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ay SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher. ORT PERRY ST PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, 1942 EDITORIAL Watch $1.50 per year in advance. your label; it tells when your subscription expires 5 cents a single copy "Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we ream: His first, best country ever Is at home. "WHY BRING THE FIGHT HERE? service is unnecessury, and that defense of Can- ada is all that matters. It is as if in the midst of a brush or prairie fire, the householder said: "I'll help put out the fire when it actually at- tacks my house; but I'll have nothing to do with helping to put out the fire that is raging on the back concession." He probably would think that it was none of his business, because the wind was blowing the other way, and "it can't happen here," Must a man have to see his home burn and his wife and children killed or homeless, before he -can do his utmost to avert the peril that is com- ing closer every day? Our task is to keep the enemy away from our shores--if not by actual fighting, then by Victory Loan buying, _ Even the beef ceiling, or the entire lack of beef if need be is summed up in the cry that rings from end to end of the Dominion-- "Nothing matters now but VICTORY". "Punch" carried .a cartoon recently which graphically depicted the British attitude in this "An old lady sits in her tea room with a love story in ont hand and a loaded musket in the other, The maid has just brought in tea, and is being dismissed with the injunction--"That will do Wilkins; and if you hear the church bells ring, let me know." Church bells may not ring in Eng: land unless there is an invasion. THE THIRD VICTORY LOAN There are two ways of approaching that "Total War Effort." One is to personally do and pay all that you can. The. other method is--Iet George do it", Most of olir people are earning godd pay; and all that is asked of them is to do their daily work well, and bank their pay in Victory Bonds. Here is what the Financial Post has to say: "Only $1 a Day~The Price of Victory." "Only about half this year's bills of our war cffort are paid. Our heavy load of taxes meets only about 51 cents on the dollar of government expenditures, The balance must be borrowed. Today Canada is spending about $1 a day for every man, woman and child in the Dominion. That means that collectively we are short in our + accounts about 49 cents a day per person when we come to reckon up the costs of the war effort we, the people of Canada, have demanded. In this Third Victory Loan, Canadians are' be- ing called upon to settle the account to the ex- It is a curious nature that insists that overseas : / / tent of $750 milliohs. That-amount would carry the entire cost of war for approximately two-and-_ oneshalf months. Below, As we have paid our industrial costs by sacri- ficing civilian industry and peacetime pursuits, s0 must must the financial costs of war be met-- by reducing our spending in a similar proportion, Through that difficult path, the costs of war - can and will be met. Admitting the individual sacrifice, the facts of Canada's ability to pay are indisputed. The money is there--savings deposits have now recovered from the $1 billion loan of "last January." "The inconié is there--it cannot be otherwise, since every dollar the government spends turns up in soemone's pay envelope, -- For three years Canadians have demanded a total war effort, a fighting and producing army that would eclipse naything that Canada has ever had in the past, that would go far beyond the limits of the apparents possible. Every achieve- ments has been a spur to greater goals, every production triumph has led to diwands for even greater triumphs. Already Canada has become a major fighting force." Over half a million men and women are in the armed forces, nearly a million are engaged in direct war work. The weapons we produce have steadily grown in numbers and quality, and most of them at reduced unit cost. When this massive shift to war was demanded, Canadians knew that the costs would be heavy. Civilian industries have been jostled into second place, plants have been closed or transférred to war work, materials have been restricted, in some * 'cases shut off "completely. These are industrial, >. business nad consumer costs of war. As the sights" are raised, each increase in our own war objec- tives brings further encroachment on our normsl way of life, : And the money will be forthcoming. It will come as the result of the individual Canadian's will to Victory, his insistence on paying for the kind of war effort he has demanded. To a great extent, it will come as the result of management and labor co-operation in the factories, a vital factor in previous loans. It will come from the farms ,where farmers can now (in effect) buy bonds with produce. It will come from the work- ing capital of industry and the accumulated sav- ings in the insurance companies and other finan: cial institutions. Like its rpedecessors, the Third ~ Victory Loan will be a triumph for detmacracy at work. ' . HALLOWE'EN 1S to be changed to 'Conservation Day" in the City of Chicago--a good move PE Port Perry . Work ar A 9 a.m. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO South Ontario Public School tea- ~chers convened in Port Perry and Mr. T. W. McLean was elected President, Papers were given by Mr. O'Neill and Mrs. R. S. McLaughlin, of Oshawa. A joint choir from Brooklin and Whit- by, under direction of Mr. Arthur Lynde; provided vocal music. . Dr, 'C. N. Johnson, of Chicago, sent an appreciation of Mr. Dugald Me- Bride (recently deceased) to the Star. In it he said: "Mr, McBride had the faculty of making his message felt more effectively than most.;teachers I have known. There was something so candid and so sincere in his de- meanor that everything he said was taken at its face value, and no theory ~ taught, or decision made was ever questioned". Albert Moore, an aged Hydro em- ployee of Whitby, was killed in an auto accident while driving on a de- tour near Myrtle. His buggy was struck by an unknown motorist, and he died very shortly after the colli- sion, | rpg o_o Saturday Next October 24th The Military Demonstration will be in Port Perry an hour + earlier than was expected next Saturday morning. An WT foe. at Aurora has TTI FA TTT TT Extracts from a Paper read by Mrs. W. A. Christy before - the W. A. and W.M.S. of Port Perry United Church, And there came a day in the na- tional life of Canada, when she called not only her sons to defend "her, but her daughters too. So, for the first time in Canadian history, women mounted guard at home and abroad. They entered fields and factories, mu- nition plants and administration ser- vices in the army, naval hospitals and air force, in Wiform and in kit- chen apron, until every girl and wo- man in the land found her place, It was during the Second Great War which had its beginning in 1939. Some day, in the future, free born children of this Dominion will read such a chapter in the story of their country. In, the meantime, Canadian women have the privilege of living these pages. With the spread of the War, there can be no denying that the need for women, to-take over a larger part in the Canadian war program, has great- ly accelerated. In the word of War Services Minister, Mr. Thorson, the need for women is no longer theoretic, it is an imperative necessity. It is vital that women take hold of the turn of events and prepare themselves for larger participation in war industry, do every job they are capable of doing, that means everything except build- ing heavy tanks and driving them. And the women of Canada have answered this challenge. They have proven their worth where the need has arisen. . Besides the formation of women into official army and 'air auxi- liary forces, as an integral part of Canada's active services, there aro women in 86 or more trades which run the alphabet from accountant to wal. tress. The giving of the King's uniform to women_.has made a significant dif- ference, and whether the service these blue and khaki clad girls are perform- ing is that of slicing meat, thumping a typewriter or answering the ring of the telephone, the knowledge that Si she has won a place beside her bro- thers, in her country's service and is as much a part of the great crusade for freedom, as any beribboned gene- ral, or sentry on duty, has kindled a flame of earnestness whose effect on Canadian "life of the future, can be realized only dimly yet. One most important aspect of Ca- nada's women's army fis that it is democratic. Equality of sacrifice means that we must have equality of opportunity. This results in the social harmonizing of women from different walks of life -- Girls, educated in pri- vate and public schools, daughters of bankers and bakers, country and city, farmers and professional men, privileged and underprivileged in op- portunities and education, and in work- ing together will learn to appreciate one another's problems; Mr, Thorson has said, "This is what has welded Britain into a strong nation". Canadian Women's Army Corps In the 12 months since its: incep- tion, the strength of the Canadian Women's Army Corps stands at 6300 and has become an essential and in- tegral part of the Canadian Army. Lieutenant Colonel Joan Kennedy, officer administering the corps says "1000 recruits a month are required for every kind of work and from all walks of life," Serving in the C.W.A. C. is the best and most satisfactory contribution any woman can make to- ward the war effort, The pips and crowns on the shoul- ders of the C.W.A.C. are symbols of the important place the women in khaki now hold in the Dominion War effort. Previously C.W.A.C. officer's ranks were denoted by maple leaves and the salute of other members of the corps. Now, by order of council, it has become an active part of the army, ARH Till) . A Major is denoted by a crown; a Captain by three stars or pips; a Lieu- tenant by two pips; a Second Lieu- » 2 Canadian Women in War tenant by one pip on the shoulder '| strap, just as in the army, Women officers must be saluted by lower ranks in the other services as well as their own privates formerly called volunteers. Defense Minister Mr. Ralston says, "There never was a time in the history of the war, or I believe in the history of the world, when a body such as C.W.A.C. could be as useful as at the present time". The Army Corps have not gone overseas as yet, but arrangements are being made for a contingent to be sent. Roza) Canadian Air Force To date, more than 5000 recruits from every province in Canada, from Prince Edward Island in the east to British Columbia in the west, have "| joined "the R.C.A.F., since being or- ganized 12 months ago. The new clas- sification of standard tradeswomen is an all-embracing one and the recruit, after completing basic training, will be assigned to one of several trade classifications for which she is par- ticularly fitted. Mr. Ralph Bell, di- rector of aircraft production, stated that in the aircraft industry, there are very few jobs that cannot be done by |X women as well as men. Women are easier to train than men when it comes to learning the mechanism of a truck. To be eligible for enlistment in this service: (1) You must have at- tained your 21st birthday and not your | 41st birthday; (2) You must have a medical - category of A4B _or_ higher (equivalent