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yt of - @ » 03 © financial affair§ of fhe municipality. Se . ya 0S year in advance, © $2.50 per year outside, $2.00 per if Notes and . © SOME FACTS ABOUT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT Watch your Label; it tells when your: subscription __ Expires. 5¢. Single Copy ed Canada, » In thé carly days when this province was, simply known as Upper Canada, all local administration was carried on by a Court of the. quarter sessions" whose members were appointed by - the governor -in council," The local \ people had nothing to say. about - governing themselves. . In 1793 an Act was passed to allow certain - communities to appoint minor of overseers of highways. Tremen people brought about a measure places as fought for it . , . ficials such as pound-keepers and dous agitation on the part of the of local self-government in such ckville, Belleville, Cornwell, Port - Hope, and othér towns. The District Councils Act of 1841, an . aftérmath of the Rebellion, was of district councils. provided for county councils Charta of municipalities. Modifications in the Act n councils in two ways: by the pas passed to permit the setting up Eight years later, The Municipal Act of 1849 This act was kitown as the Magna ow permit communities to have sage of a special individual act of incorporation or by a petition to the Provincial Steretary. The general effect of this scheme of local administration has ~~ been to give thousands of people experience and knowledge in the prgblems of self-government and has on the whole worked out so - well that eminent students of democratic forms of government maintain that the local system just about the most perfect ty existence anywhere in the world and support of all citizens if it is to work effectively. as wé have it in Ontario can be pe of democratic government in . . . but it must have the interest The service organizations in Port Perry would be undertaking a splendid piece of local work if:they sponsored a 'GET OUT THE VOTE' cam- paign. - In a community such as ours, we should be able to proudly boast that a least not less than out . . . and this is one of the children . . .... by setting them a good example . . 90% of the eligible vote turned best. ways we know to teach our .. we will want them to have good government when they become citizens _. . * urer, assessor, collector and auditor. ~The main resp - when, and in what amounts-he-should-assess.-- The-assessor-morr:| than any other official is a statutor "let's start showing them the way FACTS ABOUT COUNCIL AND ELECTION NOW. ® » In order to be entered on the voters' list, .the elector must be a British subject of the full age of 21 years and rated or entitled ~~ to berated on the assessment roll for an, amount of from $100 to - $400, depending on the type of community, either as an, owner or as'a tenant. The wife, son, daughter or sister -are also entitled to vote. - All those entitled to bé entered on the-voters' list are not, however, entitled to vote on mo being more restricted. - ney by-laws, this class of voters = To be qualified to be a member of council, the-candidate must be entitled to be entered on the" disqualified from holding- office voters' list, The list of persons includes public-officiats--andper- sons whose taxes or rent is in arrears. The chief officials of a local municipality are the clerk, treas- be held by one person. "Phe first four positions may 7 3 The clerk is the official secretary of the municipality. He - must keep the official records and documents of all the council's transactions, He is also required to prepare the collector's roll. onsibility with regard to elections falls principally on the clerk who, by statute becomes the returning officer. The treasurer is responsih -of the Corporation and pays the le_for all matters-affecting the He receives all thé moneys m out as directed by statute and the by-laws or resolution of the council. He must keep proper and accurate accounts: - : The assessor is appointed council has nothing to do with the duties imposed by the law. by council but in practice the his work. The Law says how, The collector simply collects taxes in accordance with the provisions of the law. goods and chattels. 