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subscription expires. § cents single copy. Watch your label; It tolls when your ~ $1.50 per year in advance. 7 EDITORIAL «> snake, . Rural Trustees. . They scented Catholic Church. : ed (in limited sense) in Canada, _ * testantism in rural areas. .~ churches are. being neglected. 'years ago. Roman Catholic Churches. f : the danger. active, and Catholic people. loyalty to their church. The danger to Pistestantion not from without. * LJ . * political power. I | a "only possihle because behind it is fears. FF & @ faced courdgeously. wish are we going to understand promote that spirit of harmony between our- selves and our fellow- citizens of Canada? We have come to a period in our history where we.shall require the united loyalty of ALL Can- adlan citizens to successfully meet the trials be- fore us. Nothing can be accomplished by treating * --any-section-of-our--- -people__with---suspicion--ind system of finance and administration. These pro- ~posals 'frequently come before thé committee on Banking and. Commerce and it would be a good contempt, tant part of Confederation. At thé present time (rightly otice of public opinion. And yet, strange to relate, it 2 was Hon. Ernest Lapointe, eminent French Jl t adian leader, who has utterly flouted the idea of | neutrality in the event of a British war. | We cannot afford to i eee We are" 8 "bit nervous hese -days==and m6" WOn=--+ der! But it won't help mucky if every time we turn ? over a stone or a board we expect to find a rattle- by ' This particular type of nervousness froke bg in noisy form at the O.E.A. Convention among the teaching of French in.our schools. nN J they scented was growing entre! by the Roman + There are one or two things that should be said about this fear of growing power of Catholicism The first matter deals with the state of, Pro- The fact is that rural capacity. used to be taxed to the utmost, the-at- N tendance. has generally dwindled until frequently it is: less, than one half its size of twenty-five - And, be it noted, the people who neglect Pro- testant churches in rural areas, do not attend there is only one effective means of combating That means is to build up a strong, : : aggressi rotestant Church, + willbe a es and permanent line of defence, infinitely more - effective than annual .parades, or outburst of anger against the Roman If there is any lesson we can learn from Roman Catholic people, it is their - The fact is that but few Protestants turn to_the Roman Church; but thousands "do not show hy practical loyalty to Protestantism. There js another phase of this subject that is greatly stressed in many quarters. "The accusa- tion is made that Roman Catholics exercise great IF that chédrge be true (and here -it-is-neither--denied-nor- affirmed) -such power-is . ~-- to certain beliefs and institutions. ar (1 "The greatest need of the world today is a flam- ing love of righteousness for its own sake. Such a loye would awesp aside hates and prejudices and H Still another phase of this subject must be : "we "Why should the French- Canadian not speak French? . And why should ¥- ee our 'people not-learn to speak French, too? How Our 'French-Canadian "populatio are laying our seeming luke warmness of loyalty to Britain at the door of Quebec. Both Liberal a Conservative Federal Leaders are charged or antagonize "our a danger in the The danger of course. from the Globe "Its yarious to note what a "Fass | is made i 'a university -professor- makes any. statement not 2 __ in accord with accepted patriotic utterance. curious because when an election is in progress we shall likely hear much more open denunciation of Canada's military policy (or lack of it) than any university professor is likely to make. we shall take the political statements as a matter "Buch is the patriots bow, where'er we roAm: His first, best ouniey. Aver is at home." 5 i - Ed & . 2 iw! LOOKING, FOR TROUBLE © WE DON'T AGREE It is And Calling a Professor a "rat" because of some un- . complimentary speech regarding military defence is poor taste to say the least of it. This clipping & "Mail correspondence ¢olumn wak not referring to the matter under discussion; but it might be read in that relation." Where seating "The totalitarian states criticism and stifling intellectual thought will in time produce a nation of automatons amen- "able to every whim of their masters. who follows the dictum of 'believe, obey dnd - and fight will in time be little if any more ad- vanced in mentality than the gibbon, the chim- by _brooking no The-man------ panzee, the orang-outang or other denizens of the jungle."