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a LB a a 2 5 A EEX 4 TE AI MAN + & I o $1.50 per year in advance. 5 cents single copy. Wateh your lab tall when your : "Trapped for Ten - Days Rescue Effected by Nova Scotia Miners Dr. D. E. Robertson and A. Scadding Again to See the Light of Day. At 1.00 .m, on Wednesday definite word came that contact ad been made with the im risoned men, At 1.05 the Toronto Daily Star had a "Rescued" edi- tion on the streets of Toronto. That newspaper ex- loit shows the intense interest that has been taken in the fate of those men who over nine days ago were. trapped in an abandoned gold mine at Moose River, N.S. 'Radio, automobile, areoplane, radium, and every equipment of modern science and industry have done t was possible to speed the rescue and keep the public informed as to the progress of events, Every fifteen minutes:durin Nota the news flashes have been sent. . Not ast day or two etail has been missed. Moose River will live in the memories of all ~ Canadians as the scene of one of the greatest dramas in Canadian history. NOTE--Actual removal from the mine was delayed for some hours before all difficulties were overcome. A community meeting was held in the Head Church last Tuesday even- ing with a good attendance. Rev. Mr. Joblin gave an interesting talk on the situation in Europe, Then a baseball contest of Bible questions and-answers with Mrs. Elmer Sweetman and- Mrs. Stewart Sweetman as captains, also a flower contest. Plans were then made ~ for an amateur night on April 28 open to all the Island or anyone who wishes to take part. The proceeds in aid of shingling the parsonage. We hope for a big night. Prizes will be given. Winners to be decided by ballot. The Women's Association was held in the Township Hall last Tuesday afternoon. Although the weather was not very favorable the attendance was very good. The President, Mrs. R. Carter, was in charge. Mrs. D. Hope -read the Scripture lesson, 24th Psalm, Mrs, E. Fines gave a couple of read- - ings, Mrs, O. Jeffrey gave two read- ings, Mrs, C. L. Fralick gave a read- ing, "To-morrow", telling the many good things to be done to-morrow, which are never done. - Mrs, D."Hope "read "Rejoicing in Tribulation". The meeting closed with all repeating the Lords prayer in unison. Then all were called to the tables which were deco- _ rated with daffadils, baskets of eggs and chi¢kens, also two very real look- ing rabbits. - The first course was stuffed eggs and potato salad. The " hostesses were group 3 of the Foot-- Mrs, 'G. Cherrie, Mrs. Fred Clark, Mrs. Elmer Ploughman, Mrs. Carl Graham, Mrs. N. Crozier. = Proceeds $7.86. ; Mr. Leonard Hope visited his cousin Mr. J. Hardy on Sunday. Mrs, Bruce, of Port Perry, is visit- ing her daughter Mrs, Elmer Plough- man. Mrs, F, Crozier is spending a few weeks with her mother Mrs, N, Foster fn Toronto. We are sorry to hear that Mrs." Foster is in poor health. We are all glad to hear that Miss Tweedie is better and able to go home with her sister Mrs. Brunnell at Green River. Mr. Ira Aldred has bought Mrs. G. i i "MP veetman' s farm, known as-the south "half of the Neil Sweetman farm, "Congratulations to Mr. Joe Lucas on winning first prize at Blackstock Amateur program last week, He played the mouth organ and bones and was accompanied on the piano by Mra, S. Rodman. Mr. Harold Ashton, who has been visiting his sister Mrs, Rod- man, also won a prize by playing the mouth organ with his dog doing the singing. Miss June Sonley, of Port Perry, was the week end guest of Miss Irene Redman. Mr. Howard Lee left this week to 'spendja month with Mr, Honey at Honey's Corners. Miss Mona MeCullum of Toronto visited her aunt, Mrs, Geo, Hood, ii cently. Miss Jean Harrison and friend of Port Perry spent the week end with her aunt, Mrs. O. Jeffrey. - Mrs, S. Gerrow, of Port Perry, is spending a few weeks with her parents as her father, Mr, J. Collins is quite ill. Mr. Earl Reader ai the wistorione to have one of his fingers taken off 'by the circular saw while sawing wood. : - Mr, J. McLaren and family have moved to Port Perry. We wish them every comfort in their new home, We had another fall of snow last week, but it is'all gone now and the 'weather is getting a little more spring like, Miss Milner visited her Sry Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jackson on Sunday. The roads are drying up in govd shape this spring and the path mas- ters are busy dragging and grading. Every_one is very anxious about the two men that are trapped in the mine, -All are listening -to the radio reports for the latest word. zy Es S. A FG SS SOUTH ONTARIO CONVENTION OF TEMPERANCE WORKERS A convention of temperance work- ers was held at Whitby on Wednes- day of last week at which the follow- -| ing organization was set up: President--Fred