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Yr mm "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 Mrs. Edward Jackson presided. A Canada-wide study of income groupings, prepared and copyrighted by Sales Management, showed the Ontario County having more families with incomes over $4,000 than most communities in Canada. Also, it found the proportion with low incomes was below average locally. Cartwright High School teachers and students gathered in the Recreation Centre for Commencement exercises. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 23, 1967 Port Perry Rangers weathered the cold during a Walk-a-thon to Uxbridge. Proceeds of $225 were raised to assist the Hospital Building Fund. Honorable M. B. Dymond, Ontario Minister of Health, officially opened the new Scott Township Central School at Sandford with 600 persons in attendance. Police report a number of break-ins have taken place recently in Port Perry. Thieves were apparently looking for money as nothing else was taken from the homes. Mr. and Mrs. James Mitchell of Utica celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently. Winter arrived in Port Perry on Tuesday as the town received its first real snowfall of the season much to the displeasure of local motorists. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, November 22, 1972 Ontario County is considering making Lilla Street a through street at the corner of Queen. The proposal would necessitate placing a stop sign on Queen Street to restrict traffic. County officials are asking for comments from council. Marie Taylor of Port Perry has been accepted as a private pipe organ student of Douglas Guest, M.M., Mus. B.,, FRCM, FRCO, RAM Organist of Westminster Abbey, London, England. Mrs. George Ausman has quite an armful these days with the new additions of twin boys, born at Community Memorial Hospital. It was exactly six months since the last set of twins were born at the local hospital. New licence plates will go on sale December 1 at a cost of $40 for eight cylinder automobiles; $32 for six cylinder vehicles; and $23 for four cylinder autos. 10 YEARS AGO Tuesday, November 23, 1982 Brad Howsam of Greenbank was a proud young man after he was named top Junior Showman at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Brad, 19, beat out more than 70 other competitors to win this coveted award. ' Mandy Burnet won a silver medal for a tie for top marks in Ontario in Grade 2 vocals from the Royal Conservatory of Music. Mandy, 17, is the student of piano and voice teacher Audrey Beauchamp of Port Perry. About 20 people attended an Operation Dismantle meeting held at the Port Perry United Church. The group is trying to get the governments to halt the nuclear arms race and reduce the number of weapons. = LUKE'S COUNTRY STORE Letters to the editor A few scenarios are offered for Purple Martin enthusiasm To the Editor: Our avent-garde Scugog Council has declared Port Perry the Purple Martin Capital of Ontario and the bright new signs are in place. Unfortunate- ly, some Port Perry folks are not yet caught up in Purple Martin enthusiasm needed for "capital status." Allow me to create a few sce- narios to help. One Port Perry resident of more than 30 years does not know that Purple Mar- tins even exist - I'm sure there are others who haven't yet expe- rienced sightings of this spe- cies. Scenario No. 1 - To help Scu- gog's tourism we need a lesson in developing intrique and mys- tery. Example? Take Scotlands Lock Ness district. Could it be that the Purple Martin is as il- lusive to see as the Lock Ness "Nessie?" The reported "Nessie" encounters happen only when residents don't have a camera or on misty, foggy days when distinct images make it impos- sible to identify the very crea- ture that the Lock Ness area is famous for. Here's a challenge then for the local Chamber of Commerce to offer rewards for actual pho- tos of Purple Martins with Port Perry landmarks in the back- ground. Duped photos with the birds super-imposed would be disqualified. Imaginative minds can conjure ways of hav- ing tourists flocking to Port Perry searching for Purple Mar- tins and then taking their pho- tographic evidence of same to your Star office. Again fog and mist may be helpful because the more com- mon barn swallows and bank swallows might resemble their Purple Martin cousins. Scenario No. 2 - Local bird watchers will be known as the WR 73¢#4 Annaal [Crs "Day Sunday, December 6th » 10 am To 1pm Chirerstmas S teoppricg for Arts Cnty" (up to 14 years of age) KIDS WILL RECEIVE 10% DISCOUNT FREE GIFT WRAPPING CHRISTMAS TREATS ALL DAY LONG We will be open from 1 pm to 5 pm for regular Adult shopping as well. J Purple Martin Wing of ornithol- ogy societies. In honor of being the Purple Martin Capital, Port Perry High School's Rebels will discard the old red uniforms in favor of iridescent purple hues of the town's bird. Scenario No. 3 - The Chamber of Commerce would look to an internationally famous event for new ideas. The town of Ca- pistrano, of course is only fa- mous when the swallows come back. During that special time of the swallows returning, the town overflows with celebrants for the fabulous annual event. Mundane events like Western Weekends and Festival Days will be superceeded and re- placed by unequalled extrava- ganzas making the spring time return of the Purple Martins. The precise time may be diffi- cult to predict but a sophisticat- ed early warning radar system that can detect Purple Martins by their specific wing beat speed could signal the time for celebrations to begin. The cost of this expensive system will be bridge-financed by Queen Street merchants until appro- priate invoices can be sent to lo- cal service groups. Scenario No. 4 - Buoyed by the success of Toronto's base- ball team with a bird of a differ- ent color, all of the Port Perry baseball teams from the fledg- ling stage through to full moult would be called Port Perry Pur- ple Martins (neat alliteration, really a catchy name). Visiting teams would lose by lop-sided scores when they see the "Mar- tins" voracious appetite for han- dling long flys and gratty pop- GET MORE MOTHER JACKSON'S OPEN KITCHENS LIMITED QUALITY DOESN'T ups. The Martin teams will store a large supply of brown bats in Bird House Willy Bat Houses. Spectators at the home games will notice the remarka- ble absence of mosquitoes on the humid summer nights at the ball park. Scenario No. 5 - As soon as Purple Martins find out about the abundance of suitable hous- ing in their new provincial capi- tal and converge in great num- bers to town the supply of insects they choose to feed on will become scarce. Conserva- tionists will note with concern the declining numbers of mos- quitoes about Lake Scugog and consider placing them on an en- dangered species list. To feed hordes of hungry Purple Mar- tins residents in Scugog's outly- ing districts will organize cap- ture and release programs, trapping tasty critters that these birds enjoy and releasing them in the town. The Scugog Council and downtown mer- chants will have a more toler- ant attitude to area "Flea" Mar- kets recognizing their valuable contribution of providing fresh food for the town flock. I hope these ideas may be helpful to create awareness of what the town is famous for be- cause the $10,000 signs say so. Other readers may have more ideas for Purple Martin themes. Do we dare invite them to write to the Star and help brighten up this long dreary winter 'til the Martins come back to Port Perry? Respectfully submitted, Glenn H. 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