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LF £3 2 gga bree lida ail ave ; Expires. $2.00 per year in advance. 5c. Single Copy $3.00 per Year Outside Canada Wawn your Label; it tells when your subscription PORT PERRY, ONT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28th, 1952 L % . od y - FEELS SAP ERE SG ahi, THE PORT PBRRY STAR CO. LTD. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. DEMOCRACY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE We hardly need look at Russia to be confused about what goes on in our world, In San Francisco an American Chinese who had fought against Japan was denied the opportunity to move into a section of the city where he had bought a house be- cause of the opposition of the residents. Sure that democracy was more than a mere principle, he conducted a survey of the neighbourhood appealing to the people on the basis of their belief in the ideas of Jefferson and Lincoln , . . and the con- cepts of human justice and decency to vote for his right to take up his residence. At the same time, om a much more practical plane, the real estate dealers appealed for his rejection on the ground that to let the -Shengs in meant bringing down property values . . . so they voted against the Shengs 6 to 1. Little wonder that this American is a little bitter about Ameri- can Democracy. 2 Actually, much of our support of demo- cracy is mere lip service ..... i even _ though we claim that-we give our lives for it. When it appears that democracy may hurt cur pocketbook, we discard de- mocratic principles for expedients of the moment little realizing that such exped- "ients are the very things which have be- - trayed so much of the world into the hands, of the communists. The people are never so blind as when they are blinded by money. In just such a manner did Hitler undermine France. . . in just such a manner do we undermine our own position everywhere in the world. There seems to be little sense in piling up billions of dollars of armaments to defend Democracy and the democratic way of life and at the same time sell it down the * river, for a few paltry dollars. The Shengs have cause to be bitter and we have cause to think. EE BOTTLING THE LIQUOR INDUSTRY There is always something to be said for both tdes in any dispute that has any v lie - . "NOTES AND COMMENTS -out a strong case against liquor . . . and with much reasons, Statistics show that we are about the drinkingest people in the world. And the same statistics can be further explored to show that such drink- ing is by no means the innocent pastime that some of our more convivial spirits would have us believe, In point of fact, social service workers who should know more about the actual conditions than_anyone else since their is: a full time job in trying to unravel the messes that people get themselves into, claim that it is Canada's greatest social evil. As experts they should know what they are talking about. : However, there is much pressure brought to bear publicly and privately to keep such plain talk from the general-pub- so most people do not know that drink is our major social evil. Now, this is npt akin to saying that prohibition is the "answer. What it does suggest is that we take intelligent steps to educate the people to the menace inherent in drink ; that we take steps to see that those who do get drunk are severely dealt with. Our liquor laws are weak to the point of indulgence and serve little as deterrents to those who make a practice of getting drunk. . We don't allow people to carry loaded revolvers around with them; but we don't do much to remove those loaded witlr li- quor from. circulation . . . and many of them are potential killers . . . in cars, in the home, at parties--freed of inhibitions destructive tendencies are ill-controlled . . _ The laws could and should be made rigid enough to see that such destruction is kept to a minimuin. If a person wants to drink . .. . that is his business . . . if he be- comes drunk that is our business . . . and we cannot -afford to treat the drunkard as lightly as we have in the past. : Whether we drink or not we have a res- ponsihility to see that drinking is not abused . . . we have a responsibility to set that it is properly punished for the dangerous crime that-it is, Better still is prevention and that means intelligent: -past- year. basis for being a dispute. Temperance people feel that they can make ; Certainly, the education 'concerning drink and the reas- ons for people drinking. - Legion Awarded Shield At a meeting of the full execu- tive of the Ontario Command of the Canadian Legion, held in Tor- onto recently, it was announced that the Thomas Magladery Shield, won by the Ontario Branch having the highest percentage increase