The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

» § cents single copy. ir TL a LR, nL BIC Tau i TR a ---------- CR Rp He a ep IARC LEAR < - "Such is the patriot's boast, where'sr we roam: His first, best 'country, ever. is. at-home." wd WAITING ANXIOUSLY THINKING - CLEARLY . - . + It is" encouraging to "note the 'wide resiolise Anyone who is really puzzled about a matter, that the "Leadership League" has evoked. But is, for the time being, not capable of quick de- N, the serious business is yet to come. . The League cision and action. ' ; + must sponsor ideas, even if it does not actually Such avcondition of mind is quite common to- >. put nien in the field. What has the "Leadership day because so many people seem to have nu League"to say about-- foundation for thought. They have no settled 1. Merging the C.N.R. with the C.P.R.? SOs iy HEN and Wong, ON) So avy nh 33 ge what should be done when a 2 Abolition of Provincial Legislatures? fai CS I problem comes up for decision. - 3 Abolition of County Councils? 3 : " 4 Unemployment Insurance? ) We may be "living in a rapidly changing order" 5 Refusal to do business with "aggressor but the fact remains that there are certain laws = nations ? ; of "honesty, d y and kind 'that should 6 Definite statement as to undivided support govern all our detions, -- J ----of-Great-Britain, if that country is at war? -- If we.can settle these foundation beliefs in our - "7° Fascism? Communism? Any other form : lives, we shall be free from much unnecessary of dictatorship? "= worry, and free, also, to carry on with the duties ik 8 The St. Lawrence Waterway? . that life presents, without being hampered by vo 9 Patronage? countless doubts and fears. . 10 Relief? . TX 'Watch your label; it tolls when subscription expires. $1.50 per year in advance. Wow Ee Yirhnd MAH wt yf wt Btn es PEARLS your One is compelled to admire the spirit of the The fact that the people have been caused to think seriously about Canadian politics But they must think defi- And at think Few jays seem to realize tha = crusaders, is an achievement. _ nitely and" constructively, _ fast. tion will likely take place within mentioned has not beech stated. intelligent consideration to con Fortunately, some of the best minds in Canada are sympathetie toward the niovement, there is need for an immediate the. ideas of reform, because, at the electors will have to say "Yes" or "No" to any proposals the "Leadership League" may put forward regarding Canadian public affairs, "Clear statements as to policy, six months, And in the meantime, the actual attitude of the League = regarding such national questions as those here brain have been t a"Federal lees. aginative brain It will require struct a policy. Poder The article -- But crystalizing of the last moment March. "Tha Return to and the reason note, the search for that policy are essential. to the success of the "League."- Nobody doubted the H. Stevens; but he, of all his only "one elected. We are all * when we are asked to change ou The fire of spending is consum ----and personal wealth: How are we going to put out the fire? "land planted to in the Readers' Digest. i "red ~ PROTECTION ~Roumania is {5 be protected robbers by Germany. And yet sincerity - of H. party, was the 'from Missouri" r political faith. ing our national their;training at basic religious e reading, writing has faded out of the picture. i buck to the da Recently. some remarkable operations on. the STOP MOANING: DO BOMETHING performed to relieve persons who were suffering unduly from worries and fears. It is said that if the highly intellectual and im- centres are removed or reduced, » the active life has fuller scope, and the victim loses the sense of fear' and worry. ) Howeve¥, it must be remembered that he also loses some of his sense of discrimination. - "Psychic Surgery" dealing with this subject. appears"in the Magazine Digest for It is by Henry C. Link, the author ot Religion." There is one 3age piece of 'advice at the conclusion of the article: ) "In their quest for happiness, they should use - their heads less and their feet moré,".. But please is for happiness--not "whoopee." >0dq HOW THEY WERE TRAINED In pioneer days boys and- girls got most of home. There they received their ducation and perhaps a start in and arithmetic. Today the home Parents pass the y schools and Sunday Schools, Youths graduate lacking the- knowledge and ex- perience of "how "from -all other Roumania does "not seem to be entirely happy. about the situation. Et They cannot get a job or hold one. wonder what is wrong. 