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i Emel es Ao "4 wa v Tae er NA ee PRY Sit ER FO ot eesti hey : - a a SRE A ~ el v aN Ne A a Spon wt Tm ol I TR Nm Pn we Nee a wa" Toa Weeklies Hold Convention In a country as big as Canada, it is sometimes hard to understand the things that are happening a couple of hundred or a couple of thousand miles away. Through modern communications we - may know what's happening, but we don't always understand. The British Columbian doesn't give a hoot about the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Mani- toban can't get enthusiastic abeut sal- mon fishing; Prince Edward Island is- n't worried about potash nor Saskat- chewan about causeways. ~ Better understanding comes about when people from various parts of the country get together and this is one of : fhe reasons why we look forward each year to the annual convention of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Associa- tion. Last week we were in Saint John, New Brunswick for the CWNA conyen- - tion, and, like most conventions, we spent some of our time in business sessions and some in more social activi- ties. We were telling lots of people about Port Perry and when we arrived back we were more knowledgeable about potash, salmon fishing, cause- ways, esaways or whatever. Hopefully, what we learned will help us to produce a better newspaper for you and contribute, as well to the elu- sive goal, better understanding of Canadians by Canadians. So You Think You Have It Tough. The following set of rules, unbeliev- able as they sound to us today, actually existed in offices back in the 1800's. 1. Office employ will daily sweep the floors, dust the furniture, Shelves and show-cases. - 2. Each day fill lamps, clean chimneys and trim wicks. Wash the windows once a week. Co | 3. [Each clerk will bring in a bucket of water and a scuttle of coal for the day's business. 4, Make your pens carefully. = You may whittle the nibs to your in- dividual taste. 6. This office will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. daily, except the Sabbath, on which day it will re- main closed. Each - employee is expected to spend the Sabbath by ~ attending Church and contributing liberally to the cause of the Lord. 6.. Men employees will be given an evening off each week for courting purposes, or two evenings a week if they go regularly to Church. 7. After an employee has spent 13 'hours of labor in the office, he should spend the time reading the Bible and other good books while contemplating the Glories and building up of the Kingdom. 8." Every employee should lay aside from each pay a goodly sum of his earnings for his benefit during his declining years, so that he will not become a burden upon the charity of his betters. 9. Any employee who siuokon Spanish cigars, uses liquor in any form, gets shaved at a barber shop, or frequents pool and public halls, will give me good reason to sus- pect his worth, intentions, integri- ty, and honesty. 10. The employee who has performed his labors faithfully and without _aRmanaw Ahh AS AR AYRE™ "aaanaaw "ae PORT PERRY STAR CO., LIMITED Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and » 'Surrounding. Areas ' ' 1 ' ' ' H ' / / / / ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ] / / / ' ' / / / " / ¢ / 4 / 4 : / 4 P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher , / WM. T. HARRISON, Editor A ' Member of the Canadian Weekly ' r'} Newspaper Assoc. = / / / / ' ' ' / / ' ' Y 4 ' ' / A / 4 ' , ' / ' ' ' / ' ' ' / - - Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper, Assoc. Published every Thursday by The Port Perry th Star Co. Ltd.,, Port Perry, Ontario. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash, Subsrciption Rates: In Canada $3.00 per yt. . 'Elsewhere, $4.60 per yr. Single Copy 10e, AAA A A A A A A AS A AA AA SS SS SS SSS) fault for a period of five-years in - my service, and who has been thrifty and attentive to his religi- ous duties, and is looked upon by his fellowmen as a substantial and law abiding citizen, will be given an increase of five cents per day in his pay, providing a just return in profits from the business per- mits it. BE WORTHY OF YOUR HIRE Zachary U. Geiger, Sole Proprietor, Mt. Croy Carriage & Wagon Works, April 5, 1872. Tiustion Has Shifted AEs ME." WS Fig haw re - Fos RATS abe Abi Sr ain WAV ES Ne ee a EE es It was only yesterday, or so it seems, that we were worrying about food sur- pluses. Wheat, butter, milk, meat, were all produced in larger quantity than we could eat or sell. This situa- tion -held for both Canada and the United States. Now the situation has shifted. We note that last week an official of the U.S. food for peace program warned that food reserves in the world are so low that a single year of drought in Canada and the United States would lead to worldwide deaths through star- vation. We are now in a position where a farmer knows with complete certainty that any food he raises he will be able to sell. The price may not, in his eyes, be what it should be, but he has no worries about lengthy storage. i SURPRISE ON RETURN There's nothing more pleasant than. gett. ing back, to your own home after a holiday. Unless, of course, you've been spending a month in a posh resort, and your own home is that unpainted two-room shack behind the town dump. This week, we were looking forward to it more than ever, It had been hotter than Hades, and our house, surrounded by oaks and maples, is always cool. It had been a long drive, and we were tired. And while we were ing, away; with