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Mrs. S. G. Chown, Renfrew, calls the Strangers' work, the Home Mis- sionary opportunity, the removal slips, magic wands. Each Strangers' | Secretary should be just a neighbour {and it should be called the Depart- ment of Friendship, instead of the Department of the Stranger. The Candidate Secretary regretted that there were not so many candi- "| dates needed, on account of lack of funds, but that twelve names of can- didates had been handed in. The Quiet Half Hour in charge of .| Mrs. P. L. Jull, Brooklin, was the climax to a good morning's work. Speaking on the latter part of the 14th Chapter of John, she showed us how the much-needed courage for | these trying days might bé obtained, and sustained. Jesus sald: "Peace 'I leave with you, my peace I give unto you, Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." What better legacy could we have? texts leading from the story of Gideon in Judges up to the Roll Call of the faithful, in the 11th of He- | Mr. Annand had {ing of Synod. He went to Lock | been taken tion While it was evident that Mr. Church for two years. very kindly disposition, and his family. © brews, she showed clearly that our _ faithfulnes is the only limit to the extent of God's power to work won- ders. "Therefore, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." The subject receiving the most at- tention throughout the session was that of the Kingdom of God move- ment. ' No step has been taken by the Presbytery to follow up the steps al- ready taken whereby a co-operative program was to be carried out by a sub-committee from the Board of Evangelism and Social Service of the Presbytery and the Executive of the Presbyterial. The President spoke to Dr. Shaw, of Queen's Theological College, and Convenor of our Con- ference Committee on Evangelism and Social Service, but he was unable to come to speak to them. However, Mrs. Smyth thought that in the mean- time, we need not be idle. We have much material on hand to help us,| back to the audience and succeeded in such as the Blue Book, our "Mission-| getting some very good answers. In ary Monthly", our membership and answer to the question, how to con- Kingdom of God cards, the pamph-. duct the study of our text hook, one lets: "By the Way of the Friendly lady said that thirty questions were Road," "Aids to Worship in the given out, a month ahead, by the Home" and others. The Kingdom of group responsible for the study, and God movement is the "Challenge Ex-| this created guite an interest. fraordinary" to all W.M.8. women. The Department Secretaries gave The subject second in importance is brief messages of encouragement and the Church School of Misions, the new inspiration. The treasurer, Mrs. name for the former Summer School Chapman, reported that Sourtoan) held at the Ontario Ladies' College, Auxiliaries had increased their giv- Whitby. To make it more attractive ings over last year at this time. Mrs.) and desirable it is to be an invitation H. Bascom, Whitby, said that our. school. One hundred and fifty in-| work is worthy of all the enthusiasm vitations are to be sent out and each we can put into it, that we must keep department of the church is to have up with the times, using new methods, certain definite representation. The when we hear of good ones and so W.M.S. is to have fifty, that is 10 "Hold high the torch." The Mission from each Ontario Conference' Band secretary, Mrs. C. Ives, said Branch, Missionary and Maintenance that the lack of leaders was due to the twenty-five, Young People 25, and so! fact that so many women did not put on until the 150 is reached* Of the first-things first. = The aim of the 10 from each Presbyterial, two must! Associate Helpers' Department, ac- * be Conference Branch officers and in' cording to Miss R.J. Mitchell, Whitby, our case that leaves eight for seven | is that every woman become a mem- Presbyterials, so that one Presbyterial ber, the object is to meet the needs 'will have two this year, the idea being of the women, even if they cannot at- to rotate the selection. The two con-| tend the meetings and the task is to ference Branch officers selected were, reach every woman in the church, for Again He said: "As the Father hath "These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy may be full." Why speak of depression, why be dis- couraged, when we have these won- derful words of courage? The thought stressed in the after- "noon worship service, in charge of | the Manchester Auxiliary, was that we must follow our Master more closely, reaching out a hand to help others and looking up to God for the! needed help. : The invitation for this Western section for next year was given by Mrs. P. L. Jull, to