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PY _ TyN phos Large bottle $1.00 For B ne i clits Nifhie, song. nd 2 ey' i , strong an 3 mogified" 5 Bn a - Tote Be. Galagher's Remedies 'are also kept in stock. "Parke Davis Medicated Throa | DISCS for throat irration. na Weeks' Break-a-Cold Tablets Price per box 250, ---- Morrison's Drug Store 'Port Perry Ontario The Peoples' Meat Market We sell everything you want in choice, clean, palatable, nutritious and satisfying meats. If you want it geod BERT MacGREGOR _ Will do the rest. Ring up Phone 72. _-- 3 Blatehford's Laying Meal This is the time of the year you should be 'getting your hens in condition to fill the eg, oe when prices are bigh. Blatch- " ford's Laying Meal will help you wonder- fully. Try it! We also have Oyster Shell and Grit. which are just as necessary as other feed if you are to get best results. A full line of Groceries, 'Boots & Shoes, . Rubbers and Overshoes. - We also buy Clover Seed of all kinds. Bring in a sample and get our quotations, or J. FP. McCLINTOCK PORT PERRY, ONT. f , this opportunity of thank- i ing our customers for their loyalty i and patronage during the past year, and trust that we may have your § : confidence and patronage in the # future; wishing one and all a Happy 'and a Prosperous New Year. IE. H. GERROW & SONS Bakers and Cont otioners,. Port Perry. ~~ "With record of 127 lives sacrifictd 'at level crossings in it looks as if some steps to halt these trag- dies were imperative." - It should be made imperative that railways instal a bell and a "wig- wag at every railroad crossing. There should be no need for endless petitions in order to have these safety devices installed--they should be con- sidered an absolutely necessary part of railway equipment. Another law that should be passed and enforced is to make it compul- sory for motorists to stop before pas- sing over a level railway crossing, The fact is that most of the accidents at railway crossings are due to the recklessness of auto drivers. Rotary Club is Charmed, when W. H. Moore Talks Politics. (Oshawa Reformer) \No man possibly knows more inter- esting people in Canada than "Billy" Moore, lately of Mackenzie and Mann, presently a farmer of Dunbarton, and almostly certainly shortly to be chair- man of the Dominion Tariff Board. It was Mr. Moore's job to know people from coast to coast, and he can never be accused of not having made good. So today the Oshawa Rotary Club had the pleasure of a half hour's talk from Mr. W. H. Moore on "Poli- tics, the lighter variety" and they voted it the most "delightful talk: of" the kind they had heard in a very long time, Mr. Moore has that felicity and facility in speaking that makes listen- ing a wholly delightful task. He must know thousands of anecdotes about leading men of Canada of the past and the current administrations and he charmed the Rotarians today with a few of these. They were all of the kindly and whimsical sort but aston- ishingly well pointed and" brilliantly told. 5 His introduction he made memor- able by amusing references to. such "things as salt and farming and poli- tics and said one should after all be able quietly and decently to discuss' polities in any gathering "except pos- sibly in the church" And they laughed heartily at that. : The lighter side of politics he ex- plained has to do with men for poli- ticians are essentially very human sort of people. "It has been by good fortune to know a great many of them and indeed I might say I know considerably more about politicians than I do about politics." And he named a few men across the country of past days whom he knetv well indeed,--"just to show you that HIT an an authority 'on' politicians, --"" Sir Richard McBride, late Premier of | British Columbia; Mr. Arthur Sifton, late Premier of Alberta; Mr. Justice Walter Scott, former Premier of Saskatchewan; Mr. Dunning (now 'of Ottawa--Mr. Thos. Greenway, late H Premier of Manitoba; in Ohtario the i late Mr. Hardy, the late Sir George | W. Ross, the late Sir Jantes Whitney; Premier Tascherau in Quebec; in New : : Brunswick the late Mr. Blair, and Mr. #| Tweedie and in Nova Scotia, the late Premier Murray. In Dominion af- ff fairs he knew Premiers Bowell and Laurier and Borden equally" well, he remarked. - "I remember well," he said amus- ingly, "that once for -about two months," lifting his' wight hand, "I went around boasting that that was the hand' that shook the hand of Sir John A, Macdonald." v Politicians .are from the very na- ture of things mixers," he declared | ta p a lot 'there are young girls who ought to be at home, who are 'also attentio hat Ought Not fo Have Happened! Seventy-six persons, mostly children lost their lives in a panic caused by a small fire in a moving picture theatre in Montreal last Sunday. There is a terrible grimness in the title of the comedy fat wus to have amused these youngsters--'"Gets 'Em_Young." 