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bald PORT PERRY, 2 "EDITORIAL _ "Suh is Cu pariors boast, where' or we roam: His first, beat country ever is at ome! od "ANOTHER YEAR (Blue Bell) Youth is not a time of Te--it is a state of ° If is not a matter of ripe cheeks, red lips mind. and supple knees; it'is a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigour of -the emotions; it is a freshness of the deep springs of life. Youth means a tempermental predominance of i courage over timidity, of the appetite for ad- venture over love of ease. This often exists in a man of fifty more than in a boy of twenty. Nobody. grows old by merely living a number of years; people grow old only by deserting their -_ ideals." Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusism wrinkles the soul. distrust, fear and despair--these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the grow- ing spirit back to dust. Whether seventy or sixteen, there is in every being's heart the love of wonder, the sweet amaze- ment at the stars and the starlike things and thoughts, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what next, and the joy and game of life. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair, In_the central place of your heart, there is a, wireless station; so long as it receives messages ° of beauty, hope, cheer, courage, grandeur. and power from the earth, from men and from the Infinite, so long are you yoang. ) When the wires are all down and the central 'place 'of your heart is covered with the snows of _ pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then are you grown old 'indeed and may God have mercy on your soul,--Anonymous. 2 o <> 0° PERMANENCY OF RELIEF? There was a hope that with the outbreak of war and consequent increased employment, there would be a lowering of "relief" costs. But ac- - cording to the Financial Post this has not proved . to be 'the case. The Post says--*More 1 men, at work, yet--More on" Relief." ; The Bureau of Statistics' employment figures show there were 2,828,100 wage earners.in Octo' ber--91,100 more than in October, 1938. The Bureau's figures on unemployed wage earners fel from 878,000 in: October, 1938 te 283,00. in Octo- ber, 1989. : The Department of Labour reports that there were 586,000 persons on rellef, urban and rural, in October, 1939. That is.a reduction of 16% _ under October, 1988, but the reduction is in rural,- not urban, lists, The reduction in rural relief is obviously -the result of the good crop and requires = = no further explanation, ~ Thé fact is, however, that there were only 51,747 persons' receiving -- rural relief last September, against 108,872 in September, 1988. hh] The key to this problem les in the fact that the Doniinion is bound by agreements with the Provinces which do not expire until March 31st. There is evidence that the time has come when 'definite action must be taken to fit as many as possible of the 125, 40 employable persona now on Eh A SUE TTE , added another 10% Worry, doubt, self- * relict, to 'meet the demands of the kinds of sérvice available. The Canadian Welfare Council says: "This whole volume, running to two thirds of the total, might be lumped together as possessing little, if any, marketable skills, To them might be described as 'construction' workers, most of whom would be_heavy, unskilled . or semi-skilled laborers, or- men brought from nearby rural areas for 'relief work' on the roads. "Altogether, three quarters of the total, con- tinuing under our present system and methods, will never become self-supporting again. They and, to an increasingly lamentable degree, their dependents ave drifting into chronic indigence." Strong measures will eventually have to be taken to train and to inspire this growing class of possible workers who have become and are be- coming a lieavy charge upon the" public purse. >04 THE SWING OF THE PENDULAM . "Young China being wearied of the revolutionary ardors of its fathers, is going back to old China. It is almost amusing to see the often self- conscious determination to be really Chinese, to eat Chinese food, to live in Chinese ways, to dress in Chinese clothes. It is as much a fad and a pose to be entixely Chinese these days among cer- . tain Westernized Chinese, as it was for their fathers to wear foreign clothes, eat with knives and forks, and go to Harvard. "These present young Chinese people have woln foreign clothes all their lives, have eaten foreign food, and they did go to Harvard. . They. know English literature infinitely better than their own. Now -they are sick of it all and want to go back to their grandfatliers."