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- -ario which today combat not " "While we have been making Lodge Officers For 1969 Installed In in Masonic Temple. 1st row left: Installation of the 1969 officers of Fidelity Lodge no. 428 AF & AM Port Perry on Tuesday evening, Charles Brignall, a Mr, and Mrs. John Cairns of Toronto week-end visitors with her parents Mr. and Mrs, C. Fralick. Mr. and Mrs. Empringham spent Monday evening in Brooklin with her Mother Mrs, Lu Sr. Mr. and Mrs. W. Eyman &e family Sunday dinner guests of Mr.- and Mrs. A. King. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.M, Kane included Mr, and Mrs. Walker of Ajax and Mr. and Mrs. Franklin of Oshawa. ® Mrs. J. Reese in Revivaditie on: Monday attending the monthly Button Qub Meeting. Mrs. Tetlow is home after spending sometime in Tyronne with her daughter Mrs.. A Haines. Miss Nancy Crozier of | Toronto spent the week-end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. | K. Crozier. - Mr. and Mrs. G. Smith visited 'his brother who is a ' |patient in the Chronical ny 'Storey, James 'Marlow, Hans Kraupa, - Roy Cornish. Back- row left: Arnold Taylor, Jack Fallis, Roy Lane, West - Lane, James Baird, Jack Nottingham, Albert Cawker. Impressive Ceremony Allan Crosier, Wentworth Watson, Wor. M. Robert N --Staff Photo More than 300,000,000 Christmas Seals have been mailed to Ontario residents in 48 regions of theprgvince. The Ontario County TB and Health Association has mailed more than 42,000 letters. But there is a change this year. The familiar seals with the red double-barred cross has become **TB-RD Christmas Seals" in support of volunteer organizations throughout Ont- only tuberculosis but the entire field of respiratory diseases. Many of the 48 volunteer organizations in Ontario are following the lead of the Ontario Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Assoc- iation and are changing their names to formally include their increasing activity in the field of respiratory diseases. In this broader role, the volunteer associations are developing and undertaking programmes of research and rehabilitation in diseases such as emphysema, chronic bron- chitis and asthma, The Ontario Cqunty TB Association changed its name to TB and Health Association about twelve years ago and actually expanded its prog- ramme. long before the prov- incial association made the change. In the new year, a change will probably be made in line with the National and Provincial Associations. "Tuberculosis remains a primary concern of all TB Associations', said Mr. William Low, President of the Ontario County TB and Health Assoc- iation. "It is infectious and we are still encountering 4,600 new cases each year", he said. gains against tuberculosis, respiratory diseases have been making gains against us. The chief factor is the gain in cigarette smoking. Deaths from chronic bronchitis and emphysema increased by 70 to 80 percent from 1961 to Christmas Seals Mailed] To Ontario Cty. Residents 1965. "Chronic bronchitis formerly considered a disease of the elderly, is becoming more common to teenagers and young adults". One of the projects of the Ontario County TB and 'Health Association is the per- manent chest clinic which is to be opened in a few weeks in the Midtown Plaza, King Street, West, Oshawa, and will be available to all residents in__the county. This_project has been the joint effort of the TB Association and the new York-Oshawa District Health Unit, and the Executive Director - Mrs. E.A. Collins has been working very closely in its Planning with Dr. C.C. Stewart, Medical Officer of Health. _.Once the clinic is running smoothly, a multiphasic test- ing survey is to be organized. The Board of Directors is concentrating its efforts in four areas of activity: . 1. Education programmes that will assist in' the recog- nition of symptoms of respir- atory disease. 2. Rehabilitation program- mes designed to alleviate suffering, preserve useful life and maintain the productivity of the individual. 3. Basic and clinical research into the cause and cure of chronic bronchitis, -emphy- sema and asthma. 4. Active involvement in| the fields of air pollution and cigarette smoking, known to be associated with the increasing incidence of respir- atory disease. 