in membership during the year 1951, had been awarded to Port Perry Branch, No. 419 of the Legion. Provincial Secretary Pat Biggs, making the announcement, stated that the Port Perry Branch had increased its membership by 230 per cent during the year, this be- ing the best showing made by any one of the 446 branches in Ontario. In attendance at the executive meeting from this district were Frank Threadgold, Whitby, Pro- vincial vice-chairman; Mayor J. Burnett, Cobourg, district com- mander:; James Lovell, Oshawa, zone commander, and M. McIntyre Hood chairman, provincial public relations committee, who present- ed a report on a public relations program for the Ontario Com- mand. ; The Legion has Been doing some fine work in Port: Perry in 'the One of their projects is the equipping of one room in the - Community Hospital being built here. They have obtained 7 pensions in the past year and have straightened out a few mis- understandings in other veteran affairs. Bb Tournament Whitby Badminton League are holding. their annual Invitation Towrnament at Ajax Recreation Hall on Monday, Tuesday, Thurs- day and Friday evenings, of next week. ; There are 106 entries from the district (11 from Port Perry Club) and many gbod games are antici- pated. The public are welcome to attend any evening but especially invited .to come Friday (March 7). when the Final Matches will be. played. This will be followed by dancing with Dolly Cross and' her Rhythmaires from 9.30 to 1.30. Admission to dance $1 a person. Rod and Gun Club The weekly shoot at the School last Thursday showed some real competition. Several of the Jr. members made: some fine scores, Jr.--Junior Member. X--number of pellets in circle The scores: . E. Geer 100--7X; A. Brock, 100 --=6 X; H. Davey,100--5X; C. Red- man, 96--4X; M. Butson, 93; B. Huntley, 80--Jr.; L. Reamsbottom 73; A. Newnham, Jr.; R. Williams Jr. were tied for 8th place with 61. Owing to the High School "At Home" on Friday there will be no meeting at the school this week, but instead a business meeting will be held at Ott Hamilton's gar- age .on Thursday, Feb. 28. Much business is to be discussed and every member is requested to at- tend. We will have to. have the names of those wishing to attend the Sportsmen's Show so we can get a block of seats for March 15th, and tickets must be picked up by Mar. 1st, yt : : Ott Hamilton. ' I. 0. D. E. Scugog Chapter I. O. D. E. are meeting in the Library rooms on Monday, March 3rd at 8.00 p.m. Come and support your Chapter. Re a Open Scout Hall The opening of the new Scout Hall will be held on March 7, '62 at 8 p.m. 'The public is cordially invited to attend the Euchre to be held in the new building. Lunch will be served. ne F amily Skating Party Maybelle Rebekah Lodge and Warriner Lodge, 1.0.0.F. will hold a joint family skating party at the rink on Wednesday, March 5th. There will be a pot-luck lunch after. Please bring food for the lunch and bring your family. If you don't skate you may play cards in the Lodge rooms. In the event of no skating that night it will be turned into a theatre party. Please meet at the Lodge rooms at 8 o'clock. ed High School in Port Perry is now with the 1st battalion, Prin- cess Pats. The Picture was taken while he was on a few days leave in Soeul, Korea. "> Scugeg Junior Homemakers The third meeting of our club was held on February 16th at the home of Bonnie Gerrow with ten girls present. The meeting opened by repeat- ing the Lord's Prayer. The roll call was answered by each girl telling why she chose that colour of material for her dress. A card of thanks was read from Ella Smith. Mrs. Boundey read a letter from Miss Shaver reminding the girls of the Garden Club unit. wishing to take it should call Mrs. Anyone Pte Victor Chilton, who attend- U. C. Choir Wins The United Church Choir jour- neyed to Toronto on Monday even- ing-and came home with the covet- ed prize, a cheque for $75.00: and Kiwanis Shield. The occasion was the Kiwanis Music Festival. The Port Perry Choir, under the direction of Mrs. Elsie Dobson was the only one en- tered in the class but it was re- quired to obtain a 75% rating in order to qualify for the prize. In both the test tune and the free tune our choir, received a better than 80% rating. Mrs. J. E. Jack- son was their accompanist. i The 32 members of the choir rmade the trip by chartered bus and report a real good time; also they say they were very pleased to see so many familiar faces in the audience. i This coveted prize was the re- sult of many hours of arduous ef- fort by Mrs. Dobson, Mrs. Jackson and all members of the Choir. There were days when both those in the choir and families at home felt it was asking too much; but all that is past and everyone is very happy. Even the adjudicator