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Lh a Er uly SA Poe ne % 4 oly W 0 DITORIAL PINION It was a good election. Reflecting on the results of the municipal elections in Port Perry we have come to the conclusion the voting citizens must be given most of the credit for the success here. Compared to other years and to neighbouring municipalities this year, the turnout to the polls exceeded all expectations. 64 peraent is unheard of in a municipal election and compared to 49 percent two years ago, the result this year is exceptional. The reasons for the unusual interest and great turnout is first of all the many fine candidates competing for the seats, and the keen campaigning on part of those seeking the positions. In Port Perry, Robert Kenny regained his seat of reeve for the third time in competition with the able councillor Gerald Jackman. Mr. Jackman and councillor Howard Hall will be missed on Port Perry Council during next term. They both worked with a great dea) of interest and devoted much time for the benefit of Port Perry and its residents. Replacing the two are Rev. Reg Rose and Mr. Robert Brinkman, both new to council work. We wish them success and with the guidance of Reeve Kenny, Deputy-reeve Phil Orde and councillor . Grant McDermott, they will no doubt soon be able to fit into the pattern of work. . The two-way race for reeve in Reach Township between Arthur Catton and Lucille Gray was won by Mr. Catton. The new reeve has previous experience on council, but was defeated last year when he lost out against Sam Oyler in the contest for reeve. Reg Foster is the only new member of council, but has considerable experience from participation on local school boards, etc. Fred Christie heading the polls and Neil Hunter will occupy the other councillors' seats ahd Armour McMillan moved up to deputy-reeve by defeating Allan Bertrand. Cliff Crowell with four years of council experience behind him should be-well qualified to fill the position of reeve in Scugog Township. He won the seat in a two-way contest with Mrs. Grace Love, deputy-reeve. Mrs. Love has served Scugog Township well since she was first elected to council in 1965. Mr. Crowell and Mrs. Helen Redman, deputy-reeve, will have three new councillors, Jerry Taylor, Michael Vanstrien and Sheldon Smith take part in proceedings and make important decisions during the next term. The, election for councillors in Cartwright Township was a very dull affair when only 19 percent of eligible voters turned out. This could very well have a bearing on the result which returned the three present councillors to office. Eric Fletcher a new cadidate lost out in his bid to Harvey Graham, Donald Frew and Norman Mairs. Hard work and determination paid off for Yvonne Christie and gave her a seat on the Ontario County Board of Education. Not only did she win a seat, but she topped the polls ahead of Alex 'Williamson, a member since the inception of the new school board. Congratulations to Mrs. Christie and Gordon Goode who also quite handily retained his seat on the Board. ' Booze BEGETS BALDNESS fer New TETE-A -7TETE ff { PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited Oe -r, om): Eon Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships rr <d P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, J. PETER HVIDSTEN, Plant Manager Advertising Manager Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association 8 Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association * Published every Wednesday 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 Second Class Mail Registration Number (265 'BILL MILEY UGAR AND MAN'S INHUMANITY GOES ON AND ON AND . .. There's a typical Canadian tragedy in the making right now, and it may be too late to avert it, unless there is a hue and cry that will rattle the halls of parliament. I use the word "typical"' because it has happened again and again in this country, and we have lived to regret it. Prompted by political or pecuniary motives, Canada has gone a long way toward destroying its very self and the things that make it most dear to the average Canadadian. I am referring to pollution and the disturbance of the balance of hature. In the -name of progress we have fouled our own nest, time and again, until an outsider would think we enjoyed living in our own mess. Item. Lake Erie, with some friendly help from our old buddies, the Yanks, has been turned into a vast cesspool, which is almost -unreclaimable. Item. Paper mills and other industries have been pouring their poisons into Lake Superior for years. Item. If you took a drink of water out of Hamilton bay, you'd probably be rusting within twenty-four hours. Item. Huge industries continue to belch into the air over our big cities, until you'd think there was'a continual fall of black snow. Item. Two of our magnificent rivers, the Ottawa and the St. Lawrence, are running, open sewers. That's a very-brief sampling. And now that idiot Bourassa, prime minister of Quebec, in an attempt to save face after