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FS ey THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1084 : ~~ (Rev,) Harcourt read a very interest- 3] ing report of the monthly Board Ei * Meeting from the Diocesan Secretary. oh 'The program was in charge of Mrs. : © A. Rahm and was as follows: a read- 5 ing by Mrs, A. L. Bailey "The World 4. Garden", a reading by Mrs. Robert @ Hamilton, "The Christmas Carol", a reading by Mrs, W. Crawford "Peace". 'fhe chapter of the Study Book "Fish- ers of Men" was taken by Mrs. T. "Smith. Lurch was served by the group in 'charge, A hearty vote of thanks was tendered Mrs, Mahood and 'Mrs. Archer for their hospitality. On Thursday evening last the Com- munity Hall was filled to capacity to enjoy the Continuation School Con- cert which consisted of a piano. duet by Misses Marion Taylor and Ellen Emmerson; a vocal solo by Miss Reta Swain, The Sailor's Hornpipe Dance by six girls and the play "It Happen- ed in Hollywood" - The numbers were all well given and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone 9 % On Friday previous to the closing of school for the Christmas holidays, the * teachers of the Continuation School staff, Mr. Allan and Miss Eva Brown, were, presented with beautiful scarfs by the pupils. Mr, Allan is holidaying at his home in Blemheim and Miss Brown in Owen Sound. Mr. Eldon Eckel, principal of the Public School, has gone to his home in Clifford. Mrs, Robert Parr and Misses Eva and Florrie Parr, spent Sunday with Mrs. John Marlow. ; © Miss Grace Hooper spent Sunday with Miss Mabel VanCamp. "On Sunday evening, after the ser- vice, 'Mis. Saddler, choir leader, was presented with a beautiful hymn book with. notes, in appreciation of her faithful services during the past year. 'Mr, A. Johnston hiadé the" presénta- 'tion and Mr, Eric Cutting read the ad- Mrs. Thompson and daughter Anna "spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. N. & McNally, : Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vincent, of Toronto, are visiting the former's grandmother, Mrs. Robt. Mahood. ~~ Mr. and Mrs. O. Wright and Edith 0 gsbent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Mer- + --eMF vin Graham. Liat Ti i Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Graham and family have moved to Oshawa. = We are sorry to lose them from our vil- 'lage. i "Mr. Sandy Dawson of Windsor is spending Christmas with Mr. and i Mrs. F. A. Bailey. Mrs. Dawson ar- Fes Rea rived earlier in the month, and they are both returning to Windsor on Wednesday. wr Mr. and Mrs. Norton VanCamp and daughter Audrey, Elmira, are spend- 'ing the Christmas holidays with Nor- ton's parents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Van- Camp, Congratulations are extended to Dr. and Mrs. John McArthur on the ar- rival of a baby girl on Wednesday, : December 19th. ~ Mr. and Mrs. Naysmith Henry and family bpent Sunday with Mrs. -. Henry's parents Mr, and Mrs. F. A. Bailey.. . ... Misses Florence and Kate Mec- " Laughlin are spending their holidays with their parents Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McLaughlin, © = In place of the regular Sunday School in the United Church on Sun- _ 'day morning, a beautiful Christmas ~. Program was presented by the various classes as follows: - a pageant, "The Story of Beautiful" by the following members of the adult Bible Class, Mr. and Mrs: A. Johnston, Messrs. Norman Mountjoy, E. Dorrell and W. Marlow, and the little girls of the Junior Class. + All were dressed to represent the dif- ferent characters in the pageant. A pantomime "Silver Night" was given by the Junior Girls' Class and a chorus "There's a Song in the Air" by the Senior Girls' Class. The Young Ladies' Class was represented by Rev. Mr. Bell who gave a short address, and the Intermediate Class of girls by their teacher Mrs. Clarence Marlow, who gave a reading. Recitations were given by Dorothy Wright, Thelfas wre Grant Ferguson, Lucile Forder and Milton Bell; solos were sung by 2 Audrey Mountjoy and Beryl Larmer; Edith Wright played a piano solo and [J the Primary Class sang. For the Junior Boys' Class, Keith Johnston sang "Away in the Manger." Congratulations are extended to Mr. "and Mrs, Norman Mountjoy on the Am 26th anniversary of their wedding which was celebrated at their home on Saturday evening, When 32 rela- 'tives were entertained to a goose sup- W. A. of the United Church will be held at the home of Mrs. O, Wright on Friday evening of this week. The annual meeting of the Royal Black Preceptory No, 898 was held in the Orange Hall on Tuesday night last, Three candidates were received into membership, Rev. Mr, Parker, of Enniskillen by certificate, and Rev. Mr. Walfraim, of Janetville and Mr, Fred Ellis, of Enniskillen through in- itiation, : Mr, Creighton Devitt presided for the election of officers which resulted as follows: : : W.P,--Leonard Joblin; D.P.