--Pearl Buck in the intro- duction to "My Country and My People," Men like Lawrence of Arabia and Alexis Carrel _ tell us that we are losing our power of resistance because we are becoming too dependent upon the props of civilization. Gradually other men are discovering what the Chinese have discovered-- happiness does not come from merely having a great variety of things. Many people never are able to thoroughly enjoy any one p ion, . beca they I too much, : . [EE I TEE roe OVER SUBSCRIBED - Canada asked for a $200,000,000 War Loan and received- $248,000,000. That was to be expected, for Canadians are realizing the seriousness of the situation in the British Empire. - Port Perry would do well to over-subscribe the Port Perry War Work Fund of $2,600. It can casily be done if EVERYBODY does a fair share. Nothing will so encourage the ladies in their work than to find that the whole town is supporting their effort and. that we can send through the Red Cross substantial aid to wounded soldiers. ---- LESLIE A. McMULLEN. ELECTED WARDEN Leslie A. McMullen, Brock Township: Reeve, was elected Warden for 1940 of On- tario County, upon the first ballot. ~. . pours the milk down the drain. . Easy to . Hig J Library News The following is a partial list of the new additions to the Library: * NON-FICTION--, = .Step by Step ess ieneses Churchill Men Against the Sea ......Ellsherg My Copntry and My People --Lin Yutang Land Below the Wind ........Keith Canada Europe and Hitler " --Kirkconnell Return to Religion ........... Link Soaring Wings ¢.........:..Putnam We Must Be Free ..........Roberts FICTION--. Jog Station Wagon Set -...%.,.: Baldwin Kill ......cvoovvs Christe Watch for the Dawn ..........Closte £.~Dr, Hudson's Secret Journal--Douglas One Fight More ...............Erta Happy Harvest ...... +++» Farnol | oi Western Union *i......vvi.v. Grey Champlain Road MeDowell .Jamaiea Inn ....:%......du Maurier Moment in Peking.......Lin Yuteng One author, Lin Yutang fs 'repre- "Moment in is a novel, a mov- ing panorama of ea last forty years, éovering the period . from -the . Borer Rebellion to the be- ent Jap ginning of the. 80 War: j| must find a place on the shelves of of these books is a translation; Lin Yutang, a cultured, highly educated Chinese. _ gentleman, writes equally well in 1 his own language, and in Eng- lish. An earlier book of his "The Importance of Living" is also in the Library. ~ - "Of "We Mustt-Be Free", by Roberts one reviewer has this to say: "Much has been written by foreign correspondents _ and. other observers about the state of man's freedom in distant lands, - To-day, wherever three or four Canadians: meet, di i turns to the trend of events in that world beyond dur borders. But what about the state of freedom at home? Is Canada a free country? Do Can: adians eare about their liberties, about freedom of speech, press, worship, about free democratic government? "Leslie Roberts, long recognized as of the keenest observers of the Canadin scene, aintains that free- dom is on the decline in Canada, that Canadians render / enthusiastic 'lip- service to freedom, but have no stomach for {ta actual defence. The interest of the individual citizen, as Mr. Roberts assesses it; is purely aca- demi¢, and he will' enthusé about the preservation of his liberty only so long as somebody else will do his thinking for him and tell him what to do, "In this challenging book, which of | every CanAdian interested in the Can- thor- | ada 'of to-day and the Canada of the ; ttre, | the 'author surveys. the broad tHe Library. landscape of the national scene. "If you are wondering about King and Manion, about Hepburn, Puplessis, Herridge, Woodsworth, about Leader- ship 'Leagues that were and New De- mocracies that are -- then you will want to read "We Must Be Free." - "The-author needs. no_introduction to the Canadian audience, who will re- member These Be Your Gods, and So This is Ottawa, volumes of incisive political surgery as well as his almost innumerable short stories, essays and articles.in leading United States, Eng- lish and Canadian newspapers." "These" Be Your Gods" is also in The - Book Selection Committee would welcome suggestions from the reading public, as to future purchases. if there is a book you'd particularly like to read tell the librarian, for a knowledge of what. the public wahts is invaluable when book-ordering time comes round. The annual meeting of the church and Sunday School which was to have been held this week has been post- pdned indefinitely owing to sickness. The annual Sunday School Conven- tion was held in Whitby on Thursday. Local delegates attended. Mrs. 