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=r by CE Se EP IN ar TE Ag. - "wb PF SAF . pr os at CED "ae oy ri RES ws Ee 2 NC ROR Rena TS ve WSN OIA ETN 20 HASKIN ete a = Ve EYER Ne 6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., December 12, 1979 letters continued No monopoly on concerns for community betterment Dear Sir: I write this letter of concern in reply to Mr. Chuck Preston's létter in last week's Star extolling the community involvement of the members of the Library Board and its fund raising committee. I do' not think Mr. Preston intended any intimidation of supporters of the petition nor any inference to their lack of community loyalty or involvement. Nevertheless, such intimidation and non community spirit could be read into his lines. From the result of circulating the petition I can assure the citizens of Scugog Township that there are many, many dedicated persons who are actively involved in a variety of ongoing community organizations in this town- ship that support and are working for the petition. The Library Board has no monopoly on the concerns for the betterment of our community. The supporters of the petition are not bad or unconcerned citizens for doing so. Quite to the contrary, I would say that any effort to curtail excess- ive Council spending and the preservation of greenbelt parkland are two very worthwhile community pro- jects and worthy of the utmost support. Because of my involve- ment and support of the petition there are some questions that have been brought to my attention which I think should be answered by the Library Board. I do this publicly because I believe the facts should be made public by the Board. Want it left as parkland Dear Sir: I know we poor country bumpkins do not have the time to spend in the library as some people do. We're too busy making a living and paying taxes to support a lot of unnecessary expense at this time when from the Federal Government down we should be practicing restraint. I just go by what I read in the papers and a little piece back on March 14, 1979 in the Port Perry Star should have been read by a lot more people. It would have saved them a lot of running back and forth from Oshawa to get what they wanted. "Paperback services, 'inter library loan, if Scugog library is unable to provide the material requested by a patron the request can often be filled by another library through the inter library loan and its daily delivery service. All libraries in Central Ontario Regional Library System are linked by telephone-teleprinter sys- tem that enable them to locate material quickly and request it from the holding library. C.0.R.L. headquart- ers can search for material elsewhere through linkage by telex to the National Library in Ottawa and other major library systems (sub- ject specialization) certain libraries have to develop holding in specific subject areas eg. photography, Can- adian history, or art. This eliminates unnecessary duplication in specialized material yet makes it avail- able when needed to patrons anywhere in the region through Inter library loan. We have large print books or books on tape. We have audio visual service. Our library is building a film coilection as are many other libraries in the C.O.R.L. system again through Inter library loan. A wide variety of films are available. With all these services available even d small library can offer the resources of a continent. Isn't it worth looking into? Shut-ins who desire material from the library can contact the library or community care for assist- ance." I know the kids they enter- tain and show films to are crowded, but why not baby- sit them in the church base- ment instead? Many people don't realize this but all this service we are already gett- ing is costing us $42,000 plus a $22,000 provincial grant, for an average of eight to ten people a day. We do appreciate what the library board has done, they have done a great job, but let's not get carried away. Maybe we can get the Ministry of Natural Resources to reverse its decision and if we scaled down the amount and plan of the addition we could reach some sort of coopera- tion and we'd all pitch in instead of objecting to some- thing we feel is being forced Thanks & goodbye Dear Sir: I want to thank everybody for the great time that I had here. I know it was not very easy to understand me during the three months. I really liked to live here. It was a new experience for me because my town and my school are bigger than Port Perry. And I made a lot of good friends who I'm not going to forget soon! So, goodbye everybody and I hope to see you again! Yours truly, Johanne Lafontaine Dear Sir: I spent three good months here that I'm not going to forget. 1 have to go and that makes me sad. I liked very much Port Perry. Even if it's not big like my town, but I prefer that because everybody knows everybody, and when something happens every- body knows. At school I had a lot of friends. Maybe because I'm French but it doesn't matter. When I arrived here almost nobody made fun of me. I say almost because some- times when you don't find the right words they make fun of you, but I laughed about it. The family where I stayed was different than mine but I like very much my 'new family." Yours truly, Carole Hamelin -- down our throats. We still want that land for parkland, its the last we've got. Myrtle Prentice Port Perry 1. A person who is in support of the expansion of our present library was raising funds in the belief that that was where the money would be spent. In this case the word expansion is used out of context. In any instance - where the word expansion is used in connection with this present library controversy and refers to the new library, even though the new library will be expanded by 5000 sq. ft. over the present one, can - only lead to confusion of the ratepayers. If this is going to be the practice of the Library Board, I can only say that they are using befuddlement to attain their objective. 