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Hae ough]. Mero: me of Mr. Angus McGregor, t having moved from town. Bet your sup; r in the basement of he Methodist Church on' Fair Day, Friday September 13th. pr Song service in the Baptist Church 'mest' Sunday evening, : Sermon in| + Shwe parts. Subject : The Thorn + Hiotge. All welcomed. 'Rev. R. Bamforth and Mrs. Bam- orth have returned from their holiday Toronto. Mr. Nicholas Ingram was in Tor "onto last week. Rev. Thos, Bates, of Guelph, has Fichased the brick house at the of the School formerly the prop- erty of Mr, A. English. Ms. 'Al 'Gilroy, manager of the 'Winnipeg brarich of the T. Eaton Co. Shas been visiting in fown and vicinity, "andl made a welcome call at the STAR office. The old building on Water Street used of late years by Henry Graham for a shoe shop is being torn down, it Teing in a state of collapse. Miss O. Waddell is' holding her ¥all Millinery Opening on Thursday - and Fhiday of this week--Port Perry a A Ales. Souch is in town, the guest of Mr. C. C. Kellett. "Mr. O. L. Thompson has taken a Position with the Standard Bank at Stouffville Beaty Asset Appearances sell 'Property quickly. _ "They add materially to valies. Even 'careless people like to live in a wel] kept meighborhood. The lesson of Cochrane Street is the lesson of the 'walue of appearances. That street is "beautifill and the homes on it are well kept. Property on that street - has - found a ready -sale. True there is the-extension of the watermain that is an inducement to buyers; but well dept lawns, pretty flowers, tasteful secoration, these all add to values souch more than 'they cost, beside giving pleasure to the persons wholive "Sa the home. Beauty is an asset within the reach of all who own their Homes, | Board of Eduostion A brief meeting of the Board of Edncation was held last Wednesday | wweming; but very little business was done. Nr. Geo. Stone was formally invest- wd with authority to act as principal * «of the High School until a perman- unt principal is secured. The Board of Management are 'using every effort to secure a contpet- | emt principdl and hope to be able to have the matter settled by the 1st of An the meantime, they have been Aortunate in being able to secure the wervices of Mr, Sinclair as science . mnasver for a- few weeks. This will + %mep the school upto the mark in this | department and the other departments "are properly supplied, ©" "I'he attendance in the first form is satusually large this year. due liner found more joyful friends' to welcome him from 'the deep. He thought they had mistaken him for Borden, Since about 'the first of May the "Gang" has béen expected but the watchman on the walls had seen' no cloud of dust on the horizon to indi- cate that someone was approaching | on horseback or otherwise; and the hundred. odd subscribers who had signed contracts for. Spring installa: tion," just when the "frost was out" you know, were making friend Wal- lace's life joyless 'and exciting. As his fund of excuses had about caught up with his imagination, the last few weeks had been spent in the cyclone cellar, while Linke was putting all his time on the high wires, preferring lightning and tempest to subscribers hot for immediate installation. Well, they are here now, and Fore- man Roach has been specially seleet- ed for the work, as he has the reputa- tion for putting things through. = The Bell cellar looks like a 'storage ware- house for a wire factory, about 100 miles in stock, and as much on: the way. It is worth a visit and will be shown gladly. The new directory is out with a good increase in names which shows that Manager Wallace has not heen idle, even if he had no gang. = The next directo.y will require a page or two more. The overloaded lines will receive attention, and in addition to new lines, many miles of the old ones will be rebuilt entirely. 'String out the wire boys, and let's see what you can do. This live jour- nal wants to talk all over the country and get the news. The phone is better than a post office, and the Star is better than a letter : send if tq absent friends. Town Council Council met on Tuesday, the third day of Ssptember. Present, Messrs. Gerow, Waddell, and CarmicHael. Minutes of the August regular and and special - meeting read and approved. Application of H. L. Ebbels for reduction of income tax, Walter Hill Estate, on account of death, read, but no action taken. Application of Dorman Corbman for a rebate "of license for picture show, onthe. ground that the show ran only two months, Applicatson laid on table, Mr. Chas: Parish appeared and claimed his income tax to be too high Claim laid on the table. A letter was received from the Mid- | land District Association. ve Hydro: | Mrs. Wells, of with her' sister © Mrs. Pertels spent a week i during the: exhibition. ~The: - electric 'gtorm 'evéning was one of the: : ever felt here, At the home of Mrs. Petter a' Miss Scott, of Toronto, 1a day assumed charge of th School, * She is at present b with Mrs. Jas, Platten. Mr, Urquhart, of Toronto, new teacher at Ma ple Grove, and will | 4 board at the Boni of Mr, John man. 'Miss Ford, of Port Perry, the teacher at the head Section was 'un- able to teach part of the week owing to illness. One of our old pastors, Rev. Whitlock recently celebrated 58th wedding day, Numbers ol friends at Port Perry and oth joined in sending a post-card bearing congratulations and wishes, Mr. and Mrs. Whitlock have by their saintly lives and estimable qualities won the esteem of a great people, who feel as one pd: | "I shall be very 'much poorer when they are gone. We join in sending congratulations. On Sunday morning Mr, Smaliman had charge of the service. at. Maple Grove in the absence of 'the' pastor Rev. Mr. Brown, .of Port Perry preached in the afternoon atthe Head | as and-in the evening Mr. C.. J. Pearce, of Port Perryled a bright and instruct ive service at the centre, taking as his subject, "The. Old Paths Wright Crozier's solo: "God is' Bot far Away" was very pleasing. ¥ We are pleased 'to léarn that we are to have our old Pastor Rev. W. 'Wickett with us on the zand and 231d or our Harvest Home services. The name of Gordon Parrett was misspelt Barrett last week. Mr. D. Cowley, went to Ottawa rex cently to join his family who 'ha come, out from Eugland. Mr. Wm. Demara took in his last load of peas Saturday night. whole harvest was good this year. We learn that Mr. D. Jeffrey has rented the farm occupied by Mr, Ds KRaymes, to take possession n season, Master Harold Clark is leaving for "| Lindsay where he js enrolling as a student of the Collegiate Institute, My, Will Brown 1s spending. a few] weeks under the parental roof. y Miss Elva. Savage 1s attendi Model School at Onilla. Mr, Stewart Rodman is attending. : the High School at Port Perry. Miss Lottie Rodman: has returned | hore after a weeks visit in the city. tres Ore Armies PROSPECT Those who attended the Exhibition Jast. week were:--Mr: and Mrs. Robert Butson, Miss 'M. Martin; Mr... ¥ Martin, Mr. W. Somerville, Mr. Wm, fh Cook, Mr. J. Holliday, - Co Oth concession WW Dal OW! EDV