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BRN TN 1 ae pS, "SR Ye REN SAS EDITORIAL TOPICS | Make It Safe! _A lifejacket is still the most important piece of safety equipment aboard your boat. In Canada we are fortunate in having available for pleasure boats one of the finest and most efficient lifejackets obtainable any- where in the world. The Department of Transport approved lifejacket has been tested exhaustively under all conditions of salt and fresh water using dozens of dif- ferent body types and is a proven and effectivebuoyancy aid. There are other lifejackets available on the market, the Ontario Safety League strongly recommends that only Department of Transport approved jackets should be purchased for use in boats. © Children are the most- difficult ofall individuals to properly fit with a lifejacket that will support them properly and safely in the water. The Ontario Safety League warns that it is important to fit children with lifejackets according. to their weight. Oversize and undersize jackets are equally dangerous. Children's lifejackets come in sizes to accommodate children weighing up to -45 Ibs., and from 45 to 90 Ibs.- Over 90 Ibs., an adult jacket should be used. The only sure way of fitting a child is to try out the jacket in the water and make sure it automatitally rolls the child over on its back and holds the face out of the water. The Ontario Safety League warns vacationers to check their lifejackets at the beginning of the season to make sure they are still buoyant and the material is still strong enough not to tear under the stress of holding the wearer's weight in the water. If there is any doubt about the condition of a lifejacket, it is money well spent to discard it and buy a new one. he life- jacket is inexpensive insurance. Let Them Take Part Family celebrations of holidays, birthdays and other occasions mean a great deal to children and are worth the planning they take, says the federal health department publication, "Up the Years from One to Six". Sharing good times is one of the surest ways of building up in a child the feeling of the family as a unit, especially in the present day when family groups are not so closely knit as they once were. Parents who make the most of occasions for family fun while their children are little, will give the children satisfactions they will treasure all their lives. It is not necessary to go to a great deal of trouble or expense to give a child the feeling that family affairs are fun. Even a busy mother can do it. To make the day stand out is what matters -- the little extra touch such as not having to do one's ordinary tasks on one's birth- day or being given some special privilege. It may be that using the best china, putting on a gay tablecloth or having balloons is all that is needed to set the day off as different. Children should be encouraged also to celebrate the parents' birthdays. The children should have the fun of doing things for-parents as well. * * * Before you go on holidays drop into your. public library and peruse Know Your Car and How to Drive ~ Hints and Tips to Stay Alive, by Bruce Grant. PORT PERRY STAR COMPANY, LIMITED Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher i WM. T. HARRISON, Editor Member 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. A RRRRERRRNY SANNA EE a a a Second Class Mail Registration Number 0268 Subscription Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr., Elsewhere $6.00 per year. Single Copy 10¢ # ai RX eo KN ERE, An . » . - ~ . . 4 BILL SMILEY Sugar and OLD FRIENDS ARE BEST. It's nice to make a new friend, but most members of our species, the naked ape, agree that old friends are the best friends. Last week, I had the best of these two situations, and I am not only delighted but astonished to be alive to report it. The only thing that doesn't seem to be funct- ioning is my liver. Must be in better shape than I thought. It began with a three-day visit from our old friends, the Traplins. We have one of these reunions once a year, and it usually takes a week to get over. them. Trap and I joined the air force together.- Peggy and Suse have always got along well because they have the same interests. They can-talk for 20 hours at a stretch. On Tuesday night they went to bed at 8:15. That's a.m. Know what they were doing? e university acceptance tests. They scored very high. But they were a little dashed when I told them that high school kids get 560 minutes to do these. It had taken them seven hours. And you should hear them playing duets on the piano at 4 a.m. One playing Galway Bay and the other Tales From the Vienna Woods. It sounds pretty good until they begin to sing. . Well, the Traps left; and I settled down for a quiet day of reading and recuperation. Knock at the door. Another old friend, ~ Bill Hanna, all set to go sailing. Apparently, though I'll swear it never happened, we'd had a long