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p ' hg + the record peak of 1929 when con- © area. . subside about 7 o'clock in the morning. =' Telegraph poles, big wooden boxes ~~ PRENTICE'S re -- BEAUTY PARLOR -- [if fective fn England. . g The' Controller also helieved that] Activities to the fore. the price of milk could be reduced in Toronto if the. dairies would eliminate | Work. 6. Report Convention -recom- the cost of operating their.own in-| mendations and' discussions to Direc- dividpal delivery services, : BC | ask the board to recommend that this| early, before the busy season starts. proposed saving in milk delivery coats | 7. Start all meetings on time. be divided on an equitable basis be-| waste people's time? It is real waste. tween the farmers and the customers.|8, Carry on--accept the challenge-- Executives of Toronto dairy com: |let your society take the lead, panies wera reluctant last.night to ex- press any view on Controller Duncan's | Federation of Agriculture, proposal. * They seemingly adopted a|ecial people are all organized. "wait-and-see". policy, and several ap-|that the Farmers. are organized, we proached said they had no comment|must guard against "Group Conscious- to make, : N PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 19th, 1942 BROCK THEATRE . Phone 618, WHITBY Healthfully Air Conditioned. ; Thursday, Friday and Saturday, MARCH 19-20-21 Two shows at 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday Matinee at 1.30 "A YANK IN THE R.A.F" aes and af rei -- Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, MARCH 23-24 and 25 Last complete show at 8.20 The Smiling Ghost with Wayne MORRIS, Alexis SMITH, Brenda MARSHALL, Alan HALE. Also an ADDED Attraction: "DANCE HALL" iwith Cesar Romero and : Carole Landis. = CELA COMING next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 26-27-28 SONJA HENIE and JOHN PAYNE : 1 N Sun Valley Serenade Floods at Oshawa and Pickering Pickering.~Duffin's Creek went .on the rampage again on Monday night and early Tuesday morning, with the swirling waters within six inches of siderable damage was done, Water over the highways at the peak of the flood at four o'clock in the morning was four feet deep and of course no traffic was getting 'through. The creek started to rise about mid- night and following the early morning by WILMOT PHAIR, The Toronto Star says that horses |.people say that there is not a black- will have to 'go bare-hoofed if they "stage a come-back". "At the present tine in Toronto, there is only one tenth of the required number of black-| 4} yo rcoc aven if iron ¢an be found smiths still wielding the hammer, The tragedy of it is that there.are no more| All smith in the city under forty-five, and others say not under fifty. When these jron-muscled men who make the anvil ring, die, who is going to shoe for the purpose? horses will have to hobble storm it continued to rise until 4 a.m. |young men learning the trade. Some [around on the hard cement with no then gradually subsided and by 9 a.m. Wanted--A Young Man Who Can Shoe a Horse PORT PERRY HIGH SCHOOL shoes, Then the village blacksmith will have to re-appear to shoe the sleek steeds that may soon take the place of cars. Maybe the ring of the hammer against the anvil will again be heard if we can find the black- smiths, If you have skill in horse-shoeing you should practice this trade so that when horses come into use again you will have a profitable occupation, But perhaps, by that time, the use of horseshoes will be restricted as automobile tires are at present. Then it will not make a great deal of dif- ference if there are any blacksmiths or not. there was only a trickle flowing over the pavement and cars and busses were allowed to go through. Traffic both east and west was held up for several hours., Three more venturesome truck drivers early in the morning attempted to get through but stalled about the middle of the flooded They later were hauled out. Some traffic was rerouted around by Highway No. 7 but most of .the buses. and trucks waited for the flood to sub- side. a ERED Church Street, south of