meet at Brooklin, and was gratefully received. _ The Question Drawer was ably con- ducted by Mrs. Geo. Jackson, of Port Perry, who put some of the questions I The service was conducted loved me, so have I loved you" and The invocation and Scripture readi Scott, and the address was given by Presbyterian Church, Toronto. servants who laboured to Of Mr. Annand, he spoke most and a good and godly man. ordeal, Annand was not a robust m was no thought, that his physical condition was serious. Rev. Mr. Annand has been minister of Port Perry on Thursday of last week that Rev. ill while attending a meet- Clinic, where it was decided 'was necessary to remove a serious condition of | the stomach. . The operation was performed successfully and for a short time it was hoped that the patient would recover, fi ely Mr. Annand's physical resistance was not sufficient to carry him through the e Un- and he died on Sunday afternoon The news of the sudden removal of the minister of St. John's Presbyterian Church came as a 'great shock to the community. St. John's Presbyterian pastoral work was greatly appre- ciated particularly among the poor and the sick. . Deceased was a son of Rev. Edward Annand, of Boston, and a nephew of the late Dr. Annand, of the New Hebrides. early ministry was carried on in Halifax. spent a year of study and travel in Scotland. Returning to Can- ada, he became interested in the work of the Church in the West, and for eighteen years he laboured in Manitoba. Mr. Annand is survived by his widow and two sons--Mr. Murray Annand, of McMaster University; and Mr. nand, of the Confederation Life Assurance Co. Toronto. leaves a sister Mrs. D. C. Blair, Vancouver, B,C, . The sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved His After a short time he Joseph An- He The funeral services were conducted on Tuesday afternoon in St. John's Presbyterian Church. Many citizens were present to pay their last tribute of respect, including representatives of the Church of the Ascension and Port Perry United Church. The ministers of the Lindsay Presbytery were present, Galbraith and Rev. Dr. McNamara represented the Synod. Rev. Mr. by. Rev. Mr." Scott, of Leaskdale, ng were given by Rev, Mr. Rev, Mr. Vesey, of Parkdale Mr. Vesey spoke of the manner in which God honoured His give the Gospel message to the people, highly as a Christian gentleman His life had been one of quiet self- sacrificing service, and the Church will Mr. Vesey closed his address wi miss him greatly. th this quotation from 'Ahmed Al Ghizali a Persian saint and mystic: * Tell thou my friends, when weeping They my words decry; Here you find my body sleeping, But it is not. I. Now in life immortal hovering, Far away I roam. This was my house, my covering, "Tis no more my home. This was as the cage to bound me, This was but the shell around me, Over me, as o'er a treasure, had a spell I, the bird, have flown ; I the pearls have gone, been cast, God hath spoken at His pleasure, I am free, at last. A number of very beautiful floral t various friends and organizations. ributes were sent by as pallbearers. Interment was made in Pine Grove Cemetery. AO EES I Pm i en they came for space. They want life, prepared boys and girls cannot get both mental and spiritual, to be free, | positions, and besides that, they da and a place where they can live a' not get comradeship, nor sympathy, natural life. Now they have religious,' social, racial and economic problems, because the Canadians do not feel that the Orientals can be assimilated. This is wrong. We should make them a part of our country, Interested Missionary Society 'Women, and Christian men, are try- ing to solve the problem. In Vigtoria there is a fine Oriental home where a great work is being done. They have been given pastors and their wives, and the latter are just as active as the pastors--a power behind their husbands, Work is begun with the children as a centre in a Kinder- garten, and then the fathers and mothers become interested.. After the children graduate from the Kin- dergarten they are gathered in Sat- urday Clubs and Sunday School classes. Four hundred and fifty girls are in the Saturday Clubs where volunteer workers help, and they also have the C.G.LT. groups. For the women there are the Domestic Science Classes, Ladies' Aids, Home and School Clubs to which some Bud- dhist women belong, and the W.M.S. The Mission Band is given an alloca- tion and they go over the top every time. The people raise money them- selves to get necessary things, such as pianos for the Kindergartens and to help in the new buildings. The Young People's Societies are com- posed of boys and girls from the Nor- mal School and Business College, who £| can play the piano and