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b] oe USHAWA VAILY IMLS, 1HURSDAY; DECEMBER 20, 1928 WH ITBY Representative--JAMES HOLDEN Phone, House '15--Office 484 Santa Claus, in Bright Red Coat Attends Merry Festival a --_--S_, * 'Annual Christmas Tree of Baptist Sunday School Proves a Pleasant Event-- Presentations to Dr. J. F. Reynolds, Superintendent and Robert Nichols, Pian- ist Fine Program for the Children (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Dec, 20.--The annual Christmas tree festival of the Bap- tist Sunday school, held in the church auditorium last night, prov- ed a very pleasant event, and was attended by a large number of scholars, parents and friends. The auditorium was prettily decorated with things suggestive of Yuletide, 'while the crowning attraction was a stately cedar tree, sparkling with tinsel and bells. At the base of the tree a large number of parcels were arranged, representing gifts to the children and members of the school, 2 Rev, T. F. Best acted as chairman and paid high tribute to Dr. J. F, Reynolds, the superintendent of the school, and his faithful staff or teachers, He pointed out that tne school had been very active during the year and had meant much to the church, Varied Program ~ The program {included recita- tions, dialogues, and choruses, and much real talent was displayed, the performers being heartily applaud- pd. A short play, "Scrooge's Christmas," was presented with Mr. flid interpretation to the leading role of Serooge. Jacob Marley and the three spirits were also on hana 'and the audience was given a glimpse of Scrooge's past, present and probable future through the medium of the ghosts. The old miser awoke on Christmas morn to find himself a changed man and the last scene takes place in the home of his clerk, Bob Cratchit, when Scrooge arrives with presents for them all. . The costumes were g0oq and conformed closely to those worn in the Victorian period. Presentations Dr. Reynolds was taken by sur- prise when, after presenting pris to boys and girls for good attend- Leonard Rich giving a splen- |! at Whitby ance during the year, he was pre- sented with a handsome tray by Rev. Mr. Best, on. behalf of the Sunday School. Mr, Robert Nichols, the school pianist, was also pre- sented with a pen by the Sunday school. With the arrival of old Santa Claus, a thrill of delight ran through the smaller children as they beheld the jolly favorite prancing about in his bright red coat, trimmed with white. Santa reeeived a warm welcome and took an active part in the distribution of candies and presents. The even- ing was concluded with the singing of the National Anthem, STUPENTS OF THE LAPIS' GOT ERE ENJOY BANUET Pleasing Christmas Program Enjoyed on the Eve of the School Closing (By Staff Reporter) ' Whitby, Dec, 20.--The eve of |closing for the Christmas vacation was marked at the Ontario Ladies' College, last night, by a merry event, when the students and mem- bers of the staff assembled in the spacious concert hall for an inform- al Christmas concert. A tall cedar e had been erected by the stage d was resplendent with gay dec- orations, while close at hand were piled numerous presents in neat Wrappers. y Nice Program Many contributed by recitations, short songs or ditties to an inter- esting program, Mr, Atkinson, music professor of Toronto, was present and led in the singing ot Christmas carois, while Mr. Harvey Downey, also of Toronto, sang sev- eral fine solos, Nor was Santa Claus absent, for this genial role was played to perfection by Dr. C FP. McGillivray, president of iow board of directors, who extended Christmas greeting to all and with the assistance of three teachers dis- tributed the presénts, there being a gift for everyone. Banquet Upon conclusion of the concert, a delicious banquet was served in the dining room in surroundings which were suggestive of the Yule- tide season with decorations of holly, mistletoe and cedar. The College closed for the vaca- tion this morning and the mmajor- ity of pupils left for their homes in '| various cities of the province ahd Dominion. The school will re-open for the new term on Tuesday, Jan. MAYOR BATEMAN 15 ACTING HOST, WHITBY TONIGHT Believed That Candidates for Council May Disclose Them- selves at Banquet (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Dec. 20.--The members of the town council, civic officials, representatives of the press and others are being entertained by Mayor Bateman and Mrs, Bateman at their home, this evening. Judg- ing from reports of last year's ban- quet, this should prove a delightful event as the mayor and his wife are famed as hosts. His Worship has definitely announced that he will not seek another term in office and his departure frome civic af- fairs i8 looked upon by all as a distinct loss to the community. The reeve, deputy reeve and councillors will probably declare themselves at tonight's banquet. POST, DRAY, AUTO HELP TO CREATE TRAFFIC TANGLE (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Dec. 20.