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TI, Sd gh el 3 ii g - 4 4 b Ap ge Ne DB A TY, 3 i x) + i i AF x Ha 1 | { . wv 4 i : ¥ § tot 1] 2 A 5 i 1 4 ql > Bl 4 5! EE Abana] - f ¢ % 1 | +] | | 4] | ] + RE ¥ Watch your label; it tells when your subscription expires. $1.50 per year in advance. 5 cents single copy. PORT PERRY x r PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 26th, 1938 . EDITORIAL ~~. "Such is the patriot's Beast vherder we roam. His first, best country ever is at home." = Pdr ABERHART RESORTS TO STARK CONFISCATION (The Ottawa Journal) Once more the Dominion Government 'is being petitioned to disallow three Acts passed at the last session of the Alberta Legislature, The Acts in question are the Securities Tax Act, the Home Owners' Security Act, and the Limitation of Actions Act 1935 Amendment Act 1988, What action the Dominion Government will take on these petitions for disallowance, "The Journal" does not know. What "The Journal" thinks it does know is that unless the: proposition ¢ be admitted that private property in this country can be confiscated and private debts repudiated, the petitions will be granted. Soviet Russia never did more to her kulaks than these Alberta Acts propose doing to Canadian citizens. Si * Ld * Let us see what the. Acts are, taking them in order, The Home Owners' Security Act (Bill No. 4): Under this Act no mortgage creditor may fore- close on an urban home, in city, town or village, without making a gift of $2,000 to the person whose home is foreclosed. For example: If a man has purchased, say, a property worth $2,000, on which he has paid perhaps $100 and declines ' to pay more, or says he can't pay more, the mortgage cannot be foreclosed for the $1,900, except by paying $2,000 into court--this to be paid over by the court to the debtor, if the fore- closure is granted. The thing sounds incredible . --but it is the Act. > Further: This Act also exempts' what is known as the "home quarter-section" of any farm from foreclosure--virtually carves-it out of the mort- gage. Thus, if one man farms a quarter-section only (160 acres), which he bought for $3,000, pay- ing $300 and giving a mortgage for the $2,700, the Act, in effect, makes him the outright owner of the 160 acres without paying another single cent. If another man farms a whole section or more, the 160 acres on which his farm buildings stand become exempt from foreclosure, In other words, the best and most valuable part of the mortgagee's security is removed arbitrarily from the mortgage, and action permanently barred. on LER "The Security Tax Act (Bill No. 84): This law imposes a tax of 2 percent. on the principal sum owing on mortgages. The tax is on the lender, and notwithstanding any provision in any mort- gage ta the contrary, it cannot be passed on to the mortgagor. The tax is payable June 1, 1938. Failing payment by that date--six weeks hence-- a penalty is provided of b percent. per month--60 percent. per year. In addition, all owners of mortgages must file returns by June 1, 1938, giv- ing elaborate particulars of the mortgages held-- under penalty of a fine of $10 a day in respect of each mortgage. What this means may be seen from the fact that more than 20,000 Alberta mortgages are owned by private individuals; this, altogether apart from some 20,000 more held by corpora- tions: by insurance companies and loan com- panies, the funds representing the small savings and investments of small estates, of ordinary peo- * ple, of philanthropic and charitable institutions. * * * The Limitation of Actions Act 1935 Amendment Act 1938 (Bill No, 115): In the operation of this Act, action to realize on any debt incurred before 1936 must be taken before July '1, 1940. Thus if a loan were made, or-any debt incurred, secured or otherwise, prior to 1936, not maturing until, say, 1946, (or any time after mid-1940), the debt would be 'statute-barred and extinguished by July 1, 1940. The aim and effect of the statute is to force creditors to seek renewals before 1940 arrives; and if the debtor has the inclination to refuse to make a renewal agreement, the creditor has no recourse except to the Debt Adjustment Board-- a board created and controlled by 'Aberhart--for a permit to commence proceedings prior to July 1, '1940. No such proceedings can be taken without 'the -board's permission. In other words, and on the basis of experience, unless the creditor re- duces the debt to a point satisfactory to Mr. Aberhart or to his Gov. 'mment, no permit to take action will be granted. z * * * This is not merely repudiation; it is stark con- fiscation. Said Herbert A. Bruce, former Lieut.