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SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher ~~ £ PORT PERRY STA PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, ¢ NOVEMBER 4th, 1943 Watch your label; it tells when Subscription expires, 0 $1.50 per year in advance. 5 cents a single copy » a. Te EDITORIAL Tras A) ~ - - Buch is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, his first, best country ever is at home.--Goldsmith, THE WAR OUTLOJK > Editorial writers and commentators are divided into two wain groups--those who see the vast destruction of men and materials carried forward by the Allied armies, and those who are peering _into the future to see what is ahead. The fact that seventy thousand tons of explosives have been dropped upon enemy territory; the fact that the Russians are driving the Germans out of their country--these and similar items of news that are pleasing to the Allies are the constant theme of the news broadcasters, But all that death and destruction may be very misleading, In fact it seems to have had the effect of leading people to believe that the war is over all but the shouting. = Nothing "could be further from the truth, _ So long as the German people do net revolt, the war is now entering its most dan- gerous stage--thé stage of the cornered enemy. Grim "determination must be the keynote of our present day thinking. That is true of the battle front, and it must be true of the home front. . We have reached a stage in the war where do-as-you-please ideas may let us into a lot of trouble. Thousands -upon ' thousands of our citizens realize the truth of these statements; but there gre not a few who have plenty of money.and are willing to let other people carry their load, A high authority on this subject says:-- "This time you have run into the feeling on the part of the public that the worst of the war 'is over, and that some easing up is in order, I do not believe this feeling is wide spread, but to the extent that it does exist you and I know how- it can do more damage to Canada's .war eff gt than a" major defeat of our armed forces. " Not until every Canadian able to buy Victory Bonds has been sold every bond he can buy, may ~ any of us consider our real objective has been reached," - Hig : It is too bad to have to say it, but the fact is that some folk will not realize our personal danger until some 'great disaster falls upon us, and then-it could-be too late. "Look your financial situation over again if you have not bought a bond, and see if you are a valuing a handsome bank balance more than the ° freedom of our country, and the lives of those jn the 'armed forces who are protecting that 'freedom, 5 VV VY THIS ABOVE ALL-- YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SMOKE Maclean's Magazine has published ah article-- "Truth About Tobacco" that will be very pleasing to tobacco users and tobacco sellers, In that article the following facts have been proven by. .scientific experiment according to reports re- ceived from reliable authorities: 1. Tobacco has no effect upon blood pressure. 2. Tobacco does not quiet the nerves. 3. Tobacco does not hurt mothers nor affect their babies. "4, Tobacco is not the immediate cause of cancer - of the lip. © b. Tobacco is not a known cause of heart trouble, 6. Tobacco may be a contributing ¢ause to the impairment of vision. Speaking of this weakness due to tobacco using, the article says--"dimness of vision may progress to total blindness, Most of the victiris of this rare disease ard smokers. Its progress is often stopped, and recovery may occur if tha patient gives up snfoking. : y Another paragraph should be quoted--*A-'few people are sensitive to tobacco smoke because "their tolerance (the ability of the system to ab- "sorb nicotine) never develops. A cigar or ciga- -rette makes their blood pressure and pulse shoot sky high. Diarrhoea and vomiting sometimes occur. Palpitation due to rapid or irregular heart action may be a distressing symptom. These are warning signals, and the person who repeat-_. edly shows signs of tobacco sensitivity should discontinue its use," : The main trouble about the habit is that often the habit is wished on folk who hate to be thought odd, and smoke not because they want to smoke; but because it is the custom among the people with whom they associate, : It is a good thing that we are having the cou- rage to face the facts regarding what is good and What is bad; what is harmful and what is harmless. We shouldn't have to be frightened into a standard of goodness that has governed the lives of a certain class of people, who honestly -- have believed that smoking is bad. rite On the other hand, if{we do everything the crowd wants us to do, we shall not be able to call our souls our own: It is time to develop some moral backbone.