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' 4 Watch your Label; it tells when Expires. $2. 00 per year in advance. $2.50 per y&r outside Notes. and YOUR JOB Deniocracy like charity begins at 5¢. Single Copy \ your subscription Canada, Comments AND MINE + » home. _ Its al very wel) for us to talk' about the high ideals of the Western powers and blame Russia for the present state of 'the world's ills . the blame should be laid at our own . ..the truth of the matter is that a great deal of doot." Not until we make democracy work in our own little communities can we expect to have democracy in pro- . Vineial, in national and international relationships. And the truth of the gnatter is that there is far too little democracy in most of our communities. A'hy don't we practice in our 'daily life and our 'community life the democracy . we pfoféss and preach? The answer is a- simple, ona,' of a community. It's no use to argue thing to rid his town of ineflicient admi ~Sheer lack of interest -in the real affairs that an individual citizen can't do any- inistration. 1, The facts prove otherwiss. The history of the National Municipal League. and the record of countless small and large communities in the 'United States and Canada prove that the individual citizen can do a great deal to change, for the better the conduct of affairs in" his community. But he must be interested in the job. He must realize that as an ordinary: gveryday run of the mill citizen that he has certain definite responsibilities which he must faithfully accept. Once he has accepted such résponsbility the rewards begin to pour in,--Improved Schools, . better use df public funds, development of -necessary local services . . . hos- pital recreational centres,; increased vitality in a _wholésome development of the. economic, political, social and religious life of the- community. . . . . all these contribute to the individual's gense, of having done something Soin while to make democracy work in his- 'or her community. But it goes beyond that and spreads from Gi, sid to community throughout the province and 'thr oughout the nation. What are some of these responsibilities which the individual must accept if he wishes toi improve his commuiiity ? Ph ; ° © COSTLY STRIKES The people of Oshawa face the prospect of a very. bleak Christmas far there is little sign that the current strike is about to -end. It seems very tragic that disputes between management and labour so often end. in strikes. Years ago when rugged individualism so often expressed itself in pitiless exploitation of labour ...... when * for arbitration of contentious points of view . . . .. there was no government machinery .it was understandable that in desperation, the men walked out of the factory, the mine, and the . mill in order to drive home their arguments. However, in a world-that has ~~ fr that has passed-through-what-we-have-passed 'through "in~the-last-- twenty years it would seem that there must disputes. 1 iTS ._® --- HR, A ------" \ | f _Lindsay-Port Perry| - time by the buses in the Village. * used now until this has been thorough- be a more effective way of handling Strikes_are-too._. costly. They deprive: -the-worker-of- Bodly-noeded-pis) they rob the community of its reserves and bring its business practically to a standstill; they .cut into the profits strike oftdn spreads far 'beyond the of managements add the. effects of the immediate community or industry -in which it started. Surely, the time drs come when we can devise a_better weapon than the weapon of the strike. There is little question that the government could work out a board" of reference so that disputes could be first submitted to the board which would rule on the validity of the dispute : 'strikes which should never have occurred. . . sometimes trivial issues lead to If 'the dispute had a logical basis then the two contending parties should be given one week in which to arrive _at a mutual 'satisfactory settlement, Failing such a settlement, both the union -and management should be fined so much a day (depending upon the union and the scope of the industry) which fine should be paid into the pro- vincial government and the fine should continue until such time as the dispute is settled. During this time the board of reference should assess respons- blliey according to legak opinion. - No Union, no Company would Polos a dispute under such .