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ud ¢ ol e ole '» [4 A J @ of «|e bh » [J ® ® + ® > | y ¢ ) Reader's Viewpoint Questions fairness in C of C' The Editor: On June 3, 4 and 5, The Scugog Chamber of Com- merce will yo) its 6th annual Home nd Recreat- ion Show. I should like to make some comments for the perusal of your readers. First, let me introduce myself. My name is William E. (Bill) Holland. David M. ," (Dave) Smith and I jointly own Pickering Marine & Sports Ltd., which is located «in Pickering. Last year, we were ap- - proached by the Chairman of the Home and Recreation Show to put in a display. We were pleased to do so. Such functions are mutually bene- ficial; the show producers are able to raise 'money while 'offering the public a varied display; the exhib- itors are able to place their wares before an interested public. We had a. particular interest in the event because my wife and I had just purchased land in the Port Perry area and were looking forward to becoming part of the Community. In actual fact, since that" time both. Mr. Smith and myself have taken up per- manent residence on Scugog Island. We love the life and have made a conscientious attempt to become involved in the community. We do Letters to the Editor The Port Perry Star welcomes letters to the editor from its readers, however, all letters received must be signed by the writer and include address and phone number to be considered for publication. Any letter we receive 'unsigned'! will not be published. We would encourage those writers submitting letters to use their name, but it will be withheld upon request, and a pen name may be used. The STAR reserves the right to edit all letters received and to withhold any that do not appear to be in the best interest of the community. 2 most of our_shopping in Port Perry. We havg made many * friends within tis Sammi ity, some of them young businessmen who are mem- bers of the Chamber of Commerce. Indeed, we have been encouraged to join that organization, and planned to do so. You can imagine our sur- prise and dismay then -to . learn that we were not to be allowed to exhibit at this year's show. We had as- sumed it as a matter of course that having partici- pated last year, we would be welcome at this year's show. We had begun to make our plans. © Then we learned that. the Chamber, at a meeting-on or about April 26, 1976, passed a by-law restricting" partici-- pation in this year's show to those businesses operating sw within the immediate Port Perry district. It was ex- plained to me that it behoov- ed the Chamber of Com- merce to serve the local members, or at least to give them figst right of refusal in a show such as this. Were that ruling applied fairly, T could accept it. However, there are two dis- crepancies 1 would, like to question :- ' 1. Why was a Whitby Craft Shop asked to participate before its local counterpart was approached? 2. Since there were three exhibitors in this interest line last year. and only twp; local marinas have indicated an interest in displaying this year, why could we not again fill the third spot? It would almost seem as though the by-law was speci- fically drafted to ban Picker- ing Marine and Sports Ltd. from the Show. This is a particularly distressing con- clusion in view of the, fact 'that although our business is outside the Port Perry area, my partner and I, as individ- uals, 'are enthusiastic, inter- ested, involved members of the Community, actively supporting those local merchants represented "by the Scugog Chamber of Commerce. I invite comments. readers' W. E. (Bill) Holland Pickering Marine & Sports: Ltd. PORT PERRY STAR Th or OT od ~ A. 2/4 six EAS FRET vy AF hy i! . AY IRR ETAR SOR WPI raiondiidie Dep i . Yl ' RPI SERPXTIN HITS Ww FSS Wednesday, May 5, 1976 -- § Active week for During the weeks of April 20th - May 2nd, there were 20 motor vehicle collisions reported to Whitby O.B.P. 2 persons were injured in these collisions. _ During the 2 week period, 180 general occurrences were reported to Whitby Detachment. Twenty persons were ar: rested on outstanding war- rants for other police depart- ments. Six impaired drivers arrested and charged. One person charged for driving under suspension, 12 liquor seizures, and 11 persons charged under the Lord's Day Act for Sunday Trucking. . There were 879 charges