sing. They have debates with the Canadian young people on the live subjects of the day and often win them. % Life becomes harder for the second tals as they grow up though they are born in this and well th Shine from their parents, who still cling to their old customs and do nat under- stand the new ways of the young peo- ple. Fifty-five Japanese boys laid down their lives for (anada in. the war, and ane young fellow wrote back to his mother from Flanders fields: "Mother, don't weep for me, as I am dying for Canada, and for liberty." We can huild up a world peace if we but bring these people into right re. lationship with us, for, "In Christ there 1s no East nor West, In Him no South nor North, But one great fellowship of lave Throughout the whole round earth." Myrtle Station Mrs. George Chisholm and daugh- ters, Jean and Betty, were visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Chisholm over the week end. Miss Pauline Price of Oshawa General Hospital spent Sunday at her home here, : » Mr. ann Mrs. T. R. Price entertain- ed relatives from Peterboro, Mr. and Mrs. George Houston of Toronto, and Mrs. Roy Spencer of Peterboro paid a short visit with Mr, and Mrs. Jas. Beacock, on Saturday. Mr. Borsivel and niece Miss Nash and Mr. Young of Oshawa spent Mother's Day with Mr, Frank Briggs and family, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Solomon of Oshawa spent part of Sunday with Mr, O. Lane, Mr, and Mrs. Chas. Pilkey spent Mother's Day with the former's parents in Hamilton. : Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hudgins of Toronto spent Sunday with the for- mer's mother Hudgins, Cooper, ¥: x rg 3 x | The Young Peoples' Society held an Mrs. Percy Maynard, Brooklin, a visitor at her sisters, Mrs. Jas. Elders of the Church acted! an, there! He came to Port Perry from Dundalk. | His ministry has been marked by great faithfulness and an earn- est desire to be of service in this community. He was a man of | | { attending the annual convention of | The roll call was answered with the Women's Auxiliary held in St. Anne's Parish House. and Florence McLaughlin, of Toronto, spent the week end under parental roofs. her home here after spending the winter in Toronto. St. John's Church was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Fred Willan. The meeting opened with devotional sing, say or pray. were amusing and well worth while, office. All were willing to remain - - - - " 2 the leadership of Mr. Ray Downey. This week is Missionary Topic, with Mr. Harry Briggs as leader. We want all who can to come to these meetings, as they are both interest- ing and beneficial to young and old. We are endeavoring to keep the meet- ings up strong until the end of this month, when we intend closing for the summer months. X Sunday evening a real Mothers' Day program was given at our regu- lar church service, with our Pastor, Rev, Mr. Totten in charge. Friends from Manchester gave an interesting and impressive drama, also our own Sunday School members gave a short drama and recitations, Messrs, Ivan Rodd, Joe Simkin, Allan Downey and Ross Broom, at- tended the Hockey Boys' Banquet in Port Perry last Thursday evening. The continued cold and wet weather is a great drawback to seeding oper- ations, but we still hope and expect more favorable weather soon. GREENBANK N-- for example, one of the members gave the following: "It's not what you do with the million, If riches should e'er be your lot, But what are you doing at present With the dollar and quarter you've got." The business session followed and the delegate appointed to the conven- tion. Plans were also started for the annual First of July celebration. The program in charge of Mrs, Howard Bailey, was then given as follows: a reading by Mrs. (Rev.) Whittaker, Mrs. A. L. Bailey, who "having held the office for two years, felt that it should be passed on as it is a paid office. The officers for the coming year now stand as follows: President--Mrs. Russell Mountjoy 1st 'Vice-President--Mrs, C. Marlow. 2nd Vicg-President--Mrs. 0. Graham, Sec.-Treas.--Miss Frances Mountjoy. Gift Com.--Mrs. John - Wright and Mrs, L. Mountjoy. Fruit and Flower Com.--Misses F. with the exception of the Sec.-Treas. i ; Fair and Esther Strong, and Mrs. T. Smith. : A hearty vote of thanks was tend- ered Mrs. A. Bailey for her efficient and faithful service as Sec.