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Reader's Viewpoint Worries about neglected road The Editor: I would like to point out -a few unmentioned but rele- vant facts re your coverage of the council meeting Sep- tember 12 which involved irate residents of the Man- vers-Cartwright Boundary Road. These residents are irate because part of this road has been neglected over the years by the Township of Scugog; despite the high taxes residents now pay for minimal services, part of this Manvers Cartwright Boundary is totally impass- able from the first snow fall to late spring. As for the "miles and miles of similar roads in similar condition in the town- ship", surely your readers will agree that every person residing in the township who pays substantial taxes to the township should be guaran- teed adequate access to his home. On the Manvers-Cart- wright Boundary Road, if an ambulance or a fire truck was required for emergency purposes on this neglected portion (yes, people do live all year round on the neglec- ted portion), it could not get in. Would you not be irate if you knew your family might be denied emergency access to a hospital? Or if you could not get fire insurance for the winter months? Or if your 83 year 'old mother had to trudge one-quarter mile thru snow drifts to get her mail? This is why these residents are irate because they...and I...find this situation intoler- able. Come on Mr. Malcolm and Mr. MacDonald, let's get a snowplough up there this winter. J.C. Renaud, c-0 Kirk, R.R. 1, Nestleton. Hallowe'en Sunday undemocratic decision The Editor: In your red-lettered front page heading of last week I was surprised to read of the undemocratic decision of Scugog Town Council as to Hallowe'en being held on Sunday. Undemocratic, as it .was passed at the Council meeting too late to get a possible rebuff from their local constituents. Counc. J. Taylor's reason- ing is away off centre. He feels tampering with such things could provide a prec- edent. Is the precedent not already set? - regarding Dominion Day etc. I feel confident that Monday will be considered as Boxing Day this year, or there will be a public outcry. Councillor Rose in my opinion, should have expres- sed that there was no harm in the young ones going out on Saturday, rather than the other way around. This way there would have been an extra hour of light, and the Police force would only have had to have extra patrol for one night. More important still is the disturbing fact of the widening gap in respect to the Lord's day. Surely we, - as church leaders should 'encourage our people to wor- ship and serve the Lord on His day. 'Pastor Payne Port Perry Baptist Church ' TRV etn FR yy A LSI LRAT. TY Ph Ah MUMIESYIT RIVERA, ' EN Hl a By whe RXR LILY WI ATS VIL RIS | FH ¥ aaa A itd s LNs «! . i $18 + A nancial Mt abiisad aad Yr oy Rn NAAT, PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1976 -- 5 Lectures on education Parents as well as educat- ors are invited to attend a unique series of lectures to be held by the Council for Exceptional Children at Port: Perry High School Nov. 10, Nov. 17, Nov. 24 and Dec. 1. The Durham chapter of the Council will be presenting experts in the field of educat- ion to present the lectures of two areas of exceptionality... the learning disabled child- ren (Nov. 10 and 17) and the gifted children (Nov. 24 and Dec. 1). To be held on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 to 9:30 at the high school, the meetings will give parents the oppor- tunity to hear professionals describe the latest methods of assessment and program- ing especially directed to parents. A discussion period will follow. On hand at the first two sessions will be Jack Gard- ner, principal of Treatment Centres, Durham Region. For the second two sessions, Special Education Consult- ant Brian Smith will be officiating. The chapter hopes to at- tract people to the lectures from the Port Perry, Ux- bridge, Beaverton and Can- nington areas. The first session on The Learning Disabled Child will deal with the meaning of this label and others such as perceptually handicapped and dyslexic. It will enable parents to see beyond the label and to help their child with his specific difficulties. The second session will deal with the child who is handicapped by hyperactiv- ity or inappropriate be- havior. Child management training wtll be discussed. Additional avenues for help for your child will be reviewed, The second series of lec- tures will deal with The Gifted Child. The gifted child will be discussed with: a view to showing parents how to determine whether their child is gifted, helping the child to increase his thinking ability and developing stimu- lating programs for the child at home. No chance for Lake Scugog Shallow lakes such as Scugog, Sturgeon, Pigeon and other Kawartha Lakes have no chance of survival unless drastic action is taken to preserve them, according to Lindsay's controversial Coun. Rhys Williams, chair- man of the town's pollution control committee. Coun. Williams, who in- flamed Lindsay council earlier this month when he accused Lindsay of being the major contributor to the Nonquon pollution problem, gave his reasons for the accusations by releasing his own report through the local press. Coun. Williams said an observation that arose from a meeting of the pollution control committee with ministry of health, natural resources, and environment representatives was that Lindsay is the chief culprit in 'the pollution of the Scugog Ri River, with Ops playing a major role and areas to the south (Mariposa, Durham. and Manvers) playing less but still significant roles. It was also recommend! that at least one employee ! put on the Lindsay payroll 1. work on pollution problem: According to William: Lindsay have never, at any time within his memory, "kept pace in sewage collec- tion and treatment, with other developments in the town", "We have done," said Williams, "only what we have been virtually forced to do at the insistance of provincial ministries." Bill Smiley | Than ks for October " An English poet (Browning?), asked a rhetorical question years ago: 'What is so rare as a day in June?" The obvious answer is "Nothing." Maybe so. A day in June in England on which it is not raining is a rare thing indeed, and something quite fine. The world is green and soft and effulgent with the sights and scents of flowers. But the sentiment hasn't much meaning to a Canadian. A day in June usually means a heat wave and mosquitoes. Soggy armpits and an irritating whine in the bedroom. Making much more sense to a Canadian would be: "What is so rare as a day in October?' I don't know about you, but for - > me, there is nothing on God's good earth