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Te oe pe 4 Pd ! SVK Ay Wanaden Rar EDITORIAL TOPICS Expect Radical Changes Within the last two weeks, we have attended inaugural meetings in Scugog, Reach, Cartwright Townships and the Village of Port Perry. = A much talked about topic today, Regional Govern- ment was brought to the attention of the council members by the respective reeves, At least two of them, Ed (Sam) Oyler, Reach, and Robert Kenny, Port Perry, strongly emphasized that the recently elected councils, could very well become the last to hold office prior to Regional Government. To the average ratepayer, Regional Government, is still remote and of little consequence. However, it is a fact, and that it will come in not too distant a future is revealed in an extensive report by the Hon. W.D. McKeough. According to the report, the ideal population figure for Regional Government would be 150,000 to 200,000. It is further suggested, where a two-tier system would be practical, the minimum population of a local municip- ality in the region should be from 8,000 to 10,000. Amalgamation of Port Perry, Reach and Scugog Town- ships would reach the suggested population of at least 8,000. Furthermore the Village and the two Townships are closely connected in relation to trade, fire protection, etc., and it would be natural to keep this in mind when Regional Government enters this area. Adhere To Legislation New legislation covering the operation of motorized snow vehicles has been announced by the Minister of Transport for Ontario. The Ontario Safety League strongly urges every owner and operator of a snow- mobile to become thoroughly acquainted with these regulations and observe them. Here are some of the main points. 'on 1. Every snowmobile must be registered for operation anywhere in Ontario, on or off public thoroughfares. The registration fee is $4.00 and the permit is valid for a 2-year period. A licence plate is issued with the permit and must be attached to the front of the snowmobile. } -- 2. Operation of snowmobiles is prohibited on the King's Highways except where designated otherwise by regulation. 3. Operation of snowmobiles will be permitted on high- ways and public thoroughfares under municipal juris- diction except where prohibited by municipal by-laws. 4. A driver's licence is not required to operate 2 snow- mobile on public thoroughfares, but no one under the age of 16 may do so. 5. When operating a snowmobile on a public thorough- fare, the operator must obey the rules of the road under the Highway Traffic Act, be covered by. liability insurance, and the snowmobile must have at least one white or amber light on the front and one red light on the back if operating when lights are required. 6. Additional regulations require snowmobile operators to stop before crossing any public thoroughfare or railway. It is also an offence to operate a snowmobile without due care and attention or reasonable consider- ation for other persons either on or off public thoroughfares. PORT PERRY STAR COMPANY, LIMITED Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher . WM. T. HARRISON, Editor Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association 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. a "4 7 we br 7 o; Subscription Rates: In Canada $3.00 per yr., Single Copy 10e¢. TTT RRR RY fed RPE RSA of Aa PURI RR al EARLY - A NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY Hope you got through the trying holiday season as well as we did. All you- "flu victims have my sympathy. I tottered about for ten days, a'tot here and a tot there, not quite desperately ill enough to stay in bed, "and therefore getting little .. sympathy. Kim spent the fesiivd season going to bed at 2 p.m. and getting up at 2 pm. Mostly because of a new "boy friend, who is out on bail. That's right; he's out on bail. My wife did her best to set fire to the house, one Sunday night when | was at church. For years. I've been telling her to burn junk in the fire-place: paper and wrappings and boxes and such. ~ She finally caught on. So did the ever- greens with which she annually decks the mantel, when she threw into the fire a cardboard box about two feet by four. She stood there, paralyzed, watching the point go up in flames. The only muscle working was her tongue. When that stops working, she'll be ready for the cold, cold ground. She screamed: "Kim! Kim!" - And Kim responded nobly to the crisis. Upstairs, she came down like a bomb, seized a basin of water from the kitchen sink, and hurled it with unerring aim all over the fire, her mother, the rug, and the hi-fi. Did the trick, though. Speaking of Kim and fires, she had a New Year's Eve party .which caused more turmoil than the Battle of the Boyne did in Ireland. It wasn't that she demanded a 'big spread or a hired orchestra or anything like that. She had only one request: that we get out 'before the guests arrived and stay out until they were gone. The