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Vol. LXX, Samuel Farmer, Publisher. Single Copy be. ONE FAMILY MEETS THE DEPRESSION ~ (Condensed from the Survey Graphic by B. Gordon Byron and A. : printed in Readers' Digest) ad _ "Bweet are the uses of adversity" wrote Shakespearé, and today I am one of millions who know from personal experience what + those uses are, Early in 1980, I received $100 a week for writing advertising, Early in 1988, our county emergency work bureau started paying me $20 a"week to keep relief records. + This cut of 80% in income has brought both tragedy and comedy to our home. You might not notice much physical evidence of the \Pisaster. : My wife and I and even the two children still manage ~~ to keep outward appearances. We still live in the same house, although we have hung another $1000 mortgage round our necks. We still dress respectably, although my neat blue suit was a gift, and my wife sits up till the small hours remaking old dresses into new ones for herself and our daughter. We still eat, although we now depend largely upon chain store "specials," It is three years since we gave our last dinenr or bridge party. Visits to the theatre are as guests--never as hosts. Lots of the things we are forced to do without are no loss at all. 1 loathe the movies, but now, for the first time in my life, I want to take the family nearly every week, and the lack of the neces- sary dollar gets on my nerves. It is quite unimportant whether the youngsters get ice tream on Saturday or not, but it painfully - important to me to know that I cannot put out a dime each for ~~ them to go and buy a cone. This is the prison we have occupied "for nearly four years. The little things count--the petty re- © strictions that humiliate and break one's spirit. To find one's © self after all these years reduced to the point where one cannot afford a quartesfor such a commonplace thing as a seat at the 'movies--! Lin dinind : Do I sound bitter? 'Well, why not? However, I cheerfully ad- mit that Shakespeare knéw what he was talking about, We have been purged of many foolish notions; we have gained a' better standard of values. We are more sympathetic' toward other ~~ 'people's bad luck and more tolerant of other's ideas. g : I would place the development of appreciation of things spiritual at the top of my list of the sweeter uses of adversity. It should not surprise anyone to learn that those who are weary and heavy © laden have turned to the Great Comforter for solace. I speak only for myself, but I suspect that this feeling is widespread. Until the depression I had not entered a church since my marriage 12 years ago. While I was brought up a strict Methodist, I find com- fort today in the Sacrifice of the Mass of the Catholic Church, of ~~ which I am not a member." There is a wonderful stability, a © wSgnse of permanence about the Catholic Church which contrasts HHamatically with the ever-shifting, crazy world around us.' It ~ offers a quiet haven to those of us who are weary of the storm. After church on Sunday, the winning of 'material success, or the 7 present lack of it, seems entirely unimportant to one who has been an humble witness of the Supreme Sacrifice. % Next I would list the exchange of permanent satisfactions ef life, for the temporary and material, We have become regular visitors at the public library. Each week the four or us return ~~" home with armfuls of books: latest novels and old classics; books ' on gardening and books on religion ; books on how to raise goldfish . and how to'repair automobiles. All are grist for our mill. And I'have been digging into some of the old timers on my own shelves; Montaigne, Euripides, Ruskin and Dickens have provided plenty of mental food when meat and potatoes were somewhat scarce. We are better physically because we get more exercise. We walk where we used to ride, and: we garden where we used to play - bridge. Our garden looked more beautiful this year than ever before. We built a pool in our rock garden and spent delightful minutes watching the goldfish--from the ten cent store--flashing in the sun. No victim of present conditions need be mentally de- % BE pressed so long as he has access to books, and a garden to work in. '8 What is more satisfying, more soul inspiring, than to prepare the soil, plant the seed, and watch the unfolding of leaf and bud? ot The lost art of conversation is coming back into its own. In- stead of eternal bridge, our friends drop in, informally, after