-Treasurer. The roll call was answered with the membership fee of 25c. The follow- ing program was then given: An in- teresting and helpful talk on "The Food Value of Vegetables" by Miss Olive VanCamp, Community Singing, recitation by Miss Dorothy Wright, a reading by Miss Esther Strong, "Watch Yourself Go By"; a piano solo by Miss Gladys Newell, * The District Annual meeting will be held "What a Mere Man Said"; a reading by Mrs. W. Crawford, "Revelation"; a reading by Mrs. H. Bailey, "House Cleaning Times"; and a reading by Mrs. A. L. Bailey, "The World Gar- den." A hearty vote of thanks was tendered Mr. and Mrs, Willan for the use of their home, and lunch was served hy those in charge, Mr. Geo. McLaughlin and Mr, and Mrs. Frank Corbett and family, of Cobourg, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McLaughlin, Misses Elsie Venning and Winnie Hill, of Toronto, spent the week end Congratulations to Miss Mona Leask and Mr. Ernest Phair, on their recent marriage. f Mr, and Mrs. White, Toronto, at Mr. Joe Stone's, on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs, Harold Acton, Ux- bridge, at the home of Mr. Geo. A. McMillan, on Sunday, | Mr. and Mrs. Fred O'Neill, Mr, and Mrs. Rodman, Oakwood, visiting with friends here on Sunday. Miss Bernice Leask spent the week | end at her home here, Mrs. W. Phoenix, Harry, Jean, alsa the Misses Gray, Taronto, at the home of Mr. T. Sharp, on Sunday, Several from here attended the "Bush Hockey League" Banquet last Thursday evening at Part Perry. Our hockey team was presented with sweaters in recognition of their suc- cess last winter, Congratulations, " ey -- OSHAWA ROTARY FAIR Horseshoe Pitching Contest, A Horseshoe Pitching Contest open to all residents of the Counties of Ontario and Durham will be held in connection with the Oshawa Rotary Fair on Wednesday and Thursday, June 8th and 9th. There will be two events, open singles and open doubles. The contest will commence on the 1st day of the Fair--Wednesday, June 8, at 2 pm. The winners in each class will he determined at the conclusion of the contest on Thursday, June 9th, and it is expected that the finals will be played between 6 and 7 p.m. on that date. Valuable prizes will be awarded to the winners and runners- up in each event. Entries will be ac- cepted till 12 o'clack noon on Wednes- day, June 8th, hut it is hoped that entrants will make their entries as soon as possible, Entries must be made to G. D. Conant, Barrister, etc., of Oshawa, Oshawa Rotary Fair has become one of the outstanding annual events in this district attracting the largest numbers of people of any similar af- fair, There will this year be the usual parade under the management of Dave Tod and also the auto con- test, including a number of valuable prizes therewith. The Oshawa Ro- tarians are already hard at work on the details of their fair and have promised an event greater than any heretofore. The horseshoe pitching contest and all the other events will be held in Rotary Park on Centre Street. The motor parade takes place the first evening and the Fair praper will occupy both evenings, Wednes- day and Thursday, June 8th and 9th, The Horseshoe Pitching Contest on both days being held in the afternoon. BLACKSTOCK Mrs. A. L. Bailey and Mrs. William Crawford are in Toronto this week ' Misses Eva Parr, Marjorie Marlow Mrs. 8. A. Devitt has returned to We are very pleased to welcome her back, The April meeting of the W. A. of exercises conducted by the president. The "sayings"! in Newtonville on June 7th. A hearty vote of thanks was tendered to Mrs. Bailey for the use of her home. Lunch was served by the. group in charge with Mrs. F. Bailey as convenor, A number of L. 0. B. A. members and members of the men's Orange Lodge attended an open meeting of the Orange Order in Bowmanville on Thursday evening of last week. The United Church Sunday School with friends in the village, A haptismal service was held in St. John's Anglican Church on Sunday afternoon when Bruce, Dorothy and Nora, children of Mr, and Mrs. Nay- smith Henry, of Janetville, were baptised by the rector Dr. C. E. Whit- taker, Mrs, Henry's parents Mr. and Mrs. F. Bailey were the God Father and God Mother. Mrs. Ww. VanCamp and children held its annual "Mothers' Day" ser- spent Sunday with her mother Mrs. vice on Sunday morning. Special M. Smith. n features were music by Mis H Me Go. Crawtord avi his. thothes v sses Clara, r 8 Dorothy and «Nor: 3 - have moved into their beautiful new t y ora Porteans, Nestle 3 red Ain fetal. all' at on, and a dialogue entitled "Honour ome just recently completed; a Thy. Mother" by Miss Ferga John- the carpentry work having been done by George, himself. Mr. Gus. Hill, of Toronto, spent Sunday with friends in the village. The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Auxiliary of St. John's Church, will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs, E. Darcy, on Thursday evening, May 19th. The program will be in charge of Mys, C. Parr, Mrs. C. E. Whittaker visited recent- ly with Mr .and Mrs. Hayes, of Port Perry. Dr. Whittaker was rector at Penetanguishene