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Call Phone 63r11or 3 's Garage. WW. G. McClintock a 2 'SINGLE COPIES So, No. 26 IN, PORT PERRY AND SURROUNDING TOWNSHIPS, O, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1917. THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA - HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO This Bank offers every facility in the conduct of accounts, of manu- { facturers, farmers and merchants. EST"D 1878 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT at every Branch. 235 PORT PERRY BRANCH HUTCHESON, oe 2 : week, commencing Thursday, r to be allowed to come bere, | July 12, as we believe that the interests There few Canadians f our subscribers will be better 1 I am among the Imperial Army I am working hatd to p | | aminations. 1 may not France, but it depends on what ha i] | pens in the next two months. They | expect it will be over about Septem- ber, and we all hope so, so that we can be home again by Christmas. I saw Ross last Sunday. He looks nd Canadian Pioneers Somewhere in France, | Th May 22, 1917 Dear Mr Honey; ? LG Ea i Just a few lines to inform you that : : | went over to where Morley's Bat- Just the same. oe has a great job, tation is staying, to try to hunt him hope be keeps it. ; up, this being the first time our Div. The 182nd are about' broken up. hag been in their neighborhood. After Some have gone with the 208th, and ghout an hour hard tramping over these that.are not fit are kept back In some of the worst country I have ever | another camp. I don't know where I seen, 1 found his camp. I regret to' shall be when I get through my gay that an enquiry at his camp or: course here. but wlll try to get where derly room told me that he was the rest of the 182nd are. | wounded in the battle of the 9th of How 18 everything in Port? Are April, when we took the celebrated they doing anything with 'conscription Vimy Ridge, but informed me that | --1I would like to see some of those his wound was not severe and that he . yellow ones over here. They will have 'was at one of the base hospitals. He their chance if the war lasts longer will likely be thee for three months. than September. © | I myself got two fingers cut in a : : | "Berger's English Green" ho The Kind that KILLS ORVAL BYER » - We go down to the sea in the even- me With his bayonet, but I warded the ings on sit on the beach, The scenery blow off, and the next instant I drove is grand. There are plenty of trees MY. bayonet through his stomach. : and beautiful parks, with a canal run have enclosed you the strap off his ning through upon which we go coat shoulder. My fingers are nearly paddling. The weather has been Well again as the wound was not Hythe is a beautiful seaside town bayonet encounter with a Heiney on on the south-east coast of England. that terrible morning. He lunged at WILL BE GIVEN IN THE . + _ Druggist Clover Leaf cups and saucers, on le to-morrow, $1.75 per dozen. _ Plain white $1.40. On Thursday, July 5, we will sell 1 5 Indian made Clothes Baskets "regular $1.00 for 69c ~~ J. F. McCLINTOCK 'OUR MOTT | "Service and Quality" = Wen you need meat, you need choice = meat. Do you realize what this means to © + you? Cail and convince yourself or phone . Re : Bell 29. L. 6. HALL MEAT MARKET, PORT PERRY | wedding trip. ~~ splendid--sunny every day. There has been no rain here for toree weeks The heat is not so intense, as it is tempered by the sea breeze. LI expect to get my leave some time in July. . Remember me to all. GGRDON, Store for Rent Now occupied by D Corbman as an ice cream parlor. Apply to R Penhall, Port Perry, Ont. Wedding Bells "On Wednssday, June 27, 1917, at' the home of Dr, and Mrs S J Mellow, Port Perry, the marriage of their, eldest daughter, Marjorie Claire, to Mr William Merlin Letcher, son of I severe enough to detain me in the hospital; but I was excused from duty for three weeks, and obtained a little rest which I needed very much. That was a terrible battle. For days our massed artillery had been pounding them, until when we ad- vanced that morning in a torrent of rain just as dawn was breaking, our guns broke into a regular tornada of fire which was awful in the extreme even to us who have been hardened soldiers and have seen much drum firey 'Then our boys went over, but thé Germans were too paralyzed by ougghell fire to put up much of a fight and surrendered easily." In 'fact we had quile a walk oyer. In a very short time we had carried all their main -positions and the Ridge was ours. Subsequently I went over a part of Mr and Mrs Wm H Letcher, of the same place, was solemnized by Rev W P Rogers, in the presence of about sixty relatives and friends of the bride and groom. rh The bride was charming in an ivory charmeuse gown with Georgette crepe and seed pear] trimming, and a brida] veil. = Miss Merle Taggart, in a beau- tiful gown of pale blue. silk crepe de chene, assisted as bridesmaid. * The bride and bridesmaid carried beautiful boquets of roses chosen to harmonize with the shade of their gowns, Miss Frances Mellow, = youngest sister of the bride, dressed in pale pink mull and carrying a basket of pink and white sweet pegs, attracted much attention as flower girl, leading the bridal procession. 