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Port Perry Star, 31 May 1923, p. 1

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'Symbol of Unity. é ~ Rat-Nip for storing away Mice and Rats Ni ¥i \ i o" : English Health Salts--800 per large can ~~ Eastman's Kodaks and Films ; - basen asad ; 'Stapding supreme as ne'er before, fe Replete with kingly powers, Windsor he crowned with Royal state, DETRUCTION 'PORT PERRY| = CLE De prea Freedom's birthplace fair, | giant, a fire broke out in the hotet| Port Perry Branch, - H. G. Hutcheson, Manager RT PERRY, ONT || Long may that gallant House abide ] every building in the business portion me g Pineapple for | Places and 15 residences, with all {hut he can't help it. It has to be PP To ages yet unknown: "and about 300 more were thrown eut going as inevitably as a spark will | Better get your supply now The keystone of our Empire vast sistance. A careful estimate has gasoline and air. i] With undimished grace. gore was left. Many, whose pros-| none of your business" don't realize Special for this week only Of Realm, and Monarch great '|3ome have lost the earnings of a life| men and women travel with a con- In God we trust, may HE retain | time. at which time the loss was $116,000; | try", the ballast, the staying power, D. Corbman fue Saraosand ity. The assessed value of the Vil-| yourselves; but we should have been Wholesale and "Retail "Leave your orders for Printing & Developing 3 5 i ; : : ing in value the whole assessment by | suits, if people like you had been let- . Accredited fs mil. ffl ~ A British Name is ours: A noble title known of yore; But few so 'worthy, good, or great, |whom Port Perry merchants had As he who bears it now, doing business, was as follows: That deed we all allow. s nk ; ERR | BY FIRE | TOTAL ASSETS OVER EIGHTY-THREE MILLIONS That ancient castle, History's home, At midnight on the 8rd of July in- : wo BEE inv gh x 2 <7 Windsor and Runnymede become premises known as the "Mansion : ; . HAROLD Ww. EMMERSON * Renowned beyond compare, House," being fanned by a high wind & Hic 5 oe 2 i, 1 + meg. that galun: Howse abide ferry building fn the busines potion REFORMING a The House of Windsor far and wide, | When day dawned, 62 business The way of the reformer is hard; : their contents, were in ashes «100 | done, this reforming business. Any- rvin We hand our heritage along, [persons were direct Tosers by the fire | thing wrong, or out of place, gets him Prese g. Inheritence of deed and song, of employment; a large majority of | cause an explosion when brought in while the quality is ood and And British Windsor's throne. the above are in need of prompt as-| contact 'with the proper mixture of the prices Sua ru emem- The tentte of up race; placed the loss at $345,000, insured You calm, collected, matter-of- ber ' She pineapple season 18 § ; LEY iE, Ire. {So may-the House of Windsor last; for $152,000. Only a small grocery | fact people, who figure that "it's 0 h " pects the day before had been bright | that the world's pathway of progress We boast, but not in vaunting strain: | 0d promising, have been ruined, and | is ever an uphill route upon which Bananas 30c. doz. stant care and struggle to make the | G00d8 delivered in town. Full guidance 6f our State In November last a fire destroyed | world better than it is. You are fine Phone 201 a large 'portion of the business centre people--the "backbone 'of the coun- several who lost heavily then have the governor belt, the anchor, any- FRUIT suffered severely by this last calam- thing like that you may wish to call lage this year is $360,000, so that in eating raw crabs on clam shells, and less eight months property exceed- | should still be dressed in our birthday H+ HE . 