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We also realize there is much more to be done to make this the publication it should be in order to fulfill its role as a good weekly newspaper. This we hope to ac- complish in the year to come but we cannot do it without the co-operation of the readers and advertisers of Port Perry and the surrounding communities. We have certainly enjoyed the three months spent in Port Perry, and the opportunity of meeting many fine and co-operative people. We have also been very for- tunate in having a loyal, helpful staff to work with, which is one of the most important factors for any suc- cessful business. The country correspondents have been doing an excellent job and we do appreciate their efforts in gathering the news. We have had increases in circulation, advertising lineage and job printing during this period and feel cer- tain this is an indication that 1964 will be a year of progress for the Port Perry Star. In conclusion, we sincerely thank readers, corres- pondents, advertisers and everyone we have had the plea- sure of meeting and dealing with during our first three months in Port Perry. ' With all this in mind we are beginning 1964 with courage and optimism and anticipate a good year for everyone in this area. There Is Time To Help In speaking for the Ontario County Tuberculosis and Health Association, Mr. D. L. Crozier, the hard-working Chairman of the Christmas Seal Campaign, stated "We have not yet reached our objective, but I am confident the citizens of Ontario County will still answer their Christmas Seal letters." He went on to say that the campaign really has two jobs to do--one to get funds for our year round preventive work, and the other to keep us abreast of the facts about TB. Mr. Crozier said "What is required is persistence, a reasonable amount of money and common sense. The persistence is in finding new cases and following up former patients, making sure they are not having a relaps. The money is to pay for such services. - The common sense is in getting all concerned to use the diagnostic and treatment services which are available. Despite: the availability of chest clinics con- ducted throughout Ontario County, patients still are found with far advanced disease before starting treat- ment. This, of course, keeps the chain of infection going." In speaking of the global situation, Mr. Crozier stated that not all countries have seal campaigns, for in some countries, letter writing is not yet an activity in which the bulk of the population indulges. The countries whose TB Associations have no Christmas Seal campaign are the ones where rates are as high or higher than Canada's were in 1900. Their task looks hopeless today, but it looked pretty hopeless in Canada 60 years ago. Newly reported cases of tuberculosis in Canada in 1962 were 6,284. This was 5 per cent more than in-the previous year and it was the first time since 1949 that there had been an increase instead of a decrease. INSURED FLYING There's a certain amount of bravado among airplane passengers, who scare a little after a major disaster such as the one near Montreal a few weeks ago. The men con- tinue to take the trips, but sellers of flight insurance have been enjoying an extraordinarily large amount of . The careless fellow who doesn't mind the prospect of his' family not having enough if he is killed seems to be ity among airplane' passengers. Which is as it Should Ye --The Printed Word 'IF YOU THINK THAT'S T ii REMENDOUS, HERE'S ONE 150 PER CENT OFF! } ! . i hf ly / Rememverwhen?| | Sugar and Spice 50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, January 7th, 1914 Port Perry Council was elect- ed by acclamation: Reeve, Ged. Gerrow; Councillors, Jas. L. Forman, James Lucas, A. J. Carnegie and F. W. McIntyre. Ck x ok 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 5th, 1939 Reach Council elected for 1939 were: Reeve, John S. Mec- Donald; Deputy-Reeve, Robert Swanick; Councillors, Thomas Harding, J. McIntyre and Stan- ley Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Reesor- and son Allan of Markham, were New Year's guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. Reesor. Messrs, Albert Cawker, Wil- "liam Cawker, McKay Harper, Port Perry Star Co. Lid. Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas WM. T. HARRISON P. HVIDSTEN, __Editor Publisher. Member of the . Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Assoc. Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. Subscription Rates: In Canada $2.50 per yr. Elsewhere, $3.00 per yr. Single Copy 7¢ Owen Cliff, Archie Anderson of Port Perry; Rex Groves and his brother Murray, of Toronto; Misses Ruth Carnegie, Jean Hopkins, Vivien- Wallace and Marjorie Pyatt attended the New Year's party at Crickle- wood Lodge. 2 I 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 7th, 1954 Mr. and Mrs. James Owen of Port Perry celebrated their 650th wedding anniversary. Honeydale -- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitfield and family + look "interesting." spent. New. Year's Day at.the _ tome of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Leahy. Spe an Manchester--Mrs, F. B. John- ston, Wesley and Harley, motor- ed to Kingston on New Year's day and visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim Torrens. Epsom--Mr: and Mrs. Keith Stewart and family of Toronto with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stewart for the holiday and 'week-end, By BILL SMILEY THE COCKTAIL PARTY We went to a cocktail party during the holidays. In fact, we went to four of them. In fact, we even had one ourselves. And, after judicious consideration, I state categorically that there is no form of entertainment, self-abuse, penance or pun- ishment that comes reasonably close to the cocktail party "For sheer ridiculosity. Once upon a time, I suppose, a cocktail party was a genteel affair, a gathering at which friends sipped a drink, discussed the arts, and nibbled a canape or two, before going off to dinner somewhere. Urbane, sophisticated, the manners as polished as the glasses. : Nowadays, the cocktail party is a social monster with 44 tales and one great big fat head. * x * First, there's the guest list to prepare. This is a lot of fun, 'and takes only three weeks. It is interspersed with re- marks like, "What the hell did they ever do for us?"; and, "Well, you may think she's terrific, but I can't stand her." - The list includes the names of all the people you "owe" hospitality to. This means the couple who took you for a ride in their crumby boat last summer and soaked you to the skin in the process. And the neighbors who. called you over for . charred spareribs one evening when their expected guests had enough sense not to turn up. Fi Also all the people who invited: you to one of their cocktail parties during the last three years, and the couple who sent you a Christmas card and whom you had cut off your list, and the people down the block who looked after your dog the day you were at the wedding, and the couple you don't know but who You now have eleventy-seven names on your list. : So you start scratching. This too is fun. Joe and Mabel are given the axe because Joe always gets stoned. Miriam and Elmer go down the drain because Miriam always starts a fight just be- cuse Elmer is a bit of a gifl-sqneezer. i Then there's the booze problem, This produces an agoniz- ing session of elementary mathematics, which results in a rea- sonable figure, which you then double. And then there's'the food business. Food at a cocktail party used to be a matter of a few hors d'oeuvres, but now it's a horse of a different color. Nobody who has gone to the trouble of getting a baby sitter and putting on his best suit at five o'clock in the afternoon has any intention of going home until he has eaten about five dollars worth of the only can of smoked oysters you've ever bought in your life, : The But these are all on' the surface; by-product kicks, 'know, ig the con- real delight of the cocktail party, as we 'a © versation. Where else do the girls get a chance to bare their souls almost as thoroughly as their bosoms? 'Where else can you hear a chap tell the same story he told at the last three cocktail parties, and tell it even better? When- I started writin jaded, a trifle critical of a bit this column, I was feelin t during the e cocktail party. Bu process, I have come to realize that there's nothing quite like it in modern socety. Nothing, Unless it' might be throwing lions to the Christians. Toronto Telegram News Service [4 LA)