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LAIN end BAHT AR AZHRTE A PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, May 28, 1980 -- 5 This group. of men were all members of a Greenbank Bible class known as the Pilot Class. The class met each Sunday until Rev. Thomas Wallace [centre seated] retired in 1948. A class reunion from the 60 to 70 former members is slated for Sunday, June 15, at 11:30 a.m. and organizers are hoping that there is a large turnout. Can you recognize any of the young men in this photo? 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 31, 1945 On Scugog, the new church is coming along. The stripping is now ready for the lath, which cannot be de- livered for a while yet. The furnace is set up in place with the pipes all up. It looks fine. Mr. J.E. Jackson was in Brampton on Wednesday assisting at the Annual Auction Sale of the National Holstein Association. Congratulations to Pte. Jack Cook and his bride on their marriage on Saturday afternoon, May 26th. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Harrison of Detroit, visited with Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Harrision for a few days. Sgmn. Gordon MacMaster, RCCS of Vimy Camp is spending his two weeks furlough with his mother, Mrs. J.D. MacMaster. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 2, 1955 At the Annual Carp Derby, there were well over fifty anglers entered in the derby and among them, they caught g total of 75 fish. A Toronto man, A. Silverburg, caught the largest fish. The big feature at the Port Perry High School annual Cadet Inspection was when they were presented with their colours by the Scugog Chapter of the I.0.D.E. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 2, 1960 In July, Brian Simpson, one of our Boy Scouts, will journey to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to represent Canada at the American Scout Jamboree. The W.A. of the Prince Albert U.C. donated new choir gowns to the choir. We are grateful to Mrs. A. Martyn, who contributed much in making the gift possible. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 3, 1965 Commanding Officer of the Ontario Regiment, Col. Wm. Paynter, who was present to view and inspect the Port Perry High School Cadets last Friday, was very generous in his praise of the almost flawless perfor- mance. Congratulations to Dr. David Steward Milne, on his graduation from the University of Toronto, where he was the youngest member of the 1965 class in Dentistry. Leaving Port Perry High School, Dr. Milne had a record of five years perfect attendance with a well-rounded _R.M. Holtb 1d his farm to Mr. O. Franklin academic, athletic and extra-curricular program. Thursday, May 217, 1920 and Ne oiiby 20 Bon Voyage to Bonnie Wallace, who left Tuesday Work of re-shingling Port Perry's Methodist jrch for France, along with another 15 students from Queen's is now in progress. The cost will be about $1,000. The 1.0.D.E., realizing the value of the Library to the town, are having a tag day for its benefit on the The Women's Guild, Church of the Ascension, will hold its Garden Party on Wednesday, June 30th at the lawn of Mrs. G.A. Woods, Port Perry. University, Kingston. Miss Wallace intends to spend the three months in various towns and cities in France, to (Turn to page 8) chotte JUNK MAIL I would assume that most of us are quite relieved to see that the postal strike that was scheduled to take place has been successfully averted. Now we can continue to get those important letters, parcels, and bills that are so dear to us. But along with all of those pieces of mail that we look forward to getting, we will continue to be swamped with flyers, and junk mail. At the Star office we receive a lot of mail. Some of this is business related, but much of it is filed carefully in the waste basket with nothing but a fleeting glance. For many years now, the oil companies have been sending out brochures with their billings for credit card gas purchases and it is frustrating to say the least. It is hard enough for some people to not be tempted into buying some of these items in the stores, let alone then being crammed down their throats in beautiful colour brochures along with their gas bills. And it's not hard to get caught by the hype they deliver to the customer. Here is their line: "Your merchandise months it will only cost me ...... , sure, why not? ) needs are fulfilled by our no-risk, shopping service which port pe f f y st Qf guarantees your total satisfaction. Browse throught the AIR BAGS enclosed brochures at your own convenience. When you take advantage of our Merchandise Pro- grams, you'll enjoy the benefits of our 15 day FREE home trial, allowing you to inspect the products, as well as full return privileges during the trial period." Now that sounds pretty convincing. I can order any one of the items illustrated, use it for 15 days and return it if I decide I don't want the product. Now let me see. I have my choice in this months billing of a pair of wide angle binoculars with case for only $65.94; a single lens reflex 35mm camera with a telephoto lens, case and flash unit for a mere $266.88 or an electric Char-B-Que for $182.82. That is just one of the four brochures in this package. There is also a movie camera and projector ($666.96), a knife set ($55.74), stainless steel cookware ( 16 pc. - $249.12), a clock radio with cassette player-recorder ($117.88), a 55 pe. tool set for ($54.96), an auto tune-up and test kit valued at ($52.98), and an air foot pump ($32.96). Now if a fella was smart, he could order all of the above pieces (total value $1,746.24), keep them for 15 days and then send them back Free of charge. ,I doubt that the oil company would allow such a thing to happen, but just what would happen if they did. But worse yet is the person that orders any of the items DOX by J. Peter Hvidsten and upon its arrival finds that it does not live up to their expectations. Inadvertedly the merchandise is put aside to be sent back but is forgotten until past the 15 day limit. Then, this person is stuck with a product that they do not want. And this is what the mail order companies rely on. And that is why, after looking through the beautifully illustrated brochures and deciding, yes I would like one of those, and one of those and maybe even one of those ..... I throw them in the garbage. It's too easy to sign your name and send for mail order products like these, knowing that you only have to make on easy monthly payment. And surely there are enough mail-order companies around that the likes of the oil companies don't need to make it worse. But I guess there isn't much money in oil, so they have to look elsewhere to keep there profits up. At least I can relax knowing that I won't be tricked into buying any of their products. You know, I've always wanted a good pair of binocu- lars. Now let me see if I pay for it over the next seven I'm sure if you're anything like me, the words "passive restraints' don't mean too much. This is a term commonly used to explain air bags. The air bag is a device that was developed for automobiles to try and decrease the number of fatalities and injuries caused by collisions, and tests have proved it to be a very worthwhile safety system. After seeing a film recently on how the air bag works and how effective they are in decreasing the number of deaths and injuries I am a firm believer in them. The problem is, they are no longer available. During the early and mid seventies, the air bags were available on some cars as an option, but since there was not a big demand for them, they were discontinued. The air bag basically works like this. If the car in which you are travelling hits something atgmore than 11 mhp, a pendulum in the dash sensor makes contact and triggers the gas inflator, causing the air bag to burst out of the steering column and inflate in 1-25th of a second or less. This is much faster than the movement of your body, so as you fly forward after the impact your head and body are cushioned from the steering column and windshield. There are also two air bags found on the passenger side. One inflates up and back to protect the head and torso, while the other deploys back and downward pinning the legs 4 x 5 ba a 4 LS RA AL OAR against the seat. The bags are vented, so they immediately start to deflate after they are deployed. This lessens the rebound after the body strikes the bag so there is no danger of whiplash. The device is much more complicated than I have tried to explain here and there are pro's and con's to its use as well. But the car manufacturers don't seem to want them, according to one insurance company spokesman. "They -use the excuse that the cost of mass producing them would be too high." But the insurance company disagrees and has been working on perfecting the system since 1952. Hopefully, sometime in the near future, air bags will not be an option on domestically manufactured cars, but will be part of the standard equipment. From my brief introduction to them ..... they seem to be far superior to lap and shoulder belts. But I hope that I never have the opportunity to find out. Company Limited \0 Phone 985-7383 Ras Ec (0A) : ecu EJ & oy Rs 16° mM o* Serving the Township of Scugog 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. 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