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a Watch your Label alls when roar subeeipin Expires. $2.00 per year in advance. 52. Single Copy 8 00 per Year Outside' Canada hy FE "PORT PEI PERRY, ONTARIO, "THURSDAY, n 17th, 1962 Authorized as Second Class - Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. ai THE PORT PERRY STAR CO. ? LTD. A AE Sh SEN . life, trary to the very essence ~' stitutes a genuine smile for, which of ~~ course, there is no substitute. © ~ No one 'can, resist a genuine smile, as infectious as it is powerful. . some, heart-warming, and re-assuring. --is-the core of -good- human relations. If all these things are true, why do we 2 smile so seldom? We think largely because of fear--we are afraid of people and they are afraid of us -- we are afraid of what they think about us; they, in their turn, - . afraid of what we think of them. "out to impress each other with our worth, intelligence, possessions, achievements--. = and. that's a pretty serious business. more than serious, it's downright ridicu- lous and much of it is mere sham ----. as we full well know--which makes us uncom- Serious people being impressive with sham have a much too distorted pic- "ture of themselves and others to nflge; fortable. ~ smiles. The truth of the matter is that we: are, 3 'by and: large, just about as silly and in- .= adequate ag the next person. ments are usually so far short of our: pos- sibilites as to be amusingly intriguing; our ve possessions so whimsical ag to provoke . If we look at our- selves frankly and" "realisticallly; if we: 4 really saw 'the other. person; if we really looked .at our 'world . . we'd smile with sincerity and a deep appreciation of our ° fellow man and the world we inhabit. 'Many of the problems of social existence would ~ 'dissipate in the sure knowledge that the fears which inspired them have ceased to A sincere 'smile is 'worth a 'thousand argunients and more powerful. than the weapons. of strife which we so It' 8 funny that an in- humour latent in us-all. dog us. misuse in oily life. . C NOTES AND COMMENTS = - THAT SMILE ° SNA Dale Carnegie, author of. "How to Win Friends and Influence People", emphasizes the importance of the smile in day to day However, one gets the idea that' there is something quite materialistic and «=f ingincere in the type of smile that Dale 1 Carnegie would have us wear. not help feeling that it was a sort of mask - for the occasion, a ready reaction, a con- . ditioned and meaningless response. Now 'while we are quite ready to admit ~that the smile is perhaps the most valuable ~ of all the means of communications that a human being possesses from the cradle to the grave, we still can't agree with the synthetic product of Dale Carnegie's. feel that this kind of smile is quite con- oA fant: Krioivs the power of a {ginile to wis : . and it's funny that in a few short years he should disregard such know- ledge for, all sorts of misinformation on 'how to win friends and influence people. : . the world . We could © witnessed the history it was ly functions. more. inspiring . waged in the We of what con- It is It is whole- » It convention to We are past,sand was, It's crusade . . Our achieve-, security. characterized back i in the 307s. ©" -N.B.C. it can better world. THE SEEING EYE . © realm of politics. Those who have television sets and used them this past week to follow the Re- publican National Convention in Chicago 'dawn of a new era in the Ror the first time in possible for millions of peo- -- ple to"see; hear, and understand how a party system in a democratic country. real- Nor could they 'have had a introduction for the contest air-conditioned auditorium was a vital one, not only for Americans | but also for the world at large. What might have been the course of . events had it not been possible to bring the the people is anybody's ;--guess; but, it is highly Drabble ' Eisenhower forces would have been defeat- ~. [eet Totonto, WW 16. "Misael ed by party deals and party intrigues that have done so much to retard real "demo- eratic government. opinion, the whole procedure open to -the critical gaze of the public; the old guard was powerless 'to work .as it~"had in the Backed by public . therefore, defeated and de-_ feated on the first ballot. 