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RY STAR one > A A------ A SA SA LA "tion of Messrs, Art Brock and Bob «deserve credit for, their persistence "on account, of the high wind, which - "on the side". That was.a pretty good » 0 Woh Esch, Prince Albert; F. C. Robin: * Glen McMaster, Bruce Beare, "Dorothy Pyatt, Ruth Carnegie, Mary _ ticularly the canoe tilting which was "ners of the first prize broke a paddle . at the start, but in spite of this handi- "and. the program was carried out Vol. LXX. Samuel Parmer, Publisher. Single Copy be. _ Successful Sp Orts E Day at Port Pory "Large Attendance, Fine 'Sports Program, Good Weather until Night WATER SPORTS Port Perry's second annual sports day was well attended. It was an interesting sight to see the crowd at the water front where a good program of events was run off under the direc- Johnson. All the events: were well contested and caused plenty of amuse- ment for the spectators. The follow» ing were the winners: Hil Boys' Swim,:12 years and under-- Boys' Swim, 16 years and under-- Ross Steyenson, Allan Oke. Girls' Swim, 12 years and under-- Pyatt. x Girls' Swim, 16 years and under-- Grace Switzer, Merle Switzer. , Long Dive, Boys--Paul Campbell, Lloyd Anderson. : Long Dive, Girls--Merle Switzer, Elaine Cawker. Canoe Race, Single--Wilfred Step- hens, Forbes Nasmith. Canoe Race, Double~Vie. Hayden and Stewart Collins; John Farmer and Wilfred Stephens. : 200 yard Swim--Lloyd Anderson, G, Milburn. 100 yard Swim, Girls--Grace Swit- zer, Merle Switzer. 100 yard Swim, 'Men--Lloyd Ander: : "son, G. Milburn, Canoe _Tilting--Allan-Oke and Ted Cooney. Canoe tilting and canoe racing caused the greatest excitement, par- contested most stabbornly and thel winners--Allan Oke and Ted Cooney-- and dexterity. The double canoe win- cap Victor Hayden and Stewart &ol- lins won with a good lead. The canoe races were made unusually interesting made it very difficult to keep to the marked course. Another year we hope that a lof will be found so that the log rolling contest can:be carried out, "The motor boat races and the bait casting events, which were scheduled for the evening, did not come off. Mr, Harold Archer had the misfortune to upset hi§ "sea flea." Happily no seriois results ensued from the ac- cident but darkness came on quickly and the events were not run. A great deal of pleasure of the water sports was made possible be- cause of the good work of the weed cutter. This job was carried out un- der the direction of Mr. Harold Archer and it was well done. : "Billy" Oke made a good announcer of the days' events, and sold tickets touch when he brought out that 20 pound 'lunge. It looked as though it had been tied up for the ®ccasion. LAND SPORTS At the Fair Grounds there was plenty of sport from which to choose. All the, events were well contested; smoothly and happily. * There was no great excitement but plenty of real enjoyment. ; The wihners were as follows: Boys' Race, under 9--A. Colbar, To- ronto; D. Carnegie, Port Perry. . Boys' Race, 9 to 12--E. Lamb, Man- chester; Bruce Moase, Port Perry. Girls' Race, under 9--Joan Hayden, Port Perry; Grace-Hood, Port-Perry,.. Girls' Race, 9 to 12---Marie Hood, Scugog; Mary Leahy, Port Perry. Boys' Race, under 16 years--Nor- gon, Pickering. Boys" Race, over 16 years--Archie Crosier, Manchester; Donald James, Markham. : Girls' Race, under 16--Marie Hood, Port 'Perry; Marion Brent, Port Perry. Girls' Race, open--Merle Switzer, Port Perry; Doris Heayn, Prince Al- bert. Broad Jump, Boys over 16--Archie Crosier, Manchester; Ww. Owen, Port Perry, Broad Jump, Boys under 16--Nor- man Esch, Prince Albert; Kenneth Brown, Lakeside Beach. Broad Jump, Girls over 16--A Mor- ley, Lakeside Beach; K. Carnegie, Port Perry. Broad Jump, Girls under 16--Grace | Switzer, Port Perry;- Merle Switzer, Port Perry. . ~ High Jump, Boys over 16--Archie Crosier, Manchester; D. James, Mark- "ham. High Jump, Boys under 