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Mes HH WIS TS Pal ER AAA aE XL MOR CP LEAL : ENR TES a Tk {0s LAL PHA RE) wy Ya Ld : Td (319) or Aid didi masiig ls 2.40 M8 AEA AT STRIATE AY NMR . ' 4 (EIR A or SER NT uA a Ved a ; Br [1 > This photo of the 1938 Ontario County Council should bring back a few memories to many area residents. The councillors are, [back row] D. J. Kean and W. A. Lavis. [Second back[ A. E. James, J. A. MacDonald, Wm. Reesor, J. S. Miller, R. E. Mowbray, A. L. McMullen and W. Bain. [Centre[ L. R. Kemp, Rev. A. M. Irwin, C. 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 29, 1919 Captain H. Williams of the 48th Highlanders ad- dressed a meeting in the Town Hall regarding YMCA work. remember when ... ". ¥ i aa M. Doherty, Wm. Parrott, James Read, W. W. Grigg, Jas. Blanchard and J. S. McDonald. A. W. Jackson, S. Graham and I. T. Ormiston. [Front] F. Gerrow, R. E. Ashenhurst, C. P. King, L. A. Gifford, W. M. Letcher, F. H. Clayton and R. D. Ruddy. Photo Courtesy of Irwin T. Ormiston, Raglan, Ont. At the regular meeting of the council, it was passed that notices be put up regulating the speed of automobiles and motorcycles to 15 miles per hour within the limits of the corporation. (Turnto page 6) LA e vol 1 Pt i PEL I n ; ALR 3 : . ty 2 . ' ,. EN LL PORT PERRY STAR -- Thursday, May 24, 1979 -- § Family celebrates 90th birthday of Etta Graham Recently celebrating her 90th Birthday, Mrs. Etta Graham of Hillsdale Manor, was entertained by some 150 guests. Receiving visitors were her 3 granddaughters and two sons, Effie Parrott, Laurrena Bright, Anne Manns, Gordon and Jack Graham. Out of town guests arrived from Cedar Creek, Mount Forest, Guelph, West Hill, Claremont, Whitby, Utica, Wick, Raglan, Toronto, Can- nington, Greenbank, Balsam, Janetville, King City, Blackstock, Toronto, Stouff- ville, Brooklin, Uxbridge and Port Perry. A special birthday telegram came from Fairfield, Australia and a card and letter from Derby, England. A birthday dinner for the immediate family and in at- tendance also were Mrs. Graham's two sister, Miss Clara Neal, Toronto; Mrs. Marjory Colbear, Oshawa; and sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary Cowie, Stouffville, was held at the home of Richard Man- ns, Port Perry. Anniversary On Monday, May 14th, Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Hillier celebrated their 60th Wed- ding Anniversary. With them on Sunday to help celebrate the happy oc- casion was their daughter Annabell MacDonald, gran- ddaughter Beth of North Fave Lowe and son ddy of Ottawa, Doug and Marilyn Hillier, gran- ddaughter Barbara and son Aaron, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Butson and Mrs. William Robertson. Township. Perry. before he strikes again. Patriotic Thief There is a patriotic thief on the loose in Scugog Durham Police report that some time during the night of May 17, the bright red Canadian flag went missing from the Township municipal office in Port While police say they have no leads at the moment, they are determined to put the collar on this thief Value of the flag is estimated at $100, and it is not known at this time if Scugog council has enough money left in the kitty to replace it. 'chotte LETTERS A couple of weeks ago, an editorial in this paper mildly took our readers to task over the lack of letters we receive about local issues that should be of concern to all people living in Scugog Township. The editorial was prompted partly by the fact that our local council had just purchased a very expensive piece of lakefront property with the intent to possibly build a new municipal office in conjunction with a new public library. We gave the story ample coverage, and since it is probably the most significant local issue to come along in some time, we quite frankly expected to get some kind of reader reaction in the form of letters to the editor. There were none. However, after the editorial appeared, we did start to receive some letters and they appeared in the last couple of issues of this paper. When a newspaper actively solicits letters to the editor on a certain topic or issue, it runs the risk of being accused of purposely trying to "stir the pot," of attempting fo fan the flames of potential controversy, which in turn is good for a newspaper, because without controversy a newspaper would make for pretty dull reading. We don't deny this, not fgr one minute. But there is a big difference between creating mischief and simply asking our readers for their opinion on an issue that is of considerable local importance. We like to think of the Star as a community newspaper, one that concentrates on local news and events, one that is a voice of this community and also provides a medium through which the people of Scugog can express their opinions. We tend to agree with one letter writer who suggested