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Is it because they satisfy a very deep and insistent need for 'make-believe? Is it because they are so unusual and so clever in their portrayal of what is meaningful in . : human nature and human behaviour? Is it because they fill a vacuum in our prosiac day with something that can have no real 'claim on us save that we are committed to it 'as a daily diet without which we aire '- uncomfortable? Is it because our reading ability is so low that we can really and truly only digest such material? Is it be- cause of identification -- that is do we identify ourselves with 'Lil-Abner', Joe Palooka, Dick Tracy, Jane Arden, Ferdin- and and Hopalong to mention only a few?" Do we vicariously live in and through their lives for a few minutes in the day? Or is it because the comics cater to our feelings or need for superiority ? Whatever the reason or reasons, the pull on us and comics exert a tremendous we literally *~-- if the word can apply to comics--we literally devour them. Some people even go so far as to cheat . . they pity, we should first count our blessings , ° and they are many. \ In this country we do not know what it is to lack food; nor do we know unemploy- ment. We have the basic freedoms which are denied to so many of the millions of the peoples of other countries. In this country there is opportunity; educational opportunities, business opportunities, so- cial opportunities, political opportunities, and endless opportunities to practice and consolidate our religious faith, We should be a land of promise. In short there is.une paralleled opportunity to lead a wholesome : life worthy of our human dignity. Surely, it must be a sickness within us that leads us to seek pleasure and recrea- tion in drink; surely it must be a sickness within us that leads us to condemn and mistrust ourselves and our fellow-men, Surely, it must also be a weakness or a sickness that causes us to face the future with fear and trepidation. on If we were to spend our time, so often misspent, in 'thinking about the good things about us, the things that are right, on building upon such things rather than on the things that are wrong or evil or un- Just--perhaps, we would be able to solve our problems more readily and with great- er wisdom than we do. On the whole we have good government in Canada; we have in Canada the 'basis of real tolerance; we have a good press which if isn't' as good: as in the British: Isles is certainly better than that in the United States. We have good churches and they would be a lot better if we did our share to carry on their good work. We have a good radio system and we are as © yet still free of the American Video-Hor- ror. 2 buy comic hooks and read them the. way one should read serious fiction . . ... this . is sheer indulgence and frowned upon by "most addicts. We_hold no brief for this kind of reader . . he or she is outside the © pale of the daily doser . . . now, in sum- ming up . . . Oh! The paper has just ar- 'rived. Wonder what's happened to Hopa-_ long ?. ON BEING A CANADIAN: Sometimes, perhaps all too often, we for- get to-count our blessings. 'petty dust' which so irks us in our daily life, we Canadians enjoy rich and wontler- ful blessings enjoyed by few othe? peoples i the world. Here, at the beginning of e New Year it might be well for some of | us to make a resolution: that before we lament our fate or develop feelings of self- In spite of the We have good writers and thinkers and commentators. : We have great natural resources. We have the means at our disposal to ensure good and wise local administration. If there are things wrong with our town-- big or little--it is not because we lack the opportunity to make them right. There is little excuse for us to criticize our country. 'us to praise it 'What we want to be and what we want to-have lies within our power of achieve- ment. Before we condemn, before we vilify . . it behooves us all first to count our bless- ings . . from there we should go on to build . . . the world knows too well the story of destruction whose ashes are but a bitter poison to the human spirit, - . there is much reason for '| Perry 'Memorial Gardens 'White Gift Service The congregation and Sunday School "of St. John's Presbyterian Church. held an impressive white Gift service on Sunday evening, Dec. 28rd. The "service centred around the maiiger and the Christ Child. Rev. John Rid- dell spoke on "The Child and the Wise Men." The Junior. Choir which oc- cupied the choir loft sang "Joy -to the World" and three girls, Betty Jean Wallis, Geraldine Spears and Alice Williams sang "Silent Night." The congregation joined in singing Christmas Carols, * When the" lights were turned out and the candles lif, Muriel MacMaster and Cathryn Hall 'stood. with lighted tapers beside the White Manger which was placed at the front of the Church, against a beautiful Christmas back- ground prepared by the Flower som.' mitte. The Senior and Junior Choirs' singing "Away in a Manger" were {ol- ice Zeldman in hif work amongst the destitute in the Mission, Tor- onto. The response to the appeal was most gratifying and the Sunday Down Haliburton 8102 | 'Hort Perry's entry in the On. tario Rural Hockey Association for the present season got off to '1a fine start on their home ice fere on December 28th as they downed the visiting Haliburton Huskies 18-2 in a rugged encounter before some two hundred'fans in the Port After | dropping a close one to Keswick 8-2, in their opening league