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Q odities from which come food, clothing and shelter. in the United States is costing the government $1,000 every minute of every hour," twenty-four hours a day. And incidentally, the cost is increasing daily for more and more surpluses are piling up. n farm prices, Expires. . FES of foed and commodities, Inorder to maintai ing bankruptcy. Terrific as the cost is, the headache doesn't end with the ex- How does one store six million four hundred and sixty-two thousand bales of cotton; one hundred million pounds of butter; four hundred and seventy-five million bushels of wheat ; "five million gallons of turpentine; and three hundred million pounds pense entailed. "of tobacco, to mention only a few What is to be done with the surplus? ~Where will it all end? These two questions have stumped the nat will 'even begin to estimate what the. surplus will run to for the They can't give the surplus away without running coming year. into serious trade disputes with tralia, India and New Zealand as well as others; they can't des- "7 Arey it with the hungry eyes of the 'have-not' nations looking on for that would do more to discredit the American system in their |, eyes than all the rebuffs handed out, to-date by the Soviét-policies; ey can't sell it--they can't give it away and they can't keep it--they they can't destroy' it. To make the dilema worse, price support is being asked on < hogs. " Furthermore, it is reported that bootleg produce is being smuggled into the western states by Canadian farmers. IN the meantimé the country has enough wheat to feed it- self for a year without raising a single kernel; enough cotton to |: last more than a year and similar surpluses in varied products. To have too much seems to be a worse evil than to have too little. ----g----Canada-is working up the same kind of problem. L : 22] THE LEADERS WE HAVE A survey of our top-nptch leaders indicates certain trends that are amusing to speculate dir even if they have no scientific value. It seems that our intellectual leaders, political leaders and business- leaders tend on the whole to be above average in both height and weight. The bigger the job, the bigger the man. As we pass- from the more intellectual pursuits to the political and the busi- ness, the tendency is for the leaders to be heavier . ... . . . heaviest being the business leaders. - : : -One interesting exception in this stud tellectual group who were found not to be above average height and whose weight tended to be less than the average. In this group we find the artists, the authors, the psychologists, the philosophers, Watch Your Label; it tells when your subscriptio A i $2.00 per year in advance. be: -Single-Copy Ng $2.50 per year outside Canada. a aa rao '- Notes and Comments y Wh i Si ro ; ial . SURPLUSES . - 31 . It is a strange contradition that within five years of the end ~ of the Second World War, that we should be troubled by surpluses In 1945 the world was, as far as goods ard food were involved, in a pitiful condition.- To-day the United tates has on hand.four billion dollars worth of surplus farm com- « ' Surpluses the people of America are court- of the many surplus products. ion's experts. No one such countries as Canada, Aus- the y was the creative in- PLE several delightful choruses. B®. the lecturers and-the'preachers:--Presumably creative intellectual B® work doesn't require bulk;-it apparently goes by quality." = Other interesting facts concerning these people are: They come from larger families than the average person. They themselves, have larger families than the average. ~~ They are better joiners and mixers than the average. Whether these things are results or causes is not very clear. However, 1t seenrs to be a pretty valid conclusion that if you wish to be an outstanding success in business you should be born into a large family; you should acquire both height and weight con-| -- "siderably above normal; you should raise a large family and be- long to all the local organizations. as work and intelligence may be incidental to success but in our opinion you should not entirely overlook these in a carefully laid down plan. Reach