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The Corporation's files and newspapers are full of examples of winners who have divided their winnings among their children or as- sisted relatives or friends pay off their mortgages or plan gifts for travel and education. There was even one winner who donated his entire $10,000 to charity. As you know, even non- winners in our lottery share by means of the allocation of the net proceeds of Wintario (an average of 43c of every dollar) to the thousands of worthwhile community sports, cultural and recre- ational activities and facil- ities across the Province. To date, the Ministry of Culture and Recreation has commit- ted almost 79 million dollars in the form of Wintario grants to over 5400 projects and groups across the Pro- vince. : 2. You argue that "lotter- ies are immoral, wasteful and degrading...in that they legally tell people that their hopes for material wealth are based on chance". How- ever, the purchase pattern of participants seems to indi- cate that the level of intelli- gence in Ontario is such that no one abandons or changes his ethic or quits his job on the chance that he can win $100,000 or even a million dollars. The fact is, most of the fmajor winners in Win- tario have, with the excep- tion of a trip or other brief fling, tended to operate on the basis of 'business 'as usual'. Most participants play the lottery for fun and entertain- ment. People made that readily evident to the Ontario Lottery Corporation very early in the game when they insisted that the draw be televised and that more number combinations be selected. More important is the fact that most people do not spend either a great deal of time or money on lotteries. Public surveys indicate that most people purchase only one Wintario ticket per draw and that 91.3 per cent pur chase five tickets or less. Participation is general - 82 per cent of all households in Ontario - and it cuts across all socio-economic levels. In fact, those in the lower economic categories actu- ally participate to a lesser degree than those with more money and thus, the lottery does not appear to be an: "unfair burden on the poor". The purchase of a lottery ticket is completely volun- tary and thus is no different from any other consumer purchase. And, since profits are used to support sports, cultural and recreational projects and facilities across the Province and the impet- us for project assistance originally derives from the local community itself, it is the whole community and not the rich or elite that benefit from Wintario pro- ceeds. Finally, I would like to clarify the approximate break-down of each Wintario dollar. There are five areas into which each dollar can be divided: retailers' commis- sion (8c for every ticket sold); prizes between 38c and 40c of your dollar); operating costs (including 2.3 c for advertising and promotion, 1.6¢c for ticket printing, packaging and (continued on page 6) Appreciated comments but were unnecessary Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario. To the Editor: In reply to Mr. Bob Storry's letter, 1 would like to say that while a thank you to the 'Unsung Worker" was unnecessary, it was still deeply appreciated. This project was complet- ed due to the efforts of several dedicated citizens who made up the New Arena Committee and the only reward that they require is the knowledge that they have contributed to the better- ment of their community It was an honour to serve as the Chairman of the Property and Building Committee within the New Arena Committee. The members of this committee contributed much to its success over the past few years, and I would like to thank them for their dedication - Yours sincerely, Stan Glass Why decorate tree? Dear Editor; I am a resident of Hali- burton and receive the Port Perry Star. I was reading last weeks paper and noticed the article written about Santa Claus coming to town and that the hydro crew were decorating the high Christ- mas tree in front of the Post Office. The reason that I'm writ- ing is to ask "how come Port Perry is decorating a huge tree with lights when the country is told to save elec- tricity and to cut down on (continued on page 6) Bill Smiley The Faults With Wives AR] IA CY ~ "Ay SRS ORERY LIMA FGI BNGSSOR | My wife and I had a terrific fight the other night. She's always reading articles and watching television panels. One week it's how you can guarantee that your baby will be a boy (or a girl). The next time it's how to avoid dying in your sleep be positive dreaming. Fe As you can imagine, some of these topics don't really send me, and she gets quite annoyed when I don't wax sufficiently enthusiastic. I try to participate in the monologue by reading her one of my favorite articles, something like, 'Is the Real John Turner Just a Shy, Humble Little Boy Underneath it All?" She just retorts, "Who cares?" and goes relentlessly back to her own article, which this week was about battered wives. The article was entitled "Couples that Batter Each Other matter to Each Other," or something equally ridiculous. Its gist was that married people who fight, even physi- cally, are far happier than those who hold in their resentments and become psycholog- ically warped as a result. . For once I made a stand. I told her, in words to that effect, that that was a lot of women's magazine, soap opera crap. I went on to cite some of our friends who used to batter each other regularly, and are now happily divorced from each other and "remarried to non-batterers. For some reason this irked her. I don't know whether it was the male chauvinistic crack or the fact that some of her friends are happier with a new mate, but she started a fight. Her article hadn't said anything about battered husbands. I'll draw a veil over the next few minutes, for those with tender sensibilities who have never been hit by a 50 YEARS AGO Thurs. December 16, 1926 Mrs. C. A. Rundle of Port Perry offers for sale the business conducted by the late Charles A. Rundle of Farm Machin- ery and Hardware. Mrs. Lundy secured a wide range of stations on her DeForest-Crossley radio on Tuesday night between 12 and 2 a.m., hearing from K.G.O., Queen's Hotel, Oakland, California; .K.P.0O., San Francisco; C.K.Y., Winn- ipeg; C.N.R.V., Van- couver. Brock. Bros. & Co. are offering best quality, heavily napped Shaker Blankets of good heavy cotton at $2.59 per pair. Mr. 