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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, July 19, 1988 Letters Metric system a gigantic blunder To The Editor: When the Liberals were in power, and forcing metric down the throats of Canadians, the Con- servatives said they would scrap compulsory metric if and when they attained power. Much to the dismay of at least 90 percent of Canadians, when the Tories did attain power it was soon evident that they were just as adamant in enforcing metric as were the Liberals. Of all the gigantic, ludicrous blunders any government in the world has made in the past thou- sand years, bringing metric into land measures here in Canada has to be the ultimate. It's hard to imagine that in a country as big as Canada, which has been surveyed in imperial Cancer (From page 7) For those who desire informa- tion re cancer, technical, qualified personnel is available at all times by calling the TOLL FREE NUMBER 1-800-263-6750. Local information is available by phoning 985-0485. Volunteers are always welcom- ed in our Branch. If you would like to get involved and can spare a few hours now and then, we would be pleased to hear from you at 985-2426. We must be ever mind- ful that volunteerism has been a high priority in the success of the Cancer Society. Sincerely, Gerald Nelson, President, Scugog Branch, Canadian Cancer Society. measures with which everyone is happy, some pipsqueak dictator comes along and says we will change miles into kilimeters and acres into hectares.. Even the most simple-minded, demented person would know better, but our Liberal populace, composed mainly of Quebecers, think it's great because that's another move to be like France. Let's look at some examples of metric: 1 mile is 1.609344 kilometers; 1 kilometer is .62109 miles; 1 square mile is 2.589988 square kilometers; 1 acre is 0.40468564 hectares; and one quarter section is 64.749702 hectares. One standard-sized house door is now 767.08531 cm by 1917.713251 cm. A centiliter is 0.6102 cubic in- ches, or a liquid centiliter is 0.33834 ounces, and the list of con- fusion goes on and on. These figures and many others I did not mention were taken from dictionaries; then I noticed that some figures quoted differed slightly from one dictionary to another. So I checked an en- cyclopedia and found that many figure- vere differ~~* again to the dictionaries. Then I was told by a librarian that this was possible because it depends on which reference book is quoted, as there are many metric systems throughout the world. Now that we are entering into a free trade agreement with the United States, goods manufac- LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS? The Star is your best bet.......Phone 983-7383 tured in Canada intended for the U.S. market will have to be manufactured to American stan- dards of measure--the Imperial Measure we Canadians once us- ed. Now we manufacture goods in Imperial Measure for the U.S. market and in metric for its own. What utterly stupid nonsense, to say nothing of confusion. This practice also adds at least 30 per- cent to the cost of products going either way. Another important factor is the cost yet to come for total conver- sion to metric. A letter I received from a member of Parliament in- forms me that at least 100 billion more will be spent to complete the metric conversion-just what we need when 60 percent of our tax money goes to our Gross National Debt incurred by Trudeau. I think that metric should be dropped en- tirely and no more money spent on it. : Since there are many different metric systems throughout the world, and only one Imperial measure, surely we are far better off with the Imperial measure. More - we would be in step with the United States on all measures. And we would not be adding many hundreds of millions to our Gross National Debt. Yours truly, - L. Kram 6091 - 172A St., Surrey, B.C. V3S 4V8 Yesterday's Memories (From Page 5) tee for the Wm. H. Danforth 4-H Club Leadership Training Scholarship. The Hon. Dr. Matt B. Dymond, M.P. and Mrs. Dymond are to attend a luncheon in honour of Her Royal Highness, The Princess Margaret to be held in the Royal York at the end of July. Mr. Hazel Wallace received a silver tea service from Mr. D.W. Mcintosh who presented it on behalf of those "Bell" Telephone employees who had been associated with Mrs. Wallace in her 32 years with the company in Port Perry. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 18, 1963 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nottingham, Little Britain, celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on June 22, with family and friends in attendance. Donald Jones, 13, of Scarboro, Ontario landed a 43" Muskie weighing 11 lbs. at Scugog Point, Lake Scugog on July 16, 1963. The Milner Reunion was held at the home of Marjory and Victor Aldred on Saturday, July 13 with about 65 present. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 18, 1968 The Lions Club sponsored bantam team won the annual Ban- tam Softball Tournament held last Saturday. Cal Cochrane, ac- ting captain of the team, proudly received the Port Perry Star trophy on behalf of his team mates following the final game against Oshawa. Mrs. Wm. Harrison, wife of the editor, presented the trophy. Several Girl Guides of 1st Port Perry Company enjoyed a picnic Monday at the farm of their leader, Mrs. Kathy Howell, R.R. 2, Greenbank. Ab Fulford became the owner of an antique seed sower last week which he purchased at an auction sale on Scugog Island. The seed sower was made by D. Bateman, Scugog Island on September 14, 1871. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, July 19, 1978 Two Port Perry families were left homeless following a fire early Sunday morning which gutted a two-storey house on Union Avenue. The ground floor of the older frame house was occupied by the Lyon family and the upper floor by Mr. and Mrs. M. Midgley and their two children. A "First" Award in Weaving was won by local weaver & craft teacher Wendy Bateman at the Haliburton Highlands Guild of Fine Arts Exhibition and Sale. Congratulations to Walter Pascoe for winning second in On- tario horseshoe championship, in senior class at Belleville. Regional Co-ordinator, Richard Johnston, reports that as of June 30, 1978, Community Care has over 800 clients registered in the seven communities presently served by the programme in the Region of Durham, which is a 50 percent jump since March. by J. Peter Hvidsten Random Jottings A BIG 'GOLDEN' THANKS Although | was not directly involved in organiz- ing and appreciative of the tremendous numbers we were trying to serve. Chamber of Commerce a chance to raise funds for on-going community projects. ing this years Great Britain Festival Days, | did volun- teer to help with the Golden Griddle Pancake Breakfast last Saturday morning. This event has been one of the major fundrais- ing events at Festival Days for the past four years, and this year was perhaps the biggest and best since the first in 1984, when the World Record Pan- cake was cooked at the lakefront. Arriving at the lakefront at 8:00 a.m. Saturday, | found the staff of Golden Griddle already in full gear, and preparing for another of their delicious - pancake breakfasts. With things all set to go at about 8:15 a.m. the gates were opened and serv- ing began. For the next three and a half hours, the staff and volunteers working in the Golden Griddle cook tent never had time to take a break, as the line-up grew increasingly longer and longer. By the time that 12 noon arrived it is estimated about 3,000 people had passed through the line to take part in this event. There were times when they cooks could not make the pancakes fast enough (even with five grills fired up cooking as many as 50 pancakes on a grill), the coffee machines were so overworked oc- cassionally there was no coffee to serve, and at one point there was a fear that they may run out of Golden Griddle batter. But through it all everyone prevailed, and the people attending the meal were very understand- To say the Golden Griddle breakfast was an un- qualified success is an understatement! And the Scugog Chamber of Commerce will see an income of about $3,600 from this event. The reason for large profit one this event, at the low price of 99¢, is non other that the extreme gen- erosity of Golden Griddle Pancake House, who do not charge the Chamber of Commerce "one cent" for their participation in the event. As part of their promotional package, Golden Griddle Pancake House "World Tour" goes to be- tween 10 and 20 comrunities during the year, par- ticipating in events like our Festival Days. They arrive in their huge truck, laden down with tons of equipment and supplies and all they ask is some help in unloading, setting up their tent, and serving the pancakes. The rest is taken care of by Golden Griddle Pancake House personel. There is no charge the community for the prod- uct, which includes hundreds of pounds of pan- cake batter, butter, syrup, coffee, juice, pop, plates, napkins, cutlery, sugar and cream. It is estimated the cost to Golden Griddle to put on a promotion of this size and calibre ranges be- tween $5,000 and $10,000 taking into considera- tion the wear and tear on equipment as well as the product consumed and the wages for help. In addition to the cost absorbed by this commu- nity minded restaurant chain, they are giving the To Harold MacDonell, president of Golden Griddle Pancake House; his incredible hard- working staff who include promotional idea man Paul, the incredible handiman Keith, chefs Donna, Kim, Leslie, Tim, Aileen and all the others to toiled . in the trenches Saturday morning, a big "Thank You" from all of us here in Port Perry for your ongo- ing support of this important community event. We hope you will be a part of our Festival Days celebrations again next year! THE TORTURE GAME Last Wednesday morning | crawled out of bed at 6:00 a.m., stumbled across the bedroom floor to the washroom, and splashed cold water on my face to help wake me out of my sleep. After an exhilerating warm shower, a shave, and arranging the six hairs on top of my head, | quietly dress and made my way out of the bedroom, leav- ing the family safely tucked into their beds. It was golf morning! Not that | am an avid golfer, but for the last few weeks, J.B., Woody and myself have been taking to the golf course for a little exer- cise and a relaxing game before setting off for work. Before this year | have never played more than three games during an entire summer, but already this year | can boast five. And that will go up by two more games this week as we hit the sod again to- morrow morning and again on Friday when | take Turn to page 10