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AN SR Vas doar tia SAMUEL FARMER, 2B Editor and Publisher s TBR oon a BR a nad ; 5h aya Aq : is 0a 2 ORT PERRY ST PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, * JANUARY 7, 1943 Watch < your label; it tells when your Subscription expires. | . $1.50 per year in advance. 5 cents a single copy EDITORIAL "Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, Ris first, best country ever is at home.~~Goldsmith, * year by year, 0 " WHAT OF THE FUTURE? Port Perry municipality is in good financial '. standing, Credit for this situation is due to the licy of retrenchment and a definite system of retizgment of debentures and a number of floating debts eontracted some years ago for the payment of which no provision had been made. In years past the extension of watermains was looked upon with doubt by some of our citizens, But those extensions have proved to be a good investment in two ways. They put the town in an enviable position regarding fire insurance; and they built up a fine surplus, some $6000 now standing to the credit of the department. That surplus has been very useful in saving the Corporation from the necessity of borrowing money and paying interest; for the Waterworks surplus was used to tide over periods when the Village treasury was low prior to the payment of taxes by the ratepayers. Now there is a substantial Corporation balance in the Bank. As was pointed out at the annual meeting, this. system should not be continued. If money is borrowed from the Waterworks Department, in- terest should be paid to the Department by the borrower for the period of the borrowing. The Waterworks Department gave some help" in lean years, when taxes were slow. That help is not 'needed now. Moreover, the town pays the Department $1,000 a year for hydrant ser- vice. . ter, "This change in policy is becoming increasingly necessary. It was certainly essential that the loose methods of borrowing, without proper. pro- vision for repayment, current fifteen or twenty years ago, should be remedied. It was; and that fine piece of financing deserves high priise. * But the day has come when some constructive policy of maintenance of town property must be considered. THE WATERWORKS Consider the Waterworks. We all know the kind of water that is supplied. At times it is scarcely fit for the purposes for which it is used. +7 There are three possible solutions of the Port Perry water problem, and lowering the water rates or making the users the present of a free water bill are neither of them a proper. solution. The matter goes deeper than that. The first solution and the sanest possible ap- proach is an expert survey of our possible water supply and drainage. L This survey may discover sufficient springs of + artesian type to give the Village not only water for general domestic purposes, but pure drinking water, too. The next solution is even wider in its scope. Lake Scugog is rapidly filling up, and each year makes it increasingly "difficult to secure water that is not loaded with silt and vegetable matter --and smell, - Extensive dredging and proper care of drain- age and dumping at the Lakefront could ease the matter for some 'years. The third, and perhaps the easiest immediate solution would. be a large reservoir. and settling basin the intake, which would have to be so constructed as to be - free from frost. Any oné of those solutions will cost a consider- able sum of money; but the ¢ondition of the lake is serious, and for the preservation of the health and comfort of our people something will have to be done, and should be started soon. For this reason we do not favor any form of reduction of water rates. i A dredge, which could be operated at stated periods each year, would be valuable equipment for the town, Because Lake Scugog belongs to the Federal Government the cost of construction, operation and maintenance of such equipment should be liberally subsidized by the Federal "authorities. THE TREASURER'S OFFICE Turning to the matter of the Treasurer's Office, there is much to be desired. The building {s very cold," flimsy, and offers no adwquate protection for the valuable papers that are accumulated These deficiencies could all have been overcome when the Library was built; but our: old enemy the unwillingness to spend money, let the opportunity slip to have excellent muni- cipal offices and an adequate vault in which to store municipal documents. pro. A couple of years ago, Mr, Hutcheson proposed using some Hydro funds to build a Hydro build-_ ing, in which municipal offices could be housed at a modest rental. Hydro officials spoke favorably of the plan; but nothing came of it. If the Hydro plan cannot be carried out for any reason, there does not seem to be any serious difficulty in returning to the Library idea. The Community room is seldom used, and a fine vault could be built under the Library steps, Another plan