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- LI Watch your label; it tolls whea your Bubscription expires. $1.60 per year in advance 6 cents a single copy wl PORT PERRY STA PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, 1945 PALMER MEMORIAL - . EDITORIAL Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, his first, best country ever ig at home.--Goldsmith. THE SALT OF THE EARTH It is a good thing that we don't all "go on strike." For many, many years people in com- munities like that of Port Perry have dependably carried on the duties of each day. Food and clothing, fuel and light, and all the requirements of life have been supplied with amazing regular- ity, even in the face of severest weather condi- tions. When our town was destroyed by fire, and when the railway was torn up, the persistent pluck and industry of our people saved the dad. Ours has been a community of free enterprise} without anyone to limit our hours of work, or the amount of our production. We have built our business and our homes on a foundation of supply and demand. No one has grown enormously rich at the expense of his fellow man, Nearly all of us know (at times) the necessity of long hours und steady industry. Nearly all of us have en- Joyed the simple pleasures of life. Generation after generation have grown to manhood and womanhood; and in the world affairs Port Perry community has given an honourable. quoth of notable service. By such industry and frugal good judgment this district has been changed from dense forest to fertile countryside, with homes, and barns, with stores, and thriving places of business; with roads and schools and churches, z That spirit: of self-respecting industry ant, neighborly co-operation has been the foundation \ of our continued prosperity. The same simple virtues and ideals carried out in the larger spheres of life could produce the same happy re- sults. Neither capital nor labor can gain continued happy prosperity by striving to give as little as possible, and grasp as much as possible of the cessful, succeed in gaining major control. But they that live by the sword perish by the sword. The League of Nations worked for world unity; but it lacked sufficient support to make it suc-. Had the United States become an active partner in the League; and had there been a gradual modification of the terms of the Versailles Treaty, great things might have been accom- plished for world unity, and it is possible that World War 2 could have been avoided. The desirability of world unity might be de- bated. Fundamentally, man seems to have been placed on this planet for his personal develop- ment. Struggle has been the basis of that de- velopment, and in the past the fight has been chiefly directed against his fellow man, in the hope of gaining the ascendency. If that struggle could be directed more fully against the forces of nature, and the victories were such that humanity had fuller and better opportunity for personal de- velopment, it would be more in accordance with the Divine command to man, that he should have dominion over the material creation, NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY NEEDS TO BE CHAINED. Can national sovereignty be supplemented by ternational consultation and co-operation ? Clarence K. Streit, author of "Union Now", says: "Now, when man's future seems so vast, catas- trophe threatens to cut us from it. Canadian Confederation and American Federal Union point the way for the beginnings of world unity. The British Commonwealth of Nations shows that the Federal system is capable of expansion in such fashion that all partners benefit, because all part- desirable things of life. * ¥ 0% We have been struggling more than 2000 years for world unity; but that struggle has almost al- ways been based on force, and force has produced no lasting upity. Napoleon tried the method of force, and for a time it looked as though he would ~_ WORLD UNITY: IT WILL NOT DOWN. ners contribute to the general good. goal is reached. Careful, unprejudiced, exhaustive study of all the factors involved in any attempt to gain world unity is the immense task which those advocating it must set themselves. will meet with many setbacks. properly educated, will emerge before the great It A new generation, It will take years, But we can help lay the founda- tion of world unity. HOW THE ENGLISH CELEBRATED VICTORY Re-reading a letter written some time ago by an Englishwoman living in the London suburb of Highgate and describing the way in which the English celebrated the victory over Germany--a letter which I have al- ready read to a number of apprecia- tive people--it has occurred to me, though belatedly, that I should like to share with readers of the Port Perry Star the pleasure it has given me, They will agree with me, I think, in admiring the literary style of the letter and the picture given of the spirit of the English people 