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rpm DECEMBER 12, 1963 - The five happy girls in this photo were only a few of over 500 who visited Santa at his Toyland on Saturday. The 60 YEARSAGO : Thursday, December 1, 1921 Ross Roach has had a couple of nice offers to enter professional hockey as goal tender. One in Toronto of $1,500 and one in the west for $1,600. He turned them little girl on Santa's lap is Joy Panabaker and the others are, from left, Peggy and Patsy DeNure, Heather Stephens and Anna Forder. downas he has a good position in the Dominion Bank. Mr. Clarence Kelley brought a number of dandelions inbloom on November 29th into the Star Office. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Robertson, Manchester have moved to their new home in Fenelon Falls. (Turnto page 6) DOUBLE WHAMEE They say that lightning never strikes twice in the same place but that saying does not hold up for thieves. Jerry Cochrane of Port Perry told the Star last week that while on a business trip in Kingston, Ontario his car was broken into twice in two-days. The first incident occurred when Mr. Cochrane was sleeping over at relatives and thieves broke into his car taking some personal belongings and a $9,000 Olivetti micro computer. And much to his surprise the next day. when he was having supper with a client, his car was broken into again and this time his CB radio was taken. Sounds like someone got out from behind those thick stone walls and iron bars in the Kingston Pen. CHRISTMAS TREE DILEMA For years and years I have been avoiding the inevitable, buying an artificial Christmas tree. It has always been my contention that Christmas would just not be the same with a vinyl tree standing in the corner decorated with plastic and vinyl ornaments, tinsel and lights. What you need to make it feel like Christmas is a real tree, the aroma df pine needles, and the thrill of finding the perfect tree. , In all the years that I have been going out to get my * Christmas Tree, either by purchasing it from a tree dealer or by roughing it by tramping through a field of scotch pines looking for that one perfect tree, I can honestly say that only a few have stacked upto my expectations. In the field they usually look great, but by the time you get them home and trim off the lower branches so you can get enough of a stalk to fit it into the stand, the seven foot tree you picked now stands a mere five feet. I have always liked a large full tree. One that I can lay presents on the branches without them falling to the floor shattering the contents. One that takes two people to get it - standing and anchors to hold from falling over. But those days are gone. I have now become one of the "wimps" that has turned in my saw and axe for an instruction sheet on how to assemble your Christmas Tree. It just won't be the same this year. It all'happened last week when we had to make a trip to Toronto to pick up a lense for one of the Star's cameras. After my trip to the camera shop we decided to spend a few minutes walking through the incredible Eaton's Centre. PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., December 9, 1981 -- 5 letters Please Return Gifts chotterbox by J. Peter Hvidsten While touring through one of the stores, a large display of artificial Christmas Trees loomed in front of us, so at my wife's prodding we walked over to the display to look at these plastic sticks. Much to my surprise there were a few of the display models that actually looked like pine trees, and my interest began to grow. We walked around them for a few minutes and I picked out one that I thought I could live with if we had to have an artificial tree. Unfortunately, the trees that looked like trees are priced like gold. But after we decided this was the one we wanted, we paid our $90 (gulp) and waited for the stock clerk to get one from the storage area. When it arrived I was stunned. The box was huge and our car was about four blocks away. But slipping my arm through the twine 1 lifted the box and headed for the escalators. We travelled down two flights of stairs, through a department store, up Yonge Street two blocks and down some dark side street before we got to where our car was parked. By the time we got there I had changed arms a dozen } times and was about to collapse from fatigue. Opening the trunk I lifted the box into place only to find that the trunk lid would not even begin to close. No problem I thought as I opened the back door of the car and tried to get it into the car. But once again I was surprised as the box would not fit into the back seat. Tired and frustrated with my patience running low, I pulled the box back out and began to squash the corners of the container. Then we tried again, and this time with a lot of pushing and shoving we were able to squeeze it through the back door and into the car. About an hour and a half later we reversed the procedure, and with Nancy on one side pushing and myself tugging and manoeuvring, the box finally tumbled to the ground in our driveway. It was then simply a few steps to the house and the box now lies in the living room waiting for an ambition to come along for assembly. The way I feel at the time of writing this my thoughts are to leave it in the box and go cut a real tree again this year, but I am sure I will be convinced otherwise. With Christmas less than three weeks away, I guess I should at least take out the instructions and begin studying the assembly procedure. Then I'll go out and buy myself a can of pine aerosal spray so that it at least smells like a tree. Merry Christmas to you too Dear Sir: The Port Perry Senior Citizens went to some expense and considerable time and trouble to decorate the Latcham Centre for special occasions. From time to time we have ex- perienced senseless damage and some pilfering of the decorations we provide. The most recent pilfering took place between Monday A.M. the day the Xmas decorations were hung and Wednesday A.M. the first date of a Seniors event. We are not looking for any community spirited person or organization to replace the pilfered articles as the cost is small but we are asking that the public in general show respect and consideration for public property and that the individual in' particular sneak the articles back into Santa's bag the same way they were sneaked out of the bag. Yours truly, Doris Grierson Port Perry Seniors Citzens Club Ethel Irvine, President Jogging 8 Farming Dear Sir; It was nice to read about the Jensen's farming op- erations in the December 1 issue of the Port Perry Star. In the past two years I have been reading of farm- ers going bankrupt, paying as much as $50,000 a year in interest and some owning up to $200,000 to the bank after liquidation. I think the bankers and even the Ministers of Agriculture should have a talk with the Jensen's, so they can instruct hard press- ed farmers how to farm and make money. I was on the land when pigs sold for 3.5 cents a pound and still there when pigs sold for them. He had no luck and coming home he stopped at a restaurant for a bite tu eat. When he got back to the barn, there were seven more pigs in the truck and I don't know to this day who put the extra ones in the truck. I have spent over 50 years on the land and never knew a farmer who went jogging for exercise. I got to know hund- reds of farmers and farming was very hard work. In my time after following a plough all day, one was just glad to get a good rest. Maybe that is the answer; more jogging for successful farming. 80 cents a pound. Yours truly, Once my father put nine Victor Foote, pigs in our old pick-up truck d Port Perry and went out to try to sell / : &! Star welcomes readers letters Like any community newspaper, the Port Perry Star welcomes letters to the editor from our readers. The letters column gives readers the chance to have their say on just about any topic, providing it is not outside the bounds of good taste, libel or slander. However, the Star must insist that all letters for publication contain the writer's full name, address and telephone number, so that in certain instances we are able to verify the authenticity of the letter and identity of the writer. It is not our policy to publish letters which are unsigned or signed with nom-de-plum. However, under very unusual circumstances, the editor and publisher may make an exception to this policy. port perry star Company Limited J. 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