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| ors : 4 19% AD i Faw : SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher. ORT PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONT., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8th, 1941 i Watch your label; it tells when yqur . $1.50 per year in advance. i 5 cents a single copy subscription expires EDITORIAL A "Such is the patra boast, where'er we ream: 'His first," best country ever is at home." It. scription would be proper for editor classes Baxtéy as a British outsider, who has forfeited his right to suggest Canadian policy because he has become a member of the Mother of Parliaments. That is rather a"fine point when we ah . that we are all in the same boat--Britain, the overseas members of the British Empire; and the Our interests and our dangers Our united efforts are required to maintain those interests and ward off the Any sincere suggestion from any loyal source, from any of these three great units should be received as a well meant contribution and should be discussed -upon its merits, and not United States, are the same,' dangers. looked upon as an interference. While "Saturday Night" may not have made direct suggestions to the United States as to their war policy, it is quite evident in almost any issue that unity of purpose. with Britain is looked upon as fundamental to success in the present struggle. The fact is that Beverley Baxter is an lmpor- tant link between Canada and Britain, and his dual experience should amply speak intelligently upon subjects i with our united war effort. * *. * BETAILS PLEASE "A New Order", "Social Justice"'-- these are slogans that are common to-day. changes after the war is over. are being made while we are still at war. The trouble with most of the demands for a "New Order", etc., is that no details are given. What are the features of life in Canada that are to be changed? Is the party system to be abolished ?. . Is interest to be substantially lowered? Are national utilities to be taken over by the Government ? Shall we have a merging of food distribution to prevent overlapping? Is national health-insurance to become a fact? Is there to be any nationally directed vocational guidance in our schools with a view to filling the workaday needs of the country Is there to be a limit set ta individual wealth or industrial and financial control? What are the forces which we shall have to form and support in order that we may maintain peace? To answer any one of these require much 'study, and much adaptation to new For instance, no fairy wand could wave fray t the 6 yariy Spas. in our Sofisical life, ways of life. CALLIN THE SAME BOAT "Saturday Night" has been quite concerned' because 'Beverley Baxter suggested that con- EF) pure satisfaction Canada, . Every move to Fhe fact is that of a sessed for _income of $4,000 recent legislation No "new order" pared to face the difficulties involved. PV in sphté of the fact that oy only real platform in any of the parties seems to be. loyalty to old associates, old party cries, old desire to win for bl of winning. - effect 8/new order would bring difficulty to thousands of, people whose livelitosy depends upon the present system. w Naturally, when we borrow money we whink that interest is too high. reduced from five to three per cent, it would mean abject poverty to thousands of widows and: others whose investments bring. barely enough income now to meet their needs. It is a mistaken idea to think that high intere t is a source of profit only to rich people who are daily piling up greater riches. But 'if by law it was The interesting total of 293,097 individuals as- incorie, 232,252 (809%) received an or less--mostly less. Nothing has brought out the difficulties in- volved in the changing of systems, so much as the to control prices and wages. can come.if 'we are not pre- Care should be taken not to hurry matters too much. qualify him to times too fast. - STATE OUR We all expect In fact changes Nye, McCormick, © knock the Anybody who takes the trouble to look about him will find that changes in our national life are coming as fast as 'we can absorb them--some- . * * * POLICY. TO THE WORLD (The Printed Word) It will be welcome news to all except Wheeler, Lindbergh and - their friends'. when the Canadian Government finds time to props from canard that the -Dominion is still making Britain . pay cash for war supplies sent to her.' is not making the British pay 'cash; there have under the isolationist - Canada k= 3 been no payments for the past ten months. Wheeler, Nye, the agencies of Britain pay cash as a whole? take -them away questions would many brave men flags. McCormick and Lindbergh pro- bably have a fairly clear idea that this is the truth; but, until the Canadian Government makes a formal statement to the contrary, they will be able to continue with their canard that we make on the barrel head, and that we are a very grasping people indeed. Ottawa should tell them that we are grasping only for victory, that England owes us nothing, that our resources are pooled for-the use of every 'foe of Hitler. This is our common sense policy, for money and materials will do us little good if the Germans from us. We should state our policy now for all the world to hear. - -The sound --of-it will-bring no joy to Wheeler, Nye, McCor- 'mich, Lindbergh and Hitler: it will bring joy to who are fighting for us as well as for themselves on many fronts and under many \ BOY SCOUT NEWS - ~The boys will be selling poppies. for the Veterans next Saturday. On Sunday; the Troop will march} with the Veterans in a Church parade to the Armitice service held at the United Church. The Scouts will as- semble at the armouries at 10.30 on Sunday moring. The next samlan meeting of Port Perry Lions Club will be} held at the Sebert House, 5.30 Friday, November 14.