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SAMUEL FARMER. | _ Editor and Publisher. ' ry ERRY, ONTARI 7" EDITORIAL. ~~. - "Such Is the patriots boast; where'er we ream; His first; best country ever is at home." Pe) LITE Lado a A DECISION MUST BE MADE - The question of the day is "How shall we spend our money 1" : =r : : In the matter of expense it is largely "whose ox is gored" which decides whether the money is well or ill spent. Fl Again we take the liberty of quoting from To- ronto Saturday Night: | SIS Ene, "The argument that the plebiscite is expensive has some weight if one believes that it will serve no good purpose; but if one entertains a strong hope that it will enable the nation to surmount one of the gravest crises of national unity it does not seem very serious, / That argument is put. forward by people who raise no objection to the continued expenditure by' Canadians. of vastly greater sums every week upon light entertain- - ment, imported luxury foods, sports, pleasure travel and other non military objectives; they translate the most of the plebiscite into terms of the bombers and corvettes-it-would buy, as if the limitation on our supply of these military articles were the amount of money we can spend, where- as it is really the plant capacity and skilled labor available for their production, none of which would be diverted by the taking of the vote." And Saturday Night ought to know these peo- ple who do that kind of spending and arguing. There is still another kind of spending that is more costly and more regretable than that done for light entertainment. - Dr. D. H. Kress, writing to the Port Elgin Times says: £ -~"A-despatch-from- Montreal announces that in response to an urgent appeal, Canadian beer will bo shipped ta the Middle East to relieve a short age. The question of temperance or intemper- ance qr beer or no beer is not the point at issue but rather the question of ships. The government _ says, give us ships,--more' ships,--we need them to carry food and munitions to a beleaguered i Britain. There may be some excuse for shipping beer to places like North Africa, where water is scarce; but necessity and good sense should be used in this matter as in any other. . Winning the war is the first objective. All other matters are comparatively unimportant. Ships and con- voys are vital to victory, and should not be ~ diverted without necessity. We shall certainly have to forget revenue and personal pleasure, if the war is to be won for the freedom of humanity, ; : What is more to the point in a personal manner --we shall have to decide what we really need to keep ourselves fit in an all round sense. We can- not 'tell what the demands of the future .will be, _and the Boy Scoup metto--"Be prepared" --fits the times exactly. ~ / PE ; ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS Protestations of patriotism can only be made effective by suitable actions. Canada is, accord- ing to the Financial Post, proving her patriotism in this practical manner, ' * "Canada's war program is now reaching pro- = portions which would have been inconceivable a few years ago. Total Dominion Government ex- penditures for the 1942-1943 fiscal year have been estimated at around. $3.6 billions, For the 1938- 1939 fiscal year, they were slightly over one-half _ billion, Canada has accepted the challenge, «= We aré spending at the rate of $160,000 per hour for war, which is 62.69% of the total ex- penditure by the Government, The money is received from the following with percentages noted: Income Tax 27.3;. Sales Tax 16.6; Excise 12.9; Customs 12,0; Excess Profits 12.2; War Exchange 7.0; Non Tax Revenue 17.0; National Defence Tax 4.8. In this expenditure 45% is supplied from re- venue and 55% has to be financed by loans' of various types. : y We have 542,000 men in uniform, of whom 150,000 aré volunteers enlisted for service any- where, : Tank production is set at 200 per month at a cost of $90,000 each "early in 1942." In Transport 1500 universal acrriers have -al- ready been delivered; and over 150,000 vehicles of all kinds have been produced by Canadian auto industry: Z : x In guns and ammunition the 1942 quota is Anti Aircraft 4,800; field guns 6,000; Naval 1800; Bren 224,000; Trench Mortars 4,800; Lee Enfields 200,000. es : Canada now producing more than '10 types of complete heavy guns, . Production of Vickers M. G.'s, Boys anti-tank rifle and Sten sub-machine guns starting. Browning M. G. at rate of "thousands a month" in éarly 1942. Shells, Explosives, Etc. Produced,"9 million shells. Explosive capacity to fill. 1 million complete - rounds, 700,000 projectiles and 700,000 cartridges per month in 1942, plus filling for bombs, depth ...charges, mines and -fuses,.. Small arms ammunition 'capacity 60 million rounds a month, to treble in 1942, Includes hall, tracer, incendiary and armor-piercing bullets, in four calibres, five more ta be added. "Aircraft are being produced at the tate of 40 per week, . Ships." 