Ormiston, Brook- lin;1st Vice-President--S. W. Keown, Whitby; 2nd Vice-President--Mrs. N. White, Brooklin; Secretary, Rev. A. M, Irwin, Whitby; Treasurer. Bel- lamy, Whitby, - . Committee Chairman--Membership and Publicity, Samuel Farmer, Port Perry; Eddeation of Youth, Mrs. Bert Wood; Legislation and Law Enforce- ment, members of the Executive, Convener for Oshawa, Rev. J. S. I Wilson;' Port Perry, the present. of- ficers; Brooklin, present officers; Whitby, W. A. Holliday. Executive--All of the above officers, county president of W.C.T.U, min- isters sympathetic to the work and one layman from each church nomi- nated by the minister or governing body in his charge. A campaign is started.to bring on local option votes in Whitby and Osh- awa for abolishing beer parlors. in these municipalities. 'and Finance, the Executive, Education | PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 28rd, 1936 Today Moose River in Nova Scotia has been the centre of feverish interest. tude for an almost unbelievable time. And it has further shown | peril. When a man will work one hundred hours without sleep! to rescue men he does not know, it proves amazing endurance and a wonderfully fine spirit. The Nova Scotia miners have exhibited true manhood. And this heroic action is given by men who would usually be passed by as "ordinary". Recent history has proved that most unlikely persons are capable of great heroism. Not only was the suffering of the imprisoned men acutely physical but it was a terrible mental strain, and one of the mine prisoners--Magill--succumbed to the awfulness of it all. : One sometimes wonders if it is good for humanity to hear and read this constant stream of tragedy and terrible nervous strain. The Hauptman trial, the great floods, tornados, earthquakes, war stories, and the constant fear of another outbreak of war, these have come upon us in such rapid succession that we are scarcely normal in our outlook, The worst of it is that ordinary suffering is frequently taken as a matter of course and it takes the spec- tacular to rouse active interest in many of our people. Hungry children next door, suffering mothers who are our neighbours, need our help and prasiical sympathy. ONTARIO COUNTY'S PART {IN THE O.E.A. CONVENTION In the recent convention of the O. E. A. in Toronto, Ontario County played. a leading part, . Three events gave evidence of this leadership--the conferring | of degrees upon Miss M. E. Spence, Port Perry; and Mr. H. R. H. Kenner, a former student in the Port Perry High School; next the wonderful leadership of the combined orchestras by Mr. Leon- ard Richer, of Oshawa; third the presentation of a paper by Mr. R. G. Gemmell, BS.A. B.Paed., Principal of Port Perry High School, on--"*Vocational Training as Suitable for the Smaller Urban "High School, " i 3 Conferring Degrees--Miss M. E. Spence --Mr. H. R. Kenner The ceremony of conferring degress is a colorful one, and is impressive in its dignity. All the leading participants in the great J event are bedecked in gorgeous regalia, and the procession of the learned Doctors of the Law ahd their associates is a sight not readily forgotten. It was a matter of Fine pleasure to the 1 many friends of Miss M. E. Spence to learn that she had been selected to receive the honor of the degree of LL. Migs Spence is a daughter of the late Wni. Spence, former Clerk of the Township of Reach. She received her early education in the local Public School, and the Port Perry High School, where that great schoolmaster--Dugald McBride--presided, and gave inspiration to many real students, who have since proved their worth. Miss Spence spent most of her teaching years in Parkdale Collegiate, thirty-nine jn all. 'Here she taught English and His- tory. And here she did as fine a piece of war work-as any under- taken by Canadian women, for she kept in touch with about one hundred former Parkdale Collegiate students who heard their country's call during the Great War. In recognition of her fine scholarship, excellent teaching and practical human sympathy, Miss Spence was made a member of the Senate of Toronto University, and for cight years she has helped to guide the destinies of that great seat of learning. In no way did Miss Spence prove her worthiness of the honour conferred better than in her acceptance and thanks. The brief address was lightened by a gleam of humor; and a due appreciation of the representative character of the degree which she had re- ceived; and which she described as a recognition of that treasury of virtues which the women teachers of Ontario had brought to their work for the enrichment of their pupils: Mr. H. R. H. Kenner in his younger days had lived at Prince Albert and is the son of the late Rev. and Mrs. Kenner. He, too, attended Port Perry High School and came under the fine influence