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Port Perry Star, 9 Dec 1926, p. 1

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At P. G. MOBRISON's DRUG STORE, PORT PERRY. he Peoples' Meat Market ~ We sell everything you want in choice, clean, palatable, nutritious and satisfying meats. " ONENESS NNR ANE RENE ARR If you want it geod BERT MacGREGOR . Will do the rest. Ring up Phone 72." getting egg baskt when ford's Laying Mea fully, Try it! Blatehford's Laying Meal Thi is the time of the year you should be our hens in condition to fill the Priees are high. Blatch-_ will help you wonder- We also . have Oyster Shell and Grit which are just as necessary as other feed if you are to get best results. A full line of Groceries, Boots & Shoes, Rubbers and Overshoes: "We also 'buy Clover Seed of all kinds. - Bring in a sample' and get our quotations. J. F. McCLINTOCK : PORT PERRY, ONT. / Sg : I Give Your Christmas Cake order i to the Driver, or leave at the Store. Plain Cake 46e. a lb. "Iced with almond and white icing, Almond Icing, 60c. 1b. \ Price our Christmas Candies and Nuts. \ JE -- ( ter the the diagrams showing the front elevation and the - In recent years there has been a noticeable im- provement in the design and construction of | 8chool buildings in the smaller towns and rural districts. The people of these less po; ulated: centres are demanding better educational facili- ties for their children, and, to meet the demands 00 the schools that are being erected are as u fo- * room .and lavatory facilities are provided. date in accommodation and equipment as those in the larger cities. that small-town school-houses can show features of superiority over urban schools. la¥ly noticeable feature of the average rural school built within the last few years is that t is much more pleasing from an architectural stand- point than most of 'the city schools. Typical of the higher class of school building that is being erected in some of the smaller cen- tres of Ontario is the one that is now in course of~ construction in Port Perry. 'John T. Hornsby, architect, Lindsay, through whose courtesy the following information is made available. > r . partment. 'we are able to publish this descriptive the Port Schools, together with of the ground floor. - Indeed, it is often a fact It was designed by my Yroee , po Cilrsr Loon at 3 _ Plan of First " The school is being built to replace one that was destroyed by fire. The original building was a combined public and high school, and when the rebuilding was being discussed, the Ontario De- partment of Education tried to encourage the local board of education to build two separate schools in view of the fact that the grant for the high school work, would if a combined school were used, be reduced to one-half. The local board, however, foreseeing "a possibility of their being refused the money for two schools, decided to develop, if possible, a scheme whereby they would have a single building, and yet he able to comply with the regulations of the Ontario De- By having only one building it was considered that the initial cost of erection and the maintenance expense would be less than"if two separate schools were erected. The final plans were approved by a board of inspectors, who were satisfied that the arrangement would not prejudice the grants for the high school. on MAKING PROGRESS 'spite of the late start and the extremely reather conditions, the school is progressing ds hoped by the architect that the roof" the New Year. aE) fair to say that both in workmanship Shultz Bros. have done well for ool Building. There is every Perry Port Perry to Have High-Class School ~ Through the courtesy of the "Contract Record" The building, therefore, contains accommoda- Toronto tion for both puglic school and high school work, with a gymnasium and ai bly hall for use, by the high school pupils os duced herewith indicate the arrangement and show that there is no access from one section to the other, except by means of the janitor's pas- sage in the rear. : In the basement the main feature is a gym- nasium 70 ft. by 35 ft. rooms and two girls' rooms, household science boiler room is located at the rear, The floor of the basement is only 1 ft. 6 in. below the finished grade and that of iy gymaa sium 3 level with > . the grade, so that this story is not a basement in One particu the ordinary sense of the term. On the first floor the public school and high school accommodation is practically indentical, each having two class rooms, 23ft. by 82 ft. with two teachers' rooms and library. The se-| cond floor has three class rooms in the public school section, and in the high schol section two! class rooms, a science and agricultural room and a large asembly hall over the gymnasium. The building is contructed with concrete found- ation walls and superstructure of John Price brick' Ca -- === | pt loLon of Grimm Floor - sent to various sul had put in a "receiver" in the | -- - 3 The plans repro- In addition, two boys' The A l- hl pa Car Loon! § @ il | i 4 TN ie a : dn, on (Courtesy of "Contract Record.") and interlocking tile. The roof is flat with built- up roofing. The corridors have concrete floors with Massillon bar joists, and the finished floors throughout are of birch. The stairs are of steel. The heating will be a two pipe system with Spencer furnace and Dunham specialties. The sanitary conveniences will be of Teck valve auto- matic flush type, the water being supplied by the municipality. Wiring for electric lighting will be installed. The average tender was $107,000, although by making certain eliminations, that amount has been reduced. The contract for the carpentry, masonry and roofing is being carried out by Shultz Bros. Co., Brantford. Other contracts are a follows: heating, Carnegie Hardware Co., Port Perry; painting, James Casey, Toronto; plastering, R. C. Dancy, Toronto; steel stairs, Architectual Bronze and Iron Works, Toronto; mastic floors, Vulcan Asphalt and Supply Co., Toronto; plumbing, Boxall & Mattie, Lindsay. The Reward of | Years of Toil F YOU contemplate an Auction sale, the closing out of your years of effort in building up a complete farm equipment, the Standard Bank. is splendidly equipped to cater to your financial needs. Our local man- ager and his staff will gladly make all "arrangements for the collection and discounting of all sale notes and + for furnishing an extension of eredit where ry. A ful sale STANDARD BANK PORT PERRY BRANCH--H. G. Hutcheson, Manager is entirely dependent upon sound financial arrangements. hes also at Plack Nestleton Station, I, Little Britain, Sunderland nn assets of Shultz Bros.; and it was from this re- ceiver (Mr. G. I. Evans) that the first intimation of trouble was received. And then indirectly through sub-contractors. A few days later Shultz Bros. made an assignment, and a Mr. Thompson was placed in charge of this depart- ment as agent for the assignee. Of course the interest of the Port Perry Board of Education was and is to have the contract completed, retaining the working force now on the job. On looking into the matter it was found that the Receiver, Mr. Evans had taken over the contract. Mr. Harris then secured the consent of Shultz Bros. and the Canada Surety*Co., to this transfer of contract. The following letter is acknowledgement from Mr. Evans that he had assumed responsibility for carrying out the work. Brantford, Ont., Dec. 6, 1926. Messrs. Harris & Harris, Solicitors for School Board, Port Perry, Ont. Gentlemen :- I have undertaken the completion of*the con- tract of the Port Perry School with the Shultz Bros. Company Ltd, under the circumstances dis- ussed with your Mr. Harris to-day. {This is upon-the understanding that I assume ho costs of mechanical lien proceedings and none such are chargeable against the contract, pro- vided no default is made by me. Yours very truly, G. I. Evans. Some discussion arose as to the method of financing the completion of the contract, and the Board-of Education had to see that none of the money, for the erection of the Port Perry Schools would be used to liquidate the general debts of Shultz Bros. This matter has been carefully safeguarded; and the following letter from the Bank of Montreal gives ample assurance that necessary funds will be available for the carrying of the work to completion: BANK OF MONTREAL 57 Market St., Brantford, 6th December, 1926. Messrs. Harris & Harris, ' Solicitors for the School Board, Port Perry, Ont. Gentlemen: This Bank, as assignee of stock in trade, raw aN ee -- rd fh or as ---- Re oy TIN A a > ELIE a 5% er TI As 43 3 A Ta ER iw Sate Lertar Prd ei ---- By == ~~ Plan of Front Elevation { The School Situation About the end of November reports began to be heard that Shultz Bros., the main contractors for the building of 'the Port Perry Schools were in financial difficulties. These reports did not come directly to the Boad of Education, but were The Board of Education took the matter up at once, as it would have been easy to pay money to Pareles rel an a 3 MY. OW, ! \ Bran Hh to look into matters. n ord to look | hE Tats tors and workmen. (Courtesy of "Contract Record.") materials, etc., of the Shultz Bros. Company. under the Bank Act Sec. 88, and as the under a General Assignment of its Book Debts, having entered into possession of the san is an uncompleted contract for the building of a School at Port Perry. Er a Sa This Bank has entered into an ; Mr. G. I. Evans, Hamilton, Ont., under will undertake the sompleHon ¢ of the the necessary fun or that purpose ished to him. This letter is, the: assurance that to such extent 'quired for the completion of the Evans has completed funds. 3

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