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i ; oY ; ¥ b pa Aan Office first door east of Canadian Bank of Commerce, over the Observer Office Phone 98 Residence 19§ Port Perry, Ontario Local Items L O.D. E. The regular meeting of Scugog Chapter will be held at the home of Mrs. Cecil Beare, on Monday evening, March 7th, at 8 p.m. SPECTACLES FOUND Apply at Star Office. Mr. and Mrs. Burnett (nee Olive McLellan) of Toronto, have been the guests of Mrs. Burnett's uncle, Mr. Arthur Woodley, Prince Albert. COMING--See F. E. Luke, Eyesight Specialist at Lawrence's Drug Store Port Perry, on Thursday,' March 10. Get your tickets for "Polishing Papa" reserved early. Plan at A. M. Lawrence's Drug Store. Mr. Ross Midgley, of Flint, Mich., formerly of Port Perry, is visiting in town. The pupils of the Port Perry High School regret the fact that several people interested in their Literary So- ciety, were disappointed last Tuesday. A misunderstanding within the school necessitated a cancellation of the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. McTaggart and Bar- ton, of Toronto, sepnt the week end with Mr, and Mrs. J. F. McClintock. Dr. John Brock, of Oshawa, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brock. "Shut - your mouth while your sister's talking." Real home life in "Polishing Papa" at the Town Hall, March 11 and 12. Don't fail to see it. |, We are very pleased to learn that the condition of Mr. A. J. Davis (who has been critically ill) is greatly im- proved. rt AP re ANNOUNCEMENT Mrs. Jas. McKee will hot receive on the second Tuesday of this month, nor again this season. r------------ i PY tester YOUNG MEN The Young Men's Bible Class invite the young men of the town to a social evening in the basemet of the United Church on Monday, March Tth, at 8 o'clock. Dr. G. 8. Jeffrey will give an address at this' meeting. Every young man will be made welcome. rt A MP FOR SALE Young Goats at $2.00 each, also milking goats due to freshen. Phone Walter Bown, 168, Port Perry. reel A MORE BEAUTIFUL CANADA We frequently meet with the ob- jection that gardens and flowers cost too much-or that they take too much time. The truth is that it is not so much a matter of money or time as it is of desire and dispostion. If we are disposed to have gardens and flowers and really desire to have at- tractive home surroundings, we will have them no matter how busy we may be. Your nearest Experimental Farm or Agricultural College will gladly give you information regarding suitable varieties for your district. The cost in any event need be only trifling and the amount spent on the nursery stock necessary to improve the average size home will be one of the finest investments that possibly can be made. It will pay great dividends in satisfaction and will in- crease the value of the home. Your individual efforts _ in making your home more attractive will improve your street. If your street is improved your town will be improved, and if your town or township is made more . beautiful you have helped to make a more beautiful Canada. cee -- SPECIAL OFFERING We have just purchased several boxes of stationery at a price which we can pass on to our customers at wholesale prices from 15¢. to $1.00. If you need glasses, come and see us. We can supply you with any style of frame or mount at a considerable saving to you on - prices you will pay elsewhere. Our Repair Department - is always at your service, at prices in accord with the times. Bring us your watch, clock, jewellery or optical repairs. Estimates givén. I. R. BENTLEY Jeweller & Optometrist Port Perry CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION 11 a.m.--Holy Communion 3 p.m.--Sunday School. Monday, 8 p.m.--Illustrated Mission- ary lecture on India. Friday, 7.45 p.m.--Lenten week-night service, Under the auspices of the Anglican Church, Whitby's Dramatic Club: will present "East Lynne" at the town hall on the night of Friday, April 1st. + r-------- PW. CARD OF THANKS Mrs. Margaret Steer wishes to thank the friends and neighbours who so kindly assisted by word and deed at the time of her recent bereavement. ---- tee CONTROL SOW THISTLE WITH ALFALFA Alfalfa with its rapid growth and root system is one of the best crops to use in 'smothering Sow Thistle, states A. H. Martin, Assistant Direc- tor, Crops and Market Branch, On- tario Department of Agriculture. Sow Thistle with its creeping root- stalks, persistent growth and habits of spreading by seeds and roots is the worst weed Ontario farmers have to contend with and very few crops will successfully keep it in