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dmb EE | sag-1200 10 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, March 28; 1989 Elarmamber When? (From page 7) Miss Jackie Edwards was chosen Queen at the 'At Home," No one would believe the old gym could look so good with the theme - 'Outer Space.' "25 YEARS AGO ~~ Thursday, April 2, 1964 : An early fire on Tuesday, March 31, destroyed three barns * told reporters that about 450 pigs, 14 calves and one cow were lost in the blaze, as well as some machinery. Estimated loss was about $50,000. : As Oshawa rink, skipped by Gerry Farrow, captured the 'Crest Hardware' Curling Trophy recently, Corporal and Mrs. J.K. Strang, Tom and Steve, Ottawa, spent the weekend with the Ernest, Ralph and Glenn Larmer families of Blackstock and the Harvey Yellowless of Solina. Miss Rosemary Nodwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert - Nodwell, Seagrave and a student at Port Perry High School, led the curlers around the ice at the Curling Arena while playing her bagpipes. This event opened the 21st Annual Beare Motors Curling Bonspiel, held March 20 and 21. Mr. Bill Nesbitt, formerly of Port Perry and one-time employee at the Port Perry Star Co., paid a visit here on Tues- "day. Mr. Nesbitt, son of former Police Chief Nesbitt of Port Perry is now a high school teacher in Toronto. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 3, 1969 Debbie Griffen and Nancy Warren posed with their teacher and accompanist, Mrs. Grace Hastings, who proudly displayed the first place certificates which the girls won at the Peter- borough Kiwanis Music Festival recently. : Miss Joanne Martyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Mar- tyn, Prince Albert, won the Junior Award for sewing at "Col- lege Royal," Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology. Mr. William Brock told the Star last week that the forma- tion of an Historical Society for the municipalities of Port Perry, Scugog and Reach was underway. The goal of the Historical Society is the early establishment of a museum of local history. Mr. and Mrs. James Doupe, Prince Albert, were pleasant- ly surprised when their family held a dinner party for them last - Saturday evening in the Oddfellows Hall, the occasion being their 40th Wedding Anniversary. ; } Equipment and furnishings are arriving daily at the new Community Memorial Hospital and the date for occupancy has been set for later this month. The number of beds available to the patients in the new hospital will be 43 compared to 27 in the present hospital. at a retirement party when he was presented with a purse of money to mark the completion of 26 years with the Coulter Manufacturing Co., Oshawa. . 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, March 28, 1979 Former Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm received a for- as the first mayor of the new amalgamated municipality. The recommendation that the Township hire an ad- ministrator with authority over both the treasury and the clerk's unamiously by the full council. A comparison of salary levels paid to senior municipal employees in Scugog, Uxbridge & Brock Townships shows that in some departments, Scugog lags behind its neighbours to the west and north. This is the third consecutive season Port Perry's concert pianist Tom Millar, will contribute to the subscription series. This year, however, he will be performing on a new grand piano which arrived Saturday. The Port Perry Figure Skating Club "Splashdown Car" all but disappeared beneath the waves of Scugog with the mild weather last Saturday morning. C.A. Glass of Port Perry, a veteran of the Great War will 'be among the Old Bills honoured by the Port Perry Legion Satur- day night. Barry tournament held at Centennial Bowling Lanes. on the farm of George Davidson, Blackwater. Larry Davidson "Mr. Cecil Newnham, Prince Albert, was the guest of honour mal, full-colour portrait in recognition of his five years in office department, was made by the Finance Committee and ratified and Renee Beare were the winnes of this years couples i ATTENTION BUSINESSES ... Thinking of computerizing your business? 7 IBM Compatible a HARDWARE, 7 SOFTWARE (i.e. ACCPAC, PLUS, BEDFORD, WORD PERFECT, LOTUS, MULTIMATE, DBASE, RBASE) Complete Installation. Training and On-site Service & Support at -- REASONABLE PRICES -- NO CHARGE for INITIAL CONSULATION Business Consulting * Grant Assistance DAYS call: EVENINGS call: 285-8576 Letter to the Hditor Thoughts on the United States! . (From page 8) commodate the old and the new. To me, the Americans have made some great deals. Some time after one of the wars with Mexico some one hundred or so soldiers were taken hostage and later to have them released the deal was that thirty-eight had to be shot so everyone had to take a marble out of a box and the ones with a black marble were shot. These too were taken to Monument Hill, It's all there at Monument Hill just go - and see. : We can all remember just last fall when the remains of soldiers from the Niagara area from the war of 1812-1814 were excavated and transported back to the United States closing one of the crossings for two hours. Some 177 years after the war. I am sure that somewhere in the Niagara area a small peice of land could 'have been given to the United States to erect a respectable cemetery. These actions seem a little off to me. If ever in Australia one can see a cemetery for the United States and Japan there side by