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ht Wal AS RNS rrr av RNR 4 -- PORT PERRY STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 7th, 1964 Editorial Viewpoint Forest Conservation Depends On Fire Prevention This month, the week of May 10 to May 16, is being recognized as Forest Conservation Week. Fire prevention is one of the most important things we think about when speaking of conservation and par- ticularly at this time of year just as new growth appears all precautions should be taken. : Man, generally through carelessness, is responsible for approximately 809% of all forest fires which, on the average, burn over a million and a half acres of land annually throughout the Dominion with resultant losses of millions of dollars. Our history books have recorded a great holocaust of the past--the 1825 Miramichi fire in New Brunswick which killed 160 people--the 1907 Fernie fire in British Columbia which left 6,000 people homeless and the in- famous Porcupine fire in Ontario in 1916 which took 224 lives. There have been others. These are only a few of the great fires of the past which, in addition to destroy- ing millions of feet of timber and most of the wildlife in their path, also destroyed the lives and homes of many Canadians, to say nothing of the loss in soil fertility and scenic values. } In the agricultural areas of the county it is often hard to visualize the damage resulting from these large conflagrations. One of the main problems in southern Ontario is the spreading of grass fires into young forest plantations. While not spectacular as compared to the major outbreaks, these grass and brush fires often destroy young forest growth--the trees of tomorrow. The des- tructive effect on soil and inducement to soil erosion, is also a serious factor. Contrary to popular belief, most grass burning does not result in better site conditions. It may look neater, with everything burnt clean, but hidden in the seeming neat- SAA ox PSF. Et es eh Pos = Fea -. 2X A oy; ; ENS A ee a ARE Hed rt 2 lpn 4 Eg 0 oh rd [32 J + ness, soil organisms have been killed which otherwise would have promoted soil fertility. Great caution should be exercised when burning dead grass and brush. Burning should only be done when necessary and then only under proper supervision and control. : i Yeah Fire is a good servant but a bad master. oo 4 of =" - [ ] = a Buyer Optimism Hits New High Jk Developments on the gonsumer front, The Financial AAA Post reports, show that confidence about the immediate an prospect is higher than it has been since the 1960s began. 025 Consumers are more confident that this is a good He time to make major purchases than at any point in the past St several years. This comes from the latest coast-to-coast NA) survey of the consumer mood in Canada carried out for 4 Maclean-Hunter's Research Bureau. The Post's index of be consumer attitudes (where Sept. 1960 is taken as 100) registered a peak 170 in March as against 1568 a year ago. Employment is up; unemployment is down once again to the levels of the late 1950s, and personal income has been rising strongly for three years. This is plain from Bureau of Statistics figures. The result, to judge by the M-H survey, is that more families consider themselves better off than they were a year, two or three years ago and they firmly expect, in a market where jobs are now more plentiful, to be even better off by this fall. Retailers now expect to put substantial new sales gains on top of 'the record increases chalked up in the first quarter / 64. Expectations vary from area to area, but over-all spending on goods could top last year's $16,- chains, independents and retail associations polled this week by The Post. A new spending forecast from the Retail Merchants Association of Canada (representing more than 30 retail categories across the country provides a key to the extent of today's optimism. RMA officials have boosted earlier their forecast of a first-quarter gain of 5% to "at least 10%." Their prediction of a "6% in- crease during the first half" has been upped to 8%-9%. For the year, RMA is betting on 8%. Retail Council of Canada (representing larger merchants and about 30% of store trade sales) is betting on 7%. Forecasts by local RMA branches for first half / 64 range from a "slight increase" in the Atlantic Provinces to a 12% gain in wheat-rich Saskatchewan. '586 million by 7%-8%. That's the expectation in national - 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 Si Canadian Weekly by, Newspaper Assoc. Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario. "Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office 7 Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. Subscription Rates: In Canada $2.60 per yr., ; . Elsewhere, $3.00 per yr. Single Copy 7¢. Shall we discuss our piddling Allowance or squeal to Mr. Robarts? J) mn ~ | Remember When? FIFTY YEARS AGO May 6th, 1914 Telephone Act. The following rule has been approved by the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board and should be applied to Port Perry: telephone systems: "The use of bad language, ring- ing the phone when not requir- ing it, taking down the receiver and listening to other conver- sations, playing musical instru- ments into and whistling into the receiver or transmitters are abuses of the telephone, And these, and all other abuses, will, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding $25, as provided by Sec. 26, Sub-Sec. 6, Ontario Telephone Act, 1918." * * *k TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO May 4th, 1939 Port Perry--The Parish Wor- kers of the Church of the As- cension will hold High Tea at Cricklewood Lodge on- Friday, May 12th from 3 to 7 pm. Gentlemen especially invited. Admission 2bc. ; Arrangements are completed as to the special train to carry our Port Perry people to Tor- onto to see the King and Queen. The train will leave the CNR station at Port Perry at 12.30 noon on Monday, May 22, and arrive at Exhibition Park, Tor- onto, at 2.45 p.m. : The return fare will be 60c. for children & $1.15 for adults. J] * * TEN YEARS AGO May 6th, 1954 Special Mother's Day service will be held in the Sunday School at Seagrave at 11 am. Rev. Mr. Wallace will address the school. Regular church service at 7:30 p.m. A Mothers' Choir will provide the music. WE NOW CARRY A LINE OF Office Supplies IN OUR OFFICE Drop in and see what we \ . have to offer. ; PORT PERRY STAR CO. LTD. gi 985-7383 + i By BILL SMILEY IT HAPPENED ONE SUNDAY Does going to-church improve your golf score? Do you put the good side out or in when you build a fence on your property? How many people attend evening service at church? Why do women live longer than men? I don't know how you spend Sunday, these fine spring days, but I got the answer to these questions, and a few others, last Sunday. "Went to church Sunday morning, and was early, for once. It was twenty to eleven when I arrived, and it's usually eighteen minutes later than that. The reason was that I was on hand to teach Bible Class, which begins at quarter to ten. You guessed it. The Smileys for about the tenth year in a row, had forgotten to join the swing to Daylight Saving time. -° BE EE SE { Took advantage of the extra time to line up golf game with fellow pillar of congregation. Answer to question 1: No. I can't understand it, but going to church doesn't improve your golf. This other good Anglican and I took on a couple of Pres- byterians who admitted they'd missed morning service. - They licked us. Badly. Home at 4 p.m. Sat in chair in sun in yard, licking golf wounds. Wife appears. Glares around yard. Looks meanly at me, then at half-raked leaves, half-baked dog who messes every- where, cat who climbs screen on kitchen door and ruins it, huge branch off oak tree lying across flower beds, fence leaning towards us at 45 degrees. ~ She tells me we've got to have a new fence. It'll cost hundreds of dollars. I produce a diversion. Ask her whether we'll put good side of fence in or out. I suggest out. She says no. I say everybody does. She says I'm crazy. I say, calmly, she's ridiculous. Sugar and Spice * x kx : Leap in car to inspect fences all over town. Some face "in, others out. Nobody will give in. She gets sore. I give in. But I'm telling you right here; answer to Question 2: Depends on whether you want to look at the nice side of your fence, or want your neighbors to see it. Urgent call. during dinner, Sidesman needed for evening service. Can't think quickly. Agree reluctantly. Get to church. Not a pillar in sight. Not a sinner. Not a choir member. Three altar boys, rector on the job, Congregation is me. Got the works, including sermon. Answer to Question 3. But rector told a good story later. One elderly cattle farmer turned up, once for evening service. Preacher said, kindly, "Since youre the only one here, perhaps we'll dispense with the sermon." 5 ; Farmer says, "Well, if I loaded the whole wagon with feed, and only one old cow turned up, I think I'd feed her." Preacher agreed it was good logic, Went through entire service, in clud- ing one-hour sermon, : When it endéd, he asked farmer what he thought. Latter replied, "Well, if I loaded the whole wagon with feed, and only one old cow turned up to be fed, I don't think I'd dump the whole wagon in front of her." And the answer to the last question? Why do women live longer than men. 'Taint original, but I like it. "Because they don't have wives." Abb, HRY \ --Toronto Telegram News Service ~