'Wm. Kellington has been at the home of her son Mr. J. Kellington, of Oshawa, who has been confined to ONT,, Another Serious Car Accident y Mrs. E. Hol Sik Daughte Harold Holtby, his mother, Mrs: E, Holtby, and his sister Marian, were all in Toronto on Thursday of last week. suffered a Lroken arm, Mi Harold internal injuries. THURSDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1940 tby, Son and r lujured injured in an duto accident Mrs. Holtby ss Marian a broken leg,and The accident was caused when the auto that Harold was driving skidded on "Bloor Street, and ran into a street car. All the injured ones are doing as well as can be. expected. . Myrtle Station Young Peoples Union met on Mon- day evening last with a good attend- ance. The "program on Citizenship, was in charge of Miss Patti Gervan. The devotional exercises were con- ducted by Mrs. Allan Downey, Mrs. D. Duchemin and Harold Bradley, Rud- vard Kipling's "Land of Our Birth", given by Betty Kirkham, and a couple of violin selections by Mr. Osborne James, were appreciated. The guest spuikar was Rev. P. L. Jull of Brook- lin. ~In place of an address, he talked of conditions in European countries '| that have caused the organization of certain isms.- Questions were asked by Mr. Jull and answered by the aud- ience which created interesting dis- cussions, 'Nazism, Fascism and Com- munism were discussed, compared with Democracy and explained--per- haps a little difficult to understand by the younger ones present. The ex- planations brought to mind a clipping from a well known magazine which simplifies the meaning so that all can understand. We quote: "Since last autumn there has been circulating about the world a wag's view of what all these world isms really mean in actual, practice.. They have been add- ed to from time to time until we now have almost every type of govern ment explained--and "here is the pic- ture. Socialism--Yeu have two cows-- you give one to your neighbor. Fase- ism--You have two cows--you keep the cows and give the government the milk! The government sells part of the milk back to you, -Nazism--You have' two cows--you give both to the government, Communism--You have two cows--the government shoots you and takes both the cows. New Deal-- You have two cows--the government shoots one cow; it milks the other and * Cap- italism--You have two cows--you sell one cow and buy a bull, The annual meeting of the Faithful 'Workers' Sunday School class was held jn the Primary_yoom of the. Sun- day ° 'School last - Wednesday evening with a good attendance." The Vice- President, Mrs. L. Magee, occupied'the chair. After the minutes of the last meeting weie read, and a short de- votional period, a-brief:business ses: sion followed. | The election-of iy resulted as follows: President, Mrs. G. S. Gervan¥ Vice-President, Mrs, W. Armstrong; Secretary, Mrs. F. Har- rison; Treasurer, Mrs. E. Masters. Mrs. Armstrong was appointed teach- er, with Mrs. L. Mitchell as assistant. A social half hour brought the meet- ing to a close, Mrs. Geo. Holliday was in Toronto last Thursday evening to hear Joseph Hofman play on the third concert of the Music Masters' series, 9 Eaton Auditorium. 7 i Mrs. Geo. Butson and Miss Viola, of Greenbank, were at their home here for. a few days last week. Mrs. G.'S. Gervan was in Toronto on Wednesday of last week. "Mr. and Mr3. Rush of Cobourg, have rented a part of Mr. A. Parrinder's . AY house and will live there for the re- mainder of the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lynd of Chalk Lake were at the home of Mrs. Lynd's parents last Thursday. Manitoba, spent a few days last week with his cousin Mrs. R. Long. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pilkey of Green- bank, visited on Friday with Mr. and Murs. Jas. Dickson. Mr. Gordon Barton visited over the week end with friends in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Ward of Oshawa were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs, Harry Stacey. Rev. Mr. Burbridge of Korea was to have occupied the pulpit on Sunday evening but owing to the inclement weather he returned to Torotno on the 6.40 train. Rev, G. S. Gervan delivered an impromptu sermon which, though short, was interesting and to the point. It was from Psalm 1:1, "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the coun- sel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful." Sunday School next Sundaly at 1.45 with church' service at 7 p.m. when the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observed. Mr. and Mrs. W. and Mrs. W. F. Johnson of Oshawa, were Saturday visitors of Mrs. John- son's nephew and niece, Mr. and. Mrs. Harold Stredwick. Mr and Mrs, Harold Mostars of Pontypool were week-end visitors of