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- nh hy 2 ny Hy pe Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspapers : Asunintion EE RATT TUR Shs FETE bide TE eget tras STAR EDITORIAL PAGE RISES. SEER i ps scp i EY Fo a Festival of the Ars? «Canada' 8 Governor-General, the Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey has suggested an _inter- national festival of the arts to be held in Ottawa--"to stumulate and encourage that - active participation in music and drama the other arts which are becoming in- easingly characteristic of life in this city and in Canada' as a whole," We are delighted that the governor -gen- eral has seen fit to make this announce- ment because we feel that the increase in general insterest toward all the arts has been vary marked during the last few A dealer in artist's sup- plies told us that his business had increased four hundred percent during the last war. Music clubs and good choirs abound. dren are: early learning an appreciation of "better music through their school instruc- Longer periods of good music are available on the air than formerly. Drama 'years in Canada. tion. - has had encouragement through its festivals during the last few Ballet has become part of Can- We are all proud of our nation- al Ballet and the Winnipeg Ballet Compan- seasons. ada's life, ied: "though they enough. ¢eive so little EE * se a © We have 1 a few good 'sculptors al- 'are: not known néarly well The biggest reason for a festival of arts it seems to us is that many unknowns re- encouragement in their work at the very stage when they need it most, * We know the minds, (as a Chil- Mr. Massey Arts held in and publicity might find it -and attend en "Serious-Mindedness" ~ "A little Humour now and then . . etc. is a saying that we might think about" far more often than we do. _ take ourselves too seriously. We all laugh. our own little rut. 'We all have fun.. twentieth century has 'been noted for its revelry, for its gay throwing. of f of care and responsibility. We learned after the first world war to shut the car - door with a fling and go racing madly down the highway of life -- ever faster as the years went by and car mechanisms im- proved. That however is not exactly the brand of carefree humour we mean. spite of all this stress on leisure, all this . 'running away from care we have, by and large, remained a serious people. ourselves seriously--within the confines of We are important there in a more or less solomn fashion from the alderman down to-the truck driver: The an short Chinese Most of us The somewhat M inister".. . In were possible. We take Humour in ~eeedure, "THE CHRISTMAS, MESSAGE ~~ (Continued from front page) "our hearts. in spite- of. failure; it stands for the opening mind, the clear vision and the deep insights we sometimes - gain for a moment along the road of life. * . "When you open a door to help others you will find that a door has heen opened into the deep, inner recesses of your own self to release a power -of which you have heen oblivious." How do these symbols relate to the more formal teach- - ings of the Christ Child in the manger? to ask. We know. We scarcely need Yet it is worth asking constantly es- pecially when we hear of a section of the Social Credit party in. the west calling itself "Christian and Anglo-Saxon," there is ho such thing. Christ said: "Inasmuch as ye have 'done it unto one'of the least of these ye have done it unto Me". He was not concerned with race. He would not be concerned with any form of retaliation hecause a nation or so-called race had rejected Him. He asked us to turn the other cheek. We are not- Anglo-Saxon or French or yen --Negro-we-are-earth-horn-children-of God if we are really -- holding the Christmas message dear.through all the years. "Will the United Nations Live? Will you and 1 help to kill it go through to completion? Will its priceless work this year by narrow selfish thoughts bound up in customs about which we have ceased to think. thodox. He was clear-eyed; Jesus was not or- seeing each situation with a luminous mind; He strove to increase love and diminish "hate. May we follow through. ------ . x LET 5 + THE PASSING SHOW by 'M.AC." Whose trying to Currie favour-in Don't forget to put lot's of dress- this Currie investigation? ° Drew lots agin' it anyway. XXX "Now they are demanding an ex- planation of the POW rioting as if we could explain anything that had to do with that ruddy 'war! x x x "Europe in in the grip of snow" -- Well its s'no wonder we haven't been conyle to hang onto old man Winter's +" thing ia that it saves our rai fare . to Florida, George rm long enough to keep it here. One _ing in the turkey. Although turkeys seem pretty reasonable this year the rest of the food. bill is going to make up for it, 'xX x X We're going to encircle the Com- munists and hem them in if Ike's plang go through we are told. The trouble is first thing we know those darn communists will 'try playing "Go 'in and out the windows" and thei who going. to be left in the circle? THE PORT PERRY STAR Established 1864 ! The Port ry Star, is "ey i published by the Port Perry ~ Star Company Limited, Queen street, Port Perry, each - Thursday... Office Department, Ottawa. yr, 'S. Farmer, President. Farmer, Vice-President. Boyd; Secretary-Treasurer, LA 'SUBSCRIPTION RATE--$2. 