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= Loe) * SAMUEL FARMER. 1 / Editor and Publishes. PORT PERRY STAR | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23rd, 1941 PERRY, ONT, Watch your label; it tells when your $1.50 per year in advance. s 5 cents a single copy subscription explres EDITORIAL o~ 4 + "Such is the, patriot's boast, where'er we ream: md first, best tountry ever is at) To INSTALMENT BUYING For many years the'benefits and ills of instal- ment buying haye been experienced in this and many othlier countries, Now there is to be a change. It is not gding to be easy to spend the money of the future. Its' not going to be-so easy to go into debt. The Government has issued quite startling restrictions on.instalment buying. These restrictiong come at a time when young married couples will find them particularly diffi- cult, It 'used to be comparatively simple to furnish the home by paying so much down, and so much a month, And when the buyers were honorable, the system was a blessing in many ways. The obligation to pay had been assumed; and many foolish spendihgs were avoided be- cause of the fact that the monthly payments had to be met. There was another good feature about EPG ment buying--it stimulated industry; and 'con- sequently provided more employment and greater buying power. 7 "In the field of business, too, many men would have been unable to establish themselves if there "had been no such thing as instalment buying. Machinery and other equipment cost much money. The purchases made carned the money for the payment of the instalments. Gradually the debt was liquidated; and the business was established. Under these circumstances instalment buying was an all-round blessing. But-- There's the rub. Goods were bought that exceeded the. purchaser's _ power to pay. unnecessary to the comfort and happiness of the buyers. "Keeping up with the Joneses" is an'ex- pensive and demoralizing habit. This type of buying has been greatly encour- aged by high pressure salesmanship; and mis- © leading. advertising, particularly over the radio. Naturally the first restriction affects the buying autos for pleasure. They certainly do not pay for themselves, and are a more or less permanent expense according to the extent to which they sre used: x No longer is it necessary to Sttmaiats industry by instalment buying. No longer is it wise to tie up our capital for-months and years ahead. We must now finance more directly and we can learn to do without what we do not need, and really should not, have; if we are to be at our best as citizens of a country that is fighting for its free- dom if not for its Jife. The fact is that Canada needs our money. are now "all out" and each of us must consider pthe effect of our buying upon our fellow men, The system was abused, - Goods were also bought that were . We- fidiwe must consider .it from the angle of his good as well as our own, TIME TO. WORK " "Everybody works but father" is no longer true. The young folk have enlisted or gone to the munition fattories, and Canada is still 340,000 short of her man power to. meet the essential needs of war work. " Father has had to take a new lease of life and work harder than ever. This is particularly true on the farm and in the small town, Now 6,672,000 Canadians, male and female, are engaged cither in the armed forces or in some kind of active work. Of these 1,785,000 are home- makers, married women, not free to work out- side, The following Sonia from 'the "Financial, Post" clearly sets forth the labour Fhution in Canada: "It now appears likely that one of ten married women will have to join the war workers. Or all of Canada's students over 16 years of 'age will have to be mobilized. ) Or half she women who have not worked before will have to be induced to take jobs: They would be needed to take te places of one man out of every 15 now employed, Those are almost minimum needs. Maximum need has been estimated as follows: One married woman out' of cvery four would leave her home for a war job; Or, two thirds of the total national labour re- serve (studénts, women who have never worked, married women) will be needed for industry. Very bluntly, Canada is already "scraping the bottom, of the barrel" for manpower. k Lack of factual knowledge on the most im- portant 'personal fact-of war is not due to neglect on 'the part of Ottawit, Half a dozen. different government offices have checked into the labour - "supply problem, the most important effort being the National Registration. As the census figures roll in-this yéar, the Dominion will be able to take further stock of ifs manpower assets, draw many of the lines for future, action. 