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2 -- PORT PERRY STAR, Thursday, July 29th, 1965 PODODTEPIDOOOITODIID DOODIVDISODOOODOOOODY Port Perry Star Co. Limited | Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas \ WM. T. HARRISON ¢ Editor Member of tho Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Assoc. Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star "Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. Subscription Rates: In Canada $3.00 per yr., Elsewhere, $4.60 per yr. Single Copy 10¢ Worthwhi La A a a a a a a a a al al at ata gla gl ala al ale ata ay e Project In the past two issues of the Star we have carried news items in regard to the construction of a Christian Education Extension to the United Church in Port Perry. AT » ~ or) A PON The building of such a centre in itself is nothing new; but the idea of building a swimming pool in place of an auditorium is certainly not common place. ee The proposal was first discussed at a Board meeting and placed before the congregation following the regular church service on Sunday, July 18th. It was passed, per- haps not by overwhelming majority, but it will now have to be approved by the Oshawa Presbytery of the United Church. 7 Port Perry is fortunate in having sufficient hall and auditorium accommodations for functions such as ban- quets, meetings, etc. and there really is no need for an- other hall of this type. However, a swimming pool seems to be an excellent idea. During summer Lake Scugog and other outdoor pools are available for swimming classes and other water sports. Come winter, however, the numerous young folk (and adults, too) who find water a natural element, are sometimes at a loss to find something to do. BARR yoyo A pool, properly supervised, in excellent surround- R o> POA WN OODOHDDODHDHL AAA AAA a a a al WHEN? - ings, could provide the answer to a lot of needs. It would provide companionship, healthful recreation, knowledge EMEMBER and certainly, additional preparedness for taking to the more open waters come summer season. The congregation of the Port Perry United Church are to be highly commended for considering such a worthwhile addition . . .such a beneficial project. Drive Carefully -- Stay Alive More people drive more miles on the August Civic Holiday week-end than at any other similar period all year . .. and accident hazards increase as a result. It's a family-type holiday and it often brings family- type accidents. During the summer several tragic acci- dents have occurred where whole families have been wiped out. A person driving a crowded car must remember three important things. Concentrate on the operation of the car and not per- mit himself to be distracted by conversation or the activ- ity of children. The driver has a special responsibility to make sure that his car is in first class mechanical condition. Remain alert. This means driving shorter distances or stopping to rest oftener than if driving alone. 50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, July 28, 1915 A largely signed petition has gone forward to Ottawa, asking that provision be made at the new dock for bathing facilities. LJ * Word has come to Mrs. White that her son, Howard White has received a medal for bravery. In one of the engagements he carried a wounded officer from the trenches under heavy fire. * Ld 48 candidates in Port Perry were successful in the Ent- rance Reports. Scholarships given by the Port Perry School Board: 1st Aleta Fer- guson, 2nd John Moule, 3rd John Harris. 25 YEARS AGO Tuesday, August 1st, 1940 While Marie Armstrong (daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Armstrong) was swimming at Pettit's point, she noticed a little girl of some seven years in evident trouble. The child sank and did not come up again. Marie dived, found the child, and brought her to shore. ee Last Wednesday at" the Port Perry Bowling Green in the mixed doubles event the following were winners:. 2nd Mrs. Wm. Chapman and Mr. W. Graham; 4th Miss E. Sommerville and Mr. T. Har- ris. 'At the Oshawa mixed doubles on Monday evening Mr. W. Graham and Mrs. W. Chapman, captured the prize for two wins, 4 o> lS TEN YEARS AGO Five hundred Holstein Breeders and their friends met at the home of Mr. Bob Flett, Oshawa on July 20th. Mr. Fred Christie, President of the Ontario County Hol- stein Club was in chafge of the meeting. Mr. Gerald Nelson, Fieldman was in charge of the judging of the Holstein cattle. se 9 Mrs. D. Seriver Port Perry was recently awarded $300. cash prize in Swift's "Name the Elephants" contest. » » Two local Scouts, James Hunter and Albert Fulford will have the honour of rep- resenting Port Perry at the 8th World Scout Jamboree at Niagara-on-the-Lake from August 18th to August 28th. 4 BHD LgOORCR0 AVA UN TOT HOOD ® > DO POOP © AN Aaa aay Aaa a AAA aa ad By BILL em LS SOS ok SSE SCN SRS 0 STS ana SU GA STILL IN THE SWIM Ary of you old-timers noticed the gradual, but steady changes in the physical world about you? You have? Good. 1 was hoping it wasn't just me. You know what I mean. The hills on the golf course are steeper than last year. The dining- room table grows a little farther from you each year. The weeds in the garden are a lot farther away when you stoop to pull them. You look up, instead of down, when you scold your children. And there's one other change that is particularly evident at this time of year. The water in the lakes is ten degrees colder than it was last year. I noticed this when I went swimming this week _with the Old Lady.' It was rather a historic oceca- sion. With both our kids otherwise occupied, it was the first time we'd been swimming alone, to- gether, without kids, since our honeymoon. You should have seen the performance. We sweltered in the sun until there was no alternative to a dip. We advanced with the utmost reluctance to the water's edge. We stood there for ten min- utes, peering gingerly at it and each other. Driven by nothing but sheer male pride, I finally stuck one 'foot. in. Twenty minutes later I was right up to the knobs LUTE TTR S OY pe 1, I" 5 Wo SY i: AT LF nd SPI on my knees. The old girl had barely wet the paint on her toe-nails. We'd be standing there yet shud- dering, had not a couple of six-year-olds dashed past us, splashing us from stem to gudgeon. And my gudgeon still hasn't recovered. Now, how do you explain this? It was the same body of water my son has been swimming in since early May. He said it was great then. The weather has been hot since. But in mid-summer the tem- perature of the stuff was thirty degrees lower than in May. Something's wrong. But I must admit, like all the other dopes, that "It's grand when you get ducked." There's nothing quite like a middle aged swim, with the old bursitis in the shoulder crunching at every stroke, the heart ~ pounding alarmingly, the chest heaving wildly for air. It does have its compensations, though, this swimming without kids. No one expects you to act as a human diving-tower. You don't have to engage in duck-diving competitions. You don't have to race a couple of sturdy teenagers to the big rock. And your wife certainly won't compell you to see how far you can swim under water. It's rather pleasant, really, swimming with the old 1 Wy She dog-paddles about in the shallows ws fo "handy, watching the human comedy. ur-year-olds. You wade out to the deep C E SMILEY part right up to your waist, and hit out with a purposeful breast stroke for eight yards before taking a rest. After six minutes, you may return with dignity to the beach. And there's no one dragging at your arm ten minutes later, demanding that you go back into that liquid refrigerator for another shock treatment. There's nobody bugging you for money for ice- cream or pop. There's nobody interrupting, with badly aimed beach balls, your aesthetic appreciation of the latest in bikinis. There are no squabbles to break up. It's pretty nice, really, just sitting there in your folding chair, book on your knee, jug of iced mix The beach boys; holding in their stomachs so hard they can't breathe. The beach girls, sticking out their bosoms so hard they almost fall over backwards. Human hippos. Human giraffes, Human gorillas. But surely something can be done about that water. If we can devise rockets to hit the moon, surely to goodness we can figure out some way of warming up our lakes so that people over forty don't turn from sophisticated citizens into gibher- ing cowards the minute they get near the water's edge. : --Toronto Telegram News Service