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- just because he asked you to. 4--PORT PERRY STAR, THURS. NOV. 14th, 1963 © woods. Editorial Viewpoint 'Time Of Nominations. BY S-- It is that time of year again. It is the time of muni- cipal nominations; the time for evaluation and a time for. decision. Weary as many voters may be of listening to political and pseudo political speeches, of questioning and considering and trooping to the polls, it still is essential if we are to exercise and thus protect our form of democracy. No one form of government these days, be it muni- cipal, provincial or federal, carries the power and the priviledge it once did. Choice of representative continues to be made in the democratic way, by the free vote, but from then on more matters are dictated from the outside than ever are decided by those elected. In municipali- ties such as ours, over one half of every tax dollar is previously channelled for education, another portion is earmarked for the county and still more has to be set aside for police and other town employees. What is left is what we have to worry about. Those we choose as our representatives in council should be chosen with the vital question in mind, Will they so man- age our affairs as to give us most return in community betterment for the remaining dollars at their disposal? We no longer hold to the plea, Vote as You Like but Vote, nor can we endorse the sometime suggested penalty for those not exercising their franchise on election day. But we do say that it is the duty of every tax payer to ~learn as much as possible of the workings of any council, to know on what premise they make their decisions, to learn if they are re-paying our confidence by making for us the considered decisions necessary for the health and growth of our communities. When electing new repre- sentatives the question could be re-phrased from "have they" to "will they?" : This month is a time of decision for many hundreds of voters in our town and district. Don't back someone But do get behind the person who you think will truly and well work in the best interests of your community. Hunter Safety At this time of year there are many hunters in the A few are experienced woodsmen and some are seasoned hunters. However, the majority of hunters who roam through our northern woods during the deer season have relatively little bush experience, and the following rules are worth knowing if you happen to be _in this category and become lost: 1. Stop, sit down. Try to figure out where you are. Use your head not your legs. -----2.-If caught by night, fog or a storm, stop at once and make camp in a sheltered spot. Build a fire in a safe place. Gather plenty of dry fuel. 3. Don't wander about. Travel only down hill. 4. If injured, choose a clear spot on a promontory and make a signal smoke. : 5. Don't yell, don't run, don't worry, and, above all, don't quit. Signal fires are the quickest way to attract attention. Build them in an open spot cleared of all inflammable material so that fire won't spread into the forest. In the daytime throw green branches and wet wood on the blaze to make smoke. The eagle eye of the forest pro} tection fire jJook-outs or observers in forest patrol planes or commercial §hips may spot your smoke. A thinking man is never lost for long. Keep a clear brain in commission and the chances are you will come out of the woods on your own feet. Neither can safe gun handling be emphasized too much. Every hunter should be familiar with the Ten Commandments of Safety. Here they are: "l. Treat every gun with the respect due a loaded -- gun. This is the first rule of gun safety." "2. Guns carried into camp or home, or when other- wise not in use, must always be unloaded, and taken down or have actions open; guns always should be carried in cases to the shooting area." "3. Always be sure barrel and action are clear of obstructions, and that you have only ammunition of the proper size for the gun you are carrying. Remove oil & grease from chamber before firing." "4, Always carry your gun so that you can control the direction of the muzzle, even if you stumble; keep the safety on until you are ready to shoot." "6. Be sure of your target before you pull the trig- ger; know the identifying features of the game you intend to hunt." "6. Never point a gun at anything you do not want to shoot; avoid all horseplay while handling a gun." - "7. Unattended guns should be unloaded; guns and "ammunition should be stored separately beyond reach of children and careless adults." "4. Never climb a tree or fence oy jump a ditch with a loaded gun; never pull a gun toward you by the muzzle." "9, Never shoot a bullet at a flat, hard surface or the surface of water; when at target