commented on the obvious comaraderie of the choir and those associated with it. > ------------ N ~ Film Council Meet A film council meeting will be held at the Library on Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. at which it is hoped the pre: liminary steps will be taken to form the Port Perry and District Film Council. Mr. Ronald Ward of the National Film Board will be here to give us details of the ideas and ac- tivities of a 'Film Council, its forma- tion and operation. Many organizations have been in- formed of this proposed community project and it is hoped that represen- Boundey by March 1st. The remainder of the afternoon was spent with each girl working on her dress. Many of the dresses were fitted. A dainty lunch followed. El- louise thanked the hostess. Next meeting to be held on March 1st at Ellouise Hoggard's home in Port Perry. : : ARM FORUM Mr. Clare Burt, Provincial Farm Forum Secretary, will be the guest speaker at the. Ontario County Farm Forum Rally which will be held in Greenbank Hall, on Wed- nesday, March 5th at 8 p.m. < tatives--of all of them will be present, together with other individuals who would be interested in the promotion of facilities for the utilization of edu- cational films. These documentary films are available in great variety and there is probably very few sub- jects not covered by 16mm films. These educational programs, direct- ed as they are toward constructive group action, contribute greatly to the development of alert, thoughtful citi- zens. who have heightened apprecia- tion of cultural values. ---- > Large Egg Last Thursday, Mr. Ira Aldred brought in a surprisingly large hen egg. Upon measuring it we found the circumference to be 9", A model of the old Town Hall clock ment aboard the Empress of France when she docked at Saint John, N.B,, last week.- The model, which moved in the custody of Chief Bedroom Ste- ward William C. Hartley (far right), a native of Preston, is now travelling throughout Canada and the United States, and is being displayed in the . city halls of many of the major cities, With it is an illuminated scroll on which all ex-Prestonians are asked to sign their names. "The clock tower, carved from the original timbers of the old structure which was destroyed by fire in 1947, is a 'symbol of the Preston Guild celebrations which, with the exception of the war years, have been held every 20 years for the last ton on Sept. 1 this year and the model of the tower carried an invitation to all old Perstonians to attend. In this picture taken the day the tour started in Liverpool aboard the Em- press are (left to- right) - Councillor J. Wr-Taylor, major of Preston; Pres. ton's town clerk W. E, Lockley; D. B. Watson, general agent for the O.P.R. at Liverpool and Mr. Hartley, 400 years, They will be held in Pres- at Music Festival 'comic strips think that their read- Make Good Show- ing at Festival = LOCAL CONTESTANTS PLACE WELL IN PIANO CLASSES AT KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL Congratulations to Norma Lev- inson in obtaining 81 marks in class 336, Piano Solo, under 14yrs. --Waltz, Kossenko. Congratulations to Donna Sam- ells who came in 3rd place in class 338, Piano Solo, under 12 years, Tripping round the Maypole, Dun- Dunhill. : Carol Solomon 88 1st Craig Judson 86 2nd Donna Samells _ 8b 3rd Both Norma and Donna are pu- pils of Mrs. McClintock. Mr. Ronald Biggs, Hon. A.R.C.M. of London England was the Ad- judicator. He is an Examiner for the Royal Schools of Music and now Conductor and Adjudicator at Festivals throughout the British Isles. This is his first visit to Canada as an adjudicator at our Festival. - > -- - - - Fairs Association The following reports were furnish- ed by two delegates from Port Perry, Reach and Scugog Agricultural So- ciety, Mrs. Lawson Honey and Mrs. Ben Smith. By Mrs. Honey-- The fifty-second" annual convention of Ontario Association of Agricul- tural Societies was held at the King Fdward Hotel, Toronto, on Feb. 7-8. We arrived on Thursday morning in time to hear a debate on "Resolved Fairs are contributing to improved Agricultural and Rural Life." Philip Dodds of Picton, and Mrs. S. W. Rath- well, of Navan, took the affirmative, and Lloyd Jasper of Mildmay and Mrs. Anna Koehler of Dundalk, teok the negative, The affirmative speakers found much to say about Fairs as a contri- buting factor to a better rural life. such as quality and efficicney were encouraged by; 'Iall Fairs and the Juniors were educated through Fall Fairs by demonstrations and lessons on conservation and other lines. Mr. Jasper on the negative side told of many weak points in Fall Fairs, such as parents doing the work of the juniors and so teaching them to be dishonest, also horse racing and games of