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SER DITORIAL PINION "Winter works program Both the provincial and federal governments have announced that large amounts of money will be available to municipalities this winter for work within municipalities, designed to help unemployed, and get. people off the welfare roles, Economic conditions seem to indicate unemployment figures this winter may reach as high as those during the Depression. The Ontario government says that under the works-incentive programme, the unemployment situation in On- tario_can be attacked immediately, without the delays of red tape and cumbersome administrative procedures. ; res Keeping these in vind, all municipalities, in- cluding Port Perry should explore carefully all the possibilities of taking part in the programme. Community organizations and groups are also eligible for assistance under the federal plari, and. they too are urged to try to take advantage of the plan if at all possible. There are some hitches however, such as the stipulation in the federal plan: which says that a project must provide 30 man-months of work. Reeve Robert Kenny is right when he says it might be difficult in Port Perry to find a programme that would require this much labour, and doubts whether there are enough persons in Port Perry who require work for such a project. Nonetheless, even-a series of small projects could qualify under the programme, and if necessary bring part or all of the labour from outside the Village. It would appear that both the federal nd provincial governments are anxious that the monies be spent. Any money put into circulation at this time aids the economy in all areas. Even if all the money for a project did not come into the Village (such as the payment of wages to outside persons) some benefits would surely. be telti in for! Perry. : Council will be discussing the matter in the near future. Community organizations, service groups ond other organizations should do the same. At least, all the possibilities should be examined. Congratulations Mabel M. Van Camp, formerly of Blackstock, has been selected as the first women to serve as an Ontario Supreme Court judge. Her appointment came last week, from Justice Minister John Turner, and Miss Van Camp will officially take the oath in January. She has prac- tised law for the past 24 years. " The STAR would like to congratualate Miss Van Camp for this prestigiou® honour, and would join with "her friends and relatives in this area in wishing her well as the first woman in Supreme Court of Ontario. ; PORT PERRY STAR COMPANY, LIMITED Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher - Editor JOHN B. McCLELLAND, Associate Editor WM. T. HARRISON, P. BVIDSTEN, Jr. * Plant Manager. Advertising Manager Member of the Canadian Weckly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assiciation -~ P'ublished every Wednesday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario. Authorized as second class maill by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr. Elsewhere $6.00 per year. Single Copy 10¢ the. the. ACCIDENT TOLL 571LL- WITH U5 DESPITE BREATH TEST Mews Fem NN At time of writing, there is a wind howling out of the north and a wrack of clouds tearing across the sky. But you won't hear a word of complaint from me. In the first place, the wind has blown" the remainder of my annual 20,000 cubic feet of leaves right off my front lawn and onto my . neighbours! = And in the second, this has been the most glorious autumn I can remember. The foliage was eneffably beautiful, and lasted longer than usual. We were swimming right into- October. On November 1st, we en- tertained friends on the back lawn, after a - two-mile walk through. the hushed ex- pectancy of a beech forest, over stone walls that looked as though they had been built by the same chaps who knocked together the pyramids, and across rolling pastures that reminded, hiltgrswselly, of the. English downs. Let dread winter do its dangdest. The " Lord, or whoever runs the weather department, has given me a fall I will never forget. Mind you, take that with a grain of salt. Man is a fallible creature, and within a week I'll be cursing the snow, getting my snow tires on too late, trying to pry the garden hose out of the ice, and wondering why I didn't get my storm windows on during that glorious autumn I was raving about. Man is fallible, indeed. We are born equal, but some of us become more equal than others. We are born fallible, but some of us become more failible than others. I am content to be in the latter category. If there's anything that raises my hackles, it is the person who i§ infallible, or thinks he is. Or she, in the case of