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More incentive to donate funds to Crisis Centre Now there's even more incentive to donate money to the Scugog and District Crisis Centre. Last week coordinator Jeanette Morrow-Ross announced that the centre had received a charitable number which means that all donations to the centre are tax deductible. Financial problems have troubled the centre in the past but organ- izers are aiming to stab- ilize the financial sit- uation by the end of the year. Telephone bills, rent and office supplies have kept the non-profit organization scrounging for funds. Ms. Ross is hoping this year will be different. "All of a sudden we've been accepted by every- body, which is terrific," she said. "The credit seems to have come out of nowhere.' The centre has trad- [tionally dealt via tele- phone with victims of For more information on making a donation, or the Wen-do course, PORT PERRY STAR -- Tues. February 14, 1984 -- § the PORT PERRY STAR CO LIMITED 239 QUEEN STREET. £0 80x 90. PORT PERRY. ONTARIO LO8 INO (419) 983-730) 'Han J. PETER HVIDSTEN Advertising Manager Publisher Member of the : t : 2 985-8550 Canadian Community Newspaper Association violent crimes including call : ) J.B. MCCLELLAND and Ontario Community Newspaper Association. sexual Weg jake Editor Published every Tuesddy-by the incest. is fall, how- ' Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario. ever, the centre will HOSPITAL REPORT CATHY ROBB offer Wen-do courses, for week énding Feb. 2 News & Features Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office ri ' Department, Ottawa, and for cash payment of taught by Tamarah ta Ross-Petrie. Geared Admissions ............... 34 postage in cash. De ' irths ........ooovvivieninnnn. 3 AOVAN Comm exclusively for women, pirths 2 cht onry Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 the course will teach oO. gencies RT ve, A on : eae LAUNCLIECIHVITO cise \ " aggression and self- Operations " 32 apens assOCIEY Subscription Rate: In Canada $15.00 per year. dita ll sewhere $45.00 per year. Single copy: 35 defence but is not to be Discharged 29 confused with karate or Remaining ............ 38 judo. remember when: 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 14, 1924 Miss Veronica R. Cassidy, Port Perry has taken a position with the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Queen and Bathurst Branch, Toronto. Mr. Cecil Jeffrey, Prince Albert, is busy hauling logs to the mill at Port Perry. Dr. J.B. Lundy, W.S. Short, Mrs. Geo. Jackson and Mrs. Fred Brock were appointed for school management "at the initial meeting of the Port Perry Board of Education for 1924. Cartwright council passed a by-law at its last meeting, estimating the expenditure on roads for 1924 at $5,000.00. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 17, 1949 Architects are preparing plans for the changes required in the Port Perry Hospital. These plans have to be approved by both Provincial and Federal governments before actual works can begin. Meanwhile, Port Perry is without hospital facilities. The Valentine Box Social at Scugog Head proved suc- cessful. Harold Martyn won the men's prize in crokinole and Mrs. Ashbridge won the women's prize. Miss Helen Bruce, Seagrave, was honoured by a miscellaneous shower on the eve of her wedding. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 12, 1959 Fire trucks from Uxbridge, Oshawa and Reach came to Port Perry's aid to extinguish a fire in the engine room of Masterfeeds on Thursday afternoon. Quick action con- fined the fire to the one room and no further damage resulted. Seven hundred and twenty dollars was stolen from Reesor Fuel & Lumber and $72.00 was taken from the Port Perry Medical Centre at noon on Saturday. Employees at both offices were taking their lunch breaks at the time of the robberies. Mr. Joel Aldred was guest speaker at the Annual Agricultural Night of the Chamber of Commerce. His topic concerned the problems of developing cigarettes free from tars and nicotine. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 13, 1964 Catherine Jefford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Jef- ford, Port Perry, became the 11th local girl to receive the Gold Cord, the highest award within the Girl Guide movement. Howard Hall received a medal for his long time ser- vice with Scouting in Port Perry. Mr. Hall has been a scout leader for the last 12 years. Congratulations to Miss Mildred Martyn, Prince Albert, who successfully passed her junior student nurse examinations at Wellesley Hospital, Toronto. Mrs. Vic Stouffer, Mrs. Louise Patterson and Mrs. Sam Cawker attended a rug-hooking course at Vineland on Tuesday. The Ontario County Junior Farmers debating team defeated Northumberland County in the 4th round of the provincial series and will now advance to the finals again- st the Western Ontario winners. Ontario County members are Bob Robertson, Marilyn Downey, Frank Barkey and David Hawthorne. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 13 1969 The grand opening of Hank's Pastries newly renovated premises for February 17th was advertised in this issue of the Port Perry Star. Specials included Free coffee; Butter tarts - 60 cents a dozen plus door prizes of $10.00 worth of baked goods offered each day of the week. The Port Perry Rod & Gun Club held their annual elections with the following new slate of officers: President - Gerald Jackson; Vice President - Cec King; Secretary - Dave Muir; Treasurer - Larry Huston. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, February 13, 1974 Debbie Ireland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Ireland of Port Perry won top honours at a public speaking contest held at R.H. Cornish Public School last week. Debbie competed against pupils from the Blackstock, Sunderland, Thorah and Uxbridge schools as well as R.H. Cornish students. Council made the decision Monday that the 100-year old Town Hall building on the corners of Lilla and Queen Streets in Port Perry will not be restored. Tenders for the work had been opened for a few weeks and showed the cost of restoration to be approximately $45,000. The NHL Oldtimers hockey team will be taking part in this year's Chamber of Commerce Winter Carnival to be held March 1st through 3rd. bill smiley THE RUGGED REMAIN This is the time of year when we get rid of all the undesirables in the community. By undesirables, I mean people with more money than I. They leave our northern community for Florida, Mexico, the West Indies. In one fell swoop we get rid of all the softies, the cowards, the sybarites. In short, the rich whit trash. It's as much a part of our heritage as the Saturday night bath, or spring cleaning. And I think it's a good thing. hen the last barber or bricklayer has bragged about being off to the Bahamas when the last druggist or doctor has informed me pompously that "We'll pro- bably take in Acapulco this year," I feel a sense of relief. The rats have left the Freezing ship, and there's on- ly the hard core, the sturdy pioneer types, the rugged individualist and the poor people left in the temperate (hah!) zone. The rest of us, the best of us, can get down to the real glory of winter living, without stumbling over a lot of sissies who are better off down there getting sand in their navels. As one of the old tr "ue breed, fighting it out with the elements, I am inclined to scorn them. As a humanitarian, I can only pity them. Think of what they're missing. What is there in the soft and senuous south to equal that crunch of toes breaking off, that crack of bursitis in the shoulder when you throw that first curling stone, that snap of thigh bones on the ski hill? Let's take a look at a couple of these hot-weather hounds. Look at this bird in Florida. Gets out of bed and there's that same old crumby, monontonous sun blaz- ing down, just like all the other days. Same old routine. The inevitable patio: the inevitable trip to the beach with the inevitable obscenely fat softies living all around. Or the inevitable sweating it out on the golf course with a lot of other middle-aged liars. And here's our pal in Mexico, just getting up at 10:30. He hasn't paid last year's income tax yet, but he's borrowed $1,500 from the bank to make the trip. He has a hangover from those six-ounce, forty-cent Mexican drinks, and a twisted back from trying to tango. His wife, in the other twin bed, looks like an inmate of Belson, because she's had Mexican complaint, com- monly known as dire rear, ever since they crossed the border. She whines, he snarls. They totter out into the muggy heat. And another horrible day in Acapulco has gun. It's not like that around here. Down to a jolly breakfast: vitamin pills, cuppa tea and half slice of toast. There's the thrill of variety as you prepare for the day. When dawn comes, will the sun be shining, the snow falling or a blizzard howling? Out into the wild white yonder. Grab the shovel and make the snow fly, chuckling heartily all the while as you think of those poor slobs in the south, with nothing to do every day but the same old things. The clean, fresh, northern air hits your lungs like a dum-dum bullet. Bark seal-like greeting to neighbour, whose head is just visible over his snowbank. Off to the garage. Excitement of wondering whether the car will start. The sheer, demonic joy of belting out the driveway backwards and trying to smash through the bank the snowplow has thrown up. Sometimes you make it. The skidding, slithering adventure of the drive to work. Wheels spinning, visibility twelve feet, every man for himself. And another day of glorious winter living has begun. Don't try to tell me about the seduction of the languous southland. Just give me the crisp, virile challenge of liv- ing where men are men. And you can tell them from women. When they get thawed out. College governor an Oshawa lawyer Gary F. Valcour, a prominent Oshawa lawyer, has been ap- pointed to the Durham College Board of Gover- nors by the Ontario Council of Regents. The term is for three years, beginning in January 1964. GARY VALCOUR Mr. Valcour has been active in several com- munity organizations. He is a member of the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority, a member of the area Legal Aid Committee, a past-president of the Durham Regional Fami- ly YMCA, and a past member of the National Council of the Family YMCA. In regard to profes- sional organizations, Mr. Valcour is secretary- treasurer of the Durham Region Law Association, and president of the On- tario Law Association, He has a B.A. from the University of Ottawa, and an L.L.B. from Dalhousie University. Don't move the victim! St. John Ambulance reminds you ---- when an accident happens do not move an injured per- son unless you must do so to get him out of danger. If you have first aid training, you can then determine the nature of the injuries and take ap- propriate action. If you don't have first aid train- ing, give St. John a call. Learn how to help. TT _eome