laid under the Highway Traf- fic Act. Prov. Const. B. H. Knowles and Prov. Const. F. Gaul investigated a series of Break Enter and Thefts of cottages on Scugog Island, as a result of their investi- gation four persons have been charged and the stolen articles recovered. Charged with Break Enter and Theft, Public Mischiel, and Mis- s ruling \ Provincial police - chief is Thomas Rochtord, 19 years, of Scugog Island. Charged with Break Enter: and Theft are Terry Brown, 17 years, and Daniel Silver- man, 16 years, and one juve- nile, all of Scugog Island. Acting on information re- ceived, Prov. Const. M. H. Gordon and Prov. Const. L. R.. Scott arrested Dennis Gordon Trick of the Port Perry area committing a Break and Enter at Brian's BP gas station and snack bar. Trick was found inside the premises. Further investigation revealed Trick had committed an earlier Break Enter and Theft that * same morning Sunday, May 2nd at the K. R. Coulter & Associates Limited, Port Perry. The Whitby O.P.P. De- tachment would like to take this opportunity to invite the public to attend the Whitby O.P.P. Auxiliary Inspection on Tuesday, June 1st, 8:00 P.M. at the Iroquois Park, Arena, Whitby. Music for the evening will be supplied by the Ajax Pipe Band. | Bill Smiley Some words about letters When people ask me about my column, at one point or another, they usually say: 'Boy, I bet you get a.lot of mail." Well, yes. hire a secretary to send out answers, along with an autographed picture. I solve the problem by not answering most of my mail. As a result, I frequently feel guilty, for as long as three or four minutes. Ninety-five per cent of my mail is garbage, and is disposed of as such. Along with the junk mail -- flyers, broadsides and special . offers that everyone gets -- I-get quite a few letters from nuts. Rk ' Atikokan, Ont., seems to he a breeding place of this species, with apologies to all the fine Atikokans who, I'm sure, aliound in that fine, fresh, northern community. But I don't exactly have to Years ago, I had a running battle with some kooky minister from Atikokan, who accused me of things I'd have been delighted to be able to do. As I recall, he thought I thought I was a rake, and I had to convince him that I was a hoe. Then one summer evening, a stranger walked into my backyard and introduced himself as the former linotype operator from the Atikokan paper. He wanted a reference for a job, and he wantéd us to join forces and bring down the free enterprise system, or the Women's Christian Temperance Union, or something of the sort. He got a local job, lasted a few weeks, and the only thing we managed to put down were a couple of beers. Recently, I received another letter from an Atikokan. For eight and a half pages he 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 6, 1926 A shipment of purebred Holsteins was made to the farm of the home for Protestant Quebec. Jos. Peel and Son shipped four animals, four from Wilmot Walker, one from G. H. Walker, three from George Smith and two from Stanley Croxall. Mr. R. H. Holtby was responsible for this large sale. "Films to be scen at the Port Perry Picture House in the Town Hall are Mary Pickford in Tess of the Storm Country; Bebe Daniels in Wild, Wild in Girl Shy. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 3, 1951 14 teams are expected Baseball' League this year. Those entering are Port, Perry, Sunderland, Sutton, Stouffville, Wood- Old People, . Susan; and Harold Lloyd - to enter the Tri-County ville, Valentia, Cambray, | Remember When..? Lindsay, Fenelon Falls, Little Britain, Sonya, Bobcaygeon and Cameron. At the annual meeting in Sunderland, Roy Scott, Seagrave was re-elected president, Irv- ing Boyd, Port Perry and Pete Hicks, Valentia, vice-presidents. Joan Venning received a silver cup for achieve- ment in the Durham Pub- "lic Speaking Contest last - fall. Her subject --as "Wood im the Life of Canada'. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday. May 1, 1961 Wednesday afternoon fire caused considerable damage to the store at Utica, owned by 'Lakey and MacGregor.. Port Perry Fire Brigade were called to quell the blaze in the general store. Wed- nesday afternoon the store is always closed and no one was at the store when the fire started. Alvin Blades, assistant agricultural represent- ative for Ontario County, .as of June 1 will be transferred. to Bruce County and hold the same position there. . Murray Hqltby was elected chairman of Ontario County Pasture 'ompetition Committee. Other members on the committeg from the Port Perry area are Cliff . Redman and Ed Oyler. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 5, 1966 When "the local Inter- mediate "'C" team, Tripp's Bulldozers cap- tured the coveted O.H.A. championship tropMy Wednesday night, it was the first time in the history of Port Perry. 'It took six games to com- - plete the series success- fully against a tough op- ponent from Port Elgin. Vin Walker, Port Perry, is one of 29 men appointed special con- venors of the Ontario Amateur Softball Associ- ation. belabored me about the inefficiency of privale enterprise, because of a remark I'd made, suggesting the Canadian postal ser- vice be turned aver to same. This guy agreed that the postal service was rotten, but he told me, with many examples, that private industry, also, is completely inefficient. Tagree, man. It's lousy. I know. I'once worked for-a summer in one of North America's great industries, and I have never, before or since, seen such skulldug- gery among the workers and stupidity in management. But what hurt was when he called my remarks a "figment of the imagination of a naive, inexperienced, sheltered academic, such as yourself." All the nasty words were underlined. ' Well, I've got news for you, boyo. Any guy who has worked on the lake boats, in industry, gone through a war, engaged in that toughest of all free enterprises, the weekly newspaper business, and staggered through nearly 30 years of marriage and child-raising, is not exactly naive, inexper- ienced, or sheltered. He may be a shattered wreck, but. And 1 recent being called an academic. I'm a school teacher. Neither proud of it nor ashamed of it. don't try to mold little twigs in the way they should bend. Nor do I try to turnout a "product" that our soaiety will be proud of. I just try to teach younger people something of what I have learned about life. The letter mentioned was signed, but about the signature was a fairly desperate "You can't use my name," with the "can't" underlined three times. I should, and_have you fired as an atheist, womanizer, boozer and Marxist, but I won't. .It isn't important. Boy, here's another letter 1 don't quite know what to do with. It's from a chap who tells me I'm all wrong about the Post Office, and then proceeds at length to tell me what a dirty deal he gat as an employee of that moribund corpse. File it, I guess. He, too, can't be named. Here's a pleasant one from a lady whose daughter must live in sin, or lose her university grant. If she gets married, her husband will have to pay her fees. This is a blatarit inequity, inmy eyes, but a subject for Women's Lib, which could certainly use ~some intelligent causes, for a change. And here's a dandy, from a fellow who has "written a book. He sent mea copy, and says: "After you have read it, would you consider givingitthe e mention in your column as was done g¢ith Ten Lost Years? He says: RT REA A 1 IR ATA - correspondence fFom Vf rot PERRY STAR "This book is similar, perhaps more pro- found." Atleast he's honest. "If you would, it may give it some ex(ia sales impact required at this time.' Sorry. No way. It is a dull book. Ah. Here's a lively bit of correspondence. H's my weekly news sheet from Imperial Oil. Fifteen years ago, at a rather bibulous reception, I met a charming young lady who worked for that company's public relatidns department. When she learned I wrote a syndicated column, she wanted to know if I'd like to receive the regular Imperial Oil news. "Sure," I gestlred expansively. 'Send along anything. A quart of oil here, a gallon of gas there, your sister if she's not busy." Ever since, I've been getting that hot little item from Imperial Oil, the weekly news release. And it inevitably kindles a little glow. In my fireplace. Oh, Lordy. Here's another great sheaf of that perpetual nuisance, the guy who had his name changed officially to Mr. Midwife. | He is now President of an organization called International Scientific Lay Non-Med- ical Midwives. . Now. I can swallow Non-medical Mid- wives. But I find it hard to conjure up an' . International Scientific Lay. 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