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"and there is faint hope he will ever change. 4--PORXRT PERRY STAR, THURS. OCT. 17th, 1963 Editorial Viewpoint By LEILA E. HVIDSTEN. "Such A Friendly Town" I ' It is always interesting to hear what strangers think of your home village; it is gratifying when one learns it is regarded as a fine place in which to live. And that was the opinion voiced last week by visitors to this vill- age. The travellers en route to their home stopped in Port Perry for refreshments and they later stated that they were quite impressed with the open friendliness of the villagers. So impressed were they that they immediately sought more information regarding docking for boats, Lake Scugog itself and facilities available. With this one initial, short visit they were already mulling plans to return for a holiday next summer season. Ontario small towns are noted for the superior friendliness of its residents. Removed from the cool commercialism of the big tourists resorts and away from the bustle of the city, residents have time to stop and talk, trade small pleasantries and cultivate an easy com- raderie amongst themselves and with their regular o sometimes guests. And surely no finer compliment ever can be received than to hear the statement, "Such a friendly town; w plan on coming back again." We think Port Perry is deserving of the spontaneous compliment. Lottery Question Needs Attention Hypocricy in the field of lotteries must be reaching the zenith. At the same time as police were preparing a crackdown on ticket sellers in one community, dozens . "more were going about the same business either oblivious to or be darned with the law in others. It is an open secret that forms of gambling are carried on each and every day in the name of churches, service clubs or merely between small groups who organize a pool for a featured game. Prizes may vary from tableclothes to turkeys to the big dream of all -- the national sweeps. The present law in regard to lotteries is generally and openly ignored. Stakes' winners get all kinds of publicity in the daily press and their winnings are tax free in addition. If, then, law enforcement officers choose to turn their eyes the other way in much smaller matters of gambling, one can hardly blame them. The law as it now stands is not respected and it has gradually bred contempt and cynicism. When this happens it is time either to update and enforce it or have it removed from the books, _-- SPURICLER Wp, Moralists, of course, would have us believe that gambling is a sin. We do not agree with that any more than we can agree that Canadians are morally superior, because of their lottery law, to the Irish, the Australians, the Swedes or a dozen other nationalities where lotteries are not only legal but frequently operated by governments. Man has been a born gambler ever since he arrived And it should be remembered that if Columbus hadn't gambled Isabella's gold and the lives of his crews in seeking proof the world was round, Canadians may never have got here at all. 3 / i ER The barometer of public opinion would seem to in- dicate that very soon sufficient pressure will be brough. to bear making it necessary for the government to act on the lottery question. Such action is long overdue. A law that cannot be enforced is worse than no law at all. Ye SI <4 One of the little-realized advantages of using. seat belts is that driving is more relaxed, resulting in less tension and muscular fatigue. The Ontario Safety League reports that a voluntary 100,000 mile seat belt test carried out by U.S. fellow Transit drivers has prompted system-wide use of seat belts. Increased driving comfort was the principal advantage noted at the end of the test by enthusiastic drivers, and the company has now: made seat belts available to all 500 of their over-the-road drivers. Kit EE : Port Perry Star Co. Lid. Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas WM. T HARRISON Editor P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher Member of the Ontario Weekly . Newspaper Assoc. 'Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Assoc Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario. 'Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. Subscription Rates: In Canada $2.50 per 'yr., Elsewhere, $3.00 per yr. Single Copy 7¢ - rr AP at at ' ~ = WOH Vc xy NY MER | Remember When? 50 YEARS o-. Wednesday, October '15th, 1913 Mr. John Davis, of Toronto, was home for the week-end. Mr. C. Switzer has purchased the vacant lot on Perry Street, next to the pound, from Mr. S. Jeffery, and will erect a modern blacksmith shop there. 