--Hildon Johnston (Janetville); Chaplain--Rev. Mr, Parker, (Enniskillen); Reg-- Henry Thompson; Treasurer--Dr. J. McArthur; 1st Lecturer -- Herbert (Tyrone); 1st Censor--W, Campbell; 2nd Censor--Robert Hamilton; 1st S. B.--Leslie Thompson; 2nd S. B.--D. Heaslip (Janetville); Committee--Jas. Howe, W. Hooey, L. Wright, Byron Hyland, (Janetville), Rupert Byers, Rev. Mr. Wolfraim, Percy Hamilton; Pursuvant--Wm, Fitze (Janetville). At the close lunch was served, - On Sunday evening last the service with-drawn on account of the Christ-| mas service in the United Church which was in charge of the pastor Rev. Mr. Bell, assisted by Rev, C, Harcourt of St. John's Church. Special music was furnished by the choir, On Sunday December 30th, anni- versary services will be held in St. John's Anglican Church both morning and evening. On Tuesday, January 1st, a play entitled "Meet Uncle Sally" will be presented in the Community Hall by members of the A.Y.P.A. The caste of characters is as follows: Ben Blayne, a young-lawyer, Norman McCurdy; Betty - Blayne, his sister, Evelyn Devitt; Jenny, a Swede Cook, Doris Marlow; Sally Sherwood, a col- lege student, Mrs. Jack Rahm; 'Bob Durant, Betty's Fiance, Cecil Hamil- ton; Snookens, a Cockney Butler-- Oliver Smith; Elaine Durant, Ben's Fiance--Aileen Devitt; Aunt Dorenda, Bob and Elaine's Aunt--Mrs. A. L. Bailey; Dr. Jimmie Snodgrass, an Osteopath--Jack Smith; Miss Muggs, Dean--of Ketcham College -- Vera Forder; Rev. Wright, a preacher-- Lavern Devitt; Wm. Hawkins, Ben and Betty's uncle--Percy Hamilton. Music will be furnished between acts, Mr. Alvin Bell, of Ottawa, and Mrs. Wm. Patterson, of Toronto, are spend- ing the holiday season with the form- er's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Bell, Owing to the anniversary services in St.gJohn's Chazek con Sunday even- ing there will be no service in the United Church. Miss Ida Dempsey, of Minesing, is visiting her sister Mrs. (Dr.) Mec- Arthur. SCUGOG Best wishes and & very Prosperous 1935 for everyone. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs, H. Carnochan on the birth of a little daughter of December 19th. Congratulations to Mr, and Mrs, Geo. Skerratt on the birth of a little daughter of December 15th, Davey and family in the loss of a hus- band and father, last Friday, after a lengthy illness. Mr. Davey spent his young manhood days here on the Is- land where he had many friends. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife, one gon George, two brother James and Joseph, of Port Perry. Also two grandchildren, John Davey, of Whitby, and Dorothy Davey, of Toronto. Mrs, J. Ploughman of Port Perry, visited her son Mr; E. Ploughman, a few days last week. Mr. Donald Hood has returned to his home in Toronto after spending a few weeks with his aunt Mrs, Demara. Mr. and Mrs. J. Young, little Isabel and Miss Carrie Johnston, of Salem, visited their cousins Mr. and Mrs, A. Martyn, recently. Miss Olive Schell and friend Mr, W. Smith, of Lindsay, were recent visitors of her parents Mr, and Mrs. G. Schell. Mrs, Geo. Hood visited in Toronto a few days last week, bringing her little son Jimmie home with her after agi=ding a few weeks in the Sick Children's Hospital. We are sorry to hear it will be a few weeks yet before he can get around on his legs. ~The Christmas entertainments were all that could be wished for and were favoured with mild weather; but the roads were filled up for the Centre program, so the crowd was not large. The 'committees are very highly praised for their work in training the children. We were glad to see ond Santa able to get around again to visit the little folk and he was in fine I . Hooey; 2nd Lecturer--Leslie Brookes| in St. 