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pe ~~ Star Editorial Topics Improvement Promised Among the principal speakers at the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Convention held in Royal York Hotel, Toronto recently, was Gordon Cunningham, Director of Postal Services for the Toronto Region. The reason for inviting Mr. Cunningham, and no doubt, this he was well aware of, was the problems facing the weekly newspaper industry as far as second class mail delivery, which for quite some time has been far from satisfactory. Realizing he would be confronting a "hostile" crowd, Mr. Cunningham came well prepared and let it be said, delivered an excellent speech and answered all questions directed to him extremely well. He certainly made a good impression on the publishers present and appeared to be a man who had the intentions of opening every avenue possible in order to succeed in improved and more efficient postal service. He willingly admitted operations did not work as smoothly as could be desired and said it would still take some time before all the planning and re-organizing of the many various departments were completed, but did promise improvements in the future. We believe Mr. Cunningham deserves a great deal of credit for sharing his informations with the publishers and we ask our many subscribers now affected by the present service to show some patience and give Mr. Cunningham and the postal department sufficient time to iron out the many difficulties they now face. Trade Plus Aid Is Needed The hopes of mankind for a more peaceful world are always being dimmed by the grim facts of inter- national life. At the recent 20th Colombo Plan Confer- ence in Victoria, the experts warnéd that populations in poorer countries continue to grow at twice the rate of those in the industralized nations: In Rome, officials of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization pointed out that the world's land and water resources were shrinking because of man's misuse of them. Up to 50 per cent _ potential food production was lost through wastage. The United States, the wealthiest and also most generous of the world's donor nations, is cutting about half a billion dollars from its annual foreign aid bill. While man had reached the moon, says U.N. Secretary-General U Thant, not enough was being done to attain universal peace, prosperity and social justice. U Thant blamed mankind's incredibly shortsight- ed selfishness, our complacency and indifference for the world's grave troubles, . Not only must industralized nations like the United States and Canada boost their foreign aid outlays. They must assist their own people - - as well as the mush- rooming populations of poorer lands - - to reach a fuller understanding of our present 'revolutionary age. The need for new ideas, for new radical measures to Solve age-old problems has become both urgent and essential in a world tortured by doubts and hatreds. . The Board of Evangelism and Social Service The United Church of Canada PORT PERRY STAR COMPANY, LIMITED Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and 'Surrounding Areas P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Editor Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoclation 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, 'Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr., Elsewhere $6.00 per year. Single Copy 10¢ of the-world's annual "ance was casual, = ETRE, of #1 TORONTO, DETROIT. oT TNC Ce Pho ebay Te Say wiry tHE LEARS. we corm cE our 60% Canapian og . . 50 YEARS AGO Bill Smiley Ha BOCS WHO KEEP US KICKING I's an unpleasant but undisputed fact that most of us in today's material society envy those who are making more money than we are. I'm as guilty as anyone else, simultane- ously knowing that it's silly. But there's one breed -- the doctors -- that makes a whole lot more money than | do. And | have no envy; nothing but admiration. We've met some new ones in the past couple of weeks, and they have confirmed my long-held opinion that their's is a noble profession. - I know, I know. There are some rotten apples in every barrel. There are some doctors who are interested only in the buck. There are others who wouldn't take a night call even if you were dying. There are the specialists who work office hours only, and knock off $45,000 a year. . (Tried to get an appointment with an eye doctor lately? Takes months.) . But the vast majority of today's doctors are just as dedicated as their predecessors, work just as hard and long, and are just as interested in healing body and mind. And proportionately, in terms of today's living costs, they're no better off than the deetor of 50 years ago. First doctor I ever met, I guess, was the one who delivered me, and our acquaint- Just