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A ™ DITORIAL PINION a UNICEF helps needy About one million Canadian younsters raised $856,000 for Unicef Canada last Hallowe'en. As a result, underdeveloped countries of the world will benefit. One place some of that money will go is to West Africa where more than 400,000 have died and millions more have been reduced to destitution by a terrible famine. About 50 million people live in the area of Africa hardest hit and about gne fifth of these face starvation. «Unicef was one of the first organizations there to help. Unicef provided the immediate relief needed but is not working on longer-term rehabilit: ation measures such as digging wells and supporting health services. When you read something like this, it is hard to really comprehend what it means for 400,000 people to starve tq death. . That is almost twice as many people as there are in the region of Durham. But the children of Durham don't have to face starvation, and this year as in the past, will be at your door. asking for candy. If you really care about the poor starving millions, a few cents.in each Unicef box would be a help. Cut your hydro bill With the cost of electricity going up again this "January or February, it might be a good time to look at ways of cutting back your hydro bill. Some of these suggestions may seem like too much trouble for the small amount you will save, but remember, your bill will be increasing by about 11 per cent.' ~ Every degree below 'normal' that you keep your house will result in a saving of about 10 per cent on your bill. : You can cut down on your heating bill by installing six-inch thick insulation in the attic. Lubricating the bearings on your furnace will help increase'its efficiency, as will, tight fan belts. Another idea is to install fluorescent lighting where possible, as one 40-watt fluorescent bulb is brighter than three 60 watt incandescent bulbs and could save you up to $10.00 a year. Installation. of solid-state dimmer switches when replacing light switches allows for more efficient use of light. ] - By painting the inside walls a light colour, you can also conserve energy. Specialty devices such as toasters, bacon fryers and electric skillets save energy, also. Of course, turning off lights when your not using them and watching less television will also . reduce your power bill. The money you save on your -electricity bill may help you to offset the increased price of milk. -- aaa ainaasassana: PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited WE re, ' 'Sa, | @cn 3 (0mm): N ry PNA, NA Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher J. PETER HVIDSTEN, Advertising Manager N . Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Part 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 Rafe: In Canada $6.00 per year. ~ Elsewhere $8.50 per year. Single Copy 15¢ hail) \ vi \r \ ~~ 2 = % ANE fo J Snr F2 | 4 853 VR EA RPP Fo] EWS SAY CA WAL TART DEIN PRE LETS MOF DEAL IV PEANUJS, PAL -- GIVE WT DA BILL MILEY Oh, what a beautiful day . " It's a fine, nay, a beautiful October day, and I have a fine, nay, a beautiful feeling inside me. 'I've just spent a weekend with my grandbabby. The experience was enough to make me feel that the daily grind, which seems to get grindier and grindier, might be worthwhile after all. The Jews have a saying, in one of their books, that killing a man is a terrible thing, because you are not only killing him, but the sons he might have and the sons they might have and so on and on. I think this is a fine thought. . : This would apply equally to killing a woman, though the Old Testament Jews were not exactly sold on Women's Lib. If I had been killed in the war, and there was a good chance I.would be, that grandbab would not exist, and the whole world would be poorer. I'm not kidding. The existence of so much delight and charm and laughter and love, all wrapped® up in one perfectly formed nine-month old creation, restores my faith, which at times becomes a little tattered around the edges, in God. Man alone, with all his gifts, could never devise the shine in that child's eyes, the 'mischievous two-tooth grin, the sinuosity of muscle, the incredible endurance. The urchin is living proof to me that humans have a "soul, a will, a spirit. Technology can put together a computer, but it can't begin to create, or even imitate, " the glory that is a baby. even though he is. I can imagine man devising a machine which could reproduce the sonorous lines of Milton, the fantastic fancy of Shakespeare, but there would always be something missing. Computers are clean things. They don't have to go to the