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Port Perry Star (1907-), 11 Sep 1941, p. 5

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wo < ba 7 3 34 IY ) ha | id 4 v \ . vice, yo! PORT PERRY, QNTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1th, 1941 BROCK THEATRE Phone 818, WHITBY Healthfully Air Conditioned. All Shows Daylight. Saving Time. T Thursday, Friday and Saturday, ' SEPTEMBER 11-12-18 Two shows at 7.30' and 9.30 p.m. Saturday Ma at 1.30 ; "Million Dollar Baby "with Priscilla LANE, Jeffrey LYNN, Ronald REAGAN; May ROBSON: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 15-16-17 Last complete show at 8.60 One Night in Lisbon with FRED MacMURRAY and MADELEINE. CARROLL, | Also- an ADDED Attraction "RIDE KELLY RIDE" with Eugene PALLETTE and : Marvin STEPHENS. ' COMING Next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September 18-19-20 "The Great Ameri- ' can Broadcast" with. Alice Faye and Jack Oakie. On Friday evening 'a large number of friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr .and Mrs, Gordon Maxwell to spend an evening together before Gordon leaves for Active 'Ser- The evening was spent playing "Chinese checkers and friendly conver- sation, At ten o'clock Gordon, Edith and Mrs.-Maxwell, Sr., were asked to be seated in the dining-room and Mrs. Stanley Hall read an address. Mrs. Norman Jacobs, Mrs. Stuart Hall .and Mr. Norman Osborne came forward and presented Gordon with a signet ring, Edith and-Mrs, Maxwell Sr, with a travel leather packaway. Gordon replied thanking his friends and ex- pressed the fact that although he would not be with us for sometime, we would not be absent from his thoughts and hoping to return when the enemy . of civilization had been crushed, Edith and Mrs. Maxwell, In a few well ~¢hosen --words-- also expressed, their thanks, All sang For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. Rev, H, Lester spoke in appreciation of Sa and Mus, Maxwell's work in the'church and Mr. Sam Hall gavé a short talk In which "he said how niuch the family would be missed and how Gordon had also served in the last war. All returned tiome pleased to have the pleasure of spending the evening with Gordon and Mrs, Maxwell and wishing Gordon good luck and every blessing. bd i Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sparks spent the week-end in Toronto and attended the Exhibition. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Western visited 'at the héme of his sister, Mrs. J. Grills, at 'Valentia on Sunday. Pte, T. Steel of Barrlefield 'spent a few days during the past week at his home here," Mr. Harry Dunn has started fall plowing on the farm now oeeupied by Mr. Frank Perrault. Mrs. Staanley Hall -returned home after spending several days at the home of her brother, Dr. C. O, Broad, Toronto. : My, Whitton teacher of Port Hoover school, spent the week-end at his home in Toronto, Mr. Ross Allsop has started Yall plowing on Mr, Gordon Maxwell's farm, A number from here attended the decoration service at Pleasant Point , on Sunday. A large crowd atended Mr, Gordon |g; Maxwell's sale on Wednesday last, | War Work oh . [ 0, 0 Activities Many interesting lejters 'acknow- edging our shipments have been pes - ceived from England and the follow- 'ing excerpts of letters from the W.V.8. (Women's Voluntary. Service for civit] A Defence) may be interested. "It gives me great pleasure in writing to tell you that when 8, 8. whendoza" docked, it carried" 813 cases from the Imperial © Order Daughters of the Empire. Out of this large consignment, 91 of these cases came from-the Provinelal Chapter of Ontario, "Your generosity overwhelms us, i. ELASTIK ROOF KOTE Quickly Seals Leaks and Cracks In Your Old Root! ELAS Roos Kare Asbestos L! quid Rood Hero's "Good Ne ews"' for Old Leaky Roofs [] ® ELASTIK 'ROOF KOTE, on the Canadian Market for over fifty years, is a specially form- ulated compound,' combined with long fibred Canadian asbestos, together, which gives the ut- most in léakproefing and water- proofing qualities. ® Just apply it directly over the surface of your old roof, No heating or 'costly preparation | necessary. Applied with a brush as the