'to apply themselevs to a task. And we --Canadian Statesman. A COMMUNITY UTILITY 1 A very timely article appears in last) week's Maclean's Magazine. It is entitled 'Town Forests" and expresses the thought that 'otherwise worthless trees will in time eliminate waste, Ie was written by William Seabrook. The article must have béen very popular for it made its debut in "Events" and -was: reprinted So profitable "has the venture proved there were a few "holdings in the U.S. PY Si "fathers used the money to move back- woods farmers 'to good land nearer _ flelds were planted with 246,000 young "town of Russell is one of 1800 Amer- that it is clainted in Russell, Mass. the children of the present inhabitants .will live in their town tax free, The fcan towns that-own forests. It be-|. gan in 1924 with less than '100 acres|. and an appropriation of $100. "Today these forests cover 3,000,000 acres-in twenty-seven states and their number has doubled since 1933. Before 11900 It is claimed that these forests will eventually not only be self supporting but also contribute to the town cof- fers. If partially wooded when ac- quired they pay small dividends at once. By thinning cordyood it in- creases the forest's value aiid within a lifetime of the planters comes lumber and really important' money. How is a town forest acquired? Fifteen years ago: were many" aband- one farms near Russell, Mass., whose taxes were a burden to the owners. It was, expensive to keep roads open and got' the children of impoverished farmers to school. So the town town. It pleased all and the aband- oned farms became town forests much of which' was alreay wooded. "Open pines, The forest already pays. Many other American towns could tell the samo story. a; Prof, R.-P. Holdsworth, of Forestry Dept., Amherst State College, lands : By Joseph Denny in "him movement. He says: "I could, preach' a whole sermon on town forests." What would your text be? "They pay." Not only in dollars and cents but in a deep social and spiritual way." , When asked: "Do town forests, even the small ones pay as quickly as that?" he replied: "Don't let your en- thusiasm blind you to the fact that the real dividends are in the.future and the grandest result will come with the | passing of centuries. We are only be- ginning something-that someone else will finish after we are dead. That was his meaning when he said the first big dividends are spiritual. Work- ing with trees we envision the future in longer terms than our own brief How to Beautify Home Surroundings _The home should be regarded as the first centre of beauty. With beauti- ful surroundings a home is not only a delight to thpse intimately connected with-it-but also-to those who travel the adjacent roads and byways. For those who have a desire to make their home surroundings a joy to them- selves and to everybody who may see it, the booklet "Beautifying the Home Grounds of Canada", will prove a help- ful and encouraging document. A limited ber is available from. the lives. Town forests teach this 1 to owners of private wood tracts, I know, says Prof. Holdsworth, an old farmer who is tending a 5Q acre stand of pines to send his baby grandson' to college. He knows he will be dead himself before the boy or trees have grown up. That article expresses the thought that the ones on relief could go and cut their own firewood and in this way warm themselves twice. What a use- ful Source of revenue it would be in our communities if we had some? At Durham, N.H., the local forest is operated solely for school funds. One man in 1900. bequeathed-80 acres to the town. spot, a source of fuel to the needy, and a steady small revenue from the sale of fugl wood and Christmas trees, New {fees, 1600 at a time are furnish- ed free from the state nurseries and planted by the town. So the forest is of more value today than ever. Then a tree, or even a forest of trees, appears to bring God nearer, just like a running brook. Trees bring to memory that lovely poem of Joyce Kilmer which says: "Posing were made by fools Ike me, But only God can make a'tree." It was given as a picnie|, Canadian Horticultural Council, 114 Wellington Street, Ottawa, at a nomi nal price of 10 cents. The booklet has chapters on land- scape 'architecture, how to make u lawn, the flower garden, furniture, rock gardens, pools, the kind of shrubs, plants, and trees that may be grown in the various parts of the Dominion, with plans and illustrations. The time of the year is approaching when the best of all pursuits--garden- ing--will be in full swing. : . PROPOSED" GASOLINE TAX INCREASE On page elght of this issue of the Port Perry Star appears an advertige- ment setting forth the facts upon which is based the opposition in the Province of Ontario to the proposed increase in galoline taxes, Careful study of these facts by auto drivers should be followed by neces- sary action to stay proceedings, if the proposed tax is excessive or unneces- mry, ~"As expressed by J. V. McAres in 'his "Circle Bar" Fourth Column, with t to the proposed. increase from dod | Blackwoo "| 80 he read no newspapers. PORT PERRY PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1939 (Magazine Digest) _ Our neighbours when