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IOUS 4 -- PORT PERRY STAR, Thursday, Sept. 23, 1965 Port Perry Star Co. Limited Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas Brrr rr rer WM. T. HARRISON Editor Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. P. HVIDSTEN, - Publisher &> 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 $3.00 per yr., Elsewhere, $4.50 per yr. Single Copy 10¢ 8.8.8.6.8.8.8.6.8.8.66.6)8.0.6 686) GRD GBRGDBDDEER POV TY © AAA AAA 0 0a aa The Price Of Uncertainty Whenever elections are announced or threatened or talked about, and the public business of this country grinds to a halt, there is a widespread yearning for vot- ing on fixed dates, comments The Financial Post. The latest to voice this preference for the U.S. vote system is Claude Jodoin, president of the CLC, who wants elec- tions to be held on a date set by a statue (e.g. in Novem- ber, every four years), unless the government is mean- while defeated. In "normal" times with majority govern- ments, The Post says, there is not much uncertainty about the timing of elections, which any way must be held within five years of each other. Starting the 1925 con- test, there have been 12 general elections in the past 40 years. In nine cases the government enjoyed a normal term of "Four, years or went to the limit of five. The three exceptions all took place when the government had minority status: under King in 1926 and under Diefen- baker in 1958 and 1963. Furthermore they all came about when minority parties had strong representation in the House, and the two-party system under which our parliamentary machinery works most efficiently. The Post argues that the present balkanization, with five parties in the field, reflects the uncertainty in the country itself. It is likely to continue until the major parties pull themselves together. Oo Bs CL Bc A 0 LB B,C MALL AL ALS A A a a a a aa a a 0 a a a a a a a a a a LAA A 4 4 a a a aa al ala ala ol al alalalo alata oa ala at at ala) POV VV VV OV VV VV VV YYUN J ° | REMEMBER WHEN? FIFTY YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO TEN YEARS AGO Wed., September 22, 1915 Thurs., September 19th, 1940 For More Joy Mr. Arthur Dowson won 2 Mr. Murray Holthy has one to the Air Force School first prizes on his colts at g . at Galt. He was successful Oshawa Fair. Mr. Wm. An- in passing the necessary exa- derson won 1 first and 1 sec- a minations for enlistment. ond on his fine drivers at Captain Ross Hood, quar- the same show. termaster for the Dundas & $250 Bursary. Mr. Chas. Rundle has pur- Glengarry Highlanders, won chased the machine shop, the plaudits of his fellow of- The Port Perry Public garage and equipment form- Pr ' School Board announce the " ficers and a word of appre- . a 3 erly owned by Mr. S. E. Van ciation from Lt.-Col. R. T. appointment of Mr. N. W. Camp, he is_jnstalling new E. Hicks-Lyne M.C. for his Heayn as Secteinry-Tregsur. engines and will run a first splendid work in preparing er succeeding Mr. R. D. class repair shop and garage. the exhibition grounds at Woon, who has retired after Mr. H. A. Jifkins, Tweed, Kingston for the arrival of Thurs., September 22nd, 1955 Congratulations to Miss Nancy Kight on her recent v Grade XIII examinations at Port Perry High School. Nancy is the winner of a It has been the observation of a Canadian of mature years that the only times when God Save the Queen is played with any degree of exhilaration is when it is play- ed by a visiting foreign orchestra, even a Russian one, or by a band or orchestra in Peru or in some other foreigr country. When performed by Canadian musicians it all too often comes out like a funeral dirge. This was not always the case. In Montreal Yester- days there is a description by an English visitor of the arrival of the Governor General, Lord Monck, at the Cry- stal Palace on St. Catherine Street in 1862: "Just before Lord Monck had taken his seat on the 22 years of service. dais, the band struck up God Save The Queen. fect of the National air was highly exhilarating, and created much enthusiasm." Less of today's dirge and more of 19th century joy- ousness is the advice of the Canadian of mature years. --The Printed Word G A DAY OF KISSES AND ROSES I have the deepest admiration for those men who make a big fuss over their annual wedding anni- versary. My wife and I had another anniversary this week, and, as usual, neither of us remembered it until three days after it was past, too late to celebrate. \ The reason I admire the anniversary addicts is the sheer boldness of their taclics =~ Usually, they are about the rottenest husbands in town, on a day- to-day basis. But with one florid, extravagant gesture, they wipe out all their sins of the last 12 months and lay the groundwork for another year of getting away with murder. Few of these birds are the gentle, meek, timid, humble, hen-pecked husbands this era has spawned, Like you and me. Not they. Among their ranks you find the deer hunters, the fishermen, the hard drinkers, the poker players, the philanderers. And yet, with a combination of utter effrontery and incredible craftiness, they carry it off every year. A big bash of candy, a flourish of flowers, dinner and a night on the town; and the old lady falls for it every time. . This is the part I can't understand. Women, especially women who have been married for a few years, are not notoriously soft-headed. And yet ORO Ont. will sell by public auec- tion at the Sebert House, Port Perry on Friday, Sept. 30th, about 35 head of heif- ers and steers. George Jack- - son, Auctioneer. The ef- and these women, who know perfectly well that the old man is a two-timing heel, an incipient lush, or a big-mouthed bum, go all weak at the knees when Joe waltzes in on their anniversary with a potted plant. I'm not making this up. Let's take my pal Char- lie as an example. He's real. I'll change nothing but the names. Charlie wouldn't be caught dead taking his wife to church or the movies, during the vear. He takes his holidays in the fall, when the boys are going deer-hunting. Mabel stays home. It gives her a good chance to rake the leaves and get the storm windows on. When Charlie finishes a day's work, he has a couple or six quick ones with the boys, grunts at Mabel a few times during dinner, grabs his curling broom or golf clubs, and heads out the door. Charlie's idea of a pleasant social evening for Mabel is to send her over to visit her sister while he has the poker gang in. After, of course, she has made a huge lunch for the boys. Charlie has a lot of trouble with Mabel's extrava- gance. Heck, he gives her thirty dollars a week to run the house and feed and clothe the kids and herself, and she just runs right through it, as though the stuff grew on trees. Sometimes she hasn't even enough left on Saturday to buy his weekend case the regiment. This summer the Regatta staged by the Lions Club, the Business men and the I.O. "D.E. netted a fine sum of $152.46 for Refugee work. DOPOD Mr. Bill Gibson left last Saturday by plane for Truro, Nova Scotia to spend a few weeks holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kerry. ROR ROR SOD OVDOP® - By BILL CE SMILEY He had me close to tears as he told me about the folly of letting women handle the money. With golf and curling fees up this year, and a new rifle to buy for the hunting trip, he figured he might just hafta cut down on the house allowance, if they were going to make ends meet. Now Charlie, while a pleasant enough fellow to the world, and a real swinger with the boys, as a husband and father is not only a rat but also a fink. And Mabel, who is no dope, knows it. But you should have seen her the other night, when she dropped in to pay my wife back the five bucks she's borrowed recently. Her eyes were shining and her poor, harassed face was all lit up, as she told us about the wonderful thrill of. their anniversary celebration. Charlie had come straight home after work, with- out drinks and with roses, hustled her into her glad rags an dtaken her out to the gilf club for dinner. She'd had to come home with some friends, because Charlie had wandered into the locker room and got involved in a poker game. But she, just couldn't express her appreciation of his thoughtfulness and kindness in remembering their anniversary. My wife's comment, later: "I'd cut his throat." --Toronto Telegram News Service