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he fe: 1% £55 i 2 ye TERRY co Rl 3, pi ed ARIA A ---- AF ERT Watch your label; it tolls when Aged $1.50 per year in advance 5 cents a single cupy Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, PO RT PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONT, THURSDAY, JANUARY EDITORIAL Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, his first, best country ever, is at home.--Goldsmith. ANNIVERSARIES In is right and proper to ctlobrole an- niversaries. They fix in the mind of the public the importance of what has been done, be it the work of a church, or the life of an individual. It would have been a serious oversight had Port Perry United Church neglected to celebrate its Diamond Jubilee, for the young life of Port Perry has centered around that church, as with the other churches, during the past sixty years, Sunday by Sunday the teaching con- tinued; and Sunday by Sunday men and women met to worship their Maker. No one can estimate the unassuming goodness of the work that is carried on from week to week. No one could guage the wide in- fluence which the Church has in commun- ity life. Not in Church circles alone is that influence felt, If there is a drought in the West, Church people are at the heart of the movement to send relief to the suf- ferers. No matter. where human kindness can. alleviate distress, the Chureh folk carry on in the organizations that are set up to do the work of helpfulness. If you study the membership of the I.O.D.E,, the Lions Club, and similar or- ganizations, you will find that most'of the members are also members of one of the Churches. - First as a Methodist Church, and later as a-United Church of Canada, the Port Perry branch has honored the good work done by the members, past and present: during the sixty years just ended. : * «oe ; THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SOBER Attorney-General Blackwell has an- nounced that the liquor laws of Ontario are to be revised. The underlying principle of that revi- "gion should be the maintenance of the right to remain sober. : The power of the liquor industry is so great that it must be curbed if the average - citizen is to able to maintain his right, and 'the right of those for whom he is respons. ible, to refuse the "bright headache". It really is not wonderful that the pro- hibitionist looks upon the closing of the beverage room as a victory, and the open- ing of a new one a menace to the commun- ity. That is not hypocrisy; it is plain common sense. Blair Fraser gave a vivid picture of beverage rooms in a recent issue of Maclean's Magazine. They are not nice. And, speaking of hypocrisy--how much interest would the Government have in regulating and protecting the liquor traf- fic, if it were not of the twenty-million dollars revenue which the Province re- ceives annually? Short shrift would be given to many who now defy public good. It is to be hoped that the revised liquor law will help to keep liquor drinking with- in the bounds of safety--if that is possible. It should be easier to convict a liquor seller of the violation liquor laws; and the violation of the décencies of life. It is ridiculous to demand that an informant must see the money changing hands in an illegal liquor sale before evidence will be accepted. And endless quibbling follows every charge of misbehaviour of propri- etors or individuals when liquor cases are taken to court. Liquor selling is an extra hazardous business so far as wholesome public life. is concerned. The first business of the Government is to make decent living pos- sible. It is not to protect vested interests, or to bolster up the idea that a man (or woman) may "go to the dogs" if he so wishes. 'It is against the law to commit suicide; and it should be against the law to render " oneself a useless burden to the community, It is going to take a well developed, sane people to enable Canada to hold its high standing i in the world, * 8s Ww This comment from the Oshawa Times- Gazette is enlightening. Beverage Rooom Laxity The spectacle of an 18-year-old girl in local Police Court charged with drunken- ness is not a very wholesome commentary on moral conditions, to say the least. What puzzles us, and no doubt other peo- ple also, is why the beverage room where this young girl is said to have been drink- ing, has not been prosecuted. The police gave evidence in court on this point, al- though the name of the Whitby hotel said to have been responsible was not given. Half-truths such as 'this do an injustice to "those hotelmen who are making an honest effort to respect the law. The police should note the remarks of Judge W. T. Robb, Chiairman of the Ontario "Lisuor Authority Control Board, who said recently in an address in Hamilton, that the section of the Liquor Authority Control Act dealing with the sale of beer to minors would be vigorously enforced. The Chair- man added: "We have encountered several cases where beverage room attendants sold beer to youths under 21. In one such in- stance nobody could possibly have thought that the boy to whom it was sold was more than." The same comment might reason- ably be applied in the present instance. * ® @ "IF WINTER COMES, CAN FAR AWAY?" The seed and shrub catalogues are beginning to SPRING BE ~ . come; and garden lovers are beginning to dream of the flowers and vegetables they. will grow next summer--if it is a better summer than that of 1946, Those are pleasant anticipations; but they rare- ly reach the dream perfection, or the perfection of the colored flowers that are pictured in the catalogues. But, happily, we hope on, and some- times we are rewarded--if we work well, .