check. In sections where alfalfa flourishes, it has been found that this crop properly cared for will do more to ward checking the growth of Sow Thistle than any other farm crop. Sod fields badly polluted with Sow Thistle should be mown eafly and plowed immediately after haying. After two weeks, cultivation should be commenced and no green shoots should be allowed to show throughout the summer. Fall wheat may be sown and seeded to Alfalfa in the spring or the land may be ridged in the - fall and a spring crop sown, seeded with Alfalfa or a mixture of Alfalfa and other legumes. Alfalfa commences growth earlier in the spring than most forage plants and the first cut is removed before Sow Thistle has a chance to blossom. Due to the long deep roots Alfalfa flourishes in dry weather better than other plants, and therefore, at all times is able to keep ahead of Sow Thistle and other weed growth. In a Sow Thistle experiment con- ducted on the farm of W. D. Hyslop, Stratford, a crop of Alfalfa and Red Clover yielded 18,760 pounds of green hay per acre on the fertilized portions of the experiment, and practically no Sow Thistle plants reached the bloom stage. Previous to conducting the experiment the 1929 crop on this par- ticular field was a failure due to Sow Thistle. The field was plowed in July, cultivated thoroughly, fertilized and sown to mixed grain in 1980, which was seeded down to Alfalfa and Red Clover. The 1931 hay crop-was a particularly heavy one and the num- ber of Sow Thistle plants were near- ly 50% less in 1981 than in 1980. When Alfalfa fields have become well established some farmers culti- vate the field with a spring tooth cultivator. Many of the weeds will be destroyed but the Alfalfa will come more thrifty and vigorous than ever. Authorities very conservatively esti- mate the annual loss to Ontario farm- ers through weed i $30,000,000.: Any crop that will even Weeds is wofthy of an important plate Agriculture. . infestation at] s partially lend itself to the control of | | If your feeling kind of blue we ad- Tite you to take 4 taie of laughs See "Polishing Papa" at the Town Ball, March 1% aud 12 A laugh a minute. a tl mmr HOLD ANNUAL BANQUET. Wednesday, February 24th will be pleasantly remembered by the Sunday School Orchestra of the United Church, this being their second annual banquet. During the evening the guests and members of the Orchestra were enter- tained by three well known young ladies of town; Miss Marion Goode, elocutionist; Miss Helen Willard and Miss ValDe Hortop, pianists. The numbers given by these artists were well received by the gathering. Rev. R. T. Richards, Mr. S. Farmer and Mr, R. B. Smallman, gave three delightful addresses. During the program a presentation was made to the leader, Mr. Alfred Andrus. The address follows: Mr. Alfred N. Andrus, Port Perry. Dear Leader: For nearly five years you have put your heart and soul into the task of conducting our orchestra. Many are the difficulties' you have faced in bringing our organization to its pre- sent state of efficiency. Your industry, patience, and skill have been very noticeable. For this painstaking labour of love we thank you most heartily. Every one of us appreciate your kindly inter- est in our musical progress, and each of us has found that whenever we needed help of any kind, you could be depended upon to do your part. As a slight token of appreciation of this long and faithful service, we ask you to accept this Leader's Baton; and we trust that you may long wield it before a harmonious and enthusiastic orchestra, the honored leader of our organization. Signed on behalf of the Orchestra, Percy Densham, President. Thos. A. Blight, Secretary. rr MAMI ANI renee PORT PERRY UNITED CHURCH Sunday, March' 6th-- 11 a.m.--Worship Service 2.30 p.m.--Sabbath School 7 p.m.--"Three men in Port Perry who won't come to Church." Music by Male Choir. Prince Albert 1.46 p.m.--Sabbath School. 3 p.m.--Worship Service. a a FREE BREAD AND BUTTER CLIMAX PRICE-CUT WAR Vancouver, Feb. 28.