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Raq "ny RY TAR Editorial Page! ations To All oar? 1 ES PA -~ er Arie : : a & a a re Veg . ¥ Congratu Hearty congratulations are extended all grade 13 students at the Port Perry High School for successfully passing their . exams. And to the three Ont- ario Scholars, Wayne King, Dianna Wallace and William Holtby an extra pat on the back is well deserved. An Ontario Scholar is a stu- dent who averaged 80% or high- er, and as far as the local stu- dents the scores were Wayne King 84.4; Dianna Wallace 83.2 and William Holtby 813. A number of other students also scored honourable results very close to the 80% mark. ~The past year has been one ~ of hard and demanding work for all the students, and especi- ally the short period of exam- inaitons at the end of the school year requires extra concentra-. tion and effort. However, students next year Modern technology is rapidly reducing the amount of labour required to produce the food and the goods and the services needed in our society. A radi- cally shortened work-week -- probably a three-day week for many workers -- seems just around the corner now. This means quite unprecedented lei- sure for most people, and this new leisure will hurl at society one of its greatest challenges. We must recognize that in this technological age for many persons there is little personal -- satisfaction, little self-realiza- will not be faced with the task of writing grade 13 Depart- mental exams. Rather than base the efforts and ability of a student on annual examin- ations only the results will be determined on local examin- ations and year-round accomp- lishments. This decision should certainly be welcomed by all high school students. * * * * While on the note of hand- ing out bouquets, the Star would also like to congratulate Cart- wright Agricultural Society for a well conducted Fair at Black- stock, Saturday. This is a real community ef- fort, where "everyone pitch in and participate in one way or another. An extra pat to Ted Spencely, whom we thought added quite a ARE ALL YOURS bit of colour to the Fair as an---- M.C. He was both active and humorous. Fu activities in which the worker can find some personal fulfil- ment. : Blessed are they who find personal satisfaction and ful- filment in their daily work. But Tet us never foreet those whose work is dull or distasteful. The joint problem of labour- and-leisure is among the most fundamental which we must face in our new society. The complete life requires work which the worker finds mean- ingful and leisure which is en- riching and re-creative. What we do with our leisure will to ed THE EXPO TRAIL Well, Expo is all they say it is. It's fan- tastic and fabulous, exhausting and expen- sive. It's got everything from Saturday night in Hayfork Centre to a round-the- world cruise in your private yacht. It's true that the lineups-are long at come of the pavilions, but you can easily COMMITTED DELEGATES -- LEADON / \Sugar and Spice for so little. And so little for so much. The first applies to all the wonderful free entertainment, the sights and sounds. The second applies to liquid refreshment. Many people feel it's a great pity that these magnificent buildings should simply be demolished when the fair ends. Some think it would make a fine university. : Others believe it could become a great in- walking cast and are ushered to the head ternational centre for the exchange of ideas of the line. Others use a wheelchair. Or and cultures. Something like the United you can buy a sailor suit. Visiting sailors Nations, without the scab-picking-and-back« | march straight to the head of the line, stabbing. ; wink at the girl, and walk in. Montreal, which had the imagination and One chap | know spent two hours in a guts to create the thing, will probably sal-. line-up with no strain at all. He was or. vage something. Toronto would solve the tion, little fulfilment, in their daily work. For many work is the humaneness of the brave merely an ordeal that must be new technological society which - undergone in order to get the is rapidly emerging. We must money necessary for subsist- act now for it may be a little ence and for those leisure-time later than we think. a very large degree determine get around this. Some people put on a 50 YEARS AGO Mr. Roy Sutcliffe, Utica left for Lindsay, where he had accepted a position. Miss Frankie Vickery was united in Marriage to Mr. Harvey Simpson. Rev. Black was conduct: ed into the pastorate of St. John's Presbyterian Church. The Port Perry Public Library has been newly decorated. At Scugog council meet: ing Mr, J. W. Crozier was appointed tax collector at a salary of $30.00. LJ [J] LJ 25 YEARS AGO Thurs, August 27, 1942 Mr. H. R. Smeltzer, former high school teach: er in Picton has bought the Wesley Boynton house in Port Perry. 2 Mr. Benjamin Pettet, Scugog's eldest pioneer Do You Remember? dies suddenly. The street fair & dance held in Blackstock netted $781.26 and was presented to the local Red Cross Branch. Mrs. Dave Duchemin has resigned as caretaker of the C.P.R. station in Myr- tle and Mrs. Jack Kirkham will take over the caretak- ing. [J ® [ J 15 YEARS AGO Thurs., August 28, 1952 Mr. Merl Letcher, a member of the Port Perry Lawn Bowlers Club is touring England and the Continent with a Canadian Bowling team. Mr. Charlie Popert is opening a shoe store in Port Perry. Miss Joan Real was top Upper School student with four first class honors in Grade 13 examinations. At the Prospect W.A od 5 2 Mrs. G. Sammells gave an interesting talk on her trip to the east coast. Mr. Alex Russell, Utica, was presented with a gift of a lazy boy chair on the occasion of his 81st birth. day. LJ] J J 10 YEARS AGO Thurs., August 29, 1957 As of September Sweet: man's Transport will: be- come the B. & R. Trans- port. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Fos- ter, Greenbank, and fam: ily are vacationing at a cottage on Lake Simcoe. The Manchester Credit Union will have an infor- mation booth at Port Perry Fair, Wayne Cragg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al. Cragg suf- fered*a broken leg and facial cuts when he was" struck by a car when cyc- ling near his home. iN SE ganized. He set up his folding stool, sat down, put on dark glasses to make him think he was in a bar, and opened the quart-size thermos of ice-cold martinis which he had prudently brought along. All about" him people were cursing, fainting and wishing they were home in bed. He killed the quart and never did make the pavilion, but he made a lot of life-long friends when he shared his potion, and still claims it was the best party he was ever at. Another middle-aged friend, whose only normal exercise is walking out to the car, went to Expo with his son, fifteen. The boy is a fiend for organization and had a series of plans and time-charts worked out. They covered 57 pavilions in two days. Thoroughly." Three "weeks later, the old man is still limping, clutching his chest in the region of his heart, and you can make him jump two feet straight up merely by uttering the word "pavilion." One way of getting around smartly, sav- ing time, and giving your dogs a rest is to hire a pedicab. This is a rickshaw-type vehicle propelled by a youth on a bicycle. Holds two. And it's only 25 cents a minute. Come now, don't be so cheap. Normally, it costs you forty cents just to climb into a taxi and the surly driver cowes you into tipping him for not helping you with your luggage. One thing you can say about Expo is that nowhere in the world can you get so much problem with dispatch. The whole thing would be knocked down smartly to make a ® super parking lot. Whatever happens, I hope they don't take it away until we get there. What's that? You thought we'd been? Oh, no. Were just getting packed at the moment. (Continued on Page 12) PORT PERRY STAR CO, LIMITED Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario. Authorized as second elass mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for Bubseription Rates, In Canada $3.00 per yr, Flsawhers, $4.60 per yr. Single Copy 100. fi 3 des : y Asua¥ ' pats" RSF AII IRI BN NN Sd KN