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5 ut +1 » » A Frifs NM pol fa gY- rs iE SLA L ; Ferries - ats ity = 42, 3 4 0 es Fr ~~. vr F.= 2 2% : ar "i 3 Sd t ail TY sy ¥ ¥ Ch wy Halli y 8 RY i Lr TIT ay ar it at £3 piss. - ; 36 2h ' J ¥ My ALY | 441 fale sa Kall" [Vd ris "Abad amd PERL & § . ra Pe 2 » 33 : FA tr? AE HE, . . 2 Zi "i w! Lg ' IN REY Saw n & FRA WO FS Ell 3009 YEAS r] SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher EDITORIAL PORT PERRY, Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, Bis first, best country ever is at home.--Goldsmith, ON TRIAL reason that much more attention has been paid to the business of being elected than has been' (Windsor Star) For the first time in its history, the Co-opera- tive Commonwealth Federation finds it's in charge of a Government, It will have to assume re- sponsibilities, with which it did not have to con- cern itself while in opposition. It will be con- position, stantly conscious that the eyes of the whole 'Dominion are on the new Government, and it will gain a new appreciation of the cares of office. Saskatchewan becomes the testing ground of Though, of course, the * party cannot, in a province, put its policies into effect on the same scale as it could in the Federal field, it can do much to implement its doctrines It will go ahead with the knowledge that its every move is being subjected to critical scrutiny, and that its whole cause can stand or fall on what happens within the next few years, or even the next féw months. the Socialist theory. and its promises. * * 0% There are 1,200,000 women in 'Canada in_mili- tary service or gainfully employed at the present time. Post-war probabilities are that this number will be reduced to 1,000,000, leaving a surplus of 200,000. ~Re-adjustment of this labor 'situation is a-diffi- cult task. Among the suggestions made by the special sub-committee on rehabilitation emphasis is placed upon the opportunity which the farm af- But the committee is well aware of the fact that farm conditions are not always attractive, and makes the following fords for women workers. suggestions for improvement: (1) Rural electrification, to lessen the laborious task about the farm and home and to help raise living standards to city levels; (2) water supply, regarded as second only to electricity in providing the amenities of life such as modern plumbing; (3) telephones and good roads; tention to the rural section of housing programs; (6) establishment of adequate rural health ser- vices; (6) improved school facilities which will allow farm mothers to feel that their children are receiving an education equivalent to city children; (6) provision of opportunities for re- creation and cultural activities; ment of small co-operatives, and (8) develop- ment of aid and advice services for women on 'farms to help them start and run small "cash crop" enterprises, such as poultry raising, bee- keeping, fur-farming, mushroom culture, growing medicinal herbs. ® x POLITICAL RE-STATEMBNT ical party platforms. . There are many problems to ~~~ Canadians are moving toward co-operation as the method of solution. * But-no party can do anything problems if they are out of office. 200,000 SURPLUS WOMEN Politicians have a busy job to-day explaining and promising re public demands of a socialistic trend. Practically all explanations and promises' are fundamentally. the same. The difference comes in the details of application of the several polit- be understood by ly. cool judgment. blems. The two great ment. sults. 'Our weakness (4) special at- (7) encourage- come. involved. Canadians are son to be. of this country is be solved, and about solving _ That is the A mistake in our attitude as to our place in the N British Empire or in the Allied Nations might easily bring serious difficulties to Canada. The whole" question of export trade is full of complications that must be studied dispassionate- Our standard of living depends upon a wise adjustment of tariffs and customs regulations, and a thorough study of foreign consumer re- . quirements, There is nothing spectacular in these tasks. They will require careful research and There are many other such pro- Canada is at a critical time in her history; and the voters cannot afford to stage the old "horse--- race" style of election, nor run amok with the slogan--"It's time for a change" merely for the sake of a change; and without any clear idea of what the change will involve. © prise, and the trend toward socialistic govern- In these two