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/ a iui i opp ba is MN be tila EN ia rea hares I Ry Sr prep) PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 18th,"1943 CR p-- eee eee] oF -- SWIFT CURRENT We. who think in terms of 50: thickens and four cows can hardly conceive the magnitude of the task! in planning and distributing the mil- | lions of Number 2 Ration Books,' which you may or may not yet have | when you read this. "This rationing is something which affects about 12 million people 24 hours in every day," quietly said L. B. Unwin, Canada's rationing chief, in his Montreal office. Just a little background of Mr. Unwin will serve to show why it looks to me that these wartime jobs are being efficiently handled. It sounds a little Horatio Alger. At bl, Mr. Unwin is vice-president in charge of finance for the Canadian Pacific, and president of their growing Air- lines. He came out from Kent, Eng- land, at sixteen and in 27 years reached his present job. He was a railway clerk at Chapléau in 1908. He won the Military Cross for bra- very in the first Great War, starting out as a buck private, ending as a Major. He now serves without cost to his country. Tall, unobtrusive, baldish; astronomical figures, big jobs, he takes in stride. Local Boards in National Set-up You wondered why your Local Ra- tion Board was set up, with its for- a-time inactivity. Now you probably know. It was all part of a nation- wide scheme to do a tremendous job with the least disturbance and at a minimum of cost to the taxpayer. There_were wheels revolving within wheefs, policies to be determined be- fore Mr. Unwin's crew got going. Then there had to be directives to those who would do the actual work in cities andl' towns from Sydney, N.S., to Victoria, B.C. Just imagine the confusion--not to even think of your own feelings, if you had come in from the farm on a blustery day and some inefficient, if patriotic, volunteer worker got your card all balled up. But all this had been taken care of while you sat out the winter around the pot-bellied stove. - The Distributing Chief ap- pointed by your own Local Ration Board had definite instructions, on every phase of the operation,.apd 30 did the other volunteer workers who are doing, or did, something which is their contribution to the war effort. Just think of it: all these folks work- ing without remuneration. That's the home front for you. It means a big saving to the taxpayer, too. Mr. Unwin told of the different sets of conditions which had to be provided for in distribution for urban and rural centres. That was worked out beforehand, with leeway given the local distributing chief because he knew. local conditions better than the fellows in Ottawa or Montreal. The Story Behind Ration Books Do you know that the King's Prin- ter started delivering ration books to the administration between January 20th and 26th at the rate of a million a day, with the distribution, Domin- jon-wide, set for Feb, 19th to March 1st. You know yourself what was in each book. They were in cartons of 1,600 books each, banded in 60's. There had to be provision, I was told, for additional sheets in regulative quantity, of course, for underground soft coal miners and diabetics. Just imagine the detail involved, and still in this set of Montreal offices with its clatter of typewriters and ringing of .=1.'phiones there was radiating all over Canada, with decision and clarity of purpose but an absence of any bed- lam, a distribution of ration cards so vast 'as to stultify the imagination unless one was on the scene, : As you know the No. 2 book was not mailed out, but you folks had to eome and get it". Some of us just hate to put ourselves out and - the administration realized that. They 'realized also that Canadians do not have to be Gestapo'd into anything, and are amenable to reason. And "why shouldn't they be, with a war on? If we want to play rummy in the back of John Black's real estate of- fice; the government doesn't: move John's premises to your doorstep. So, Mr. Unwin's outfit wasn't a bit disturbed about Canadian consumers' reaction: to this decision. Distribution is Complex They had to be sure that every town of 600 people had at least one distributing centre; that cities of 100,000 or more had offices located WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOR THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS. OF CANADA Gy 11M GREENBLAT, Editor of the SUN SASKATCHEWAN RATIONING accomodate strategically to busy people, to avoid bottle-necks, even going so far as to issue instructions that doors in the places decided on were conveniently located do avoid congestion. © We wouldn't think of things. like that out our way, Do you know I was even shown how instruc tions were sent out on how: tables were to be arranged to handle people quickly. : The administration, for instance, had to figure out such things as re- turn .of cards from ration book No. 1, which were handed in before you got a new one; and the green sheets for tea and coffee which were jerked out from children's books, Each and every book, card or sheet has to be accounted' for to avoid letting any unscrupulous person get their hands on them. Volunteer Workers Dollar Savers Mr. Unwin told of the vast number of volunteer workers necessary to put the job over. Reports coming to his office, analyzed and bird's-eye- viewed for his benefit, show that Ca- nadinns responded and saved the na- tion millions of dollars which can be converted into tanks, planes, guns and other instruments of war "The success of the whole scheme will de- pend," he said, "upon the resource- fulness and on the hard work which everyone contributes." They rely on that, here in this Moitreal head- quarters of consumer rationing. As an outsider looking in, I felt they had evolved a system which aimed at simplicity combined with effective control. x 1 didn't think I had to bother these people with questions on the why and wherefore of rationing. The neces- sity is plain logic and doesn't take any undue reasoning. In previous and following articles tlie picture of Canada's; wartime per- sonal and collective economy is paint- ed just as factually as I can--make it from on the spot. If you or I want to criticize methods, that's a demo- cratic privilege. So hop to it if you feel the urge. But at least you are getting a little of the background, I hope. (This is the fourth of a series of articles by Mr Greenblat). A. M. BARR NEW HOLSTEIN FIELDMAN A. M. Barr, for the past five and a half years Agricultural Representative in Brant County, has joined the Ex- tension Service Staff of the Holstein- Friesian Association of Canada as fieldman for Central Ontario district lying between the Western boundary > boundary of Oxford county and com- prising the counties of York, Simcoe, Peel, Halton, Wentworth, Lincoln, Welland, Haldimand, Norfolk, Brant, Waterloo, Wellington and Dufferin. Field work in this territory has for the past two years been in charge of C. D. Graham, who has recently been pro- moted to the position of National Di- rector of Extension Service. A native of Lanark County, "Ab." Barr spent two years at Kemptville Agricultural School and from there went to the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege at Guelph where he received his B.S.A. degree in 1930. He immed- jately joined the Ontario Agricultural Representative Service - serving for seven and one-half years in Grenville County after which he was moved to Brant. A first class cattleman, he is also a fine organizer, his work among young people having been particularly Foutstanding. The Holstein breeders of Central Ontario are particularly fortunate in having a man of his calibre to head the field work in their territory. BLACKSTOCK (Too late for last week) Blackstock Mission Band met at the home of Mrs. Jas. Marlow on Satur- day afternoon, Feb, 27th, Mrs. Mar- low conducted a qdiz on the Scripture lesson, which was read by Grace Gra- ham. Roll call was answered with a verse from the Bible, containing the word "love". Roll call for next meet- irig to be a verse with the word "obey" Members decided to make a quilt top for local Red Cross. Allocation for 1943 was set at $16. of Ontario. county and the eastern The Red Cross Nursing class met in the High School on Wednesday evening. Lesson was on "Treatments", After the lecture, the class went into the Home Economics yoom where a practical demonstration was given by Mrs. V. M. Archer, assisted by Miss Watson, Home Economics teacher and Miss Vera Forder--on making of poultices, ~ steam inhalation, testo gtupes, ete. : . Glad to report that Mrs. Geo. For- der is at home after having spent 7 