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Port Perry Star, 27 Sep 1923, p. 1

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: DRECO-- "A modern ton! tions, weak women, overworked children. $ 1.00 pe for run-down, nervous 'ond .. and delicate meén, "per Bottle. A Stomach Tonic and alterative for = disorders arising from sluggish action of li bowels. : ~ 8 MARTHA JANE CHOCOLATES-- Fresh every Saturday from the Jane. S0HOOL SCRIBBLERS-- iver, kidneys, and 1.25 per Bottle. hands of Martha 60c. per Box. Harvests of the mine ough oy we Lio Ld d oo ; aud stars to shine; Thou ordainest seasons, Teaching of a a Divine. Ihy 3 SF wor diplays; ; Fruitful seasons speak Thy goodness, Forests vast, abundant seas, and mountain, Flowers and fruits that ever please. Harvests of the folds and pastures, Of the birds that swim and fly: Of the teeming, flowing waters, All our varied needs supply: that the Boy Scouts of Canada should participate in this Movement and support their appeal for the Red Cross Relief Fund for Japan and he has directed me to request the earn- est and general co-operation of all Scoutmasters and Boy Scouts. THE SITUATION At the present time information is not available indicating more than the general nature and extent of the dis- aster. Evidently the area affected is about 150 x 100 miles, and contained a population of about 6,000,000 per- sons. The estimate of the number of dead varies from under 100,000 to : UTICA = Mr. and Mrs, George Lyle, of Osh- awa, visited Mr. and Mrs Frank Hor- STANDARD E TOTAL ASSETS OVER EIGHTY-THREE MILLIONS, - Port Perry Branch, ¥ H. G. Hu utcheson, Manager POSTAL CO-OPERATION Submitted by Charles D. Griffith, Postmaster, at Estevan. Sask. and S as many as 200,000. The number of | top on Sunday. Secretary-Treasurer, Saskatchewan Tho fashioned fields full laden buildings destroyed may be as many | Mrs, J. Claughton, and daughter,| Branch of the Canadian Postmasters' precious grains for food; as 850,000, or as many as the total | Nettie, of Epsom, visited Miss Annie Association. - on he By Thy bounty ever proving That Thy covenant has stood. Seedtime, harvest, cold, and sunshine, Day, and' night shall never cease; Winter snows, and summer glory, Bid our trust in Thee increase. * There are harvests all around us Never mortal eye can see: | Harvests laden with the wisdom Of a past humanity. Treasures heaped for. us to gather; Rich abundance of their store, ' They have sown, now we are reaping, Mental harvests more and more. number of buildings of all kinds said to be destroyed in France in the dev} astated areas. It is clear that sev- eral hundreds of thousands of people have had their 'means of livelihood cut off, their homes destroyed, and their normal food supplies burned or washed away by the tidal wave. The | disaster is certainly among the real- ly great catastrophies of history. Contributions for the "Japanese Re- lief Fund" may be handed in to Mr. M. R. Arlidge, Scoutmaster, at the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Port Perry. Christie recently. Mr. George Kerry had a number of visitors at his home on Sunday-- Mr. and Mrs. Milton Prentice, and family, of Sonya; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Howsam, of Greenwood; and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kerry, and daughter. Mr. and Mrs, Jas. Horn were visit- ing with Utica friends on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Sandison and family, of Ashburn, and Mr. Art and Miss Kate Orchard, of Prospect, visited Miss Rusnell recently. Mr. and Mrs. Will Day. of Port Perry, were the guests of Mr. Gordon Did you ever give a moment's thought to the hours of duty that are put in daily by the local Post Office and the hundred and one things that have to be thought of and at- tended to, correctly and quickly to give you the good service which you expect. There are so many ways in which you can assist the Post Of- fice to give you that service, and the" are all so small and easy that every- body can do them with out the slight- est inconvenience to themselves. Here is a list of