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Sor AT ya STS ER St LR $2.00 per year in advance. Watch your Label; it tells whea your subscription SPA CE SR EAT ET SO Be, ~~ $3.00 per Year 'Outside Canada nS Ge. Single Copy yl NE AR RN Sa SPAR ARI ERIE Authorized as Second Class Mail, i Post Office Department, ~~ THE PORT PERRY STAR CO. LTD. Se ae Ottawa, © Published by ©. NOTES AND wy © TO SEE OR NOT TO SEE % Our sympathy for those is deep and sions. 'To go through life all the beauty that there is in colour and . form; unable to see our loved ones; by necessity forced to feel our way cautiously and hesitatingly as in a dark room in the depth of night . . .. that Sometimes, blindness can't A small percentage of our blind were born' without sight, ' Certainly illness and dis- ease eguse blindness, too. =~ But a great many people are blind to-day because of their own or some one else's carelessness. ~ During September the National Society ~ for the Preventon of Blindness is conduct- ing a special campaign on eye care for both adults and children. Most eye accidents among children, ac- cording" to Dr. F. M Foote one of the directors of the society occur during un- supervised or free play when children make use of sticks and: stones, of fire- crackers: and BB guns and * catapults. Though these are used as toys the Doctor points out that they are really " weapons. He also points the eyes as girls. dents. 3 Sincere; we recognize that sight is one of our most precious posses-. who are blind: sight . . unable to see operation, is a tragedy. be prevented. 'million sets. life. sling-shots or out that hays agree with him, OUR TV WORLD Canada now has two TV stations in Just how many TV sets there are in this country we do not know. How- evel, we can be sure that this new forni of hitman communication spread and spread rapidly. In the United States there are now in operation over 108 stations and some 18 "rent events . . The radio worked a revolution in our society and, there are those who prophesy that the effects of television will be even -more startling. We can well imagine that a new emphasis will fall upon: the old phrase--Seeing is believing . . thinks that is largely the problem of the adults . . . the guarding of children's eye- and most of us would certainly is going to - Before the year 1956 it"is _estimated that there will be at least 800 to 900 stations and somewhere around 60 million sets. i vision in Canada has been and will, no doubt, continue to be slower and more grad- - ual than that, it is apparent that TV is go- -ing to make real impact upon-our way of While the growth of tele- "Just how far reaching the changes will be none can say. A cursory study of what has occurred in the States shows that this new medium cuts across the whole pattern - of our life . . suffer three times as many accidents to tion . . i politics , .~ religion . . The worst years for ~ 4 such accidents are those from 11 to 14, Dr. Foote seems to think that parents could do much more to prevent such acci- He believes that they should un- derstand what things are not safe for the child te play: with; that they should see - that there is less unsupervised play. He . . entertainment . . educa- cur- home life. - - . In the meantime we'll wait and LOOK! Pioneer Resident, Businessman, Dies 2> Samuel Jeffrey, widely: known har- nessmaker in his day and the last sz-surviving charter member of the Port Perry Methodist Church, was buried Monday following his death on Friday. Mr. Jeffrey, who suffered a broken ----hip-August-26,"was"in his 98rd year. He was born at Prince Albert, the son of the late John Jeffrey and Mary Tucker, but" spent most of his years -~ in Port Perry. His whole life until his retirement 'in 1926 was devoted to the wholesale harness business for - 'which he was known throughout Caig- ada. He made his start with B. F. Ackerman and .was for a time in Ux- bridge and 'Rome, N.Y, He later went into business with the late Thomas Courtice and built up a large whole- sale trade during 40 years. ----The deceased was & very active member of the Port Perry Lawn - 'Bowling Club and: promfent in lawn "bowling circles in' St, Petersburg, Fla., where he spent 28 winters. He was a 'life-long member of the Methodist and United Churches, being an elder of the church at the time of his death. tice, he presented the electric keyboard for the organ to the United Church, and supervised the installation of the chimes presented by his brother-in- law, Mr, Frank Courtice of Colling- wood. : E> Mr, Jeffrey. was active in politica and civic affairs in Port Perry for many years and served as reeve of the village and as-a member of the On- tario County Council for three.years before the turn of the century. He is survived by his wife, the _ former Ada E. Broad, and one son, Cyril C.Jeffrey, of Port Perry. The funeral service was held at Mc- Dermott Funeral Chapel, Port Perry, with Rew. Rohert Wylie officiating, 'assisted by Rev, W. C, Smith, In- . Natives of this district and resi- dents 'of Port-Perry since 1947, Mr. and Mrs, James I. Moffatt returned to their western home recently to cele- brate