--A war which has Been raging for several days in Vancouver South between a chain store and a private merchant reached new intensity on Saturday, when po- lice were called to handle large crowds which gathered at the "front." The war started when the chain store advertised "specials" and the merchant next door cut his prices a little lower. The chain store replied with even lower prices. Then the merchant offered free bread to all adults who spend 25 cents with him. The chain store's retort was "free bread for all adults who enter this store." Not to be outdone, the mer- chant said: "Free bread and butter for all adults who enter our store." On Saturday it was necessary to station a policeman outside the rival stores to keep the crowd in order. Pedestrians could not get by without stepping off the sidewalk, and the merchant's Staff was compelled to close the store doors to serve ome crowd before admitting another. -- (Toronto Globe) A Welcome Suggestion A letter received at this office sug- gests that we start a "People's Forum" in the Star. The idea is a good one--if the people will take the' opportunity to express themselves in of interest to the comm rest cmt, | 'DOG TAX DUE Attention is'drawn to the fact that the 1982 Dog Tax is now<due. Tags Treasurer at once. . ; H. C. NASMITH, Treasurer. . > . The Time of His . Life At times older people, who in their, youth had to find their own amuse- ment, grow impatient with the co-eds who demand to be entertained. 'Who will not play the game themselves though are interested in sports to 'the extent of going to some expense to watch mercenaries play, This is as inexplicable to the old ones as the sense of humor which inspires these boys to attend winter sports without hats and their hair full of snow, while the girls who attend impede 'their progress by wearing shaggy, floppy overshoes, unbuckled, and luxurious pneumonia line, We are glad therefore to see one -oldtime source of pleasure and profit revived--amateur theatricals. This re-action from vaudeville; movies and talkies is refreshing and from the number of Dramatic Clubs we see mentioned by the rural correspondents in the Star, as having presented a play, the revival is spreading. Last week it was the Presbyterians' turn and the young 'people of St. John's Church made a very creditable presentation of the above mentioned comedy, in the town hall to a good audience, Andy Lawrence took the leading part of Peter Wycombe, one of those 'egotistical nuisances who imagines he has all the diseases on the calendar and the further illusion that other people are interested in hearing about them. Had I been the author I would have written it as a tragedy so that I could murder Peter with an axe in the last act for intruding his troubles on other. people's joy. % Andy was the right man for this part as the dyspeptic Peter was a portable drug store and Andy alone had access to the accessories, though it must have been a heavy drain on his stock of hotwater battles, Two Black Crows Eric Nasmith was the colored but- ler, Uncle Tom, who took a vacation at an inopportune moment and so forced, Grant Robertson, as Tom Carter, to officiate in his stead. The leopard may not be able to ch his spots but Tom evolved into a nigger in full view of the audience and, oh boy! did he butle? Charles Heartfield and Dorothy Balfour as Mr. and Mrs. Bob Grey, were 80 happy that the marriage could not have been real. Eunice Malcolm as Mrs. Peter Wycombe bore her hus- band's maladies with fortitude and showed how to be dignified under dif- ficulties. We now know how Eunice keeps school. Virginia Nasmith took the part of Tom's fi , Dorothy L should be secured from the Town| fur coats over dresses cut low in the neck, then unbutton the coats to the n, in afl We really would like, to see, "or rather hear, a new piano in the Hall, deleterous effect on the old agony box or perhaps it was moving piano. We are told that the custom has been to move it as far as it would go and then let it drop, and if they did not get the piteh just right it oc- casionally flatten a note, its a merey the key has not been lost. ~--Hamlet. ~ V. P. STOUFFER PIANO TUNING Overadling =p iano actions repaired, lost s motion taken up, SDs Ticking and noisy eve ree an ricating paired. mot moth-pron work Phone 80, Port Perry. rr Pn DIED STEER--In Reach Tp., on Friday, 'February 26th, 1982, Alfreda, young- est daughter of Mrs. Margaret Steer, and the Tate Alfred Steer. McCREA--At Port. Perry, on Sun- day, February 28th, 1982, William R. McCrea, in his 80th year. 2 The moving pictures 'seem to have a| Men's s $3.98 Sorbo Knit Wool * It is impossible to enunferate all our snaps for thi w wok PR 80 invite you to come in and inspect them for yourself. You will 1 surely SAVE MONEY Boys' 49c. Wool Hose - - Ladies' 79c. Print Dresses {Ladies' 59¢c. Hose Men's 98¢c. Blue F lannel Shirts ETC., @ ETC, - Sweaters $1 89 19¢c. 59c¢. : 39c¢. - 59c. ETC. " The winner of our Bedding Contest is Mrs. J. H. Cooper, of Manchester, Ontario. . A NELSON'S STORE QUEEN ST., L Phone 234 ra L. W. Nelson, Proprietor, H. 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