some ways to remove the wrinkles from the Postmaster's 1000 of them with covers to suit the taste of the Not alone for earthl ee Orme Bentl Sund y gathering, entley on Sunday. ; most exacting. LORD of Harvests do we pray: HOW THE DISASTER (or Postmistress's) forehead: OCCURRED A GOOD STREAM OF WATER 1. If there is a vacant box in the RAZMAH-- For asthma, hay fever, sneezing breath. at Morrison's Drug and shortness of Store These shall perish in the using, I Seasons tell they pass away; But our life so full of meanings, . Help us, LORD, to use for Thee, By our humble efforts showing Consecrated labourers we. Phese the sheaves we would present Thee, A gentleman in Cincinnati employs two negroes to work on his rather extensive gardens, which he personal- ly oversees. One morning Sam did not appear, "Where is Sam, George?" he asked "In de hospital, sah." The local Fire Brigade are pleased with the recently installed gasoline engine. It was tested out on Tues- day evening and two streams of water were thrown to a height great- er than the tower of the Methodist Church. Post Office--Rent it. The cost is about fifteen cents a month, If your time is worth anything at all, you will save money by not having to wait at the wicket for your mail 2. If you lose your key--buy an- other the first time you are in the Sheaves of kindness, work, and will; : -- , "In the hospital? Why, how in amt) (itt Post Office. Don't keep asking for on GR SY Sheaves that blend the gifts and givers: the world did that happen?" APPEAL OF RUM RUNNERS [your mail to be handed to you, in T ABLE TOUCHES Y, Well, Sam, he béen a-telling me WAS DISMISSED the hopd of finding your key some When we pass beyond the Harvests, That on earth Thou dost bestow, ev'y mo'nin' foh ten yeahs he gwine ter lick his wife 'cause o' her nag- The six rum runners who were cap- | day. tured in the Celebrated Frenchman's We have some very tempting Silver pieces that give 'daint ch he table and for this reason makes May we in Thy holy Presence, in le ®| 3. Put your box number on every 'most TT gifts Life's abundant Harvest show. 2 "Well 7 Bay raid, and were tried before Mag- | jatter you write, or if you live in the i "Well . strate Clarke of Pickering, last June city--your correct street ad ; Sandwich Plates, pierced and hand engraved. " ee Vell, yestiday sh edone oyehheah) yng fined, all appealed their cases | There. are lots of Browns address i J . : 1 the appeals were heard before 1 Robi . ' 3 a dle Sticks, of most graceful design. NT J and and Robinsons everywhere, and it is Can ks, g AN UNUSUAL ADVERTISEME BLACKSTOCK SEAGRAVE mt wale ws oytagouet | LL Rubiasons everywhere, and it fo The "Ontario Reformer" of Osha-{ The regular monthly meeting of | Mr. Edward King, of Oakwood, has | jj,,se, Whitby. The chief case was Cheese and Cracker Dishes, which have many uses Yety anoying: W JAS. MCKEE :: * usual sup besides the one mentioned. Casseroles, Pie Dishes, Bread Trays, Flower Baskets, Butter Dishes, Bon Bon, etc., etc., each one a real work of art. We will 'be glad to show you these pieces. = Jeweller and Stationer Jost as soon as The good varieties of Peaches and Plume are on the market we will have our aw, recently carried a full page adver- tisement on "Contentment." This advertisement was signed by about thirty of the leading business houses in the town. Here is part of that ad- vertisement: "Content's a Kingdom." Every citizen should possess it. For are! not the prosperity, progress, and gen- eral welfare of a community best re- flected in the contented dispositions of its residents? Put- yourself in the place of the visitor within our gates. If he's of the type who judge as they pass--and most of them do--he'll rormulate his opinion of us and our town by the welcome he receives, the friendliness he observes about him, the neighbor- the Victorian Women's Institute will be held at the home of Mrs, Mervin Mountjoy, on Wednesday, October 3, at 2.30 p.m. On Tuesday evening of last week the Millbrook basket ball team was invited up for a friendly game with the Blackstock girls. The score was 34-11 in