Teachers _The March meeting ofthe teachers of Reach Township was held in the Yellow School, Wednesday after- noon, March 8 with Mr, Emmons pre- siding. ; The pupils of the school under the direction of Mrs. Hastings assisted by Mrs. Steer, entertained us with Mrs. Hastings led the group in community singing. - ty The teachers answered the roll call giving one qualification that a grade 8 pupil should possess when he en- 'ters high school. The answers in- cluded: the obility to master the aca- demie skills in the elementary school; the ability to use his spare time bene- ficially; and that he be initiative and co-operative, = --- 7 The secretary was asked to forward V0 to the March of Dimes Fun r Crippled Children. § .. Mr. Graham's invitation to hold. the - April meeting in Manchester School wag accepted, the committee in charge of the meeting-to be Mrs. Steer, Mrs. - Gardiner and Mrs. Crosier. ~.migdon 'of "School Grants": . [ 7 8 Cy =. [i f i | of A r= "Sr: 3 Yy. 9. | Dr: Staples spoke briefly, concern- 'ing the new system of distribution of school grants, and the loss incur. red by sections not in township areas. He-stressed the importance of the _regular attendance of the - teacker and of the pupil. - ARR a Miss Johnson led further discus- Mr. Graham gave an interesting discourse on "Teaching British Tra- ~ ditions in Grade 8", emphasizing that it be a continuéus story with'a smat- © tering of data, and that the teaching incite the pupil to be a good citizen. We were pleased to have Mr. Cor- 'nish, principal of Port Perry public : School, demonstrate a film-strip pro- jector "by showing the films, "The Cities of Quebec" and "The Alaska Highway", Mrs, Steer and Mrs, Hunter ser- ved refreshments, following which, Mr, Graham extended a vote of thanks to Mr. Cornish and Miss Johnson thanked Mrs. Steer and Mrs. Hunter for their hospitality. The meeting closed with the singing of the Na- tional Anthem. ~The next group meeting will be held .in Manchester School, Wednes- day, April 6th, at 2.30 p.m. Each teacher is requested to bring speci- mens of the pupils' work to this meet- ing. : PORT PERRY, Y Ll g7 5 Kg) ] held their first mother and daughter banquet in the Delicateria' Hall on Friday, March 10. T was highly successful with an attend- ance of 85. Mrs. O, Hobbs, our Dis- trict Divisional Commissioner and Mis. R. McMullen, of Oshawa Executive Council, weve the guest speakers. Blue and gold tapers and a bouquet of spring flowers 'graced. the head table. The other tables were decorated with spring flowers and enlarged standards of, our. trefoil also place cards in gold Mid and blue which had been made by the Brownies. and. our Haugen for the delicious repast. {lovely solo by Mrs. H. Honey, followec the dinner. . . O. Hobbs, Mrs. R. McMullen, Mrs. E. Hutchinson, Mrs. F. Godley, Mrs. C. Badour, Mrs. G. Cook the progress of the Movement from its beginning forty years ago. repedted a lovely poem which suited the younger members. Mrs. McMullen congratulated us. on showing for our first yéar. of her speech was four-fold and she]- Guides," Guiders friends of the local-Association.- Study | to show thyself approved unto God--| a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing. the word of truth she said.--Timothy 2:15. Helen Watson and Ann' Ptolemy with their Golden Bar Badges. Service Stars were accorded to Muriel 'MacMaster, Norma Levinson, Gloria Hastings, and a two year star to Mary Louise Pick- ard. Brownies and Guides then enter- tained with a musical program. presentation of the World Flag to the heautiful b Mla, Guides by Mrs. E. Hutchinson -on be-] : ouquet given as a token of half of -the Local Association-and re- ceived-by-Captain-Godley was followed [with a rousing cheer led by -Commis- sioner Hobbs. The program continued with piano 'solos by Norma Levinson and accordian solos by Wendy Brunton. An amusing contest was conducted by School Ob-<erves Education Week Prince Albert School February 6th to Feb.