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rR LL aE Et TNL The Fa ve hia Mar IBINC IS SWE NGS AY | SRA TAINS NR p: TAN. aban SN EDITORIAL TOPICS Aunt Min's Adventure When Aunt Min first went to the Prairies, she found that the modern school that she expected was not yet complete. So she filled in the time by providing teach- ing in a place where there was literally no school. There is a relationship between having no school and having so-called students in colleges destroying teaching equipment worth a lot of money, and preventing the honest pursuit of an education, says the Printed Word. The children in this early Alberta settlement had come mostly from the States and they were eager and quick to learn. Discipline was easy because the older children warned the younger ones that if they talked in school the teacher might leave. A dire threat. The primitiveness or absence of school facilities is illustrated by the fact that there were no chairs or benches. When she called students to the front, Aunt Min had to be careful that they came from both ends of the plank stretched across an empty nail keg. There wasn't even a second keg, full or empty. There were no' textbooks or other aids to learning. One or two of the children had brought books from their native Tennessee and these had to do for the whole class of about a dozen youngsters. -Aunt Min is not given to slang. If she were, she likely would say, "Boy, how those youngsters learned." How quickly they learned, how willingly they studied, how grateful they were for having a teacher and how glad they were that there was a shack which could house them while they were being taught. In this experience of 50 or 60 years ago in the then " bare country north of Calgary there is something to be learned "by the modern "university student, "the modern administrator and the modern student architect with all the fancy doodads that are helping to ruin the modern taxpayer. Pension Age Lower In 1969 As of January, 1969, Canada Pension Plan retirement pensions become payable at age 66, a year younger than in 1968. Coy If you are now 66, retired, and have been a contributor to the Canada Pension Plan, get in touch with the nearest CPP office at once. If you will become 66 this year, apply for your pension within three months prior to your birthday. Payment is not automatic.You can apply 'at any of the Canada Pension Plan offices in 38 major centres across Canada or at local offices in_smaller centres. SRE Application for retirement pensions under the Quebec Pension Plan must be made to the Quebec Pension Board. } The eligible age for retirement pensions is being reduced each year until 1970 when it will be 65. People who are 70 or over and who have contributed to the Canada Pension Plan need to be retired to receive ~ a retirement pension, but application must still be made. AN i Z PORT PERRY STAR COMPANY, LIMITED Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Editor Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoclation 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, $4.60 per year Single Copy TO A R NN running riot, . ----eruel-or-kind--And- completely --undepend- ' dA gt i | >To Id N< A ' J = ease N= IY? A 1! "Ee 1 3 i= ALIX] ir A SS XOX | la I XIX Ar | nyt --, -- LX TX] BILL SMILEY _ sini [azaees SPRING IS PURE FEMALE A couple of weeks ago, I sang a song of hate in this space. Since Spring, theoreti: cally, is just around that corner which re- cedes steadily as you approach it, the least I can do is sing a song of love, and ask you to join me. Everybody loves smething, even if it's only his car. Looking into the backyard, it's pretty hard to get all goofy about Spring. The pile of snow pushed up beside the garage Is now down to six feet. My cedar lawn chairs look like a couple of matrons, buried to the waist in blanc mange, their arms extended pleadingly. The picnic ~ table still looks like a freshly-risen loaf of bread. ey But the sun shines, day after day, and eventually those articles must reveal them- selves in all their scabby, shabby ugliness. Spring in Canada is pure female; unpre- dictable, perverse, passionate, hot-or-cold, able, as far as mood goes. In this crazy climate, I have lain on fresh grass in March and in love and in sun that suggested the following month would be July. And T have gone fishing on the first of May and had my line freeze to the rod. 