3 Auditors must be appointed He may enforce payment .by distraining annually-to examine the accounts of the municipality and any commission managing public works. The council shall appoint one or more auditors who shall be ~. licensed 'by the Department of Municipal Affairs and the audit shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Department. 2 - Report from Ont. Provincial Council (By Mrs. Wesley Thompson) On Thursday, November 3rd, in the -evening, a vast crowd of wémen met "in Massey Hall and the Metropolitan Church,-Toronto, under the auspices of the Ontario Provincial Council of Women. The hall had only a very few seats vacant in the top galley and "© not a large but falr sized crowd as- 7 ~ system. rd sembled in the church in which were loud speakers fron¥ the hall, so both places could hear the speakers; 'who were - Mis. Edgar Bates, B.A.,, R.N,, dean of women, McMaster University; "Mrs. J. R. Fultcher, President Feder- ated Women's Institutes of Ontario; and_ Dr. Charlotte Whitton, C.B.E., _ prominent sociologist. The Allegro Ladies Choir and soloists rendered several very lovely numbers. Mrs, Bates, the first speaker, dealt _ with the effect of aléohol on the human She gave her figures from findings by Dr. Bell, a very eminent scientist and writer. 656% of adults aise alcohol in some form or another, She toldvus alcohol is not a stimulant but an anesthetic similar to ether, for both give the same results. She said ~ the Arctic expedition in recent years hi refuse permission to théir men to take or LOCAL NEWS TURN "TO PAGE 3 alcohol in any form as it gives them a false feeling of warmth and there- fore they are really. more.likely to-be frost bitten. : Alcohol has a bad effect on the lining. of "the throat, causes' an acid the blood stream almost immediately, in fact the blood consumes two tea- spoons of pure alcohol per hour. It has no value as a body builder but is very rich in energy, so much so that the heart is excellerated, the muscles relaxed, the brain stupified, It has 'thé same effect on the body us gasoline on a car, The car fs with. out oil or grease as it were and gas is poured in so that finally when the lub- ricants that were originally there are used up and the speeded car still go- ing it finally. comes to grief, Our hodies are not built for sich extra strain any .more. that the cars. All aleohol does is to give a holiday from tension and frustrations for a limited time." As dean of women in. a" university, Mrs, Bates no doubt has. reagon for saying "a drunken girl is a new low in a girl's character." ~ SN Mrs, Fultcher is a farmer's wife and spoke for rural women. She has a grudge against the Ontario \Legisla- ture that promised in 1046 curtailment of liquor advertising in our Canadian papers and magazines, but they are literally full of advertisement for all kinds of intoxicating beverages, sho says, The liquor industry advertises ity wares, but it is the only industry that doesn't mention the results of its products, : : v (Continued on page 3) rg FERAIEN Es y. officer and he carries out condition in the stomach, and enters. = Tr oie 1 . 'y: ; Poliomyelitis A paper by Dr. W. J. Jacques, based on. fh address he gave at a meeting 24th, 1949, What Causes the Disease-- Poliomyelitis or Infantile Paralysis? It is caused by a .very tiny organism known as a virus, Viruses are the smallest infectious agents known te cause disease in man. There are many things about viruses that are not yet known, "partly because they are so small they cannot be seen with the ordinary microscopgs; Scientists are trying to"visualize the polio virus with the new electron microscope,. but to date they are not agreed they see it for certain. When the Polio virus gets into the spinal cord and brain, it grows and spreads with destriuctive action upon certain nerve cells there, either injur- ing or killing them. That is why musclé weakness or paralysis occurs. And when nerve cells have been killed, no new ones grow to 'replace them. Nerve cells in the spinal cord are the the brain to the muscles. If there is an interruption in the pathway, the message does not get through, and the muscles do not function. If the nerve cells are not too badly injured, Jhowever, they often recover and re- establish the message--carrying path- way from brain to muscle. How Catching is it? -, Poligmyelitis is very