658 small boatyards across Canada making as- sorted craft, rowboats to torpedo beats, in $10.5 millions programme. for R.C.A.F., R.C.N,, Canad- ian and British Army and British Air Ministry. 17 major shipyards with contracts for-- 135 corvettes (about 100 already built) 153 cargo boats (7 built) _85 minesweepers (69 built) Two destroyers (none built) * * . * 7 : * NOTES AND COMMENTS * "Newbridge" says: The way to save Sugar is to take 'one spoonful insteaddf two in your tea, and --"stir like heck" ; + 05 6 Rationing will be the rational method of con- - servation, 'where scarcity prevails, or is. likély to prevail. pe - - - * * * * Labour says--"Don't let war upset hard-won labour legislation." It won't, if labour does its part thoroughly. : | Jai ER BS ) Cost of living has advanced 14.9 per cent, since August $939; but price control is putting a effective lid on this advance, = TEE Through banning the use of aluminum for electrical conductors, cooking utensils; and other 'purposes, and through control of all non-war orders, the non-essential consumption of alumi- num has been reduced to 2 per cent, of the total. S/ "NEXT POSE PLEASE" Cartoon from the London Star. "Not available in India, bY A Message from His Majesty os King George VI. * must bear the brunt to-morrow: be called upon to play, the war is over." = "We,whobelong to the present generation, would say to the coming generation of boys and girls of to-day---the men and women of "Train yourselves, body, mind, and spirit, s0 as to be ready for whatever part you' may will await you as citizens of the Empire when of the struggle; and I and for the tasks which ES SSRs NOTE--The Annual Report of the LLO.D.E. War Work Committee our next issue. will appear in - OBITUARY HIRAM FRALICK AN In the passing of Hiram Fralick on February 1st, in the city of Toronto, Scugog Island United Church lost one of its most loyal and devoted laymen, On the farm on which he lived throughout his long and eminently -| useful-life;-Mri-Fralick-was-born- in 1857, the son of Solomon and Mary Fralick, © His parents were among the earliest pioneers -.of - the Island, hewing out a home amid. the maple -| woods that then covered the northern -| interest. part of the township. In time, the little log house gave place to a more pretentious building of frame, one room of which was especially dedi- cated to the Lord. Here religious ser- vices were conduéted by visiting saddle-bag preachers and in such an atmosphere the subject of this sketch grew to manhood. He early in life united with the Church which he served with unswerving fidelity until failing health compelled him to re- from the text "Let me die the death of the righteous" and onc of the de- ccased's favorite hymns was sung-- "All the way my Saviour leads me." ~The remains were reverently laid to rest in the family plot in the ad- joining cemetery, there to await the Resurrection morn. Servant of God, well done! Thy glorious warfare's past; _ The battles fought, the race is run. And thou art crowned at last. GREENBANK Several of the Red Cross members went to Sunderland Wednesday after- noon of last week to hear Mrs. Wal- lace Campbell, President of the On- tario Division of the Red Cross. The Mission Band was held at the school on January™20ih. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lee and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Phoenix, of Toronto, at their homes here for the week end. Glad to see Mr. Dyson around after linquish the weekly fellowship with his neighboors that he prized so dearly. : A glimpse into that early pioneer home may be of more-than passing So abundant were maple trees at: that time that the family made as high as seven hundred pounds of maple sugar in a season, Near the larger log house was built another for the hired man and his family. As one logging bee succeeded another ylelding valuable supplies of potash, the farm, small in its humble begin- nings, attained larger acreage which was cultivated most successfully by the growing family of these hardy ploneers, In 1882 Mr. Hiram Fralick married Elizabeth Ann Earle. To them were born, two children; Clarence Lesley, on the homestead, and ~ Catherine | Orpha (Mrs. J, H. Robinson) of To- ronto. Mrs. Fralick died in 1889, and subsequently he married Emma Bar- clay in 1896. To them another son was born, Harold Ross, of Toronto. For thirty-seven years they lived to- | gether most happily, when suddenly | in 1933 his wife predeceased him. For nine years after her death, Mr. Fra- lick lived in the old home, sometimes alone; bit a part of each year he en- joyed the company of his daughter and son, who spent their vacations | with him. For many years he served most ef- ficiently as Steward of Maple Grove -| Church, and voluntarily acted as its '1 caretaker where Sunday by Sunday greeted his fellow worshippers wi his welcome smile. He has left to mourn his passing, one daughter, two sons, four grand- sons, six granddaughters, and two great grandchildren. On Tuesday afternoon, February 3, a service was held for the Toronto friends in the funeral chapel of Me- Dougall & Brown, conducted 'by his pastor Rev. F. G. Joblin, The cor- tege then proceeded to the Head Church, Scugog Island, where a large number of friends gathered to pay his recent illness. ~ Mrs. Tomlinson has left her home here to spend the remainder of the winter with her daughter. Mr. Monnier and friend of King- ston, spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. H. Phoenix. The Red Cross quilting was held at the home of Mrs. B. Cragg on Wed- nesday of last week. This week a quilting will be held at the home of Mrs, Boe on Thursday. Mr, and Mrs. J. A.