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_ haverot been bitten by the fallacy that education en RE | | I a | PORT PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMRER 10h, 1942 Wateh your label; it tells when your subscription expires $1.60 per year in advance. § cents a single copy EDITORIAL | "Buch is the patriet's beast, wherd'er we ream: His first, best country ever is at home." ¢ CLEAR BPBAKING In all the confusion of self-seeking and mud. dled thinking, there is one clear voice that_can and does state the case in no uncertain terms. The voice is that of President Roosevelt. Without haste; or heat, he pictures things as they are, and as they may become if there is a continuance of self-seeking and muddled thinking, He has outlined an emergency economic policy for the United States. He asks the support of Congress; but warns the Congressmen that if they fail him, he will act by the powers vested in him. Ly The urgency of the need i, peri inflation is so great that the President is fully justified in exercising what in peace time would be con- sidered autocratic powers. ' At the conclusion of a review of the several war fronts, the President said that plans for an offensive warfare were well under way, and at the proper time the American people would know them--and so would the enemy. Thank God for men like Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchilk * * . A VANISHING SKILL Horses are coming back; but blacksmiths are disappearing. We have two in Port Perry; but there is not another in any of the surrounding villages. Even Whitby has no blacksmith. Blacksmithing is hard and sometimes dangerous work; but it is work that must be done. The disappearance of the blacksmith is a farm trag- edy; and curiously enough the. farming people as a whole have made no special effort to make blacksmithing a more profitable and better re- spected trade.' Indeed, when certain proposals were made to the Farmer Government in Ontario some years ago to raise the' trained skill and standing of the blacksmith, the proposals were rejected. The old bogy of unionism and monopoly was put forward as an excuse for giving no of- ficial help to make the trade sufficiently attractive to younger men to enter the business, Every day there comes new evidences of the need of co-operation among the farmers of Can- ada, The rapid disappearance of the blacksmith is only one of the problems which face all farm- ing communities. Not only -is there need for co-operation; but there should be a tolerant and careful study of the best means to adapt farming to modern me- __ chanical conditions. ""Mer$ opposition to those who can profit by ad- vanced methods will do no good. Accusations of monopoly will do no good either. The fact is that the men who do the hard and skilled work such as is done by blacksmiths, should be re- spected and paid well for this essential service rendered. There are certain duties that must be performed in any community. Some of these duties will re- quire hard physical labor. For such, encourage- ment should be given to young healthy men who will save the successful student from the neces- sity of dofng hard work. The main change, however, must be in the at- titude of the farming communities toward those who serve them in many capacities. A greater co-operation"and . a more intelligent atudy of actual farm conditions, will become more neces- sary as the years pass. Radio discussions on farm topics,-and-farm forums, are steps in the right direction. But these should be followed by intensive study of farm problems with practical suggestions for solution of farm difficulties, All this will require money and, of course, the - cost will have to be borne by the farmers. And whatever is done for farm betterment should be given the widest possible publicity. Nothing . succeeds like success. ¢ WRITING LETTERS FROM HOME-- d AND TO HOME The way to write letters is to write them. The way to write anything is to write it. Some people use up so much energy thinking of what they are going to say and never saying it, that letter writing becomes a burden to the. writer, and a disappointment to the reader. ""The best possible letter from you is one which makes the receiver think of you as talking natur- ally on paper. There is no law against drafting a letter, say- ing whatever comes .into one's mind, -and then going over it to do a little. polishing before re- writing. But the main idea is to keep up the _natural conversational tone, so that it really be- comes a "letter from home." And be sure that the writing is easily readable. Letters are becoming a most treasured posses- sion to many a young or older lad away from home, He is lonely for the sound of mother's, father's, sister's, brother's, sweetheart's voice; and the more jt is like the original the better. By the same token, the folks at home dearly - love to receive letters from the boys at the front or any other place away from home. If we could receive some of them for publication in the Star, that would give pleasure to a wider circle of friends. Letter