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- % y in Pate Hew pct gs s pir ns warts A pa ema D dT aia v I Eh by bY oh A | "Remembrance 8 a ~~ The strength of a man's convictions can usually be alls measured by thé extent of.the sacrifices he is willing . E 'to make in support of those convictions. Judged by this standard, the veterans of the Great War and the soldiers who gave their lives, have proved their love of home, of country, and of King in a manner most effective and heroic. We applaud their service, and of ~~ we honour the memories of those who fell in our if. defence. : ats Es ' ~ No'words-can add glory to the record of Canadian military service in the war of 1914-1918, From the oa days of the spontaneous mobilization of the 'Princess x Pats" till the memorable hour when the order came - --'"Cease Firing"--Canada did an ample and honour- able share in the struggle to maintain true ideals of £1 "A of freedom. "i ale 'What are these ideals of freedom: for which the Ae - Canadian soldiers fought and died? They have been described as the right of every human being to 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Certainly all human beings do not enjoy this type of freedom. _ Thoushnds of our citizens are homeless, and hungry, | 'and very miserable. They have no hope for life, lib- alls _ erty, and the pursnit of happiness. There are many | Hake thousands of our citizens whose daily struggle to ~~ make ends meet, and to pay their honourable debts is oo" really heroic. Day by day they see their savings dwin- _ dle. . Day by day they realize that they are nearing the time when they, too, will be hungry, homeless and miserable. These people have been hoping 'against hope that prosperity is just around the corner. They. have tightened their belts, reduced or eliminated luxuries, and met their obligations as best they can. Such persons are desirable Canadian citizens, and our best efforts should be directed toward reducing their difficulties as rapidly as possible. al | There is a comparatively small group of people who Se take advantage of. the financial troubles of the day to ax enrich themselves at the expense of others. We are not wise if we envy them their ill-gotten prosperity. We are poor citizens if we adopt their methods of un- fair scheming and hard bargaining. The temptation to do these things may be great; but, if we really love our country, and believe in those ideals of free- dom for which so many have given their lives, then ! - we shall not give way to the temptation. : The fine spirit shown by Ontario people in helping to relieve the distress of the people of the West, is in- dipative of the fact that many citizens realize the = ue meaning of the cross which appears at the begin- ~~/ning of this article--SACRIFICE, SA : There is great need that this spirit of sacrifice shall i: . become more general. ' At present too few people are ig) . bearing the burden of relieving distress.' Some folk wo 8 "belong to no organization that solicits their help.. It i is a fact, too, that municipal authorities are hampered in their "relief"' work because of diminishing funds "and persistent complaint about the expenditure of public money. : ; : Great credit is due to the churches, the 1.0.D.E., the Army and Navy Veterans, and similar organiza-' ng tions in helping to alleviate human suffering and : maintain true ideals of freedom. ) This is really a land of plenty, and those that have should give. At the '"Remembrance" Service next Sunday morning there should be a generous response to the appeal of the patriotic societies for funds. It is quite evident that the need will be great this winter. lip Waterworks Development "Work is now in full swing for the extension of the watermains in Port Perry. Altogether some 3400 ft. of watermains are to be laid, The work is in two sections, The flrst section (now under construction) extends from Queen Street north on Lilla St., thence -west to Cochrane St. The second section will be south "along the Avenue from Ontario to Sexton, The Council is to be commended for the business- like manner in which they are conducting 'the work. Special mention should be made of the supervision being given by Councillor Archer, who is sparing neither time nor energy in pushing forward the task in a workmanlike manner. The value of the extra watermains to Port Perry will- be very considerable, First, of course, will be the additional fire- protection in two districts that greatly needed that protection. provided to.a body of men Second is the work who have been without employment for a considerable length of time. Third will be the value to prospective water users, and from this source there should be considerable revenue to the town as the years pass, It is a good idea to have the work done before the freeze up. pleasant for the workmen. It will be a better job, and much more POPPY DAY A Day that should not be forgotten. "This Armistice Day falls on Satur- day, so it will be on the actual day-- Nov. 11th, that we will be watching for the Poppy Day Collectors to.come to our doors 'with their crimson