--A short tie-up of trafic occurred on Dundas St, yesterday afternoon, when a large dray collided against a telephone post as the driver altempted to turn into' a Jane between E, R Blow's ticket office and the post office, A motor car ran into the rear of the dray, and a few minutes was required - before the tangle could be straightened out. For- tunately there was no damage of any account to either post, dray or motor car, SALARIES , INCREASED (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Dec. 20,--The salary of the librarian for the Whitby publie library was increased from $400 to $500 at the regular meeting of the library board held in the lib- rary hall, last night. The care- taker's salary was also increased from $21 a month to $25 a month. The changes in salary to become ef- fective from January 1, 1929, Accounts for the: month were 'CHRISTMAS Gi [ts moderately priced gifts are to be found in abundance in Felt Dros. Upstairs GIFT ROOM Entrance through Main Store passed and the meeting was ag- journed pefore ten o'clock, Those present included A. M. Ross, chair- man; Albert W, Jackson, secretary; Mrs, Desmond, J. Mitchell, C. Bar- ton and A, Thompson, COLLIE FAILS TO THREAD TRAFFIC (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Dee. 20.--~A young col- lie dog, inexperienced with the dan- gers of traffic, was etruck and kiil- ed by a car as it attempted to cross the highway near the corner of Dundas and Centre streets, A number of dogs have met a similar fate at this same point, ANCIENT LEGEND BROUGHT TO LIGHT BY FIND IN GROTTO Geneva, Dec. 20--The authorities at St. Moritz have. failed to find a solution to the strange Alpine mys- tery of skeletons of thirteen men, with some ancient firearms, found in an Alpine grotto before an impro- vised fireplace. Neither the time of the deaths nor the nationalities could be estab- lished ,as no documents or other clues were discovered. However, ac- cording to the archi ives at St. Moritz, a band of gypsies driven off by the Swiss in 1850 took refuge in the mountains and' starved to death. P- |WILL USE SISTER SHIP TO VESTRIS IN TEST Dec. Washington, 20,--An at- tempt to solve the puzzle as to just what caused the Vestris disaster last month will be made in New York Harbor early in January, when the s eamship. Vauban, a sis- ter ship to the Vestris, returns from her regular South America voyage, The Lamport & Holt Steamship Line, which owns the vessel, has agreed to allow the Vauban to be ilted over on one side while D. N. Hoover, Inspector-General of the Steamship Inspection Service, aud his assistants study her behavior. The Vestris sank off the Vir- ginia Capes after springing leaks and listing. Such inc ining tests have been made before by toe Steamship Inspection Service, and consti ute a regular portion of the testing out of new steamships prior to putting them in service, PROHIBITION ENF 'ORCEMENT Winnipeg Tribune (Ind. Cons i Once again the United States is appealing to Canada for some co- operation in the enforcement of her prohibition law, It is high time Canada faced this question honestly and came to a clear deci- sion one way or the other. So far Canada has evaded it, making a show of co-operation which candor compels us to admit 18 nothing more than a pretense, CHRISTMAS FAIR AT PORT PERRY WELL ATTENDED Poultry Display Largest Ever Shown and Horse Show a Success The Port Perry Annual Christ. mas Fair was held on Wednesday and brought out a large number of people from the surrounding coun- try. The display of poultry was the largest and best ever shown at this Fair, there being about eight tons altogether, and all was of the very best. There were not many entries in the horse show but the horses shown were fine specimens. The exhibits of eggs and butter were large and the judges had a busy time deciding the prize win- ners, The prize winners were as fol- lows: Horses Single driver roadster, farmers only--1, Geo, Cochrane, Burketon; 2, Frank Brown, Uxbridge; 3, Wm Hil, Single driver, open--1, Geo Cochrane; 2, Dave McMillan, Port Perry; 3, Frank Brown, Uxbridge. Agricultural team in harness, farmers only--1, Herman Kery, Ux- bridge; 2, Stanley Baker, Saint- field, Poultry Turkey, male, old--Robt on, Scugog, Turkey, male, 1928---Robt. Jack. son, Scugog. Turkey, female--Robt Jackson, Scugog. Pair Geese--Mrs. Norman Tay- lor, Blackstock; Mrs, Frank Croz- fer, Blackstock; Mrs, Howard Bail- ey, Blackstock, Geese disp'ay, 2 Jackson, Scugog, Pair Ducks- -Robt Jackson Scugog; Mrs. J, Aldred, Scugog. Duck display--Robt, Jackson, Scugog; Mrs. H. Bailey, Bla. stock; Mrs J, Aldred, Scugog, Pair Chickens-- Robt. Jackson. Scuprog; Frank Mitchell, Port Perry, Chicken dizp'ay--Frank chell, Port Perry; Robt, Scugog. Jack- pairs--Robt. Mit Jackson Egos Dozen Brown Eg s, farmers only --Mrs, F, Crozier, Blackstoo "k; Mrs N. Taylor, Blar' ock; Mrs, G. Neg- hitt, Blackstock. : Dozen White Eggs, farmers Robt Jackson, Blac kstock; ®, Crozier, Blaclistock : Mrs. a Taylor, Blackstock, 10 pounds Butter-- Mrs E. 2)n' lin, Port Perry; Mrs, G Neghitt, B'ackstock; Lawson Honey, Sea- crave; Robt. Jackeon, Blackstork. Larges* quantity of Fow'--Mrs, Ro™t. Jackson. The first prize turkey nineteen pounds. 