- Governor of Ontario, in Toronto: "It looks to me like an attempt by the Al- berta Government to bribe the farmers in a wholesale. manner by relieving them of their obligations to pay their just debts .,,.... It ig a wholesale steal of money belonging to small: policyholders in insurance companies and individual shareholders in mortgage companies, most of whom live outside the province and many of them in the British Isles. . This wave of governmental immorality must inevitably re- sult in the breaking down of private financial morality," Monsignor Michael Cline, noted Roman Catholic "cler ic, put the position even more strongly: "Neither statecraft nor Social Credit can dis- pense with the claims of Justice, If those en- listed. in the service of Justice, such as the Government of Alberta, dishonour their con- tracts and fail to ratify what is contained in . the bond they will be rated by the people of other. provinces. as- hold-up. organizations that foul the sources of public life," Summed up, what is at stake here is not merely "a credit of the country nor whether the Govern- ment of Alberta may ride roughshod over the Constitution; what is at stake as well is the moral law--whether in this country, supposed to be British, any Government can deprirve citizens of their rights and rob them of their money, If that be not a challenge for Dominion disallowance, then nothing on eatth can be, Finance Minister Dunning remarked the other day that, in the matter of repudiation of obliga- tions, he didn't want to see Canada in the cate- gory of Mexico. Why pick on poor Mexico? Mr. Dunning could have found an example of repudi- ation much nearer Ottawa. nN TELEPHONE ENGINEERING IN PORT PERRY: Those who study modern methods of construction find matters of real in- terest in the telephone proceedings that'are going on in Port Perry just now. : Briefly put, the telephone poles are being moved from the main block of the front street. The telephone ser- vice is to be cared for in twa ways: 1. By condpit from the front street office of the telephone company to the rear of the buildings on either side of the street. 2. By cable and poles at the rear of the buildings. It is a simple matter to write these words; but it is quite another matter to do the work, which is costing the Company approximately $4000 -- an extra service to Port Perry. The vil- lage supplies the labor to do the dig- + ging, and the Company supplies all the material and the expert service required for installation, To thoroughly understand what is being done one has to remember that each individual phone (or set of party phonés) requires two separate wires. So that if Port Perry office serves five hundred phones, there must be a thousand wires in the cable that final- ly connects with the switchboard, In point of fact the cable that actually enters the office now has 606 pairs of wires, These wires are encased in covering of different colourings so that they may be spliced where they belong, i Provision is made for considerable growth. The conduit that has been] laid is quadruple, and as yet only one cable is being used. Should the tele- phone business grow, steps would be taken a year ahead to put in another cable. . The cable is being extended to meet, the aerial work at the rear of the stores, and it is alsq providing for ex- tension to the block in which the Star Office is located, To look at the thick, heavy cable, one would wonder how it was possible to thread it through the conduit; but the work is done skilfully and expe- ditiously. Modern methods have met all problems, and what to the unin- itiated seems almost impossible of achievement is ediried through with comparative ease, ut In the aerial work an arrangement 'has been made to co-operate with the Hydro Commission, so that only one set of poles will be used for both services, Step by step Port Perry is being modernized as few villages of its size have as yet planned, UTICA Miss Audrey Miller spent last week with her sister at Maple Lake, Hall on Wednesday evening, June 1st. Music by the Swing Sisters of Lind- say, Mr. and Mrs, Stan. Prizeman and children of Toronto with Mrs. Jas. Ackney over the holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Geer and family with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Red- shaw on Sunday, ' Mr. and Mrs. Herman Walker visit- ed last week with his sister Mrs. N. "Phair, Collingwood, Mr. and Mrs, J, J. Christie in Brook- lin on the 24th, Mr. and Mrs, Jas. Keep in mind the dance in Memory : Empringham, Jack and Billie of Malvern, with Mr, and Mrs. €, W. Lakey, on Sunday, Miss Delaa Lakey completed her year in College and returned home on Saturday, Pleased to report Miss"M, Dyer has recoverd sufficiently to return home, PRINCE ALBERT We are pleased and proud to extend congratulations to Mr. William Lyle on passing with honours, his examina- tions, making him a- Registered Op- tometrist. His graduation exercises will take place on Thursday. Friday will find Will leaving for Kirkland Lake where he has secured a position in his chosen work. Mr. and Mrs. Groupe, after spend- ing thtee weeks at their summer home here have returned to Philadelphia. The closing meetings of our