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WO BOOKS-- = Rr a amon Seuse Motieal Advise Magazines > Films : stationery Chocolates Cigars a Chewing Gum : Bathing Caps Morrison's Drug Store ' 2 iy Riki ; School Bells are Ringing The new school year means new school books . fey in + 'We now our supply of rs, Pencils, Crayons, yd y Paints, and all other ~~. school requirements. " " JAMES McKEE ~ JEWELLER STATIONER { har into a great cartoonist and pub- Port Arthur, j Dic Plums & Peaches + Get your cans ready. About September Ist the best varieties of Plums and Peaches will be ready. We will have a good supply con hand ru : . | my from It was the privilege and plea- in} Post to spend the week end at ting he] ho interesting things to say re ing Whitby schools, Som: we shall have to tell how mu reason we have to a Youle, but present we w ohter | a glory from Whitby, one of the adjacent cen- tres of civilization. - 'what _ "There were some bright boys ho graduated from the schools in Whitby, and made a name for themselves in the world. ~ John Dryden e Minister of Ag- e Colonel has to say: =( [riculture for Ontario; Johnny |: Bengough, who was ~ always "with his pencil, evolved lished Grip in- Toronto; Hamar Greenwood, who had a the gab, went to England, 'was knighted, 'a Secretary of State for Ireland; Jack Wetherall went to New York and achieved position and fame as advertising manager for Lydia Pinkham; Dick Blow be- came Mayor of the town; Jim Bob® Mason--his name wasn't Jim Bob, but that's what we called him--went to the States, where his son, Walt Mason, is making a fortune writing popu- lar prose poems; D. F. Burke {re called him Dan) went to ort Arthur, and when he dieda few years ago, left a big fortune thus distancing most of his old comrades in worldly good for- tune, - Dan got a charter forthe Lake Railway, chaffed over its ons on ai ment, Yhith ous people like. ex-Mayor George Gi of Fort William id consisted of a 'Sand mysclf Sh mule and a bale of hay, and that when the mule had eaten all the hay, he died of starvdtion. Geo. ickson was one of the prize pils, and afterwards became rincipal of Up) 00 liege, and Billy Bullard won equal 5 disiyion in industrial in a 0, ul ton. - Geo. Bruce was a = model pupil, entered the minis- , and afterwards when I heard him preach in the Presby- terian chureh, I felt like giving Uo | him three cheers. . Daniel Roche was 4d stolid scholar, but when he struck out for himself, he had the biggest departmental store north of Toronto, at Newmarket, and was one of the most enter- prising and extensive advertisers in the Province. Joe White is town clerk' at Whitby, and a mighty good one. Abe Logan went to the Western States and accumulated a big fortune. Frank arren stayed at home, entered the medical profession, and be- came mayor of the town. Geo. D." Perry is manager of the Great Northwestern Telegraph Co., and his brother Peter is a successful educationist at Fer- ,. Ont. eo. Ray went to Manitoba and became reeve of a municipality. Bob Perry became C.PRgrepresentative at Brace- bridge, and his brother Jack a well-to-do of Vancouver Jimmy Lawler is in the Gov- ernment, service at Ottawa, and|F: Tommy Bengough is one of the Dest of tloml ataneg iphers. Jim. and ry schools, but! fere is part |} ift of |i nd appointed Chief | tee little town of Port Perry on : the west shore of Lake Seugog." pi of Wales in his flight Perry 'was at one time an _industrial® centre, was back in the seventies; when large mills, foundries and other industries kept a large number of people employed and which helped to spell the popu- ation up to 2000 and over. Not the Popaiation is about 1200 but still the centre of a splendid agricultural district.> The land around Port Perry is especially adapted for vegetable and root crops and large areas are used to ise sugar beets, which are shipped to Kitchener. good many farmers are' making as high as $200 per acre at the present time while! sugar 8 80 high. A hundredweight of beets will make about seven- n pounds sugar, On Saturday evening when the farmers began to come in in their cars the streets presented a very busy appearance and a great many people from To- ronto motor down to spend the week end, as Port Perry is rapid- ly becoming a tourist centre, anda gobd many "cottages are being erected along the shore. Lake Scugog is teeming with fishand a Toronto syndicate has Durchased a large tract of wned land and many small farms and has made it a game S reserve. The writer attended High School at Port Perry in 1880 and was surprised to know that Mr. 