'John's Anglican Church was]. On the Shores of Scugog By SAMUEL FARMER "NOW ON SALE Neatly Bound in Blue Cloth Boards. Price $2.00. Orders may be left with I. R. Bentley, Jeweller, Port Perry; A. M. Law- rence, Druggist, Port Perry; P. G. : ory) Law Office of the Port Perry Star, orrison, Druggist, Port Perry, or the x SSS MRE ------ ens = NAN J - CONTENTS Preface W b i Clearing the Land Making Black Salts and Potash. The Development of Agriculture. The Home Life of That Day. The Social Life of the People, Music and Other Entertainment. The Funeral. Fashions. wm a ~ SN Early Tools and Utensils. Roads and Rigs. The Coroner. Post Office and Letters. The Cost of Living. Mills and Milling. The Day's Work. Hotels and Whiskey. The Epic in Grain, Steamboats on Lake Scugog. Ontario County. } Port Perry. Lake Scugog Moods. Schools and Schooling. The Coming of the Railway. The Tornado of 1850. Early Documents. Scugog Island. oe SEARS ~ ---- -- -- an -- we Sa ~ i rT LTT Some Early Settlers. lL Ty, RIND -- Seagrave. Military Matters. Hr 777 iii : : i Avs ; Te " Local Personalities, iver 2) [ re SN The Newspapers. IAN) 7 17 JAEAARER They Have Passed This Way. The First Settler in Reach Township The Light of Other Days and To-day. Cartwright, Address by Dr. H. Bruce. "A Brief Survey of Present Conditions. We were glad to see our young folk home again for the week end and holiday. They were Misses Luella Jeffrey, Audrey Hood, Myrtle Sweet- man, Hilda and Marjory Milner, Blanche, Burnice and Aileen Sweet- 'man, Mr, Geo. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilkinson, Mr. Sydney Chandler. Congratulations to Mrs. R. Jackson and Mrs. J. L. Sweetman,' in winning a number of the prizes on their poul- | try at the Port Perry Christmas Fair last week. Fowl brought very good prices--turkeys 19c¢ and 20c., geese 12¢ and 13c, chickens 11c to 19c. The weather man is doing his best to give us a good winter as there is plenty of snow--and then some. The snow plow has been at work already. Miss Eunice Lee is visiting with her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. Lee, for a week. Mr. Fred Jackson visited friends in Toronto last week. Mr. John Burnham visited friends in | Utica recently. \ > ------ GREENBAN Mr. Freeman Howsam arrived home from Saskatchewan on Saturday. Mr. Elmer Lee, Toronto, Mr. R. Mc- Millan, Guelph, Miss Edith McArthur, Stratford, were at their respective homes for the holiday. Mr. Wallace McMillan, of Rainy River, was home for Christmas, ' Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Beare are cele- brating their Golden Wedding of Jan. 1st, and will be at home to their relatives and friends. "The FIRESIDE | PHILOSOPHER' | By ALFRED BIGGS Big minds are always open. LE Life is too short for revenge. L LJ] LJ Nobody is all bad--none is all good. es Don't limit-your politeness to your hat. y LJ [J LJ Work Is substance; money .is shadow. . * L Make your religion work seven days a week. . LJ * Christianity hasn't yet been given a fair trial) y ER a The vices of today are the virtues of tomorrow ; SNAPSHOT CUIL CHRISTMAS GREETINGS P74 Waking you a ) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year by Tho Sears Guudings- || __-_ Me wud Wes Hichard Rin started out as ordinary snapshots but, artfully handled, turned out o charming greeting cards. A simple, effective and individual * "solution of the greeting card problem. They to Christmasy about that? Not much. It would be far better, wouldn't it, to have a snap of the family grouped about the fireplace, hanging up their Christmas stockings? Or decorating the tree, or putting up a holly wreath on the front door? A view of your lighted home on a winter night would make a charming card. Your camera can do just about anything you want, providing only that you give it the right kind of co- operation. For interiors and night views outdoors use a supersensitive film; equip yourself with a few of the inexpensive modern lamps of the photoflood and photo - flash types; don't forget that auto head- lights can be used to light up small outdoor scenes sufficiently for brief time exposures. And so on. But remember that now, of all times, your picture must "tell a story," must be clean-cut and vivid. The idea is the most important thing. With care you can get the picture you want. Go into "executive session" with your family now. Discuss ideas, select the best -- and get out your camera. One word of advice, born of ex- perience -- simple ideas are best. They are easier to execute and, nine times out of ten, they "click" more effectively than something preten- tious or complicated. JOHN VAN GUILDER. NAPSHOOTERS have a great advantage over ordinary