- One ong Rd per cent. attendance at the last meeting. Encore. The Nov. 14 meeting will be Farmers' Night, and there vi be a special showing of the For Moving Pictures. GREENBANK . Several from here attended the Sun- day School Convention held at Salem Wednesday afternoon of last week. Mrs. Balf and family have moved into the O'Neill house, Congratulations to/Mr. and Mrs, R. Foster in the arrival of a daughter. "Mrs. Reid who has been occupying Mrs. Stone's apartment, returned to her home in Hamilton on Saturday. The W.M.S. will hold its annual Thank Offering next Sunday morning. irs. McLeod of Toronto, will be the uest. speaker. Lions--invite your guests. ; x BRITISH BREN GUN CARRIERS IN' THE WESTERN DESERT ~~ ° These Bren Gun carriers 'belong to-a South Afriéan Infantry _ Brigade. They were photographed amongst the palm trees', i during a reconnaissance in the Western Desert, Libya. 'health. Miss E. Christie Celebrates Her 98th Birthday. Few indeed are those privileged to live almost a, century in This has been the ¢xperience of Miss Elizabeth Christie, of Port Perry, who on October 3lst, brated her 98th birthday. excellent cele- She the recipient of any eayds, telegrams and gifts. Numer. ous friends, including some from out: of-town, called to pay their respects to one who has always been held in the highest esteem by ciated with her. was those asso- Miss Christie received in black vel- vet with white lace. vollar. For the occasion she wore "Bethlehem beads" purchased in Jerusalem in 1914 when she made a tour of the Holy Land, Egypt and Western Europe, includ- ing Scotland. What "was unique was that the brooch pinned nt her throat for the éelebration, cofitained the photo of Rev. Alexander Gordon, the Minister "who baptised her 98 years ago in her ancestral church at Killin, Perthshire, Scotland. Miss Christic's parents were mar- ried in 18256. Her mother, Mrs. John Christie lived to be 9G years of age. On October 31st, the guests were shown, from the mother's trousseau, a treasured dress of white linen, still in good condition. This had been made entirely by hand with stitches so fine as to be almost invisible, As all loitered over their tea cups and enjoyed the birthday cake ordered by relatives-in Baltimore, Maryland, Miss Christie rose on request, and re- cited Psalm 77 from "The Book of Praise", then seven stanzas of hymn 608, the latter memorized quite-re-, cently. As she quoted the stirring lines; part of which are glven below, one thought of how*through her long lifetime she had "Held the standard high." Her cheerful notes came as a challenge to us of the succeeding gen- erations to, "Wave on high the festal banner, the cross of Christ our King" that we may attain the chief end of man--to glorify God and enjoy Him forever." "Rejoice, ye pure in heart, Rejoice, give thanks, and sing; Your festal banner wave on high, The cross of Christ your King. With voice as full and strong As ocean's surging praise, Send forth the hymn our fathers loved The psalms of ancient days. Still lift your standard high, Still march in full array, As warriors through the darkness toil Till dawns the golden day. At last the march shall end, The wearied ones shall rest, The pilgrims find their Father's house, Jerusalem the blest." Armistice Sunday Church Parade SUNDAY, NOVEMB'R 9 All Veterans are invited to to parade at the Veterans' Quarters, - Queen Street, at| 10,30 a.m. D.S.T. The Parade 'will march to the Cenotaph, thence to the United Church for Divine Service. Decorations and berets will be worn, The Boy Scouts will attend the Parade. The special speaker will be Comrade the Rev. Walter R. Tristram. Do not forget Poppy Day Saturday, Nov: 8th '| and Wesley, 'NO EASY (The Bulletin Sabotage of a variety and ingenuity new to Europe is being practiced from Narvik to the Peloponnese. It is a waving and terrible spectacle--in a 'rl ened Europe through which the trampsof Nazi guards re- -echoes, their voices ring in the night challenging very sound and movement; behind this facade of vigilance a host of nameless men are working in silence with pliers, saws and acetylene flares willing at the proud structure, dis- aocating a line here, a dynamo there, a storage plant there like a' death- watch of beetles on the floor of Europe. The" danger for Britain and the United States is that the spectacle is too moving, too engrossing. It leads almost inevitably to a picture of Hitlerism tottering - to destruction under the pressure of its internal contradictions. It provides a pain- less way to victory. It