chance on the "midway. Along with the commercial exhibitors, men who go from show to show, pick- ing up most of the prize money. culture. No decision was reached as to which team had won the debate. Miss Eleanor Syracuse of Water- ford,- spoke of the interest junior farmers were taking in Fall Fair work and community activities John Bradshaw, F.R.B.,- Toronto, spoke on flower arrangements, It is important to have proper containers (not milk bottles) if you want to show the flowers-to good advantage; also to have a good background to bring out the colours. Mrs. D. B. Phillips, Cincinnati, Ohio spoke on the work of Fall Fairs, and also her work among the boys of the 4-H Clubs, getting boys interested in Calf Clubs, Grain Clubs, and many other activities to keep them busy By Mrs. Ben Smith--- In the evening we met our friends and wended our way to the Crystal Ball Room on the 17th floor where 732 people enjoyed a bounteous ban- quet,' The guest speaker, H. J. Gramlick, of Chjeago, blended much humor with his address which kept his audience in a gay mood. He referred to the present times as a "confusion era" due to enormous changes taking place. he said "labour was done by 94 per cent, muscle and 6 per cent. méchan- ism, nowadays, it is reversed, and ma- chinery does 64 per cent. of the' work and man 6 per cent. But we must keep apace with the times and kéep our fairs, as well as our work up to date. . In 1951, Mr. Gramlick stated, twenty-three million bushels of po- tatoes were used 'to make the very popular Saratoga Potato Chips. This was more than the whole of Ontario would produce last year. Mrs. D. B. Phillips, Cincinnati, Ohio also brought greetings and remarked that she was taking back more ideas and helpful suggestions than she had brought to us from Ohio. Friday morning, the delegates were rather tardy in their arrival to the Mezzanne floor, perhaps for some it was 'the morning after the night be- fore'. However, after the usual brisk sing- song and opening exercises, the ses- sion got under way. Miss Audrey Spence, Women's In- stitute Branch, Toronto, and Mrs. A. McKinney, Jr., of Brampton, gave us all the does and 'don'ts on quilt mak- making. The various classes were discussed and defined and many lovely quilts displayed to_illustrate the dis- cussion. A skit, "Co-Operation at the Fair", was put on by Miss Charlotte Me Cul- lough and Mrs. Maxine Ellerby, of Georgetown and brought many sug- gestions when making out the prize list. Following the election of officers we retired to the 17th floor to meet with-the men where interesting slides They didn't think this improved agri- were shown on Ontario Fairs. by tive Government but she can boast a better atom bomb than the States . . . Law of compensation. * * * Gracie Fields spent a lifetime in building up a name for herself . and in her closing years her- self publicly ridiculous . . . and just for a mere man! * * * Things to-day go at a dizzy.-pace . just imagine . . . . the Ford Strike was over in two days. * * * A popular comic strip shows a space ship dodging meteorites in the Milky Way-. . . Tut Tut . . . there is about as much danger of a meteor running into a space ship as there is of a mountain climber being hit upon the head by a fish drdpped by a careless eagle. But, then again, those who write the ers "don't know nothing nohow", Perhaps, they're right at that! * » * The newly planned City Hall for Oshawa looks not unlike the piece of chéese the grocer used to cut for our family, way back when . however, some people disagree with us and say it's just downright Corny! Perhaps there's a kernel THE PASSING SHOW 'M.A.C." Britain may have a Conserva-| One thing that would solve our economic problems would be for prices and production to get to- gether ©... the way it is now, when one goes up the other goes down and vice versa. * * * No sooner do things begin to settle down upon the Korean front than the Olympics get under way and international flare-ups begin all over again. * * * This business of appointing Sen- ators for life was all. right way back. in 1867 when people didn't have a fighting chance of a reas- onable life expectancy . . .. but now! Why just the other day a Senator passed peacefully away after having collected $367,806.15 for gracefully filling a chair in the Red Chamber for a few days each year._ At this rate we can claim the most generous old-age pension in the entire world! * * * " It looks as though our new min- ister of Education is goin' dunlop the frills off education in this Hyar province. . Ld * » The automobile is no mean weap- on... it has claimed ONE MIL- LION lives . . . . and we talk of of truth in it after all. Port Perry High School "AT HOME" Fri., Feb. 29th, 9.00 the deadly H-BOMB. p.m. "Years ago", .--