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Wii a he PARES CREA NRE 41 NA WUUA AREAS TELM IN AH A ELLA Drive safely 52 weeks a year Safe Driving Week from December 1 - 7 falls in the month when there have traditionally been more traffic accidents than any other and which take one of the highest injury tolls. ! The Canada Safety Council urges motorists to . take advantage of the safety aids already built into cars to prevent deaths and serious injuries. 2 " There 'are many distractions in the pre-holiday season-bright decorations, heavy traffic caused by . avid and sometimes-frantic shoppers as well as celebrating pedestrians who pay little attention to traffic rules. Add to this winter driving hazards and the accident tolls rises sharply. - One of the main type of December crashes is the rear-end collision. Motorists have good defenses against these. turning into severe 'unjury-producing disasters built right into their cars but few take advantage of them. The careless driver who bashes into the rear of a stopped car can prevent serious injury if safety' belts are fastened both by the motorist and passengers. This restrains the forward motion which causes the very damaging secondary collision between the car occupant and the interior of the car. Think of sending fragile gifts in the mail. You wouldn't wrap them up so loosely they would be damaged during rough handling. Yet most motorists refuse to 'package' themselves and their passengers with safety belts although they are vulnerable in a secondary collision with door posts, windshields and dashboards. The outraged victim whose car has been hit from the rear by a poor driver also has means to prevent a serious injury headrests. 'Studies show headrests result in a significant reduction in claimed neck and back injuries for drivers who have been hit - from behind. This reduction was recorded despite the most apparent fact that most headrests are not fixed properly directly behind the head. . : And lady drivers should. be particularly con- cerned about whiplash injuries because they are most vulnerable than men to this type of injury. A headrest fixed too low may actually increase the chances of severe whiplash injuries. : The Canada Council points out there is no excuse at all for whiplash injuries because the following car should be at such a distance that it can come to a stop no matter what the manoeuvre of the car ahead. : This gets back to the human -factor. Tailgating is .....a common error-committed by motorists who drive after drinking and this results.in many whiplash injuries. : - The Canada Safety Council recommends that people planning to drive after drinking should confine themselves to one 12 -ounce bottle of beer,, - a 12 oz. drink of spirits or three ounces of un- "fortified wine an hour. And for best performance, they should not drink at all for the hour before they plan to drive home. Proper use of vehicle safety equipment and drinking only within prescribed limits before driving will reduce accidents and accident severity during Safe Driving Week and every week. PORT PERRY STAR COMPANY, LIMITED S-_0 (»wha 3 (0m) : 75 . "ons ast Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships Ne Ye, P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher - Editor JOHN B., McCLELLAND, Associate Editor WM. T. HARRISON, P. HVIDSTEN, Jr. Plant Manager. Advertising Manager Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assiciation Published 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¢ SA 4 -- NINN BILL MILEY NANA NNN _.. FINDING COMFORT INA DUCK BLIND | "November glooms are barren beside the dusk of June." Thus quoth the poet Henley. And I say too ruddy true. As a general rule. ~But -this year has been -an exception. I don't think I've ever written a decent word about November, with its "surly blasts", its sudden, depressing dumping of snow, its bleak and sterile look. I know we're going to pay for it with a terrible winter, but this November, for the first time in many years, we've been _ ushered into winter with a gentle melan- choly that seems unbelievable. By the time this appears in print, we may be up to our noggins in snow. But credit where it is due. The first few weeks of November this year, in these parts, have made me decide to give this country and its crazy climate one more chance. Its almost as though God had held up his hand as the four winds were on their mark, cheeks puffed, ready to give us-the usual, and boomed, "Hold. The poor devils are having enough troubles of their own making. Let's give them one November to remem- ber." Normally, November is the most dismal month -in- the year, with the possible ex- ception of March. But in the latter, at least the days are getting longer and there's a wild hope that spring may come again. Normally November means many things, none of them pleasant. Darkness comes early. There is a wild sé¢ramble, for many of. us, over snow tires and storm windows. There is: bitter wind ashore and terrifying storms on the water. It's been a grand November for the huriters and trout fishermen. Perhaps not so good for the deer hunters, with little snow. But far the duct. and partridge boys. and the rainbow anglers, it has been near per: fection. ' UGAR ao SPICE ~~ ~Evén the golfers have been able to stretch the season by at least a month. The only danger they face is exhaustion from golfing in the day and curling at night. Normally, the squirrels would be getting ° set up for the winter. I look into the backyard and they're gambolling as though it were mid-June, Surest sign that it's been a November without peer is the behaviour of our cat. As a ° rule, when November arrives, with its wind and rain and snow, she has to be hurled bodily outside. This year, she has actually been going to the door and asking out. I haven't seen any bees, but there are still a lot of crazy birds around who have been baffled by the weather, and are going to be caught with their pants down one'of these days. And they're not the only ones. Many a man . like myself has been lulled into a false sense of security, hasn't his storms on, hasn't changed to snow tires, hasn't even turned off the the outside water, and hasn't a clue where his winter boots are. Oh, there'll be a day. of reckoning, all right. My bones warn me. But to heck with it. I'm going to live dangerously and enjoy every day of it. And to prove it, I'm going to write my first, and probably my last ode to Novem- ber: : Much-maligned November, This year you've been my friend, Don't quite know how to prove it, = But you've shown you can. groove it. No way are you September, But you're one I'll long remember. Isn't that beautiful? . The. County Road ex- . permit the Section of the American ¢ ~~ Cyril BO YEARS AGO = a Thursday, November 24, 921 penditure for this year was $117,190.08 - At the November meeting - of Reach Township Council, * bi a by-law: was drawn to Manilla Telephone Comapny Co. to build and operate telephone lines in the township- Dr. Alexander Graham Christie head of the ® | * Department of mechanical engineering of John Hopkin's University, received an announcement of his election to the National Chair- manship of the Power Society of Mechanical Engineers. 26 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 28, 1946 A most attractive *® decorating scheme has been carried out recently in the local' Post Office. The work was done by contractors from Whitby. Mr. Meredith McKee of = . Manchester, won .a special prize donated. by Dawes Brewery, for showmanship of 1946 foal, at the Royal ° Winter Fair, Toronto. Dawn Marie Slemmon, a nine year old girl, grand- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ® Jeffrey 'was: in- terviewed by: one ofi:the:of- ficials of the Humane Society over the C.B.C. networks: Dawn spoke in the interest of: the Humane Society. Dawn has organized a club-in ® bd 'Ottawa, and owing to her efforts a Junior Humane Society has been formed in Port: Perry; reese fle 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 29, * . 1956 : : Mr. J.J. Gibson is declared Reeve by acclamation. Nomination for council were, Frank Goodley, Tom Harris, Art Cox, Irv. Boyd, and George Homes. Four to be elected. For school board, Walter Sonnley, Dr. Mac- Master, Charles Reesor, Stan Brunton, Archer Farmer and Cec King. Three to be elected, 9 This year's Ontario Inter County Livestock Judging Team were Hugh Baird, Blackwater, Paul Bryan, Sunderland and Harold Howsam of Uxbridge. They i placed eleventh in the ® overall competition. - 10 YEARS AGU Thursday, November 30, 1961 : Scugog reeve and Council were elected by ac- clamation. Reeve C. Fralick, Councillors V. Aldred, G. Hood, C. Carter and J. Dowson. - At the Blackstock Com- mencement Exercises Mr. ® Lawrence Butt gave the Valedictory address. 'Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Reader celebrated their 58th anniversary with a turkey dinner at the home of Frank e Reader in Oshawa.