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ee 1 ev = Ea Nav A oh a rt Plaga LS IR el or not he forgott goes. Annual Meeting . PORT PERRY, REACH & SCUGOG AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY The annual meeting of this society | was held in the Agricultural Room of the Port Perry High School on Friday afternoon of last week. Mr. R. D. Woon, Secretary-Treas., reported a successful 'year, with a small cash balance to the credit of the Society. This was good work when the very bad_weather conditions on Fair Day are taken into consideration. A Junior Fair Outstanding in the Fair was that made by Principal Mc- Clellan of the Port Perry High School. He suggested. that a Junior Fair be incorporated with the regular: Fair, "pointing out that with sixty High School students taking up home pro- jects, the foundation of such a Fair -was already-laid. The suggestion was very favorably received, and details of | "the plan will be worked out at an early date. Mr. Innes, Agricultural Representa- tive, stated that he would like to re- move the Swine Club to another part of the County, and the proposal was "made that a Potato Club take its place. . No action was. taken. "Officers Elected ~~ President, W. F. Thompson, Secre- tary, R. D. Woon, and the other officers were all re-elected. District Meeting Representatives of the Agricultural Fairs in this district will meet in Port Perry some. time in June; This is a distinct honour to Port Perry, as previous gatherings have been held-in Poterboro, Lindsay, Oshawa. Plans for suitable entertainment of the dele- gates will be made, LINDSAY ARSENAL ABOUT, TO OPEN AGAIN (Watchman.Warder) Work is going full speed ahead trning the Dominion Government arsenal at Lindsay into a plant for the manufacture of shells. It will be in production, officials expect, before spring. : ~All the Government small arms are being made at the Dominion arsenal at Valcartier, which was fully equip- ped and in operation before the war started, Experts from Valcartier will likely assist in getting the Linds plant in operation. ! The Lindsay arsenal was putty Sir Sam Hughes when he was or of Militia but it has long lain idle, Operations at both arsenals are being conducted by the Ordenance 'Division of the Department of National De- 'fense. All other munitions operations | ¢ in Canada Aré 'boing handled. by bi vate Te. asd os $048 wy «We didn't know whether TRAIN] he callee us LONG DISTANCE just to show he hadn't Long Distance is-the 0 single man's answer to many a problem--and the married man's shortest road home, your service wherever you may "be. suggestions made for further improvement of the could be done without increasing the Reeve Letcher, reveals that on Jan- cuary Ist, surplus on last year's operations ot $11,704.29. « There was an actual gain of $7,000 last year 80 far as the coun- ty and taxpayers are concerned. The Council was able to reduce the tax' rate half a mill which reduced the re- veniie from taxation approximately $12,000. ~The council started the year with a surplus of $16, 719.84. is a deficit of $2,000 which will be taken care of by the year's levy. years ago reached a peak of $700,000 was shown at $467,000 at the end of 1039. An increase in the tax rate this year is unlikely, 'a¢cording to the Finance Chairman. "+| report of the Children's Ald Society. was coming . . . en us." 'And so it Always. at Doings Ontario County Council emphatical- ly turned down a proposal that the Provincial = Plowmen's . Association be asked to hold its 1941 plowing match in Ontario County, on the ground that the two thousand dollars which 'would have to come from the county treasury to get it, was required for other purposes during the war. Reeve W. M. Letcher, of Port Perry, chairman of the finance: committee, pointed out -that the county made a gain of $7,000 last year, and hoped to maintain its good financial standing. The council might be called to make a grant to the Red Cross, perhaps half a mill, but he was hopeful that this tax rate... He thought the council might be able to cut down a little on i expenditures. FM: _Chapman;--of Audley, Wo of the Ontario County Crop Improvement Association, addressed. the Council seeking a grant for pro- in the county. Douglas Thompson, Brooklin, a dir- Fair held in Oshawa. 