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iY bk = fe a a, or | NL he of ze ei $1.50 per year in advance. § cents single copy. ort Perry will be in the Centre of this International High PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 2nd, 1938 RY STAR Whose Influence and Initiative have m Great Highway a Fact BE a" ade this ) AK ILToy & a & 0 ® O X 1 ROO as WEL LAKE ONTARIO - (es -& 0 enston ROCHESTERD\ OARA FAl(g pa--_ 9, o = NI Yo : Ol fo ville Moers Cor FALQ A Immediate Completion of Highway Necessary The urgency of the immediate com- pletion of the Central Ontario High- way and the obvious importance of "the facilities and benefits it offers to this Province are demonstrated by the above map which the Peterboro Ex- aminer purposely had prepared to en- able the Highway to tell its tremen- dous story. with graphic aid. And, accompanying the may is also a picture on this page of the new In- ternational bridge across the St, Clair river connecting Sarnia gnd Port Huron and that means Ontario and Michigan and all the Central Western States. This bridge will he formally opened Labor Day this year and the significance of the event as marking the completion of a new avenue of traffic between the United States and Adapted from the . Peterhore 'Examiner Canada wil] be accentuated by the ex- pected presence of President Roose- velt-and the Prime Minister, W. L. Mackenzie King, the respective lead- ers of the governments of the two neighbouring countries, An International Highway, While the Canadian terminals of the Central Ontario Highway are Sarnia on the West and Ottawa and Montreal 3 © EDITORIAL "Such is the patriot's boast where'er we roam. His first, best country ever is at home" THE SMALL TOWN One of the sanest voices that comes over the "radio is that of W. J. Cameron, of the Ford Sun- day Evening Hour. 4 spoke of the "Small Town" and credited to it the environment that best develops those virtues and qualities that' make secure nationhood. "The small town has everything the big city can offer, and is not burdened by immense. crowds, smoke and noise. Children grow in the happy freedom of uncrowded conditions. Life is al- lowed room to expand in such manner as will permit the growth of individual talent. natural result. is 'that the great leaders of the nation. frequently come from the small town. The spirit that is cramped. in the small town would ~ generally be more cramped under the regimented, crowded conditions of the city. Any small town that would bend all its energies . to the betterment of home conditions, could lead the nation in all the desirable qualities of citi- zenship, - On the average no city possesses a greater per- centage of ability than does the small town, No Need to Envy the City, > Our envy of successful city people clouds our eyes so that we fail to see the poverty, and 'squalor of mind. The failures that are the burden of the tax roll; the cynical, twisted view 'of life, these things pass unnoted because we 'only wish to see the glamour of apparent suc- cegs in'the city, Ideals Conditions for Life Here, What more can our people expect of life than is' possible in a town like Port Perry? Real, . grinding, poverty is almost unknown, We have had no business failures in the town in many years--no more than two or three in thirty years, Our schools are of the best, our homes compare favourably with those of.any town in the Pro- - ' Last Sunday evening he... The vince. We have progressed in material admini- stration-and maintenance of streets, and walks, and public institutions. iE This does not mean that there are no problems to be met or improvements to be made in Port Perry. But we have a foundation which few towns of: our size possess, The Business Men's Association. Just at the moment comes the helpful and hope- ful reorganization of the Business Men's Asso- ciation, and the evident desire of that body to enter more fully into the activities which make up the town life, It is a pleasure to see this spirit prevailing, and if due consideration is given to town problems, one can readily predict a happy, prosperous place in which to live in Port Perry, Putting Ideas tq Work ° Many a thriving business has been started in small towns, and haa 'given scope to the ability of the citizens, But loafing, grumbling, and lack of objectives will not help. The pioneer spirit that could carve a home out of the solid bush, would find even greater riches with the land cleared, the homes established and every oppor- tunity offered for mental development. Patience 'and perserverence wiil be required here as elsewhere, But we must remember that while gainful occupations are limited here they are even more limited in the big cities. There no one over fifty is wanted for