poppies, that we may all wear the emblem in remémbrance of Armistice Day, and also that we may help in a substantial way, those ex-service men, those veterans of the Great War, those disabled soldiers whose only ability now lies in the Vetcraft work of one kind or another, that they are able to do in connection with Christie Street Hospital. And the need, instead of decreasing as the years go by, is far away greater than ever. Who would have dreamed fifteen years ago, on the first Armistice Day that the needs of our Returned Men should be increasingly greater as year follows year. But so it is, and we must face that fact, and earnestly and steadfastly do our share towards al- leviating the sufferings, and the con- sequent misery of countless men who in their young manhood twenty years ago nearly, left there to fight for us, that the world might be a better place in which to live. ' When we realize ,that 600,000 Can- adians 'left our shores, of Canada's best--the flower of the young men- hood of--our vast country, and then remind .ourselves that countless num- bers returned disabled and mained in body and mind, we cannot help but acknowledge our debt to them. supporting the Veterans in their Poppy Day campaign, we can in a small way at least help them in their work of relief for disabled or unem- ployed comrades, and we can feel every confidence in the organization that a penny will not be wasted. So 'Poppy Day is two-fold in its effect. The initial cost of the poppies made at the Vetcraft shops, aids the ex-service men who made them, and what our local Veterans raise by our contri- butions in the sale of poppies goes to aid Veterans of our own community. It is well named Poppy Day for when we think of the poppies growing over the graves.of th 60,000 who lie on the Fields of Battle in France an Belgium, : What more fitting emblem could be" employed to celebrate Remembrance Day? All over the world, Britain and her allies will be keeping November 11th in remembrance, whether. we call it Armistice Day, Remembrance Day, or Poppy Day. Everywhere wreaths of remembrance will be laid on mem- orial tablets; King George will lay i wreath on the unknown soldier's tomb, at the cenataph in London, and from the highest to the lowest in the land, some act of remembrance will be made, if in no other way than by observing the two minutes silence at By , eleven o'clock that morning. And the beautiful words of the poem "In Flanders Fields" written by John Mec- Crea, surgeon of the 1st Brigade of Canadian Artillery, after the second battle of Ypres, will come unbidden to our minds, as we pin on the poppy. "In Flander's fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place. . . " During the war the Y.M.C.A. had a service of cards printed called pay-| book series, which they- distributed to to the men. And whgn we were grieving over one in the family who had paid the supreme sacrifice of the service with some lines of poetry composed by James Whitcombe Riley, was sent to a comrade, that it may be a comfort to another, I shall here copy in full: ST ml ie "AWAY" I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead, He is just away! With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand, ow He had wandered into an uhknown land, And left us dreaming how very fair, It needs must be since he lingers there. And you, ah you, who the wildest yearn, ; For the old time step, and the glad return, Think of him, faring on, as dear In the love of There, as the love of here. And loyal still, as he gave the blow, Of his warrior strength to his country's foe; ) Mild and gentle, as he was brave When the sweetest love of his he gave, The touches of his hands have strayed As reverently as his lips have prayed, 'When the little brown thrush that harshly chirred, Was dear to him as the mocking bird, 'And he pitied as much as a man in pain, A witching honey-bee wet with rain: Think of him still as the same I gay, He is not dead; he is just away. To simple things, where the violets grew. Pure as the eyes, they were likened to, a But while holding our departed heroes in remembrance, we must never forget the debt we owe the 170,000 wounded, who still bear on their bodies the marks and scars of war; men striving against fearful odds to maintain a living. If ehch one of us buy only one poppy on Armistice Day we shall be doing gomething towards repaying that debt. Let us be 8s generous as we can. LET US ALL WEAR A POPPY ON POPPY DAY. ' ,---Press Reporter Poppy Day, Saturday, November 11th * PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 1933 a? $1.50 per year in advance -- -- I ---------- Letter from Tuxford, Sask., Oct. 31, 1933 Mr, S. Farmer, Esq.,' Port Perry, Ont. Dear Mr, Farmer: Mrs. W. A. King, of Marquis, Sask., formerly of Seagrave, Ont., has handed me some copies of The Port Perry Star; and. I can assure you that Mrs. Black and I have read your paper with that de- gree of pleasure associated with the receipt of letters from home. After a pastorate of ten years at Broadview, Sask., we moved in July to Tuxford, the first town "horth of Moose Jaw on