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My Responsibility As A Canadian Citizen By Bonnie Malcolm The Star is indeed happy to publish the winning entry in the Essay Contest announced a couple of months ago. Bonnie Malcolm, a grade 11 student of Cartwright High School was selected the winner, and her essay will now be entered in the Provincial competition. I have 'aways considered myself ex- tremely fortunate to have been a Cana- dian citizen. Our country has the pot- ential to satisfy the goals of the most - idealistic person. A complete high school education is offered to every young Canadian and a university education can be obtained if one is willing to study hard. I feel it is an obligation for me to take ad- _..vantage of this system and complete high school at least if T expect to be a ~~ responsible citizen capable of giving back to my country more than I take from it. A lack of education is a de- finite handicap in modern society be- cause it is difficult to hold a job if a younger well-educated person contends your position. Not only do you hinder yourself but Canada, for a country with ignorant citizens cannot expect to pro- gress and hold its own with the rest of the world. Canada is a democracy. This means that every person has a say in the gov- ernment of the country but the will of the majority prevails. The right to vote should always be exploited and I intend to use this privilege when I am old enough. One vote seems very small, but if many people decide that their vote is insignificant the resulting gov- ernment will not represent the true feelings of the country. sympathy for those who complain about the government, yet did not themselves bother to cast their vote. Of course your vote will be very useless if you choose a candidate haphazardly by flip- ping a coin or taking a liking to the colour of his eyes. Democracy would every EA would cancel out a carefully decided vote. In order to be an intelligent voter, you should keep up on current events by reading the papers. I know that information from this media is often clouded by the views of those giving it, but it is not too hard to pick out the facts and weigh the va- lidity of the conclusions drawn. by the 'writers. Newscasts are. particularly helpful and factual. So the first elec- tion after I have reached the voting age should find me at the polls. "ane AA A 8 8% § ¥ XN py heirs dal PORT PERRY STAR SE, LIMITED | | / AAA LE A A AAA AAA LMAAA LALLA LARA A RAR RA RRA RRR RBRRS Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas WM. T. HARRISON, Editor P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher Member of the Canadian Weekly . Newspaper Assoc. ; Member of the Ontario 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 10e. AAA ARRAAARRRARRARARAR RARER Sam aaas | i 2 L IA A A SS SSS SS SSS SS SNSSESSESSSSNSSSN *aasassaassaaa' [ . | I have no few weeks. i Two letters 'arrived smartly, then a third. ~The first was from K.D., of Owen Sound. "Your Canada is a lovely country with blue lakes, green forests, miles of flat prairie and rugged ' mountains, Canadians should be proud of their land and pro- tect its grandeur. Industries should be limited to the uninspiring maraine areas and not ruin the fresh country- side with smoke and noise. It took many years for great forests to cover the land and protect its animals and soil from the elements. Campers should join me in respecting the trees when they light fires. terbug and other Canadians should also, for bits of paper and trash along the roadsides detract terribly from the fairness of our country. Canada has many wonderful people. I try not to be a lit- It is the responsibility of every citizen not to spoil this image in the eye of the world. "When T go' to another country, I should be well-mannered and neat be- cause all I meet will suppose that I am a typical Canadian, Their opinions of Canada will be influenced by their im- pression of me. Tourists from other countries should be treated nicely so that they will return to their homes with glowing reports of Canada. . Canada is a country with high morals and this is because her citizens are re- ligious people. It is my responsibility to live up to the standards of my God and, if I raise a family, to instil in them all the virtues I possess and more for * the world they will live in will contain more challenges and they will have to have strong moral characters to stand up to it. I still consder my self extremely for- tunate to be a Canadian citizen and am very proud to bear the responsibilities of such a position. WE GET LETTERS When you write a column like this. you get some reaction. If you didn't it wouldnt be worth writing, because it wouldn't be worth reading. A recent column has produced reaction. It dealt with the load we heap on teen-age kids generally, and contained a list of what my 16. year-old, specifically, had to do in the next column is not 'up to your usual standard. Not quite so frank. It might have been if you had turned the X-ray on yourself as well as on the critics of the young people of today--whoever they may be." Critics? K.D., meet L. E. Taylor of Toronto, Admitting that he has met a few decent teen. agers while on summer vacations in a small town, he adds: "But not so in this big city. A great many of the teen-agers here are the push- ing, impolite, immoral bores to be shunned and avoided wherever possible." K.D. says: "Any sane person would know your daughter is trying to do too much. Re. sult of having two over-ambitious parents . . . Each of you wanting to realize in each of your children your own ambitions. Selfish, I'd say." Now wait a minute, there, K.D. You can . dians be allowed to keep ~ parents, but the kids. 5 Exe mE -% = pes --- pe oe NF, > " EF L : nu? EE ™ - hg won EXPO a VL. "BYGOLLY,Y 16 AN GLYN PYRAMID!