3 4 . $100,000 has been swept away. The| ting things run themselves, and fig- Morrison 8 Drug Store { | population is 1800. When compared | uring that all these new fandangles : ASARRAGANNRANEAR : Ce with the fires of Chicago, Boston and | such as houses, clothes, and cooking Milk and St. John, the loss of the Village | were "none of their business", = 5 é is far greater in proportion, for with | Reforming is a life business. As 4 { : Us every one is more or less a direct | long as the reformer has life in him| Delivered before Breakfast oma x 2; ES . | loser. To add to the burden of the|he must try to make things better hg TABLE T : | | people, there is a Debenture Debt of than they are. Spring cleaning is a J. Peel & Sons $47,000 on the Village, part of which sort of luxury with them, and when will fall due on the First of Septem- | they can clean up a town, or bring a ber next. Our yoke is too heavy for | benefit to community, they have had us to bear; our once bright, pretty | a "big time." and life seems to be and prosperous Village has received | worth while. But don't consider that a shock from which we fear it cannot | the reformer is through when he has recover--a paralled has never been | been sucessful in carrying out one propositions. This is evident from known in. this country. reform. Alexander the Great may | ipo following notes taken from the | A committee of citizens has been | have cried because there were no | Whithy Gazette. formed to solicit monetary aid as|more worlds to conquer (though wel with the investigating committee W. E. N. Sinclair, K. C., of Oshawa, | follows: doubt it); but the reformer is never appointed by the Town Council still FC H. Gordon, Reeve, Chairman; N.|in that fix. There are always plenty | at work in an endeavor to learn more Member for South Ontatio.in the last | p, 'paterson, Q.c, Secretary; W. J.|of worlds for him to conquer, worlds | intimate facts about the Detroit : Legislature and in a previous Legis- McMurtry, Manager Ontario Bank, { of dirt, disorder, indifference, crime, | Steam Motor Car Corporation and ¥ J .STATIONER [||| 1ature, who has again beén nominated Treasurer; and Messrs. W .J. Trounce | and stupid thoughtlessness. the men behind 'it, negotiations be- : ia as Liberal candidate, and solicits the E. Major, C. Dawes, Caleb Crandell,| Yes, the way of the reformer is tween the corporation and the town ET | votes of the electors of South Ontario and A. P. Hurd, hard; but if you're born that way you | were abruptly terminated last week EEENEENEEENER | on June 25th next. His election ad-| Contributions sent to W. J. Me-|can't help it; and though the world by the receipt of a letter from the - Bl dress will appear in later issues. He Murtry, Esq, Manager Ontario Bank | won't crown you, or thank yon, or| Midland Bond Corporation, stating B| invites the public, Ladies especially, | port Perry, will be glddly welcomed | Praise you, or pay you; yet you have | that their client (the Detroit Steam | to his meetings as they are an- and will be paid out on the order of | your reward, for you know that you f Motor Car Corporation) had given B| nounced. Ne the Committee by cheque of the |Win out sometimes, and the world is | instructions that any further negoti- 2 ie Chairman and Secretary. A faithful | little better for your having lived | ations with Whitby were to be can- HIGH SCHOOL ENTRANCE account of all receipts and expendi- [in it. * celled "owing to the delay in tabling The Junior High School Entrance | tyres will he kept and published, and ------0Op the proposition." Examinations will be held in Port only the deserving and needy will be| Samson had the right idea~about ad- A well-known financial newspaper Perry High Sthool on Wednesday, | sided. The Committee appeal with | vertising. He took a couple of col- fof Toronto, Which had made an ex- g| Thursday and Friday, June 27, 28 and confidence to the liberality of a gener- | umns and soon had everything com- | haustive investigation of the company Sag ' 29." The time table is as-followst. + | ous. public," and of municipal bodies | ing his way. quite recently, reported that the De- ' g g " Wednesday, June 27th. for assistance. . -- peli troit Steam Car Corporation had heen i WEEE th Li u| 845-0.00 a.m.--Reading Regulations | pr GORDON, ' N. F. PATERSON endeavoring to get under way in De- or anything in ese mes 9.00-11.00 a.m, --Grammar, Chairman. Secretary PUBLIC MEETINGS troit for a considerable time. The A nN d if u | 11.00-12.00 a.m.