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¢ -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, April 9, 1985 Grits choose Don (From page 1) and his other credits in- five years as Chairman clude President of the of the Durham Region Durham Region Non- Planning Committee, Profit Housing Corpora- chatterbox by John B. McClelland dians together from September to May. There are hundreds of arenas across Canada and any day of the week through the long winter, you'll find kids playing this game. Some are much better than others, of course, but that's not the point. What's important is the sport itself, its integri- ty, and the fact that it owns a near sacred place in the fabric of this land. Funny how I've never heard a hockey team in Canada referred to as a juggernaut. We shall see about that one. remember when ...? ~ (From page 5) 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 8, 1965 Grant McDermott was elected president of the Port Perry Chamber of Commerce, with Mrs. Beth Oke as first vice-president. Over 1100 persons attended the 7th Ice Revue in Port Perry. Mr. John Wilde was club professional. Lagoon Sites were discussed at the regular meeting of Port Perry council. An application will be made to the Minister of Municipal Affairs. At the Reach council meeting, the tender of -the Manchester Garage was accepted for supply- ing a five-ton truck equipped with dump box, snow plough and wing for the sum of $12,600. The target for the Cancer Campaign this year was $2,200 and the Campaign Chairman was Mrs. Mabel Cawker. Approximately 80 canvassers will be involved in the canvass. . The Spring Board of Directors meeting of the Ontario South District Women's Institute was held in Brooklin. The District President was Mrs. Mabel Cawker who chaired the meeting. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, April 9, 1975 A four-day winter storm resulted in scores of cars stranded and hundreds of people snowed in. Snowmobile Club members were busy picking up stranded people, delivering groceries and medicine to stranded families. Winners at the Port Perry Snowmobile Club annual Grafitti dance were: Bonnie Payne (big- gest bubble in the bubble-gum blowing contest) ; Dave Gray, best dressed guy, Barbara Milton, Jest dressed chick; Don and Marilyn Beacock, best dressed couple. Vin Walker of Port Perry was elected to the ~ office of President at the Ontario Amateur Soft- ball Association's 53rd annual convention held in Scarborough on the weekend. Mr. Walker is the association's 30th president and replaces Tom Sims of Meaford. After about 1'; years of handling the com- munity 's postal business for a make-shift post of - fice in the basement of the Masonic Hall, the Post Office will move back into the old, newly- renovated building in downtown Port Perry as of Monday, April 14. Letters to the Editor policy It has always been the policy of this newspaper to encourage our readers to make use of the letters to the editor column. Our readers have a right to freely express their opinions and viewpoints on just about any subject, and we feel that a lively letters column helps make a better community newspaper We insist, however, that a letter writer sign his or her name. On rare occasions, we will agree to with-hold publication of a letter writer's name, if we feel there are very good réasons to do so. Under no circumstances will this paper print an anonymous letter to the editor While, we enjoy receiving letters from our readers, we must continue to insist on know- ing the identity of the writer ~~ tion, member of the Board of Health, a Durham Region ap- pointee to the South Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority, President of the Durham Federation of Agriculture; Provin- cial Director of the On- tario Federation of Agriculture; President and Director of the Sunderland Co- operative; President of Sunderland Minor Hockey; 4-H leader and member of the Pinedale United Church. Born in 1935 at Elmden, the farm on which he lives, on the 2nd Concession of Brock Township, Mr. Hadden is the fourth generation of the Hadden family to farm this land. He at- tended Wick Public School and graduated from Port Perry High School in 1953. Mr. Hadden and his wife have four children, Paul, Ann, Brian and Joy, all of whom were at the nomination meeting to rally to his cause. Aware of Mr. Steven- son's reputation in the i and the traditional strength of provincial Tories, Mr. Hadden ad- mitted, *'I know it's go- ing to be a big challenge. No one ever said it's go- ing to be easy and it's not. But we're going to - give it our best shot." The meeting's guest speaker, federal member of parliament John Nunziata of York South-Weston, said "There indeed is something in the air. We're on the way to rebuilding this party. No longer will voters say, I voted that way last time or my mother voted that way. The voters are now more astute. This elec- tion is winnable." Final music exam In January of this year, Kathy Malcolm Janetville, wrote the final Theoretical Ex amination towards th completion of Teacher's Associateshi Music Diploma with th Western Ontario Conse vatory of Music, (2 MUS). Kathy wa awarded a first clas honours standing i Grade Five history wit a mark of 91 per cent. Kathy is currently gi» ing private