2. A person was led to believe that if the fund raising objective was not met this year, a Wintario grant would not be forthcom- ing in 1979 nor in the future. Deserves recognition Dear Sir: Last year a life-long resi- dent of Port Perry passed away - Mrs. LR. Bentley. My wife and I were out of Ontario at that time and. could not attend the service in her memory. Mrs. Bentley played a very important part in my early years when I was growing up in Port Perry. Since that was over half a century ago many residents of Port Perry today may be com- pletely unaware of this period in her life. Even at this late date, I would like to make sure that her help and kindness receive the recog- nition they deserve. My mother became ill when I was five years old and never recovered. This was towards the end of World War I. During some five years my sister and I lived with a succession of relatives, nurses and gover- nesses. Sometimes we were separated - sometimes together. In the Fall of 1922, by some stroke of good luck, my father persuaded Mrs. Bent- ley to accept us into her home. In later years she often told me jokingly that I was the one she had the greatest reservations about, and that we owed our good luck to my baby sister - a golden haired charmer of age five. Be as it may, all three of us were part of the Bentley family until we finished High School. It is a great tribute to Mrs: Bentley that I look back on my six years in her home as some of the happiest in my life. She was strict when it was needed and yet permis- sive enough for us to become self-reliant individuals. I learned to wash dishes, cut grass, shovel snow - to be generally useful, and to not neglect my studies. On the other hand I was encouraged to play baseball and hockey, to swim and paddle a canoe and to have a small garden of my own. She even went along with my Re early interest in chemistry, and I was permitted a 'lab' in a back room of the house. In later times she liked to remind me of the stinks and bangs which often emanated from this area. I left Port Perry and the Bentley household in 1929 but kept in touch with Mrs. Bent- ley over all the ensuing years. As a family we like to visit her and we always heard from her at Christ- mas. Although she then had children of her own she seemed to keep a place for us too - and liked to talk about her two families. My wife and I were fortun- ate when we visited her in the Trenton Hospital last Spring. She was her old self that day - the same person who had been such a support and comfort to me in my early years. It came quite naturally to me to call her 'Mum' as I had for many years. I like to think that this was the greatest compliment I could have payed her. D. Forbes Nasmith Peterborough, Ontario Public invited Dear Sir: The Ontario Humane Society Durham Region Branch, Thickson Rd., N. Whitby, invites the public and families to share their Christmas with the animals by attending the Open House and Christmas Party Dec. 16th from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Donations of animal feed would be greatly appreciat- ed. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you and the staff a Merry Christmas and continuing success for the New Year. Yours Sincerely, Carole Lang Supervisor on behalf of the Shelter Staff Question: If a grant is not approved by Wintario in 1979 can a new application not be made for 19807 3. In view of the fact that the Library Board's drive for an objective of $100,000.00 to be raised by public subscrip- tion by Dec. of this year was not instigated until the final month of their target dead- line, and that the Board allowed a whole summer of fine canvassing weather as well as months of publicity time to elapse, it can be assumed that the program' was organized in an effort to speed its successful conclusion before any. effect- ive opposition could be raised. Could the Board explain why this valuable publicity time and canvass- ing weather was not used to the advantage of their cause? I submit these questions with respect and in.an effort to help dispell the doubts, rumours, and confusion that have crept into this library controversy. Yours truly, Roy Grierson Reply to the Mayor Dear Sir: In answer to Mr. Taylor's * criticism to Mr. Grierson's and my petition I would like to clear up the facts for public knowledge. On April 17, 1979 it was moved by Mr. Rose and seconded by Mr. Jackman ~ "That the necessary steps be taken to obtain approval to finance a captial expendi- ture for the construction of a library and municipal build- ing and shop in Ward 1 over a debenture period of 10 years." Also moved by R. Rose and seconded by J. Jackman '"'that the finance committee by authorized to make a presentation to the library board regarding the construction of a new library on the waterfront property in conjunction with a new municipal building." On October 22, the re- zoning by-law was passed which permits a library only on the west half of the property. ~ The remainder has been re-zoned as parkland, but I feel strongly that this piece may be re-zoned again for a municipal building. - Myrtle Prentice. Fund raising event An assortment of fund raising events and methods are now in the process of being implemented by the Library Expansion Committee with one of these the selling of tickets for a Gingerbread Log Cabin. The Gingerbread house was made by Judy Luke and donated to the Library for a Christmas Eve raffle and can be seen in the window of Patterson's of Port or the Library at various times between now and that time. All proceeds from the sell of tickets for the Ginger- bread log cabin will go towards the Library expansion fund. riding down Elgin Street. ario Hydro Regional Office McMann. bearing gifts for baby. ter, for the holidays. later in the week. remember when...c continued juries and severe bruises and abrasions on Saturday morning when he ran into the side of a car while sleigh 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 23, 1969 Well over 1,000 copies of Mr. S. Farmer's book, 'On the Shores of Scugog", have been sold to date. Four Port Perry and area electricians have suc- cessfully passed an eight week course held at the Ont- certificates from H.W. Cooke, farm supervisor, were Jim Rankin, Rick Larocque, Carl Gilbank and Ted Mrs. Maude Crosier has resigned from the position of welfare administrator in Reach Township. Her 21 years of service in the Township proves in itself that most ratepayers were satisfied with her work. Little Krista Carr had her first party on Thursday evening when Unit 1, Seagrave U.C.W. staged a sur- prise for her mother (a member of the group), and came Mrs. Viola Schnapp of Buffalo is with her sister and brother - Mrs. Bain and Mr. Earl Mitchell, of Manches- Mr. and Mrs. Don Gibson of Winnipeg are in town visiting their families, Mr. and Mrs. R. Gibson and Mr. and Mrs. Merle Dowson for Christmas, returning home in Willowdale. Receiving "ivy x 13] A) AEF -------- EE ---- -------- Ty: ~