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1 Tes® § Expires. $2.00 per year in advance, Waeh your Label; it tells when your subscription $3.00 per: Year Outside Canada . be. Single Copy PORT PERRY 1 0.0.0.0.0.0.0°9 0. PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 24th, 19562 x IA = { ¥ Post Author I'HE PORT PERRY STAR BN NEES AAG MAE RN Fie VT, s 1 . Are ilp t ay . = f ARIE AUTRE ch BY a an 8 r ized as Second Class Mail, Office Department, Ottawa. Published by NS CO. LTD. last week, Professor A. Queen's University, in his English and [History section said some startling things. He bluntly stated that very little history was taught in the schools of Ontario for two reasons . teach it enough history to teach, . the teacher claimed that teachers were kept so busy with the silly little details connected with reports and records in school and with other non-essentials that they never had sufficient time to become scholars of' the -~ subjects they were supposed to teach. H# claimed that it was ridiculous to ex- pect our teachers to inculcate democracy, or a love of democracy in their pupils be- cause there was no opportunity to practice ~~ democracy in schools where teachers were under the thumbs of their forced to do what he wanted them to. Professor Lowrer seemed to was nothing democratic about the set-up in our schools. The Professor went on to criticize our society: in which money was the goal, not education, He-claimed that truly educated people would have a far different concep- tion of what was worthwhile in life . . . our values were cheap and materialistic and petty. His speech has stirred up quite a furore The Globe and Mail has seen {it to write an editorial on the speech in which the editor accuses Prof. Lowrer of being the real Philistine, enough truth in what the Professor has to say to merit our consideration and enough exaggeration to engage our attention. . in many places. and secondly, he didn't~know .- NOTES AND COMMENTS SPEAKING OUT , At one of the sessions of the Ontario Educational Association held in Toronto M. over. Motels, Lowrer of speech to the place. wasn't free to The Professor night cabin, The owners swanky edifice principals and for cats. feel that there plans for thie sive same home . . moon house . There is just how crazy MOTELS FOR CATS The day of the tourist cabin seems to be the original type of cabin; have taken their These motels, lavishly advertised with huge signs and: multi-coloured lights, boast hot and cold running water, a park- ing space for your car, heated interior and all the other conveniences dreamed up by the enterprising owner. expensive than their prototype the over- People who have stayed in motels speak highly of them. Jut the other day wef heard of a motel that out does all other motels . . motel was a motel for cats . In California, a state noted for the wonder of its climate and the still greater wonder of the freakish antics of Sits inhabitants, there is a motel for cats. motel and is a very fine motel . Here the owners may deposit their cats for an enjoyable stay as guests--- paying of course--for as short or as long a period as they wish plan which means that meals for the cats are extra and the European plan which in- cludes everything--even shrimps or other delicacies which apparently some cats in- dulge---the European plan is very expen- . but cats is cats. 7 Special provision is made at-this cat motel for he and she cats who reside in the what is. lugubriously entitled . done to ensure the privacy and the comfort which honeymooners are entitled to. in a motel . . and bats in a belfry 4 a kind of deluxe edition of Motels are more . . this . . yes cats, of the cats drive up to a which looks like a very fine . but only There are two cat guests--the American "(Total $275,000.) they are accommodated in : . a Honey- . and here everything is | Now can we humans get? Cats Make it a Point * To listen to CFRB's "Neighbour- hood News" during the week of April 28th. Commencing that week the Canada Starch Company, makers of Crown Brand Corn Syr- up, Karo, Benson's Corn Starch, Canada Corn Starch, Mazola Salad 0il, Linit and Silver Gloss Laund- ry Starch, are giving a weekly prize of $100.00 to the sendér of an enclosure from one of their products and the answer to the question--*"What is the name of the weekly paper in Port Perry?" -So be sure to listen for the de: tailed instructions about how to -- enter this easy contest, and let's - hear who the lucky winner is. To Extend and 'Improve Telephone Service An extensive construction pro- gram designed to extend and im- prove rural telephone lines in the Port Perry