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EDITORIAL TOPICS Easter Message -- Rev. R.C. Rose -- We are told that during the Second World War Winston Churchill would sometimes announce pieces of good seemed to feel that the increase in morale of England and her allies was of more significance than any informat- ion that could be gleaned by the Intelligence Forces of - England's enemies. History occasionally reveals a military commander seeking a victory, not just because of the of its propoganda valué to his forces and his civil supporters. : The "Battle of Britain" and victory in North Africa were valuable strategic victories to the Allies, but to most who did not understand strategy and perhaps were not even actively engaged in combat, the victory wasstill vicar- iously theirs. They were better able to "hang on' and endure wartime hardships until final victory. Surely this tells us something of our human nature. We are often faced with dark situations. Sin, grief, humil- iation, despair, loneliness and tragedy can threaten us with defeat and we desperately feel the need of some small victory, just to keep us going. The story of Easter tells us that Christ, the God who is one of us, having come into this world and suffered total defeat on Good Friday had the Victory on Easter. The Gospel declares that the God who shared human defeat on Good Friday invites us by faith to share the Victory of Easter. Spring Safety Spring is just around the corner; that delightful season of the year when the sun is getting warmer and the snow makes it weak 'and treacherous. The Ontario Safety League stresses the importance of extra caution when travelling on ice fram now until the break-up. Trails followed during the winter should be tested frequently as conditions change from day to day. slush which indicate weakening ice and rising waters. When checking spring ice, disregard the honeycomb portions and only rely on solid ice which has bearing strength. ' 'The. Ontario Safety League warns fish hut owners to take their huts off the ice in plenty of time. Ontario , Department of Lands and Forests regulations require fish huts to be removed by March 31 from all lake and rivers in the North Bay area and south. This is usually d safe date for the more northerly lakes but around the southern parts of the province it can be cutting the line a little close. It is a lot easier and safer to haul a hut to shore on solid ice than through slush and cold water. A as YT RON Te BTA, ar , Contagious Disease. Impetigo is an inflammation of the skin which is contagious. It is recognizable by small blisters which fill with fluid, then break and form a scab. It will spread quickly unless it is treated at once. (There are very effective medicines available, and there is no i cuse for del eat s i ct Ml PORT PERRY STAR 2 : COMPANY, LIMITED a HS 0 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 Association Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario. Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Bubseription Rates: In Canada $8.00 per yr., Elsewhere, $4.50 per year. Single Copy 10e. N\ ES Ro news without first checking with the security. people. He. military significance of 'such a victory, but also because is melting. Ice is also melting and honeycombing, which' ' Warning signs at this time of year are surface water and. - | GON Thursday, April 3, 1919 The Ontario Legislature is introducing an Act which will authorize the payment of a per centage of the cost of the erection of Community Halls in' rural municipalities. The Bill provides that the Government - shall pay 25% of cost of such halls up to $2000. These halls it is hoped "will furnish a meeting place for the community for dances, social events of all kinds and meetings. : St." Andrews Presbyterian Church gave. the returning soldiers' in connection with -the- congregation a royal wel: come home. ' 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, - April 6, 1944 There are six Port Perry boys serving overseas with Major Connie Smythe's Bat- tery, and are known as "The Scugog Kids", They are Gun- ner. Len Colbear, Grant Mc- Dermott, Fred Colbear, Ken Hillier, Walter (Mike) Sheridan and Jack Sangster. The employment picture is changing all the time now. _ BILL SMILEY ABOUT OUR BOARD MEETING ¥ don't suppose many of you know what it's like to be a director of a company . On the surface, it looks great. . Some big operators, like Robert Winters or General Lostafew, are directors in half a dozen companies, and it doesn't seem to bother them. They go to directors' meet- ings, vote the way they're supposed. to, and pick up their annual director's fee, anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000, depending