00 per year in advance. $8. 0g per year outside Canada. Authorized. as -Seecond- Class Mail: thy: tthe Post 1 Single copy | b cents. many groups af new step for the Canadian arts. hope the festival materializes soon. different lengths. "noticed a little red truck: rolled . stop. "ing good time)" doin! bad, either. 2d accepted artists in all these fields but the- sincere struggling little- known artists finds it 'hard to subsist on loneliness and would give us a chance to make up our rebuffs. The festivals cross section of the public) about, what we liked in music, drama and' the plastic arts. grasp of a subject might receive a deeper broader impetus from this new inspiration. Canadian feeling and said the festival could find a pattern in the annual festival of Music and Edinburgh, in which case people - across Canada worthwhile "t0' gharter a bus masse. It is an invigorating Let us poem comes to mind: "On , the Birth of "His Son" in which the poet hopes, contrary to convention, that his son willbe ignorant and studid" "Then he will ---- crown a tranny} life by becoming a Cabinet £3 If we could only take a bit more of Bobby ~ Burns' advice and try "to see ourselves as others see us" I am sure 'that we would many times find it. very laughable indeed and that might do us all good by pr esenting ; an entirely new idea to ourselves. Per- agr eater maturity where broader ad every family can help to soften situations and save the face of a member of the household who must _other- wise hold stubbornly Lo an. unwise pro------- Farm F Facts ARRANGING TO AS FLOWERS Many people don't make the foro of cut flowers they get at Christmas time because they feel they are "no good at arranging flowers". While some are more adept at displaying flowers to best advantage, the expert points out that anybody. can make a good showing if a few siniple principles are: followed and alittle imagination is added for good. measure. It is not necessary to have a great profusion of flowers to get striking effects, but always work for a tri angular effect by cutting the stems to If the flowers are to be scen from all angles, on 'the dining-room table for instance, the ar- rangement should have two "faces", Single faced arrangements are more suited to the mantle or for a corner. Flower arrangements -can often be improved by additional foliage, Pieces of the Christmas tree or small bran- ches of cedar are often invaluable. If the modern trough type of vase is used, the length of the trough or the diameter of a bowl should be about two-thirds the 'height of the tallest flower in the triangular arrangement, Striking effects can be gained in: floral arrangements by keeping dark vivid coloured flowers low in the centre of 'a triangular arrangement, This creates a centre of interest which immediately strikes the eye. If flow- ers with particular heavy stems are to be displayed in a large vase a small ball of chicken wire in the mouth: of the vase will make an excellent sup- port-gnd prevent the display from collapseing, "And don't overlook the possibility of using an everyday ornament' in' con- junction with a use lots of imagination at this point, say the experts, Naturally at Christ. mas time -one thinks of candlesticks with red candles, Often something of this kind can be used effectively to . balance n mantle display or ong that is in a corner, and turn it from merely" flowers in a vase into a striking floral display. Weekly Smi Smile Two men were making their firs trip by air, and at the first stop t the plane and serviced it. curred again at the second a, Late in the afternog to the other, "Gee, this 1" other, "and that lit "Your coming year with happiness.' THANKS to M.'S, M. McCausland, who lives at 10 Gormley Ave., Tor- onto, is a summer resident at St. Inel- ' Christopher on Lake Scugog: dentally this fine poem was featured. : on Don . Fairbairn's LI "I ALWAYS come to the Star for a calendar because you always have such a nice scene," commented a local 'Mady on a- recent visit to the office. We hope that our customers and sub- scribers who have received the 1953 calendar think likewise. For those who have yet to receive one, there are two choices, Just drop in and ask for one, ; won . SANTA CLAUS has been very busy "around Port Perry in his. pre-Christ- mas visits to clubs, organizations and Sunday school parties. In a special communique to the Star St. Nick re- veals that he met 100 per cent good girls and boys and few who were scared of his whiskers. He reports meeting opposition from only one source, After being assured by one tiny | tot that he had been very, Yery good Santa said, "I'll see that you're stocking is chucked full." "Not too full, Santa," cautioned mother, who was standing nearby. IE LACK OF SNOW (which has forced Santa Claus to make his brief visits hére by car). got the oldtimers chatt- ing 4s to when the last Christmas was green.. Some claimed. it was in the early thirties while others said there was one snowless Dec. 26 during war time. Do-you-remember-that las time we missed a "White Christmas" Incidentally the writer recalls first-time the-popular "Dreaming of - a White Christmas" came out. It was in 1942 when this we were in Victoria