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| A a, y aa a or SEMI SRR At eS A ~~ fense needs, and therefore our costs in- hol RS RN SEER RL N Humanity's acceptance of war as an inevitable occurance in the life of na- tions has led to the creation of huge standing armies. Instead of declining, defense costs are rising year by year. The United States is now spending more than $70-billion annually on de- fense, and the Soviet Union is not far 'behind. If the defense expenditures of all other nations are added, the grand total adds up to around $200-billion a year spent by the world on troops, their weapons, equipment and other related needs. Canada, although a peace-loving na- tion, also has its defense burdens, De- fense spending in Canada is running at the rate of $1,573,000,000 per year -- or around $78 for every man, woman and child in the country. Planned expen- ditures will not ikely drop below that level at least for the next five years, according -to Canadian defense staff chief General Jean Allard. Surely, unless the world's nations, in- cluding Canada, work harder at creat- ing a more peaceful climate, our de- evitably will continue to grow. In this respect there is one positive aspect in Canadian defense spending. "Business Is Good" = Bright days are ahead for retail sales. particularly in the last half of the year. That's the optimstic forecast re- ported by Home Goods Retailing, from the Maclean-Hunter Research Bureau, which predicts a pickup after a slug- gish first quarter. The bureau's pre- liminary prediction of retail sales for 1967 as $25.3 billion, an increase of 10% over the 1966 total of approximately $23 billion. If the forecast is borne out, the increase in total retail sales will be the largest percentage gain since 1951 "and, in dollar terms, the largest ever. "Some of this increase will result from higher prices," the bureau says. "For example, the recent increase in the fed- eral excise tax has already caused price hikes." The prediction indicates that the research bureau senses a shift in the consumer buying mood from reluc- id C, i hay akers Emerging in Canada is an army of men with wide experience not so much at making war but at keeping the peace. Canada's role as a peacekeeper pioneer is already well known around the world, and should be developed further as ra- pidly as possible. Too often, the vast sums spent on defense are wasted. The guns become old-fashioned and the equipment rots. But if Canada can develop a sense of mission among its officers and men, a real pride in their task of keeping the peace in such areas as Cyprus, the Gaza strip and in tension-filled regions of Asia and Africa, our defense dollars will then be put to better use. In time, Canada may even. create her own army of peacemakers who go out into the word as organizers, engineers, doctors, road builders and well diggers --an army of men who go not to kill but to help others find a fuller life. Forests Week May 7-13 Natural resources of a country -- whether they be forests, soils, waters, wildlife, minerals, or people--are the only real wealth it possesses. Canada is well endowed with all of these. One of its greatest resources is the forest which stretches in a wide band from sea to sea. 'Over 80% of Canada's million square miles of productive forest is owned by the public. It is in the best interest of the Canadian shareholders to know what their timber factory is like, how well it is working and what it is capable of producing in terms of wood, water, wildlife and recreation. The more than 170 native species in' : our forest can be used in more than 9,000 ways so far. Someday the number may be 10,000, even 100,000. -For for- 'ests are renewable and, given proper treatment, can go on producing more and better material forever, To recognize the importance of for- ests and the need to manage them wisely, the Ontario Forestry Associa- tion and its counterparts across Canada (which are members of the Canadian Forestry Association) join in the spon-- 50 YEARS AGO 25 Wednesday, May 9th, 1917 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 7th, 1942 Owing to the scarcity of 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 9th, 1957 'Dr. Donald Evans has been - promoted to the rank of Cap- tain and is now in charge of a military hospital somle- where in France. Mr. J.. H. Brown, former treasurer of Port Perry town has moved to Vancouver. Mr. Dave Carnochan is suf- fering from a severe case of blood poisoning brought on by cutting his face while shaving. : Lieut. Harry -Carnegie is with the Royal Flying Corps "in London. "Mr. John Fursey has pur- chased the house & lot from Mrs. Wm. Stubbs Manchester. tance in the opening months of this year to buy big-ticket items. The bur- . eau cites the pubic's attitude toward buying cars -- often a barometer of general willingness to. spend money. "While car-buying plans are firm, there is now 'evidence that many pro- spective buyers are deferring their purchases until the introduction of the '1968 models. Another boost in retail -sales will come from the record number of tourists expected to visit Canada this year." AAAS BL SL CS CS EEN AA A A A A ALS SS SENN PORT PERRY STAR of thing in sorship of Forests Week *67 from May 7 to 13. REMEMBER THE BATTLES? There's nothing like a good, old-fashioned family fight on Saturday night, to relieve the built-up tensions of the week, clear the air, and get everybody squared around for a quiet Sunday. For centuries, this was a tradition in many families. But, like so many of our