on who they are and how much prestige is attached to the name. 3 By some legal fluke, I am still a director of the company in which I started a brilli- ant newspaper career, on about twenty- 'eight cents, The rest was cash money, borrowed from relatives; insurance policies and everything else-short-of armed robbery fanatics about the WCTU or the Fall Fair and selling my wife. But | guess I'm nobody and the prestige attached to my name is somewhere below zero. Because | don't get any director's fees. And I don't sit around an oval table with a lot of other directors, with the cigars and sharpened pencils and the note- pads and the dickering over whether we : should sell 5,000 shares to Amalgamated = or buy up 20,000 shares of Moose Facjory : Refineries. Our director's meeting usually takes place in the back shop (the printing area) of a weekly newspaper. I don't even_rate a cigar, let alone a sharpened pencil, and I find myself operating as labor-manage- ment arbitrator, father confessor and den mother. : ; Somehow, Pd rather have it that way. The only time I smoke a cigar is when someone has a baby. And our problems are more human. They're things like, "How are we going to keep the frazmatogal working on the linotype machine?" Or, "The trout are scarcer than hen's teeth this spring." Sounds simple. But you've no idea how difficult it is being a director in your old home town. The trouble is, almost every- body is a director. They're all unpaid, like me, but they have a stake mn the paper. Maybe it's only the fact that their son graduated, or their daughter is not going Sugar and Spice | to reform school, after all, but they know how the paper should be run, and they are not loath to say so. There are the directors who buy a five dollar advertisement twice a year, but ex- pect the paper to carry two pictures (flat- - tering) and a two-column account of their daughter's wedding for free. And there are the directors who scream with outrage when you repoft, in all hon- esty, that they've spent two weeks in Florida or California or Mexico." They don't want their customers to think'they're 'making that kind of money. And, of course, they'd be equally furious if you hadn't mentioned it. : And there are the directors who are committee, who expect seven columns to be devoted to their work, and spend. four dollars for an ad, or go to the opposition to And here and there, about as numerous as the White-Footed Beagle - Breasted Thorny Pink Owl, there are the directors who say, "You're putting out a good paper; keep it up." These you try to stuff, mount and put up in front of the building. But they often object. : But it's worth it, to revisit the old town. This week, I met an old buddy with two broken ribs, in considerable pain. He cracked one rib in a fall, and I was too polite to ask how he did it. Got it all strapped up by the doc. 'His wife sleeps on the inside of the bed, next the wall. She had to go to the bath- room, "I know," I said, "she put her elbow in your ribs, climbing over you." He replied, grunting with agony: "Elbow be damned. She put both hands, backed by her 138 pounds, on my ribs. I had one cracked rib. Now I have two broken ones." Exactly why we need directors. If he'd had a Director in charge of Climbing' Out of Bed When You Have to Go to the Bathroom, he would not be in that shape today. : ~--Toronto Telegram Syndicate ; on the run all the time, : Thursday, approximately 7 feet. The young farmers who have been working in the munition factories during the winter must return to the farm now. Farm sales.are very much in style. Ted Jackson has been 15 YEARS AGO April 1, 1954 Without anything. special to mark the occasion other than the reading of the first - minutes by Warden Wilson, Ontario County is now in its 100th year. Lloyd Wakeford noticed two Whistling Swans. This is the first time in many years that these birds have been reported in this area. The birds are quite large being about 5 feet from bill to tip of tail and with a wing spread of The Wednesday night lad- ies bowling league came to an end. The first section was won by the Hurricanes with 64 points. The high single was won by Rebecca Bruton with 270 and Louise Carnegie won high triple with 619. } 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 2, 1959 In 1928 Port Perry built a new school - both Public" and High School. In 1929 approximately 100 students attended. In 1952 the public *° school section of the build- ing was taken over by the high school and a new Public School was opened. Now well over 300 students attend the High School. Miss Jackie Edwards was chosen Queen at the "At Home", No one would believe the good old gym could look 80 good with the theme, "outer space',