--Marvin Sayers, True patriotism is love of country--not fear i of punishment for incautious speech, - y . IF Roman Catholicism is an-enemy to' bo 1 faced, a8 This bod SHALL CANADA START TO PAY ITS DEBTS, "Taxes in Canada are high. Most of us think they are too-high. Yét, the taxes we pay do not take care of current expenditures, ; _ the public indebtedness increases, the burden of interest payments grows heavier and taxes rise. . Every year sees the people of Canada less solvent. When and where will it end? i Every -year- In March, 1939, the estimated public debt was. is from within; $7,600,000,000, - This represents a debt of $760. ~ for every man, woman and child in the Dominion. On this debt we pay a yearly interest rate of $300,000,000. To date we have paid interest to the.amount of $6,000,000,000, a sum almost equal to the total debt and yet not one penny has been paid off the princpal.- Su . must eventually lead to a state of virtual bank- ruptey. | ity. unity an 1 loyalty . ation. Mr. Lewis Sifton proposes a way out, prepared an outline for national ecofiomig secur- In brief it advocates; a survey of public . indebtedness by the Central Bank: re- organization of government finance, federal, $ _ municipal, through legislation based on the_find- gs "ings of 'the survey and, finally, a gradual national- ization of industry. His 'memorandum of the plan has been carefully prepared and is worthy of conscientious _congider- If the plan is adopted the results claimed Such a system of finance He has provincial and - are co-ordination of all forms of government one another, and ployed." is an impor- financing, a national system of individual sav- ings and direct borrowing from the people of Canada to meet-government expenditures; an ef- fective control of public debt; a reduction in and - 'a more equitable distribution. of interest pay- . ments; gradual abolition of taxation and eéstab- lishment of social security fo rthe gainfully em- Such is a brief summary of a memorandum by Lewis R. Sifton, of Quebec. -Only fair-minded ex- perts could make any estimate of the practical value of Mr, Sifton's proposal for changing our, ._ thing if the findings of that committee regarding or wrongly) we French-Canadian - the various proposals could be summarized; and the information passed qn to the Publie, ermine MO RAT REF ARMAMENT _ Sometimes a phrase catches public attention be- cause it so aptly describes a thought. phrase "Moral Re-Armament" fs useless unless it is taken seriously and personally. i oq APRIL 20th, PO RT PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THuRAY 1039 ~ - "As mayors representing the Muni- «ipalities of Canada, we are constantly faced with public apathy and the sort "of criticism which carries with: it little sense of persongl responsibilty, Such attitudes in the individual greatly in- crease the difficulty of our task, and multiplied by thousands of people all across the Dominion, they create a state of affairs in Canada whichis far from healthy. If we are to deal with the problems of our country, which grow every day more involved, we must have an en- tirely new mental outlook. Our urgent need in Canada is to cultivate the will to- work together. For this, we must find again those fundamental qualities of honesty and unselfishness which are the foundation of a healthy democracy. As Lord Baldwin has said, the need-of the day is moral rearmament, a pro- 'gram which builds on avhat, unites peo- ple instead of what divides them, Such a program would bring a whole new effectiveness to municipal life. We all know how in our Councils the self- ish interests of a small minority, or] even of one individual, can cause end- 1éss difficulty and delay. Our task as Mayors must be to lift the level of all proceedings and all 'policy above per- sonal "ambition, prejudice and party interest. If this is done, municipal The longer day, the stronger suf, The budding tree, the verdant field, ; Remind us that long sem STB Spring's upp The let's be wise: the lesson learn "Which Spring so richly doth impart, That hard and irksome days give place To others which rejoice the heart. Rev, 'Resolution Passed by the Canadian Federation of Mayors and . Municipalities. EFFECTIVE MUNICIPAL LIFE The spirit of moral A in the SPRING Winter's reign CHES forced 10 vieldes i oo John Murray, Jersey City Council will in turn spread confidence and- trust throughout the community, What practical outcome may we gx- pect from moral rearmament? hb shows -how to prevent the disintegra- tion of human character through un- employment, as it provides the unem- ployed with a new incentive, It would bring honest claims for relief and a reduction of administration costs. It would give to business and industry an incentive higher than personal gain, thus -making co-operation not only possible, but practical. It means a fearless acceptance of Christian stand- ards in everyday life. With such a spirit any system will work. We must, face the fact that the fundamental problem today is moral and spiritual, not economic. Materialism has' failed and