¢lreun:- stances. « munity would not be bankrupted and take sides with the warring parties. Strikes have served their - purpose, In the meantime the worker would still receive his pay; the com- the general public would not-have to] We have "sufficient social con- sciousness to realize that there is a bettdr way to deal with disputes than by means of the strikes . . we have had strikes in the past and . let us find out what the better way is. Because because they have raised labour to a new status, it does not logically follow that strikes are necessary to labour. The meagre plan suggested here is_nothing more than: a rudimentary one indicating a line of thought rather than a workable scheme. -a workable scheme we are convinced. That there is The general, commission of labour representatives, employers. and gov- ernment experts could certainly blue- print something a lot | more effective than that which is taking place. in Oshawa to-day. The Toronto- Bus Some time ago the Village Council was called upon to consider the ad- visabjlity of asking the Colonial Coach lines to change the route used at that Al that time the buses turned off Queen St, along Jokn, Mary and Perry Streets to. reach Queen - St. again, | Mary and Perry Streets were never built to carry: traffic of this nature and as a result the hard surface was badly- broken up in spots. At a con- ference betweep the Council .and the Bus management it was decided to have the Toronto-Lindsay-Port Perry buses travel down Scugog Street to Water to Queen for an experimental * period after which the council and management would again meet and re- View the situation," . At the meeting, of Council last Monday a petition was received from "citizens of the town asking that the ses return to the old route. This 2 petition was carefully considered but it was «decided that in fairness to the town and the Bus Company we should on the experimental route as tried out, and then to re-consider "the whole question. The council hopes that those who signed the petition re~ cently received, will bear with them Civic Pride Lions Club. purchased and erected stredt signs so that friends and otheis visiting our town would with some de- gree of ease know where to find our folk. In less than three years only three of those signs remained un- broken. These have: all been: replaced within the pasts week with new street name signs of a new design which more clearly identify our streets. It is "discouraging to learn: that within the first few days that these new gigns were up the council had several complaints from ratepayers that the signs were being used by small, and not-so-small boys for target practice. This; in the opinion of the Council and, all good citizens is only wanton de- struction. and should be stopped at once. In considering this' question cauncil -decided to appeal to all par- ents and to the school-tedachers to train the youngsters to respect all property, especially civic property which belongs to all of us and fo strive to. develop in our children a deep sense of pride in our town. Failing this, the council feels it will be necessary to make an example of some cases if such de- struction continues. This method would be ah admission of failure on our part as parents and we are sure will never have to be used. until this has been done, rt uA + ~About__three years. --ago the ldcal |- ¥ Port Perry Lions Hear Oshawa Editor "Last Thursday evening-at the Lions Club meeting a very distinguished speaker 'was present. in the person of Mr. -M. - McIntyre Hood, 'managing editor of the Oshawa Times-Gazette. At the beginning of his speech Mr, Hood warned that he was going to talk seriously on a serious subject; the next shooting. war. He said that be- cause it was the eve of Remembrance Day he felt that he had an auspicious occasion on which. to discuss such a topic. After reviewing the causes of the past two wars Mr, Hood compared them with international society to-day and pointed out that matters are on basically the same footing as in '14 and '39, but pershaps relations were a: little, more strained, strained to the point where he considered us to be at war with Russia, though not shooting. '| As to whether shooting is inevitable or not he told the meeting that he couldn't look into the future and tell them that. However, warficd Mr. Hood, it it should came down to a shooting war, that would be the end of civilization. |' We have had two strikes thrown at us (be old man Mars now, the start of a third world conflict ean. 