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EDITORIAL TOPICS Issues Strong Warning Are we polluting ourselves into oblivion? A.S. Bray, Ontario deputy minister of Tourism and Information posed "this question to members of the Outdoor Writers of Canada and called on them to be leaders in the critical anti-pollution battle. Speaking to the group's annual conference, Mr. Bray said the problems extended to every society around the globe where ever-expanding industraljzation has created a crisis of excessive waste that is poisoning -- and not always slowly -- plants, wildlife and indeed man him- self. He said almost every week now bring new warning of impending ecological upsets within our planet's - infinitely inter-dependent chain of life processes, such as certain birds becoming extinct, hauls of inedible fish and mysterious animals sicknesses. "Even our earliest harbinger of spring, the robin is being afflicted by the effect of DDT. A calcium imbal- ance causes fragile shells, with the result they are now eating their own eggs, a bizarre and unnatural reaction," he stated. Business, government and individual citizens are being forced to explore and 'clarify man's long- ignored dependence on the thin envelope of air, water and soil in which life exists. "The earth is smothering with the material man is throwing away, and soon there may be no more 'away' to throw it to," Mr. Bray said. He. exhorted the outdoor writers to become fighting members of the crusade against pollution by informing the public and sportsmen in particular, of "this growing "threat not only to the quality of life but to survival itself." Powerful- Weapon The number- of hunting accidents caused through the use of 22 caliber rifles and shotguns lead all other 'types of firearms in Ontario and are increasing every year. The Ontario Safety League suggests that perhaps this is the result of the hunting public unconsciously minimiz- ing the lethal qualities of these particular types of fire- arms. There is also 'the frequency of their use to be considered and the variety of weather conditions under which they are used. In any case, statistics prove the lowly 22 quite capable of inflicting fatal damage to the human body, and anyone who has ever seen, the results of a shotgun blast would never question its lethal qualit- ies." ' : The League urges parents to make sure teenage mem- bers of their family are adequately trained and respon- sibje if handling 22's. It is also suggested that greater emphasis be given the special hazards of small caliber rifles and shotguns on all hunter safety courses. These firearms account for over three-quarters of the hunting accidents in Ontario. [PORT PERF HR 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 SL ' 2 Ld Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association { 7% % Published every Thursday by The Port Perry . Star Co. Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario. # 1 2 Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rates: In Canada $4.50 pér yr., Elsewhere $6.00 per Year. Single Copy, Jo¢ Fly, don't walk, Kim They got away just in time. My nerves, stretched like a rubber band, were about to snap. Tonight, as I sit alone with the cat, in blessed peace, I feel as though I "might last for a bit yet. The last of my Rotten Kids has gone off . to college, and her mother, reluctant as ever to raise her wing and let the chick go, went with her. The latter will be back in a few. days, and the former will probably be back in a few weeks, but it's a wonderful respite. Even the cat looks more relaxed. But maybe that's 'because she's pregnant. She's eating like one of those dogs in the TV commercials, so it looks suspicious. Getting a girl ready for college is some- thing like outfitting an entire expedition to Outer Mongolia, as I've discovered in the last few weeks. First, you have to talk about it for an average of seven hours a day. Then they spend hours making up lists of "indispens- ~ ables", like a razor and shaving cream. The lists are lost and new ones begun. Then there are hours of talking about clothes: turning up hems, lowering necklines, raising waists, what goes with what, what clashes with what. That's why I've been hiding in-the bath- room and the back yard for a couple of weeks, during these altercations (that's not ~ alterations). - This, of course, produces heat accusations that, "You don't even care! Why can't you show some interest?' This, in turn, makes me join them for a modelling show at which I mutter, '""That's pretty. Yeah, I like that one. That looks pretty good on you." . Again, this brings forth 'heated accusations. The