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fag ORT PERRY STAR Watch your label; it tolls when your 11.50. pur yohr in - sdvance." subscription expires v PORT PERRY, ONT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18th, 1941 § Cute & slagle copy EDITORIAL Hy Armistice | A DOUBLE GOLDEN | is mors "Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam: His first, best country ever is at home." - * with honours to be sure, but 'getting by". . 70% s very little use in real life. WAKE UP AND LIVE A few years ago Dorothea Brande wrote a book entitled--"Wake Up and Live" in which this sentence appears: "With the time and energy we spend in making failure a certainty, we mignt have certain success." In the November Readers' Digest, J. P, McEvoy . says, "70 per cent. is not passing." The foundation of all that these writers hdve to say is that the road to true success lies in the idea of having a definite objective and bending all our energies to the accomplishment of 'that purpose. It is time to quiet fooling around. " To quote again from Dorothea Brande. 5 " "Suppose a man had an appointment a hundred miles north of his home, and that if he kept it he would be sure of happiness and prosperity. has just time to. get there, just enough gas in his »car. He drives out, but decides that it would be more fun to go 25 miles. south before starting out n earnest, Nonsense isn't it? There is no need to drive home the moral. Nearly all of us know 'things we should do; but we hate to get started. The appointment is missed; the opportunity is gone. We have "willed to fail." A great deal of this "will to fail" is shown in the hibit of being late at meetings. This fault leaves us and others flustered or careless, so that when we do arrive our thoughts are scattered, and in many cases we have to have the doings of the meeting recounted for our special benefit, Enough'of that.- Anybody who can't see where such conduct leads, won't recognize the road to true success when they see it. But there is another phase of this subject that is closely allied to the "will to fail." It is sum- med up in that phrase of McEvoy" s--"70 per cent. is not' passing." Unfortunately in. school 709% is passing, not But worker must be thorough--must be 100% right. - Imagine a banker who adds with- only one mistake "in his addition; a doctor who only adds.a fraction of a drug too much to a medicine; a lawyer who -- only misréads one item in the law; a gunner who nearly has the right trajectory. Such ideas will riot 'be accepted in real life. They spell failure and tragedy. In days like these Canadian people, young and old, will have to fit htemselves to meet difficulty, danger, keen competition, and rapidly changing conditions, \ ~ Seventy per cent. is not passing. ~ This is particularly true In our thinking (or lack of it) .and consequent expressed opinions, When scrap iron Ss shipped to Jdpan; when ~ Premier King will not agree to a National -Gov- 14, er t; when Pr it Roosevelt does not im- mediately declare war on Germany; when Britain does not attempt an invasion of Europe; when © Canada does not-adopt conscription, we hastily express our opinions, most frequently without having taken the trouble to investigate and think things out adcording to the facts. : Thinking is hard, patient, open- -minded wok but it is"eminently worth While. It will be a good rule -when we are bitter in our judgments or op- posed to any movement, to study the case care- fully. - Qur judgment will he much more valuable then. 70 per cent, % not passing. * He ~ * society can be reared, READING IN WAR-TIME The Macmillan's are publishing a notable series of War Pamphlets; 'Maurice Eisendrath--"Reading in War-Time." This extract is, most pertinent to-day: "In doing so, I am commending for your read- ing in these strenuous days of war no outmoded or obsolete volumes but perhaps the most 'con- temporanceous piece of literature within our reach. It is a book which is ancient, yes, but not antiquated; a book. which is very old, yet exceed- ingly new in that it voices truths which we have not yet begun to grasp. Reams of poper might be consumed in quoting chapter and verse to prove this contention. One could parade before the supercilious scoffers economic legislation and- enlightened social practice which surpass the most radical suggestions of all the more advanced sociologist of our time. One could repeat pro- phetic utterances regarding the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God which our states- men of the present are just beginning to compre- hend as the only rock upon which an: enduring One could quote descrip- tions of the qualities which must characterize the rulers. of men and. the loyalties that must sur- charge their followers which must be speedily. mastered or we are doomed to perish. Examples could be educed of fortitude which cannot but prove contagious to those who would yield them- selves to their inspiration and which would, in truth, help us likewise to walk through the valley of universal death and still fear no evil, confident that He who 'redeemed our fathers will be with us "likewise if we