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| AT PRESENT TIME bi WwW Ad & * : \; . ti 15. FAIRLY. BRISK "Permits Jssued So Far This ; Year In Excess of $60,000 (By Staff Reporter) 'Whitby, Aug. 21.--The building permits for the town of Whitby for the present year amount to over. $60,000. Although this is con- siderably lower than last year it is considered to be very fair owing to the trade depression that exists at the present time. » ~Threadgold Brothers; have start- ed work on the new garage and auto show rooms which they are erecting on the corner of Ash and Dundas' streets and have com- pleted work on the foundation. This property of recent years has been used as a dumping ground and the erection of the garage and the levelling of the grounds about the place will make a decided im- provement to this section of the town, It is expected that tenders for the addition to the new regisiry "office will be called for shortly. The new addition will cost in the neighborhood of $20,000 to $25,000 and the plans which were drawn by the town engineer, H. Pringle, have been approved of by the government architect and the inspector of government buildings. The wrecking of the buildings on the property to the north of the town park is well under way and it is planned by the owner of the property, Mr, R. J. Underwood, to erect several handsome dwellings on this site. Work on one of the houses is expected to start im- mediately while the oth¥rs will either be built this fall or next Spring. Whitby seems to be holding its own, as there are no epmty houses in the town, building prospects look bright and prospects for fall business are good. BRIDGE CONTRACT |. HAS BEEN LET . Randolph MacDonald Co. to Do Work for $1,699.36 i (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Aug. 21%--At a special meeting of the town council held recently the contract for the con- struction of the cement abutments for the new Watson street bridge was given to the Randolph Mac- Donald Co., of Port Whithy. The price of the contract amounted to $1,699.36 and work has to be com- pleted this fall. The Randolph MacDonald Co, own part of Whit- JAMES '| by harbor in order to accommodate and' a number of tugs, scows dredging equipment and were awarded the government contract for the repairing of the break- water at the harbor, which work is being done at the present time. When the cement abutments have been built, the steel bridge which the council purchased from the department of highways, re- cently, will be put in place and will replace the old wooden struc- ture which was washed away dur- ing the floods this Spring. LACK OF PLAGE FOR CONGERTS 19 CITED BY BAND (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Aug. 21.--It has been pointed out by members of the Whitby Citizens' Band, that no open air concerts have been given this season due to the fact that there' is no suitable place in which they can be rendered. During for- mer seasons it has been the custom of the band to use the dance flour owned by Russel Bailey at the town park for giving concerts, but this geason they had been informed by the owner that dances were in pro- gress every night of the week and for this reason the floor could not be used. It is felt by the members and executive of the band that a per- manent band stand is needed and have expressed themselves as will- ing to bear part of the expenses of building such a stand. In most towns the size of Whitby and smal- ler it is a fact that band stanus have been erected at the expense of the community and at no cost to the band, so that the offer of the band is very generous. The local band is for the most part a self-sustaining organization and re- ceive a grant from the council which covers the bandmaster"s sal- ary. During the last few years the band has bought and paid for new uniforms, besides renewing some of the equipment and adding to the library of music. The local band should be com- mended for their aggressiveness, and should be given every encour- agement. A good band in a town cannot be denied to be a decided asset and ®xcellent advertising to the community. A band stand in the town park or some other suit- able place it is believed would not cost much, and with the generous offer of the band, should be given Sarnest consideration by the_coun- cil. EXPECT EXAMINATION RESULTS TOMORROW Whitby, Aug. 21.