Y.P.U. taking the form of a social evening, was held last week. Mr, and Mrs. F. Luke and family have moved into Mrs. E. Warren's house. A new flagpole has been erected at the schoolhouse. Miss E. MrCulloch and friend were in the village recently. Mrs. Swanick is with her sister Mrs, Philp, convalescing from a tonsil operation, Mr. and Mrs. R. McKerihen of To- ronto spent a few days with Mrs, R. Bond. Mr. and Mrs, G. Cumming and fam- ily have recently moved to Manchester Mr. and Mrs. F. Luke and daughters visited in Baltimore, Ont., with their daughter, Ruth remaining for a week. Mr. William Lyle spent the week- end at the home of Mr. F. Vickery. have been working industriously in preparation of the rr of the year--""Open-Night", In spite of the deserved popularity of the Commencement Exercises given every December, "Open Night" sets forth much more effectively the school program and possibilities. This fact is evidently conceded by all, and the attendance at this function on Friday evening of last week, gave ample evidence of the popularity of this movement to make the school and its work better known to the local ratepayers and the people of the sur- rounding rural communities. There were no speeches or any set announcement of program. The visit- ors wandered from room to room, and wherever they went there were found objects which gained their enthusi- astic attention, Of course thére was a program; and we give it herewith; but it . dimly outlines the treat prepared for all: Programme 8.16--Girls Physical Training Demon station in the Assembly Hall. 8.45--Milk Testing Demoustration in the . Sckenée: Laboratory, 9.00--Fashion Display in the Assem- bly Hall, 9.45--Boys' Physical Training Demon- stration in the Gymnasium, Directory Ground Floor-- Houschold Science, Farm Mechanics and Agriculture, Gymnasium, Main Floor -- Grade IX (English, History, and Geography exhibits.) Form. II--(Art, English and French Exhibits.) . Library, Second -Floor--Middle School, (His- tory, Latin, English "and Business Practice Exhibits.) Mathematics, Education, sembly Hall, Miss Currie, Household Science teacher, was in charge of two very popular features, staged by the girls --The Physical Training Demonstra- tion and the Fashion Display. The girls gave excellent account of them elves in physical exercises and folk dances, receiving hearty applause, The Fashion Show, set out clearly the work done by the girls in sewing under tuition of Miss Currie. Several of the young ladies had made cos- tumes of various types for themselves. These were duly displayed on an im- provised temporary platform. The display received sincere approval of the audience, While discussing the work of the girls along these lines, one might take a brief survey of their workshop--the Household Science Room. Here were more dresses, showing good workman- ship; charts on diets, health, well cooked dainties, recipes; a. well set table; a geographical display of the sources of our food supply, and num- erous other objects showing the wide scope covered by the Household Sciencé Course. In the various dassvoome there were displays of work in connection with all the subjects taught in the school. Miss Spooner had secured the co- operation of the Latin students in drawing to the attention of the public the fundamental values of the study of Latin. This was done by means of charts and illustrated notebooks. In another room where history and literature and art are taught by Miss Harris, the diagrams and illustrated notebooks were much in evidence. The illustrated notebooks in these lines are truly.ndicative of the change in teaching method that is being in- augurated in our schools, Those note- books give free scope to the individual pupils; and it is amazing to see the skill and initiative displayed. To take the work of great poets like Tenny- son, Masefield, and Kipling, and give on original interpretation of one of their poems, is a rare accomplishment vet it was done in many cases with skill. One outstanding evidence of true insight was the illustration of Physics and Upper Sc hool-- | A Notable Event OPEN NIGHT AT PORT PERRY HIGH SCHOQL For some weeks past both staff and Kipling's line in his "Recessional"-- students of Port Perry High School| "Such boastings as the Gentiles use." The illustration was simply a quota- tion from each of the recent speeches of Hitler and Mussolini. In art this freedom of expression does not seem so appropriate, It is all right to gain a glimpse of the pupil's mind by letting him express his crude idea of a landscape. That leads to discovery, but unless the student is unusually apt; he is not likely to realize his own crudity by observation of other artistic efforts. Some pupils will need very clear in- struction as to what is right. This little criticism does not in any sense reflect upon the general artistic ability of the pupils. Only very rave- ly was there evidence of crudity. Most of