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BT "Watch your Label; it tells when your subscription Expires. $2.00 per year In advance. 5c. Single Copy ¢ wy SAS $3.00 per-Year Outside Canada = PORT PERRY $Y a 1. 0.0.2.0.0 00 SF > THE PORT PERRY STAR CO. LTD. Authorized as Second Class Mal), Post Office Department, Ottaws.. ..........: CE TORS SR ET A A RAE DE "he aS IR NOTES AND EDUCATION WEEK This is the sixteenth year that we have _ celebrated what is called education week. And the turning of our attention to educa- tion discloses certain fundamental pro- blems that we are going to have to solve sometime within the next decade. One is literacy . .. the educational level of this country is astonishingly low. About 55 per cent of our people have only an elementary education or less. In Que- bec, the record is worse . . about 65 per cent. The province with the best record is British Columbia, ° Another is the problem of finding money for the mounting costs of education . . municipalities just can't afford to keep up with the increases . . in Toronto, educa- tion accounts for more than $10,000,000 a year... . In Ottawa, 85 cents of the tax dollar goes to education. te The increase in school population has posed a problem about the size of classes and brought about a shortage of teachers. Where can we find 25,000 teachers in the next five years? : Of concern to teachers is the futile feud waged concerning philosophies of educa- tion . . there is more confusion confound- ed and more confounded confusion about modern education than you, can shake a stick at. And teachers line up on one side or another and talk about standards, and fundamentals, and values, and marks, and reports, and sometimes about pupils . . . and apparently get nowhere except into the newspapers which delight in publiciz- ing all sorts of human foolishness. But education is like the weather . vo. COMMENTS MARCH COMES IN - PORT PERRY, ONT. "THURSDAY, "MARCH 6th, 1952 At this time of the year, one of the favourite pastimes of editors is to turn up evidences of dawning spring and to rhapso- dize about such trivia as the spotted but- terfly, the blooming plant, the vagrant robin . . . and this is a rather nice trait in editors . .. that, at a time when the world is so troubled and the future so fore- boding, they can, apparently in quite ser- ious vein, pound out copy about the magic of spring and the stirring of life in nature's turgid round. And though we cannot ape them, we can applaud . . and ponder on these things. But the dawning of March reminds us of an old saying . . "Comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion" and the old saying serves to remind us that spring rides in on the turbulent. winds of the equinoctual storms . . . that great windstorms herald the tilting of the earth which brings spring in its-wake . . ; However, the storms of nature have now taken second place to the storms in the affairs of men --, .. The cross-currents that blow with such varying intensity through our daily lives leaves little awe for the fracases that nature in her more whimsical moods indulges in." A storm over the Maritimes, a tornado in the west, a hurricane in the south . . these things are so transitory . . but war in Korea . in Indo-China and in Burma . . trouble in Iran, in Egypt-and in Northern Africa . . these are no whimsical outbursts of vio- lence but rather the unleaching of forces that sweep across the whole of our life and cut deep into those things which we hold most vital . . if we can cope with such storms . -. then we can go back to the en- joyment of the poetry of spring with some real assurance that the life process is truly C3 WT good or bad we are bound to get it. one of an eternal awakening. Local Entries Do 'Well ee After two nights of play in the Whitby District Badminton Tour- nament held in Ajax Recreation Hall this week," Port Perry Club are making a good showing, There were over one hundred 'entries im the Tournament. [ Entering the third day of play in the mixed doubles Dorothy Nap- les and Sam Cawker; Doris Law- rence and Bill Harper; Betty Woods and Doug Dugale, (Ajax player) are in the 4th bracket." In the Ladies doubles Doris Law- rence and Marian Boyd are in the third bracket. In Consolations Mixed doubles Kacey Harper and Bert Hill (Ajax player), also Mar- fan and Irving Boyd are in the 3rd bracket. ! Brooklin entries, John Medland and Allan Kivell, are in the final bracket Men's Doybles, Betty Lawson and Dr. Richards of the Brooklin Club are in the mixed consolation, 8rd bracket. . This is actually a very good showing as Port Perry still has 8 in the running out 'of ten entries. Uxbridge with about 18 entries still has 10 in the running, with two ceded players, one of these Jim Smith, Port Perry who is en- tered through the Uxbridge Club. The Final Events will be played on Friday evening, March 7, fol- lowed by a dance. The public are welcome. Port Perry Rod and Gun Club On Thursday evening members will "get back to the regular shooting and N ting. e Junior members come .out on