do but entrust ourselves to His There the ° keeping. Above all else, one could point out those innumerable Scriptural warnings had they but been heeded, men would have been spared all this colossal tragedy which has de- scended upon us; warnings and admonitions re- garding the only principles whereby individuals and society can hope to live and not die. . LJ * ° The whole series of pamphlets, which are sold at 10c. each, comes at a most opportune time, and should receive the attention of those who would he well informed. * + * John Jones, coal miner and writer to "American Coal Miners" We don't want to worship any semi-God; we don't want to be compelled to stiffen at the sound of any man's name. We don't want our families torn by _suspicion. "and saying, "Do you not subscribe to the name of the Fuehrer? Why don't you stand up and salute at the mention of his name? "We don't "want anything of that sort between ourselves, men made in God's image, and God.. We don't "- want anything between ourselves and God. May God protect the wealth- of American in- dividuality from dictatorship, may God defend the right. I have no peroration or any. quotation with which to round off my speech. I have no desire to score any orational triumph. I am here today, merging my soul--believing-in ih soul -- I am merging it with yours, os » * * * Buy War ites Certificates regularly. - Everyone can help in that way. Among them is one by Rabbi which, We don't want generations - "within _any families pointing to our generation ) a a a A mn i TROOP MANOEUVRES IN SCOTLAND General Sir Alan Brooke, the Commander in Chief of Britain's Home Forces, recently paid'a visit to Scottish Command, where many Polish and British troops taking part in an extensive exercise. Sir Alan Brooke (left) is séen Here with Lt. Gen. A. F. A. N. Thomé Commander in Chief Scottish Command, and another officer, study- . ing a map during the exercises. BOY SCOUT NEWS On Safurday, 'Day, "the Scouts" sold poppies. i Service at the quarters at the armouries. Friday night at 7.80. hr 4 - BRITAIN'S COMMANDER IN CHIEF HOME FORCES AT ALLIED i : ' FARMERS' NIGHT Sebert House, at 6.30 p.m, Gen. an outstanding man. - vi " Friday, November 14th, at the Lions make this a night to be re- membered, - Be sure you have a farm- er guest and we suggest that you pick the Annual Poppy Ford Films. On Sunday, .a full. Troop attended the parade and community Remembrance United Church. Through the kindness of the Veterans , the boys enjoyed luneh at the quarters "ot the. Veterans after the service.. The Scouts are enjoying their new - The room .will be open on Tuesday night and a meeting will be held on Sunday | Church Parade At the Community Service, on Sun- day, November 9th, The Veterans ac- companied by Comrades from Ux- bride, the Boy Scouts under Scout- master Owen Cliff, and a detachméht of Active Service men on leave; par- aded for the Community Service at the United Church A halt was made at the Cenotaph (Library) where wreaths were placed by Reove Letcher, Mys. I. R. Bentley, Regent I1LO.D.E,, and President Col- Young People's League. pressive. Comrade Rev. Walter Tris- tram formerly of Seagrave preached a: very excellent sermon, Mrs. I. R. Bentley read the names of the fallen comrades. Flags were drooped and raised re- spectively while Last Post and Re- veille were sounded by Comrade Den: sham, ) |" The choir had Prepired special music for the occasion, VETERANS ELECT OFFICERS At a meeting held on November 4, the Port Perry Unit 216, Army and Navy Veterans of Canada, elected the following officers: President--Cortixade Le. D. Coolbear Vice-President--§omrade P. Densham Secretary--Comrade Robt. Tetlow Financial Sec'y4Com. J. B. Lundy Sgt. atvArms--Com. Herbert Dobbs Standard -Bearer--Com. H. Glass, Miss Agnes McPhail to Speak at a Public Meeting At Blackstock, under the auspices of the Cartwright Federation- of Agri- culture, on the evening of Monday, Nov. 17th, at 8 pm. (S.T.) The speaker will be Miss Agnes McPhail, Reindeer Seen on the Rynard Farm Two reindeer were seen on Tuesday on the Milton Rynard Farm north- east of Greenbank. An old and a young animal, Where did they come from? These reindeer are very sel- dom-seen here. ---- YACHT CLUB DANCE Evelybody is cordially invited to the Presentation Dance of the Port Perry Yacht Club at the High School Assembly Hall, on Friday, November 21st. Bernard Tierney's Orchestra, refreshments. Price $1.25 couple. 