exchange area is now under way, A. A. Gillespie, Bell 'l'elephone manager for this reg- ion, announced this week. The work is being undertaken for four main reasons, Mr. Gilles- pie said. These are: To reduce the number of subscribers on rural lines; to provide service for wait- ing applicants and new customers; to provide public telephone ser- vice where it is required, and to bring existing poles and wires up to company standards. . In order that all the necessary construction can be. done at one time, the Bell Company has shown the Port Perry exchange area on a map which appears elsewhere in this week's Star. It is suggested that all those in the area shown within the broken black line who would like telephone service con- tact the gompany's business office in Port Perry, if they have not al- ready done so. "Further information, such as lot and concession numbers or some definate means of plotting locations, would also be very help= ful." Mr. Gillespie said, _,. Rain or Shine VOTE on the School Question, . Monday, APRIL 28th 4 Lions Club BIN 'Reach Council The regular meeting was held on April Tth, 1952, All members. present, Minutes of former meeting adopted. Mr. Fred DeNure asked council to gravel some of the: roads his school bus travells over; also the road to Prince Albert, Mr. Thomas Sharp, sderetary of | the School Board Area, presented the, requisition for 1952, which was not | accepted. The Area Board was asked to reduce the requisition by 1 mill. i Road account was passed amount- | ing to $1989.47. Mr. Ernie Welsh presented his re- | signation as Road Superintendent, and it was accepted. = | A By-law was passed appointing Mr. Theo. Stevens, Road Supt, at a' salary of $3,000. per year plus 8 cents per mile car allowance, not to exceed | $800 in any one year, duties to com- | mence April 16th. Mr. Wm. Wilson presented Relief account for March, amounting to $289.09, which was ordered paid: A special nieeting of the Council was held on April 19th with all mem- bers present. Mr, T. Sharp reported that the School Area Board could not reduce their requisition and By-law were passed setting the tax rates for 1962, which are--County rate 8.6, General Township 6.5, Un- employment Relief .8, General School 8.4, High Schools 5.3 and School Area 6.6 making a total rate of 31 mills. The general Township rate should be .6 mills higher but in order to keep the total at 81 mills some surplus will be used, Greenbank street lights 8 mills; Seagrave street lights 1.6 mills; Prince Albert street lights 1.9 mills. Speeial levy on school -sections 2 and 17, 1,8 mills. . The total assessment of Reach Twp. is $2,961,046.00, Mr. George Till reported his pro- gress on the Warble Fly spraying and requested that a noticé be published asking that farmers keep their cattle in stable till after they are sprayed, A motion was passed changing the time of the regular meetings of the Council to 7.80 p.m. commencing May 5th, till September. The Council requests that all per- sons who use the Township garbage dump to. deposit their rubbish well back from the road or steps will have to be taken to enforce the same, our Club. Scugog Junior Homemakers The. seventh meeting of our Club was held on Saturday, April 19th at the home of Catharine Martyn. girls were present. The meeting was opened with the singing of "He Lead- eth me." followed by the Lord's pray- er, Roll Call was answered by the dress score and score for models. A discussion followed on achicve- ment day, Reports were read from Kay Prentice in charge of the com- ment on "Vegetables for all the fam- ily", also a plan of the skit, "Cottons may be smart" was read by Mary Wilson. Ten | Several of the dresses were com- pleted Catharine assisted in marking | the length of dresses with the assist- | ance of a dress marker, We are sorry to hear of Mrs. So don Collins' illness and our Club wish | her. a speedy recovery. A dainty lunch followed. Kay Prentice expressed our thanks to! Catharine for opening her home to, This is our last Club meeting, but the Club members will meet next Sat- urday to practice the skit. Each girl is asked to bring her record book com- plete, including the Club story and to finish and .pack her dress. See you all at Mrs. Stewart Rodman's on the 26th, ' RY Apw™warsrr SCUGOG The April meeting of the Head W, A. was held at Mrs. Jack Mann's. The opening prayer was followed by the Scripture reading, with business take ing up most of the afternoon, Mrs, Dych read an interesting poem on "Trouble in A-men Corner" with Mrs. L. Martyn following up with timely hints for the harrassed house- cleaner.' iia Mrs.. J. Dowson had us guess