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on Sn rg A . FEAR a I's --- . dad a i oo Me - Watch your label; it sells' when your Subseription expires. i , t 3 o% J $1.50 per year in advance ~ 5 cents a single copy 3 . be Bec ka x . ya EDITORIAL Buch is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, Bis first, best country ever is at home.--Goldsmith. Brrr fy 'blessing. It can be a curse. MEET OTHER PEOPLE Robert Holtby used to say that the farm- ers who attended conventions and went out to see what other farmers were doing, were the men who made the money. The stay-at-home, while he might be thorough- ly honest, and a good worker, was likely to get into a rut. 'Thousands of farmers. stick by their jobs too closely. = The nbservant man who is willing to learn, will often find a visit to a neighbour or with a gathering of neighbours, a most profitable investment. New ideas are not always good ideas, and sometimes they are purely fanciful, but they set anybody thinking, and quite frequently give rise to an idea that can be applied on the home farm with profit and pleasure, = There is not much chance to go visiting just now. Nor are there many public meetings. But to make a habit of staying at-home all the time i is bad business. Every man and woman is happier and more use- ful, if he or she can share joys or difficul- ties) That method of living was the sal- vation of the pioneers. would have failed utterly had it not been for the good will of the neighbors. The church still stands as a natural and Many of them helpful centre, and should not be allowed to fade 'out. In fact, there should be. a revival of church going. It is much better, to support the church by taking an active bart in its work, than to advertise its "alleged failings. Next to human contacts, comes good : and many.' others, are extremely busy these days, and > it is 'that much more important that the selection of "institutions of the country might well reading. Because farmers, have but little time to read, reading be careful. To keep abreast of the times as to one's own business and in world outlook is difficult; but it can be Na done in some degree if the proper reading is chosen. news or of the funnies will accomplish neither of these purposes. Nor will eager reading of partisan politics help any. A good farm paper is essential for the farm- er. And some such magazine as the Reader's Digest is good for.any of us. There are books on all subjects. They should give us pleasure, and broaden our outlook on life. Frequently these can be secured from the Public Library. A good scheme is to form a hook club, and ex- change books or read them together. And then there is the radio! Itcanbea many good things, and so many poor things on the radio, that the person who keeps the radio going all the time, ceases tp have any real value from it. It is a wasteful shame to let the machine run' all the time. Radio programs are published daily, and it is easy to learn what stations and at what times we must. turn to secure the best that is broadcasted. * 8% %° DON'T LET YOUR'MONEY BURN A HOLE IN YOUR POCKET There are more ways of making (and LOSING) money in these days than ever before. This. is because more people have Sine cash than ever before. Stock Slavish following of the war - There are so "hoard of directors. > dollars from people who have no experience in stock investment. Under the argument that all this stock buying craze, there may emerge a further development of mining in Ontario, less than enough has been done to protect the buyer of mining stocks. - gamblers and dishonest promoters (7) are' harvesting. They are taking millions of The simplest 'way to check up on dis- honest mining promotion concerns is for the Ontario Government to make surprise audits of the books of unlisted companies. But, according to the Financial Post, this essential piece of work is badly neglected. The claim is that not a single such sar- prise audit was carried out by the Govern- ment in 1944. The public should not be played for "suckers" in order that mining" may be promoted in Ontario. The best investment any man or woman can make, so far as the country is con- . cerned, is to keep one's own busindss in up-to-date condition. The country needs men and women who have a real interest in the business they are running. The future years will need intelligent invest- - ment of money and industry in the affairs under our personal control. If the stocks investor is lucky, and makes a quick profit, someone else lost that money as a rule. LJ LJ LJ LJ AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE The Bank of Toronto this week: an- -nounced the election