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. two pertinent questions" » Subscriptioii Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr. EDITORIAL TOPICS Wear Your. Seni Belt * "Still not wearing seat belts ..... What's holding YOU . - back?" Ey Department of Transport.is launching in June. That's the theme of a campaign the "Ontario. "Research studies have proven beyond question that seat belts can often prevent serious injury or death when a traffic collision occurs, and yet the number of drivers and passengers wearing them remains tragically small, "Hon. Irwin Haskett, Ontario' s Transport Minister, reports. "The seat belt campaign has two objectives ..... first to 'make people question their own reasons for not using seat belts and, second, to encourage them to adopt the habit of fastening lap and shoulder belts every time they get into a car. Z "It should be just as automatic as turning the key," Mr. 'Haskett said. "Those who neglect to use their belts 'are taking needless risks. It is common sense for a driver to do up his belts, and to see that his amily or other passengers do the same.' The campaign will begin June 5 with a olin belt seminar', and it will continue with a province-wide promotion. ol A variety of materials will be provided by the Transport Department for distribution through police, community safety groups, service clubs, Chambers of - Commerce and other organizations with an interest in " saving. lives on the highway. The' materials include posters, folders, place mats and' dashboard stickers. "The seminar on June 5, to be held i in Toronto, brings together medical and traffic experts from Canada and the United States to give authoritative comments on "Do seatbelts really save lives? If so, why don't people wear them?" ) Chairman of the morning discussion will be Dr. Eric : OF. Campbell, 'Medical Director, Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada, . Ottawa. There will be three panelists from the medical profession and three from - the motor vehicle manufacturing industry: Dr. William R. Ghent, Chief of Surgery, Hotel Dieu i Hospital and Associate Professor of Surgery, Faculty of _- Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston. > .Dr. F.L. Lawson, Chairman, Committee on-the Med- ical Aspects of Traffic Accidents, Ontario Medical 'Association, Cobourg. ' - Dr. William A. Tillmann, 'Director, Department of Psychiatry, St. Joseph's Hospital, and Associate Professor, 'Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Western Ontario, London. . Roy. Haeusler, Chief Engineer, Automotive Safety, Corporation, Detroit, Michigan. : William A. Woodcock, Chief Engineer, Genera Motors of Canada Ltd., and Chairman, Society of Automotive - Engineers - Ontario Sectioh, Oshawa. Walter -D.. Follis, Executive Engineer, Ford Motor . Co. of Canada Ltd., Oakville. The seminar will conclude with a luncheon at which --the speaker will be Di.-Donald F. Huelke, Professor of Anatomy at the Medical School of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, one of the leading authorities on the continent in the field of. research on- v.the value of seat Dhelts.| a a RY ER 9 Serving Port Perry, Brooklin ond Surrounding Areas : : P. HVIDSTEN, 'Publisher : WM. T. HARRISON, Editor Member of the Canadian Weekly Ne SR Member . of ithe Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Thursday by The' Port Perry 'Star Co, Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario. 7 ] ; ;Second, Class Mail Registration Number 0268 Elsewhere $6.00 per year, Single Copy '10¢ at city speeds . as well as on long ones. Mom's making sure Junior is safely belted in, even though it's only a short trip "home from the store. She knows that many fatal collisions occur close to home, . and she knows too that seat belts can save lives and prevent "serious injuries. The Ontario Department of Transport is conducting an all-out campaign to encourage drivers and passengers to get the seat belt habit . . . to do up lap and- shoulder belts every time they get into a car . .on Hoe trips I GONE BY! 50 YEARS AGO ~~ "Thursday, :Prodiict Planning and. Development Staff, "Chrysler _... ; 16x 2 P Tysher we get as far as we've come? And how _ Brule look like a Sunday tripper.. , S . IL SMILEY "I'S GOT ME A It takes a mickle-to make a muckle, whatever .that means, And it takes a lot. ° of mickles and muckles to make up that peculiar agglomeration of mammals known as modern society, including a quality of crackpots and a welter of weirdos. Present company accepted. Four different glimpses of modern soc iety, the human: race, in the last few days have baffled me completely. How did come we haven't got farther? First of these was a big project at the _ big shoe factory I work in. Teachers and students have been slaving for months making canoes and planning trips. They wound up with about.30 canoes, maps, compasses and no brains. With just a little less fanfare than the Spanish - Armada, they set off a sunny Friday. afternoon, holiday weekend, to conquer the wilderness and make Etienne It rained all day Monday in the grea national park: they chose from