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a I Cy Rr RY ---- i - a, %* A ER et wave STAR Editorial Topics Safe Boating Week July 1-7 Poor operating practices are held responsible for the big majority of deaths and injuries involving boats and other watercraft. These accidents took a toll of 267 lives in 1968, the last year for which figures are available. More than three- quarters were not wearing life jackets. The Canada Safety Council stresses in its Safe Boating Week campaign July 1 -- 7 that these tragedies can be reduced only by a widespread improvement in operating, loading, fueling and safety equipment practices. Too many of Canada's million boat operators are un- sure of their crafts' handling abilities, attempting to drive them like cars and trusting to luck to make up for operat- ing differences. \ For example, cars skid only in dangerous situations but all boats plane to some extent. operators should slow down before making turns. And "you can't just change direction in a boat without worry- ing about what happens to the stern which swings away from the direction the bow is turning. Operators who switch from an outboard to an in- board often misjudge their turns and create dangerous situations because the rudder takes only half of the ' engine power in turning compared to the full torque with an outboard. . These faulty operating procedures cause many accid- ents but more are caused by such elementary breaches of safe boating practices as standing up when starting an outboard or being caught unaware by failing to keep the tiller in a fore and aft position when starting. Making sure there is a Government-approved life jacket for every occupant is just a first step. It's not good enough to have this safety equipment aboard if people don't know how to use it in an emerg- ency. Children should not only wear life jackets but be taught how to float in them before they go boating. Children and adults should be required to stay seated in the boat. If there is art overturn, they should be aware of the need to stick with the craft until help arrives-in summer water conditions. The operator must also be aware of the necessary fueling conditions. The motor should be off before fueling and smoking forbidden to prevent very danger- ous explosions. Care by power boat operators to exercise caution when encountering canoes, row boats and sailboats also reduces boating hazards. Now .that crowding of lakes, rivers and even coastal - waters is becoming the rule rather than the exception, knowledge of the rules of the road is essential for boaters. While this knowledge is more common in coastal waters far too many inland power boaters fail to. 'carry running lights when roaring through the night. "This is - especially dangerous in lakes where canoers and rowers often share the nighttime waters. : "+ Continued on page 14 as PERRY STAR | COMPANY, LIMITED Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Are : .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. i Becond Class Mail Registration ivumber 0265 Subscription Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr., Elsewhere 8.00 per year. Single Copy 10¢ ; CSA TS Tb Sas DRT SCM NE SN SCRE EE) HARRY This means boat: SWEET MEMORIES OF DOMINION DAY One of the last, and one of the few traditional Canadian holidays is under attack by the tremites who want to turn every holiday into a holiday weekend. - The grand old 24th of May, with scor- ched fingers and the pungent stink of firecrackers, has been whittled into -just another Monday holiday. = They're chip- ping away at Remembrance Day. - And the only day of truly national Canadian. importance, celebrating the birth of our nation, is due to go under to the pressures of commercialism. Hard- ly anybody calls it Dominion Day anymore, and some industries and "business firms simply ignore it. - sin? When | was an urchin it was an im- pressive holiday. There were bands and baseball games, parades and panoply, and interminable speeches about our great Dominion, the Fathers of Confederation, ties with Empire, and what a great guy the Mayor was. It meant that school was: really over, at last, that the endless glorious summer had finally begun. It was a strong punc- tuation mark in the year. If you had a cottage, it meant your dad had a day off to drive the family there, get them settled, get the boat out. It was often an all-day job for the old man, with an average of about three flat tires en route. If you didn't have a cottage, and most didn't, you went to the ball game, or swam in the river, or went fishing, or had a family picnic. If you had a car. Many didn't. Those were peaceful days in the small towns. There was no frantic scramble for the tourist dollar because there were few tourists. Summer was a time to take it easy. The days were hot and long. The , Sugar and Spice evenings were full of hot smells and. children's voices, and parents rocking on the front porch. Lemonade or an ice cream cone topped 'off the day, which seemed 66 hours of enjoying life. What a change in those (comparatively) few years. Today, with good roads, a car in every garage, and a restless populace, summer begins back around Easter, with thousands thronging the highways to: get somewhere. I'm not complaining, or trying to hold up progress , whatever that is. Just feel- ing a bit nostalgic about thé leisurely pace of those days, and wondering why we're 'all rushing around like nuts, today. But | "can tell you one thing. The clip<clop of a horse and buggy on a soft summer . ing was a lot lovelier than the squeal of tires and the bellow of motor-bikes This summer, I'm in a bit of a dilem- ma. I'd half planned to go to England and Scotland, and just nosey around look- ing up some old pubs, old cathedrals and old girlfriends. But my wife isn't keen. She's not much for pubs, considers one old cathedral much like another, and would probably come to verbal blows with the old girlfriends. To clinch the latter, both our student offspring are among the vast army of the unemployed. At least, Hugh hasn't a job. . Last report, Kim had one, as she explain. ed when she called to borrow money on the strength of her job, but it was hand- ling food, and she's been knocking over glasses of milk and dropping cups since - she was one, so we figure she's been fired. ....But there's a beautiful alternative to the overseas trip. .In.a letter to weekly editors, I suggested I might hire a trailer this summer. .The response was over- . whelming, though I wasn't fishing for in- ~ Continued on page 18 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 21, 1920 "A daring robbery took place at Prince Albert when Mr. Jas, Holman's store was burglarized on Wednesday night of last week, and about a thousand dollars worth of goods were stolen, The goods included sugar, drygoods, tobacco and other articles of a general store stock, About thirty Port Perry people attended the Old Folks concert at Shirley on Monday night, The affair which was under the direction of Miss Estelle Bull was very success- ful. Receipts were over $115. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 28, 1946 A marriage of interest to Port Perry people took place June 6th, 1945 in the Church of England at Heston, England of L.A.W. Elizabeth (Betty) Wellstood, RAF, eldest daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wellstood, Taunton, Sommer- set to LAC William Thomas (Bill) Beare, RAF, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil E, Beare. Billy Brock left Malton on Monday to fly by plane to Union, N.J. where he will spend a couple of weeks with Dr. and Mrs. G.H. Jackson and Stanley. Messrs. Bill Bell, Don and Stan Lane are attending Cadet Camp at Niagara-on-the-Lake this week. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 30, 19556 Last week Mrs. J. E. Jack- son entertained her piano pupils at her home in place of their annual public recital. The June meeting of the Scout and Cub Mother's Aux-, iliary was held at the home of Mrs, Leslie Beacock with 16 ladies present. Menus were planned for Scout Camp. Talent money which - was : aspecial festure of the evening was very successful, 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 30, 1960 Mrs. W. F. Nott ably assisted by Mrs. Alfred Prent- ice, entertained thirty guests at a farewell party in honour . of her daughter, Gladys and family (Mr. and Mrs. Phil Grendron, Michael and Paul) "on Saturday, June 26th, 1960 on the occasion of their departure to reside in Cal- ifornia, U.B.A. A new location for the town dump has been opened south of Hwy. 7A near the causeway, Mr. Bob Snelgrove has secured work in Parliament Buildings, Toronto, for the holiday.