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ORONO WEEKLY TIMES Vol. 2. No. 42. ORONO, ONT., THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 1938. Subscription, $1.25 Per Year Miss Margaret Bennett, Port Hope, Wins County Contest Large Number Turns Out To Hear The Youthful Orators Perform For Honors Eighteen Contestants From County Competeâ€"All Made Good Showing The public speaking -contest spon- sored by the Trustees and Ratepay- ers Association of Durham County was held last evening (Wednesday) In the town hall and mas -attended by a large audience, showing the inter est taken in educational work. The following eighteen contestants -each delivered his or her -subject very creditably. 1st Contestant â€" Or ailine Shea. 'Minivers; subject, “Our Flag, the Union Jack.” '2nd â€" Owen B,rooks, Providence, -“Premier Chamberlain.'’ 3rd â€" -Stanley Lott, Clarke, “iSir Wilfrid Laurier.” 4 th â€" Bernice Hibbard, Cavan-, -“The Caterpillar.” 5th â€" Jack Greer, Cavan, “The Union Jack.” 6 th â€" Thelma 'Ferguson, Cart- wright, “General Wolfe.” 7 th Stanley I Tall, Pontypool, "“The Union Ja-dk.” 8th â€" Marjorie McLaren, Orono, "“the manufacture of rubber.” 9 th, â€" Marguerite Ash, Neiweas* tie, “The Uniw Jack. 10th â€" 'Robert Sheffield, Nest lot on, “Our Flag, the Union Jack.” 11th, Marion Dickinson, Port Bri- tain, “mantifaotfure btf the spoon.” 12th â€" Barbara Tickelfl, Port Hope, “Life story of P-au-line John- ston. 13th â€" Dorothy Bedford, Bowman- vi-lle, “how men homes were made over a lfiO years ago.” 14th â€" Beryle ChaiKis, Pine drove, Hope Township, “when gand- dad was a boy.” 15th -â€" Alma Gibson, Lockhart’s, “Reforestation..” 16th â€" Jean -Grossman, Hayden. "‘Walter Dameross,” (famous musi- cian.” 17th â€" Margaret Bennett, Port Hope, “-pick your pet phobia.” 18th â€" G-eorge Roberts, Bowman- vile, “Ted Rogers” (the story of the Rodger Radio.) The judges, Mr. W. ÃŽPÃŽ Wendt, of •Oshawa; Mr. J. Patterson, of Osh- awa ; Mr. Arnold J'otib, of Oslmwa ; -Miss Quinlan, Oobourg; M. A, Fer- rough, Toronto, decided on Mias Mar- garet Bennett of Port Hope as win- ner of the Toronto Durham Club Shield and who will' represent Dur- ham County at the speaking contest to lx? held at Brighton on November 18th, , Each contestant was presented with a book. Mr. Osborne who acted as -chairman called on Dr. Williams, of Toronto, President of the Toronto Durham Cllufo to presc-n't the shield to Miss Margaret Bennett. Dr. Wil- liams gave a short address, saying he felt sure the future was in -safe bands PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGE LAID Object of a police search extending -across the North American Continent •Albert J ames Hubbell, wanted by Oshaiwa police on charges of false pretences, was arrested by police of Portland, Oregon oh Wednesday af- ternoon of last week; Alocording to a wire received at Oshawa by Chief o-f Police O-wen D Friend, the wanted man when pick- ed up was .accompanied by Miss Eliza- beth iSyrnea, 22-year-old graduate burse who left Oshawa six weeks ago. Hulbbel first appeared in Oshawa on 'Sept. 17 after hitch-hiking from Timmins, and posed as “Dr. J. J. Hulblbell.” -After passing a cheque m an Oshawa doctor, he bought a new car from an Oshawa motor sales with another cheque. Police said both cheques were worthless. Attorney-'General Gordon Connut declared that Hubbell would be brought back to stand trial, in On- tario County even if extradition papers are necessary, “He will be brought back as soon as eireumstan ces and the requirements of the American authorities will permit,' Mr. Connut said. “As to the young lady, Miss Symes,- there are n-o grounds on which the province could or any reason why the 'province should bring her back. I understand, however, that arrangements are being made through her relatives for her re- turn.” It was also learned at Queen’s Park that parking his motor car be- yond the time limit led to Hubbell’s arrest in Portland. A constable was putting an overtime parking tag on the car when he noticed the license number was that of a oar for which a continent-wide search had been or- dered. lie waited at the car until Hub-bells return and then -arrested him. A. J, Hubbell was brought back to Osharwia early on- Wednesday morn- ing and appeared before Magistrate Elbt^s in Oshawa police court ‘and pleaded guilty i,-, a charge of false pretences-. Electing trial l\v the magistrate, he had nothing- to say -and was remanded one week for sen- tence. 1914-1918 te te te lê te te after hearing .such a diversity of ad- dresses. He also congratulated! the sponsors for their great work and in- terest. Mr. M. A. Campbell, of Tor- onto, secretary of the Club, spoke a few worlds on education, that our schools were the basis of our na- tional life. That the trustees and teachers both have a great respon- sibility. Dr. Williams gave Marjorie Mc- Laren, of 'Orono, a epeev.