that night in force. They enjoy the activities of shooting and casting, Last week's shooting stores were a . fine record for boys of ages 10 to 16. This week there will be a casting competition and we will have avall- able the casting scores. On Saturday night, March 8th, the Oshawa Anglers' Protective Associa- tion are giving a broadcast from 9 to 9,10 p.m, on the carp in Lake Scugog. In talking to Mr. George Weldon, the President, recently, he informed me of some of the notes they had col- lected. This should be a very inter. esting broadcast. which will be heard over CKLB Oshawa, 1240 on your dial, den Lien S30 ad be advice of Mr. Holland, is prepar- Community 'Hospital Report - While the general construction work is still held up on account of winter 'weather, the work on the contracts for plumbing, heating and electrical installations is be- ing carried on inside the hospital building and a large part of this contract work is done so that we are ready to go ahead with the construction work in the early: spring. The Board is now pleased to re- | port that the approval of the Pro- vincial Government has been given | for some changes in the plans, whereby in addition to a number ! of minor alterations, most of the rooms which allowed for only one. bed, will be changed by: the re- moval of partitions into rooms to allow for three beds. This will give the hospital seven wards. of three beds each, two wards of two beds each and two single or private rooms and it will also give us larger Government grants which it is expected will cover the additional cost and make a much better hospital. : Several meetings of the Hospital Board and Committees have been held recently making necessfry préparations to go ahead and com- plete the building and get the hos- pital ready for operations as soon as possible, . The House Committee, with the ing a list of the articles which are required to furnish each room together with the cost of same, and it is requested that organizations and individuals who are prepared to assist with donations get in touch with any member of the house committee so that such help will be used to the best advantage. Up to the present time no or-] ganized appeal has been made for funds to finance this project but the monies obtained from deben- tures, government grants, sale of old hospital and sundry donations will pay for a large percentage of the total cost, but it is now expect- ed that additional funds will be required for furnishings. The annual meeting of the. Hos- pital will. be held this month, everyone should be interested in this very worthy project and are a eS a score of 85. urged to attend. ST Era Girl Guides LOCAL ASSOCIATION The February meeting of the Local Association,for Gir] Guides was held at the home of Guide Captain Godley on Wednesday, the 13th day of February. Several important business items were discussed, and thosé present realized that there are many ways in which they, as mothers, can help in this splendid work with girls. ¥ Mrs. Godley and Mrs. Badour brought to our attention, the ideals, the accomplishments, and the problems of their work as leaders. ; AF The Telephone Euchre, sponsor- ed by the L. A. in January was successful, in that it netted us over eighty dollars and we wish to express grateful appreciation to those who opened their homes or assisted in any way with this project. The winner of the grand prize was Mr. Leonard Leahy, with This prize was generously donated by one of the mothers. : Our chief aim, at present, is to assist in the completion of the Scout Hall and we extend a cor- dial invitation to all mothers of Guides and Brownies to attend the next meeting at the home of Mrs. Hastings, Wed. March 12 at 8 o'clock. - a ¥ Service Club The Service Club of Port Perry United Church held its February meet- ing on Tuesday evening, February 26 at the home of Mrs. Allen Walsh with 31 present, "oe . The president, Mrs. Bruce Beare, welcomed to this meeting three guests the honorary president, Mrs, Wylie, Mrs. Robertson, and Mrs. Smith and three new members, Mrs. Jack Raines, Mrs, Ross Dowson ahd Mrs. Keith Mark. | The worship service was conducted by Mrs; Jack Starkey, Mrs. Gordon |- Mark and Mrs. Allan Walsh, © Plans were: made for the coming fashion show, "Spring Charm", which is to be'held in the High School gym, on the evenings of March 81 and April 1, The Club were very happy to accept the .invitation to take this fashion show to Beaverton, April 2, - At.the conclusion of the meeting, a very tasty lunch of salad, rolls, tarts and coffee was served by the con- Cartwright Council Council met on Monday, March 8rd in Centre Rooni' Recreation Hall. All members were present, Reeve Black in the chair, SRE Minutes were read and adopted. A deputation from Caesarea consist- ing of E, Sues, Gu Blythe, C. Miller, M. Fisher, T. Perrigoe and Son, A. Dysart, F. Frayer, requesting Council to pass by-law to install electric lights over all the village as mapped out un- der original plan (84 lights more or less) and levy a flat rate on each and every assessment