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VE CARINE, Lb STA dL at a RR aN io Sa "A Family Tradition for 128 Years" 'Nh PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February 8,1994 - 7 ea] Remember When ? Letters to the editor 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 10, 1949 Winners in the costume parade at the Port Perry Public School Carnival included Sharon Haugen and Jack Wallis for Junior's Fancy Costume and Barbara Love and Paul Peel for Senior's Original Costumes. Congratulations were extended to Port Perry girls Misses Donna Crosier and Edith Stone on receiving their nurses' caps at the Capping Exercises at the McLaughlin House, Oshawa. A plane bound for Toronto from Fenelon Falls landed on Henry Skerratt's farm in Utica to get gas. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 5, 1959 The Port Perry Senior Hockey League finished a six-game unbeaten streak and was tied for third place. The team was to attend the Tri-County playoffs and the All-Ontario O.R.H.A. Senior Playdowns. Constables Harold Hockins and David Kernahan stopped a car on Highway 12 and discovered $400 worth of copper wire from the port Perry Hydro storage house. Three charges of possession were aid. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 6, 1964 Council voted a $200 payment be made to Mr. Chas. Brignall to subsidize the operation of the ambulance service in Port Perry. The Port Perry Girls Hockey team lost 6-3 while playing host to the more experienced Uxbridge girls team. Linda Heayn scored all three Port Perry goals with assists going to Vickie McCartney(2) and Sheila Kenny. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 6, 1969 The new president of Port Perry Chamber of Commerce, Ted Griffen, received a hearty handshake from Mrs. E. Wood, the retiring president. The five directors were clected by acclamation: H. Mahaffy, G. Carnegie, A. Panabaker, B. Taylor and P. Hvidsten, all for a two-year term. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, February 5, 1974 High winds blew down a wall at the construction site of Mother Jackson's Open Kitchens plant in Port Perry. Workers had been sent home at noon due to weather conditions so no one was at the site when the wall was blown over at 2:30 p.m. The wall was 225 ft. long by 16 ft. high. Port Perry Community Memorial Hospital got a new administrator by the name of Dave Brown of Oshawa. Mr. Armour McMillan was made an honorary director of the Port Perry Agricultural Socicty at the annual meeting held recently. Mr. McMillan resigned as director on that occasion after having held numerous positions on the executive for 33 years. 10 YEARSAGO Thursday, February 7, 1984 * Barb Bradbury was honored as a life member of the Kinsmen Club of Port Perry. Fifty primary students in the Durham Board of Education were to be suspended because they had not received their government- ordered inoculations. Harold and Vera Honey of Honey's Corners celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Regional council did not approve "no passing signs" for a stretch of road on Regional Road 2 where four area teens lost their lives. : MATTHEW JONES - age 8 COURSE before you join Everyone should adhere to rules To the Editor: At this time of year, it's tradi- tion for Girl Guide Cookies to be sold again! Myself, | can't seem to get enough of them. Recently, this tradition seems somewhat tarnished. Why is it when these cookies are to be sold during a certain time frame, some individuals, leaders, or the girls themselves cannot follow the rules? Why should a few individuals ruin this campaign for so many? Now that my neighborhood has been canvassed, my two daugh- ters have little or no chance of selling cookies for their packs! If we knew the girls could sell door to door earlier, they'd have been out selling cookies the day after we received the cookie sheets. Continuing with the prob- lems of guiding, why after three years of Guides, isn't my daugh- ter eligible to receive the All Around Cord. She meets all the criteria as did other girls from other packs. We were told last year "they changed the pro- gram" which eliminated all chances of second year Guides to receive the All Around Cord How can some girls receive an award that was eliminated the Best ever From Page 6 DRESS..DEPORTMENT...D ISCIPLINE...were never a problem, in or out of his classes with his students. The standard was KNOWN...ACCEPTED...APPR ECIATED...RESPECTED. "THEY HAD A DEAL"...."THEY HAD A CON- TRACT." William "Sam" Magee, Founder "KIDS FOR KIDS" Fifty-six years of FUN.WITH "KIDS" KARATE AY [5 A 0) (0 Bad @ 111 (a 10] INTRODUCTORY 9 04 Learn about Karate ; _ PAN ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT SELF- ESTEEM DISCIPLINE RESPECT PHYSICAL CONDITIONING - - 2 LOCATIONS - - «> 15258 Simcoe St., dela Wad TaVA 1 Ilo 240 [3 73 Brock St. W.,, Uxbridge 852-3093 HIRYU BUSHIDO KAI Martial Arts Centres year before? Is it because some have parents who can bend the rules to suit their daughter, pack and themselves. What about these other third-year girle= who weren't in these packs, shouldn't all these girls be included in this award? May- be we should take away the awards that were recently giv- en to the First Port Perry and Seagrave Guides. Why haven't the Second Port Perry Guides been given any All Around Cords like the rest of them? Is it because these lead- ers follow the rules of guiding and accept them? Not like other leaders who manipulate and bend the system to suit their wants and needs. Yes, I know that the leaders are on a volunteer basis, but rules are rules. Either all third- year girls who have met the cri- teria get the All Around Cord or take back the ones that were given recently. Fair is Fair. Glenn Squires Port Perry, Ont. English language "too hard" To the Editor: Some English speakers, born or brought up in Canada or the U.S., are averse to learning an- other language, claiming that "it's too hard." They don't real- ize that the foreigner has an even harder time with English vocabulary, spelling, pronoun- ciation, intonation, and its hun- dreds of homophones. (No, E.T., you can't use them to "phone home.") For example, consider the poor foreigner who has to listen to and decipher the fol- lowing sentences: 1. Gene, Mister White read, and blew his cool, about the rights of the six trained ceiling guards around the pool. 9. Jean missed her white, red, and blue school, about the rights of the sick strained seal, lean guards surround the pool. I don't believe anything simi- lar can be done in any other lan- guage. Tryitif you want to. Sincerely yours, Warren T. McCready Clear snow off sidewalk To the Editor: Please let me begin by thank- ing you for taking the time to read my letter. The reason for addressing you to day is to bring an issue to your attention and possibly others who reside in the Township of Scugog and Durham Region. As many of us are aware. by now, the road construction to the south of Hwy. 7A on Simcoe Street (Road 2) has been com- pleted since approximately the end of October 1993 at a great expense to all taxpayers in the township and the region. (As we know our tax dollars are spread out over the region, etc. for road improvements). As the road was being com- pleted, the township put a side- walk in on the east side where one had never existed before. Once again at all taxpayers ex- pense. Well, the winter is upon us and for some reason, town- ship council is failing to upkeep our investment (sidewalk). They have decided not to clear the sidewalk of snow for the winter, apparently "not in the budget?!" BUSINESS COMPUTERS FAMILY COMPUTERS New or Used Get the Full Package All Major Packages Hardware * Software * Tutoring Setup * Support & Service Call WILLIAM M. SANDIFORD WILLIAM M. SANDIFORD JR. (416) 985-1877 I fail to understand this deci- sion. Why put it in (sidewalk) and not maintain it? Is it only for the summer use? I would as- sume the township is responsi- ble for any accidents on the side- walk due to it not being cleared? Are our tax dollars being only half used - the rest wasted? It would be like putting in a swim- ming pool and never cleaning it out making it unusable and un- safe, I guess you could skate on itin the winter? - Not clearing the sidewalk is not just a money and safety is- sue, but is the township also in the business of providing our beloved snowmebilers, who I do respect, with a paved trail. Since the winter snowfall, the - sidewalk has become one of the most smooth trails around - wasn't it nice of the township to provide this service. Since it is virtually unwalkable, I guess its OK to have motorized vehi- cles on the sidewalk? I don't be- lieve too many people would ap- preciate their sidewalks: being used as snowmobile trails and having their tax money spent as such. "Not in the budget" is unac- ceptable in this case. Not main- taining the investment is a waste and creating an unsafe public walkway and being aware of it is immoral and un- fair. (It is unsafe to walk on with or without snowmobiles - the machines just compound the problem). Thank you once again for your time and patience. Regards, Scott and Meredith Peaker DON'T PAY'TIL JUNE 1994 ant as 1 Es" NEE en Ee Nn ao pt Pa yan