# MANNE . F320 4 » ASL ATRASS Aya. 1 \ AE 3 + vi rh omy . adi Lt , . PRL 2 I Ldn ia SMa ode MEL aia HN RAR RO. AAR FREI AGEL RSA RATE ESN TI SAR A it ge 4 -- PORT PERRY STAR, Thursday, March 25th, 1965 It Depends On The Second Language " 0 Port Petty Star Co. Limited 2 Serving Port Perry, Brooklin angfSurrounding Areas DR. PENFIELD ENCOURRGES . P. HVIDSTEN, WM. T HARRISON LEARNING TWO LANGUAGES . Publisher Editor AT AN EARLY AGE Member of the News Item Ontario 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 $2.60 per yr.,. Elsewhere, $4.00 per yr. Single Copy 7¢ Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Assoc Value With A Capital Motor car owners who applied early for new license plates already have received a miniature of the plate as an identification tag for the keys of the cars concerned. They are part of .a service provided by the War Amputations of Canada, which has been promoting this particular project since 1946, The other part of "the service is returning to owners 'car-keys that get ~~" lost from time to time but which are identified by the miniature license plate. Last year alone 12,123 sets of lost keys were sent back to their owners 'and in the years since they have been in operation the' number has exceeded 100,000. The keys that are returned in this way, are, of course, those which a finder takes the truble to drop into a nearby mailbox. They are routed by the post office to the War Amputations headquarters where the address of the car owners is on file. This very worthy service provides work for a number of people who have lost a limb or complete eyesight in the fighting services. Naturally it costs something to operate, but the amazing thing is that the War Amps keep it to 60 cents per set of two tags. tae MA plipialiily Fe ' i's ' That is value with a capital "V", and we would R F M E M R F R W H 5 N > commend it to every vehicle owner. FIFTY YEARS AGO Hospital on Saturday and appreciation should be said Look To Simcoe County Wednesday, March 24, 1915 Five fish inspectors will for the good work done by Mr. H. R. Archer in keeping the roads open, Too bad that was admitted suffering from a possible fractured clavical. His condition is reported as Regions outside the dense metropolitan areas in Canada that want industry to shake off the congestion of city life, may be able to strengthen their hand by taking a close look at Simcoe county in Ontario, In The Financial Post's feature report, Martin Sinclair we can't say the same about Fenelon Falls and Bobcay- householders regarding side- geon for six weeks during walks. the Spring Season to keep Mrs. Arthur Brock, Mrs. patrol the waters of Scugog, satisfactory. Postal authorities awarded George Lucas a $25. cheque for quick reporting and true Ronald Peel and Mrs. J. E. says that immediately after World War II, Simcoe county has been filling it with industry. The county was quick to realize its possibilities -- cheap land, Mr. Peel, abundant water and power, good communications and an adequate supply of labor--and it set out to create Its success a climate in which industry could thrive. has been remarkable, Sinclair says. Industrial growth in the principal city and towns --DBarrie, Orillia, Midland, Penetanguishene, Colling- wood---was nurtured with zeal and in the decade to 1961, selling value of factory shipments in the county increased 95% from $59.9 million to $117.1 million; salaries and wages doubled from $14 million to $28.9 p-- and the labor force rose from 6,312 to 8,200. off the poachers and see that the waters are not depleted of fish. who fell and week. broke his hip three weeks ago is improving nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vern- on have returned home from their honeymoon to New York. J] * * 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 21, 1940 As winter draws to a close, it is but fair that a word of Jackson, attended a concert at Massey Hall, Toronto, last TEN YEARS AGO Thursday, March 24, 1955 Under the heading of special assistance to muni- cipalities, Premier Leslie Frost yesterday announced grants totalling $127,974 to Ontario county centres. Mr. James Doupe, Prince ' Albert was taken to Oshawa observation made by him at the time of the hold-up and robbery of Prince Albert Post Office. ' * 3 through RED CROSS Your nel does so much AF for so many : SUGAR and SPICE Kl IT'S TEACHER'S' CHOICE Rather an interesting time to be a teacher, the spring. Even before the snow has completely: gone, school boards and principals are flipping over logs and stones, in the forlorn hope of finding a teacher under one of them. There are three reasons for the frantic spring scramble. ' The first two are deaths and retirements. The third, and major cause for the panic is the population explosion. Classrooms are multiplying with the rapidity of rabbits. Every one of these classrooms is full of kids. 'And the kids, like baby robins, expect to have some- thing stuffed into them. Therefore, according to tradition, there must be a body, however little it resembles a Momma Robin, standing up there in front of the class, stuffing something--pebbles, or pearl, or even worms--into the gaping maws, "It is the time of year that has principals grinning 'wildly at old teachers, pouring on the charm with potential new ones, snapping at their own wives and biffing their own children about the ears, be-. cause they've heard by the snake-vine--that's the vine that runs from the staffroom to the bridge-club to the Saturday night party to the after-church cof- fee--that they're losing half their staff. It is the time of year that has school board mem- RTT bers deciding to take a holiday in Jamaica, or if they can't afford it, going to bed with the flu. On the one hand are the taxpayers, shouting that school taxes are away out of hand. And on the other hand are other tax-payers, declaring that the board must hire the best possible teachers. And in between are the teachers, with 10,000 jobs their present one. By BILL Ne SMILEY I had an overwhelming impulse to jump up on one of the upholstered chairs and ery out, "One English specialist; spirit broken, but sound of wind, limb and grammar. How much am I offered?" Fortunately for my professional status, at that moment, simultaneously, the bar next door opened, that look in my eye. open to them, every one, at first glance, better t LE my wife grabbed me by the arm. She'd seen Last weekend I was in the city, I out of sheer curiosity it says here, dropped in at the hotel which is the centre of teacher-hiring for the coming year. It was interesting. My first impression was that the whole thing was being run by one of the metropolitan newspapers. This enterprising sheet, in an effort to crack the monopoly on the fat, luscious acreage of teacher- advertising held by another newspaper, had hired half the ground floor, and was passing out free papers, free coffee, free interview - arranging (whatever that is). The only thing missing was free teachers, } Picture an old-fashioned slave-market. New Orleans, 1866. 0.K.? Now, picture a slave market in which every slave has the latest market report on slave-prices tucked under his left arm, in which every slave has ten potential buyers, in which every slave is free to choose his new boss or go back I would like to state that I was admitted to the bar and began a long and successful career as a lawyer. But my curiosity held me for another five minutes, to see what was being offered. It was fascinating. Salaries were almost stand- ard, across the board. But those fringe benefits . oo wow! City schools sang culture: museum, art galleries, theatres, opera. Rural schools heralded hunting, fishing, leisurely living. And both signed people up, on these grounds. : ? : The birds who signed for the city schools will spend all their weekends, and most of their money, going to the country for swimming, fishing, skiing. And the types who head for the country will spend most of their weekends, and money, tearing to town for the shows, the ballet, the bright lights. As I said, it's an interesting time to be a teacher. --Toronto Telegram News Service.