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i 1 { ca a -- -- ------------------ --------------------] = ------------ 3 HOY Sm Su 73 * 1991 was a weird year for words and the way people used them to punc- tuate a particular situation. Our esteemed prime minister ended the year by calling a member of the House of Commons a {the F-word in the ing adjective mode} bastard. There was some question as to whether or not he actually said it but as soon as Brian denied it - we knew - he said it alright. And, it was odd that Canadians con- demned him for using that term. After all it's what every Canadian of cursing age has been calling him for the last five years! Talk show host David Letterman used just two words to characterize an event equal to the chances of the Minnesota Twins completing two triple- plays in one game: President Tyson. Jim Leyland, manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, described the bit- ter-sweet feeling he got when his third base coach took a big managerial job in Chicago as thrilled by Gene Lamont's success, devastated by his own loss. Said Leyland: "It was like watching your mother-in-law drive over a cliff...in your new Cadillac." Some quotes hold up for 50 years or more, like the words of Sebastian (Scrappy) Squatrito, sports editor of the § Straight by William Thomas QUEER QUOTES OF 1991 San Jose State's newspaper, who found himself in Honolulu on Dec. 7, 1941 to cover that school's football game against the University of Hawaii. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the game of course was cancelled but head of journalism Dwight Bentel was thrilled that San Jose would be the only school in main land America to have a reporter relay first-hand accounts of this event would change the - world. When no dispatches arrived from Squatrito, Bentel thought he was hurt. When nothing came a week later, Bentel thought he was dead. When Bentel ran into Squatrito on campus two weeks later he was dumbstruck and blurted: "Where were you? Where's the story?" Said Scrappy, like a true jock: "There wasn't any story. They didn't play the game." Montana State Prison Warden Jack McCormick found himself standing in the beer line at a Seattle Mariners baseball game last summer, right behind Michael Michell, a recent esca- pee from the Montana State Prison. Said McCormick, tapping Michell on the shoulder: "Hi Mike, how are you doing?" A great observer of the obvious, McCormick told the state troopers put- ting Michell in their cruiser: "He was real surprised to see me." Florence Orbach, 79, of West Palm Beach, Florida and a prospective juror in the William Kennedy Smith rape tri- al, after a lot of questions about her knowledge of the case told Judge Mary Lupo: "I don't care who was diddling who, I just want to go home." Asked what she knew of the Kennedy clan, Orbach said: "The worst thing I've heard about the Kennedys is that they're very smart but when they get horny their brains close up." As a juror, Florence Orbach was dismissed. This past year in Sydney, Australia, a mob of 20 female bingo players attacked and beat up a woman who had just won her 14th game in a row. When the priest who was running the bingo and several nuns tried to rescue the woman they had their noses bloodied and eyes blackened. Said the stunned priest: "They were on her like hungry dogs after a steak." Said Turkish farmer Mustafa Kaya after accidentally swallowing a fly and then nearly dying after he drank a large glass of insecticide: "I wanted to kill the fly before it reproduced inside me." And one of my favorite quotes of 1991 was in the story of Joe Petrowski of St. Laurent, Manitoba, who was shot by his dog Vegas when the trigger of his rifle got caught in her fur and then she miraculously dragged him to safety aft- er he slipped into unconsciousness. Said Joe: "Before I blacked out I grabbed her collar and gave the deck command and she dragged me to the deck by my front door. Gee Joe, if you'd have given her the emergency entrance command she might have taken you right to the hospital. An attractive young woman trav- elled in luxury across America last month with David Deloise (alias, Peter Deloise, alias Dom Deloise Junior, an imposter they're now calling Con Deloise} staying in the best hotels and eating in the finest restaurants. She would later tell police that David said his famous father and his mother were always staying in the penthouse suite or eating in the private dining room but she never ever actually saw them. The woman was swept off her feet with pro- mises of a Mazda RX7 and a condo in Coco Beach, Florida. When the imposter Deloise left her at the Trump Tower in New York City stealing her car and $700 she said of him: "He's living