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«! AE 8 PS $LA EY Xd gpl ihr y W RRTWBIN SAL polis Adybrditoserne id The Port Perry Public and High School as it was before the fire around 1926 or '27. This school faced Queen Street and the first floor was the public school while the second floor was the 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 23, 1921 Port Perry Skating Rink is assured of $7,000. and the canvas is not nearly finished. Lieut. W.C. Gibbard, of the Aviation Corps, Camp Borden, was with Mr. and Mrs. Reil on the weekend. 'Mr. Wm. Stovin, of Greenbank has moved to town, having purchased the property of Mrs. Jamison. Miss Annie Martin is attending the millionery opening in Toronto. Congratulations to Misses Barbara and Dorothy Miller, Margaret White and Master Alfred Moles, on passing their examinations with honours at the Con- servatory of Music. remember when ...¢ In the background is the building which was used for the Primary [Beginners] high school. class. [ Photo courtesy of Mrs. Irva England.] 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 28, 1946 Fifty seven young people of St. Johns Presbyterian Sunday School went for a good old-fashioned bob-sleigh ride. Mrs. Bill McMillan, Seagrave, a recent bride, was honoured by her friends and presented with a table and a Kenwood blanket. Mr. E. Fines and son Russell, and Mr. Tom Eden have finished cutting over 150 cords of wood at Pine Point, Scugog. Mr. Charles Reesor attended the supper meeting of the Retail Feed and Grain Association in Brooklin. (Turn to page 6) chotterbox by John B. McClelland TERRY FOX It appears as if time is running out for Terry Fox. The 21-year old who hop-skipped his way on one good leg from Newfoundland to Thunder Bay last summer truly won the hearts of Canadians and in doing so managed as few others have to melt the ice-berg that is the Canadian psyche and soul. , The disease that took his leg spread to his lungs and he is now taking inter feron as a last resort. Doctors treating him have said that "only a miracle' will save him. I don't think there is a single Canadian anywhere who has not been touched in some way by the story of Terry Fox. It is a remarkable story, and when he was forced to cut short his cross-Canada run last summer, the country reacted in a way that it never has in the past. In a nation that seems to be afraid of heros and expressions of adulation, Terry Fox has been a lesson to us all. And if in the end, he loses his battle and fails to make the final mile, we owe it to ourselves to celebrate his life; his will, his courage and his testimony that even in the face of the most critical adversity, there is a measure of richness and goodness in the human spirit. Canadians on the whole tend to be a jaded, cynical bunch; fearful of showing emotions, afraid to let our guard down and cast away the masks of stoicism which have been handed down from generation to generation. As far as I'm concerned, Terry Fox will always be more than just a curly-haired, freckle-faced youngster with a sunny smile. He will always be more than just one highly dedicated individual who decided to raise money for research by running across the width of this land. He is and always will be a symbol of hope that even in these troublesome times there are causes worth fighting for and splendid individuals prepared to do the fighting. There are a couple of other things that Terry Fox should mean to us. The first is obvious. Despite all the advances of medical science, there is still much to be done, and it is going to cost money. The second is that maybe it wouldn't hurt to start believing a little bit in miracles. THE ECONOMY Put ten high-powered economists in a room for a week, tell them to come up with a way to solve our economic woes and chances are you'll get ten different answers. Almost everyone agrees. Times are bad. Ronald Reagan is trying to slash billions from the US government budget this year. Here in Ontario, the three party leaders are running around the country screaming at each other over the state of the economy, quibbling about this and that. In the last five years or so, all we have heard is two things: high inflation and high unemployment. Are we any closer today to solving these problems that Are we any closer today to solving these problems than we were five or six years ago when the government brought down wage and price controls? Not bloody likely. So what are the answers to our problems? If I can induldge in a big of arm chair economics for a minute, my own personal theory is that there are two crucial factors which have contributed overwhelmingly to the sad state of the economy. The first, and it is important, is the price of a barrel of oil, which has climbed from about $3 in 1972 to close to $40 today. No matter how you look at the overall