of Mr. McBride. The Great Concert Mr. Leonard Richer, of Oshawa, has shown remarkable combined orchestras of Ontario schools. and other musical circles. Leonard Richer, music director of Oshawa schools a nice bouquet in the following: "To select all these young musicians from an aggregate of thousands, to rehearse them all on programme week by week, to travel as Leonard Richer did to supervise the orchestra units, was a feat of organization. To have them all here for the 'day's final rehearsal, and after all this trial work, the concert itself was magnificéntly easy." That concert was an event which will long 'be remembered withpleasure both by the performers and the audience. Other leaders--Mr. G. Roy Fenwick, Director of Music for Ontario, and Mr. P. George Marshall--assisted in the directing, but Mr, Richer was. the outstanding figure as Chairman of the Oraiegira Comimittee; and Director of the Orchestra. It is now nearly fifteen years since the writer began attending the O. E. A. and in that time many papers and addresses have been heard. None have been better presented, in our opinion, that the paper read by Mr. R. G. Gemmell, on "Vocational Traih- ing as Suitable for the Smaller Urban High School. " The subject matter was well arranged, and the clear, expressive delivery was greatly appreciated by the delegates, who heard this address, which showed so Braphical the practical educational work that is being done in Port-Perry High School. Many words of appreciation gave expression to the value 'placed on this address by the audience. Such was something of the contribution of Ontario County to the success of the 76th convention of the Ontario Educational Association. The entombment. of those three men in an unused gold family of Ugbridge were guests of mine has shown how great suffering may be endured with forti- Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Shunk on Sunday. i Augustus Bridle, music critic of the Toronto Daily Star, hands! Iroquois Falls. Vocational Agriculture. ar in Campbelltown, abba | |SUFFERING AND HEROISM SEAGRAVE : and Mrs. Ww. J. Rogers in com- . Dramatic events (so quickly and clearly' brought to our i -- with Mr, and Mrs. Orr Shunk : PL point unmistakably to the fact that human suffering and. and family, of Lindsay, spent Sunday @ | heroism are as great today as in any othér period of history, in Toronto. 4 Mr, and Mrs. Russell Pollock and Miss Lorna Dure, of Toronto, spent what heroic endeavours men will make to rescue those in great the week end with her sister Mrs. J. S. McFarlane. Mr. and Mrs... Bert Wannamaker and son, of Toronto, are visiting Mu. and Mrs. H. Wannamaker. Mr. J. N. Mark attended the O.E.A. convention in Toronto last week. Mr. Lester Wallace, of Toronto, spent the Easter holidays with his cousins Clara and Ross Wooldridge. Mrs. G. Fishley entertained a few of her friends at a quilting on Thurs- day afternoon. Mr. Elgin Frise and- sister Mrs. F. Grose, of Toronto, spent the week end with their parents Mr. and Mrs. W. Frise. Mr." Albert Orchard, of Port Perry, visited his son Mr. A. L. Orchard, a few days last week. Mr. Mansell Stone visited friends at Victoria Corners recently, Miss Muriel Clarke of Little Britain, spent the week end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Clarke. Messrs. R. Scott and S. J. Wool- dridge spent Friday and Saturday at Fenelon Falls. They were accom- panied home by Mrs. Percy Taylor, of Fenelon Falls, who will spend a week with friends. Messrs. Glen and Reg. Moase visited 'their grandmother Mrs. Marion Moase at Little Britain on Thursday. The regular meeting of the Young People's Society was held on Tuesday evening. Rev. Mp. Flindall gave a very 'interesting talk on various hymns commonly used in the different denominational churches. April 28th -will be the final meeting of the Young People for the summer months, but on May bth, a special night is being put on. A short devotional program will be given first and after that a concert and social time. Be sure and save this date as it is free to all. Rev. Mr. Flindall gave a very inter- esting sermon on Sunday evening, taking as his topic "How large, is your world?" The children had a very interesting time at the parsonage on Monday evening. It being the regular meet- ing of the Mission Band. They de- cided to call their Band, "The Willing Workers". After a study of Japan by Mrs. Flindall, the children went on a treasure hunt which was amusing ana exciting to all. A very well known and highly es- teemed citizen, formerly of Sonya, passed peacefully away on Tuesday, April Tth at the General Hospital in Toronto, in the person of Neil Stewart McTaggart. He was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Sonya. He took a keen interest in fraternal societies, was a member of I. 0. O. F. and the Canadian Legion. He attend- ed Port Perry High School, and en- listed with the 116th Battalion in 1915, serving in the Great War as a signaller for four years. On returning home from France he accepted a rgeponsible position with the Abbitibi Paper and Pulp Co. of Iroquois Falls. The funeral service musical skill in securing technical precision and expression from' took place in Thompson Funeral Par- His musical leadership, lors, Dupont St., has become an acknowledged fact in the O. E. A., and in-orchestral | auspices of the 1. 