matters careful distinction should be made between ability to give practical application to party policy; and promises in un- tried fields without consideration of ultimate, re- willingness to give serious study to party plat- forms; and to be carried away with the sport and sensation of the election itself. © Thousands upon thousands of voters ignore this whole subject. They are intelligent enough in other matters; but this they consider to be "none of their business" or too "dirty" for them to be- In both Church and State, we are suffering for lack of people with progressive ideas, who will stick to those ideas within the organization to which they belong. They cannot stand opposition . and become one-track thinkers. The worst fault.of a single track mind is that * it becomes extreme, and frequently also-becomes very bitter toward those who disagree. Naturally under those circumstances the real issue becomes. clouded, and instead of social betterment, social antagonism results. all vocations, with self-interest as the basic rea- The greatest challenge to the average citizen « in the broadest sense of the term. Each of the parties should re-state its basic -- principles; and-each- voter should -decide which of - those principles will work out for the greatest good of the greatest number. ; given to the formation of a well-balanced policy. - Actually, what lias been regarded as "practical politics" has dominated all parties. of policy, "adaptation" best describes the present If you ask the average Liberal or Con- servative to tell wherein the two party policies differ, you will either receive an admission of ig- norance of the whole subject, or a declaration that "there is no difference." ' Yet the fight between these two parties con- tinues with unabated vigor, in spite of the dire consequences as seen in Saskatchewan. It is time to quit playing politics, and fo make clear statements of policy in language that can In matters the average voter. opposing issues are free enter- as Canadian voters lies in un- becoming too well organized int for him to become a real citizen Federation of Agriculture Met at Saintfield "The farmers need an organization go they can speak through one head" was the text of Mr. Roy Lick, Secre- tary of the Milk Producers' Associa- tion, when he addressed a group of farmers in Saintfield Public School. This organization has been formed| and is expanding with amazing rapid- ity, was Mr. Lick's optimistic remark. When 1 go into my office, we Bit and gasp at the strides we are making. Mr. Lick stated that for three years the idea was to have an organization which would represent the various producer groups such as milk pro- ducers, cheese makers, hog producers, ete. Since this did not reach the in- now represented by Federal, Provin- cial, County, Township, and®last but not least, school section.organizations. Mr. Lick stated that Ontafio County has been slow in organizing.but was glad to learn 'of the progress. being made. Many Counties, particularly Brant, Middlesex and Waterloo have strong, active organizations. : Mr. Lick spoke briefly of what had been done. He made special mention of the Peterborough County organiza- tion which sponsored and was largely respofisible for the Hog Subsidy plan now in operation. $ © The speaker spoke at length of gome of the problems facing such an organization of farmers. "No one ever much more with so much less help," he said. "Will this be used against us? Will surpluses shove our prices down? Compare the farming indus- try with that of the manufacturing industry. Factories may shut down when demand is. satisfied; the farm- ers keep on producing. He las his taxes and overhead to meet, so he pro- duces more and more, creating more |' and more surpluses." . Mr. Lick stated that he could not venture on an.answer to these pro- blems. - "Floor prices, controlled pro- duction and controlled markets have possibilities", he said. "This is our problem, we must solve it." Bankers, civil servants, lawyers, and even undertakers, are organized and have pressure groups which take' care of their problems. "The farmers need a pressure group to take care of their problems. If they had had pressure group early enough, they would not have allowed such low ceil ling prices on much of their produce. He added, "When I think of what has been done to the hog producers I hang my head." . " Mr. Lick informed the gathering of the canvass which was being carried out amohg farmers for menibership. Legislation enables any municipality