of an outstanding Canadian farmer, J. J. E. McCague, to its . This recognition of a NT major and basic industry of the Dominion' emulate. Agriculture has played a letlling part in 'the"development of Canada; it has played a leading part in our truly magnificent war effort. In the tremendous readjust- ment to peace that, lies ahead, agriculture will also play a major role. Business generally will benefit from the guidance and counsel of farm leaders like Mr. McCague. Agriculture will benefit too . from a closer association with the financial -and industrial institutions of the Dominion. The Financial Post. . Ll LJ FARM INCOME GROWS Owing. to the lifting of certain export restrietions, the farmers of the West have been able to sell more of their wheat, The cash income of Saskatchewan farmers is 'nearly double in 1944 to what it was in 1942, When the price of farm products becomes the standard of values in Canada, we shall have taken a forward step in the stabilization of all business. At present the profits from the sale of luxuries far exceed the profits from the sale of neces- sities. While this condition may be un- avoidable to some extent, it is a most discouraging fact to- the tiller of the soil, and the producer of the other facoagles of life. 3 . Modernization of methods of Doduction and organization of the producers are the chief cures for the present discrimination in the division of profits. | 'furnishes an 'example that other national i \ Open Letter re High School To the Editor of the Star: In your issue of January 11th, the cost of Uxbridge High School was compared with the costiof Port Perry } High School. Somme of those figures "are not "computed on. the same basis complete the comparisons,' both cases the. figufes are taken from a statement prepared by the Board of Education in both towns, and not from yet available, However, as those figures were used last week, we wi. use the same reports, Your paper stated Jast week that the! cost of Uxbridge High School to the' ratepayers was $11,768., while the cost of the Port Perry High School to the' ratepayers was: $6,000, Included in ture payment of $6,830, while no de-| benture payment was included in thé , figures for Port Perry. . Algo the balances at the beginning gr R And the end of the year enter into the Migures when determining the' cost of 'operations, - Uxbridge began 1044 with a deficit of $436,-and ended the year with a surplus of $2214, Port Perry began 1044 with sulin of $452. and edd in both schools, and I would like to At the outset, let me say that in the Auditors' Statement which is not ° with a deficit of $134. Thus the fig- ures for each school are as follows; Uxbridge-- 3 Amount reported last week $11, 758 Less Debenture payment ... 6,330 LE : \ Fo © 5423 Less Deficit, Jan. 1, 1944 ...- 436 4,987 Less surplus, Dec, 81,1944 .... 2,214 Actual cost of maintenance of Uxbridge H.S. for 1944 .. 2,113 Port Perry-- 'Amount reported last week ....$5,000 Add surplus, Jan. 1, 1944 ...... . 452 Add deficit, Dec, 81, 1944 ... 143 1 Actual cost of maintenance I. of Port Perry H.S. for 1944 $5,695, the figures for Uxbridge was a deben: | The amount of salaries paid to Ux- | bridge H. 8. teachers was $10,017, and to Port Perry teachers was $12,780. I do not know whether the number of teachers on the.staff of each school is the same or not. ; C. C. JEFFREY Editor's Note--The figures, which appeared in last week's issue of the Star, were printed in good faith, be- loving them to be correct. was wrong with the scheme; but that] - Recreation proposal. Port Perry Lions The first down-to-business discus- sion of the Community» Recreation Centre took place at the Lions Club meeting last Friday evening. It was a 'real case of "many men, many minds." Perhaps there was a little too much of an attempt to see what may be all to the good, because the Lions begin to see what there is to do in order to make a success of the After all, it is better to face the facts at the beginning than to find out that the underpinning has been for- gotten after the work is started. As the discussion proceeded, it was evident that there was perfect har- mony in one. respect--something must be done for the future wholesome re- creation for the young people. And it must be administered in such a man- ner that full control is" 'exerciged for. the benefit of all who love clean, inter- esting fun and sport" in 'good sporta- manship style, ? Many others 'came from Greenbank 'and local sections in sleigh loads to be 'who came by tractor, horse and cutter, Our seventh clinic proved to be a huge success, considering the trans- portation: available and the weather being