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TE eS RU CA SER A OB TE Val a Cs a RIE AR A UN ERA BE ee I rah An gn . Ey dain ss H 4 : . ; PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd, 1943 -- ee ---------------- -_s --_--Ss -- m-- ER a Greenbank Churches Past and Present (Continued from front page) on a site donated by Mr. John lanson. Because of the small congregations, services were discontinued after a few years and the building in 1912 became the very useful community hall, In 1896 the Baptists began services also in the hall and later erected a church on the west side of the village but only ¢arried on for a few years ol Fuel Control in the Churches At a meeting at St. Andrew's Mange on Friday morning, Whitby Ministerial. Association passed a re- solution of endorsation in connection with the request on the part of the Fuel Controller that the churches co- operate in reducing as far as was convenient their fuel consumption. It was moved by Rev. Gordon Channen and seconded by Rev. Clifford Park and the building is now a private "that the Ministerial Association ap- residence. ! proves the idea of the fuel controller Before Methodist union in 1881 to conserve fuel and expresses its there were two Sunday schools, the willingness to co-opciate in any way Primitive and the Union comprising that will not cause any harm to the Methodists, Presbyterians church programs." It was made clear -and Anglicans, After the Union two, that the ministers were not setting the Methodist. and the Presbyterian. any policy of church boards. Now only one and in some ways the Another motion in connection with best in Canada because of the fact holding joint evemng services was that practically the whole congrega- also recorded as follows: "That the tion is in the Sunday school. This ministers discuss with their individual habit dates back over half a century. congregations the advisability of hold- (The late Robert Michie (83) never ing joint evening services throughout missed a service for thirty-one years, the months of January to March. surely a record. ) Now that denominational rivalries have disappeated and the spiritual needs #f the neighbourhood so well in hand, let us turn again to the site of the first church in Reach Town- ship--God's acre so rapidly filling up that more land has been secured. During his pastorate, Rev. H. L. Partridge (of Colborne) gave such Wesleyan United Kingdom Information The United Kingdom Information Office in Ottawa submits these items for publication: : fine leadership to a movement to Cair Early in 1941, all of Italian beautify the cemetery and encourage Fast Afpica, which was defended by the permanent care of burial plots, 300,000 §roops, was conquered by the that already the perpetual cave of British "Army, and Abyssinia Was vighty-five has been arranged. Cement freed; and in the first North African steps were placed at the entrance as campaign (1940-4137 General Wavell a memorial td tha. outstanding pio- destroyed an_ Italian Army of some néer, Mr. E. Bassingthwaite, 250,000 men, with a-loss of less than ' In 1939 the estate of a native son, 2,000. of his own men. The, whole the late Rev. J. George Miller, D.D., Middle East Command of which the F.R.G.S., placed memorial pillars and force in Libya was but a part, totalled gates at the entrance of the eefietery. only about 110,000 men. . Then William Clyde, another native "Since June; 1940, the Royal Navy bequeathed $200.00, nucleus of a fund has worked under the greatest dis- to erect a chapel with vaults for advantage. Germany held the coast winter convenience. of the Continent from Norway to the A well-chosen committee, Blake Pyrenees, and Irish bases which the Cragg, chairman; Tom Sharp, Sez- Navy used in World War I have been Treas., Wilmott Walker, Wen. Phoenix, denied to the United Kingdom. In James Watson, J. Somerville, J. spite of handicaps, the Navy has done Holdershaw, Edgar Leask, R. Beare, tremendous work in convoying, and H. McMillan, Ernest and Cecil Phair, has carried out its traditional task-- secured additional funds, gave much to "seck out, engage and destroy" the gratis labor, purchased the unused enemy -- with great success. Two Marsh Hill church and-used a part of Axis battleships, 14 cruisers, 97 de- it in the crection of a chapel which stroyers and torpedo boats, and more when enclosed by cement blocks will than a hundred paval auxiliaries had be worth about $2000.00, been sunk by June, 1943. 570 Axis At the largely attended Decoration submarines were damaged or sunk up Day -getvice on Sunday, August 29th; to Noveniber, 1942. During May; a Greenbank boy, Rev. J. A. Miller, June and July of this year they were 'of Toronto, after a brief historic being sunk at the rate of one a day. statement, dedicated the beautiful In the Mediterranean, the Royal Navy ehapel to the memory of hundreds has won every major action, including already resting in these sacred the Batfles of Taranto and Cape grounds, and formally entrusted the Matapan.' : building to the care of the cemetery ~ Iondon.--The Home Guard in Great committee. : Britain consists entirely of men too The worthy pastor, Rev. T. Wallace old or too young, or, for some reason, presided, choice vocal selections were coxempt from military service. These rendered by Miss Norene Croxall of men, nearly, 2,000,000 of them, are Uxbridge and a most appropriate yirtually all fulltime workers in war address was given by Rev. P. L. Jull, j,qustrics or have essential jobs, Their of Brooklin. . soldiering is done in their spare time. 