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and some slurring of his speech. addition, tests revealed a marked loss... vray ais EDI With the advent of fine weather, + birds come back to our countryside, bears come out. of hibernation and crooks, who have spent their nefarious leisure in better climes, trek in' scores to our part of the country. Attention is drawn by The Chatham * News to the return of the fly-night operators of various get-rich-quick schemes -- house repairs, sidings, land- scaping and other such notions -- who mostly prey on the elderly citizens of our community. These unscrupulous people know that elderly persons often live alone ~and, never having had much business «experience, are -more- inclined to trust strangers. The victims are also afraid of the power of the law, the lever most of these gentry employ to extract exor- bitant sums. for comparatively small jobs, usually in places where elderly people cannot go to. check. Pay up or - go to court is their motto, This is definitely the last thing these crooks want. ; : They know perfectly well that in the first place, yheir work would not bear even superficial examination; in the second place, adverse publicity would expldde their racket. So, if you require repairs or any kind of work done in. or about your house, go "to local, well-established tradesmen. They guarantee their work, and Glue Sniffing Dangerous - Glue sniffing can cause permanent' brain and central nervous system dam- age. Californa neurologists Drs. J. William Knox of the. Oakland Naval Hospital and James R. Nelson of Har- bor General Hospital in Torrance re- ported recently that a man in his 30's who had been sniffing glue for some time showed the following symptoms of permanent brain and nerve damage. He walked with a staggering, stumbling gait, was very tremulous, and was un- 'able to perform certain skilled move- ments. He also had involuntary, rapid side-to-side movements of 'his eyeballs, In of brain substance. A chemical called toluene is the signi- ficant constituent of glue vapors that can cause such permanent damage. To- luene induces a state of euphoria, thus. making it attractive to some. troubled, unhappy people. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' / ' ' ' / ' / ' ' ' / / / ' /' ' / ' / ' ' / 4 ' a PERRY STAR CO., LIMITED PORT Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Editor Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Assoc, Member of the Ontario 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, Subsrciption Rates: In Canada $3.00 per yr., Elsewhere, $4.50 per yr. Single Copy 10c. Aah A A BL SR A AAS ASS RAR SS 8 SSS SS SS SSS SSNS SSS SSS NNN "- THE UNWAN LNAI I MRR py rs TORIAL PAGE oan EN A TN A MLO TE i ELI i y $y She id Vol ok TED RETURN they are always there, and more than ready to listen and<redress your com- plaints... @e . « SRT Goodwill is their most valuable stock in trade, and they cannot afford even the slightest whisper of suspicion. What is more, you are not bound to entrust your work to the first person who gives you a price. Any reputable firm will give you, free of charge, a quotation. Should the first one seem too high, get another, just as a check. And above all, The News stresses, do not be afraid of the law. Courts are there to protect you, magistrates are people just like you. The main difference, théy have knowledge. and -experience of the law". .;. man nature. Forest Fires On Increase Forest fire danger continued to in- crease in the Lake Simcoe District dur- ing the past week and by week end was high to extreme. Lack of any rain since the middle of June, combined with much above normal temperatures creat- ed very dry conditions throughout wood- ed areas and the public are warned to exercise every precaution with fire. Department of Lands and Forests of- ficials stress special attention to fire safety rules. =~ Campfires should be kept small, built on bare rock or min- eral soil close to water and thoroughly drenched with water and extinguished before leaving. If necessary to smoke when travelling in wooded areas, sit down in a safe place and grind out any cigarette butts or pipe aches in the soil or bare rock. Use car ash trays when travelling on roads and highways and never discard unextinguished smoking materials. Parents' cooperation is also sought in guarding against any carelessness on the part of children. Playing with matches or fire-crackers are frequent causes of fires, sometimes with seri- ous consequences. 7 ix, TES Boat operators should exercise special care in areas where people may be swimming. Of- ten swimmers are not wearing caps and so ar not easily spotted. least chance for accidents in swimming areas, boat operatérs should keep as far from shore as possible, THE SAILORS' LOT i Pe: od " Si EY ~I-was-reading the -other-day an-interview ~~ with a Canadian seaman. He was telling a reporter why he, and so many other sailors are not happy with their lot. He mentioned a lot of things that seemed petty at first glance: coarse sheets on the bunks; crowded quarters; not enough showers; cheap soap; scanty recreational facilities. Not much of the spirit of Drake and Nelson and rounding Cape Horn there? Not much, But then: the truth came out. These were only the minor irritants, the little, concrete manifestations of a. deeper discontent. A sailor's pay is good, comparatively. Most boats feed their crews well. What really gets the sailor down are frustration, boredom, monotony and loneliness, They suffer from the modern malaise