precarious. However, it is interesting to note that some of our volunteers were,.in deed, patriotic' and plucky. We sin- cerely appreciate this support and think it worthwhile to mention the difficulties encountered" by donors, who endeavoured to keep their ap- _pointment and fulfil promised obliga- tion. Mr, G. Cochrane, R.R.2 Port Perry, rode horseback to the main highway, then borrowed a friend's car to com- plete the journey to our Clinic. After going to this extra inconvenience, it was a great disappointment to our en- thusiastic donor to find he could not be accepted. On account of a slight rise in his temperature, he was not quite in condition to donate. Owing to our standard rule of the Clinic--no one can be accepted unless in Al con- dition. However, we are sure that Mr. Cochrane will not let this set-back keep him from attending our next Clinic in 'March. } Dr. J. McArthur, accompanied by donors 'from the surrounding locality, and on foot through snow-bound fields to Blackstock, motored and shovelled their way through deep drifts to keep their appointment with. the Clinic. on hand to do their share. This proves we have some patriotic citizens, when they turn out on a cold night and jour- ney the best way they can, in an ef- fort to uphold our standard. quota of blood plasma. Special mention should be made of the heroic mother who fulfilled her pledge and. kept faith with her son,' Tpr. Fred Andrews, who recently paid! the Supreme Sacrifice. When com- Ralph D. ment was made regarding her courage, she replied: "her donation may July to gave some other mother's son. It is the grit and stamina of this kind of folk that is going to help us to victory. Surely these examples of courage, perseverance and endurance, should show us that we should put this worthy cause first instead of re- sorting to pleasure and sport and wait- ing till the next time--our boys on the. front lines are putting freedom and safety first--and it is a mighty good, job for us that they do. Where would | we be today, if they decided to take a, night off and take in a dance or ay hockey game? We have got to wake up soon and realize that we have a war on our hands and our share could be to supply the life-giving blood to those in need. We are grateful to each and every one who did their utmost to stand behind us in this wonderful work; but, must admit, there is still plenty of | room for more volunteers. Doctors attending were--Dr. J, H. McKinney, of Brooklin; Dr. Donovan, of Oshawa; and Dr. J. A. McArthur, of Blackstock. Nurses--Mrs. C. A. Love, Mrs. A. McDermott, Mrs, W. M. Letcher, Mre. E. R. McClellan, Mrs. H. R. Archer, Mrs. G. Holmes, Mrs. A. Brock, Mrs. F. Lamb, Miss D. A. Ford, of New York, Mrs, Donovan and one other nurse from Oshawa. Refreshment Workers--Mrs. J. GC Love, Mrs. I. R. Bentley, Mrs. L. G. Hall, Mrs, H. Durkin, Mrs, R. Cornish, Mrs. G. McKee, Mrs. G. L. Jackson, Mrs. R. Woods, Mrs. R. Cook, Mrs. S. Griffen, Mrs. P. Ingram, Mrs. Pryke. We gratefully acknowledge the do- nation of bread, which was valued at $2.70, by the Jemison Bakery, Donations acknowledged . Jemison Bakery .... arian B00 $241.21 BLOOD DONORS 1st donation--Sam N. Griffen, Clif- ford Redman, Mrs. Mabel Chapman, Mrs, Vera Goode, 2nd donation---Mrs. Edith Andrews, Mrs. Guy Raines, Mrs, W, Vokins, Thos. Hodge, John NE Topga-t, Russel Rodd. ~ 8rd donation-- Allan Walsh, Edgar Leask, Jim Cawker, Ivan Gray, Thos. McLachlan, Maurice Fralick, Murray Coates, Heywood Short, G. A, Wana- Continued on Column Five maker, Franklin Phoenix, Miss F. MacMillan. Re . ' dryads ag yu + 25 Bama BE CC oraa % Sg i bs PORT PERRY STAR es PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1945 Saccssstal Blood Donor Clinic . One Man Rides Horseback Across Concession to Highway, then Proceeds in Borrowed Car. Carter, Mrs, Esther Chapman, Mrs. O. Hook, Mrs. John McTaggart, Mrs. Ben Smith, 4th donation -- Mrs, Leona Mills, Mrs. Frances Mrs. Colbear, Mys. Hilda M. Michell, Boundy, Mrs, R. B. Smallman, Constance D. Glass, Mrs, L. Mrs. G. May Real, George Till, Melvin Lamb, J. Robert Coates, Roy Stinson, W. Earl Martyn, T. H. Harding, Roy Arthur Brock, N. Cochrane, Frank Smith, Jack Cook, Hilton Simpson, Milner, Glen Owen, A. M. Lawrence. 6th donation--Miss Irene Mulligan, Mrs. D. Curl, Mrs. Marguerite Brock, J. J. Gibson, Chas: Reesor, J. C. Love, Ernest Till, G. M: Gerrow, Wm. Tripp, F. G. Reesor, Robt. Michie, H. C. Jef- frey. ' '6th donation--Alex. Johns, Earl J. Bryant, Lloyd Smith, Ivan Mountjoy. 7th donation--George Kerry, Her- vey Painter. 