to army standard A); (3) You must be 6 ft. or over in height and conform to the required weight standard; (4) You must have the minimum education--standard high school entrance; (6) You must pro- duce personal document of birth, edu- cation and national registration certi- ficate. On Sept. 1st, about 40 'R.C.A.F. women went overseas for duty reliev- ing men for more active service. Report says, they are able to stand side by side with the British Air Force girls, both in smartness of uniform and in work. A contingent is also in + Newfoundland. ~~~ -- Som Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Qualified women physicians are be- ing taken into the R.C.A.M.C. on the same basis as men, as announced by R. M. Gorsline, director general of medical services. The women will draw the pay, have the same commis- sioned ranks as men, the lowest rank being captain, They will wear a "khaki-Barathea- uniform with-R.€. A: M.C. badges and buttons. Opening of the army medical corps to women physicians is believed to. mark the final step in complete recognition of women doctors on a basis of equality with men. The first woman doctor to volunteer for duty with the Cana- dian Army is Geraldine Maloney, R.C. AM.C. She has been a practising physician in Toronto for 2 years. There are several women in uniform now. : _ Naval Work Canadian girls are now enlisting for the Women's Royal Canadian Na- val Service, which is in the beginhing stage, under the supervision of Miss Carpenter, a woman officer of the British Wrens, which is the name given these naval girls. These girls are chosen not by any social status, but by quality of character. The Pro- vincial Government has handed over to the Federal Government the Galt Training School for Girls, for the use of the Women's R. C. Naval Services, as a training centre. Canadian Children's Service In July, five Ontario women experts in child psychology from the Univer- sity of Toronto, under the direction of Dr. Blatz, went to Britain to train British, women and girls in nursing schools. They are an advance guard 'of a larger body of teachers and so- cial workers who will go to Britain. These women -wear a crest marked Canadian Children's Service on the sleeve of their neat blue uniforms. They began work July 1st at a Bir- "mingham School especially equipped for them, Community Front While women in uniform, in niuni- tions, working on war created jobs may seem to be more directly con- nected with the war, nothing is great- er in importance than the Community Front. In this class are the women who keep the home fires burning while they sew and knit and pack 'boxes and parcels for the boys. They raise money for relief purposes and for equipment in their work. The core of this voluntary service is the Red Cross (Women's Division). | I Just an éxample form one city as to this work: in 1041, Winnipeg sent 16,302 blankets, 284,405 hospital sup- plies and field comforts, 202,262 items of clothing for civilian relief, also 200 dunnage bags of clothing so that our men who escape from ships, damaged or sunk, may find warmth and comfort, Every week 45,000 parcels of nou- vishing food are shipped overseas by the Canadian Red Cross to British prisoners of war, which include many Canadians, Another large organization doing much the same work is the I, 0. D. E. During the month of June 19,200 ar- ticles were sent overseas for distri- bution in Great Britain as well as 12 cases of goods valued at $1900.00 sent to the Polish people in Russia. In our local chapter, during 1941, there were 5561 articles including quilts, knitted articles, seamen's jer- kins, hospital supplies, layettes and many personal comforts, sent away while the suni of $3686.80 passed through their hands, used in War Work. In the suburban districts, the Wo- men's Institutes are doing a splendid work. One Institute in Prince Ed- ward County, with a membership of sent 2600 pounds of jam This year they 20 women, overseas last year. are sending 3000 lbs. There are many, many groups of women all over our Dominion engaged in this voluntary work of keeping the necessary supplies going where they are most needed to carry on the war efficiently. ~~ Women's Land Army Then we have what we call our Wo- men's Land Army. This is a mobile force of women and girls, not pre- viously employed in agriculture, or- ganized to meet the labor needs of agricultural employers. The girls have given valuable help to farmers for the past 2 years and are replacing men for dctive service. These wo- men are making a real contribution to our war effort. Goodbye Hallowe'en? A Sensible War Measure Chicago,--If plans work out, 'there won't be any Hallowe'en in Chicago. Instend it will be "Conservation Day.' The City Council voted unanimously to-day to abolish Hallowe'en for the duration, and called upon Mayor Ed- ward J: -Kelly- to-issue-a- proclamation making Oct. 31-"Conservation Day." The idea of substituting peace and propricty for pother and pranks on the last night of October was origi- nated-by Alderman Abraham Cohen. He explained that because of the war- time shortage of labor and materials it would be difficult to repair damage. He contended that patriotic young- sters should take a more serious view of things -in times like these, and ex- pressed the hope that the action of the city fathers would save homes and buildings from "molestation". The resolution was tossed into the Jap of the Mayor, who, presumably, must determine the ways and means of keeping eager young hands off fences, railings, ash cans, porch fur- niture, street signs, flower boxes, windows and portable outhouses on this and subsequent Hallowe'ens -- or, rather, "Conservation Days". Victory Ticket Canadian farmers, without