the co-operation of our friendly banker we'd had the trim painted. When we pulled off the highway and headed down our own street, we were practically pur. ring with anticipation. A long, cold drink under the oaks, A leisurely inspection of the paint job. A quiet evening of idiot box or reading. Luverly. As we drew up to the foie, my wife squeal with delight. It looked splendid with 'the shutters and trim whiter than white against the rosy brick and deep-green ivy, I agreed but couldn't help noticing that the grass was shin-high, and that an oak branch, thicker than a man's head and thirty feet long, had been blown down and straddled the fence, or what was left of it. However, after three hours of dodging sui- cidal maniacs on the highway, all I wanted to do was fall into a chair and nuzzle a cold one. As soon as I opened the door, my wife zer. "was held on the farm of Mr. "cently. Miss M. G. Coad le week for Wilmar, SaskA wan, where she intghds to reside for a year, The following SAnRdonts. of Port Perry High School have been granted Middle School Normal [Entrance Certifi- cates: Gordon Brown, Wilmot Cragg, George Howsam, Amos Stone and Melva Swit- Co. Ltd. The Greenbank Band held a Band Concert at the home : of Mrs. Geo. Lee. They were assisted by Duncan Cowan, Uxbridge. A successful barn raising Vancouver, J. B. Lundy. Thos. Midgley, Seagrave, r re. Lieut. C. A. Vickery has gone to Camp Borden for a three week course in scout- shrilled, "Bill, there's a terrible smell in here." ) "Nonsense!" My standard reply. For one "thing, my wife has a nose like a bloodhound. This faculty is allied with a vivid imagination. She frequently smells smells that I syear are non-existent. She has even said" -my "column stinks, on occasion. Imagine." But this time, "Dad she's right," Kim back: ed her up, 'Yich. It's horrible. And look at the flies, everywhere, Yich!" - "All right, all right," I sighed, as only a father and husband can sigh. "Don't get ex- cited. It's probably just dampness from the cellar, because the house has been closed." The old lady was distracted for a moment by the pile of mail inside the front door. She pawed through it, looking for a letter from her first-born. She found it. As I staggered upstairs with the suit-cases, she shouted ex- cerpts from the letter, interspersed with com- ments on the horrible smell, I came down and headed for the refrigera- tor. Wiped my forehead, licked my lips and opened the door, Even with my three per cent, I was knocked flat on my back on the floor. I hadn't smelled anything like it since the fields of Normandy, 1944, Pure putre- faction, Two inches of blood ori the bottom of the fridge. Streamers of what looked like coagu- lated intestines hanging from the shelves, I opened the freezing compartment. . Six steaks, bought when they were on spe- cial at 89 cent, A five-pound roast. A two. © 25 YEARS AGO August 14, 1941 His Royal Highness "the Duke of Kent visited the Ele- -- mentary Flying - School at - Oshawa on Saturday. :Congratulations to Miss Grace Demara, Scugog who has completed her course at Canada Business Toronto, and has accepted a position with Brown Cycle Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ferris, are some time with Dr. and Mrs. Two Toronto boys who have been recently convicted _ of stealing in Port Perry have been sentenced to terms in Reform School. -- -- Russ Creighton and his or- . chestra drew a large croud to the street dance held here on Civic Holiday week-end. "burst cans.' 10 YEARS AGO © Thurs., August 16, 1956 Approximately 25 men of "the community of Utica formed a bee to lay the floor and footings for the new hall. completed her Summer © Course for teacher at Eastern Commerce, in Toronto. ~ Mr; and Mrs. Merlin Let- cher are among the party of Bowlers that are touring ~ Canada. Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs, Jas. Burroughs, Ash- burn on the arrival of a baby boy. ~~ Port Perry Teen Town will hold a Jamboree in the Port Perry Arena, The officers for this newly formed club "are: Pres. Bruce Taylor, Vice Pres. Claudette Boulanger, Gary Menzies, Sec. Donna College, spending .riner. pound bag of chicken livers. chops, frozen vegetables and orange juice from stinking corpse. Miss Dorothy Wilbur has Jeffery, Treas, Garnet War- Hamburg, pork "All clinging together in a soggy, I'd prefer to draw a veil over the next few . hours of domestic discord. But I'll give just the skeleton. Half an hour of bawling and mutual recriminations disclosed that we were both to blame. She had decided to defrost the fridge. the day we left, ten days before, I had insisted we didn't have time. Finally, she had agreed. But she turned off the free- zing unit and forgot to turn it on again, in the confusion of getting ready to- 80. A trip to the town dump with two garbage cans and 400 flies, Two hours of scrubbing the thing. out with soda, vinegar and good salt tears. 'Net result, zero. All doors and win- dows open all night but it was still like sleep- ing in a slaughter-house; Call next day to friendly insurance agent, No dice. We weren't covered for stupidity. Visit to friendly appliance dealer whose eyes lit up even as his head wagged ~dolefully, "You'll never get rid of the smell." Dealer related various horror stories from past ex- perience. Net loss: fridge, $300; food, $50. Plus our planned trip to the coast. Oh, well. We couldn't afford that trip any- way. But we'd probably have gone. Now, we really can't afford it. So look at the money we've saved. Or something, ~Toronto Telegram News Service a eo