supper, just to talk. As the evening goes on, we serve home- made cookies and tea, and over our cup we discuss literature, _ politics, economics and every subject under the sun. Thus we are nding within ourselves hidden resources which we never knew existed, - 4 . ; The children, too, have gained. They have learned to admire and enjoy things without always wanting to possess them. Last Christmas I took them both through the toy departments. We had lots of fun, yet*there was not once the cry, "I want that," such as I heard constantly from luckier children around us. Pain- ful episodes occur, it is true, as when other children's parties make the absence of such events in our home all the more conspicuous. = Jt is painful to have to keep children home from school affairs be- Phause "Daddy hasn't any money." But these things will probably #pe soon forgotten and the self-discipline thus enforced builds stronger characters. We have lost our blasé attitude toward the simpler pléasures. '8 We have discovered how to laugh spontaneously instead of paying Jd someone else to make us laugh. We laugh, for emample, over the beautiful letters from expensive houses which still have us on their mailing lists, inviting us to a showing of the season's new styles. § These matters sound trifling. But surely the ability to get 8° laughter out of trivial things, under miserable conditions, is not f° "entirely worthless result of the depression. : 4 #7 Thank goodness that I am more or less a Jack-of-all-trades. I | have earned many a dollar during the past few years through is enterprises entirely foreign to my training. I have built rock gardens, constructed brick walks, clipped hedges and repaired leaky roofs. I made more than $200 at the end of 1931 by re- decorating the interior of a six room house, I have edited a week- ly paper, built a dust proof laboratory in a basement, helped out a public accountant, built book shelves, written speeches for public officials, and evén indulged in a little plumbing! By such means did we keep our heads above water from 1930 to early 1983. When il we have exhausted all the odd jobs available among our friends and ~ ezsergency work bureau, i "rhe day I registered at the bureau was, I think, the first and td oly time my wife and I let our feelings get the better of us. We 4 both cried bitterly. But there was no need for it. The bureau soon made me realize that it was not dispensing charity--that I would earn every cent of my $4 a day--and then some. "Thus I wad\initiated into that other world, the world of truly forgotten en who have known the good things in life and are be- . wilderethby the disaster which has overtaken them. We "white- + collar" workers in the bureau have developed a camaraderie which i neighbours, the only thing left to do was to appeal to the county |. to an end --every week." if one were offered us. We commission. I took such a job bureau. months of constant calling. looked anxiously in the pantry. had taken me into partnership. week makes! No more, perha one week more. with ambition, "forging ahead" crammed with the latest ideas profession from bee-keeping to wish, and lose nothing by tryin bottom 'again, so why not he i Before the depression I could not job just to experiment.' of earning some sort of a living succeed in making over my life i adversity ? what grimly, at acquaintances who feel that the world is 3 Docatiss they have had a 16% cut in Sh we say "they don't know there is a depression, Fa ¢y having a wi - f ' = know those "jobs." Sellin In two weeks I made just $2.50. tion and perhaps I could have made money at it after But after the first w During 'Wee borrow. money for food, The odes Bia baad) 0 the bureau, and when I got my old desk back, I felt as spend in an evening--but to us, the straw that keep afloat. Sometimes we hear rumors at the bureau tha has no more money and we shall all be fired. We wait anxiety until the threatened day is past; and then wi relief, we look forward to another $20--actual exis Many of us, four years ago, filled the specification cess' magazines' progressive young business men," around forty; we have lost touch with our former ness; we cannot afford to make constant visits to the. ity to make contracts with potential émployers. How can we cc new business era, with younger men, a year or two o! little, if any, family responsibility? What hope is . Well, I see one hope, at least. For the first-time. si in business, I can strike out along any path that ap nothing to lose