folks at Christmas time, for they can easily produce Christmas cards that are 100. per cent. individual, unusual, and not at all expensive, What's the purpose of a Christ mas card, anyway? Simply to carry a message of cheer and goodwill from one person to another, It is, at its best, a very personal affair. Snapshots of yourself, your home, your family, your pets or anything else that's part of your life can be easily used in Christmas cards. The result is cards like no one else's. There are many ways of using snapshots in greetings. The photo finishers in your town are equipped to make greétings for you, using one of your own snaps. They do some beautiful things; it-vdl] pay you, at least, to investigate them, "=~ « Or you may want to be even more individual, One of the simplest greetings consists of a card with a snapshot pasted on it and a hand- written message below. Nothing can be more personal than that! The opportunities for unusual and beautiful cards are endless, It's a challenge to your ingenuity, But no matter hew clever the scheme, the snapshot itself must be good -- and appropriate, You might use a snapshot of your family, stood up in a row, facing the camera. But is there anything J spirits, too. ------_ F. W. BROCK & SON RED & WHITE STOR WE WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR VALUES THAT SAY "HAPPY NEW YEAR" We believe that 1935 is going to be a better year for all of us. In any event as a RED & WHITE Store we are going to continue to give to our customers the best possible value in good food as our contribution to their prosperity. This week-end we feature another great list of timely food specials and invite you to take full advantage of the oppor- tunity it gives for extra savings. Specials for Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday Culverhouse Golden Bantam CORN ........ 2 tins for 25c¢. Red and White Coffee, I's .................. per Ib. 4lc. A Red and White Tea, 13's ................ per package 29c. {e. Kirk's Hardwater Soap .......c.....coiivien.n. bar 5c. Pearl White Soap ............. coin. 3 bars for 1lc. k Tiger Salmon, Y2'8 ... viii iii tin l4c. IX Mazola Oil, I'S .....o iti iii iin tin 30c. Pia Whiz Toilet Flush ......ooviiiiiiiiiiineeneenn tin 19c. Bg Clark's Pork and Beans, medium size tins. ..... 2 tins 19c. oh Hawes' Floor Wax; 1'S ......ooiuiiirnennennennn tin 43c. A Pitted Dates ........ovviiiiiiiiiniennninnns 2 hs 25c. & National Matches ........oviiiriineninnennn 3 boxes 25c. i Prairie Blossom Flour, 98 Ib. bags ................ $2.59 cadwyr shines "vive... ooper tin lle. EEE Fe ae ele 0 2 Ibs for 29c. Falcon Peas, No. 4 Chocolate Biscuits CF Tl at Ul a Sl page oP ~ MA IL eg " Manyflowers Soap .......... o.oo. 3 bars for 14c. Fry's Cocoa, 157s ovine tin 23c. Glacier Sardines ............ iii 2 tins-15c. Special Mixed Candy i per 1b 15c. pay Kolona Tea, ¥3'S .....cv vivian. per package 26¢. hei Roasted Peanuts .............covviunniianns Per Ib 10c. { Mincemeat ............cci iin 2 Ibs for 25c. yids Golden Spray Cheese, 12°s ................. per pkg. 13c. be Red and White Flour .-- ................... 7 1b bag 26c¢. S41 Gold Medal Health Salts ..... EAA tin 14c.' a 2: Gold Medal Quick Tapioca .................. per pkg. 10c. Mixed Nuts--SPECIAL..................... per 1b. 19c. Phone 43, Port Perry $200 will Buy A LARGE WOOD LOT, being the North Part of Lot 12, in the 8th Con. of Reach, containing fifty acres, more or less. This property adjoins No. 12 Highway, and has on it a quantity of elm and mixed woods. This wood lot can be a continuous source of wood supply with proper care : by the purchaser. } {5 SA we A A Cn Ym hm be NN For further particulars, apply to £ ~ Harris, Harris, & Wallace, T Phone 24, Port Perry, Ont. ok $0800 800088 880000080000 800008000000000000080000000000000000000 Reece eet iiiotocsetieeertatisnesest onal Mulligan's Beauty Shoppe WISHING ALL A HAPPY and 1 A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR hy I -- -- ee aa -_ -- --e d rosso sesssons H. H. MULLIGAN, Proprietor FY rete stsssioanrnrasstitsziattiiititanatitiizizeastianasataitieneattiis ARAL R titi tite l) 4 _---------- eee ee A MN 3 QUALITY FIRST N The is the grade of meat you get from us. Whether it is Beef, Pork, Lamb or Fowl. By the way, we will be pleased AN to fill your order for Christmas Fowl. Order early A ' and you will be sure to gét the very best on the market. : R CAWKER BROS. RE