--Writing. It is often the case that what at|The following Public Meetings will | men connected with the company be dissappointe YOU BI 150" 5.50 p.m, Geography . Thursd pe 25eh the time appears to be a great dis- be held in the interests of were mostly former agents of the < M R a p s ursday, June / Our prices are right » have some very tempting Silver pieces that give a : dainty tour to the table, and make most acceptable wed-* INDUSTRIES Whitby is anxious to grow; but not so anxious that it Is willing to mortgage the future with doubtful "ding gifts. : Not the ordinary factory | work of skilled Silversmiths, = Sandwich Plates of pierced designs. : Candle Sticks of most graceful appearance. : Bread Trays, Flower Baskets, Comports, etc, etc, ete, each one g real work of art. ° (ii L . JAS. McKEE JEWELLER srticle_but many of them the i ~os 2 > oat - SEED CORN 1 A aster afterwards it turns out to be a F. H. Stanley Steamer in and around De- ; 500-4150 Sr Aritmelis blessing in 'disguise. The SN ARRON troit, and none of them had any out- - i . m| 1.30- 4. -m.--1 Few small towns présent such a : standing reputation as automobile a full line 0 Groceries, i Boots pe Friday, June 29th fine appearance in their business see. | Uti Thursday, June 7. ' men. The promotors of the company 4 ¥ : SE :00-11.00 a.m.--Composition tion as does Port Perry. Generally Greenbank, Thursday, June 14th. have not sufficient money to get the +15-12.00 a.m.--Spelling the stores are poorly arranged and | Premier Drury will speak at 1 +30- 3.30 p.m.--History. ; | | of many different styles of architec- Uxbridge, Monday, June 4th. Reading will be taken at conven-|, .. This is due to the fact that in | Oshawa, Friday June 8th, ient times during the three days. the early 'days of a town's history BADE EAA Candidates will bring with them-- building regulations are very lax, and | : considered worth extending a muni- pens, pencils, rulers and erasers. each' builder puts up his edifice ac- FARM WANTED cipal guarantee of bonds. | Standards required for passing are cording 0 the dictates of his fancy, | Acreage not important, where re- Securing industries is a precarious 40% on each subject and 60% on the. the limititions of his pocket book. | tired business man can make his business, and is at times a matter of total. +. Stina Knowing this fact, those who were | HOMe. Improv ts not | securing a controlling interest--the e Port Perry Board of Education in municipal office at that time, made | 2° he Will make all these to suit new industry does the controlling and prizes for competition-- | onan building regulations which in. | Pimself. He will pay as high as dictating. go to the Dighest candidate | quraq » certain uniformity of style | $12000 but prefers a cheap place] a business which grows without ) y Public School, and|;, tp. stores put up in the business | WRiCh he can develop. bonuses or external aid is certainly section of the town, and the results{ V/rite Box 44 Star Office. preferable to the bonussed kind. "1 have been most gratifying. 000m Mr. Fred Kent's venture in dahlias : Say : COUNTY . COUNCIL may not seem a very great thing to RH 000 COUNTY OF ONTARIO 'jsome; but that industry has great TO THE PEOPLE OF PORT company started themselves and ar to the public for the necessary assist- ance. Finally, the report stated, the venture was far too speculative to be The adjourned meeting of the | possibilities for Port Perry. It has Y' AND SURRO Council of the Corporation of thefcost us nothing up to date--not even TRICT Rig ns ; County . Council will be held on the a decent road 4g the Rose Gardens. | 5th day of June, 1923, at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon, in the ~~ All accounts to be laid before the Cound should be forwarded to the : 1 Clerk properly certified, at least Council Chamber, in the Court House | inthe Town of Whitby, ~~ = Yet nothing that has come to Port Perry has caused it to 'be so favor- ably known Mr. Kent's rose gar- dens at Beecheroft, Port Perry has many natural ad:

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