- And it is time, too, to be willing to make some sacrifices of what we could do. jn the interests of better things that can be accomplished, : * Without doubt smoking is an expensive habit. In the hands of careless people, it has proved to be dangerous in the matter of fire. It does not add to cleanliness nor to courtesy. BONDS --_ You do not have to smoke. Buy VICTORY 'LETTER FROM SGT. J. L. SWEET- MAN TO HIS 9 YEAR OLD ! DAUGHTER ALLENE i R.C.A/F. Aircraft, En route to Vancouver, ; Oct. 28, 1043, ° 12 noon, mt, time. ' Hello Allene, Thought it would be different to semd you a little letter written in a' plane. You could keep it as a sou-! venir, The writing is in pencil and] a bit romgh for it is a little bumpy to-day. But anyway, we are now at 18,000 feet, over the mighty: Rocky "Mountains, straight west of Banff, We took off from Edmonton in one of the big Douglas Transports at 10 minutes ~before- 10 o'clock this morning and flew to Calgary, then turned west and are now high-tailing it for Vancouver at 180 miles per hour, It is very cold up here and we all have our great- conts on and are slapping ourselves 'to keep warm. It is a bit cloudy in the mountains to-day, but you can have no idea of the sceme here from] a~plane until you've seen. it. The mighty jagged peaks and long ridges 1 tan so black and savage' dustries, notably lumbering along the on clstanding so back and on net 'Fraser, 1" would "say that Vancou and wild! "clined sides and just black Shine = straight sides where they go own into deep gorges thousands of, 'eet below, and in the bottom of the gorges, you can see the rivers running all over the place, We will be over Vancouver about 1.30 p.m. and will go on to land at our base. I'll write you 'some more then, when my fingers will be warmer. a = © Sunday, Oct. 24, 19043! "Back in the barracks at Edmonton, We didn't get down town<in Vancou- ver at all. You see the trip over was simply to take a Douglas over for an! 'overhaul and to bring back a Lock- ced that had just been overhauled. had thought that we'd stay in ) Seouver over night, but when we pur base, we found that the ke to take the Lockheed back t once, and the mechanics had not finished with it, but said it would fe eady in two hours. That didn't ve us time to go into town and Ithough the two hours stretched into four hous and ten minutes before we 'actually left, we couldn't know about that in ad ent the time visiting very thoroughly our airport e, Where there were all kinds of ce aircraft all around, and Maintaining a constant patrol over the distance via Calgary of 620 miles. Left our airport base at 20 minutes before 6 p.m. and flew the sane route back' arriving here at 9.30 pm. in a blinding, wet snow storm, with com- pass out of order, and one engine stopped just as we were finally, com- ing in for a landing. We were having, quite a lot of difficulty finding the| in one of the inlets of the strait. field at all in the storm and altogether it was quite interesting. Our trip over the Rockies was some- thing there's no use in trying to de- scribe in a letter. We went by the route that takes you over the highest part of the mountains. To the Pilots it's known as "Right over the Top". At 18,000 feet your breathing is' just a bit different because the air is thin and you have to breathe harder to get) enough of it." And your heart will] pound just a little, just can be noticed that's. all, About 100 miles out of Vancouver, you come to the Fraser River, where it turns west after com- ing down through the mountains from the north. We followed the Fraser Valley from there into Vancouver, and from the appearance of the in- is what it is, largely because of thi beautiful Fraser Valley. A very fer- tile and busy valley from two to five or six miles wide, syith the mountains just towering to the sky on both sides. The aircraft use the o reduce altitude gradually and also to gain altitude for the passage over the mountains, when leaving Vancouver, If you get a decent map you will be able to seé where the Fraser flows: and follow the flight acress, But 'the most striking sight I have ever seen, and the most beautiful, is the setting of the city of Vancouver. I had always pictured in my mind that the mountains there were something that 'would be seen lying off in the dim distance, back from the coast. The exact contrary is the case. The very highest mountains stand up there right at the back doors of the city. Quiet and majestic and 86 unbelieva ly high. The peaks covered with snow which has a soft. rose colour in the sunlight, and then farther. down comes the tree line, with the trees very stunted and sparse at first, but gra- Joely geling picker. unt Sinally hey're just a si yf evergreen thrown around the base of the moun- tains like a fur cloak, The most beautiful sight anyone could see, and And so we left Edmonton at 10 utes to 10 o'clock a.m, arrived at 16 airport at exactly 1.30 pm--a| certainly something I'll never