Page 8, Thursday, January 6th, 1972 , WHITBY FREE PRESS Continued from page 7 On the homefront, poli tics made news In Whitby during elect ions as three can- di dates , E111 Newman, Bob Wing and M i ke Freeman fought for a place in the I e g i slature. B11l Newman emerged the victor with Bob Wing placing second. Hirohito Another pol itician made news abroad Japan's Emperor, Hirohito. He met with U. S. President Nixon and in doing so, became the first Japanese Emperor ever to leave his own country. Ping Pong did much to soften relations between the U. S. and C h i n a in '71, while in Canada, S o v iet Premier Aleksei Kosygin, on a visit tomeetwith Trudeau in Ottawa was gr abbed by a Hungarian protestor and t h r o w n t o the ground. Kosygin would I a ter visit Toronto and the demonstra- t i on-turned-riot would instigate an in- vestigation into the behaviour of the pol- i c e w h ilI e they were trying to con troI rioting demonstrators. Whitby storm 1971 turned out to be disastrous as a fierce storm once again struck the town of Whitby causing wide spread flooding andresultingdamage ran into thousands of dollars. A number of residents from thenorth end of Whitby protested to the town coun c il demanding action and a s torm damage relief fund was set up to provide compensation for the flood vic- tims . The December 9th issue of the WhitbyFreePress carried a special on the progress of the Storm Damage Rel- ief Fund. California earthquake D i s a s t er al so struck Cal ifornia in 1971 as it received the worst earthquake to strike there since 1933. A man made di s aster struck the island of Amchitka as the U.. S. i n É'i sted on setting off a nucleur test blast despite the wishes of Canada and thousands of demonstrators all over the rest of the world. Apollo 15 The U. S. set a.new record in 1971 when Apol lo 15 reached the moon and the fir st I ive colour pi ctures were sent back for millions of viewer s to see history in the making. in the enter tainment field, new areas were seen as strippers uncovered ail in t h e same year that Sean Connery r e t - u r n e d to the screen as James Bond in the f i I m "Diamonds Are Forever"M. S ad I y ,I 9 71 al so saw the death of the w or l d's greatest jazz music ian, Louis Armstrong in his 7Ist year. - A program cal led "offensive " by many v i e w ers rose to the top of the Niel sen charts as both Americans and Canadians al ike proved that you can be insul ted and enjoy it. The program called, "All in the Family " wentto the top of the charts i ate in '71 with a promise of better things to come for '72. Bangla Desh The most tragic news of 1971 was the emergence of an independent colony cal- i e d Bangla Desh. To gain its indepen- dence a war was fought between india and Pakistan which resulted inthous- ands bei.ng kilied while still more died fr om s t ar vation or disease. lt was a war which even the U. N. could neither prevent nor stop. L a t e '71 also saw record high tem- peratures inWhitby and a dramatic loss of snow which did not please the skiers in the area. Heat was also a problem in t h e o r lent as a hotel fire k i lied over 150 occupants and sparked an investiga- t i o n w h ich later proved the hotel was littlebetter than a fire trap which set a record for the most k i1led in a hotel fire. A year to remember What else can you say about 1971 ? It was a controversial year. It was a news- w o r t h y year that saw a paper born in Toronto, "The Sun", not too long after a p a p e r i n Oshawa was burned to the ground, "The Oshawa Times". 1971 was a year in whi ch many records were brok- en and a good many more were set. At the Free Press we like to think of '71 as the year of our beginning. To us i t 's a start and the solid base for what we hope will be a good future and a long run. While we look forward to good things in '72 we will always remember 1971. It was quite a year! Whitby Mardi Gras Whitby-Plans are nearing completion f or a Mardi Gras ni g h t at Heyden- shore Pavillon, s po nsored by the Whi tby Chamber of Commerce to raise funds for the Whi tby Storm Damage Relief Fund. Continental Buffet Th e Mardi Gras w i Il be held Feb- r u a r y 5th from 8 p. m . t o ia. m. , featuring a contin- ental buffet, bar, games and dancing to Hans Wagner and the Happy Aus- t r i a ns who w i i1 p r ovide Bavarian style music. Stage Money Stage money wi i be issued for pop- ular games such as Crown and Anchor , and Millionaire's Night, and at the end of the evening, t h e money may be used in an auction to bid for prizes. Each person wiill ge t $100 in stage money for a dollar and pr i zes will consist of mer- chandise and gift certif i cates, a door prize will al- so be offered. The Mardi Gras, I imited to 200 coup- les, at $10 a couple. Distribut- ion of tickets will be announced by the C h a m ber of Com- merce early in the new year. Proceeds Proceeds from the Mardi Gras w ill go to the Whitby Storm Dam- age Relief Fund, w h ic h is raising money to aid the per sons whose property was dam- aged in the severe storm last August. "Af rican Safari" Of special inter- est to the children willbe the Ontario Humane Society's "Afr i can Safari "to be hel d 7:15 p. m., January 13th. "African Safari" is a c ollection of colour ful photos depicting the wild animal life of east and central Afr i ca. Photos will be shown at AIli Saints Anglican Church. Admission is 50¢ for adults and 25e for children. Junior 'C's Defeat Port Hope In Sunday'sJunior "C" action, Whitby E i Rose Construction soundly defeated Por t Hope 7-4. Scoring was evenly spreadvwith Doug Bannon, Greg Watson D o u g W ood, Glen Ensol1, Jim Heard, B r i a n Lee and Brian Monagle ail get- ting single goals. Ron Bragg played a strong game for Whitby in goal and earned an assist on Whitby's sixth goal. The next Junior "C" action will be Sunday, January 9th in Bowmanville. Major Midgets Earn Tie Whitby CanadianlTireMidgets battled to a 4-4 tie with Port Perry. S t e v e Sanford, Tom Br iscoe, Ken Vipond and Ken Clark shared the scor- i n g for Whitby. Glen McCoy paced the Por t Perry club with a pair of goals. B i i I V an Camp and Andy Scott got the remaining goals. The game was highlighted with excel- lent goal-tending by Whitby's Tony Canne i1a and Ken Crouch-along with Port Perry's Ken Davidson. Next game for the MajorMidgets will be Sunday, January 9th against Oshawa. Gale Lumber Trounce Port Hope L e d b y J i m Branton with 3 goals, W h itby Gale Lumber Minor Midget AIl- i Stars defea ted Port Hope 11-3. Two goal efforts were turned in by Noel Per- r i goe and David Parish. Paul McClel- I a n d , Davy Lay and Brad Beath added singles. Gallas Leads Pee Wees To Victory Marty Gallas with a "hat trick" lead the Lasco Steel Pee Wee Ail Stars to an 8-1 victory over Newmarket. Two goal scorer s for the Steelers were Bill Bridge and Jim Prosser. AI MacDonald scored the remaining goal. N e w m a rk e ts only miarker came off the stick of Sam Rippey. W h itb y's next game will be Satur- d ay w hen they journey to L indsay for the L indsay Invational Pee Wee Tourn- ament. Pee Wee Ail-Stars Lose in Overtime Whi tby Lasco Steel Pee Wees playing in the Niagara Falls Pee Wee Tourna- ment lost 3-2 to Belleville in overtime at the championship game. In the double knock-out tournament, Wh itbyl1 os t the i r first game/4-3 to -south west London, then went on to win 4-0 over Kingston, 3-1 over Burlington, on to d e f eat London in a re turn match 4-2toqualify for the championship with a 4-1 defeat over Huron East. The top point getter for Whitby in the f o u r -day tournament was team captain Marty Gallas with 8 goals and 5 assists for 13 points.