weeks in Toronto General Hospital. Little Valerie Faint, Toronto, 'is with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. Wright, while her mother, Mrs. Lulu Faint is having an operation. Mrs. Dorothy Venning is able to resume her duties at Egypt school after an illness of two weeks, The United Church Sunday School and community sent a donation of $23 to the Russian Relief Fund. They also sent a large bale of clothing. The Y.P.U. staged a very interest- ing program under the supervision of Miss Watson. It was a radio hobby- lobby program, several of the young people exhibiting or giving an illu- stration of their hobbies and answered questions. There were 40 present. Now is our chance to help the Red Cross. Let us give generously. Can- vassers will call at our homes in due course. : "Report of work done by Cartwright branch of the Canadian Red Cross, Mrs. V. Archer, chairman of Works Committee: 159 large quilts, 91 handkerchiefs, 10 afghans, 314 men's socks, 78 boys' stockings, 72 seamen's stockings, 47 turtle-neck sweaters, 107. prs. whole mitts, 6 prs. two-way mitts, 2 prs. children's felt slippers," 27 prs. wo- men's ankle socks, 12 boy's pullover sweaters (12 yrs.), 2 blankets, 2 crib quilts, 1 knee cover, 40 scarves, 39 helmets, 48 aero caps, 16 women's gloves, 2 half mitts, 7 women's sleeve- less pullover sweaters, 68 boy's shirts, 37 men's V-neck pullover sweaters, 20 men's gloves, 34 children's pulloyer sweaters (2 to 10 yrs.), b children's dresses (small), 1 girl's jumper dress, 10 men's pyjamas, 30 tuck-ins, 1 boy's windbreaker (10 yrs.). "A total of 1267 articles. - War Service Club, Cadmus ,a branch of Cartwright branch of the Canadian Red Cross, organized a year ago, with Mrs. Clarence Parr as president and Mrs. Sweet as secretary-treasurer. _ Report for the year: Receipts .ooimrnmnnecniosminiisnniinnies $50.61 Exp 317.2 BAlANCe ovvecenimsmanmiennieniniinin $13.32 Work done--50 knitted. articles, 10 quilts, bought material and made 22 Ibs. Christmas cake for overseas boxes. Had a booth at Blackstock street dance and fair. This is a small neighbourly group who organiz- ed and meet in the homes to work and enjoy a social time together and have done an excellent work to date. PROSPECT Mrs. C. Wales, of Oshawa, was vi- siting her mother, Mrs. Robert Ver- non, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Burnsell Webster -and son and Mrs. G. Webster visiting with relatives at Uxbridge on Friday. Mrs. Orr Graham and children, of Port Perry, spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. G. Smith. A party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Holtby on Friday evening in honour of their son, Cpl Byron Holtby, of Barriefield. Rev. Mr. Taylor, of Port Perry, Mr. and Mrs. A. Chumblay and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Martin and daugh- ter, Miss Betty Sweet and Mr Ram, all of Oshawa;.Pte. Frank Chumblay, of Kingston and Mr. and Mrs. Gor- don Drinkle, of Columbus, were guests of Mrs. Frank Martin on Sunday. Misses Marion 'and Helen Conlin, of Toronto, 'spent the week-end with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Owen and chil dren, and Mr. Harold Gray, of Port Perry, were visitors at thé home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gray. } Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vernon and young son, of Port Perry, and Messrs. were visitors at the home of their parents on Sunday. A euchre and dance will be held at the school on Friday, March 26th, Proceeds in aid of the school fund. Miss Jean McDonald. was a visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Wm, Holtby last Friday. We regret to hear of the continued serious illness of Mr. Roberts, EPSO Sunday School and Church were well attended here on Sunday after Harold and Ronald Vernon, of Whitby, |" "| had given on Friday. certo by Carl Philips Studios of the CBC, at Toronto. musical event. A young Canadian BACH NEWS BREAKS On Sunday, March 14 at 10.15, the world radio premiere of a con- Emanuel Bach will be performed in the Concert Wanda Landowska, the world's leading harpsichord virtuoso, will be the soloist for this outstanding violinist, Adolph Koldofsky, was instrumentalist in unearthing the manuscripts from which the per- formance and the ensuing series will be played. sky (left) telling William Hogg, of the comstance which