the drawings were excellent, espec- ially that of an historic nature done on the blackboards. Another feature that ought to he noted was the fine lettering on the charts that were everywhere in evi- dence, Good lettering demands real skill and a true eye, . Two or three little hobby works were the subject of much enthusiastic comment, This was notably true in the soap carving. Here the young sculpters had shown correct know- ledge of the object depicted and real skill in production, The lino printing done by 'some pupils was skillfully done and showed originality of design, The mechanical work was clearly "shown by the students in Farm Me- chanics, Their products leaned to- ward utility rather than ornamenta- tion, Of particular interest was the mothproof wardrobe -- ga community production. The Farm Mehanics, Agriculture and the Science Laboratory are under the tuition of Mr. Gemmell. Mr. Kerr had done his best by Health charts to enlighten the unenlightened Science Laboratory. As-! as to Mathematics and Physics. If he did not always succeed, it was pro- bably due to the inability of the un- fortunates of us to do more than master the rudimentary elements ot Arithmetic, Mr. Kerr was also responsible for the excellent- physical Demonstration, by the boys; who, as usual, gave a fine account of themselves, The public is much indebted to Mr, Gemmell and his staff for this inti- mate picture of the work of Port Perry High Schoo, and to the stu- dents for the skilled evidence of their industry. --_-- te o> -------- -- MYRTLE Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Annan of To- ronto, spent the week end with the former's sister Mrs. Roy Percy. Mrs. J. Todd and daughter, Mrs. W. McGowan, of Toronto, have been visit- ing the former's daughter Mrs. E. Butterworth, of Woodville. Mr. and Mrs. G. Williamson of Beaverton, visited at Mr. A. Car- michael's on Sunday. Miss Bertha Holiday who is con- fined to the Western Hospital, To- ronto, following an operation, is we are pleased to report, progressing very favourably. After the recent heavy winds dried out the ground so much, Monday's rain has done untold good. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kirkham and son John and Mr. Brock, motored to Parry Sound on Sunday. Miss Norma Flett, of Toronto, is spending the month with Miss Vera Masters. Wedding bells are ringing locally. Miss D. Cook of Brooklin spent the week end with her cousin Miss Doris Cook. Mr. Barton, the new C.P.R. station agent, is getting settled and with his wife and family, are being welcomed to the community. The local ball team suffered a dé- feat when they played the Whitby team on Friday night. Cheer up boys the season is just starting and with more practice better results are look- ed for in the future. The day is fast passing when High School teachers will be able to com- plain about the inefficient training given to the students they receive trom the Public School. Starting at the Primary Room (Grade I) there is a distinct move to arouse the thinking capacity of the little folk. At small movable desks they sit and work out little problems with letters, reeds, blocks, pictures, plasticene, ete. One little fellow had produced a very creditable boat afloat on a sea of green, with clouds and stars in his sky, Another was match- ing titles to pictures. A third is pick- ing out words from a mass of letters, while the tiny folk are setting their alphabets in order. All around the room you see pictures and models of objects that naturally interest chil- dren--dolls, kittens, dogs, robins, houses, flowers. They are gaily coloured, and the fun of it is that the children have the pleasure of doing the colouring. As you go from room to room in our Public School this same idea pre- vails, Each pupil is expected to see things as they are, and to relate them to life as they find it. The notebooks and drawings are quite remarkable, Of course, they are not always neat. Life is a bit hurried, and quite fre- quently parents do not realize the value of good materials for home pro- jects. But the thinking power is be- ing developed and words and pictures that -used to -he passed by unnoticed are now being gathered eagerly and related to some subject, It is a regular gold mine of colour and interest to look through a community scrap book, to which the whole class has contri- buted. Naturally as you pass from Grade to Grade, one sees the progress that is being made. The rough drawings and the irregular letter give place to work of which most adults might well be proud, Geography and history are now stories of adventure. LaSalle and Champlain are the heroes and eagerly the journeyings of these great men are followed, as the vastness of the northern continent is opened to eyes of wonder. The villians of history are put in their proper setting, and the eternal struggle for food and supremacy is shown. Rote learning is disappearing. In its place has come