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id S---- SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher EDITORIAL Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, Ris first, best country, ever is at home.--Goldsmith, tt PREPARATION FOR POST-WAR REHABILITATION, All of us know some (many or few) of the folk in the armed forces. We know the kind of people they used to be, and their capacity for making their way in the world. We know their family circumstances, whether or not provision is wait- ing for them on their refurn. We likely know if there is a job open for them. ' All this information needs to be pooled by some "local agency, so that when our young folk do re- turn home, immediate steps may be taken to see that every help is given for their rehabilitation. The best and simplest way to do this necessary work is to list the local names of those in the ser- _ vices and then make an inventory of their ac- quirementg and requirements, all properly indexed for ready reference. The whole list should be in the hands of a cen- tral committee; but correct information of in- dividuals cannot be secured except by the assist- ance of people in the community in which the in- dividual makes his home, In Port Perry we have this work started; but as yet we have no committee for Port Perry, Reach and Scugog. é . . . Our quota of men and women in the services is . nearly three hundred. They are our own" people and we do not want them to suffer the same ne- glect that followed the war of 1914-1918. It would bé a shameful thing to allow men who have risked everything for the protection of our freedom to be forced to peddle novelties, in order to keep them- selves alive. Our protestations as to post-war opportunities, for those who return to civil life, will need 'much more than pious. resolutions. The problems of social recovery will be many and difficult of solution, ' The first essential is to know the facts regard- ing those who will be returning home. "The next ~gsential will be to know the opportunities for them. The third essential will be to assist in bringing men and opportunities together. This work has been thoroughly done in the Waterloo- Kitchener survey. -- Serving as an example for other municipalities. There is every evidence that Canadians are thoroughly in earnest in their determination to do all in their power to re-establish our sons and daughters. in civil life, preferably among their own people. We do not want them to be shipped off to Alaska or the St. Lawence Seaway. We in Port Perry are hoping that there will be a continuance of work in Oshawa, where our boys: will find a job; and be able to do, as many of them are doing now--ride to and from the City, keep- ing their homes as formerly in Port Perry, Every effort should be made to establish or enlarge local - industries. The farm boys will be more than welcome home. Many others will be returning to their former business, which war had closed. The arrival of many thousands of well trained mechanics in Canada will present a real problem to union labor, and give opportunity for practical help to those who fought to maintain human freedom. : # Industrial recovery will stimulate the employ- ment of such mechanics, but it would be most un- fortunate if any artificial barrier, like the closed shop, should prevent these returned men from doing the work they are trained to do. Union officials will do well to consider this matter, and see that union regulations, do not stand in the way of opportunity for the returned man to earn his bread and butter. Union officials should pub- spair. "horrence of love, meekness of merey, as marks of lish all practical steps taken to help ex-service men, What Are the Opportunities Offered? The second task of the local Post War Commit- tee would be to become familiar with the oppor- tunities and privileges which the Government is now prepared to offer. These are already incor- porated in the Statutes, Local Jobs? It is not advised that large scale spending be made to supply work locally until Government plans are fully outlined and understood. This, is to prevent over lapping and unnecessary