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Ba htad ven is" ATPASE NOTIN PRA a BY C | EON iu Ale RO AC, RY YY iil DITORIAL PINION Minor Hockey Week Once again it is the time of the year when we are asked to support minor hockey, and to remind our readers of that already well-known slogan "Don't send - take your boy to the arena.' The Port Perry Minor Hockey Association is composed of enthusiastic, hard-working volunteers whose efforts on behalf of the local youngsters cannot be measured in hours and dollars. They make it possible for hundreds of youngsters to take part in Canada's National sport. Every boy in town can have the opportunity to play, and none will be turned away. That's the kind of an organization it is! . More than that, they contribute towards the development not only of stronger bodies, but of healthier minds and better citizens. They keep the youngsters off the streets and engaged in healthy, supervised sports. We do agree with the slogan - To keep a boy out of hot water - put him on ice". Our municipality has provided the ice, our volunteers do the work "to put them on ice'. . Your best way of recognizing the work of the members of Port Perry Minor Hockey Associ- ation's executive and helpers is to come out and see what they have accomplished for your youngster. Perhaps your visit to the arena, may give added incentive to take a more active part in the future. March of Dimes For Twenty years the Rehabilitation Foundation for the Disabled (March of Dimes Ability Fund) has played an important role in the development of services for physically disabled adults in Ontario. In recent years the Foundation's emphasis has been on Vocational rehabilitation with its network of sheltered employment services across the Province. With increasing acceptance of the right of the Handicapped to a more decent life, government has steadily expanded it's role and the 'Foundation' has recognized the importance of co-ordinating it's activities with government and other Voluntary Organizations to insure that priority needs are met and that an orderly pattern of services and facilities develop. Although government services to the handi- capped are increasing, there are still and will continue to be a myriad of unmet needs which must - be met by volunteer organizations such as the Rehabilitation Foundation for the Disabled. Many handicapped Ontario adults feel 'shut out' from our present society and not "shut in'. Although they will never be employable, the Foundation and its volunteers believe these people also have a right to quality in their daily life. This January, 40,000 dedicated citizens will be actively engaged in support of the Rehabilitation Foundation and the disabled adults it represents by conducting the annual March of Dimes Ability Fund Campaign in some 650 communities. Please be generous when the canvasser calls. PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited [] . oe =, = ] = Gon (um); "chs re Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Plant Manager J. PETER HVIDSTEN, Advertising Manager Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday 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 (265 BILL - «J UGAR ano MILEY HERE'S SOME LAUGHS TO HELP YOUR 1973 It was rather a gloomy end to 1972, with the deaths of scrappy Harry Truman and that fine Canadian, Mike Pearson, and the eternal shootings among the mad Irish, and the earthquake in Nicaragua. So let's get off on the right foot for the next twelve months with something a little lighter. Some columnists are smart enough to keep a file of funny or unusual things that happened during the previous year, so that they have a ready-made column just after New Year. The only funny or unusual thing around our place is my filing system. I just took a look at it, eighteen inches high all over my desk, picked up my typewrter and moved to the dining-room table. There's nobody here but us crumbs. Whereby I decided to pass along some things that I consider amusing, with the hope that you will too. They're not original, and are culled from the centuries. Here's Stephen Leacock describing an encounter with a pirate ship: "The two ships were brought side by side. They were then lashed tightly together with bag string and binder twine, and a gangplank laid between them. In a moment the pirates swarmed upon our deck, rolling their eyes, gnashing their teeth and filing their nails." And as he relates the ensuing carnage: "I noticed one gigantic fellow brandishing a knotted towel, and striking right and left among our fellows, until Captain Bilge rushed at him and struck him flat across the mouth with a banana skin." That's the humour of incongruity. Here's an example of the humour of heartlessness, of which a master was Harry Graham. Try