increases' com- placency and, with it, inertia. The picture of sabotage is incomplete un- less it is set against its background-- industrial and agricultural resources of Europe organized to capacity to feed the German war machine. Fver since March, 1938, the ten- dency has been to think of added ter- vitories in terms not of increased war potentinl for Germany but as added administrative. inconvenience and political peril. Even today occupied territory conjures up a picture of saboteurs rather than dumb millions 'who are} working because they must--- for -bread. Since 1938 the resources of almost all of Europe have been added to Germany's war potential. Pre-war deficiencies in such crucial materials as iron ore, bauxite, and copper have largely been made.good. German coal supplies for fuel and synthetics and substitutes have been vastly increased by the addition of Polish, French and Dutch supplies. The liberal: The industrial capacity of the Reich has been enlarged by the addition of at least six highly developed heavy industrial regions and Germany's ab- solute control has enabled them to rationalize and adapt production in all these areas to suit German ends. In- dustrial areas previously working un- der hampering conditions of three different political administrations-- such as Silesia or the Ruhr-Lorraine triangle--have been unified, campet- ing industries have "been merged or centralized - and non-essential indus- tries hdve been transferred to war work, "Germany's chronic shortage of man- power has been eased by the addition lof workers of every European race, partly on a 'forced labour basis, but ROAD TO - VICTORY from Britain) far more widely on the ordinary basis of a living wage, The fact. that trade. union regulations have been "everywhere abolished or relaxed has enabled the Nazis to take in the enormous slack among men previous- ly employed quite apart from drawing those in previously without work, The extent of this integration of employ- ment is illustrated by vecent adver- tisement for Dutch agriculturists to take up well-paid jobs in the Ukraine, It is against this background that the importance of sabotage can bé pro- perly assessed. ~ When railways are blown up or bridges destroyed, the damage must be set against flexibility and the flexibility and the choice of alterna- tive routes which the Germans enjoy because they control all means of continental European transit and transport. When German soldiers are needed for extra police work or there is a dearth among well-trained Ger- man bureaucrats, the inconvenience must be offset by calculating the extra numbers of men who have to be administered and controlled, Only if the amount of sabotage more than counter-balances Germany's gains from conquest would there be any point in thinking and writing about "tottering" Reich, This is not to say that sabotage is not of immense significance to the Allied cause: Only in the hour of victory will the peoples of Europe be- gin to realize all they owe to the battalions- of forgotten men whose weapons were screwdrivers and the petrol rag and whose reward was often death. But it is vital--if these men are not to have died in vain-- that their sacrifice should not be used as one more excuse for avoiding the sacrifice of still free countries. Sabotage cannot meet the steadily, rising flood of German production. That can be done only 'by counter- production on the same scale. The German colossus is still ahead. Sab- otage can deflect its step a little. Wide-spread sabotage may even make it pause and stumble. But the "only way to overtake it in the race for victory is by a burst of productive speed and energy in Britain and the United States such as they have not so far even envisaged. The saboteurs are the 'far-flung advance guard of the Allied attack. Unsupported, the saboteur's little ef- fort will cost the Germans a bullet, and him his life. Sabotage is the call to action, not relaxation. The for- gotten men of Europe are taking up the cry of Britain last year, "Give us the tools. Together we can finish the job." Quite a number from here attended the anniversary services at Utica on The Epsom Euchre "i is holding another War Victim party in Memory Hall, Utica on Friday night, Nov. 7. Epsom W. A. entertained thie Utica and Bethesda ladies last Thursday "J afternoon, despite the rain there was a good attendance and a' very sociable mecting was held. . ) Our Sunday School was privileged last Sunday by having two young ladies who have been conducting re- ligious meetings in Port Perry during the past week. - Their message was both helpful and inspiring and their singing much-enjoyed by everyone. The ladies of this- community pur- pose meeting weekly in the basement of the Church to quilt and sew for the Red Cross and would like to have as, many as possible attend. Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. 'and Mrs. Al Christie were Mr. Gordon Martin and 'lady friend of Oshawa, Mr. A. Hall, Port Perry, Mr, and Mrs. Earl Squelch and Allan of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Luke, Fred and Verna Wagner, at Mrs. P. Luke's on Sunday. Several from this community have gone deer hunting. We wish them luck. Mr. and Mrs. dls McKinley visited the latter's father on Sunday: "| Mr. John Bailey. [ Mr, Will Medland, Whitevale, vigit- ed last week with Mrs, Will Ackney -"« a - . - Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Slack, Oshawa, at Frank Millman's. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Medd called at Bowmanville Hospital last week to see Mr. Robt. Skerratt, who was seriously injured two weeks ago in an auto- mobile accident and report heis doing nicely and will soon be able to come home. : Mr. Fred Parkin, Kinsale, visited Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rogers on Sun- day. ' Mr. Roland Armstrong and Mr, Ivan Rogers at their homes here over the week end. Mrs, Robt Clark entertained the Young Girls' Mission Circle last Saturday. Miss Corbett spent the week end at her home in Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Howsam, Altona visited. with dram Mrs. Walter Howsdam [ast week. Miss Ruby Wilson home for the I week end. SEAGRAVE , The Seagrave United Clwurch held its annual 'Anniversary Services on Sunday, November 2nd. The services of the day were con- ducted by Rev. T. Wallace of Green- bank, with the Seagrave Sunday School Orchestra and Seagrave choir |) " assisting. morning and evening services were good. 'Many were present from out- side districts. The theme of the morning service was 'Jesus' concern for our money" and for the evening ities". Both services were great in- spirations for those who attended.' Proceeds amounted to nearly $1717. The monthly meeting of the Junior © Red Cross was held Friday, Oct. 31st. The meeting opened' with the Jr. Red Cross song and' all repeating the motto in unison. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and ap- provd. The following reports were read and adopted. -- Health; Service, Humane and Treasurer. Collection amounted to 45¢c. A Humane poem, The Snare, was recited by Vera Thompson. It was moved by Kenneth Short and seconded by Betty Thomp- son, that we sell poppies, the proceeds of which will be, sent to the soldiers' fund. It was decided that we have an Armistice service, The opening item on he program was the masquerade march which the both schools took part. The follow- ing were the prize winners: Marie Hill, Margaret Gilson, Earl Sorn- berger, Kenny Short, ing. games. Other prizes were given for he president of Seagrave Branch {welcomed the Fingerboard school. The Fingerboard school then took charge with their president pre- siding. The program opened with a poem by Jack Clark on Hallowe'en, a duct by Ruby Clark and Margaret Gil- son, a Hallowe'en recitation by -an- other Fingerboard: member. The rest of the day. was devoted to Hallowe'en pames.. The Fingerboard president extended a vote of thanks to Seagrave for the enjoyable time. This was fol- lowed by refreshments. ' Mr. and Mrs. Orr Shunk and family, of Peterboro were visiting at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers; and Mrs. Shunk. =. Mr. and Mrs. MacLean of Toronto, visited Mr. and Mrs. Couch of Sea- grave, . Mr. and Mrs. W. Osborne of Kirk- field, were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. Stone, Mr. and Mrs; Cherry of Scugog Is- land, were visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. Reynolds. ---------- ee ----- 'SCUGOG The services for the coming months 'will be changed--Foot at 11 a.m., fol- lowed by Sunday School; Indian ser- vice at 12,30; Head service at 2 p.m. followed by Sunday School; Centre at 3 p.m. after Sunday School. Next Sunday Rev. Mr. Jenkinson of Picker- ing will be the preacher. "The Girls' Institute will be held on Saturday afternoon at the home of Miss Clara Hardy as it way raining Inst week. Come for a hike. : The Women's Association will be held at the home of Mr.-and Mrs. G. Cherrie on Tuesday afternoon the 11th of "November, with a good pro: gram being prepared by Mrs. F. G. Joblin and Mrs. R. Henders. Every- one invited, especia the, husbands for the supper. ' w / Mrs. Masterson of Toronto, is visit- ing her friend Mrs. D. Crozier. Congratulations to Mr. Percy Jef- frey and Miss Dorothy Rodd on their recent marriage at Manilla on Satur- day. : The Red Cross ebing was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday after- noon when eighteen Red Cross work- ers gathered there and quilted three quilts. The special feature at this meeting was a birthday remembrance gift for Mrs. C. Wannamaker's 75th birthday. Rev. Mr. Joblin made n few remarks, then she was presented with a large hymn book, box of chocolates and a birthday card. Two lovely cakes, one with happy birthday and one with pink "candles on were placed on the table before Mrs. Wan- the- cakes cat and served by Mrs. A. Prentice and Mrs. D. Hope and tea served. Mrs. Wannamaker spoke of her surprise and how happy shé was for the gifts. = All wished her many more happy birthdays. Saturday night the Choral Choir of Fair Lawn Church, Toronto, gave a vefy inspiring concert in the Town Hall, Port Perry, to help raise money for the Scugog New Secugog. $568.30 was realized. The program was much enjoyed by all, ye (continued on page 6) ~ - te service was "Collective Responsibil- , namaker, she. blew. out the candle and The attendance at both Audrey Hard-"*