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gana % ' Fors 5 EA 3 SL vif a a - LAE } - £5 8 AY TU bs A A : ing vil Ad 23 > { J 'General News 4 | rerumet urged early legislation granting power to declare "Green Hell", where the casualties were twice as great in propor- of one mile along Sarnia-Londan Highway, eight miles east of " Globe on the scene, Eight districts in Ontario' Commons by William, Fraser (Liberal, - Northumberland). . ment to see that no Government contracts be let at prices which ~ « ampton Nab to Ambrose Lightship. © ~ . schools were "Godless" was ? prosented at the PORT PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 18th, 1936 Alarmed by mounting liquor smuggling, the United States ustoms enforcement zones fifty miles off the United States coast. \ LI | * . » A case for damages against a motorist was dismissed upon the ground that the plaintiff was walking with the traffic on the right side of the road instead of against the traffic on the left side of the road. ® % 8 Hon. Mackenzie King is shortly to issue a manifesto setting forth an outline of Liberal remedies for present unsatisfactory conditions. FIN * * * A peace is being arranged between Paraguay and Bolivia after a most deadly warfare in what became to be known as the tion as in the Great War, a A least a dozen.harns were razed, roofs blown off houses, and highway strewn with trees, telephone poles, and wire for a stretch Sarnia in a windstorm. Several people are reported injured. Hraffic and communications were badly disrupted. Bae R 'Henry Brown of Burleigh, N.J., claims to have bred "stingless ees." Wagaya forat : . * 9.0 * The Department of National Defence, announced award of a contract to the Fleet Aircraft Company. of Fort Erie, Ont., for the construction of ten training aeroplanes, at a cost of approximately $70,000. ir - i * & % i : While an armed farmer stood guard over his three hired hands in a field, 200 men attended a strike -meeting a few rods away as the latest development in- Kent County's sugar-beet workers' strike. Percy Whitemarsh, when questioned by The regarding the report that He was carrying a "firearm, said: "If my men want to work, I am going to see that they get the chance." : : . 3 = * =» 'Flood waters concentrated their fury in Kansas and Nebras- ka, as storm-damage estimates mounted past $25,000,000 and death lists toward 200. The rampaging Republican river, racing southward out of Nebraska, spread its destruction-dealing flow chiefly in the region of Junction City, Kansas, "will be prospected for hidden as part of a Federally directed treasure hint, The National Defence Department has let contracts for prices which force Ontario. manufacturers to cut wages below the legal minimum to compete with Quebec, it was charged in the House of - He claimed the Quebec minimum wage law was not being enforced, forcing Ontario manufacturers into an unfair position. " The remedy, said Mr. Fraser, was for the Labor Depart- wealth this summer, forced low wages. © The Ontario Liberal claimed a Government contract was let which left thirty-eight cents for the labor on a machinaw coat. ia * When the Normandie, the new French Ocean Liner, slipped -past Ambrose Lightship at 11.03 a.m. E.D.T., she had three new records for passenger liners. - - 1. Fastest crossing from Europe--4 days, 11 hrs., 32 min. 2. Record 24-hour run--748 miles. 3. Fastest one-hour run--381.87 knots. The crossing time is-based on the 3,192 miles from South- . Medically speaking, it is possible to banish tuberculosis from the face of the earth, Dr. H. E. Kleinschmidt, Director of Health Education, National Tuberculosis Association, New York, told The Globe in an interview. 3 * x % ™ 7 1,600,000 bushels of barley will be required by Canadian brewers this 'year. ; : : * 8 Dr. McKerroll, of Victoria Church, Toronto, has been elected Yodarator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in anada. : Question of whether or not the Canadian Manufacturers' Association should frown on "improper wages" featured the asso- ciation's sikty-fourth annual convention. This is an advance. There used to be no question as to "improper wages" in former ays. : * * * Stanley Baldwin has taken over the Government of Great Britain with the following suggested Cabinet: - Prime Minister--Stanley Baldwin. He Lord President of the Council---Ramsay McDonald. Lord Chancellor--Viscount Hailsham, now Secretary of War. Chancellor of the Exchequer--Neville Chamberlain. : tdi Foreign Secretary -- Sir Samuel Hoare, now Secretary for ndia. ROE] Home Secretary--Sir John Simon. . He also is expected to be Deputy Leader of the House of Commons. Dominions Secretary--J, H. Thomas, as at present. Colonial Secretary--Malcolm MacDonald, son