---10th:--An-excellent-display-of- work was' arranged that the public might have a general idea of the en-] deavours undertaken in the class: Science Enterprise (all classes). as evidenced in the re-finishing of old seats and a bread-board display, (land, water, air) was well illustrated with colourful cuttings. (Grades III a interesting feature of the display. (Grades V and VI) I~ pe oe ae -- ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 16t} Ai 1, 1960 ° ie 5 fs nquet Mother & Daughter Ba AN 2 : adhe ; . . ' a --p LY Port Perry Guides 'and Brownies a the week, Wednesday-and Friday. Fri- day evening the Sehool Room was open to the allen of 'the community who found it 'inconvenient to attend after- noon sessions, There was a good af- tendance and excellent interest shown. Banquet e eyent' During the week two class. lessons, dealing with Edueation Needs were undertaken. 4 = A literature lesson was taught, deal- ing 'with an extract from the Depuyt- mental Booklet, namely, "What goes on in our, schools is more important than what goes on in the laboratory or factory in determining the future ol the world." A composition lesson dealt with the pertinent topic, "Why | need a Good Education. The dinner was superb thanks - to Mr. and Mus. A Seated at the head table were Mrs. ny Ee Friday afternoon, "How music is taught in the schoél," was demonstrat- Rennie and Mrs. J ed by the Music Teacher, Mrs, Hast: exercise by the Juniors and Sight Sing- ing by the Seniors were features of the lesson. Mrs. "E. Hutchinson introduced Com- missioner Hobbs who spoke briefly on She also Mrs. Christie, Manchester, addressed the meeting on the topic of forming a School Area, and invited, co-operation in securing the best services for our schools, i 3 ¢ ipplied her remarks to the. Brownies, i Pp be: Mys, Ril Lopdinen and Mothers and ranked Murs. wistie for her inter- and _helpfu) suggestions. __She-ox-- ssed her appreciation of Mrs. Hast- ing's part in the Educatjonal Program, and the people of the community for their hearty co-operation and good at- tendance. She drew special attention to the fact that children who are gain- fully' employed and their best sym- pathies and interests -stimulated, are our very fine The text ~ Commissioner Hobbs then presented One year 0.8.8.0 ings of Port-Rerry:- A--Rhythm--Bamd- not Hkely to ic the problem people of cither to-day or to-morrow. She ex- tended her thanks to the School Board for their helpful interest and for the lovely gift of flowers for the occasion; and a pupil, Mary Grainger, for the Eleanor Hutchinson, The appreciation to the teacher. WP The Alpha Club "I ah sublime." . - Muttering 'such words to no one in Mrs. C. Love. The evening was . : " oe brought to a close with the National particular is not a sign of insanity,. Anthom. but merely indicates that the speaker re --------Ihelorngs to the Alpha Club. : -- Eni --C 3 Tren because I have conquered . ire " x The other qualifications such Prince Albert desire , These days the members of the Alpha Club are busy inthe rehearsal of a three act play, "Who's Batty Now?" by Richard Williains. It is being produced with much anxiety and by special arrangement with Samuel French (Canada) Limited. ".noand he who conquers desire is sublime........ 2 * Education Week was observed in the The Alpha Club is not very large but neither was David, and as in his case we hope that the deed will vary in- versely as the size. "The here is in the hereafter" The play is a farce, a weird mixture of Philosophy, Criminology, magic, a photographic memory, automobile jacks and bats. = "and the present is in the past." (1) A was devoted to a panel (2) A Manual Training undertaking. (3) Travel Through the Years -- nd 1V) (4) Pioneer Life in Canada was an| 7pe dates of the performance are April 13th and 14th. If you like a good laugh, come out to see this play. -(b)-Health Posters, Health Rulas,| {wright and Scugog Townships." Boy Scout F ather and Menus were covered by all Grades. (6) Children of other lands, includ- ing the Eskimo, the Negro, the Indian, the Mexican and the Dutch, were col- ourfully shrown in cardboard cuttings "Therefore, there is no now put the future, and no future but the now." ' et EP The Provincial Field Commissioner and Son Banquet March 22nd ". The Annual Father and Son<Ban-. quet will be held in the United Church Sunday School on' Wednesday, March 22nd. This Banquet is usually dur- ing - Scout Guide