--It is expected that the results of the middle school examination of the local high school will be available for printing in these columns tomor- row, The results of the examina- tion have been long and patiently awaited by the many candidates and many enquiries have been re- and news will be received at the Whitby Office, Dundas Street, next the post office. --Telephone 434. . REPRESENTATIVE -- Hoi WEED INSPECTOR "ENFORCING ACT Great Improvement is Noted Since Campaign - Started (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Aug, 21.--The weed in- spector, Mr, Herbert Webster, has been busy for the past several weeks in an effort to enforce the Weed Control Act. A number of warnings have been given to prop- erty owners on whose grounds large quantities of weeds have been wont to flourish and in sev- eral cases where the warnings have been disregarded, men have been sent, at the expense of the property owners, to cut the weeds. Since the campaign han been launched, the inspector has noted a geat improvement in the town with great numbers of weeds being abolished, and it is felt that with further co-operation on t\s part of property owners that further improvements are possible. Very few people know that the cutting of weeds is compulsory and thac penalties are provided under the act. Whitby has long been noted as a beautiful town with its many fine homes, wide streets, beauti- ful trees and many beauty spots and the weed inspector is to be commended for his efforts in re- moving ugly patches of weeds which not only provide an eye sore but a menace to the commun- ity. GIRLS PLAY THE CHEVS ON FRIDAY Keenly Contested Softball Game is Antici- pated (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Aug. 21.--The girls' | softball team hava been practicing faithfully in preparation for the game with the Chevs scheduled for Friday night. The two teams have long béen keen rivals and the con- test Friday night promises to be one of the best of the season. It is understood that the Chevs are coming over accompanied by Jarge crowds of rooters who are confident of their favorites win- ning. The local girls although they Rave suffered several defeats of late are far from downhearted and may. give the league leader: a surprise, The Rovers are capable of playing good ball and every supporter should be on hand at the game to cheer the girls on to victory and give them every en- couragement. ceived by the press. With the printing of the results tomorrow the scholars 'will learn the results and the long spell of anxiety will be over, Community Sale NEWS Just a few of the large specials that have been added to our list of advertised Bargains For Thursday - Friday - Saturday FUJA SILKE That popular fast color fabric. About 15 shades in this range. Com- munity Sale price, yard ..... 43c BATH TOWELS Of heavy weight Terry. Toweling an extra large size towel, with novelty stripe border. Regular 98¢ each. Community Sale Price ....... ity Sale Price SILK SLIPS Of a good quality silknit material, sha- dow proof hem, attractive shades. Re- gular value $1.49. Commun- $1.19 19¢ wide. 100 PAIRS ONLY Ist quality flannelette blankets white and grey with pink or blue border, full ' 12-4 size 74x86 inches Com- munity Sale Price, pair .... PILLOW CASES Made of Honocksis fine English cot- ton, 3 rows of hemstitching 42 inches Regular $1.39. Pair oe sleet vivid aie 89c- CHILDREN'S $1.98 A splendid quality black sateen, strong elastic at knee and waist band, Sizes 6 to 16 years. sale price 35¢ or 3 pair for . . SATEEN BLOOMERS Community $1.00 W. A. DEWLAND LTD. | tracted a great deal of comments. ; L Music Entertainment, Fun and Frolic Thoroughly En- joyed by Crowd Estimated at About 3,000 People -- Clever Vaudeille and Nov- elty Acts Features of The Program -- Booths Were Splendidly Patronized by The Large Crowd of Vis- itors. (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, Aug. 21.--Al roads lead to the Fair Grounds last evening, and they were all well trampled. Starting out with a big parade the crowds simply poured into the Fair Grounds for the big- gest carnival in the history of Bow- manville. Over three thousand people, it is estimated, made tne journey to the grounds where this big event was staged. At eight o'clock a large parade was staged down King street to the grounds. The parade lined up in front of the fire hall' and marched down Temperance to King and along King to the fair grounds. Headed by the Dixie entertainers and two clowns the parade got off to a good start. Then followed the 48th Highlanders band of Toronto, and to the air of "Colonel Bogey," and other marching tunes, the parade made a most happy appearance. Following the band were the coun- cillors, and then came the members