problem, there is no getting around the fact that these increases have seriously hurt western economics. But I think there is another factor, one that may not on the surface seem to be as crucial as the cost of energy. But one which I think has been neglected in all the talk about our faltering economies. The supply and demand as a result of the post-war baby boom, all those babies born between 1945 and 1950. You can follow the economic cycles as this age group grew up, went to high school, then university, and then entered the job market. . (Turn to page 6) Ee TAT BI WL IA SF Ta ND J . fd IAT. Bir Bee ot i RL rin bidaiasion stints nit acta cildusintbubidonitly Lepiinin to dysd tnd MARL db icicle nit asp. gi PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., February 25, 1981 -- 5 letters Excellent article Dear Sir: I would like to take this opportunity to commend the Port Perry Star upon its' excellent article "White Cane Week Observed." The article was factual, highly interesting and written with a great deal of empathy. I would also like to express my gratitude to the princi- pals of both R.H. Cornish and Cartwright Central Public Schools, for without their interest, concern and humanitarianism, these presentations would not have been possible. It is actions like these, which make me feel proud to be a resident of Scugog Township. Yours sincerely, Charles M. Sharpe, Caesarea, Ontario Who is minding the kids asks reader Dear Sir: Last Saturday, our family was subjected to a series of nuisance telephone calls which lasted most of the day - the last one close to mid- night. This was thework of two young boys with toon their hands and obviously no supervision. Other than taking the telephone off the hook we couldn't do much about the situation. This was an annoyance to a busy family but next time it may be a disabled or elderly person whose number they choose to entertain them- selves with. Isn't it about time that parents take the time to find out what their children are doing and to take the author- ity that God has given them to raise children who are considerate and respectful to other people? Sincerely Verna Smith Port Perry Proposed phone rates too high Dear Sir: At a time when Canadians are facing 12 per cent infla- tion eating away their incomes like an uncontrol- lable cancer, Canada's richest telephone utility has applied to raise its rates by a whopping 30 per cent for residential and an unprece- dented 40 per cent for basic business phones. Some extras could go up an un- believeable 100 per cent. Phones are an essential service both to business and to homes - especially the shut-in, sick, the elderly, many on fixed incomes that can least afford a 30 per cent increase. Every dollar spent on phone increases leaves another dollar less to spend on other essentials like food and rent. Already faced with ever increasing fuel costs, food, taxes, hydro, insurance - all essentials to life, Bell Canada - a government- sanctioned monopoly hits its customers with more crip- pling rate increases. It's Bells sixth increase applica- tion since 1974. Half a dollar for directory assistance is robbery, not to mention an increase of $8.50 for installation, and business service charge increase of $25.00. Municipalities and all levels of government pay Bell millions every year, that are added to our tax bills - business phones that Bell wants to raise 40 per cent. Why such a large in- crease? Bell says it needs the money to show a return of 14.5 to 15 per cent to 8 attract investment capital. Bell is now building a multi- million dollar new headquar- ters in Toronto. Bell just gave its sharehol- ders, many of them Bell employees, a 9.8 per cent dividend increase. Why should its customers face highly inflationery increases to pay higher dividents for Bell's shareholders? Bell employees are well paid generally with benefits that make other workers envious. Stock options to employees are indeed generous. Not all Bell employees, especially the operators make that large a salary, but its execu- tives are far from the pover- ty line faced by many of its domestic customers and small business that depend on the phone as essential to their well being. Some 27,600 Canadians faced bankruptcy in 1980. Bell has billions in assets, so much so that the Government allows Bell to operate its thousands of vehicles without outside insurance. Some time ago it was revealed that Bell owed Ottawa $933.9 million dollars in deferred taxes - taxes that are nothing more than a cheap loan to Bell by Ottawa. Meanwhile it's costing Ottawa far more than its charging Bell to borrow the money. Bell pays taxes at a rate about "half" that paid by the average middle income worker. Less in taxes than a single man or woman earning a mere $180 a week. 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