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v don't try to remo --wound.-- A A EDITORIAL TOPICS Works Both Ways Meditation WHITBY O.P.P. "How To Stop 'Bleedi ng With a superficial cut or wound, normal clotting will probably stop bleeding without much attention. With serious bleeding, St. John Ambulance recom- mends that you .apply firm pressure directly on the wound. If sufficient pressure is applied bleeding will always be controlled. It is best to apply pressure through a thick compressible dressing bandaged to the wound. However, if bleeding is profuse and no dressing is avail- able, don't delay - press directly on the wound withyour bare hand. If a foreign body is stuck fast in the wound ove it - apply pressure around the Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Editor Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association JMember of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario. Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rates: In Canada $3.00 per yr., Elsewhere, $4.60 per year. Single Copy 10e¢. Cc °F of ions The Ontario Safety League has repeatedly warned drivers of the danger from picking up hitch-h ikers. Press reports of robbery and other crimes committed by men who have solicited rides shows that many drivers do not consider the risk to be woth bothering about. " There isa reverse side to this -_it can also be dangerous for a pedestrian to accept rides from strangers. For instance, here are three crimes reported in Toronto papers on March 31st. A 17 year old youth was offered a lift home, after midnight, by youths in a car; but was driven to a lonely spot, robbed at knife point, and then turned out of the car. Not long afterwards a man of 38 received similar treatment (possibly from the same gang). Elsewhere, another 17 year old boy who had missed his last bus home tried hitchhiking and was picked up. But the car driver objected to the boy's long blond hair. He produced a hunting knife and hacked off lo - the hair; in the process he inflicted scalp lacer severe enough to require skin grafts. BY PROVINCIAL CONSTABLE GARY CHAPMAN As a writer of safety hints and tips, | once again take pen in hand and bend to the task. Yet no words appear on the page, no safety hints come to mind. Spring has taken over and daydreams have replaced constfuct- ive thought. How can one be expected to think of - blood and pain and twisted metal when the sun is warm and the earth is freshly washed and growing things are making their debut. And yet - - - those ugly statistics keep staring up from their neat little columns; 32 local accidents "in the past week with 11 persons injured; 6 persons Killed locally so far this year; Ontario once again the leader. in week-end accidental deaths. if Does fair weather and scenic surroundings make tragedy any more acceptable? Is spring a proper time to die? | think not, but then that's just a personal opinion. You'll have to make your own decisions, and you do, every time you take the wheel of your car. 2 SON / / , knows of « BEJTER ole, Nate / @ BILL SMILEY Sugar and MEET MY MOTHER-IN-LAW For years, the mother-in-law has been the butt of jokes with a touch of bitterness in them. They have been pictured as do- mineering, interfering women, ruining the grandchildren, breaking up marriages. _ They have been caricatured as unwelcome visitors who criticized, made trouble and generally were a great big pain in the arm. And often with good reason. I've never been able to write sarcastic- ally about my mother-in-law. In the first place, she'd have had my hide for a door- mat. In the second, she was one of the sweetest and most gentle persons I have ever known. 'Now, don't get me wrong. She was no saint. . She was no little, old white-haired lady handing out cookies and benevolency all over the place. La . Far from it. She was born and raised in County Antrim, Ireland, and she had most of the traits of that peculiar race. Equally quick to tears and laughter. Witty and stubborn. Quick tongue and quick tem: per. Warm and fiercely loyal to her own and with. a wonderful-capacity--for giving -- love. ~Her- children loved -her-and her grand- -- children adored her and her husband wor-. shipped her. Like so many grannies, she had spanked her own children when they needed it, but grew. furious and tearful when they spanked - theirs. She came out to Canada as a young wo- man, beautiful of face and figure, with long, black curly hair, a haughty fine- boried Irish look and a warm and lively spirit. She sang like an angel. She was thrown into a sober puritan community and married a shy young far- mer who loved her deeply for 46 years and still