25 YEARS AGO Thurs., October 13th, 1938 Mrs. I. R. Bentley, Mrs, Bert MacGregor and Mrs. H. Durkin, attended the I.0.D.E. conven- tion at St, Catharines. ~ Rev. W. D. and Mrs. Harrison of Belleville were guests of Mrs. Z. M. Jackson on Tuesday of this week. 3 * * * 10 YEARS AGO * Thurs., October 15th, 1953 While digging carrots in his garden, recently, Mr; Ted Fines of Port Perry uncovered a root resembling a human hand. The carrot was actually five in one "and looked much like the left hand palm outstretched. The. carrott was brought into the Star Office for our inspection by Mrs; Fines. --_--X-- IN AND OUT OF TOWN Out of town guests with Mr. "and Mrs. Sam Cawker over the Thanksgiving week-end were: Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Cawker and family, Toronto, Mr, and Mrs. Jim Cawker and daughter Lois, - Manchester, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Cawker and family, Oshawa, and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Caw-- ker and family, Oshawa. Reader's Comment LIKES NEW FORMAT 39 Elizabeth St. S., Brampton, Ont., Oct. 1, 1963 Dear Sirs: Please renew my subscription to the "Port Perry Star" for another year ($2.50 money order enclosed). ; I like the new format very much and am pleased to see that you are using more pictures to illustrate " their respective ar- ticles. : Yours truly, Mrs. T. H. Grigg fellow humans. Sugar and Spice | By BILL SMILEY What did vou do, old friend, on Thanksgiving week end? _ Whatever-it was, it-could not have been anything but pleasant on this odd, pagan holiday, so peculiarly Canadian, I know. We imported it from the States. But we have made it very much our own, and it has a flavor that is purley Canadian, much different from the Thanksgiving observed across the line. : . Pagan? Yes, indeed. It should be a religious time, with thé entire population on its knees, giving thanks with full hearts.. : J The percentage of the populace that is on its knees on Thanks- giving Day could probably be accommodated in a couple of trolley cars. The rest are on their wheels, their feet, or their tails. Thanksgiving week end marks the last gay, mad fling of the Canadian people before they get down to the serious business of trying to stay sane through another winter. It's the week: end to: charge about the country, visiting / relatives or friends, pointing wildly to the last furious fling of color in the trees, making the last nostalgic trip to the cot- 'age, getting out in the boat for one, final buzz. It's the week end to tramp the lush, fall fairways for that last, blasphemous game of golf, to stroll the muted woods with a gun, to wade the navel-deep ice-water for that last rainbow x Kk * trout. : It's the week end to sit in your favourite chair, cold beer to hand, and watch all the football games on television, your _ peace broken only 'by the maddéning aroma of roasting turkey. Or, if you're the domestic type, it's the week end for quiet pleasures, deeper satisfactions: putting on the storm windows, raking and burning leaves, bringing in your bulbs. Not exactly a religious holiday, is it? I think there's a great dumb feeling of thankfulness in Canadians at this time of year, but it doesn't manage to break through the pagan rituals with which we have surrounded the occasion. I'm not complaining; merely observing. But every year, at Thanksgiving, I make personal and lonely effort to take an hot: off from the fun, compose my features into a suitable solemn expression; and think about the things for which I chould be thankful. I don't have to search.. Sometimes I can do it in 10 minutes. 5 *. kx * The first thing for which I am thankful is being alive. Hundreds of millions aren't, and look at what they're mi:sing! The sccond is food. I have been hungry, and it's the most . 'degrading, demoralizing, soul-destroying illness in this world. Another reason to be thankful is for freedom, In this country, we Fave a personal freéddom to speak, work and wor- ship that is beyond the wildést dreams of the majority of our . 'Health is a reason for raising thanks. I can no longer outstrip a gazelle, but I can outrun 'a 60-year-old lady with arthritis. I can't swim five miles any more, but I can swim farther than my wife. That's good enough. fl Work you like is reason for thankfulness. I like mine. It's too hard, and I don't make enough money, and I'm always behind in it, but I like it. Environment is another source of thankfulness. I.wouldn't trade my oak tree and my black "squirrels, my favorite trout stream and my partridge-haunted woods for the Taj Mahal with Liz Taylor in residence. There you'are. Out of space, and I've barely started. Try it. You don't know how rich you dre until you begin to count. Seki ~~.» Toronto Telegram News Service Lo SRE