the authority and will of God must be accepted in pulgic and private life, if our problems ave to be solved. The anticipated visit of Their Majesties to Canada brings to our at- tention the example of leadership] which they have unfalteringly set. For them, leadership means constant sacii- fice in the service of their people. This spirit must direct our policy and in- spire the communities which we are elected to serve. We will then be giving the best evidence of our loyalty exequtives- will-be-able to devote their full nergy to a constructive program. and devotion to Their Majestieg.and to 'the principles for which-t stand, Myrtle Station At 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12th, Miss Doris Evelyn Bray, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Bray of Raglan, was united in marriage to 'Mr. John Roy Nottingham, also of Raglan. The marriage took place at the Myrtle parsonage, Rev. W. E. Honey, officiating. After & brief honeymoon trip. to "North Bay, the happy couple will reside east of Rag- lan: . Little Miss - Mary- June Lee, Green- 'bank, who spent the Easter holidays with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cook, returned home on Sunday. Mrs. Arthur Ward's many friends -wil be very pleased to know that there is much improvement in her condition. Miss Dorothy . Leach, of Toranto, This Telling : fellow citizens of Quebec. Nor can we afford to others to be good, and decent, and fair-minded is & be constantly looking with suspicion' upon the "of no value if we donot personally practice what 4 'Roman Catholic church. Our only proper course we preach. A fine' starting point of practical i © is to show that Protestantisn can stand upon its © value is suggested by the Convention of Mayors $ merits, = arp which appears elsewhere on this page. : ; - = | Wilmot Walker and seconded by Rev. . 'The speaker for the evening was Mr.| 5 Clough, heartily applauded and A. Toole, formerly Agricultural Re-|.;,vaved to Mr. Toole, by the chajr- presentative, and now farming near |, on Sa Uxbridge, - 'He was introduced by| A toast was proposed to "Canada" 3 Rev. Father Coffey. by Mr. Frank Gerrow.and responded 3 Ty 'Mr, Toole dealt with: the Sonos to-by Mr. H. G. Hutcheson. problems of the farmer in a thoughtful "Our Guests" was proposed by Mr. Port Perry Lions' and sympathetic address. His main|g parmer and response was made by contention was that the farmer should Mr. Earl Martyn, Farmers' Night at the Lions Club[bo able to secure cost plus a profit for Happy. vocal selections were given * was a pleasant and successful event.|hig products. Fixed prices that would by Messrs. Beare and Foster of Green- hb . Some fifty. Lions and their farmer provide such returns could be made, bank; and they were heartily 'thanked guests sat down to a well prepared meal at the Sebert House last Friday evening. Lion Ernest Hayes presided. The spirit of good fellowship was Er - such that although it is customary to 1 finish these gathering in less than two hours, the program and the pleasure lengthened considerably beyond the usual time, _ said Mr. Toole, within the Dominion; exports would have to be sold at world | prices. 'Admitting that'such a system would raise the price of living in Can- ada somewhat; the apeaker said that 'this matter would right itself, and the plan would give greater stability to farming, A vote of thanks was moved by Mr. for this very pleasing service. Russian "Official "You cannot stay in this country." = Traveller: "Then I'll leave it." Russian Official: "Have you a passport?" Traveller: "No." Russian Official: "Then you cannot leave this country. I will give you 24 hours to decide what you will do!" . ' rg Mrs. E. Mole, Mrs, John Lawrence and Miss Mary" Ross were in Port Perry on Thursday. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Painter on Thursday morning. Mrs. Roy Thompson was in Toronto on Saturday. } Mr. Harold Brown who has been out West, returned on' Saturday, and is with his 'sister, Mrs. D. Duchemin, | Also Mr. Fred Brown, and Miss Pat. oFster, of Toronto, Were at the Duche- min home on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Chas. Bowerman of Port Perry, and Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Ward, of Oshawa, Were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stacey, on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. The local Post Office has received word from Ottawa that in addition to the special Royal visit stamps, com- memorative medallions will be issued in bronze and silver and afe to be sold at 10c. and 60c. respectively. Be sure and get yours, Mr, C. Harrison, with Brooklin friends, attended the Ayrshire dis: persal sale of Hon, F. P. .0'Connor,; Searboro,-on Saturday. i "Mr. Wm. Martin of Brooklin, was a visitor of friends here over the week end. Mrs. Roy Scott of Seagrave visited {afternoon-session 1s ope open for all who | spent _the week end with relatives... sastMrsr-Otdenturg came over THOTT with, her mother Mrs. Long and ether relatives here for the past week, also her son Beverley was here over the week end. The Presbyterial Conference of the Woman's Missionary Society is being held in King St. United»Church, in Oshawa, on Thursday, April 20th at 3 pm. apd a 8 pm... Guest speaker of the evening is to be. Mrs. Hugh Taylor who has just returned from being the W.M.S. delegate to the Madras Con- ference in. India. The afternoon ses- sion _is_for all W.M.S. members. The], wish to attend. Residents of this community were shocked, on Tuesday morning of last week, when word was received that Mrs: Joshua Todd 'had passed away the home of her daughter in Toland,' 'very suddenly, in- her 85th year, at} made in Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert, where the late Mr, Todd and two sons, Philip and Fred are also interred: - Mr. Fred Todd died jost eleven rionths ago to the day of his mother's death. Friends and relatives were present on Saturday from Lorne Pak, Porento,~Scagog; ~Sunderiand, | Port Povis and Woodville. The many beautiful--fforal tributes showed the high estgem in which Mrs. Todd was held. : Pallbearers were Messrs.- Maw, Downey, Cook, Jeffrey, Huglish and Quinn, Surviving sons and Soci ers are: George, Joe, Robert, Williamw and L Henry, all of Alberta; Clifford, of Or- land, Calif; Mrs. Perry (Lena) and Mrs. Campbell, (Belli), of Toronto; Mis. McGowan, (Helen) Lorne Park; Mrs, Oldenburg (Sadie) of Toland, Sask, and Mrs. Ed. Butterworth (Cora) of Woodville. The sincere sympathy of the entire community - is extended to the family, The Sunday evening church service wisn the interest of the Temperance "Federation, Rev. A. M. Irwin, Whitby, was the intere sting speaker. He chose for his text Proverbs 20:1, "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever .is deceived thereby "is nos wise, His subject was, Life Develop- ment. Mr. Irwin showed how life was gradually developed from the infant stage to the adult, when the highest qualities of nature are reached. Then he pointed out in no hesitating man- ner how alcoholic poisoning destroys first, these higher qualities, and as it increases, the developed life decreases until the last mental stage of the poisoned adult-has become like that of an infant again, i Sunday School next Sunday at 1.45 with Church service at at 7 p.m. Mur. and Mrs. Harry Stacey and Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Masters were Port Perry visitors on Friday evening. Miss Colborne of Toronto is teaching for agwveek in Myrtle school,_under the supervision of Miss Elsie Smith. we -- CANADIANS LEAD THE WORLD Canadians . continue to lead the world as the greatest telephoné talkers but have yielded second place to New Zealand in the matter of the number of telephones per 100. of "population, according to the nmést recent figures | on world-wide © telephone deselopment | and usage. - For some years Canada has.ranked first'in the number of yearly conversa- tions per capita and with 236.0 for 1937 compared with 222.4 of the year previous this lead in talking by tele- phone is well maintained. United States second with 220.2; Denmark with 182.6; Sweden with 170.5; and Norway with 101.1. ~~ Great Britain and Northern Ireland come away down with 46.4 and Germany away down the list with only 40.1. Figures for the Juss communities reveal that Vancouver leads Canadian cities with 26.37 telephones per 100 population "and is listed tenth among ronto with 26.27 ranks second in Can- ada and eleventh in the world. Wash- ington "leads with 38.82 followed by San Francisco with 38.17 and Stock- holm with 36.08. : M ARRIED SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher. MUSKRATS OPEN SEASON FOR MUSKRATS EXTENDED TO APRIL 30th. Due to unsatisfactory weather con- ments have been made to extend the, open-season for Muskrats until April' 30th, 1039, in the following sections of the Provinge: That portion of Ontario lying south of the north boundaries of the town- ships of Brock ang Scott. Those por- tjons of the Counties of Frontenac, Hastings, Lennox and Addington, Peterboro and Victoria, lying south of Highway No. 7. The Counties of Dundas, Durham, Glengarry, Grenville, Leeds, Northumberland, Ed- ward Island, Stormont. Prince Mary had-a-littte cold; But wouldn't stay at home; And everywhere that Mary went That cold was sure to roam. It wandered into Molly's eyes, Audd filled them full of tears; It jumped from there to Bobby's nose, And thence to Jimmy's ears. It painted Anna's throat bright red, And swelled poor Jennie's head, Then Dora caught a fever, and A cough put Jack to bed. The moral of this sorry tale Is very quickly said: Mary could have saved a lot of pain With a day or_two in bed. Lanark Era. - te o-- THE STORY