the number of jelly beans in a jar with Mrs, Barry the lucky recipient. This was followed by a delicious lunch in keeping. with Easter. The May meeting will be field at the home of Mrs, O, Heayn. Each member please remember to bring flower sceds, roots, bulbs, ete. to sell. Mrs. George Freeman has arrived in England where she will spent a month visiting relatives, Congratulations to Mr, and Mrs. Alvin Heayn, on the birth of a son, i ous for young children. in Oshawa Hospital, on April 28rd-- a brother for Linda. The Facts About Port Perry Public and High School Problems No. 11--Percentage of Depart ment of Education grants on new school as compared to present building. he percentage of Department of Education grant for operational purposes on present school is 409%. The percentage grant on a new school for operational purposes would be the same and unless there is a chinge in Dept. of Edu- cation policy it would remain the same 409%, . On the debentures and debenture interest covering construction it is also the same 40%, No. 12--By-law states $175,000. Could:costs be more? Could costs be less? By-law states $175,000.00. This represents portion of cash which has to be raised by debenture. We have a firm bid of $269,000, plus architect's fees and site Sale of present school will produce $100,000. leav- ing $175,000 to be raised by deben- ture. The contractor has guaran- teed to abide by his price. In the event that contract was again put up for tender it might be less. ) NOTE -- $100,000 selling price for present school is for building only. All equipment amounting to over $10,000 will be retained and moved to new school. No. 13--How much will $175,000 debenture cost the citizens of Port Perry? SE Total debentures on $175,000 new school Less 40% Dept. of Education Grant 70,000 Balance to be raised in taxes $105,000 plus interest Twenty year debenture of $105,- 000, plus interest works out to 28073.00 (approx.) vearly. On present assessment this would mean 6.7 mills. If your present taxes ave $50.00 per vear this would mean an in- crease of $7.44. If vour present taxes are $100.00.per. year this in- crease would be $14.88 and if your taxes are $200.00 the increase 1 would be $29.76. No. 14 -- Would a modern one storey school building with kinder- garten be an advantage over the present two storey Public School? The greatest advantage of hav- ing a modern one-storey school building, other than pupil accom- modation, over the present two storey Public Schoel would be, in case ofefire or for any other reason that the pupils had to be conduct- ed quickly from the schoo] a single storey building would allow this to be done in a great deal less fime than in the present school. Flights of stairs and bannisters not only at a time of emergency, but at all times are very danger- A single storey building would eliminate these hazards. Grain Club PORT PERRY LIONS GRAIN: CLUB ORGANIZED The Port Perry Lions Grain Club was organized in the Port Perry igh School on Wednesday, April This club being sponsored again by the Port Perty ions Club and the Port Perry, Reach and Scugo Agricultural Society. The clu is again under the very capable leadership of Mr. James Crane, Principal of the Port Perry High School. The Club will be super- vised by the Ontario Department of Agriculture, Uxbridge. The Port Perry Lions Club has Zypplied each member of the Grain Club with two bushels of register- ed No. 1 Ajax Oats. This plot of oats will be grown and cared for by the members and an exhibit of one bushel] will be shown at the Club Achievement Day at Port Penis, Fair on September 3rd. Officers "and members of the Club for 1952 are as follows Pres., Sinclair Robertson R.R.2, Port Perry; Vice-Pres., Bill Lamb, R. 4, Port Perry; Sec.-Treasurer; Earle Dobson, R. 8, Uxbridge.. Hugh Dobson, R. 8, Uxbridge; Jim Wilkinson, R. 4, Port Perry; Dan James, R.3, Port perry Bruce Paradine R.3 Uxbridge; Tom Duff, R.2, [Port Perry; Roger Ashen- hurst, R. 8, Uxbridge; Ted Lamb, R. 4, Port Perry; Leonard Wallace, R.2, Blackwater; Robert Brown, R. 3, Uxbridge; George Cochrane, R. 1, Raglan; Ralph Milne, R. 1, Blackwater; Dorian Butt, R. 2 Sea- grave; Les, Bayliss, R.8, Uxhridge. 