the C.P.R. to Edmon- ton. Marquis, an associated appoint- ment, is the next town North West. The prairie here is level, to the South West it rolls a little; but West and north it is flat as a table stretch- ing to the horizon. Gumbo soil; great wheat land; but the stickiest mud on earth. In favorable years the district was fairly prosperous;"the past five years however have seen five succes- sive crop failures. And, as you are aware, there is a limit to human en- durance. ' We read with interest the sermon- ette by Rev. W._ J. H. Smyth, in the Oct. 12th issue of The Star. No doubt the East has heard much during the past few years regardipg "the West- ern neighbours" and their predica- ments. + Possibly some persons may wonder what is becoming of "all the carloads of good things being billed to the West. Certainly a freight car holds considerable quantity; but when we take into consideration the hundreds of thousands of settlers, who have not harvested a crop for five years, a little exercise of the imagi- nation will 'revea) the obviols fact that many, many car loads will be necessary that everyone may have a little. : Life in the drouth area, while violent winds were lashing. the prairie into a veritable Sahara, beg- gars description, of "blow dirt" piled themselves every- where. In some places the top six inches of the posts is all that is vis- ible of a Page wire fence. The wires are underneath the drifts. Likewise hedges of young spruce are burried beneath the drifts they arrested, only the tips of the trees can be seen. Year after year the farmers, in hope, cultivated their farms and sowed their seed, only to have it "blown- agt'...Often a second sowing met the same fate. This past spring evory- Rev. Ww. H. Black| NOTE--Because there are so many people in this district remember with pleasure Rev. W. H. Black .and family, we are taking the liberty of publishing this interesting letter from Mr. Black: thing made a wonderful start; seldom have grains and gardens looked as promising as they did in May and June. In some areas a good yield was harvested. People pointed with pride to pumpkins, citrons, squash, ete,, grown from seed saved from vegetables which came from Ontario in relief cars. In fact for years to come the gardens of Western farm- ers will bear eloquent tribute to On- tario's generosity. Then came the grasshoppers-- billions of them, devouring everything before them wherever one walked they hopped up in thousands. Striking the running autos they burst, splashed, and stuck like glue, and clogged the radiator apertures, where they roasted alive, they had an odor like nothing else on earth. In the wake of the grasshopper came myriads of crickets, presumably fattening on grasshopper eggs. And now with the prairie sown with millions of "Hopper" eggs to the acre, the prospects for next year are not bright. The spirit of the people is wonder- ful. It may be true in some cases that farmers are hanging on because they cannot let go. In the majority of cases, however, the people are as- sured that good times will come again --"Our land shall yield its increase." I did not intend that this letter should reach the proportions it has. But when one launches into the sub- ject of drouth and dust, heat and grasshoppers, it is gasy to run on and on. I noted your interest in the meet- ings of Presbytery, and school con- vention. Your report of convention papers, etc, was very interesting. The work of the church goes on apace. The same hopes gladden, and the same old features discourage, There is distrust and unrest every- great dust clouds . obliterated the landscape, and drifts | where, the times are certainly out of joint. v ; I would like very much to drop in and have a good chat with you. Mrs. Black and I often talk of the days spent in Port Perry and regret the circumstances which caused us to leave. I have excellent health now; and weigh about 40 Ibs more than when we were in Ontario. : Sometime when you are not overly burdened with work, we should be de- lighted to hear from you. : Mrs. Black and Evelyn unite with me in kindest regards to yourself, and all your family circle. Yours sincerely, W. H. Black. 3 hair is turning slightly grey. a blue coat, sweater, light cap. wall. occasionally. at that time in the woods. young man, to locate the young man, writing. . Mr. and WM. HAMILTON LOST William Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Hamilton, of Cartwright, has been absent from home since Sunday. young man of 26 years, darky medium height and weight: When he left home he was wearing He is a His It is thought that the young man is suffering from a lapse of memory due to an injury received when he was a lad. time he was struck by a barn door and thrown against the stone His head was injured and apparently he loses his memory At that Some five years ago he strayed from his home, and was found A very persistent search has been and is being made for the On Tuesday about two hundred men scoured the woods and swamps at St. Christopher, Caesarea, Purple Hill and Scugog. Barns were searched and every effort has been made but