'Even-then, there will be many "ifs" to settle, How many men will: be needed for the armed forces is one of them, How to get them into uni- form is another. How to replace them in in- dustry is an equally difficult. third. But on the assumption "that Canada is going to need her full fighting strength of a million men in arms, half a million working on direct war orders, the foregoing estimates are made. Many other changes in daily life will naturally follow, © ENCIRCLEMENT S| Cartoon from I London Dally Chronicle." Not available in- British Isles. fore {| old, with Mr, in the south west corner of the grounds afforded music, singing, etc. An attraction of the afternoon that created a great deal of amusepent and which was not on the program of events, was the large white ox-team, the , animals weighing respectively 2890 and 2736 pounds, harfiessed to a wooden-beam' plow one hundred years Keast Webber of Brook- lin between the handles, giving a de- monstration, verbally as well as in action, of plowmanship, All who know Mr. Webber 'and his antics can im- agine "what happened. When he took possession of the handles and began to talk to his audience. The hog calling contest was in a class by itself and was put-on by the Quaker Oats Co, of Peterboro.. It was open to all who cared to test the strength of their vocal' cords. Neil MacFarlane of Keene won the first prize, $10. He gave his age as 12 years and when asked snid he had beén calling hogs for nine years. Well, he sure could call them! ' er = == "Mus. 2 M. Chisholm and daughter Noreen, - were visitors in Toronto on Tuesday. Mrs. - Hugo Bradley, Gladys and Mrs. E. Redman were visitors in the Motor City on Thursday. Mr. Fred Rutherford of Bonarlaw, was in our community on Wednesday looking for pure bred cattle for an Amevican firm of cattle breeders. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gordon children of Wellandport visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Gordon on Friday of last week. The Hearts of Oak Mission Band will meet in the church basement on Saturday at 2 pm. A full attendance is desired by the leader, : Mrs, Elmer Cook visited Inst Thuys- day with her sister at her home in Oshawa, Rev. G. S. Gervan made a business trip to Toronto last Thursday. While their he called on. Mr. John Grant who is in Christie Streot Hospital, and re- ported finding him greatly improved "lin lealth. . The International Plowing Match at Peterboro 'Myrtle Station Correspondent gives graphic description. This community was well represent- 'ed on Thursday_last at the Interna- tional Plowing Match held near Peter- boro. It was estimated that approxi- mately 40,000 spectators witnessed the 200 competitors plow their way in six classes, It was juniors' day and the boys competing ranged from 13 to 19 years and came from as far west as 'Algoma and from sixteen counties in the province, One field, gently slop- ing to the west from highway 28 was Iaid out in streets and formed a small tented city, where farm machinery of all kinds, even to rubber tired wheel- barrows, were exhibited and demon-, stratéd. Of an instructive nature were displays by the Hydro, the Dominion Department of Agriculture explained how to, successfully grade hogs, The Ontario Agricultural College dealt with soil problems. The Ottawa Val- ley Sced Growers advertised their wares by the intrigueing question: "Do you like Pea Soup?" The Ontario Milk Producers gave helpful hints to those who milk cows. The Federation of "Agriculture made their "listeners believe that farn) organizations were the best things going and the Weeds and Seeds exhibit was an eye opener to those interested in seed grains. Good meals were served by church societies and restaurants.- A notice- able feature of the big event was the' absence "of fakers and games of chante, such that the country in general was benefitted by. them. "An open theatre All money transactions werej. Mr. Russell Richardson of Ashburn shipped a pedigreed sheep to Am- herstburg on Friday and Mr. J. Miller shipped one to Troy, Ohio. The annual Hallowe'en Supper will be held in the. church basement on Wednesday evening, October. 20th, Jveryone is expected to come in cos- tume of some kind--the funnier the better. A program of interest is be- ing arranged. Mr. Chris Peckover of Thornloe and Mr. W. Ballard of Whitby were callers at the C. Harrison home on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. W. Elliott of Renfrew, visited on Friday with Mrs. Elliott's parents of the parsonage. Badminton season is open again and the players are enjoying the evenings spent in this popular game. Thank Offering services will be held in Myrtle Church on Sunday, Nov. 2, morning and evening, when Rev. S. Pickup of St. Giles United Church, Toronto, will .conduct the services. _| Special_musical numbers will be rend- ered by Columbus choir and guest soloists, , . _ Mrs. E, Redifan opened her- home for the monthly meeting of the Aux- and | iliary of the Woman's Missfonary So- ciety, which was held on Wednesday of last week. The president, Mrs. Gervap, conducted the worship ser- vice, which was based on the thought that we live by- faith in' God the Father. She was assisted by Mrs. Hudgin, A business period followed. The program, made up