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+ 4 "TOBACCO (Continued from front page) now half leaves, are packed dnd tied up in bale fashion containing sev.ral pounds each and are now ready for the manufacturer, : Some Notes Regarding Local' er Conditions "So now for a féw incidentals fi con- nection with our four weeks of en- joyable engagement with our business- like but » genial Mr, Guyette and family, ht Up the highway, about u quarter of a mile west from Mr. Guyette's Term, is a country corner known as Déal- * town, - Th¢ origin of the name of this little business centre was explained to us but not expecting to indulg: in even a crude literary attempt such as this, no notes were taken as be' ore| mentioned, so have entirely forgotten. However, here on this corner was sit- uated a service station, small store, and a nice dwelling occupled by the present owner, Mr. George, Arnold; At this point on the highway Lake -- Erie is about two hundred yards to the south, the business stand ulso be- ing on the south side of the highway. Back of the building was a spacious lawn and on the southern boundary of "the lawn was a number of cabins, One of these cabins was rented by the four of us and each cabin contained two bunks, one above the other. Two or three days after our engage. "ment with the said Mr, Guyette, we moved from Chatham to our now regal residence, for it may- be said that we had to board ourselves. We made ar- rangements with George and his wife for our eats and washing and. slept in the cabin. One" morning 1'awoke, as per every. morning, so did my pals (after being called)" but, on this particular morn- ing the wind and. plus was violating the sanctity of our cabin! My thoughts flew back to the first and subsequent oil*wells we passed. And the bunks, yes, here was something analagous, it was a reminder of the Englishman taking an ocean voyage--he occupied|-. a top bunk and a Frenchman "the lower. The second night out the Eng- lishman began to get seasick and by intuition he hollered to the Frenchman to look out. The Frenchman looked out. "Happily for two of us the sat- urating point was not reached. An outstanding feature is the water which cannot bé commended by an Easterner. . We were told (but did not need to be) that the-water there con- tained sulphur and other minerals, not mentioning silver or gold which a lot of us know very little about. Get: ing uged to it was_ like getting used to hanging, but-we drank it: because it was wet. Another thing the 'casual observer might notice is the number of tall, vigorous men, that one sees up in those Western Counties. Appareatly the tasty water 'and the smelly air (at times) are heilthy. We Visit Jack Miner When up_in that county, we went. to. Kingsville to see Jack Miner's bird sanctuary. It was on a Sunday. We parked our cai and took to the side- walk. There is considerable frontage to his property; on the east side of the house and Jawn is a ball ground, _the front. Moving along we reached hedged around with the ready the driveway into which we intended to enter, but a notice attached to the gate drew our attention. printed in very gracious language and informed the reader that during the 'summer the grounds were not open to the public. With plenty of trees and * shrubs, one had to keep walking. to catch the next vista, so moving along the walk" with eyes fixed toward the interior, the house and lawn came into view, the squarefplanned house stood back a considerable distance from the road. In front, a few yards from the street fence was a concrete basin of water, some twenty-five or thirty feet in diameter and a number 'of ducks and a swan cavorting thereon. An elderly gentleman, bareheaded, and in- tently watching the performance ap- peared to be throwing something into the water and anon would thrust his right hand into a pocket of his ~ trousers and repeat the action, Wish- ; ig to draw his attention, I queried in this manner; "Is it possible. that you might be Mr. Miner?" He looked at us sharply, and replied: "I'm Jack Miner", his voice registering a subtle rebuke, Omitting the name "Jack" apparently meant as much to' hin as. an abbreviation of some outstanding "trade name" would-be to the origin- ator. The informal introduction over, 1 stated where we were from, thinking we might get some consideration and be invited in to look. around. He ap- "the pounds --per- bushel, This scale It was|, oh © Ne LN ST y v Berita DAVARI AER hh A Sas Reel bb nde iy A \ parently divined my thoughts and re- plied that there was nothing to see through the summer, toat the spring and fall was the time to see the wild geese and ducks, but a survey of his beautiful estate would have been wel- comed. Frustrated, we had to be con- tent with a "prison bar" conversation. He told us many peculiur things about the wild fowl as very fow outside of a Juck Miner could do. Two hundred acres was his corn _crop. His father moved there, from Ohio fifty or