mention- ed when enquiring about my fami- ly; no mention of having Canada an- nex the islands, England gave them self government about eight years ago, with several exceptions, but ap- parently they were unequal to the responsibility and it did not succeed. Soon, I envisage, a form of self "government will be tried again. Grand Turk has electricity, water on the taps, the roads are firm and quite good, education is on a level with most countries. The govern- ment offices, stores, and banks are staffed locally - including Bank of Nova Scotia and Barclay's. I have seen only black help, active, effi- cient and well dressed. Attending Church is not just hog-wash To The Editor: ~ After attending church on Easter Sunday, I had lunch with a life-long friend who, upon seeing how I was dressed, frankly exclaimed "I think the church is just a lot of hog-wash." My comment to him was "'It may be to you, but to me it is a source of strength, hope, and tradition." The church is what separates us as humans from the*normal time- space hum-drum. Probably we are just a part of the eco-system, but our awareness of that, and of our own vulnerability, makes us human. All things considered, our day-to- day existance carries with it such a label of absurdity, that to me it would be unthinkable to consider liv- -ing without some vision of the super- natural, some certainty of death as humans and as a human race, some hope that beyond our own abilities: as people who think, that God, whatever you preceive Him to be is enjoying his plan of creation. That is the church to me -- a place to regularly celebrate with others our faith in something much greater and more exciting than day-to-day living -- a timé to set aside all worldly things and to use our im- agination to the fullest -- a place to both digest and exchange informa- tion, and to give thanks that we have the ability to reason, to think, to evolve. | To gather as the children of God that we all are, and to celebrate. I can't imagine life without it. _ Yours truly, John Stone, Port Perry. Three of the \arger islands pro- duce salt, started by Bermudians in 1678, who spent their summers there. They finally settled in the 1700; the best salt in the world for curing fish and meats is produced there, until in the 1960 it failed, because of lack of markets. However, it is actively underway to revive the industry, with latest technology methods, and markets are available to purchase their en- tire output. This will provide employment for men and women and greatly restore a measure of prosperity. Co I think a reason for the conditions: in the islands to be in the Canadian news is due to the high rate of unemployment in the islands. Tourism is steadily gaining ground and will employ quite a few, the largest floating dock in _the Carribean is underway, as 'are several other schemes. We are look- ing for trade with Canada, as are many of the other islands in the Carribean. Canadians will be very welcome and there are five nice, well established hotels ready and willing to serve you. Sincerely, D.H. Darrell, Seagrave, Ont. ter to the editor =~ Letters to the Editor . ... our policy It has always been the policy of this newpspaper to encourage our readers to make use of the letters to the editor column. Our readers have a right to freely express their opinions and view- points on just about any subject, and we feel that a lively letters col- umn helps make a better community newspaper. 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