1t did. a tat Cl - : There are lessons to learn from this tragedy; and every parent should point these lessons out to their children. The first is that panic is a worse danger than fire or anything else of that kind. Those children were within five steps of safety when one or two of them stumbled and fell, and the rest who were pushing behind, and in turn being pushed by others, fell over those in front and in a few moments the stairway was a mass of struggling, dying humanity, jammed in so tight that the only way to get the bodies out was to cut away the stairway. There is a type of children that needs restraint--they seem to have none of their own. They are to be found in every com- munity. They are those who shove and are disorderly under any and all circumstances. Some folk look upon these children as "smart" and frown down any attempt to check their disorderly actions, People who speak to children and try to secure good be- havior are often considered interfering and old-fashioned and the overworked old maxim--'boys will be boys" is trotted out to excuse roughness and bad manners. There is a wide difference between good natured fun and the "rough-house" actions of those who do not consider the comfort of those about them; and in times of great danger show their lack of discipline and self- control with tragic results. The next lesson is the need of obedience and parental control. This little clipping from the daily paper report of the tragedy speaks volumes. It describes a discovery. by Coroner McMahon. "To each person Mr. McMahon put two questions. He "asked the bereaved person whether or not the child who "perished was accompanied to the theatre by an adult. In "nearly every case the answer was "No." The Coroner then "asked if the child had permission of the parent to go to the "show. Seventy-five per cent. of the answers to this question were in the negative." There you have it in a nutshell--seventy-five per cent.. of those children met their death because they attended that theatre "without permission," and: almost all -of them were without- the protection of an adult, which protection is required by law. The fact is that parental control is difficult to maintain. It is the spirit of the times to let the young folk have their own way and those young people exercise great ingenuity in this re- spect. Frequently they pit father against mother or secure a conditional promise and then carry out their project without reference to the conditions. If you protest they tell you "all the rest of the fellows do it", or some such statement. And if you go down town late at night you are compelled to believe that "all the rest of the fellows are roaming the streets without any ap- parent occupation other than that of loafing. More than that roaming the streets. These things are true in Port Perry just as they are true in every. other town, and if parents would unite in saying no-to the constant demand to go out,-the matter could be cured. Then it could not be said that "all the other fellows do it." Generally speaking this statement could be simmered down to this--Mrs. ~--------or Mr. let her or his boy out because he cried and they couldn't see their darling cry. A revival of old-fashioned home games, and a renewal of the old-fashioned story hour for children would be of great service. We need more home life, and less outside entertainment. We need to instil a love of reading in our boys and girls, particularly the boys. Not merely the love sick fiction where the worst messes of social life are served up in highly spiced form, but wholesome reading of good ideals, herioc action, and an innate sense of courtesy. There are such books. They are a little out of. date some of them, but they are splendid reading for any wholesome boy or girl whose senses are not. jaded by the pickles and sauces of fiction. Then there are the home games--checkers, bean bag, fort, blind mans buff, characters and the hundred and one other amusements which have developed and sweetened the home life of our parents. It will be a struggle to revive our home life, but it will be worth it. We shall not be in the lime light so much some of us; but we may do something to averting tragedy in the lives of our children; and, after all, 'we are responsible for our own children first. Short Talks on Education In our opening talk in last week's issue of the Star, two or three main points were brought to notice. : ; 1. Ours is a standardized system of education, which of ne- cessity cannot perfectly fit the needs of every student. Nor could the country afford an individual type of education. : S - 2. True education is self development; and what is acquired by the student in the primary schools is the ability to use the tools --reading, writing, ciphering--with which to educate himself. 3. There are no "useless" subjects on the school curriculum; but some students gain more from one type of subject than they do from others as they more nearly fit the individual need. 