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8 an h a" ' + ¥ iy Vas SERA 3 3 Re a TNT SRSA LRA CR APRA wll tins, BR tee dale wi Ns a isin » wt ws » - . i ht ra Gon AA ame industry will add notes tied to the trees: "my wife and children are starv- ing. Please send help to this address " And Americans, notoriously soft touches for almost any plea, will send gifts of toys and money. "ee The fall months are busy ones for "must be selected; labourers hired ; and after the trees are cut, under efficient supervision, they are graded, 'tagged, iy'. & tied in bunches, and delivered by trucks aT to freight cars for shipment. What propaganda value these trees Shippers could be instructed to fasten a note to each tree which would say: "Write your Congressman and tell him Fire Statistics A recent tabulation of fire statistics shows that the 1966 season was the worst in many years in the Lake | coe Fire District. The Fire District oo area a total of 31 fires occurred--burn- ment fought 36 fires, over the rest of the District, in the area outside the Fire District. Of those 31 fires, occur- ring in the Fire District, 30 were man- caused with one lightning fire. This lightning fire, however, proved, by far, the most difficult to fight and burned over a total of 166 acres compared to 64 burned over in the other 30 fires. The -extremely dry period during the month of July was responsible for most of the fires. Twenty-three occurred during that month, burning over 220 acres. Fortunately, the late simmer and fall was quite wet so fire incidence dropped greatly. In spite of the large number of fires and acreages- burned over we feel the general public and local residents are to be congratulated on the assistance they offered during SNe Cg i he Mes dT ato the help of the public in reporting fires and assisting in fighting them, the -acreage burned would, have been much higher. FTIR AAA A A A AN ASS SS ENN NN EN Rpg ey PORT PERRY STAR CO., LIMITED Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and - Surrounding Areas 1 A330 - pers COM WM. T. HARRISON, Editor Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper 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 $8.00 per yr., Single Copy 10e. AAA ER A A EE EL ST TTY TE CCT) hh aS SX XN ECE RN TUR Cp ip pp ppp ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' / / ' ' ' ' ' P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher ch ' ' ' ' / ' ' ' / ! ' ' ' ' / ' / ' ' / Elsewhere, $4.60 per yr. our Christmas tree indugtry. The trees could have. Look at the possibilities. itself, consists of two complete town- ships and parts of two others. In this "ing-over 230 acres. As well, the Depart- - the high fire hazard period. Without "undoubtedly, [ up and down hotel rooms, waiting for them, ericans show a fascinatingly varied taste in selecting their trees. The most popular one is the balsam fir, second choice is the Douglas fir, and other po- pular types include the black spruce, red cedar, and Norway spruces; cyp- ress, hemlock, juniper, and Scotch pines, an almost endless 'variety. Is there a discoverable meanng hid- den here? Why would one famiy insist on long needles, and another short ones? With careful computerized concentra- tion, perhaps these families could be typed so that the message fastened to The tree destined for their home would "have the right propaganda for the right wage or social group. Let's fasten this note to our trees: "We shall over- come; free the Negro from bondage this Christmas!" Perhaps one year our trees could be banded with the slogan, "Remember your allies with foreign aid!" Would that be the real Christmas spirit? From The Board of Evangelism and Social Service, United Church of Canada Warning From. CNIB The Canadian National Institute for the Blind advises that when buying toys for chidren, caution should be ex- ercised. Make sure that there are no detachable or removable parts that can fly into the eyes. Edges should be smooth, corners rounded, springs or gears completely enclosed. The con- struction should be firm, using shatter- resistant and non-flammable materials. Don't gamble with a child's vision. Be sure he understands how to handle toys with safety for himself and others. -- - | | i : i a 4 ) A £i ni 3 --- [Y " ? { SE . ° i 0 . ' K - WW " 4 ' Sos LJ { Ki [RS Wa W [] . wi = = -- | a i Kg ; pe . | 3 . ? oy i IT NEVER FAILS . . . . . 4 PYRT ha La { a Re bs 1d C (I ees Cou arry 0 | Timely Messages A = | y bar --1 | : Ten million Canadian Ehiiitnias trees to get the troops out of Viet Nam!" or = will head south again this year, taking "Ask your Senator to work for the re- 1 T Los the atmosphere of the Canadian north cognition of Communist China!" wh! to countless homes in the United States. ay] : wi) 8 : Perhaps we should make a motiva- as a) : ; Q Some enterprising labourers in the tional study of tree purchasers. Am- ONT. 4 da Vw po 50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, Dec. 6th, 1916 A party of twenty mem- bers of - the -Reach Junior . Farmers, under the direction -of Mr. Tipper took a trip to Beaverton to inspect sheep, cattle, and Percheron horses. Miss Mary Watson, Port Perry won the Carter Scho- larship for thle highest ag- gregate marks in 1916 June Upper School Examinations. Rev. C. P. Muirhead Rec- tor of the Church of the As- cension for the past four years, leaves for Bowman- ville after the New Year. Mr. Wm. Quinn who has Y been section boss at the sta-- tion at Manchester for a "number of years - has been moved to Whithy. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, Dec. 4th, 1941 LJ At the High School last week, the Port Perry Farm Bureau met with Mr. Har ~ man, as the guest speaker. 'Mr. Harman has been at the - head of Radio Farm Forums and explained their opera- tions and influence. On the morning of Novem- ber 28th, the singing classes of Grades XI and XII, under the leadership of Mrs. Swit- zer, will have the privilege of singing on the radio. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ot- tenbrite celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary. Miss Alberta Mary Belair of Reach Township and Earl J. Bryant of Seagrave were united in marriage at Green- bank parsonage by Rev. T. Wallace. 10 YEARS AGO _. Thursday, Dec. 6th, 1956 J. J. Gibson, reeve of Port Perry -by-acclamation. For council those qualified are Frank Godley, Tom Harris, Art Cox, Irv. Boyd, Geo. Holmes (all new). Four to be elected. For School Board Walter Sonley, Dr. MacMas- ter, Chas. Reesor, Stanley R. .-Bruton, Archie Farmer, Cec. King. Three to be elected. The Valedictorian for Com- mencement at the Port Perry High School was Miss Louise Boulanger. The Annual Banquet of the Holstein Club was held in Greenbank hall. Mr. Nor- man Moore, Director of Pub- lic Relations, Brantford was the guest speaker. I HAD A BALL It's amazing how much a chap can accom~ plish when he.gets off on his own for a day. "With a shave, & clean shirt and a pure heart, a man on his own can see more and do more in 18 hours than a' family can in 18 days. Last week end, I re-confirmed this theory, which I - have held since I got married. . I had a whole day, a wild and wicked day in the city all by myself. No work; no do- mestic bliss; not a single crisis to solve for 24 hours, Last summer, I traveled about 6,000 miles, but I didn't seem to get anywhere. The rea- son, of course, was that I had Along my wife and daughter. Women complicate things beyond measure, and sometimes almost beyond endurance. In the first place, they never know what they want to do. Before every exursion, there's a two-hour discussion about: what shoes to wear; where to eat; what show to go to; whether we have time for both or should we eat later; how much it's going to cost; what time we should get to bed; and why it will probably be a lousy evening anyway. Then, at the crucial moment, when it's time to get cracking, and there isn't a minute to lose, hey have to shave their legs, or paint their toenails, or change their girdles, or put their hair up or down, Last summer, covered more miles pacing than I did on our transcontinental trip by plane, train and car. Now, if I'd been taking my wife and/or daughter with me last week end, it-would have. been about as simple as setting up the United Nations. Write and reserve .a hotel room. Write and get tickets for a show or concert. Make elaborate plans for meeting each other for-lunch in the city, after our chores were done. But this time it was different. I tossed a pair of socks and an extra shirt in a bag, and took off with a light heart, but a sober face. The sober face is essential. Everytime I get away from her for a day, my wife fears that I'm going on some Bacchanalian binge. As a result, T have to lay the groundwork, Serious talk about business conferences, see- ing a lawyer, maybe taking in a good show, and getting a good night's sleép in a good, conservative hotel. "Good" is the key word. And, of course, I always have to do some of these things, or I'd never get away. I had two business meetings, one with a publisher, one with a syndicate man. Both were com- pletely unnecessary, but pleasant, like most business meetings that involve writing. I skipped the lawyer bit. Not much fun in seeing one's lawyer, Substituted for a smug stroll past the big, phoney Christmas win- 'dows of the big department stores, secure in the knowledge there were no wild horses or women around to drag me into the manie in- teriors. Somehow, wound up at the press Club, where 'an eloquent and learned discussion was tak- ing place about something. or other. Joined _ it. Some time later, Sistorered it was some time later, Whizzed up by Hib to see lend boy son, Not at home, as usual. Now seven o'clock. ~ Time to find a hotel. No rooms anywhere. Bunked into a sordid, old dump I used to stay at in war-time. Cheap. Picked up hot salami sandwich, ate it on way to theatre. Got a dandy seat, saw a great show, went back to hotel. Ate huge slice of rare beef while Waleling an enter- tainer. . Bar closed, entertainer packed up. - Not sleepy. Went to coffee house, paid two bucks for half-cup of lousy coffee enjoyed Irish singer whining about the wrongs of dear old Ireland. Artist wanted to do sketch of me for six dollars, then three dollars, then one dollar. Bought him a coffee and discussed hard life of an artist, Back to hotel, still not sleepy. No TV in this dump, so watched meon signs, read morning paper, went to bed at 4 a.m. Rose at 9 to rumble of buses, clear-eyed, cleansed of sin and feeling about 69, 'Now, how could you do all those things *" with a couple of women, or even one, trailing alone? ~--Toronto Telegram News Service