expendi- ture. It will be well to remember, however, that Tocal municipalities may now build up a special fund to pay for local employment. Government plans are clearly outlined in the "D" Day book. Our special tasks will be to keep a hopeful out- look in these matters, and to do our best to sce that square pegs are not forced into round holes; and that none of those returning from the armed services are neglected. » 1] - - HATRED--A POISON GAS (Oshawa Times-Gazette) Week after week our magazines produce articles or book reviews discussing the aftermath of the war. What shall be done with individuals, the traitors, the quislings, the gestapo butchers and torturers, or cven the populations of Ger- many itsell? Views varying in intensity are ex- pressed and suggestions range from moderate to decidedly, immoderate action, We, as represent- atives of the average run of citizen, must be on our guard that such reading does not develop within us a spirit of reckless hatred. The gentlest soul or most indifferent, carefree individualy can be so worked upon by certain ex- amples of infamy as to develop an insensate hatred quite foreign to their moral emotional re- actions. "Therefore we caution' against a feeling of hatred, as something that will react against us as a people and our most worthy aspirations. "This is not to say that we shall be mealy mouthed weaklings. We must still déal with facts,--being of course sure that we have facts and not merely the vapourings of someone else's fury. One out- standing fact is, the Hun belief in Nazi invinel- bility. Day by day, that belief is being shattered and will continue until naught remains but de- Another outstanding fact, is the Nazi ab- weakness. Little children to years of maturity, constantly developed in the doctrine of vehement hate, arrogance and coldblooded conduct. We my] brothers and the know our troops, our sons courage they display on jthe\yarious fighting fronts, but we know they lost the quali- ties of humanity which gd to maké<up nobility of character. From the facfs we know the Hun has no.moral resources upon which to draw as the shadows of defeat so steadily wrap around him. Ior that reason we believe when the Hun Hinds that his military weapons, his political lying, his rotten pagan philosophy having failed, all failed, and he is left with no alternative but to throw himself on our mercy, a-frail virtue he has been taught to despise, the shock will be greater in effect than any hate we in our normal state can devise, . And so we say, let us fight on,--at home as well as abroad, --leaving hate in the background; us a weapon it is as dangerous as a corrosive gas, which while it might affect the enemy, invariably tas repercussions on the user. ~ "to a wide circle of associates, was the "man and Cosburn Avenue Church and sll) -ongregation form the latest tribute .bytery and the Toronto Home Mission Congregation of Cosburn Ave. United Church Pays Tribute to Rev. Jas. A. Miller (Evening Telegram) } Rev. James A. Miller, B.A, "Jim" guest of honor at Cosburn Avenue United Church recently, This summer he will retire after 41 years in active istry. He has had a hand in erect- Wa more chupches and starting more congregations than any other clergy- to his organizing ability. It is about 11 years since Mr, Miller found that there was the nucleus for a congregation in Coshurn Avenue- Greenwood district and after obtain- ing permission of East Toronto Pres- Council, he moved a portable 'church ifito the district. Two years ago the present fine edifice was started, To- day it houses one of East York's most prosperous congregations. : Pleasant Memory Recently old friends of Mr, Miller as well as members of the congrega- tion turned out in large numbers. Dur- ing the evening the veteran and much heloved minister was taken completely by surprise when E, Harris treasurer of Coshurn Avenue Church, presented him with a well-filled wallet. Im- mediately Before this Desmond Gour- ley presented him with a gold watch suitably engraved. Mrs, William Ho- garth also made a presentation to Mrs. Miller, ' Among those who spoke .briefly, bringing greetings to the