British Columbia, and like most Christmases there, was oh so green. {tet oo e XxX X X PORT PERRY MERCHANTS and citizens in general have done them- selves proud in dressing up the stores and homes for the Christmas season. The coloured lights, gaily decked trees, the colourful store windows together with the timely week-end snow fall gives the village a look comparable to any Christmas card scene, i re And for a season greeting we like this: 'May Christmas bring to you this year, Peace and plenty, joy and cheer; And may they all remain to bless Austin C. A. Bathie DR: OF CHIROPRACTIC Graduate of Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto For appointment Phone 2056R PORT PERRY. : loral arrangement; BALLET +t TAP iy ~ Register for Classes : Saturdays 10 to 11]- Port Perry High Sehool Gym Tessa ary Brotharwood Principal--Irens Harvey "Neighbourly * News" program Sunday morning. |CHARTERED rn ikl hi iE Ja ay v3 a oR i Gi 4 RA? 3 THURSDAY, DE Port Perry, Ontario, 134 CEMBER 25th, 1952 TRY SNOW PFENCE--Its nat only along the highway that snow fence can be used to advantage. Its just as useful around the faym. to help keep lanes open or prevent snow from drifting badly in stable yards or against stable or "house doors. little trouble "by attaching it to It can often be erected with permanent fencing, and placed in strategic places it is an casy way to saving a lot of extra snow shovelling, ' Looking Back 15 From the files of The Port 'Perty Star of Thursday, December "03, 1937. A very beautiful pagent was pre- sented in the United Church 8n Sun- day evening by members of the Sun- day School--"White Gifts for the King." Among the east were: Ivan Dusty, " Florence McMillan, Joel Al- dred, Charles Cann, R. B. Smallman, Charles Reesor, S. Griffin, Dora Rée- sor, Lucille Mark, Norine Stewart, Aileen Oke, Mercedes Waridel, Betty _ "Hall, Gladys Goode, Annabelle Baird, Mrs. George Palmer; Owen Cliff, Mrs. H. H. Stone, Mary Carnegie, Megan Beare, Bruce, Dorothy Cliff, Ruth iall, Miss G. Stovin, Bruce Gerrow, 'Jack Bowes, Jack Cawker, Robert Sher ridan, George "Stone, Stanley Guyton, Cecil King, Beverley Kent and James Kerr, Rose Armstrong, Vera: Years The Christmas tree and amateur program were a real success at Man. chester. Prize winners included: un- Bruce and Mildred Richard and Robert McFad- den} Helen Franklin, der fourteen Codper; Fourteen and over--Mina Dobson and Reta Mum; Butson and Davison. ow (4 --T'here was an rani aally large. crowd at the Christmas fair but fowl was not as plentiful as in other years. Prices ran fairly high -- turkeys, top price, 30c.; geese, 22¢, to 26¢.; and chickens 18 to 22 cents. Prize winning ex- hibitors included: Mrs. J. McKenzie, "Mrs. R. Jackson, Miss Eleanor Taylor, Mrs. G'S. Hope and Miss F. Spencer. -- Clippe od Comme The Hon, George H. pro min- ister of highways today udged drivet ] and pedestrians of Ontario te _operate in preventing the needless 1 cidents that spoil 'Cliristoas Holid happiness, "Christmas ushers in a season of i festivity and good fellowship," he said, ~"and it also brings a tinie of increaséd traffic dangers. I "Two years ago our worst single | day for fatal traffic accidents was' Dec, 28, the last shopping day before Christmas. On that Saturday, 19 per- sons were Killed." By way of comparison he:stated that last year widespread efforts by the press, radio, police and safety organ- ization¥ focused attention on the special hazards of the. Christmas seas son, : "These activities", the minister said, "undoubtedly contributed to the marked improvement in last year's re- cord when in the four days before Christmas the death total was reduced to five, "This year," he continued, "we must drive for an accident free holiday sea- "son by paying particular attention to our driving and walking." The minister listed these special sea- sonal hazards: L There are many more people of ling. The stores are crowded. People 7 are in a hurry. . 2. Thousands of beginners face new and dangerous experience of driving on slippery streéts or in snow and freezing rain. 3. School children are out pd and often forget to play where safe. 4. Early night fall and dark wi clothing make pedestrians difficult . See, 5. Winter weather conditions re- duce visibility and increase stopping "distance. ARE ea Ad "The minister concluded, "I appeal to the citiizens of Ontario to overcome. these hazards by gréater care, cour tesy and common sense when walking and driving, Wy _ DON'T LET - AN "ACCIDENT SPOIL HOLIDAY HAPPINESS, FOR _YOURSELE_AND--OTHERS. --Dept. of Highways. BUSINESS DIRECTORY CONANT & CONANT BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS "Gordon D. Conant, K.C. Roger 'D. Conant, B.A. Offices: 'Oshawa, Ont., 7%: Simcoe St. S. Phone 3-2227 Ajax, Ont., Phone 25 "Sand and raved | i Government Tested Landscaping, Sodding, Loam, and Stone. | Free Estimates. Phone 88R W. J. SYMES Port Perry septd 'MONTEITH & MONTEITH 37 King St. E., Oshawa Gordon W. Richl, C.A. Resident Partner REAL ESTATE Consult - JA. WILLOUGHBY & SONS for complete Real Estate Service. Head Office, 366 Bay St., Toronto Phone EM. 3-0604 Port Perry 186) City 'and Country Homes Farms and Small Acreages. Industrial and Business Property. 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