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of 'our p School aud later have wiched | surgeon physician, e to the Lieutenant-Governorship -The le of Port Pe to you and Bruce Government here and 'with your career in our High pride your signal success as that your appointment EE ; be popular throughout the and Community beg to extend to for a most pleasant tenure in Yours sincerely, R. SOMERVILLE, Reeve. oN ) SEAGRAVE Wednesday, October 26th was a gels day at Seagrave. It was Grand- mothers' Day and was held at the home of Mrs. Frank Watson. Pre- parations had been made in advance to make this occasion a memorable one, and the President and program committee, deserve special credit, as 'they spared no pains to make the gathering a complete success in spite of bad weather conditions. That this was achieved was attested to by many| of the guests present, who gave un- solicited testimony to their delight and appreciation of the unique pro- gram provided, as well as the delight- ful supper. Invitations had been sent to all the resident grandmothers, also to those who had moved from the neighbourhood. This resulted . in being present from Toronto, lock, Oshawa, Port Perry and other points, who had come to enjoy the afternoon and renew old acquaint- ances. About sixty-five in all were present, twenty of whom were grand- mothers. There were also present the Rev. B. F. Green, who in his address, spoke many nice words to the grand- mothers, not forgetting the goed work the Association is doing for the church and community. The meeting was in charge of the President," Mrs. Jas. group No. 1 to take charge of the , and who appeared in an old dress parade -- Costumes twenty to over one hundred were on display and caused a of laughter. They very Somewhere" after which they were given the front row of chairs in the audience. The formal program con- Just to see the happy faces, in itself will be a treat, We will go to Ladies' Aid on Wed- nesday, where we went in other We'll sit once more among them, and sing our hymns of praise, Yes, we're going back to Seagrave, and don't you want to come? There will be a welcome for you, come on back to "Home, Sweet Home." You will take away fond memories of your home that used to be, Hurrah! We're going back again, the good old place to see. - Hallowe'en party was held on Friday evening last in the Sunday School room under the auspices of the Young People's Society. The committee in charge arranged an excellent program of games and contests which were enjoyed by all. At the eonclysion refreshments were served and to which all did justice. The members of group one of the Women's Association entertained at a Hallowe'en supper on Monday even- ing at the home of Mrs. Jas. Shunk. The dining room was nicely decorated for the occasion in black and orange, the table with its delicious eats being enjoyed by a fair attendance. The afternoon was spent -in quilting and social intercourse by a number of the ladies of the society. A nice sum was realized from the supper and the group is deserving of credit in the way they have worked since the group was organized. Miss Gladys Sharpe, of Toronto, spent the week-end with her sister Mrs. Geo. Clarke. Mr. and Mrs. W. Wooldridge of Little Britain, visiting with Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Wooldridge, on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs, J. Shunk visiting with relatives in Port Perry on Sunday. Miss Alma Frise, of Gamebridge, spent the week-end with her parents. Mr. H. McKnight, of Toronto, was visiting with relatives here over the week-end. The teacher, Miss Graham, treated her pupils to a party on Monday afternoon, on the occasion of Hal- i] lowe'en, when a good time was spent in recreation of various kinds at the .| school, after which refreshments were -| enjoyed. A meeting is being held at the home of Mrs. M. Quigley on Wednesday evening of this week when group two will arrange a for the No- vember meeting of the W. A. The regular meeting of the Young People's Society was held on Monday evening and was carried out in the usual way, with the President pre-| ng, assisted by members of the . » i % , ONTARIO, THURSDAY, THE STORY OF LOCAL ~ BUSINESS | THE BELL TELEPHONE CO. A very successful and well atterided | PORT PERRY AS A TELEPHONE-USING COMMUNITY DATES BACK 47 YEARS TO 1885 In that year, the Bell Telephone Company established a local Agency under the supervision of 8. E. Allison, a prominent Port Perry Druggist of that time and a man keenly interested in local development. There were four subscribers to telephone service at the outset, when in January, 1885, Port Perry appeared for the first time in the places listed in the small, pocket-size edition of the telephone directory issued by the Bell Company's "Ontario Department." At the same period, Oshawa had only 27 tele- phones in service. ' A copy of this early telephone book is carefully preserved among the 600-odd reminders of telephony of nearly a half- century ago and more, contained in the Bell Telephone Historical Museum in Montreal. This directory recalls that, in addition to Mr. Allison, the Ontario Bank, and the general store of A. Ross & Sons, on Queen Street, together with the flour mills of W. J. Trounee and Company, on Water Street, were Port Perry's earliest telephone users. At that time, these four subscribers were served through a small telephone switchboard and by means of associated apparatus, all of which were set up in a section of the S. E. Allison drug store on Queen Street, that composed Port Perry's first telephone