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* SY SHIREY IN a 3 : Bk Or hy AN $ slid ss EN seb yg tise 4 - [i far ' 3 ¥ Snes Nes pS rio AHA hd | ya stall FF, TAI oe AAS PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th, 1948 Announce Dates for Fall Fairs Coldwater + 8,9 Orono . 10, 11 Lindsay -- A Sept. 16 to 18 Oshawa ctu Sept. 13 to 15 Beaverton causes Sept. 24, 25 Blackstock . . Sept. 21, 22 Sunderland ......comiviins Sept. 21, 22 Bobcaygeon .....occoiienn Sept. 28, 20 Boon comssensnincimmmnion Sept. 29, 20 Markham ... Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 2 Woodbridge Oct. 9, 11 rt de gpre ys --- Is Your Subscription to The Port Perry Star ee -------- All are invited to the services and Sunday Schools next Sunday. Those that did not mind the rain on Sunday morning last heard a splendid address by Rev, Mr. Foley, who based his talk on Jacol-and Rachel. Mrs, Foley had charge of the Bible class: LAING -- HOOD A pretty wedding was solemnized at the Scugog, Parsonage on, Saturday, 'September 4th, when MablefJean, se- cond daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hood, Scugog, was united in marriage to Ralph Edward Laing, R.C.AF,, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George E. Laing of Toronto. The bride was becomingly gowned 1a rose silk jersey with black accessories and a corsage of white gardenias, She was attended by Miss Margeurite Laing, Toronto, sister of the groom. Mr, Glen Hood, brother of the bride was best man, Rev. H. W. Foley officiated. After the ceremony, a reception was held Paid to 1943? x - The happy couple then left for a short honeymoon to points North, Mrs. J. A. Sweetman is visiting relatives in Whitby for a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor of Toronto, spent the week-end with hér niece, Mrs. Snyder. Mrs, Pearson and daughter, of Osh- awa, visited her friend, Mrs. Thos. Redman and attended the ceremony of laying the corner stone of the new Church, - . Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hope and fa- mily, also Mr. T. Mann of Raglan, Visited her sister, Mrs. Nakeff in To- ronto on Sunday, ve Mrs. J. Morrish and Mrs. W. Ram- say of Toronto, visited their brothers, Joel and Jack Aldred on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. George Russell and little Isobel, of Oshawa, spent the week-end with her- sister, Miss Mar- jorie Milner. Mr. and Mrs. David Miller, of To- ronto, spent a long week-end and holi- day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, at the home of the bride's parents. George Sweetman, "to join the | RCAF HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION | ° "NO LONGER REQUIRED ! OU don't need a high school education to win your wings now. The R.C.AF. is prepared-to provide you with the education necessary to make you cligible for aircrew. This is your chance to team- up with the hard-hitting comrades of the skies in the big drive for Victory. Yes!T ..you'can bein a' fighting man's uniform at once. 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Grandstand Performance--Twice Daily, 2 Tuesday and Wednesday-- world's foremost array of circus stars! Glant Midway --Sims' with 7-Rides in operation, daily, from noon Exhibits -- Buildings open daily 9 a.m. = Grain, Flowers, Vegetables, Livestock, Art,. Nee- _ die work, and Baking. BABY SHOWI BANDS PARADES! : Don't miss this Year's Colossal Show GATES OPEN DAILY 9.00 A.M. $376 in Purses Greater Midway Shows AAAI ANIL MANIPS oS Fe eee ee EI SE ASL Far ny OPOeOR ee ee: Cove es! ADULTS 25c. LS Mr. and Mrs. L. Beaton, of Toronto; Mr. George Reid and niece Miss Helen McBride, of Enniskillen, -were visitors of Mr, and Mrs. J. Pearce and Mr. and Mrs. L. Pearce on Labor Day. SWEETMAN -- BROOKS In the chapel of 'St. Clair Ave. Uni- ted Church, Toronto, on September 2nd, 1943, Alice Brooks, daughter of Mrs. Franklin Brooks, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, became the bride -pf George Luzerne Sweetman, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sweetman, Scugog Island, Ontario. Rev. Mr. Follett officiated. The bride was becomingly attired in a beige costume and carried a_bouquet of red roses," The bridal couple were attended by Mr. and Mrs. David Miller, sister and brother-in-law of the groom. Following the cere- mony, wedding breakfast was served to -a few relatives by Mrs. Miller at her home, 195 Wychwood Ave., before the happy couple left for a motor trip. On their return they will reside at the home of the groom on Scugog Island, where the best wishes will follow them always, and we all wel- come Mrs. Sweetman to our com- THE YOU ARE FREE to Bank of Montreal The Bank of Toronto The Canadian Bank of Commerce The Dominion Bank .. Imperial. Bank of Canada... . Security and privacy are two fundamentals which the Cana- dian people have always de- manded- of their banks. They maintain more than 4,350,000 deposit accounts; knowing that their money is available when they want it. 