the village was flooded for the first time this sea- son 'as the heavy downpour continued . for some hours. ~ hile + and heavy timber of all kinds piled . against the brides spanning the creek, and even on the ground near the Osha- of City Dairy Company Limited. "For wa Arena, creck bed, giving onlookers some idea of the power and proportions of 'the of Acme Farmers Dairy, Limited, was changes already, that can be credited are to keep up production we must flooding waters. | Emergency transportation had to be nothing to say, other than I suppose Agricultural commodities are just as provided for those wishng to cross he has nothing better to do with his'important to the nation as war work. King street, and city firemen with one | time", the dairy executive stated, of their fire-fighting vehicles, conduct- "It is nothing new; it has been aired® before", said W. L. Knowles, president several - feet above the the present I have nothing to say." Edward W. King, general manager non-committal. "1 \ cqually have operate with all other groups. Since the Federation has got really in earn- est they have found the Government | Oficials ready and willing to listen, There have been some important to the influence of 'the Federation. 1 A good farm boy is worth a half dozen | estimated that there are about 150,000 city or town boys on a farm. On Simcoe Street South, near the lake, the Oshawa Creek rose to a depth of three feet over the maca-| damized roadway, and many cars be- . ~~ a ed an emergency taxi service from : rot by W. A. Coburn. Appoint-two juniors 6.35 to 7.835 in the morning. REPORT OF 'AGRICULTURAL to assist in each Dept. of the Fair. CONVENTION Pay attention to the staging and ar- The 1942 Convention of the Ontario 'anging-of nll exhibits. Give the boys griculture. Societies was held in the and girls cvery ofiportunity of pre- King Edward Hotel, on February '12 paring for the fair. Get their Prize came stranded along the way as work-| 13, with a good attendance in both! Floods in the heart of Oshawa fol-| on {ried to get through to reach! oo and ladies' meetings. lowed hard on the heels of the violent| pair places of employment early in' thunderstorm which broke in the early Oshawa Creek to burst its banks and flood the flats on either side, turning them into a series of lakes from the hollow near the arena to John Street bridge. Although the creek was running swiftly and rising at 3 a.m, its pent- "up fury did not flood over until an hour later, but by 5 a.m,, it was filling | cellars and, sweepjng three feet deep' along king street, just three blocks! west of the four corners. It began to SUITS SPONGED AND PRESSED 80 Cents SUITS CLEANED Dry Cleaned $1.00 ~ C, P. ROLPH Upstairs, over Jemison's Bakery Skilled ra d Opts specialize in-- Bonat Permanent Waves Shampoo and Wave = BUc arcel CRE T6¢ Manicure ~~ - -. PERMANENT WAVES "Qur work is up to a standard-- Our wrk 8 08 02 stared Phone 223, Port Perry Mr. Carroll, the secretary, reported the morning. Coal trucks going to) increase in the attendance at the hours of Tuesday morning when.the|ang from the lake provided a means * driving rain caused the turbulent] ¢ crossing the waterydivide, majority of the Fairs although some ; were down. Several reported the best; tor. Very moderate prices | ARTHUR PRENTICE, Prop, aio . br Zoning Delivery Routes The consolidating and zoning of all milk delivery routes in Toronto will be recommended to the Board of Con- trol tomorrow by Controller L. Dun- can as a means of eliminating over- lapping and the waste of gasoline, rubber and man-power needed for the! held in 1941, with 30 entries each in war effort. He will suggest that the! Stratford and S. Waterloo. board petition the Federal and Pro- vincial Governments urging them to issue instructions to the effect that were held, some of which were spon- 'such consolidation must take place. There is no necessity for Toronto dairies to continue making separate | though they: were reduced tq some so- deliveries during wartime, Controller] cieties who had. spent too much for Duncan contended last night, and un- | "Tpials of Speed". der his scheme they would get to- gether and. arrange for all deliveries | shows. er along a certain street to be made inf Port Perry 186, Rosencath 160. future thraugh central distribution tinie delivery regulations were now ef«| Prize List should be examined critical- En receipts of $10,689. Teeswater again headed the one-pay-day. fairs with $2,813. Rosencath was the 4th with $1,774. the T. Eaton Co. l 169 Field Crop Competitions were (Oats 89, Potatoes 33, Barley 21. 