'Self-Expression s ® th modern phases of education that is receiving much neil the dem phases, This study is taken up in oral rp ition, debates, etc., from a literary poirit of view; and in nn rc alee, the standpoint of fhanual dexterity. arents spoil this type of education by doing the work en, and by allowing them to memorize passages in "debates without knowing anything beyond the age full of high-sounding phrases. ork as a means of self-expression is im- {Ehete sanditions, wo say nothing of Lhe n ' others to suppose ths ey , and that the words used are a their own thought upon the matter under : elp in hunting up maf for com- , m material his e Catastrophe, that time he received a small wage. OUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE OFTEN FOUND IN YOUR PROBLEMS UR local manager is ready to dis- cuss your financial requirements and render any service compat- ible with good business practice. Our opportunities to render financial ser- vice can only be restricted by your failure to approach us. The Stand- ard Bank maintains a staff in your locality which is organized to espe- cially deal with the financial pro- blems of your particular commercial community; call and see the Manager of the Standard Bank. STANDARD BANK PORT PERRY BRANCH--H. G, Hutcheson, Manager Branches also at Blackstock, Little Britain; Nestleton Station, Sunderland The old days when persons entered an apprenticeship and learned a trade are passed away. In point of fact the trade may be revolutionized to-morrow, or it may be discontinued almost without warning. What is needed today is a training of the head and hands so hat they may be readily adaptable to the changing conditions of ife, In an article in the Saturday Evening Post, entitled "The World Revolution--1927 model" the writer emphasizes the fact just stated and points out the need of developing quick wits, in- itative and well trained fingers. In a few words he describes the probable course of any bright young man applying for a job in a big industry. Here is the picture: "He applied at a window, and a specialist, after looking him over, decided that he was a bright-witted fellow and gave him a card that admitted him to a training school maintained by the company, where some hundreds of dollars, I do not know how' many, were spent upon his vocational education. Even during Now he is a trained man and very important to that industry. But why, you might ask, can't that training school turn out so many men equal to 'Bill that he - will eventually be just one of thousand? I also asked that ques- tion. The answer is that Bill is bright-witted and his fingers are nimble and he knows how to co-operate those two gifts. Out of the thousands who apply for jobs, there are not enough Bills to glut the labor market. What's more, the company executives doubt that there ever will be, because the demand is growing rapidly." As a megns of making a good living nothing will exceed in value this development of "self-expression." ; It might be taken for granted that the student is really de- sirous of becoming a useful, self-supporting citizen. This little sentence is.put in-here-because there are: people who bélieve that "self-expression. means giving full swing to all the mean, nasty, characteristics of which we may be possessed. Such a course is not self-development but is degeneration, and needs a sharp check rather than any toleration or encouragement- SCUGOG AND ITS ENVIRONS By Rev. F. G. Weir : Continued from previous weeks. The Township Council from 1856 to 1927. 1856--J. W. Gamble, Reeve; Matthew Emerson, Solomon Fralick, Daniel Williams, Joseph Reader. 1857--J. W. Gamble, Reeve; Matthew Emerson, Solomon Fralick, Joseph Reader, Ezra Gamble. 1858--Ezra W. Gamble, Reeve; Matthew Emerson, Joseph Reader, Solomon Fralick, Joseph G. Schell. 1869--Ezra W. Gamble, Reeve ; Joseph Reader, Matthew Emerson, Solomon Fralick, Pennington Lundy. 1860--Ezra W. Gamble, Reeve; Matthew Emerson, Solomon Fra- lick, Joseph Reader, Robert McKinley. 1861--Ezra W. Gamble, Reeve; Matthew Emerson, Joseph Reader, Solomon Fralick, Robert McKinley. 1862--Ezra W. Gamble, Reeve; Joseph Reader, Matthew Emer- son, Solomen Fralick, Robert McKinley, i 1863--Ezra W. Gamble, Reeve; Robert McKinley, Matthew Emer- son, Joseph Reader, Lyman Savage. 1864--Ezra W. Gamble, Reeve; Robert McKinley, Solomon Fra- lick, Lyman Savage, Hugh Hunter. 1866--Joseph Reader, Reeve; Robert McKinley, Sefomon Fralick, Hugh Hunter, William Sexton. 1866--Joseph Reader, Reeve; Solomon Fralick, Hugh Hunter, Robert McKinley, Charles Nesbitt. 1867--Wm. Sexton, Reeve; Solomon Fralick, Chas. Nesbitt, Wm. Taylor, Hugh Hunter. =, 1868--Wm. 8. Sexton, Reeve'; Rufus Hall, Solomon Fralick, Wm. Taylor, Chas: -Nesbitt, - TY ry 1869--Wm. 8. Sexton, Reeve; Wm. Bateman, Wm. Taylor, Peter Williams, John Collins. 1870--Wm. S. Sexton, Reeve; Chas. Nesbitt, Peter Williams, William Bateman, Hugh Hunter. f 1871--William S. Sexton, Reeve; George Savage, William man, David Jackson, Arthur Cleghorn. I 1872--Wm. 8, Sexton, Reeve; Wm. Bateman, David Jackson, John Collins, Peter Williams. : Ea 1873--Wnm. 8. Sexton, Reeve; Samuel Platten, John Collins, Wm. Bateman, Horace Foster, pent rote Fe 1874--Samuel Platten, Reeve; Lyman Savage, Hugh Hunter, Wm, 1975 Saud Popa ader. Lyman Savage, -- e n, Reeve; 'Savage, Hugh Hunter, W; 5 Taylor, Joseph Reader. FR ah UBL, Ym. 76--James Graham, Reeve; Lyman Savage, William. Ts Samuel Platten, Hugh Hunter. : Hee 1877--James Graham, Reeve; Samuel Platten, 1878. Jus, Cah Vi Satan attain. War as. Graham, Reeve; Samuel Platten, Wm. Taylor, S. E. Fralick. RE 1879--Jas : John /