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"EDITORIAL Sen " NASA rr ---- ME Buckie. TY-- boast where'er ve roam, His first, best country ever is at home 1 MUNICIPAL TATE] The Department of Municipal Affairs for On- + tario has issued its Annual Report. It is a very concise and complete summary of statistical in- ° formation, and should be of great value to all who are interested in costs of municipal administra- tion. Some day the matter of assessment and taxa- tion will have to be thoroughly overhauled. A basis of assessment should be formulated that is Province wide. Then there can be an equaliza- _ tion of taxation that will relieve the undue pres- sure on real estate. 'It will also be necessary to collect proportionate taxes from employed 'per- sons who own no taxable property. This is a growing class--an auto, a garage, and a steady income, without relative municipal responsibility. Frequently this group provide a large proportion of school population. : It is time that this whole ttle should be: studied scientifically, and the assessment law re-- vised to be in accordance with the facts, ow oe THE B. N. A. AMENDMENT Changing the Constitution of 'Canada has far- reaching effects. The addition of the two words: "unemployment insurance" would open up many - possibilities, 47 The official secnenition. s of WhSmployisit and the realization that it will likely be continuous ~~ and that something constructive must be 'done about it on a national scale, is but andther step toward government responsibility for 'the phy- sical' welfare of Canadian 'people. = Without bloodshed or undue disturbance we are travelling, toward the day When 'extreme Poverty, will be 'rare. ait : If the Géverament estblishes Snsmployment insurance, jt<will, naturally follow 'that steps wil] be taken to end unemployment." matter of common sense. The educationgl pro- ~ gram that has been statted will-be extended, and young people 'will be trained for the positions that are available, "A thofough survey will he made- of possibilities for employment, and the tendencies of various occupations to expand or recede. ' While the 'people do mot wish any form of ~+ dictatorship in-Canada, it will be in the interests' : of all the people if the Government has a forward look. as to our industrial' expansion, and will. keep "our beople thoroughly informed on these: matters. the: 'able items which will be the foundation of his : _.success in the medical profession. No matter what his decision may be he sets in ! 'That will be a. di X tive those decisions. . Decide' what. you 'wish. to: do in'life; and decide Greater care will be taken to give vo- cational training, MAKE A DECISION. Any captain, who left port to sail nowhere in particular, would be considered unfit to be a captain, Why do this very thing with one's life? Last week a young fellow who is in the fourth form of Jarvis Collegiate Institute, was picked up to ride. in the auto in which we were travelling. He was about eighteen years of age, but he had not decided whether he would be a doctor, a lawyer, or a collegiate school teacher. That young man is no different from thousands of others. A basic principle of success lies in the matter of making a choice of one's life work. Once the decision is made the choice becomes a point of gravitation. If the young man makes known, his decision to become a doctor, his friends will carry to him all 'sorts of information and opportunities to for- ward his Pprpote to'enter the medical profession. ' Thé.young man's mind will also work in the same direction. Subconsciously he will gather from ass of reading and observation those valu- motion the forces about him that will aid him in 'the accomplishment of a definite purpose. This lack of decision is a major-cause of un- _employmnt in Canada: There is plenty of em- : ployment for those who are fitted to do the 'work which 'ieéds to be done." 'But skilled 'work--- "men are trained. in mind and body. In many ... instances they. must be trained early in life be- - fore the mind and the muscles become set. "The man who goes around seeking employment 'and declares he "can do anything" is a drug on . the market. 