® PICKPOCKETS ARE HAVING A FIELD-DAY '== EXCEPT AT THE AUSTRALIAN PAVILION 50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 30th, 1967 Dr. S. J. Mellow was in Toronto attending the meet: ing of the Ontario Medical Association, where he repre: sents the Ontario County As. sociation. Butchers in town owing to the scarcity of help will close their shops on Monday and Wednesday = afternoons of each week. Mrs. John Sweetman pass: away at the home of her son George. Mrs. Sweetman was one of the oldest residents of Scugog. Owing to the destruction of sheep the clerk of Scugog council was instructed to memorialize the Government asking that no family of In- vices. more than one dog. Pte. Irvel Clarence Real, bank died from.wounds at a dressing station in France. Toronto. say what you 'like about my wife. But by gorry, you're all wrong about me. All I want is for my daughter to stop driving her mother nuts, pass her school year if possible, get married (preferrably by elopment; I'll spring for a 50-foot ladder in lieu of a $1,000 wed. ding), have about five kids, and get as much fun out of them as we have out of ours. .Back to Mr. Taylor. He doesn't blame the 'They have it too soft. Says they have more advantages than we had but--lack-initiative -and drive. - school. Come on, L.E., be sensible. Sure, you did them. But how many others of your age . did. There was darn little initiative and drive school? Yours and others like you. during The Depression. He goes on: "Matric had to be studied, and written off in swelteringly hot June days, with air-conditioning nowhere." It still does, old boy, in most places, and furthermore, it's about three times more difficult than the matric you and I passed. And the universities de mand standards far higher, for admission. Back to K.D. "Bet your mother would have had more sense." (She didn't have time. Ed. note) "Whose fault is it that your daughter and others want to do so much in and out of What kind of training, advice, guidance have you given her apart from 'strive, strive, strive' and 'achieve, achieve, achieve?" 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 28, 1942 The Honeydale W. I. held a miscellaneous shower in hon- our of Miss Helen Edwards who is being married. Hogg & Lytle, Perry . unloaded a car of wheat and a car of cement during the week. Mr. Fred DeNure and fa- mily, also Rev. J." A. Mac- Millan and family have taken up residence in Port Perry. At the United Church An- niversary two noted speakers Rev. Dr. R. P. Bowles and Dr. Millson spoke to large congregations at both ser- Mr. Charles Reesor will represent the I.0.O.F. at the sessions held in the Royal York, Toronto. ~Congratulations ~ son of Mr. Wm. Real, Green-~ Drew- 'McCulloch, Epsom on -- his marriage to Miss G. Aynn, 'And he lists about 30 things he was doing, while in high "WHOEVER 5AID EXPO AOE PRA WII i tt ae CLOSER TOGETHER WAS $0 RiGAT | fs: ~ 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 30th, 1957 Miss Karel Espie receives her Gold Cord, highest award in guiding, at Port Perry United Church. Miss Jean Williams, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Williams received word that her 150 word letter, "Why I Would Like to Meet Pat 'Boone, made her a winner. of Port Port Perry council it was moved and seconded that the Fire Hall be wired for a fire siren. It was also moved and seconded that the Police be given two weeks holidays with pay. F. -Allan Reesor, Port Perry, graduating student in Music, University of Toronto will receive an honor award to Mr. of the Student's Administra- Party following Convocation ceremonies. KD, you are hereby invited to give my daughter some of that stuff. But don't blame me if you emerge from the conference bloody and bruised. There's more of the same from K.D., and a lot of it good sense. It ends: "Baloney to your sex, LSD and drinks -- mere red her- rings to drag in and show how up-to-date you really are! Not stuffy at all! Ho! Ho " Well; ho-ho to you, K.D. You've been read- "ing too many articles about punk parents, and | If you think drink and drugs and sex are red herrings, in not enough about punk kids. relation to teen-agers, you'd better pull your head out of that sand-pile. There you are. One correspondent says it's the parents' fault. The other says it's the kids'. They're both wrong. "And both right. And then came the third letter, balm to tortured nerves. It was from an old friend, Edith Rudell of London, Ont. She is not exactly an amateur commentator. Six boys and a girl. I quote: "I will frame .it (the column) and amen! time and energy and nervous tension expend- ed by Wy group is not possible to describe. Furious? Anyway, it exhausts me just being an onlooker. So bless you, Bill, for putting the thoughts into words." : And bless you, dear heart. And bless K.D. and LE. ~Toronto Telegram News Service At the regular meeting of" tion Council -at a Garden The-fantastic amount of = cour a --