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A. ER xy a oe Dek G0 Yaa AOS SR A 3 3 M ' wh Me - toy 3 la A i LN ni 4 -- PORT PERRY STAR THURSDAY, JAN. 21, 1965 | Remember When? FIFTY YEARS AGO Jan. 20th, 1915 Canadians are Now Billeted-- A Despatch from London ! says: The billeting of the Cana- dians has resulted in a marked | improvement of the general health conditions in the contin- * gent at Salisbury and the ex- tension of the billeting system is proceeding. Those who attended the Pat- riotic Concert given by the peo- ple of St. John's Presbyterian Church, speak in the highest terms of the effort put forth. Port Perry Band with Mr. Bar- ker, of Greenbank rendered ex- cellent music. Mr. Roach and tHe band deserve great credit for the degree of efficiency at- tained by them in one year. * * * TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Jan. 22nd, 1925 We are very pleased to know that Mr. R. M. Holtby of Port "Perry has received the appoint- | ment as Holstein Fieldman for the Canadian Holstein Associa- tion. The rink committee have again received the Bruce Camp- bell Trophies for speed skating and are arranging for races to be held at the Port Perry rink. * *® * TEN YEARS AGO Jan. 20th, 1955 W. Harry Peel, Reeve of Port Perry was elected Warden of the County of Ontario. Thursday afternoon. January 27th at 2.30 Community Hospit- al Auxiliary officially opened the new Children's ward in the hospital. | Hilltop Herald| By Gayle Wright Basketball sea- son has officially opened. The Ux- bridge boys came emerged the victors of their game while the junior boys were defeated by the Uxbridge team. The girls journeyed to Uxbridge on Friday. They were not as fortunate as the boys. The Jr. girls lost by a single point while the seniors lost by a large margin. The games for this week will be played on Wednesday because of the "At Home" which will be held Fri- day evening. Come on boys, your time is running out, the big dance is Friday evening! to see each and every one of 'you there. They tell me that it will be just out of this world! Editorial Viewpoint to our School last - I would like . LC AAD. FET A war hue Lib 58 - hat 5k. LA ARN PANTO ACR § SR TTA i BCE [EC Bre) , 2 AT TARA TATE 8 AN Roe y Se SA ARN 1 ' N amma EE REESE RR GFERSOROONIRA, SOW SON NE CC XA Sk Cam) < ONT. DEPT. OF HIGHWAYs Safety Tips For Motorists Should cars involved in accidents be moved off the road immediately? Or must the vehicles be left where they are until the police arrive? Few drivers know their rights and responsibilities in this regard: The Ontario Safety League says that the first duty of persons involved in an accident is to make the highway as safe as possible for others. In other words, get the cars off the highway and to the side of the road AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Obviously, though, no car should be moved hurriedly if to do so might further injure someonc hurt in the collision. Failure to move slightly damaged cars delays and endangers other traffic. Drivers can be -- and are -- charged for wilfully blocking traffic with their damaged cars. Further, drivers may be held liable in damages if other persons suffer loss or damage because of the addi- tional hazard created by stopped vehicles. E.H.S. Piper, Q.C., Manager and General Counsel of All Canada Insurance Federation says: "A driver is to remain at the scene of the accident, must render all possible assistance and may be required to supply information respecting his name and address, as well as that of the owner. But there is no legislation to prevent a car being moved after an accident; in fact, no vehicle is required to await the arrival of the police. The law requires that the police be notified. It also sets out the duty of the parties involved to provide identi- fication, and evidence of vehicle registration, to one an- other. ' All reports made about an accident, whether made by individuals or by the police, are without prejudice and are for the information of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles. No statement in the report will be deemed part of the re- cord in any action in damages." The basic rules of the road still prevail after an ac- cident, the Ontario Safety League emphasizes; the- first responsibility of everyone concerned is to make sure that the first collision does not lead to another. P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Assoc. Port Perry Star Co. Lid. Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. Subscription Rates: In Canada $2.50 per yr., Elsewhere, $4.00 per yr. 4H Homemaking At the home "of Miss Dodd. fourteen girls opened the second meeting of the 4-H Club by re- peating the 4-H Pledge. This was followed by the secretary reading the roll call and Mary Nelson reading her last week's notes. Miss Dodd and Miss Kent die- tated our notes. Group work, each girl took their measure- ments, "Subject Matter, Miss Kent showed us a sample of a _costume chart, We closed the meeting by re- peating the 4-H Pledge. reas WM. T HARRISON Editor I Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. Single Copy 7¢ AND SPICE by Bill Smiley - PAY, AND FACE THE MUSIC If I had it to do over again, I'd raise my family differently. I'd let the kids grow up in happy ignorance of the finer things of life, That's exactly what most of my present family would have preferred anyway, but the Old Girl wasn't having any of it. And I, like all docile North American fathers, swallowed all that jazz about "personality fulfillment" and "developing natu- ral talent" and "creative interests". I've spent enough on music lessons, for example, for those kids to buy myself a brand new Cadillac, or pay off half the mortgage on my house. . This month, my son Hugh is giving two piano recitals be- fore trying his music exam, the culminaton of ten years of les sons, It's just about the culmination of the old man's credit in these parts, too. All it involves is the rental of two halls, the printing of two sets of invitations and programs, and the pur- chase of new suits and dresses for the whole family. Even at that, I could fight my way out of the morass of bills and face the future, shaken but game, if this were the end of the affair. Co : But I learned, in a short but devastating exchange with my wife, that it's only the beginning. "Well", I heamed, "at least it'll be nice not to have to pay for lessons next year, what with all the expense of sending him to college." } Don't be silly!" she snapped. "Of course he's going to go on with his music next year. He's scarcely begun." And I reeled out of the room, speechless. I could see the future: old dad pumping the treadmill for the next ten years in a welter of music lessons at $18 a rattle and university fees at $1500 a year. You see, just as Hugh gets out of college his sister, who also takes piano lessons at the same tariff, will be ready to begin. It isn't fair, somehow. In ten years I'll be a broken, beaten old man, ready for the boneyard, just when I should be enter- ing those golden years you see in the insurance ads: trips to Europe, curling, golf, fishing, And what will I get out of it all? Likely nothing but a gaggle of grandchildren, who will be dumped with us every time theit parents want to go on a skiing vacation or a jaunt to Mexico. In despair, I sought out an old friend who has been through it all with three sons and a daughter. Surely he'd have some words of comfort. He did. "Smiley, old boy," he chortled, there's nothing to it. But you've forgotten a few items. First of all, your son gets mar- ried in third year college and you subsidize them and the baby, until he graduates, Then there's your daughter's wedding. Knowing your wife, I figure that will cost you one cool grand. Then your son, and your son-in-law, will take turns hitting you up for a couple of thousand for down payment on a house or furniture or a second car, or something. It's not that they're grasping." he went on, chuckling. It's just that this is tho way the system works nowadays. They'll be making good money, but they won't have any credit, and you have. So they'll use yours." (Continued, on page 13)