-d invita- tion to speak the Toronto Durham 'Club, giving her subject “the manu- facture of rubber. te te te te te te te te Lest We Forget ""'3ht ütattiîfw In Handers held- the -iioppics- blow Between the crosses1, row on row, That mark our pla'ce; and in the sky The larks, -still bravely singing fly 'Scarce bear'd, amid the guns1 below. We are the dead1. IShort days- ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Handers fields. Take up -our quarrel with the foe ; To you from failing hands we throw The torch ; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us wih-o die We shall- not sleep, though poppies grow Li Flanders fields. John MoOrae te te te te te te The Ratepayers Of Orono Purchase Orono Hydro At Poll On Saturday MISTAKES ARSENATE OF LIME FOR FLOUR Henry Carson and his son, Herbert, who live alone on a farm near Mill- brook, became so ill after eating poi- soned gravy ’that they laid helpless for more than twenty-four hours be- fore one of them recovered -sufficient- ly to call in a doctor. The men made gravy, but instead of flour, used (arsenate of lime in mistake for flour. They fed some of the gravy to their dog and it became violently i'll before the effects of the poison were felt by the men. IMMIGRATION RISES Armtatire Will be held at 1-0,30 a-mi., Friday, Nov. 11th. The Midland Regimental Band will parade the Canadian Legion members and .school children from the school ground's to the town ha®. Mr. ;J. J. (Mellon will, be chairman. Kiev. S. Litflavood wi'i give the address and Mrs. , Dorothy Rowe Lynch will sing. Service closes at 14.13. te te w te te te Immigration to Canada increased â- 16.4 per cent, in the six months end- ed iSfept. 301th, compared with the -same period last year, according to a statement, of t he Immigration Branch of -the Department of Resour- ces. In the six months 10,704 persons entered the country compared to 9,- 272 in t-hfat period of 1937, The United States was the princi- pal source, supplying 4,262, an in- crease of 3.7 per cent, o-f whom 2,72-8 were returning Canadian-born citi- zens, and the United Kingdom and Ireland were second with 2,210. The northern European races sent 867 and other races 4,262. The British Isles’ in-grease was 16.6 per -cent., northern European races 10,4 and -other races 27.4. -Ontario got the greatest number of immigrante, 4,25-6. GOING AHEAD By-law for Purchase Of Sys- tem Carried By 132 Votes To 16 -Orono is thriving and there is no question as /to the contrary. Lately Stan- Payne opened up a lunch bar and last iSaittorday Mirs. Ohas. ‘Shaw -opened a new “'Otne-miniite” lunch 'Counter in the stand lately vacated by Mr. Ollie Cooper, and now a new barber shop will open in the Kumri-te Inn in the near future, -and last but not least, the Hydro has. been pur- chased. THIS AND THAT Oshawa Nurse Has Very Vague Idea Of Her Trip Miss Elizabeth Symes, O-lmtvn nurse, returned to her home in Port Perry late on Sunday night, a ticket for her return from Portland, Ore- gon, having been sent- to her. Miss Symes said she did not- re- member leaving Oshawa on the 1.9th of September and recalls very little of what transpired on. her trip. Ask- ed if she remembered writing cards and letters to friends in Oshawa and to her parents at Port Perry, Misa lS>m-es said most of the cards she wrote were dictated by Hubbell, her •companion, and that- at least three letters she -wrote home were never received by them. ..i It was on Tuesday evening, oy§§| 24 hours after she left Oshawa, that. Miss Symes came to a knowledge of her surroundings. They were -cross- ing th-e border) -at Niagara Falls, When she suddenly realized that they were not going to Timmins, as Was -originaly intended. Hubbell is al- leged to have told her that they would only be gone a couple of hours. Asked if. she had anything to drink or smoke or had used narcotics after she left Ohhgwta on Monday after- noon, September 19th, Miss Symes reieallled smoking a couple of cigar- ets Monday jjpornoon. She did not .suapoei'. anything wa5 wrong at any ^ arrested Hui- t- he and 'lie wore sitting i ||1 Portland, Oregon, on ftetitoon of last : week. te te te PISH IN THE MOVIES “Food for Thought,” a. sound mo- tion picture illustrative of the C'anadian fishing -industry -and indi- cative of the merits of Canadian- fish foods, was seen and heard by more than 57,000 people in a travelling theatre in Western Canada between July, 1)9-37 and July, 1938. Of course it w-as seen, too, by a great many more- than 57,000 people in other parts of the Dominion during 'the same period as it was shown in some- thing like 400 motion picture houses in the various provinces. The travel- ing theatre, howeverâ€"-a transformed railway carâ€"brought the picture and -its history /to 'Scattered rural com- munities in the west who .otherwise could not have been reached effective- ly. The English edition of the pic- ture was shown to 291 audiences in the oar and- the French edition to 54 more. It gave them all a now reali- zation of the national importance of -the fishing industry, and made the value of fish food much better, 'known. The picture wusi . prepared by a Canadian motion picture company for the Dominion Department of Fish- eries, which is using it to increase popular interest in. the fisheries and thus to help the fishermen and fish FEAR DISORDERS Provincial police reports indicating the possibility of disorders in -several sections of Northern Ontario this winter, led Premier Mitchell Hep- burn to suggest mustering an emer- gency squad of 50 reserve cun st ables for "spécial training. The Prime ."Minister disclosed that last week when j-obtes)si threatened1 disturbances at Port Arthur's: City- Hail he had men .prepared: to fly there at once if Ills i ntercessioin- had been required. For this purpose lie- had a plane “standing by” near Ms farm over last week-end'. The-Attorney-(General said that the initial training: period will be two weeks but may be extended. The force will be trained -a-t the armouries. dealers. It was shown, in the theatre car under managements made by the department; with the Canadian For- estry A.