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PORT PERRY STAR -- Tues. August 27, 1985 -- 5 LO ae w EL Bl B= & ps the PORT PLREY STAR CO (HMITED 135 Qutt~ STRELY ° O 804A 90 PORT OtrY ONTARIO LO8 WO (410) 08S 738) [ ) ---- Cn J. PETER HVIDSTEN Publisher Advertising Manager Member of the J.B. MCCLELLAND Canadian Community Newspaper Association Editor and Ontario Community Newspaper Association : Published every Tuesday by the CATHY ROBB Port Perry Star Co. Ltd . Port Perry. Ontario News & Features OVAN COmyy 5 oy ~ (eChA 2 A Ors) ¢ wy Ww 3 » Dre? tes ass0Segiy LT; wet WspapgRs CO Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa. and tor 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° © 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. BREE iy oni ae gl Rtas Set OL letters Resident proud of Lake Scugog Dear Sir: After reading the re cent article in the Lind say Post entitled "Residents angry as Scugog weeds grow," and others like it ip the Port Perry Star, I felt a need to express my opi- nions on this very hot topic. The idea that angers me the most concerning the weed problem is not the weeds but the at- & ¥ 5 B E : | i 5 remembe when? 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 27, 1925 At a meeting of Town Council it was moved by F. W. McIntyre and seconded by R.D. Woon, that the Reeve, Messers Hutcheson, J. Roach, L.R. Bentley and Miss Grace Davis be on a committee to procure plans, specifications and cost estimates and to select a site for the new Bandstand that is being planned. Thos. Caesar has bought this seasons apple crop from the Nasmith orchards. The price per barrel for Spies, Baldwins, Greening and McIn- tosh Reds is $3.00. School opened on September the first, this year. Perry this year. scouts are out camping at Mr. and Mrs. Bruce As Highway will cross the Isla 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 24, 1950 300 Holstein breeders and their wives attend- ed the annual Twilight meeting of the Ontario County Holstein Club held on the farm of Mr. Or- val Chambers in Wilfred. Attending the Purina Banquet at the King Ed- ward Hotel from Blackstock were Mr. W. Marlow, Gary Venning, Jim Emerton, Fred Hamilton, Jim Marlow, Bill Forder and Allan Rahm. The Women's Academy of Chiropractic of of Mrs. Helen Stouffer. Mrs. Elsie Dobson of Schools is attending the Canada are holding their annual basket picnic and pilgrimage at the Palmer Memorial Park in Port 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 23, 1960 Mr. Frank Henry of Manchester is the new Scout Leader there and this week, he and the Bert Gibson attended the Wardens picnic on Lit- tle Lake, north of Colbourne. There is evidence this year that a new 7 fic will be closed off for some two weeks. Miss Esther MacDonald obtained highest marks in Grade III Pianoforte examinations for Oshawa and surrounding districts. She is a pupil Music at the Port Perry and Uxbridge High Workshop in Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa. (Turn to page 6) Bruce Holtby's farm. hton and Mr. and Mrs. nd and the bridge traf- Uxbridge, Director of Fred Waring Music titude that 95 percent of the people who use the lake have on what I con- sider to be the finest lake in the Kawarthas! Men- tion the word Scugog in conversation and you get such replies as "ooh the mud, it is so polluted" and let us not forget, "it's so weedy." While it is true that the weed situation is a Don't blame the ball tournament Dear Sir: This letter is in response to the article ""Washrooms not clean." Like many I was involv- ed with the August holi- day weekend tourna- ment and found myself as well as others on Washroom Cleanup. The committee made sure the washrooms were swept and had hand towels as well as toilet paper accessible, we even removed debris from the toilets so they would not clog. Because it was a hot weekend, I am sure that along with tournament participants and their families, fishermen, beach goers and tennis players also used the washroom facilities. To single out organizations that use the Ball Dia- mond as abusers 1s discriminatory as well as ridiculous. I would sug- gest that Councillor Graham take a look at the condition of the equipment at the Ball Park before he voices his opinion, obviously he has serious one take a look in the guide to eating, sport fish in Ontario Lakes and what lake is the only one you can eat the fish of any species in any amount without glowing in the dark afterwards - you got it - Lake Scugog. Polluted eh? Speaking from ex- perience of a few years, I use Lake Scugog fre- overlooked a few details. One detail being - one stall on the ladies washroom has not been replaced for at least 3 years and 3 stall doors in the men's washroom (Turn to page 6) quently from May to Oc- tober (when there is no ice) for just about every water sport known to man. | must say that I have fun! So no one can .ell me that water sports on the lake are impossi- ble to undertake because they are definitely not! Even though I love Lake Scugog very much, I have a deep personal concern for the weed pro- blem. I think the solution to putting a control (I stress control - not elimination) on the spread of the milfoil weeds