'Employers require people who can do gomtheing and do it wil. , Fortunately the trend of education is in the ; direction; that will assist in the matter. of making eeisions as to life's work; and in making: effec- early. ER . ER ON) <> ° EE Mr. L. Ww. Pearsall, of the Dominion Agri- culture Department says: -- 'The . Canadian farmer must decide whether or 'not he is in the - hog business. He can't stay "in when prices are profitable, and then get out when they are unprofitable." Lr One has to take the tter with the sweet if business .is retained, otherwise, , Susiomers will take their business elsewhere. - i L) Ww 1938. He was elected by a majority of his opening of the On- cil, Tuesday after. running Fred Clayton of the morah, who although given a good vote, Bain of Scott Township of the County Road ndered 4 nomination t he would not be a candidate this year. Open nomina- tions were ed and each candidate was allowed ta speak before open balloting took place, with County | Clerk And Solleltor R. Donald Ruddy presiding. wnship os fre eeve a but jiboniciery = GREGORY CLARK INTERVIEWS > gi : VISE So = wry © wn EL 7A 4 a i i H i i > ees 5 iad LD 4 : wl bi ; rly ¥ ve : [reas ol o si & iy 3 bi Me . ww 5 In starch, immaculate white suit, MR. AND MRS. HARDY PURDY AT. LARDER LAKI 1 (By Gregory Clark, in Toronto Daily Star, of Jirigaty 19th, 1988.) * stop aff 'Hardy Pyrdy used to be manager of a King St. Restaurant. With a cold -grey- eye; 'he used to stalk stiffly amidst the busy scene. To-dgy, on the snowhound street of this little wildly, growing mining town of Larder Lake, a car jammed to a Hardy Purdy, gauntleted, leather-clad, gave me a northern' wel- comé, \ Beside him in the car was his lunch box. He was on his way to 'his job in the mill of Omega mine, ; Not a manager, just a mill worker is Hardy Purdy, in Omega, Where the ore comes up and is crushed to atoms and made into solutions that whirl about in agitators' towards the refinery, is where he works. He is a skilled. worker on flotation, if you know what that means, because I don't. : But he and his wife live: in one of the most beautiful little log cabins in the world. He helped build 'it him- self. It is none of your frosty. pioneer cabins. Running water and bathroom, a kitchen so modern that only a re- tired restaurant manger could devise it, so white and handy and complete. Electric. stove, The log walls (of. this | gay and lovely: little cabin, merry as a summer cottage; strong as a fort- ress are varnished. 'Smart pictures hang on the walls, two. 'And to this cabin n the vorth avery * night of his life 'comes Hardy Purdy. There; was a time a few years ago, when he stalked about, looking at pies with a frosty eye and sniffing them with a cold nose. All that is over. He comes home to inspect with 'joy- ous appetite the pies his wife: makes with her own hands. Hardy. Purdy is a graduate of the University of Toronto in engineering 0 has had ds wide an experience of 1i fe as it is lived in civilization as any young man of his generation, The liying room|. and the. bedroom 'are like a 'club for with the General Motors Acceptance Corporation and with Dr, Burwash in the leeture tours amongst the pros- | pectors of the north. He was assist- ant secretary of Hart House for a' ! though the village sank into obscurity the sige 'there 20 years. In fact, Jack Grainer, owner of the new hotel, came home from the war and set up in Larder' Lake as postmaster. He stayed on, ship race, Reeve Clayton of Thorah. | Warden Gifford was escorted to the chair as his colleagues and a large number of assémbled friends showea ' their approval in no uncertain man- ner. | ; i" The new Warden's first act was to invite four former wardens, R. R. Mowbray, of Brooklin; Frank Mason, of East Whithy; Barton Mothersill, Enst Whitby; and Mayor Jack Low, of Uxbridge to take seats with him on "the platform, Acknowledging the high Joneses ac- corded him, Warden Gifford expressed appreciation to his colleagues in the} Council and to 'the large number of friends from several places who an- | ticipated his election, had come to see "him installed in fhe warden's chair. He recalled that bis father, the late | Hiram Gifford, had occupied the war- den's chair in 1914, 'He rendered valuable and faithful service to the county and I hope that I will be able to follow in his footsteps," he stated. _ Warden' Gifford recalled that it was . somewhat of & cosincident that two * former members of the council who had served under his father, Reeve - James Blanchard, of Cannington, then reeve of Reach, and Reeve Albert W. Jackson, of Whitby, should return to ------ Counecil-at this time. He recalled also tay the father of Reeve Wilmot Bain, of Scott, had also served in Council E at thati.time. Equality and economy would be his watchword while in office this year, the new warden said, and expressed the opinion that while much worked with the department of mines, village of Larder Lake who have lived more work might be done on the county road system, involving large . capital expenditures, he did not think that in view of the present tax load being carried by the. ratepayers, and of the county debt, further year and he was manager of the King' after the war and the big mines capital expenditures should be undet- St. restaurant for three years. But thrde years ago he, came to Teck-Hughes and two years ago hel i changed hands and names and ceased operations. But the new discoveries a year taken this year. 