catching, but appears in most instances in non par- alytic mild forms. Scientific evidence indicates that the source,of infection is without doubt the 'pharyngeal and fecal discharges of infected persons, cither cases or carriers. - The major route of -spread--is--believed--to--be-by close person to person contact. Non- human modes of transmission apé-con- sidered negligible, There is no reliable evidenee that insects, water, milk, food or sewage: play any significant roles in the spread of the disease. The incubation period-of the disease is thought to be usually 7-14 days, may be-as short as 3 or-as long as 35° days;---- TTT The communicability of the disease the incubation period and the first week of illness. This corre8ponds to the period when the virus is present in the orapharynx or-throat, - i ~ After the first week of illness the virus disappears from this area. The virus can be recovered from the stool for much longer period--2-3 months. Some healthy carriers may Harbor and excrete the virus for -equally long periods, Ft : ~-Susceptibility to Polio is universal. It does not discriminate as to race, color or modes of living. Cases occur throughout the year, but epidemics are usually confined to late summer and early fall. Children between the ages of 1 and 16 are most frequently attacked, although all ages may con- tract the disease, Will My Child be Crippled? ' This question cannot be answered carly in the disease. Individual pre- diction takes time, but knowing what the chances are for. polio patients .as a whole is somewhat reassuring, Of the many tholisands who are diagnosed as having polio, about half recover- without any disability what- ever. This means two children in revery four won't have crippling after. effects, the third child may come through with slight after-effects that can be minimized .as* time goes on through physical therapy, surgery or the use of relatively mild orthopedic corrective devices, such as a light brace. The remaining 'child - may emerge with -moderate" to. severe dis- abilities; 'and a few children Yi¢, Re- member Polio is riot a killing disease. As 80% of recovery takes place dur- ing the 4-6 months, a physician is un: able to give a good opinion until after that time, . He should be able to téll you pretty definitely what the end re- sult will be in from 6-10 months after onset of the disease, : How Can My Child get Palio? Was I neglectful? Actually, in nearly every case, there is nothing that could 'have been .done to have prevented your child contract: ing - Polio, ~ There are certain pre- cautions to be observeg in epidemic areas during $he usual season of high incidence of infantile paralysis, of course, avoidance of new contacts, crowds, chilling, swimming in polluted of tie Port Perry Lions Club, on. Nov. relay centres for nerve messages from | 6000 chicks chicks, considerable." shipment. is greatest during the latter half of | Kendell. Hobby", waters (insistence upon .cleanliness, etc.) But even when these precautions {are faithfully followed, 'many cases |. develop. It is not your fault, if your child comes down with the disease. Remember your child 'got infantile paralysis by coming -in' contact with an.agent.too small to be seen. Nothing | you could have, done would surely have 'stopped the virus from entering his body. . v How Can I Protect the Rest of my family 2--What shall | look for? By the time onc member of your . (To be continued next week) family has been diagnosed as having Poliomyelitis, the chances are great that the other 'menibers 'have already heen exposed to the virus. do not show signs of developing the disease . within a period of 7-14 days, it is unlikely they have contracted it in paralytic form from the case. They may still get it from other contacts, therefore, every' precaution against mingling with crowds or making new contacts should be taken. members of the family should be watched for any signs of a cold, fever, mild. digestive upset, headache, sor ness and stiffness of neck and back, and if one of the above develops he should be immediately put to bed and await instruction---from your--doctor: This applies to all 'members of the family, : If they The other . es 1) SE . 