0. 0. F. and con- Toronto, under the ducted by Rev. Mr. Woodhouse . of Interment took place in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Many beautiful floral tributes bore testi- mony of the esteem in which he was held by all who knew him. He is sur- vived by his widow, formerly Miss Vera _Simpson, of Connaught, one daughter, Marion, his mother, two sisters, Miss Mary and Mrs. Russel Sparling, of Goring, and two brothers Garnet and Hugh. The sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved family. Sympathy is also extended to the fam- ily of the late Mrs. Wm. McTaggart. ee APP EPP en ee me THE LATE MRS. WM. McTAGGART The death occurred at the residence of her son William McTaggart, Little Britain, on Wednesday, March 18th, 1936, of Mary McKinley, beloved wife - of the late William McTaggart in her 90th year. Thé funeral took place to McNeill"s Cemetery, Wick, on Satur- day, March 21st, the service being conducted by Rev. Mr. Kennedy, off Sonya, assisted by Rev. Mr. Flindall, of Seagrave, The late Mrs. McTaggart was born 1for Dominion fi NSE Zita lids T PERRY STAR of thie late James McKinley and Mar- garet McMillan, ahd "when four years od came with her parents and settled at Prince Albert, later moving to Sonya, Where she was united: in mar- riage in 1876 to the late William Mec- Taggart, who predeceaged her in 1912, Left to mourn the loss of a loving | { mother, are one daughter, Mrs. Jack Dowson, of Sonya, and three sons, Daniel of Burketon, and Robert and William of Little Britain, also (Sadie Richards) Mrs. Fred Ayers 'and Harry Novacks, both of Toronto, who had lived with her and she had been a mother to them. Two sons Lachlan and James predeceased her some years ago. Four grand children, Ida, James and Lewis McTaggart, and Kathleen Dowson, also two sisters Mrs. Angus McKinley and Mrs. Richard Gordon, both of Toronto, to all of whom is ex- tended the sympathy of the munity in their loss, She was a faithful niember of Sonya Presbyterian Church where she had spent most of her life. Service for others had always been her motto, te E-- GREENBANK 2 . R. Wells, of Niagara Falls, N. v. i the week end at the home of Mr. Harry Hickman, com- Miss- Alma Harmon visiting at the home of Mr, Peter Leask, for a few days. The W. M. S. quilting on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ryerson Beare and Mr. John McDonald, in Oshawa, on Monday evening. Mr. Beare and Mr. McDonald attended the banquet in honour of Mr. Croskery, of Uxbridge. Mrs. Beare called. on Mrs. Bunker. Glad to see Mrs. Rodd around again after her accident. Mrs. R. Hartry, of Toronto, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Howsam, on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Boe in Oshawa, with their daughter, who we regret, is quite ill. E Sorry to report My, sick list, 3 Mr. W. Phoenix and Walter in New- market on Tuesday. On April 7th, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall O'Neill celebrated their fifty-sixtn wedding anniversary. Their family und fr fends gathered in the evening to congratulate them. On Wednesday afternoon the ladies of Mrs. Michic's class quilted a quilt at the home-of Mrs. Wilson. Miss Elsie Bushby, Uxbridge, visit- ed at her home here last Saturday. Several car loads of young peopld went to Toronto last Saturday night to see the hockey match at the Maple Leaf Gardens. Miss McArthur and Mr. Alex. Man- son, Jr., of Stratford, spent the holi- days at the home of Mr. D. McArthur, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, Miss Olive Real, Toronto, at Mr. R. Real's on Sunday. Miss Tryphema Rook, of Toronto, at the home of Mrs, W Friday. Dr. and Mrs. A. Lee and Mrs. Sproule, Toronto, at the home of Mi. Frank Lee, on Friday. Murs. Courtice and children, Toronto, at the home of Mr, I. Hook, for the holiday held their annual J. AL Lee on the « Phoenix on Good --<to@o» -- --° The Income Tax Ontarie's income tax returns are due on April 30th, and machinery for levying and collecting the tax for the province is already functioning, it was learned at Queen's Park. The tax 1s featured by the utmost simplicity, and the Government anticipates the fullest co-operation on the part of the public in the new pay-as-you-go policy. In a nutshell, the provincial treas- urer's department