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8 RE A 4 a F a gy te CORT SLATE SA MAE 3 } Reader's Viewpoint The Editor: We would like to comment on your 'Editorial of Nov- ember 24, 1976 dealing with the Scugog Ratepayers' Association questionnaire that was sent to Council and * School Board candidates. The questionnaire was not the "brainchild" on any one 'person. |. The idea was for- * mulated at our Executive Meeting on September 30, 1976, and on October 6 and 13 we advertised in the Port Perry Star that part of our General Meeting on October 14, 1976 would be to develop questions for candidates at the All-Candidates Meet- ings. 'A questionnaire was compiled and sent to the various candidates, with a covering letter - explaining its purpose and requesting, not "demanding", a reply by November 22. The answers were to be limited, for obvious reasons, with the suggestion that the' candidates could expand on their views at the Meetings, if desired. This question- naire naturally involved a great deal of research and time on the part of each candidate, as well as work for the Ratepayers' Execu- five Questions and suggestions were put forth by those people interested enough to attend the General Meeting on October 14, 1976. Some of these may not have seemed important, logical, or fair to you, but obviously they were to the people who presented them. "The fact remains -that we attempted to agree on the best questionnaire possible. We never felt it was flawless but at least we made the attempt. The replies were printed and sent to the Ratepayers' membership by mail prior to the first All-Candidates - meeting. - The information from the questionnaire was to be available at all the meetings, so that everyone present could compare the responses. The remaining copies were to be given to new members while quanti- ties lasted. It was the intention of the Scugog Ratepayers' Assoc- iation, as always, to best serve the people of Scugog Township. We hope that you and any of your readers would feel free, at any time, to join our Association and help us in this endeavour. . Respectfully, The Executive of the Scugog Ratepayers' Assoc. Editor's Note: -We erroniously stated in our editorial that the questionnaire itself was the "brainchild"' of one person. It should have read that the person in question suggest- ed the circulation of the questionnaire to the public at all-candidates meetings to make such meetings more productive. We apologize for our misinterpretation. ot sAY 2 et MCS Voi PARITOR SY NHS BIANIASENS PARP RIUI A061 VARS FILE ARAL ft 4 SATE Vir AT F FIRB PEA I aa 0 LS / AR PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1976 -- 5 - = Demands parental control Ratepayers explain questionnaire = Do You Know Where Your CHILDREN ARE? If you think they are out having a nice quiet time at the arena, parents, you just do not know what is going on. Take a trip down to the skating rink some Saturday evening and get your eyes opened, unless they already are and you just couldn't "care less. Maybe your Satur- day night parties mean too much to you and you figure the rink is a good baby-sitter for your "child". I've got news for iyou! I was astonished to see so many 5, 6, 7, 8th graders smoking cigarettes AND pot. Thanks for the interest Dear Mr. Gast: We wish to tell you of the pleasure you gave us in writing about the Senior Cit- izens Square Dancing on Octdber 14 edition. Your grasp of the feelings we have for Square Dancing, was put into words that explained those feelings. *This is not an easy thing to do, because I'm having trouble telling you how .much we appreciate your interest, by writing about us. . Our membership has in- creased since the article; we were having trouble get- ting them interested before that. Thank you very much. Have a nice day. Yours sincerely, Mill & Lou Hele, Chairpersons, Square Dancing, Senior Citizens, Port Perry. Don't be so surprised and don't try and call me a liar. 1 might not be a doctor and know all the little details about the subject, but I have very accurate hearing. The language also, was atrocious. The four-letter words were flying right and left. You may call me old-fashioned and I don't Apology for error Dear Sir: In the last issue of the Port Perry Star, you re- printed an article from the Financial Post magazine called the Butter Tart Baron. In this article there was mention of the salary of Mrs. Dorothy Bourgeois. The amount stated in the article is a misprint because it is greater than the amount quoted to Mr. Christie. We apologize to Mrs. Bourgeois for any embar- rassment that this error may have created. Yours truly, Michael D. Laing, C.A., Controller. care, but I belive that after a week of school, the child- ren should have at least one night with Mom and Dad. There were maybe five or six adults standing inside the glassed-off area, but I was the only parent on the ice. Where are the people who are supposed to be looking after this place? - Maybe the question should be: Kids, do you know where your parents are? . We are in the process of building a new arena. Why? We are not even capable of runni ng the old one. -concerned mother, Carol Koch Provoked controversy Gentlemen: It is indeed with full mea- sure of disappointment, that I notice the absence of "Kelly's Corner" from your newspaper.) Even "thqugh I didn't always agree with Mr. Kelly, there is no doubt that his column was usually informative and provoc- (continued on page 6) Bill Smiley Who needs Quebec? Like so many othérs, I was completely astonished by the sweeping victory of the Parti Quebecois in La Belle Province. I yas also just dreadfully, dreadfully upse at the thought of that darn old separatorateest Rainy Lavack taking over as Prime Minister of Quebec and exercis- ing his rights to exorcise that fair province right out of the body politic of this Great Nation. In fact, I was so disturbed by the whole thing that when my assistant department head, Jeanne Sauve, came up to me in the hall, grinning fiercely, and said, "Vive De Gaulle!" T just gave her an icy look and walked on. Pa I' made myself scarce when my old shuffleboard partner, Bill Chenier, was looking for me for our usual noon-hour game in the staff room. No way am I going to be buddies with some guy who is probably an underground agent for Rainy Levack. So However, I got my own back in a sort of sneaky, and you might even say sadistic way. I asked my four-year Grade 11's if they'd heard the news that the government of Ontario was going to put everyone with a French-Canadian name in concentration camps, just as our federal government, in its infinite stupidity, did with the west coast Japanese after Pearl Harbor. t Boy, that shook them. They started looking around at each other. Half my classes are made up of Robitailles, Cadieuxs, Cadeaus, Moreaus, Bourgeois 50 YEARS AGO Thurs, December 2, 1926 Marion Goode won the "Second Carter Scholar- ship of @ntario" at Port Perry High.School. Dor- othy Davey won the "Scugog Chapter Imper- ial Order Daughters of the Empire" Scholar- ship. Mr. J. T. Best wishes "to notify: his customers that he will close his shoe repair shop during the winter, reopening March 15th, 1927. Robert Duff and Son, Myrtle, were successful in securing a number of prizes on their horses at the Ottawa Fair. They are at Guelph this week. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 29, 1951 Thursday afternoon, Mrs. C. W. Badour open- ed her home to the friends and neighbours of Mrs. Joseph Peel to honour her before her departure to Port Perry 3! Remember of $5000. this week when' + When..? from-Manchester. Howard Dobson and Harry Pheonix are runn- ing for Reeve of Reach Township. Running for Deputy Reeve will be Malcolm Bailey and Leslie Smith, Mrs. Dan Christie of Sunderland, visited friends in Port Perry recently. The house on the cor- ner in Scugog, recently vacated by Mrs. Hope is being rewired, ready for new occupants, Mrs. Walter Kerr, Ashburn, left on Friday to spend 'the winter months in 4.Tuscon, Ari- zona. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 30, 1961 Those qualifying for Scugog Council were Reeve Cecil Fralick; Councillors Victor Al- dred, Glen Hood, Clar- . ence Carter, and Joseph Dowson. The Port Perry Ball' Park Floodlight Fund moved closer to its goal ii a of the Ontario County 100 year. He had a yield of per acre. and Mrs. Sam Howsam, Utica, on celebrating their 58th wedding anni- versary. canvassers reported an up to date figure of $3,833.80. Welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Snyder and family of Brooklin who have purchased the new home of Mr. Merv. Gerrow, Prince Albert. 10 YEARS AGO Thurs. December 1, 1966 According to Mr. Joseph Dowson, who re- presents the Hospital Board, construction of the new" Community Hospital will commence May 1st, 1967. Reeve J. J. Gibson was again returned by ac- clamation for a two-year term, while Bruce Beare, will be the new Deputy- Reeve for Port Perry. Mr. Donald Dunkeld, Claremont, was winner Bushel Corn Club this 125.7 bushels of shelled 15 per cent moisture corn Congratulations to Mr. and so on. I said: "It'll certzinly be nice to haye smaller classes." There mouths were open. * Then one guy in a front seat, with a good 'Scottish surname, started to grin, and said, _ in the impeccable English I instil in my students, "Ya, sir, I heard that there broadcast. But you didden hear it all. They changed their mind. They ain't gowna putten in camps. They're gowna line em all- up and shootem." My cold, stern look began to crumble, and pretty soon we were all laughing as they realized they'd been "had" once more by Old Smiley. Then we talked about what the separa- tion of Quebec would mean. The kids, as usual, weren't too perturbed. Dynasties can come and go, as far as they are, concerned, as longias they don't get a homework assignment out of it. The only thing .that upsets them is a case of unrequited loves or thé breakdown of the TV set just as the big sex or violence scene gets started. The possibility of Quebec separating from the rest of Canada upsets me just about as much as it does the kids. I love Canada as it is, but I don't think that Confederation and all that jazz is a sacred thing. It was put together by a bunch of politicians for reasons that were not entirely altruistic, and if another bunch of politicians wants to disband the club, so be it. The original plighting of troths was basically a marriage of convenience. After more than a' hundred years of marital disharmony, if one of the parties feels the union is incompatible, why not get a divorce? When I was the age of my students, the British Empire stretched around the World. In the cant phrase, the sun never set on it. Today that mighty Empire has shrunk to a tiny, beleaguered Britain, financially on the rocks. Does anybody really care, except a few elderly pukka sahibs? : People love frighteneing themselves and each other. Political columnists are hav- ing a hey-day, speculating on the "balkani- zation" of Canada. After Quebec drops out, speculate the worry warts, B.C. and the Maritimes will probably become part of the U.S., the prairie provincéds will secede and form a country called Manal- sask or something, and Ontario will be left sitting high and dry, the only remaining bastion of the true-blue WASP Canadian. ve SRN LIENS aa thE Nobody seems to worry much about - Newfy. : Maybe it's time this country had a jolly good shaking up. We seemed to have changed in the last few decades from a vibrant and vital young nation with lots to be proud of, and plenty to look forward to, into a sour, crabby and suspicious middle-aged country, beset by inflation, unemployment and strikes. We run down our leaders. We seek security rather than adventure, We whine about American domination and do nothing about it. We bitch about playing our part in NATO and giving money to poor coun- tries and letting in too many immigrants and anything else that is unselfish. Despite high unemployment, we have "one of the most erratic labor forces in the world. Despite . our - tremendous natural resources, we let the Americans and the -Germans and the Japanese do the invest- ing in 'our development, because we haven't the.guts to take the risks our- selves. won Bs Maybe the threat of separation by Quebec is just the jolt this country needs tp get the old adrenalin flowing once again. . This is a great country, but it won't be great for long if it is inhabited by a hation of chickens." Or sheep. | Life is change. Things that don't change die. Let's remember that and not panic when there are indications of change, however great it may be. ~~ - The Argyle Syndicate Ltd. -- | (PORT PERRY STAR Company' Limited CL) » y, s, Phone 985 733) N En {(ouh); rn _ Err Serving Por) Perry, Reach, $cugog and Cartwright Townships i. 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