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£ Ap '.. McQuibban to be House y i & "*f'. Waterloo North, and D. M. Campbell, newly elected Liberal-Pro- _ PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11th 1984 4% | $1.50 per year in advance 5 cents single copy Watch your label; it tills when your subscription expires. C ¢ EDITOR'S NOTE--Without entering _Singlair-Hepburn controversy, ( ; to know anything) we wish to express two ideas: 1. Sincere ~ regret that Mr. Sinclair is ceasing to be Liberal House Leader| 'in the Provincial Parliament at Toronto, 2. A wish that Mr. McQuibban, his : succesor,. may: be &ble to render as good| service to the Province as has-been rendered by. Mr.: Sinclair. = We feel that Ontario: County and the Province generally owe a debt 'to Mr. Sinclair for. many 'years. of "intelligent, |' j honorable service." © 2 LIBERALS FACE SESSION . LEADER = "MEMBERS OF CAUCUS CHOOSE McQUIBBAN IN ~~. SINCLAIR'S STEAD +. (Toronto Globe) her With seven out of nine members of the Liberal caucus voting against him, William E. N. Sinclair, K. C., M.P.P., for the last decade Leader, then Legislature Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, was shorn: of his leadership mantle on Saturday, and Dr, George A. McQuibban, Liberal Whip, was chosen to succeed him: Two of the ten participants in the caucus did not vote, William 'Newman, M.P.P,, Victoria North, who was chairman, and Dr.| McQuibbant* Dr. L. J. Simpson, Simcoe Centre, acted as secretary. The caucus which declared the deposition of the veteran % 'Sinclair was held in King Edward Hotel attended by ten of the fifteen Liberal members of the Legislature, and lasted from 2 until, "about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The resolution appointing Dr. ( ader this election session was carried by 9 to 1, Mr. Sinclair bei - vote. Tl . : Lack of co-operation with Mitchell F. Hepburn, M. P., his successor 'in the Ontario leadership, was the charge levelled against Mr. Sinclair and apparently sustained despite what was declared to be a vigorous denial on the part of Mr. Sinclair. Denying lack of co-operation with Mr. Hepburn, Mr. Sinclair declared that his duty had been to lead the party in the House. 'He had never hindered Mr. Hepburn nor said anything unkindly of him, he declared in the private precincts of the caucus room, and had pressed Liberal policies in the House to the best-of his energies and abilities. I 3 Mr. Sinclair, it; was stated to The Globe, displayed no anger as he answered his critics in 'caucus--critics who in former days, it was said, were prepared to support him--and announced his in-| = tention to continue with the-Liberal Party, and contest, as usual, his riding of South Ontario, in which he js regarded as unbeatable. : He will also sit with the Liberal group in the Legislature. Those Liberal members of the Legislature who attended were: 'Dr. McQuibban, member for Wellington Northeast; T. A. . Bakelock, Halton ; William Newman, Victoria North; D. P. Munro, Wellington South ; Dr, L. J. Simpson. Simcoe Centre; C. A. Robert- son, North Huron; J. A. Sangster, Glengarry; Norman O. Hipel, Waterloo South; and R. A. Baxter, Oxford South. Ui 'Seven 'voted for the resolution naming a new Leader, two abstaining, as already noted, and Mr. Sinclair opposing. - The four other Liberal members of the House who did not at- tend Saturday's caucus which really was a continuation of a gathering called to discuss leadership in November, were W. J. HracKay, Brice South; T, P. Murray, Renfrew South; S. C. Tweed, gressive member for East Kent. A telegram from Mr, Tweed ex- plained unavoidable absence and Mr. Murray fis known to be not we ih £45 SA es g 3 5 ged A : : The change in leadership heralds a "pep" election campaign in the Ontario Legislature this approaching session. Dr. McQuib- ban, who will now direct Liberal House strategy, has been known ag a severe critic of Ontario Hydro administration, and a continua- tion of the H dro assay] Jn se ort. to the Government on "constructive mea- 1 as an indication of willingness to hugh i leader dis shortly | into the pros and cons of the| of. which we do not pretend| io the only participant to cast a negative| the 'Legislature is to be assumed| from his hote use Leader. Mr. Sincla eged difficulties with his followers in the Legislatu to have arisen on "Leaders' Day" in the| ogisla in the course of an address, Mr. 'known for a long time that he was failing. of visiting his flower garden. - W. Philp i THE COMMUNITY MOURNS Seldom has this community: een called upon to sustain such a severe loss of men of outstanding character and good service as has fallen to our lot during the past two weeks. Three men of unusual value to this community have passed away--two of them after long lives of honorable service and one at a period when ' there seemed to be the probability that he would be spared to his friends and his fellow citizens for many years of counsel and assistance, - ©". Lote Sh : We bow to the inevitable; but we greatly mourn our loss. The sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved - families. \ JOSEPH BAIRD Died, January 2nd, 1934 The year of 1984 had scarcely begun when Joseph Baird passed from this life to the great unknown. His friends had None the less. his death was a distinct shock. A real loss had been sustained. Mr. Baird was a man of unassuming and kindly character, who carried out his duties faithfully." He was one of those de- " pendable Characiors that give stability to the social structure. The particular tasks that fell to his lot--the duties of bailiff-- were not of eniviable type; but never has it been shown that he used his office for any other purpose than to secure proper settle- ment in financial difficulties. On: the contrary it became notable that he saved many disputes and much needless legal work by his quiet negotiations between the parties. He was a very lenient man. - - 12 Mr. Baird was a member of the Presbyterian Church, a con-. sistent christian' gentleman, loyal:in his support of measures for the public benfit. - He is survived by his son Herbert K. Baird, who : is. manager. of the Bank of Commerce at Shaunavon, Sask. GEORGE BOND Died, January 3rd, 1934 : On. 