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ARR Ta » -- = 3, 3 2, » RR , Hats off for Kinsmen and Kinettes One year ago the Kinsmen Club of Port Perry . 'was born, Despite the fact the club was giyen little chance to survive in ascommunity where already one service club and other organizations struggled - to keep up attendance at meetings, the club is very much alive. ) During the first year, the club has been - extremely active and the members, have supported the many projects and attended meetings faithfully.-80 to 85 percent attendance at meetings is commonplace and with a membership-of just above 20, the local Kinsmen must continue to take an active part in order to reap the benefit of first year 's success. The club is notonly thriving, but has proven to bo a very important part of Port Perry and area and has definitely lived yp to the Kin pledge of "serving the community's greatest needs.' Saturday night, at the recently remodeled Blackstock Recreation Centre the occasion of the First Anniversary was celebrated by some 125 -- Kinsmen; -Kinettes and other guests from Port Perry, Uxbridge, Oshawa, Peterborough, Lindsay and Barrie. The fear that most out of town Kinsmen and Kinettes would have to abandon the trip due to the terrible storm Saturday night was pre-mature. Despite the storm, most of the guests arrived at Blackstock, perhaps a little later than expected, but in the true Kin spirit. Adding much to the success of the anniversary night was the installation of the recently formed Kinette Club of Port Perry. This small group of devoted ladies will no doubt find many reasons to live by the same pledge 'serving the community' Ss greatest needs.' On behalf of the residents in Port Perry and area, the Star takes the liberty of congratulating the Kinsmen Club on the occasion. of the first birthday and extend a warm welcome to the Kinette Club and wish for them an.equally.successful-first- from es ; "birthday, next year. 0il and erivironment in Canada's North Panarctic Explorations, a company partially subsidized by the Federal Government announced last week that it has discovered a new and what could be very large source of oil in Canada' Ss far North. As we all know, oil is a precious comoditv. Existing sources in the world are being depleted, and the political climate in many oil-producing countries is unstable to say the least. Thus, the news of Panarctic's discovery of oil in the far north should be welcome, for this could conceivably have a very favourable effect on the Canadian economy in the next few years. However, major drilling and transportation operations represent a very real threat to, the environment, especially the thin delicate balance of nature in Canada's far north. Now, is the perfect opportunity for the oil companies to prove that development can take place without any. serious ecological disruptions. In fact, this is more than just an opportunity, it's a necessity. PORT PERRY STAR COMPANY, LIMITED *WNA : (oun) : Gw = Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and 1) Cartwright Townships P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher - Editor JOHN B. McCLELLAND, = Associate Editor WM. T. HARRISON, Plant Manager. Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member Of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assiciation Published every Wednesday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class maill by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr., Elsewhere $6.00 per year. Single Copy 10¢ Be poe : Arrstoy, Mareh 2, 1922 BILL "MILEY UGAR ano w SPICE VERDICT IN: JALNA'S A MESS Well, what do you think of the CBC's widely-touted Jalna series? Please don't answer that aloud. There are ladies present. Ah, with what hopes we looked forward to a truly brilliant, all-Canadian cast, all-Can-' adian material, and a decent budget. It would astonish the world, dazzle the screen, and all of the world's great networks would beat a path to the CBC door, clutching millions of pounds, francs, dollars and lira, begging and pleading for the right to reproduce it. So much for hopes. The result merely shows that you can have on" hand champagne, caviar and filet mignon, but if the cook doesn't know what he's doing, it ends up as watery, limp and lukewarm hash. We have the champagne in the shape of gorgeous sets. We have the caviar in a collection of first-rate actors, And we have the filet in the rare beef of the original Jalna novels. But what emerges on the screen is the most hamfisted, club-footed, distorted, downright -dog of a series anyone could dream up. Or nightmare up. The champagne has been watered, the caviar has been fired from a shot-gun, and the rare beef has been minced into hamburg. Iwarned the CBC before the series began, that I would roast it if it weren't at least reasonably good. It's not even reasonably bad. Can you roast hash? 1 watched theirst episode with a mixture of disbelief and horror. The second was a little better, and hope sprang eternal. The flame was quickly smothered by the succeeding wet blankets. I thought I knew the Jalna novels inside out. But the series is so baffling that, were it not for the names of the characters, I'd be willing 'to 'admit that it was the Bobbsey Twins series I was thinking of. ~The most coherent. parts of the Sunday night show are the commercials. But even here you have to keep a wary eye, because you're not quite sure they aren't part of the plot, so dense and unwieldy is the latter, Those faint screams you hear from your set are not static. They are Miss Mazo de la Roche, author of the novels, shrieking epithets at the CBC the director, and (continued on page 5) Larmer, 50 YEARS AGO 3 Mr. Herb Eagleson of Seagrave has moved to his new home, .. A notation out of the Utica . News stated that it is very dangerous for the young men to be driving around Sunday _ evening without bells, Mr. George Collins 'has sold his property to Mr. Mc of Toronto. ve Rundle is in Toronto "attending the Good Roads® Convention, Mr. and Mrs. W. A Christy of Bloomfield have decided _ to become residents of Port Perry. 25 YEARS AGO A % Thursday, March 6, 1947 "There has not been such a winter storm in fifty-three years. Port Perry is snow- ~ bound. On Tuesday, a call came to Dr. Irwin to attend a case in Greenbank. The doctor went. How he arrived -- by car, on horseback, on foot -- is a story of endurance. Snowbanks run from eight to twenty foot high. Flying. officer, . George Mulligan's mother, Mrs. H. % H. Mulligan received a signal honour award, the * Operational 'Wings of the Royal Canadian Air Force in rae recognition. of gallant. Ser-.. __vice in action against the enemy. Mr. Mulligan was a - killed in action. Arrangements are under way for Port Perry's 75th Anniversary of Incorporat- ion. Fiday, March 7th, is the birthday of David Daniel Palmer, flags will fly at halfe mast at the Palmer Mem- ~ orial Park. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 7, 1957 Winners in the Lions Club Public Speaking Competi-g, tions of Port Perry High School were Mary. Lynn Hodgins and Bruce Taylor. Miss McCully, English teacher did a great deal in the organizing of this contest. Port Perry High School ® won the Inter-School Drama Festival Trophy. A second 'award also was presented to' Esther Pickard (best actor(. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lamb and Mr. Fred Christie, of Manchester attended thes Fair Boards Convention in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Blackstock -were uest of honour when their - amily and friends enter- tained in honour of their thirty-fifth Wedding anniv® ersary. : 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 1, 1962 Six All Round Cords were presented to Blackstock Giri® Guides. This. was the com- munity's first presentation of All Round Cords. Under the direction of Mr. Roy Cornish and his teaching . staff the fifth annual Public School Carnival was held at the arena. Lieutenant Merle Short Guide Leader of the 2nd Guide Company was pre- sented with het warrant by District Commissioner Ruby Roach. Tenderfoot pins were presented to Eleanor Sum# mers and Joanne Martyn. AY