writing has been a great source of first ) hand information, Now that.our boys are trav- elling in distant parts of the world they will see with new eyes what to them and to us have only been geographical names. Better still, they will _.meet, the people of other countries, and learn how... they live and act and feel. In short they will widen their vision and ours if they will pass on what they learn in these strenuous and tragic times. True, letter writing at the front will be ac- complished under difficulties; but when it can be done, it will be doubly valuable--unless the censor pronounced -a "blackout". The moral of all this is, to write letters of cour- age, of information, and of appreciation both of home and of the folk who have left home for its '| Fines. + Port Perry __protection. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO The 34th Ontario Regiment staged a military tournament at the Port Perry Fair Grounds, This outstanding event was brought to Port Perry largely through the ef- forts of Rev. S. C. Jarrett, Chaplain "of the Regimeént. Proceedings included a Sunday parade. The formation was--the 34th Regimental Band, Major-General Jas. MacBrien and Col. F. Chappell, 0.C,, Companies A, B, and C of the Regi- --ment, Port Perry Citizens' Band, the Veterans, and representatives of the fraternal societies. ieee Inthe evening; after supper; a-band concert was given, with'a march com- posed by William Lambert as a not- able feature, A fatality marred the occasion early after the arrival of the Regiment in Port Perry, when Sgt. W. H. Huxtable "fell from a truck and was fatally-in- Jured. Thieves broke into Alix, Gilboord's store -and stole about $400 worth of goods. -. 'Miss Doris Sandy; B.A, (now Mrs. Gemmell), was engaged as teacher of household science; and W.J. McKen- sie, B.A, entered on his duties as Principal of Port Perry High School. PRINCE ALBERT Among the visitors 'with Mr. and Mrs. W. Martyn last week were: Mr, and Mrs. A. Clemes, Mrs. A. McPher- i a son, Mr. Jas. Mark, Mr. G. Mark, Mr. Pridham and son Kenneth, all of | Miss Ruth Luke, of Ottawa, spent a few days with her parents, Mr, and Mrs, F. Luke: Rev. W. J. H. Smyth, while in town last week, called on some of the shut- ins, Miss Mary Murphy, R. N., of Wes- ton is attending Mrs. H. R. Murphy who is ailing from a heart condition. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Williams spent part of their holidays with his father Mr. E. M. Williams. The minister from Greenwood, Rev. Mr. McVey, will be. the speaker at the sérvice here next Suiidey, Bost 13, at ten a.m. Mr, and Mrs. W. Martyn and Allan were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mark at Port Hope. SCUGCOGC There was a good atténdance at the church service on Sunday evening, when a splendid sermon was heard. Mrs. Geo. Samells' Sunday School 'Class entertained the Bible Class on |: Sunday by reciting the Beatitudes. We are sorry to learn that Mra, C. Wannamaker- had the, misfortune to fall while entering a car and cracked her shoulder blade. She. is staying with her sister Mrs. E. H. Gerrow in Oshawa. All wish for her a. speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. W. Mark visited their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brunt, of Enniskillen, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan and Winni- fred, of Toronto, spent the week-end with their friends Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Freeman and Mr, and Mrs. Elfner| IESE Sweetman, Helen, Marie and Noreen were also their guests on Sunday. "Mrs. Geo, Bratley 'and daughter] Margaret visited in Orillia recently. Miss-Ora Dowson, Port Perry, was -a guest on Sunday of Mrs. Robert Reader. Mr. .and Mrs. Geo. Sweetman and son Luzerne - and granddaughter Allene Sweetman visited in Toronto on Saturday and Mr. and Mrs. David Miller and their niece Ann Sweetman, returned home with them for hie 'holi- day week-end, Mr. Ralph Milner and sister Mar- jorie and niece Yvonne visited in To- ronto on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Grills, 'Mr. pe Mrs. R, Grills; Glen and Bruce, of Valentia, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Pogue and son Billle were visitors of Mr. and Mra. W. Mark. Mrs. Clements, of Seagrave, | has Tte- his brother Russell and cousin Vernon Chilton, of Toronto, spent the week- end at their home here. Mrs, H. Leighton of Utica, is spend- ing this week with her friend Mrs, T. All are glad to know Mrs. Leighton is enjoying better health. The sermons of Rev. A. F. Gardiner of Tyrone, on Sunday, at the Head and Foot Churches, were very inter- esting to those that were able to hear them, Miss Olive Brown has secured work in Oshawa. We wish her success, Miss Margaret Day of Port Perry, spent the week-end with Miss Lucille Mark at the home of Mrs. Murray McLaren. There will be-a dance on Friday evening at the hall to secure funds to buy wool for ditty bags for the Navy League. Come along and enjoy the evening and swell the funds. Master Victor Chilton of Toronto, is spending the duration with his cousin Norma Fines