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Port Perry Star, 14 Mar 1918, p. 1

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McCLINTOCK LA + Ontario MOTTO Service and Quality" 35h When you ged meat, you need choice meat, Do you realize what this means to ; ? Call and convince yourself or phoae i Belin. Ee LG HALL AT MARKET, PORT. PERRY | ~ Local Bell T t of the Military Infirm. ng leader, whose duty it can soldiers who have hock are treated. B Fosdick, Chairman of of the War and Navy "An experimen t to determine te ev f music in hospitals is being conducted at Fort McHenry Hospital, and ifyit proves successful will be aatended to include othet © Mrs [sen is a sister-in-law to Mrs F C of Port Perry, Still Growing ity is not feeling the pinch are 830 subscribers at added to the switchboard in the local felephome office. , This increase in telephone basiness is of this community, a | : Seasonable Humour Wife (returning from overnight visit). * "Did you get yourself a good dinner Jast evening, dear?' oh : + 'Yes, there was a piece of steak in the ice' box, and I -cooked it with a few-onions I found in the Cellar." 3 Wife. "Onions? Jack, you've eaten my bulbs." Our Soldiers will hold the Battle Line, We will hold the: Bread Lihe. The New York Tribune says: : ¢ "Before July 1st, we may find that all the wheat in the country has gone to the Allies. Then it will not be a case of getting along on a reduced bread ration, but of getting along for a period without any wheat bread" The Food Administration views this possibility with absolute equanimity. 'We can fall back on .corn for our own needs To eat corn bread for a time instead of wheat bread is not a high price to pay for victory. 2 - + The United States, Canada and India are the only exporting Countries in the group reported by the International Institute of Agri- . culture, Their estimated crops will foot up to 1,250,000,000 _bushels, This leaves about 600,000,000 bushels inthe crops of the Entente Powers and the small neutral countries. Together, these countries be- fore the war consumed an average of 1,250,000,000 bushels of wheat a Il year. Now they are short 650,000,000 li" Enrolment for Farm Labour Next week is enrolment week in Port Petry "for all boys i{ between: the ages of thirteen and. pineteen years--re farm labour. I]. This is a Government requirement. Our boys: will thus be asked to join the second line of defence---workers for food production. 00 Utica Correspondence Art Reynolds, Toronto, is spending a few days with Mr G Howsam The joint meeting of the Women's Institute and the Agricultural Society in Memory Hall last Thursday evening, was well attended. ' Dr. Maty Smith, of Gravenhurst, gave a splendid talk on medical inspection in raral scho.ls, Mr Clark gave a very practical talk on poultry from AtoZ. Mi Tipper showed some splendid limelight views. Altoge.her a very pleasant and profitable evening was spent. Mr Frank Kendall was in Whitby on jury last week. + Miss Blanche Spragge left on Wednesday morning of last week to & take a position in Toronto. x Easter Post Cards and Booklets We have a very select line of Easter Cards at 6 for 5¢, 3 for Bc, and bc each. These are all beautiful cards and would be cheap at double the price we are asking at D, CORBMAN'S STORE. , Manchester Red, Cross A: concert will be held in the Town Hall at Manchester, on Friday evening, March 15, when Dt Moore, of Brooklin, will tell hi experiences at the Front. Music will be given by Miss Bull, Rev. Mr Beéllsmith and others. Admission 25c and 15c. 3 > 4 { : ' St. Patrick's Tea at St. John's Church The annual St. Patrick's tea and concert under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society will be held at St. John's Presbyterian chiirch, Port Perry, on Monday, March 18. Tea served from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m, The program will start at 8 p.m. sharp. 'Admission: Adults 40c. Children ° cordially invited to attend. "It's an Il Wind=" That was a pretty big wind on Saturday night, but it did somebody good, for 25 of of the storm-stayed found shelter atthe Myrtle Is 26c. This is one of the most enjoyable events. of the year, and you are Ho all stayed the whole day, but a. pleasant Sun by those who remained, as there was plenty of good-m Your sirplus earnings in our Savings Department earn inter wrmers est at current rate. - PORT PERRY BRANCH ay was Spent FIRE INSURANCE Stook Insurance, Motor Insurance, Life Insurance Rooldent Insurance, Plate Glass Insurance HAROLD W. EMMERSON (Office One House North of the Catholic Church) PORT PERRY, ONTARIO Phone 181 The proceeds are to go to Red Cross and Patriotic interests. The dramatic club is open for en- ! gagements at any outside points dur- {ing the Spring and early summer in the interest of the Red Cross Mr Thos Frise has bought the Wm ir Mole farm, lot 23, concession IQ, vation of vacant lots and the citizens ; oth : : have organized.to assist in securing, Reach, and is taking possession this farm labor. j month. 3 Mr Gordon McLean's auction sale It amounted to Not Summer Yet Several first robins have been seen and a dog was found at Emily suffer- ing with rabies. But it is not summer time yet for all that. 000 Lindsay will encourage the culti- 000 ! Cambridge St Methodist church, Was a great event, Lindsay, will adopt the new hymn about $5000. book, . Wedding bells are ringing again. It is said history repeats itself. 1% did. For on the 10th day of March, two years ago, the railway had the worst tie up of the winter. How They Do it in Whitby According to the Gazette, Whit { had $21,000 uncollected taxes at the end of 1917 and to remody this "con dition the Council have passed the Contributed by a Subscriber as Compan- ion to A Kaiserless Day My Tuesdays are Meatless, "My Wednesdays are Wheatless; I'm getting more eatless each day, My home it is heatless, My bed it is sheetless; They're all sent to the Y. M. C, A. The barrooms are treatless, | following orders. My coffee is sweetless; i 1 -A discount of 4% will be allow Each day I get poorer and wiser; .ed on second instalments of taxes" My stockings are feetless, which are paid on June Ist, the due My trousers are seatless; date of the first instalment. _At pre. My! How I do hate the Kaiser. sent only two per cent. 1s allowed This discount applies to all the secoiid instalment except that portion which Seargrave is for local i The play, "The Hand of the Law" 2 All taxes unpaid after the dates put on by the young last Thursday due shall have 57 added to the first eveaing was a success. Each person instalment, which is due on June 1st, played their part well and have beem and 87 added to the second instal" praised on every side. The stage ment, due on November lst. The setting and equipment was all that amount added at present is 2% to could be desired. Miss Laura Mark each instalment if unpaid when due. the soloist, gave several pleasing If a man can finance himself on the numbers which were well received. town at 27, for seven months, as on Mr Chas Milligan, of Toronto, gave the first instalment, he is getting a some very pleasing Hawaiian Guitar better rate than the town itself can numbers which were loudly applaused secure from a bank WHILE. THEY LAST 30 Men's and Boys Caps at 35c Regular 65¢ value Swiss Embroidery at Half Price Straw Hats, 8c to 15¢ They are selling fast Men's Socks, very cheap Diamond Dyes 5c Pkg Patent Medicines at Half Price Silk Ribbons, 3c yard up Paints 65¢ quart 40 pairs Boots, less than half price Cooking Syrup sc Ib. Cotton and Silk Thread 5¢ SPECIAL--another Cheese 27¢c Ib Apples, 40c large basket Wall Paper, very cheap Valenciennés Laces, Half Price . Just arrived Six Dozen extra good Brooms i ---- man -- Chay Lots of other Bargains

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