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Port Perry Star, 1 Jul 1914, p. 1

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| after Saturday, 'when' the - 'Renurnin; Officer, Mr. E. H. Purdy, will count the ballots at Whitby ; but such informa- . tion as we have-is given herewith, noting, however, that it : is. morg-or less. unreliable in some gases. Next week we shall publish full returns from this riding. . The report which appears on. page 4 is subject to re- vision, but is substantially correct: The vote in Port: Perry stood as follow: : Schoolhduse, 50 for Calder ; 48 for Sinclair. Town Hall, 86 for Calder ; 45 for Sinclair, Market, 54 for Calder ; 47 for Sinclair. Total majority for Calder i in Port Perry, 30. ~"Scugog gave a majority of 8 for. Sinclair. "In Reach the result was as follows © Tr "No.1, "E. Christie, 14 for Calder. - Ne 2, J. Lambe, 2 for Calder. "No. 8, R. Swanick, 2 for Calder: -No:'4, |. M. Real, 82 for Sinclair. No. 5, John. Brown, 2 for Sinclair. h 'No. 6, E. Williams, 42 for Calder, Ne. ': Allen Moore, 11 for Colder, &.zuthor had made reader. But critical ew / artist of the first of lish ? 10w to stamp all he onl bait shown himself a \ and 'whether in tale touched on the observation: FERRY. x Returned from fo oie "The soldiers. have "returned * from | Niagara. If you see a young fellow with a brown "face and. sunny smile, limping along the: street, it is about a safe' wager he has just returned from 'Niagara-on- the: -Lake, and has blister- ed his feet on the stone road 'to St: Catharines: . The boys report a good time of real soldering, They did not attend a picnic. They went. to learn soldering 'land it was the eXperience of soldiers which they brought bagk, ~, There were 36 of all ranks with the Port Perry. company. 'The total establishment is 39, so they were not far short of their full strength. . The first few days were taken up with squad drill and company drill; then followed battalion and brigade drill, ceremonial and manceuvering. They feel that they should be con- gratulated on- getting through such a large program in so short a time. One interesting event was the two days manceuvering under Colonel Sir Henry Pellatt. They went from Nia- gara to Clifton by train, and marched from Clifton to Thorold and trouvard at Thorold, which means that the boys siniply laid down in thie field and went to sleep with the starry heavens as the ceiling of their sleeping apart- ments. The next morning at 4 a.m. J the bugles were sounded, and after a hasty breakfast they started for St. Catharines by a roundabout route, tramping 18 miles before noon over fields, roads, rocks, etc. After trim- ming the enemy they returned to Nia- gara-on-the-Lake by way of Niagara. Camp broke up on Thursday. The regiment went to Cannington for Fri- day's demonstration. = They speak well of the way they were used in Cannington. It is the intention to give one day in some town in the county each year at the close of camp. 1 This is the:first ard*Clnnington was chosen for this year. Our boys would like to'see Port Perry chosen for next year. The prize for endurance on the long march was awarded to Ivan Bowerman, the smallest recruit. Al- though his feet were blistered he stuck to it to the finish. The prize for general efficiency was given to Sergt. Gordon Brown, Seagrave. The most popular man in the company was the cook. Bugler Vernon Nott, along with many other buglers, were before the Colonel of the Royal Canadian Drag- oans for examination for a certificate for buglers. He secured a full -per- centage, thus securing first money. The boys speak highly of the way | they were used by the senior officers, especially Lieut, Col. Bick and Major | Cobourn... + -- * Face I njureq ' Marshall Barker, though consider | i egued in He fas, gli JBRANGH Manager. Public School Promotions Promoted from Primary Grades we to Junior 1:7 Yohiiny Abbott Stephanie Blahout , Louise Carnegie Addie Dunn Karl Poubt John Dowson Helen Hamilton Robert Harris Everett Jackson Joyce Muirhead Frances Mellow Lorie Mitchell Douglas McArthur Idella Powers Viola Profit Harry Peel Grant Rundle Recommended--Alma Druean Nelson Williams Promoted from Junior I to: Senior I Howard Cawker: Glenn Collacutt. Reginald Doubt Margaret Forman William Ferguson Mildred Goode Marguerite Jackson Isabel Lucas John McClintock Wesley Powers Ina Spence Maion Switzer Evelyn West Promoted from Senior First to Junior Second Arthur Brock John Brock Thomas Bruton Vera Bowerman Jack Carnegie Orville Collacutt ° Sam Cawker Vera Carr Eva Druean Ewart Dunn Leilla McMillan Milton McIndless Dugdld Nasmith' William Nesbitt Clara Raines Reta Rodman Elgin Wilman Recommended -- Roy Bowman. James Carr Elzear Profit Promoted from Junior Second to Senior Second Donald Anderson Howaid Corrin Ernest Gerrow Edna Goode Alice Hamilton Edgar Ingram George McGuire Alvin Mclndless John Raines Ernest Spence Orval Switzer Douglas Taylor James West Promoted on term work Gordon Martin Promoted from Senior Second to : Junior Third Alfred Andrus : D'Arcy Berry' Charles Cawker Margaret Hall - Mansel Jackson Gladys Joins. Margaret Murra

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