4 A. E. Innes, Agricultural Represent- ative, addressed the Council, and par- ticularly- asked the Council's support in the work of soil testing. vear for agriculture in the county, said, was a fairly good one. A The financial report as presented by 1940, there was a gaivent On the road account for 1039 there The debenture debt, which some Percy King, reeve of Uxbridge, and James Blanchard, reeve of Canning- ton, were Management of the Ontario County Home and Industrial Farm at $6.00 a y|day and mileage. Reeve Letcher was appointed county representative on the Board of Audit of Criminal Justice Accounts. } Reeve John A. MacDonald of Mara, be appointed a member of the Coun- ad Committed, Yo M. Alger, Supt, presented 'the {Comin Council noon. neighbours and friends is extended to Mrs. Cook. ' were appointed to the Board of COMMITTEES OF COUNTY COUNCIL APPOINTED Standing committees of Ontario County Council for 1940 were appoints ed Tuesday Afternoon when a report of a special striking committee was adopted. The Committees as as fol- lows, the first named being chairman: Agriculture -- Robert "Ashenhurst, Geo, Rae, Robert Swanick, Samuel Graham, Heber Down, County Property--A. M, Irwin, Fred Clayton, C. P. King, Robert Ashen- hurst, Henry Hazell. Education -- Stanley Miller, C.' J. Devine, A. M. Irwin, Oscar Downey, Henry Hazell, ' Finance "and AvSRRTIONL -- W. M, Letcher, Wm. Reesor, J. S. McDonald, Frank Threadgold, Stanley Miller, Legislation and Memorials-- Frank Threadgold, Heber Down, Robt. Swan- nick, James Blanchard, Oscar Downey. Mileage and Per Diem -- Henry Hazell, Edgar Johnson, S. Graham, Heber. Down, J. S. McDohald, Printing=--C. J. Divine, A. W. Grigg, Robt. Ashenhurst, Stanley Miller. Reforestation-- Edgar Johnson, S. Graham, Robt. Swanick, Oscar Dow- ney, William Reesor, . Roads and Bridges -- Wililam Ree- sor, Fred Clayton, A. W. Grigg, J. S. "McDonald, George Rae. John A. MacDonald, Reeve of Mara, was appointed to -fill the vacancy on the County Road Committee. Other members are Reeve Frank Gerrow, Scugog, Reeve I. T. Ormiston, of East Whitby. oo --- Myrtle Station The Pastor, Rev, G. 8, Gervan oc- cupied the pulpit at the Sunday even- ing service when the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was observed. He basea his remarks on the incident of the Last Supper at told in Matthew 286. Jesus was an' intimate friend of His deciples. It grieved Him sorely to Him so shortly to His enemies. He made a last appeal to Judas, trying to draw him back to where he once was in the love and fellowship of Jesus. We will find Jesus to be the same in- timate and personal friend today if we but let Him, Sunday School next Sunday at the usual hour, Church service at 7.p.m. when the election of elders will take place. About thirty new books have been received for the Sunday School. library. The library committee hope to have them ready for distribution on Sun- day. Regardless of the cold weather on Wednesday evening. of last week, the Hot Meat and Potato Pie supper was a real success, Whether those present walked or ¢ame in cars, their ap|. petites were sharpened 'by the zero know that one of them would betray} through here on Tuehday morning. It was well covered with" snow as though it had fought its way through heavy drifts coming up the line. As it plowed its way through the deep snow in the station yard, it hurled the snow with such force against the station windows that several of them were broken. This necessitated the arrival of the carpenter: ging to repair the damage, Mrs, T. Carey has been confined to the house for the past week with a bad. cold. 3 Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Magee and Doris 'attended. the double: funeral in Oshawa on Saturday of Mr. Magee's sister and: her husband, the late Mr. and Mrs, Groat. Sympathy of friends and neighbours