Mi. and Mrs. Elwood Masters. Mrs. Stewart spent a few days of last week with friends in Toronto. Mrs. E. Mole, Mrs. H. Bradley, Mrs. D. Luéry and Rev. G. S. Gervan at- tended the Whitby Township Sunday School convention which. was held last Thursday in the Baptist Church in Whitby. .. i The C.P.R. bridge and building gang under the supervision of Mr. George Weimark of Havelock, is: making al- terations and repairs on he water tank. ' Myr. Harry Gervan is Ah, a few weeks holidays with his friends and' sister in Northcote and Renfrew. Mr. and Mis. Lloyd Hughson of To- ronto spent the wéek end with Mr. and Mrs, Norman Hughson. The annual Congregational Meeting 'was field in the Sunday School room on Wednesday evening of last weck. Reports from all the organizations of the church showed a successful year. Mr. Gervan talked in an interesting manner on the work of the different departments and election of officers followed: Sceretary, Mr. Roy Thomp- son; Treasurer, Mr.-David Duchemin; | C with Mr. E, Redman and Mrs. C. Harrison as a committee, The trus- {ees are: Mr. David Duchemin, Mr, E. Redman, Mr, J. E. Beacock, Mr. A. Parrinder. The Stewards are: Mr. Roy Thompson, Mr, John Grant, Mr, O. H. Downey, Mr. E. Mole, Mr. H. Briggs, Mr. J. E. Beacock, Mr. D, Duchemin, Myr. A. Parrinder, Mr. A. Downey. The Ushers are:*Mr. Harry Briggs, Mr. Allan Downey, Mr. Kenneth Cook, Mr. Jim Cook. A bed several weeks with quinsy. His many friends wish him a complete and speedy recovery. Mr. Wm. Bray of Manchester spent Sunday at the home of his brother Mr, George Bray. Members of the Sunshine Circle held their monthly meeting at the home of Miss Jean Ormiston on Saturday when almost full "attendance was present. Several business itmés were discussed. Sunshine bags were distributed to be used forthe month of January. The remainder of the afternoon was spent in a short program and games and in all a shioyasle, time was spent by all. Mrs. Ormiston and Jean served re- freshments and were give a hearty vote of thanks for their kindness. The February meeting is being held at the home. of Miss Mildred Johns. Little Kathleen Kellington of Osha- wa is stayipg with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs, Pierson. Mr. Lloyd and Misses Lorna and Edna Evans attended the Rowene- Jackson wedding in Brooklin last wel. nesday. e Canvassers for the War Ware Fund will: ¢all .at every home Monday or Tuesday next Treasurer of M. & M., Mrs. D. Luery,, i | War Work! War Money! Mr. Joseph Hezzlewood of Roland, Poultér and Mr.| Watch your label; it tells whem your subscription expires $1.50 per year in advance. § cents single copy. WAR! BE READY NEXT MONDAY JANUARY 22nd = Many of us cannotsubscribe tothe War Loan; but we can-all give some- thing to the Port Perry War Work Fund. It is our opportunity and duty.. Our sons, and brothers,and fathers have answered their country' s calland go-to protect us who remain in the: | comfort of our homes. : y Our mothers and sisters know what | this means, and for months they have . | been sewing and knitting to provide | comforts for our soldiers. Their motto i appears to be-- = "I Owe Directed Energy" and they are eagerly paying that debt. But they need wool and other ma- terials -that they may carry on their good and necessary work. In short, - they need your financial help and mine. 'The objective set for 1940 is less - than be. per week per capita of our population; but, of course the babies and the little children cannot give, and we must make up their share. One man has promised one dollar per month for the duration of the war. As he earns, he will pay, knowing that without protection he cannot earn. He knows, too, that if we do not win, he will have less to say as to how he will spend his earnings. * There is another war effort that is to be supported by this fund--the Red Cross Society, the organization that is of greatest assistance to the hospitals, Yet le 4 ft A Th CT Te the ambulance corps, and to wounded soldiers. Year by year this good work has continued, and it must continue. _ We must not penalize the soldiers of to-day for mistakes that may have occurred twenty-five years ago. The Red Cross Society is still the most benificent and practical organization at all times of war and disaster. All the talk boils down to just this --"What is the best that you and I can do to help in this matter of the Port Perry, War Work Fund?" Port Perry can easily raise the sum that is being asked. Some can pay at - once, and their ready cash will be of great service in carrying-on local work. Others will give in monthly instal- ments, and their givings will be a con- tinuous i income. The slogan i is GIVE