without results at the time of The whole neighbourhood is doing all that is possible to help Mrs. Hamilton find their son. formation that would be of value in locating the young man is asked to phone direct to Mr. Hamilton--196 r 5. Any person having in- begun. opportune, WOMAN LAKE GOLD MINE 'TO BE DEVELOPED Early in January, 1934, work of the developmént of the property of Ontario Woman Lake Gold Mines Limited, will be Arrangements have been made with Maple Leaf Mines Limited, Toronto, to finance these operations, and a substantial sum of money has already been advanced for that purpose. present state of the gold market makes this development most ~ We have a delightful showing of Personal Greeting Cards for Christmas at the Star Office. The | DISTRICT DENTAL ASSOCIATION MET IN OSHAWA RECENTLY. (Oshawa Daily Times) The Durham and Ontario Dental Association which comprises territory from Pickering to Cobourg and also Port Perry and Orond, held their first meeting of the 1933-1934 season in the Genosha Hotel last week with a good attendance of the members. The Presidedt, Dr. Hudson, of Whitby, presided. The main items of business were the election of officers for the coming year, and a discussion of the winter's program. The following officers were elected: President, Dr. G. M. Trewin, Oshawa; Vice-President, Dr. Bonnycastle, of Bowmanville; Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. S. J. Phillips, of Oshawa. It was decided to hold four meet- ings during the coming winter and spring. These gathering will be held in December, January, March and April and an effort will be made to have special speakers for each of the meetings. It is expected that the December meeting will be addressed by Dr. F. Cole, of the University of Toronto, whose subject will be "Full Dentures." Last year's officers of the Associa- tion were: President, Dr, Hudson, of Whitby; Vice-President, Dr. Trewin, of Oshawa; and Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. Beaton, of Whitby. --------------r RECEPTION HELD John Arthur McGibbon, Esq. K.C., for many years a member ofw the Bar of Ontario County, and Crown Attorney in the City of Oshawa, on Friday afternoon took the oath of office and was officially sworn in as Judge of the County Court of the Counties of Victoria and Haliburton. His Honor Judge Ruddy, of Whitby, presided, with His Honor Judge. O'Connor, of Cobourg, also on the dais, J. FE. Anderson, Esq., K.C., Crown Attorney for Victoria County, presented all facts in the case and all material evidence to the Court. It was a most impressive and very interesting ceremony, the presence of a large number of barristers from the surrounding district and a num- ber of ladies and gentlemen from the city of Oshawa and the town of Lind- say adding to the dignity and grace of the ceremony. The fine old court room was crowded, the audience in- cluding many of the town and county officials, as well as a goodly repre- sentation of military men from the district, who were present to honor a fellow soldier and fellow citizen. -- > -------------- TRAGIC END TO HALLOWEEN PRANK Seven residents of the Siloam .dis- trict have more serious thoughts on Hallowe'en pranks" as also has Mr., Newton McClaren of the same dis- trict as the result of a shooting ac- cident on Tuesday night (Hallowe'en). The party of four women and three men had been parading up and down the road fooling among themselves and singing. They had not trespassed on any private property, keeping strictly to the road, the 3rd concession and between 9.30 and 10.30 p.m, were opposite Mr, MacClaren's place and in a spirit of fun it was decided to wake him up by throwing gu couple of stones on the roof of the house. Mr. MacClaren got his revolver a .32 cal. and after the second stone had fallen on the roof decided to scare them, raised the window and fired a shot at the foot of a cedar tree about forty feet distant. Unfortunately Robert Jones, aged 21, was on the road in the line of fire and the bullet struck him full in the left breast, going through his body and lodging against the shoulder blade. Exclaiming that he had been hit by a B.B., Jones managed to walk about 200 yards to- wards Mrs. Corbett's home beside Siloam church when he collapsed and was carried the rest of the way. It was not until his coat had been re- moved that it was known he had been' shot, and Dr. R. B. E. Wilson and Constable Vesey were immediately Jones was given first aid and removed to Toronto General Hospital by am- bulance where the bullet was removed and he is resting easy. Provincial Constable Jarvis was also notified and later in company with Constable Vesey took Mr. MacCaren in charge and he was taken to Whitby charged with shoooting with intent to do bod- ily harm, The community is shocked at the accident and the deepest regret is ex- i pressed for all concerned, all being "highly respected residents of the district, --Uxbridge Journal RN A NL Sb is Lr Kp ea dare St notified and proceeded to the scene. Cy --ras VR Rel A eh mt Kn 22 4 to wm hv 5 AF § i oN x ES RELY Sa = 2h \ O oN a v A IRA FR RAT 3 A VEL a IE 2 SAS