would be to put an extension to the Library building to the north. This would in no way interfere with the Library or the com- munity gatherings. Whether it could be done - by the Hydro would have to be considered. The main thing to be remembered is that a new Treasurer's office is needed. The present structure is in no sense suitable for the import- ant work that is carried on there, THE TOWN HALI, The Town Hall is neither useful nor érnamental, We have talked about this condition of affairs for some years; and at times very ambitious plans have been formulated, including either a greatly 'enlarged or a new town hall. Recent years have not shown the need for such plans, certainly not to accomodate nomination meetings. The, Hall could be used much more than it is at pre- sent, if put in proper condition, Three improvements should be made to the structure, 1. A new roof. 2, Reconstruction of the front of the building so that entrance could be made at the north-west corner by straight steps instead of the present winding stairway. "This could he so done that additional seating would be provided. 3. Re-arrangement of the seats 80 that they can be moved to permit of some recreational activities. To refusg to do anything to the building because we cannot do something big is only inviting trouble, and rendering the building more or less useless. i . SIDEWALKS Port Perry is, or was, -one of the best paved villages in the Province; but if we keep on with our present neglect that fact will no. longer be true. - : ; 'Because grass and weeds are building up a little wall on each side of many of the sidewalks, drainage is almost entirely cut off. Pedestrians are forced to walk through.slush whenever there is a thaw or an extra heavy rain. . Much of this difficulty could be removed by a more systematic care-of the boulevards, and an insistence that the householder keep the front of his premises in a tidy condition. Many of the boulevards are very rough and could not be kept trimmed by the most tidy house- holder, A levelling process is quite feasible in the course of street maintenance. When ditches are cleaned, a load or two of earth could be dumped on rough boulevards, and the whole * smoothed down so that the lawn mower may run over the boulevard as well as the front lawn. Allowing the snow and ice to be held unduly in these drainless sidewalks is going to cost the village a pretty penny for repairs some of these days, if it does not become the cause of a suit for damages. ' THR ROADS The general policy of stone draining certain bad cross roads is very good. And it is to be hoped that the policy will be continued. In the meantime, a scarifier and split log drag could do much to smooth things:out on such roads as the one leading to the cemetery, and another lead- ing north from the Sebert House to the mills, . MAKING A PLAN Of course, all these suggestions cannot be car- ried out at once. There is certainly a present shortage of labor; but that condition might change considerably at any time. The main thing is that we shall preserve as well ; as possible what property we have; and have a "definite plan of improvement as soon as con- ditions permit. : This editorial has been written because our ratepayers did not go to the nomination meeting and register the suggestions that are so freely made from day to day on the streets, and where- ever men meet and these subjects come ap for discussion, '| Ernie King, subs. 'not exceed 160 ounces a month. young. speak of them when I was quite > . ; . n Appreciation Toronto; January 2nd, 1943 r. Farmer: 1! wish to express my appreciation for your. book entitled "On the Shores of Seugog", which was given to me as a Christmas Gift. 1 lost no time in reading it through, as it gripped me at its comniencement and held me spellbound to the end. © Many characters are fientionéd in the book "long deceased" before my time but still their names are familiar by hearing my father and mother Many other characters mentioned in, the' book who lived in my early days are still quite fresh in my memory. I felt that you must of had great patience and hard work over a number of years in collecting such interesting material in many cases would be no easy task, I would. recommend this book to any one famfliar 'with the district and in- terested in its history. Wishing you every success in the New Year, Yours respectfully, W. J. Bond, (formerly of Prince Albert) \ Port Perry FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Mr, W. J. Coultis died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. F. Walker. He was a prominent worker in the Methodist Churches both- af Clare- mont and Port Perry, Lindsay town authorities were hav- ing considerable trouble in inducing: farmers to carry lights on their ve- hicles at night. ". J. Bousfield sold a earload of young I thought to make Nor trees thei -] { RESIGNATION Turn into a day. I thought to mould the world anew