sixty' the tall chimney in the background might indicate. A few yards from, thé edge of the pool stood a large cage, probably eight feet in diameter and quite high.. A small tree heavily -burdéned with He called our 'attention to this cage and remarked that he had a number of mocking birds in ther¢ which he had imported. from Kentucky, Walking over to it, he began to call them. Previously they could not be seen but now they began hopping through the branches and out to the front of the cage where he was standing, thus proving his love for the feathered tribe and they in turn reciprocate, How about * the ® queried, thinking he might have some attribute in their favor, but his rapid- (i®%0sed his opinion of these birds and forthwith told us 'that he had tripped and destroyed hundreds of this renegade variety. His bird life activities cover the whole North American continent and in the twenty minutes conversation or rather as listeners, we learned much, The lay-out of the City of Chatham is somewhat singular. On entering from either the east or west end, one only gets a semi-perspective of" the main street. About midway, the street turns at an acute angle and reaching this point, the stranger gets on agree- able surprise. The city is well lighted and across the river is a fine park and ball ground. The east end is .the Harlem of Chatham and a considerable negro population is in evidence. The}; city's population is over fourteen thousand. ' : Tobacco the Main Crop. Tobacco being- the main crop "of many farmers in Kent and-Essex al- though the acreage is limited by the Government, it is seld fone ever sees a herd of dairy cattle--two or three cows being kept for their. own use. Corn, tomatoes and sygar beets also enter into the vocabulary of main crops, and grain, as witness a thresh- ing the writer attended, mixed grain turned-out seventy-five bushels to the acre. Machines in Western Ontario elevate the grain to the top of the cleaner and into a bucket. - A scale in® connection with this container weighs the grain and is set at thirty if wheat is being threshed (being a half bushel.) When the bucket is filled to thirty pounds, it is mechani- cally tripped and empied into a spout running into the granary, or into bags if field threshing. For other grains, the scale-is sect according to years-ago; he wus a brick midker as| folinge was growing ir the enclosure. |' starlings 7" I|° ied denunciation of this species soon Ek It EAA _----- te le. hi A im [ke hl be i Wl AE i MALE [¥] 3. 38 Simcoe St. mE TOD Myrtle Station On Sunday evening Rev. Mr. Honey on the Apostles Creed. ~The Scripture lesson was partions of the 14th chap. fo St. John's Gospel. His subject was, "The Doctrine of the Trinity" and was in seven divisions; The Godhead, The Son, The Virgin' Birth, The Passion of Christ, The Resurrection, The Second Coming, and The Holy Spirit. To say the least, these sermons are interest- ing, impressive and instructive, and we hope for more favorable weather for the remainder of the series, and thus a greater number in the congregation to hear them. Sunday School next Sunday at. the usual hour, and after the "regular evening service, the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observed. The March meeting of the Auxiliary of the Woman's: Missionary- Society was held in the home of Mrs. Oscar Downey on Thursday afternoon of last week. The President, Mrs. W. E. Honey was in the chair. Owing to so much 'sickness in the community, the number of those present was small; but that did not detract any from the interesting qualities of the meeting. Afterythe minutes were read and the roll called, a letter from the Presby- terial Presideiit, Mrs. George Honey of Newcastle, was read, 'reminding us of the Rally to be held in King St. Church, Oshawa, on the afternoon and evening of April 20th, when the guest speaker will be Mrs. Hugh Taylor of tire Dominion Board, and who was a delegate to the Tambaram Conference preached the second sermon of a series!' pana. "ease A RS ee Don Christian's Spring Radio Sale | We are Searing, operating condition. b to 9 Tube Sets, Sbmie as late as 1934 models. All wave Console Radios at §12.95,, Brand new 1939 Mantle and Console Radios, 60% off, Four Tube Mafitle Radios, Latest 1939 models, $19.50. Five Tube all wave, 1939 Console models, our entire stock of radios at lowest: prices 08 have ever been offered at, SPECIAL--20 Radios, $3. 95 Each _ YOUR! CHOICE of Srist Majestic, Déforest, _Vietor, (ieneral Electric, Philco, Mantles and Consoles, in good. mitral] " a - Regular $39.95, Sale Price, $49.60 " Car Radios, Five Tube, New 1938 models, $23.50 Battery Radios, New models, from $24. 