3 E To be nominated for candidacy. to the President's office is, however, but the first = step towards election. of most unusual events intervene between now and the 4th_of November, Mr. Eisen- 'hower will be"élected President. : "With purpose and conviction 'he is de- ; voting himself to what he.terms: a great a crusade for world peace and In the light of his character and recor d he may well be the man for the job. "Unless a succession Certainly, no matter what the outcome, we can expect a-new-and powerful upsurge . in the faith of the American people and perhaps a far less important emphasis on - material prosperity and a far greater one . _on spiritual progress than any which has their communal life . ever since the first days of the world depression Television may be eithera' curse or a blessing. Used as it was last week by the most certainly be a very powerful weapon in man's search fof is Rs, erin Gerrow Picnic The annual Gerrow picnic was held at Geneva Park on July 9th, with 140 present. The family started-to gather about 4:80 and continued coming until ~ evening. The afternoon was spent in visiting and swimming. _ While the tables were being pre- pared the young folk enjoyed the races and contests prepared by the sports committee, At 7 pm; we all sat down to a lovely picnic supper . finished off with the usual treat of. watermelon supplied by O. A, Gerrow. After supper the business meeting wag opened by the president, Elmer "Gibson. ' Mrs. Annie Gerrow Hockley "received a token as the oldest mem- ber there, Mrs. Hockley has been present at the last four picnics and has had the same honour each year. There were also five other members present over eighty. We say congratulations folks, Nancy © Churchill was the "youngest baby, eight months. The new officers are: President, Maurice Fralick; Vice-President, Everétt Hockley; Secretary, Mrs. Cecll Cecil Geor- TOW. E year--Philip- Gendron, Grant Brooks, Clark Ross, Ray Table Gomumittes--Mss, Elmer Gib- "son, Mrs; Lorne Thompson, Mrs, H. Hockley, Mra. Ross Stone. Reception Committee--Mr, and Mrs. Ruasell Gray, Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Fralick, Mr, and Mrs. E. H, Gerrow. Nominating Committee -- Anson Gerrow, Mansell -Gerrow, Wilford Simpson. ' LX dy The rest of the evening was spent in dancing -- Ernie Gerrow, Doreen Brooks, . Cecll Fralick and Maurice Fralick provided excellent music that | t was greatly appreciated. At about 12 everyone went home saying this was a good pleni¢, pleased with the weather, place, large crowd and de- cided to, come back to Geneva Park next year, (An excerpt. from: Standing Com mit- Sports Comaalttes, same "a last: To Report from Senate tee on Finance) : In the Federal fleld the need for nt creased révenue and; as a result, in-|. creased. taxation, arises mainly from from rapidly expanding defence ex- penditures, which this year will be over 2 billion dollars; and expanding welfare - costs which, for the same period; if we include soldiers' pensions and allowances, at all levels of gov- ernment, will be at least 134 billions of dollars, of which-more than two-thirds is for Federal account. Of this latter amount two items] Old Age Pensions with Pensions for the Blind, and Fam- ily Allowances ,will- require ¢ over 676 million. dollars. ' 'In this connection it is interesting to note that in the year 1951 the Qana- dian people spent; on Alcoholic beverages ......... $661,000,000 Tobaéeo in various forms. 422,000,000] Race track betting .......... 66,000,000 Soft drink beverages ..... 168,000,000 Commercial recreation yet 160,000,000 # "otal of aman v This total is almost equal to the total amount spent under the general heading of Social Security. It is some- times argued that the taxés collected for Social Security goes back directly to the taxpayers, and so should be re- garded as n sort of credit to the tax- payers accounts, But this is not so. The money collected in taxes for se- curity benefits, in large aggregate, passes from the taxpayer to a-differ- ent person, We are not concerned 'here With the merits or demerits of this, but simply to say that on any reasonable basis it can only be regard. ed as part of the tax burden. - Your Committee thinks: that in al young country. like Canada, with its} 'be empty. immense resources" and with greater! dpportunity, for the individual to make his way than can be found in any other part of the world, Social Security measures as a whole should be review- ed and assessed -in the light of sound national development. . OBITUARY | The people of this community were very sorry to learn of the death. of Miss Annie Christie on July 4th after a. few weeks fllnes. The late Miss Christie was the fourth daughter of the late Mr. and .Mrs. John Christie, and excepting a few years which she spent in Cleveland, Ohio, had lived in this village all her life. She was a wonderful neighbour and a kind friend. Being of cheerful disposition she was fond of company. As far as her health permitted she took part in the community life and church work, and we will miss her for her seat.will Out of a large family, only her sister Mrs. George Ward, is living: There are a number of nieces and nephews, we especially mention Miss Ada Stephensoti her companion and faithful attendant. To these we extend our