OF 'THE ROYAL STANDARD Coincident with the forthcoming Canadian tour of Their Mejesties, an attractive illustrated pamphlet con- taining - the history of, the Royal Standard, the personal flag of King George VI, is being distributed to local school children. The Royal Standard is printed in color on the front of the pamphlet and seven diagrams show the various banners that have served as. the flags of British kings during the last 70 Oyears. The pamphlet was written by E. E. Robinson, an_employee of The -- Bell Telephone Company of Canada, in Montreal; whose hobby is heraldry, and first appeared in "The Blue Bell". The free distribution of the. pamphlet here has been made through the local oflice o {The Bell Telephone Company. SEAGRAVE Mr. Gordon Wilkings, of Toronto Normal School is spending another week with Mr. Melville Moase at the Bethel school. Mr. and Mrs. Bert. Wannamaker and Ronald of Toronto, visited with the former's parents on Tuesday. Miss Una Sleep has returned to her * 05 of the-world's-leading--eities--TFo- | school-at--Queensboro=after-spending ~~ the Easter vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. Sleep. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harding and family spent Sunday visiting friends and relatives in the community, " The ice Fas left the creek and trap- pers are busy trying to make up for lost. time Mary had a Little-- i f i the Wegt last fall to spend the winter with her mother and when it came time for her return, Mrs. Todd decided to accompany her, and visit her five sbns who also live in Western Canada. The long journey by train, -then by anto and Inally by horse and buggy, before reaching Toland, was very hard on Mrs. Todd. She did. not appear to] be-ill, only very weary. Medical aid was procured, but thé heart condition was so critical that her sons were sent for. Before they could arrive their mother had passed away. Mrs. Todd, who was formerly Miss Jane Sollitt, was 'born in England, and while yet quite young, she and the late Mr. Todd came to this country, living on Schigog Island and on "Quaker Street" Reach. Eight sons and five daughters were born to them. After her hus- band's death, Mrs. Todd moved to Myrtle about thirty years ago, She IVETRAANANA LLL) ABBOTT-KIGHT The Church of the Ascension, Port Perry, was the scene of the wedding of 'Marian 'Marguerite, youngest daughter of Arthur Kight, Port Perry, and Reginald Howard Abbott, eldest son of MI Ada Keast and the late William T. Abbott, of Oshawa and P'cterboro, on Saturday, April 13, 1939. The bride who Wore white Canton crepe with blue accessories and carried gardenias and carnations, was given in marriage by her brother Cleveland Kight, of Port Perry. » . Mrs. McClintock presided at the organ. The attendants were Miss It. Mitchell of Oshawa andthe grom's brother, Mr. Kenneth: Abbott, Oshawa. Miss. Mitchell "wore Rose Taffeta with a corsage. of sweet peas. The groom's mother looked charming in her grey suit with a corsage of sweet was a quiet, hoine-loving woman, and was loved by many here, Although she did not go out a great deal, she dearly liked to have the neighbours call on her, and the conversations in- variably turned to her girls and boys who meant so much to her. Mr. George Todd of Vulcan, Alberta, brought his mother's body to the home Saturday at 2 pm, Interment was here, where the funeral was held on peas. The groom's gift to the bride was a gold wrist watch and to brides- maid a gold cameo locket. 'A reception for the immediate fant. ilies was held at thd home of the "bride's Hister Mrs. Thos. Risebrough, Port Perry. The happy couple left for points west and on their yeti will re. side in Oshawa.' Peterboro, Oshawa and Uxbridge papers please copy. Aa Miss M. Coolidge is visiting her sister Mrs, J. Holdershaw of Green- bank. Prneé Albert Community Club last week and assisted with the. program. Misses Gloria Harding "and Porothea Wooldridge sang and tap danced, Mr. J. Grantham and Mrs. Wooldridge sang. Miss I tizahethyMenceley spent Sun- day ut the home of Mr. J. Harding. The ate for the.play "Headstrong Joan" has heen changed from April 21st to April 28th, due to weather and road conditions. Mr. Morley Bruce spent the week. end in Toronto. i The April meeting of the Women's Association was held on Wednesday ™ afternoon, April 12th, at the héme of Mrs. Wilbert Stone. The devotional convener, Mrs. Wm. Moase, called the mecting_to order by the singing of a hymn, Mrs. C. Sleep read the Serip- - ture lesson and Mrs, Eagleson read the devotional topic "Victory Over Death". Mrs. McLachlan "led 'in prayer after which the President took charge of the metting. A_ favorable report was given by the treasurer and consider- able business was transacted. Mrs. McLachlan took charge of Current Events and asked sbmé upto the (Continued oh back page) A number from here attended the °