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PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, July 17, 1984 -- § | | the PORT PLRRY STAR CO LNTUTED ' | fon oo S S Of or no fit from a New Demo- cratic Party policy of price stabilization in the oil industry based on cost of production. He and the others would not be subject to the wild manipulative price fluctuations of retail back part of our Can- adian oil reserves and production facilties from foreign ownership. Prior to Petro Canada, 90 per cent of our Canadian oil reserves were controlled by foreign multinational which is now charging consumers through the nose for buying back our own oil which thev gave away in the first place. Mr. Mulroney's Con- servative policy of creating a favorable investment climate for have learned nothing from the short sighted investment policies the Liberals practiced years ago. It means that our children and grand- children will be paying through the nose to buy (Turn to page 6) LSE COMMUNI Ne (Qe) 0% © COPYRIGHT -- All layout and composition of advertisements produced by the advertising department of the Port Perry Star Company Limited are protected under copyright and may not be reproduced without the written permission of the publishers. (410) 983 738) ) ------------ | GC 19) 4 1 S e J. PETER HVIDSTEN = ore on elro- an IS u esesenas Publisher \ mr Advertising Manager \ Dear Sir: gasoline at the whim of giants. That situation foreign investors is only Ca Mambar.of the May I reply to Sipco some foreign multinat- was allowed to happen going to increase 18. MeCLeL LAND and ian COTY Siow spaver Assiciation, 0il's Ron Davidson's ional oil company. through the short sight- foreign control of Published every Tuesday by the letter by stating that he ~~ Itis correct that some ed resource manage- business and resources CATHY ROBB Port Perry Star Co. Ltd.. Port Perry, Ontario and all independent oil of the price we pay fora. ment policies of the in Canada. It indicates News & Features Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office companies would bene- litreof gasisusedtobuy same Liberal party that the Conservatives Department, Ottawa, and for cash payment of postage in cash. Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $15.00 per year. Elsewhere $45.00 per year. Single copy 35° remember when? 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 17, 1924 Blackstock people will build an $8,000 Continuation School, and it is the purpose to take the full High School course. The following students were awarded prizes for their attendance at Port Perry High School for the year. 1st - Irene Barker, 2nd - Alma Blight and Annie Farmer, 3rd - Gertrude Martyn. Remember when: Strawberries only cost 10 to 12% cents a box. 35 YEARS AGO - Thursday, July 14, 1949 Mr. Jack Whitby has accepted the appointment by the Businessmen's Association to be chief organizer for the Chevrolet Car Draw. ' Congratulations to Mr. D.R. Appleby and five pupils who passed their High School Entrance examinations. The five pupils were: Doreen Black, Vera Howsam, Lawrence Midgley, Bill and Ted Lamb. Congratulations to Miss Mona Ferguson who passed her examinations at Peterborough Normal School and to Grant Ferguson who now has his B.A. and is ready to study law at Osgoode Hall. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 16, 1959 A group of relatives arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Palmer, to celebrate their Silver Wedding Anniversary. Patsy Aldred, pupil of Donna Samells, passed her grade 3 piano with honours at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Eleven year old Peter McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo McDonald of Port Perry, was the winner of Elmer the Elephant's Limerick Contest. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 16, 1964 Police Chief R.J. Cameron was presented with the keys to the new cruiser for the Port Perry Police Dept. by Deputy-Reeve John Orde. Garth A. Paton, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Love of Port Perry, has been awarded a $2,000 Fitness & Amateur Sports Scholarship from the Dominion Gover- nment, in the field of physical education. Miss Jean Bright and her trio of Baton Twirlers, led the Ajax Pipe Band and the Minor Baseball Parade down Queen Street to the ball park for the opening of the Port Perry Minor Baseball Association. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 17, 1969 Following a recent survey undertaken by the Port Perry Recreation Committee it became apparent that there is sufficient interest in the game of tennis to form a club and start looking for facilities. A picture and photo of a 'Remember When' scene was printed in the Star showing the building known as Port Perry House at the corner of Queen and Water Streets. The building preceded the Sebert House, now oc- cupied by Scugog Cleaners. It was in the Port Perry House that the fire started in 1883. All buildings on the north side burned down as far west as McCaw's Jewellery Store, now Pentlands. The next year in July 1884 the rest of the business section burned. Scugog Aviation, a company operated by Ted Griffin and Jim Pengelly was recently awarded a federal license and is fully qualified to operate a passenger service from the company's base in Port Perry. Scugog Aviation operates four planes, the largest being a five passenger Cessna 185. ) 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, July 17, 1974 Workers at Flamingo Pastries Limited, Port Perry have gone on strike after a breakdown in negotiations. Salary increases, effective September 1, 1974 for top Durham Board of Education administrators were ap- proved as follows: Ken Munroe, director of education will receive $2,500 to $40,500. Three senior superintendents will be paid from $32,650 to $34,650 - up from $31,500. The board's other nine superintendents will receive $31,900, an increase from $29,000. Council has accepted, with regret, the resignation of Mervin Denure from the Fire Department. Mr. Denure has served the department for the past ten years. Following a report from Birdseye Park Manager, Cleve Kight, council took the decision Monday to ban cars, along with campers and dogs, from entering Birdseye Park on Water Street. bill smiley MESMERANDA SUMMER Summertime in this country is a mixture of so many wonderful things that I would happily leave for the next world, at once, if someone said to me,' 'Sorry, old boy, but you'll never be able to spend another summer in Canada." Perhaps the fascination of a Canadian summer might be compared to falling in love, once a year, with a passionate, unpredictable woman. Just as you are never quite sure where you're at with such a dame, you are never sure of what a Cana- dian Summer has in store for you. She might greet you with the warm, seductive scents of June and, just as you are about to seize her, retreat into a frame of mind so chilly that you're div- ing for your recently discarded woollies. In July, she turns on the charm full blast, clutching you in a sizzling embrace that makes your head rcel and your feet falter. But when you throw caution to the winds and submit yourself entirely to the affair ---- in short, when you go on your holidays ---- she has a change of mood and weeps for two weeks without a pause. When August comes, her murmurous langor, the sheer, delectable sight and smell of her, sends you run- ning once more into her round, golden arms ---- and her perfume gives | . nayfever. On Labour Day, leaving you frustrated, ex- asperated, exhausted and broke, she smiles once, enigmatically, and heads south to look for fresher lovers and bigger bankrolls. Ah, she's a bad one, old Mesmeranda Summer. She delights in making kids whiny or sick, giving them sun- burn, and directing them into patches of poison ivy. This for the sake of tormenting their mothers. She doesn't like women, you see that is, young women. And her malice towards them is easily grasped by looking at the costumes she persuades them to wear at the beaches and in town. I wouldn't be surprised to hear her chortling merrily about the topless swim suit silliness, which she doubtless started. Teenagers she likes to tease. She fills them with mysterious urges and yearnings which make them drive like retarted orangoutangs, dance in their bare feet amid broken bottles and rattlesnakes, and fall in love with people who should be put away in institutions. She's not pure evil, though. She has a rather soft spot for the older folk. She warms their arthritic joints with her hot tender hands. She fills their lonely hearts with pleasures in her loveliness. And she reminds them, in subtle fashion, of the days when they knew her long ago, when they were young and passionate themselves. Everyt. me I feel the cool, smooth hands of children after swil.. ning, everytime I walk a lonely beach and see lights across the bay, everytime I hear the silken rustling of her garments in the evening trees, I know I am once again in thrall to that wonderful witch ---- the Canadian summer. And I'm glad. Globe reports on Port Perry fire disaster in 1884 The news item below was carried in the Ju- ly 5, 1984 issue of the Globe and Mail under the heading of '100 years ago in the Globe." On July 5, 1884, The Globe said in a report from Port Perry, Ont.: 'About half-past 12 on Friday morning, a fire broke out in the stables of the Mansion House and in three hours every business establishment in the heart of the village was a smouldering ruin, no. vue mer- cantile establishment being left. Today not even a paper of pins can be purchased in the village. The fire spread from the place of star- ting in every direction, north to Corrigan's stores on Queen Street, thence east to Water Street and west two blocks, south and west, tak- ing in Mary Street and Perry Street, the latter on both sides. On Queen Street it crossed to the north side, taking McGraw's temporary hotel, built on the ruins of the fire of November last, sweeping north to North Street. When day dawned, not a wall was left standing in the area traversed by the devasting element." - J -- a ct