favor of the latter. The monthly meeting of the W. A. of St. John's Church, held at the home of Smith Bros, on Wednesday last had an attendance of over 50. Arrangements were started for the Bazaar to be held some time in No- vember. Lunch was served as usual. We are sorry to report that Mrs. John Swain, who has been ailing for come time, is at present very low. been visiting at the home of Mr. Wannamaker. (Crowded out last week) Mrs. Samuel Moon, of Toronto, has been visiting friends here. Sunday, the 9th, was Decoration Day at Pleasant Point Cemetery, and the graves of our dead were made beautiful with flowers. An impres- siveservice followed. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Wallace have gone to Toronto to live. We sincere- ly hope that success will attend them in their new home. Our minister has given us to under- stand that a church cannot do effi- cient work, unless the people meet for prayer at least once a week. The prayer meeting is held on Thursday that of Harry Goldstein, in whose car no liquor was found, but who was finded a $1,000 as one of the ring- leaders of the gang. The Judge sus- tained all the verdicts and confirmed all the fines except Goldstein's, on which he reserved judgment. Follow= ing are the fines as confirmed; Sam Schwartz and Harry Rogers ,$800; George Fallon and "Perry Taylor, $500; Jacob Onrot, $1000. --Whitby Gazette -- OO HYDRO LIGHTING ON TUESDAY AT STOUFFVILLE The citizens of Stouffville will have to endure a seige of darkness before the town is lighted with hydro power from Yonge Street. The big white 4. If your children call for the mail let one of them do it. It is not necessary to have the whole family to call one after the other. 5. If you should send to a Mail Order House, don't expect to get your parcel next morning. Give them time--when the time arrives the Postruaster won't forget to give it to you, he doesn't want it. There is no need to ask four or five times if your. order has come. 6. Don't ask them gqiot to hand your mail to anybody but yourself. Post Office employees only have human brains. Rent a box and keep the key yourself. i. Never send a parcel without in- i gn in a few days NOW. S80 if u liness of our citizens, and--the state The _ Public School F: of the | evening. Xo ; ei « Ne her wi . e best we will be able ys supply you. you - ®|of contentment we show. Township, held at the Bite We are sorry to hear of the illness | J91¢© should be Hliwninsting I Hie suring it. Three cents will insure it Grounds, on Tuesday the 18th., was |of Mrs. Albert Martin, and hope she streets, but in the meantime the local |, t; five dollars, and it is a mighty you cannot get in telephone your orders and we will save them for you. Have you ever used our Reindeer Flour? It is the very best. The kind that makes those big, white, light joaves. Try some! leased with it. You will be 000 There is good sense in that ad- vertisement. How can we expect to secure the confidence of the prospec- tive buycr if we are constan(Ty belit- tling our home town or community? well attended. Each class in the prize list was well represented and there was a splendid display of flowers and vegetables. The special service in the Union will have a speedy recovery. ; The friends of Mrs. Harry Vanstone a8 delighted to hear that she is im- ing in health, and has been able A leave the hospital. plant will be shut down every second night until the time. A shortage of coal is the reason for this step being taken, and the nights the town will be in darkness will be the closed nights for the stores. poor parcel that is not worth three cents, 8. Put" your name and address on the upper left hand corner of every letter you write, and the stamp in If we say that our home is of no| Church on Sunday last, taken by the -- the upper right hand corner. Better : account, we rob ourselves of two fine | Rev. Mr. Hall, of Port Perry, were SONYA By Saiurdey 8% least ihe Sypromt still have your box number printed Bell Phone 36 possessions--contentment, and the re- | very much appreciated, as also were| Rev. Mr. Goodwill preached here