their Golden Wedding anniver- sary with their family. Over one hundred called 'to offer the couple, well-known old-timers of Carroll, Manitoba, their congratula- tions, reported the Souris Plaindealer. Mr, and Mrs, Moffatt were recipients of many gifts and lovely flowers, - - © A family dinner was held Sunday when 36 immediate members of the family sat down. Their eldest son, 'Hope, of Wnnlpeg, proposed a toast to his - parents and Mrs, Andrews (Sara) the eldest daughter presented the honoured couple with a purse, and the only granddaughter, Linda Mof- fatt; presented her grandmother with a bouquet. © Mr, Moffatt was born at Greenbank, and Mrs. Moffatt at Manchester. They were married at Manchester in 1902 and farmed at Paw Paw, Ill, until 1918, when they came to Carroll where they farmed successfully until 1947, when they retired and went tp Port Perry to live. fo They returned to Carroll-to cele- brate their anniversary with their family of four sons and four daugh- ters: Mr, and Mrs, Cecil Andrews and son Gordon, of Beresford; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Graham and son Clayton, of Minnedosa; Mr. and Mrs. Hope | Moffatt and son Lyle of Winnipeg; Mr,.: and Mrs. Robert Moffatt. and children, Barry, Linda and Brian, of Carroll; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gray, Brandon; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Carlisle and chldren, Ivan, and Mickey, of. Carroll; Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Mof- fatt and son Douglas, of Welland, terment was in Pine Grove Cemetery, Ont.; and Mr, and Mrs, James Moffatt Prince Albert. ; and sons, Grant and Neil, of Carroll.' Port Perry Couple For Golden Wedding Anniversary Returns West Ask Lions Club For Fee on Charity Dances Port Perry Lions Club, sponsors of Friday night dances in aid of the Com- munity Memorial Hospital Fund, has Ia been asked to pay a; liceense fee by the Composers, Authors and Publish- ers Association of Canada Limited. "You are brobably not aware of the fact that it is illegal to perform copywright music in public: without permission of the copywright owner," C. R. Matheson the Licensing Depart- ment, informed from the Association's Toronto office. "They are probably not- aware that Charlie Popert's ver- satile group were all volunteers who played without charge and without sheet music," said an official of the Lions club to whom. the letter was turned over... "How can we tell whether copywright music was play- ed? . Charlie's group just picked a tune and the key out of a blue sky and away they went," he said of the band which drew. a number of compliments for their improvisations, - The composers, authors and publish-. ers have formed this Association to collect fees for public performances of their copywright music the CAPAC official pointed out. = The license issued by the Association covers the music of its. own Canadian members and of the members of affiliated or- ganizations, numbering more than 60,000 composers, authors and music publishers of all nationalities." " "They stressed the fact that they are -a non-profit organization", said the Lion member, "They must re- member we are non-profit organiza- tion, too. In fact, the dances in ques- tion raised only about $160 for the fund." Vi, SAYS MONEY WASTED ON COUNTY ROADS Charging that money had been wasted on Ontario County roads in - the past, District. Road Engineer "Leslie Boucher of Huntsville recom~ mend to county council at Whitby last week that an immediate program of hard-surfacing be started. He said that too much money had been spent to little avail and that in his opinion much more mulching should have been done in the past 10 years, He intimated that in the future he would act to scrutinize On- tario- County road expenditures more closely. . & In the last 10 years this country has not averaged a mile and a quarter of mulching per year. I don't think you could call that progress. You have many miles of road ready for mulch- ing and many more which may not be in perfect condition but which it would be worth while taking a gamble on to protect the citizens from dust in sum- mer and mud in the spring, Even if some of this road did break up later, you would be at least making a start." Mr. Boucher scored a policy of wait- ing during which citizens have to put | up with bad road conditions. He said ' that fromi his own practical exper- ience it is even better. to build a road "from the top down" and get some- thing, than to adhere to the. theory of building from the bottom up. "If 'you are éver going to get the taxpayers out of the dust, you have to take a gamble,". Mr. Boucher said. He recommend: that next year, expen- ditures for construction (cutting down hills and widening) should be cut out of the road program entirely and that such work has been done on too lavish a scale in the past. This money (continued on back page) { recently in Port Perry United Church, The bride, who is the neice of Mr. Y --Photo by George Ireland. "The 'marriage of Miss Edith Edna | and Mrs. Edgar Storry of Port Perry, Stone of Port Perry and Mr. Jack'is a graduate of Class '61 of the Osh- Gordon Magee of Oshawa. took place | awa General Hospital. The bridegroom is the son of Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Magee of Oshawa. 