material comes om the container. ® Apply it on your-- Tarred Felt Roofing Paper, Composition Roof, Etc., ~Metal 'Roof, Tar and Gedy Roof. . For Full Details Write - Doiminien Cement : Paint Co. 454 KING ST. WEST Toronto - Ontario - and it makes it all the more difficult to tell you how very much we did ap- preciate your forethought and gener- osity 'in thinking of us, - "Some of . the garments have heen unpacked and T can truthfully tell you that they are some of the most beauti- ful clothing that we -have $eeiven from Overseas." * A Mammoth Auction Sale under the auspices of the 1,0.D,E, and staged by Port Perry, Seagrave and Prince Al- bert, - will held early in October, You will be asked to' contribute some- thing that will bring in shekels for the War Work, so be prepared to do your very beat, Further announce- ments later. ----e > -- SLOW DELIVERY "Keep your temper, gentle Sir" Writes the manufacturer. Though our goods are overdue, For a month or niaybe two We can't help it, please don't' swear. Labour's scarce and metal rare, Can't get steel, can't get dies; These are facts, we tell no lies. Harry's drafted, so is Bill, All our work is now uphill, So your order we're afraid May be still a bit delayed Still you'll get it; don't be vexed Maybe this month, maybe next. Keep on hoping, don't say die; We'll fill your 'order bye and bye. - NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Tatars of William Henry Nesbitt, Deceased. . gons having claims against of the above mentioned iv died at the Township of Cart- wright on the 21st day of June, 1941, gre hereby notified" to send to the undersigned cr inieg on or before | doreigns 30th, full particulars of their claims, Immediately after Sept. 30th, Jel, the assets of the deceased will ; distributed an among the Jarlise tled thereto, havin Segas dont to claimg of which the Bolte tors s! then have notice, - Dated at Port. Perry this 1st il of September, 1941, HARRIS, HARRIS & WALLACE, & W.S. GREER, Port Perry Solicitors for the above Estate. RELIABLE MAN WANTED A loéal Watkins Route is now open for a good reliable man with car. No capital or 'experience. required, but you must be a real hustler, Perma< nent connection with good future for tight party. Write The J. R. Watkins Company, 2177 Masson St. Montreal, Quebec. - Dept, 0-P-6. oct? FOR RENT Two rooms for light house keeping, or singly. Apply to phone 213. Port Perry. FOR SALE + Red Shorthorn Bull, 13 months old elegible for registration. Apply to Norman Graham, R.R.3, Port Perry. ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. James E. Beacock, that they will be at home to' their relatives and friends, \ September 14th from 2.30 till; 6.30 in the afternoon, and from 7 till 9 'in the "evening (S.T.), it being the -oc- casion of their Diamond (60 years) wedding anniversary. > BORN re, EGGINTON--To Mr. and Mrs. 8. Eggigton at St. Thomas Memorial Hospital, on Saturday, Sept. 6, 1941, a daughter, Elaine Patricia. DONALD DUCK VOLUNTEERS Donald Duck -will be seen soon making a house to house call on be- half of the War Savings Group, This is Walt Disney's contribution to the summer savings drive. The film is in technicolor, and runs three-and-a-half minutes. The music track was dispatched in duplicate from America on two different ships. Both were sunk. The Disney Studios were unable to send two more tracks nothing was allowed to be removed, In order. to expedite the release of the film, Lord Kindersley cabled to Lord Halifax at Washington asking him to receive the music track and to send it by bomber, Lord Halifax agreed, and the track was delivered at the Foreign Oftice and transferred to the National Savings Committee, "The film will be distributed to nearly 4000 cinemas, Throughout Great Britain, reports reflect the enthusinsm of the vast army of voluntary workers who are engaged. in, the great summer savings offensive, * A target has been set' by each group, large and small, Portsmouth (population, 1931 cen- sus, 249,283) raised over $4,000,000 during its "War Weapons Week" and has- now collected $1,851,924 during a "Do Your Bit Week: It is the first big town to have such a week in con- nection with the summer