lose. The white elty of Vancouver, with its shining, guardian peaks, as seen from the air four or five miles out over the strait of Georgia, We circled the city a cauple of times both on arriving | and leaving so that without any doubt I have a better idea of its layout than many actual residents who have never seen it from the air, We flew low over the famous Stanley Park, which is also a large island lying by itself And just across the strait, I would say about 30 or 40 miles away, Vancouver Island stands up rough and high too. It looked close enough to throw a stone to, but of course, it really is quite a distance away. It got dark when we were about half way back across the mountains on the return trip, but finally we were across and could see the scat- tered lights of farm houses and cars here. and there.. Then the clouds closed in and we 'were flying over the top of solid clouds for 150 miles. They looked exactly as if you could get out and walk on them. When we flew over the city of Calgary, you could see the orange glow of the city lights showing just faintly through the clouds. Or rather I should say that there wads just a big patoch of glow in them, It cleared up entirely just before we came over Red Deer and then closed in again and got worse and worse until our arrival here in the storm. In the orderly room at the airport base, looking over the list of names of men in the Station or rather in the squadron whose hangar we were in, when I noticed the name Cpl. Sweet 'man, mechanic, So I at once started to inquire and found him working on the Lockheed which we were to fly back, He was young Douglas, son of Stanley Sweetman and was out to our place as a little boy twelve or thirteen years. ago. He was very pleasant and very pleased to see me.' There was also the usual bunch of other lads who used to know me at Toronto. The last time you wrote to me you asked me to write you another letter "alone". So this is it, but I think ou had better let your mother see t too. She might want to read it, that is if anybody is able to read it for the scribbling and serawling.. Yon might show it to your Grandma and Grandpa too, if you like, or bette still, you could read it to them. So, be a good girl, help your-mother and practise . your music and don't let the white onthe get any mud on them. And don't be scared when the little "owls laugh ht you. * Good-night to you and your Mummy : Daddy. uds "which had-an-orange coloured} In Good Health at 100 Years. Miss Elizabeth Christie Celebrates Her 100th Birthday on Hallowe'en. "A happy. gathering greeted Miss Blizabeth Christie at her home in Port Perry to help her celebrate her 100th birthday, Saturday last was chosen for the birthday festivities, because October 31st (the proper date) fell on a Sunday this year. The lady, in whose honour the celebration was held, was most happy in meeting her many friends, It was a real pleasure to see her able to be about--active in both body and mind. Miss Christie has always led a busy life; and has kept herself well informed as to current events. She still does many of her household duties, and does not readily understand why her friends keep insisting that she take more rest, 24 wy Her experiences in life have made Miss Christie an excellent coriversationalist. Stories of early farm life . and later of. her travels in Scotland and Eastern Europe always have a zestful interest, Loyalty to home and church have been 'marked -characteristics of Miss Christie's life, together with an amazing vitality and ability to carry on actively, 'and, if possible, independently. a ~The Star joins the many friends in hearty congrat- ulations and good wishes. % HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR VICTORY BOND? THAT IS THE QUESTION (OF THE HOUR. The war has become a personal matter. Every Canadian who has the money (or the credit) available should; in his own-interests, and in the interests of humanity, invest every dollar that can be spared in Victory Bonds. x PL. While there is no compulsion, it is really not a matter of choice; for, if the Alliesdo less than enough, WE LOSE, and you can figure for yourself what that - would mean for all of us. The money is in the banks --much more than ehough to supply the amount re- quired. fi: Provision has been made for emergencies. and, if you MUST have the money, or some of it, that you have invested in Victory Bonds, you can always raise ° it on this best of securities. Just two more days, and we still have $565,000 to raise to meet the Port Perry district objective. - . Letter to 'Those on Active Service To the Home Folks Away from Home,' Last Saturday and Sunday were Hallowe'en nights. You sce the 31st came on Sunday, and, of course, there J was a valid excuse for the witches to roam abroad on Saturday, Sunday being no day for that tribe. Then there wére others who are great stick- lers for-actual dates, and