In my short stay. x The water would not run up hill, I found that patience is Divine, © And is God's Gift at last. } - i a thousand years 1. el ---- r roots turn back, --Anon 'Clydesdales . at the Sebert House yards, Port Perry hockey players carried out a schedule of games with Clare- mont, Brooklin, Myrtle, Columbus and Whitby, in the South Ontario Amateur League, i F. W. McIntyre was selling over- boats at from $8.98 to $22.98, and suits at $16.98. This was at his sale when closing out his business. The perpetual calendar was advo- cated--28 days in each month, uni- form throughout the year. Thirteen months, each month starting with Sunday, and ending with Saturday. The 866th day would be December 20th; but would be known as "Year Day", About fifteen loads of hockey fans journeyed to Lindsay, when the local team played Lindsay team and beat them with a score of 3-2, requiring half an hour overtime play, The local line-up was: Norman De- Shane, goal; Ernie Gerrow and Guy Raines, defence; Leighton MacGregor, centre; A. Roach, right wing; Joe Naples, left wing; Earl Wallace and Bert Smith, Whit- by, referee. ----- > ---- -------- ONE GALLON OF LIQUOR PER MONTH ONTARIO LIMIT AFTER MONDAY Four 40-ounce bottles of liquor a month will be the limit of liquor that a customer of the Ontario Li- quor Control Board may buy after next Monday, according to a new . Hon. A, St. Clair Gordon. . If the purchaser prefer he may buy 12 bottles of the 13, 12 or 10 ounce size, or six of the 25 or 26 ounce bot- tles. No more than two 12, 13 or 10 ounce bottles may be bought at one time. Total quantity bought must Liquor stores are to be open eight hours a day, 10 a.m. to. 6 p.m. on weekdays and 11 to 7 p.m. on Satur- days. Four Toronto stores will ope- rate from 2 to 10 p.m., nine from 10 to 6, and two from noon to 8 pm. order by the chairman of the hoard, |- COUNTY OF ONTARIO The first meeting of the Council of the Corporation of the County of Ontario for the year-1943 will be held pursuant to_statute in the Coun- cil' Chamber in the Court House in the Town of Whitby, on TUESDAY, the 10th day of JANUARY, 1943, at the hour of two o'clock in the aftev- noon, Daylight Saving Time. All accounts to be laid before the Council. should be forwarded to the Clerk, properly certifled, at least three days before the meeting of the Council. DATED at Whitby, this 5th day of January, A .D . 1048, R. DONALD RUDDY, County Clerk. Z ---- ------------ PP S-- Eight will operate on Saturdays from 11 to 7. In larger centres the hours are to be noon to 8 p.m. Maximum amount of wine which may be bought will be one gallon a week, or four 40 ounce bottles or six 26 ounce bottles. liquor stores per day is a six-quart carton, or two six-pint cartons, with the exception of certain stores where the maximum will be two 12-quart cartons or two 24-pint cartons. Per- mits are not needed for beer or wine purchases. A previous ruling by the Liquor Board fixed 24 quarts or 48-pints as the maximum amount of beer that might be bought at one time from a beer warehouse, Individual 25 cent permits will be abolished Monday. After that 'pur- chases may be made only on the $2 annual 'permit. In regard to officers' messes in the: active army a quantity restriction en- dorsement will be made on each per- mit. . Restrictions in buying apply also to special permit holdeys such as druggists, dentists, physicians and veterinarians, but do not apply to hospitals, manufacturers or holders of mechanical, scientific or first aid permits. --Toronto Daily Star These lineg by Evelyn Gunne, tiful, that we reprint them fo Q Oh, little towns of Canadal Tree-shaded, cool and green, Whose friendly yards-along the street Have palings white and clean, The little towns of Canada, Whose people love the sun, And children, chattering like birds 'Along the sidewalks run, Where high-school lads, sclously, . ." With arms filled up with books And eyes, that pick from out the gang, The girl with prettiest looks, Last year, Sam Jones and Willie Smith' Were with the laughing crowds, But now they've gone to fight for us The Battle of the Clouds! - self-con- The little towns of Canada Are tightening up their lips Since youngaters, that we all vy : known, Oh, Little Towns of. Canada! Weekly Newspaper Association, are so timely and so beau- those who have given loved ones, and those who fight for our safety and freedom, sent to us by the Canadian r the honour and comfort of "Are sailing fighting ships. The little towns of Canada Are stricken one by one, As flercely falls the shock of war -On some beloved son. Some dear, famillar lad, who left To join up with his kind To stand with them and form a wall To guard us left behind. These little towns of Canada Where hero-stuff is grown Already have their Hero-dead - Where "Hurricanes" are flown. And where the Libyan sands stretch out With never a sheltering tree, Or where our murdered ships go down, Deep-buried in the