of the spirit that affects many segments of our society, As I read the article, I couldn't help com- paring the sailor's job today with that of the 1930's, when I spent a spell on' the Great Lakes. : Today works a 40-hour week, has a basic pay of néarly $400 a month, and is protected by a tough union. In those days, he worked a b0 to 60-hour week, picked up a handsome cheque for $40 at the end of the month, and could be fired if he even looked unhappy. And perhaps that's why, if memo the sailor of those days was a pr serves, happy and of hu- Also, to provide the - HF ath } an ya et a A A ELA ES PRA E Ss iar ERLE ON tll dk Bh Rot weit Sd £7 a RR GOSTAY NSIT NAN BEAR AI id EEere---- 50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, July 12, 1916 Miss May Sgnley, Prince Albert is attending College in Toronto, Serg. Howsam of the 182nd Bn. has been visiting friends in the village. A Presbyterian and Me- thodist Sunday School picnic was held on the farm of Mr. E. Kendall, Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Martin Seagrave- on their recent marriage. July Sale-- Ladies Umbrellas Sale Price ............ 9c. "" Unbleached towels 19 x 34"... . Be, . Pillow Cases ...... bc. ea. Men's Shirts ............ 95c¢. Men's Overalls ........ 89c. Mr, Oscar C. Jacks has procured his Phm. B. Degree from Toronto University. Mr. and Mrs, James De- " vitt celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary recent- ly. Boss 2 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 10, 1941 Mr, Harold Archer wins several races in the power boat Regattas, At the Viec- toria Yacht Club regatta at Pleasant Point Mr. Archer took first place honours in three of the major events. The Port Perry Railway Station will remain in opera- tion as an express and freight depot. The barn on the farm op- erated by Paul Diamond near Greenbank was struck by lightning and totally destroy- ed by fire. Mr. G. Manning is holiday- ing with friends in Carroll, Manitoba, Mr. H. G. Hut- cheson is in charge of the municipal office during his absence. Epsom -- Mr. Frank Mill- man has rented Mr. Frank Hortop's farm. Mr. Hortop is having a sale. Mr. Tobin Jr." "will be in charge. 10 YEARS AGO . Thursday, July 2, 1956 The twenty-fifth annual reunion of the Crosier family was held at Stouffville Park. Congratulations to Mr. Bruce Mackey, son of Mr, & Mrs, Howard Mackey, Port Perry, who has been success- ful in taking his second year exams at Osgoode Hall school of Law, with second class standings. : Bruce Martyn and Donald Peacock, are enjoying Scout camp with the pack and lea- ders, Scugog Island. 'Miss Leona Reynolds, Sea- grave, "is attending summer | school at Hamilton. Mr, Ivan ugen is build- ing an extension T- becue restaurant, Brian McLean, sos of Ross _ McLean was cruelly slashed by a vicious dog last week. Six stitches were required to close the wound. character, He did a lot of grousing, as sailors have done. since Ulysses and his crew. left Troy, but he also did a lot of horsing around, and took life very unseriously, Not many were married in those days. They couldn't afford it. They'd blow their 40 bucks on beer and girls and poker in a couple of days, and then it was penny-ante and prac-- tical jokes and "makings" for the rest of the month, bm : Today's sailor is a much glummer indivi- dual, He's more likely to be married and have children, He has a mortgage and insurance and income tax and dental bills, like all the other suckers in society. : 8 Theoretically, he's 10 times better off than the deck-hand of the 30's. He works a whole lot less and makes a great deal more. He is better fed and quartered, He can watch tele- vision, He has 10 months away from the old battleaxe and the kids, two months holidays in winter, during which he is paid unemploy- ment insurance. What's wrong then? Why is he griping, "threatening to strike every so often, wishing he had a shore job? It's simple enough. Sail- ing 's deadly dull, For officers and engineers, .. it's lively enough, chinery, decisions, skills, : , But the deck-hand is the Poor Bloody In- fantry of the inland seas. His work is often dirty, nearly always monotonous, occasionally They have delicate ma- responsibilities, special Rand PATO es basing on $ FLIER 374, dangerous, but hardly ever heroic. ~-There's. no. going aloft to reef the main- sail in the teeth of a gale. He's more likely chipping paint. There's no landing at exotic foreign ports, hiring a ricksha and, heading for the high spots. He's more likely picking his way across the railway tracks in a dirty dock area, heading for a beer parlour. He spends most of his waking hours with a crowd just as browned off as he. And they curse and play poker and grouse and watch television crud and brag about the shore job they could have had. Not much for the soul there, : And he's lonely, Lonely for his family. And maybe he's guilty, knowing it's not a square deal for the wife, bringing up the "kids alone. And he misses the land. The shady streets of. the small town, or the beat and excitement of the city. The green of trees and grass, and the glimmer of brown young limbs on beaches. The smell of lilacs in June, and burning leaves in October, There's a little of this in the life of the in- land sailor, It's clean and fresh out on the lakes, But one Great Lake looks much like another, one canal like the last one, and every grimy dock area exactly like the one you've . just come from. Don't knock the sailor, just as you and I. Toronto Telegram News Service He has his ghosts,