fact is, I-have about as much' interest . hy in women's clothes as I have 'in choosing wall-paper. If the plaster is OK, whack it on. Same with women. If it looks OK; I say so. If it doesn't, I have enpugh sense to keep my mouth shut, During this préparatory period, I have felt like The Invisible Man. I have had two dinners cooked fox me in two weeks. I have done all the shopping. I have broken up in- wet brome oe Spice. ~ numerable feminine squabbles. (Kim's taste and her mother's, in clothes, are as far apart as the R.C.'s and the Communist's philosoph- ies). And I have stripped my every bank account to the barest of bones. \ If that kid drops out, as so many bright youngsters do, I'm going to take all her effects, piano, those records that drive me out of my skull, the lot, and burn them in the back yard. Invited to this soiree will be a number of parents I know. We have recently formed an organization called PORK. It stands for Parents of Rotten Kids. And it's spreading like wildfire. Within a year, it'll be bigger than the Rotary Club. By the way, anyone who wants to join the organization is welcome. There are no fees. All you have to do it drop me a line explain- ing briefly why you think you qualify. Anonymity is guaranteed. Charter members. are: a couple with a son of 160 plus I.Q., who is making toilet seat lids in a factory; a woman whose 14 year old daughter ran away; a minister whose daughter smokes pot; and me. There is only one proviso. You have to swear a solemn oath that; if you kids is over 16, you have given him, or her, no more than two "last chances", and have then kicked him, or her, out into the world, We will have no truck with parents who want to sit on the egg until all that emerges is hydrogen sulphide, when it finally breaks. ~~ But. IL My baby, whom I have taught and fought for 18 years, has left me. We've trotted off to high school together for the past five years, I snarling because she was late, she snarling because I was snarling. I telling her to be in early, she, indignantly, finding me pacing the floor, "What do you mean? It's only one, o'clock. » I certain she's been killed in an accident, or raped by a motor-cycle gang. She laughing hilariously at my lurid imagination. The only thing worse than missing her is the thought that she niight come home, permanently. Young eagles, or either sex, have to fly or they become cripples, I'd rather she flew, : ~Toronto Telegram Syndicate .Grade 13 standing. 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 18,1919 " Having sold his farm, Mr. Edward Frise will sell his farm stock and | implements by public auction at his premises % mile from Seagrave on Mon. October 6th. Auctioneer -- Geo. Jackson. Reach council met Mon- day 8th September. In reply to a communication to the Grand Trunk Railway Co. re the erection of an over- head bridge on the 2nd con- cession, the clerk presented a plan and profile of same received from company and estimating cost of same at $9,500. " 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 28,1944. School children in all school sections of Ontario - County are making an excel- lent contribution of milkweed _pods for life jackets. Kapok, the silky seed pod is urgently needed by the Canadian Gov- ernment Each bag of milk- weed is worth 20c properly dried. Bill Taylor Jr. is back home with his parents Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Taylor after receiving his discharge from the army. . The heavy electric storm that passed over here last week left its mark. The light- ning struck the barns of Mr. J. Aldred, and Mr. G. Cherrie the barn of Mr. A, Wilkinson. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 30, 1954 + The town clerk Jack Raines reports that Port Perry has increased in population during the past 12 months. Last year the population tallied 1961. This year 2068. Brownies and Guides are entering their sixth year in Port Perry. District Commiss- ioner Godley has been pro- moted to Division Commiss- ioner, Bob Carnegie managed to crack a record in the inter- mediate pole vault -- 8'9%" * to eclipse Garnet Palmer's old record by ¥% of an inch at the coronation track and field meet, 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 1, 1959 + Lillian Jean Couves, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs, when & and also hit a large tree near" « on wv 'A IN - Arthur Couves of Greenbank | has" been awarded a Prov- incial Aid Bursary for her Miss Elaine Medd (Sr.) and Miss Patsy Bailey (Jr.); Jim 'Burnett, Dave Milne (Sr.), tied; and George Tripp (Jr.) won the Sr. and Jr. Champ- ionships at the High School field day last week, ' »