ready cash, will be able to buy Victory Loan Bonds directly.through the sale of farm products by means of a com- pletely new plan designed to meet their particular needs during the Third Victory Loan campaign. This is known as the "Victory Tie- ket" plan, and it will prove a veritab boon to patriotic and thrifty farmerg who wish to make the finest of "al investments, but lack the immediate funds to do so. Realizing that whereas the average city man has a regular income in cash, the farmer's earnings are seldom in the form of cash regularly received, but rather in the form of commodities produced and marketed at irregular intervals, - arrangements have been made to permit farmers to buy Vie- tory Bonds on the barter principle. At the time the Victory Loan sales- man calls, the farmer may not have cash to invest, but he probably has hogs, cattle, poultry, vegetables, fruit, ete., which will become cash at a fu- ture d Agreement "To Buy Here is where the new plan comes Meeting School, Dr. Gifford, Mayor Rev. W. C. Smith, to lead the singing, and meeting. Fill the Church at exercises will be conducted by Rev. Wm. Community Patriotic For Port Perry, Reach and- Scugog, Sunday, October 25th, 8.15 p.m. ' The Meeting will be held in the United Church, Port Perry. Everybody is Invited. The people of this Community are to be given an opportunity to show their patriotic spirit at this mass meeting next Sunday evening. "Band will provide excellent music. delivered by Mr. W. [. Moore, M.P., and Mr. A, E, O' Neill. Principal, Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Ontario Regimental Addresses will be Devotional Stocks and of Oshawa, There will be a community choir the Regimental Band will play several selections at the conclusion of the regular Reeve Letcher will preside. this Fine Meeting into the picture. The "Victory Tick- et" itself is a statement by the far- mer that he will on or about a certain date deliver to a buyer he designates, specified products, such as 6 hogs, 1 steers, 100 bags of potatoes, and that he has instructed the buyer to pay the proceeds from the sale of these products direct to the National War Finance Committee for investment in Nictory. Loan Bonds and. War Savi ings. Certificates. Color engravings of farm products as well as war equipment embellish the "Victory Ticket", in which a see- tion is provided for the farmer to make application for Bonds or Certi- ficates, and sign an agreement to make payment with the proceeds of certain specified products to be de- livered on or about some set date in the future. Another scetion] which is to signed by the applicant, authorizes the "pro- spective purchaser" (through whom the products are to be marketed) to remit to the Provincial Headquarters of the National War Finance Commit- tee the proceeds from the same of the products specified. Other necessary receipt and cheque forms are included in the "Victory Ticket", all very ca- sily understood and by means of which the farmer who makes application re- ceiyes his Bonds or Certificates soon after he has sold his products. Generous-Time Limit The "Victory Ticket" is designed for use during the Third Victory Loan consequently, a limit during which time products can be accepted in ex- change for Victory Loan Bonds has been set. The date is February 28. 1043. Tickets for Bonds cannot be made out for a later delivery date. War Savings Certificates, on the other hand, can be issued at any time, and if the farmer offers products for a later bdclivery than February 28, Victory Logan salesmen may accept his appli- tion for War Savings Certificates on the "Victory Ticket" plan. The farming community makes up 30 per cent of Canada's population. Net cash receipts at the farm for the country as a wholé for 1942 are esti- mated at $1,010 million, and in addi- tion subsidies and benefits for $88 mil- lion will be paid. This compares with the figure for 1941 of $876 million, for "1040 of $739 million, for 1939 of $710 million, and for 1038 of $648 million. From the start, the farmers of Ca- nada have been anxious to help in the war effort. They were asked fo in- crease farm production, and they have responded magnificently, They are now being asked to buy Victory Bonds in more substantial -volume, and the new "Victory Ticket" plan will be a this patrioti¢ response. o> HONEYDALE - The Honeydale Women's Institute held its October meeting last Thurs- day at the home of Mrs. Frank Brad- ley, Port Perry... the best in years, was- supplied by eight grandmothers of the Institute. Mrs. C. A. Honey won the prize for be- ing the oldest grandmother present, and the prize for being the grand- mother with the most grandchildren, thirteen in all. 12 to fill 'two ditty bags for the navy. Lunch was served to the twenty per- sons present. Mr. E. M. Williams of Prince Al- bert is at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lawson Honey. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lambert of Acton, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Prentice and at Mrs. E. Beare's, recently. We are glad to have Master Eddie recent tonsil operation, JACQUES NAVARRZ tenor who appeared with Maurice Che- valier at the Theatre Pigalle when that famous star was the rage of Paris before the war, Now Monsieur Jac- ques is singing for CBC audiences; he is featured Thursday nights at 9.30 p.m. EDT with Enrique Miro and his Spanish Ameyican music, from CBC. Montreal studios, rite cafe entertainer in his adopted city and sings with equal ease and appeal in French, Spanish and English practical aid in helping them make | The-program,-one of... The Institute had on display articles - Collier back to school again after his = This is the young Mexican lyrie 3 He is a favo-