6000 Chicks in One Shipment On_ Tuesday evening, November 29, (60 boxes)" Jeft -Feel's Poultry Farm, for' Campbellton, New Brunswick, a trip of 800 miles: -- This is the largest order: of Peel's Fast Feather. Barred Rocks ta be shipped at one time in a single shipment. weight of this. shipment, boxes and was 720 pounds, - travel at.a-high express rate, so that the returns to the C.N.R: express was Tht C.N.R. placed a|- special express car to také care ofthis This is the third shipment in all to be sent to New Brunswick from-Port-Perry: - The Chicks Highly Honoured Among the messages of congratula- tion-received by Mr, and Mrs. A. D. Peters, Port Perry, on the occasion of | their 60th wedding anniversary were: King George and Queen Elizabeth, President Truman, Legislative Assem-. by of Ontario, Mackenzie King, Frank R. Fling, Commissioner of Roads for the State of Georgia, Walter C. Thom- son, M.P. for South Ontario, James C. Davis, Member of Congress, for the. State of Georgia, along vith some 200 cards from friends. al calls were made at the residence, Some 50 person- The 50-50 Club The 50-50 Club's' last meeting of the year was held on_December 6th inthe United Church basement. h ing was opened with hymn and_prayer and a short Scripture reading by Roy Mr. Sword who has recently come to Port Perry to live, with his wife and family, was introduced by Rev, Mr. Smith. most interesting talk on "Flying as a Questions were invited and asked, and items: of knowledge were received by the answers. The meet- Mr. Sword gave a "The business side of the evening was then opened with the election of new officers. Our resigning presi- dents, Mr. and Mis. Bob, Pickard, were gratefully thanked by Mr. Smith, the Honorary President, and agreed to by. all, for their year of fine and unstint- ing service to the Club. The rest of the Club executive, was thanked in a like manner. Chosen" "unanimously as the new Presidents, were Mr. and Mrs. Frank' Godley; Vice-President, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Starkey; Secretaries, Mr. and Mrs. Clem Jeffrey; Treasurers, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pickard; Auditor, Mr. Brice Beare. We all feel confident that the new executive is ns eager. to.make the 50- 50 Club for 1960 as successful as it predecessors did in 1049, | The next meeting will take place on Monday, January 16, 1050, in the United Church basement. SEAGRAVE The Y.P.U. of the United Church met in: the 8.8, room Tuesday night, hirty-Eight members were present. Eunice Fishley presided for the husi- ness: part of the meeting.. Bernard Standish, assisted by his committee gave un address on Chris- tian Citizenship, Plans were made for the visit of Red Lymburner on Friday night, December 9th when he will show. slides of his travels around the world. _ ; : on Wednesday night. Plans were made to hold the <Amntial 'S.S. Concert in the United Church, Wednesday, Dec- ember 21st at 8 pm. * 'The Community Club met in the School Friday night. One hundred men, 'women and children attended. A program of Christnmas Carols, a Chorus by the school children and several other numbers were enjoyed. Crokinole, * Euchre and Checkers were played. Winners were J. C. McTaggart, A. Bruce, Gordon Colwell, E. Butt, Mrs. Bruce and Mrs, S. Mac- Farlane. Mr. and Mrs. K. Jackson and Gary, spent Sunday with Mv. and Mps.. S. McCoy. } Ivan Bruce of Toronto was home aver the week end. Several ladies from Seagrave visited the Presbytetian Bazaar in Port Peray on Saturday :fternoon. 7 Laird Standish spent the week end at his home here. ' We are glad to report that Mrs. WV. King is much improved, after her ve- cent opération, and has reurned to her home here, . : Mr. and Mrs. J. Tobin spent Sat- urday in Toronto. ---- - -- re Bo Utica Sunday services as usual, December I1th--the ladies atten®---where ave, the men? nw ) "Full particulars of the Christmas Services in next issue. } The Women's Association Deceniber Meeting, Thursday the Sth at 3 p.m. Group 3 'in charge. Electionvof Of- ficers. Reports on this branch of Chutrch work is requested to Hé hand- ed in Thursday. Born in Oshawa Hospital December 6th, a son to Mr.