drive, Stoke-on-Trent (population, 276,639) Savings Group to provide the North Staffordshire Reglment with equip- ment, Birmingham howling clubs are com- bining to raise the cost of a homher, $80,000, . Sparkford, Somerset, (population, 380) sets out to raise $1,160 In 12 weeks to buy. a machine gun, three Bren guns and a parachute. Heckmondwike (population, 8,991) famous for record breaking, has un- dertaken to raise the cost of a motor torpedo boat ($220, 0d) before the end of September. Woodmansterne School, Banstead, runs a penny savings bank, whichis supplementary to ordinary savings; this bank has already forwarded $32 as the first instalment towards the cost of a rubber dinghy for which they hope to pay before the end of the summer, Crosby, Lancashire, (population, 18,285) which had ralsed $6,440,000 by June 30, is now setting out to reach : $8,000,000 by the end of September. Tottenham A.R.P. centre hopes to save the cost of 10 general purpose high explosive bombs $1,800) "to give us a personal interest in the visits of the R.A.F. o Germany." SCOTS THRIFT AGAINST HITLER Scotland has a reputation for thrift, and accordingly it is perhaps not sur- prising to learn of the remarkable suc- cess of the War Savings movement "north of the border." Since the campaign was launched in November 1939-and up to the end of May, 1941, a total of $661,471,688 had been raised. Tihs includes $186,800, 000 contributed during War Weapons Weeks in. different parts of the 1| country, 300,072 in one week, and .Edinburgh's effort brought in $40,041,000, The little town of Kelso saved $1,464,652 --representing $264 per head of the population; it is now aiming at get- ting $1,600,000 ta buy a destroyer. LET'S GET THIS STRAIGHT Q:--~Does Britain own the Dominions ? A:--Britain does not. Q:--Does Britain govern Dominions? A:--Britain-does not. Q:--Does the inions have to go to war if Britafh does? A:>~They do not, ~ ' of 'Myrtle Station, wish to announce | on Sunday," owing to a strike at the studio, when]. is raising enough -money-through its| Thus Glasgow raised a total of $42. ; | | Joins the R. CAF.] One more of our boys has joined up with the RC.A.F. This time it is | Ray Henshaw, our genial transport service man, He has sold out his busi- ness to Stewart Sweetman, and will soon be driving Air Force transport. Ray will be seriously missed in town. He has proved himself to be a most obliging transport man, and has stuck everlastingly to business. 'You could depend on Ray. / We wish him the best of good for- tune. y LIVES RESCUED UP TO DATE From the outbreak of war up to That is forty lives every week. That is twice gs many lives rescued each week as in the last year. That is a life rescued every 4 hours since the war began. - EE * ' E 7 ) Junior War Workers The meeting on Tuesday evening of the young ladiés, who form the Junior War Workers in Port Perry, was most satisfactory and regular meetings and work will commence at once. date, life-boats have been. launched 1952 times and have rescued -39117 lives. ! other items, so what's The hunt concluded at Fred Frayer's time was had by all." Thirty or more of our young folk had a glorious time hunting the fol- lowing articles; and finding most of them. The live mudcat still eludes capture at the opportune moment; nor did they find the 1923 copper. Oh well!" They found most of the the difference. Pavilion, Caesarea, where "a good The Articles' 1. Street car transfer. * - 2. Live Plymouth Rok hen, 3. Mortar boaxd.- 4. Ip copper. 5. E. McClellan's signature dated. ) | | 6. Spring skates. Catelli's, COOKED SPAGHETTI, 15-0z. «tins. ..2 for 19c¢. 7. Picture 'of Duke of Kent, GILLETT'S LYE (Cash and Carry)... ...........tin llc. 8. Sign, Gas sold for cash only. © Gold Medal ORANGE PEKOE. TEA ....... %-Ib pkg. 45¢. % piss / Aurora COFFEE-The Family Blend. ....... 1-1b. bag 4lc. 10. 1937 license plate. Gold Medal Golden WAX BEANS, 16-0z tin ...... .... de, 11. False teeth. : ig 12. Coca Cola sign. : : 13." Slug. | ] NL ES GET THEM NOW FOR -14. Tadies' or Gent's sign. vy: 16. Coloured tgothpick. J PEACH . PRESERVING! 