'and Mrs. John Short have moved into their new home in the village of Seagrave, pur- Heatlie. Christmas trees for sale, 50 cents each from C. H. Kellett. chased from Mr. Frank ° Remember film, "The Absent Mind- Pw. When..? 25 YEARS AGO Thurs. December 13, 1951 Five men forced entry into the dpartment of Canadian Bank of Com- merce Manager, Mr. Helm, on Saturday. After tieing up Mr. Helm, his wife and son, and care- taker Mr. T. Asher, the robbers attempted to blow up the bank safe but were frightened off by the ringing of the phone. Congratulations to Mr. C. A. Glass, for some years an employee of the Port Perry Creamery Branch of the Silverwood Creamery, who was recently notified by mail that he won a second group prize in the butter competition at this year's Canadian National Exhibition. 15 YEARS AGO Thurs. December 14, 1961 The 7th and 8th grade students at Port Perry public School furned in a cheque for $138.30 to the Ball Park Floodlight Fund. This money was the receipts from the ed Professor", shown at the school, Saturday. Mrs. Marianne Gillan was elected deputy-reeve of the Village of Sutton in a very close three cadid- ate race on Monday, the first woman to hold this position. . Santa arrived in Por Perry this year by heli- copter, then proceeded to the arena by car where he handed out 1400 bags of candy to the delighted children. 10 YEARS AGO Thurs. December 15, 1966 The only new member on the Port Perry Coun- cil after 1966 elections was Philip Orde, a Port Perry businessman. Reeve J. J. Gibson and deputy-reeve Bruce Beare were both ac- claimed. Robert Kenny and Irving Boyd make up the remaining council. The Port Perry Lions Club increased member- ship by three recently. The new members are Dorian (Pete) Butt, Wm. S. Bradford, and Ken Goreski. sneak punch from a woman when they weren't looking. Anyway, when I had picked myself off the floor, wiped the blood from my nose, and locked myself safely in the bathroom, I issued an ultimatum. "If you ever lay a finger on me again, I'm leaving. I'm going home to your father." Herreply: "Go ahead, you crumb! If you walk out of this house, you'll never get back in. It's in my name. So's the car. I'll clean out our joint account, garnishee your salary, hire a lawyer,,and put you on Skid Row, where you belong." I needn't tell you here that she had recently read some shyster's article about how to go about doing just that to your husband. I was so mad that I was adamant for quite a while. If there'd been a phone in that bathroom, I'd have called the police for an escort, and walked right out of there. But there wasn't. Iignored her further taunts, all of them on a similarly low, despicable level, and maintained a dignified silence. She calls it sulking. Fortunately, there was a good paperback novel on the back of the toilet, and I was soon absorbed. She can't stand this. Bitter invective, coarse comments, even bad language rolls off her shoulders. But she nearly goes out of her skull when there's nobody listening to her. Finally, "Do you want a cup of tea, you cowardly bum?" I didn't make a sound for a full minute, then grunted, "Maybe. What else?" 1 meant a full apology and an abject admis- sion of her guilt in instigating the donny- brook. "And a piece of apple pie," she snapped. "With cheddar cheese." 1 gave up. How can you reason with someone like that? ' "Well, 0.K. But no more battering, baby, or I call the cops." After a while, we had cooled out a fair bit, and she got me an ice pack for my nose. I was willing to forget it, but underneath I was still simmering, and I entertained thoughts of cashing my two $100 bonds the next day, skipping off to the Canary Islands, and leaving her high and dry. But, like every woman I've ever met, she wanted to "talk things out'. That's one of the most disgusting phrases in the English language. Right, chaps? It was finally decided that we'd each make a list of our worst faults, let the other have a look at the list, then try to do something about it. I worked away assiduously for what seemed hours, my tongue stuck out of one corner of my mouth. My list went something like this: a) too ready to forgive wife; should be firmer b) too generous with my children; must be tighter ¢) too fond of grandchildren; must be sterner d) complain too much about arthritis; should complain more about hemmorhoids e) too ready to see good side of others; . must be more realistic. Well, my list went on and on and on. I didn't realize what a truly rotten guy I wa until I started to put it down. My wi finished fairly quickly, and resumed her overt affair with her sewing machine (one of the things that are driving us apart). Handed over my list. She started to read it with a benign smile. The smile began to curl down on the corners. Her face got red. "Why, you lousy little cockroach!" she exploded. I didn't point out that she was being redundant. I'd like to tell you this little marital drama had a happy ending, that it wound up in a clinch. Well, it did wind up in a clinch. I had her arms so tied up that Muhammad Ali couldn't have thrown a punch in the same situation. So she kneed me you know where. When I had stopped grunting, and got to my knees, I picked up her list of faults, which she'd thrown in my face as I lay prostrate. I half expected that she'd write something like, 'My only fault is that I don't appreciate what a wonderful husband I have." It was a little shorter than that. It just said, "None". phe Argyle Syndicate Ltd. (PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited Phone 985 114) Sa, (cin + (oum) : -_-- UJ] Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships J. PETER MVIDSTEN, Publisher Advertising Manager John Gast, Editor Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Associat.on and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associaton Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry Star Co LM. Port Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class mail by the Pos! 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