-and Mrs. Bert Mit- chell, Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Suteliff on their 25th Wedding Anniversary, December 5th. Cecil Colling was_in Toronto Sun- day evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wilbur, Toron- to ,were guests of her father, Mr. McKercher, on Sunday. Miss E. Brooks, Port Perry 'was a recent visitor with Mrs. E. Kendall. The Hall Committee held a dance last Friday night--proceeds for Hall fund, 4 Saturday night some of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lucian6, gath- the newly weds with a radio. The young couple will make their home in Scarboro. etree Last but not. least is the Public School Christmas Tree and Concert, December 16th, in_ Memory Hall; tt ee @ Se 'NOT AS BAD AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN along Water Street, to thaw the ground where Water mains are heing laid. The fire got a bit too close to. the building. of = Master Feeds and scorched the paint. - The local fire brigade were called -gut. to cool things off and prevent a serious blaze; but the water main jwas frozen and only the use of fire extinguishers put out the blaze, . } ¢ ARC Notice To Subscribers We: have decided to offer a Special Subscription rate to all paid-up sub- scribers' who . wish to pay for their paper in advance; this saves us the expense of sending out notices. | This offer is: 2 years paid in advance ........... $3.26 , (a saving of 75c.) , wr 3 years paid in advance ............$5.00 (a saving of $1.00) If your label reads Nov. 49, Dec, 49 or any month in 1950 you are a paid- up subscriber and entitled to make use of this offer. : The Sunday School executive met: ered in Memory Hall and presented |: Workmen built a bonfire, Tuesday, |. doing gomething, ' : J in 1948, -.. Author Post O 7 SEEN ZN Ly » SCUGO(G CHAPTER LO.D.E, + Christmas was in the air at the meeting on Monday evening. There was a splendid attendance and every- one was in the mood for a fine meot- ing. Murs, Durkin, Regent, conducted the business: after which Mrs. Huteh- fnson .and Mrs. Griffen took charge. With Mrs. Orde at the piano( and by the way ve appreciate that instru- ment); those beautiful old - Carols, which we all love so dearly, were sung. A special "Holy Night" was sung by candlelight. Mrs. A. Allin thrilled us with a group of songs charmingly rendered. © Mrs. V. 'P. Stouffer with cqual charm and finish played two wonderful piano solos. Just the right touch to a very enjoyable Christmas program was given by Mrs. Ronald Peel as she read very beautifully, "The Other Wiseman", by Henry Van Dyke. Refreshments were \ with Mrs. Griffen in charge. served Bazaar What a glorious winter's "day. last Saturday was, and of course, you know by now, that it" was the after noon of the Presbyterian's annual bazaar. Remember everyone, it is al- ways the first Saturday of December. Ours is the last of all the numerous bazaars, but nevertheless very, very successful. Every group in charge of booths" was highly grateful with the results of their efforts. We ladies know the work entailed, but if things go well, we forget how we slaved" We take off our hats to a small congregation who can produce' such an array of home cooking and serve such a_delightful_afternogn 'tea. The proceeds were something over $300. Thanks to all those who worked---and thank--you-for-coming; - I, THE, PRESBYTERIAN WMS. and LADIES' AID At three p.m. on Tuesday afternoon the W.M.S. and Ladies' Aid held a joint December meeting. The busi- ness of both organizations was trans- acted, followed by a very impressive installation service by Rev. J. Riddell. Carols were sung and Mrs. L. 'Warri- ner favored with Christmas music on the piano. Mr. Riddell showed a colored 'movie "The Church Marches On", afternoon tea was served at the THE. PORT PERRY 'STAR CO. LTD, ized as Second Class Mail, |The -- an" > . T= J The Presbyterian *| twenty-five Published by flice Department, Ottawa, 'Nothing Personal to interest and inform citizens' regarding municipal affairs. councillors serve the community interests and if they have not always succeeded it is up to the people to make their wishes known. There have been mistakes. made, without doubt; we all make mis- takes in whatever business we under- take, but these can usually be mini- of those concerned. ' We feel that a democracy must be a true representation of the people and can only be so if the people take about community affairs, Our of the job is to keep you informed. tl ATTENTION : Home Cooking, will be. held at Mr. Greer's Office, on Saturday, December 