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CEE Se SS admins * {R 3 - oa «8% ¥ A i pi x » 5 © Fre Py CHRISTMAS MESSAGE by Rev. Wm. Black St. John Presbyterian Church During the tense dark aays or the second World war in London, England there was a song that made the Air raids less terrifying than otherwise they would have been. Children took up the strains and you could hear it in the most unlikely places even after a night of death and destruction from the skies. One little ragged boy on the sidewalk was heard in to sing at the top of his somewhat cracked voice- "I'm not a millionaire But I'm rich beyond compare, 'Cause I've got a pocketful of dreams' If one had asked him to empty some of his dreams of out of his tattered pockets he might have been non-plussed but the spirit of that song. was iron to the blood in terrible days. It was a dark and dangerous time when the Saviour was born. Not that the bombers roamed in the midnight skies but object poverty in mens souls was all around. Men hungered for a nobler, purer and better life but.didn't have a clue as to who would bring it or how it would come. Then Jesus ..came from the shining splend&ur of Heaven to give mankind much more than a pocketful of dreams. He came to give to all who desired it a kingdom of light and love in their hearts. "Though He was rich yet for our sakes He became poor that we through His poverty might become rich". Mighty condescension and altogether what wonderful grace. All wrapped up beneath the swaddling clothes beat the most wondfrful heart that the world has ever known. ro To put a noble dream in somebodys heart can be the first step on the ladder to success. But a dream without the power to make it come true, screams at our weakness. Christ gives both in bountiful measure. He offers us a KINGDOM within the very moment we are born from above. What exciting things can happen when Christ takes the wonderful dreams so many of us have about a better and more peaceful world and translates them into action where the battle is fierce. You can be richer today than you have ever dreamed. What about many more spiritual million- aires? And it can happen- "that we through His poverty might be made rich". You cannot hope for anything better than that. That's Bethlehem in instant form. May its music be. sweeter this year than ever before. Christmas oi by Norman Cafik, M.P. Ontario Riding It is unfortunate that in the hectic life in modern society that man too infrequently finds the opportunity to quietly reflect upon the ultimate meaning and.direction of life. The Christmas and New Year Seasons should allow us this opportunity, but rather than doing so, we too often find ourselves in a state of hectic activity. Let each of us use this Holy Season of Christmas and the impending New Year as an opportunity of quietly considering the real meaning behind Christmas and its essential message, and let all of us become refreshed and rededicated to the principals of peace, love and understanding. It is my hope that God will shower his blessings upon each of us individually, our riding, our province and our country. e---- | PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited Ste, % CNA : (oun) : ~~ Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Plant Manager J. PETER HVIDSTEN, Advertising Manager Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association i Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 MILEY | BILL UGAR | AND Serice LIKE, WHAT'S NEW, PUSSEYCAT? One of my wife's students brought in some old newspapers, and I found them fascinating. FOR GOD AND HOME AND NATIVE LAND VOTE ON THE SALOON AND THE LIQUOR STORE. Thus cried the Globe of Toronto. on October 18, 1919. It had a circulation of 86,547. It had 24 pages. Count the liquor advertisements in your today's big city newspaper. Things were not so much different sixty-two years ago, aside from the booze question. The Irish had two front-page stories. There.wyas '"'nearly a settlement on the Irish problem} "Hands were extended but they were never gripped". and the Sinn Fein political prisoners were released from Mountjoy Prison as the outcome of their hunger strike. Like, what's new? , START WAR ON DRUG TRAFFIC read another headline. There was to be a $1,000 fine for improper use of narcotics. Apparently the opponents of prohibition were scattering a leaflet purporting to show that since Ontario went dry "the use of drugs has increased to alarming propor- tions." But the only drugs they were concerend with were those oldies, opium, cocaine and morphine. Apparently our granddads were not acquainted with pot, hash, horse and speed. Or perhaps they didn't use slang terms. Anyway, what's new? Another headline stated: LITTLE FIGHT LEFT IN REDS. The whole article revealed that the-revolution in Russia was just as good as over, and the "reds" had had it. I wonder if Stalin or Kruschev read that, and what they thought. There was an election on. The Globe, as it still does, tried to tell its readers how to vote. On Page 1, there is a box, with a facsimile of the ballot, and the paper urges every reader to vote No to every question on the referendum. About booze, that is. Every story about the election is slanted toward the Tories, against the Liberals, and against booze. So, what's new, except the booze adverts? In a- desperate fourcolumn twenty-inch advert, the Liberals try to separate the Political issues and the booze issues. Not a hope. What's new? The rest of the front page could have been printed yesterday. Trouble all over the world. Gold-dust galore from the Yukon. Lloyd George carried to his university chair by students, led by a ragtime band (except that today he'd have been humiliated and led by a rock band). Somebody's wife, with a (continued on page 5) 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, Dec. 21, 1922 The. following. students received Honour matricula- - tion and first-class certifi- 'cates at the Port Perry High School during 1922; Eliza- beth Allin, Charles Cawker, Ernest Gerrow, Miriam Harris, Lewis McLean, Percy Malcolm, Helen Mel- low, James Michie, Allen Sweetman, and Edna Wallace. F.W. Mcintyre offered girls Brushed Wool Chokers for $.60 iece, Men's Leather Belts at $.50 each, Children's Wool Bootees for $.50 apiece, Men's Silk Socks for $.75 a pair, Men's Fancy Plaid Macknaw Coats at $13 each, a Nippon China Cream Jug at $.35, and small China dolls at $.20 each. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, Dec. 18, 1947 The Star's "Sixbit critic" Frank Harris commenting on the Joe Louis--Jersey . Joe Walcott Heavyweight Championship Bout; 'Like millions of other fight fans we sat by our radio the night of the fight; And as round followed round and the Brown Bomber showed up worse and worse, we men- tally mourned the passing of probably the . greatest heavyweight who ever lived." The Christmas meeting of the afternoon Auxiliary of the WMS was held in the United Church with Mrs. Robert Harper, Vice-Pres- ident, presiding in the ab- sence of the president, Mrs. Thompson. The Christmas program was presented by the Young Women's Group, Mrs. Roger Oke presiding. Janie and Richard Carnegie gave a duet, Mrs. Cawker gave a solo, Kenneth Dowson gave a recitation, Georgia Hastings gave a piano solo, and Mrs. Slater gave a oo reading. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, Dec. 19, 1957 Teen Town Club held a Christmas dance. Carol Tanton and Dale Lowcock arranged the successful af- fair, attended by many Port Perry teenagers despite bad weather. Peter Lawrence and Brian. Taylor looked after the records, while dance prizes were won by Jim Wilson and Mary Lynn Hodgins, and Joyce Cookson and Barry Fletcher. The annual Lions Christ- mas party, was held at the Yacht Club house. A sump- tuous meal of turkey was served by the caterer, Mrs. N. Williams and her helpers. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, Dec. 20, 1962 Thirty-five senior citizens gathered in the Municipal Building to discuss plans for a Senior Citizens Club to be begun in Port Perry. A warm welcome was extended by Mrs. Jessie Robertson, while Mr. John Orde chaired the meeting. Mrs. J. Clunie and Mrs. Thomas of the Port Hope Senior Citizens Club were the featured speakers. Masonic history was made in Port Perry when George H. Lane, a Past Master: of Fidelity Lodge No. 428, AF and AM, installed his son Stuart as Worshipful Master. Mr. Lane's other three sons; Roy, Don and Wes, were also members of the Lodge.