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~ EDITORIAL TOPICS Mile It A Safe Weekend Victoria Day, to a great many people heralds the dl béginning of summer. If you plan to join the thousands "of Canadians on the highways, bumper to bumper, in - week-end will be a safé one. N A high percentage of accidents and carnage is caused EIA fr. Bat others 'on the highway; the hoat owner who fails to check his equipment 'after it has been in "dry dock" all winter; the person who engages in vigorous activity i i after months of little or no exercise; these are the people whose thoughtless acts frequently result. in death for themselves and others. G "Too oftén, needless accidents occur when people are in, on or near the water. The Canadian Red Cross Soc- iety is concerned about this and wants to alert people . about the hazards of. the water. Through the Red Cross Water Safety Service, Canadians. can learn how to avoid danger and enjoy a safe summer on the water. ", Ae Corby --- Parl is worth a pound of cure." We hope you will keep this in mind, not only this week-end but all summer, by practising the Red Cross. water safety rules. Half | Are For People Across the country, -more e and more residential areas are being asked to. integrate group homes and half-way houses - for the "emotionally disturbed into their communities. Mental health workers now realize that after patients . "hospitals or infstitutions only prolongs their illness. They need the opportunity to make the adjustment back into normal society while still having available to" them the help of the trained workers in the halfway house. After they have fully recovered through this system, the public is relieved of the enormous tax burden" of Supporiing them in institutions. or a half-way house for adults in a neighbourhood often -gives rise to unreasoning fears in some home-owners - regarding house values going down. or the safety ot children on the streets. few pressure over-zealous authorities into, premature act- the individuals concerned and to the community has been i enterprises" , and placed in the same class as the man ; who manufacturers plastics in his basement. 4 . Many of the houses are run by non- rohit organiz- 1, ations, but even where they are not, they must be judged by the need and the end results obtained. Surely we must bear in mind that we are dealing, not with articles of commerce, but with human beings, who if offered the hand of friendship can overcome the results of unfortunate experiences in their lives, and give back to the community the profits, both economic and social, on health personalities. ' PORT PERRY STAR COMPANY, LIMITED, SE | Serving Port Perry: Brooklin and Surrounding Areas P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Editor Mémber of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario' Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario. HG a Second Class Mail Reglasration 'Number eid A ---- = SE Subscription Rates: In Canada $4.50 Jor yr,' Elsewhere $6.00 per year. Single Copy 10¢ : SE : by. carelessness. The driver who lagks consideration for . There's an old proverb, "An ounce of prevention observing the rules of the road and by. learning and have reached a gertain stage of recovery, isolation in However, the discovery of a group home for children Despite evidence to the contrary on these points, these properly established. They are referred to as "commercial their annual exodus to the lakes, make sure: that .your . "Way Houses _ion_to close down the houses before their value,-both to . / A em + I --r------ a rr RTT TN ES 7 PP BIRD INA GILDED CAGE. + BILL SMILEY Sugar and ISN'T TAX TIME FUN? With the income tax return safety off at the usual eight minutes before midnight on the last day and my wife, who figured out mine, nearing normal a couple of weeks later;-I-think-I have cooled out enotigh to 'pay a deep-felt and deeply-deserved, tribute. Oh, not to her. As | told her, from a safe distance "Any dummy can do that." | didn't really mean. it. It was only in retaliation for -her applying to me the epithet "stupid" twelve times 'during one Sunday afternoon. when | was helping her. We got a different total on every column of figures. Patiently, I pointed out to her that women. didn't have to panache to deal with income tax forms: They want every: thing to come out even, just as they do when wall-papering. Men would much rather grin fiendishly and' say, "Let's see what the computer can do with that." Finally, in disgust, I left it to her. She's so ridiculously honest that I probably won't even be fined this year, as is.the custom. But that takes a lot of the fun and excite- -ment out of-it. There's no joy in doing' your income tax form unless you think - you've gotten away with something. : No, the tribute I want to pay is to a ° modern writer. He's anonymous, or I'd trumpet his-name from the housetops. He's the chap who produces that annual best- seller called T1 General Tax Guide. Don't let the title fool you. That's just a front for "one of the most baffling mystery. stories . of the year. It's widly unfair that his publishers, a ~ stodgy old firm called Department of National 'Revenue, with' headquarters - in. Taxation, Canada, do noy, give this author the glory and 'publicity which is his due. Not since, Nicolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince, back in the sixteenth centliry, has - such a brillidntly, diabolically clever piece of prose been produced. And. 