but everything to gain. I have little started again in my former business so I can have planning my future all over again. \ nto somethin campaign for an opening in the line I select. - That's another lesson we have learned--the need of regular in- come, [Expenses can be budgeted to fit almost any income within reason, but you must get it regularly. Occasion ters in the papers from "Indignant Taxpayer" who thinks that relief work is pauperizing us and that we would not cept-a job gon straight joined the It was a good proposi- a few months after I - What a lot of différ ps, than one's employed friends 'my family t the county in torturing 'a sigh of thce for just f the "suc- were filled' to a rosy future. es of busi- pete in the t of college; siasm, and ere for ua? and undimmed en pe of being ] the thrill of I can enter any business or the practice of chifopractic, if I it. I have got to start at the vastly interesting? think of giving up & $6000-a-year, i nt." But now I can. So I'am oh 4 ful study of interesting vocations, to see what chance T would have making a care- at them. Soon I ghall start my And if I finally n new and thoroughly interesting. work, who shall say that I have not profited from' the uses of ao) g eG As a result of a request made by.the Lindsay Board of Health on the complaint of the Horn Brothers Woollen Mills in regard to the stagnant condition of the Scugog River water, to the De- partment of Railways and Can- als the Local Lockmaster was authorized by the Department to raise three of the main stop logs for a period of 24 hours starting Tuesday, November 28th, at 1.80 p.m. This was done and the full force of the upper Scugog flow- ing down has thoroughly cleansed the water in the vicin- ity of Horns' Mill, On receiving the complaint from Alex. Horn, stating -the manufactured goods were dam- aged by the impurities of the river water, the Board of Health requested A. L. Killaly, Depart- ment Engineer of the Depart- ment of Railways and Canals at Peterboro, to authorize the rais- ing of all the atop logs to set up a current that would carry away all the stagnant water and im- purities above the Woollen Mill, Mr. Killaly had to go to Ottawa to receive sanction for the re- quest but finally notified the Lindsay Lockmaster to remove enough stop logs as to set up a terrific current. i The water has béen pouring over the dam since Tuesday afternoon, the first flushing the river has had since the spring floods. The heavy coat of ice that 'had formed during the re- cent cold spell has been broken up and carried down stream by the heavy force of the current. The unusually loud roar of the falls caused 'many citizens pass- ing over the bridge to stop and wonder if there had been a sud- den flood or cloudburst to bring the lazy Scugog back to an active state. = The cleansing of the river had an almost immediate effect on the quality of water used by the Horns Brothers Woollen Mill. Alex, Horn notified Newton Smale, chairman of the Board of Health this morning that the water now being used is better and cleaner than any used all summer, © . Owing to natural conditions i have not experienced anywhere since the war, We laugh, some- the level of the Scugog River ~ RIVER IS CLEANED BY FLUSHING. (Lindsay Post) =r X : Foul, ; | this year has been several inches lower than 'normal level. When the dam was opened on Tuesday the water was then seven inches below normal level and in the short space of 24 hours has lowered another nine inches-as measured directly above the locks. However the recent rain and snow improved conditions rapidly, the water raising two inches over the last week-end. It is expected that with the pre-- sent weather conditions the water will maintain a normal level. : In reply to a request by the lo- cal Board of Health in conjunc< tion with clearing the Scugog of nauseating refuse in the vicinity of the town's two bridges the Board is in receipt of the follow- ing letter from A. L. Killaly, superintending engineer in Pet- erboro of the Department of Railways and Canals: Bln "As requested in your letter, we have instructed the Lock-. master at Lindsay to remove one log from his dam for a period of one-half hour each morning to assist in cleaning up the river through Lindsay. : "I: regret we are unable to flow more water than the quan- tity arranged for, for the reason that Lake Scugog is at an ex- cessively low level for the season. This - despite the fact that no water has been discharged through' Lindsay dam for some time, and