is "extended to Mr, Magee. . Mr, and Mrs, Frank Harrison were among those who attended the double funeral of the late Mr, and Mrs. Groat of Oshawa, Word was received here on Wednes- day of last week of the death-in the Private Patients' : Pavilion, Toronto General Hospital, of Harry A. Harri- son, of Toronto. Harry was a former Myrtle boy, having come here while a small boy when his father, the late Mr. Frank' Harrison, was appointed C.P.R. Agent many years ago. Harry will be remembered- by his public school friends in this district. He learned telegraphy with his father and took a position in Minneapolis, Minn, as a telegrapher, going to To- ronto sometime after where he con- tinued in this work. Later Harry be- came manager of the tool department of a large concern. He established the T. A. Harrison Tool Co., and in 1930 purchased the Dominion Abrasive Wheel Co. His parents, the late Mr. 'and Mrs. Frank Harrison, so well known here, prgdeceased him a num- ber of years age. Surviving are hls widow, the former Charley May Wil. son Philip. lians of Fort Worth, Texas, and one BLACKSTOCK Miss Mabel VanCamp of the To- with her parents Mr, and Mrs. W, A, VanCamp. Miss Lorna McColl was the guest of Miss Grace Mountjoy over the week end. Messrs." A. L. Bailey and T. Smith week. : Miss Susie VanCamp of the Bow- manville teaching staff was with her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mis. A. L. Bailey over the week-end. Don't forget the skating party to be held in the arena on Friday night of this week by the Young People of the United Church. The rionthly meéting of the W. A. of St. John's Church was held at the Rectory on Thursday evening last with a small attendance owing to the severe weather. The Study. Book chapter, "The Eternal Now" was taken by Mrs, J. McArthur. A donation. to Chinese Missions was given to Mrs, F, Bailey to forward to her niece Miss Laura Hambly, Missionary in China Inter. esting readings by Mrs. Robt, Hamil- ton, Mys. W. Crawford and Miss Evu Parr comprised the program. At the close refreshments were served by those in charge. last week nursing her sister Mrs, Ed. Darcy who was ill, Mrs. Robt. Hamilton visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Parr, © Mr. and Mrs, Cecil Hyde and Patsy of Toronto, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ira Argue. This is Cecil's last leave before going overseas, The January meeting of the W.M.8, of the United Church was held at the 'honie of Mys, Jas, Marlow on Wed- devotional 'was in charge of Mrs. E. Dorrell. The following group leaders were appointed for the coming year: PRINCE ALBERT "Mr. from Greenbank into Mrs. house. fined her to bed. Death came quite suddenly to Mr. Clarence Stabback, days illness from stomach" trouble Owing. to poor health of his parents, gradually grew worse, in the burial. 'Toronto on Saturday. - Mrs, and Mrs. Ranger have moved Kerry's Glad to hear Mrs, Ettey is improv- ing after her recent illness which con- very. early on Saturday morning, after only a few Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Stabhback, Clarence had prolonged his. Christmas visit] with them, until- he. became ll and] The funeral was held on Sunday at the Port Perry Funeral Parlor, and the body placed |" Cemetery vault for future Mrs. and Mrs, [03 Butson were "in Dinah Warren. is jmproving 'slowly after a very bad attack of | Mrs, Roy Taylor, Mrs. Roy Ferguson, Mrs. Jas. Marlow," Mrs. Norman Mountjoy. The Study. Book chapter Cecil Hill, Mrs. Jabez Wright and Mrs. Ernest Larmer favoured with a vocal duet, "There Rings a Melody of Love." Mra. Jas. Marlow gave a New Year's Reading and Mrs. J. Wright read a very interesting letter from mission hospital at Matheson. Leh was served at the close, Mr. and Mrs. Granger have moved to Prince Albert. "The congregational meeting of the United Church was held last Wednes- day evening. Mr, John Holdershaw and Mr. Peter Leask were elected new trustees on the cemetery obard. The Women's Association was held on Tuesday afternoon at the home spent A couple of days in Toronto last |! "DAY