from the re- ports in the Blue Book, was in charge of Mrs. Luery and dealt briefly with the five departments of work of the speiety in Canada, - The type of work in each department was explained and teresting features in the reports of the missionaries were read by the members, 'The program was arranged in a munner to help those present to become better acquainted with the wonderful work being' done by the Woman's Missionary Society of the United Church, Mrs. C. Harrison gave a full report of the Sectionnl meeting which was held in Greenwood Church on October 8th. The first chapter of the new study book, "Serving with the sons of Shuh", will be presented by Mrs, Harrison at the November meet- ing which will be held at the home of Mrs. Robt. Chisholm, Mrs, Fred Brown of Toronto, visited on Sunday with her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. D. Duche- min, d Messrs Harold and Alvin Masters of Pontypool were Saturday - afternoon callers at the home of Elwood and Mrs. Masters, on Mis. Moore of Oshawa was a re- cent visitor with her daughter, Ms. Horace Hamilton, A letter from one of the soir boys in a Holding Unit in Englapd, written Sept. 20th, says that "things over here are not too bad. Everything is under striet control, including, of course, all foods; but we have plenty, in fact we fare better than the public, as far as rafions go. Our avea here has been quiet for some time and we have not lost any sleep by enemy action. How- ever, we are always on-the alert, as anything might happen when least expected. This is a new area to us as we arc moved now and again. It breaks the monotony of continual training for what may come off in the future. 1 have been able to get around some and have found things looking hot for anyone who would dare come from neross the channel. Things up London way have had quite a banging around but they carry on "as usual" and are getting the debris cleaned up somewhat, Big Ben still tolls on, though amid the battle scars. The people have got accustomed 9, (he raids and do not bother so much 'about sleeping in shelters as they did. Mrs. has a chair under the staird] and crawls in there. The door of my brother's house was blown off, also several. windows shattered during a raid. 1 have had a taste of these air raids when on leave and they are far from pleasant. But things are look- ing brighter for us, for our air lads are doing a great Job but a very dangerous one." The lads that write so interestingly and so apparently light heartedly, nevertheless suffer' pangs of home- sickness and long for letters and let- ters and more letters from their loved ones and-their friends. -So, we amust not let them down. the Bristol Blenheim MK, IV A : ' AIRCRAFT OF BRITAIN'S ROYAL AIR FORCE-- FIGHTER BLENHEIMS F (fighter version. These fast and heavily-armed long-range aircraft are doing ueful work in weeping the Atlantic and convoy patrolling. ~ Fighter Blen- _heins in formation are seen in this picture. o --- Ad Optima By D.-H. Nasmith meeting was held in the High School. The meeting was opened by the'sing- ing of "We'll Never Let the Old Flag Fall" after which the president, Doris the secretary, Marion Franklin, read the minutes of the last meeting. The meeting was then turped over to Grade XIII class Wo enacted a play entitled "Uncle Bob's Bride" The presentation was a complete success and much credit goes to Miss Harris who directed the play. After the curtain had been drawn the presi- dént called upon Rev, Mr. Lester of Seagrave, to give a critic's report. Mr, Lester's criticism "was highly con- structive and greatly appreciated by the audience as well as the cast. The cast of the play included the entire Grade XIII, It cannot be said that anyone starred in the play because everyone took his or her part-equally well. It was announced that the meeting of the Literary Society would be held on October 21st. The meet- next Save the King." Field Sports The High School Field meet was held on two days this year, On the afternoon of Thursday, October 16th the races were run off at the Fair Grounds and on the afternoon of Oct. 20th the rest of the events of the meet --including jumping, ball- throwing and vaulting--were held. These meets decide the individual and class cham- pionships for the High Schobl. = The championship winners of the boys! events are: Senlor--Donald Carnegie; Intermediate--Willie Storie; Junior Arthur Colbear. Unfortunately due 10 lack of time the girls' events were not completed and the winners are not yet known. The names of the cham- pionship winners of the girls will be published at a later date. These win- ners will each receive a medal at the Commencement Exercises Inter in the Fall. ON PATRIOTISM D. H. Nasmith Patriotism means much to us now- adays in the time of war. Our pat- riotic efforts may mean the ultimate success or failure of our cause. Since such an important issue depends on our patriotism, let us define the word. The meaning according to the