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Port Perry Star Co. Limited Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas ~ WM. T. HARRISON Editor Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Assoc. 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 $3.00 per yr., Elsewhere, $4.50 per yr. Single Copy 10¢ IP VV VV VV VU VV YOY V VV YY VV VY OOVYUN (a a a a a a a a a a a al ala a ala al ala gla alata ol gl a al gla gl gO New Years Resolutions A New Year's Article From The United Church of Canada It's almost time to delude ourselves again with our New Year's resolutions. It would be interesting to learn just how many people actually do keep their New Year's resolutions, wouldn't it? But then, it also would be interesting to learn how many people make worthwhile resolutions. Too often many of them are trivial, so trivial that we don't really intend to try to keep them. We can't even fool ourselves. But that's life. We're always trying to fool ourselves. What are you going to resolve to do in 1966? Quit smoking? Quit drinking? Quit burning the candle at both ends? Quit over-eating right after the New Year's feast? Before you engage yourself in a battle of wits again, why not sit back and really think? As individuals, hu- mans are not noted for their desire to make serious use of their brain. Kids in school want to be spoon-fed, in- stead of thinking things out for themselves; workers in the office want to do only that which is expected of them and little if anything more. These two common examples could be multiplied, but let's not paint ourselves too black. We all have the ability to think. Every one the world over, applauded John F. Kennedy when he said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; rather ask what you can do for your country." Everyone applauded because he spoke to mankind's finer instincts. Hrd LAA al REMEMBER WHEN? 50 YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO 10 YEARS AGO Wed., January 5, 1916 Thurs,, January 2nd, 1941 i } Mr. Arthur Van Camp was Port Perry, Reeve Mr, W, Thurs. Janusty 5th, 1636 4 ! elected Reeve of Cartwright, M. Letcher was returned to obtaining a majority of 77 office for his ninth succes- votes over his opponent, Mr. sive year. Councillors are: Jos. Forder. R. M. Holtby, H. R. Archer, Mr. W. H. Kellar, Uxbridge J. E. Jackson and Grant has again resumed control of Gerrow. the Uxbridge Journal. ] For Scugog Township Mr. Utica -- Mr. Theodore Ste- Russell Hood was elected phenson has taken a position Reeve by acclamation, in Cleveland, Ohio. Reach Township, Mr. Ro- Prince Albert -- Miss May On Christmas day at the home of Milton and Della Howsam, four generations of the Howsam family celebrat- ed Christmas together. Ashburn -- Mr. and Mrs. 2 | John Greenwood celebrated -- - their sixteenth wedding An- niversary on Dec. 29th. Greenbank--Ralph Wilkin- Everyone is a potential revolutionary in that given the incentive and the will he could change the world for the better, no matter how small and insignificant his contribution seems at the time. It's a bunch of little good deeds done frequently by a lot of people that make life more pleasant and worthwhile. Each of us is a potential miniature messiah to some- bert Swanick Reeve, Thomas one. It just takes a little imaginative thinking to figure Modaun retained fo: Plaine Herding DepgtyReeve. Sof, Queen's University, but h of ke. N is doi field where she has charge Cartwright Township-- Kingston home with his par- ont what contribution eac of us can make. None is doing ¢ the Public School. Reeve, Mr. Creighton Devitt. ents over the holiday. A his best. "r The Carnegie Milling Com- Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cook In 1955 there were 4,649 " : +s n . vw a ) »" Before 1966 rolls around, why doesn't each one of us DR i hse pr 799 cars and trucks made by go off for a little while and do some serious thinking Pp . y : General Motors in Canada quantities. Mr. and Mrs, Richard d the United Stat about what he or she could do for others in the new year? Mr. Morley Campbell has Raines, Pefferlaw, attended and the Unite es. Let's not make resolutions that centre on self. They sold the Wm. Doubt proper- the Golden Wedding Anniver- Men's Bowling, Albert usually fail anyway. Let's find that hitherto undiscovered '¥ on Cochrane St. to Mr. sary of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Cawker-Rolls High Triple of ' | Frank Williams. Raines. : ( 876. self --the gift of fag ial gives to others. RR SOPOOOOOODY SUGAR and SPICE THE YOUNG SPINSTERS By BILL SMILEY Dad, we should be glad, you and I. Glad that we got a mate when we did, 20 or 30 years ago. We'd never measure up to what the girls demand today. I discovered this the other day, during a panel discussion in one of my Grade 12 classes. Topic was "Karly Marriages." Participants were four bright, attractive girls of 17 or 18. Well, they really opened my eyes. In fact,'T was shocked and dismayed by the hard-boiled, material- istic attitude of these young ladies. Generally, they had the right idea -- that teenage ma friages are a mistake -- but for all the wrong rns I used to think that marriage was based on mutual respect, physical attraction, shared interests, love. That shows you how old-fashioned I am, It seems that these days a successful marriage is a combination of economic essentials and psycho- logical clap-trap, Fiist of all, you have to have security. This rules out early marriages. Tt means theicouple must have enough money for at least down payments on the house. furniture, appliances. It follows that the girl must finish.school and take a job and save. The boy must get through law school or medicine (no plumbers for these kids). Again, it follows that he's about 30, she's at least 25, before they can think of marriage. I could have reminded them, but didn't that most of them would never have been born if their par- ents had waited for security before marrying. Second they said, teen-agers are not "emotionally mature" enough for marriage, I don't quite know what that means. Eight out of [10 of the married adults I know have tantrums or drink too much, flare with jealousy, fight over trifles, fall in love, hate bitterly. In short, they are normal human be- ings. But they're not emotionally mature, ' Another point the kids brought up was that teen- age girls are not prepared to face up to the com- plexities of married life; they can't cook; they know nothing about raising children; they can't manage a budget, Apparently the answer to this is for the girl to complete her education and work for a few years. This prepares her for marriage, Thus, if she has studied typing or philosophy or hairdressing or embalming, and made a living for a year or two, she's all set for cooking, child-bear- ing and budget-balancing. I don't follow the logic, but I always was a little dense about feminine think- ing. Girls, T can show you women of 30, career girls, who can't cook a TV dinner, don't know one end of a baby from the other unless it's crying, and could- n't handle the budget of a Sunday School class with- out putting it on the rocks. Another serious suggestion was that marriage should be delayed until both parties have had a chance to travel and see the world. The implication was that after you're married and had kids, you never do more than take a Sunday drive. v Hell, T have a nephew of 17 who was born in Yellowknife, North West Territories, and has grown up in South America, the West Indies, Holland and Newfoundland, 1 have a niece, 19, who has lived in England, France and Germany. Those kids did- n't slow their parents down, » One of the girls said boys of 19.or 20 are not ready to assume the responsibilities of marriage, Some aren't. But some men of 30 aren't and never' do. I've seen boys of 19/or 20 in charge of a mil- lion dollars worth of aircraft, and a hundred lives, I could scarcely refrain from telling these com- placent pre-matrons that their grandmothers were 4 married at 16 or 17, their grandfathers at 20, cop- ing with a life they couldn't even imagine. Not that I'm in favor of teenage marriages. Heav- en forbid. Our society has all the cards stacked against the young lovers. But there's something sad about their attitude. --The Toronto Telegram News Service