to equal a golden October day, when the air is as clear as the thoughts of a saint, the land lies fallow, and the wild, free honk of the goose sends the chills up the spine. In the West, the poplars shimmer with their burden of gold coins. In the East, the Master Painter has got 'drunk and is slashing unbelievable colors across the landscape. Mother Nature has delivered the fruit of . her womb, and is still feminine, lying back and suckling her children, spent but resting. She has not yet done her transvestite bit and changed into the clothes of Old Man Winter, quite another kettle of fish. 50 YEARS AGO Thurs., November 4, 1926 We are pleased to learn '4 that Miss Marion Goode has won the Second Car- ter Scholarship for Ontar- io County. Marion is young and brilliant student. Arrangements are being made for an ex- change of choirs on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 14, between the Bowman- ville United Church and the Port Perry United Church. Upon this occa- sion the service of. the Bowmanville Church is to be broadcasted. Property for sale: Brick store on Queen St., two stories with stone basement, well rented. Priced for quick sale, $900. if sold at once. 25 YEARS AGO Thurs., November 1, 1951 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Walker suffered severe damage to their house and furnishings in a flash fire. at noon on Thursday L last week. The amount of loss is not definitely known, but it will be in the thousands of dollars. None of the contents of the house was'insured. Port Perry Better Bull Syndicate paid Geo. R. McLaughlin, Oshawa $5,800. for the Holstein bull calf, Elmcroft Har- tog Sultan at the all Canadian Holstein sale held in Toronto. Mem- bers of the Syndicate pre- sent on the occasion were Leslie Smith, Horace Webster, Burnsell Web- ster, Lloyd Smith and Harold Honey. 15 YEARS AGO Thurs., November 2, 1961 Fire broke out in the Dixon cottage at Platten's Island (Scugog) on Tues- day and Port Perry Fire Department was called to quench the blaze. One room was gutted by the flames as well as consid- erable damage of water and smoke to the rest of the building. Two Scout lads, Grant Williams and David Hub- When..? bard collected $25.00 for UNICEF as they made the "Trick and Treat" rounds on Halloween night. This morning, Nov. 2, the Hon. M.B. Dymond, Minister of Health, offic- ially opened the new Jack Hope's IGA store opposite the bowling green on Queen Street. 10 YEARS AGO Thurs., November 3, 1966 June Murray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Murray, Port Perry, re- ceived her Gold Cord at a ceremony on Sunday, October 30, in the Church of the Ascension. 296 children from R.H. Cornish Public School and Prince Albert Public School collected $267. for UNICEF during Hallo- we'en celebrations. According to a letter received from Q.W.R.C. and read in the Port Perry council, test drill- ing for a new well for Port Perry will commence shortly, following receipt and valuation of tenders. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Menzies won first prize at a Hallowe'en party spon- sored by Branch 419, Royal Canadian Legion. On the golf course, the turf is still green and springy, and it's almost a pleasure to lose a ball in a heap of fallen leaves. On the bay, the water is a blue so intense that it shouts back in mockery to the deep, calm blue of the sky. Around the pot-holes and sloughs, there is the tense thumping of the heart as the ducks head in to land, or take off with a suddenness, in morning, that makes the adrenalin pump. On the rivers, wrapped like Eskimoes, the anglers tease for that last, lurking rainbow trout that will go ten pounds. There is thump of leather on leather as the football heads for a climax. And there is the headiness of track meets, where the young push every sinew to jump farther, run faster. There is the ritual raking of the leaves, and the jumping in the leaf-piles by the little folk. And, if your town hasn't passed a stupid by-law against the burning of leaves, there is the sheer joy of that. Let me hesitate a moment there. The burning of the leaves is just as symbolic as the planting of the first seeds and bulbs in the spring. It should be a time for neighbors to be out, chatting quietly and raking the flaming bits back onto the pile. A time for children to stay up late and poke the bonfire with sticks. It should be a time for incantations. We are cremating our belov- ed, with tenderness and regret, but without sadness. We know they will live again. Maybe that's what October is all about. It is a time of dying, when life flares up in all its splendour, briefly but brightly, before going quietly and with dignity, to the grave. Sometimes all these things come together on a Canadian Thanksgiving Day. What is so rare as a day in June, indeed! Give me an October Thanksgiving, with the yellow sun filtering through the wild ecstasy of the maples, and the water and sky so blue it hurts, and I'll give you a glimpse of glory. Come in from golf, or fishing, or hunting, or just walking, into the incredible smell of roasting turkey, and you've had a glimpse of paradise. Draw me up to a blazing fire of oak logs, and the bite of a good rye, and the women making gravy in the kitchen, and the grandchildren climbing all over me, and a discussion 'of those other turkeys, the Toronto Argonauts, and I wouldn't trade places with the Shah of Iran, the Queen of England, or the Pope. It's then I have my personal Thanksgiv- ing. It's a long time to be married to a strange woman, but we're still together. My grandbabies are as bright as butterflies. My daughter has her head sorted out, and is tough and self-reliant. And quite beautiful, despite the new toughness. There is food in the house. There is oil in the tank, even though we may be feeding the furniture into the fire in ten years. My arthritis is only ten per cent worse than last year. I have some good friends. I like my work My teeth are getting ropy but my hearing and sight are excellent. My morals seem to be in the same old shape, not good, but so-so, no worse. I don't have any great aspirations that are unfulfilled. In fact, I don't have any great aspirations, which fact considerably annoys those who think I should. I'm sorry. This sounds completely hedonistic. And itis. I've paid my dues in suffering and frustration. I'd like to sit back and watch my belly grow (which it won't), and tell my grandsons tall tales, and chuckle at the absurdity of the human race. Maybe next week I'll be on the barricades with Women's Lib or Labour of the AIB or food parcels to white Rhodesians. But this week, I'm just on my Thankful kick. The Argyle Syndicate Ltd. 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