'Warden Gifford ex- pressed thanks to the County Council for the generous: treatment of Eaat came to Omega Mine, and there he' ago Larder Lake began to grow. It Whitby Township in the matter of| abides, another recruit and a perma-|is an astonishing little village, full of equalized assessment and educational nent recruit to the new civilization of | brand new brick stores alongside of! allowances, and asked the Council to the north, His wife is a daughter of Dr. L. B, Williams. of Oriole Gardens . i "How did you come to this coun-' try?" I asked him. "By a process of trial and error," | laughed Purdy. - "Once you come to this country, you will never leave it." "I'm leaving it," I assured him. | "I mean", said he, "that this coun- try, this "nofthern. community, has a" character and a quality that to those who want to live life simply and fully and most happily, can't be. done with- out" Shar Mrs, Purdy would not leave her" beautiful cabin. It is like a: story in. sagging log cabing 25 years old, In' fact, there are some traces of a lost civilization 40 years old in Larder Lake, It was even in the 'nineties that the first prospectors combed these pinnacles and hills. All of a sort of covered wagon days confusion, with taxis, buses and dog teams vieing for right of way, and men of all races assembled, and men of all creeds and | types. .It would be absurd of me to pretend that the muckers and drillers in the mines of the north are ex-Varsity rugby stars. Nine out of ten of them are square-rigged human craft de- signed by nature for such hard and|' rugged. work, A great percentage of remember his township's financial position due to extraordinary circum-} stances. The Warden promised the county his best service and asked for the co-operation/of members of the Counetl, ; . Brief addresses were delivered by the Warden's platform guests. Devotional exercises were conducted by the Rev. Dr. H. Carmichael, min- ister of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Whitby, and Rev. Mr, Wylie, of Columbus [United Church. The divine blessing was invoked and brief addresses given by the visiting clergy- men, : ;- For the inaugural session the Coun- ty Council Chamber was packed, and itself, a story the' day long "Hardy 'them are foreigners, Finns, Czechs,! much interest centered in the election | Purdy. would not leave he, north. 'He! Russians, But among them are to be of the Warden, members of the Coun-|' ¢ 1. : th with his 3x : dys and their quest: this way and that amidst all the apparent activity of cities and the south ,that is the theme song of this strange, hospitable, dark and rugged land in which I have been travelling: to look, not: at mines, out at people, The' little village of Yarder Lake, for example. It is the most active and growing and abounding of the new mi of the gold. belt. : There is somethine ahonp: he Pur Take 18 no tor pearing their share of , these jmen who have upon. what we be- hr CANADA | The Chryler Corparation of Gan- aa Tad, announced its newly com- pleted engine plant at Windsor will start production "in the near future" ning towns on the. Ontario: side of 'Canadian'built six eylinder motors on the Oat 'and trucks, The plant, with' new name in mining. Thete. are. floor of 124,800 square oat, He apr Heine § in the igi 'new fil iy 0 men, So things in' oe 3 ty Road Board and the standing com- mittees. a The new Warden has served in East Whitby Council both as reeve and deputy, completing four years last December; He was last year's chair- man of finance and assessment and is legislator. Standing Committees * Standing comniittees for the year 'were elected by Ontario County Coun- cil at its organization session on 'Tuesday afternoon, following the election of Reeve Lyman Gifford, of East Whitby, as Warden, Before this was done members of the County Road , were ap- poled, this taking up considerable [ [15 IAN GIFFORD ELECTED ARD DEN OF ONTARIO COUNTY _ (Oshawa Daily Times) 'puty-reeve A. M. 'County Council. recognized as a very able countyl time. R. E. Mowbray, reeve of Pick- ering Township, was appointed for two years, and Reeve Fred H. Clay- ton, of Thorah Township, for three years. The other member of the Board is Reeve Wilmot Bain of Scott, who was chairman last year, Members of the various standing committees are as follows: Agriculture--Reeve Frank Gerrow, Scugog, chairman;. Deputy-reeve R. Ashenhurst, Uxbridge Twp.; Deputy- reeve S. Graham, Mara; Deputy-yeéve Stanley Miller, Brock;" 'Deputy-reeve Irwin Ormiston, East Whitby. County Property and Goal Manage- ment--Reeve A, W. Jackson, Whitby, chairman; Reeve Lorne Kemp, Whitby Twp.; Reeve C. P. King, Uxbridge Town; Reeve John 8S. McDonald, Mara; Reéve Leslie McMullen, Brock, Education -- Albert James, reeve, Uxbridge Township, chairman; Reeve James - Blanchard, Cannington; De- Irwin, Whitby; Reeve