16--K. Brown, Lakeside Beach; B. Gordon, Whitby. . Pole | Vaulting, open--A. Crosier, Manchester, Grant Palmer, Peterboro. Thread and Needle Race--Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Hood, Scugog Island; Mr. and Mrs. D. Cowie, Manchester. Shoe Race, Boys under 10--E. Ed- gar, Scugog; D. Kight, Port Perry. Shoe Race, Girls under 10--Joan Hayden, Port Perry} Louise Hall, Port { Perry. Bicytle: Race, open -- D. James, {| Markham; W, Shaw, Whitby. Pony Race--H. Snooks, Seagrave; Ivan Dusty, Port Perry. HORSESHOE PITCHING This game was _run off in elimina- tion style, and a number of rinks played. . The winners were: 1st-- Messrs. Willan and Bailey, Blackstock, 2nd - Messacs von and Owen, Port Perry. THE PONY RACE Excitement did reign for a: few minutes during the pony race. It was a good event--well run. The winners were: H. "Snooks, Seagrave; Ivan Dusty, Port Perry. 'TUG-OF- WAR Reach Township won with A. Har- per as Capt. Scugog ten were the DORAL of the Reach tow =pat the honours rested 'with. Reach, Mr. Reesor and his committee had a busy time-running off the program of events. Many hands make light work and all ArIanEamIgnts were well made. WINNERS OF LUCKY NUMBER DRAW 1st--Mrs, Edna Stone, Port Perry. 2nd--Mrs. L. Ball, Prince Albert. 3rd--Bert. Dowson, Seagrave. 4th--R. J. Luke, R.R.2, Oshawa. BASEBALL GAMES Girls' Softball 1st game--Brooklin 19, Port Perry 6, 2nd game--Blackstock 7, Scugog 6. 3rd game--Brooklin 22, Blackstock 14. Brooklin won the tournament. : Boys' Softball Port Perry 16, Scugog 17. Scugog winners of tournament. Hardball Port. Perry 6, Uxbridge 3. Mr. E. Hayes and his committee had a fine. program of baseball; and the | fans stuck to their job in spite 'of many other attractions. - . THE RAIN CAME No arrangements of sports days can dodge the weather and in spite of the preparations made by Mr. Grant thought. THE PRIZE COMMITTEE A good deal of praise is due to 'the | Prize committee for "their excellent work, Mr, W committee, and the collections they made, and the distribution' of the 'prizes * took considerable time and The co-operation "of the business men brought fine results, and the gifts from the wholesale houses and other sources made a creditable - display. 'Some very fine prizes were offered. - President Archie McDermott had a busy time of it; but' with the aid of an efficient executive arrangements worked out smoothly and the second annual sports day for Port Perry is "generally considered a pronounced success and an improvement on the first event. One particularly good | feature was the idea of holding the 'land sports' at the Fair - Grounds, There is ample room there and good accommodation, The Fair Grounds " should be used more than they have been used; and it is pleasing to note any move in that direction. An attractive feature in connection with the street dance was the colored electric light display which has been recently installed, The Tights looked very pretty. IE UU hk as 4kPtr i DEATH - TAKES MOTHER OF . "JIMMIE' FRISE Lovers of "Birdseye Centre" car- toons of rural life in Ontario, will sympathize = with its originator, "Jimmie Frise of Toronto, in the loss of his mother, the widow of John Frise of Myrtle, Ontario. Mrs. Frise suf- fered for some time from heart trouble, passed away at her Port Perry residence on Friday, August 4th, in her 74th year, Hannah Barker Frise was born in England. At the age of two years she came to Canada with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Barker, and settled at Whitby. Upon the death of her parents she lived with her uncle Robt. | Kirby at Sonya. Arter her marriage with John Frise, Mr." and Mrs. Frise farmed on Scugog Island, and later at Saintfield, Columbus and Myrtle, at which place Mr. Frise died, eleven years ago. At that time Mrs. Frise moved to Port Perry where she has since made her home. Of a retiring nature; she found her keenest interest in gardening and in the work of her son. 