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-- [] \] 4 [J] J Photo of the Cadmus General Store taken in the late 1930s when the Elliott's owned it. ® ) 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 23, 1919 In High School sports the following championships were won: Boys' Sr. - Mansell Jackson; Boys' Jr. - Wil- lie Nesbitt; Girls' Sr. - Aleta Ferguson; Girls' Jr. - Vel- ma Neil. ; eo A carpet ball league has been formed by members of the Fire Brigade. The ladies of Port Perry deserve credit for the whole hearted way in which they turned out to vote "dry". There were almost no spoiled ballots. The wo- wd Photo courtesy Ross Brown, Nestleton men have amply proved their fitness in regards to voting. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 2, 1944 Hallowe'en was just a little different in Port Perry this year for the boys and girls. On their rounds in the evening, instead of collecting candy apples and other sweet things, the people were asked to shell out pennies (Turn to page 6) chotte ALOVELY WEEK As I write this, all is well in heaven and on earth, the universe is unfolding as it should. So why am I gulping down my fourth cup of coffee in less than an hour? Why am I reaching for a fresh pack of cigarettes, and at the same time rummaging through my desk for a pack of Tums? : PY No reason at all. The sun is trying to shine through an ugly horde of October snow clouds. The stock market has just dropped, interest rates are soaring, the cost of a new mortgage would put the average guy in the poor house, my car is telling me that winter is on the way, the Leafs opened the new hockey season and promptly lost 6-3, the Argos are losing to everyone on the street, those hucksters in Ottawa who call themselves politicians finally got down to business, ° and I'm trying to figure out a way to rob my kids' piggy bank and buy $11.37 worth of gold. . It has been a lovely week. With all that going on, what more could a guy ask for? Why, even to add a little comic relief, Fidel Castro, that champion of the non-aligned countries of the world, is in the Big Apple to address the United Nations. ? To say that the world is going topsy-turvy is to put it mildly. It is said that as a person grows older, he gets a little wiser, better able to see all sides of a situation, separate the truth from the horse feathers, and come up with some sound conclusions based on experience and deductive reasoning. But it just ain't so. Events and happenings these days seem to defy all logic. Rational thinking is impossible. Our political leaders, the people we elect to make decisions, are wallowing in the quagmire of indecision and uncertainty as much as the average guy on the street. The question I hear being asked most often in these days of uncertainty is "when and where will it all end?" When will things get back to normal? What does the future hold for the individual, for Canada, for the world? s It is obvious that nobody can answer these questions. Why even all the high-priced help, the people who are paid to make predictions haven't got a clue what is going on. For the average guy then, the only hope is to devise ways to cope with it all, and I have come up with my own personal plan for getting through the last two months of 1979 without going completely around the bend. PY Number one is to stop reading the financial pages of the daily newspapers. Let the stock market go through the floor and the price of gold through the ceiling, just don't tell me about it. Likewise the sports pages. I don't want to hear that the Argos missed the playoffs, and that come Christmas time, RR PRE 4 3 RS PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., October 17, 1979 -- § letters Pleasant location Dear Sir: Newspaper came to my attention and caused consi- derable interest to my family, since I have used the facilities of the West Shore Marina for "the past seven years. I'should like to state quite simply that in the beginning I was less than enthused about the way the Marina was operated. But I have not heard about a complaint of the adjoining Ratepayers about the conditions at that time which included the presence of trailers. Since the new owners have taken over the marina a steady chain of improve ments has been made in the 'past years, including the « elimination of certain un- A recent letter in your desirable Cement and noise, whic I and my family especially appreciate. I now find it a pleasant place to relax and plan to stay at that location. I am at a loss to under- stand the attitude of the Ratepayers and the wisdom of the Town Council of Port Perry to take action against, what I consider an honest attempt of a private Enter- prise to improve existing facilities, an effort which will only benefit the com- munity. 