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~ PORT, PERRY TAR Editorial Page No Strikes In 1968 A national project for 1968 that would add greatly to the prosperity and well-being of the entire country would have - as its slogan "No Strikes in 68', says an Editorial in The Printed Word. In large part, impairment of economic well-being in "67 was | due to strikes--detrimental to the people on strike, to employ- rs deprived of their services, ® workers not directly affected and to the public at large. An illustration of far-reach- ing sirike effects appeared in an interim report published by a large company a few weeks ago, covering the first half of its fiscal year. The company, which had suffered grievously itself in the previous year from a strike lasting five or six .months, has entered a recovery period but is being affected ad- versely because some of the cus- tomers of this primary supplier "of household goods are unable to take delivery or buy because, in their turn, they are, or have been, suffering from strikes. in 1967 strikes have affected Eg most of the large building op- erations in the Toronté area. It is not merely that people working on the buildings have been on strike. Also suffering are the suppliers of 'the con- struction industry. In one in- ~~ stance, just one "example of many, goods ready to be ship- ped could not be received by the buyer because his building was not far enough along:\The: original manufacturer, has had to store the goods in his own factory. This takes space and frequently the goods have to be pushed aside and moved. Every time they are moved there is . damage. While there has been ne work stoppage in that factory, the result of the strikes else- where is a serious drop in re- venue and profits and in ability to pay wages. - The company would like to get on with the "job. 3 Everyone in Canada who is SW orking at the present time is getting a good wage. A year's : holiday 'from strikes would make the country more pros- perous than it has ever heen before in war or in peace. Drivers Should Accept Own Responsibility Who is to blame for traffic And how are we going to achieve more success . accidents? in preventing them? The answers to these (ues- tions came through loud and clear at a traffic safety confer- ence of close to 1,000 commui- ity leaders in Toronto, The main blame for accidents rests with the driver himself, the fellow who lets his atten- tion wander or who takes un- necessary. chances. The best 'way to prevent accidents is for drivers to stop trying to blame something or somebody else, and to accept their own respon-- sibility to drive with care and ¢olmmon sense. At the' Road Safety 'Work- shops there was impressive un- animity on these points from- representatives of the Provin- cial Government that makes the laws, the police who en- force them, the courts that up- hold them, and a diversity of groups with a special interest in safety--educators, manufae- turers, traffic engineers, civie, union and. church leaders, among others, - ~This individual approach is not a popular one. But if we accept it, there is a real chance for a breakthrough in traffic his "y Sresssne AEN] SN 2 THANK YOU MOTHER NATURE There's one thing that brings people to- gether and makes them forget, for a few hours at least, all their normal rotten, little, miserable, petty, private troubles. That is a good smash in the midriff from that gentle old lady, Mother Nature. Whether it's fire or flood, blixzard or drought, a bjunt reminder every so 'often from good old Mother has a salutary 'effect - ~ on the perpetually whining denizens of the twentieth century. This time it was that "cold snap" in January. I like that term. It's & typical Canadian understatement. And we dgfight in it,.as we do at barn 2 50 YEARS AGO "Thurs., Jan. 24th, 1918 The mail came through by stage from Whitby on Tuesday, by way of Brook- 'lin, Myrtle, Manchester and Prince Albert, to Port" Perry. 2 Mr. and Mrs. George Jackson received a. cable on Monday from their son "Ted", stating that he had arrived safely in Eng land. At the initial meeting of Town Council the fol- lowing members took the oath of office: Reeve, Mr. S. Jeffrey; Councillors, W L. Parish & William Leo. nard. "25 YEARS AGO Thufs.,, Jan. 21st, 1943 Wm. Reesor of Picker- ing and Jas. Blanchard of Cannnigton tied in the "Warden vote. Wm. Reesor er was finally chosen as re. ~ presentative" for Ontario County. Miss Ruth Hall has pass- ed her Reg. Nurse exam- inations .and is home for "two weeks before taking her new position at the" Copper. Cliff Hospital. Pte George Emmerson, --C.D.C. of Mountain View, - is spending his furlough * tor the past four years, ~~ and the present chairman, has resigned. / with his parents, Mr. and - Mrs. H. W. Emmerson. -15 YEARS AGO Thurs, Jan. 22nd, 1953 The first patient to en. ter: the new Community Memorial Hospital was Mrs. Lloyd Pogue of R.R. #3. ~She arrived 'at noon in a car driven by her husband. Mr. Herbert Brooks, a member of.the Community "Memorial "Hospital Board _..complete the year without... 10 YEARS af . Thurs., Jan. 23rd, 1958 At the annual meeting of the Fair Board, Mr. Lyn Fair, Agricultural Representative introduced his new assistant Mr. Al * vin Blades. . ih J Inaugural meeting of the Port Perry Council was held on Saturday. Reeve: J. J. Gibson, and Councillors Arthur T. Cox. . Irving A. Boyd, Frank 'Godley and W. T. Harris were all present. "Port Perry's Community Memorial Hospital was "the only hospital in the Province of Ontario to a loss, * "Cold 'nuff fer yeh?";. .great; this is the «en, when there is a "cold snap." "Three days later you get a: "card. from him. From Florida. Two types are happy, ting is gold- They are the fuel man and the tow-truck chap. And . bully for them, say IL But my point is that a nature crisis gets people out of themselves, and perhaps it's: better than medicine in 'this Neurol 20th century. - - Forgotten during the "old snap" are the Vietnam war, higher taxes on booze and fags, your rotten boss and the fact that you can't live another week withigut an automa- tic dish-washer. There is.a certain Jono: drawing togeth- fires, heat spells, terrible thunderstorms, . or against the-elements-and-a-definite-pride beautiful autumns and three-foot snowfalls. It's peculiarly Canadian, and it makes us all become human again, if only until it's over. People who normally trudge around with a face like an old rubber boot, people who wouldn't be-caught dead in a ditch together, suddenly start shouting witticisms. like, beaming through dripping noses and purple countenances. People who wouldn't be caught speaking . to each other-in the Black Hole of Calcutta find they have a great deal in common: neither could get his car started this morn: ing. Then there 2 are the braggarts, but we even , put up with them, whom we would normally detest, with the greatest of good spirits. They come _ in different wrappers. - Let's say it's 30 below outside. But there's al. ways some character who lived in Kapus- kasingeor Yellowknife who swears it was. 80 below there all winter, and wasn't, even cold, just refreshing. Hacking their' Tungs out, they say, "This is nothing. » And there's the reverse snob . Through rattling teeth and hunched shouldérs, he too claims this is nothing. Why hack in '63 it was down to 60 below and! stayed there for a week.. Then there's the rugged. type. Pounding himself on the chest, he burbles, "This is makes us a sturdy, independent people." 3 1- Canada; this is what ~~ in the fact that you can cope. For once, including Expo, there is a common bond, as wg rub our ears'and stamp our feet and blow our noses in a great national chorus that, to me, expresses the real spirit of Canada, and at least temporarily freezes _ (Continued on Page 5) ' * PORT PERRY STAR ~ COMPANY, LIMITED A Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surreunding Areas ___P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Editor ' Member of the Canadian' Weekly : Newspaper Association Member of the Oatarly Wedkly . "Published every Thursday by Tha Po Star Co. Ltd, Port Perry, On Authorized as second clhss mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. perry Parton $4.50 per year. aimee Gop the] Rs ------