employ- ment. Young men are idle by thousands, and relief has come to be considered natural by these people, ! The hope of Canada lies in a return to home- loving, simple 'life. Faraway fields seem green; but the facts belie the appearance, The same amount of energy, ability, and in- ~ dustry that most folk have to exercise to main- tain a job In the city, would give better returns under more favourable conditions in a small town, Bf 4 0 Sbicton ~~ = 6ST0N ~~ J on the East, it continues directly West to Chicago and East to the Atlantic seaboard, It offers the shortest, safest and fastest route across On- tario and the most effective interpro- vincial and international highway for tourists from all parts of Canada and the United States. Long stretches of the Central On- tario Highway are already paved, in fact, over half of it and a large part of the remainder will be ready for surfacing this year. All that is ne- cessary for its practical completion as a new and shorter modern route from Montreal and Ottawa to Sarnia and Chicago is the paving of those gaps in Central Ontarjo that are. temporarily witholding from the entire province the incalculable. benefits which flow with the tide of traffic the Central On- tario Highway will create. The fact that this Highway tra- verses 21 electoral riding and passes through 152 municipalities in a broad central belt across the province em- phasizes the extent of the constit- uency that is directly interested in this new trafic lane and that will share in the immediate returns of in- creased business which will accrue from it. The demand for the early comple- tion of the Central Ontario Highway is not represented merely by the ag- gregate of the desires and ambitions of the citizens residing along its route. In this case the whole is greater than! the sum of its parts because of the Interprovincial and International con- nections which the Central Ontario Highway will effect as soon as it is finished. B great area comprising all the central, northern and eastern States that is brought within shorter automobile dis- tances of all the summer resorts in Central and Northern Ontario, Unanimous for Highway. The cities, towns and all munici- palities along and far to the north of the Central Ontario Highway are unanimous in their appeal to the Gov- ernment of Ontario to proceed at once with the completion of this main traflic artery; Ottawa on the Rast and Sarnia-on the West, South Falls and Orangeville, Perth, Aurora and Newmarket, Marmora and Uxbridge, Madoc and Port Perry, and Peterboro at almost the halfway mark comprise only a cross section of the Province that has a right to expect a sym- pathetic hearing from the Government and to merit the expert attention of the Minister of Highways and his engineers. . Governmental response will be quicker of action as this great body of convinced public opinion consoli- dates in the form of an irrestable popular demand. At the present time 300 municipalities, service clubs and tourists associations are preparing a stated case for presentation to the Government urging immediate com- pletion of the Central Ontario High- way. The map the Port Perry Star presents herewith clarifies the whole provincial prospect and illus- trate the importance of the Central Ontario Highway to the communities it is linking together and to all the other sections of Ontario. A glance at the map shows the THIS IS THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR SARNIA INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE--THE CONNECTING LINK IN THIS INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY TO BE OPENED ON LABOR DAY. And in the central foreground of a the broad picture is the Sarnia-Port Huron bridge on the one side and Ottawa-Montreal terminals on the other with their outlets at both ends into a great territory whose motoring residents will appreciate the saving in mileage, the factor of greater safe- ty dnd the scenic attractions of the new route, Links Great Vacation Areas. The Central Ontario Highway is the short cut linking all the great vaca- tion districts of Central and Northern Ontario from the Blue Water route at Lake Huron, to Muskoka, the Ka- warthas, the Rideaus and beyond them Algonquin Park affording a new ac- cessibility to all those playgrounds which annually attract hundreds of thousands of American tourists and other holiday seekers into the heart of Ontario. The tolls collected from the tourist and summer resort business by the Government of Ontario, the tremen- dous revenue that pile up in the pro- vincial treasury from that source are simple but salient factors which should move the government of On- tario to swift action in completing the Central Ontario Highway. It is esti- mated that the revenue from this