that it is a waste of time getting involved publicly in local issues because there is little chance that letters to the editor are going to change the course of events. But a public exchange of ideas can often be the catalyst for further debate, it can at least keep an issue in front of the public, get people interested and talking about local issues. Whether a letter writer's purpose is to sway public opinion or the course of action taken by the decision makers is not really the most crucial point as far as I am concerned, although it is important. Rather, the letters column is a forum for free expression of thought, ideas, opinions and fact. Writing a letter to the editor is a fundamental freedom that we in Canada are blessed with. One can count on both hands the number of countries in the world today where citizens enjoy this freedom of expression. Sure, as a newspaper, we like to get letters because they make good reading and that's good for a newspaper. box . by John B. McClelland And sure we like to get letters because they can be controversial, and sure, this is in our mind when we sometimes comment on the fact that citizens are not writing to express their views. But for goodness sake, there is more to it than that. We have an obligation from time to time to remind our readers that the letters to the editor column is there for the using. It is aright, a privilege, a freedom, whatever you want to call it, but we encourage our readers to write, to use it once in a while. WE'RE IN THE MONEY The next time some businessman (or woman) starts moaning the blues about how tough things are, draw his attention to the fact that figures released last week show that in general during the first three months of 1979, corporate profits in Canada rose by 58 per cent. While fhat figure by itself is both stunning and deceiving and must be tempered by the fact that a depressed dollar made us competitive overseas, it is nonetheless an indication that Canada is not going to the dogs, no indeed. Alot of people talk about the lack of investor confidence in Canada, the suspicion that the economy just won't perform well enough to show a satisfactory return on a dollar invested. My goodness, what more does business want from a country? I mean, the money men just can't have it all their own way. Investor confidence? I'd like to make 58 per cent on a measly savings account at the bank, or how about a 58 per cent salary increase next year? OK, I know that 58 per cent is misleading when talking about profits, when the real measure of business success is return on investment. And I also know that the rate of bankruptcies in Canada increased by 15 per cent last year. Things may not be as rosy as they appear on the surface, but the messengers of gloom and doom about this country are way off base. On an individual basis, we all feel the pinch as prices continue to go up, we can gripe about our taxes, and many of us even wonder sometimes how we are going to make ends meet when the bills come due at the end of each month. But I only have to look at the standard and the quality of life that I enjoy today at my age, and compare it to what my father enjoyed when he was my age. There is no comparison. Things that I take for granted today, my father could only dream of 30 years ago. Some of the material possessions that I enjoy now, it took my father 25 years of hard work to accumulate. A car for example. 1 remember the first family car we ever had, a 1950 Morris, I think it was, and it was four or five years old when my father finally got up enough nerve to buy it. That was a big event for our family. And I remember that not every family on our street had a car at that time. But today? Why, you would be darn hard pressed to think of one family that doesn't own a car, or two. It wasn't that my father didn't work hard 20 or 25 years ago. He had a good job. He worked hard. But there just wasn't the opportunity then, there just wasn't the money to go out and purchase things that I take completely for granted. I'm sure that if most people in my generation took a good hard look at their standard of living and compared it to that of their parents', they would come to the same conclusions that 1 do. It bugs me to no end when I hear people complaining about how tough things are, people who really have no right (Turn to page 6) ( sport perry star I Company Limited Phone 985.7383 Sam, (Qo um): ray Serving the Township of Scugog J.PETER HVIDSTEN Publisher Advertising Manager J.B. McCLELLAND Editor Member of the Canadian Community wspaper Association and Ontario Weekly N paper Association Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario Authorized ®s second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 02465 Subscription Rate: In Canada $8.00 per year Elsewhere $10.00 per year. Single copy 20c a dca SSA IE Cn £0