game, 1the Port Perry sextet took a 2-0 lead in the first five minutes over the Huskies as Marks opened the scoring after one minute and three seconds while Christie added an- i other: minutes later. YanCamp went to the cooler for tripping but Haliburton failed to take advan: tage of their extra man and the | first period ended with Port Perry having a 2-0 advantage, The home team completely took over in the second period as Coch- rane and Mark tallied 1 and Rob- ertson twice, while the visitors managed only 'one counter, their first, by Austin. In the third stanza K. Mark and Drury tallied one each for Port Perry while Bishop got the visit- -or's second and fina] marker, which closed the scoring for the contest. The last tally Stirred up considerable excitement as it was "-scored after Bishio picked up a loose puck that came out of the ~ scramble when Baker had crashed Port goalfe G. Carnegie who had come far out of his net to stop a break-a-way. Howie took objec- 'tion to. Bakér's action and in the resulting flare-up Howie got a major penalty and Baker a minor for fighting. The Port Perry Ryrals seem to be a much more potent aggrega- "tion of pucksters than last year's squad, having added Gord Car: "negie (goalie) and two impressive forwards, Drury and Robertson, Albert Cawker has joined the non- active ranks.so that he can devote ; his full job to coaching, The Line.ups-- Port Perry--Goal, G Carnegie; defense, Barry Howie, Mac Chris- tie; centre, Don Mark; wings, G. Robertson and Bud Heard; alter- nates, Don Cochrane, D'Arcy Drury, Ken Mark, Keith VanCamp, Glen VanCamp, O. Croxall, K. Middleton, Don Carnegie, Haliburton-- Goal, Blanchard; defense, M, Cheffie and D. Ilis; centre, H. Brohm; wings, L. Baker and M. Schill; alternates, J. Hen- © School wishes to thank all those who brought gifts, ry, B Robertson, B. Camrie, M. Austin, G. Robertson, C. Bishop, # Canadian Skating Championship fo be held in Oshawa, January 17-18-19. L Gardens, Port. Perry and probably at once and Stan. Bruton's Port Perry Rurals : J ity and country. . No Election in Scugog Twp. At a well attended Nomination meet- ing held in Scugog on Monday, Dec. 31 the following men were nominated to office 'and have all qualified. As this is the required number there will be no election. Reeve--John L, Sweetman Council--Geo, Smith Cecil Fralick Angus Wilkinson Anson Gerrow School Bd.--Maurice Fralick Joe Dowson Chas. Reader Glen Hood PRL Doug. Crozier '(in 2nd term) a Juvenile Hockey Schedule (Home Games) , FRI, JAN. 4--Beaverton at Pt. Perry FRI, JAN. 11---Keswick at Port Perry FRI, JAN, 18--Newmarket at Pt. P, FRI, JAN. 26--Sutton at Port Perry FRI, FEB. 1--Little Britain at P._P. ~ Obituary MRS. SELENA WHITE On Monday, December twenty-fourth Mrs, Selena White, nee Mills, died in Oshawa General Hospital in her 80th. year. Bhe was born on December 13, 1872, in Port Perry, where her father, the late William Mills, was a promin- ent citizen for many years. Her grandparents emigrated one hundred and fifty years ago from Ireland and established pioneer homes in Ontario. On December 2, 1891, she became the wife of Francis White and lived for forty years on a farm in Cart- wright Township, Durham County, where they reared six children. In 1981 she went to Manchester to live, After Chasing : Tremblors Retiring to Private Life . (Ottawa Citizen, Dec, 11) Th man who won world re- nown for his tracing and réport- ing on the famous 1925 earth- quake of the St. Lawrence River area will give up earthquake chasing on December 16th, . He is Dr. Ernest, A. Hodgson, assistant in Seismology, who for 37 years has been charting earthquakes of ithe world from his office in the Dominion Observatory, Dr. Hodgson was born in Utica N.Y. and spent his early life in Hamilton where he attended the Hamilton Collegiate Institute, be- fore proceeding to the University Lof Toronto where he graduated as B.A. and M.A. with the distinction of winning the gold medal in astronomy in 1912. Hé received his Ph.D. in Seismology from St. Louis University in 1982 Joined as' Assistant Dr. Hodgson joined the staff of the Dominion Observatory in 1914 .a8 assistant in seismology and con- tinued with this service up to now with the-éxception of one year in 1919 when he left the service to serve as the head of the depart- ment of Mathematics at Galt Callegiate Institute, On his return to the department he hecame chief of the seismology division and in 1947 was appoint- ed as Assistant Dominion Astron- omer. Dr. Hodgson. has seen the seimo- graph stations of the Dominion grow from five in 1914 to 10 sta. tions including the newest one at Resolute Bay. } equipped with the most modern seismographs and all make 'up. a part of the international service which. charts the occurrence of earthquakes in all parts of the world, : x and later, to Nestleton. Since Deo., 1950, she had been living with her son, Ernest in her new home in Port Perry. During both World Wars, she was ' a leader in Red Cross work. She was a charter member and a Past Presi- dent of the Women's Institute in Bhirley. For several years, she was a delegate to the annual meeting of the Provincial Association of Women's Institutes of Ontario. 