highway will be sufficient to pay for the cost of completion in two years. And with the opening of new vestibule into the northern central States by way of Sarnia and Port Huron and from the east by way of Ottawa and Montreal, this highway will have a mighty creative effect in increasing business from the thickly populated and wealthy industrial and agricul- tural sections of the U.S.A. There is no imaginable reason for delaying the immediate completion of this highway and action to that end will be accelerated when every citizen who scans the map takes the trouble in -his own interest to urge his riding's. representative in the Ontario Legisla-' ture to secure the paving of the re- maining links in the 'Central Ontario Highway. So much for a summary of what the Central Ontario Highway means" to this province as a whole, and some of the reasons why its early comple- tion should be urged persistently by enlarged district should show an im- mediate gain of $260,000 in that first year. By creating new tourist business from the United States the Central Ontario Highway will have the effect of bringing more vacationists every summer to the popular resorts of On- tario. These resorts are all in the same boat; and they will all get their share as in the past and present so will the incoming tourists of tomorrow be distributed from the Muskokas through the Kawarthas to the Rideaus and the Ottawa River. It is acknowledged that the Central Ontario Highway could be completed within two years, and because 500,000 people along its route will immediate- ly benelt from it, there should be no unnecessary delay in wel.ing the re- maining links. PSE Construction Port Perry East We have been promised that construction on Central Ontario Highway will be started immediately. This will be the notable event of this section's history,and will be a lasting monument to our parliamentary represen- tatives for good statesman- ship, giving easy access to a rich agricultural area. Drowned in Lake Scugog Jerry Lesie, 29, of 7 Lima Place, Toronto, drowned in Lake Scugog, just opposite Port Perry, Sunday afternoon, May 29th. Accompanied by a friend, Gordon Hart, 27, of 46 Wood Street, Toronta, Leslie went out in a rowboat on the lake. ~The two men decided to go swimming and they stopped rowing when about 400 yards out, took off their clothes and dived in.- The boat the citizens along its extensive route. The highway with its final paved sur- face is just as important to Sarnia as it is to Ottawa, Peterboro, Port Perry, | Perth and so on. While it is in- complete, neither the 'province nor the municipalities can derive more than a fraction of the business that will quickly develop as soon as the last mile of pavement has been laid. And now a word about the local aspects. Peterboro may be used as an illustration. The tourist business of this city and county should be in- creased by one hundred per cent.. within the first year after the Central Ontario Highway is finished, an in- crease of over a million dollars in one year. The city's trade within its own was not anchored and when the pair decided to leave the water they found the boat had drifted a considerable distance. oo The men started swimming after the craft, but before they had gone far, Leslie weakened. He trod water for a while, and then continued, Hart giving a helping hand. Without warning, Leslie went under. His companion tried desperately to bring him to the surface, but failed to get a strong hold on him. Shouts for help brought rescuers and the survivor was removed in an exhausted state. Dragging operations were immediately started, and four hours later the body was recovered. The drowning occurred in plain sight of Leslie's young son, who was on shore with Joseph Richardson, 44 Cheritan Ave;, Toronto, and E. Ed- wards, 199 Jarvis St., Toronto. Five Persons Saved from Burning Car Five people were trapped tempor- arily in a burning automobile two miles north of Manchester on Sunday morning when a blowout in a front tire sent the machine into the ditch where it overturned and burst into flames. : A passing motorist rescued the five persons who were unable to open the 'nors owing to the seat pinning them down. The five rescued were Fred W. Dolman and his wife, 107 Peter- borough Ave. Toronto; Wm. Lower, Lis wife and their son, William Jr., of 201 Atlas Ave., Toronto. Richard Madeley, 151 Lawlor Ave., "nrorto. happened to be passing on No. 12 Highway at the moment the "prized cor burst into flames. He at cnce stopped his car and rushed to give aid. Unable to move the doors, he broke several windows and helped the occupants to safety. All five were taken to Port Perry Hospital where they were treated for cuts and bruises. 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