side with just a fence between. From La Grange maybe you would like to travel a few more miles to Fredericksburg where there is a large museum, four Ban on assault weapons To the Editor: 'On March 3 a Canadian Press - story. reported that 1,200 AK-47 assault rifles were imported into Canada from Israel by a Toronto gun dealer. External Affairs spokesman . Danielle Ayotte would not con- firm or deny the report saying re- quests for import permits are con- fidential. What a cop out by our External Affairs Dept! Had the guns or even a boat load of fruit come from South Africa, bumbl- ing Joe Clark would be screaming from Ottawa rooftops. No matter where the guns came from, gun dealers should not be allowed to import these powerful assault weapons that often end up in the of drug dealers and harden- ed criminals. It is said the 1,200 rifles can easily be modified into fully automatic deadly weapons, similar to the one that was used in killing 5, and wounding 30 school children in Stockton, California. THESE GUNS MUST BE BANNED! Seldom a day. goes by we don't read about killers using firearms. The police must be protected, as they are often out-guned by drug dealers and criminals. Inno- cent people are often the victims of these military assault weapons, caught in the cross fire. They can go a brick wall. am sure Durham Police Chief Dave Ed- wards doesn't want to see these guns ending up on the streets. We all must protect this import of guns, Write to External Affairs Minister Joe Clark and complain. You don't need a stamp. If you are too busy to write, clip this let- ter and send it. WE MUST PROTECT SOCIETY AND THE POLICE! Dean J. Kelly, Port Perry floors in all, in honour of General' ' Minitz who was the General of the United States Navy against Japan in World War II. I must say found it somewhat interesting and one could easy spend a day if one wanted to see it all. As it is forty- five years after the war this generation knows nothing of it. Myself, I had heard of only few of the battles of the Pacific against a little Japan. Pictures and souvenirs, also information of all the battles are there, even some little side shows where you just ress a button to view. Just a lock down .the road another museum of tanks, planes, etc. that were brought home from Australia. "As Japan had the American fleet practically demolished, at the last resort the United States planted the first atomic bomb on Japan, an a second before Japan surrendered. The third was on its way at this time. Here you can see pictures and an interview with the man that dropped the first bomb. At this time the war in Europe and the Canadian forces had been over but the United States flash- ed the news around the world that they had won the war. It's the old saying if you don't toot your own horn nobody else will. When we met the rest of our group in Arizona before going in- to Mexico our guide asked us did you bring anything to identify yourself as a Canadian as they are much more respected in Mexico. - Did you ever stop in a camp beside an American? It could be another experience. Your neighbour might drop by and spend an hour telling you all about his motor home, his residence and place or work analiow many men he employs. At the end of this you try to tell something of yourself and your neighbour just gets up and goes home. One might think 1 am really down on the Americans but I'm not. I think they are great neighbours to have on the other side of the border. I have some Americans living nearby and they are not only great neighbours but great friends. After all I will likely h) spend some winters in the south and enjoy some of their chea gasoline, food, etc. I am just tell- ing some of my experiences. An American travelling in Canada could likely find things worse. I would hope that in this case they would not watch on T.V. what goes on in Ottawa. They seem like a bunch of kids that never grew up. ; Did you ever put your car in for repair and have the service manager ask 'do they speak English. A number of Americans think that Canada is just Indian and French. Maybe one could travel to Alaska to the town of Seward. To most- just another town but Mr. Seward was the man responsible for buying Alaska from Russia, supposed to be for a dollar. Whatever, was likely. enough money in those days. Quite a change in this day and age when our Canadian govern- ment has opened the door and the United States has it's feet in for nothing. I am not up on free trade but how many Canadians realize it is an American deal, not Cana- dian, and in this short time the number of businesses closed and moved to the United States. In one of John McClelland's articles he stated that free trade could be good but we have to' be com- petitive. This might be correct but how can we be when the United States had factories through Mex- ico where labour costs are almost nil. I may not see it but give it twenty years and the United States will be over here setting up factories and we will be begging for jobs. ] I wonder if the funeral of: the Emperor of Japan, U.S. President Bush realizes that he is the man that demolished the American Navy and killed thousands of United States soldiers in World War II and now he goes to his funeral. Is Canada any better? Maybe those dignitaries just wanted a holiday on the tax- payers dollar or maybe they went not to mourn, but rejoice. The way I have seen things anyhow. Allen Martyn, - Port Perry. 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