'medn but one thing, strike three!" ] If this"war should comé, this shoot- ing war, it will be what Mr. Hood calls_the 'A B C.war.! By-A B-C-he- means, -Atomic, Bacteriological = and Chemical, three forces in a state of perfection not appreciated by John Doe, but forces which can destroy John and all the little Does in a very short time 'with sickening thoroughness. Without pulling -any punches Mr. Hood said that a"great threat comes from Canadian Communists; men"ahd women right inside our na- tion 'who would dump bugs into our water supply and thus decimate whole cities with "no qualms whatsoever. They are whom we must guard against as well as against outside attack and invasion. By being public "spirited, patriotic people of Canada, we, and only we, by a dogged detestation of Communism, ] can show: these people and the peoples of, the world that our way of life is the best way of life as yet known to mankind. "Mr. Hood literally -harped that education is the force that can beat 'down Communist infiltration and eventual conquest. Educate the people of Canada' to that fact that here in Canada we have all the dogmas, po- litical philosiphies and brains neces- sary. to make -us-a- prosperous and happy people. By the applause at the Sonzlusion of the address it was obvious that Mr. Hood's sentiments had been thorough- ly understood and iti by the meeting. -|his" candlés we {Some movies, those. Wagner said, 'all "he had. The "youthful* Mr. Wagner, one of the youngest college presidents in the United Statesp declared to-day's teachers should fight fire with fire. some. radio" programs, some comic books teach the "right at- titudes," he said. . But, he-asked, how about this? He displayed a comic book in which one gun-wielding . character said to" an- other: "Try dis in ya belly, ya louse!" He held up a poster w hich advertised 'la motion picture by depicting a wonn- an with next to nothing on. He flip- ped on the radio. A murder mystery was in progress. revolution," he. declared. "The Great American education is the failure to educate for citizenship." 'The Rollins president called Wp in textbooks inadequate. American schools are "far too lax in teaching the meaning behind words," 'he said. "We need far more than factual in- forniation--we "need understanding of the facts", he declared. Street Signs The new street signs are. greatly im- proved in appearance and are an-sisset to -the village of which the local eiti- zens are justly proud. Port Perry has many attractive fea- tures of interest to the summer visit- ors and not the least of these are our beautiful streets. The trees, the cor- ~[ner lights and the street signs are all part-of the picture. The signs have an added feature, as they make it imuch_ easier --to-- give --direetions--to- strangers. Many of us have been asked to point the way to Rosa street, or Lilla street, and have been cha- rined when unable to do so we have been asked "Why don't you have signs? All that is past now. If the parents wilt pass along a feeling of civic pride and interest in these features of. our community to their-children we. will be able to keep up the appearance of the village with much fewer costly replacements. ' ---- eo. Married CARD-GEER WEDDING Baskets of yellow and mauve mums and ferns decorated Epsom United Church on Saturday, November 5th, when Amy Norine Geer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Geer, of Epsom, was united in marriage.to Allen: Leslie Card, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Card of Ashworth. Rev. L. E. Atkinson officiated, Miss Fern Stephen of Ash- brun, presided at the organ and ac- companied the groom's sisters Mrs. B. Steward and Miss Wilma Card who sang, "The Lord's Prayer" just before the ceremony and "Because" during the signing of the register. « 'Given in marriage by her father, the bride was gowned in white satin "ob ree Too Many 'Demands' Found on Young Pupils of To- Day (Christian Science Monitor) Turn on the radio, turn on a phono- graph, flash a wild and wooly western movie on a screen, and get a leather- lunged boy to shout "Comic books for sale!" It "all adds up to wild assault 'on' the eyes and: ears. That, says Paul Wagner, president of Rollins College, is what teachers must compete against with nothing more than textbooks. And that is why American children are not getting good educations. today, he declares. "He gave 500 Florida State Univer sity-alumni, professors, and guests a graphic example of what he meant November 11, He set the radio, the motion 'picture, the phonograph, and the comic book hawker Boing all at ance. Things were different 100 years ago. He demopstrated that, too, dered all lights at the annual Garnet and Gold Key home-coming banquet turned off. Then he lit. a "candle, placed it in a century-old lantern, and opened an ancient "McGuffey Reader." The long-ago student of the Me- He of-| styled on princess lines, with a lace insert yoke and pleated bertha. Her circular skirt formed a short train. A band of orange blossoms held her fingertip veil and she carried a cas- cade of. red roses, baby mums and maident hair fern and wore a strand of pearls, the gift of the groom. She was attended by Miss Ruth Prentice ag maid of honour and the bridesmaids were the bride's sisters-in-law, Murs. Earl Geer and Mrs. Harry Geer. They to the bride's in turquoise, orchid and