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Reader's Viewpoint Claims Freedom of Information Act necessary Dear Editor: Premier Davis and others in the opening of the Ontario Legislature have taken to speaking French. Such actions are devisive and often alienate - other lan- guage and ethnic people. Posturing and tokenism will not gain favour from Rene Levesque and his Parti Quebecois who have said repeatedly that the use of Disapprove of Attention: Council Re: Deer Hunt in Scugog Gentlemen: Your letter advising me that you have approved a 'three-day deer hunt, despite the objections of some of the residents, has been receiv- ed. To say that I am disappointed 'is putting it mildly. I sincerely hope the Town- ship and the Ministry of Natural Resources will make provisions to see that French in other provinces WILL DO NOTHING to change their objective of separation from Canada. While Davis and others placate the French minority in Ontario by speaking French in the Legislature, Levesque opened the Quebec National Assembly with NOT ONE WORD OF ENGLISH. It appears bilin- gualism Quebec style is French only. deer hunt 'the area is adequately policed. In a previous letter, I asked that I be notified as to who voted for the hunt and which Councillors were opposed, and I would appreciate that list by return mail. Yours very truly, John Townson, > Diamond "T" Farms, R.R. 3, ' Uxbridge, Ontario. ONTARIO HAS NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN FRENCH! How much clearer must the picture get before the people in the rest of Canada realize that such politicial posturing will do nothing to stop (stop) Levesque and his gang in their plan to separ- ate and destroy Canada as a nation. The BNA Act speci- {fically bars unilateral separ- ation by any province! - Quebec's problems are not language...they are social and economic and no amount of parlez francaise outside the province of Que- bec will stop Levesque. Chamberlain's appeasement did not stop Hitler, no more than did the gifts of gold by the Inca's stop Cortez from sealing their fate. Canada's destiny cannot be bought. = You - cannot appease a man and his party - thoroughly and openly dedi- cated to separation. Such a fruitless quest only squan- ders the taxpayers money. A case in point. Here in the small town of "Port Perry (pop. 3000) 60,000 licence application cards were ordered destroyed because they were in Eng- lish only. To the best of my knowledge there are no vehicle owners in the area that speak only French. On the basis of the number of computer cards ordered destroyed by Queen's Park "in Port Perry the cost could run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars pro- vince-wide. When contacted the Mini- stry of Transport and others failed to give an accounting as to why these computer cards in English were des- troyed. The taxpayers have a right to know. One more reason for a Freedom of Information Act. Inform- ation is the currency of democracy! Governments, both pro- vincial and federal that fail to comply to accountability standards of democracy to PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Apr. 6, 1977 -- 5 Seeks assistance Dear Sir: The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters is currently entering its 50th year of Conservation in Ontario. To celebrate this event we wish to publish a history book and would appreciate receiving material, facts and figures New books New books at the Scugog Public Library in Port Perry include: Jackie (Onassis) - W. Firschauer; Why Someone had to Die - J. Roffman; The File on the Tsar - A. Summers; Let Heeping. Dogs Die - T. Heald; Heaven Here and There - J. Gray; How to Grow Beautiful House Plants - T. Everett; Grand- the people they serve may soon find themselves devoid of office. Sincerely, Dean J. Kelly, President Association of Dedicated Canadians. from past members, clubs and associated groups. Anyone with information on past history on the 0.F.A.H. or Conservation in Ontario should send it to:. Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, P.O. Box 1269, Campbellford, Ontario KOL ILO. at Library mama of Europe (Queen Victoria) - T. Aronson. The Great Queen Consort - U. Bloom; The Search for Gold of Tutankhamea - A. Brackman; Another Winter, Another Spring - L. Laurence; The Uncollected Wodehouse - P. G. Wode- house; Chalkdust in my Blood - D. Morgan; The Happy Hostage - V. Brome; Lord of the Sea - J. John. Wintario Tickets available at the Port Perry Star 985-7383 Bill Smiley Sour notes Don't 'expect the. usual collection of optimistic opinion, cheery chat, and happy household hints normally found in this space. I'm feeling really mean this week. "If St. Francis of Assisi himself showed up, I'd probably snarl, "Stop feeding those bloody birds! All they'll do is dump all over My normally sunny nature is soured by a sore back. It started out as just a little pain, like a breadknife going into my kidneys. You know. The sort of thing that makes you emit a startled '"'aarf!" when you straighten up after brushing your teeth and spitting in the sink. Lots of guys have that. It goes with the territory. Then my two grandboys came for the weekend. They weigh about 50 pounds between them. There's a certain amount of jealousy. Nobody can play the same tunes on their fat necks that Grandad can, by simultaneously sucking and blowing. As a result, no sooner do I get one kid grinning and giggling, and plunk him down, than the other is standing there, arms extended. As any grandfather knows (grannies are smarter and threaten to wash their faces and the kids run), it is literally impossible to ignore the upstretched arms of a tyke. Consequently I reckon, roughly, that I lifted about a ton and a half of grandbabies off the floor over the weekend. Another forty-odd times I leaned far over and separated them when mayhem seemed imminent. As any old codger with a slipped disc or crumbling vertebrae can tell you, this is known as the poor way, one of the worst, of . 60 YEARS AGO Wednesday, April 4, 1917 Mr. Soloman Fralick and family, Scugog have moved to Reach where Mr. Fralick will work on the Johnson farm. He lived for 60 years in Scugog and was record- ing steward of the Methodist Church for 40 years. Messrs, Hardy Purdy and Clifford Jackson have enlisted with "Des- patch Riders". They Leave for overseas April 19th. have moved to Dunbar- ton where Mr. Lyle will manage a farm for an English Major. Mr. Geo. Raines is moving to Mrs. Atter's house on Bigelow Street. Mr. Oliver Thompson, Prospect, is being trans- ferred from the Stouff- ville Standard Bank to Colborne. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 9, 1942 The Ontario County Holstein Banquet was held in the United Church. President Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lyle 3. Remember When..? Roy Ormiston was chair- man for the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Jeffrey have moved into their new home recently vacated by Mr. Fred Crozier. Mr. George Raymes, Port Perry, recently cele- brated his 90th birthday. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wana- maker, Toronto, on the birth of a son. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 4, 1957 The ice went out of Lake Scugog on April 2nd. This is much earlier than last year when the ice hung around until April 25th. Port Perry Mill rate was set - Residential 66.5 mills; Commercial 72 mills. Mr. John Greenwood, Cedar Creek was in Tor- onto as a delegate to the merger meeting of the Ontario Federation of Labour and the Ontario Provincial Federation of Labour, } Mrs. Jessie Hope flew to Scotland recently to 'visit relatives. Mr... Dan Nichols, Times Gazette carrier, qualified for a trip to Buffalo. : 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 6, 1967 On Tuesday evening, March 28th, Sidney Lorraine Channey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Channey, Port Perry was honoured by the St. John Ambulance (Whitby Brigade), when she was presented with a plaque for her quick thinking when she saved the life of a 16-year-old girl last summer in Jamaica. Catherine Nicholls, a piano student of Mrs. J. E. Jackson won top honours and the Keith Rynard Trophy in Class 12 and under, on Piano Day at the recent Music Festival held in Sunder- land. Murray Carnaghan and Neil McLaughlin joined other Cartwright and Port Perry boys and played hockey in Young Canada Week at Goder- ich 'last Thursday morning. Mrs. M. McMillan has recently returned from: she attended the wedding of Miss Jo Anne Pickard to Mr. Gary Peterson of Vancouver. ~ and got the predicta curing a sore back. The other poor way, the absolutely worst, I won't tell you, as this is a family journal. To top it all, I have a week's vacation coming up. I havea fairly grim certainty that I'm going to be spending it, and a couple after it, flat on my back. Put you to bed. That's what doctors do when you go to them with a sore back. First they poke you hard a few times in the sore back and ask, "Does that hurt?" Of course it does. They they feel your belly, which is not the greatest erotic experience in the world. They tell you to take a deep breath. They tell you to cough. They seem fairly sure you have a hernia. In the back? "Can you move your legs?" they ask, ignoring the fact that you walked from your car into their outer waiting-room, and from there into the torture chamber. 'Does it hurt to sit for long periods?" Damn right. You've just sat in the waiting-room for an hour and a half after your appointment time, and almost fainted when you stood up. Then, non-plussed as usual, they take off their glasses and nod solemnly. "Yes, it seems sore all right. We'd better get a picture of that." translation: I haven't a clue, but maybe it will go away by the time you get it X-rayed and the prints get back to me. About 48 hours. They give you some painkillers "in case you have some pain". At this point tears as big as tea-bags are spurting out of your eyes from pain. You emit something between a groan and a squeal of pure pain as you clamber down from that jeesly high bed in their office. Pain? Migawd, my wife came up this morning to see why I hadnt come down for breakfast. I was lying on the bedroom floor, weeping. I'd just tried to put my socks on. Twice today, a police car pulled up as I was trying to get out of my car. They'd seen the door open and one leg emerge. Two minutes later another leg hove into view. After three more minutes, a crouch- ed, swaying torso followed. They thought I was plastered. I was merely trying to straighten up without screaming. All right? We know where we stand? Don't expect any sweetness and light in this column. Now. Let's deal with that young rip, Margaret Trudeau. My wife is on her side. Newspaper columnists have been generally kind. I asked a young person the other day for an opinion on 's shenanigans, answer, "Sheez ity dooner own thing. Snuthin wrongth t." I heartily disagree. There's such a thing as responsibility, thongh the word makes people cringe these days. If you can't stand the heat, fine, get out of the kitchen. But don't run into the public square and whine that you're just trying to find yourself as a person. That's juvenile. Ihave never been a fan of her husband, but I admired his domestic loyalty on this undoubtedly pain- ful occasion. ¥ Speaking of the Trudeau's I'd love to disinter a column I wrote a few months back, when the Liberals were on the ropes, and the political vultures were swarming to pick the bones of the P.M. But that would be saying 'I told you so', one of the nastiest sentences in the English language. A prophet is indeed without honour in his own country. Sometimes in his own kitchen. Good for Harry Boyle, head of CRTC. He has made it clear that our national broad- casting company, whatever its faults, is not merely a tool for keeping the Liberal government in office, contrary to opinions of some Cabinet ministers. About sweet teeth. I've never heard such absolute crap as the banning of saccharine because some mice got some cancer when they were stuffed with the stuff. Far better, I presume, to die of cigarettes or booze than to expire from drinking two or three hundred cans of saccharine-sweeten- ed drinks a day. I guess diabetics and' fatties don't swing much weight at the polls. There. I've vented some of my venom, and my back feels better already. Instead of feeling like Prometheus, with that vul- ture tearing out his liver, I merely have the more moderate pain of a dog excreting razor blades. The Argyle Syndicate Ltd. PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited Phone 985 733) (cin Serving Port Perry, Reach. Scugog and Cartwright Townships J. PETER MVIDSTEN. Publisher Advertising Manager John Gast, Egiter Member of fhe Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc at.on and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associaton Published every Wednesday by fhe Por! Perry Star Co. 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