if Hallowe'en chose to come on a Sunday, they had nothing to do with that, A celebration is a celebration, no matter what day the calendar picks out for the Ist. However, it was the quictest cele- | bration we have had in many years. For the first time that I can remem- "I ber, we had no visitors "at our house. The fact is that the youngsters have not been encouraged to ask people to =| "shell out", largely because there is little or nothing in the way of candy or such like, to shell out. We made due preparations; but nobody called. '| Better luck next year, Of course, you needn't run away with the idea that nothing at all was done to prove that the Hallowe'en spirit: still lives. Somebody or some- bodies found Norman DeShane"s old delivery sleigh and parked it in front of the. Post Office. . They put the Victory Loan thermometer on the sleigh, and added to the picture with a "No Parking" sign. But so far as we know no damage was done, Friday night of last week, however, some Very slick thieves took three tives from Bill Chapman's car. Bill is wondering how to replace them. find garage room somewhere, and it will have to be garage room with a lock on it. Here's hoping that the thieves are caught soon, Saturday was a busy day. The most unusual event was the celebration of Miss Christie's one hundredth birth- day. Many friends called on this greatly respected citizen; and. Miss Christie thoroughly enjoyed the visit of this host of friends. A common sight of late is to see the ladies of the town carrying neatly and strongly parceled packages for the boys and girls overseas. You folk away from home are far from being forgotten. Port Perry and sur- rounding district has been and is mak- ing a fine contribution to the war effort. I saw quite a load of these Christmas parcels brought in from Manchester Red Cross; and our own War Work Committee of the 1.O.D.E, have a large list of names td' remem- ber in this way, Evidently car owners will have to | son's "The Unknown Country", rd Then, too, there are many ditty bags sent to the sailor boys. Incident- ally, it might be mentioned that the Lions Club donated fifty dollars to the ditty bag fund at their meeting last Friday night, There has-been a our community in all the years of the war. We think a great deal of our town. In fact we have something of the Spirit that prompted this story told by Bruce Hutchison in "The Un- known Country "-- He was driving on the stage through the Rockies, and at a "point ucar the town where he was going, they saw a glorious sunset. Bruce Hutchison calied the attention of the driyer to the spectacle. The rejoinder was--"Yep, pretty good for a town of two thousand, ain't it?" folk put on their Victory Show. I'll tell you more about that after it is given, of course; but it is good to see the young folk taking a hand in pro- viding their own recreation, The fact is that you people have left a gap will have to fill if they want to carry on happily in these restricted times. A goodly number of teachers went to Oshawa from this district last Fri- day night to attend a banquet given in honour of R. A. Hutchison, Public School Inspector for South Ontario, who has retired after many years of most helpful service. te i I have been reading Bruce Hutchi- Just make a note of the name of that book, and when you get back home, be sure to read it if you get a chanced, It is the best book on Canada I have "ever- read. And it should be noted, that if plans don't slip up, Canada will be a better country in the future than it has in the past, and she has done pret- ty well up to date. Frankly, I Ehink we have nothing to be ashamed: of, except grumbling, and the people who keep scratching the French-Canadian sore spot. A period of quiet on this matter would give us time and opportunity to see what is wrong, and how mueh we can do to cure the wrong. However, diagnosing the case is much easier than curing the patient. Cheerio, Yours truly, The Editor, The following message was issued by Alex. McKinney, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture-- "Subscriptions by farmers to for- mer loans have demonstrated that cerned in the victory of the Allies or more devoted to the success of the present Loan than the farmers of this Province; and the Federation of Agri- culture appeals to all farm people to support this Loan even more fully than they have in the past." Alex. McKinney, President, Ont. Federation Agric. TO THE FARMERS OF REACH _AND SCUGOG The Victory Loan salesmen tell me that the principal arguments they are encountering in the canvass is that people are having to buy feed for their stock. I appreciate the crop situation and know that many people arc having to do this but I still feel that perhaps there are one or two points in this connection which are not A gh 2 ET i RC NC a Lib bg rE ie gg 3 Let us take the case of the man To keep track of the doings