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Watch your Label; it tells when your subseription . Expires. $2.00 per year in advance. bec. Single Copy $2.50 per year outside Canada. T p11) PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, "THURSDAY, $7 2 i ods a iad Set Ronde wy me MAY 17th, 1961 THE PORT PERRY STAR CO. LTD. Authorized as Second Class Post Office Department, Ottawa. SA aed a" an ai we Flip Fe wh jv ia a a gH hs any WEAABTPIERY si tant PRAY yn Published by Mail, r » Si) "NOTES AND COMMENTS "FOREST CONSERVATION FOOD FOR THOUGHT _ "Poems are made by fools like me, There is much evidence accumulating : ~ But only God can make a tree." to show that the inflation of 1947-1961 ad ® --Joyce Kilmer. represents one of the greatest speculation There was a time when a tree in Canada hooms 'ever to strike at the economy of - was something to cut down. The pioneers western civilization. Throughout the Ci ~, slaved and sweated to clear their land and United States and Canada warehouses are -. at times must have regretted the fact that crammed with consumers' goods of every are to us. areas. unrolled. kind of conservation. forest supply. cut . carelessness. our dwelling units, Forest Conservation the'other fifty-one. God had made so many of them. day -we feel differently about our great \ - forests and the trees of our land. | We have learned how important trees We have learned that they pro- vide a natural reservoir for our water.pro- tecting us from both drought and flood. We have learned that our great water- 'power system is dependent upon our forest We have learned a hundred valu- able uses for the wood that trees provide and we have learned that: trees will have many more uses before the centiry has 'But our forests are not the inexhaustible "tracts that thé pioneer imagined. ! know that if our forests are to survive that we must practice the most intelligent Sometimes we falsely imagine that the huge pulp and paper mills threaten our - Figures show that they use only about 17 per cent of our annual firewood takes almost 22 percent 5 but. by far the greatest depletion of our trees is through waste . . waste and out of every five forest fires are caused by sheer thought- lessness . . . human- thoughtlessness. It is said that enough trees are destroy- ed annually to provide us with 80,000 In order to make us aware of our forest wealth next week has been set aside as Week . . .. mind us to be conservation conscious for But to- that have We myth. War. of the buying piling that articles which to re- Union a most information, conceivable kind. creased "production of mills and factories been twenty-four hours a day pouring out their goods so that they may be "bought on speculation by wholesalers and large re- ailer corporations. have been purchasing stocks two years in advance of their anticipated consumption. "liance to be placed in 'Peace Scares' it seems incredible . attested in the latest issue of Consumers They represent the in- and still are working 'Many of the latter It begins to appear that the excuse of shortage of materials and supplies as the basic factor in the rise of living costs is a Shortage rumours have precipi- tated feverish -buying on the part of a +public which at the close of the war had much ready money to spend. a rise in prices and presently to a rise in wages and since that time it has been a vicious spiralling supported by the Korean War and the threat of the Third World Even the government lias contri- buted to the misunderstanding on the part This led to public . . . and speculation in industry has been and still is rife. Trade journals, well aware of the stock- has : gone on are printing callously talk about the re- but these are facts reliable source of consumer This Week Congratulations to Mr. Walter Fowlic who will . celebrate his 92nd birthday on Saturday, May 19 Mr. Fowlie is spending a couple of weeks at Mrs. Kerry's rest home in Port ---- Perry, - 4 Thére was a "good atlehidance wi church on Sunday morning. P. Fletcher gave a fine "Family Day" message, and the Junior Choir added "much to the service. _.-We would be very glad to hear them more often. Remember the Nylon Plastic Party in the Hall Friday afternoon, May 18th. Come and enjoy a social after- noon. We are glad to know Miss Doreen Black, though still confined to bed, is ' still improving in health. Little Eunice Rosch spent the week- end with her aunt in Toronto. A number of the village dogs have been worrying sheep. This has put . many farmers out of sheep growing and hence the high cost of wool, Mrs, Canning of Cameron was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Johnson on Sunday. Dr. W.