of the present Prime Minister, who is now Under-Secretary for Dominions. Secretary of State for air--Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, now Under Secretary, who probably will be raised to the Peerage, . im Lord of the Admirality--Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, as at present, . ; ) Minister of Labour--Ernest Brown, now Minister of Mines. No name was mentioned for the post of Minister of Mines, which Brown vacates, Other Cabinet Ministers--there are twenty in the present list ~--are expected to remain unchanged, : lads : x 3 An argument againkt the oft-voiced criticism that public sente Board of Education nd School, when h i 5 rah oid oa Aron i 1en he had the honour of presenting sixty certificates to pupils "who had qualified in the me orization of four . lengthy passages of Scripture, A ' of Toronto, by TrusteesDr., to Frankland ie od $1.50 per year in advance 5 cents single copy Watch your label; it tells when your subscription expires. A Dangerous Doctrine There is a serious misunderstanding of the duty of public officials. Their business is to serve the best interests of the peo- ple--not to defend the interests of some particular body of of- cials, Take the case of Reeve William Parrott as an example. For over a year he has been patiently working to find out the facts re- garding school grants. He was not concerned in bolstering up .a case; but he wanted to know what was right in the matter. The result of his Investigations goes to show how difficult it is to be correct in the distribution of grants, Then as a reward for his labour Reeve Jackson is reported to have said at the recent sit- ting of the County Council: "If it had been me that had read such a letter as that to a Council of which.I was a member, and which was being sued, I'd have gone back to my municipality and resigned." Reeve Jackson charged Reeve Parrott with "infidelity to the County Council." 7 "on The letter to which- Reeve Jackson referred was from Dr. Rogers, Chief Inspector of Secondary Schools, who is said to have obtained legal opinion that the County Council has the right to recover amounts allegedly overpaid the several municipalities. As thig opinion had a direct bearing on the case of the Port Perry unpaid grants, Reeve Jackson is further reported to have said: "I contend that Mr. Parrott should be ashamed of him- self to broadcast to the public this other legal opinion." ; Evidently Reeye Jackson was mainly concerned with defend- ing the County Council, right or wrong. It is admitted that the case re Port Perry vs. County Council of the County of Ontario, 18 very complicated. In earlier stages of the discussion, Reeve Jackson stated that if it could be shown that the County Council had the right to-pay Port Perry's claims, they would be paid with- out quibbling to the last cent. - His more recent attitude is that right or wrong he will defend the County Council to the last ditch. This loyalty to an institution is dangerous, It is possible that Port Perry pid have no legal right to collect its claims for unpaid grants, It is also possible that the County Council has no legal right to withhold those unpaid grants. There is a right and a wrong in this matter, and it is the business of every fair-minded County Councillor to see that justice is done. Quite aside from the effect of Mr. Parrott's investigations upon Port. Perry's claims, the County Council owes him a debt for his fearless investigation of the whole question of grants which has evidently been an expensive and ill-advised 'matter for 'many years. Like any other kind of housecleaning--it is not a pleasant task; but it was a necessary one. If Mr. Parrott has in any sense helped to put the whole matter in a clear light, and make it possible to fairly distribute school grants, then he should not be pilloried but thanked by the County Council." - ta This Law.should be Simplified The basis of the trouble re educational grants lies in' the fact that the law governing their distribution is very complicated, and but few persons know exactly how to calculate the sums to be granted to the several schools. i . Herewith is the chief section of the law dealing with the dis- tribution of grants. to Secondary Schools. It was complicated enough until the amendment of 1930, and that seems to have made "confusion worse confounded." It is not only in Ontario County that there have been over-payments and underpayments; but the muddle seems to have extended throughout the Province. The amendment is set in heavy type. A It is pleasing to learn that a thorough study of the financial structure of Ontario Secondary Schools is under way; and we are assured that, when the facts have been gathered, the law will be revised. We sincerely hope that the new law will be greatly simplified. - Section 35--The Boards of Education Act. (1) Where the Council of any County has not passed the by-law mentioned in subsection 1 of Section 34, it shall on or be- fore the 16th day of December in each year, pay to the board of every high school in towns not separated from the County, and in villages and townships, within the county for maintenance of high schools, an amount equal to that apportioned by the Minister to such high schools out of the legislative grant for maintenance of high schools. . R.S.0. 