34 "Farm Beautification Contests sored by Agriculture Societies. Grants on the whole were higher al- There were 38 "Black & White" Markham had 206 entries, What of 1042? "1, Organize a Field He said that similar war-| Crop Competition at once. 2. Every ly, eliminate all frills. 3. Keep Junior 4. Co-operate with all other organization in the War He will|tors' Meeting. © 6. Make your plans Why Mp, Walter E. Haskin," seé¢retary of Commer- Now fair in history, including Lindsay with". ness", We must be ready to co- List out carly in April, or at least a supplement. Have them put on de- monstrations of their work--such as arranging bouquets. : Encourage Live Stock Breeding. Ontario has the chance of holding the World's Markets for Purebred Breed: ing Stock in practically all the breeds. Hon. J. G. Taggart, Food Adminls- ter, was the guest speaker at the banquet. It isn't possible in war time cessful conclusion. It is up to us to "do our duty whether we like the work or not. I do not like my job, but 1 am: going to do the very best I can.! If every person and every group will do their very best we shall win the war. I do not say that farmers are more patriotic than any others, for good people are good people where- ever they are, A great deal of time was spent. trying to work out parity prices for farm products, Hon. P. M, Dewan took issue with Mr. Taggart, reminding him that be- fore a price ceiling was set and put into effect . there was a policy of bonuses for industrial wages. I see only a price for farm commodities that avill place the farmer in a posi- tion where he can compete with those industrial wages when he is hiring labour, he said. There is still too much. disparity between the prices the farm- er recelves for his own goods and the prices he must pay for the things ne buys, Past President's Jewels were giyen to the 16 living past presidents, Mr, H. J. Gould of Uxbridge being the earliest living President. Geo. 8S. Henry. made the presentation. Roy Crosby of Markham, 1928, was the other from near here. J. M. Armstrong, Cen. Exp. Farm, Machinery.-- Canadian Industry and Agriculture are called upon to produce to their limit in War supplies and food. Farm help has been reduced in some arcas by 20% or more. If we "make more use of Farm Machinery. | Nearly 409% more farm equipment was purchased in 1940 than 1939, It is tractors in use in Canada. we RED & WHITE son: ~ Meatless Meals AT LENTEN TIME RED & WHITE TEA eds VI-TONE % mines tie wae V2 Ib. pkg. 45c.. hr ...large 87¢., medium -47c.,-small tin 27c. BLUEBELL COFFEE ..... vain Shale wre iny 5 1 Ib. bag 39c. LYONS COFFEE--drip or regular .......... 1 1b. tin 56¢. RED & WHITE COFFEE .................. 1 Ib. tin 57c. ASSORTED BISCUITS SANDWICH 1b. 21c IE SODAS--Walker's Fresh, Crisp .............. 2 Ibs. 25c. DELICIOUS CROWN SYRUP .............. 2 Ib. tin 26¢. FRY'S PREMIUM CHOCOLATE ........... per cake 2lc. Flour per Aunt Jemima Pancake package 15c and Butter scotch SHERRIFF'S DESSERTS--Chocolate, Vanilla, Caramel CE SU La TN 3 pkss. 25c¢. + RECLEANED SULTANAS . tip 30k « Fe ow Sve vin 4 2 Ibs. 25c¢. Marmalade °' acob's Sweet Orange 25¢ 320z. Jar - - = COOKING ONIONS |... oui. 3 Ibs. for 19c. MASTER DOG BISCUITS--I1 Ib. bags ........ 2 for 25c. "2-in-1 POLISH, all colors--Extra special ...... 2 tins 19c. PS GQ SOAP iis ivi sve enies vig s wags vs was ia 3 bars 16e¢. IVORY FLAKES ................. large 26¢. small 1lc. Choice ° PEARS DESSERT Per tin 12¢ IVORY SNOW .............. PY large pkg. 26c¢. OXYDOL oon. large 27¢;, small llc. HAWES' LEMON OIL ................ 12 oz. bottle 24c. GILLETT'S LYE (Cash and Carry) ....... a. tin 1lc. NATIONAL SOAP FLAKES .............. 