8th donation-- Reg. Boundy, Ralph Larmer. - 9th donation--Dalton Dorrell, Clay- ton Love. 10th donation--G. E. Sulman, 0, J. Boe, Fred Lamb, 12th donation--Lawson Honey. No. of dopations--new, 4. repeats, 72) total 76. Total donations since inception 531. emporary refegtiohs, 8 ! -------- Mrs. Cyrus Switzer Death has removed still another of those highly esteemed citizens, who have done so,much for the welfare of the people of 'Port Perry, Mrs. Cyrus Switzer, who 'died sud- denly on Tuesday, January 9th, 1945, was born at Goodwood, Ontario, in 1875. Her maiden name was Georgina F. Finlay, the daughter of the late '| Peter and Harriet Finlay. Mrs. Switzer' had been a resident of Port Perry for 46 years. She married Cyrus W. Switzer in 1894. Her hus- band survives her. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Switzer, all sur- vive their mother--three sons, Rau- dolph, of Windsor; Orval, of Toronto; "and Fred, of Toronto; seven daughters ' Murs. J. P. Bickell (Melva) of Peter- boro; Mrs. B. Singleton (Frances) of Windsor; Mrs. Charles Daniel (Ethel- wyn) of Ingersoll; Mrs. A. M. Law- rence (Marion) of Port Perry; Mrs. J. T. Gray (Jean) of Oshawa; Mrs, V 'H. Baker (Grace) of Oshawa; Lieft. N/S Merle Switzer, of Camp Borden. Two brothers--J. Edwin Finlay, Tory Hill, and John E. Finlay, Toronto; fifteen grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive. With a big family to mother, Mrs. Switzer was a busy woman, But she found time to be a good neighbor, and an efficient worker in St. John's Pres- ' byterian Church, where she was a Sun- day School teacher for a number of years, She was one of those quiet women, who shun publicity; but who may be depended upon to give prac- "tical help and inspiration wherever such were needed, and it was in her power to be of service. Her family of citizens is her best tribute. On November 14th, 1944, Mr. and Mrs, Switzer celebrated their Golden Wedding. Upon that occasion: there were many evidences of the high es- teem in which the celebrants were held by their neighbors and other friends, All members of the family were pre- gent, and they look back with pleasure "upon that enjoyable event. The funeral service was conduced at the family residence by Rev. J. A. There were many beauti- ful floral tributes, Interment was made at Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert. PORT PERRY LIONS Continued from Column Three "The discussion started, and a com- mittee has heen formed to gather up the threads of discussion and then see what CAN be done; and how : soon. This is no time to tell all the pros and cons of the arguments. The air will clear soon, There is a dance, euchre and a draw in the offing. You'll hear more about that pretty soon. District Governor Charlie Carter will be at the next meeting. I. Jackson, Roy Robertson, Scott, Need a FRSC ECar tial wrod, FORAY LE DAR EIS a ram SAMUEL FARMER Editor and Publisher | J To the Home Folks Away from Home, I'L YING OFFICER T. WM. LEAHY who was killed on active service over- seas December 31st, 1944, Through the courtesy of Oshawa Times-Gazette we are able to publish this picture of Flying Officer T, Wil- liam Leahy. LJ LJ LJ There has been so much talk about snow in the past two or three letters, that you must be tired of hearing about it, although it is still very much with us. I saw a bit of writing by Nellie McClung the other day, and it was so timely, and contained so much good" sense, and such insight as to humanity, that I thought I would risk reproducing it. It is taken from a book entitled--*"Be Good to Yourself". It is well worth reading and as we sometimes hear it said--"Them's my ideas, too." "I have never been much of a theo- logian. Doctrinal discussions have a mouldy taste and are dusty to the palate. I believe we all know, enough to live by. It is not so much spiritual food we need as spiritual exercise. But I love the Bible for its stately music and the beauty of its diction, and the words of Christ have the power to set all the bells in my heart ringing. 1 love to know the mind of the Lord, 'I would like to know just what was in His mind when He cut short Peter's protestations of love by saying, "Feed My Lambs." That was a slogan for all of us to take from His lips. He tells us in these three words how to show our love. It is not, "Chant my praises," "Defend my theories," "Kill my enemies." No, no--but a greater, better, lovelier task: "Feed my lambs." Of course, we cannot get away from the militant side of religion. How very glad I would be to exer- cise my religion' in a peaceable, blame- less, mellow way; to sing hymns, read my Bible, teach dainty little dimpled darlings in Sunday school, carry jellies to the sick, entertain strangers, and let it go at that. Then I would have the joy of hearing People say, "She