to collect 1/6 mill with the taxes. This is voluntary and will be collected only dreamed that we could produce go i ' for those who sign the blue card. # son, enjoyed a pleasant day with the Les Smith, President of the Federa- tion for Ontario County and chairman for Reach Township thanked the speaker. He spoke briefly regarding the speakers. address and added "Can we continue to send 800,000 tons of produce in a ship to Europe and bring only 200,000 tons back?" Alex Johns, an active member of the Reach executive informed the meeting of his success in canvassing | Manchester School Section He said, two-thirds of the section in one after- noon and no one turned us down." Mrs. A. Wallace and Doris favoured the gathering with a piano duet, "The Fairy Queen". _ .. ! . iy ' " -Attendiiig Cadel Camp Nihe of our Port Perry High School Cadets are spending ten days at Camp Bolton. - . © Sunday was visiting day at the camp and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jackson and Zula, and Mr, and Mrs, Alf. Dow- boys, staying until after "retreat" at 7.80, This ceremony was quite an im- pressive sight with 850 'cadets at at- tention while the flag was lowered, Four of our Cadets brought a little fame to their town on Friday night when an amateur contest was held for the whole camp. The Quartette, Bob Dowson; Ted Griffen, Bruce Gerrow and Wesley Jackson, sang the two gongs which Mrs. Jackson had ar- ranged -for them for her recital afd won first prize. | Goode, Jimmy Baird, Griffen, | John Kerry, Ena Rider, Flora Mul- holland, Stuart Lane, Mabel Bonnell, Gerrow, John Gatenby, Robert Leeder. Helen Hayes, Roddy Foster, Nelson | "Lorne Thompson and I canvassed Lower School--Grade 9 to Grade 10. (Names in order of merit.) Lois Jeffrey, Stanley Lane, Gordon Wm. Stewart, Marie Moase, Donna Crosier, Ted Marie Sweetman, = Marilyn Murray Lee, George Stone, Griffen, Mary Reader, William Bell, Bruce Audrey Ploughman, - Irene Bonnell, Jean Keitch, Coulson Scott, Wm. McCrea, Norine McMillan, Joyce McKee, Donald Lane, Doris Wallace, Norma Yeo, Ivan Bruce, Merle Hunter, Marion Healey. Below pass mark -- Isobel Flewell, Grade X to XI-- Names in order of merit, (Subject failures in brackets) Louise Howsam, Bill Williams, Bert Corner, Doris Clark, Audrey Graham, Grant McMillan, Bruce Hull, Elizabeth Fralick (Eng. Geog.) Wil- fred Ottenbrite, Lorraine Smith, An- nabelle Hillier, Lloyd MacKinnon, Hudgin, Joe Ottenbrite, Jean Cuth- bert (Agri. Science). Below pass Mark--Jean Cook, Mac Christie, - , MIDDLE SCHOOL (Names in Alphabetical Order) Hon. 1st--76% and over; 2nd, 66%- 74%; 3rd--60 to 66¢¢. Credit--560 to 699% Grade XI-- (Language and Commercial tions in brackets) promo- Cochrane, June--A. and M. History, C; Algebra C; (Eng., Commercial) Crozier, Shirley---A. and M. History, 3; Algebra, 3; Agri. I, CG; (English). Kerry, Audrey--A. and M. History, C; Algebra, 2; Agri. I, GC; (English, I'rench, Commercial). © McCullough, Leonard--Agri. I, C. Parr, Lois--A. and M. History, 1; Algebra 3; Agri. I, 1; (Latin, Fr.) _ Pilkey, Beatrice--A. & M. History, C; -Algebra, 2; Agri. I, C; (English, French, Latin) Real, Betty--A. and M. History, C; Algebra, 1; Agri. I, 3; (English, Fr, Commercial). Simonds, Bernice -- (English, Fr, Commercial.) Port Perry High School Promotions Florence Nasmith, Claudia Coulter,]|. T PERRY STAR ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 29th, 1944 and M. History, C; (Eng., Commercial). Snowdon, Constance -- A. 3; Algebra, C; Agri. I, 3; (English, French, Latin) Tristram, Dorothy-- (Fr, Latin.) Watch your label; it tells when your Subseription expires. , $1.50 per year in advance. 5 cents a single copy Lette Spencer, Barbara--A. and M. Hist, |. to go ahead and write this letter. I I'o the Home Folks Away from Home. I naw take up my pen and tell it Active Service Grade XII-- 3 II, 1. C; (Latin XI) Fr. C; Agri. II, 2; (Commercial) Hist. 1;, Geom. 1; Latin 1; French 1; Agri. II, 1. Hist. 8; Geom. 1; Latin 3; French 1; Agri. II, 1. Johnson, Doreen--Eng. Hist. 2; Geom. 2; Fr. C; Agri. 11, 3; (Commercial). C; Geom. C; Latin C; Fr. C; Agri II, 2. : C; Algera C; Geom. C; Fr. C; Agri. II 3; (Commercial) History C; Geom. 1; Latin 3; Fr. 2; Agri. 11, C. " Moase, Verna--Eng. 2; Mod. Hist. 2; Geom. C; Latin C; Fr. 3; Agri. II, 2 C; Geom. C; Fr. C; Agri. 11, 3. C; Geom. 2; Fatin C; Fr. 8; Agri. II, 3. : History C. History C; Geom. C; Fr. GC; Agri. 11, C; Latin C. Geom. C; (Commercial). History C; Geom. C; Latin C; Fr. CG; Agri. II, C. farm work, re Circular 