of the Bowmanville Fire Depart- ment, decked out in their snappy uniforms. To set this off to a gooa advantage they were followed by the fire truck. Cars filled in be- hind these. It was a most enjoy- able parade for everyone. Music Was Good Arriving at the fair grounds the 48th Highlanders band gave a most appropriate concert on a stand built especially for the pur- pose. Hundreds gathered around to listen to this wonderful musical organization which provided such music that has rarely been heard around Bowmanville for many years. The band was kept busy from the time they entered the grounds until the carnival was over. Clever Entertainers : Between the numbers played by the band the kiddies were enjoying themselves immensely. On the big grand stand the Dixie entertainers with the aid of two other clowns were trying to put on a little act. Just when they would get started, the kiddies would crowd over the stand and the comedians had to chase them off. The youngsters made great sport of it. Several were caught and placed over a chair for a whipping, which addea more to the merriment of the younger generation. The features of the whole carnival were the vaudeville acts that were put on free on the main stand. Presenting halt a dozen acts the likes of which have never been seen in Bowmanville for a long time, the Rotary club made a lasting im- pression in the minds of local péo- ple that when they start out to do something they do it up real. The first act was put on by the Doll sisters and was a snappy sing- ing and dancing review. Their snappiest act was 'Lets do the Breakaway." Between dances, Pimples, a clown, entertained the audience with many amusing an- tics. . Slack Wire Artist Following this was George Grant, known as the Scot on the Wire. Grant is a slack wire ar- tist and an accomplished one at that. His first stunt was to take off a suit of clothes, while stand- ing on one foot on the wire. This was followed by a rolling episode. Grant laid 'on the wire and rolled right around it and back up on top again. Club swinging, while bal- ancing on one foot, and several other novelty numbers followed this. He closed with several clever tricks using about a dozen empty cigar boxes. Jan and Tesina, two noted toe dancers were the next on the pro- gram. They amazed the crowd by their nimbleness and quickness of foot. Their feature act was an ex- hibition of postis dancing which at- Educated Pony Prince Leo, the educated pony, with the human brain was next. This pony was educated to the first degree, being able to add, subtract and multiply, He also had a keen eyesight as he was able to tell cot ors. Given the date of any per. son's birth he was also quite able to tell the age of that person. He played sick pony. dead pony. sat up and was able to pick bandages Thousands Now Eat (EF Basasy A Delightful Brpakfest Fopd ht his hind legs. News, advertising and subscriptions will be received at the REPRESENTATIVE--RICHARD COWAN Rotary Club Carnival Last Night Drew Huge Crowd and Was Unqualified Success In all, he was indeed an educated pony. This act was followed by Dorv- thy's circus, which included five dogs, two ponies, and two monkeys, What those animals couldn't do! Trick after trick was executed with the best of obedience to their mas- ter who has evidently spent many hours training her pets. The fea- ture part of this act was the riding episode. The dogs were quite able to ride on the pony"s back, one at a time, then two at a time. 'The monkeys did a similar act and then both the monkeys and the dogs went for a ride together. The vaudeville acts closed with a most wonderful exhibition of clown tumbling put on by the Ajax brothers. These two comedy acro- bats kept the crowd in the highest pitch of merriment for over a quar- ter of an hour. Both the brothers were accomplished- tumblers and their falling, although purposely, looked entirely unintentional. The vaudeville acts were moss enjoyable and local people will be glad to get another opportunity to see such high class acts, The Dixie entertainers did their part in helping along with the entertain- ment. They put on many original acts. These two black knights wre two well known local fellows, Fred Kane and Jack O'Hara. Booths Kept Busy While many people were enjoy- ing themselves listening to the band concert and watching the vaudeville acts, the rest of those who had made the trip down to the carnival were making 'whoopee' along the midway. Wheels of For- tune, horse races and several others provided much merriment. The booth that proved to