'as shown in the nature of their celebra- tion of long-delayed and dearly- bought victory. Perhaps if we on this side of the Atlantic had had to suffer bombings and blackouts and other horrors of war, they would have had a sobering effect on us and our cele- "brations would not have been marred by the drinking and rioting and de- stroying which occurred in some places, . Here is the best and major part of the letter: "Here I am at last in the calm of the evening with, I hope, an hour-of undisturbed quiet to write to you. I say "quiet" because since V-Day I have been bombarded with visits, let- ters, inquiries, - V-Day came so sud- denly, it was like the breaking of the Niagara ice-pack after a long warm spell. "The whole thing took everyone by surprige. Only a week or so preceding we sat through a most dolorous broad- cast of low pressure news possible--- of all the fighting to be done, and the strength of the Bavarian redoubt, and the fanaticism of the Nazis, and the secret weapons. It was a doubtful question whether or no the summer would see the end. Talk about de- spairl Everyone who heard it won- dered why we were permitted such cold blanket treatment. Then came the Montgomery stroke, the knock down and out, and the dawn broke for us. : "My nephew says that the Ameri- cans were astonished. They had been hauling and stocking mountains of supplies for months, and had expected a slogging match on the Rhine until, at earliest, July. So then everyone was knocked out with joy, and I am so very proud and pleased that to the Canadians fell the great prize of history's most complete surrender. It is good to know that Belgium, Holland, td 4 Denmark owe so much to them--and their poor old Motherland, Everyone here is most affectionately grateful to them. They had a long wait, but what a privilege was at the end. It was a real nemesis, for the Germans for years were absolutely confident that Canada would "never fight for England again". They knew. They had it on the best authority. India, too, has been a great surprise. And so it is all over. . "In England it was a religious ex- perience, There was unbounded joy, but no bragging or boasting, no ri- baldry, no vulgarity. The morning in question was one of those golden, sunny but moist days peculiar to this island, It seemed as though time had gone full circle, for the weather was identical with that at the time of the opening of hostilities No one will ever forget the cam olden loveliness of those early Sepfember days, and May, 1945, carried on where they left off. "I was up and out early, trying to get newspapers, and the streets were buzzing with women hurrying to get belated stores at the last moment. And just as in September, 1939, one woke to find London skies pockmarked with barrage balloons, as though they broke out of themselves from the blue, so on V-Day the streets suddenly broke out into flags, and the lowlier the quarter, the more ornate the decora- tion, the pictures of the sovereign be- ing the centre of the design.. Every child had his flag, and the dogs had their bows, and it was joy, joy--as though Christmas Day had descended out of due time, and the world was full of children, "I couldn't get a paper, of course, but my walk ended up on top of our Highgate Hill, where is our parish church, St. Michael"s----battered about but, thank God, not too badly dam- aged. I had to walk up the steep gradient of Swan's Lane, which di- vides Highgate cemetery from Water- loo Park. It is a sanctuary for wild life, and never was there such com- motion. You see it is the really first undisturbed mating season for birds hill indeed. "The churches were open all day, and thanksgiving services were held every hour. In the central churches of Lon- don queues waited outside for the pre- ceding congregations to get out. St. Martin's had .25,000 by dusk. As I 'did not feel physically equal to the strain of crowds, I did not go to town, but a friend and neighbour who was pulled out by a robustious niece of six- teen told me they only saw five in- toxicated people--soldiers who were just merry and not a bit offensive. The police had nothing to do but to stand by and laugh, "There were spontaneous bonfires in the bombed spaces, and up here on the Heath, * Our hill was a city set upon a Every window was with- out a curtain, and on every front window a huge electric bulb--and also in the porches, which were left wide open with a big lantern hanging in the doorway. On the crest of the hill was a bonfire being fed by the chil- dren, the tiny ones sitting on the curb, hugging their knees and gazing at the glowing spectacle. They will re- member it for the rest of their lives. "For us older ones the reaction has set in. We none of us seem quite to believe. But it is such a relief not to be apprehensive, and so nice to have the lights, and to ride on a bus with clear glnds 'windows, although one does feel so very public! The "austere first-fruits of Victory" (to quote 'The Times') lie heavily upon us, serious re- ductjons in rations and harder work than ever, but they are accepted with- out a murmur--except in the case of the German prisoners, Public pres- sure has compelléd the Government to bring down the P.O.W.'s rations to the civilian level, Indeed, everyone is out- raged, even to the point of slighting the refugees. \ "Now we are knowing, 'too, the mighty achievements conceived and born in secrecy. They are accomplish- ing a sort of revival, a purification of spirit, a renaissance of national self- respect. Now, little by little, one by one, they are being revealed: "Mul- berry", "Pluto", "Fido", and I won- der what next. By the way, do you for many years, and the migrants|know why "Mulberry"? Because of have come back. The guns and bombs had scared them all away, but now the | aquatic birds are thick on Highgate and Kenwood ponds, and all the song- birds are in-the trees. It was a de- the saying of our Lord that he with faith (a grain the size of a mustard seed) would say to a sycamore (mul- berry) tree. "Be thou removed, etc. ete." I do not know to which of the light to hear them in the holiday still- | authors or designers of the project the ness of these parts, thought is owed, but there it is, clear away the heavy fogs so common PARK soft ball and tennis and playgrounds for children. An important piece of work is being done at our water-front on Lake Scu- gog, in making over the old railway | property into a beautiful Park and Playgrounds. Back in 1938 members of the National Chiropractors Association of Canada and United States, approached our Town Council, asking if they would be allowed to do something for the good of the Town in the form of a Memorial to the late Daniel David Palmer, founder of Chiropyactics, who was born in Port Perry in March 1845. They were given permission and we well remember the duy in July 1938, that hundreds of Chiropractors and their «friends from all over Canada and the United States, made us a visit to dedicate a piece of ground at the. water-front toward that objective and were almost drowned by one of the heaviest rain storms on record, Since that day, the Palmer Memorial Committee headed by J. C. Clubine, D.C. of Toronto and J. A. Schnick, D.C. of Hamilton along with the fol- lowing local Committee, set up by our Council, C. C. Jeffrey, I". A. Kent, w.! E. MacGregor, H. R. Archer, A. J. Carnegie, S. Griffen (Chairman, Busi- ness Men's Association) and Property Committee of Council, Grant Gerrow' (Chairman), H. Brooks and Reeve W.! M. Letcher have been kept busy lay- | ing plans for this Memorial Park. The Chiropractors have decided to place a bust of the late Daniel David Palmer in the park as their Memorial. Near this, a massive flag pole will be erected and will fly the British and American. flags. The first-block (ap- proximately 300 fect.square) south of Queen St. will ho made into a beautiful grassed Park with shrubs! and trees set out as soon as possible Proper parking spaces are being planned as well, and heavy machinery from A. E, Jupp Construction Co, of Toronto has been working on moving carth and levelling the first block and the bandstand has already been moved to centre of same. The inten- tion of Committee was to level the sccond block for playgrounds while this machinery was here but this could not be done at this time. The National" Chiropractor's Association intend spending several thousands of dollars on this project which will be a lasting Memorial and a credit to their members. The above work is being supervised by Engineer Fred Christie of Man- chester, assisted by Herbert Brooks of the Town Council Property Com- mittee, These men seem to know their work as can be easily seen by the im- provement already shown. The Pro- vineinl Highways Department have heen approached by Council regarding condition of cement road on Water St. in front of this property and they have agreed to re-surface same this fall which will add to the appearance of the new Park. Now that the ban on conventions has been lifted, The National Chiro- practor's Association intend holding their postponed 1945 Annual Conven- tion in the City of Toronto during July 1946. This convention lasts onc week and one day is set aside for all members and their friends to visit Port Perry for the unveiling of their Memorial and the official opening of the new Park. Many notables are expected to. be present for this occasion, : A very warm welcome will be await- ing our many friends on this day by while the next block to the south will | the citizens of Port Perry and Di- be made suitable for sports such as| strict. Py "I am afraid the future is packed with problems. I suppose one solu- tion will be the conversion of those "stately homes of Fngland" into flats. I think it impossible that ever in- dividuals ean live again in the spac- ious style of the