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= 3 PORT Q PERRY. Congratulations to Anna For- der and Richard Stephens for their excellent during the Canadian Figure Skating Championship held in Vancouver last week. During the free-style skating on Sunday- night, when the couple was trailing the 1967 "champions by only a fraction, we wager almost every televi- sion set in Port Perry and the immediate area were fumed in i on Chaimel 6. The 1967 Champions, sister & brother pair, Betty and John McKilligan of Vancouver skat- ed first and it must be said, except for one fall, they did put "on a tremendous performance. "When Anna and Richard en- tered the ice surface, local sup--- porters who could not he with them in the Arena, but glued to ~ the television set were hoping and wishing that they might overtake the champions. The local skaters gave a heau- tiful performance, and except for one almost un-noticeable er- _ror the execution of their five minute skating period was flaw- less. However, it was not good enough to win them the Cham- pionship. It would be only natural for Anna and Richard to be a bit . disappointed, but they did elimh another step towards the top, and to be the second best couple in Canada, particularly at their young age is a fete to be proud of. All the local supporters, we are sure, are indeed behind the young skaters, and when an- other year comes around and another Canadian championship is held, Anna and Richard will again be there and will no doubt go right to, the top. -% * x * Se being members of the Unionville 'Figure Skating 50 YEARS AGO January 10th, 1918 Port Perry Is Proud Of Youl performance' Do You Remember? Hogg & Lytle of Port (lub, Port Perry is proud to he able to claim David Porter as a local Canadian Skating Cham- pion. With his partner Janet D' ~ Altroy of Barrie, the couple. captured the Canadian Novice Dance Pair Championship after a graceful and sparkling per- I The Star on behalf of all their readers takes the liberty of extending sincere congratu- J lations to David Porter and his partner, Janet D'Altroy. * * * * . One person who shares no small part in the success of the skaters, is the coach, Bruce Hyland. N\ He deserves a great deal wf vear after year. And it must be gratifying to him to witness the progress of 4 young Profegees, Minor Hockey Week January 20-27 Minor Hockey Week in Port credit for his untiring efforts" Perry starts Saturday, and min- ZF or hockey enthusiasts all across - 'B 'Canada and the United States, ; will be drawing attention to © what minor hockey can do, and does, for boys. Here in this area minor hock= ey is an important part of win- ter life for hundreds of boys and the arenas of the district: are kept busy with young play- ers being guided and taught by men and youths who give their time because they have a love for hockey and for working with boys. - So we suggest that each one of us take time to visit the Arena During Minor Hockey Week. oo Hundreds ot persons * chased the St. - Hotel Business from Mr, . S. Mosure, and the trans. "Ted" Jackson left Sun- day for Ottawa. From or thete. he goes to New York ,and then England, where 'he will take his place in the Naval Flying Service. Ted was presented with a wrist watch by a number of friends before his leav- ing. Mr. John Roach has pur- Charles fer will take place on January 16th, Just as the 1:55 train "+. arrived at the station on Wednesday a hot journal caused an axle to break, and two freight cars were thrown from the tracks towards the lake. g were. no injuries recorded. 25 YEARS AGO January 14th, 1943 There - Perry, have been unload- ing a car of wheat which arrived by C.P.R. a few " davs ago... It has been taken by truck to their warehouse. Reeve Letcher took ex- ception to the Star edi- torial of last week, claim. ing it. would give: the wrong imprescion of Port Perry to outsiders. 15 YEARS AGO Thurs., Jan. 8th, 1953 Norwegian buys Ux- bridge Weeklv. Mr. P. Hvidsten of North Bav has purchased the Uxbridge Times-Journal from Har- old J. Cave, the 34 vear publisher of the same paper. Mr. Hvideten learned the orinting trade in his jve home Nor- i hi alne father and. three brothers. "ing. ~-thronged the corridors of the new 32 bed hosnital to hear. the hour long pro: gramme of official open- Frances G. Hicks, the sunerintendent, cut the red ribbon to oven the hospital for official in; . spection. 10 YEARS AGO Thurs., Jan, 9th, 1958 The 1st casualty report. ed by the Minor Hockey Club was Jim Carnohan of - the Midget Team. Jim suffered a cracked wrist,/ but - was covered by the Hockey Club Insurance. Mr. and Mrs. J. Coover's 4 year old son was hit by a car driven by Mr. Bev. Kent, while coasting on a slight grade on North and Water Streets. He is suf- fering, from slight con. cuesion, but-18 recovering satisfactorily. MT LA WE GET: LETTERS i Teachers get some pretty funny notes from parents, explaining the absence of a pupil. Usually it's because the harassed mother or father stabs down anything at the last minute, as the kid, 'heading for the door, and already late, screams in dismay; "Oh 1 gotta have a note." . Thus you.get such things as, "Please ex- cuse Jane's grandmother for being absent 'due to-her illness." finally figures out that granny had the 'flu and Jane had to stay home and look after her because Mom can't miss a day at the shoe factory, because that's the only way she can muster enough money to buy Jane some decent clothes so she can go to school, : so she can be a real whiz and- help out Granny and Mom. Sometimes. the notes are not so funny.. } "please excuse Jim for being late as he had to appear In court this morning for drunk and disorderly, but it was the other guy's fault." Well, teachers aren't the only ones who ,receive sad and. funny letters. The rest of } the column will be made up of sentences taken from: actual letters received by the Tordhto Welfare Department from appli: cants for aid and assistance. . : They may explain why English teachers look so stunned so much of the time. The sentences will be in quotation marks. The comments will be whatever comes to mind. "I am very annoyed that you have brand ed my son illiterate as this is a lie. I was married to his father a week before he was born." She didn't mean illiterate. meant illegible. "In answer to your fetter, 1 have given 'birth to a boy weighing ten pounds. I hope this is satisfactory". Really, what could be more satisfactory? "Unless 1 get my husband's money pretty .soon, I will be forced to lead an immortal life." And good luck to you, Missus.. There should be a lot more of that type of posi tive thinking in the world: "Mrs. Jones has not had any clothes for a year and has' been visited regularly by Nad the bat; LL i "This is my eighth child, what a are you. _going to do about it?" "The baffled teacher She No comment: What, indeed? It's certainly time somebody did something. or, g stopped 'doing something. "I am glad to report that 'my husband. ; who was_reported missing is dead." ' there is a sentence of which Hemingway would be proud. Not a syllable. too much or-too. little. The emotion is retrained. Note that she said "glad", not delighted: ' "Now" 8 And here's-one with the same theme, but a different twist. "Please find for certain if my husband is dead, the man I am living with can't eat or do anything until he_ finds qut." There's drama for you. There's tragedy. Think of the posr devil, starving . to death, unable to smoke or drink or pick __ his teeth or pull the fluff out of his belly- 'button. 'Here's another that shows a nice respect for bureaucracy. "In accordance with your. instructions, I have given birth to twins ih : (Continued on Page 5) PORT PERRY STAR COMPANY, LIMITED Serving Port Perry, Brooklin end i Surrounding Areas . HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Editor Member ofthe. Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association A Member' of the Ontario Weekly Aol dh 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. 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