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ds vr a rg IF ~ - ed okie Pe Bd a Sr Te 4--PORT PERRY STAR, THURS, FEB. 13th, 1964 Editorial Viewpoint Boy Scout Week, Feb. 16-23 ms mw By Commissioner L. H, Nicholson Deputy Chief Scout As we enter the New Year all of us in Scouting must turn our thoughts to Boy Scout Week with its link to the Founder's Birthday. I suggest that wherever we find ourselves in the Scout family we look ahead during this particular week, check our plans for the coming year, re-examine our problems and ask ourselves how we may best help our section, our group, our district. Let us all seek an im- provement in our contribution to Scouting standards and Scout service. Those of us who work through the National Executive Committee or at National Headquarters are especially interested in three matters which will be prominent dur- ing the year and which we think will be of real signifi- cance to all. In the first place there is our Personal Fitness Pro- gramme which relates directly to our theme for the week and the year "Fitness through Scouting". With its chal- lenging badges and its fine purpose, we think this feature should attract wide attention and do much good. Secondly, there is our new magazine, Canadian Boy, the first edition of which appeared in January. On any -measure this publication should be a great success and give strong support to our movement. Then there is the decision of the National Council to set up a new and separate section for boys in the ap- proximate age brackét of 14 to 17 years and to adjust the present programme accordingly. Much remains to be done before this decision can be fully applied, but we must move towards that end as quickly as possible, be- lieving that the new arrangement should be attractive to older Scouts and should encourage more of them to stay with us and round out their Scouting experience. As to the 1964 Boy Scout Week itself, let us make full use of it to once again focus attention on what Scouting is doing in our country, in our neighborhood and on our street. Let us wear our uniforms and let us tell our story in whatever way may seem most suitable -- a winter camp -- a craft display -- snowshoe races open to all-comers -- a party for parents and friends -- a ham radio hook-up -- church attendance as a group certainly. This is our week, let us not neglect it. With well laid plans and some new projects, with our enthusiasm re- newed and our purpose clear before us 1964 cannot help but be a good year for the Boy Scouts of Canada. * T % "FISH DIET MAY POINT WAY TO HEALTHIER HEARTS A fish diet may well point the way to healthier hearts, Lands and Forests Minister the Hon. A. Kelso Roberts, Q.C., suggested. He was addressing the annual meet- ing of the Ontario Council of Commercial Fisheries re- presenting three-quarters or more of the commercial fishermen of the province. "These days, when so much is being said about cig- arette smoking and health effects resultant, it was rather refreshing to know that greater attention to fish diet by all of us can well point to healthier hearts," the Minister said. "Down in Halifax, within the past-few weeks, some 41 middle-aged men and women volunteered to go on a high fish, meat-free diet in a medical research programme, some of the apparent results of which indicate that the diet reduced body weight and cholesterol levels or counts. "Actually, one would have to be very cautious, par- ticularly expressing merely a lay view, but the experi- ment seemed to be an added reason for advocating more fish -- or take a little fish with your meat. Along with this can go better recipes and dishes to attract all types of appetites." NOW, FOR THE MAIN BOUT Rememher When? 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 $2.60 per yr., Elsewhere, $3.00 per yr. Single Copy 7T¢ 50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, February 11th, 1914 Mr. W. S. Short was elected as chairman of the local Board of Education. The Manchester Warriors showed their superiority over the Greenbank Seven by defeat- ing them by a score of 8 - 1. The game was fast but rough at times, The line-up is as fol- lows: Manchester--C. Weir, C. Lambe, A. Smith, G. Sparks, C. Wilson, G. Flewell, H. Thomp- son. Greenbank -- A. Reil, H. Leask, N. Flewell, E. Lee, F. Real, R. Burnside, W. Stovin. Referee--N. DeShane. * 0k * 25 YEARS AGO : Thursday, February 9th, 1939 Mr. D. Ferguson of Reach Township had the misfortune to break his wrist. The Uxbridge Carnival spon- sored by the Tuxis Boys was held Thursday, February 2nd. Among those attending from Port Perry were Ruth Carnegie, Betty Cawker, 'Jean Hopkins, Ralph Burley, Harris Hoard and Owen Cliff. Ruth Carnegie won the prize for ladies' fancy dress, Harris Hoard won the prize for "men's fancy dress, Betty Caw- ker- and Owen Cliff won the prize for the best dressed couple in costume, | sRuth-.Car- neigie won thé race for ladies and Owen Cliff won. the race for men, ) xk x 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 11th, 1954 Robert "W. Harris of Ux- bridge was re-elected President of the Ontario Riding Liberal Association, Ted Griffen was. elected as Commodore of the local Yacht Club for 1954. ry ie N Sugar and Spice | By BILL SMILEY A HISTORY LESSON Frightening it is to discover the ideas some kids are pick- ing up in school these days. I got some insight into the sheer wildness of it when I was helping young Kim with her history . the other day. She is 12 years old, an average kid by most standards, a very bright one by those of her parents. She's in Grade 8. I was reading from -her history notebook and asking her questions based on the notes she had made. First, I asked, what did the early pioneers build their homes out of? The answer came smartly: the earliest homes were little more than shanties, but soon thé pioneers began building with lumber, stucco, brick and stone. I asked her where they got these materials. "In the fields," was the answer. Baffled, I looked in her notes. There it was: "Soon the settlers began to build houses out of lumber, brick, stucco. and stone from their fields." I had quite an argument before con- vincing her that lumber, stucco and brick do not grow in fields. Next, I shot her a question on the harvesting of grain in the early days. Her note book stated that "the grain went through many painful processes." It went on to say that the grain was threshed and winnowed, and then was taken to be ground at "saw-mills and grist-mills, preferably grist." Painful, indeed, putting grain through a sawmill. _A little later I came across the startling information that during the Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie's rebels had been defeated by 30 men "at Maple Leaf Gardens." 4 { : Frankley, I was appalled, and slightly delighted. What an interesting way to learn history! Then, pursuing her notes, I was informed that Lord Selkirk, in trying to establish his communities in what is now Manitoba, got into a squabble with . the North-western Fur Trading Company, and "carelessly cap- tured Fort William." How do you capture a place pili After the initial shock wore off, it occurred to me that my daughter didn't know limestone from fieldstone; that she really had no idea where bricks and stucco came from; that she didn't even know what a sawmill was; that she didn't realize that, while the NHL is adept at crushing rebels, it was not in exist- ence in 1837; and that she had just thrown that adjective "care- lessly" in through sheer good spirits and a complete ignoranc of who Lord Selkirk was, and where Fort William fo : I'm not trying to blame her teacher. Heaven forbid, The kids are to blame. They copy stuff down from the 'text-book leave out a word, or add one, and the results are hilarious. They are over-awed and overwhelmed by facts, and are much more interested in "what?" than in "why?" L Secondly, I blame their parents, people like me, who are . "too busy" to find out what they are learning, and to correct such garbled nonsense. CHECK IT OUT Check your son's homework, and you'll find him writing this sort of thing, especially if he learned to spell phoneticall "He krept koshusly threw the nite, trang to hy 2 Fito the for' Have a look at your daughter's arithmetic.. You'll learn that she has just sold twelve pounds of butter for $19,844 and thinks nothing of it. : In short, Dad, have a look. It will shake you rigid. --Toronto Telegram News Service