and involved telephone talk "setting the time and the day. No way out, without being a stinker. So I tottered off sailing. A peculiar sport. It takes an hour to get ready. This is hard on a man who is dying on his feet. Then you float around for a couple of hours while the skipper desperately tries to catch a breeze no bigger than a belch. Then, suddenly, there's what we old . sailors call a spanking breeze, and the skipper is hollering at you to '"'cleat your jib" and "luff your lee" and all sorts of nasty things, and the dam' boat is hurtling along with one side almost under water and your beer has tumbled into the bilge "THE SURFACE 15 VERY GRAINY AND I'M) SINKING Spice "and you are wondering whether you can still swim two miles. Back home, safe, late and burned to a cinder. Nodding over a late dinner and the 11 p.m. news. Door-bell rings Cherry young voice, "Anybody home?" And you go downstairs and there's another old friend, petite Jeanne Sauve, and she's brought -- you a beautiful rose from-her own garden. And yes, she'll. have a gin and look at the new bathroom and a two-hour talk with Suse. - There was only one way out, and I took it. I plunged off in the car next morn- "ing for Uxbridge and the Ontario Weekly Edijtors' annual golf tournament. Host Pete Hvidsten, a Norwegian who didn't know enough to go home after the war. But by the acme of acumen managed to marry off both his kids within two weeks. * Gene Macdonald, the man from Glen- garry, who won the prize for the longest drive of the day--he'd driven 280 miles to get there. He also insisted I buy him a double every time I had a double bogey. A stiff proposition for both of us. Johnny James of Béwmanville with two strapping sons who hit a golf ball a quarter of a mile. Weeklies' dean, Werden Leavens of Bolton, who played four holes counting the 19th. Charlie Noland of Stouffville, game as always, getting through nine holes despite the pain. Ebullient Harry Stemp, who ran the show, which is rather like trying to get 40 thinocerus to sit up at table and put on their napkins. _dim Dills of Acton-Milton, genial and easy- going "as always. And a dozen others. That's why it was equally pleasant to meet new friends. Dave Scott of Fort Erie, the only man I've ever seen whiff four times straight while trying to strike a golf ball, and '""Ting", the amiable troll who cartoons brilliantly, and the only man alive who can skate in his bare feet on a coffee table, with coasters as skates. And a dozen others. . There's nothing like friends, old or new, if you want to beat Gabriel's trumpet and die a couple of decades before your time. "60 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 31, 1919 Decoration will. spell welcome to our visitors. We cannot: do too much to give the old town a holiday appearance. The coming of peace is worthy of, celebrat- * ion, All citizens are asked to decorate their homes. Wanted -- A ham sand- wich garden party. Everybody will be there. Boiled Ham is 76¢ 1b. We're tired of canned - salmon. We want bread with ham on. An Honour Roll, the work of Mr. S. Farmer_Rert Perry is being placed in Memory Hall by the Women's Instit- ute. Mr. Farmer is to be: congratulated upon the beaut- iful design and workmanship. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 10, 1944 Congratulations to Marie Armstrong and Harry Carnegie on their marriage Saturday. Mrs. John Leahy of Oshawa spent the week-end with Mr. 'and Mrs. Len Leahy. Mrs. Leahy recently returned from Yarmouth N.S. Fit. Sgt. John Leahy has been transferred to Newfoundland. sister Mrs. H. Westney have returned from a trip to Prince Rupert accompanying Mrs. . Fred Joblin and' a little son .home. Rev. F. H. Joblin is 'now stationed at Prince Rupert. 2 Miss Gladys Wesingy | her' 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 12,1954 Stewart Sweetman and daughters Carole and Thelma, A OE CR SH Apr ad : LJ Caroline Naples, and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Prentice motored to Ottawa for the holiday week- end to meet Constable G.R. Sweetman who was putting ona dog demonstration for the Duke of Edinborough at Rockcliffe on July 31st. : Mrs. Grant Innes suffered bruises and a severe shaking up when she was thrown from a horse. Mr. Dunford left for his home in Winnipeg after a two 'month visit with his daughter Mrs. Fred Christie. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 13,1969 Last Thursday evening the . members of Reach Councils Ex-Reeves, Township employ- ees and their ladies met at Dundrennan Farm to honour Mr. Grant Christie, retiring Clerk-Treasurer, Mr. Christie was presented with a reclining chair and Mrs. Christie a bouquet of red roses, Congratulations to Grant Beacock of Prince Albert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Les Beacock who was a recent winner of - the Elmer Limerick Contest. Grant is the proud owner of a miniature Rocket Radio. &