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or". van the ground floor of the old post hs m Town, Mrs E Young, and Shy J Tiffin, of Orillia, 'and Mrs J T Stansfield of Toronto, speat Christ : mas with Mr and Mrs R. Town." Mr Henry McDonald of Clifford, 3 Mr and Mrs Percy Cos'ello of Torento spent Christmas with Mr and Mrs Robt Bryant. Mr A J Orr, of Buffalo, and Mr| John Orr of Hamilton, spent the; 3 boliday at home. _ Mr and Mrs John Carry of Dun-} dern, Alta, ate visiting with the form- er's mother. : I ev Mr and Mrs Be", Linden, are visiting Mr and Mrs Wm Graham. Misses Ethel, Idella and Edna! Emmerson of Toronto, are at home ..for the Christmas holida Mr and Mrs A J Thompson of Toronto, spent Christmas in town. Mr and Mrs Brown, Mrs ] Croxall, Mr John Croxall, of 1oronto; Mr W Croxall of Brooklin, spent Christmas | with Mrs Chas Parish. Mr. and Mrs. Morley Campbell spent Christmas in Torento, Rev Mr Baull of Toronto, and his daughter of Oshawa, are visiting Mr and Mrs W H Linke. - --=Mr Wm Ash was in town for the week end: Mrs W Wanamaker of Toronto, spent Christmas with her parents, Mr and Mrs J Platten, Scugog Island. Mr A E Ebbels of Toronto spent Christmas at his home here. Mr Gordon Ingram of Sudbury, spent the week end in town. Mr and Mrs J R McLachlan of Bronte, are visiting Mrs Jas Nott. Mr and Mrs Geo MclIndless of | of Oshawa, spent Christmas with | friends in town. A Creditable Peformance The High School Concert on Wed- nesday evening of last week did credit both to those who took part and to those who trained the actors in the laughable little comedy. All who took part did exceptionally well. The Town Hall was crowded to its utmost capacity, and the play was re- peated hy request on the following evening, the proceeds of the second performance being given to the Women's Patriotic Association. Library Moved Port Perry. Public Library has been moved to very comfortable quarters office seside the bowling green. 1t will be re-opened to the public in a | commercial traveller, few days. Rev. . 2. Moithend, Rector, : i SERVICES : Sunday Dec 81 Divine Service wis pelle As you will notice the service us been changed to evening. This is]. Mr Muirhead's farewell sermon be- fore leaving for Bowmanville. : His Lordship the Bishop of To-| ronto will open the new' Parish Hall of the Church of the Ascension, Port Perry, on Friday evening, .December| 29. The Rector and Wardens heart- ily invite everyone to the ceremony. Presbyterian Church The Sunday School concert given Friday evening was one of the best given by the school. "All who took part acquitted themselves well. The] Cantata. "The Greatest Gift" "The Train to Monro"and Tennyson's "May | Queen" were exceptionally good, "as was the drill and gun practise by 12 boys. The Pastor's subjects for next Sun- day will be: 11 a.nf. "Discounting the future." 7 p.m. "The Race and the Goal." Bad Accident On Wednesday morning while the sidewalks were so- slippery Mr Geo. Raymes Sr slipped and fell breaking { bis hip. Thomas A. Wharton Thomas A Wharton, a well known who has been for the past twenty-four years repre- senting the the Wm Harris Company through Ontario, died at his residence 225 St'Clarens Ave, Toronto, in his sixtieth year. He had been ill only a few days. He contracted a chill at the Union Station which quickly de- veloped into fatal pneumonia. Born in Iroquois, near Gananoque. The late Mr Wharton resided for a num- ber of years in Port Perry. He came to: Toronto 28 years ago, at the in- stance "of Andrew Muirhead, for whom he worked tor one year before going with the Harris Company. Thirty-five years ago 'he married in Toronto to Miss Mary Sturgess, of Whitby. He is survived by the widow and by two sons and one daughter: Albert George, Harold Thomas, and Florence Hazel, all of Toronto, He was a member and trustee of College Street Methodist Church, a member of the Canadian. Home Circle, the Knights of Maccabees, and the Commercial 1'ravellers' Association, and in Toronto business and social! circles was widely known and appre- ciated. Miss Estelle Bull 1s resum her VOCAL AND INSTRUM music class. out-of-town pupils. ~ Studio at the home of Mrs Geo Jackson, Port Perry | Phone 3}. Methodist Church The services on Sunday were. ex- ceptionally good. Messrs W. M. Letcher and ¥ W Mclntyre,, very efficiently assisted the choir. Mr Rogers and six members of the "Efficiency Class" are attending the, "Big Boy: Conference" in Lindsay! this week. The sermons next Sunday' will be suitable for New - Years. Morning, "Pime's Che anges. ". Evening. 'Bury: ing the old year." In the afternoon at 8 o'clock there will be a Sunday School New Year Service in the audi-| torium. Everyone welcome. Public School Report The Christmas reports for senior Public School classes follow: Honors 75% or over, and 407 on each subject. Names, in order. of merit Eatrance Class, Honors. Minam Harrig, Laura Parish, Helen Mellow, Bessie © Crozier, Amy Beare, Ella Spence, Laura Ingram, Armstrong McFarlane, Mabel Williams. Pass, 40% or over. Gordon Cawker, Harold Jackson, Royal Quinn, Harold Wakeford, Grace Collacutt 1s, Jack Bennett. 1% Wilbert Reynolds 2s. * below 407, on a subject. 's subjects not written on, Junior Entrance Class. Mary Givens, D'Arcy Berry, Hilda stone, Stella McKee, Percival Muir- head, Mansell Jackson, Charlic Cawk- en Chester Buit, Raymond Palmer 1%, Margaret Hall, Sam Griffen 1* .« The funds of the Patriotic and Mili- | tary Aassociations, the Consumptive Hostipal and the Sick Children's Hos- pital were contributed to liberally. his many customers a Happy and Prosperous wishes New Year Rose, Alfred Andrus, Glayds John: | BEEF) BEEF! il Now i is the time 10. buy Beef 12¢cib. CHOICE BEEF CAWKER BROS PORT PERRY. NtaL| | Special attention given | ; ' of "dom, ten vy 'women, rs sacrificé is this! What con- secration to duty! What te- sponse to the call of the Motherland! ~ What' clarion challenge to the - world to. "Watch Canada!" He goes--joy of hisMother's heart--idol of all her dreams from the day she Hore him-- hope and - bulwark of her declining years. He goes--and, Heaven bless his belief in us, his people, he goes, leaving his most beloved possession to our caré and protection. - He trusts us. Who will fail him? What man or woman, rich with the : possession of the memory of a Mother, will fail his Mother asa reward for her : sacrifice? This trust of 0 our soldiers § is a holy legacy. Give to the Mothers of our soldiers in the name of your mother--as your testimonial to Canadian Motherhood. = Give to the Canadian Patriotic Fund. $6,000,000 must be raised in Ontario for this Fund for 1917. . ~~. «oJ . Mothers, wives, and children of Canadian soldiers shall never say that their own people neglegted them after their men went forward to suffer and. to ; die. Every case helped by the Patriotic Fund is carefully fnvestigited. Only where assistance is really needed is assistance given. Everything humanly posited is done to avoid waste gnd d prevent imposition. Oniasto 1s being ake to serure tho a Canadian Prose Fund tes ca dood on havin sx illo dala APT Jor'% She Cainilios of Du tario's sold pa Front Quarters of 'CHOICE BEEF. . Hind Quarters of 14¢ Ib. i AT PHONE 72 EE A