heartfelt sympathy. The: funeral was'held on:Tugsday, July 8th and was" largely attended. Service was conducted in thgAUnited Church by Rev Mr, Hill and Rev. J. Riddell, of Port Perry, both of whom ' spoke highly of the deceased. In-! terment was in the Presbyterian cem- } etery. The many floral tributes were a silent token.of the high esteem in which she was held. ol To We cannot think of them as dead "Who walk with us no more, Along the path of life we tread: They have but gone before, : And still their silent ministriés Within our .hearts have place, " As when .on earth they walk with us And meet us face to face, _ 4 | in ane arm, was trapped by flames and '| Caesarea, on Sunday after she had | to save some valuables. | ran, wife of Fred Harran, proprietor 1 said that she and. a friend, Marjory body was asleep when we got in," Mrs. 'Marjory woke me and said I'm 'sure - =| there ablaze and the flames creeping {caused the disaster, An elderly woman, eR crippled | burned to death just- before dawn .at rushed, into her flaming wooden hotel Her 13-year- old dog, Lucky, followed her into the house and perished with her, Eight Toronto people, holidaying for the weekend, got out of the hotel in the nick-of time. Four had to leap from a second-floor window to save themselves. "One man made the 20- foot jump with his son in. his arms as the flames raced through-the house. The woman who -was burned to death was 67-year old Mrs. Tilly Har- of Kenosha House, a tourist hotel, about nine miles from Port Perry.*: "Mrs: Sally McBride, of 170 Major Hospital, with a broken right leg fol- lowing her frantic jump.to safety. Mrs. Helen 'Skene of 16 Four Oaks Gate, Toronto, discovered the fire soon after 4 o'clock in the morking. - She Barton, of 106 Dixon Ave.,. Toronto, with whom she was sharing the room 'booked into the Kenosha Housezat 8 o'clack last night and had spent the evening at a-friend's cabin, The two women returned to the hotel at 2 a.m. Everything was quiet and every- Skene said. "Suddenly, after we'd been asleep for a couple-of hours, there's a fire somewhere.' I jumped up and ran down stairs." Mrs. Skene -.said even: before she opened the front door she could see a red glow. "When I looked along the veranda, I saw the old couch they had up 'the walls. The crackling was ter- rific. "I ran up stairs "and into the old couple's room and shouted, 'Madam, the hotel's on fire', and then I ran into our room and told Marjory to get out, but quick. We grabbed our things including my cocker, Brucie. My car was parked right next to the house, and I'd forgotten my key. Men were 'around by this time, and I opened the door, and we pushed {t .down to the lake. I'vé -never felt such: a heat. Cinders were flying and no body could get near the place. It all went up in a few minutes." Police believe that" a smoldering cigarette butt, which had slipped be- hind the chesterfield on the verandah, The fire tore through the recently painted building in a few minutes, and at sunup, all that was left of the .14-room, two- dtorey hotel. were heaps of black, smoking ruins.' "' Mrs. Griffith. Pritchard of 142 Wel- lesley St., who was staying at the hotel with her husband and 6-year-old. son David, said she was awakened by shouts of "Fire", "But there didn't seem to be much we just got together our, bags and were ready to leave when Mrs. Me- Bride rushed into our room and gereamed that we couldnt go down- stdirs because the stairs were on fire. - My husband tore out the "3creens, and I jumped first, thinking I'd catch Davids, But then Griffith was beside me. > "He'd jumped with our boy in his aris. David only had pyjamas, on and we carried hiin to a friend's place nearby." - . Mrs. McBride was slightly panicky and fell when she hit the ground after her jumph Sunday night doctors at St. Michael's reported that her condi- tion was satisfactory. The, daughter of the Harrine, 48- jyéar old Mrs. Alice Padget, of 21 Washington Ave., Toronto, was slight- ly injured when she fell carrying a bucket of water to' the fire, The' bucket brigade of neighbours and va- cationists was driven back by the heat and gave up when they realized noth- ing could save the hotel. The heat from the baad blistered the paint on the village store more than 60, feet from the hotel. = Store --F, L. Hosmer' | cateh fire in the intense heat, owner Art McColl and his family excitement", said Mrs, Pritchard, so | | Fire Traps Proprietor' S Crippled ° Wife as Resort Hotel Burns to Ground ! = oli a (Globe & Mail) Im the height of the onfoslon: Mrs, Harran thought she might have a chance of fighting her 'was through the flames to reach the upstairs living room where the strong box was kept. Neighbours yelled at her but it was too late. She disappeared into a pall of smoke. Port Perry firemen