'Birdseye Cen- tre' was to her a real place. Mrs. Frise is survived by one son, James L. Frise, Toronto; two sisters, Mrs. A. Hamman, Brooklin; Mrs. A. Falcon, Oxford;-one brother, Robert Barker, Oxford. There was also a brother--Thos. Barker, of Calgarry-- who predeceased her. The funeral service was held at her late residence in Port Perry, on Sat- urday at 1.30 p.m, Interment was made at Prospect Cemetery, Toronto. ~ SEAGRAVE Mr. and Mrs. John Rowe and family of Whitby, visited at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Jas. Shunk, on Sunday even- ing. Mr. and Mrs, W, Frise and daughter Alma were in Toronto over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Boe and family of Bowmanville, were week end visit- ors at the home of Mr. and Mrs, A Martin. > Mr. Frank Harding motored to Montreal recently. Mr. and Mrs, F. Snyder and daugh- ter, of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. D. Snyder and: family, of Windsor, Mr. and Mrs, C. Brooks, of Toronto, with Mr. and Mrs. A. Snyder, over the week 'end. I Mr, and Mrs. 'C. Banks and fondly {have returend to their home in Brant- ford after an extended holiday with the latter's parents Mr. and Mrs, A. Snyder. Mr, George Mark, of "Poronto, is spending .the week. with his daughter -- Gerrow and his" commilttee for thers Alvin Bruce dance, the 'real success that looked: certain at the outset was spoiled by the rain, which came just at the wrong time so far as the street dance! « was concerned, and so far as the rain insurance was concerned. Evidently the various booths: would have done a thriving business had it not been for the rain. This type of amusement seems to be very popular with the publié, who like to take a shance; a and are ¢ willing to pay for the, fun. Mr. Ernie King was in Toronto during the past week. Qbite a number from Sedgrave at- tended 'the Civic Holiday sports and Street Dance in Port Perry. Mr. and Mrs. S. Perkins and Mrs. W. Mark. visited friends in Port Hoover, on Sunday. . Mr. and Mrs, Milton Stone and fam- ily called on. Mr, and Mrs. Hugh , Hugh Strong, of Manchester, on Sun- Mr. Weir was chairman of this| ! day. : eid = PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10th, 1933 $1.60 per year in advance Some Causes of Automobile A Sotament tlh has been made re- cently 'by the. traffic officer is worth repeating. "Ib is to the effect that the prevalence of big cars tends to 'in- crease auto accidents, There is noth- ing wrong with the car itself, but the danger lies in the fact that the motor- ist can travel fifty or sixty miles an hour without noticing the speed at which he is going. The law has sug- gested a proper speed for ordinary travel--356 miles an hour--put the suggestion is constantly ignored. More than that considerable pride is shown in the fact that the 35 mile rate can be exceeded: Luckily most fast drivers get away with the speeding. The fact remains, however, that the = "Accidents greater the speed the greater the danger, This is particularly true with big cars if a tire bursts, because the 'drop: caused by deflation of a 'large tire is so great that it is: 'well nigh impossible: to keep control of the car. In addition to this fs the fact that thin tires, hot weather, and high speed are factors that are a constant source of danger. Y The chief trouble is that no driver thinks that an accident. can happen to him as a result of these causes, He knows how to manage the car to prevent them, Unfortunately the ac- cidents continue to happen, and those who 'are in a position to know declare that speed, thin tires, and hot weather are dangerous factors in car driving. Mrs. R. S. Long and grandson Gor- don Harrison, of Myrtle, are visiting the former's daughter, Mrs. R. Scott. Mr, and Mrs. C. W. Clarke and fam- ily, Mr. and Mrs. F. Skerratt were in Port Bolster on Sunday. The many friends of Mr. Wm, Pol- lock and son Russéll, extend to them their