| guided proceedings so that credit was ; Mrs. Adam Comming On Wednesday, January 23rd, 1046, after a long illness, Mrs, Adam Cum- ming died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Robert Love, Toronto. Mrs. Cumming, whose maiden name was Margaret Devlin, was in her 80th year at the time of her death. She was born in Scotland in 1866, and came to Canada as a bride of 21 years. Mr. and Mrs. Cumming settled on the farm on No. 12 Highway, one conces- sion north of Manchester, which Mr. Cumming held on a 99 year lease. There they lived until the, death of Mr. Cumming in 1941. They raised a family of eleven "children, all of whom survive their parents, The children are: Pearl, Mra, F. Alexander, Golden, Sask.; Mabel, Mrs. Robert Love, Toronto; Gladys Cumming, Toronto; Jeanette, Mrs. J. D. VanZandt, Toronto; Hugh 'Cumming, Uxbridge; Marjory, Mrs. I. R. Williams, Manchester; Gordon Cumming, Uxbridge; Irene, Mrs. H. Dunlop, Brantford; Dora, Mrs, H. Merrix, Toronto; Jack Cumming, Ux- bridge; Jean, Mrs. S. Hutt, Toronto, Besides the.gons and daughters there survive twenty-one grand children, and two great grand children, To fully appreciate the fine char- acter of Mrs, Cumming one has but to remember her industry and kindly motherhood in bringing up that big family, all of whom are taking an honorable and useful place in the com- munities in which they live. It was a treat to enter her home, which was marked by true Scotch hospitality. She was a kindly neighbor; but home duties kept her thoroughly occupied. Such are the people who built into the community life those virtures -that make for happy homes, Mrs, Cumming was a member of St. John's Presbyterian Church. The fun- eral service was conducted by. Rev. J. A. MacMillan, Interment was made in Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Al- bert, Ont, ------ EP BP -- ee Hockey! JUNIOR 0.HA. HOCKEY Port Perry at Whithy Last Friday evening, Jan, 256th, the Whitby arena was the scene of another Junior "C" hockey game. The Whitby team, who hadn't lost a game _this season, made no mistake and gave Port Perry a 12-2 ghellacing., The ice was quite soft which made the going tough for both teams. Port Perry held their own pretty well in the first period, the score at the end being 8-1, But when the second period ended the score was 6-1 and in the final stanza Whitby collected 6 more count- ers to Port Perry's 1, 5 The goal-getters for Port were: Marks and Williams, Taylor getting the assist on the last counter. The goal getters for Whitby were: Bill Lowe, P, MeClosky (2), Morrison (8), J. McClosky (2), Pascoe, Lintner (2) and Moore, "om Penalties of game were given to: Lintner (2), Heffering, Williams, J. McClosky, Lowe and Booth, This coming Monday, Feb. 4, Whitby again play hosts here in the Port Perry Arena. Be on hand to witness another exciting game. We'll be look- ing for you. Port Perry line-up-- Goal, Pargeter; def.,, Williams and Christie; center, Marks; R. wing, Tay- lor; L. wing, Hillier, Alts., Sweetman, Sheridan, Whitmore, Booth, Leeder, Murray; sub. goalie, Goode. Whitby line-up-- Goal, McEwen; Def., Heffering and Lowe; center, Joe McClosky; R. wing, Pat McClosky; L. wing, Lintner. Alts,, Morrison, Gates, Pascoe, Hooker, Moore; sub. goalie, Sleightholm, + 0 STOUFFVILLR AT PORT PERRY Last Monday, January 28th, Port suffered another decided defeat, This time by Stouffville by a score of '11-3, The Port Perry team certainly didn't] lack side-line support. Our town peo- ple are still turning out in goodly numbers and give our boys all kinds of vocal encouragement; but our lads just can't seem to chalk up a win. And the spectators seem to be taking the game quite seriously, too, as shown at this last game, nearing the end of the third period, when an argument re- sulted into a short free-for-all among the onlookers, i Port. Perry play a return visit to Stouffville this coming Friday (to- morrow night), I might remind you fans that the Hockey Club are still Last Wednesday evening was a gala occasion in Port Perry United Church. It was the social side of the Diamond Jubilee. First, there was a banquet, in the gloriously decorated banquetting hall. Over four hundred people enjoyed that delightful chicken dinner, One family, that of Mrs, A. J. Davis, was especially interested in the Dia- mond Jubilee, for Mrs, Davis was a Charter Member; and the late Mr. A. J. Davis was choirleader in those early days. So Mrs. Davis undertook to decorate the Sunday School room where the banquet was held. They made it a bower of beauty. And the ladies. of the Women's Association served a meal befitting those beautiful surroundings, After the banquet a happy meeting was held in the auditorium, Miss Iva Fallowdown, elocutionist, of Sunder- land, provided the fun; and she did it well, especially in that lesson on how to chew gum. The Whitby mixed Quartette, under the direction of Mrs. Rowe, provided a generous program of music. The quartette consisted of Miss Whitfield, Miss McBride, Mr. Whitfield and Mr. Bull, with Mrs. Sherwin as pianist. Rev. W.