17th, at'3 p.m. under the auspices of the Local Association, dee.15 ¢)gant Tt GD -- The regular Monthly meeting of the Woman's Association was held on Heidt. The president, Mrs. Harper, presided and opened themeeting with a Christmas hymn. reading, Mrs! Grant Flunter read 1st Corinthians, 13th chapter, and article "The Quiet Place." Mrs. W. CG. Smith introduced the study book "Growihg with the years." Mrs. Earl Martyn is to give the" 2nd chapter next 'meeting. . Our president gave a few thoughts received: at' the Autumn Rally at Brougham and also the C,G.LT. for afghans made and sent by them. : - . A motion carried that we send five dolfars to the Oshawa Presbytery. "A report on the recent bazaar was given. Our thanks to Mrs. Frank Vickery fora generous money donation to the WA, Funds, ~~ NA. Ea A motion was carried that we give dollars to the M. & M. [Fund. A motion carried that flowers or fruit be sent to actual shut-ins at Christmas and eards otherwise. At this time Mrs, Harper on behalf. of the W:A. expressed thanks to Mrs. opening her home and making us so Group two 2erved a mosh highlight be- mg chicken pie. A most pleasant time was spent. We were pleased to have Mrs, 8. present and also visitors from Man- welcome, delicious supper----the close of the meeting. . | , . } net rs e | EVENING AUXILIARY, Ww.aas. | I] The United Church Evening Aux- iliary of the Woman's Missionary So- ciety, will -hold- its December meeting! on .the 14th in the Church basement. Miss A. Webster's group will be in charge, and a good Christmas pro-| gram.is, being prepared. full attendance. Let's have a | i [Whithy, Mis. J. chester. Mrs. T. Kirby, Oshawa, has re- turned home after spending a week with Mr. and Mrs. I, Vickery. Visitors during last week with Mrs. W. Somerville were Mrs, S. Pogue, of Collins and Mrs. S. Gerrow, Port Perry, - ~~ - imps isats "Mrs. W. Biinie is spending a week with Mrs, Heidt. . : The Sunday School Christmas enter- tainment is to be held on December 16th. We have invented an atom bomb n thousand. times more powerful than those used heretofore . . . now, if we only could invent the kind of man who could intelligently use such power for the good of all mankind instead of for his destruction , . .-. we'd really be . * 0» The Food and Agricultural Organ- ization of the United Nations figures that it can move nearly half the world ahead a -hundred years if only they can get the rice growing farmers to change from-sickle to seythe . . . that should cut. quite a swath in history. «3 LI ; General Motors with their new Chev- rolet has just made the nrost phenom- enal profits in their entire history. Their earnings. for thé first nine months of 1949 was 53% greater than Lg LE I I Lust year Chicago had four hundred and twenty-one murders. More than one a day. That's certainly a place to pick your friends, PORT PERRY STAR CO. LTD. aing to Port Perry, on SATURDAY, DEC. 17th, at 2.00 The Passing Show by **M.A.C.* The people of British Columbia were _ beginning to look askance at the calm old Pacific Tast - week. It had be- devilled them with-wind and flood and flood and wind for more than two weeks and showed no inclination to let up on them. 3 . LJ * : hy . Talk about private enterprise. The Canadian government is subsidizing. the Canadian farmer . . . . Has high tariffs to protect the: Canadian Manu= facturer . . . Is now- putting through legislation: to subsidize the Canadian shipper . . . and is in the last throes of pushing through legislation to sub- i sidize the Canadian miner. ' LIE I "Deep River, the scientists village on the banks of the Ottawa where the atom research is done, hag the yimasst birthrate in Canada. Production conscious ? 1 : * +e % William™S., Bomby of the Ontario ; Pest Control announced that Toronto has three times as many rats as peo- ple. A veritable rat:liole! Bron at We have been publishing a deries of drticles on local government de- : signed the There 'is no personal criticism in this. \ have attempted to mized by the active interest. and zeal - the time and trouble to keep informed" * part _ Girl Guides and Brownie sale of November 30th, at the home of Mrs. I ES JR . hit 'or the Seripture read a letter Jrom Angora, thanking Heidt for her very kind hospitality in ~ Farmer. and Mrs. W. Birnie ° dp $45 4 £28 PRINCE .ALBERT ----