be the hit of the evening was run by George James and his associates. It gave all the local ball players a chance to show their wares as a pitcher. Many of them found that they were not so good, while others found out they were not so bad. The idea of this booth was to knock the hat off the head of a coon who paced back and forth behind a wire screen with the top of his enlarged top hat reaching above the netting. This booth proved a great success. Among the booths it was possible for one to win if one had any luck at all, blankets, motor rugs, sweat- ers, irons, toasters and heaters, large hams and many other useful articles. It was well past the mid- night hour before these booths even had a chance to think of clos- ing up. It was certainly an enjoyable evening for all concerned. Those who were operating the booths en- joyed the fun as much as those who made the rounds of the different ones. If while talking to any local persons today you notice that he {s quite hoarse, it will be because he had been barking in one of these booths the most of last night. SOCCER TEAM T0 PLAY TONIGHT Meet Solina in. Final For Darlington Football Trophy (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, Aug. 21.--Foot- ball enthusiasts throughout the town are expecting some real old time soccer tonight when the fin- als of the Darlington Football Lea- gue will be played at Solina. The teams that will take part in tnis battle royal are Bowmanville and Enniskillen, and each clubs' sup- porters are confident that their home club will win. There will be a bus leave Bowmanville at 6.15 for the game and a good crowd fis expected to go from this town. The line up for Bowmanville will as far as is now known be as follows: Goal, Fred Hockett; backs, Lloyd Davies and Arnold Lobb; halfbacks Benny King, Tom Wilson and Ar- chie Muir; forwards, Scott, Gil- christ, Bill Graham, Bill Simpson, Art Hockett and Scotty Allen. The League Trophy was won by Solina last year but this team failed to reach the finals this season. BEGAME DRUNK ON RUBBING ALCOHOL Man Fined $10.00 and Costs For Intoxication (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, Aug. 21.--Frank Burlie appeared before Magistrate Ward in police court yesterday on a charge of vagrancy to which he pleaded not guilty. After the evi- dence was brought out the charge was amended to being drunk and Burlie pleaded guilty, He was fin- ed ten dollars and costs, Evidence was given by Constable Blackwell who stated 'that on Monday night a truck driver came into the office and reported that a man had been riding in the back of a truck he was towing. At Curve Inn he told the man to get out. The accused was the man and he would not get out ' but stated that he wanted some water to mix with some rub- bing alcohol he had. At Bowman- ville the driver reported the man and when approached on the street he was staggering and muttering to himself. When placed in the cell he began to uss violent lang- uage. The accused stated that he was not drunk, but that he had had a bottle of wine in Port Hope. The bottle of alcohol was more than half empty and the fact that he had asked the truck driver for water to mix with it bore mute testimony that he must have con- sumed some. (HAS. CARRUTHERS WAS WINNER OF THE RADIO SET BOWMANVILLE MAN HAD THE LUCKY NUMBER Tickets Were Drawn at The Rotary Club Carnival Last Night (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, Aug. 21.--Charles Carruthers, of Bowmanville, + won the DeForrest-Crosley radio, which was given away last evening at the Rotary Carnival. Mr. Carruthers' ticket No. was 1281. The second prize, a complete set of Goodyear balloon tires, was won by Jack Doncaster, also of Bowmanville. His ticket No. was 1967. George Lane, of R.R. No. 4, Bowmanville, won the third prize, with ticket No. 2377. The prize was a com- plete set of radiant electrical household equipment. Making The Draw The draw was made last night about 11 p.m. when all the stubs of the tickets sold were placed in a big churn. Vice-President E. Rehder, in the absence of the Presi- dent, D. Morrison, turned the churn, and he made a fine job of it. The first ticket was picked out of the churn by Fred Bowen, M.P., for the Bowmanville district. Ro- tarian Bob Aitchinson who did the announcing, broadcast the result ot the draw. As the name of each person was on the stub of the tick- et, it was an easy matter to an- nounce the winner by name. On behalf of the Bowmanville Rotary Club, Rotarian E. Rehder made the presentetion, wishing Mr. Carru- thers many happy