office. Service was available from 8 am. to 8 p.m. on week days. On legal holidays, telephone usage was limited to four hours between ten and twelve o'clock in the morning and from two to four in the afternoon. Sunday service was still further confined to the two- hour period in the afternoon. It is apparent that the value of telephone connections was early realized among local residents. In December of the same year, the Bell Telephone Company published another directory that contained the listings of telephone usérs added during the intervening months since January, 1885. Six new listings ap- peared for Port Perry, as follows: Curts and Henderson, Flour and Feed Merchants, Queen St. Grand Trunk Railway Station, Water Street. Lawder, Jno., Grain Merchant, Corner Queen and Water Sts. Oriental Hotel, J. J. Risdon, Manager, Queen and Water Sts. Patterson, N. F,, Q.C., Barrister, Queen St. Sangster, Dr. J. H., Queen St. In December 1886, a supplementary directory showed the following additions: Lawder, Jno., Grain Merchant, Manchester. Lawder, Jno., Elevator, at Manchester Station. Paxton, Tate & Co., Founders, Perry St. By December 1887, the following were included: Central Bank, Queen Street. Downey, D. C., Grain Merchant, Manchester Station Downey, D. C. ,Grain Merchant, Manchester P.O. Lawder, J. H., Grain Merchant, Water St. Indicative of new local progress and growth, the telephone directory in November 1890, listed the following additional sub- scribers: NOVEMBER 3rd, 1982 = - Clemens, Dr. G. H., Corner Queen and Lilla Sts. McCaw, W. H., residence, John St. Robson, George, Veterinary Surgeon, res., Manchester. Western Bank, Queen Street. In 1898, W. H. McCaw, then living on Cochrane Street, suc- ceeded the former Agent, 8. E. Allison, with the title of Local Manager. The telephone directory of November in that year, in- cluded further additions to the local subscribers, as follows: . Curts, J. W., Egg and Butter Merchant, Water St. Graham, Orr, Veterinary Surgeon, Queen St. Hagerman, D.F,, Vet. Surg., residence, Manchester. McDowel, Dr. E. C., physician, Queen St. "McGill, W., Bank Manager, res., Beech St. * Parrish, Ww. L., Hardware Merchant, Queen St. Parrish, W. L., Residence vs Scbert, LepHictelkeener Queen St. +. 'Willard, W,, General Merchant, Queen St. "u +For many n , Port Perry has been the central point of telephone activ: iy throughout the wide area extending from Blackwater Junction to Burketon. In July last year, the former store-type front of the Queen Street Central Office, opposite the Post ce, was completely remodelled and improved in appear- ance. Redecorating of the interior, together with some rear- arrangements of equipment and the installation of modern office appointments, brought the local exchange into the category of up-to-date telephone premises, outfitted to meet the requirements of Port Perry and district telephone users for some years to come. In a territory, much of it comprising rural communities, such as that served through the Port Perry apparatus, the Bell Tele- phone Company is faced with severe problems of maintenance not common to completely urban centres. For example, consider the heavy expenditures annually to prevent storm damage to tele- phone lines and the large outlay necessary each winter to repair disrupted circuits when the fury of the sleet, wind and snow have wrought unpreventable havoc in certain open-country localities between communities. It is not unusual, during heavy winter gales, for sleet to form ice gathered on telephone wires in diameters of four to six inches. Such a storm ushered in the New Year in Western and parts of Central Ontario. Telephone men estimate that fifty wires, stretched 110 feet from pole to pole, with ice only two inches in diameter on each wire, produce a dead weight of 3.38 tons on each pole. Add to this condition the not uncommon 40 to 50 mile gale that accompanies such a sleet storm and is re- sponsible for a side-load of approximately 7.35 tons. There can be little wonder that such devastating storms cost the Telephone Company many thousands of dollars each year in some parts of Ontario and Quebec. At such times, when hundreds of telephone poles are brought down amid a tangled mass of wires and telephones are temporarily out of service in some localities, the "Spirit of Service" by telephone men is shown in their hurried response to rush calls on repair work. It is then, too, that there is best demonstrated the great value of trees in defending pole lines against onslaught by the elements and increased emphasis is placed on the need for careful and considerate treatment of trees during the erection and maintenance of such aerial circuits. Bell Telephone linemen have long been taught to practice such consideration in dealing with trees along the route of their opera- tions. Preservation of trees has been foremost in their code. Their value is fully appreciated. The Provincial Government supervises all necessary tree-trimming to accommodate long dis- tance lines that fringe the Ontario highways. Along county and township roads this work is under the supervision of the muni- cipal authorities. Only experienced workmen are entrusted with the task of necessary tree-trimming. The year 1932 is writing into the pages of historical record, a story of notable advancement in Canadian and intra-Empire communication. Early in that chapter it is well to recall the opening of the Trans-Canada Telephone System by Lord Bessborough, the Governor-General, at high-noon on January 25th. On that oc- casion His Excellency marvelled