re- covered her body-several hours later. It is believed as she was groping her way upstairs the second storey col- lapsed and she went with it. Not far from Mrs. Harran was ¥he charred body of Lucky, her dog. Last out of the house was 69-year- old 'Annie Ralph, of 28 Glebeholme Blvd.,, Toronto, who was sharing a room with Mrs, McBridé. She refused to jump until hglpers had placed a. ladder against the verandah where she was standing: There were_plenty of ladders around and I didn't want to hurt myself", she explained. A mystery late-model car parked outside Kenosha House and completely burned out--caused-firemen to probe the charred hotel ruins for nearly six hours. They feared that several more people, including a blind couple, had been let into the hotel by Mrs. Harran and had also died. The hotel register was a heap of ashes but neighbours knew that there were several empty rooms in the hotel, ; Only-when the owner of the car, Mr. Bruce Mackay of 112 Chatham Road, Toronto, returned from a 10-hour fish- ing trip on' Lake-Scugog, to find his car a-shambles, did police establish that he, two other people in the same fishing party, and---the blind couple, néver entered the hotel. Carter-Hood Reunion the Carter-Hood families was held at Geneva park on July 18th, 1862. : Thomits Carter and Jane Hood were married November 1st, 1861 in Eng- land and shortly after came to Can- ada and settled in Pickering. Town=" ship. About the. same time Charles Hood also came to Canada and settled on Scugog Island. Sometime later John Hood came and settled"in Pick- ering Township. Later George Hood, his wife and family also came Gut and settled in Pickering. Of these four rying on to the fourth and fifth gen- eration on Scugog Island, Port Perry, Pickering' Township, 'Manitoba, Al- berta and different parts of the U, 8, After visiting and renewing ac- quaintances also some sports for the: younger ones, 82 sat down toa bounti- | ful picnic supper. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Carter of Port Perry were the longest married couple present. i This picnic will be held in the same park next year on the second Sunday in July. old Foie Pump Still Useful When the water in-the tap dimin- {shes to a mere trickle or stops com- pletely as has often happened during the recent heat wave, it is a comfort to know that there is still water in the well, ot course, unless used constantly | this well water is best boiled before drinking it, and that {s quite a nufs- ance---but so much better than stand- ing front of a dry tap. Many municipalities have rationed the use of the lawn hose in an at-. tempt to make 'water more equally available to all ratepayers. Why not try it here ? ip AL 1t is reported that attempts are bey ing made to repair the leaks in the storage tank, from which the" water is pouring-- and it is to be hope the job: will soon: be 'accomplished. But for those of us who have poor water evacuated their premises because they believed that their building would pressure at the best of times, the old fashioned pump can atill be a "friend fin need." Dancing at Memorial Gardens, Friday, July 18 "| could . .. Official opening of Port $160,000 Memorial Hospital, slated for September, will herald success to a community jig-saw puzzle that has taken four year to piece together."The "puzzler" became the immediate con- cern of -this, Lake Scugog population early last year when the hospital board announced the purchase of. a wartime girls' - residence from the Ajax development for $400, Piece by piece--18 sections in all-- the 'building was -taken apart trans- ported by truck, and spliced. together to form a modern institution that will serve an area at present without hos: pitalization. "At times during the early 'develop- ens of this project we were hopeless- discouraged, " said Herbert Brooks, airman of the hospital board. "There were numerous obstacles to overcome, but thanks to the persistence of the architects, contractors, government and c¢ftizéns, we "have~been able to solve the jig-saw and watch the con- struction of a fine hospital unfold be- fore our eyes. ' "It is not pretentious and is with- out frills," added the board chairman, "but.it will provide complete hospital- ization at a minimum cost for the 6600 residents in the Sinris Her : "Hospital was Obsolete For more than 20 years, the citizens of Port Perry and district were served by-a.privately owned hospital which.in latter years was far from adequate and growing more obsolete. = It was taken over by the village in 1946 but two years later closed its doors be- cause of mounting deficits ahd since then patients have been forced to seck hospital accommodation as best they .. Oshawa, Lindsay or even. Peterboro, 40 miles away. s "Confronted with this ever-growing need, steps