writing some of your own. The ice upon our pond's so thin That poor Mamma has fallen in We cannot reaeh her from the shore 1 Until the surface freezes more. Ah me, my heart grows weary waiting-- Besides, I want to have some skating. Another of his was: In the drinking-well Which the plumber built her Aunt Eliza fell; We must buy a filter. Here's a touch of the ironic. And I'd like to ask my friend Dr. Hackstetter to please note, "The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of their blood." an How about a couple froin .Ogden Nash, that great humorist in verse. This one's Srice | entitled Song Of The Open Road: I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Indeed, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all.-- -- That's typically American in theme and content, but here's a little couplet of his that is symbolic and universal: If you hear the scream of a panther Don't anther. : I can't resist one more Ogden Nash, and if you haven't read him, buy a copy. This is called Relections On Ice-Breaking. Candy Is dandy But liquor Is quicker. Then, of course, there's the epigram, a very brief witty observation. Its master was Oscar Wilde, who came to a bad end, in more ways than one. But our sample will be from Hillaire Belloc. Entitled On His Books. When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. "wd Isn't that a nice example of the pun, as well as saying in two lines something about the monstrous pride of the writer? Here's another by Belloc. It's called, simply,-Epitaph On My Wife: Here lies my wife. Here lies she. Hallelujah! Hallelujee! Then there is the limerick. Some of the funniest (and foulest) verses in the language are found in this form. But this is simply clever, or cleverly simple. The bottle of perfume that Willie sent Was highly displeasing to Millicent ; Her thanks were so cold They quarreled, I'm .told Through that silly scent Willie sent Millicent. The fine art of satire has fallen into lethargy these days, except perhaps among 'political cartoonists, where it is often merely cruel, rather than witty. But the Roman satirist, Martial, wrote a verse that is just as modern as it was 2,000 years ago. The golden hair Fabulla wears Is hers. Who can deny it? She swears ' tis hers, and true she swears For I did see her buy it. Many Canadians tend to take life very seriously. I hope these samples, ninety per cent of which were taken from school texts, will help dispell that preoccupation. So. Whether your troubles are kids, or parents, or old people, or unrequited love, remem- ber, you have only one life. And this is it. Enjoy. 50 YEARS AGO Thurs., January 18, 1923 Results from Christmas examinations at Manchester Public School. Names in order of merit. Jr. 'IV Myrtle Crosier (honors), Sr, III - Leta Christie, Marion ® Barrett and Elwood Crosier (equal), Mary Trowbridge and Dolly Rees. Jr. III - Sam Masters, Ada Masters, Harold Dobson. 1st Class - Fred Brooks (honours) Marion Holtby (honours), Jack Holtby (honours), Helen Crosier. Primer - Ross Strong, Bruce Wallace. Teacher was Mrs. L. Roach. Among appointments made at the Inaugural meet- ing of Cartwright Township was Chas. Venning as asses- sor at a salary of $90. per year. For the same position n® Scugog Township, Mr. Amasa Sweetman was given a remunaration of $50. per year. Mr. Frank Sweetman was paid $16. as caretaker of the town hall. 25 YEARS AGO Thurs., January 15, 1948 Elected to Cartwright Council for 1948 were W.G. Bowles, Reeve; Bruce Hea- slip, Arthur Bradley, George 'Black, Dalson Dorrell, " Councillors. Excise tax on Hydro re- moved: From National Rev- enue of Canada: 'Please be advised that effective on and after November 16, 1948, & electricty and gas. used in dwellings is exempt from. sales tax." 15 YEARS AGO Thurs., Jan. 16, 1958 At the Inaugural meeting of Port Perry Council all members were Hn J.J. Gibson, reeve; Arthur T. Cox, Irving A. Boyd, Frank 'Godley and W.T. Harris. Elected to the executive of the Port Perry Junior Far- mers were: Wesley Johnson, Past President ; Bill Stewart, President; Hugh Dobson, First Vice Pres.; Jim Aird, Second Vice Pres.,; Emm, Sec.-Treas. Dr. M.B. Dymond was guest speaker at the fifth annual meeting of Com- munity Memorial Hospital. 10 YEARS AGO Thurs., January 17, 1963 Port Perry Fire Brigade answered to fire calls in two days, with an estimated damage of $12,000. The first call was to the home of Mr. David T. Ashmore of R. R. No. 2, Seagrave and the second to the home of Helen Harvey, south-east corner of 8th con. and Highway 12. Mr. Stuart Sweetmen held Open House on the occasion of his appointment of Crysler dealer in Port Perry. The retiring 1962 Warden, Earl Dowswell was pre- sented with a watch during a special ceremony conducted @ at the December sessions. Jerry Q Su--