0, Friday, April 25, High School Port Perry Rod & Gun Club During the past few months the Club Members have been shooting small bore rifles in Dominion Am- munition competition, each mem- ber has to complete a cycle of a number of targets. Having done this, these targets are sent to Do- minion Ammunition competition, along with the Scores. Informa- tion has been given the writer this week that these scores have been checked und suitable recognitidn has been forwarded to the Club, these are in the form of Bronze pins, which will be presented to the lucky winners at the High School on Thursday evening, Apr. 24th. It is desirous of Club members that we have a Perch Fish at Beaverton this Saturday, April 26. Members are requested to attend the meeting Thursday evening to see how many are wishing to take in this trip. It will be a fine day's outing. This trip is being made by car, and members with cars are re- quested to register them with. the committee so that car loads may be arranged. All members are requested to attend this meeting. Ott. Hamilton, Chair. Casting Committee -- - > S Special Meeting The Municipal Council, Cart- wright, held a special meeting to open Applications for Road Sup't and -other special business on Tues., April 16th at 1 p,m, Mem- bers all present, Reeve Geo. Black in the Chair, also present, LK. I. Marston, District Municipal Eng- ineer. Before opening applications a deputation from the Board of Ed- ucation discussed school matters with the Council. It was consid- ered desirable that the whole township be 'included in School Area. 'The Clerk was instructed to notify Sec. of S. S. No. 3 to have a meeting with the Trustees of the School Area in Devitt's School on Wednesday, April 23rd at 8 p.m. The Trustees of S. 8. No. 8 to be present. Ten applications for Road Sup't were received and after 3 hours of deliberation with the District Engineer the application of Thomas K. Stewart was accept- | ed at $3100.00 as Road Sup't, grad- er operator and snow plow oper- ator, he to be the only full time employee. By-law No. 960 appointing Thos. K. Stewart as Supt, grader opera- tor and snow plow operator at £3100.00 was read lst, 2nd, and 3rd. time, signed and sealed. It was also decided to set price for Custom work with grader at $6.00 per hour, minimum (hogs for any one job to be $56.00. Jlerk was instructed to write former sup't to bring wood back and leave it behind the Community Hall or no cheque would be issued. Clerk was also to check up on tools that were received with grader and if any missing ask former Road Sup't to explain their 'nbsence or replace. The expenditures passed at the regular meeting on April 7th and which I overlooked reporting last week are,-- "Maytime = + Mertiment" P.P.HS, May lst & 2nd On the first Thursday and Fri- day of May, the residents of Port Perry and district will be treated to a fine operetta, "Trial by Jury", an outstanding Gilbert and Sulli- van production. Ihe musical will be presented by the PPS. Glee Club, assisted by the PPS. Dramatic Society. Mr. Russel Brooks, music director in the local school and Miss Neale who heads the school's dramatic society have been planning and working for long hours out of school time to ensure the success ol the affair. "Trial by Jury" features a fa- miliar story which has been told in these words: "The jury and spectators are discovered promen- ading in the court-room. They are brought to order by the usher who instructs the jury to exercise their duties without bias. The defendant appears and it is obvious that he is without the sym- pathy of the jury. He is defend- Ling a suit, brought by his jilted bride, Angelena, for breach of promise of marriage. The judge enters, and after some delay cansed by his narrative, the trial begins. The plaintiff is brought in and excites the lively interest of the court. After several futile, buf original attempts to settle the case to the satisfaction of both parties, the learned judge loses his patience and decides to marry the plaintiff himself." The caste consists of --the jury Roy Lane, Ed Drake, Gary Law- rence, Garnet Palmer, Ron MeKen- zie, Peter Carswell, George Ma- hatfy, Keith Wallace 3rooks. - ~ Chorus Ivn Tanson, Mariel Lamb, Keeler, Dorothy Wilbur, Patty Hewitt, Joanne Mosienko, Betty Moase, Barbara Love, Helen Hon- ey, Amy Willis,- Thelma McEach- ern, Gwen Till, Marion Forester, Lorraine Toogood, Joan Ray and Joan Ballard. Gibson, Caroline Naples, Eve- Jernice Ontario County Juniors Prepare for \Club Work. Farm boys and girls are look- fing forward to the reorganization | of Ontario County Junior Clubg for 1952. In all, 14 Clubs will*tje organized consisting of: Beaver- "ton Calf Club, Brock Grain Club, "Scott Calf Club, Scott Corn Club, Uxbridge Forestry Club, Scott Po- "tato Club, Port Perry Tractor Maintenance Club, Port Perry Calf Club, Port Perry Grain Club, Osh- awa Grain Club, Oshawa Calf Club i Pickering District High School Grain Club, Pickering District High School Forestry Club. Of particular interest is the fact that in future Ontario Junior Clubs will be known as 4-H Clubs. This has been done to conform with steps taken by other prov- inces and because of the Interna- tional significance of the name 1-H. The four H's atand for head, heart, hand, and health, all of which are developed by club work lin its various aspects. by There is one consolation about the L'affaire militaire at Pettawawa . Social Assistance, A $60.00 |, Bd. Ed. Municipal grant 800.00 Hospitalization 52.00 | Muncipal World Assessment and Dog tags 18.26 Duff Electric repairs 4.19 Ray Dilling, auditor 100.00! Daily Commercial News, ! advertise bridge tender 18.80 H. Thompson, Clerk-treas. 