veteran minister were T. L. Salter, elder of Runnymede United Church, who has known Mr. Miller since boyhood; A. P. Johnston, lay chairman of the Home Missions Council; Reeve John Warren, of East York; J. D. Mills, chairman of the East York Beard of Education; Rev. R. B. Cochrane, Rev. J, F., L. Mc- Donald, C. W. Taylor, W. R. Moffatt, Mrs. A. Bowers, for the Migsion Band; Mrs. R., Drage, for the C.G.I.T.; Wm. for the Sunday School and Staff; Mrs. W. R. Snarr for the Woman's Associa- tion; I'. Beek, Board of 'Stewards; R. P. Champion, the Board of Session, and Mrs. H. Gourley for the Cosburn congregation. Welcome to Guests Chairman was A, FE. Lavery, chair- man of the Board of Stewards of Cos- burnt Avenue Church, and a welcome to the guests wag expressed by Mr. Gourley and replied to by Rev. A, E. Armtrong, secretary of Foreign Mis- sions, ' , Allan Firby now a member of River- dale Presbyterian Church who was the first child baptised by Mr. Miller at Depot Harbor, was among those pre- sent, N : + For seven years Mr, Miller has been chaplain of Toronto Police Courts, a position whi¢h he will retain. During his long term in the active ministry he has held many important posts, * Among these was the superintendency of Home Missions for the Presbyterian Church in Toronto. For 16 years he was field secretary for Home Missions, United Church, and was organizer and founder of nearly a score of churches "in Toronto and suburb During the last war he also served in the immi- gration department of the Federal Snarr for the Young People; R, Drage | Government. ' a J PORT PERRY S PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 20th, 1944 Last ['riday evening -the Un about fifty members. Many fine specimens of fish just under three pounds. erman who captured the four-po This fishing trip has been a years, and is called by the Club Invitation Fishing Trip." The evening was greatly en Several of the Club member of the happy entertainment, inc Vice President Reg. Nix. tory of the Oshawa Club for the group coming to Lake Scugog n Editor's Note--DMr. Hamilto his persistent efforts in that be Invasion of Port Perry and Lake Scugog awa, invaded Port Perry, and Lake Scugog, to the strength of was a l6-pounder, hooked by William Skinner. that fish would have made a great moving" picture. The rest of the boys stopped to see the excitement. Other lunge of lesser size were caught, together with a number of bass, one weighing four pounds, and the smallest . Rorebeek was the fortunate fish- weiner roast on the Hamilton property. (noting the fine turnout), Past President Dick Courtney, and Ott. Hamilton, chairflan for the evening,outlined the his- ent day, with its turnout of nearly fifty. of Lake Scugog fishing for many years. ion Rod and Gun Club, of Osh- were caught, the largest lunge The landing of under. n annual affair for the past six members 'The Ott. Hamilton joyed by all, and ended with a '3 expressed their appreciation luding President Garnet Knight EO. past six years, when the first umbered only five, to the pres- n has been a constant booster We thank him for half. o VICTOR SMELTZER DROWNED IN THE SAGUENAY RIVER * Mr. and Mrs. HO Ro Smeltzer, of Bigelow street, Port Perry, received on Saturday, the fifteenth, the sad news of the death by drowning of their eldest son, Victor, aged lwenty-four, at Arvida, Quebee, while swimming in At time of writ- ing the body has not been recovered, He was on the stall' of the chemical division of the Aluminum Company of! Canada, being chief chemist in charge of the special section of the analytical! laboratory. { Victor attended the Central Col- legiate of Moose Jaw, Sask., graduat- ing in 1937 with the Governor-Gen- eral"s medal. In 1911 he was grad-| uated Bachelor of Science in chemistry | the Saguenay river. from Queen's, having been awarded three scholarships during his course. He proceeded to his Master's degree in the following year under an In- ternational Nickle Co. fellowship, being the first student to be awarded this fellowship by Queen's, On graduating he joined the Alum- inum Co. of Canada where he had many friends among the members of the chemical