sea. Oh, little towns of Canada You pay the heavy price That gives to us for all the years The Crown of Sacrifice. ~--Evelyn Gunne. Beer limit from | - IY : Dear Home Folks Away from Home: New Year's Day; 1943. = Don't forget the 3. Time to start again, nd to wish you. of all people,-- A Heppy and Victorious New Year. This I_juét a chatty letter about Port Perry and its people. In the first place it should be noted that winter has come to stay. It came with a vengeance a couple of weeks ago--35° below zero before Christmas, There is a nice blanket of snow covering up Letter to Those on - Active Service ter, and the local stores are doing a good business, reminded at times of that old song-- "Yes, thank you, we have no bananas to-day." It is easier to sell goods now than it is to secure them to sell. Some odd munition workers are a little overcome with good wages and are not putting by anything for a rainy day. They are the kind of peo- ple who are terribly upset because the new beer rationing only allows them twenty-four quarts a day. Can they any broken sidewalks or uncleaned gardens, and even the broken wall in front of the lawn bowling green. ! You know the rest of us didn't get all! 'our Fall chores done since you went! away. And there are a lot of us old! fellows shovelling snow and taking out' the ashes, who thought we had grad- uated from that kind of work. Speaking of sidewalks, Len Leahy has an old grey horse and a snow plow that does the job of cleaning pretty well, much to the satisfaction of certain citizens -- no names men- tioned. The hill still has its slippery spells and jt is an open question as to who is to apply the sand, for No. 7a high- way changes its course occasionally, and naturally we do not want to butt in on Provincial rights to distribute sand. DeNure, who runs a bus service be- tween here and' Oshawa, for munition workers and others, is having the time of his life. It's uw great life if you don't weaken. But getting up about five a.m. to be ready for the 6 a.m. schedule must be a pretty steady daily diet; and no onc could blame him if he slept in some time. 'But he doesn't; and the munition workers are Johnny on the spot all the time. A word of praise is due to most of those workers. They are (from Port Perry, at least) a prétty faithful lot of men. They work hard; are paid well; bring home their pay; and as a consequence the family budget is bet sing "How Dry I am!"? We have quit trying to keep track of the names of the new folk that keep coming to town, Time was when we knew every Tom, Dick, and Harry; but that time is past. We shall soon | become quiet citified, and not know our next door neighbor. Monday of last week was nomina- tion day.- They did not have to build any additional town halls to accom- modate the crowds of ratepayers at the meetings. Scugog had one rate- payer; Reach 35 or 40; and Port Perry mustered about 25, 2 R When you come home again, you'd better correct this growing indiffer-' ence. It's all very fine to talk about democracy; but if we don't work at it, things won't be any better; but will be'much worse, The quickest way to secure dictators in our lives is to say that voting, ete., is "none of our d--d business." it You are going 'to have a fine addi- tion to your local contingent now that Dr. Dymond joined up. He is a "live wire" and will do Port Perry credit. By the way, the folk here are proud of you who are on Active Service. Every day or two we hear that this or that person has been promoted--on merit. Pretty soon we shall be puff- ing out our chests and challenging other districts to show as good a re- cord. Keep up the good work: Yours truly, } 4 THE EDITOR. "Three of a Kind" . ., and more to work (every Friday at 10.156 p.m. Culligan. A fourth gallant young «able to attend the-broadcast. But R.C.AF. next July. CBC's next the highlight will be a | - TRIO OF PATRIOTS Sey come! Here are three of the at- tractive Culligan Sisters, of Kitchener, Ontario, who were heard in recent edition of "Comrades in Arms", over the CBC National Net- EDT). Left to right are: Air- woman _Carol Culligan, Airwoman Pearl Culligan, and Airwoman Olive Culligan, Airwoman Ruby, was un. that's not alll" There is a fifth Culligan, a charming miss who plans to 'join her elder sisters in the programme devoted to the united services of Canada's armed forces will be heard Friday, January '16th; salute to the C.W.A.C. . L.A.C. Hughes W LJ Leading Aircraftsman Hyghes Wil- liamson, R.C.A.F., who has arrived safely overseas, according| to nefys received by his father, Geéq. R. Wil. liamson, of Sonya, Ont. L.A.C. Wil: liamson was educated at Port Perry High School and has been with the Maple Leaf Milling Co. in Ottawa for the past five years. He took hig radid technician's course at McGill University and the remaining part at Clinton, Ont, from where he grad- uated in Sept, 1942, Cl Safely Overseas. illiamson Arrives J] Of course, they are |