normal response of a father to such a stipulation is to smack his hand on the table and roar; "0.K. No parents, no party!" Which he did, about eight times. : Finally, by some circuitous route known only to families, we arrived at a compro- mise of sorts. There would-be no drinking. Undesirables would be severely policed by Kim and two of her largest girl friends, .to the phone and called home. TRAE Ae 4A and two boys who would be Petal re- sponsible to me, by George, or else. - There would be no gate-crashers. See policing, above (Gate-crashing is a norm at a party in a small town, where every- body. in the teen world knows everybody else.and after all, what do you say, Dad, when somebody arrives at the door with a big, silly grin on his big, silly face and asks, "Can I come to your party, Kim?") It was resolved that the food would con- fist of potato chips and pop. "How can you be so square, Mom, kids don't eat at parties?" Later, Kim graciously allowed her mother to make about 480 sandwiches. It was agreed, after a motion by me that went something like, "If you think 'Im go- ing.to walk the streets in a blizzard on New Year's Eve just because a stubborn brat like you doesn't want her parents around just because she's 'having a party for a 'gang of degenerate teen-agers, then you've got another think coming, young lady!", 'that the party would end at 1.30. It's a long story, but she finally kicked us into the snow-drifts at 9 p.m. It was too early to go anywhere. We drove around - the block a few times, my wife peering desperately: toward the house on each cir- cuit. - We dropped in on sick friends, to get warm, or sick, and 'guess who ran straight The res- ponse was chilly: "Yes, Mother. No. No- body's drunk. Will you please stop bug- ging me, there's somebody at the door?" The old lady called four more times from as many different places. Responses grew even chillier. We arrived home at.3 a.m., ready to face the debacle: a wasteland of broken dishes and trompled grapes. And sitting there with her out-on-bail friend, listening to records, was the Che- 'shire cat herself. The house was clean as a funeral parlor. They'd been working like dogs for an hour, . No burns, no broken dishes, no scratches on the grand piano. Nothing. Including the 480 sandwiches, about 12 pounds of fruit, and all the bread and nuts in the house. --Toronto Telegram Syndicate . i CE TR Vai BNL pl Re wien GA OF DAYS GONE BY! 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 16, 1919 The first meeting of the Council was held at the Treas- urers Office on Monday even- ing, January 14, at 8 o'clock with all members present to take thé oath of office. -The manager of the Bell Telephone Company applied for leave to install poles on the streets for phone service. It was moved that the Bell Tele- phone Company be allowed to install telephone poles and ~wire on Bay Street, and_on Cochrane Street and on Ont- ario Street on the condition that a free phone be installed in the treasurers' office. -- Carried. Thrift Stamps -- Cost 25 cents each, They are a means of buying a War Savings Stamp on the instalment plan. Six- teen of them may be exch- anged for a War Savings Stamp. They may be had wherever War Savings Stamps are sold. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 14, 1954 The students of Manchester School, (Mrs. Geo. Samells, teacher) noticed what they thought to be a parachute coming down in a field north of the school. "A group of children hurried to the spot and found a U.S.A. - weather balloon. *. Port Perry Memorial Gar- dens is to be the scene of one of the six (only 6) appearances -of the NHL Old Timers in Ontario this year. Port Perry Lions are proud to be the sponsors of a game by these famous Stars. of Hockey. Never before has this group " played agame in a community . the size of Port Perry so there is little doubt this attraction will pack our new Memorial Gardens. Entire proceeds will go to fulfilling the Lions Club 'pledge towards payment of the new-artificial ice plant in the Port Perry Community Memorial Centre. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 16, 1959 The Port Perry Rod and Gun Club Annual Banquet was a huge success because of the large turnout of enthusiastic supporters and also because of the popularity of the Chinese auction. On New Years Eve, Teen Town held a very successful third annual New Years Eve Dance. The Public School Auditorium was appropriately decorated depicting "Old Man Time" and the wee '"'Baby New Year". Danny Reesor the President presented door prizes to the lucky winners Jamie Hunter and Miriam Harris. Lucky winners of the novelty dances were Betty Couves, Hugh Dobson, and Marlene Badour, Carl Grass. The new Ontario County Jail on Victoria Street, Whitby which cost more than three quarters of a million dollars - had its first tenants last week when prisoners were trans- ferred from the century old structure back of the County Registery office on Centre Street, ES]