at the time Mr. Hayes was Bank Manager there, Carl and Helen Devitt of Devitt's Corners, were recent visitors of Mis S. A. Devitt, When they returned home they took Mrs. Devitt with them for a short visit, We are pleased to see Rev, Mr. Newell out again after his lengthy illness. = Mr. Eugene Beach of Ennis killen is still assisting him with the church setvices. Mr, Herman Hooey is staying with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hooey while Mrs. Hooey is in Beaverton at- tending the funeral of her mother, the late Mrs. Smith. The deep sympathy of the community goes out to Mrs. Hooey in her sad loss. On April 29th the annual meeting of Athletic Association was held in the town hall, when the following officers were elected: President--Chas. Venning Vice-President--John Venning Secretary--Oliver Smith Treasurer--H, Major Manager of Boys' Team--W. Marlow Manager of Hard Ball Team- Crawford. Com, for Horseshoe Pitching--O. Wright, and J. Smith. Manager of Hockey Team--H. Ginn, The membership fee is to be 25c. for all. My, and Mrs. Lorne Griffin attended the celebration of the thirty-fifth an- niversary of the marriage of their parents Mr. and Mrs. W. Griffih at their home, Enniskillen, on Thursday evening, April 28th. Recent visitors to our community were: Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Parr, and Dr. Graham, of Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brock and Billie and Mrs. Fred Brock, of Port Perry, with Miss Mary Parr; Mr. L. Allin and Miss Cole, of Orono, with Mr. and Mrs. H. Galbraith; Mr. Bertram Hooey, of Toronto, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hooey; Rev. and Mrs. Milton Sanderson and Roy, of Toronto, with Mr, and Mrs. Stanford Swain, The annual meeting of Victorian Women's Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Fred Bailey, on Wed- nesday afternoon of last week with the splendid attendance of 50 mem- bers and visitors. The meeting open- ed with devotional exercises conducted by the president and Bible reading by Mrs. N. Mountjoy. The business ses- sion followed during which all the officers were unanimously returned to ston 'and Master Keith Johnston and Maurice Samells. The young people's meeting of the United Church was held in the School Room on Tuesday evening of last week. Bible Study and Prayer were taken by Mr. John Venning. . The topic, "World Peace" was given by Miss Dorothy Stevens. The program in charge of Miss Brown, was as fol- lows: piano duet by Misses Gladys Newell and Effie Wright; a quartette * by Messrs. Harold and Herb. Swain, Eric Cutting and Fred Ghornett, and a reading by Miss Brown, The regular meeting of the Ladies' Aid of the United Church was held at the home of Mrs. Jas. Henry and con- ducted by the president Mrs, Percy VanCamp, During the business ses- sion plans were started for an auto- graph quilt and some Pot Luck 'Sup- pers. The program in charge of Mrs. Russell Mountjoy was then given as follows: A reading by Miss Viola Bradburn, a paper by Mrs. R. Mount- oy, a reading by Miss Lulu Wright, a vocal duet by Miss Olive VanCamp and Mrs. C. Marlow, and a contest. The quiet of our rural life was dis- turbed just recently by three "run-a- ways" and a car accident. Mr. Percy VanCamp's harnessed team while watering at the trough, started for the village and were caught in Mr. John Wright's yard. Messrs. Earl and Ray Bradburn, while going to the field with the wagon and seed drill, each had his team run-a-way smash- ing the seed drill, harness and break- ing the tongue of the wagon. On Sunday morning Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Larmer and children were motoring to Sunday School and were run into by a car going from the south. No serious harm resulted from any of the accidents for which we are very thankful. Miss Ruth Marlow of Toronto spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. Jas. Marlow. A special service was held in the Anglican Church on Thursday even- ing of last week by the rector, Dr. Whittaker. George *- ---- JUNIOR FARMER FIELD DAY FOR ONTARIO COUNTY The second annual Junior Farmer Field Day is booked for June 16th. Farm boys and girls throughout the County last June declared a Farm Holiday and congregated at Elgin Park, Uxbridge, in very large num- bers as may be judged from the fact that there were 12 boys' softball teams and 5 girls' softball teams en- tered. The program this year will again consist of softball games, horseshoe contests and inter-township tug-of- war in the Forenoon and Standard events, races, jumps, shot put, ete. and swimming races in the afternoon. Community groups throughout the County should now be lining up their ball teams "and } star athletes rounded into s f big County event.