Week but owing to the prevailing sickness it was "de-}- cided to_post-pone it till later. An interesting programme has been arranged, including movies, ete. will be with us, together with a_ visi. tor-from the Oshawa Local Associa- tion. © As many of the boys have brothers in the Group, temporary by the Junior Grades. Australia (Grades V and VI) attracted interests, Grades), Illustrated Poems (Srs.) and plays composed by the pupils, were ar- ranged in order. was arranged cupboard fashion and consisted largely of pottery designs, the new books purchased by the School Board, and the re-arrangement of the ; a] library following the advice of the Tn- feel a-thrill of civic pride that his en- spector, O. R. Staples. Local Man in Spotlight '. When one opens a magazine and is confronted with a familiar face one experiences both excitement and cur- fosity. This was our experience when (7) A Social Study Enterprise on .(8) Printing and writing sheets (Jr. (9) The Arts and Crafts Display | Magazine today. Of course we all know that Ron A. Pecl is doing a fine job on his poultry farm, but when he becomes front page news in the "Farmer's Magazine" we (10) Special attention was Schon |terprize is a part of our community. According to -the magazine Peel's Te Sper faye Nore sherevel Auring Poultry Farm has achieved something -- fathers will be required as is usual. Tickets are $1.60 and admit both father and son. They can be ob- tained - at- Taylor's Restaurant, Car- negie Hardware, Lake Scugog Lum- ber Office, Peel's Hardware, Gerrow's Bake Shop, Port Perry Star and the Hydro Office. «ith of Local News this week. . ST. PATRICK'S SUPPER -- PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-- MARCH 17th, 6.00 p.m. special in building the "hen house", with built-in labour saving devices which at the same time boost the health and moral' of the hens. It would appear to we ordinary town citizens that Ron has succeeded in applying as- sembly line production methods to the old fashioned business of%@eping hens for their eggs - : NOTICE. 'There are 5 pages » we opened our copy of the Farmer's| HE HEUER EG HE LH ER HE RRR EE ERR i Port Perry Council" Meeting 'Hospital Project Monday, March 13th, Council met with all members present. Councillor W. Carnegie was welcomed back after a BYief holiday in Flonida. Bill is looking brown and healthy. Minutes of the last mecting were read and "adopted. | The town solicitor was instructed to draw up the deed with suggested amendments for the land for the Boy Scout building, ) The representative of the Mij.Co, Parking Meters of Montreal was pre- sent and demonstrated his product. The council felt that parking meters were the last resort to solve the park- ing problem. Delegates from parks committee, (Messrs. M. -A. Gerrow, Lions Club, and Merlin Dowson, Business' Men's. Association) were heard in an appeal for $350 to be applied to Lake Shore and Entrance Parks. $200 of this is for upkeep and $140 for caretaking and $10 for shubbery in the North En- trance Park. This amount to be used in conjunction with the $400 gift from the Chiropractic - Association. Prof. Weall, of Guelph Agricultural College, has offered his services in advisory capacity in the planning of thé Lake Shore Park. The delegates suggested | the placing of a suitable sign in the park to attract the public to the park. The delegates were well received by the Council, who will co-operate in achieving the desired result, ~The Council discussed-the problem of flat rate. water heaters and the following motion 'was passed: "That on file, that they will discontinue in- stalling flat rate water heaters on a rental basis and the heaters be sol outright to the consumer," a Frank Smith was granted a license to operate a refreshment booth at the water front.' * Mrs. Sweetman received n renewal of license to operate a faxi service. The requisition for 1950 funds was received from. the Port Perry Public School Board and accepted. The rate will be set'at 9% mills. The hospital situation was reviewed and the following motion made and passed: "That this Council assume on Lichalf of the Corporation of the Vil- lage of Port Perry the pro rata ahsre of the estimated balance of cost of con- struction of -the Memorial Hospital, Port Perry; being-40-pér-cent.