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| letters Councillor should resign says reader Dear Sir: * Ward 2 councillor Robert Espey should resign at the next council meeting. His remarks in the article in last week's Port Perry Star in reterence to low cost housing shows he has lost touch with the people who put him in office. Just who does he think put him into office? Who does he feel built Port Perry? We, the 98 per cent of the people who can only afford low cost housing put him on council, and we will vote him out. His snobbish remarks show he is above our heads in a $110,000 dream. He should resign now. Would he like to explain what he means by the state- ment; If you allow low cost housing I can tell you the kind of people who will be there. He should explain what he has against apartment people. Councillor Espey can walk down the streets of Port Perry and see many people who can only afford lower cost housing. Finer people you will never meet. They are real fine people. chat and help a person when needed; not people who hide in their "ivory tower with up-turned noses. In the next election, I hope the people of Ward 2, will elect a person to council who will represent you as you should be represented. Yours truly, Paul Saulnier Scugog Township Music, Music, Music '82 Dear Sir: On behalf of the Scugog Choral Society I would like to thank you very much for the excellent coverage you gave us for our spring show Music! Music! Music! '82. We had an executive meet- ing last night and everyone was so pleased with the write-up and pictures follow- ing our show. We also want to thank you for selling tickets prior to our shows. It (Turnto page6) People who will stop and - PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, May 18, 1982 -- 5 port perry star Company Limited 7 -- (+cha 8 = | J.PETERHVIDSTEN J.B.McCLELLAND Publisher Editor Advertising Manager 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. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for cash payment of postage incash. Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $15.00 per year. Elsewhere: $45.00 per year. Single copy: 35¢ bill smiley UP, UP AND AWAY My wife and I used to take off for the city fairly often to spend a riotous weekend in the flgsh-pots. They weren't as wild as they sound. We'd take in a couple of shows, eat a couple of hautecuisine meals, and enjoy lolling around in the morning, with room service breakfast, a morning paper, and an obituary of what we liked or didn't about last night's play. These weekends constituted a pleasant break from the old routine of making beds, cooking, doing the dishes, raking the leaves, or whatever. In the last few years, these weekends have dwindled to almost nothing. Not that the spirit isn't willing, or the flesh is weak. But the price isn't right. A decent hotel room has doubled to around $70-$90 per night. A couple of gourmet meals with-a bottle of wine, perhaps, have nearly tripled, over a few years. It seems only a few years since we saw Richard Burton in Camelot, excellent seats, at $6 each. A third-rate Broadway show, or a fourth-time revival of something like My Fair Lady, now sets you back about $15 a seat. Add it up. We used to blow about $120 and thought it well spent, coming home physically and culturally rejuvenated, ready to go back to the grind. Nowadays, the hotel bill, with some room service at atrocious rates, runs about $200. Tickets for a couple of shows tack on another $60. A couple of good dinners will set you back another $100. Toss in tips and taxis and parking, and the two-bucks-a-gallon gas to get there and back, and you're well over $400. Even for sybaritic teachers, who make huge incomes and have all those holidays, and secure jobs, and not much to do except babysit about 160 kids a day, that's a little steep for a 48 hour break. And that's why our weekends have become rather mundane. Instead of calling room service, we make a pot of tea (sometimes, if we're feeling like living it up, a pot of real, perked coffee) and blow ourselves to a boiled egg. We go for a drive. Down to the dock to see if the boats are OK. Around the little lake in town to check on the indolent geese, to large to fly south, greedy as seagulls. Out to the beach to make sure the sand is still there. It's pretty exciting actually, especially with both of us watching the gas gauge and doing mental arithmetic. Oh, we haven't given up the old, carefree cultural life entirely. Occasionally, I'll say, "Oh to heck with it,"" and go out and buy a pizza or fish and chips. If I'm really in a mad, impulsive mood, I might even get take-out Chinese. We stay up late, sometimes past midnight, and watch a movie on TV. One Saturday night, we even went to a real movie, downtown. The highlight of our weekends, cul- turally, is doing the quiz in the Sunday paper. We spend at least an hour over that, and I win every week, because my wife doesn't read the sports page or the political news. Well. Not a bad life. And a lot cheaper than The City. But this whole, peaceful, dull routine flew into bits on a recent April weekend when I got tied up with a couple of women, one of them rather mature, and the other quite young. We had a passel of guests for the weekend, and my wife was so busy cooking and talking and setting tables, that she couldn't keep the usual close eye on me. I'd admired the older woman for years for her poise, grace and warm smile, but she never gave me a look. However, she