Phone 240 w After Hours ~ alt Si BE . r READING. Certified Delivery Famous Reading Anthracite That Better Hard Coal. It pleases hundreds:why not you? Lake Scugog Lumber & Coal Co., Phone 240 j. LIMITED Mrs. Ira Argue was in the village |' nesday 'afternoon of last week, Tho |#& MULLIGAN'S BEAUTY ORE a a DE MILO PERMANENT WAVE MACHINE "Medical Missions" was taken by Mrs. Miss Olive VanCamp, a nurse in the atmosphere; -- andthe art , the ladies was thoroughly appreciated. When at last the inner man was satis- fied to a state of happy contentment, duction and distribution of better seed the program committee started a sing- Song. It may be that some were "too full for utterance", but on the ector of the South Ontario Fair, aivked' whole the singing was hearty and Council to renew the $300 grant to the bright. A Quiz Contest which follow- ed: included everyone and provoked 'much fun and keen competition in. the answers, Jim Manderson who has been em- The past ployed by the Creighton Nickle Mine he at Sudbury for the past few months is home for some holidays, Bob Pallier of Oshawa, spent. the week end with his grandmother and sisters. Mys. Henry Painter, June and Fay, Elwood Masters over the week end. Mrs. Elmer -Cook was called to Oshawa early Thursday morning ow- ing to :the sudden and unexpected death during sleep, of her sister, Mrs, Groat. from 4 bad heart condition for the past year, discovered the death of his wife only when he was awakened by Mr. Groat, who has suffered the pet cat. It is thought the shock was too great for him for he passed away on Friday morning. The double tuneral was held on Saturday after The sincere sympathy of the Mr. and. Mrs. Albert Swale wore visitors with friends In Oshawa on Sunday, The January meeting of the Aux- iliary of the Woman's Missionary Society. will be held at the home of Mrs, Oscar Downey on Thursday at 2,80: p.m. All ladies are welcome. A letter received a few days Mr. Arthur Manderson from | who is in the Air Force, stated that he had been transferred to Vancouver where he Is on patrol duty, The C. 'P. R. snowplow from Have. by of y-art--ofyy SEAGRAVE The ladies of the 'W. A joyed. and prayer, back. debt wiped out. [from the 8.8. tendance of-34. ing. the W. A. ae tr celpts of $88.03. gram from the Club was an instru- mental by Marion Eagleson. Morley Bruce on Christians and Nuts. $3.03. ing "Vespers". has 18 members an The o 80 will not repeat. Sunday School, ng. Sosa wl a yn, lock made. its. Aunt hi of the season | in ro "The annual congregational meeting of the Seagrave United Church was held on Friday evéning, January 19. A. prepared a meat pie supper which everyone en- When the supper hed been 'cleared away the ofchestra 'took their places and played a number after which the meeting opened with hymn The Steward's report was then given showing a balance of $27.44 with all The missionary report showed that the church and various organizations raised $50.00 and about $560.00 came The Women's Association have a ol membership of 47 with an average at- They also have a bal. ance of $87.45 which is very encourag- The Orchestra then played a selection as thé item of program for The Quadrata Club report showed 25 mombers on the roll with total re- * The girla always Lpay the Church : Hydro bill which amount to about $45.00. They have a |. balance of $17.72: The item of pro- The Y. P. U. haa:a balance of $11.74 and thelr item was a paper given by The recently organized C.G.IT, has 10. members and has a balance of played another selection here for the Rev. Mr. Tristram made a few very]. fitting remarks and after the disous- sion of a few othér matters the meets of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Real. Mr. and Mrs. N. Flewell have re- turned from Toronto where they were called through the illness of Mrs. Flewell's niece. Mrs. H. Cragg of Toronto, spent the week end with her mother Mrs. Phoenix. The ladies of the Red. Cross are sewing and knitting for-the -soldlers, and meet Tuesday--and._Wednesday afternoons of each week at the parson. age, Mr. Fred Phoenix had