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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, December 19, 1969 Letters rio Murders not a male witch hunt! (From page 7) easily understood what happens when a young male raised in a violent and stressful environment reaches his mating years. He en- dures a constant vacuum of love, plus he has a constant and unre- quited sex drive. He is always reminded of his inadequacies by "the day to day sexual imagery of the advertising world and the very females around him. His own low self esteem compounds the problem, making him a social misfit. No one takes time to understand him, he is a "weirdo nerd," rejections pile upon rejec- tions. He seeks solace in the macho "Rambo" hero image. He sees himself righting wrongs by the use of super-violent blood and guts acts. (The perverted images of male sexual orgasm). Not be- ing able to fault himself he perceives that his rejections, thereby his frustrations, are caus- ed by militant feminists who spurn and emasculate men. In a couple of paragraphs it is impossible to cover the gravity and complexity of all the factors of violence between sexes. The foun is that no one canlay blame or what happened in Montreal on any one sex or for that matter any single factor. That violent act perpetrated on those women in the prime of their lives has been a immense shock that has struck home to everyone and it should make us all, males and females, attempt to understand the com- plexity of pressures that abound in today's society. We all must show gentle understanding and do what we can individually to alleviate those pressures. It is not a time for a polarizing, divisive move such as barring men from a vigil in mour- ning of those who died. William Lishman, Scugog Township. Life's Like That by Julia Ashton A Christmas Carol CHRISTMAS PAST In this week's edition of The Port Perry Star, readers will find the six winning entries in our "Most Memorable Christmas Ever" es- say contest. Although | haven't had a chance yet to read the stories myself, | do have the scoop on their quality. . . According to Port Perry Star typesetter, Trudy Empringham, the stories moved her to tears and she found herself reading the en- tries when she was suppose to be typing them. (But please don't tell our boss!) Everyone has their own special memories of Christmas Past. The one memory that - stands out so vividly in my mind was a real tear-jerker at the time, but very special now. I can't quite recall how old | was, this fateful Christmas Eve, but when it came time to hang' 'the stockings with-care, my stocking was no where to be found. There was an immediate flood of tears. My mother tried to calm me down, saying Santa wouldn't forget that | lived here, and he would surely leave me some - goodies -- perhaps in one of dad's old barn socks. (Now wouldn't that be a treat!) But all the comforting in the world couldn't stop the tidal wave that kept Fascping my face. The later it got, the harder | cried. Every- one else in my family was roasting chestnuts over an n fire and wishing it was me they were roasting. Finally, m ' sewing machine and the result of her efforts was the most beautiful red corduroy stocking with silver trim. | can't remember where mom got the material at such late notice. | think it . may have been left over material from an out- fit she had made for someone. I still have' that stocking and | really hope Santa fills it with lots of little goodies (hint, hint). When | was over to see my parents the other day, my phom thought | might want to take the stocking to my apartment. But since | mother went up stairs to her haven't had time to send change of address cards to the North Pole (and besides | don't have a fireplace in case the Big Guy did know where to find me) | told mom to hang it by the chimney with care. P.S. Santa if you do read this, | need some more Q-Tips. I'm almost out. : . CHRISTMAS PRESENTS For some reason, when Santa came to the Ashton household, he never wrapped our gifts in bright, colorful wrapping paper. Instead, the gifts were wrapped in paper grocery bags or old newspapers. | think my parents told us kids that Santa was a recycler, and being naive children, we thought he was cheap. One year Santa did forget about the recy- cling business and actually wrapped our prefonis in gift wrap. When the four of us (my rothers and 1) got up in the morning, there under the tree (for the first time ever) were the bright parcels. But on closer observation, we noticed that there weren't any tags