3 As a boater I would not cherish the idea to have a trailer camp sitting in front of. my nose. However, I believe the trailer occupants (Turn to page 6) Need adult guards Dear Sir: Last week my little boy came running home with the news that someone was hit by a car at the corner of Rosa and Queen Streets. I had been concerned about someone being hit on that corner for weeks. Naturally I called the R.H. Cornish School to ask if an adult crossing guard could be placed on that corner. I box by John B. McClelland the Leafs are struggling to play 500 hockey and averaging just over two goals per game. Same thing with the front pages of the papers. Don't tell me that Joe Clark is thinking of moving another Canadian embassy somewhere. Don't tell me that the price of oil is going up, the world is running out of food, and fresh water, or Fidel Castro wants to move the United Nations building to Havana. And whatever you do, don't tell me that good old Fidel and his sidekick Yasser Arafat have both signed exclusive contracts with a well known maker of razor blades and shaVing gear, and will be demonstrating' proper use of same on national TV ads during-next year's World Series. I just don't want to hear about it. Nope, from now to Christmas, I'm going to stick to the TV Guide and the comics, and maybe the want ads from time to time. There will be np heavy TV viewing of such programs as Newsmagazifie, Sixty Minutes or W5. Nope, nothing stronger than Lavérne apd Shirley, or maybe Mork and Mindy. My whole system fis suffering from an information overload at the moment, and this is the only way I know to defuse it. : This is part of the to roblem, facing not just the average guy on the street, but national leaders and decision makers as well: too much information, too many factors and variables are plugged into each decision, all coming at the same time from every difection. It is little wonder that decisions are not being made, and more often than not, those that are made are the wrong ones. There is so much information floating around these days, that the thought process gets exhausted trying to keep up with everything that is coming in, never mind trying to sort out what is good information and what is bad. Imagine having to cope with the Leafs, the Argos, the price of gold, the stock market, mortgage rates, Fidel Castro and a cranky car all in one day. But the week was not a total wipe-out. For those who want and must have everything, I see there is a new pill on the market in Canada, one that promises "an apricot golden tan" all year round. Just pop one in the morning along with your orange juice and presto, an easy, even tan. The pill is called Orobronze, and I'll wager that sun-starved Canadians will be buying them in great quantities this winter. Actually, the pill is a colouring agent which taints the fatty tissue just under the skin, and because the skin is transluscent, the yellow colour in the tissue shows through. The chemical, canthaxanthine, is found natyrally in yellow vegetables, and is 'used as a food colouring. The pill was developed in France and has been on the market in that was told the Durham Police were to give the OK. to whether or not this could be done. The school has asked for more adult crossing ' guards but haven't had any results. I sincerely wish someone would give the go ahead to hire more crossing guards before there is a tragedy. Yours truly, Mrs. W. Gotthelf Port Perry country for a couple of years. But it doesn't come cheap; eighty capsules cost nearly $30. But that's not as expensive as two weeks in Florida. While the Canadian distributor of the pill says there is no toxic potential, there have apparently been no long term tests done with human beings to determine if there is any harm in pumping high concentrates of the chemical into the body. That may very well be the case, but putting any large amounts of chemicals, harmful or otherwise, into the system is not a good idea, as far as I'm concerned. Now a nice sun tan may be a desirable thing to have, all year round, especially in Canada in the middle of winter, when most people look like they've been living under a rock for a couple of years. And that is why the pill will likely sell like hot cakes here. But it seems odd that people would consider their vanity more important than their health. What is even more odd is that our federal health department approved the pill for sale here, apparently on the strength of the distributor saying it is OK. It was never tested by the health department. No doubt as I write this, some Canadians have already gulped down the pill, and are waiting gleefully for the concentrate of yellow colouring to build up in their tissues. Well, they can have it. Like I said, it has been a lovely week, and a foolish one, too. (port perry star 3) Company Limited J.PETER HVIDSTEN Publisher Advertising Manager J.B. MCCLELLAND Editor Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage incash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $8.00 per year Elsewhere $10.00 per year. Single copy 20c he 15) »