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Be 2 ar PV tn" TP Se EA a ~ oe SIE, X Goede Fo Toa SUERTE y AMY AV vig ~ \ » 2 ET Se PIRTQ PERRY Christmas . . . a time for giv- ing. But let's start giving ear- lier this year. A special appeal has come from the Prime Min- ister that everyone should give something extra, starting on December 1st. This, though, is giving with a difference. It costs nothing! Quite the reverse, in fact. We are asked for contributions that will involve no expense, and may actually result in tremen- dous savings. We are asked to give a little extra care. Some extra pati- ence. Perhaps, a little extra time. More courtesy, more good humour. In other words, we are all asked to support SAFE DRIVING WEEK, Dec- ember 1 to 7. Cars don't cause traffic acci- dents." Nor do icy roads, fogs, or bottles of beer. It is people who cause accidents. People who don't handle these things the way they should, and can, be handled. Traffic accidents are caused by you, and me, and the man in the next lane. By individuals. And just as the individual causes the accident, so can he prevent it. The Ontario Safety League emphasizes that the best way to avoid accidents, is to avoid the possibility of accidents. One of the aims of SAFE DRIVING WEEK is to persuade the indi- vidual to give extra thought and skill in avoiding the aceci- dent that never gets started. The book of averages says that over 100 Canadians may die on the roads in the first seven days of December, while thousands will be injured. Yet avoidance of this impending national di- saster lies within the control of Do You Remember? <~ Ls Editorial Page Sate Driving Week Dec. 1-7 individuals . . . individual driv- er's and pedestrians. It needs no magic to reduce the total of continuing trage- dies that stain our streets and highways. It just needs a little extra effort from all who drive and walk on our roads. SAFE DRIVING WEEK is a good time for us to pledge that extra effort, that our country needs so desperately. For, al- though the immediate aim of this safety campaign is the first seven days in December, the long-range objective covers all the days of every year. Teeth Care What you use on a tooth brush is not as important as when you brush. Salt and bi- carbonate of soda or ordinary soap are as effective but not as pleasant tasting as tooth paste or cleaning agents. Vigorous rinsing of the mouth with water is also effective in preventing tooth decay. Brushing teeth and rinsing as soon as possible after meals and the last thing at night, re- moves the glutinous carbohyd- rate that tends to remain around teeth and provides a growing ground for bacteri.a Brush up and down rather | than from side to side. biting surfaces and the back of the teeth should be brushed as well as the front surfaces. I A biscuit and a hot drink in bed at night ensure the best possible conditions for bacteria 'to grow undisturbed for several hours in closest contact with the teeth. When possible, brush your teeth or rinse your mouth after eating. Ra =e 2% wu fd The # 50 YEARS AGQ Thurs., Nov. 29th, 1917 Here is just a couple of examples of what your Christmas gifts may have cost you 50 years ago. Men's shirts $1.00 to $1.50, Ladies Fine Kid Gloves-- $1.00 to $2.25, or how about a 1917 Ford Runa: bout for $475.00. Even with these prices would you give up what you have now to go back and live 50 years ago. 25 YEARS AGO Thurs., Dec. 3rd 1942 Corporal Mabel Buttle received promotion to the rank of Sergeant on Mon., Nov. 23rd, 1942 at St. Anne de Bellevue. Ser- geant Buttle is the daugh ter of Mrs. M. Stones. Mr. and Mrs. George Prentice will be celebrat- ing their 50th wedding Anniversary on Wednes: day, Dec. 9th. Christmas 'I'rees and de: corations will be permit. ted within the home dur: ing the period of Dec. 24, 1942 to January 1st, 1943. This is due to a change in clause 2(c) "which the Power Controller has ap proved. 