and attending the Cen- tre School. Birthday greetings to Merle Hope on Sept. 8th, Ruby Brown on the 11th, Mac Hope the 12th, Mrs. C. Ptolemy and Mrs. R, Carter the 14th, Noreen Sweetman 16th. Registration of Women Because registration of Canadian women will beg compulsory under National Selective Service regulations, with the first group registering be- tween September 14 to September 19, Murs, Rex Eaton, assistant director of National Selective Service has issued clear-cut "explanations of who must register so that no women will break the law unintentionally. The first group to register will be the age classes born betweén Jan. 1st, 1918 and December 31st, 1922--in of 20 and 24 inclusive. All women must register, with one exception and that group is made up of the women who are employed and in possession of Unemployment Insurance Registr- ation cards 411 and 413 and who are still working for wages or salaries and paying unemployment insurance. Inmates of institutions such as hos- pitals, mental hospitals and members of religious institutions need not re- glster, for full particulars of regulations. PY "Myrtle Station The Mission Band picnic which was held on Friday afternoon in a grove east of Mr, Wolfe's summer home, was & very happy affair. Some of the members failed to attend, thereby 'missing an enjoyable "Afternoon. Games provided entertainment until time for the pot-luck lunch, which was made -up of all the good things that Boys and girls liké "most" when they are hungry and as they wended their way home later in the gathering dusk, the members decided that the picnic had been a real success regardless of the small number present. On Saturday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. A. Pritchard and children of Oshawa, called for Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Perrin, and motored to Lindsay. On Sunday, increasing their number by more day at Cross Creeks and on the holi- day a real family re-unlon was held on the shore of Pigeon Lake, 'Little Miss Patsy Lunney and her sister Patsy visited - with Toronto cousins from Thursday last, until over the holiday. Mrs. Jean Stewart returned to To- ronto_on Sunday evening after holi- of Toronto, other words, women between the ages |' Read advertisement in this issue| ~~ members of the family, they spent the| law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kirk- ham. Mr. and Mrs. James Dickson, of Jarrett, Indiana, U.S.A, visited last week with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs, Jas. Dickson. On Sunday they all spent the day with Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Holman of Dagmar. Mrs. Hindman and Muriel of Hamp- ton, visited over the week-end with Frank and Miss V. Lewis. Mrs. George Williams, Miss Doreen Williams, and Miss Violet Jenkinson, spent the week-end and Labour Day with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Britton and Ross. The return holiday highway traffic was again very heavy. Between 8 and 9.30 p.m. cars were passing through the village at the rate of 1100 per hour. Do not burn or otherwise diver your scrap rubber, no matter how small. If you will bring it to the post from the parable of the Prodigal Son, "I will arise and go to my father." During the service Miss Doreen Wil- liamg of the choir of St. George's United. Church, Toronto, sang a solo number, "Green Pastures" by Wilfred Sanderson. Doreen, who lived. here until a few years ago, has developed a rich, full voice and her singing brought pleasure to her audience as they listened. We hope to have her with us again in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. D. Luery arrived home on Saturday afternoon from a pleasant and interesting motor trip. through Muskoka, Algonquin Park and a good bit of Hastings county. The colour- ful fall foliage of Muskoka was be- ginning to show and the farther north they, went the greater was September in evidence. The lakes and hills with their smoky haze were reminders that summer is on the wane, From the time of entering Algonquin park the office, or if you are on the rural mail route, leave rubber and scrap metal at yor mail box, the mail carrier will see that they are brought to the post office where they will be taken care of for headquarters, The auctionisale on Saturday after- noon of Mr. Gordon Barton's house- hold effects, was well attended. Per- haps the prices obtained were not as high for some articles as could be wished but it is invariably the case at a sale that the things of real value sell cheaply and those of little value and very often of little use, bring, ac- cordingly a higher price. The pastor, Rev. G. S. Gervan, brought a message of helpfulness and inspiration -to his congregation on Sunday evening. He chose his text motorists watched keenly for signs of wild animal life but not until the fol- lowing day were they rewarded. A fearless beaver was seen sunning him- self on a birch log on the edge of a tiny bay that jutted into the shoulder of the highway. Farther on and near the eastern gate of the park, which, by the way, is forty two