7000 All-Time High For Port Perry Fair -- ~Encouaged by ideal weather, an all- time record c¢rowd of 7,000 youngsters and.oldsters crowded the fair grounds' Monday for the biggest and best pre- sentation-of the Port Perry, Reach-and Scugog Agricultural Society, > "It was the largest crowd ever at Port Perry fair," said secretary- treasurer R. D. Woon. Smiling Presi- dent Fred C. Christie and his perspir- ing but happy helpers, agreed. The gate receipts spoke for them---a total of $2,290, another record, taken in by the busy gatekeepers. "They used to have big fairs many years back but I have no doubt that the Labour Day crowd this yeak was the tops," the hard workng secretary added. He estimated 4,000 paid admissions by adults and close. to '3,000 children. The number. of ¢ars. entering" the ground last year-was around-1,000-and Mr, Woon estimated even more auto- mobiles were on hand this year. The record throng was not dis- appointed as the 1952 directors pre- sented a well-rounded show. The 'grandstand 'show, midway, livestock, farm machinery, special .displays, and the women's exhibits all drew words of praise. The high quality of breed was the. outstanding feature of the annual Ontario County Black & White 'show and the Big Four Guernsey show, Fieldman. for the East and Central Ontario district of the Hol- stein-Friesian Association of Canada, Gerry E. Nelson, of Port Perry stated that the entire black and white show was uniformly high in quality and there were very few inferior animals. One hundred 'and twenty-seven entries weére received and 89 cattle shown by 16 exhibitors. 5 The fair-goers who packed the grandstand to capacity and then some, appeared. well pleased with the pro- gram. which included showing of horse and cattle classes, the harness races and the Brampton Clown band but 16-year-old tap dancer Judy Last Crandell | (Continued on back page) Heir Recalls - Historical Poem The sole remaining heir of the first F white male child born in Reach Town- ship who visited Part Perry recently | has penned' the Star a few lines of historical prose. 'Wallace R. Cradell, now in his eighties and a retired hotel manager in New York City, forward- ed the paper which he used to recite about his father Benjamin Crandell and his famed grandfather Reuben Crandell the first settler in Reach. ' "I, Wallace R. Crandell, have 'the honour of being the son of thé first-| man born in the Township of Reach, Port Perry, Ontario, Canada,.on the shores. of ~Lake Scugog, where cars were destined to go from Lake Scu- gog through: Ontario, with comers laiden to_and fro fray passengers and mail, Reuben Crandell did prevajl and made.my father trace the Indian trail. With mild and wild revenge they worked their own high way, fishes in Scugog Lake were found, wild beast in-the wood abound, thé Golden forest all around has since become a field." Mr. Crandell - visited Wm. Cook re- cently and the Star office where he recalled many ntemories of "by-gone days. iia de --- <n "To what do you attribute your long life," the reporter asked the old codger of 100. % : "I' don't rightly know yet," replied the oldster, pulling lazily at his pipe. "I'm still dickering with two break- fast food companies and a fella who makes them nicotine cigarets", 1 "Ftime", 'ASSESSMENT IN PORT PERRY UNDER CONTROL Ontario County Supervising Asses- sor, Gordon 'McLean in a report to council rapped the assessment system in Reach' Township and praised the work of the- assessors in Port Perry. "I do not consider the assessment made in Reach to be a fair test of the merits of the Provincial: Manual," said Mr, McLean in a lengthy report on the township. However, he point- ed out tha the present assessor started ""Hate in the year and expressed the opinion that he will do a creditable job. "I believe the manual can be used with gaod results but all local assessors would require careful train- ing in order to set up a fair and uni- form assessment for a whole county." Regarding Port Perry he reported: "The equalized assessment in '1948 was $978,417; 'and in 1951 had been increased by $174,393 to $1,162,810. In 1961 a further increase of $654,350 was madé. The assessment is well under control here and I am well sat- isfied with the continued improve- ment." : ; Mr. McLean pointed out that Reach township never adopted a common basis of assessment values. with the other municipalities in the - County. 