'Don't miss it. | Lion Dennis has arranged for the This is a generous ges- ture on the part of Lion Dennis and * e should appreciate it. Port Hope made the Zone meeting into a Ladies' Night with dance fol- lowing the dinner. Several live Lions accompanied our President and report an enjoyable time. Lion Jim Kerr was caught passing through on his way from Moncton to Manitoba. By good luck the follow- ing Lions hove in sight--Hayeés, Hutcheson, ' Smyth, Cornish, Farmer, Jeffrey, Chapman and McClellan. A | hurried consultation was held and it was unanimously ~ decided to make Lion Jim the little parting gift we had authorized at our Sept. meeting, as we might never get as good a chance again. A pen and pencil set was purchased from Lion P.'G. M. ard all proceeded to the Venture Inn, Jim arrived accompanied by his father and mother and Mary and the pre- sentation was made and all went home to supper ten.minutes late, This was the fastest event of the kind ever staged. TRA The Church service was very im-| Génsider Manchester, that bustling, business centre half a& century Ago, and see the folk that lived in and about that community, No wonder Shakespeare said: "All the world's a stage bear. Chaplain Rev. Jos, Denny, of-| And all the men and women merely fered - prayer. Comrade Densham players. sounded the Last Post, followed by| They have their exits and their en. Reveille, trances; At the Church the parade was join- And one man in his ti 1 N mm ed by the L.O.D.E, C.G.LT..and the parts." Ey time Haye " 'In those days our local world was young, and the group of people then living at that centre have since "play- ed many parts." Bob Holtby, Ada Kent, Will Dob- son, Ada Caldwell, Emma Carmichael Al Gilroy, little did they or 'anyone about them dream of the changes that fifty years would bring, Take one little incident. Al Gilpoy was teaching the Manchester School. But he decided to give It up and enter the business world. He was getting $300 a year; and his friends thought he was crazy to give up a sure thing like that just to go into Eaton's atore. You never can tell what young folk will do. But Al Gilroy worked away' and became manager of that Eaton's Winnipeg store; and when life closed for him, and he "entered into the shadows, the Eaton Co. sent his body back home by special train.. When Gilroy quit that. school an- other young man--Hamar Green- wood--was hurrying along the road to Manchester when he met Bob Holtby | (a school trustee) and asked him what the chances were of getting that school after Gilroy left. "Pretty good" was the answer. But Hamar Greenwood did not atay.in Mancheater either, He 'struck for the Mother Land, and there, where class is sup- posed to rule, he became the famous Sir Hamar Greenwood, And Hamar Greenwood was best man at Bob Holtby's wedding. Emma '| Carmichael now. Mrs. Grant of Myrtle, was bridesmaid. On the same day November 10th, 1891, Ada Caldwell married Will Dobson, and they have stayed at the Manchester héme, winning for them- selves the high esteem and loving re- spect of thel rneighbours because of their sterling qualities of good citizen- ship. At the quiet home celebration of this- double event, Mr, and Mrs. Dobson, and Mrs, Grant, the brides- maid of other days, spent a happy time: together at the Holtby home. Al Gilroy - is gone, and Hamar Greenwood is far away; but Bob Holtby and his kindly helpmeet are here in Port Perry, carrying on in most unassuming manner the business that each day brings. Perhaps no better picture of the thought that Bob Holtby and his wife have inspired can be given than in this little message that arrived on one ~* the big pile of URES of congratula- tion: - "The first hundred years are the hardest, Some folks, they say, can't take it. But gosh; from the looks of you two, You're certainly going to make it." But--and this is -important--in all the busy hustle and travel of life, Bob Holtby has not' neglected his' duty to the town and to the church. He might be in Gananoque or London on Satur- day night; but he would be in Church in Port Perry on: Sunday "morning. It was the same with Council meet- ings--if there was a chance to arrive jn time Councillor R. M. Holtby would be present to help guide the affairs of the town. ; It is. amazing the Salat that he * has covered in his journeys throughout SR Bo REBEL 1 ~ ro WB oo 4 fd be 8 AN (now Mrs, Grant), Hamar Greenwood, 'WEDDING = Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Holtb and Mrs. W. F. Dobson - the Fiftieth Anniversary of Their Weddings. "What changes fifty years. bring. | the Province, the Dominion, and the United States, That was an enjoyable trip he made to the Mother Country. " Small wonder then thatthe Church and the Council should both take the opportunity to express congratulations and good will in the following ad- elebrate dresses: From the Church Dear: Mr. and Mrs. Holtby: On the occasion of the Golden An- niversary of your wedding day, we desire as a Church to offer you our heartiest and most sincere congrat- ulations. For 60 years you have manifested in all the relations of your life the radiance of happy home life. In the Church you have been ac- knowledged pillars. Your loyalty to the minister, your fellow officials, and to the service of the Kingdom has never suffered. reverses. As a citizen the name Holtby has become a household word. The en- thusiasm which you have carried into your citizenship, - together - with your buoyancy of spirit and wholesome philosophy of life have made you a marked man in this community, as well 8s in other vicinities all over this Province and Dominion, That good health may long enable you to enjoy your work and home, and that we may, for many a day, be happy and grateful recipients of your services so freely given, ia the earn- est wish of your friends of the Port Perry United