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solves these problems. 4--PORT PERRY STAR, THURS, FEB. 27th, 1964 Editorial Viewpoint Extra Water Supply A Necessity Serious drought conditions which prevailed in some sections of Ontario last year, should bring home to the farm people of the Province the necessity of making pro- vision for adequate water supplies in the future accord- ing to the Engineering Science Department of the Ontario Agricultural College. "Farm water should be thought of on a long term basis, not just in times of emergency or drought, as the amount of water needed for today's farm operation great- ly exceeds that of a few years ago", says Professor H. D. Ayers. "Winter precipitation for the past two years has been 25% to 409% less than normal. And even with normal rainfall in 1964 a significant rise in ground water levels cannot be anticipated for a year or more. Serious con- sideration should be given to improved or alternative farm water supply." The possibility of drilling a well near an existing dug well should be investigated. If drilled wells are common to the area this is one method that can be used to improve water supply. Alternative water supply can be obtained from a farm pond. A pond covering 1/8 of an acre, 10 to 12 feet in depth could cost between $500 and $700. It would hold approximately 400,000 gallons of water. This cost is comparatively low when it is noted that 30 dairy cows could use this amount of water in about 2 years. If this amount of water was transported to the farm by truck the cost could very well be $2,000. Professor Ayers says that many aspects of a farm pond are overlooked. It is not only a water supply for livestock, it can be used-for fire protection, recreation, fish culture, garden irrigation and in many instances property value will be increased. Position Of School Principal Mr. B. Scott Bateman, deputy minister of education for Manitoba, recently described the position of the school principal in the following words: "Heavy demands are made upon the school principal. His role in the school system is not an easy one. In addi- tion to being an administrator and business manager, a principal must be a leader to his teaching staff, a coun- sellor to his students and an able representative of his school to parents, school trustees and-others. Therefore, he must be a mature person, have pride in his work and be endowed with good doses of enthusiasm and dedication. Above all, a principal must display understanding and sympathy and rely a great deal on ordinary horse sense in the everyday. conduct of his work." This is a very large order in any man's book. A Writer's Dilemma David Malcolmson, an accomplished American writer, will be sixty-five this month and due to collect Social Se- curity, for which he has been paying annual premiums. He visited his Social Security office recently to see if he would be allowed to continue earning money at writing, and was told that he could so long as he doesn't "work too much at it." In general, he will not be penalized for any month during which he works fewer than forty-five hours. Co Thus Mr. Malcolmson, an honest man, faces some tough moral decisions. Shall he include those hours when, out fishing, he dreams up his best plots? And how much of his insomnia must he report to the bureau? - In those dark night hours he often condemns whole paragraphs of prose and thus saves himself from rejection slips. Canadians should want to learn how Mr. Malcolmson After all, the Canadian govern- ment will soon have everyone's number. --The Printed Word 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. _ Authotized' as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of 'postage in cash. ; 'Subsctiption Rates; In Canada $2.60 per yr. «= Elsewhere, $3.00 per yr. Single: Copy ¢ = ball \ HERS CEE PR : RA hes Q,0 ET Ca ag oa > he goo 28 « {atid NER Seen "a . : " atin 1nd Suis? re Pad : j¥ oe p-- EP, ney f x 5 | Remember When? 50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, February 25th, 1914 Ten thousand dollars damage was done to the private resi- dence of Col. and Mrs. R. S. McLaughlin, Oshawa. Port Perry Hockey team lost to Uxbridge this week by a score of 5 to 3. Port goal scorers were Young, -Gray and. Emmerson. J] x * 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 23rd, 1939 "Port Perry Lions Juveniles defeated the. Cobourg Juveniles by a score of 7-6 in their play- off game this week. The Port team consisted of Gord. Carne- gie, Frank Honey, R. Hood, E. Edgar, H. Scott, G. MacMaster, G. Hood, T. McNeely, Bruce Beare, Burgess Beare, Harvey Clark and Bill Aldred, Goal scorers for Port were McMaster with four, Gord Hood with two, and Harvey Clark with one. Sorry to hear that Miss Mar- jorie Jeffrey is on the sick list. Sorry also to hear her mother, Mrs. Florence Jeffrey is-ill. Mrs. T. Kight and-daughter Marian were visiting in Ux- bridge for a few days. * *. * 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, February. 25th, 1954 Alan Reesor was successful in passing his Grade Ten exa- - minations in piano With 'hon- ours. ; At the Kiwanis Music Festi- val, Miss Donna Samells' ob- tained second place with. 88 marks. As a result of a direct attack on referee Larry Heffering, in a game here last week, Morrow '| of Peterboro * Petes received a one year suspension from O.H, A. Board and the 'Coach of the Petes a three game suspension. - [Ses onl Sent GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER "I wooden live in that Tronna if ya gave me the whole dump on a silver platter." This is an expression oft heard in the vast hinterland of our dominion, the true north, strong and free. It is echoed with: equal emphasis about Montreal, Halifax, Vancouver, Winnipeg, and the other dozen or so cities of any. size. The statement above is usually followed a diatribe against "city living". Its ,high rents, its heavy traffic its unfriendliness; its distance from that demi-paradise, the 'speaker's home town. : "Ya, I know it's nice in the summer up north there. But. wuddaya do all winter in that dump." This is equally familiar. It is asked in the tones of simple incredulity of a sophisticated suburbanite who spends all winter doing, exactly what you do in that dump up north: working, playing, bringing up your family, trying to pay the bills, and growing older. *x *k * On most matters, I take a stand. But in this' denunciation of the other fellow!s mode of life, I take two stands. The first is gentle agreement with my small-town friends. I go along with their belligerent argument that the city is no place to live: that Id hate to battle that traffic: that living is cheaper in a smaller centre; that its wonderful to live within five minutes of fishing, curling golfing and friends. : When I'm listening to some old buddy who lives in the city, I nod sagely when he points « out that the city is an exciting place to live; that it's wonderful to be able to take in all the shows and' concerts; that it's grand to be able to go out for an exotic meal in a fascinating place; that the small town doesn't provide the same cultural opportunities for your kids. x % x Privately, I chuckle at both points of view. Both are full of contradictions. The city fellow claims there's no privacy in a small town -- everybody knows your business. ~The small- town fellow explodes, "Privacy! in the city when you're pammed into a two-by-four lot, in .a - house beside people you don't like and who have horrible kids?" ~~ The small-town fellow raves about that mythical "rat-race" in | the city, and goes out and roars around in service clubs and fraternal organizations and athletic clubs and ehiiteh groups at a pace no city rat could stand. The myths' multiply. In a city of a million, theatren' are half 'empty, concerts play to small crowds," exotic restaurants go broke. In a small place, one-tenth of two per cent. of the population is revealling in that fishing, hunting and so on at the front door. The rest are at home watching the same TV program as the fellow in the city. ; On Saturdays, the whole problem is brought into perspec- tive, on a four-lane highway. Down to the city,\in one, stream, pour the thousands of people going in for a day to shop, see shows, suck up some fast culture. : 'Up from the city, in the other stream, pour the thousatids of _people: going north for the skiing or switming. or fishing. REET ' Wa Toronto Telegram News Servic Ey SE ya They 'don't: even wave to each other, FTA de 8 How can you have privacy - ¢! \