led to this Canadian radio performance, Here is Mr, Koldof- BC something about the peal to the individual. will be of great value. _The findings of the Special 7 agginst evil? system of visiting non-churchgoers. home, the natural tendency is to turn to the Church. _To-Day's Challenge to the Church Continued from Front Page Some Churches have organized a thorough The information to gained Never before have the teaching and program of the Church been so relevant as it is to-day. Even "Fortune" in its March issue states that the Church is destined to exert more influence than it has for at least #4 century. All wholesome and fair interests have a working principle in the Christian faith: that the Gospel offers the only effective escape from the radical evils of human nature, and the extremes of hate and greed that could so easily plunge the world into further war. The Church believes Committee led to the decision that the chief responsibility for any forward movement rests upon the local Church. At this season travelling is difficult, so that it would be hard to carry out any general co-operative campaign throughout the Presbytery. Indeed, it was frankly stated that such nieetings were often attended only by the loyal members, and that they failed to reach the persons for whom they.were intended. When death, tragedy, poverty, and illness enter almost any{. Why not| turn to it before they come, and be part of the aggressive force The Four Freedoms are based upon Christian teaching. Sundays owing to bad weather -and roads. The people of this community were shocked to hear of the death of the late Rev. T. Laidlaw, a former mini- ster on this circuit. -- Messrs. Wes Ackney, Bruce Bailey, Malcolm Bailey and Dave Prentice at- tended the funeral of the late Joseph Fralick at Minesing on Sunday. Mrs. Jim Ashton has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. Searle, at Co- lumbus. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Bailey on the birth of a son on March 2nd, , Sunday visitors with Mrs. P. Luke were Mr. and Mrs. E. Hooper and family; Mrs, C. Morrison, Bill and George; Miss Blanche Luke; Mr. and Mrs. Luther Luke; Mrs. S. MacDo- nald and Mrs. L. Wagner. Mr. Ivan Rogers has joined the RCAF. and has gone to Edmonton for. training. Mr. S. Abrey is away on holidays. Mrs. R. Slack visited with her pa- rents, Mr. and Mrs." F. Millman, on Sunday. oe Mr. and Mrs, C. Clark made a short call in the village on Saturday. Miss Jean MacDonald home from Whitby on Sunday. | Mr. Beckett and Miss V. Steerman 'are moving to Brooklin, Sorry to lose them from our village." Mr. and Mrs. D. Linton and Doug- las in Oshawa on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. R. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Drew McCulloch, Miss Dorothy Prentice in Port Perry on Monday. Wedding 'bells are ringing! Pte. Lloyd Ross visited his parents Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Ross recently. Mr. Robert Skerratt, of Toronto, visiting friends and relatives recently. Mr, and Mrs. C. Geer, Mr. B. Bai- ley attendéd the funeral of the late Joseph Fralick, Minésing on Sunday.. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Parrott spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs, Fred Ackney, Uxbridge. SCUGOGC ~ Many were glad to get out to Service and Sunday School on Sunday and all were pleased to hear Mrs, W. | C. Smith, of Port Perry, who very kindly offered to come and give us her "Day of Prayer" talk which she It was very interesting and all very true, for prayer is a great comfort in times of trouble and at all times. not having had service for sevéral 1 » ' i GARE en 0G \ Hi All 'are glad to welcome Mrs. John Joblin back to the Island after spend- ing a few weeks in Toronto with her niece, Mrs. Ritchie, who accompanied her home for a couple of days. Mrs. Joblin is making her home with Mrs. J. L. Sweetman at the store. Mr. Luzerne Sweetman spent the week-end with his sister, Mrs. David Miller, in "Toronto. { 5 We are sorry to hear that Mr. Dou- glas Crozier has the measles. We hope that he will have a speedy re- covery and that there will be no more cases, Mr. and Mrs, Percy Jeffrey and little Bonnie spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. Rodd, at Manilla, Miss Grace Demara, of Toronto, is spending a few weeks at her home