peach taffeta with matching head- dresses and gloves and carried Col- onial nosegays. Elaine Medd as flower girl wore a gown of peach taffeta-and carried a nosegay of baby mums. Vern Stead of Uxbridge, was best man, and the ushers were Earl Geer of Port Perry and Stuart Dick, of Sand- ford, . At the reception held in the Sunday School room, the bride's mother re- ceived in a gray faille dress with black accessories and corsage of pink roses and baby mums assisted by the groom's mother in a-navy crepe dress with grey -accessories and corsage of red roses and mtims, . Later the. happy couple left for a trip to. Northern Ontarie, the bride travelling in & taupe suit with black accessories and a -corsage of Johahna Hill roses. On their return they will reside on the groom's farm at Ash- worth, " : FE Tags ed A a a TERE fre EAR \ . [ey Gugrey Reader" hdd no competing de~ mands on his attention, 'My, His teacher, his textbogk, and |, "We must come to a communication? {of Ruby May Milner, wore identical gowns, styled similar | {for the untiring energy and ¢o-opera- ir tani inant So TET PEER RES RAY SMITH- BOOTH WEDDING Bronze and Slow chrysanthemums and ferns formed the background in the United Church on Saturday, OV. 6, when the Rev. J. McLachlan con- ducted a double ring ceremony uniting in marriage Ruby Estylle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Booth, White- vale, to Lloyd Geoyge, son of Mrs. Geo. Smith and the late Mr. Smith, .of Port Perry, % The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore white transparent velvet trimmed with seed pearls with match- AL hi Married' ; ibm het ALA oo uf THE ' Author ing heads fess, and a floor- length veil. She earrvied a cascade bouquet of white carnations and white chrysapnthemums | tied with white bows and streamers. Mrs. Ivan Booth, sister-in-law the bride was brilesmaid and dressed in pale green transparent vel vet, with matehing headdress. She held a cascade bouquet of pink carna- | tions and baby dahlias. Little Miss | Dorothy Wilson, as the flower girl, | was dressed in blush _bink satin with | slippers to mateh and' carried a minia- of | was | dahlias. Mr. Rolin Nicholson of Whitby, was | the organist, Mrs. Leslie Smith, sister- in-law- of. the bridegroom, sang "The Lovd's Prayer" and "I'll Walk Beside You." ) : a Mr. Leslie Smith was" best mat. Messrs, Ivan Booth and Orr Graham were ushers. ] - The reception was held in the Sun- day School room. The -bride's mother receiving in Burgundy crepe with bronze and yellow chryanthemus, was assisted by the bridegroom's mother dressed in Virginia blue crepe with mavy blue accessories and a, corsage | of pink rosebuds. The couple left for a trip to tk United States. For travelling the bride wore a navy blue crepe dress with navy blue accessories and a grey fitted top coat and corsage of pink and white carnations. They" will side at Port Perry. re- - : P-- ---- Obituary Mrs. Elmer Sweetman The death occurred in Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital on Wednesday, Nov. 9th beloved. wife of Elmer Sweetman, after a lengthy ill- ness. Se ) 3 The eldest daughter of the late John and Letta Milner, and spent all her forty-five years on Scugog Island. She was a member of Head 'Memorial Church and-a very active worker. 'Beloved 'by all who knew her and | she had a wide circle of friends, whe | extend their deepest sympathy to the | bereaved hushand and family of four | daughters--Mrs. Robert Healey (Ma- rion), Port Perry; Mrs. Carl Farrow | (Helen), Oshawa; Mrs. Wm. Healey (Marie), Toronto; and Noreen at home. She. is also survived by five sisters, Mrs. Sidney Chandler (Reta); Mrs. Cecil Fralick (Ivah); and Mar-! jorie Milner, Scugog; and Mrs. Cecil n ™ day ey TR Tatil {Heayn, (Doris) of Port Perry; and. tren enjoyed, Mrs. George Russell (Hilda) Oshawa; two brothers, Ray and Ralph, Scugog. A large number attended the fun- eral held on Saturday, at A. L. Mec- Dermott's Chapel; when Rev. J. R. Bick conducted the service. Interment Pine Grove Cemetery, , Dinner The turkey dinner held at Church | of the Ascension on Tuesday evening was a very pronounced success. Old | Church members say it was the larg- est function of its kind in the history of the Church, and it speaks volumes tion of the ladies of the congregiition. Dinner", was served in the Parish Hall and guests waited in the Church for the number of their ticket to be called during' which time Mrs. Orde favored with organ selections to short- en the interval between tables as all could not be seated at once. In all about 300 sat down to the delicious repast, It must be very Wi to the new incumbent, Rev. J. T. Coneybeare: to meet with such hearty support in effort to' raise funds: for church -im- provenrents, FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS TURN TO PACE 3 ture -bouquet of rose buds and baby | ~ black "accessories .and..a_corsige of | Visited Mie rand Mrs, {not been inc the best of health. = PORT PERRY: STAR CO. LTD; ia: Post Office Department, Ottawa." Tid init 1 BEGUN Hedi BOO EAN od Published by ized ad Second Class Mail, Even a Baby knows the value of "Canada Savings Bonds" SEAGRAVE Several of the Seagrave residents attended the--bitzamm md --concert--at Zion United "Church: Friday. evéning. Mr. and Mrs. and Mis, W. Tristram and sons H. Eagleson on- Sunday. Me. and 'Mrs. K. Il. Lougheed and Diane, Niagara Falls, spent the week- end at the parsonage. ) Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, of Toronto, who (have spent the past fortnight with Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, returned to their home on Monday. and Mrs. 0. J), visitors Friday and called on Mr. Cecil Sleep. Mr. Sleep has Mr. to Lindsay Boe were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reynolds and Leona spent Friday in Port Perry with Mr. and- Mrs. Cyrus Re ynolds. Mr. and Mrs, Frank Watson were visitors in Toronto on Friday. Mrso Walter Kings underwent an (operation in Oshawa General Hospital She is getting along fon Monday. nicely. The Woman's Ascoc intjon of the {United Church held its meeting at the home of Mr. and Mis, S. Sleep on Wed- nesday evening. A very enjoyable evening was spent A A sing- -song and games "after which lunch was in the school on Friday evening. large erowd was in attendance., program "anil whie h Tunch was served. "com nodation ~The Teadership Training Course of - Victoria West, under the auspices of the OR.E.C. was brought to a success- ful conclusion: _on--Monday- evening: There was an average of 50 in attend- ance. Rev. W. J. Wilkinson was the Dean; Revs. I. Kennedy, J. R. Trum- pour, W. Pointer and A.- W. Lougheed were the Instructors. xp ------ ¥ Suggestions Needed for Bus Route © ~~ It has been said that two local citi- have the Lindsay Bus Route changed so that zens requested Council to the buses did not pass their door. It « also appears that the Ottawa bus has at times plocked the driveway of Drs. Rennie ME a : The Lindsay Route 'was changed causing fifty-one citizens to sign a petition requesting that it be returned to its original route. This apparently will not svlve the problem. Can any- suggest an alternative which will satisfy all the citizens and be suitable "for winter driving condi- tions? --If-anyone-has an idea which Would provide suitable restroom ac- _without _ drivers to take the bus over roads not suited to a vehicle of that size we sug- gest that you write a description of the proposed route and mail to the one Tort Perry Star, and we will see-that your letter is passed an to-those re- sponsible for the: petition. It appears that the standing committee on the Furopean Assembly is determined that the governments of | ( Furope will be a real government not just an 'international talking shop' other governments plense note! now * * 1] + Premier Duplessis warns St. Laurent that if he interferes in Quebee he wil get 'his fingers burnt' . no one is better qualified to speak about burnt fingers than the same Duplessis. \ LE It doesn't matter where-government taxes go on the product . either at the smanufacturers' level the tailers' . the result is the same, In" mathematics, a series of products always gives the same result no mat- ter what the order -. , this elementary lesson exeaped many of 'our législators who talked hours alu the effect. of 'mark-ups.' or re- . Ld * \ The subject of nudism in the British warld of entertainment is drawing much attention and is mostly concerned with bare facts, . Annual CHRISTMAS BAZAAR & TEA--Presbyterian Church, Sat., December 3rd, at 3 pm. JJout of it? The Passing Show by '""M. A.C." Russian has ruined her economy by striving to build up military power and 'anada is apparently now trying to do the same . . . 17 cents of every tax dollars for, grmaments .. . not. includ- ing rescarch . . and for a country with a population less than the City of New York with its suburbs, . LRN I TY hy of the movie audiences America are under the age of thirty . No," wondgr . . . the movies we get are certainly st 'kids' stuff. * . * . , 65% in Gas rationing. is the principal issue in the forthcoming Australian general flection . +» a change from the usual 'hot-air' variety, LIE What will our provincial . govern- ment do when' it finds out that liquor directly and indirectly costs more than the much talked about révenue we get are getting fed. up with the idea of subsidizing those who drink, . LJ * * 1 News in a bombshelll TITO'S ECONOMY TEETERS AS STALIN STICKS TO HIS GUNS. route asking 'the . More and more citizens