despite the fact that your Town Waterworks is not now pumping from the Scugog River. ud : "If the residents of Port Perry, Caesarea and other Scu- gog resorts, knew that water was being discharged at Lindsay with the lake at its present low stage, I fear that strenuous pro- test would bé received from them, However, the small quantity which will be dis- charged 'will have little effect on the lake and we are hopeful it will improve conditions at Lind- say." 2 er Ladies' and Gents' Wrist | Watches, nice designs, priced right at Bentley's, ally we read let-| y we are EA ----------------------------------_------] a sith $1.50 per year in advance . THE KING OF AFGHANISTAN Mohamad Zahir Khan with his machine gun section at manoeuvres. Nomination Meetings As Christmas comes on the last Monday in the month, Nomination meetings will be held on Friday, December 22nd--in Port Perry, Reach, Scugog, and Cartwright. Fire at Beare's Garage About eleven o'clock'on Tuesday night an alarm was rung in as fire had broken out in Beare's Garage. Fortunately no damage was done to the main build- ing, but the frame structure was wrecked. There was no loss in cars and very little in equipment. The building in which the fire broke out was for- merly a store owned by the late William Tummonds. It was the only store left standing after the big fire of 1884, SEAGRAVE Practice for the annual Christmas concert on December 22nd, is in full A well attended meeting of the swing, from "grandma to grandpa Young People's League was held in and down to the little tots. We sug- the Sunday Sehool room on November gest a prize be given to the best 29th, with the President, Mr. Harold number on the program. Santa Claus Jackson in the chair. The meeting to be .the judge. A full house is opened with the usual devotional ex-| expected. : ercises. Miss Marion Eagleson con- Mt. and Mrs. A. L. Orchard spent a ducted the Bible references. Topic' few days in Toronto, where a very was in charge of Mr. John Mark, and, pleasant time was spent with relatives it was very interesting and much en) and friends. They also attended the joyed. There was a discussion by! winter Fair. Mrs. Gordon Mark, a reading by Miss; Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Moon and Iva Reynolds. At the close of the family, of Toronto, visited the form- meeting the Glee Club held a sing- er's parents over the week end. song of Christmas music. Mrs. Jas. Shunk has returned home from Prince Albert where she visited at the home of Mr. Albert Shunk for a few days last week. Miss Alma Clements has accepted Her many The .December ,meeting of the Quadrata Girls' Club was held at the home of Mr, and Mts. John Mark, at- tended by eleven members and four! A A . 3 : Lindsay. visitors. Vice-President Mrs. Gordon, A ne Sg gid Mark occupied the gha and opened) Quite a number from this district Nid? oeling with, he sihging: of 31 visited Lindsay last week. Bynil Whi wat follay es i Je, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watson and Lord's Prayer in unison. iss Esther Wow mt Friday in To- Graham read the Scripture lesson, daughter dean. spent Friday in di "Leisure story of Christ- : Cw it Ng Marjorie Mitehell pur-! Sorry to FETE Loy, Bey 'Mr ig rT. ilvers anc ing the evening the election of officers Mrs. M. Quigley, Mr Master Jack Clarke, on the sick list. Was lisld and resulted as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McDonald and Hon. President--B. F. Green; Presi- | family, of Greenbank, were Sunday dent--Marjorie Mitchell; Vice-Pres.--' visitors of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Wool: Mrs, Gordon Mark; Secretary--Ruth gpidge. Clements; Treasurer--Muriel Clarke; Mr, and Mrs. Orr Shunk and family Devotional chairman--Esther . Gra- of Lindsay, and Mr. Reg. Owls, of ham; Social--Aileen Fishley. Misses Sonya, were visitors on Sunday with Fern and Norma Moon then favoured My, and Mrs. Jas. Shunk. with a vocal duet and Miss Muriel Miss Ila Moon and Mr. W. Keen Clarke 'conducted two contests 'that ere in Toronto over the week end. were enjoyed. At the close of the Mr, Adam Wallace spent a few days meeting Mrs. Gordon Mark served a ast week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. delicious lunch. es Roy Moon, of Raglan. League, on Wednesday night last, Miss Alma Frise, of Gamebridge, was in charge of the President, Mr. and Mr. Edwin Mitchell, of Finger 'Harold Jackson. After the opening Board School, spent the week end at devotional period and business, the their