|; 'Manchester Man 92/F-P-H.S. Badminton The girls' practices since their first encounter, with Uxbridge brought im- proved results in their return games in thé Uxbridge gymnasium on Mon- day. When the points had all been totalled, it was found that Port girls had won over their rivals by a close four-point margin, although they were "down one in total gamies. The juniors again took three of the four games, with Jean Williams and Joyce Dowson this time gaining two victories. The seniors were able to count two wins and a tie; Doris De- Nure and Mayrene James were re-|- sponsible for the two decisive victor- ies. The point total for the twelve games was 96 for our girls and 92 for their opponents, The record of games was six wins and one tie for Uxbridge and 6 wins-and 1 tie for the Red and White, Scout Mothers The Scout Mothers' installation of officers and Birthday Party will be held in the Delicateria Banquet Room on Monday, evening, May 21st. °° THEPASSING SHOW MacArthur in his one man invasion of the U.S.A. almost brought off a soup de Japan » * : If recruits don't come in a little faster--conacription will. . %_* France has a new kind of commun- ist party ... the independent com- munists they claim no tie with Russia . .. and they are apt to upset the elections in June . . . in case of a tie. ¢ & & There are several changes rumored in the Canadian cabinet . . a reshuffle of most of the important posts is i | slated . . but even such changes will HA hardly serve to awake our parliament ! to the difference between trifles and troaples, * % * Russia is afraid that our fear of her will push us into war. And we are afraid that Russia's fear of our fear of her will do the same, by"M.A.C." An American has a solution to the French-German problem ... Make all Frenchmen marry Gérmans and all German marry Frenchwomen, But thén the German-French would quar- rel with the French-Germans.> Such "|is the nature of humans. * * * . It goes against the grain for us to give wheat to India's starving mil- lions . . but barley. nothing stops us from feeding it to the Beer Vats. * & + 9 We think we are a much over- governed country until we have the opportunity of really seeing parlia- ment at work . . . then we are just as sure we are under-governed. . * Duplessis is not quite as successful in the €anadian courts as he is on the Canadian election platform . . in one he gets away with anything . ., the LSE SEL other costs him some $10,000 fine, Kay Prentice Wins Trip 10 Chicago Eel (Sondra James) The Garden Club members gathered together at the home of Mrs. Reg. Boundey on Wednesday, May 9, 1951, for the first meeting of the Girls Home Garden Club, There are ten girls taking the garden elub this year, including Miss Shirley Eden and Miss Marjorie Newman who are entirely new members, Miss Ruth Shaver, Home Ieonomist for Ontario County, explained to the first, second and third year gardeners what is to be done during, the garden unit. Each of the girls received the necedsary flower and vegetable seeds for their garden. and some useful booklets beside. When the discussions were com- pleted and cach member understood their responsibilities, we departed with goodbyes and good luck with your vegetable and flower garden. On Saturday, County held their annual Homemaker Achievement Day in Uxbridge High School. Each girl had a colourful display of a garment bag; garment cover, covered hanger, shoe packs, and a record book. Fach Club had a special display and ; a skit or 'demon- i stration. The girls registered at 9 am, fol- lowing, the judging of garment covers, garment bags and also the planning of clothes closet accessories took place and lasted until noon. . In the afternoon the skits, demon- strations and display were presented. A silver teaspoon was given to each girl: and many received certificates, Miss Bonnie Gerrow, Miss Jean Samells and Miss Kay Prentice: were presented with County Honour Pins and Certificates for completing six- units, It was a great honour to our club to have Miss Kay Prentice win a trip to.Chicago for her outstanding efforts and co-operation in club work: Congratulations, Kay. That ended a perfect day. May 12th, Ontario | On Friday, May 11th, the Perry Public School held its annual Open. Day, the. Music Demonstration taking place in the High School Audi- torium. Principal R. H, Cornish wel- comed. the parents and friends in hig usual affable and pleasing manner. He spoke briefly of the fine turn out of parents regardléss of the weather, and thanked them for their co-opera- tion both on the present occasion and throughout the year. Although greatly handicapped by the untimely illness of Mrs. Dobson, the music instructress, the teachers, ably assisted by Mrs. Jackson at the piano, carried on splendidly. Miss |Joblin was further handicapped by a last minute notice that Mrs. Lee, her primary assistant, was unable to at- tend through illness. Some of the senior girls took