of |) o¢} (160%, MG "UECT Sie Sys Port Perry Lions Club is pleas-| p, is going to use the $500 to buy 5 | ing these days. The Club has feed and cannot buy Victory Bonds. taken on a new lease of life. Tharg ard, Bawever, ye hii spon Meeting in the homes of the y whic is man could sti purchase members, a change made to meet his bonds. In the first instance he war conditions, has given pleas- could buy $500 bond fot cash and then ) a1tions, | | use the $500 bond as collateral for a ing hospitality to the sessions, ¢ . But social good times are far, could buy his feed, Joan at the bank iA. order that Jo n this connection from being the sole purpose of | {he'f WiRi! oe ho SITES (0 hi oY the Club. Two or three projects' pay for the interest on his loan, which for the social good areunder way also is 3% for the first six months. just now. SEAT Then shen he Stock is Sol, in he pl : near future, he could use the proceeds For instance, there is a little {,"hay off his bank loan and he would girl who lives a few miles out of! still have the $500 bond. Port, whois cross-eyed. Arrange-| An alternative way of handling this ments are 'being made to have! situation would be to use the deferred that defect corrected. It should, payment Method i be youll h i sign an application for nd dn be noted in passing that doctors make an initial. payment of 10%. ive very generous co-operation | There would then be no payments duc n such cases, for six onths and in the shave case there wou ¢ no charges as-the rate The local Ditty Bag Fund was of interest on the loan is 3%, which is voted a donation of fifty dollars. i the same rate as the bond pays. There is no need to tell you how| ~Somc people may say that the much the ditty bags are appre-| would rather not buy .now but wiil ciated by the sailor boys. invest in the next Victory Loan when (Then, too, local Public School it comes along, They should keep in raries (five of them) w considerably enlarged through 'mind, however, that the cost of the war nrust be met as we go along. the efforts of the Lions Club. i (Signed) Fred M., Campbell Ontario Agricultural Representative evening of last week." sive, and outstanding inspectors of the Province." and friends attended the banquet er; Mr, and Mrs. S. Cawker, Mr. R. A. Hutchison, To Mr. R. A. Hutchison, Retiring Public School Inspector, . for South Ontario. Dear Mr, Hutchison,-- there is nobody of citizens more con=f~-- he finest tribute which we car pay . to you for all your years of service is to tell you that we looked forward school. -- You came as a friend, and if criticism was necessary, it was not merely fault-finding but constructive and helpful to our own particular need. You have been a friend to the tea- chers, a friend to the trustees, and, above all, a friend to the children, You have been unstinting in your praise, and that praise has been a stimulant té better work, to broader Public School Inspector Banquetted. The teachers of South Ontario performed a gracious and appro- priate act when they honoured Mr. Hutchison, retiring Public School Inspector for South On- tario, at a banquet held in West- mount School, Oshawa, Friday "Upon that occasion Mr. Hutch- ison was presented with a beau- tiful oil painting and an illumin- ated address. To Mrs, Hutchison there was given a lovely hoquet of chrysanthemums. gi Mr. C. I. Cannon presided. . The principal speaker was Mr. V. K. Greer, Chief Inspector of Public and Separate Schools for the Province of Ontario. His eulogy of Mr. Hutchison was unstinted, He described him as "one of the leading, progres- The following local teachers --Miss Stovin, Miss EK. Harris, Miss M. Harris, Miss May Walk- and Mrs. Roy Cornish, Miss T. Crosier, Miss W. Niddery, Miss M. Johns, Mr. and Mrs.S Griffen The following letter was sent to Mr. Hutchison: -- vision, 2 We, of the Port Pery Board of Edu- cation, are indeed grateful to you - for the service you have rendered to our teachers and our school. We are proud of both, and your guidance has done much toward bringing about this happy and valuable state of affairs. With a mind well stored, and with ~~ a helpful §picit "so well "trained as your- own, your years of retirement will be a fitting rounding out of your life of usefulness in the life of your inspectorate and in the wider sphere of the educational world. May every blessing attend you as the years pass. Signed on behalf of the Board, A. M. Lawrence, Chairman. R. D. Woon, Secretary. EP A Ration Coupons which may be used Effective Thursday November 4th. Meat--21°to 24 inclusive Butter--34 to 86 inclusive Teaand Coffee-:1 to 21 incl. Sugar--1 to 18 inclusive Sugar [canning] --~ June, July, August and Rl pleriter : Still Good. Preserves--D1 to Db constant stream of remembrance from re mae 2 --- This is the week whén the young that some of these younger people' with pleasure to your visits to our - a -- A A, res ESSA a, Lea