~Lee and family visiting Mr.-and "Mrs. Cook-at Myrtle Station on Sunday. Mrs. Ianson visiting in Hamilton for a few days. hy Lavern Beare at home here last week, a . Mrs, Stone is in Port Perry for a few days. : To Mrs. J. Ashton, Port Perry, staying with Mr. James Lee. A ecuchre party in aid of the Red Cross will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fleetwood Beare on Friday evening of this week, a YL. ons TENDERS FOR COAL AND COKE EALED tenders addressed to the Under- signed and endorsed "Tender for Coal," will be received until 3 T Monday, February 9th, 1942 for the supply of coal and coke for the Dominion Buildings throughout the Province of Ontario, Forms of tender with specifications and conditions attached ean be obtained from the Purchasing Agent, Department of Publie Works, 'Ottawa; and the Supervising Archi. tect, 36 Adelaide St. East, Toronto, Ontario. Tenders should be made on the forms sup- plied by the Department and In accordance with departmental specifications and con- ditions attached thereto. Coal dealers' licenses numbers must be given when tendering, When the amount of a tender exceeds the sum_of $5,000.00--whether it be for one build- ing only or more--the tenderers must attach to their tender a certified cheque on a chartered bank in Canada, made payable to the order of the Honourable the Minister of Public Works, equal to 10 per cent. of the 11,650,000 tons of materials. | {cannot gather. | i 1 p.m. (E.D.8.T.), |- > J Watch your label; it tells when your subscription expires $1.50 per year in advance. 5 cents a single copy AR h : » " Modern war is not merely a matter of dropping bombs, torpedoing ships, or taking cities. If those were the only evidences of victorious warfare, then Germany would have. conquered Brit- ain, and we should be taking orders/ from German dictators. ; But we are not.beaten. In fact we are just getting into our stride to do a. little conquering on our own account-- not conquering for oppression, but con- quest for human freedom. We are now reaching the stage i when we realize that war is a vital ne- has cessity for the preservation of our very --~ [ii existence. iE £ | Looking at the war in that way we shall see that investment in stamps, and certificates, and bonds, is only a bit of common sense in the matter of self - | protection for to-day, and for the future ii: "All Out" war is not the signal to - |} start a manhunt, looking for a scape- goat to. bear the blame for the fact that we still seem far from final-and lasting victory. . "All Out" war is really a challenge to all of us to see what we can do per-- sonally to help. It is really a case of "put up, or shut up." Everyone can do something to help, even if it is only to say a word of encouragement to those who are doing i their best to make things go. Don't be { afraid that anyone will get too much He praise. fi Si ET ie The financial result of the British a salvage campaign shows what can be + iW done: Local Authorities had, between i: November, 1939, and July, '41, collecte There is still much that could be | collected in Port Perry and vicinity. ~The Boy Scouts have done a good job locally; but there is much that they Soon we shall "be wondering why we cannot buy certain goods. Quite likely it may be partly our own fault-- We did not help to gather the waste materials from which the needed goods can be made. | 3 V V V RE amount of the tender, or Bearer Bonds of the Dominfon of Canada or of the Canadian National Railway Company and its con- | stituent_campanies unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest by the -Dominion' of Canada, or the Jforementiohed bonds and: a certified cheque, i required to make up an odd amount, | The Department also reserves the right to demiand from any successful tenderer a security depodit, in the form of a certified cheque or bond as above, equal to 10 per cent. of the amount of his bla, to guarantee the proper fulfilment of the contrac Department of Public Works, / bie last respects to a beloved friend and neighbor, The minister spoke ond ~ Ottawa, January 21st, 1042 econd Victory Loan Ice Carnival, Monda +BY ons. SOMERVILLE, terior. . . . { BAL Sea mines are to-day "inconvenient | i rather than a menace" for modern sei- | 0 ence and great heroism. have found the means to render them harmless. ~~ . i . It takes unusual courage to undo a strange mine and investigate its in- NN : But it has been done, and now ES © Iships are comparatively safe from mines A A , Keb, ; CLR)