miles across at the southern end, a full grown doe was suddenly espied on a curve of the road, as she stood, head very erect, watching the approach of the car. Stopping -and hurrying back to get a snapshot of the animal, the travellers were disappointed, for the doe didn't! wait for them. When they arrived on the spot where she was first seen, she was going over the uneven ground. in graceful leaps. Mr. and Mrs. Luery hoped to see some bears while cross- ing the park, for the primeval forest, ravines and gullies seemed to be ideal haunts for those lumbering creatures. But again they were disappointed. Later, when they arrived in Madoc, they were told that a bear. and two cubs had visited the outskirts of the village the day before. Madagwaska, a small village situated in a basin formed by surrounding hills, is a busy place just now. The Hydro Power Commission is building a dam.some distance back and in the spring the rising water will flood the most of the village, so the churches and other important buildings are being moved to higher ground. Barry's Bay on Golden Lake is a most picturesque summer resort and offers some wonderfullscenery. Hast- ings county with its lpkes, rivers and lime stone rocks which vary in size from the flat surface stones to rocks hundreds of feet high, is a great con- trast to our own county of Ontario. Mr. Frank Harrison who is still temporary section foreman at Leaside Junction, spent Labor Day at his home here. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hughson and baby of Toronto enjoyed a week's va- cation with Norman and Mrs. Hugh- son, Harry and Mrs. Hughson, of Oakville, were down for a day last week and on Labor Day, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Radburn and Brent, of To- ronto, were with them. Mr. W. Martin and Miss Mary Mar- tin, of Brooklin, spent Sundav with Myrtle friends. Mr. Frank Gilroy of Windsor, was in-the village on Labor Day isreving old acquaintances. NATIONAL REGISTRATION OF WOMEN IN CANADA ~ Sept. 14 to Sept. 19,1942 fi 'turned to her hone after visiting her sister Mrs. Wm, : Jeffrey and other relatives for a few weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Bevington lave re- turned to their home in Toronto after a month in a cottage at Mr. Lorne Graham's shore. Mrs. W. Mark spent the week-end with her daughter Mrs, H. Carnochan at Myrtle. Mr, and Mrs. 8. Reynolds of Sea- grave, were visitors of her. bister Mrs. Wm. Jeffrey on Sunday. . Miss Dorothy Joblin left on Mon- day. to be ready for school opening on Tuesday, at Pickering. Fine weather is. the wish of Mr. Wilfred Mark; for his auction sale on Saturday. Mr. R. Burnham has erested a new driving shed and a sun porch at his home. Mr. Norman' Crozler is in charge of. the work. lg Sergeant George Fines of Galt, od daying with her parents and little daughter at the parsonage. Mrs. Newell and little son Clinton, of North Bay. returned home on Tues- day after a happy week spent with her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. Redman. After the regular Sunday School session on Sunday, Miss Patti Gervan gave a most interesting talk on Tem- perance and also told of 'the resolu- tion passed by the Woman's Miasion- ary. Society at the School for Leaders in session last week at the Ontario Ladies' College, Whitby, The resolu- tion is as follows: "That immediate action be takensto appeal to Canadian women to bug .more grapes for home uge--an increase of at least 26% over last year's quantity. It is "grape jam or brandy", also that the Women's In- stitutes be asked to use more. grapes in grape jam for the soldiers, Tey, are visiting with' her brother-in- H : * | -- he TE ICTR PET TN | 7% Mrs.. Stewart and children of Glen] . "THOSE WHO MUST REGISTER All females born between January 1st, "wis and De- ~~ cember-31st,-1922-inclusive, who are not now in pos- session of Unemployment Insurance Cards Form 411 or 413 (Illustrated below). Also all those who have such cards in their possession but who a are ® not employed in "lisirable employment. easly Saeed ES -- WHERE YOU MUST REGISTER You must register at your nearest Selective Service Office (formerly the local Employment & Claims Office of the Unemployment Insurance Commission), or a location set up for your convenience. If you reside in a rural area, you register at your nearest Post Office. You may register at any time THE DATE OF REGISTRATION between Monday, September 14th, and Saturday, September 19th, 1942, EER NeT cong employment. THOSE WHO either of the two Unemployment Insur- ance Cards Form 411 or 413 (illustrated) and who are now employed in insurable REGISTER "ale LL) NOTE: If you are now unemployed, you will be required to register. If you have an insurance book number or registration certificate IC. 411 or 413 which you i got when you were Povicunly employed, bring it with by when registéting.. . ELLIOTT M LITTLE + » A ay Dh National Sel a HUMPHREY MITCHELL Mislste of Labour 8348 gg SO a rE Ses XK ---- Ti Se RS = hm 5 oo At rnp pany mp es noe iy a Nes rs TEE RS To TY, ST CP I PFT TT TER TR aE ro 4 3 ETHER