--of the $25,000, e.g. $10,000, and that this amount be raised by the issue of de- Council Pledges its Suppoft to. | when the Hydro have filled-all orders {- ~Post Office: 3G QFE EGS 4 F 4 - y Golden Wedding GREENBANK COUPLE CELE- BRATE GOLDEN WEDDING Mr, and Mrs. James Boe celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home in Greenbank March 12th. They were at home to friends from 2to 6 and from 6 to 9 pa. Married at her home near Saint- field, the couple lived on Mr. Boe's farm on the 12th concession, Reach Township, till eight years ago, when their farm house was burned. Since that time they have lived in Green- bank, } They have two daughters living. Their son died in childhood and their eldest daughter, Mona, moved to Sas- katchewan after her marriage. and died there some" years ago. Their other daughters are Margery (Mrs. Leighton McGregor - of Beamsville), and Jean (Mrs. Gordon Ward, near Greenbank). There are eleven grand-, children, - -- EE Tr The couple have enjoyed fine health until recently when Mr. Boe, just past his eiyghtieth birthday, 'has not been very. well. Mrs. Boe is very well known for her culinary skill. In past years she took first, prizes galore for her baking at surrounding 'fall fairs. : . Their many friends wish for this couple many more years of happiness. a RE Edmund Hockridge - _| basketball Published by ~..THE_PQRT_ PERRY. STAR CO.. LTD. . Authorized as Second Class Mail, Departme..;=Gttawa, hut FG RE IRG IRE & News Flashes from P. P. High School Grade IXB held forth at Friday's assembly and tliey did a grand job. Charles Brignall was the very able chairman, The- Scripture: reading and prayer were given by Joyce Dow- son. One of the main entertainment features was 'Paul the Piper'. Paul wasn't an ordinary musician. In fast, he wasn't just a musician. He was two, Paul did the breathing and Garry Lawrence did the fingering for a selection on the tonette. Charles Brignall, Earl Redman and Murray Gibson gave a little skit. "Buzz, the Bee", A novelty number was a monologue, "First Trip to the But- cher's" which was piven by Marion When introducing her the chairman said, "We forced her to do it. "Get the joke, Thank vou. Grade IXRB. ; Forster. upper forms, some of you will stand out well. That's the spirit we need for our school. Keep it up! Instead of being its usual toryid self the furnace lately has been hot and cold alternately. caught in a draft or gets het up about exams and results thereof. We students let off excess steam at the dance on Friday night. The money collected will be used to buy ~|more records rs The girls played what was expected to be the final game of the inter-mural tournament Period on. Tuesday; - however, the game ended in "a tie, which necessi- tates a repeat performance in the near future. All members of both teams really" put their best--into--it; adds another role to the many he has portrayed in CBC opera" productions when he appears March 22nd on dhe Trans-Canada stations as Don Pizzaro in Beethoven's" Fidelio. His regular; shows are Fdmund Hockridge . Sings (Mondays at 7.15 - p.m. on Trans-| Canada) and Comrades in "Arms on (Wednesdays at 9.00 pm. on Dom- inion). During the next few wesks he--will-make--concert appearances --in- Ontario centres including Ottawa. In May the baritone plans to famous bentures guaranteed by the Corpora- tion of the Village of Port Perry, and that a copy of this resolution .be for- cach of the Councils of Reach, Cart- A request for the extension of the water main on Union Avenue was re- ceived. This and other. extensions have been granted by the Council for the Waterworks Dept. in 1950. A purchase of a truck for the town was recommended, Obituary THOMAS ALFRED PALMER motor to his native Vancouver for a vacation, and from there he will sail via the Panama Canal to Europe to warded to the Hospital-Bqard and to-do work for the BEC and study: oper- atique techniques in Britain and on the: Continent. The last census showed that 1,474, 009 Canadians spoke both French and English, 7,735,186 spoke English only with 'Hall, Aldred, DeNure, Jackson and Howey netting the points. The