diction- ary is: The love and devotion to one's own country. In the past much has been written on patriotism. Shake- speare in his his play "Julius Caesar" wrote "Who is so vile that will not love his country. If nny, speak; for him I have offended." The present prime minister of England, Winston Churchill said, "Who loves his country cannot hate mankind." BOY SCOUT NEWS " The Scouts have sent $25.00 to the "Chins Up" fund, to help. brother Scouts in England, and have received a letter of appreciation from Scout Héadquarters. The Scoutmaster has also registered the troop for a year, and has received a group charter. A $10 re- been sent to Provincial Headquarters, The Scout headquarters has been open on Tuesday evenings for repair- ing-toys: There will be a "iaetinig as usual on Friday evening at 7.30. PILOT F. H. BROWN, of SEAGRAVE, KILLED Word has been received by relatives at Seagrave of the death of Pilot officer Fred Harvey Brown, son of the Inte Mr. and Mrs, Charlds Brown, of Seagrave, The, young officer was killed on active service in England and was buried at Scoltoro Cemetery. He had been engaged as one of the group selected to navigate precious hombers across the Atlantic to Eng- for three months. High School Notes On October 17th, a Literary Society MacGregor, welcomed the guests, and ing was closed by the singing of "God | ~ quota for: this coming year has also|" land and had been on active service & A "Blitz Buggy" Every Month From This District. = A second War Savings Certificate drive is starting all over Canada in a nation-wide endeavour to substantial- ly step up the present rate of pur- chasing of War Saving Certificates, Not that accomplishment to date has not been good, However, it can be made better, with useful advantage to Capada's war-time treasury and to the further develop- ment of the nation's spirit of thrift and patriotic endeavour. ,Objectives are being now set as for funds to supply specific war weapons of varying. costs suitable to large or small communities purchasing ability. For Port Perry, Reach and Scugog, ation has been' assigned for us to shoot at, and the committee has little hesitation in stating that the objec- tive is well within our power. In fact, if full interest in and adequate support of the War Savings effort be forth coming the objective shall un- questionably' be exceeded. The district got its quota in the first drive as also in the:Victory loan campaign, and is steadily purchasing, month to month, a very satisfactory amount in War Savings Certificates. Pledges have been remarkably well maintained to date. The present ap- peal is primarily directed toward casual but not regular subscribers as also to a large number of citizens who have possibly to enjoy the satis- faction of purchasing their first War Savings Certificates, ! War Work Activities coin bags for September amounted to $16.06. The Scugog Chapter are very grateful to the friends who contri- bute monthly through the coin bags, and the Boy Scouts who make the collection, British Evacues and Overseas Ser- vices the month. of Sept. contained the following: Soldiers' Comforts -- 3 Seaman's Jerking, 3 pair Seaman's Socks and 16 Steel Helmet Caps, 16 Helmets, 9 Sweaters, § Scarves, 130 pairs Socks, 4 pairs Two-way Mitts, 7 pairs Mitts, 2 pairs Rifle Mitts. ....Evacue Garments--2 Girls' consisting of blouse, socks, bloomers, jumper; 4 girl's sweaters and 1 cap; 5 quilts, 4 boys' shirts, 8 pairs girls' bloomers, 4 pairs boys' pyjamas, 1 pr. girls' pyjamas, 6 baby gowns, 8 chil- dren's hospital gowns, 6 pairs mitts, 4 girls blouses, 1 boy's suit, 1 girl's coat, 1 Indies' suit and blouse, 4 prs. boy's pants and braces. the school under Miss Stovin, donated $20 to the War Work. This was made from a raffle on an afghan made and donated by the girls. This group are doing a very fine work which is much appreciated. by the committee. Mrs. Bentley, Mrs, Murray, Mrs. Gordon McKee and Mrs W H. Harris, were in Toronto on Tuesday attend- ing an exhibit of L.O.D.E. War Work from across Canada at 182 Lowther Ave. The work done by the Chapters is very splendid and shows a great deal of personal interest and ability. Cochrane Street Comes Into Its Own The citizens who: reside on Coch- rane street have always claimed it to be the fifth avenue of Port Perry and have been a little resentful at the council : for fixing up dome .of the other streets first. all forgotten now as a very excellent 'job of grading, levelling and stone draining has been accomplished with good ditches. The work was done by Len Leahy and his municipal workers \inder the direction of Mr, H, R. Archer, Chair- man of Roads, and is a credit to them, Mr. Archer was unstinting of his time, evidently the position of chair. man is no sinecure.' a Blitz Buggy. monthly for the dur- - The collection from the LO.D.E. The bales packed and shipped for 4 1 Tuck-in, 19 pairs Hospital- Slippers, Outfits The Red Cross group working at However that is' iF Th. Ee Farag PL