- C. Smith presided and given to those who were instrumental in the building of the Church. The following charter members were presented with a specially prepared "Historic Sketch"--Mrs. A.J. Davis, Mrs. A. W. Allin, Mr. Samuel Jeffrey, Mr. W. L. Parrish, Mrs. Robt. Town and Mrs. William Ross. Only Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Allin were able to be present. These ladies were also pre- sented with flowers, Later, Mrs. H. H. Stone, daughter of Mrs. Davis, read extracts from the Historic Sketch. Flowers were also presented to Mrs, Wesley Elliott, widow of a former minister, and Mrs.Z. M, Jackson, pre- sident of the Woman's Association and superintendent of the Primary Dept. of the Sunday School. Words of greeting were given by Mr; W. M. Letcher, former reove, and Mr. Fred Reesor, reeve, Presbytery greetings given by Mr. S. Farmer, past chairman, and Rev. F. G. Joblin, a former chairman, in the absence of 31st, 1946 Diamond J ubilee Services PORT PERRY UNITED CHURCH n= CHARTER MEMBERS HONOURED Rev. George Telford and Rev, P. L. Jull, Excellent short addresses of good wishes and challenge to greater things were given by Mr. S. Farmer, Rev. E. B. Cooke, Mr, C. C. Jeffrey, Mrs, Z Jackson, Mr. T. Harris and Mr. R. B. Smallman, The Sunday services, on January 27th, . were very largely attended. Rev. W. J. H. Smyth, of Parkhill, a former pastor, gave a inspiring sermon at the morning service. His text was that notable command of Christ-- "Launch out into the deep." The speaker challenged the Church to launch out into richer and nobler and more reverent worship; to go for- ward with courage in Christian service --courage such as our soldiers showed in defending our freedom; and the spirit of adventure that would dare great things for the spread of the Gospel, and a more thorough living according to the principles of life which Christ taught. At the evening service Rev. Dr. R. T. Richards, of London, was the preacher. He took for his text John iii: 16--a well worn subject to which he brought new and inspiring light, Mr. Richards believes that this is a friend- ly world--a world of plenty, of beauty, and of richness. There is nothing wrong with the world in its provision for the human race. But there is much that is wrong with the distribution of earth's bounties, ' God proved His love for the world by sendmg His Son manity. found them, and taught the better way; of living. He knew human weakness, ard He also the Divine capacity of men and women, The Gospel is indeed "good news" of God's love for men; and those who live in that new way have enriched their lives and have entered into the life that is immortal, These sermons by Rev. Mr. and Rev. Dr. enjoyed, The choir gave an excellent musical program. They were happily assisted by Mr. Henry Batten, baritone soloist of George St. United Church, Peter- boro. Rev. Mr. Smith. presided at both ser- vices, Rev. IF. G. Joblin assisting. Smyth Richards were greatly running a bus to all out of town games, The bus to Stoffville will leave Taylor's Restaurant at 7 p.m. sharp. Following is a brief summary of last Monday's game: 1st Period Taylor for Port scored first goal of evening at 5,16 from a scromble in front of the net. Birkholder took the! first penalty at 8.10 for tripping. Then Powell went off at 16.80 for inter- ference. Linton tied the score at 22.36 on a close-in shot. First period ended in a 1-1 tie, 2nd Period Sellors scored second counter for Stouffville at 1.64 and again at 8.36 to: make score 3-1. Goode, the Port Perry regular net minder received a nasty puck in the neck at 11,00 and was unable to return to finish the game, Pargeter took over in the nets at this stage. At 11.40 Marks scored from behind the net to make the score 3.2. Lewis scored for Stouffville at 12.37 and nearing the end of the period | it Jewett put in two more counters, one! at 22.26 and another at 23,20 to make' the score 6-2, | 8rd Period Linton scored for Stouffville at 2.20 and Petch at 3.356. Then Jewitt pushed' in another to make the score 9-2 Leh- man took the penalty bench at 6.00 for charging. Rumney made the score 10-2 at 9.10 by a long drive and Hillier and Rumney began mixing it up in the corner at 11.20 for which Rumney re- ceived a 6 minute major penalty and, Hillier 2 minutes, Williams scored third goal for Port at 12.36 on Christi's rebound, Petch scored final goal of 'game at 18.30. Hililer toog penalty bench again at 10.00 for tripping and Birkholder was put off at 22.30 also for tripping. Final score 11-3 for Stouffville. Port Perry line-up-- Goal, Goode; def., Christie; center, Mark; lier, .R. wing, Taylor; alts., Leader, Boothe, Murray, Sheridan, Powell and Whitmore; sub. goalie, Pargeter. Williams and L. wing, Hil- Stouffville line-up-- Goal, Moore; def., Paisley; center, Rumney; Campbell and R., wing to Jive with. hu- Christ took the people' as He) SAMUEL FARMER Editor and Publisher Ontario County AJAX is being put to buildings. February Sixteenth is and important project. 