I was a boy were nearly all people of moderate circumstances, neither rich nor poor. Thrift was a virtue much admired, much discussed, and with most of us a necessity. My particular chum was a boy named Blackwood, one of a large family. It was a.custom'in the Black- wood household to buy a whole harrel of apples each fall and this barrel stood in a sort of pantry off the kitchen called the cool-room. The head was removed and the barrel stood open, apparently an invitation for any one to help himself. But not an open-hpuse invitation, for there was another custom in that family. Each day Mrs. Blackwood would pick the apples over carefully, taking out the spotted ones, those that had begun to turn brown and .get a'bit soft. The] boys were free to help themselves from these culls, ranged on bidden to touch the sound apples in the barrel. "Here's one for you, Frankie," Mrs. Blackwood would say, "there just a little spot on it but you can cat around that." By thfs method the boys ate their way clear to the bottom of the barrel, eating rotten apples all the way and never getting' a good one. Years later I worked for & man a thousand miles from New York who reminded me almost every day of Mrs. Blackwood. It was his inviolable rule never to pay a man his asking price, { never to buy anything new that could be had second-hand, nor anything ex- pensive if something 'almost like it a'really first-class car, never knew the 'pleasure to be had from clothes made by an expensive tailor or the feel of n fine linen shirt, the comfort and satis- faction of custom-made, high-priced boots. And he couldn't know that a man who wears first-class clothes and linen and boots is less conscious. of them than my boss was of his seconds. This man saved an awful lot of money in 60 years, and at 60 he was rich, but | he had been eating rotten apples all his life--Frank Case in 'Tales of a Wayward Inn," : * 6 to 8 cents per gallon inh gasoline ation, "The motorists feel it lacks the moral sanction of their own con. sent, 'and singles them out as a class. Nor does it distinguish between the wealthy motorist and the man who uses his flivver to earn his daily bread. The more decrepit his car thesmore gas it is likely to consume." - '"AVe suppose that in the case of every tax the government is trying to find the satpration point, to learn at just when the law of diminishing returns defeats the object of the tax increase. It is in the hands of the motorists to show the government that the point has been reached and passed with another two cents a gallon on gasoline. The motorists have already done their share and a good déal more than their share, in the matter of paying for the building and A of high- ways." CHP DE ---- HOT DOGS There was a man who lived by the side of the road and he sold hot dogs. He was hard bf hearing, so he had no radio, He had trouble with his eyes, But-he sold good hot dogs. He put signs up on the highway telling how good they were. He stood on the side of the road and cried: "Buy a hot dog, mister 7" and people bought. He in- creased his meat and bun orders, He bought a bigger stove to take care of his trade. - He finally got his son home from college to help him; But then something happened. His son sald, "Father, haven't you been listening to the radio?, Haven't you been reading the newspapers? There's a big depression, The European sit- Sob i oy 7 : ed . . The Saving Habit ) r Regulations relating to the Speed of Motor Vessels on the Minor Waters of Canada. ras defined in Section a shelf in the cool-room, hut were for-| could be had cheaper. He never owned | NOTICE TO MARINERS ~ -- w a Whereas the Minister of Transport reports that it is considered expedient that a Regulation be made for the pur- pose of controlling the speed of motor vessels on the minor waters of Canada, 2 of the Canada Shipping Act; 1934, amended by Chap. 23 of the Statutes of Canada, 103¢, in the following terms, ) "Minor - waters cof Canada' means all inland waters of Canada other than Lakes Ontario, Georgian Bay), . Superior and Winni- peg, and includes all bays, inlets and harbours of or on the said Lakes and "said Georgian Bay, and such sheltered waters on the sea coasts of Canada as the Minister may specify." Now therefore, Governor-General in Council, on the recommendation" of the Minister of Transport and pursuant to subsection! 