sincere sympathy in the loss of a true and loving wife and mother, who passed away at hey home in Can- nington, on Saturday, August 5th. BR... MRS. S. COURRIER After suffering from a serious ill-|© ness, resulting from a broken hip, caused by a fall, Mrs, Elizabeth Cour- rier, of Lindsay, aged 84 years, passed away at her home on Durham Street. The late Mrs. Courrier was born at Port Perry, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Raymes, where she was married at an early age to James Smith, alsé of Port Perry, who met with an accidental death. Later she married S, Courrier, for a number of years a steamship captain for the Boyd Lumber Company. Mr. Courrier died sixteen years ago. She-was a member of St. Mary's Church. Sur- viving are four brothers, Oliver of Scugog Island; Daniel of Saskatoon, 'George and John, of Port Pe Perry, BLACKSTOCK Royal Black Knights of the district extending from Oshawa on the west to Trenton on the east and Halibur- ton on the north, including the counties of Ontario, Durham, North- umberland, Peterboro, Victoria, and Haliburton will converge at _Black-] stock on Saturday, August 12th, to celebrate Derry Day. The celebration which will be the first of its nature in this district for some years, takes the form of a July 12th march only it commemorates the relief of London- derry, instead of the Battle of the Boyne. The management of the big parade and programme is in the cap- able hands of Creighton Devitt of Burketon, Immediate Past Grand Master of the Grand Black Chapter of Ontario East, Preceptories from many other counties have been invited to attend and it js- expected that some will be present from as far as Grey County. Present arrangements call for a huge parade which will be led by the Lindsay Boys' Band, Sons of Ulster Drum and Fife Band of Oshawa, and Blackstock Fife and Drum Band. In addition there will be the bands of the various preceptories taking part. The chief speaker of the day will be' Russell Nesbitt, K.C.,, M.L.A., of Tor- onto, one of Cartwright's illustrious sons who will be supported by several other prominent Orange Officials. The Victorian Women's Institute will have charge of the preparation of dinner and supper which will be served in the Armories. At night it is planned to hold a big dance for the visiting Black Knights, also in the Armories, where an Oshawa Orchestra ~ will supply the music.-- -- The parade and sports program is expected to draw a large crowd to Blackstock which is the headquarters) of one of the strongest Black Knight Preceptories in Ontario' We are glad to report that Mr. A. Rahm who has been dangerously ill: following an operation for appendicitis in the Bowmanville Hospital on Thurs-; day last week is, we hope on the' way to recovery. On Wednesday evening a league. game of girls' 'soft ball was played; in Blackstock between the locals and Brooklin with the latter winning with a score of 34-16, On Tuesday night at Myrtle the Blackstock boy's - played with the Myrtle boys and lost to them by a score of 14-13. Misses Reta' and Janet Swain have been enjoying part of their school] holidays with their aunt, Mrs. C. Mar- low. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Montgomery and Jean, Mrs. W. Montgomery, Mr. Lawrence Allin, Miss Mildred Cole, Miss Violet Dever, Mrs. E. Sanderson Continued on page b) MILLION DOLLAR FIRE AT CORNWALL . Because somebody violated one of the municipal by-laws of Cornwall, a million dollars' worth of prop- erty was destroyed by fire. Some person thought it would be a good idea to burn up some of the rubbish "behind a store. There was a by-law against such an action, but the man either didn't know or didn't care, and went on with his job. Not only that, but he ne- glected to put out his fire properly when he left it for the night. Much has been said about the Amber of laws with which society is supposed to be burdened, The fact Jig that most of these laws have