'new guise, It will be Open Day at Ajax. shown about the re-converted property; and at 6.30 p:m. Dinner will be served to all who are fortunate enough to secure tickets that are now on sale, Messrs. S Griffen nr Ted Jackson). At the Dinner there will be addresses by promi- nent speakers, including Premier George A. Drew. This is a double opportunity--to show interest and good wll to this outstanding educational move- ment: and to see the famous Ajax settlement under a DAY by DAY Jottings by the Editor Welcomes Aj ax Students new and better uses. In- stead of being a factory for explosives, it is to be an extension of the University of Toronto for the 1500 students for whom there is no room at the Toronto Ontario County is honored to have this extension Toronto University situated at Ajax;and doubly hon- ored to have those students taking. their University Courses within the County. to be a great day at Ajax, for, upon that occasion, the eitizens of this County have been invited to show their interest in this new Visitors will be (See Linton; L. wnig, Sellors; alts., Petch, Jewett, Lewis, Lehman, Burkholder. The players wish to thank Mr, John Taylor for a case of pop. A ES ]L IMPERIAL ORDER DAUGHTERS Paring the war years, the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire pro- vided comforts and amenities to Brit- ish, Canadian and Allied Seamen valued at nearly one million dollars ac- cording to Mrs. H. S. Angus, National War Service Convener. This assis- tance has been given in various ways. Thousands of games and puzzles, mil- lions of magazines, over a million new and donated books have been provided : through the Order for seamen in' hos- tels, hospitals, the naval libraries and ships. It is of interest to note that: not only have books in English and | French been given but, to meet re- quests of Dutch, Polish, Norwegian antl Greek seamen who put into Cana-' dian ports, for books in their own: language, appeals were made by the Order in the United States and Canada for these books which when received At the request of the Department of Naval Services, I. O. D. E. Chapters "adopted" a total of 349 ships and pro- vided thousands of dollars worth of these adopted ships. An extract of a letter received from a man on one of our corvettes reads: "Everything we have ever had given to us or done for us seems to be connected with the 1.0. D.E. in some way or other." [.0.D.E, members have also rendered help to shipwrecked seamen's hostels OF THE EMPIRE. |" in Canada and abroad, and in past years have supplied large numbers of ditty bags which were distributed by the Navy League of Canada, In addition, comforts have been pro- vided in both Canadian and British ports, the 1,0.D.E. operatj ing depots at Saint John, N.B.,, and Sydney, S.N., and according to the Special Services Officer of the Royal Canadian Navy, the 1.0.D.E. was the chief source of supply of knitted com- forts for seamen distributed by Naval Distributing Centres at Halifax and other Canadian ports. Since the beginning of 'the war a were placed on the ships. | amenities and extras for the crews of | 'clothing in Britain, constant flow of comforts has been 1sent for sailors of the Navy and sea- men of the Merchant Navy in Britain. The organizations receiving I1.0.D.E. Comforts for distribution there were the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, the British Sailors' Society, and the Depot for Knitted «Garments for the Royal Navy. Al- though the latter depot has been closed recently, shipments of seamen's com- forts are still being sent to the Royal National Mission and to the British Sailors' Society, both organizations which aid seamen in peace as well as ywar, one of them having been in opera- tion for over 100 years. Owing to the extreme shortage of it has been, and still is, very difficult for relatives and friends to provide the necessary sea- men's comforts without continued help from Canada. This help, the 1.0.D.E, members have been more than happy to give in the past and will continue to give as long as it is needed. The Kent- Bitlet! Bridal Party, Port Reuty. A i Mr. and Mrs, Beverley Kent, married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr, and Mrs. John Birkett, Port Perry, are pictured above with their attendants. The bridegroom is the son of Frederick Kent and the late Mra, Kent, and the bride," Eleanor Bernice, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Birkett, The attendants were Miss Electa Birkett, sister of the bride, and George Channell, of Bloomfield. a IA PIRI Photo courtesy Timés-Ganetbe _ distribut: yr me pret ZA de Ta roa ~ Sw ra WN SS AG a gdp a pha Nr in ~ Ei Lm Wii t PAAR AOA Peg a --. : " , Bod > < Cp TE a da RA fn PE AT ae 4 - 4 Coy A hn - nt , we oe Ei A Rs BC a Tm A