5 . Mr John Mclean, Toronto, sup- ported the groom. * The wedding march was played by Mas. Carl Smith (nce Miss Irene Oke) of Royal Oak, Mich., as the bridal party came forward with the bride on her father's arm. The parlors, in which the ceremony took place, were beautifully decorated with pink and white blossoms embed- ded in ferns and foliage, while the dining room table and wedding cake' were artistically draped with smilax and white ribbons. Miss Aileen McCaw sang "I Love You" with beautiful effect, while the register was being signed, after which the bride and groom received the con- gratulations and best wishes of their A pleasant hour was spent over the buffet luncheon. The happy - couple, ' attended by a memy party wishing them every happiness, took the west bound train at Myrtle for an extended | The bride, whose travelling cost of blue silk faile, with white an hat, was the recipient of man: presents _while all who ably remembered by were suitably x the battlefield and wandered among the dead. It was a terrible sight. There lay the Huns with ghastly wounds in their bodies while every pool of water was dyed crrmson. Just in front of the German positions lay the old French battlefield where our gallant Allies fought and died in a vain attempt te-drive the Huns from the ground, The French lost sixty thousand men in that battle. The ground is 'strewn with their . bones rifles and equippment just as they fell At places you came agross great clus- ters of skeletons and fragments of uni- forms and little piles of Ammunition just as they had dropped from their celts as they decayed, while rifles with bayonets still® fixed encumbered the ground. From these scenes my mind wandered back to the day when France shed seme of her best blood here in an attempt to do what we, the men of the north, backed by British artillery, have done for her. Since then our burial parties have been out and gathered their bones and buried them in neat little graves with white crosses at their heads. ~Some- where away back amid the vineyards of France, some mother is waiting and watching for the Jean that never returns. Ask the Men of the North, where he fell, and where they have seen all that was left of that noble son who died with the shout of France and Victory on his last breath. I have come to the conclusion that it is only the soldier in'the field that really understands what life is and of what value. = I'wish I had more time. I could write much of what I have seen and what I think of life, death, and immortality fron a soldiers' point of view amid the scencs of destruct- ion. = You are at liberty to publish this! letter in the PorT PERRY STAR If you wish, Good-bye. Let me know if you are all well, and if my house is still empty, awaiting my return. Yours very truly, ~ REGINALD WRIGHT A Sure Sign A porter in an Atchison barber shop redicts confidently that the war will not last longer than two weeks, His brother has enlisted, and he never held a job longer than two weeks in ~ his-whole life.--Kansas City Star, [ar Jos Brown ( Town Hall, PORT PERRY FRIDAY, JULY 6 BY THE WHIZZ-BANG TROUPE (All Returned Boys from the Front) Doors open at 730 Show at 8 ADMISSION 25c¢ Reserved Seats 50c Plan at Orval Byer's Drugstore Prince Albert Mr. Parry is building a cement silo for Mr. Alvin Hunter. We are pleased to see that Alvin is able to add this profitable convenience to his farm, Sonya Keep in mind the Strawberry Fes- tival which is to be held on the spac-| ious lawn of Mr Jas Munro, July 12. Mr and Mrs N Byers, Port Perry, spent a few days with Mr and Mrs W Medd recently. Quite a number from here enjoyed the Garden Party at Saintfield. Mr and Mrs Norman Appleyard, of Chatham, Ont., spent a few days--on their honeymoon--with Mr and Mrs Medd Those who took in the patriotic concert at Sunderland report an ex- ceedingly good time. Our Dominion Day Celebration was a great success. The proceeds were about $350.00 Mr and Mrs Thos Sawden, Mr and Mrs Pickering, and Miss Etta Le Feuvre, Toronto, motored out, and spent a few days~ with Mr and Mrs Medd. Mrs Johnston, Toronto, is visiting Mrs McKinnon. Miss Pearl Ewen is home for the holidays. Holiday Visitors: _Mr.and Mrs Chas McKague and Mr and Mrs A McKinnon, Toronto, with Mr. D McKinnon Mr and Mrs Thos Watson with Mr Thos. Clarkson. Mr Archie McDougal, of Toronto, with friends. : Miss Flossie McTaggart, Toronto, at her home. r . Mrs. A Moore, of Shirley, with her parents. Mrs | McKinley, of Toronto, with Lost A Pearl Sunburst on Union Avenue or Queen Street, Port Perry. Finder please return to Brock's store. Reward offered. ---- Lost Two coats between Blackstock and and Manchester, one a raincoat. Finder please leave at Star Office Additional Locals Mr. Dorman Corbman . intends moving his Ice Cream Parlor to more comodious quarters in the Blong Block, where he will 'be able to take care of his ever growing business. Miss Johnston of Jarvis Ontario, has been visiting with Miss Iza Nott. Mrs. J. Blong, Miss L. Blong, Mr- and Mrs. Harry Blong, were in town on Saturday. New Laws Relating to . the Automobile J] Boys under 16 years of age must not drive a car. 2 Boys between the ages of 16 to 18 years must pass an examination and get a certificate, 8 Cars must not have a glaring other vehicle. 4 Head-lights must not reflect over 42 inches from the ground at 75 feet or more from the car. Battle of the Somme Mr Roberts has been fortune in securing the official motion picture of the "Battle of the Somme" and will put it on at the Royal Theatre on Friday and Saturday evenings, July 20 and 21. * This will be a rare op- portunity of the people of this neigh- borhood to'see war at first hand with- out getting shell-shocked. . Don't miss it. Tell your friends. head-light on when approaching an-'