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Editorial Topics A Time For Decision The time is fast approaching when voters of Port Perry, Cartwright and Scugog will have to make a decision of Paramount umportance: Who will govern their municipalites inthe nexttwo crucial years? Nomination night is only 35 days off and election day only 47. The elected will have @ momentous and difficul_task ahead, that of leading their municipalities into regional government as well as coping with an increasing load of local problems. There is much to be argued for and against regional government and within the next two years both sides will be heard. The only thing for certain is that regional govern- ment will come and now is the time to prepare for it. Voters must choose strong councils comprised of interested, dedicated and capable persons who will give of their time and energy to pursue our vital interests. _ a os --o -- "aN Guess WAOLL ae SITTING. ww YOUR CHAIR ?" | Of Days Gone By Thursday, October 14, 1920 South Ontario Ploughman's Association was held at the : % Sonya Presbyterian Church National Stud Farm in East ham, Prospect celebrated their choir was urider the leadership has been re-decorated and Whitby. fitted with a electric light system. The Dec. 7 ballot will be a clutch-play vote. Public Apathy and poor voter turnout -- frequent in past civic elections -- must not prevail this time. For at stake now 'Ss Our very autonomy, the right and privilege to make our own decisions regarding local affairs. Dr. A.C.A. Bathie fab 4 certificate in music and president of the Onatario Cho Mrs. G. MacMillan in Primary ropratic Association and Methods Part 2, for attended the convention held men in Hamilton. Helping The Voter Praise shoud be directed to those candidates who have quickly announced their intentions to seek office. This is an open and no-beating-around-the-bush move on their part. By such action they have given the electorate added time to make up their minds about them as municipal leaders. The early announcement also give voters a chance to question candidates on their stands on various issues. In amy event the electorate should be beware of a candidate who weits until the last moment -- nom- ination night -- then presents a crash program which only suffices to confuse the voter. His record is one that be closely examined. Early Declaration Earty dectaration of a candidates intention to seek office should be encouraged, for the above reasons and many more. Granted its an important step, one that should be given much consideration. But surely an election hopeful -- if he has had the community at heart -- should be able to make his or her mind up weil in advance of nomination night Some will want to play the let's-wait-and-see game. if John Smith runs | won't or vice-versa. This may, in @ political sense, be advantageous but should not be the criterion on which one basis a decision to seek public office. if a person feels John Smith is the better man than they should encourage him to run * "PORT PERRY STAR | COMPANY, LIMITED e Authorined sa second clam mail by the Post Office Department. Ottews. and for payment of postage in cach aa Second Clase Mail Registration Number 0766 "4 Subseription Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr., Eisewhare $6.00 per year, Single Copy 10¢ arranged. A farewell service was held in St. John's Presbyterian Church for Miss Margaret Stuart, who is about to leave for India as a foreign Miss- ionary. Mr. Hayden has been ap- pointed messenger at the local Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Principal Lioyd White B.A. has accepted a position as a Commercial Specialist in the High School at Wallaceburg. Thursday, October 8, 1945 Improved and extended Hospital services are needed in Port Perry and area. At @ meeting a committee was formed consisting of the Reeves of Port Perry, Reach, Seugog and Cartwright, and Mr. C.C. Jeffrey and Mr. Grant Es gEze ffi i z ! Re-opening is being be ¥ = Thursday, October 13, 1960 Bill Smiley With Thanksgiving in the air, perhaps it's as good a time as any to give thanks that all our women have not joined the lunatic fringe of the Women's Liberation Move- ment. I'm not knocking the Movement. The majority of those who belong to it and work for it are mature, intelligent women who believe there is discrimination against wo- men in some areas and want to abolish it. I agree with them about the discrimin- ation in some areas. But I want no more to do with the screaming, bra-waving, instant-abortion parodies of women who haunt their ranks than I do with the hard core of Maoists who turn every peaceful men who had tremendous influence with- out ever waving a placard or screaming epi- thets at policemen. Back to Greek mytho- logy. Hera, wife of Zeus, was a wicked old dowager who repaid him in spades every time he strayed from the straight and narrow, Venus and Aphrodite did all right for themselves. Among mortals, Helen of Troy launched a thousand ships. And she didn't do it by flaunting her girdle on the end of a pole. She did it with her face. Perate to marry her, and dallied with the lives and loves of such robust chaps as Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh. was in love with her when he was about 20, she in her fifties. What woman could more? And with womanly logic, chopped off his head when he got for his britches. Victoria was a stick, but nations when she spoke, and she had so fluence on manners and morals are just now shedding the double of her age. She'd never be accepted the Women's Lib. With another leap, let's move up another Liz: Taylor, the royalty of century. She is married for the Fea § Bi ge & g. 3 i! aig A at if 3: ~ ee BEBE Certainly, this is a superficial view of women. But it does prove that if you've got what it takes, you can get where it's at. To confirm my suspicions, I made a AH ! if "i i $