'She was also a Past President, and. for many years, an active member of the Women's As- sociation of the United Church in Manchester, In the course of a presentation made to her in 1981, the Women's Institute stated in their address: * ... You 'have always been ready to help the weak and afflicted. . . . . You have been unstinting of your labour and your means in maintaining and beau- tifying our church. . . . We shall al- ways think of you as a noble example of Canadian womanhood." + Her cheerfulness and optimism en- deared her to her family, friends arid neighbours, To the end of her life she was a zealous homemaker--and home and family were her leading in- terests. Her strong, positive person- ality made her a natural-leader in many good causes. » Her boundless energy and capacity for hard work led her into many community. activi- ties. Among these were the school and the church and she frequently re- called being present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Methodist (now United) Church in Port Perry. The Reverend Harold B. Wylie, of Port Perry United Church, referred feelingly to the splendid contribution service to home and family, commun- She was pre-deceased by a son, Earle, in 1909; by her husband, Fran- Grace, in 1943. Surviving her are 4 children: Dr, Lloyd White, Vice-Prin- cipal of the Central High School of Commerce, Toronto; Ernest White of Port Perry; Melbourne F. White, B.A., Central Technical School, Toronto; and Mrs, Olive Beacock, Nestleton: two grandchildren, 'Allan Beacock and Joseph F. White: two great-grand- children, Bruce and Lucille Beacock, Interment was in the family plot in 8t. John's Anglican Cemetery, at Blackstock, on December 26th, Life's work well done; Life's race well run; Life's erown well won; of her long, active challenging life of |. cis White, in 1028; and by a daughter, |' He is a- member of the Seismo- logical - Society of America and was co-founder of the eastern sec- tion of society, In 1938, Dr. Hodg- son won high honours when he was awarded the Gzowski Gold Medal of the Engineering Insti- tute of Canada for his paper on "The Structure of the Earth as Re- All these are now| - : Fleld Work nce standing was the St. Lawrence Area quake of 19265, ! charted the occurrence of H . eR quake from Trois Rivieres to the Gulf of St. Lawrence and along the course of the Saguenay River and his findings and reports on this quake are regarded as a world authority, He has written many reports and papers on this and other quakes aid is highly re- 'garded by world seismologists. Dr. Hodgson will reside in Port Perry after severance of his as sociation, with the Observatory. He has purchased a home in that area to enjoy his well-earned lei- sure, \ RE Port Perry Week | of Prayer | During the Universal Week of Prayer we invite you to join us in prayer during the first full week in January, 1952. 4 Christians through their unity Holy Spirit, . Services will be held at 8 p.m, in the following churches: § Monday, Jan. Tth, in St. John's Church. Rev. H. S..Swabey, M.A, B.D., will be the guest speaker. - Wednesday, Jan. 9, in Church of the Ascension, Rev. R. H., Wylie, B.A., will'be the guest speaker. Friday, January 11th, in United Church, Rev. J. Riddell will be the guest speaker. ! The need of prayer is great in such a time as this. bring your friends. ~~ re Believe It or Not On December 20th a Hen, a cross- bred-Plymouth Rock and New-Hamp- shire' only six months old layed an 8% inches by 71%. inches around. The inside one, which was formed com- plete with shell, was 6% inches by 6% 'inches around. On top of inner egg was a complete yolk and albumin attached. This hen is owned and fed on the Poultry Farm of C. L. Fralick, vealed by Seismology." COUNCIL-- Arthur T. Cox Frank Hastings W. Harry Peel Hugh Santer William Taylor Grant Tease Storry Beare Robert Carnegie . Miss M. A. Fennell Norman Heayn The Vote in Port Perry REEVE--E. Hayes, Acclamation. Following are the results at the different. polls for Council Public School Board: Scugag. , $29 Total 144 261 266 . 298 89 230 No. 2 ° 42 . 84 ~82 91 14 69 No. 8 65 96 86 110 20 77 PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD-- 87 86 657 67 104 118 66 76 296 302 169 217; by "Mm This year when..the" Ontario motorists buy their license they'll be a STUCK-up bunch, = LIER Last week's snow storm cost the city of Montreal $600,000 . . . . No wonder they said they had to Blick a real storm. * =» The most successful movie of * 3 was made from a book published in 1925, a severely and bitterly at- tacked book it was too. How do you explain that? One of the few Hollywood accident that turned out well. a =» Apparently it takes an Atlantic storm to put a halt to Winston Churchill. . . 4 CR 8 » E 'We'd like to find the chap who labelled this Christmas . . It's a cinch he did Now cometh seat. not do any of the family shopping. the year--A Place in the Sun--- an old-fashioned "THE PASSING SHOW A.C." Why do we always associate, va: cancies with the Senate? ; . ao» A tragic twist to a well-known phrase was worked out in a small Ontario City when the husband came home drunk and stabbed his wife. Minutes jater she was dead . »and he was dead drunk. . » » " Douglas McArthur has taught He 'has. been identified with. many field investigations of earth" 8 quakes of which the. most out- = i in prayer receive the power of the ; Come and egg, within an egg--out side egg was" us how to be the man of the year, . ' Make a colossal mistake and yourself fired for it. » » » If we don't bankrupt ourselves with armament we hope we are never going to use . . 1952 should not be a bad year. it » » The population of New York ac- cording to the 1950 census is » get . 1,800,000 , .. You'd wonder where they put themall . , Oh! in Jails, taxi-cabs, buses, tube-stations , . and a few people live in houses, ! - - i < . s § Sa 13