practice, be gure your back stop is adequate." "10. Avoid alcoholic drinks before or during shoot- ing." . +. AND A SWEET TOOTH, TOO! Na * , 1) | « | Remember When? Sugar and Spice 50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, November 12, 1913 Wednesday was a gala day for Blackstock. The etent cele- brated was the laying of the cornerstone of the new arm- ouries. } The clock for the post office has arrived and the next matter ~will be to have it set up. Mr. George Stone's house ad- vertised in these columns last week was sold this week to Mr. McCrae of Lotus, who will move to town. Mr. F. W. Meclntyre was advertising heavy cotton and heavy flannelette in his store for 9c. per yard. * * * 25 YEARS AGO Thursday. November 10, 1938 Misses Eunice and Morwenne Harris, spent the week-end with Rev. R. T. and Mrs. Richards at Napanee. Mr. Beverley Smallman has been given a position on the teaching staff of Edinburgh University. We were pleased to hear the voice froni the radio on Wed- nesday, of one of our citizens, one of the poultry associations assisting at the Royal Winter Fair. Mr, and Mrs. Bruce Snelgrove attended the reception in hon- our of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Fralick in the Town Hall, Scugog, Friday evening. . * ok , 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 12, 1953 Well - known to the bowlers of District No. 14, of which he was district chairman in 1949 and '50, W. Merlin Let- cher was elected President of the - Provincial Lawn Bowling Association * of Ontario when the governing body held its an- Pl meeting. this past weck- end. Port Perry High School Girls Volleyball teams travelled «to Uxbridge for exhibition games and P.P.H.S. teams earned a split decision, Senjors -- Port Perry 30, Uxbridge 27; Juniors --Uxbridge 51, Port Perry 21. Star of the Senior squad was Barbara Love while Eleanor Hutchinson and Gloria Fralick shared the honours on the Jr. team. ~ Mr. Harry Peel is secretary of lawn By BILL SMILEY there's a new television series on the air that is giving me an inferiority complex about the size of a giant squid. May- be you haven't seen it, but it's called Mr. Novak, and it holds me breathless, and makes me wretched, for u.e hour every 'Sunday night. It's a sort of Dr. Kildare with classroom and chalk-dust and psychology instead of surgery and blood and psychology. Mr. Novak is a blond, handsome, young, idealistic teacher of English in a high school. That's enough to flatten a bald- ing, homely, middle aged, realistic teacher of English such as "I before the opening commercial. But it isn't this sort of thing that is eating away my self- confidence. It's the excitement of Mr. Novak's life that makes me feel like something the caretaker forgot to sweep out on Friday afternoon. : * KX Xx Every week; he gets involved in the damdest situations, and emerges smelling of violets and looking like Joan of Arc. And every week I get involved in the damdest situations and emerge. Barely. her Mr. Novak saunters through the halls of his school in his well-cut 'gray suit, buttering up the principal and looking de- dicated. . Mr. Smiley scuttles through the halls of. his school, avoiding the principal, and looking harassed. Every 'week, Mr. Novak tangles fearlessly with some im- possible problem, and solves it Every week, Mr. Smiley tangles fearfully with eight impossible problems, and by the time he's finished, he has 16 impossible problems. ; In the last few weeks, Mr. Novak has outdone himself. He has squelched an outbreak of racial prejudice. He has caught a colleague cheating and forgiven him. He has encouraged a colleague with an alcoholic wife. He has pulled the principal out of hot water. - = Na, ; ji In the last few weeks, Mr. Smiley has undone himself. He has barely lived through an outbreak of the flu. He has caught a colleague trying to make off with his rubbers. He 'has encouraged a colleague with an alcoholic mother." He has ~~ 'got the principal in hot' water. -You can see why this program makes me feel pretty in- significant, other. Mr. Smiley totters desperately from one anti-climax to the next. Take this week, for example.....I'll bet you that right now, that Novak is rehearsing an episode in which he defies the school board on a matter of principle, solves a hair personal problem for one of his students, and pulls the principgl out of a nasty situation. oa : IASETT : (Continued on page 12) Port Perry Star Co. Li. Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas 'P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T HARRISON Editor Member of the © Canadian Weekly Newspaper Assoc Member of the Ontario 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 7T¢ Mr. Novak leaps joyously from one crisis to an- NB Bet es awa