Victorians, so they will have to transform their lives and ways to harmonize with changed con- ditions. For myself I can make no plans. We are told that it will hetwo years before anything like a chahge for the better will be possible. Tilt then we shall have to put up with scarcity and high prices, cramped sur- roundings and inconveniences. At least the bombing is over." ' The reference in the letter to "Mul- berry", "Fido" and "Pluto" would 'he puzzling but for some recent explana-| tions by press and radio. "Mulberry" is particularly interesting as the, code | word for the great project which re-] sulted in the prefabricatéd harbour which was towed across the Channel and set up off the shores of France. Was the name suggested by "Monty", that inveterate Bible reader? "Fido" is explained in the September Readers' Digest as the code word (formed from the first letters of Fog Investigation Disposal Operation) for the plan to in England and so perilous to military, especially aerial, operations, I have not seen an explanation of "Pluto" but a correspendent suggests that it might refer to the oil pipes laid under water which could provide oil to float on the surface and ring the Channel coast with protecting flames. The name of the God of Hades might seem applic- able to such a lurid device, * LIE J Should not such a description of the spirit of Britain as is given in this letter make us proud of our connec- tion with that "tight little island"? And should it not rake us ready to help her by all means in "our power at this time of her exhaustion and im- poverishment after her so long, so hard, so costly struggle? That was a good editorial in a recent issue of The Gobe and Mail entitled "Why We Should Help Britain", pointing out that we have not had large areas de- vastated and many civilians killed by bombing, we have not lost virtually all our export trade, we have not had to exist on meagre rations, as have our overseas kinsfolk. It was a startling statement made by Sir Stafford Cripps the other day that there is danger of Britain sinking to the rank of a second-class power. "She is to- day suffering from financial debility", says The Globe and Mail, "but she has great powers of recuperation, if she can survive this critical period, and Canada should help to nurse her through it." Yet there are some who seem to grudge that help, and some here and in other parts of the Empire who would sever the bonds which unite us with the Motherland. Has not Ire- land (with the shining exception of Ulster, birthplace of "Monty" and our future Governar-Genaral) already severed those bonds in all but name? And is there not a strong separationist party in South Africa? A relative who was there at the time of the last elec- tion told me that there was the tensest anxiety among the loyalists lest the party which openly advocated seces- sion should win at the polls. For- tunately the prestige of that great soldier-statesman, Field-Marshal Smuts, once Boer rebel 'but now staunch Britisher, saved the situation, at least for the time.. But do not these two instalces--not to mention other signs of the times -- suggest a real danger of disintegration of the British Commonwealth and Empire, that union of states al been pointed to as a model for a wider federation, even a "federation of the world"? Surely the bare possibility of a break- up of our great Union must make us the more determined to preserve and strengthen it. It is not fajp=Tto expect the same warmth of eal Soom the non-British as from the British ele- ments in our population, though grati- tude for liberties.unknown under flags other than the Union Jack should en- gender a considerable measure of loyalty (even though gratitude has been described as "the rarest of human emotions" and too often just "a lively appreciation of favours, to come". It is also fair, one must add, to believe that there are many nont-Britishers in Canada to whom such a description does not at all apply and who are as dependably loyal as Britishers. But at any rate we of British stock should not fail or falter in our allegiance at this critical time when, as British ne- gotiators said the other day in Ottawa, the United Kingdom is at the parting of the ways and may have to "go for- ward into long years of nusterity" if timely aid is not forthcoming. Can we not furnish a goodly part of that timely aid? Can we not, for instance, offer. a free gift instead of that "cheap, renewable loan" suggested as the extreme limit of Canada's gener- (Continued on Back Page) SAMUEL FARMER Editor and Publisher In 14 years motor vehicle accidents have been responsible for the death of 1418 children, and the injurg of 29,1563 other children. *¢ * Schooling is the teaching of the use of tools, including books, which in the carly stages are the most important educational tools. * * * Films are becoming one of the clear- est and most valuable agencies. educational * * * The retirement of Henry Ford from the Presidency of the Ford Motor Company, is an important event in industry. Ford bhsiness systems of mass production are the accepted in- dustrial program to-day; and Hemry Ford initiated that movement. He is succeeded by. his grandson, Henry Ford the Second. * * LJ An epidemic "of strikes imperils prosperity. What labor does not seem to understand is that there is a limit to "more pay for less work." * * * Heavy wheat buying followed the announcement of export price boost to $1.65, large shipments to Britain fol- lowed a period of confusion after stock piling prior to V-J Day. * * * From all we can learn as to employ- ment, there are plenty of jobs for all who are willing to work at what is offered; but there is not much oppor- tunity for picking and choosing at pre- That may come later after re- conversion; and it may not. * * * sent. Unemployment insurance claims as to August 31--the first figures avail- able since V-J Day--show an increase of 50%. The new figure of claims as outstanding is 28,770 compared with 19,224 at the end of July. DAY by DAY Jottings by the Editor Analysis of the August claims shows 13,000 or 450 of the total in Quebec province, By types of worker, 279% or 7,032 were in the category "un- skilled light labor." * * * > Wage veductions are at present il- legal in industry unless authorized by the War Labor Board. Of course sup- ply and demand will be the ultimate deciding faetors. * * * The pulp and paper industry is a major employment factor. In the mills it employs 38,000; in the woods 100,000; and directly and indirectly it supports half a million persons, NE "Bowmanville citizens have voted, for a new, modern hospital, to be known the Bowmanville Memorial Hos- pital. The institution is dedicated to the fallen in the fight-for freedom. The cost is said to be $100,000, which will mean an average tax of $1.68 per capita on twenty year debentures. * * * as Mr. Bracken says: "It will be our purpose to assist the government to meet the problems it is facing. We are denied the right to assist in the for- mulation of government policy, denied also any share in the administration of that policy. But we are not denied the right to constructive criticism. That, in fact, is our duty. LJ . LJ] Happiness was born a twin. - * * The discourtesy of unpunctuality. * * * The boss must make a profit on the job, or I won't have it long. * * * "We are walking back from a long joy-ride to learn some of the simple laws of economics taught in the ten commandments".-- Anon. A very pleasing event took place on Monday evening of this week at the Genosha Hotel, Oshawa; when Mr, W. H. Moore was the guest of honour at to the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, a banquet tendered him by The distinctive feature of the event present to do honour to Mr. Moore. There were many distinguished guests, including the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, Prime Minister George A.' Drew, Lt. Col. Frank Chappell, Mr. C, L. Burton, Mr. J."S. McLean, Mr. W. FE. N. Sinclair, M.P., Mr. Blanchard, Warden of Ontario County, and many officials of Oshawa and County of Ontario. Mr. Gordon Conant was Master of Ceremonies. Mayor Gifford gave the civic welcome and felicita- tions, Mr. Riess spoke for the Cham- ber of Commerce. Mr. Leonard W.: Brockington was guest speaker. His was a brilliant eulogy of Mr. Moore and-his work. The fifteen years of public service which Mr. Moore rendered to the peo- ple of Ontario Riding, as their repre- sentative in the Federal House, have fo | Citizens of every political stripe were| f MR. W. H. MOORE E HIGHLY HONOURED A Spontaneous Expression of Good ~ Will and Appreciation. MR. W. H. MOORE nate honesty of purpose. This fact wus expressed in many different ways by the men who spoke their minds as to the value of Mr. Moore's service. An illuminated address, a handsome silver tray, some beautiful smoking pipes were presented to Mr, Moore; and a glorious bouquet of flowers to was the fact that it was non-political. Mrs. Moore, In responding to all the kindly culogies of himself, Mr. Moore told of early events which convinced him of the need of seeing two sides of any question; and a keen appreciation of the fact that human personality is much prized by every constituent. The study of a multitude of viewpoints; and the understanding of many per- sonalities, gave ample exercise for good judgment and fair dealing. The banquet was happily staged. It was a credit to its sponsors; and a de-- lightful gesture of appreciation to Mr. Moore, who has been eminently worthy of the kind and understanding words that were spoken. One main thought was voiced by all speakers. That was the wish that My. Moore might continue to give expres- sion to his sane summary of Canadian affairs, even though he no. longer sat been marked by broad vision and in-jin the House of Commons at Ottawa. v