hold as replacement. The pupils rose to the occasion and gave their best, so that the program was well received. choruses and selections by ryhthm bands. former Inspector R. A, Hutchison and | and Stovin. " Mr. King, chairman of the Board, spoke briefly of . the new school and asked that = those interest not miss the plans, photograph, and model of same on display in the Public School hall. Inspector Avciibald availed him- the more important phase of teacher,' pupil, parent relationship. He ex- pressed himself well pleased with the apparent feeling of responsibility as- sumed by the pupils toward their teachers and school in the co-operative presentation of such a program, the evident interest of the parents as evinced by the good attendance, and lastly by the general deportment of The numbers consisted of dancing, Noticed among the audience were | such old friends as the Misses Harris PUBLIC SCHOOL RYHTHM BAND--GRADES 11 and HI PORT PERRY PUBLIC SCHOOL HOLD OPEN DAY Port the pupil body. A very pretty ceremony followed his address, when the school body re- presented by two junior pupils pre- sented floral tributes to Mrs. Dob- son and Murs. Jackson. (llarl Dobson accepting same on his mother's behalf and voiced her regret at her mability to attend). At the cluse, Mr, Cornish introduced the teachers to the assembly and in- vited all to visit 'the rooms of the school. A visit to the classrooms showed graphically the childrens' progress in' other fields, The Kindergarten, : Primary Grade 1-was--first-onthedistc-- we found the children studying writ- ing, arithmetic, drawing and hygiene studies. and through handicraft work amd the played elever fingers in paper cutting plasticine, crayon--and paint. spring f surprisingly well kept for wee just starting in- this important busi- ness of school. ¢ are as follows: IR. Il. Cornish, Principal; Joblin, B.A; Mrs. A. MacFarlane; Miss M. Metler, Miss" V. Moase,, S. Cawker. Music Instructress Mrs, Dobson. We would like to give you a detailed Is I eral impressions we received point ing up here_and thefe with special de- tails, Grade 1 and HI classrooms showed evidence that nutrition is included in' their hygiene lesson. Three tasty meals had been arranged by the class showing menus properly balanced for good health, The walls and Hogi News The engincers along with the con- tractors were in Port Perry last week, checking the plans 'and viewing the buildings with the express purpose of making some changes or alterations to reduce the cost. The making of certain alterations they figure that a saving of $2,000 can be made with out lowering the efficiency of the building. The Hospital Board are now waiting for the grants from the governments before any further work will be started. Here! and social! | Eskimo Village and Indian tepees dis- _Note-' worthy too, were the gay cutouts of | direction of Mrs. MacFarlane. flowers and the notebooks were | Lots The teachers of the various classes' Miss G.° My! black- ' r Photo by Port Perry Star with illustrations illustrations and method of holding interest in what we, their took history and. geog- raphy and hygiene. It is surprising, too, how well a child ean grasp the "pont" and absorb what was formerly a "dry" subject. was observed boards lined of These stories are todays' the chuld's parents, were stories, as This type of work ed in all The sand table is also employed to give a graphic interpretation to the child of such subjects as might be out- side his experience and <o outside his understanding. the classrooms, The conservation project in Grades svi and VIL is typical of this. Mr. Cornish suid thewchildren entered en- (husiastically into this project -ticing ap study material and current events. i Current events is kept to the fore and the older children are encouraged to Take an.interest in the radio and newspaper reports of world events. Map reading ig a new subject in the grades VIE and VHT and is prov- | Much of the interest is obtained Jing worthwhile to both teacher and} class. Among the many things spread v before us, we noted the leather work done by older children under The work past year most of the Art from, Grade V taken by Miss M, Metler Mrs. Maclfarlane and the results have certainly - proved very satisfactory. 'we were constantly amazed by the quality of the work displayed in room after room, This finger painting, cutting. Notebook work of all pupils was on display. 