is a very sweet woman.' But here is ghe trouble. God de- mands our love, not just our amiabil- ity. Amiability never embarrasses any one, but love may, and often does kill. If we say we love God, we must love the children of men--for they are the children of God. And if we love 'humanity we must hate humanity's enemies. The gardener who loves flowers must destroy weeds, Tolera- tion when applied to weeds, germs, dirt, mad dogs, and racial poisons ceaseg to be a Christian virtue, It be- comes indifference and cowardice. There are people who call them- selves broadminded, but they mean by that they do not care what happens. They confuse broadmindedness with indifference. I believe in being broadminded in respect to other people's opinions, par- ticularly their religious beliefs, re- membering that no one has a corner on light or grace. 'God reveals Him- self in many ways. Religion is a bridge, and as such must have two qualifications: it, must carry our weight, and it must endure in the tide of great waters, If it hag these two qualifications, it is a good bridge, ir- Letter to Those on Active Service hey old _ ties "ree. the wn is a deadly sin, I believe, to lay ow to the arch of another man's br of And so it is that religion is arous planation, and an emotion, and a da; of ethics. It tells us something of be- we come to be here, and where wome going. It is a code of ethics, inaspish as it holds us to a certain standond, conduct, We cannot short- changmer baker, or poison the neighbor's try with any degree of comfort. And of an emotion, inasmuch as we findful hearts strangely warmed when wdan the woods ablaze with autumn or | -- the church bells ringing, becauseVa- know that God loves us, and has left us comfortless. an- My religion has taught me thatthe is a joyous adventure. I woulthe have missed it for anything!" + It * ow = - of ive For some time to come Port Pens. Lions Club will be busy discussingind "Community Recreation Centre" iim. Like any other proposal of permarm; value, there are many pros and cdrs. which "is a good thing; because ir It always well to sit down to count be cost before launching the project. in wish some of you young soldiers wand here now to give us the benefit of yiws advice. to The proposal centres the Recreatal. Centre at the Water Front. It ithe five year plan, and involves an exjhas diture of some $20,000 -- if it caning carried to completion. has Lions Sam Griffen and Edon- Michell are sure we can make a go it; and Lion Roy Cornish has sketel of a picture of what is to be done. Wieal, ever becomes of the plan finally, th by is a sincere wish to do something t its gible for the benefit of the young fone and for the men and women like yoars selves, who have given your best any have seen the best in wholesome entvi- tainment,. en- If the scheme (or any part of goes through, we shall need your h to see that it keeps going on an e keel. ; r That's all for this time. I'll ki you posted as to the progress we mr in the Lions Club Venture; and if 1800 have any ideas; I wish you'd send thious along. None of us want to wish sor-the thing on you that you don't want. jait- for folk like you, and we'd like,g]l- know what you think about it. ger. Yours truly, | ie _ The Editor | HOCKEY! ex- OSHAWA INTERS. WIN 7-0 SHI yy, OUT IN PORT PERRY. ots Oshawa Intermediates won ti Set first game in the South Ont:sW88 Hockey League race on Friday ni 80 Te idn't | to. tour Experience was the deciding facie a in the game, with the Oshawa tc®ing knowing when and where to get a p&rts and taking advantage of every opp¥er¥y tunity for fast breakaways. Two gd 88 were scored inthe first period by ©it¥ sweatered members of the ha team, Pargeter in goal Fri hoy were members of his own team, Mar- It was a rough and tumble gafoTk. with a total of twelve penalties, o 8T€ four of which were minors, Lo#Pera first "period after Howey had be of boarded and for the remainder of ench ghiiie 'fights were breaking out finde quently. or Locke led the scorers with sien goals and an assist with Trimm ¢ We ting two and March and Crandell oor or in goal and Howey and Bradh® to were best for the local team, Refe 8nd Motrison of Oshawa had to fight w Honey of the local teani before g ing him a mateh penalty after he ru ed Thompson in the third peri Thompson took exception to this a started slugging but it was all over a very short time, respective of ai#6, color, or shape: Tt) Continued on Back Page by whitewashing the local lads 7-0.tues ~ Res and Howey started the fisticuffs in 8ta- apiece, Thompson was best on « fence for the winners and also tOP- . cleanest player on the ice, Parge We en aN, Foes a DL a a rE ~ i pg