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'Lord Macmillan wrote in the Royal Commission report of 1933:"The mechanism offinance is a delicate one; the confidence upon which it is based is a slow growth, but it may be destroyed over-night, and those to whom ds entrusted responsibility for the wel- Jare of the people must proceed with caution in the adoption of changes' Ip any of more than 3,000 branches and sub-agencies of the Chartered anks across Canada you can entrust your savings and discuss Jour financial affairs with assurance that privacy will be CHARTERED BANKS OF CANADA choose the services of any of these ten Chartered Banks... The Bank of Nova Scotla The Provincial Bank of Canada The Royal Bank of Canada Banque Canadienne Nationale ......Barclays Bank (Canada) .. ... . munity, The Port Perry Fair 'was well re- presented by Scugog folks and they {report a splendid fair, although the day was wet at times, " School "opened on Tuesday, Sept. Tth, with 33 pupils at the Head; 16 at the Centre and 7 at the Foot, at present. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gow, of Oshawa, visited a few days last week with his mother, Mrs. R. D. Burnham. ~ Miss Vera Prentice, of Toronto, also Mr. and Mrs. Ross Prentice, visi- ted on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Alf, Prentice, ope' iigpinen, Ronald Sweetman, of Uxbridge, spent the week-end: with Eddie Pren- tice. 4 Birthday greetings to Mac Hope for the 12th; Mrs, R. Carter, Mrs. C. Ptolemy and Dick Turley for the 14th; Noreen Sweetiitan for the .16th, The W. A, will hold their September meeting on Tuesday afternoon in the Township Hall, September 14th. Everybody invited. Laying the Corner Stone of the new Church September 1st will be a memorable day in the minds of Scugog people, it being the day of the laying of the corner stone of the new church. The weather was perfect, and all were pleased to sée so many old friends "| back to the island who still. have a keen interest in the home township. Seats were placed on the parsonage lawn and a raised platform for the choir and speakers. At three o'clock all were asked to take their places, and Rev. Mr. Foley made a few remarks and introduced Rev. R. E. Morton, of Newcastle, chairman of Oshawa Pres- bytery. The hymn, "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing" was sung with Mrs. George Sweetman at the organ. Rev. Mr. Jull, of Brooklin, led in prayer. Rev. F. H. Joblin of Bowmanville, then - read I Chronicles 29:10-18. Rev, J. V. McNeely, of Oshawa, a former pastor, read Ezra 3:10-11. Rev. Mr. Foley then read tlie following record which was placed in the corner stone of the new church, which Kev. F. G. Joblin, the former pastor, then laid: "This Scugog United Church was erected in 1943 and this corner stone was well _and_faithfully laid-as- the corner stone of the house of God with appropriate ceremony, on September 1st, 1943, by Rev. Fred G. Joblin, until recently Minister of this pastoral charge, at an assembly presided over by Rev. R. E. Morton, of Newcastle, Chairman of the Oshawa Presbytery, and at which the Rev. George Telford, 'of Oshawa, gave an appropriate ad- dress. The Scugog Choir led in the service of praise. Several members of Oshawa .Presbytery, with many friends of Scugog from far and near were present. Following the ceremony, supper was served hy-the ladies of the circuit. - The former building on this site was destroyed by fire. Under the leadership of the minister; Rev. F. G. Joblin, the congregation of the Center and the Foot, amalgamated to form the present congregation in 1942, The Bethesda - Church on the Tyrone Cir- cuit, being unused, was bought and taken down. The Scugog Foot Church was also taken down and materials from these two buildings were used in the coustination of this Church. On this date, Sept. 1st, 1943, their Majesties King" George" VI"and Quite Elizabeth occupied the throne of Great! Britain; the Earl of Athlone was Go- vernor-General of Canada and Mr. Albert Matthews, Lieutenant-Gover- nor; the Hon. Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of Great Britain, the Hon. W. L. M. King, Premier of Ca- nada and Hon. George Drew, of On- tario; nearing the end of the fourth year with ever increasing hope and pro- spects of a complete victory for the Allied Nations. The Rev. J..R. P. Slater, D.D., was Moderator of the United Church of Canada; the Rev. George Easton, D.D, President of the Bay of Quinte Con- ference; the Rev. R. E. Morton, Chait- man of Oshawa Presbytery and the Rev. H. W. Foley, B.A., B.D., (super- annuated), the Minister of the Scugog circuit, which consisted of this nmal- gamated congregation, that at the Head and the Indian Mission at the Foot, Mr, C. L. Fralick was Recording Steward of the Official Board and Messrs. Russell Hood, Fred Crozier, Ray Milner and Robert Reader, stew- ards of the Church. The S. 8. Super- intendent was Mr, ¥red Crozier; Mrs, C. L. Fralick was President of, the ---- ------ Phone 72w, "NUTRITION [| Eat Right: Feel Right. 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Reader, George Samells, with the minister, Rev. H. W. Foley, ~Chairman and George Sweetman, Secretary-Treasurer. - : The work of excavation was done completely by the men of the com- days of labor to assist the mechanics in the erection of the building itself. 'Mrs, Celinda Wannamaker donated Church as an addition to the lawn and Church yard. . i During the two years between the burning of the former Church and the erection of this new one, the congre- gation éwarshipped inthe ~Munteipal] Hall, the use of which was generously donated by the Township Council. The principal workmen on the con- struction were Mr, William Parry, walls; Mr. W. A. Brown, bricklayer; Messrs, S. Ploughman, Sonley and the "Second Great War was. Brookes, carpenters. "Praise God from wnom all bles- sings flow." : There was deposited in the corner- stone besides this record, a copy of the United Church Observer of Aug. 20th, 1943, and a copy of the Port Perry Star of Aug. 26th, 1943, Rev. F. G. Jobjm va. resented with a new trowel as 2 token to re- member the occasion. - The choir fa- voured ug again with their singing. The address by Rev. George Telford, of Oshawa, was very interesting and his little anecdotes -quite amusing. Rev. A. M. Irwin, of Whitby, one of our former Scugog boys, read a few verses; The hymn, "The Church's One Foundation" was then sung, fol- lowed by God Save the King and the Benediction. There were several ca- merag around getting pictures of this the Misses Holmah. There were many old friends here, who were: Rev. and Mrs, F, G, Joblin and family, Gladys and Rev, F. H. Joblin, Bowmanville, Mr. and Mrs. H. Westney of Pickering, Rev, and Mrs. J. V. McNeely of Oshawa, Rev. J. A. Miller of Toronto who once taught school here; Rev. W. C. Smith of Port Perry, who helped us often before Rev. H. W. Foley came here; Rev. J. E. Griffiths and Rev. W. P. Rogers of Bowmanville; Rev. H. G. Lester of Seagrave; Rev, and Mrs, P, L. Jull, Mrs. M. J. White and Mrs. Grigg, of Brooklin; Mr. and Mrs. O. Ge and Mrs. C. Mackie of Oshawa, young folks of Scugog, large number from Port Perry. At the close of the ceremony, all jour- neyed over to the Hall where a splen-~ did "cold chicken supper was prepared and served by the whole circuit of . Scugog. Proceeds, $172.00, PRINCE. ALBERT. Mr. James Holman, of Brent, spent a recent week-end with his sisters, Misses M. and*F. Holman. Mrs. Newnham and family have moved into Mrs. F. Vickery's house in the village . Mr. and Mrs. C. Clarke have re- turned to Northern Oatarig. Mr. and Mrs. A. Harper and Mr. and Mrs, B. Snelgrove enjoyed a mo- tor trip to Ottawa over the week-end and holiday, We are sorry Miss M. Madden is confined to bed .for awhile, but hope she will soon be around again, Mrs. F. Stanton, Brooklin, spent the week-end at the home of her sister, Mrs. G. Luke. / Saturday, |, Mr. F. Tripp, of Toronto, . ted his cousin, Mr. G. Luke, one day last week, 2 Mrs. T. Dobson has had her barn takén down and is having a garage built. _ 1 : Mrs. Robert Butson spent a few days in Toronto last week. Miss Edna Spence spent last week holidaying at the home of her cousins, All have re- Mrs. F. Vickery was in hr : i &pecial ceremony. > re turned to Toronto to resume duties, . po y ; * ne 2 SF Fre FAS -- nr pdr Sa =o