'There. Having expressed my mistrust of Canada's Spring, I shall return to our theme: love. ] : This is a favorite topic for poets who can't think of anything else to write about, Not being a poet, I will avoid trying to be poetic and thereby save both of us a lot of embarrassment. "Some people think that love is a potion, especially in the Far East. You know: rhinoceros horn ground up in a mixture of oysters, and celery. Actually, I would. n't mind taking a swig at it. Sounds jolly invigorating, or something. : Love is not a potion; it's a lotion. It warms the cold heart, as analgesic balm warms the sore shoulder. It lubricates the grinding nerves. It soothes the tortured soul as olive oil does the baby's bum. It is an ointment (by the way, Mecca ointment is good for practically anything. Unpaid commercial). And it is a Mecca toward which you travel, and from which Sugar and Spice you return, rather wondering whether whole trip was worth it. Sand and flies and heat. And nobody else there but a mob of exhausted, hot, tired and disgrunt- led pilgrims like yourself. That's love, However, one mustn't wax philosophical about love, even on a highly elevated plane like this. Not in this country, in this cli- mate. Let's get down to specifics. What do we love? I love my country. Not the government, 'or the people, particularly. The physical Canada. A black spring stream racing be- tween the snowbanks in March. - The ghostly mist of green that slips into the 'trees in May. The Rockies, in mid-summer, aloof, sneering at the ants that crawl about their knees. © The sculptured blue-white seascapes of January. I love peace and loneliness, and they're dam' hard to come by, now-a-days. It's beautiful to be alone, sometimes, without. the yelp and clamor, the stink and gar- bage of everyday living. About the only place you can find it is in an inacessible bog, with a fishing rod. The outhoard motor and the ski-doo have seen to that. And I love all growing things: grass, flowers, leaves. Except when they have to be mowed, or cultivated, or raked. And nearly all children. Except when they grow up. : And I love a good poker game, especially when the cards are coming right. And a good argument especially when I'm right, which seems to be nearly every time, And I love my wife, but oh, you kid. And I love my kids, but OH, YOU KIDS! And I love to do a good' job, whether it's writing a column, or teaching a dumb- bell something, or finding a new gimmick in my tax return. 'It seldom happens, but it makes me happy. - Sometimes | can even love my neighbor as myself. It's a lot easier these days. He hasnt an ox or an ass or a maid-servant to covet. ; See? I've just begun. I haven't even rnentioned hot bonfires or cold beer, or a thousand other things. Put down a list for yourself, and you'll decide you're not such an old miserable after all, ~Toronto Telegram Syndicate OF DAYS | GONE BY! Thursday, March 27, 1919 High School Students will have to stick to their studies this year. No certificates will be granted for the education received on the farm. Departmental examinations for matriculation, etc. do not begin - this year until June 30th, nearly three weeks later than last year. $110. each will buy F.O.B. at. Delta, 25 cows, mostly high grade Holsteins, freshen- ing in good season, from three to eight years old, right every way. Cash with order. Reference, Merchants Bank, Delta: J.C. Eyre, Chantry, Ontario,' Leeds Co. 3 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 30, 1944 The people of Port Perry will be interested to know that the Port Perry High School is the model to be used in setting up a new High School 'System in the Province of Ontario. We were told that the High School "Musicale" would be unusually good. And it was. The teaching of music first by Mrs. Switzer and lately _by Mrs. Rowe, has had most pleasing results. Respecting candidates who enlist for service in the present, war or leave school for work: on a farm, local High School Entrance Boards have the power to grant "certificates on teachers with the approval of the inspectors under the High School Entrance Circilar 48 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 25, 1919 _ 'The Lions Club Bingo and Suit Draw was an enjoyable evening. The Easter Suit was the recommendation of = won by Mr. Geo. Nott of Prince Albert. Port Perry's high flying intermediates disposed of Bob- .caygeon in 3 straight games and now advance into the _ORHA Senior "A" gemi- final. : On Friday evening, March 12th, the members of the Canadian 'Legion Branch 419 Port Perry attended a zone Jelly in Uxbridge's new legion all, 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 26, 1959 The '¢ommunity hospital at Port Perry is more self. sufficient gs well as being able to operate more econ- omically due to the generous gifts made recently. Beare Motors first gave a beautiful Westinghouse washing--mach=-- ine, this was followed by a Westinghouse drier, donated by Mrs. Don Milne. The Ontario County Jun- ior Farmers' Association part- icipated in and won'a TV Program competiton over CKVR-TV Barrie.