1927, c. 326, 8. 86 (1). (2) Where the cost of maintenance of county pupils at a high school and the share of cost of education of county pupils which the area constituting the high school district paid to the county during the preceeding year exceeds the amount apportion- ed by the Minister and the fees received, the council shall in lieu of the equivalent of the amount apportioned out of the legislative grant, pay to the board a sum to be calculated as follows: - To eighty per centum of the total amount expended for permanent improvements (including amounts expended in paying off de- bentures and in providing for the interest payable 'on such de- bentures) shall be added the total cost of maintenance of the high school; the amount apportioned out of the legislative grant, and any sums received for fees shall then be deducted; the remainder [shall be divided by the total number of days' attendance of all pupils at the school during the next preceding three years, and the resulting amount shall be multiplied by the total number of days' attendance of county pupils during the same three years. R.8.0. 1927, c. 826, 8. 85 (2) ; 1930, c. 63,'s. 16 (1). (2a) There shall be paid also by the county to the high school board the share of the cost of education of county pupils which the high school district which maintains the high school paid to the county during the preceding year as included in the rates levied by the county council according to the relative equal- ized value and the total amount so ascertained shall be the sum payable by the council to the board ; but for the purpose of this subsection the cost of education of county pupils shall not be deemed to include any sum paid by a high school district to a board of high or continuation school trustees or a board of educa- tion in any other county or in any city or separated town in the same or any other county on account of the attendance of pupils who are resident in the county of which this high school district is a part at schools in other counties, cities or separated towns, or on account of the attendance of pupils resident within the high ofioo) district at other high schools within the county. 1930, c. 63 s. . . . THE LATE WILLIAM H. KELLAR On Sunday, June 2nd, William H. Kellar, former editor of the Ux- bridge Journal, died at his home in Toronto. Mr. Kellar gave a long and valued service to the people of Uxbridge and community as editor and citizen. He took a keen interest in all that pertained tained to the welfare of his home town, and there was sincere re- gret when he finally retired from . the editor's chair. The editor of the Port Perry Star had his first lessons in print- ing with Mr. Kellar, and in the three years in which we were to- gether there was ample oppor- tunity to learn his fine adherence to his high ideals of good citizen- ship. . LC RAL CON A BLA ATH a -------------- ROBERT BAIRD DIES IN B. C. (Vancouver Province, June 3) Robert Baird, 58, deputy minister of municipal affairs and inspector of 'municipalities for British Columbia, died in hospital today after on illness of some months. Born at Wick, Ont., Mr. Baird spent the earlier part of his life in Ontario and Prairie Provinces, where he was connected with the Royal Bank. He became associated with the Provincial Government here in 1914 as municipal inspector and was promoted to deputy minister of municipal affairs in 1934. Mr. Baird was taken to hospital re- cently "when he suffered a relapse while attending the King's Silver Jubilee ceremonies at Parliament Square, where he had been honored by the award of & commemoration medal. For some months previously he had been convalescing from nervous dis- orders centering in the spine. His early youth and training were passed in Eastern Canada, shared by six brothers and-- sisters, some of whom have since died. Between 1899 and 1900 Mr. Baird taught school at Sunderland, before going to the Uni- versity of Toronto in the latter year, where he took a Master of Arts de- gree, graduating in 1904. For a number of years past Mr. Baird acted for the attorney-general in his capacity as committee of the estates of persons in