mishandling everything from the FLQ kidnappings to the unemployment situation, has launced the James Bay Project. : Maybe you don't know much about it, and it's all so far away that it's like a flood in China. But that's what we thought about all the other signs of "progress", is it not? "Oh, they'll never pollute the Great Lakes. They're too big. So dump the garbage boys, and flush out the tanks." L} Serice "What? Pollute the Ottawa and the St. Lawrence? Impossible, too much running water. Why should we build a sewage disposal plant? Let'er run into the river." "Don't be stupid. Squawk about the big ° plants polluting and there won't be no jobs for nobody." We've said it all, and heard it all. But what heritage are we leaving behind for our children, and theirs? A great big pile of you know what. Letting Bourassa and his boys play around with the James Bay project is like letting a couple of bright scignce students play around with a nuclear bomb. Here's the picture. The Quebec govern- ment plans a hydro project in the James Bay area, one of the last great wilderness areas in eastern North America. It is a mammoth scheme. Some estimates place the cost at $10 billion. Yep. Billion. Where is that kind of money going to come from? Plan is to tinker with up to ten dams and seven rivers which run into James Bay. The damage to the area affected, 170,000 square miles, larger than the whole United Kingdom, is incalculable. The sub-soil, known to be unstable, has taken hundreds of years to-build up on the solid rock. The tremendous weight of water in the artificial lakes -- some of them 70 miles long -- could cause earthquakes, landslides, who knows what? The lakes themselves are big enough to affect the climate of the whole area. Worse, the change in freshwater flow into James Bay could delay the spring breakup in the Bay, and make winter longer. This could affect the temperature of the water flowing out of Hudson Bay, which joins the Labrador current going south, and this in turn could make the whole eastern seabbard colder. Project this a little further and it could affect the entire fishing industry on the Atlantic shores. And worst of all is the callous disregard of the native peoples of the area. They are Cree Indians, who eke a meagre living from the (continued on page 5) 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, Dec. 14, 1922 The annual High School Concert was played in the Town Hall toa full house. The " students presented the play; "She Stoops to Conquer', by Oliver Goldsmith. Special mention was given to the following actors; Messrs. W. Nesbitt, and J. Carnegié and Misses Amy Beare, Isabel Lucas and Marguerite Jack- son. Two Carter Scholarships and a Blake Scholarship were earned by students of Port Perry High in 1922. A First Carter Scholarship and a 2nd Edward Blake Scholarship in modern languages was a- warded to Miss Mariam Harris. A Second Carter Scholarship was awarded to Miss Elizabeth Allin. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, Dec. 11, 1947 The Sports Column, des- cribing the 1947 Grey Cup; "For sustained drama and excitement, there seve will be anything to touch that Argo-Bombers affair. If you were one of the 20 thousand or so at Varsity Stadium, you'll be able to tell your "great- grandsons that 'they ain't seed nothin'!" in a football way." The Port Perry Rod and Gun 'Club spent an enjoyable evening at the Sebert House. The proceedings began with a sumptuous dinner of turkey and wild duck. Mr. Arthur Brock presided. Port Perry Firé Brigade promptly extinguished a fire which started in the kitchen of the Restaurant owned. by Mr. and Mrs. M. Crouse, who expressed their grati- tude to the fire fighters. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, Dec. 12, 1957 According to a Star article commenting on the Russia- Whitby series; "The Russians can play hockey. This fact came as a distinct shock to thousands of Canadian fans . It is amazing to see how easily they handle our boys. Our -boys look positively inept and foolish against the clean precision passing of the Russians. We iesort to body slamming, highsticking, and play a rough kind of ice . shinny. Finally, "it won't be easy to change the character of our game overnight." Team Canada players were Pee Wees when this article was written. The Christmas meeting of the Port Perry United Church Women's Association was held in the | United Church. Mr. J. Hoskin con- vened the program. Mrs. W.A. Jackson, President, presided. Mrs. O. Jeffrey and Mrs. S. Cawker favored with two duets; "Silent Night" and "Frosty the Snowman." 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, Dec 13, 1962 Fifteen 4-H clubs were organized in Ontario County in 1962. There were 342 projects undertaken by the club members and 84.3 percent of these projects were brought to a successful completion. The December meeting of the Ladies Aid Society of St. . John's Church was held at the home of Mrs. W. Owen. Mrs. C. MacMaster read the minutes and Mrs. H. Carne- gie gave the treasurer's report. I