in fan- tasy world." And to my mind no year would be complete without a quick check to see if the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland has been built yet. No, not a sod has been turned although the 18- storey glass tower was talked about a lot for many years, it appears in all of Cleveland's tourist brochures and it has formally inducted The Rolling Stones, the Who and Stevie Wonder. Which causes me to say as I say every year at this time: "If they don't get that damn thing built pretty soon -- Elvis is going to be dead." et co ------------ Letters io the editor Tax hikes not examined To the Editor: In a recent segment of WH they talked about the Taxpay- er's Coalition Ontario and the enormous property tax hikes that started the movement, What they failed to do was to examine the cause of a good portion of those tax hikes. Had they looked they would prob- ably find that the town of Museum identifies. children In the "Remember When?" column in last week's edition of the Port Perry Star, the feature photo was a repro- duction of a postcard. Pictured were numerous children playing in Lake Scugog at Caesarea. On Wednesday morning, the Star received a call from Gail Sheridan, curator- director of the Scugog Shores Museum, who was able to give us the names of some of the children. So dig out last week's edi- tion and see if you know any of these people. Douglas Frayer (far right), William Frayer (fourth from right), Margaret Latimer (fifth from right), David Lat- imer (seventh from right) and Margaret and Frances Frayer (eighth and ninth from right). Our thanks to the Scugog Shores Museum for identify- ing the children. H Blenhiem underwent market value assessments at the time of those enormous tax increas- es. The province has set up a fair tax commission to study among other things property taxes. In a recent article in a local paper the Provincial Fair Tax Commission drew criti- cism from Uxbridge Council and with good cause. In the Fair Tax Commission Paper titled "In Search of Fair- ness" which gives questions and answers about the Fair Tax Commission you will find the following. Turn to Page 9 Applauds writer To the Editor: May I take some space to ap- plaud Mrs. Lorraine McNama- ra's letter. I do this despite a dis- agreement on her basic position. I believe that a Canadian should be our head of state and not just when the Queen is not in Canada. As to the form that might take, I leave to wiser heads than mine. I write this letter to acknowl- edge the statesmanlike style and conciliatory approach prac- tised by this excellent letter writer. Though I have never met nor talked to Mrs. McNa- mara, | hope that she is per- suaded to run for political office some day. Sincerely, Ed Daigle Remember When ? HISTORIC PHOTO COURTESY OF MARTIN FISHER A 57s, ©) ~ 2, L,/0 S 2%, Re AS A " ty NA DUNES The Ocean House and the Seagrave General Store are pictured in the above photo of King Street in Seagrave. Martin Fisher, the present proprietor of the Seagrave General Store, has taken a keen interest In collecting historic photos of the Seagrave area and has put together a collage of the photos on one of the walls in the store. Thursday, January 9, 1947 The 1947 council of Port Perry are Reeve F. E. Reesor, councillors Wm. Carnegie, Wm. Chapman, R. H. Frise, and E. Hayes. School board members elected Dr. Irwin, George Holmes, Gordon Reesor. Council for Reach Township are Reeve Thomas Harding, Deputy Reeve H. O. Dobson, Councillors Leslie Smith, Malcolm Bailey and Harry Phoenix. 45 YEARS AGO A signal honor award to Pilot Officer Wm. Aldred (killed in action) was received by his mother Mrs. Norman Aldred together with the Operational Wing of the Royal Canadian Armed Forces. Thursday, January 3, 1967 During the past seven months the village has been making test drillings to locate a new and near the Oshawa Road on the Stanley Robinson property. The flow of water is a natural flow of 45 gallons per minute. Mr. Frank Godley, district representative for Canada Life Assurance Company was an honored guest at a banquet held in Peterborough when he was presented with the "Man of the Year" award of the Peterborough branch of the company. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, January Il, 1962 Twenty-four years ago, the Port Perry Lions Club came into being and on Monday the only remaining charter member, Lion Roy Cornish, spoke about the highlights of the club's first two decades. Another 35 YEARS AGO sufficient water supply. The best sight found was long-time member was present, Lion Sam Griffen, who missed being a charter member by only one meeting. Mr. and Mrs. George Staniland, Blackstock, have PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 10