PINION Pakistinis Need Help! They huddle in tents, empty drainage pipes, flimsy shelters of straw. Many have flooded into overcrowded camps where the stench of garbage and polluted water is by no means uncommon. Many others live sheltertess along the open roads. With the threat of cholera lessening, they still must endure the mud and heavy rains of the monsoon season. The less fortunate die or live to watch There are an estimated five and one-half million Pakistanis (ome quarter the population of Canada) facing exile, disease and starvation. Their numbers are expected to grow. Urgent request for immediate aid have been aimost universal. Every plea has clearly described the desperate plight of these unfortunate people, Where words have failed to tell their tragic story, photographs from camps and roadsides have clearly shown. their suffering. Skeletal and bewildered, they register the shock of the disaster. And since the early days of the disaster, response has been world-wide. In Canada, the government and many organizations have sent, and are sending assistance. Appailed by the suffering, nine major organizations have now joined forces in Canada to form the Combined Appeal for Pakistani Relief (CAPR) in order to achieve Canadian Council of Churches and its member churches Canadian Red Cross Society Canadian UNICEF Committee CANSAVE Children Fund CARE of Canada OXFAM of Canada United .Nations High Commission For refugees World Vision of Canada CAPR realized that for Canadians to take the lead in expressing widespread concern for a situation of this enormity is not unusual. Canadians have demonstrated their willingness to help wholeheartedly in the past and, because of this, the Combined Appeal for Pakistani Relief feels confident that Canada can take the lead again. The need is for cash. It remains the quickest, most effective form of assistance. When men and their children rely on other men for With five and one-half million suffering Pakistanis crying out for desperately needed assistance, we are the fortunate ones. We can afford to give! They cannot afford to weit! Will you heip? You may contribute to CAPR by sending cash donations or cheques to any of the participating organi- zations listed above, to the church of your choice, or to Pakistani Retief at Box 1000, Station "F", Toronto 5, ORT PERRY STAR | COMPANY, LIMITED 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 uthorived as second cines maill by the Post Office Department, Ottawa. and for payment of postage in cash Second Clase Mail Registration Number 0768 | Subseription Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr, Elsewhere $6.00 per year. Single Copy 10¢ BILL MILEY UGAR ano SPICE HERE'S A PROBLEM likes the boss. BILL CAN'T SOLVE Up to now she's been working only We're in a terrible dilemma around our part time at the hotel, usually weekends house these days. My wife is going off ut can be on full time during July and her nut worrying about the situation, my August. She has already worked two shifts daughter is having bad dreams about it, and ** the restaurant, on a trial basis, and I, as usual, am being ground between the = 'hey've offered a full time job. millstones of two hysterical women who Isnt this a sad story? The poor kid expect me to come up smiling and with doesnt know what to do. She likes the the right answers. first 'one better, but the second has no tii it ef + FRE 3 ei. ; 5§ gS j i? i Ho fF >? TE f it g 4 as 1 ; the village, As she puts it, this would be like unless your tendencies are nunish, and hers ling, and take off on « solitary holiday, leaving the two women to sort it out for themselves 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, duly 14, 1921 Mr. Sam MeConneil, north of Port Perry has been a heavy loser as a result of the heat and recent storm, One of his horses succumbed to the heat, and three young horses were struck by lightening. A large delegation from Port Perry attended the Twelf- th of July Celebrations at Ux- The adult Bible Class from Sonya spent an enjoyable day motoring to Port Bolster, Beaverton, and the Lift Locks at Kirkfield. Mrs. George Schell is suf- fering from the effects of a shock received from light ening, which struck her home during the recent storm. -_ . > . 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 11, 1946 The entrance class of Mr. Roy Cornish passed 100%. This is the second time in Mr. Cornis! hi ae that this happened. The W.M.S. ladies gathered at the home of Mrs. J. D. MacMaster to say farewell to Mrs. J. A. MacMillan before leaving Port Perry. She was presented with a table lamp and a cup and saucer. A new shed is being built in the Township hall yard, Seugog, for the new truck and snowplow. . ? . 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 12, 1956 .