W. M. Letcher, Port Perry; Deputy-reeve S. Miller, Brock. JFinance and Assessment--Reeve W. M, Letcher, chairman, Port Yor; Reeve Chas. Doherty, Beaverton; De | 'puty-reeve J. A. McDonald, Reach; Reeve Leslie McMullen, Brock; Reeve William Parrott, Reach. Legislation and Memorials--Reeve C. P. King, Uxbridge, chairman; Reeve James Blanchard, Cannington; Reeve A. W. Grigg, Rama; Deputy- reeve A. M, Irwin, Whitby; Deputy- reeve Irwin Ormiston, East Whitby. PIAS A Se Fiero t Se Le Breas Sn gh REI > Mr. and Mrs. William Willard cele- brate the seventieth anniversary of their wedding to-day--Thursday, Jan- uary 27th, 1988. We extend heartiest congratulations to them, and wish them continued health and happiness. They have lived a long and useful life, and have seen wonderful changes in our civilization. Seventy year ago railway trains were a comparative novelty. The telephone was unknown. Telepraphy was in its infancy. Mar- coni had perhaps dreamed of wireless. Ford was a young child, and the auto would have been considered a mad ®] fancy. Airships had never been made to operate in spite of the early efforts of Leonardo da Vinei to construct a flying ship. Corduroy roads were common, cement highways unknown. Celophane, rayon, paper, from pulp were still in the future. Printing had made no such strides as are evident to-day. Anyone who had predicted instantaneous conversations between continents would have been thought insane. EVENTY YEARS MARRIED - January 27, 1088 To Mr, and Mre. Williams Willard, Port Perry; Ont. : Dear Friends,--~To you has been ae-. corded the privilege of living together in happiness a whole lifetime. You have seen the unfolding of the events of two generations; and the beauty of it all is that your experience has been that of the Psalmist, who exclaimed: "I have been young, and now am old, yet have I not seen the right. eous forsakep, nor his seed begging bread." There is nothing finer in all the world than this quiet assurance and harmony that is yours, True, you have known trouble and hardship; but you have surmqunted your difficulties and profited by them, rn ® Ul br rich heritage 10 your children and grandchildren. Iv is a blessing to them that they can love and resepct you, and feel a proper sense of pride in your long lives of usefulness and kindliness, Your friends of the United Church join in congratulatic¥2, and good In all this progressive change, quiet, industrious folk like the Willards were keeping the world on-an even keel. Great as is our debt to the genius, our debt -to kindly, industrious people is much greater; Sometimes the genius | plunges us into trouble. The kindly people keep us out of it. At the annual meeting of the Port "Perry United Church, the Secretary was instructed to send a letter of congratulation and good wishes to Mr. | and Mrs. Willard, The letter follows herewith: LIN wishes on this your seventieth wed- ding anniversary; and we want you to | know that this letter is written aec- cording to a resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of our Church. "The Lord bless thee and keep thee. His countenarice upon thee, and give thee peace." Signed on Behalf of the Official Board, and the Members of the Congregation. Rev. W. J. H, Smyth, Minister. 8. Farmer, Secretary. Mileage and Per Diem--Reeve L. Kemp, Whitby Township, chairman; : DeputylReeve Robt. Ashenhurst, Ux- bridge 'Township; Reeve Frank Ger- row, Scugog; Deputy-reeve 8. Gra- ham, Mara; Reeve J, S. McDonald, Mara. Printing -- Deputy-reeve William Reesor, Pickering, chairman; Deputy- reeve Robert Ashenhurst, Uxbridge Township; Reeve A. W. Grigg, Rama; : Deputy-reeve 'John: McDonald, Reach; Reeve William Parrott, Reach. ; i Reforestation--~Resve C. P. King, Uxbridge, chairman; | Reeve Charles: Doherty, Beaverton; Deputy-reeve S. Graham, Mara; Reeve Albert James, Uxbridge Township; Deputy-reeve W. Reesor, Pickering. Roads and Bridges--Deputy-reeve J. A. McDonald, Reach, chairman; Reeve Frank Geroow, Scugog; Reeve W. M. Letcher, Port Perry; Reeve | Albert James, Uxbridge Township. County Council Discuss Education Grants Settlement of the Board of Educa- tion of the Town of Whitby's claim against the County of Ontario for the | education of county pupils in the High |' School for the y ygar 1886, which had reached the litigation stage .and was listed for hearing in the Supreme Court was reached last week follow- ing a conference of the school trus- tees, the Town Council and the stand- ing committee on education of the All parties concern- 'ed agreed to accept the advice of E. P. Coombe, an advisor from the Depart- ment of Municipal Affairs, who was sent down from the Department to help solve a problem which has been before the Council for over a year. Terms of Settlement Under the terms of settlement not only the Town of Whitby Board of Education, but the School