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SS DITORIAL PINION Best Wishes To Kinsmen Congratulations and best wishes to those young men who took the initiative and formed the Kinsmen Club of Port' Perry. The idea of Kinsmen Clubs came from a young man, Hal Rogers, making his home in Hamilton, Ont. The original club founded on February 20, 1920, became nation wide and mushroomed into well over 450 clubs and over 15,000 members. Planning and preparations to form a local Kinsmen Chup has been going on for the last couple of months and it was most appropriate that the charter was to be pre- sented on the same date as the founding of the Kinsmen chub; February 20, 51 years later. Kinsmen clubs throughout Canada have always had a reputation for getting things done and many worthwhile projects have been brought to a successful conciusion. With the body of young men making up the Port Perry Club, there's no doubt they will all contribute greatly to the club and honour the famous Kin slogan: "To serve the community's greatest need," Congratulations also to the Kinsmen Club of Oshawa for sponsoring the local club and assisting the members with the difficulties bound to arise when a new organ- ization takes its first steps. Could Be Dangerous A warning was issued today that snow piled on the roots of arenas could be dangerous. H.Y. Yoneyama, Executive Director of Safety and Technical Services Division of the Ontario Department of Labour, said that heavy snow should be removed from all arena roofs immediately. He said he was concerned that rain predicted in the " ext two days could add to the weight of the snow and cause it to exceed the capabilities of the buildings. Snowfalls throughout Ontario are generally higher this season than in normal years, according to a climatologist at the Canada Weather Bureau. To date, Toronto has re- ceived 57.5 inches of snow, 2.6 inches higher than the total for the average winter season. Record snowfalls have also been registered in many sections of the province including the Bruce Peninsula, Muskoka and Haliburton Regions. Planning a fire in your home? Of course not! But why not take a word of advice from the Ontario Safety League. Be prepared for tomorrow. Plan your escape to- day. Drew a plan of your home and mark alternate exits from every room. Avoid hallways and stairways. Remem- ber, during a fire they act as chimneys, effectively trapping superheated and deadly gases. And decide on a meeting place outside where all family members can gather and be accounted for. Practice makes perfect, so have reguiar fire drills. Then if you do have a fire, you'll be ready. BY SEH: 1 ERRY STAR COMPANY, LIMITED Vola EE a Serving Port Perry, Reach, Seugog and Cartwright Townships P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher - Editor we. T HARRISON, ?. HVIDSTEN, Jr. Piset Manager Advertising Manager Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association if Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Aassiciation Published every Wednesday by The Port Perry Star Co, Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario Avthoriaed as second class maill by the Post Office Department, Ottaws. and for payment of postage in cash Second Claes Mail Registration Number 0265 Subseription Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr, Elsewhere $6.00 per year. Single Copy 10¢ ~ BILL MILEY UGAR ano Spice HERE'S HOW FAT CATS GET THAT WAY Well, I've got the snowmobilers of Cana- da on my back, almost unanimously, after a recent column which suggested midly that the machines are instruments of Satan at best, the finest tool for noise-stink pollution since the automobile took to the roads. That makes up about one-quarter of my readers. This week I shall alienate another two-quarters of them by giving my unvar- nished opinion of cats. Cats, like snowmobiles, have their uses. They're handy to have around a farm, where they help keep the vermin under control, They have, in the past, been just the thing for the proprietors of some chic- ken palaces, when the price of chicken was high. There were some in prison camp pre- sumably to keep down the rats. Their and desist killing and eating of long-tailed ltt ep? gat? ia flint | : : 7? who comes along. And tom cats are just plain sex fiends. In some ways, cate are like children. When they'e kittens, they're sweet and loveable and cuddly. And always making a mess. When they grow up, they mooch unashamedly, stay out half the night, sleep half the day. And are always making a mess. My wife isn't fond of cats, and I loathe them. But we always seem to be stuck with one. Daughter Kim picks up a stray kitten and brings it home. With the deepest mis- givings, we adopt the scrawny little wretch. They re always female, which we don't find out until too late. Then Kim breezes off somewhere, and we're guardians and grandparents. There's no parleying about birth control. Kim in- sists that her protegee must fulfil her func- tion as a female. After the drama of the delivery, and the period of nursing, we have a hysterectomy performed. And in about four months, the slim, sleek pretty young thing is a great fat cat, knocking off tins and tins of cat food, and producing nothing except extreme irritation. Try to get her to put her out when you think it's "time" and she darts up- another bed, or down cellar, the door of which your stupid wife, or husband has " presented with a table and a Kenwood blanket. Mr. E. Fines and son Rus- sell, and Mr. Tom Eden have finished cutting over 150 cords of wood at Pine Point, Scugog. Mr. Charles Reesor atten- ded the supper meeting of the Retail Feed and Grain Assoc- iation in Brooklin, * | 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 23, 1956 The Women's Association Groups of the United Church held a Valentine party at the home of the president Mrs. Fille [iti itil ri fe1FENHITT He aie i (i i