turned up on the weekend and seemed to have all the old charm, so I was hooked again. I couldn't keep my eyes off her. The younger one was quite brazen. For some reason, she's taken a shine to me, and though I did my best to fend off her advances, she was adamant that we sleep together, have secret assignments, the whole bit. It was difficult, because her father kept a close eye on her, especially when she'd throw herself into my lap, stroke my jowls and run her fingers through my scanty locks. Some older men have that effect on young females. Well, there I was, caught in the middle. I'd rush to gaze al the one I'd admired so long, then be trapped by the younger one who was shameless. It was kind of nice, when I think back. I haven't been in such a fix since I asked two girls to the same dance, back in high school. And they both accepted. I don't want to make this too titillating for a family journal, so I'll have lo spell it out. I goi nowhere with the mature lady, but I was used lo this. With Lhe young one, I kept the secret assignments, and we parted with kisses and promises of an early rekindling of the affair. The first lady's name was Elizabeth with an R after it. She was handing over the Canadian constitution to a sodden mob in Ottawa. The other lady's name was Jennifer, and she is four years old. The latter did sleep with me for awhile, until whe went to sleep and was carried to her proper place of repose. We did keep our secret assignment: bacon and eggs at 7 a.m. a.m. On Monday, I told one of my favourite senior female students, after she'd asked how the weekend was, that I'd slept with a young lady, and her face fell a fvot. Until I explained. remember when? 60 YEARS AGO ; Thursday, May 18, 1922 Medals were issued by direction of the New York Office to Mr. Wales, I. Cummings and E. Druean, students at the local Business College, for proficiency in Steno- graphy. ; Beare Bros. Motors has installed an additional bowser for White Rose Gasoline. Mr. H. Crane has returried to Port Perry and is ready for work at his monument business. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 15, 1947 The mill rate for Scugog this year will remain at 23 mills. a] i Mayor Robert Saunders of Toronto and Controller McMC Callum were guest speakers at the Port Perry Lions Club Ladies Night. Messrs. Joél and Victor Aldred are putting the finish- ing touches on the new church at Scugog. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 16, 1957 A uniform charge of ten cents was adopted by the Bell : Telephone for public telephones in Port Perry and area. Mrs. Henry Skerratt, R.R. 4, Port Perry won fourth prize in the Toronto Star sewing contest. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 17, 1962 Mrs. W.M. Letcher presented Skipper Ron Bivens of the Port Perry Rover Crew with a flag in commemoration of Mr. Letcher. The boys have chosen to name their group the 1st Port Perry W.M. Letcher Rover Crew. Crowned Queen at the "At Home" dance at the High School was Donna McLaughlin by her predecessor rLorraine Day. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 18, 1967 The careless use of fire crackers was blamed for a fire which totally destroyed the grandstand at the Fair Grounds. = 'Eighty students from Port Perry High had the privilege of spending two days at Expo recently, along with some of the school's teachers and their spouses. The Port Perry Hydro Commission is the proud owner of a new and efficient service truck. The chassis was sup- plied by Beare Motors Limited with the body and equip- ment being supplied and built by Smith Bros. Ltd. of Toronto, for a total cost of $15,700. Serviceman Larry Mabley gave a demonstration of the truck's performance ~ abilities. A special Royal Visit stamp is being released by the Canada Post office to commemorate the Centennial Year visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The 5 cent stamp is purple and includes the official Centennial symbol alongside the engraving of Her Majesty's likeness. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday. May 17, 1972 A large number of relatives. friends and neighbours attended the Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Graham which was held at the home of their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Duff. The Scugog Shores Museum opens its doors for the third season this weekend. A 99-year lease on the building was obtained from the Department of Education which made possible the earlier opening this year. Some of the interesting things lo see at the Museum this year will be an original pine plank blackboard which was uncovered when the modern slate boards were removed. The slate had been installed in 1907. Also of interest is the Ernest Lee house which was moved to the Museum site from Greenbank recently. Ten year old Crystal Menzies of Port Perry received an Honorable Mention in the 1972 General Motors Christ- mas Card contest. Crystal's father, Gary B. Menzies. is a follow-up purchasing clerk in material and production control at GM of Canada in Oshawa where he has been employed since April 1957. Debbie McGee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mel McGee of Greenbank, and a student of Port Perry High School has been designated winner of the Oddfellows United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth contest. She is one of more than 1000 students who will participate in a trip to New York, sponsored by the Oddfellows and Rebekah Lodges.