were taken to provide The thirteenth annual re-union of ! Brooks. I families the descendents are still car- - close-at-home - facilities," said Mri: "A provisional committee was authorized to draw up plans but "when the Ajax building was offered at the absurd price of $400 we were given the green light and immediate "action taken. : . : "However he said, in a farm com- munity such as ours with few indus- tries to lend financial support we were limited to the amount of funds avail- able and are indebted to The Atkinson Charitable Foundation for its grant of Perry's. + Atkinson "Foundation Donates $4200, fo Memorial Hospital (Toronto Daily Star) . {dividuals 24,200, which makes chase of essontial-cquipment including resuscitator, anadsthette machine » is; in fact, a real community project that-the-districtcan-beproud-ofs-- To date; donations: of equipment range from washcloths and towels to the complete furnishings for thé de- livery room,the latter undertaken by the local Lions Club. Other pieces of equiptiient and-furnishings pledged by chureh graups,- women's Institutes, good neighbour Flubs, lodges and in- tichide--stretehers --wheel- chairs, heated food wagons, station equipment, nursery cubicles and even Utlery. : % ee {DD SA gE Albert Mis, BE Me Millan, of Peterboro, is visiting: her sisters, Mis. W. Semer- vitle-and Murs. 1. Collins, T Mi. and Mrs. Go Roberts spent Sun- day at the hone of their daughter Mrs. W. Collins, in Toronto. - Mr. and Mis, W. J. Bond, Toronte, visited over the week-end at the home of Mrs. Luke, --TPhe-July-meeting of the Woman's Association will be held ithe Sunday School room on Wednesday the 30th. Miss Ruby Wilson of. Uxbridge, is home on her furlough after spend- three »yéars as a missionary in A good ing Nigerian will be guest speaker. attendance is hoped for, Mrs. EL in Toronto. MeKerihani spent last rook Mr. and Mus. Robertson are making their home at present with "Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hunter. ' CASH Total previously reported F. C. Hahn, Toronto Hospital, __for that purpose. In memory of W. C. Ashenhurst 3 200.00 Seven Quilters--Murs: Les Hal;-Mrs.- H. Fitehett, Mrs. H: Hocken, Mrs. H. Nasmith, Miss ki. McDermott, r Mra. G. McDonald; Mrs--A.Ploughman, for clock fund. 26.00 Mr. Gegrge Sharp, Timmins, Ontario ......... rsd i 65.00 $1,487.04 PLEDGES } ? Total previously reported ............... abet : $8,888.00 The Atkinson Charitable Foundation .... TE Eel, 4,200.00 TT$13,088.00 _ Gifts to the Hospital can be included a filing Income Tax Returns and receipts of our Community Memoria Haspital, A generous response to this appeal will assure the early opening 3 BR | yo has come in for a lot of criticism . . , the people just can't wait for {t fo he finished before they start tearing the whole project to pieces. * LJ - of McArthur has the good sense' to retire himself before "Ike" does it for' him, EE EE I A The people of British Columbia must Social Credit party to run... . élect them fn their first try. + +» Koje. have been waiting a long time for the. 'they | No wonder the Canadian. Olympic Team doesn't dp 'vary Well Lin. the Waovld Olympic games . . . it doesn't ° even do well in Canada . too much { politics and too little prowess? os Rh a : | [] Truman who forced the resignation There Js about as much confusion during the recent hot spell . concerning the prison riot at Guelph ferring of course to the fight over re- as there was about the prison Hot at distribution . oe DCM A -- | -- a --_ COMMUNITY HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVE § 3 DONATIONS itil, Weston, Mrs. W. C. Ashenhurst, Uxbridge, Ontario; 25,000 81,252.04 _b.00 when sted to each person charitable donations will be is & THE PASSING. SHOW: oi by 'M.A.C." « ~The Toronto Rapid transit subway | "The magistrate who said that mod- ern cars were made of tin never had, my body work done on one of them or he would have realized that they must be made of platinum, a ] : * * * ' ~ It was a question of whether parlia- ment "would dissolve or fall to pieces . not re- . but Father the tem- | perature. possible. the pur- who operating-room light, oxygen "tént, cguterizing init and autoclave." Although this civics project follows closely establishment of a community centre that saw $55,000 raised locally, the, support of the public has been "gratifying" in the opinion of the chairman. Had Grave Doubts "We had grave doubts that we ¢ould raise the required capital,; said Mr. Brooks, "but already indications are that the hospithl will "be . debt-free when opened, Theré is not a single organization that has not contributed -- too its developnrent, cither in eash do- nations or equipment pledges, and it nurses' - it SEE ADVERTISEMENT "ON INSIDE PAGE EA " i= ARE ' 5 " et emia i} Sis la rr