division, He leaves to mourn his loss, besides his parents, one sister Dorothy, and two brothers, Walter and Jim, A sad feature of the accident is that he had just returned from spending his vacation in the Maritimes with his parents' relatives, . By Major Bert S. Wemp, D. F.C (Uxbridge With the Eighth Army in Italy, July G---So outstanding was work of the Ontario Tank Regiment, most of whose men are from Oshawa and To- ronto, in support of United Kingdom troops in smashing through five miles of defenses in the Lake Tragimeno arca, the commanding officer of an Irish regiment has written a glowing congratulatory letter to the officer commanding the tanks, Names of four officers and one, corporal have been brought to the attention of the general, and all ave now receiving high praise. ' The names of those mentioned are: Major William Harrod, 183 Coxwell avenue, Toronto; Capt. Ross C. Mel- low, a medical officer from Uxbridge; Major Douglas H. Meclndoe, Vernon, B.C., Lieut, Jack Sherifi and Corporal Haines, Oshawa. Mentioning some of the heroic work, the Irish C.0., concludes with these words: "We are happy with the Cana- 'dians in general." Lieut. Sheriff drove his tank through a brick and stone wall, followed by his troops, to smash all, fortifications within. He shot up and cornered the enemy, the infantry following through and rounding up thirty-two prisoners. ' : CAPT. R. C. MELLOW Cited for Extreme Bravery ., Telegram War Correspondent Journal) The United Kingdom troops suffered no casualties. "Over thirty Germans lay dead on the, ground, more in the stone buildings. Major Harrod smashed through all resistance, landing in the middle of the enemy, and taking the command- ing oflicer, intelligence officer and ad- jutant with orders and papers. Major MecIndoe, among many out- standing actions, attacked three com- panies of Germans, two in a towh and one in. a cemetery, killing and taking many prisoners, and clearing the way for the infantry. An important ad- vance was made and many lives saved by the outstanding heroism of this of- ficer. Corporal Hudman Delma Haines, al- though wounded, remained on duty behind the lines. Di%regarding the enemy, Capt. Mel- low drove over the battlefield, picking up and caring for the wounded, and once drove behind the enemy lines. He turned back" when he saw Germans' staring at him from behind trees, While these five had been cited for extreme bravery the work of all the Canadian tank units in past two weeks of battles around Lake Trasimeno has been brilliant and spectacular. Reserve the even the Annual Street Port Perry Business Men's Association. ing of August 7, for Fair and Dance of id a Fy 3 : Ar a: 3 Lh CE Ru . , LTTE pa . faa baha ls ALA sa TL nit SN FALE 5 Watch your label; it tells when your Subscription expires. $1.50 per year in advance. . . . cents a single copy - To the Home Folks Away from Home, Lette Active Service r to Those on This little note from three Port Perry boys will serve as an introduc- tion to what follows. 1 must get the whereabouts of our folk published right away or the list will be terribly out of date, The Letter Somewhere in the Atlantic June 30th, 1911 Dear Mr. Farmer: . If this letter reaches you, you will know that we have reached our desti-] nation safely with our thoughts still in good old Port Perry. - Just after waving goodbye. to the shores of Canada and making our way around the deck, to our amazement, we found there three Port Perry boys on board. Thus far the trip has been quite en- joyable with only a few exciting moments, " [t seems hard to realize that we ave so far from home; but each day seems to bring closer the day on which we will be making the return voyage. Please give our regards to our folks and friends at home. Sincerely Yours, Gord. Hood, Kenneth Art Nott. 3 "Fog!" Jackson * * + * r So far as we know here is where our boys and girls are: Colbear boys Pred in Ttaly, Len and Alan in England; Arthur was in the Service but was discharged when age was discovered. Fred Densham in Haly, Frank in England (as far as we know); Victor Read in aly; Jimmy Read, Jr., in Canada; Harold Hood, in ngland; Harold