'this guy does it every year. The 1968 edition of this work ran to @ . ment Spice. - only thirty pages, but it was a little master- piece. It had the usual combination of complication, suspense, mystery, irony and horror. While it smacks of Machiavelli there 'are undertones of Edgar Allen Poe. Mine you, it's not. for the average, reader, who likes a plot with beginning, middle and end. This is for. the more sophisticated reader, who likes jumping backwards, forwards and Sideways in an effort to keep with the subtle, involuted mind of the writer. Nor is it a thrilling encounter for the fellow working for a salary, paid by cheque, with all deductions at source. But for the citizen who has more than one source of income, the book's combination of back- tracing,' "lehp frogging, equivocation and' gobbledegook .are sheer delight: My wife enjoys this sort of thing. In. fact, her favourite indoor sport. is reading aloud to me exerpts which prove that I am going to wind up/in the penitentiary for life, if I ignore Item 36 of this gem, which the author, with typical irony, calls a Guide. With a guide like this, who nosis a compass. It's all there, perfectly clear. For: instance, she was delighted to find that, because we live in one of the ten provinces of Canada, we get something: An "Abate- for Provincial Taxes." This- can amount to 28 percent. Just like money in the bank. Pretty darn decent of the federal government, It is actually 'called a "reduct: ion. » - Of course, you don' t get this reduction "if 'you live in thé Yukon. You have to pay the whole shot. Pretty darn mean of the 'federal government. 'And, of course, if you' 'your. do. dive in. one of the 'provinces, "reduction". is added back somewhere, and you pay the: whole shot, anyway. But this EVENTS OF DAYS GONE BY. 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 12, 1919 Last Thursday evening was a red letter , evening to the . citizens of Seagrave; that being "the time set apart for the reception; banquet and -pres- entation to the returning "soldiers. A beautiful C.E.F. ring was presented to each of the soldiers by Mrs. Shunk, Pres- ident of the Ladies Aid. At a special meeting of the Town Council held on Sat- urday night, May 19th, a by- law: was introduced and carried regarding the weigh- ing of coal sold to residents of the: corporation. Thursday, is just one of the 'charming, illogical: little peccadilloes that make this book a "must" for anyone, : Anyone, that is, who is being skinned alive by a_ trapper who smiles and 'sthiles while your pelt is being removed. 'issued, some remarks upon the municipal officials In the report of the Min- ister of 'Education recently Farm, Mechanics work in Port Perry High School were quite complimentary. - 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 18, 1944 Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hillier who cele- brated their 25th. wedding anniversary on Sunday, May 14th. Cpl. Doris. Mulligan, RCAF (W.D.) of Paulson, Manitoba, is ona short furlough with ; her parents Mr. and Mrs. ~H:H. Mulligan: yy hl Sgt. Maunsell Gerréw RCAF has been posted to the Radio Training School at Clinton. : in Congratulations to Grant Robertson and his bride on their recent marriage. * "Miss Jean CHE. RN of "Oshawa spent the week with her parents Mr. and | Mrs. Jack Crosier. 15 YEARS AGO May 13, 1954- A conference of labour and- in the counties of Ontario and Dur- ham' will be called to discuss the unemployment in the district. More than_ 3,000 persons were out of workfat the end of the. month. In Prince Albert a 'few men folk formed a bee one evening last week, cleaning church yard and removing garbage. ' 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, May : 15, 1959 4, Last Saturday May oth, the Queen's Scout Recognition 'Ceremony . was held in Mid: - land, Ontario when 48 Queen "Scouts received their certific- ates, Bob Bell A.C.M. of A Pack Port Perry and Art Jefford of Port Perry both.received their Queen Scout Certificate from 'His ' Honour the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario - The Honourable, J, Keiller Mac- Kay, 3 $ rd