27, are subject to have completed 13 weeks work on a farm -or in a cheese factory. successfully, a project in Agriculture before entering Grade XI. Cawker, John--Eng. 1; Mod. Hist. ; Geom. 1; Latin 1; French 1; Agri. Day, Kathleen--Eng. C; Agri. 11, Dowson, Robert--Eng. C; Geom. C; Hocken, Margaret--Eng. 1; Modern Jackson, Wesley--Eng. 1; Modern 2; Modern Kerry, Mavis--Eng. C; Mod. Hist. "Leask, Betty--Eng. 3; Mod. History MacMillan, Emerson--Eng. "1; Mod. Peel, Helen--Eng. 3; Mod. History Stone, Willie--Eng. C; Mod. Hist. Tristram, Dorothy--Eng. C; Mod. Whitmore, John -- Eng. C; Mod. Wilkings, Roy--Eng. 3; Algebra 3; Williams, Robert--Eng. C; Modern NOTE--Promotions of students on satisfactory evidence that they Grade X students must complete, E. R. McCLELLAN, Principal "The following letter was received by Mur. Charles Brinkman, from- his son Sidney. Hello Everyone: There is not much I can wrjte about just now. The weather is pfétty nice. Had a little shower last night and the A Letter from Italy night before. I am feeling fine, get- ting six to eight undisturbed hours of sléep each night, three meals a day, besides a couple of brews of tea in between and lots of water in the stream to keep clean, so all is well. 'Went for a little walk around yes- terday with a couple of army chums, and I thought you would be interested to hear about the cemetery we went through. It was very interesting, quite large, had a ten or twelve foot wall around it, huge iron gates, (we used the shell holes in the wall). Inside were any amount of buildings, long enough for a coffin and wide enough for a row on each side. Each row would hold about eight coffins, and on the far wall.was an altar or mantle- piece with crosses, pictures of Christ, candles and flowers put around at the ttom. The buildings were made of white rock slabs -- fancy work on: them. Some coffins were glassed in, some had a stone- slab -with writing on, These were mostly people who had a little dough (money) to throw around. Another kind were in the ground-- quite a large place with smooth stone all around on top of the graves. On the headstone was a picture of the one in the grave. At the feet was a glags lamp. They all had different colors to burn at certain times I imagine. The thing that struck me most was a big wall as high as a two storey house, and the length would be about the distance between two telephone poles. It reminded me of a large cabinet you see in office buildings for keeping records--a lot of drawers the same size. Each square or drawer contained a coffin, on the outside was a picture of the one inside, an in- seription and a lamp on each one. How they get them in the top I don't know. ~ - It must have looked pretty nice at one time (the whole cemetery I, mgan). We had a look in one of the buildings. I imagine it was where they hell the funeral service. The funeral processions are queer to us. We often see women carrying the casket on their shoulders. I once saw two women balancing the box on their heads. Some use mules and fantry; grave district has enlisted in the Air sage from George Channell the other day. nailer since he left here, and is get- ting along fine. and deserves all the success that can come to him. doing over in England: ticularly fit, and has high praise for the British people both civil and military. R He goes from here to Ottawa, where he and a large group of other work. am don't always know what the blessed thing is going to say, and sometimes it hesitates before it gets out any ideas at all. You see life goes along much the same day by day, although we have had too much rain lately and the bowling green had about three feet of water on it on Friday night. There are some new recruits here-- Bill Taylor, Junior, has joined the In- and Roy Wilkings, of Sea- Force. Beverley Kent got a phone mes- George has been as busy as a We are glad to hear that, for George is a real good citizen, Sgt. Charlie Brignall is home on leave for thirty days. He has-been instruction work in Artillery He is looking par- men are to be assigned lo speeial Instruction of soldiers must he in- teresting in more ways than one. 1 reminded of a story that has nothing whatever to do with Charlie Brignall. r to Those on A little drill Sergeant was putting a bunch of very raw recruits in shape. One tall lanky fellow in particular just wouldn't stay put. The Sergeant would have all the boys toeing the line; but as soon as he passed on to inspect them, our lanky friend would stick out his neck and watch the little: sergeant go down the line. Naturally, this procedure annoyed the sergeant, who came back to the offender, stuck his swagger stick under the lad's chin, with the remark -- "There, hold up vour head like that, and keep it that way." The recruit said. -- "What, always, sir?" "Yes", said the sergeant. "Well, good-bye, God bless you, I shan't see you any more." * * * Bdr. Bill Baker is married. The lady is Evelyn Patterson, of Truro, N.S. Bill is stationed at Debert, N. S. We wish Mr. and Mrs. Baker long life and happiness. } * *. * There are two very interesting let- ters in this issue--one from Murray Luke, descriptive of the land of Evan- geline; and the other from Gnr. Sid. Brinkman, describing Italian ceme- teries and funerals. By the way, why not write a similar letter to the Port Perry Star? The folk ut home here would be delighted to read it. Yours truly, THE EDITOR. Fidelity Lodge, AF. & A.M. Hold installation On Monday night, the annual in- stallation of officers was held at Fidelity Lodge. W. Bro. Harry Wal- lace and 'the installing board from Cedar Lodge, Oshawa, conducted the ceremony. Following are the officers for the coming year: W.M. W. Bro. Clarke Williams | LPM. ine W. Bro. I. D. Colbear| 8. Wa vin Bro. H. I, Durkin J We crrrerrrsmeiinipsissiseipen Bro. J. B. Lundy Chaplain ........ Bro. (Rev.) Wm. "Stocks | Treasurer ...R.W. Bro. A. B. Cawker Secretary .... V.W. Bro. Geo. R. Davey D. of C. cco. W. Bro. L. D. Colbear 8. DD. vviommioie Bro. Cecil Philp J.D. .... ...Bro. Wentworth Watson LG oii Bro. R. H. Cornish 8. So cada ... Bro. Earl Wallace J.S. veer Bro. Geo, Lane Tyler ... Bro. Alex. Gilbert Organist eevee Bro. John Smith Auditors....R.W. Bro. H. G. Hutcheson . W. Bro. G. M. Gerrow Following the ceremony, about seventy-five visitors from Oshawa, Whitby, Bowmanville, Orono and | other places were treated to straw- berries and cream in the banquet room, where a short toast list was carried out. It was a red letter night for Fidelity Lodge, and was a great send-off for the new officers. The lodge will close down for July and August. cart. The mourners, or at least those following the coffin weep and make queer noises. fair seemed queer to us. I happened to see a very large funeral one day. They had a lovely black wagon and horses. The wagon was of carved wood with glass all around the coffin, There were priests, sisters, women and men in black following the pro- cession, : } A chum and I were going along one day in a horse and wagon taxi---it was the closed style--when we met a fun- took off his hat. A man on the street took off his hat and pulled out his his hat on again. -. What a country, and what queer customs. We hear the second front has been opened up. would after Rome fell. In fact, the whole af-! eral procession, the driver stopped, ° handkerchief wiped his eyes and put!: We, were guessing it A. W. TRUEMAN Educationist, broadcaster and a singer of songs, A. W. Trueman likes to talk about the things he likes. among his favorite topics. Sid Brinkman, CBC next Tuesday, July 4th at 10.16 p.m. LJ > OR Books ave Will be on CARD OF THANKS Mr. Dalton Alderson and family wish to express their sincere thanks to their many friends and neighbors for their thoughtful interest and floral tributes during the recent ill- ness and death of a beloved wife and mother. JE . eo Port Perry Lions Last Friday's meeting was election. night, and the result was as follows: President ........ ---- Cecil Ptolemy ond Vice President .... Clifford Smith 3rd Vice-President....A. L. McDermott Secretary o.oo. Reg. 'Boundy TreaSUTer ......cooesrienen Ernie Hayes Directors--Bill Chapman Roy Cornish Don Crozier Doc. Rennie. This Executive will select the com- mittees, and other officers of the Club. With thirty-five active members, all busy on the job, much can be done for the good of Port Perry and surround- ing district. Soon after the Street Fair a budget will be drawn up, and a certain sum assigned to each committee for the promotion of its particular work. ~ Some committees have not been functioning as fully as might be, With a new budget and a proper division of the work and means to carry on that work, much can be done to assist home town projects. Ration Coupons which may be used Effective Thursday June 29th Butter--62 to 67 Tea and Coffee--E1 to E6 14 to 29; T30 to T 36 Sugar--14 to 86 inclusive Canning Sugar--F1 to F6 | Proserves --D1 to D22 | Wy a 2a ar a A RY NN NM SN Ei Mt Rt ont A a Tr Se pn niet - go Ae 2 oa. WPI, 1st Vice-President ....Charlie Howsam----