in defined area. After some discussion Council decided to proceed as to drafting a suitable By-law. ; Ken Gillbanks requested permission to construct a better approach from his road on the main road. Granted. After consideration Frank Bailey's salary was set at $1700 per year. Bruce Heaslip, one of Cartwright's representatives on Hospital Board wag present and gave a report on progress that had been made" New Hospital, and what had still. to be done. He also gave the financial set up as of Dec. 31. Applications for assessors were con- sidered and after long deliberations the applications of Edward Sues and Ivan Thompson were accepted and the salary set at $2.60 per assessment. The Council considering the fact that sheep killed or worried by dogs last year had cost the Township $1197 and only about $480 realized from dog tax, decided that the dog tax would have to be raised, and after consider- ation it was set at $4.00 for a male, and $6.00 for a female. The tax to be collected by the Assessors. On motion the following accounts were passed for payment: Relief ............. oT EA provers $40.00 Fox bounties .........cceovrenennn.. 12.00 Keith Wright, sheep killed ........ 60.00 Richard Wall, sheep valuator .... 2.50 Fairbanks-Morse, repairs to motor at rink ......coeeennn. 42.66 Smith-Corono, rikbon for adder .90 Hector Shortridge, caretaking 100.00 Henry Thompson, Clerk-Treas. 100.00 Hydro ...ovvvieneecireiesnesreenens 69.44 Fed. of Agriculture, % mill, 167.86 O. Wright, repairs, rink motor 2.86 Reesor Fuel, coal for armouries 67.30 Road Voucher No. 2... 808.10 Council adjourned to March 17th at 1 p.m, to open and consider ténders for Beacock Bridge, east of Taylor's Garage. Henry Thompson, Clerk-Treas. --m eee - W.MS. United Church Afternoon Auxiliary W.M.S. will hold its March meeting at the home of Mrs, Arthur Brock, on Junior Farmers Junior Farmers and their stand- ing in the Port Perry Junior Far- mers Clean Farm contest of 1951. points 1. Bill Lamb, P, P. R. No. 4---397 3. Donald Geer, P. P. R. No. 4--382 Group No. 2---Prize money $6 each 9. Robt. Sonley, P. PB. R. No. 4--3861 10. Byron Holtby "" R.R. No. 2--360 Group No. 3--Prize money $4 each 11. Ivan Collins, P. P. No. 3--869 12. J. Newlands, Seagrave 2--3865 13. Milton Demara, P.P. No. 3--3862 14. Lloyd Smith, P. P. No. 2--842 15. Cliff Redman, P. P, R. 3--3833 16. Glen Demara, P. P. No. 8--3829 17. Emile Donnelly, P. P. 4--828 18. Harley Johnston, P. P. 4--819 19. Allen Martyn, P. P. No. 8--818 Possible Score 400 Points On behalf of the Port Perry Jr. Farmers, 1 would like to thank the Ontario Department of Agricul- ture and the Port Perry Lions Club for their cash donations of $76.00 and $26.00 respectively Port "Perry Junior Farmers to give this Prize money for their Clean Farm Contest. Clare Vernon, Pres., Port Perry Jr. Farmers, 1951. 'ee &. wm The Port Perry Junior Farmers held a meeting at Port Perry High School on February 26. At the Institute meeting the girls heard an interesting talk given by Marie Strong on the ways of life of the people of China and Denmark. Also the next meeting wgs planned. Murray Holtby gave the boys -a talk on aeroplanes. At the joint meeting which was in charge of Mr. Murray Holtby, some very interesting slides were shown by Mr. Cornish and an en- joyable luncheon was served after- wards. An executive meeting of the The following is' a list of the |' Group No. 1--Prize money $7 each : 2. Bill Stuart, P. P. R. No. 4--892 | 4. Mac Christie, " R. R. No. 4--38791 which made it possible for thel- 5. Clare Vernon, " R. R. No. 2--3863 1. 6. D. Ashbridge, " R.R. No. 3-866 | 7. E. Prentice, " R. R."No. 3--863 |: 8. M. Holtby,-P. P. R. No. 4--862 |' HAZEL SOLOMON Canadian Coloured Soprano ° i Also + DICK CHRISTENSON, Violinist, are appearing at Greenbank United Church, Thursday, MARCH 13th, under the auspices of Pilot Class, Admission 50¢. and 26c. -- & I. 0. D. E. ! Scugog Chapter, LO.D.E. meeting was held in the Library rooms Mon- day afternoon. After the oath of allegiance, members prayer, and motto were repeated, ' the Standard was brought forward and the Regent, Mrs, Dymond, declared the meeting open for- business. The secretaries' and treasurer's reports were read and ap- proved. . The Empire Secretary, Mrs, Hodgson, gave a timely talk on the recent loss of our beloved King George VI, and the accession to the throne of Queen Elizabeth II. She also read an excerpt on our new Governor- General, the Right Honourable Vin- cent Massey. The annual birthday party, previously postponed, owing to the passing of the King, was cancelled. The formation of groups, and the var- ious money-making plans were dis- cussed and decided upon. A telephone reminder of each meeting, to mem- bers, was delegated to the counsellors. Members were reminded of the con- vention to be held in Hamilton, April 28-24-26. It was decided -to present the local schools, the adopted school Port Perry Junior Farmers will be held at 8.80. p.m. sharp on Mon- day, March 10 th at Port Perry High School. All 'executives and Tuesday, March 11th at 3 p.m. directors are urged to attend. Wins Beautiful 1 3 oy, % 1 : Child Contest " . James Glenn MacMaster, son of Dr. D. C. and Mrs. MacMaster, of Port Perry, was winner of the beautiful child photo contest, held in veners, EUCHRE at New Scout Hall, F Oshawa, February 26th, 1952. This contest was sponsored by the ; Hadassah Society of Oshawa. 