50 up. "DON CHRISTIAN Seam Telephones 84 and 744 N. { | a ---------- Oshawa --p- RCE EEE EE LB BBE on Saturday attending the funcral of her niece, the late Margaret Ann Thomas Givens, Miss Isobel Smith of Oakville spent the week end with her sister Miss E. Smith. We very much regret to report that Mrs. Arthur Ward is again in the Toronto Géneral Hospital. She is un- der Dr, Richard's care, and although her. condition is critical we sincerely hope that we may soon know of some improyement. Mrs. "Oliver Lane visited recently with friends'in Whitby and Oshawa. . Mr, and Mrs, John Lowrie of Osha- wa, were visitors on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs, Harold Stredwick. Spring is here! We know by an in- fallible sign!. We wakened one morn- ing to a delightful sound that has not been heard for many months. It was the song of early. spring birds: They had arrived the evening before with- out-any notice and their morning songs seemed to tell us how glad they are to be with us again. We welcome them gladly, for we are just as pleased to see and héar them as they are to be here. - - Mr. E. Redman and Mr. R. Chis- holm attended the suction sale on Fri- 'day of MY, Edgar Pascoe of Almonds. Mr. Victor Mitchell, Toronto, spent the week end with his parents. Many in our community are suffer- ing from sore throats and bad colds. It is almost an epidemic. Mr. Clarence Harrison had a mirag- ulous escape on Sunday morning, when leading a bull across the barn yard. Without any warning the bull sudden-. ly charged and threw him against the also registers the total amount of grain threshed. Apple orchards are nbout as scarce as hens that crow, although - nearly every farmer has a few odd fruit trees in close proximity to the house. Along the frontier of Lake Erie may «| be-scen--peach--orchards;--and--at-Erie| gram, and follo where tracts of 'marsh land have been d d are im pon. planta- tions. So much for this brief and WET quate description of some of the physical assets .of Kent and Essex, we must not overlook the grand high- ways and roads of the Western coun- ties. Any side road would be high- way quality as judged by any from these more Eastern Counties. Many American cars may be seen at all times travelling these western highways, and while at Dealtown a humorous iffctdent occurred. A high- powered American can was. "slipping down the highway at a hundred and twenty per, fo)lowed by a Provincial travelling "ninety-eight". One of .the oar passengers was waving the officer on. The driver-of the car being' out for a-lark came to a stop some few miles farther on and paid his fine. A Provincial has the authority to collect fines from an American breaking tral- fic rules, being a case of now or never. The tobacco harvest over, and the {mmediate future not presenting. any thts now turned eastward. After Mh enjoyable experience in "working bacco" and with our friends in ar wn, we took leave from the possibilities of a lucrative nature, our |. in Madras, India, in December. After the Department secretaries - brought before us interesting items concerning their work, :the third chapter of the Study Book, "The. World in Canada" was reviewed 'by Mrs. H. Hudgins, assisted by four of the members. The building. Had it not been for the timely help of a neighbour who drove the animal off, we fear the result would have been disastrous, as it was, we are thankful to say, Mr. Har- rison escaped with a few minor bruises and a-bad shakifg up. worship service was next on the pro- wed--the--theme of the month, "The Church of the Warm Heart." The Bible reading was Mathew 25:31-45, the parable of the great surprise. The "great surprise" for those who heard Jesus would be the new basis of, judgment, for ac- cording to Jesus the final test is not one of race but of love. Love, in the teaching of Jesus, is the essence of true religion and the ultimate test of character. At the close of the meeting a half hour was spent socially. Mrs. Fred Beadle and children of Ashburn, visited with Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Cook on Wedimresday of last: week. Mrs. Oldenburg of Toland, Sask, who has -spent the winter with her mother, Mrs. Todd, left for her home last Thursday evening. Mrs. Todd accompanied her and will visit with her sons in different pafts of the West before returning, % bai Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parrott, Scar- borough, visited on Thursday last with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Redman. . Mr. and Mrs. Lunney 'and children 'were in Toronto on Saturday of last week, Miss Stinson "of Gorley has been visiting for the past week with her sister Mrs. Gordon Barton. Mrs. Roy Thompson visited over the week end with relatives in Oshawa, prairie of Ontario the following Sun- day morning, hoping some time in the future to'repeat the experience." | Mr. John Elson is quite i]l and under Dr. McKenney's care. Mrs, Robt. Chisholm Was In Toronts a ------ BEEF RING ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of No. 1 Beef Ring, Sonya, was held in the "Black- smith shop, with a good attendance. H. Wannamaker was elected Chair- man, and C. A. Mason, as Secretary for the meeting. The minutes of the last' meeting wéFé read and adopted, on motion