been rendered neces- sary because of the carelessness, laziness, or greed of a few individuals. Most of our citizens are law-abid- ing citizens who live with decency and common sense; but a small percentage of people have to be directed and guarded against almost constantly, or they may become a menace to society. One of our greatest dangers lies in the fact that laws are not looked upon with respect, and there has «developed among some of oar people a certain ele- 'ment of law-breaking bravado, of which they seem to be proud. This is unfortunate and dangerous. : + Systems Carrying the Thing Too Far. Heard Along Sport's Byways "Last evening R. C. Wood; Honorary Secretary of the Canadian Amateur Swimming Association (Ontario Sec. ) issued a warning to all swimmers and divers registered with the C. A/S. A. velative to competition in unsanctioned meets over the holiday, The only race for which permission has been granted is the one-mile swim, sponsored by the Canadian Legion at St, Thomas. The events at Jackson's Point and other centres have not been sanctioned, and; any swimmers participating therein render sion." themselves liable to suspen- | | teaching others their particular lines. - The above was published in the To- ronto Globe, ; It does not seem fair that all the good amateur swimmers should be driven to St, Thomas, An amateur sportsman of any kind should be al- lowed to add to the enjoyment of the folk with whom he is staying during the summer. The swimming races at Port Perry were.not in any sense pro- fessional and no money was paid to winners of events. "It begins to look as though amateurs were being forced to adopt rules that prevented the free- dom of sport and reduced the educa- tional value of these specialists in Hydro Rate Revision and The annual study of the financial conditions of the Hydro Systems of the Municipalities served by the Com- mission has just been completed for the purpose of rate adjustments. These studies are made for the pur- pose of adjusting rates so that each class of service is supplied as nearly as possible at cost, and so that the actual cost of power Supplied for municipal -purposes, such as Street "Lighting and Waterworks, may be | actually ascertained, The Power Commission Act provides that power supplied by local Systems for muni- cipal purposes shall be supplied at actual cost and any surplus accumu- lated during each year is handed back in cash to the General Fund of the Municipality. In some of the Municipalities i is sometimes found advisable to actually refund in cash directly to the con- sumer..a part of the surplus revenue, rather than make reductions in rates. In fact, in some of the Municipalities refunds have been made as well as rate redyctions. .. The. Commission Is very pleased to announce that for the year 1932, out 'of a total of 306 urban Municipalities served, decreases in rates have been authorized in 73 Municipalities, while it has been necessary to recommend increases in rates in only 16 Munici- { palities. In addition to these rate ad- justments, "efunids" of accumulated surplus have been recommended in 50 { Municipalities." The amount of these refunds in some Municipalities is as great as one-sixth of the total revenue i collected from the Consumers during the entire year 1932. The total amount so recommended for refund directly to the consumers is approxi- i mately $250,000. The increase in rates to the above mentioned 16 muni- i cipalities only amounts to an annual revenue of aproximately $37,000. The Consolidated Balance Sheet of the Municipalities of all systems, as published in the Commission's Annual Report for the year 1932, shows the following statement of Reserves and surplus: Reserves and Surplus-- For depreciation Other reserves Debentures paid .... 10,244,778.28 Local Sinking Fund.. 9,099,210.61 'Operating Surplus .. 15,476,142.75 ..$14,902,1 77.02 1,902,308.64 Total Reserves and Surplus: ............ $60,624,611. 30 | The total plant value of all local, amounts: to $89,887,049.72, and as the above figures show Re- serves and Surplus accumulated by the | Systems amounting to $66,624,617.30, ithe operation of the local Systems {supplied by the Commission is truly a remarkably successful one. The following refunds have been an- nounced for this district: Port Perry, $1243; Uxbridge, $1251.69; Woodville, $832, Beavertorf, $964. "The following was taken from the "Toronto Telegram." | Refunds go to: Agincourt, $763.36; Amherstburg, $3420; Aylmer $3718.- 39; Belle River, $638; Bothwell, $808; Burford, $691.23; Drayton, $608; Dunnville, $3762; Flora, $1778.52 Essex, $1808; Forest, $2031; Guelph, $21,600; Hagersville, $4796; Humber- stone, $1484; Kingsville, $2192; Leam- ington, $6042; Lucan, $7774.46; Merlin $617; Merritton, $3869; Milton, $3099.- 83; Mount Bridges, $4848.26; Otter- ville, $430.90; Paris, $4667; Ridgetown $1856; St." Jacobs, $5664; Seaforth, $2090; Simcoe, $6606.08; Springfield, Rebate $382.36; Stouffville, $1077.30; Thames- ford, $677.73; Tilbury, $2392; Thames- ville, $912.90; Watford, $1275. Rates will be decreased to Acton, Aylmer, Belle Brantford Township, Dashwood, River, Del- aware, Dorchester, Dutton, Elora, Em- Amerstburg, bro, Granton, Harrow, Kingsville, Lam- beth, LaSalle, Township, Lucan, Markham, Mitchell, Mount Bridges," New Hamburg, New Toronto, Plattsville, Point Rdward, Richmond Hill, Ridgetown, Rodney, Stouffville, Sutton, Thamesford, Til- bury, Toronto Township, Trafalgar Township, Wallaceburg, West Lorne, Wheatley, Woodbridge. In the Georgian Bay system re- funds to consumers will be made in Beaverton, $964; Chesley, $2138.79; Port Perry, $1243; Uxbridge, $1251. 59; Woodville, $832. Rates will be re- Leamington, London duced to Arthur, Bradford, Cookstown, Flesherton, Grand Valley, Kincardine, Markdale, Meaford, Port Elgin, Shel- erton, Wiarton, $2590.96; Kingston-Portsmouth, $26,- 080.87; Norwood, $71.59; Ottawa, $36,- 000; Perth, $17,349.61; Picton, $6,- 785.93; Smiths Falls, $7853.84; Stirl- ing, $1889.41; Williamsburg, $426. Rate reductions will be made to Athens, Belleville, Bowmanville, Card- inal, Carleton Place, Cobourg, Dese- ronto, Finch, Hastings, Napanee, Perth, Richmond, Russell, Trenton, Westport. In the Thunder Bay system Nipi- gon township gets a small rate re- duction. . Rate increases will be made to Bol- ton, Bridgeport, Elmira, North York Township, Port Colborne, Rockwood, St. George, St. Mary's, Stamford Township, Creemore, Dundalk, Or- angeville, Owen Sound, Brighton, Peterboro and Smiths Falls. 'GREENBANK Murs. Fallow, of Toronto, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Dyson. "Mr. and Mrs. Sarvis, of Stratford, visiting at the home of Mr, I'. Sharp. Mr. William Michie, of Hamilton, spent the week end at his home here. Dr. N. L. in Chicago, - Fair. Mrs. Garbutt, Oshawa, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmott Walker, Manchester, spent Sunday at the home of Harvey Real. Mrs, Burdge, Oshawa, is visiting her sister Mrs, Tyson Lee, Phoenix spent last week attending the World's Miss Reta Beare, Uxbridge, spent a few days with Miss Marjorie Phoenix, last week. Mrs. Farebrother, of Thorold, was visiting at the home of Wm. Phoenix, last week. Mrs, McKee, Oshawa, spent the holi- day at the home of Mr. John Me- '| Kittrick. Mrs. Smith, Bloomington, and Mr. Chase, of Michigan, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. O'Neill, on Sunday. , Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ianson, Mil- verton, visiting with friends here last week. : It is with regret that we record the passing of Mrs. Geo. Lee, in Toronto, on Monday. Essex, Exeter, Fergus, Forest, burne, Southampton, Thornton, Walk- astern Ontario refunds: - Brock- ville, ~ $25,811.32; Carleton Place, $8945.08; Finch, $1521.40; Kemptville, and Mrs. ~v br Fig a oN . a -- Be er a V Li 4 d A ¢ ~n Ao) at 4 A 3 \ i 5 + AR Cy