4 of Section 6v7 of the Canada Ship- ping Act, 1934, is pleased to make the | Stewardship", arie, Huron (including |" His Excellency the |. Dominion Board, Toronto, will give an inspiring message on "Christian Mus, C. R. Carscallen, Ontario Ladies' College, Whitby, will introduce the guest speaker, Mrs. H. D. Taylor, Executive Secretary wf Foreign Missions, 'Mrs. Taylor was a, delegate to'the International Mission: ary Conference at Madras and is .a brilliant and interesting speaker. Mr. | Walter H. Jackson, organist and: choir leader of King St. Church, will be wn" chargé of musical arrangements, A' cordial invitation is extended to every- one. me ----e-- BIENNIAL MEETING The Biennial meeting of the Bay of Quinte Conference Branch of the Woman's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada will be held in Cambridge St. Church, Lindsay, on April 25, 36 and 27. A further -an- nouncement will be veady for publica tion after April 156th. i o> or ---- ani Durham Boys Win Honors at Quinte Seed Fair The Quinte District Seed Fair, at Napanee concluded on Friday, March 17th, with the sale of all the seed from thie two hundred and fifty entries. A record was made in the registered seed when twenty-eight ten bushel lots following regulations; 1--(a) No person shall drive or, operate a motor vessel on any |. waters forming part of the minor waters of Canada recklessly or in a nianner or at a speeds which is! dangerous 'to navigation or to life or limb having regard to all the! ~gircumstapces of the case, including the nature, condition and use of such waters. and the amqunt of navigation or use which is actually at the time or which might reason- ably be expected to be, on or in such waters. {b) Everyone who contravenes the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a "fine not exteeding two_ hundred ._ dollars. V. I. Smart, Deputy Minister. NOTE---This regulation is timely, especially as regards "sesfleas" and speed boats. There is, however, room for litigation when it comes to de- fining "excessive speed" and "reck- lessness."'" No definition as to limit of speed has been given, and if complaint is registered much will depend upon the good sense and fair-mindedness of the magistrate before: whom the case is tried. The domestic situa- Everything's going to uation is terrible. tion is worse. pot." : Whereupon father thought, "Well, my son's been to college, he reads the papers and he listens to the radio and he ought to know." So the father cut down on his meat and bun "orders, took down his advertising signs, and were exhibited. Mr. J. W. McKay and Wm. Michael of the Seed Branch, Ottawa, who acted Jas judges were pleased with the qual- ity of the majority of exhibits. There were only a limited "number of exhibits from Durham, but these made a good showing. Some of the awards were: A Garnet Rickard, in Spring Wheat. ~R. K. Squair, Bowmanville, Red Clover. Robert Armstrong, Lda, 1st and Championship on Fall Wheat; 2nd in Red Clover; ' Weatherilt Bros, Bethany, the three classes of potatoes. Henry Blakely, Pontypool, late potatoes. "Robt. Mortor, Kendal, 3rd in early oats (junior section.) Thursday night. one 'of the import ant features was the banquet with about one hundred and twenty-five growers and junior farmers attending. 'Mr. Wm. Newman, Market Branch, Toronto, made a most secaplabie guest speaker. A very successful Junior Farmers' Sced Judging Competition was held on Thursday with forty-four boys taking part from 'Northumberland, Hastings, Prince Edward, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington and Durham counties. Each County was eligible to send ten boys, 'three "of whom "were named as a County team. The ten boys from Durham were chosen from Blackstock Short Course where they received their first" cope hing on seed Judging during January. ~The "Warden's a forthe high|® team was won by Durham County for the ninth consecutive year, with Hastings County a good second. Each Bowmanville, 2nd Ath in 1st in 2nd in no longer bothered to stand out on the highway to sell his hot dogs." And his hot dog sales fell almost overnight. "You're right, son" the father said to the boy. "We certainly are in the' middle of a great. depredsion.". , Woman's Mission- ary Society. Nn An. outstanding event in April in the work of the Woman's ) Missionary | Society, will be the Oshawa Presby- terial Conference of the W.M.S., of" will be held in King St. Church, Osha- wa, on April 20th at 3 p.m. to all members of the Society. It is! expected many members from the fteinoon Auriliaries, Affiliated Sb cieties, Evening Auxiliaries, "Mission | Creles, representatives of Mission] Bands and Baby Bands, and Affiliated C.G.LT. Workers will be present from Oshawa Presbyterial District. Supper King St. Church. The evening session begins prompt- ly at 8 p.m. with the following pro gram: The- Devotional Service will be' conducted by the Elizabeth Long Mis- sion Circle of Simcoe St. Church, Oshawa. Mrs, H. T* Thompson, Secre- tary of Christian Stewardship of the the United Church of Canada, which] Fred Trewin, The afternoon session will he open two bushels of registered sced. will be served in the banquet hall of ©" boy on the winning team received two bushels of registered sced as well as cash prizes. The team members were: Neil Malcolm, Nestleton: Fred Trewin, Enniskillen and Howard Malcolm, HJanetville. The first twenty boys 'each received cash" prizes