on the presents, so we couldn't figure out which gifts belonged to whom. Fortunately, Santa had left a code with our parents. Each child's presents: were wrapped in a different pattern of Christmas wrap. Santa never pulled that trick again, though. | think our parents wrote him, advising him against it. Since we didn't know what gifts were our own, we had to shake and feel them all, causing our parents an even greater head- "ache than usua ' CHRISTMAS FUTURE Last year, Operation Scugog presented Christmas dinners to about 90 needy families. This year, 140 families will benefit from the or- ganization's efforts. Goodness knows how many families will need the support of Opera- tion Scugog next year. But as wonderful as this organization is, my Christmas wish for the future is that Operation Scugog will no longer be needed. Remember When? (From page 7) JUNE 54 out of 56 canoes entered in 'Canoe the Nonquon' com- pleted the 19 miles distance. Winners were Glenn Fallis and Greg Cowan of Millbrook. Glenn Wanamaker was elected Grand Warden of the Ontario Lodge of Oddfellows at the Royal York Hotel. Joanne Jackson, Mary Nelson and Alice Vanderheide scored well above the average in Ontario Senior Mathematics competi- tion open to students of grade 12 and 13. Miss Jackson won se- cond prize among students from Ontario County. : JULY Scugog Shores Historical Museum was officially opened on Sunday, July 5. Some 200 persons attended the successful func- tion and among these were Norm Cafik, M.P. for Ontario Riding, V.N. Styrmo, Department of Public Archives and Records. Five Port Perry High School students were awarded Ontario Scholarships. Topping the list was Alice Vanderheide, followed by Brian McNab, Sheila Bradford, Joanne Jackson and Mary Nelson. : -_ Mary Jane Crozier was crowned Ontario Dairy Princess at the Oshawa Fair. AUGUST Brian Donnelly, former Port Perry High School student cap- tured top honours in his first year pre-medicine at Queen's University. He achieved an overall average of 91.3 percent and received a scholarship of $600. The clearance of only 10 to 15 feet saved the farm of Mr. Bruce Geer, Utica, from complete destruction when a five seater Sea-Bee plane roared across the house and crash landed only 50 ft. from the dwelling. German exchange student, Klaus Brosche, 17; Augsburg; West Germany, was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Nelson. SEPTEMBER Fire of unknown origin destroyed a large barn on the pro- perty of Martyn Rennick, Ontario St., Port Perry. Victor Malcolm resigned as clerk-treasurer of Cartwright Township to assume the similar position with Reach Township. Branch 419 of the Royal Canadian Legion dedicated a new Cenotaph in front of the Legion Hall. Rev. R.C. Rose conducted the service. : YT ty Storey Beare was presented with a District Governor Award and Certificate for outstanding service to Lions International. OCTOBER | Jack Cook was chosen chief of the Port Perry, Reach, Scugog Fire Department at the department's annual meeting. Alex Johns, Reach Township clerk-treasurer retired after 11 years of service to the township. : Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 4-10) got off to a smokey start when two fires struck within 48 hours. A garage and implement shed was destroyed on the farm of Doug Crosier, Scugog Island and a blaze raged the garage of Robert Cameron, Prince Albert. NOVEMBER Halloween vandalism this year was almost negligible in com- pavison to the year before when a great deal of destruction was one. Robert Fair was Valedictorian at the annual Commence- ment Exercises at Port Perry High School. Gordon Goode received an acclamation at the nomination in Columbus and will serve a second term on Ontario County School Board representing Port Perry, Scugog and East Whitby. DECEMBER All members of Scugog Township council returned by ac- clamation. Cecil Fralick, reeve; Mrs. Grace Love, deputy-reeve; Helen Redman, William Bell and Clifton Crowell, councillors. Phil Orde was elected new deputy-reeve and three brand new councillors Grant McDermott, Gerald Jackman and Howard Hall will serve with reeve Robert Kenny during the next term of Port Perry council. Lawrence Malcolm returned by acclamation to the office of reeve in Cartwright. Township. Elected new deputy-reeve was Vernon Asselstine and to council Donald Frew, and Norman Mairs and newcomer Harvey Graham. ' SON INSURANCE ERS LIMITED 193 QUEEN ST., PORT PERRY, ONT. LOL 1B9 (416) 985-7306 ALL LINES OF GENERAL INSURANCE * % * HOMEOWNERS - FARM - AUTO COMMERCIAL *