1969 Plates Now On Sale Ontario's 1969 "licence plates for passenger cars, dual purpose vehicles. and motorcycles went on sale Monday, December 2, at 281 issuing offices across the province. Registration fees for the plates will be increased, as announced - last spring. For passenger cars and dual pur- pose vehicles haying eight cylinders, the new registrat- ion fee will be $35.00 (form- erly $26.00); six cylinders $27.50 (formerly $20.00) ; four cylinders; if manufact- ured after 1933; $20.00 (formerly ' $15.00); four cylinders; if manufactured in or before 1933, $8.00 (no change). The fee for motor- cycle plates remains $10.00. The plates will be white on blue, the reverse of this year's colours. Deadline date for having the new plates will be Friday, February 28, when 1968 plates will expire. There will be no extension. The total'number of motor vehicles to be registered in the three-month period before the deadline is estimated at more than 2,200,000. Depart- ment of Transport officials noted that motorists can gain in_convenignce and peace of mind by getting their plates in the first few weeks, avoid- ing the last minute line-ups. In cases where the owner: ship of a used motor vehicle is being transferred at the time of registration, a certificate of mechanical fitness will be required to get new plates. No certificate is needed for normal purchases of plates, renewing existing ownership with no transfer involved. Used motor vehicles licensed previously in another province will also require a certificate of mechanical fitness on being registered in Ontario and new plates issued for the first time. 1968 plates for trucks, buses and trailers will expire March 31, 1969. Operators are advised to consult their local licence issuing agent for details concerning registration dates and fees for commercial vehicles. : Thousands of Canadians are alive and well today because" of the work of the Canadian Cancer Society. High Schoo Hear Poet, Percy, J. Rowe, Poet, Philosopher and Lecturer, former member of Parliament for Athabaska, addressed-the students of Port Perry- High School on Wednesday, Decem- ber 11th, 1968, on the subject of "Poetry". Among other things he said: "The world- wide uprising of-students is, in the main, a protest against the failure of human institut- ions to solve the problems of War, Racism and Poverty. Lester Pearson, -- former Canadian Prime Minister, in delivering the Reith Lectures over the B.B.C. in London nationalism must be modified by the voluntary .surrender of a certain amount of sovereignty, to enable the dev- eloping nations to share in access to the vital natural resources of the world. Fail- ure to do this could result Lin a violent clash between the rich nations who are steadily becoming richer, and the poor nations; who are just as steadily becoming poorer. The present situation bet- ween the two giant antagonists America and Russia, is simply a balance of terror. - Only the philosopher can be trusted to say what these principals are.. The reason for this is that the philosopher has an open mind with a detached and objective view. The philosopher has three objectives (1) the discovery of what is true (2) the practise of what is good, and (3) to make manifest the funda: mental evidence as to} the nature - of things. Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty; the music of thought conveyed in the music of language, an art in which the artist by means of rhythm and great sincerity conveys to others the sent- iment he feels about life. No one can be a great poet | Students Philosopher without at the same time being a great philosopher. The aspiring poet must read widely discriminatively and endlessly. A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, distilled through the wisdom of innumerable minds. Mr. of his own poems, which he expects to publish- soon. He also read and discussed some passages from the book ""This Is My Concern', a symposium on Sociology; of" Wiel he is Co-Author. . |ham of Claremont visited Mr. Rowe read a number: 4 Hospital in Weston on Wednes- day. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Empring- and Mrs, Sunday. Mr. O. Beckett and Miss Arvellda Beckett of Bowman: ville Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Beckett. Mr. and Mrs: R. Lyons and family of Oshawa, Saturday: guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs. K. Mueller. Mr. and Mrs, M. Watts of "| Toronto at their cottage-Pine Point for the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Helliwell and children guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs. F. Tyrell on Sunday. : © Mr. and Mrs. O. Blakely and Bernie of Pickering Sun- day guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. Fralick. Mr. and Mrs. Appleton and family attended the Whitby Santa Claus Parade on Satuyg day. Service on Sunday at Grace 10 a.m. It is our White Gift Sunday. All are welcome, our Church has been filled these last few Sundays. Fmpringham on during the last few days made {gs the following points: Rigid |§ Wedding 'Invitations in the best of taste Printed announcements of your happy event are always distinctive * _and socially correct. : Port Perry Star