my wife. For example, did you read about the way that Jackie ex-Kennedy has' that poor Greek, Aristotle Onassis, tied up finan- cially. He made himself a billionaire, but despite his first name and the wisdom it implies, his marriage contract with her makes him look like a real hick who has come in contact with a very shrewd hor- setrader. She is guaranteed $10,000 a year for clothes. I forget the other items, but they're in the same vein. Even my wife was .appalled. She couldn't spent it, she > said. 1 merely raised one eyebrow. But wouldn't you agree that Aristotle is fallible? - The political experts are just about as fallible as they come. Premier Davis would have a real battle on-his hands in Ontario. Joey Smallwood would have some op- positian, but no real problem in Newfie. The upset of the long-entrenched Alberta government was impossible. Davis won walking in Ont., Joey got licked ( I think) in Newfie, and the long-entrenched boys .in Alta. were turfed out. i The cops are fallible. Hundreds of them 'stood around with red faces when some silly young punk burst through their serried ranks and put a half-Nelson on 'Premier Kosygin. The mighty U.S. is fallible. For the first time in the history of the United Nations, the - States got a real jolt in the ego on the ad- mission of China vote. Its fallibility was showing even more blatantly when it per- sisted in the face of -world opinion, in the great nuclear test off Alaska. But this is the way of the world. If man were infallible, he would have no need for a god, the earth would be crawling with' automations, and life would be very dull. If weather forecasters were infallible, for instance, there'd be no spice in life. We'd be able to hatten down for a storm, instead of having the roof blown off when they 'predicted light winds. We'd be able to wear heavy jackets, instead of shivering like a dog vomiting razor blades, when they forecast hot weather, and the temperature was 34. No fun. No variety. "I've come a long way from my opening . words about the beautiful autumn we've had, But there's method in my madness. Manis fallible. Maybe 1 just think we've' had a beautiful fall. I could quite easily wake up tomorrow morning, discover that it was the middle of September. and that we'd just had a 4-foot fall of 'snow. and that the whole thing had been a dream. 1 hope not, 'but I'm not discounting the possibility. Ld by .choir members and - Thursday, November 15, 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 17, - 1921 : 'Fhe 'Ontario School Trustee's and Ratepayers. Association. are issueing a paper called 'Ontario School Board Journal." A valueable feature of the paper will be the Question Drawer" in which "question of school management. will be an- 'swered. Samuel Farmer was made associate editor. ~ Dr. Hubert Bruce, Toronto was the guest speaker at the Armistice Service held at the Town Hall. On the platform with Dr. Bruce was Reeve James Lucas and associated with him was Mr. George Stone, who had been one of ® Dr. Bruce's old teachers when he gitended school here. 25 YEARS AGO Thurday, November 14, 1946 In the Judging com- petitions at Guelph, Mr. Mac a Christie of Port: Perry High Schobl along with Mr. Jack Pearson won - the judging championship... for beef cattle. The prize was a trip to, Ottawa, Niagara Falls and * the Royal Winter Fair. Mrs. M.W. Orde, Organist and Choir Leader of Port Perry United Church for cleven years was honoured friends at the home. of ® Gordon Reesor upon : her retirement, i Miss Audrey Kent was awarded 16 prizes out of a possible 28 with her "Aristocrat Angoras" at the Royal Winter Fair. Statement by American Angora Magazine Publisher "The greatest Angora Show in"'America. 15 YEARS AGO 1956 : The guest speaker at the Remembrance Day banquet held at the Legion Hall was Colonel G. Arthur Welsh, holder of the D.S.0. and Bar. .and Croix de Guerre s (Belguim) and now Sheriff of Ontario County. Mrs. S. Ploughman and Mrs. Raines were delegates at the 54th Convention held in the Royal York Hotel for the Central Ontario Area of the Women's Institute. At a special meeting held in the Library the South Ontario Trappers Council presented Ted Jackson, local auctioneer with a plaque in ¢ appreciation in his effort for conducting the first fur auction of this council. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 9, 1961 Mr. and Mrs; Ralph 4 | Saddler, Nestleton, j celebrated their silver an- niversary. . Dr. Matthew B. Dymond, Ontario riding, will be retained in his position as Minister of Health for On- tario. - . Miss Kathleen Trenka was ~~ valdictorian at the annual High School Com- mencement, - and Mr. Murray Croxall entertained with a piano selection,