Boards of Pickering, Port Perry, Cannington, Uxbridge and Beaverton, will get 76% of the amount which they claimed was owing by the County in spttlement of their claims under the High Schools Act of 1986, The amount outstanding for all of these schools was $7,418.00, and the: county will pay $6,668.60, which will be included in the general levy of the County Council to be made in June of this year. All school re- quisitions will be paid at one time, and at the June session. y Schools Pay Share The amount claimed by the Board of Education of Whitby, in addition to amounts already offered to the 'Board in settlement, was $8,825. Previous cheques tendered to the Board, but not accepted, amounted to $5,000. Other school boards will get 'lesser amounts, The settlement which it was agreed by all parties is to be 'final, means that rural school sections 'where there are no high and continua- (Continued on back page.) Sith | son, Orr Graham, C. C. Kellett, Robt. Thirty Years Ago At a Conservative Convention held at Oshawa, Peter Christie and Chas. Calder were selected as standard bearers for the Federal and Provincial | Parliaments resectively. » LJ] LJ LJ At the annual meeting of the Agri- , cultural Society the following officers "were elected: President, Thos. Gra- ham; 1st Vice-President, A. W. Wil- liams, 2nd Vice-President, J. W. Me- harry; Secretary, J. H. Brown; Treas- urer, J. C. Brown; Directors, Samuel Farmer, Alonzo Williams, Wm, Jack- Holtby, W. D. Munro, W, Gata, A Leask. LJ J] [ [ - At the annual meeting of the Port Perry Methodist Church Choir, the officers elected were: Sec'y-Treas., J. C. Taylor; committee, Miss E. Ross, Miss Doubt, Mr. Cowie "nd Mr. W, H. Harris. » » LJ » Dr. Proctor, after practising for 12 years in Port Perry, sold out to Dr. Berry, of Hastings. L J J The weekly il) (which suspended publication many years ago) was $1.00 per year and the daily edition $4.00. $$ & © Dave Carnegie and Roy Cook star- red in a hockey game--Port Perry vs. Uxbridge. The home boys won the battle with a score of 8-8 in their favour. we Port Perry Post Office a Busy Place COUNTY AUDITOR'S REPORT SHOWS FINANCES ' - IMPROVING. (Oshawa Daily Times) The year 1937 saw a marked im- provement in the finances of Ontario County, according to figures in the auditor's report tabled at County Council last week. In both the gen- eral and roads accounts, deficits at the beginning of 1987 were turned into substantial surpluses at the close, so that financially the county has start- ed off this year on the right foot and the taxpayers will benefit, On general account at the begin- "| ning of 1987 there was a total deficit of $11,722.82. When the books closea on the 81st of December there was shown current surplus of $14,079.08. On roads account, administration by the County Road Board, there was a deficit at the commencement of the year of $16,066.47, and at the end of the year there was a current surplus of $3,661.15. The report of the auditors, present ed in condenséd form this year, bus very . concise, was received by the Council with much satisfaction, as it may mean a slight deerease in the tax rate this year. THE PICKERING NEWS BAYS: For many years this office has been offering club ratea on subseritpions to the Toronto daily papers. They have recently increased their rates to $7.00 per year, and even though they have circulated their subscribers at- tempting to point out benefits that Many persons are unaware of the amount of mail matter which goes through our local Post Office, and will be derived by your local agent, the fact of the matter is: that after "purchasing a money order, postage and writing our letter to the particu- many when they learn of it are sur-! lar paper there is something less than prised, especially at certain seasons of the year. : In August, 1986, Mr. George Hull our. genial Postmaster, installed a stamp cancelling machine entirely at his personal expense of over twu hundred dollars, this to give quicker service to the public. For the five days preceding Chriat- mas, 1036, this machine, which {s metered, cancelled 19,600 letters, ete., everyday. At Christmas, 1987, over 20,000 pieces of mail per day went through. This is exclusive of parcels, which are very numerous at that séason, Since August 1936 to the présent time over 800,000 pieces of mail have been caocelled. . Our thanks are due Mr. Hull for his ten cents in it for handling your re- newal. © We are consequently unable to allow any further club rates with bh Toronto Daily papers. : Rink Bulletin "MONDAY , .. SKATING TUESDAY ..RURAL HOCKEY WEDNESDAY ".... SKATING THURSDAY .... JUVENILES and MIDGETS FRIDAY .............O. H, A. SATURDAY .......BKATING T interest his expense in facilitating the -out-put of His Majesty's mail bags. The Lord lift up the light of - Gt ei < wig 4 Ve - eS A La Zs