'Their 'local assessor did ake as- sessment using - the County Manual for County equalization purposes bit: it was not used for Reach Townskip puropses: In 1948 this assessment totalled $2,611,726; in 1949, $2,625,- 566; in 1950, $2,620,339; in 1951 fol- lowing the decision of the Court of Appeal this assessment was incrensed to $2,727,800---this shows an_ overall increase value since 1948 of $116,075, (Continued on back page) : 4] Port: Perry Cubs Mark First Camp On Scugog Island " The enthusiastic yells of 41 Port Perry Cubs livened up the. foot of Seugog Island last weck when 41 menihers from. A and B packs divided six days of the first camp in the his- tory of the group. = RAE "Our camp was a real success and the boys and their leaders had a great reports = Cubmaster Stan Ploughman. Any doubts as to the cubs enjoying themselves was borne out by the wishes of some lads to stay for the whole week. Seventeen boys from "A" pack arrived on Sunday, Aug. 24 and stayed until Wednesday when 24 boys from "B" pack arrived. Camp wound up Saturday with the majority ready to stay for the long week-end. : wr The first- evening the cubs enjoyed a campfire with roasted marshmal- lows while on the second night a corn roast was held and the third evening a weiner reast. man inspected the group each evening and Gordon Goode, Akela of "A" pack, unable to attend full camp gave his assistance each evening. Rev, H. S. Swabey and. Rev. Robt. Wylié and several parents visited the camp. "A very hearty vote 'of thanks goes to Wes Lane who took charge 'of the {continued on back page) * - AY by We have known peopl to take their dogs and cats with them when they went on a vacation but now we have heard about a woman in England who took her family seven cows, too. She must. have been grateful that she didn't have an elephant farm. hs Ld Ld \d . The Union of South Africa is con- sidering the possibility of becoming a republie . . . There's no limit to the length to which Malan is preparéd to go to get his own way. Incidental- ly, that will make the second Republic with a Negro problem, * * LJ ' The holiday" accident toll set a re- cord, You'd think to read the' news- paper accounts that the accidents were deliberate . . the phychologists would agree, Man against Himself. W. Boxall, Cubmaster Plough- | Registration In Public and High Schools Increases Principals of Port Perry's high and public schools report a slight increase in the number of Students registered to date for the 1952-53 term. High school registration is up five this year principal J, L. Crane in- forms and=the public school total has increased from 240 to 255: This fig- ure does not include the 45 five year olds who registered for kindergarten- primary class which has-been temp- orarily suspended due to shortage of accommodation. This question will most likely be dealt with at next Tues- day's meeting of the board. Registration at the high school "at present is 2156 compared to a high of (Continued on back page) ---- eee PP -- New Public School Underway; Water Tank Ready Soon Ong of Port, Perry's major building operations is well underway-and an-_ other is nearing completion, on the west part of Queen street, Prelimin- ary work -on* the $250,000 public schol, which has 'been underway one' month, is almost completed and the new water tank is expected to be ready by this week-end. - The classroom section of the-school is being built*in the shape of a "TT" will be ready for brickwork soon, as: superintendent Ed; Schwalm of Ben- net and Pratt cénstruction company, jof Weston, reports all the concrete "| walls in this section will-be poured by pu) Monday. This part - contains six classrooms, teachers rooms and wash- The ultra-modern auditorium is located at the front in the centre of the east and west wings. The east wing in which the kinder- rooms. garten section -is- situated, has been = delayed, due to. the exeavation there. Forms will be put 'in shortly and foumdations and floors poured. Forms were put up this week in the west wing which will accommodate another, classrooin, - the principul's- office and entrance, ed to start to-day. Bricklaying is not expected to com- ' mence until the middle-of September when the first shipment of brick is scheduled to arrive. Grading of the grounds "and backfilling around the excavations for the foundations al- ready poured will be started shortly. Eleven Port Perry and district car- penters and labourers are working -on- the job at present including Jimmy Hope, Oliver Holines, Jim Smeels, L. Bruce. Redmond, Frank Henry, W. St. John, George, Smith, B. King, H. Hackley, and B.[Solbey, the latter two coming from Uxbridge. RAIN DELAYS TANK . Despite recent rains which has slowed up work on the water tank contractor Joe Solose expects to have the- job completed by Saturday. Last "day; © THE PASSING SHO "M.a.C." of the 18 iron rod hoops is expected to-be-adjusted arounit-the tank, by to- The building of the roof and testing will complete the job. One foot of water has already been tested in the tank and by Friday the build- ers will fill the whole tank. : doors to be presented to the United Nations building for the Headquarters of the J Nat New York. No wonder other people think we are prospérous . giving away seven doors that cost $10,000 each.. * * » Quebee is now the only province which hasn't éntered into an agree- ment with the Federal goverment concerning taxes. Forsthe people of Quebee the hold-out is a hold-up, * Ad * grain crop goes up a few million bushels. If the government statisti- cians keep on they're liable to come acropper. Pouring of 'these is expect- hn, I Eb fA LN] = Canada spent £10,000 for seven = Every week the estimate for our NEN