15 YEARS AGO Thurs., Dec. 4th, 1952 Reg. Moorhead was re- elected president of the Canadian Legion Branch 419, for his third consecu- tive year. Vice president is John Christie, and the Secretary - Treasurer will be Frank Godley. Only 439, of the 1,735 eligible voters turned out to elect Ivan Cochrane as Deputy-Reeve for Cart- wright. Councillors for the coming year are to be Bruce Ashton, Allan Sug gitt, and Howard Forder. The first meeting of the newly formed executive EET NL 4° Tt 34 ik for the Community Mem- orial Hospital Auxiliary met at the home of Mrs. M. B. Dymond on Thurs, Nov. 27th. 10 YEARS AGO Thurs., Dec. 5th, 1957 Nearly 100 people took advantage of the generous offer Howard Motors ar- ranged in taking two bus- es to see the General Motors Motorama of 1958 in Oshawa. Mr. Roy H. Cornish was honoured at the Public School Auditorium on Nov. 27th on the occasion of 25 years of service to the school. He first came to Port Perry in Septem: ber 1931, and became principal a year later. Rev. F. G. Joblin suffer ed broken leg bones when a motor cycle driven by Bill Mitchell slid on slip- pery pavement and hit him. ARMPITS AND YANKS ~ Just a few observations on life in general, this week. I have no particular theme in mind, but it will probably have emerged by the time we've finished this chore (me writting, you reading). . It's fashionbale to attack the Yanks, so here goes. I think they're giving us a bum deal in merchandise. If I were a politician, my platform would be, "Let's fortify the border!" i Every year, we send them about 80 per- cent of our best people: artists of all kinds, university professors, engineers. Better known as the Brain Drain. And every win- ter, we send them our rich people, hun- dreds of thousands, to bolster the sagging economics of Florida and California. And what do they send us? Draft dodgers. Deer hunting. A lot of people are against it. Not me. In fact, if I weren't a teacher, I'd take a week off every fall and join the great slaughter of the deer. Slaughter? There are 10 times as many people killed on the highways as there are deer in the bush. If I thought the species would be wiped out (deer, not people), I'd fight it. But the deer population is in. creasing, chiefly because there are LX) many lousy hunters. I admit that no completely sane man goes deer hunting. Why would anybody go into the woods in the worst weather of the year, wind and snow, rain and blow, to wander through miles of swamp and slash, swale and burn, dragging a dirty great musket and straining his heart to the bursting point, when he could be sitting at home watching a football game on TV? Why? I'll tell you. Because it's the only place in the world where he can escape from committee meetings, a nagging wife, a shrilling telephone, and rotten kids with personality defects. It's the only place .in the world where he can get back to the primitive pleasures of man: rude jokes around the fire; a sense of companionship that has nothing to do with money or position; 'the feeling of battle against the elements; the absence of all stress except the physical; the eating of AA TD» att RR et a ee a ae te ee a eh a ee a - ¢ LEARY AA NARS Ea EE PL RR UE AR RN EN half-burned meat; the belching and break- ing of wind; the dreamless sleep of an animal after a day of exhaustion. The killing of the deer is unimportant. He has proved to himself, by George, that there's a little juice in the old carcass yet, that he can take it without whining, and that he's liked for himself, not because he can do something for somebody. This brings us, by a logical association of ideas, to modern theatre. It's concerned with the very same thing: a man trying to prove himself. laugh at the playwright and the playwright would laugh at the deer hunter. Each would think the other was emotionally crippled. I saw a play last weekend that would have made my little old mother's hair stand on end. Even though she wouldn't have® understood it. It is called Fortune and Men's Eyes. Some of the language was straight off the walls of a public lavatory. It's a play that will shock and sicken some people. (Continued on Page 5) bh § [PORT PERRY STAR] CO., LIMITED Serving Port Perry, Brooklin end Surrounding Areas P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Editor Member of the Canadian Weekly + Newspaper Assoc. Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. Published 'eveiy Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Offica Department, Ottawa, and for . bayment of postage in cash. 8ubscription Rates, In Canada $3.00 per yr. Elsewhere, $4.50 per yr. Single Copy 10ec. » LOS SR US ON CR ON JLT Ey - XL ENA 4° 2, CARA PA NLP RUS The deer hunter would= And perhaps this is not a