lessons i piano and all theoretic: subjects at her studio i Janetville THE DOGGIE SALON Dog Washing & Grooming 19 SUNRISE DR. BLACKSTOCK For Appointment Call: For me, Friday is the best day of the week (payday), although this'is not the case for my boss Big Mitch. The end of the week is an excruciating time for him, but Doris and I pay him no never mind, we've only got one thing on our minds, MONEY. Poor Mitch, on this day he suffers from lapses of memory, minor seizures, and develops that commonly known ailment "MONEY STICK TO THE FINGER SYNDROME." We realize, that it is very hard for him to give up his most prized possession, other than Mrs. Mitch of course, but after Doris and I threaten him with extinction he always yields to his better judgement and coughs up the cash. Now, I'm not say- ing he's tight or anything, he just squeaks a little, and sometimes he has to be per- suaded. Why, even the cash register has to be knocked around a bit. It sticks at the busiest of times, and we have to hit it with our fist to get it open. So don't be alarmed if you see Doris and I, jumping on the cash register. We are just trying to get your change out of it, that's normal everyday stuff for us. We have become very rugged over the years, cour little fists are accustomed to it, they're like molten steel. . Tuesdays are another ball of wax, that's when our favourite customers come in to eat our good home cooking, Doris's anyways. Ross comes in for a cup of tea, and you all know by now I hate making this particular brew, but what do you do when you are confronted by a tall, grey- haired, handsome man, who has been known to give flowers to ladies. Do I get my flowers now Ross? Maybe we'll get a run on tea-lovin' good looking men. We've got the kettle on and it's boiling. Peter the cop comes that day too. He's the one I accidentally called a John. He comes to remind me he's going to sue. I just remind him, I have a good lawyer, and anyways ASK ME IF I CARE. Only kidding, Peter, John, whoever you are. He's just teasing, I hope. Brian runs in for a free cup of coffee, for getting gas in his poor delapidated truck. He has to run, because the gas might leak out before he gets it home. I hope one day he'll give it a decent burial. Wayne and Dave arrive for lunch and order our famous Mystery Soup. We call it that when we're not sure what kind it is. We also have Chicken Gumbo, but please don't ask us what part is supposed to be the Gumbo, we haven't figured that out yet. Sometimes it can be very confus- ing around here. Doris and I suddenly get very busy, like pull-your-hair-out busy. We don't know if we're coming or going, which end is up or down, when out of the blue comes Mikey. He just starts pitching in making coffee, serving coffee, and always with a smile ---- (he gets that from me). Now, TELLING IT LIKE IT IS . Bev Silverman Iask y~ 'sn't he the greatest? I wonder how he looks in an apron. Cute, I bet. Every once in awhile, we are invad- ed by the notorious Rick Larocque Gang. Heaven help us, if we don't have enough ketchup on hand, they can be really brutal. They empty ketchup 'bottles as quick as you can blink. It's doused on everything imaginable, even our delicious Gumbo Soup. Now, Mystery Soup I could understand. Later in the afternoon, John B. and Cathy Robb appear on the scene, and John, being the gentleman he is, holds the door open while tiny little Cathy carries in the huge bundle of Port Perry Stars. He plunks himself down in pure exhaustion and Cathy being the younger of the two (he's almost approached the big 38 you know) hops on a stool beside him. I rush over to get my copy of the Port Perry Star (the one I have to pay for) and read what damages have been done to my column this week. John, as you know is the editor of the Star, and boy does he take his job serious- ly. He's absolutely downright cruel. He slashes my writing to shreds, right down to the bare word. Sometimes I think I can hear it screaming all the way to the Ridges. It's picked over in the event I ac- cidentally hurt someone's feelings, of which I could never do, at least not intentionally. The spelling errors really bug me, whoever heard of callouses on my two- nails, it was supposed to read callouses on my toe-nails. Give me a break guys. Now . I understand it can't be all John's fault, most of it maybe, but not all. I wonder if Brenda Haist is still working there? Peter the publisher is a quiet partici- pant in all of these events, at least he pretends to be. He just quietly sits in his office pondering life. Maybe he's still in Babyland. A warning to you all. It any of you happen to be offered coffee while you're at the Port Perry Star, don't drink it. It could be dangerous to your health. I've heard Cathy makes it, and it's really something you would rather forget. May- be she can make tea. P.S.: I'recently received a dozen red roses from a group of people in Port Perry. They apparently liked one of my articles. Imagine, Fans. I would like to thank you all very much for your beautiful gift, it was greatly appreciated and I am a fan of yours, too. Hubbie said he'd also send me flowers if I would start writing nicer things about him. I will hon, I will. Note from Editor John B. to Bev. 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