is a responsibility of the users. Permits for such activities as ice: fishing in winter and boat launching in summer would contribute to a control of fund. Each area (the residents of) of the lake should be (Turn to page 6) STARDAZE Srolliee A POX ON THOSE WHO ARE REGPONSIBLE FOR THE GARBAGE DUMPED ON THE. PRIVATE PROPERTY NEXT To THE CARTWRIGHT TRANSFER STATION HH WE DONT NEED THIS STIWKING MESS ILL bill smiley bs GROWING OLD COMFORTABLY How to supplement your income when you go into retirement? This is an occupational hazard of potential retirees, who, after living in this country for the past thirty years, know full well that their paper money is going to be good for starting fires with, and not much else, in a decade or so. Canadians are extremely security-conscious. They don't give a diddle about growing old gracefully. They want to grow old comfortably. It's hard to believe. These are the same people whose ancestors came right from the fogs of Scotland and the bogs of Ireland and the smogs of England, with plenty of nerve and not much else. The paid their dues with hard work, taking chances, raising and feeding huge families The last things in their minds were pensions, condominiums in the south, the falling dollars, or Ayrabs They didn't need oil; they cut their ow wood, they couldn't even spell condominium. There was no such thing as a pension. | The old man was Grampa, and he hung onto his land. bullied his sons. and made most of the decisions. until he retired into senility and the fireside. The old lady was Gramma, and she helped birth her grandchildren, bossed her daughters, had a wisdom that only hard living can give, and was buried thankfully. but with copious tears all around They lived with a certain ugliness brutal work, vicious weather. cruel child-bearing by the women, until they were warped and arthritic and sick in body Few pleasures like music and books and drama and automatic dishwashers and television and milk in a plastic carton instead of a cow. But they didn't need two martinis to give them an appetite for dinner. They didn't need a couple of Seconal to put them to sleep, or a couple of mood elevators to relieve their depression. or a couple of Valium to relax their muscles. They ate like animals because they worked like horses. They slept like animals because they were ex- hausted. They didn't need mood changers because they had only two or three moods ; angry, tired out, or joyful They didn't need muscle relaxers because their muscles were too busy to relax. Now, you may think I'm making a pitch for "The good old days." I'm not. I think they were dreadful days. I remember the look on my Dad when he couldn't even make a payment on the coal bill. I remember watching my mother, who never cried, weeping over the sewing machine at midnight, when she thought no one was looking. But in those days, people grew old with a certain dignity. if not beauty They accepted their final illness as "God's will" Most people today si y, "Why me?" when they are stricken. Today people want to be beautiful when they're old They want to be thought of as "young at heart " They want to be comfortable. They don't want to be ill. They dread the cold. They fear povetry. They search, sometimes desperately for some sort of womb, or co- coon to back to, where they will be safe and warm and fed, and never have to look that grim Old Man straight in the eye And the modern economy lets them down. Their hard-earned, and hard-saved dollars dwindle into cents. They come close to heart attacks and strokes when they have to pay $3 80 for a pound of beef; 89 cents for a lousy head of lettuce; over a dollar for a pound of butter They are disoriented, confused and frightened And it's not only the old who are frightened and in- secure. | see it in my younger colleagues. They don't talk about Truth and Beauty, Ideas and Life. They talk about property and R R.S.P_s, and the price of gold, and inflation. and the terrorizing possibility of losing their jobs. Some of the smart younger teachers bought some land when it was cheap (they're not so young anymore, eh") and built on it. The smarter ones have a working wife The smartest ones have both. Most of them, even those in their thirties, are already figuring on a second income when they retire; selling real estate or boats, doing the books for some small businessman, market gardening; antique shops. Who can blame them? But I have the answer for every one of them. No pro- blem about retirement. Just follow Bill Smiley around, do exactly the opposite to what he does, and you'll come out healthy, wealthy and wise, when it's time to put your feet up. o If Smiley buys equities, buy blue chip stocks. If Smiley buys gold mining stock, buy a swamp. If Smiley calls the Tories to win, vote Liberal. If Smiley buys an ounce of gold, dump yours fast, because it will drop $200 overnight If Smiley gets into seat belts, because they are compulsory you get out. The law will change. I could go on and on, but I won't. Just watch what I do. and do the opposite. And have all the papers to pro- ve it But I'm charging twenty per cent of everything you make And that's how I plan to weather inflation and retirement