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y ) al / ~ DE nit de Ram v . ' ] ' There was a full house to 4 -- PORT PERRY STAR. Thursday, March 24, 1966 " Y OAL | PFEWLAR CREO EST AA STO SC SW x a x a a a a aaa aaa aaa aa aaa Port Perry Star Co. Limited Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas P. HVIDSTEN, WM. T. HARRISON Publisher Editor Member of the Member of the Canadian Weekly Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. 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, $4.60 per yr. Single Copy 10¢ The Libel Laws by C. J. Harris Newspapers, thinks leading lawyer J. J. Robinette, should be freed from some of their fear of libel through a change in the laws that would permit a paper to apol- ogize rather than pay certain damages. His proposal, Mr. Robinette told the 20th annual Canadian Managing Edit- ors' Conference, would apply to any erroneous statement published by a newspaper in good faith and without neg- ligence. At present, newspapers can be sued Without proof of any special damage. But if a paper apologizes, thinks Mr. Robinette, a plaintiff should be able to recover only for damages he can prove he actually suffered, such as loss of a job, and should not be able to recover for general injury to his reputation. Although it is generally assumed that the libel laws in Britain are far more severe than here in Canada, Mr. Robinette stated that the change he is proposing has been adopted in British libel law. Newspapers have absolute privilege under the law with respect to fair and accurate reports of judicial and parl- iamentry proceedings. They have qualified privilege with respect to reports of public meetings and of some private meetings provided that publication of such reports to be without malice and for the public benefit, and that in the event of libel they accept for publication a reasonable letter or statement by way of contradiction or explanation. DODDS Except where a plaintiff suffers actual damage it does 50 YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO 10 YEARS AGO 4 not seem unreasonable that an apology published in as ~~ Wednesday, March 22, 1916 March 20th, 1966 a i . : ic : rch 22nd, 1956 As large a type and in as conspicuous a position as the libel . . Port P . . % should be generally accepted in law as sufficient satis- Fire broke out in the en- ort Perry to Whitby Rail- The Port Perry Ladies i faction for defamation that can be proved to have been gine room of the Lucas grain way to be abandoned. Curling Club ended their 5 pulished in good faith, in the public interest, and with- elevator. The fire was found We are sorry to learn that 1955-56 eason with a turkey ve out negligence. in its early stages, or the "Cricklewood Lodge has been dinner at the Del Restaur- i! --_ loss may have been serious. closed. Under the manage- ant. 4 Mr. William Martyn gave ment of Mrs. McClintock this 4 25 YEARS AGO FIFTY YEARS AGO 12 of the W.C.T.U. members house has been very much The members of the ground By Thurs., Feb, 20th, 1941 Wed., February 9th, 1916 a sleigh ride out to his home appreciated to people both at Observer Corps in this dis- i last week where the union home and the travelling trict held a birthday party 3 A deputation of citizens from different parts of Ont, County recommended that provisions be made for pay- ments of Five Thousand dol- lars per month, in aid of the Patriotic Fund. It was moved and seconded that this request be granted, Seagrave--Mr. T. H. Wat- son and family have moved At the Royal Ice Carnival. to Toronto. A few evenings officially opened by Wes, before going to the city, McKright some of the Fancy friends and neighbours ga- Dress prize winners were: thered at their home and Georgia Brock, Megan Beare, presented them with a sec- Jack Bowes and Mary Stone, retary & bookcase combined. oréet "Amateur Night" in aid of the War Savings Cer- tificates Campaign, The chairman for the evening was Mrs. R. J. Harper, Reeve Letcher gave the official welcome and Eddie Michell "acted as Master of Cere- monies. CRP. 3 8% SA a £5 v WAL ES INES "I TRIED FOR A BETTER 'OLE ONCE!" J HERE eT -- -- TR BR MEAGRE MERE held their meeting. The many friends of Col. Edgar in this locality will be pleased to hear of his well merited promotion to Com- manding Officer in Regina. Word has been received from Bandsman Harry Nott who is at the front. He is doing well somewhere in Flanders. Messrs. Cawker Bros. and Philip Polito of Port Perry and George Marlow of Nes- tleton have purchased new Ford cars. ROTOTNINTO REMEM public, The Port Perry High School students will present the play "The Importance of Being Ernest" on March 20th and 21st. Proceeds will be given to the British War Victims' Fund, Port Perry & Reach Hoe- key team won the series with Ballantrae last Friday to capture the Uxbridge Rural Hockey Trophy Cup. It is now on display at Percy Den- skan's Devon Restaurant. in honor of Mr. Care Keevil, who is retiring as supervisor of the Ground Observer Corps, Fire Chief Thomas Cham- bers died in a fire at Hali- burton which raged out of control for hours and threat- ened to spread to the whole main street, The Seagrave young people held a successful Box Social in the school room Friday night. Proceeds to be used to buy choir gowns. dad Pictured above are the ladies of the Port Perry Community LOCAL HOSPITAL AUXILIARY PLANS SPRING FAIR Booth for the Fair which is to be held Saturday, May 28th, Convenor for the air is Mrs. Roy Cornish, and if anyone re- quires information of any sort, they are welcome to contact Mrs. Cornish. Hospital Auxiliary at a meeting held at the home of their pres- ident, Mrs. M. B. Dymond, on Monday, March 21st, Contents of the basket were gifts brought to the meeting for a Fish Pond