Church. : Signed on behalf of the Congregation, W. J. H. Smyth, Minister, Samuel Farmer, Secretary. From the Council. Mr. and Mrs. Holtby: It is our privilege and pleasure to greet you on this, the fiftieth annni- versary of your wedding day. Fifty years ago, you started out in life as a bride and groom, full of the hopes, ambitions, and ideals of young people, and: you have carried these through to a complete and successful fulfilment. "A man's worth is exemplified in the service that he renders." You, Mr. Holtby, in your years of service, both in the Holstein Associa- tion and in. the Port Perry Council, have shown yourself worthy of deep esteem and gratitude. As a symbol of these and of the high respect you enjoy in this .com- munity, may we present to you and Mrs. Holtby this Hymnary. With it go our-.sincere wish for continued health and happiness for many years to come." WwW. M. Letcher,(Reeve); J. E. siti, H..R. Archer, G. M. Gerrow, G. F. Manning, (Clerk-Treasurer.) As might be expected, in the, field where his most faithful service' has been given--The National Holstein- Freisian Association of Canada proper recognition Is to be made of this importanteevent in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Holtby; and on Novem. ber 10th, a banquet is tp be held in = their honour at Lindsay, , and Mr. 'complicated one. 'A" few 'months _ago when we 'met Mr. Fitz H. Webb, of Prince Albert, (and who had formerly resided near L Uxbridg®) he appeared deeply. grati- fied that the Earl of Athlone had been: appointed Goverrior- sper) of Can- ada, : Mr, Webb now 73 years of age, told ius that when he first 'met the Earl, the latter was a young Lieutenant at Mhow, in India, and 'it was not until 47 years had elapsed did the old friends have the pleasure of heen once again in the Memorial Hall, Kingston, Ontarjo. = 'We usually at this season of the year turn our thoughts to our brave warriors who have borne the brunt of battle with forfitude and by their deeds of daring and loyalty to Empire have been the means of keeping the Old: Flag unfurled and we are proud to recount that Mr. Webb is among that number. Mr. Webb was among the defenders of Ladysmith and even through the Great War saw service in France and Belgium 'and our hearts go out in deep gratitude. A When the two comrades in arms _| met once more after so long a period the exalted position of being Governor General made no difference to the Earl and he chatted with Mr. Webb of the days of "yore, Mr, Webb's posi- -| tion in the army brought him in close contact with the officers in those days and the conversation they had to- gether of the old Indian days was most congenial. Mrs. Ben Smith (nee Florence Webb) is daughter of Mr. Webb and she and her family live in Prince Al- bert, where they are highly esteemed. ion get BLACKSTOCK Mr. Rex Frost, accompanied by Mrs. Frost, presented his popular motion pictures on the Cavalcade of Europe, and the bombing of London and other cities in war torn Europe, to an overflow house recently under the auspices of the W.M.S. of the United Church. We are sorry to hear of the serious illness of Rev. D. M. Stinson's father, Mr. S, Stinson, Omemee. We wish for him a speedy recovery. Twenty-four ladies met in the Com- - munity Hall on Tuesday afternoon of last week and quilted five quilts, the tops of which were donated by Miss Hazel English, Mrs, Cecil Hill, Mrs. Lorne Griffin, Mrs. Jas. Marlow, Miss Malcolm, Nestleton. Co L.A.C. I. Ferguson and L.A.C. D. McDonald, visited with relatives over the week end. The former is a son of Roy Ferguson, Saskatchewan, and the latter a friend of L. Ferguson. The boys were en route for Eastern points for further training. - Durham County' was represented by 8 teams at the Inter-County Club competition held at Guelph recently. The standing of the Durham boys is aa follows: dairy cattle--6th, Harvey Yellowlees and Jerry Millson, Ennis- killen; swine--6th Ralph Larmer and Dalton Dorrell, Nestleton; 6th, Glen Hancock, Orono and Morley Bickle, Port Hope; Grain--2nd Donald Jose, Newcastle and Wesley Hills, Ennis- killen; 6th Donald Morton, Campbell- croft and Donald Symons, Port Hope. Potato Club--3rd, Murray Malcolm and Ralph Malcolm, Janetville. Foal Club--4th. Harold Hepburn, Ennis- killen and Claire Kelloggy Port Hope. Beef Cattle -- 4th cis Wotten, Hampton, and Ferguson, Nestleton, Mrs. Oscar McQuade Spent a few days last week with her daughter, The Cadmus and Blackstock friends. of Mr. and Mrs, Gay held a miscel- laneous shower for the bridal couple in Blackstock community hall., Mrs. Gay was Norma McQuade, Cadmus, Club held its meeting at the home of their leader, Mrs. Albert Wright, on Thursday afternoon. Each girl an- swered- the roll call with the notes written for her record book on the first three meetings. They decided to call the Club, "Sewing Pals". The leaders explained the method of setting in a plain pocket and also a Each girl made one, at the meeting, The altering of 5% hs terns ahd laying them on the material was taken up. 2 ' | (Continued on page 4) 4 Mrs. Roger Oke, Port Perry. - < 4 . The Blackstock Girls' Homemaking ---- ' SERRE R x :