School sextets have arranged for exhibition games, with two Oshawa Collegiate teams as the visitors (and victims," we hope) next Tuesday at six o'clock. The boys' inter-form games have reached the final stage also. Grades 10A and 12 qualified for the play-off game by defeating Grades 9A and IT respectively. Returns from the bye-election held. in Grade 9B to choose a new form- representative, replacing Elgin Bray 'indicate that Charles Brignall has a {substantial following. N'oubliez pas ceci. The At Home is to-morrow night and it promises to be a great night for the Irish and all who attend. Faith and sure it isn't much for a ticket.--See you there tooo -- REMEMBER in the High School and Dance. (10D and 2,735,746 spoke French only. A conservative member from New- A life long resident of the village, Thomas Alfred Palmer, died at his | "|home, Cochrane Street, Port Perry, on Saturday, March' 11th, following a short illness. He was in his 69th year.' A son of the late John Palmer and Sarah Blanchard, "the deceased was married in 1907 and for 60 years had been an employee of the Jeffrey and the past two years had been an em- ployee of the Gossard Co. here. Surviving besides his wife, the for- mer Rosetta Adams of Uxbridge, are four "daughters and one son. They are Misa Mildred Palmer, Mrs. Cecil King (Norma) and George all of Port Perry and Mrs. S..A. Thompson (Mar- jory) of Chiliwack, B. C., and Mus. W. T. Graham (Patricia) of Oshawa. Mr. Palmer was a member of Fidel- ity Lodge; A'F. and A.M. and of Blue. Ray Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. : Rev. 'W. C. Smith, assisted by Rev. Allan King of Hamilton conducted the Funeral Service from A. L. Me- Dermott's Funeral Chapel, on Tues- day. Interment was at Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert where Fi- delity Lodge, A.F. and A.M. condue- Taylor store in Port Perry and for, foundland has threatened to fight to have Newfoundland drop out of Con- federation if -the railway rates aren't reduced in her favour .. The Ties that bind. . . * ' 4 +. This week there's a story about the man who married his own mother-in- Jaw. No, he 'wasn't the preacher. ro. ' ; . . The voice of the. people is what makes the government get . .-but so often the people have laryngitis. Ld * Ld , Jad Somebody said our basic: problem was social security . . .that's not one! problem it's two . . . becoming social ! and getting security. ; . LJ - . Liquor advertising in this country is called 'institutional' . . the doctors 1 Ld - LJ A Belgium architect, visiting Amer- ica said that he had seen the slums of London, of Paris, the ruined areas of several European cities but in-all his experience he had seen nothing to compare with the slums of the Amer- ican city of St. Louis . . . Just like The Passing Show _ by"M.A.C." object to it being called 'constitutional'. E on Pontiac Car. There is one election in the world the outcome of which is never in doubt . . . the Russian . . . the Com- munists always get in . . .but, then again no one runs against them. ". LI TTT TN SL its way out . . . that the time is not fur distant, when butter will not be produced, If this doesn't happen in a hurry ©... the Canadian Government will be broke buying up the surplus. * * * * Some Englizgh Magistrates claim that the only way to cure juvenile de- linquency is to return to the use of the strap in sentencing them. This seems' like peeuliar logic . . they would have to commit the crime to be sentenced . it might reduce it . . but the history of crime and punishment [shows that it won't. ' 2 Ld - . . Prince Bernhardt on the occasion of his state visit to Ottawa was given a twenty-one gun salute , He must have thought he was back in Europe. * * LJ] Ld . Some scientists say we have the H Bomb, others say we haven't, so we aren't surprised-at the Cockney who was reported as saying . . . "Who the ted the Service. the Americans . . first in everything! H.. knows? ADULTS 800. CHILDREN 12 & under 40¢ -We-are-sure av we pass on to the Maybe it gets in © Activity ~ The Gala Night Fri., March 24th. Monster Bingo- Draw We have been told that butter is on y x 4 B T rn et Rg Tn me Ne ~ a, A oy alana ad SEN ------------L EE 1