the misfor- tune to suffer a sprained foot, when the horse he was riding slipped on the ice. Mrs. Burnett was called to Ottawa recently where her sistersin-law Mra. (Dr.) Putman had passed away, Mr. John Warren has engaged to work with Henry Thomas for the.sum- mer. rn} The sympathy of the community is and family in their sad bereavement. Notes ahd: Comments'. man does with the goods and: know- ledge he' posscsses. .. An automatic star counter has been various areas of the milky way will ensure employment in the observa- tories. ; *r +» Dorothy Tristram gave a read] - - The Trail Rangers |: d $7.00 of a balance, The 8. 8S. report was given before réNeatea) An army chief once warned Mr. Liddell Hart (close associate of Hore- dohnas/! Possibly 3% ; © Farm pophiation of the United States 1) estimated 1(1988)" at (ip | eiane. = . oxtonded to Mr. and Mrs, C. Phair Character is. determined. by what a invented; but adding the' totals in Belisha)-- You will soon learn that Fgonerals are as sensitive as prima YOUR FAM Flo CUT OR Phone 206. BEAUTY SHOPPE _ SPECIALIZING IN Permanent Waving and. all other lines of BEAUTY CULTURE MISS M. PEERS Registered Hairdresser. BELL PHONE 76 ILY. BAKER - Can relieve you from baking worries, and provide the best in Bread and Pastry. JEMISON'S BAKERY THE HOME OF GOOD BREAD AND PASTRY Phone 93, Port Perry. BRIGHTEN YOUR HOME with ers POTTED Phone to WM. ETTEY PRINCE ALBERT, ONT. BARBER SHOP * 'SPECIALIZING IN Hair Cutting, and all other lines of the work "H. H. MULLIG4N Registered Barber "PORT PERRY General Motors Corporation cele- brated the manufacture of its 25 millionth car. The original company started business nearly 32 years ago. Government contracts let by ténder may be free from the taint of "graft"; but such contracts, if cut too fine as to price, are open to the possibility of skimping as to work and materials, --Mr--Hepburn- -may- secure-the-pass- ing of a vote of censure upon the Fed- eral: Government for its war admini- stration; but the -people of 'Canada backed the Federal Government to the amount of $321,276,850--with no Jarge interest to be gained, Te § Ww (XH Great Britain bought the entire wool clip of New Zealand and Australia to se in prices, and prevent an. undue rise in prices, great wool purchase, +. $s & Reduction in relief costs - has been most notable in rural areas, and in Ontario as a whole. . & "My Country and My. People" 4A lot of the so-called misery of the - Chinese people is due undoubtedly to man being happy unless he is Mving in: an over-heated apartment with a - radio. If this standard were correct there should have been no happy per- son in the world before 1850 and there ~---- should be more happy people in the United States than in Bavaria, where there are very few rotating, collapsible and reversible barber. chairs, and cer- tainly very few switches 'and buttons." ; --Lin Yuoteng & ee Cs $ 's James H. R. _Cromwéll is the new United States Minister to Ottawa, He" and his wife are now in Ottawa! He" 'fully realizes that He hes many pro- blems to face, for .(1) Canada is at ! war; (2) as a neighbour to the United . "States the neutrality act will compli- cate matters; (8) Canada is becoming a great manufacturing centre; (4) Canada's trade, exports-and imports, -- Canada 18 now receiving a share of the are of great importance, ° % 9% fne gale of one million bushels of wheat to: Russia has been cancelled by the Federal Government, W. EN, SINCLAIR, K.C. __AGAIN-BLECTED- For. the twenty-sixth; consecutive the application of a warped Edropean year Mr. W..E. N. Sinclair, K.C., has standard, which cannot conceive of any been elected President of the Oshawa "Branch of the. Re Cross Boclety. able Fuel adds' greatly home. Wi (} "Phone 73 wo - 3 Ne WE HELP » You. T0 "KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING" This is the geason of the You can dépend on BLUE COAL to give the beat heat value for your money. - it you need LUMBER for Bullding or Repairs , we shall be pleased to quote Prices. i F. E. REESOR Jear wher Depend: to the comfort of the Gd SOR wir