3 Ib. bag 29¢c. Corn F lakes Quiker-2 pkgs. 15c¢ PHONE 43 F. W. BROCK & SON PORT PERRY How can we make the full use of | these machines? Co-operation be- tween neighbours can do a lot to help. Two or three farmers could work to-! gether in seeding having the tractor do all the cultivating and harrowing | leaving the seeding and lighter jobs! to the horses. Have all machines, checked and repaired before they are needed. Make use of any device that i that will save labour and time, Much! energy can be saved by careful plan. | ning of the stables and yards as well ' as planning the work. Mr. W. F. Mesley, National Sal- viage Commission.--A scarcity exists 8 i: in practically every article of potential "Hogs for Britain" a pen.of five to completely divide the burdens on an{value. The potential value of scrap 5 bacon hogs, judged and then again equitable basis. If we wait for the'js not the few cents it is worth, but K judged on the rail, was very popular day when we will have equality of [that it means that much more ma- §¥ with many societies. Special Prizes sacrifice, then we will wait for a long,' terial brought back into use. : were offered by Canada Packers and long time to pursue this war to a suc-! School Section should be a salvage 'H « We are cut off from so many i things that we must make full use of § centre. every bit that we can reclaim, Mr. W. P. Macdonald, Petrolia.-- Too many of our societies have be- come too "routine" in their methods. They continue on in the same old way whether they are of any use to the community or not. break -in 1940 and put on a Market Fair, repeating. it in '1941. Market Classes "were introduced in each sec- tion. These included Beef Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Dressed Poultry, Eggs, Apples, ete. Double prizes were given for these classes and then they were auctioned off. There were plenty of buyers and the prices were higher than the prevailing market prices. They. found that the sale created more interest than the fair. Encouraging Exhibitors.--~Why an exhibition? A show of progress. The majority are not in it for the money. They are proud of their exhibits. Directors should be. friendly and courteous to the exhibitors. A letter from the Board or a visit from the Di- rectors are always welcome to the members. - Some Boards enclose a note of congratulation along with the Prize Money. Charts from the Dept. of Agriculture put up around the buildings are both interesting and in- Ottawa. The effective use of Farm structive, Demonstrations of work - SODITSIITNBIRCC SME | TIRE | TIA | NE IMENT: 7 > IN DAYS OF UNCERTAINTY RELIABLE Insurance is essential Every i Forest made a ; The Director with the Judge should | WHATEVER YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS MAY BE, Consult HAROLD W. EMMERSON \ Phone 41 Port Perry NED SH A I LS POERDAAAARAARRARRRAFRAARRAAARRRRR ARR RRR IN aoa oor from the Finest Ingredients ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT & CAREFUL ATTENTION SATURDAY SPECIAL--Chop Suey Buns See Our Display of EASTER NOVELTIES WE DELIVER PHONE 32 AAAI ee a NB RE. - Phone 29w, Port Perry, for Quick : Service, and Good Quality in [] # P : MEATS u : ' CAWKER BROS, Family Butchers Lo BL nt BF RL BORN ORL ROB OB RB BIH being done is also interesting. Where- carry a pad and- pencil to jot down Leave a note Or a card tacked |of explanation, if nécessary,. on or Keep up to date Cut out all Encourage War Work. Such Some Fairs do not allow the exhibit-|as a collection of Made-over clothing. or to do the picking up. The Directors | Make a straight deal with your judges and then see that the judging is done An exhibition depends a great deal on the work of the R. D. Woon, ever possible have the Judge give his |notes and suggestions. decision publicly. up with the Judge's comments on. it.|near the article, Directors should always be on hand |with your prize list, when artidles "are being "picked up. [icings. do the sorting. vr Mrs, E. L. Tichborne. The exhibi- fin good time. tion hall should be thoroughly cleaned. judges. Tasty Baking F resh Daily-- Made