with the Durham boys making nine of the first ten placings. Wm. Noonan' County was ticd for eighth place with Fred Trewin, Enniskillen. The names of the first ten were: Gilbert Marlow, Walter Wright, Neil Malcolm, Orval Stinson, Howard Malcolm, Floyd Stin- Victor Malcolm, Wm. Noonan, and Murray Malcolm, son, (tied). The high man in each class received The winning team was not eligible for thesé prizes as they had cach already been awarded 4wo bushels of - grain Prize winners in individual classes: Potatoes -- Howard Cooney, Hast: ings. Weeds and Weed Seeds Floyd Stin- son, Durham. Barley Murray Malcolm, Durham. Red Clover--Jack Eastwood, Hast- ings. © Oats --1. Keteheson, Hastings. Alfalfa--Orval Stinson, Durham. The boys in each County were coached on seed judging previous to the Competition by their Agricultural Representative. of Northumberland} SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher. BLACKSTOCK ._Lepten services 2onductods by - Revi E. P. Wood, rectorof St. John's Angli-- cut. Ce hurch, homes of-Mr and Mis, F, Willan, Mrs, Robt Pave und Mr. and Mrs. E. Darcy. Mrs. Virginia Archer was called to Toronto to help care for hey "friend Mrs, Monette during her last illness. Ms, F. Bailey has returned home from Toronto where she was visiting her brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. -- Geo. McLaughlin, We are pleased to khow that Mr. McLaughlin is much better after his recent illiess. Mrs. Ira Argue has returned home after visiting her daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hyde, of Toronto, Mrs. Hyde and daughter Patsy were suffering from an attack of the "flu" but we are glad to know they are much better. The March meeting of the Avis of=8t. John's Church was held at the home of Mrs. Florence Crawford on Thursday evening the 2nd,. with a splendid" attendance. The program took the form of a debate "Resolved that character has more influence on the world than money." ~The affirm- ative was taken by Misses Leona Devitt and Isobel Chilyers, while the negative was taken by -Messrs: George Carter and Fred Hamilton. The judges, Miss Eva Brown and Messrs. R. Hillgartner and F. Willan gave the decision in favour of the negative. Miss Vera Forder was in charge of an interesting contest after which the refreshments weve served and 'a vote of thanks tendered the hostess. Mr. Royal Whitfield was in Toronto his aunt the late Mrs. Susan Hughes. On Friday evening last the teachers and students of the Continuation School honored St. Patrick's Day by entertaining the young people of the community also the trustees and their wives to a social time in the Com- munity Hall. Mr. Harvey Thompson, President of the Literary Society, evening's entertainment. Mr. E. P. Allan, Principal of the School gave the address of welcome and the following program. was given by pupils of the schoo):™ = Irish Jokes by Roger. Dor- rell, piano solo by Verna McNally, a reading by Reta Swain; an-Irish Song by Jean Malcolm; violin music by Dorothy and Kathleen Wright, accom- panied by Pearl Wright on the piano; and two Irish contests. Refreshments were served at 'the close of the pro- ing "devoted to dancing. = = ' Congratulations are extended to the Durham Sved Fair team. A report of the contest appears in another column of this issue. . Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Shook of Toronto, mother, Mrs. John Marlow. Mr, 0. V. Shaw is in Midland .at- tending the funcra) of his father. The sincere sympathy of the community is_ extended to Mr. Shaw in hig be- reavement. - : A hockey play-off between Myrtle and Blackstock "was held on the Port Perry rink on Tuesday evening, Mar. Lith, when after an overtime of thirty minutes 'the score was +3 in favour of Myrtle. - E Es Mrs. T. Smith has returned home after spending three weeks with her mother Mrs. F. Lamb, who was ill at the home of her son and his wife Mr. and Mrs. R. GG. Lamb, Lindsay. UTICA A very successful wood-bee was held ut the United Church yard on Wed- nesday afternoon, while the ladies quilted two quilts in the basement of the church. * Supper was sérved fol- lowed by the Y. P. A. in the evening. We are sorry to report there are still quite a number onthe sick list. Another storm blocked the roads on Monday, but the men are busy re- opening them again. > "Mv. James Cormack, of "Toronts, visiting his mother Mrs, Jus. Swan, recently. © Mrs. W. Rusnell, of Whitby, spend. ing a weck with- Mrs, James Ackney, whom ave are glad to report is slowly improving in health. Mrs, Ackney has been sick for a number of weeks. Mr. and Mrs, Charlie Webster visit- ed at Mr. C. W. Lakey's on Sunday. Mr. Frank Kendall and Mr.' Harold. week. have been held at the. on Tuesday attending the funeral of > acted as chairman, and opened the _ jrram and the remainder of the even- Kefty in Toronto on Tuesdaybof Tast spent the week ond--with- the- Intter" 7 ) v TEE Se