'Friday, January 5th, a large number of friends and ~ neighbours gathered to show their last token of respect to one of the oldest members of this community, namely Mr. Geo. Bond, who was taken ill, some six weeks ago with bronchial trouble, and _ from which he never rallied owing to a weak heart condition. Mr. Bond was a native of Devonshire, England, and when quite a youth, came, with his mother, brothers and sisters to Canada, and haswspent the rest of his life, over sixty years, in this village. : % ". He was, we believe, the first florist and market gardener in this community, running the business now owned by Mr. Wm. Ettey. In religion he had been a member of the Bible Christian Church, but when that body joined with the Methodist churches, he became a Methodist and was always a staunch and faithful member, As old age came. on he retired, and his late home is a beautiful witness to his love for and success with flowers and all - flower lovers will miss his advice, his generosity and the pleasure He loved his church more dearly than he loved his flowers and had been since the United Church was formed one of the elders of this church. He lived his religion instead of preaching, it and for many years did the caretaking of this church willingly and without remuneration. - He was as his pastor said, "a Prince in Israel" and a father to whom his children 'could look for wise guidance. His wife predeceased him some twelve years ago and he is survived by three daughters, Mrs, .L. Marks, of Winnipeg; Mrs. of Utica; and Mrs. Geo. Till, of Greenbank, and by eight grandchildren and one great granddaughter. The pallbearers were Messrs. Philp, Gordon, Sager, Martyn, Murphy and Dobson, and as he was a member of the Sons of England Society, this lodge assisted at the burial service. : "Peace, perfect peace, gr future all unknown, Jesus we know, and he 18 on the throne. It is enough; earth's struggle soon shall cease, - And Jesus call us to heaven's perfect peace." --Prince Albert Correspondent ~W. A. CHRISTY Died, Thursday, January 4th, 1934 William Albert Christy died at Port Perry, at the age of 66 years, He was the son of Gideon and Mary Christy, ami was born within a few miles of Bloomfield. He resided in that vicinity most of his life. . In 1920 he moved to Port Perry, where he has been connected With the firm of Harris, Harris and Christy, until the time of his eath, He was a life-long member of the Methodist and United, Church and served on the Boards of both Bloomfield and Port party churches... He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, at the ime of its incorporation and for many years after. He also served on the Bloomfield School Board. . Afer moving to Port Perry, he, (for several years and up to the time of his death) acted as Secretary-Treasurer of the Port ~ 'Perry Board of Education. A daughter, Evelyn, predeceased him while living in Bloom- field. Surviving him are his wife, Tryphena Harris Christy, and daughter Frances, also a sister Mrs. J. P. Anglin, of Montreal. The beautiful floral tributes from many sources were very much appreciated by the family. Mr, Christy will be greatly missed by the Board of Education. He had become well versed in school law, and he proved to be a secretary of unusual ability. His yearly reports, were well re- ceived at the County Council. ° : ~ In bowling circles, Mr, Christy was well known, and for some years he acted as secretary of the local Club. He was a, genial life will be hard to fll gentleman, who made many friends. ~ His place in many walks of 1 from this Star, graph of the Intermediate Class, June 1876, of the Port Perry High School. The pupils and and teachers were lined up for their picture on the school lawn in front of the old High School building. The teachers well in the foreground and widely spac- ed, sat on the grass on the west side of and close to the walk leading from the street gate to the front door of the school. Tailor fashion they sat alike, hats were alike, laid aside alike, and wore well-groomed long massive dark whiskers alike-- full beards were then in their heyday for business and profes- sional men, Some of the male students had ambitions too, for I see three of them supported beards, and other two had side- whiskers, a mode . zealously adopted by many farmers' sons in their "teens". ) The teachers were: Mr. Du- gald McBride, B.A, principal in the centre, assistants, Mr. Alex- ander M., Rae, left, and Mr. Duncan Crawford, right. From their names they were suspici- ously Scotch, took their work seriously, permitted no frivoli- ties during recitation periods. All have passed to their reward. The students, 36 of them, 9 young men were massed on the | east lawn. They had just finished writ- ing on the first Intermediate examination directed