16. Corn cob/pipe. 7 - 17. Model sailboat. Five Roses FLOUR, .7-1b. bag le. 24-1b. bag 83c. 18. Copy of Port Perry Star dated|i Purham CORN STARCH .......... veevvoen.. pkg le November 21, 1040. Rose BAKING POWDER, 16-020 IN vveerens Pe & 19. Rubber boot. 1! Parkes CATSUP FLAVOR ............ . bottle 29¢. 20. Old car time, 4x40--21. LUX TOILET SOAP ................... wil cakes 1lc. 21. Musical instrument CAMAY SOAP... oii, .2 cakes '14c. 22. Sheaf of grain, PEARL SOAP ................... MS .3 cakes 17c. - 23. Piece of ice. Gold Medal FLOOR WAX, tin ......... rr 28c. a OXYDOL, .......... large pkg. 26c. small package 14c. 8 0, 8. tiie Biman aid ...large 24c. small 14c. International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration October 14, 15, 16, 17--1941 | Highway 28, West of City of Peterborough PETERBOROUGH COUNTY The World's Largest Plowing Contest and Farm Machinery Exhibit, with Numerous Agricultural Demonstrations $6000 IN PRIZES For full particulars, apply to J. A. Caprall, Manager, East Block, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Ont. vo 3 re Sie PORT PERRY YACHT CLUB S SCAVENGER HUNT _ RED RIVER CEREAL, 2-1b, paekpge--. . me RED & WHITE store SERVICE that is Complete. Every shopping day you'll find your Red & White Store ready. to serve you with the finest products at money-saving prices plus telephone and delivery service--but as a pat-. riotic.gesturé, make up your list once or twice a week, thus eliminating frequent deliveries, conserving gasoline for War purposes. SPECIALS FOR THURSDAY. FRIDAY and. SATURDAY An Eisb-to- Prepare Cereal for Cool Weather Breakfagts--- SPECIAL 24c. (The magic Scouring Pads) . 324» wow olnae gon «43044 ceveie.. 4 for 19¢c, (The Gold Cream Toilet Soap) : } IVORY GLOSS LAUNDRY STARCH .......... ....13¢c. AUSTRALIAN SULTANA RAISINS .... ..2 Ibs. 23c. RICE, Fancy Cooking ............. 45H ¢ $d pate 3 ha. 29c. COFFEE, Gold Medal, Y2-1b tin MEAT. WSR JE id Th 29c¢c. JELLY BEANS .......... 0000... "1h. llc. _ KEEN'S D.S.F. MUSTARD, with "English 'tang, Y%-1b 27c. Quaker Quix WHEAT FLAKES ......... ...2 pkgs. 25c¢. F. W. BROCK & SON . SILK STOCKINGS for only 360 pr. With a Box Top from a pkg. of Quaker Corn Flakes, Puffed wheat: or Puffed Rice. Quaker Corn Flakes, 2 pkgs. 17¢ MANYFLOWERS PHONE. 43 PORT PRRRY CHL ag Name - ~_ The World's News Seen Through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR An International Daily Newspaper is Truthful--Constructive--Unbiased--Free from Sensational- ism -- Bditorials Are Timely and Instructive and Its Daily Features, Together with the Weekly Magazine Section, Make the Monitor an Idedl Newspaper for the Home, The Christian Science Publishing Society One, Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts Price $12.00 Yearly, or $1.00 a Month. Saturday Issue, including Magazine Section, $2.60 a Year. Introductory Offer, 6 Issues 25 Cents. = Address fo sos Ot SAMPLE COPY ON REQUEST 'MEATS THAT SATISFY You will be sure of satisfaction when you buy our meats. Whether its Fresh, Cured, or Cooked Meats you require, we can always give you quality and service. Give us a call PROMPT DELIVERY SERVICE Bert. MacGregor, Phone. 72-r-2 £6454. & da Have Your PRINTING Done "at the PORT PERRY _ STAR OFFICE Satisfactory Work Prompt Delivery Reasonable Prices - » 0, We shall be pleased to quote prices. on any printing job _ you may wish to have done. and a few neglect. RE UNPAID SUBSCRIPTIONS Most of our subscribers afe ver . payment of their subscriptions. The label on your when payment is due. It should read '4 prompt in "the ut some forget-- Paper tells you or a SOOT INC TIN, STANCES : on We Offer You the Choice of the Market Lowest Market Price. Cawker Bros. If IVs s in the Line of ¢ Baking, We Have It. Chinese Chews, 20c. dozen. _ Chelsea Buns, 20c. dozen' pi Bran Muffins, 20c. dozen. Saturday Special-- Chocolate Marshmallow Jelly Roll WE DELIVER PHONE 2 Gerrow Bros., Port Perry In these days of uncertainty you need reliable insurance. We place insurance . that gives you peace of mind as wel as protection. HAROLD W. EMMERSON Phone 41 Port Perry - 0 in Fresh and Cured Meats at CAWKER'S Courteous Service Port Perey Phone Hw I VEL STW Prempt and | SA AT

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