the foundation of all good education--association of ideas. Maps, diagrams, drawings, lettering --all these are being given a new significance. They are not so many arbitrary assignments, but become the pupil'c understanding of certain state- ments made to him--his expression of the ideas. Not only is the memory stored with related knowledge, and the mind stir- red to consider cause and effect; but the hand is trained to produce real articles, As in the mental field, so in this mechanical area there is noted a gradual growing skill of expression. Birdhouses, doll furniture, and a hun- dred different objects make real the lessons that are being taught. One naive piece of realism gives an idea of how the child mind works. The assignment was a doll's room furnish- ed. The whole scheme of furniture was excellently done; but when the room was brought to school the roof was on, and of course it had to be re- moved so that curious minded people could see the beauty of the workman- ship. Many parents were openly envious of their children in this excellent pro- gram that should make learning an adventure and a real pleasure. Of course, there still remains the tedious foundation work of addition, substraction, grammatical construc- tion, dates, and names---all these have to be learned correctly. It would still be a sad blunder to state that Henry the Eighth signed the Magna Charta, or that Berlin is the capital of Eng- SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher. The Public School Observes Empire Day Friends of the Port Perry School gather to see the work that is being done by the pupils. ho land, much as the latter statement might please Hitler, Crowning all this work is the sing- ing. Even the juniors are being taught the rudiments of music. Miss F, Mec- Millan goes from room to room, im- parting such knowledge as it best suited to the unfolding mind, and in- spiring each pupil with a real enjoy- meat of song. And here, too, one hears the progress made in clearer and more harmonious expression of more difficult musical selections. Musical Programme O Canada. Grades II and III -- Your Task, Happy Faces, Apple Blossom Time, Evening Hymn, Lullaby by Girls, The First Day of Spring, A Writing Song. Grade IV and V--Dear Harp of My Country, The Cuckoo Bird, Robin Hood, Slumber Song, Blue Bells of Scotland, Sailor Song, Now the Day is Closing (two part.) Grade VI--AIl the Birds Will Come Again, We're All Noddin; Cradle Song (Two Part), The Cavalier, Flow Gently Sweet Afton (Two Part), All Thro the Night. Grade VII and VIII--The Redper (Two Part), Morning Hymn, Old Folks at Home (Two Part), Unto the Hills (Three Part), A Song (Two Part), All Thro' the Night, Now the Day is Over (Three Part.) Mr. Cornish and his staff are to be complimented for the work they are doing; and the pupils are to be con- gratulated upon the improved oppor- tunity for broader education. ------------e-------- LATE JOHN WESLEY REAL (Uxbridge Journal) It was a terrible shock to the com- munity to learn of the sudden pass- ing of John Wesley Real, a highly re- spected resident of .Uxbridge, in his 53rd year. On Sunday morning, May 15th, about 8 o'clock he took a stroke and without regaining consciousness passed away about 10.46 a.m. While Mr. Real had not been in the best of health for some time, he was around town attending his business on Sat- urday as usual. Divine Service was held at his late residence on Tuesday, May 17th, 1938, at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. E. S. Bishop. Interment took place at Greenbank cemetery. A large num- ber of relatives and friends gathered to pay their last respects to their de- parted friend. The late John Wesley Real was born at Greenbank, in 1886, a son of Etta Lee and the late George Real, of ireenbank, and for some years farm- ed at Greenbank. About fifteen years ago he purchased the Uxbridge Roller Flour Mills which he carried on until his demise. In 1916 he married Miss Cora Beatrice Gibb, who with two adopted daughters, Mary and Bessie, and his mother, Mrs. George Real, of Ux- bridge, and three sisters, Mrs. Fred Dure, Mrs. Leslie Beare, of Uxbridge, and Mrs. Edgar Leask, of Greenbank, are left to mourn his passing. He took a great interest in the work of the United Church as well as the Business Men's Bible Class, and was an active member of Uxbridge Band as well as a member of Zere- datha Lodge No. 220, A.F. & A. M,, in all of which activities he will be much missed. The sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved family in. their sorrow. IMPORTANT MEETING Port Perry Business Men's Associa- tion will hold a meeting in the base- ment of the Public Library on Thurs- day evening; May 26th, at 8 pm. A full attendance of all business men is requested at this meeting as the by- laws will be presented for adoption. A. M. Lawrence, * G. F. Manning, President, Sec.-Treas. Ty RE re Tl 2X ~ Tn or eras 3 TP Fries . ERA ALY