provincial care under the Lunacy Act, a position of great responsibility in which tens of thousands of dollars worth of prop- erty were held and invested in trust for those in provincial mental institu- tions. He was noted both in and outside of the civil service for many acts of kindness and philanthropy. In his duties Mr. Baird will be irreplaceable. From twenty years of active association with the seventy- eight municipalities of the province, he knew all their circumstances and his advice was actively sought by those at the head of municipal affairs. The annual report of- his department was ever an intensely human docu- ment, sparing in castjgation and warm in praise where'this could be honestly bestowed . It was, further, a record of facts from which none sought to appeal. ghd Mr. Baird was a distinguished Mason, having held in succession the office of grand junior warden, grand senior warden, deputy grand master and grand master of the grand lodge of Freemasons of British Columbia. He was elected grand master in 1928, and during his tenure of office laid the cornerstone for the new Masonic Hall in North Saanich, * In the Scottish Rite he also distin- guished himself, being a thirty- second degree Mason. He also was a member of the Union Club and the Victoria Golf Club. He is survived by his widow, Ma- dame Eva Baird, and one daughter Helen Patricia. (Editor's Note -- The Vancouver Province also carried an editorial set- ting forth the good work of Mr. Baird and the kindly feeling toward him as a public servant.) ~~ MARRIED At Port Perry, in St. John's Presby- terian Church, on Saturday, June 8th, 1035, by Rev. D. A. Ferguson, BA, Beatrice Elmira, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Taber, Brooklin, Ont, to Allin Irvin, younger son of Mr. George Mole and the late Mrs. Mole, of Myrtle Station, Ont, Myrtle Station The Tenth Anniversary of Church Union will be observed here next Sunday at 3 p.m. A special offering is asked for, to clear off the debt of the Church. Sunday Schoel will be at the usual hour 1.45 * Miss Elliott, of Formosa, gave a most interesting' talk, at last Sunday's service, to a most appreciative gath- ering. "Mrs. Honey and Mrs. Hudgins also assisted with the service, We regret that there were not more pre- sent. - Mr. and Mrs. Russell Briggs, of Los Angeles, Calif., spent the week end with his uncle Mr, F. Briggs. Miss Annie Hayman, of Toronto, was a Sunday guest of My. and Mrs. D. G. Ross. ' Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tonkin and Mrs, McKeown, of Oshawa, were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. L. Mitchell, Miss Viva Briggs spent a few days ot last week in Toronto with Mr. and Mrs. Harold White, who were visitors to the Briggs' home on Saturday. : Our former neighbour and friend Murs. Innis Grant, of Toronto, visited with Mrs. O. H. Downey, last Thurs- day and Friday. On Monday, Mr. and Mrs. William Chisholm, of Toronto, were guests of: Mr. and Mrs. R. Chisholm, who, with them attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Jas. Chisholm, who passed away at her home in Toronto, and was laid to rest in the Cemetery at Prince Albert. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Percy, Mr. and Mrs. D. Broome, Mr. and=Mrs. O. H. Lane, Mr. Will Timmins, also Mr. and Mrs. Allie Ross, of Ashburn, attended the Decoration service at Dunbarton, on Sunday. . Miss Doreen Wilde, of Whitby, is holidaying with Mr. and Mrs. David Jerry. ce TRA A Congratulations to Rev. W. E. and Mrs. Honey, who are celebrating their silver wedding anniversary on Friday of this week. Mr. and Mrs." Wm. Hamilton, Mrs. Copeland, Mrs. Lindsay, and Miss Reid of Toronto, spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Briggs. Yes, the softball team and many fans journeyed to Manchester last Thursday evening and played a most exciting game which resulted in a score of 25-17 in favour of Myrtle. The next game will be on Friday of next week, June 21, when Blackstock comes to Myrtle. Good luck to the home team. The Woman's Missionary Society will hold their regular meeting at the home of Mrs. D. G. Ross, on Thursday June 20th. All the ladies of the com- munity are cordially invited to attend. Born--On June 10th, to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McCartney, a daughter. MYRTLE Mrs. Crawford has been holidaying with her daughter Mrs. G. Vernon, of keen, Ont. Sorry to report that Mrs. Will Parks is ill and under the care of Dr. McKinney, and nurse Jordon. It is hoped that she may soon be restored to her former activities again. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lawrence | motored" to "Guelph on Friday with their son Dr. Lawrence, of Lindsay. Rev. Mr. Honey preached anniver- sary services at the Head Church, on Scugog Island, on Sunday. Miss Elliott, a returned missionary on fur- Jough, had charge of his work here on Sunday evening and gave a very con- cise account of her work on foreign fields. A Whitevale dealer was through here last week and bought several truck loads of barley from different farmers. The price paid was sixty cents and up according to quality. Mr. John Grant, our local post- master had the misfortune to lose a valuable milch cow last week from in- digestion. The recent rains have been a great help to all crops. Farmers are now busy putting in their corn. Miss Ruby Moore, 'of Seagrave, spent the week end with friends here. eo -- Don't miss adorable Shirley Temple in Now and Forever. An intense drama worth seeing, bring the kiddies to see Shirley Temple in one of her many screen succeses, Mon, Tues, Wed., June 17, 18, 19, at the Strand Theatre Ua.oridge. Patronize your "neighbourhood theatre'--Uxbridge. FACTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ISSUE IN WHICH THE COUNTY OF ONT. IS INVOLVED AT THE PRESENT SESSION There are approximately $20,000.00 of county funds involved in this question. $4,000.00 of this amount is money legally and honestly earned by two school areas in the County, but which the County has not paid to those schools, Approximately $16,000, is represented by over payments to the five urban municipalities in the county. A proper adjustment of this matter would mean that the County would be $12,000 better off than at present. The rural municipalities would benefit to a much greater ex- tent than they would lose by having this matter adjusted. should be returned to the county by the Urban municipalities, I under- stand from the Department of Educa- tion that the County Council has the power to adjust this whole question legally and honourably with all con- cerned. The cause of the County Seeondary Education question getting into this condition is that the County Council of past years have not taken an adequate means of properly under- standing and administering the High Schools Act. The Act itself is very involved and should be much clearer than it is so as to enable the ordinary layman to understand it. Any errors that have cropped up in its administration have not been due to the wrong doing or intention of anyone. The main dif- ficulty in arriving at a settlement is that it will mean admitting that some ficials did not understand the ktatutes governing secondary education cost of the county. This is the main rea- son why this question is not béing handled in a busines like manner to reach a settlement. It is not because the Reeve of Reach wants to have re- | course to the court to punish or hu- miliate anyone. I am ready to work in the interests of the county for a legal and honourable settlement of this question in: fairness and justice to the municipality IT represent. Wm. Parrott. NO CHANGES MADE IN EQUAL- IZED ASSESSMENT OF THE COUNTY OF ONTARIO There" will be no change in the equalized assessment of the County of Ontario for 1936, taxation purposes. Recently the special committee ap- pointed by the Council in January to equalize the assessment rolls of the different municipalities of the county for the purpose of levying an equit- able rate of taxation on each muni- cipality for 1936 brought in its report to the Council, recommending that no 'changes be made from last year. While there have been minor changes in the assessments of some of the municipalities since the last report was adopted they were not considered serious enough for the Committee to recommend general changes this year. In years gone by the equalized re- port has been a contentious one, and some years ago, the Township of Reach, not being satisfied with its assessment as adopted by the County, appealed to an arbitration board and succeeded in obtaining a. substantial reduction. The total equalized assessment of the county is $24,420,141, divided among the various municipalities as follows: ; Per cent. Equalized of County Municipality Assessment Levy Pickering ..... $4,289,373 17.6619 I. Whitby . 2,600,915 10.6507 Whitby "Tp..... 1,930,949 7,9072 Reach ........ 2,110,766 8.6436 Scugog ....... 329,477 1.8492 Uxbridge Tp. .. 1,072,630 4.3924 Scott , ......... 1,471,973 6.0277 Thorah ....... 1,316,466 65.8909 Brock ......... 2,670,611 10.9361 Mara ......... 1,709,508 7.0004 Rama ......... 311,628 1.2767 Whitby Town .. 2,375,618 9.7277 Uxbridge Town 663,421 2.7126 Port Perry .... 663,202 2.7168 Cannington 426,840 1.7479 Beaverton 477,975 1.9678 $24,420,141 This amount former County Council or County of- 14 I apf, | Ra ES NS Rl hn Ce a EEN 4 4 1 > $7 FEIN aa ey as TE To aie Pr i AE ~ SpPoSs CEE 2 a I J PRCT apr TH A RC pe we No pr,