Burton, in England (thinking of some of the cartoons he used to draw). Also in Italy are - Charlie Cann, Ted Cooney, Bert De- Shane, Wiltzed (Tony) and Billy Stephens, Aveh, MacMaster, Sid Undoubtedly there are more, but don't know definitely. Brinkman. Wes, Voking in tndia. He is not very well known in town; married Evelyn Lewis, whose parents bought the home formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Dan, McIntosh, Burgess Beare is in Africa or lgypt. Harry Carnegie (Rivers, Man); Bruce Beare (Assiniboia, Sask); Tom Harris (Ottawa); George Stone (lixeter); Harold Hayes (Brant- ford); Ralph Hansen (Western Can- ada); Ted Leahy (Mount Pleasant, PULL); Oscar "Tim" Beare (Trenton); Donald "Poo" Carnegie (St. Thomas); "Tim" Gatenby, Keith Allin, Jack MacGregor, all in the Navy, in East- ern Canada; Keith Stewart (Sydney, N.S); Bob Woods and John Tristram are both on the water, By the way, we hear Harold Burton has taken unto himself an English viel for a wife. We mustn't let the boys have all the limelight, The girls are helping, too. Doris Mulligan (in Fogland); Florence MeMillan (Patricia Bay, Vancouver); Mabel Buttle (Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quel); Fnid (Rockelitfey; Joan Hayden (Ottawa); Beth GritTen (Trenton); Maud Cooney (Toronto); Merle Switzer(Hamilton); Bess Crozier (Eastern Canada); Mar- garet Symes (Canada). Bert Howard, Perey Lavington, Rus- sell Trebell, Cecil Newnham are in the Veterans' Guard, stationed in dif- parts of Ontario. Rev, W. R. Tristram is a Chaplain, stationed at the internment camp at Monteith, ferent Yours truly, THE EDITOR. - PRINCE ALBERT Murs. day in Toronto. MacGregor is spending a few i | Mrs. [.. Smith is at her home after having spent some months in Toronto, er little Marian Davies is with her for awhile. rranddaughter Mrs. IN. Robertson, of Toronto, visi! ] ed on Sunday at the home of her cousin, Mrs. Gi. Luke, and accompaniod by her friend Mrs. Go Croswelll The: latter has since left for a trip to Vie- toria, B.C. Mrs. Greaves has returned home after spending some time in Toronto. Mrs. A. Smith of Toronto, is staying with her sister, Miss I. Spence, Visitors through the homes of the Butson brothers, were Mr, and Mus. J. Ellis and Mr. and Mrs. W. Butson, Jr., of Toronto. Miss Barlow, of Toronto, with her nurse, are spending awhile with Miss Isobel Barlow. Miss B. over the week-end Mrs. I. Smith. "Murs. Gl Luke received word recently that Murray had arrived overseas, Smith, of Oshawa, visited with her mother, Miss Phyllis Young, of Toronto, is holidaying with her aunt, Miss I. Bar- low. Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Simpson, of En- niskillen, visited at the home of Mr, and Mrs. H. R. Murphy, one day last week, Mrs. Gordon Jeffrey and daughter Yvonne, also Mrs. K. Coates, of Ahmie Harbour, are spending some time with Mr. and Mrs, T. J. Sager. Mrs. Albert Harper accompanied her hugband, Spr. A.S. Harper, R.C.E., now stationed in Eastern Canada, as far as Montreal, recently, visiting with relatives in Alexandria and Ot- tawa on her way home. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Smith and family were holidaying at a cottage near Brechin recently. ' Mr. and Mrs. Walter Webb, Jean ahd Donna, are spending their vaca- ¥ a TIE Wy tion with Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hunter, and Mr, and Mrs, Ben Smith, week at the: WITH THE AIRMEN Bill Herbert, former chief announcer nt Vancouver, now covering Norman- dy with the Airforce for CBC. > > o> FALL FAIR LIST PORT PERRY nn Sept. 4th Lindsay Sept. 13-16 Oshawa... Sept. 11-13 Beaverton Sept. 22-23 Orono... Sept. 19-20 Sunderland ........onnnninmiin Sept, 19-20 Blackstock inn Sept. 26-27 Zephyr i Sept. 27 Markham, ..ocunoimsussmmnmas Oct. b-7 Roseneath Oct, 12-13 Woodbridge coon Oct. 7-9 Ration Coupons which may be used Effective Thursday July 20th 'Butter--66 to 71 Tea and Coffee--- E1 to K6 14 t0'29; T30 to T36 Sugar--14 to 87 inclusive Canning Sugar I'1 to F10 Preserves--D1 to D24 FAA V PB aX A TEAL Wallace ro I ST SN I ee ae ir wen ag ol an A a a tt re Pi oo MP SR WC A pg > oe, ¥, 3 Ep a i = A rr a = To? SH A » tw} pans po