other fine old customs, this one has been virtually des- troyed by television. Don't get me wrong. I don't mean the kind | | | i 1 { f ~ CO, LIMITED ~ / re / [ / / [} / / / / / / / / / gs / Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and 4 Surrounding Areas / WM. T. HARRISON, Editor A P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher / Member of the Canadian Weekly fl Newspaper Assoc. - ' Member of the Ontario Weekly [] Newspaper Assoc. A 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 ' rt payment of postage in cash. / Subscription Rates, In Canada $3.00 per yr., 4 Klsewhere, $4.50 per yr. Single Copy 10c. # - hahah Bh A Rh RR A AS SN XN LAS 5 8 $Y AMARA L AL RRRARIRRRRRRS AAS SS LS NX XN NF fam anna uuw * supper. -of it. The teenage daughter is whining about lurches home, beats up his wife and kids, robs the sugar bowl and piggy banks of their pen- nies, and staggers back to the pub and Pearl. This happened, of course. And still does. But I mean the ordinary family fight. The father, a decent working man, has gone up- town Saturday afternoon, with his $1.50 allow- ance. He's bought a pack of fags & had three or four beers. He's mildly merry. His wife has done the week's shopping. She has lugged four bulging bags of grub a block to the car. She has slaved to prepare a good The baby is crying, just for the hell going to a dance with a known hooddlum. The © 12-year-old son is still out fishing, it's almost "dark and he's probably drowned. And her feet hurt. And the dinner is ruined. Because the old man is late. Twenty minutes late, already. : Well( there's a dust-up. Pa comes in with Seeding is in full swing these days. meat, high prices, and deliv- ery operations Mr. Wesley Boyton -has closed his butch- er shop. Scugog players will present the play "The Deferred Pro- posal" directed by Mrs. Geo. Samells at Utica Hall. Congratulations to Grant Franklin, Mac Christie and Rudolph Goreski who were granted their entrance stand- ings at Easter and are now busy on their parents farms. © A reception was held in the school on Friday in honour of Mr. and Mrs. M. Egerton. and Mr. and Mrs. T. Stevens, newlyweds, each couple was presented with a clock. Mr. Stephen Saywell, Osh- Miss Nellie McGregor was honoured by the Bell Tele. phone employees after 42 Years of Service to the peo- ple of Port Perry & district. Marired in Port Perry re- cently Miss Dorothy Ann Graham to Mr. Frederick Cal- vin DeNure and Miss Marilyn Olga Brodie, Oshawa to Mr. Samuel Ross Jamieson, Port © "Perry. 'The Port Perry Teen Town will have as an added fea- ture at their dance The Bird Dog (Dick McFarland) of ra- _ dio station C.F.O.R. Orillia. The Port Perry Chamber "of Commerce have secured Doug." Maxwell well known sports announcer for their =f er at a banquet being held by the Young Peoples Union. dinner meeting in May in ap- preciation of Brooklin Com- bine Hockey team. ig a happy smile and the old lady peels the hide right off him. The boy comes in grinning, with two speckled trout, and gets a cuff on the ear The daughter whines on and is sent to her room. The baby, no slouch at the game, yells like a banshee, to get some atten- tion. . . And it's all over, like a summer storm. Pa is ashamed for cuffing the kid. Ma is ashamed for blasting Pa. The boy gets doubles on dessert. Ma and Pa plead with the girl to go which the brutal, drunken husband out with the hood, -who-really--isn't-a--hood;-- after all. The baby gets a bottle right in the mouth and shuts up. The kid cleans his fish. Ma does the dishes dréamily. Pa goes out and roots around the roesbush. Sis flies out, at the hoot of a horn. Baby burps and smiles in his sleep. That's the way it was, not too long ago. But television has wrecked it. Nowadays, in- stead of taking out our aggressions on each other, we huddle before the Great Sonorific -on Saturday nights, dinner balanced on our knees. We pour all our aggressions into a stiff body-check or a saloon brawl in a West- ern, . As a result, the fine old family fight on a Saturday night has degenerated into a queru- lous quibble about who's going to get up and fetch a beer during the commercial. However, | am glad to say, although the fa- mily fight is dying, it is not quite extinct. The other day | read, with growing fascina- a tion, of a Christmas Eve squabble that has to rank with one of the great ones. It took place last Dec. 24th, and the legal aftermath is now in progress. As the newspaper reported it, this young fellow admitted he drank between 30 and 40 bottles of beer during the day. That is some beer drinker. You try putting: down about - : four gallons of beer the day before Christmas, or any other day, and I guarantee you'll have 4 a belly the shape, and a nose the hue, of S ~ Claus himself. Not to mention. the beers coming out your ears. i It gets better. The Champ, as we shall call him, had an argument with his brother, who threw him out of the house. Imagine the glug and undaunted, The Champ climbed a tree ' and he was a partridge. "Who knows. Anyway, brother stepped outside with a shot-gun. He claimed he fired a shot in the air, not knowing The Champ was up a tree. But several pellets entered the latter's ana- tomy. ' The champ testified that he couldn't remem- ber swinging his mother-intlaw around by her hair, although he did admit having a fight with her, It sounds like a swinging party. I'm just as glad I wasn't there, but it proves that the family fight still has a little steam in it, even hongh it is disappearing from our way of ; } « ~Toronto Telegram News Service