a whack on the bum from him, and a squall of protest from me. When I was a kid, our family doctor was Dr. Hagyard. He was a massive man with a massive calm. When he arrived, at any hour, you felt as though God had just taken over and everything was 0.K. In the win- ter, he charged about the country with a device of his own creation, a sort of snow- mobile built from a Model T Ford. In summery, his favorite recreation was hitting fly balls to the outfielders in our pro-base- ball team. He could hit them half a mile. In prison camp, I met a couple of dandies. One was coal-black, six-foot-six and reputed to be the son of an African chief. I went to him in some perturbation, and he said. "If you had that excrescence on your nose, 1 Sugar and Spice out recompense, you'd call it a pimple." The other was a ginger - haired British major, a surgeon. He was going around the bend because there wasn't enough sur- gery to keep his hand in. When he had removed all possible appendices and ton- sils, on the slightest provocation, he spent "most of his time sidling up to people and asking if they'd been circumcised. We used to hide when we saw him coming. When our kids came along, both were delivered by a.wonderful doctor, Frank Williamson. Four. o'clock in the morning meant nothing to him. He'd be there. quiet and calm and rational, in a flash. He grew roses. When we came here, we had Bill Neill. He had a theory that people needed onlv four hours sleep a night. He grooved on trenieal fish and tape recorders, didn't give a hoot about money, forgot to bill you, but was always compassionate and on the job when you needed him. Now our family doctor is a quiet English- mar with a complete lack of the affectation that the odd little-tin-god tvne dneter ae. sumes. He has a propensity for Christmas caroling outside vour house with his wif» and children, and has learned to play a credible trumpet. I've been curling with a doctor in his 70s lately. | enjoy his stories abput the old days, when he ured a dog team tp cross the bay, hoping there wouldn't be a gap of open water when he got to the other side. He's a courtly gentleman. When we picked up our daughter at the hospital recently, we met another species of the breed. Youngish, tough. red-eyed from lack of sleep, he took two hours, in- cluding his lunch hour, to talk to us, with- "He cared. And one more. An eminent city special ist, who is married to an old friend of my wife, took time from his busy schedule to - check on Kim and alleviate our fears. He didn't even know us. . A pretty fine bunch, the Docs, in my experience. --Toronto Telegram Syndicate Thursday, February 19, 1920 The public library is in need of money. For two or three years back owing to war conditions the library has had to depend almost entirely on Government, Municipal and other grants. The whole amount including' subscript- ion fees only amounts to $400. The 34th Ontario County Regiment is being reorganized on a peace footing with Lt. Col. Bick as Commanding Officer. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 22, 1945 A very pretty double ring wedding ceremony was per- formed in the Port Perry United Church at three o' clock on Saturday afternoon, February 17th, 1945 when Thelma Marie, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Crosier, R.R. 4, was united in marriage with Flying Officer Bruce F. Beare, RCAF Up- lands, Ontario, son of Mrs. H. Fitchett, Port Perry. Rev. W.C. Smith officiated at the ceremony. Port Perry High School students under the direction of Mrs. Rowe won first place in class 77, Mixed Voice Choir - Collegiate. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 24, 1955 An egg that might be con- sidered unique was found by a local resident Mrs. John Snooks last week. It was an unusually large egg having a circumference of 3" x 4". When the -egg was broken open it was found to contain a conventional yolk and its white plus another complete egg, shell and all. The Scugog Chapter IODE recently gave a gift of books to the Port Perry Memorial Library. These volumes were presented by Mrs. A. Brock, Regent," and a committee representing the chapter in a very impressive ceremony at the Library and are being placed on a special shelf as amemorial for deceased mem- bers of Scugog Chapter. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 25, 1960 The Port Perry Fire Brigade responded to a call on Monday and found a chesterfield "smoldering in the home of Mr. Richards, Rosa Street. The fire was soon brought under control but consider- able damage had been caused by smoke. Last Wednesday, the Grade Eleven Port Perry High School boys had a very enjoyable and educational day on their trip to General Motors and the Steel Plants in Hamilton. The climax was the NHL hockey game evening in Tor- onto.