at the accomplishment in these words ; "In the pursuit of this laudable ambition, the Trans-Canada Telephone System from Halifax to Vancouver is an achievement of no mean significance. It binds more closely together provinces which less than fifty years ago were first united by the social and commercial ties made possible by railroad construction. To- day we open another route of communication. By it, the voice of business and friendship can traverse the four thousand miles from sea to sea in, I am told, one-thirtieth of a second. It is a tribute alike to both public and private ownership that the seven participating organizations should have worked together in har- mony over a period of some ten years to overcome stupendous difficulties and bring about the consummation." An immense project in construction and engineering that carried with it an outlay of considerably more than $5,000,000, the Trans-Canada Telephone System has already proved its worth in the ready ease and facility with which the eastern and western extremities of this broad Dominion, and likewise the intermediate centres of population, are brought within voice-reach of one an- other through the medium of these copper strands of wire in a! mere fraction of a second. It is the successful result of a linking together of Canada's seven major telephone interests, the Mari- time Telegraph and Telephone Company and the New Brunswick Telephone Company, in the East; the Bell Telephone Company of Canada in Quebec and Ontario; the three Government-owned Telephone Systems of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, to- gether with the British Columbia Telephone Company on the west. Visioning the eventual possibilities of the Trans-Canada line, His Excellency, speaking further, remarked in these words: "Nor is the usefulness of this all-British telephone system i $1.50 per year in advance BLACKSTOCK * Visitors in and out of our midst were: Mr. and Mrs. Campbell and Ronald, in Toronto, Mr. Lorne Brad- burn, Toronto, with his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. Bradburn; Mrs. Henry Gibson, of Stayner, with friends and relatives in Blackstock and vicinity; Mrs, John Jobb with relatives in Nor- wood, Miss Norma Hooey with her sister Mrs. Harry McLaughlin; Mrs. (Rev.) J. A. Miller, and family, of Toronto, with Mr. and- Mrs. J. W. Hooey; Misses Verna White and Aileen Devitt, of the Peterboro Nor- mal, at their respective homes; Miss Gladys Cobbledick and Mr. and Mrs. E. Sanderson, with«Mr. and Mrs. H. Galbraith; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fergu- son and family, with Mr. W. Fergu- son; Mr. and Mrs. Herb, Galbraith and Marjorie, Mrs. J. J. McKee and Miss G. Cobbledick, in Brogklin. The young people of the United Church entertained the Cadmus League on Wednesday evening, Oct. 19th, when the following program was put on by the visiting members: read- ing by Miss Marjorie Galbraith; read- ing by Miss Gladys Cobbledick; piano duet by Mr. Southern and Mr. Staples; the topic "Canada" was taken by Mrs. H. Galbraith; piane duet by Miss Cob- bledick and Mrs. Gibson; piano solo by Miss Erma Bruce. Two contests were then put on by members of the Blackstock branch after which they served lunch and a very enjoyable evening was brought to a close. On Wednesday evening, Oct. 28th, they held a Literary evening when the Bible study was taken by Miss G. Newell, and the.program in charge of Miss Lelah Mountjoy consisted of: a reading by Mr.. Eric Cutting; a solo by Mr. Harold Swain, and an instru- mental by Miss Hazel Wright. Mrs. S. McLaughlin and Mrs. Harry McLaughlin, entertained 32 ladies to a silver tea on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 20th, at the home of the former. When all had assembled, Mrs. Herbert Taylor, presided at the piano, while several community songs were sung. Mrs. (Rev.) Whittaker then gave a delightful talk on "New Year's Day in Eskimo Land." A very interesting contest was then won by Mrs. R. Philp and Mrs. F. Bailey, after which lunch was served by the two hostesses. The silver collection .amounted to $8.00. On the evening of October 20th, a number of the boy friends of Mr. W, Taylor met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Forder to bid him farewell and to present him with a fine wrist watch and cigarette case containing a dollar, Mr, Taylor left the next day for his home in Ireland. Congratulations are extended to Mr, Edward (Ted.) Thornett and his bride on their recent marriage on Wednesday, October 19th. Mr. Fred Waldon of the Toronto T. T. C. is spending a few days with his cousins the Smith Bros. The program put on in the Town- ship Hall by the Lumberjacks, under the auspices of the L. O. B. A. was very much enjoyed as was also the dance for which they provided music. Mrs. F. Lamb, of Manchester, is visiting her daughter Mrs. T. Smith. The annual Young People's Conven- tion was held in Blackstock on Friday, Oct. 28th. The afternoon session opened with devotional exercises led by the Enniskillen Y. P. and the ad- dress of welcome was given by Rev. Mr. Newell. The minutes were then read and confirmed followed by the appointment of committees and group discussion was led by Rev. R. T. Richards. The evening session opened with devotional exercises led by the Clare- mont Y.P.A. Report of the nomina- ing committee was then given follow- ed by the Installation of Officers. A splendid program was then given con- sisting of the following numbers: (Continued on Page 5) (continued on page 5) = ltt ac Di gon 5 ; 4 : 8 Prog > > i f i wibf, ~ ARS, eg / i ; Fd ;