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ETRY ER I 3 40 i388 YAY, 47 yo 60 YEARSAGO Thursday, January 5, 1922 Inthe Reach Township elections on New Years Day W. F. Weir was elected for a third term as reeve with a_ majority of 28 votes over John Johnson.. George A. MacMillan is Deputy Reeve having received a majority of 98 votes over W.J. Cook. = Mr. Thomas Turner has been engaged with Mr. Wm, Etty for the summer season. Mr. and Mrs, Howard Martin of Prince Albert have the contract for caring for the school this year. 35 YEARSAGO Thursday, January 2, 1947 Mr. and Mrs. Aylmer Cawker had a ten minute phone call with their son William in New Zealand. Mr. Cawkeris a veterinarian over a largedistrict. Mrs. Amy McKinnon of Detroit is in town attending the funeral of her mother Mrs. E. Beare. On the 14th concession of Reach Township a fire destroyed the home of Stanley Baker, on New Years Eve. The snow plow is very busy due to the heavy snow- storms, with Mr. Ray Hobbs at the wheel. agricultural representative in Ontario Country. The county of Hastings had been Mr. Fair's previous agricul- tural rep position. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 3, 1957 The new Utica Hall being built has now been closed inand just theinterior remains tobe finished. Teen Town held a very successful New Years Dance inthe Public School. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mountjoy and-family of Lang- staff have moved into their parents home in Blackstock. This will be the third generation of Mountjoys to reside inthis home. remember when ...¢ Mr. H. Lynn Fair will succeed Fred M. Campbell as - 20YEARSAGO Thursday, January 4, 1962 In the annual chamber of Commerce outdoor Christ- mas lighting contest, the winners were Robert Archer, Bill Lowcock and Charlie Lown. : The Scotty Uren Trophy awarded to Port Perry Rod & Gun Club for outstanding work in the field of conserva- tion was accepted on behalf of the club by the secretary, Mr. Stan Tripp. Atthe W.M.S. meeting a life membership certificate was presented to Mrs. Allan Moore. A group of curlers from Port Perry brought home the coveted Willis Trophy from a bonspiel held in Ux- bridge. The team members were Gord Holdershaw, skip; Ted Griffen, vice skip; Glenn VanCamp, second and Dr. John Price, lead. I5YEARSAGO Thursday, January 5, 1967 Port Perry's first Centennial baby arrived at the Community Hospital on January 2. James Clemount Berry joins the family of Mr. and Mrs. Neil K. Berry of Cresswell, Ontario. No trace has been found of two armed men who held up the Blackwater General Store & Post Office over the holidays. Mrs. Allin was held at gun point while the thieves managed tosteal $240.00. Mr. Richard Carnegie left by plane for Lethbridge, Alberta where he will be attending a course on store management for Wood Alexander. Those enjoying the Florida Bus Tour which left Port Perry this week are Mrs. Mabel Chapman, Mrs. L. Whitmoore, Mr. and Mrs. H. Mackey, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Jeffrey, Mr. and Mrs. Pashler, Mrs. F. Lewis and Mrs. Vanderheul. (Turnto page 6) chotterbox _ Canadian winter is tough enough. If we didn't have hockey to ) + AGOLD MEDAL How about the Canadian Junior Hockey team? These youngsters won a gold medal for Canada and a World championship (the first for any Canadian hockey team since 1961). In pulling off this feat, the Junior squad stole a lot of thunder from another young hockey player in Canada who scored his 50th goal in 39 NHL games. His name escapes me at the moment, but I think he plays for the Edmonton Oilers. The win by the Juniors has to be considered a major surprise. An indication of how much of a chance they were given in this tournament is evident by the fact the final game for all the marbles against the Czecks was scheduled for play in Rochester, Minnesota (wherever that is) and the TV networks in Canada did not put the game on the air. And when the Juniors tied the Czecks to clinch the gold, there was no record or tape of O Canada in the Rochester Arena, so the victorious Canadian team sang the national anthem as the flag was raised. But that is neither here nor there. Hockey fans in the country have a team to be proud of, especially when one considers that a dozen or so players eligible for the tournament were busy elsewhere with NHL teams. One of the more startling stats of the tournament was that Canada took the least number' of penalty minutes of any team. If that isn't a record for this country in international play, I miss my guess, Canada is a peculiar country. Every year as the long winter sets in, the usually docile citizens of this snow-bound land come down with a bad case of hockey madness. The game is our major pre-occupation six months of the year, and there are experts in local coffee shops from coast to coast who pass the time deep in argument about the state of this sport, which we like to refer to as ours. There has been a lot of gnashing of teeth in recent years about the health of the game brought about mainly by what is a watered down version at the pro level, and the debacles at the international level, Remember Team