here. : - Mrs. Thos. Redman accompanied Mr, and Mrs, Stewart Rodman, to visit Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ashton, at Ennis- killen on Sunday, Mr. George Sweetman visited in Toronto on Tuesday. Mr, 'and Mrs. George Samells at- tended the funeral of her aunt, Hazel Aldred, the beloved wife of Andrew Miller, at Lakefield on Saturday. Ha- zel was born here on the Island, on the place where Mr. and Mrs. T. Fines now live, 49 years ago. She was the youngest daughter of the late Philip and Mrs. Aldred. Hazel attended the Centre School and Port Perry High School, afterwards moving to Lake- field with her father. Besides her sorrowing 'husband, she leaves two daughters, Ethel and Isabel, of Lake- field, and one half-sister, Mrs. Wright Crozier, of Manchester, -besfdes many friends on Scugog, who extend their sympathy to the bereaved family. , Birthday greetings. to Marion Hyreetman for the 19th of March; John Hardy, Evelyn Reader for the 20th; Mrs. Cecil Fralick, the 23rd; Jean Samells and Leslie Leighton, the 26th; John Burnham, the 27th, Rev. F. H. and Mrs, Joblin, of Bow- manville and Mr,-and Mrs, H. West- ney, of Pickering, were guests of their grandmother, Mrs. J. Joblin, on Friday evening at the home of Mrs. J. L. Sweetman, Mr, and Mrs, C. L. Fralick visited Rev. F. G. Joblin at Bowmanville on Monday. All will be glad to hear they found him much improved in health and. looking forward to coming back to the parsonage in May. All are glad to hear Mrs. Thos. Red- man -is able to return home after a few 'week's visit with'friends in Osh- awa, after her recent operation, ~All are invited to attend service and Sunday School next Sunday. Mr, B. Smith, of Toronto, will be back again, : t C53 Poy SEE Price $12.00 Yeally, Saturday Issue, including a a aa a alata tre Addiess [NE ADT © CORY re The World's News Seen Through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR An International Daily Newspaper is: Truthful--Constructive--Unbiased--Free from Sensational. isth -- Editorials Are Timely and Instructive and Its Daily Features, Together with the Weekly Magazine Section, Make the Monitor an Ideal Newspaper for H "The Christian Science Publishing Society One. Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts agazine Section, $2.60 a Year. Introductory Offer. 6 Saturday Issues 25 Cents. NAME ecmamecaas eermmmememeendenannnnn 4 or '$1.00 a Month. ON REQUEST ) y PAE Nt, GOO 50,4 ,0 454, 4,0, 8, 0360066 1 You can take your fat drippings, scrap fat and bones to your meat dealer, He will pay you the established price for the fhe and the scrap fat. If you wish, you can turn this money over to ur - local Voluntary Salvage mmittee or Registered Local: War Charity, or-- You cari'donate your faf dripping, scrap fat and bones to your Voluntary Salvage they collect them in your com- munity, or-- You can continue to place out your Fats and Bones for collec- tlon by your Street Cleaning Department where such a system is in effect. wa Department of National War Services NATIONAL SALVAGE DIVISION If we all cut out only one call a day Present facilities cannot non-essential War calls must come first . which means. that we should reduce our non- . ~ essential use of the telephone to the minimum. be increased; your .co- operation is needed if war calls are to go through promptly. @ Please remember that the wasteful use of telephone time can hold up war business --and that every second you save counts. Burns ' Church Sunday School ser- vice at 10 am, Hour of Worship'11 a.m. on March 21st. Young People's meeting, Friday at 8 p.m. Every- one welcome. Miss Edith Ballagh and Mrs, Frank Mitchell, of Whitby, visited relativés in the 'village on Sunday. : Other visitors were: Mrs. Henry Leask and daughter Lucille, of Ux- bridge; Mr. and Mrs. Farmer, Ajax; Mr. Charlie Scroggins; Mr, and Mra. Earl Cook and daughter Axdrey; Mr, 7 / 2 NG and Mrs. Lloyd Philp and family, of Lindsay; Gunner Harold Philp friend, of Camp Borden; Mr, and John Batty and son, of Brooklin}ys#, = Walter Anderson, of Armstrong; Mr. James Doble, of Toronto; Mr. Norman Isaac; Mr. Lyle Sherwin, of Kingston. Mr. George Kerry and Miss Ruth Cook, of Columbus, with Mr, and Mrs, Alfred Fisher. Mr. and Mrs, 'Robert Parrott en- Joyed the week with relatives in the city. = has Mrs. Earl Beadle spent Monday with Mrs. Oliver Lane of Myrtle. *