evenings with his prize. The Other Prizes The ticket for second prize was picked out by W. J. Bragg, M.P.P., for the Bowmanville constituency. The presentation this time was made by ex-Mayor T. Holgate. In| making the presentation, Mr. Hol- gate stated that 1f Mr. Doncastle hadn't any use for the tires he Nou gladly purchase them from m. The third draw was made by Mayor Milton Elliott, the presenta- tion being made by R. Aitchinson, who in closing thanked everybody on the grounds for their hearty co- operation in making' the Rotary Carnival the biggest success ever. GOODYEAR BOYS DEFEAT MOTORS Won Good Softball Game by Score of 15 to 10 (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville Aug. 21.--The Goodyear boys are making a big try for the honors of the second series of the town softball league. They took the Motors' crew into camp and handed them a 15 to 1v setback. The Motors were trailing throughout the game. The rubber boys were handy with their bats. Osborne found this out much to his sorrow when he was knocked out of the box in the second frame, Murphy was outstanding on tna part of the game. His homer with three on helped to boost the Good- year boys considerably. The game was a close one with Goodyear breaking out into an early lead which was never overtaken al- though several times it looked as though the Motors were going to break out in front. Colwell hand- led the duties in the box nicely, pulling himself out of several nasty holes. Lunney, who relieved Os- borne for the Motors, in the secona frame, pitched steady ball. The linefups were: Goodyear--Colwell, p; Oliver, ¢; Moorcraft, 1b; Colwell, 2b; Jackman, 3b; Roach, ss; Murphy, If; McKnight, rf; Blackburn, ci. Motors--Lunney and Osborne, p; Hooper, c¢; Witheridge, 1b; Stark, 2b; Roegnik, 3b; Charts rand, ss; Martin, If; Lunney and Osborne, rf; Merrcept, cf. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, Aug. 21.--Dr. and Mrs. Slemon have returned from two weeks' holiday at Greenwood Lodge, Lake Simcoe, where with the family and Miss Betty Morris, have reported a fine holiday. Har- old Slemon is still at the Taylor Statten Camp at Algonquin Park. Dr. G. C. Bonnycastle and Mrs. Bonnycastle, who have spent the last two weeks at Limberlost Lodge, Muskoka, 'together with their daughter, Dorothy, have returned to town. Dr, J. C. Devitt is spending © | | ' by €C. TU t (Copyright 1928). 2 The Relation of Defective Eyes to Health Part 87 As a check up against the dap- gers of the self-fitting and other methods of the mail order ana overnight peddlar of glasses, per- jodic examinations are of value be- cause there will always exist those who expect everything to at some time be thrown on the bargain counter. The power of the eye changes constantly from formative periods of childhood to more mature. life, on this account some conditions of error change for the better or get worse. Periodic examinations will check the change. It is better to have many exam- inations and find that you are in good condition than to be just s little too late, when soniething could have been dome if attention had been given earlier. The demand for changes is created through the changing con- ditions of the eyes, and this may be governed by the person's phy sical condition, living conditious, food, etc., and in many cases the one is dependent upon the other. (To Be Continued Next Week) LEGION AND BAND TO HOLD STREET FAIR (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Aug. 21.--It has been definitely decided by the members of the Whithy Citizens' Band and the Whitby Legion to hold a street fair again this fall, The fair last year wag hled in October and proved a very decided success. A meeting will be held shortly to elect the committees, decide on the date and start the arrangements for the affair. A JOB FOR SLEEP i Patient: I have always been heal- thy. I have followed my profession for thirty years and slept well, but the last few nights I have woken up and thought of burglars. Doctor: What is your profession? Patient: A night watchman.--Kas- per, Stockholm, few weeks at the Highland Inn, Algonquin Park, and is expected to return on Tuesday, Sept. 3rd. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Plunkett and daughters, Rose and Dorothy, together with Mr. Gibbons, of Tos- onto, spent Sunday with Mrs. Ales Taylor, Concession street. v | \ i the Family Circle~ Why "London Life" is a household name in Canada! Insurance Company "Canada's Industriel-Ordinsry Company" King St. E. Osh awa J.C. HORTON, WALTER FOY, District Representatives