-sspciatiWy which operates the car foi* edu dation ni purposes. Not only was the picture shown, but the •officials in the ear distributed detpart- menl.nl cookery booklets td women in the audiences and pamphlets re- lative to the Dominion’s fisheries re- sources and fishing, industry were dis- tributed to school pupils and teach- ers. Before : lenses were invented, round- ed flasks of glass were filled with water and used to read small let- tering. Tattooed ladles are -as old as Baby- lonia land andien't Egypt, for 5,000- year-old figurines of women show this form, of art, Flowers representing all the states have been -gent -to the New York World’s Fair to be included in the “lorall ic-ornerstone” of the Horticul- tural Hall, The ratepayers of Orono went to the poll on Saturday last to vote on the Hydro question of whether they would purchase the system and keep1 the profits at, home so that in a few years the users would be able to en- joy cheaper hydro,, or else turn it down and1 keep the rates up to th-e present rate of S1/!’ cents per killowat hours and hand over a $2,000 profit or more to the Ontario Hydro Com- mission each year. 'The poles opened at nine a .in. in. the morning until 6.00 p.m. and af- ter the ballots were counted on the Hydro By-Law, it was found, that, there was an overwhelming majority for -the purchase, being 132 in favor and 16 against. Another ballot was voted on “the question of whether you would pur- chase ip-ower from the Hydro-Electric Power Commission o-f Ontario.” Thi»- result-ed with a vote of 135 for and 13 a-gainst. This question seemed use- less, as there is no other source from which Orono could purchase hydro and therefore there was only one way to vote on the question, that being yes: In the voting of the day only two tw(> ballots were marked spoiled out of a total of 148 ballots cast. The •system will Ik* operated 'as has been and until a date can be arranged whereby it will come under the Orono Hydro Commission. In January, 1935, the question of the purchase of the system was voted, on, the result at that time being 90 against the purchase and 34 for, and if it bad been purchased at that time the system would now have been more than half paid f-or up to the present time w-ith the iconsiumens enjoying cheaper power prices. FOWLSUPPER â- In' spite of the rain and change of weather on Tuesday, the goose din- ner huit I in the basement of th-e Park •Street United Church Was a big suc- cess. Around foûr hundred people enjoyed a bounteous meal, and a gen- erous sum was realized. After everyone had satisfied the in- ner man, they were entertained by the following programme Rev. S. Littlewo-od, as chairman( spoke a few words of welcome to all present and. a number of favorite hymns were then sung in unison, following this was a piano duet by Jim Powers and Enid Cobbled ink ; a vo-cal quartette 'by Mrs. R. 'Smith, Mrs. A. A. Drum- â-  J J- kj, a. »... Jg i UUI. A gas-proof chamber for dogs and morn], Mr. Colin Taylor and Mr. other small animals has been de vised as a result of British pet own- ers’ concern for their 'animais in event of air raid. Reg. Button, and an enjoyable address, giv-en by Mrs. Evelyn Bateman, World Traveller of Oshawa, brought the programme to a close. Kendal Lodge No. 405 Entertains Grand Master On Wednesday of last week Kendal L.O.L. No, 405,; in- honor of the visit of the Grand Master of Ontario East, an excellent banqiuet was spread at the public meeting following the ini- tiation of a new. member. From 'Oiro-nO, BlizabethwiiJle, Newcastle and Lindsay they came. After the singing of our National Anthem Past Master Garland Dathr cart was called on by toast master, J. H. Lowery and proposed a toast to the Grand Lodge of Ontario Bast, re- sponded to by Grand Master Mitchell. Mr. Peitey Chase , led in community singing. OBto. S. Littlewood, Orono, was introduced by Bro. !.. Wlannan, 'Chaplain, and our brother from Orono on his initial! visit here de- lighted his audience. The toast to out visitors proposed by Bro. J. Stewart, was spoken to in appreciative terms' Ib-y Biro. Fred Couch, Newcas- tle, .and Neill Porter of Orono. Sug- gested by a remark of Bro. Stewart on Highlanders, 'Bro. Chase, also o-f that rape, sang “That’s (the reason why I wear the kilts.” Bro. Bowen’s name was connected with the honor “to the ladies, with response by Mrs. W. Wan nan and all joined in “For they are J-oilily (Good Fellows” with the thought of the splendid banquet 'in mind. Bro. J. J. Mdllor, of Orono, gave good advice, spiced with humor on the duty of the Orangemen.