0n'y Mrs, Nor weighed [eannit Eye Care and Eye Strain The Relation of Defective Eyes to Health Part 5 By C. H. Tuck, Opt. D. Copyright 1928, How often do we take stock of our mental and physical resources? Per- haps we balance our books in our daily business once a month because we know that if we allow a few months to go by much mental and physical energy is lost in the attempt to catch up. Do we take care of our selves physically and mentally with the same degree of consideration, if we did £0, much inconyenience would be removed from our life, When we take stock let us consider certain symptoms as those pointing to some type of disorder of the ner- vous system that may be remedied through the eyes. A general run down condition, "lmck of tone" and strain in the use of the eyes is more noticed than when we are enjoying perfect health, (To be continued next week) HIGH *CHOOT ROY CONFESSES 81 AYING His or, Kiss New York, Dec. 20 -- Vincent Rice. a high school boy of 17, taught from ch'ldhood that to eo pevond ordinary friendchip in his relations with ~ir's would he an ab. horent act, pleaded guilty Monday to second de-ree mnrder. He eon- fessed that he had. killed Alice Joost his 15 year-old sweetheart, heranse she threw her arms around him as they sat alone in her honee kiesed him, and urged him to *'be a snort," Pire bad hern dnbhed the "kiss kil'er'" by N~= York head"ne writ- ers. He wi'l he sentenced Thursday, A sentence of from 20 ve~rs to life mvet be immo ad on him and he be paroled before he has saryed 20 ve-rs in prion, P're and h's nrotty sweetheart had onarrellnd. FrisnAa nersnaded thom tn "mae it nn." He went to Ali~n'g hnma nn Staten Jelanqd zix in tha parnine, v frw the Agy, nav. ing the nienn and ginmins, At 40k, Pire sn'd. Al're hora-- a gardant, The amtraned hia he eafd pnd, stard- ing in the donrwav hotween the liv. tn» prom pnd. a Felroom sig: "Ch, enra on; be a snort." Strangles Because Wanted --pphg pon, pene Yau prnthnap roan aw They gr~nt p'l @~v to~é'hor, Ri~e 214 he harame anerv the ~'r1. and ""mnonrked her a2inst a ">>*2in~ table nnron- store, Wr' hiannd, he cpi4, he tank t*@ eord from an electric iron, "trial | stranclea her with it, placed her Sweetheart The Lovable Fragrance 0 avender Captured for you and im- prisoned in a host ot lovely toile.ries by Yardley's, For a century and a half dis- criminating people have used Yardley"s products of which your Rexall Store has a complete line from which to choose for your gift list. Yardley's products ar2 avail- able in sets of many at- tractive combinations com- prising Bath Salts, Face Powder, Lavender Water, Talcum, Shaving Bowl. : From $1.50 to $10 From Jury & Lovell's THE REXALL STORES King E. Simcoe 8. Phone 28 Phone 68 body on a couch, kissed her, cov- ered her with sofa pillows, went to a "movie" and then, going to his home, went to bed and slept sound- ly. Detectives roused him in the night to arrest him, UNCANNY CAL Vancouver Province (Ind. Cons.) Either it is Mr. Coolidge's mis- fortune to turn a sour face to the world, or else it iz his fault that pe wilfully hides his more generous se'f, He is going out of office, a1 ter five years as President, and he came to that office by accident, and if he has filled it without any great distinetion, or appeal to the imag- ination of the world, he has at least been known as a friend of peae. . . . And yet he is leaving office in the atmosphere of interna- {ional uneasiness, a large part of which is the creation of his own provocative utterances. THE OLD NATIONAL POLICY Ottawa Journal (Coms.) No program will help our farm- ers much if their ideal continues to be free trade or low tariff. which wou'd check industrial development 'n Canada and limit the number of their rustomers in their own coun- try. No program will help this country much which merely puts more peorle upon farms, and as a ' ronsequence reduces the selling nrice of farm products. The pro- ram which ean help this country is the o'd National Policy to pro- mote industry, which means a big- ger working world, a bigger popu- 'ation attracted by that, and more customers thereby for our farmers. hd A sad a Ca Le A FoR BIG BANKRUPT SALE EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD. NO RESERVE ALL ;00DS HAVE BEEN CUT AGAIN TO OUTSTANDING LOW BANKRUPT PRICES GALOSHES! GALOSHES! Low heel, high and Cuban heel. Black only. Various Styles. Bankrupt Sale Price 9gc COATS That sold high as £35, going low as Men's Silk Fancy Scarfs $1.98 Ra Ll a LL Men's Suits SPECIAL In brown, grey, blue and blue striped. Bank- FETE Men's Pyjamas All wool flannel, fine patterns. $1.49 100 Pairs Kiddies Boots Oxfords and Straps in Pit-a-Pat, Hurlbut, etc. Reg. $2.00 to $3.25. $1.29 to $1.49 FREE! Saturday Morning 8.30 a.m. To the first hundred boys and girls SANTA CLAUS XMAS STOCKING WILL BE GIVEN AWAY Ties! Women's Hosiery Reg. $1.50 at... 58¢ Reg. $2.00 at ... 98¢c A RA, Ties! in fancy boxes, latest - patterns.