Canada O and the Soviets 8 back on September 13? Thére were some who said Canada should never play another game at the international level. ; But everyoné loves a winner and you'd be hard pressed to find a single hockey fan who says the Junior squad should not defend its gold medal next year. Quite frankly, I think the obsession we have with hockey in this country is a-healthy thing. It's a pleasant diversion from American football and indoor soccer. Heck, getting through a argue about, a lot of people would go bananas. Winter would be unbearable if all Canadians had to talk about was the weather, the Constitution, bilingualism or the metric system. (That will be 1 kg. of hamburger, please). TOUGH GRADES Speaking of politics, I suspect there will be a lot of angry faces when Durham Region council meets for the first time in '82 this Wednesday, January 6. No, councillors will not be directing their anger at each other, which is usually the case, but rather at a member of the media. Toronto Star reporter Stan Josey, who covers Regional meetings on a regular basis for that paper put together a report card with grades and comments on the performance of all 30 Durham councillors and the chairman Gary Herrema. Many of the marks were not flattering and some of Josey's remarks about individual councillors were less than compli- mentary, to say the least. The political ratings report card took up a full page in the " December 29 Neighboiirs edition of the Toronto Star. Ironically, it was Stan Josey who was on the end of dressing down three weeks ago from Gary Herrema who was upset the Toronto Star is not giving enough news coverage in Durham Region, in his opinion. Herrema put on quite a show at a Regional council meeting when he interrupted business to loudly demand that Josey leave the press table and sit in the public gallery, which Josey did. Herrema then said he was merely trying to make a point about the Toronto Star's lack of Durham coverage and he allowed Josey to return to the press table. After they read Josey's report card, I'm sure that a lot of Durham councillors are sorry the Toronto Star did not continue its "lack of coverage of Durham events." And if you can believe it, Josey gave the highest grade (B plus) to Gary Herrema, the guy who tossed him momentarily out of the council press gallery A lot of politicians tell members of the press that they either don't read the papers, or they don't give a darn what the papers say about them so long as their names are spelled right. Don't believe that line for a minute. As any reporter can attest, politicians are highly sensitive to what is written about them, especially members of municipal council who PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed. January 6, 1982 -- § Very quiet New YearsEve in Scugog Twp. Tough new regulations aimed at drinking drivers may have had something to do with toned down New Year's Eve festivities in Scugog Township, at least as far as Durham Region police are concerned. A spokesman for the de- partment said officers in 26 Division did not lay a single impaired driving charge in either Scugog or Uxbridge Townships on New Year's Eve. There was one charge registered New Year's Day against a driver in Uxbridge. The same was true in Oshawa where there were no impaired driving charges New Year's Eve. Whitby OPP reported that six impaired charges were laid December 31 and Jan- uary 1 and seven people had their licences suspended for 12 hours under the new legislation which gives police this power if a person registers .05 blood-alcohol readings in a roadside breath test. Whether this new legislat- ion, couple with an aggressive anti-drinking and driving campaign launched by the Ontario government is having an effect on the public is difficult to tell. However, this Christmas and New Years holiday season was certainly one of- the quietest and safest in Scugog Township in a long time. Police report no serious accidents in the Township during this period, and the same was true for other areas of Durham Region. 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. by John B. McClelland have a profile in their communities. I'm not going to repeat what Stan Josey had to say about Durham Region councillors, but I'll bet my last penny that more than one councillor gave him a bit of a blast. My own personal assessment of Durham coungillors after covering their meetings for the past year, is that this council is weaker than previous ones. But I have to qualify this by saying it is partly due to the fact there have been issues of note at the Regiohal level in the last few months, and a lack of interest on the part of some councillors is really nothing more than boredom with the mundane business in the agendas. As for the accuracy of reporter Josey's assessments of the individual councillors? Aside from a couple of exceptions, I think he has come very close to hitting the nail on the head. port perry star Company Limited (ea) ay td J.PETERHVIDSTEN Publisher J.B.McCLELLAND Advertising Manager 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. 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