'This is rather more dif- | | i drawing and paper self of the opportunity to address the account of the achievements of each fienlt for the parent to judge but we assembly, and after a, few brief laud- "class but asa similar type of ex-'have atory remarks for the staff, passed to pression is often carried on in several His high, classes we will try to outline the gen- . been assured that the standard ws onl To finish off our tour of the class- time studying puns and model of the proposed new , rooms we spent some Lichool and evidence is given that much has been taken to meet all pro- blems with the best possible argange- ment for the child's health and stimu lation of interest, We ean only say: care Fenchers Public School, you have done well." Phite by Port Perry Sta Star PORT PERRY COMMUNITY Memorial Recreation Centre - Thanks you for your donations Recent contributions to Port Pervy |P. P. Legion (refreshments) 22.60 Coni. Memorial Recreation' Centre. |Mrs. Edna Anderson 6.00 W. H. St. John .....cccovivnniiivirinns $ 16.00 A. A. Cawker oon 50.00 Scugog_Chapter, LODE. ........ 100.00 |P. P. Lions (Bingo) ........... 173.40 (Total $600.) P. P. Business Men's Assoc, ANONYMOUS o.oo sri 100.00] °° (Car Draw) .... 1127.65 Lakey & MacGregor, Utica...... 26.00 1C. C Jeffrey ..... 100.00 Dance receipts ........... ans esrasirin 39.00 [Mr. N. O. Philp, Whitby ves eanes 6.00 Lions 12th Charter and Ladies' Night The 12th anniversary of i Night of the Port Perry Lions Club was held 'as a Ladies' Night in the Delicaterin Restaurant on May 11th, A fine turnout of Lions and their ladies was encouraging the ex- ceutive and an interesting program had been prepared Main event was the delicious supper provided by the "Del" kitchens: The program consisted of Toasts-- to thie King, to the Ladies, to the Lions International. ' Lion Jim Crane made the toast to the Ladies appropriately poetic. Mrs. A. Brunton replied for her sisters, Lion Roy Cornish reviewed aims 'und purpose uf. Lions in his toast to Lions International and Lion Dr. Dymond also showed . Lions accom: - plishinents both near and far. a Club singing was enjoyed by all under the leadership of Lion Krnie Hayes. Mrs. Herb. Toombs at the piano, and Mrs. Wm. Taylor. enter- tained with clever and pleasing num- bers on the piano. Lion Griffen speaker the evening--S8. "I'. Bart- of Toronto. Mr. Bartram's second address is Port Perry, as he | spends much time here in the summer. He served five years in the last World War, was wounded and return- ed to Canada where he later became instructor at O. 1. C.. He is now Custodian of Properties for the Jo- ronto City Police. Mr. Bartram elected to give his impressions of Port Perry and it was to Sam introduced the of ram' the! up has been and! work also included of the , the most gratifying to us as citizens to realize what a good mark we hove made. The speaker suid he liked Port Perry because it was deeply Canadian and not. a "booze trap". He liked the re she air, the fishing and best of all "the fair treatment he local merchants. He felt that he and Mrs, Bartram Thad CNEOurage dd --50 to su other to. Port Perry received. from to come for trips. a Mr. Bartram suid he had nothing against foreigners, yet he was glad to see truly Canadian citizens with .. tine children, children. He compared them with the children seem by Toronto Police and found them a welcome relief ---was-his-belief-that - this high standard was due to the high standards of the Lions Olubs, the LODE, nnd other fine organiza- summer obedient "tions. lle was pleased to know that many of these fine students would go to Toronto to finish their studies and he felt that they would have a beneficial influence on the youth of that city. Police Headquarters sees the poor- young people and investigates their homes. In this they find largely where much drinking ig done and little interest is given the child. Mr. Bartram 'went on to express that Port Perry citizens would never just sit down and drink. He went on to explain that he could tolerate one or two drinks but that Police's greatest headache two factors. First guns and He felt that to open in- Port Perry would be invite citizens to sit down and drink until they had used up thar money and neglected their duties as parents and citizens, and to open a "Pub" would be to invite the kind of hoodlums to town which make even more trouble, Ie expressed his regret that he had not. hud time to give us an inside story of Communism as seen in To- roto by the Police Force--but felt it was also a welcome change to talk of something more pleasant, ' Mr. Bartram again mentioned his pleasure and Mrs. Bartram's pleasure in their visits to Port Perry, Lion Don Crozier thanked - the speaker on behalf of the Lions and Ladies and a very pleasant evening wits brought to a close. 'Some Root Bert Hutcheson brought a dandy- lion into our office with a root 27 inches long and it looked as though 2 or 3 inches had been broken off at that. Bert says he can beat the world growing weeds and we have mo est homes liope Toronto lay in ceond drink. up a "Pub" to desire to dispute him, Lions Club Carnival & Variety Show Wed., May 23 'In aid of Scout Building Fund. folk