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- "A Family Tradition for 127 Years" a i tO es NRT RG Se LYS fl td RE Ses as OK The above photo of the McCaw/Bigelow family was taken on the porch of their Cochrane Street home circa 1893. Members of the family, from back left are: Henry McCaw, Willie McCaw, Mr. Robson, Emma (Bigelow) McCaw with child Aileen McCaw (Emmerson), Mrs. Sam McCaw, Marion McCaw (child, Carnegie), Charlie McCaw, Sam McCaw, Tom Bigelow, Carl Baldwin, Mrs. Crawford, Elizabeth McCaw and Sara McCaw. Starting with lady at left, Mrs. Robson, Frank Robson, Clarence Robson, Cora Belle McCaw (Coone), girl after post Mabel McCaw (Carnegie), Florence McCaw (Nasmith), Elizabeth Paxton Bigelow, Joseph Bigelow, James McCaw, Emily (Knight) McCaw, Emma McCaw, Irene Crawford, Willlam H. McCaw with Kathleen McCaw (Honey) In arms, Irene Smith, Duncan Crawford, Muriel Smith and Charlie Smith. The Port Perry Star would like to thank Mr. Bob Carnegie of Kingston for submitting this photo to be published. Thanks Ivan Gray for.directory Letters to the editor Support party with best ideas To the Editor: Over the last nine years of Tory rule we have watched our country go further into debt and our government be taken over by big business (mainly owned by foreigners). and lobbyists (supported by big business). We have been told over and over by the "experts" that Canadians must accept that industrial jobs are on the way out (as compa- nies close their Canadian plants and move to the United States, due to the Free Trade Agreement) and we have to be satisfied with lower paying jobs that will not last for the 30 to 40 years that we expect to be in the workforce. Then to top it all off we are continually told that the ills of our country are due to the cost of our social benefits. Let's take a quick look at our social benefits. It is true that we need better controls to curb the abuses; but who wants a medi- care system like the United States where as soon as you have a medical problem the health insurance companies will no longer cover you and once you're not covered you lose everything because of the over- blown cost for treatment; or would you prefer England's na- tional plan where if you need surgery and can't pay the extra billing, you go on a waiting list. What would happen to the high status that Canada has reached worldwide for being a desirable place to live if we reduce or get rid of our Unemployment Insu- rance, Old Age Security, or Wel- fare? Do we want to return to a society of have or have not? If the government would close the tax loopholes of the rich and the tax havens of big business, like they promised to, then the cost of our social benefits would no longer be a problem at all. The deindustrialization of Canada, which makes no sense at all, appears to be a way that companies have found to avoid their responsibilities to their employees. By making use of part-time employees, or only employing people for short peri- ods of time, a company can avoid paying for employee health benefits and from mak- ing contributions to retirement funds. This will leave people with less than adequate stan- dards for their retirements. Not a very rosy picture for us and definitely horrendous for our children! While big business is quietly manipulating the right wing parties to allow them to contin- ue with the eroding of our way of life, the right wing parties are trying to tell us how they will eliminate the deficit of '93 in three or five years. How do they propose to do this? From the lit- erature that I have read it will be by reducing more transfer payments to the provinces (which only increases the pro- vincial deficits), cutting more average wage jobs (by cutting programs), and reducing our so- cial benefits. Of course, this is only the '93 deficit; nothing is said about future deficits. When you look closely at those plans Star editorial "right on" To the Editor: Right on with your editorial of Thursday, Sept. 2 re 'preserv- ing history.' I was reminded re- cently of how little we care when returning from a trip to Montreal my wife and I stopped at Upper Canada Village and while touring that most inter- esting chapter of our past I was shocked to find that the mu- gseum erected to honor the battle of Crysler Farm has been aban- doned. Flower gardens over- grown with weeds, doors pad- locked, windows and : doors quite grimy. History tells ys that the bat- tle of Crysler Farm played a sig- nificant part in consolidating ° . yousee that they areonly a tem- porary fix that will not last. Canada needs a new economic policy that is aimed at correct- ing the problems we now face. It may take a little longer; but, it will be worth the wait. I have only found one party that wants to put Canada and Canadians first, that has an ec- onomic policy with any real merit, that truly wants to repre- sent the average Canadian citi- zen and Canadian small busi- ness, that is neither right nor left with their policies, but is a complementing mixture of right and left. The party that I am re- ferring to is The National Party of Canada. I feel that as Canadi- ans we need to take a close look at what we are being offered in the upcoming election; there- fore, I would like to encourage each person to attend an all can- didates meeting and ask ques- tions. Find out which party you feel has the best ideas and sup- portit. Colin Asselstine, Blackstock, Ontario British North America. It was a decisive victory won over a vast- ly stronger invading force. I was advised by one of the staff at Upper Canada Village that government cutbacks had forced a closure. Surely other cost cutting measures can be instituted without the abandonment of something as important to the history of Ontario as the Crys- ler Museum. I have written Mr. Mills our M.L.A. to bring this to his at- tention. Yours very truly, E.W. Saunders To the Editor: The Sept. 14 issue of The Port Perry Star printed an article en- titled "1947 directory of Port Perry .Householders" which I mammoth amount of time it must have involved. It re- hatched many former surnames to my mind. As a. result, I clipped it out for my book of sim- found most interesting. ilaritems. hE The report was compiled by Mr. Jvan Gray who deserves a heap of compliments due to a Authors & Photographers The Port Perry Star is pleased to announce that humor columnist William Thomas whose column Straight From The Hip is seen weekly in The Port Perry Star will visit Port Perry from 2 - 4 pm Sunday, October 17 to autograph copies of his book "Malcolm and Me" : ' Life In The Litter Box IAM THOMAS OF WAINFLEET "Malcolm and Me," is a touching story of a man and a cat setting up house together. A tail of a buck-toothed bag of bones named Malcolm who swaggered up the driveway and into the life of the author, and along the way becomes pet of the year, panics over his annual vet day and puts up with a lengthy visit by the author's octogenarian mother. In honor of his visit, we invite readers to participate in our BEST CAT CONTEST There will be two categories, with prizes for the: 1) Best Humorous Cat Photo 2) Best Humorous Cat Story The first three winning photographs and stories will be hed in a futur Erion shod ba no more than 250 words In length. Protogrenns Aa Se naples, Entries must be received no later than Thursday, Oct. 14, 1943 to be eligible. Pictures and stories bacome the property of the Port Perry Star. Send or bring your entries to: The Port Perry Star, 188 Mary St., Port Perry, Ont. LOL 1B7 More details about prizes and location of book signing will be available In coming weeks. Don't Delay - Send your Funniest Cat Pictures and Stories today! DON'T FORGET TO DROP BY AND MEET BILL (WILLIAM) THOMAS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 - 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. at @he Povf Vevey Slav 168 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. - Phone (416) 985-7383 Fax (416) 965-3708 yo -- Bp © ------------------ TA