'ling the Scripture. and the Library Rooms, with an of- ficial photograph of our new sovereign Queen Eizabeth II, soan as available. A representative from the Chapter will be present at the Film Council meeting Wednesday night. The meet- ing closed with the retiring of the Standard and the singing of God Save the Queen. o_o -- Lucky 52 Club The meeting was held at the Manse, Opened with Trudie read- (Topic) what is a Christain. This was followed by a brief discussion. The girls were then taken on an imaginary trip to. Knox College, Toronto where stands the statue of Mar- garet Wilson, the young girl who was willing to sacrifice her life for her religious convictions. The question was asked, "How much would we sacrifice for our church?" A delicious lunch was proided by Trudy Finlayson and Wilma Owen and a social half hour was enjoyed by the girls. Greenbank WA, the Woman's Association. was held in the basement of the church on Tues day afternoon, February 26th, with about forty-five in attendance, Group in charge: Mrs. 1. Gibson, Mrs. Harper, Mis. M. Raines, Mrs, . Davidson,- Mrs. R. Baird and Mrs. Thaxter, i i . Murs, Gibson presided during the De- votional Period. Bible reading- -Deut. £6: 130, taken by Mrs. M. Raines. Topic; {In the Home" was taken by Mus. Harper, followed by prayer: "Mrse Gordon Ward and Mrs. Geo. "I Beare ably sang "Lord I'm Coming Home," In the absence of the President, Mrs. Geo. Beare, 1st Vice-President, took the chair for the business por- tion of the meeting. The visiting committee reported 4 calls, and the Parsonage Committee alsp gave a report. A reading was given by Mrs. Geo. Davidson, after which the meeting closed with the Theme Song and the Mizpah Benediction, 'A drinty lunch was served by the group in charge, and a profitable afternoon spent. ait cm ---- Hockey On Friday night at the Arena Port Perry's only (as yet) undefeated team; 'the Tigers will perhaps step over their head a little when they play the Osha- wa (Merchants) hockey team. From all reports this team from the south ie quite a powerful. aggregation. Nevertheless the Port Inds after trim- ming the Braves from the island last Monday are somewhat confident that they can take our southern neighbors. Bright lights for the Port lads were Pargeter in goal and Heayn (Bill) at defence, in our last game. Also we have a secret weapon. We have an important coach for this vital game. come out and discover for yourselves who this mystery man is. Admission is the same as last time two bits for adults and ten cents for Public School children. Woops just about forgot to mention game time is 8 p.m. Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Jas. I. Moffatt cele- brated their 50th, Golden Wedding Anniversary at a dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Holtby, the home where the marriage took place March 4th, 1902, assisted by Mrs. W. W. Holtby, Also guests Mr. and Mrs. Bailey of Brooklin celebrated their 41st Wed. ding Anniversary of the same date. Mr. and Mrs. Moffatt were presented with a beautiful electric lamp from relatives and friends including Mrs. Kerr and Mrs. Ada Dobson. Most beautiful flowers were received from the family in Manitoba, also letters, cards and telegrams from friends and relatives far and near. Appreciation and thanks. -} Mr. and Mrs. Gray will be with the latters parents Mr. and Mrs. Moffatt this week-end to celebrate the Anni- versary. ----- -- ----. ~ Congratulations To Miss Jean Samells, for obtain- ing honours in Pedagogy in the Theory of 'Music in the recent exam- inations held by the Royal Conserva- tory of Music in February. Miss Samells is a pupil of Helen M. Stouffer. * bod » » Joanne Mosienko, has passed her Grade II, Piano Theory, with First Class Honuors, 96%. Our peace team is beginning to think that further talks with the communists are futile . . . Come to think of it it does appear that way. * » LJ Egypt is going to clean house and get rid of corruption . . . this should keep her government busy for the next ten years! 4 4 a The United Church ha$' come out strongly against liquor. . Tt is about time . . so many people are strongly for it . . ri., March 7, 8.00 p.m., THE PASSING SHOW by 'M.A.C.* Canada now has her own Canadian Governor-General. He is English speaking and this in view of some of appointments of the St. Laurent party is rather sufprising. so 8 The hoof and mouth disease has hit. Canada for the first time, and caused a "panic in our breastics . . all be- cause of what can happen to 'our beasties" ~apologies to Burns. "ADMISSION 50c. The regular monthly _mecting of fn wR nt EI, aA or De ah v. ry Eo Ny pm --- 0 2 + - as ---- LL Nh _ 7 i , 3 (RF OR 1 Vind $ ; 2 3: o % = tet i! oS tg YH oa OAS