does, : : Perhaps she was not cut out to be a farm wife. But she pulled her weight. She worked -- and how she worked! - Milking, gardening, scrubbing clothes and floors by hand. She was indefatigable in: her pur- suit of the demon dirt, and her house was altvays spotless. But it was never sterile,» as some spic- and-span houses can be. It was never a house, but a home, filled with the warmth and love and life that only an unusual per. far away, She couldn't stand it. Spice soa "n provide. There was singing and laughter and chatter and a complete lack of iension. - : It wasn't roses all the 'way. She went through the depression and the mortgages, and those rending decisions about whether the last 50 cents available was going for a music leson or dress material for the girls or feed for the hens. : _And she didn't go through it patiently and submissively. She was too Irish, She complained like hell. But she didn't whine. Her complaints and common sense (this is one thing that is seldom attributed to the Irish, and should be) produced results. Despite her fire, she had a wonderful way of coming to terms with the situation, whether it was emotional or material or spiritual, > She bore three handsome children. She was pregnant, and terribly sick with one of them, when she got word that her young husband had lost an arm in a threshing machine, g ] She learned that one of her daughters -was-going-to marry a broken-down fighter pilot, with a total income of $60 a month, and no prospects. Most. mothers would have fought like a 'tigress to avert, or at least postpone the marriage. She gave en- couragement, though her heart must have been sore, and it was then that I fell in love with her, HE My instinct 'was right, When my wife attacked me, she attacked my wife, When I wrote a bum column, she told me. When there was sickness or trouble, she was right there, with ancient charms and cures that worked. - x : She was not a pious woman, thank God. She was a virtuous woman, and a real Christian, She fed tramps, gave. strength when it was needed, and love without stint.' Dying, she didn't whimper to God. Most of her thoughts and words were about those she loved. She didn't want to leave, and fought to the last breath, . Life is going to be different without Granny, but I have a feeling she won't be She'll be around as long as those who loved her are. --Toronto Telegram Syndicate » 1 » ' = 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 17, 1919 Life Insurance Companies accept only the very best of risks. Their records show that one out of every nine is rejected. The applicant must not only be in good health himself but his family history must be satisfactory. A death in the family from consump- tion, cancer or insanity may render 'it impossible for one to obtain insurance for years, if ever. 4 At the Head Church, Scu- gog, on Thursday, April 14th, a light comedy will be given at 8 o'clock entitled "Bill the Coachman" after which a box social will be held. The farmers are busy on the land, some of them well on their way through seeding. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 20, 1944 To save paper, and type metal in wartime, important changes have been made in the arrangement of the new telephone directory for Port Perry. Mrs. John Murray, Mrs. M.B. Dymond, Mrs. I.LR. Ben- : tly and Mrs. Stewart Mac- $71 Farlane attended the Prov- 4 incial Convention of the 1.0. i D.E, 3 Connaught Hotel in Hamil- held in the Royal ton. Mrs. N.P. Aldred received 'a cable from her son; Flight- Lieutenant Joel Aldred of the RCAF announcing his safe arrival overseas. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 15, 1954 The Port Perry Hockey Club have on sale now in Port Perry tickets for a 1954 Two Door Sedan Chevrolet. The proceeds from this draw will help us finance our Rural and Minor Hockey set up. A lot of people missed a very fine show by not join- ing those who attended the first 'figure skating carnival of the Port Perry and Oshawa Skating Club. The programme was well planned. Among the Jackson 'brought down the house' with his antics as "The - Thing", ; Special mention to little Miss Margaret Terrett for her solo performance. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 16, 1959 The Ontario County team won the annual Junior Farm- ers Seed Judging competition held on Tuesday, April 17th in conjunction with the Cen: tral Ontario Spring Show in Memorial Arena at Peterbor- ough, 'Mr. and Mrs, Martin Ren: nick of Port Perry who are presently on a trip in the U.S. will be surprised to learn their garage adjoining their cottage at Stevenson's Point was burned to the ground. gang from Oshawa, Don i N