of Tremeer. "Moved by W. Clark, seconded by A. Bruce, that W, Moase be President for 1939, Carried. Moved- bj. F. Tremeer, seconded by E. Ferguson, that George McMillan be Secretary for 1939. Carried. y Moved by Geo.. McMillan, seconded by. E. Ferguson, "That any shortage in 'beef be paid for at 17 cents per pound. Carried. Moved by W. Clark, seconded xy E. Ferguson, "That Albert Short and Garfield Stone be Inspectors of Beef cass being-condemned, that all mem- bers forfeit their share for that week. Carried. Bruce, "That George McMillan be ap- pointed butcher for 1939 at $3.86 per house." Carried. Moved by J. Wilson, seconded by L. Tremecer, "That all- Dairy Cattle be barred from the Ring." Carried. , Méved by 'E. Ferguson, seconded by W. Clark, "That the liver .of each beast remain the property of the own- Carried: Sr bt 'Moved by W. Moage, seconded bir J. Wilson, "That the day of killing be changed from: 'Wednesda to (g- day." Carried, : The draw was 'then made for num? bers as follows: ~ June 1--D. Beecroft, F. Innes. June 8--F. Tremeer, E. Ferguson. June 16--C. A. Mason, J cLean June 22--D. McPhadden, fo Innes. On Thursday evening, Marchi 23rd, about twenty friends and neighbours from thé 8th and 9th concessions met at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Roy Crapper to spend a 'social evening in connection with their W. A, work, The evening was spent in social intercourse and games of crokinole. A' very en- joyable lunch was served by the host- ess, after which a collection was taken amounting to $1.66. . Mr. Bushell presented, on Silay morning, the bth of his' series of Lenten sermons on the Lord's Prayer. The text was "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." God for- gives everybody royally: without, wait- ing for penitence. The only condition is man's willingness to accept it. But {this a man cannot do if he himself has not the forgiving heart and all of God's willingness js in vain. We condemn war when the root of it is our own lack of attunement with God's forgiving spirit. The last of the Lenten addrésses will be given next Sinday- when Communion serivce will be held, at the close. 4 An inary paper plate, alied to the bottom of the paint can, is much more convenient than spreading news: papers which must be moved every i id Frank Tremeer, seconded by Lewis for- 1939; and in the event of a car-| Moved by W. Moase, seconded by A. |. er of the beast put' in each week." |H PROTECT i | with Reliable Fire Insurance Place Your Insurance with ; HAROLD Ww. EMMERSON . Phone . 41 Cy Port Perry "YOUR FAMILY BAKER Can relieve you from. baking worries, a provide the best in Bread and Pastry. | - JEMISON'S BAKERY THE HOME OF GOOD BREAD AND PASTRY = Phone 93, Port Perry, .PRO-PHO-LAC-TIC POWDER AND BRUSH © T5¢. Value, While they last Shes RUSSIAN MINERAL OIL, 16 oz.-for 49c. KLEENEX eran. .200 sheets for 13c,, 2 boxes for 26c. "500 sheets for 29c. 2 boxes for 57c. ALL THE LATEST POPULAR SHEET MUSIC Received each week. VINOLIA CASTILE SQAP «i010 cakes for 25¢. EASTER BOXES OF CHOCOLATES +. civavveyie 806 RING, and QUEEN SOUVENIR BOX RERRERRRRN 2 Both for 49c. 40 oz. for 89c. tesa fore. one 1 Morrison' 8 Drug PORT PERRY : When selecting a Roast or Steak: the ".. first consideration should be quality. -Our motto has always been "Not how chap, but how good" She, : Cawker Bros, "Butchers PORT PERRY Phone 29W 9000900088008 are voti iiss t ia ess eeseetiesiessresior ites "MAPLE LEAF i killing, and he to furnish a slaughter H The Place to Buy L ILL] i S AT LOWEST PRICES and All Seasonable Fruits and Vegetables "| June 20--Roy Scott." ¥ July 6--L. Lunney, J. Lake. % July 18--H. Wannamaker, F. Watson. July 20--A. Martin, A. Sleep. July 27--J. Mark, G. Fishley. August 3--A. Bruce. August:10--J. Wilsn,-R. Morrison, August 17--W. Clark, Geo. Clark. . August 24--Orval Stone Aug, 31--Geo. McMillan, N. Ferguson September 7--H. Short; A, Short. September 14--W. Moase, G. Stone. September 21--S. MacFarlahe. . ; September 28--Lewis Tremeer, Law. Tremeer. October: 5--A. Jewell, F. Munro. October 12--G, Clements, E. Clements CELEBRATES 90th BIRTHDAY ' + On March 21st, at 42 Tyrrel Ave. Toronto, Mrs, James Frost, who has spent the last five summers at Caesarea, celebrated her 90th. birth- day. 'A reception was held and Rev. and Mrs. Harry Frost, with their sister, Miss. M. Frost, received the many friends who called to pay. their tribute | 'of affection and esteem to one of the oldest of Northumberland's pioneers, Mrs, Frost remembers. hearing wolves as she boiled gap in the bush. teacher boarding around and _ the little log school house.: time the can is shifted from one place andthen, 85 years ago, , © ; % rocker was purchased. at Warkworth v The taste of tamarack gum, the ' Have Your PRINTING | Done at the PORT PERRY STAR OFFICE Satisfactory. Work Prompt Delivery : _ Reasonable Prices © We shall be pleased to ucts prices on any printin you may wish to have oy Her favorite 2 eae Tan pd Be