'MeBride, the Principal of the High School for so many years, was still living. Mr. McBride is now 82 years'of age and until recently enjoyed good health. Another gentleman who has he four score andten is Rolph, 92 years old, and still coming down to busi- ness every day. Port Perry is one of the old and there are many beaut- ul residences and the well shaded streets, good = roads, beautiful lawns and flower gardens which make it a desir- able piace to live in: The eountry around Port Perry looks 'beautiful at the present time and there is every evidence of a bumper crop and most of it will soon be gathered. General News Due to an apoplectic stroke, death came to Mrs. John Seldon, on Tuesday evening with start- ling suddenness. --Whitby Gazette Oshawa - Park Commission '!stands pat" on its notice to the South Ontario Agricultural So- ciety to vacate Alexandra Park. If that decision is definitely maintained, the Oshawa Fair will very likely be g thing of the past' after & year or two, for to secure an entirely new site and new buildings would be too ex- pensive an undertaking. It looks to be a case of "'killing the goose that lays the golded egg,' for noone will deny that Oshawa air means a t deal to the business men of that town. Mayor Stacey, of Oshawa, says the town is getting to be "over- parked."" ~~ --Whitby Gazette Horse Show with lie"', and third with "Capt Jack and of a representative of the, type of British war plane. This |a slight trace of irritation, "is W Col. Barker, V.C. Port Perry is 'to haye a real| = celebrity at its Fall Fair on Fri- day, September 17. And he is to fly a Sopwith Dove, the latest was the identical machine in which Col.' Barker piloted the over London. : , Lieut.-Col. Barker probably has more decorations than any other Canadian officer who started in the war, a young man, a civilian his left chest bare of medals. His honours include the V. C., D.8.0. and bar, M.C. and two bars; D.F.C., the French Croix de Guerre and two Italian dec- orations. General News Oshawa appears to be one of the calling points of a number of burglars, as on Saturday night three dental offices were robbed of all their supply of gold for dental work. "What this country needs is more production." "What this country needs," replied Farmer Corntossel with | less talk about what it needs an' UCCESS and Inde- pendeiie ~1o not . h epend on what you earn but on what you save. The Standard Bank of Can- ada can very materially assist you to win success and secure independence. 0 ' THE : gl STANDARD BANK OF CANADA ; PORT PERRY BRANCH R. H. SHORT Manager EE Mrs. Wm Croxall, of Brooklin died at her home last Thursd more enthusiasm about deliverin' the goods. - ' Mr. J. C. Paxton had his hand crushed in the clutch of a dril- ling machine. Mr; A. E. Garbutt Supervising Principal of Oshawa Public chools was injured while play- ing football. Death came very sudden to John E, Boswell, of Whitby, last Wednesday afternoon, while on the links of the Oshawa Golf Club. Mr. Boswell was playing a game of golf with Mr. Allan, of Lindsay, when he was seized with a paralytic stroke and eol- lapsed. --Whitby Gazette The Bowmanville News has installed a new Model 14 Lino- type. Robt Traynor Belleville, was kiiled by a C.T.R. train at Lind- say while working at the depot concrete platform. - Scugog Council The Scugog Council met on Saturday, August 28th with all members present. by-law was passed to levy and collect the taxes as follows: Township purposes, $400; Good Roads, $671;County rate $1677.65 General School rate, $900, School Section No 1, $550. The amounts for Nos. 2.and 3 have not been decided on. x J W. Crozier was appointed collector at salary of $30. The following accounts were ordered paid: J. M. Platten, gravel, $69.75 0. Raymes, gravel, $10.20 J. McLaren, gravel, $1.80 Minnie Stephenson, W. F. bonus, $7.59 S. Farmer, Court of Revision ,_ notice, $3.75. C. L. Fralick, sheep killed by dogs, $18.00 J. Mimer, shovelling snow, D. M, "Jackson, W. F. bonus, $7.50 On motion Mr. Geo. Sweetman the Clerk was instructed to noti- fy Mr. John McLaren that this Council requires him to take teps to open the road opposite after six vears suffering wit cancer. I'he funeral on Monday was largely attended. - Scugog On Wednesday afteriooh of last week, Mr. George Hodgson, Sr., celebrated his 87th bi thday About fifty persons gathered at the home of his son George, and spent a very pleasant time together; the children playing games and swinging and 'the older folk telling stories of by- gone days. In the evening a picnic.supper was served on the lawn and r Hodgson was presented with tokens of remembrance. Among the gathering were four daughters, two son, eight grand children and eleven great grand children. The feature of the day was the race for the married women Cartwright : After a brief illness of but a few hours on Saturday, August 6th, there passed to her eternal reward Clarissa Lillian Briiée; beloved wife of Bertrim Woods, of St. Thomas, in her 37th year. Deceased was a daughter of the late Andrew Bruce, a pioneer farmer of Caesarea, Cartwright Township. She was a member of Union Methodist Church and was formerly of Lindsay and was connected with Cambridge Street Methodist Church there. She leaves to mourn her loss the husband, five sons; Bruce, Wray James, Stewart and Ross an one daughter, Alma Lillian, also her mother, Mrs. Andrew Bruce and two sisters, Miss Mabel EB. Bruce and Mrs. Jas, Williamsop, Toronto, also three brothers, T. Bruce, Caesarea, J. J. Bruge, Nestleton Station, and Rev. R. A. Bruce, Mitchell, S. Dakota. \ --Bowmanville News STL e No. 75 and Fourth Warriner Lod Meets every Secon Monday in each month in the Oddfellows' Hall. Visiting Brethren Welcome i his farm between Concessions BAPTIST PORT PERRY 11 a.m. All are Welcome, nts Live Beef and FITCHETTE'S T.W. McLean, P. Ingram, N. G. Secretary. CHURCHES GREENBANK 7.30 p.m. Pastor E. Orsborn Next Sunday: "Lessons from Gideon.' (continued) Bs reas 7 Our Meat is always Fresh and Tasty Hides wanted I Port Pe