on | yo 0 ong for or wee, and the" them. 4 F. McCLINTOCK ch Port Perry eo Sih Ontario | the parents and interested persons spect of our fellow-men. If Port Perry has faults, it is not our business to advertise them, but to correct them if possible. -------- 0 (Join SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION On Wednesday evening of next week the Board of Education will meet at the school. At this meeting 'are invited to be present. The busi- meeting will begin as pearly as sible : 'at 7.30 p.m., and at its con- school will be -inspected the beautiful solos rendered by Miss Lina Taylor, of Darlington, Mr. Fred Waldon and son Jack, of Toronto, spent the week end at the home of Smith Bros. ree (() rrr. OSHAWA A by-law is to be submitted to the ratepayers for raising money to put up a new grand stand at the Fair Grounds. A Y's Men' Club is to be staited in Oshawa in connection with the Y.M. 'C. A. The activities of the Club are similar to those of the Kiwanis and | raise $5000 for Japanese Relief. Teachers' Institute dates clash with the proposed dates - for the School | Fairs at Manchester and Greenbank, Sunday. . Throughout the week end the vis- itors were--Misses G. and L. Munro, Mr. and Mrs, J. Beecroft, Mr, C. Me- Kague, Mr. and Mrs, B. Smith, Mr. Roy Smith, of Toronto, Mr. anr Mrs. G. Allan, of Lindsay, Miss M-Fergu- son, of Sunderland, Mrs. J. McFar- lane,' Mrs. Fair, and Mr. A. McFar- lane, of Port Perry. Miss Lorna Dure spent Sunday with Miss Alice Luney: Miss Maribelle Clarkson, of New York, is spending a week at her home, Mr. and Mrs. W. Botwright and daughter, Mildred, Mr. R. Owls, Mr. and Mrs. M. Prentice and family, mo- from September 26th until October 3rd. Mr. and Mrs. un Leask, Mrs. D. McTaggart, have been visiting in Bowmanville recently. Miss Gertrude Gibson is visiting MANCHESTER Rally Day Services will be held at | Manchester Church on Sunday next at 10.30 a.m. Come and bring you friends, All Welcome citizens in general are anxious to see the work within the corporation speeded up a little so that prompt connection with the Hydro may be made. At this date it is impossible to state what evening the new cur- rent will be turned on, but those in charge assure us that we will have hydro lighting by Tuesday night or sooner, Some fitting demonstration might be arranged by the Board of Trade to mark the advent of Niagara power to our town, and the matter will be discussed at their mecting on Monday evening next. Rotary Clubs. So far the new rates of current] Oshawa' Red Cross will try to tored to Toronto on Sunday. have not been set by the Hydro Com- oH Di i e better service . Mr. A, Penfound, of Oshawa, and and in the meantime. wé 122% give you. mission, SELECT YOUR COLOR A little girl timidly asked the drug clerk for a package of pink dye. "What do you want it for?" re- sponded the clerk. "Woolen or cotton | with her sister, Mrg. Geo. Johnston, goods," "Neither said, the child. "It's for ma's stomach. The doctor said she'd have to diet, so she wants it a pretty color." 7 3 ------ Walkerton' tax rate is 2 ills 9. Don't put money in a letter-- buy a money order or a Postal Note, then if it gets lost the Post Office will gradly issue a duplicate, and some hard-working Postal employee will not be suspected of stealing it. If you must put the cash in-Register it. 10. Don't put Inland Revenue Stamps on your letters. 11. Pack your parcels properly, ad- dress them with ink, use good thick ° wrapping paper and twine. 12. Buy your Postage Stamps at the local Post Office. The Post- master's pay depends on his stamp sales, and the Ee Etats Tobey Mr. R. Rundle, of Meadville, Pa., vis- hope they will be moderate and thus] 13. Don't grumble ited at Mr. Wm. Lumey's on Sunday. prove favorable to all users. tions, they made LOCAL SCHOOL FAIRS ape vu] monk y Moeing of the --Stouftville Tribune f and pro Owing to the fact that the annual ¥ frosipe) E00 Juet make them, he duty in -------- t Try to help him to do it right, make things pleasanter for 14. If you forget to do his your.

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