by the De- artment and were more or less n a jolly mood. In keeping with the old-time custom of the sexes sitting on opposite sides of a church and many other public places, here are the ladies, most of them standing together to the left and to the rear of the student body. The gentlemen students with much more blunt- ed sense of the propriety of things even in the matter of having their' "pictures took", stood, sat, kneeled, stooped, or reclined according to their whims or as the artist found them when he would wait no '| longer. * Before giving the students' names I want to say this Inter- mediate examination was a new departure in the way of examin- ations. It was held twice a year, June and. December, and while the number who passed was not large, all who wished might try it- and the successful ones were each given a diploma corres- ponding to a non-professional 2nd class certificate. The teach- ers themselves were not sure as to the nature of the questions likely 'to be asked on the ques- tion papers--another reason why the percentage of success- ful candidates to the number who tried was not large. Port Perry High School passed 18 at this time, 10 at December exam- 'Jinations the same year, headed the list in numbers passed of all ..|High Schools in the Province and was surpassed by only 3 to b of the Collegiate Institutes. The teachers, pupils, parents, friends and citizens generally of Port Perry and vicinity were justly proud of this High School. No wonder pupils flocked in from many outside points, even from the back townships of the County Ontario. The School Board was obliged to increase its teaching staff. Death has taken a heavy toll class--only four definitely known to the writer to be now living, 24 no longer with us, while eight are in doubt, whether living or dead, I shall be grateful if any of your read- ers will inform the "Star" or will write me direct as the where- abouts or fate of these eight. Of the names to follow herein, I have prefixed a "*" to those whom I know--are living and a "x" to those who have departed, land to those in doubt I've at- Have also| tached no prefix. made brief comments, as for as I am able to do, regarding the majority of this class. Any further information about any of them wil be gladly received and passed on to the, 'Star", ~The Class of '76 | To the Editor of the Port Perry I am looking at a group.photo«|. girls or young ladies, 27 boys or} G Names of students, left to right. : x Frances Patience Byam, Scugog, teacher, later Mrs. R. J. Stilwell, Za x Ann Burkholder, Brock, tea- cher, later Mrs. H. Glendenning. x Teenie Gordon, Port Perry, teacher, later Mrs. Robt. Ross. Louise Christian, Port Perry. x Harvey Clarke, Port Perry teacher, ' x Thos. Cockburn, Georgina, died early. - x Kate Glendennding, Brock. x George Thompson, Brock, doctor. x. Carrie Abbs, Port Perry, daughter of the Episcopal Meth- odist Minister. : Maggie Cleghorn, Prince Al- bert, teacher. Xx Hector McIntrye, Woodville Congregational Minister. x Fredrick Bagshaw, Green- bank, died in his 8rd year To- ronto University. : teacher. x Robt. J. Stilwell, Greenbank Minister of (1) Methodist Church, (2) Anglican Church. x 7? Rose, Blackstock, teach- x Maggie Forman, Port Perry, died early. \ x Benjamin Johnston, Wood- ville. x Frank M. Yarnold, Prince Albert, Port Perry, lawyer. Jennie Crozier, Blackstock, Port Perry teacher, Robert Bensoh, Borelia, went to U. S. A. * Reuben Stilwell, Greenbank, now Uxbrdge, Methodist Minis- ter, retired. Lewis Smith, Columbus. * Lachlin Gilchrist, Wood- ville, now Vancouver. ? MacDougall, Woodville. x John Dobson, Manchester, Methodist Minister, U.S.A. ? 'Campbell, Brock, probably. x Andrew C. Courtice, Prince Albert, Methodist Minister, Edi- tor Christian Guardian. er, lawyer. x John McArthur, Port Perry, Colorado, became U.S.A. senator x S. Eddie McBride, Borelia, son of Prin. McBride, died 1877, of typhoid fever. general merchdnt. * Arthur Beall, Raglan, now Whitby, author, once teacher, a profesor in Japan. x Thomas Courtice, Prince Albert. x Charlie McIntrye, Port Perry, teacher. * Henry Bewell, Greenbank, now Toronto, teacher, loaning inspector, Joseph Jewett, Borelia, father was hotel keeper. LI: H. BEWELL, 6595 Dovercourt Road Toronto. A i Ly... CORRECTION In the election returns for the Township of Reach the total vote polled for Mr, John S. Me- Donald " was. wrongly reported. The total should have been 408. We regret this error, and con- gratulate Mr. McDonald on his election with such a good vote. BEN i... To the Electors of the Township of Reach: Ladies and Gentlemen: I take this means of expressing to you my appreciation of the honour you have conferred upon me by elect- ing me as one of your Councillors for 1934, I shall serve you to the best of my ability and hope to merit your confidence in me. Your obedient servant, JOHN S. McDONALD, AMI AP i -- To the Electors of the . Township of Reach: Ladies. and Gentlemen: I take this opportunity of express- of the honour you have accorded me by electing me as one of your Coun: cillors for 1934, I shall continue to serve you faithfully as in the past, , Your Obedient Servant, . Rind uate aa COMMUNITY WELFARE DANCE The Community Club at Manchester will hold a dance on the evening of January 24th, Proceeds in aid of re: lief work. a x John (?) Johnston, Brock,' x Fredrick Hill, Port Perry, x James Forman, Port Perry (Greenbank) ing to you my sincere appreciation ROBERT SWANICK. 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