bathroom. They don't have urider-arm problems. No corns or constipat- ion, arthritis or acne, piles or pimples. But something, is missing. Soul? Maybe, I'm not trying to foist upon you the idea that my grandson is perfect, or a. genius, I'm merely trying to remind you, if you have grandchildren, of what a joy they are, and if you now have only rotten kids, you have a precious experience in store for your nether. years. My grandbab is not the most beautiful child in the world. He'd probably come in . second, 'or even third, in an internationa Beautiful Baby contest, ; And he's not the smartest. I discovered this last summer, at the beach. He'd sit there, stark naked, pick up a handful of UGAR ano as well. Seice sand, and pour it over his left ear. Never his right. It was a lot of trouble, getting that sand out of his ear. And he liked to eat sand, .was delighted if he got a handful with a stone in it, for chewing. / But he's got his grandfather's genes, which make him intelligent, charming, = lovable, and pretty well all-round perfect, as I point out to my wife, : Unfortunately, he has his mother's jeans, Which make him bad-tempered when crossed, make him knock over anything that's over-knockable. But also give him eyes like two huge dark grapes, a sense of humor, and a smile like a Christmas tree when the lights have "just been plugged in. I have no trouble coping with him, when he spends a visit. All I do is make sure I've had twelve hours sleep for the three nights . before he arrives, do extensive calisthenics and some jogging for three days before he arrives. Then I'm ready for Super-Babe. His parents are no problem. His mother is . satisfied with a hug, a kiss, and a cheque. His father is satisfied with a full refriger- ator, which he opens and starts rubbing his stomach one minute after we've shaken hands. 2 Then they disappear, and I have the kid on my lap. For about eight seconds. Then he gives a lurch, a twist, and he's down, crawling at about forty miles an hour straight into the fireplace. Luckily, I'm prepared. The andirons are all locked away, except the broom, which he uses to comb his hair and bang his forehead. Everything breakable, reachable or fragile is locked in the vestibule. . I'toss a chess set on the floor. Terrific. .He picks up a rook, crawls to the coffee table, so carefully waxed and polished, and proceeds to scrawl graffiti on its shining surface. My wife looks on in horror. "What the hell. You can't take it With you," I offer. 1 do a lot of other wrong things. I take off * his wet diaper and let him craw! around on the Indian rug, bare bum. I sing to him barrack-room songs that would curdle the .. blood. Ilet him chew my fingers. I let him pull the cat's tail. And finally, after three hours of straight - action, I pull him up on my knee, hum an original lullably which goes '"'Doo-dee-doo- dee-doo-dee-doo," and he goes to sleep. . Asleep, he's the utter innocent. Garden of Eden. Soft and warm. No hypocrisy, no lying, no violence, no evil. It's beautiful. Even though I'm so stiff I can't get out of my chair three hours later when his parents get home from the movies. KISSE: 24 Thursday, October 30, 1924 50 Years Ago In the South Ontario Plow- ing contest, Mr. James Lee of Greenbank won first place in Class 1, in sod and won the Mr. Wattham's medal. W.C. Sonley, Manchester; also, won in class two. The bonds stolen in the safe robbery of Hogg & Lytle were returned to Mr. James Lucas, manager. The culprit was picked up by the Toronto Detective Department and put behind bars. Winter apples delivered to Port Perry by barrels will . cost $3.00 barrels included. About $500. worth of improvements -are - being made at the Port Perry Skating Rink. The building has been painted, west roof repaired, east wing roof recovered, ditch cleaned, weeds removed, tile drains put in each curling space. east chimney rebuilt and the whole interior surface level- led. All for $500.00. Thursday, October 27, 1949 . 25 Years Ago Bro. H. G. Hutcheson received a fifty year Past Masters Medal at a Fidelity Lodge gathering. Bro. Hutcheson was District Grand Master of Ontario District No. 12 in 1908. Ronald K. Marquis of R.R. 1, Sunderland, was among the 1949 Champion Plough- men who won an all expense paid trip to the British Isles. Mr. Ivan Haugen arrived in Norway from Port Perry to visit his family. Mrs. Luella Kennedy was installed as Nobel Grand of Maybelle Rebekah lodge this year. Mr. Bill Williams, citizen- ship convenor for the Alpha Club supplied and entertain- ed for the meeting at the United Church and Charles Popert was guest artist with his accordian. (continued on page 5) &