100.00 Postage and Telephone 12.92 H. Martyn, supplies 2.66 K. Prentice, prem. on Treas. d Rob. 1 38.00 Bond an ns. Ivan Thompson, assessor 125.00, Edward Sues, assessor 125.00 Road Voucher No. 3 3,436.64 Total 4,866.37 ~The Clerk was instructed to post tenders for Garbage Collector for Caesarea and Lake Front. . Ten- ders to close May 6th at 1 p.m. H. Thompson, Clerk: the gang might have gotten away with the supplies of the whole army, air force and the navy. "or The weather must be trying to catch up to the ball season. * LJ » A hoppicopter is a little device that can be worn on a'soldier's back . . it is a mininture helicopter . . the infantry can give expression to a flight of fancy.. . SO now: ------ rr Club policies will not be chang- ed from previous years but a con- tinual effort is being made to im- prove the club programmes and to see that the. club members make the. greatest possible gains through their membership in the various-elubs., The nny club work are Of primary importance is, the development of knowledge in the proper selection, care and feeding of good livestock, This is through demonstrations, dying competitions, and keeping accurate records. Of equal import- the development of the boy ar give from the standpoint of rood citizenship through learning to conduct meetings, to show good sportsmanship, and to get along with fellow members. In addition to these, the club member develops personal interest and responsibil- ity in having stock of hiz or her own, and to show objects of d one nee is to care Al farm bove and givls are eli- ible to join these clubs providing they are 12 vears of age on May 1 and must not hive reached their 21st hirthday on November 1st, 1952. Tractor Club members must he over 14 vears of ave on May Ist, In the case of Calt Clubs, the calves must he the property of the club member and must be born be- tween January 1st and May 1st of the elub vear. In the graingd po- tato, or corn clubs, the member is required to cave and look after his or her particular 0 ghving the club vear and keepAe@ails on the costs of production. = All members required to attend monthly meetings during the vear and Achievement Davs are held for each club in the fall when the member is required to exhibit his entry in competition with all other club members. are 1-H Club Work ia of great im- portance to the future of farm boys and girls. It is here that many of our future agricultural leaders will obtain much of their early training. At the present time there are 250 members enrol- led in the 14 clubs in Ontgrio County. The following clubs have been organized to date: The Uxbridge Forestry Club, the Port Perry Grain Club, the Pickering Grain Club, the Pickering Calf Club, and the Pickering Forestry Club. All other clubs will be organized in the near future. The development of Club Work in Ontario County is showing a { marked increase in the last few {verre and it is hoped that this in- teredt will result in the formation of more and larger clbs in the near future ain Honevdale | We were stunned by the sudden Upnssinig of Mra Fred Christie. Oar deepest sympathy goes out to her hus- band and family Mir. Ken Bateman n couple of days nt Guelph at the Junior Farmer Convention pent Mrs JH. Hardy has returned from a holiday at Daytona Beach, Florida. don't forget to get your Mrs. Paul Diamond for the Women's Institute trip to Poteithoro Among other things a tour of the Quaker Oat plant has been arranged. All ticket are to be sold by April 26th. I.ndies! ticket from bus ne THE PASSING SHOW 'm.a.C." If the government did as well with its spending as it does with its col- fleeting, we'd be able to pay our taxes and have something left over to buy one or two necessities, . . * It must be that the peace negotiat- ors in Korea are terrified of unem- ployment, - - * The presidential race in the U.S.A, is still a free-for-all with Taft and Eisenhower showing a slight edge. iN AID OF o HOSPITAL FUND LER Ad Cap, A ain J a ped HC py i a AS ew eh v on * . y "« ed a rin : a pas, Eh Ax Sn ind 48 a a a2