explains the opera- tion of the tax thus: "If you are liable income tax you are liable for Provincial income tax. Fill out only one form. Make out only one cheque. Having filled out the form, take it or send it to the federal income tax office in your district. If vou have filed your Dominion tax form already, completely filled out, will not be necessary." The form referred to is TIA-1935 in case of farmers--and is the combined form prescribed and authorized by the Minister of National Revenue, Ot- tawa, and by the Treasurer of On- tario, It may be obtained at branch dffices of the federal income tax de- partment, or from Provincial Savings Bank Branches. Municipal income tax, in cities where such was levied last year, is another SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher, tuperceded by the provincial tax and no municpal returns will be required Hon. Mitchell F. Hepburn, Prime Minister and Provincial Treasurer, has authorized advertisements in the press of Ontario to provide taxpayers with information on how to make the neces- sary returns and femit tax payments. ~ What Tax Will Yield As to the amount the Government expects to obtain from the tax, the sum of $6,000,000 has been placed in the estimates, which is the net amount the tax is expected to yield after re- imbursing the Department of National Revenue for the expense of collecting, and after paying to municipalities the amount to which they will be found entitled. Necessity for introduction of the provincial income tax was dealt with succinctly by Premier Hepburn in his. budget address in the Legis- lature March 12th, "There is a limit" he said, "to.which any government mhy go to support the economic structure of the state. That limit is reached when deficit after deficit is ploughed back and added to the public debt. The policy of this government is to pay as we go. It is better to impose a tax that conforms to the sound principle that there must be equality of sacrifice, a tax that bears impartially on all classes in pro- portion to their capacity to support the cost of government, a tax that has been accepted in principle by" every democratic country in the world when- ever the best standards of social jus- tice are recognized." In the interest of returning the largest net amount to the public ex- chequer, it was arranged to have the income tax collected by the Dominion authorities. This saved building up a tremendous organization, and took ad- -, vantage of Ottawa's experience in sifting tax rolls and building up re- cords for nearly.-20 years. Not the least important feature of the new tax is that it is evenly spread. Previously the majority of munici- palities did not levy an income tax al- though required by statute to do so. This resulted in an inequitable dis- tribution of the tax burden and, in- cidentally, in a migration of tax- evaders to localities where the tax was not imposed. Share for Municipalities It is understood that the province this year will remit to those munici- - palities which formerly collected the income tax an amount based on last vear's levy by such municipalities. Later, all municipalities may partici- pate, the amount in each case being based on the amount collected by the province from such municipality, The machinery set up for the col- lection ~of the income tax this year will be a trouble-saver for the tax- payer. As usual, the return is fo be in triplicate, one copy to he retained, and two copies to be sent to the -Do- minion authorities. A small section of the return is devoted specially to the calculation of the provincial tax due: The form makes everything ver y clear. The taxpayer must edtimate the amount of tax payable. The taxes due April 30 may be paid in four equal instalments, due dates being the last day of April, June, August and Oc- tober. In ease of instalment payment, the taxpayer is asked to direct the proper apportionment, otherwise the whole of an instalment would be ap- plied to the Dominion tax. The exemptions in general are ex- actly the same as for federal pur- poses. With certain exceptions, an unmarried person is exempt to the amount of $1,000, a married person to the extent of $2,000. Exemption is S00 for each dependent child, and there are other exemptions covering the exact amounts paid for the sup- port of various other dependents. Annual . Holstein Sale + The seventh annual Hol- stoin Breeders' Association Sale is to be held in the Ag ricultural Avena, Exhibition Grounds, Toronto, on Wed- nesday, April 29, at 12 noon, Mr. R. M. Holt by is the Manager; and Ted Jackson is one of the auctioneers, This sale is an event of great im- portance to Holstein breeders or catalog apply to R. M. Holtby, Port Poy. \ Calne "nv AS TN Te PAR a CR - Cd ow fi! Yr 7 "A Wor TA Ln =r IST rtd ap : A Pt pay LH ot Ae A Lay 7 ---- ETRE i 74y