respective homes here. report of the Training Class at Port Mrs, H, Wannamaker visiting wh Perry, was given by Bert. Wanna- relatives at Burketon, last week. maker. Topie--Peace on Earth Good I a Sn ET Will to Men" taken by Miss Iva Reynolds. Meeting closed with- hymn £ood quality, only $5.75 at and benediction. i Bentley's. | On Wednesday afternoon of this S . week, the Women's Association are holding their last meeting of the year, Myrtle tation in the Sunday School room. The quilt- The annual meeting of the W. A. of two quilts for the bail of clothing was held at the home of Mrs, James ay Jt pores @ program c¢ e ; . entertainment of Christmas messages dent, Mrs. Pilkey, conducted the first not 'forgetting the social cup of tea part of the meeting, which opened by Brush, Comb and Mirror Sets, -- --_-- the Lord's' Prayer and Bible reading .by Mrs. Hudgins, Mrs. Cooper then read the treasurer's annual report-- "Sunshine Bags netted $4.85, when '| added to the year's receipts, made a total of $114.30. Expenses for tlie year were well covered, leaving a small balance to start 1934, Mrs. Hudgins was then asked to take charge for the election of officers for the new year. Mrs, Pilkey had already resigned because she had moved to Brooklin. Mrs. Hudgins moved a yote of thanks to Mrs. Pilkey for her faithful services during the past two years of her leadership, and the motion was carried unanimously. "The following officers were elected | for the new year--President, Mrs, R. Thompson; Vice-President, Mrs. E. Cross; Secretary, Mrs. L. Tordiff; Treasurer, Mrs. J. Cooper; Organist, Mrs, D. Leury; Flower Committee, Mrs. Robt. Chisholm, Mrs. O. H. Downey; Visiting Committee, Mrs. S. A. Long and Mrs. L. Mitchell. After closing the meeting, a dainty' lunch was served by the retiring President, Mrs. Pilkey, to whom with Murs. Dickson, a vote of thanks was tendered. Many of our citizens took advan- tage of the C.P.R. week end excursion and went to Toronto, even though it was an extra cold outing. Wouldn't it be great if we .could have the privilege of enjoying many more such excursions. Here's hoping that the weather will be just a little milder for such:occasions. Judging from the weather we have been enjoying this week, it looks as though we are having one of our old fashioned winters. The Woman's Missionary Society is holding its annual meeting at the home of Mrs. Luther Mitchell, on Friday the 15th, (this week.) We '| hope to see 'all the members present. REE SO NE hi I i... REGARDING SUBSCRIPTION ARREARS decisions respecting newspaper subscriptions are very clear. Any person who takes a paper regularly from the post office, whether in his name or another's, or whether he has subscribed or not, is responsible for payment. If a person orders his paper discontinued he must pay all arrears or the publisher may continue to send it until payment is made, and then col- lect the whole amount, whether the paper is taken or not. The courts have decided that refus- ing to take newspapers or per- iodicals from the post office or removing and leaving them un- paid, is prima facie evidence of intention to fraud. Aa - FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF PORT PERRY RINK CO. for year ending Aug. 31, 1933 : Receipts Court Bal. forward ................ $114.13 Skating .................... 128.13 Season Tickets .............. 60.76 O. H. A, Hockey ............ 242.83 High School Hockey ........ 29.98 Hockey Practice ............ 21.46 Booth rent ................. 156.00 Corporation grant ........... 121.44 Rural Hockey ............... 443.43 $1177.14 Expenditures Wages ......... PRCT $204.00 Water. light, taxes .......... 162.07 Corp. tax and license fee ...... 13.00 Office Exp. and printing ..... 8.19 Exp. and repairs ............ 42.19 O.H. A. oo... 162.16 Rural Hockey Clubs ....... « 169.69 V2 referee and prizes R.H.C. 22.75 High School Hockey ........ 14.99 Insurance .................. 1256.00 Fuel ...............c... 00. 36.50 Interest s..uvivmesinesnnennss 14.00 Balonge uu.iaiiistenisnipnin 227.11 $1177.14 Balance sheet as at August 31, 1933 F. SHEPHERD, President A. P. McFARLANE, Sec.-Treas. hour, | sineine "Silent Night", followed. by Assets Charter ............. riven $ 125.00 Land and Improvements .... 879.20 Building .......co0000viuii 9832.61 Equipment ................ 203.70 Cash in bank .............. 222.11 $11,263.12 . Liabilities Capital Stock .............. $5962.00 MOTbEARG vu viiiva died iS 200.00 Surplus. easier ian 6111.12 $11,263.12