their insanity, The temperature was a little above freezing. .They came back exhausted, soaked to the skin, and frozen to the marrow. About 50 people were about as miserable as they ever have been, or ever will be, in their lives. And already, they're' planning the next trip. Already, it's a great advent- * ure, in retrospect. . I know the feeling. I was a prisoner of war, and there was little joy in the jaunt. But looking back, I wouldn't have missed it for anything, Pretty stupid eh? . * The same weekend, since the rain ruled out anything intelligent, I took two little nieces out to the beach: to see tlie "motor- cycle gang." We saw them. In all theif glory. Black jackets, beards, long hair and frightening, Frightened, 'that is. When we arrived, these young adults, and I emphasized that they're not teen-agers, were grooving on fireworks. Fortunately, they were so beered-up, and it was so. damp, that the whole thing The - kids werent, I was, . was a frizzle, They were trying to light Hoan: aes and such on the floor of a restaurant. "Adults, playing with firecrackers. What makes these people wander about the country in wolf packs? They get- their kicks from noise, speed and violence, But theyre people, and certainly some of them have brains, feelings, decency. Yet they're capable of actions that recall Hilter's Brown- shirts, and I don't think there's any need to go into detail. I was gad} the two police cars were there. The next night, there was a "big: Sire, about four blocks from our House, when a lumber yard went up in a dazzling display.- And:-who was there hot-rodding it from all over town to get a ring-side seat. Good, honest, responsible tax-payers, Including yours truly. I'was so pleased (I've always loved a good fire, especially at night) that I left my yjamas, about a block from the blaze, while I pressed closer for a cheek-by-jowl view with the other sensible citizens. ife standing in her dressing-gown and: "Ain't she a dandy?" And "That's a real ripper," we grinned into each:others' - orange faces, a little disappointed because 'there was no wind, and 'thefiremen - were preventing it from spreading. My wife walked three. blocks home, in' her night attire. I'd' forgotten her completely. What' kind of monsters are we? And then I went back to school after the weekend, and here are these Grade 12 students, in panel discussion, sane, serious, and sensible, grapplin intelligently With the : problems they're going to have to face shortly. They re not doingit to infpress me, Some of their opinions would curl their mothers' "hair, But they on't like society much the 'way it is apd they want to do something ~about it, They get angry with each other, disagree, in the face,'and shout at each other - like -- well, like a group of adults. Crazy \world, but it's the one I want "to stay. in\ for awhile, at least. Today' s world, in addition to the cold binoculars of the historians, needs some minor Seon iclers," like/ your humble. servant, it as it : .. Captain 'attended OF DAYS | Jurie 5,°1919 ' There seems to be "an epidemic of 'stealing going on lately. in the area, Fhete ---- "In baseball the town def- eated the High School 12--4, + ¥ H. Jackson's pitching was indifferent, 'Heayn's" twirled well, but had poor support Deshane, Ingram and T. Jack- son led the town. . 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 4, 1944 Pte. Ken Jackson of Kirig- son is spending a furlough with his mother Mrs. C, Stab- & back and Mr. Stabback. Mr. Jos, Allen attended the St. James' Cathedral, Toronto 'last week as a delegate from the Church of the Ascension. AC Walter "Bud" Sonley, + RCAF of Guelph, was with . his parents Mr. and Mrs. Rus- = sel Sonley over the week-end. Mrs, M. M. Boyd and daughter - . Diane, spent Monday. with Mrs. Boyd's parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. Farmer. @ 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 10, Howard Hall, one 'of the original donors of the Best Cadet Trophy - presented the award -to the two best cadets -of the annual Port Perry High School Cadet. Corp. inspect-, jon. They were "Cadette" dean . Samells and Cadet Captain Garfield Law- - 'rence, both of Port Perry. Miriam Jean Price (Peel) obtained the degreé of Bach- elor of Home Economics at the. __ University - of British Columbia on May 17.- Rev. Dr. J. Lewis W. Mc- Lean of Victoria B.C. was elected moderator of the 80th general assembly of the Pres- byterian Church in Canada. dames Lewis Walter McLean attended" Port Perry -Public School and High School when his father was public school : - principal. - 'Mr® and Mrs. A. Brock the graduation exercises.at Convocation Hall, Toronto, May 27 to see their . son William receive his Bach- elor of Commerce. 10 YEARS AGO : : Thursday, ~ June '10, 1959 Wow! was the kite- derby a success for the cubs and scouts. 1st -- Larry Mark; 2nd -- Ross Edinborough; 8rd -- Bop Edinborough; 4th -- Ste- wart Stebbins; 6th ~ Chris DeNure, : ' * Miss Jean Semell piadunted from' the. (University of Tor- onto on May 28th with the - degree of Bachelor of Arts to tell course, 3 and honours standing in her Toronto, a 1954 on