'This fine, useful little chapel along London. -- On September 1st, the with the splendid church which graces third clothing coupon book to be Sir the centre of the village and serves sued in Great Britain will come into So ht the wider area: of ki Sgn use. Clothing rationing introduced in and Marsh Hill, it would scém tha une, 1941, is now well in its stride, | barring Besides he Wo of Yoh es apd though total war inevitably brings in chireh huilding fon this area Nave: Ln it many shortages, the control of oie to " sensible and happy end. production and sale of clothes by the 3 Thanks to improved methods of trams- Sonrd of Trade has meant that every- portation. gne in Great Britain has been able to uy essential minimum clothing at prices within reach. At present, the leather shortage makes it necessary for would-be shoe buyers to be at the -------- The Farmer i Is the Man. The farmer does not Pave ¢ 1 ny much. Aside from learning how to milk, shock wheat, play obstetrician to a Jersey Cow, train a dog, put to- gether a binder, fan grain, build a Joad of hay or a wheat-stack, judge = --whether to start a balky horse, opef- ate a gasoline engine, repair genegal .machinery, string fences, fiddle clover .geed, trap rats, splice rope, build sheds, butcher hogs, prepare apple butter, prune trees, vines, and bushes, - keep 'fruit, plant corn, potatoes, cab- " bage and garden truck, sow Wheat, "oats, Harley, millet, buckwheat and timothy, pick seed corn, cull hens, treat a heifer 'for a rotten hoof with butter 'antimony, .or a horse for the colic, harness a horse, fertilize a field, pull stumps, shingle a roof, watch the markets, breed livestock, weld a broken shaft, whittle out a4" new. wa- gon spoke ora whiffletreé, operate: gone twiénty different kinds of ma- chines, irun a radio, and stand off the Hghtoie rod galesman ~~ he doesn't have td know wore than the average young 'man uld learn in twenty supply for war industries is in refine- intensive training. -- The ments in the use of the labor n now fully i : : Femployed. is sold out by 10.30 each day. Loifyon.--Income tax and super tax on the largest incomes in Great Bri- tain take 97% % of the gross income. Only 80 people in Great Britain now have an income, after taxes are paid, of more than £6,000 (about $26,000). When "No. 161 Wing, RAF." left Murmansk, after - spending some months on special duty, based at Viango acrodromey two English Hur- ricanes dashed in and out of the clouds. They were piloted 'by Major Kuznetzov, commander of Russian air forces. in that sector, and by Safonov, the great Russian air-ace,'in a fare- well gesture of friendship and good- will which was a good omen for the future, London.-- Of the 33,000,000 people in Great Britain between. the ages of 14 and 65, 25 'millions are employed in the war effort, either in the armed services or in industry. British war industries are thus scraping the bot- tom of the barrel, and about the only possibility left for increasing the labor a.m. as the dayjs quota of } BLACKSTOCK TREWIN--WRIGHT A pretty lawn wedding was solemn- ized at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Al- bert Wright, Blackstock, September 1, when their only daughter, Jean Louise was united in marriage with Frederick] - William Trewin, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Trewin, Enniskillen. Rev. B. Harrison performed the ceremony. Given in marriage by her father, the bride was lovely in a white crepe floor-length gown with a finger-tip veil and carried a bouquet of white gladiolus. Mrs, Roy Trewin, as mat- ron of honor, wore a gown of pink jersey with a floral top and carried pink gladiolus. Miss Pearl Wright, bridesmaid, was gowned in blue or- ganza and carried bronze gladiolus. Little Miss Aileen Van Camp, was flower girl, in pink taffeta and carried a basket of pink asters. Mrs. Anson Taylor, 83-year-old grandmother of the groom played the wedding march. Roy Trewin was his brother's best man. . will ma over the Ontario R PRE ~ GEORGE DREV) | ke a report ¥ j! Phone 72w, NUTRITION Eat Right: Feel Right. For Good, Nutritious Meats, Call fos, 2 W. E. MacGREGOR, BUTCHER PORT PERRY 10 THE PEOPLE OF ONTARID ' Friday, Sept. 24th | 830 pm. | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation f ! and Affiliated Stations egronal Network of the Ii A reception was held after the cere- mony, the bride's mother receiving the guests wearing a navy crepe gown with a corsage of sweet peas. The groom's mother assisted, gowned in black and turquoise crepe with a cor sage of sweet peas. - Girl friends of y CBL and CBY Toronto i the bride served the buffet luncheon. The happy couple left for a motor trip to Muskoka, Algonquin Park and Ottawa. The bride changed to a green crepe dress and tweed coat with rust accessories. A shower was held in the Com- munity Hall for Mr. and Mrs. Fred Taylor. - The gifts were numerous and costly. The W. I, of which Jean is! a- member, presented -her-at the: Sep-! tember meeting with a beautiful linen} table cloth with six serviettes. Jean, by the way, is the District Secretary]. for West Durham area. After an|- 'interesting program, music was sup- plied for the dance by Roy Phagre, Oliver Smith, George Fowler, and the "calling off" by Tom McLachlan. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Swain and son Jack visited friends in Barrie last week-end. Percy and Ernie Swain, also Lloyd Wright left for Winnipeg to assist in harvesting. Robert Carter and Harold Avery went from Burketon. Miss Jean Malcolm, Nestleton, who is attending Toronto 'Normal School, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanléy Malcolm over the week-end. Miss Evelyn Philp has gone to Peterborough Hospital to train for a nurse. Mrs and Mrs. A, J. Jehnston have received word fromv Arnold after his safe arrival in England, Victorian Womens Institute met at Mrs. Herman Hooey's, "Sept. Tth, Scripture was read by Mrs, T. Smith; a letter was read from the headmaster of a school in Oxfordshire, England, expressing thanks. and. appreciation for grape and apple jam made and sent overseas through our Red Cross. He told us something of the work being taken up in the school. Mem- bers decided to fill ditty bags for .the navy again. Tag day will be held for the Navy League, Fair Day, by Capt.! Hamilton and her Guides. Society will 'pay for a night light on the va-. cant store corner. A slight token of appreciation for past "services was use of telephone time If we all cut out only one non- essential call a day War calls must ¢ promptly. @ Please remember that the wasteful --and that every second yqu save counts. ome first... which means that we should reduce our non- essential use of the telephone to the minimum. Present facilities cannot be increased; your co- operation is needed if war calls are to go through can hold up war business iL J. A. CROSS, Local Manager | presented to Mrs. Fred Trewin, Pro- = gram: Reading, "Ten Little Dutch- "stock has indeed lost a good citizen, a men", Mrs. T: Smith; community kind neighbor and a loving father. oy with Mrs, Earl Dorrell at the piano. a splendid talk on "Work", Else." spoke as a friend of long standing. JOSEPH H. FORDER taken place in Cartwright Township: Bradburn. was-that of Joseph H, Forder who died, ~The. numerous and lovely flowe August 28th. the late George and Selina Maud, @ Bradburn Forder and was in his 42nd year. Friends from near and far as-; sembled to pay their respects to the one they knew so well and grisea; so highly. " About 20 years, ago "he marked 'Plans which have Charlotte Rutledge, of Bancroft, who, ! with three sons, Howard, Harold, and: to be made before Donald; and three daughters, Lucille, an invasion Marilyn and Donna, survive; also his only sister, Mrs. Osmond Wright (May)., The deceased was most active in any community project. © He served for a years on the Township Coun- cil, was a past president of the Agri. cultural Society and at the time of his death was Secretary-Treasurer of the School Board and was Chairman of the Board of Stewards of the United Church. He was also a good farmer and greatly interested in the raising of stock, He was often called up to act as a judge at fall fairs. ~Black- ert. admus. . a Imagine, moving the population of city, say thie size of Hamilton, On to an island in 'the Mediterranca 'possible...' inland. N \ +N The funeral service was conducted Mrs. Bruce Harrison gave by -his pastor, Rev. Bruce Harrison, President assisted by Archdeacon Simpson and Mrs. Norman Mauntiey read "Nobody: Rev. Thos. Wallace, Greenbank, who | Pallbearers' were: Earl Bradburn, "i Melville- Lansing, William Forder; Fl- One of the largest funcrals that has! Mer Thompson, "Leith Byers, Josep suddenly at his home in Blackstock, on, were carried by the Boy Scouts, under! He was the only son of | i the leadership of Scoutmaster Alex. Interment was in Union Oenigtey, "Assignments for this huge moving Means the gun is useless. Job, insofar as Canadians' were con | packing of spare parts was not the cerned, were given to the Royal Ca: Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps.' thé-iDominion'§: troops were supplied with both raw materials of war and the necessities of life." And their job did not end with the unloading of supplies--under firc--at the beach Aided. Since then they have had to supply an unfaltering stream of mat terial to a will-o'-the-wisp division, as mobile as anything in modern war- fare. Unlike the days of "World War 1 when a supply base had some per- manency, to-day's supply base | 785 on the move.. Before this gigantic seAborne in: vasion could .be launched, there werq weeks of careful packing, tedious pa- per work. Statistics give an idea of the scope and detail of the job; there are over half a million items of war- --- a kinds of ammunition. A<tank may, t., consist of about 8,000 replaceable n, spare parts, and may need about 200 taking with you the means to provide accessories ere it can go into action; food, lodging and ground transporta-, its wireless set costs about $800, and tion, and having everyone ready to it is out of action if there are no re- go to work immediately, Sounds im-, placements for a broken valve costing Yet a task no less challeng-, about $2.00. A 25-pounder gun con- ing was accomplished by 'Canadians | sists of 2,000 replaceable spare parts, and their companions" when they set|and needs 45 accessories before going foot on Sicily and, swept victoriously into action; it costs about $14,000 and yet the loss:of a one-dollar firing pin So--the : i § LABBSINSSS LATS is. virtually on wheels, and almost always' like stores, mere than 250 different] ti JEMISON'S BAKERY THE HOME OF "GOOD BAKING The Best Family Baking Servi will be maintained "Wheat and i There is a ready market for your SURPLUS tL Rye Straw See your nearest Straw Presser OR WRITE TO HINDE & DAUCH PAPER COMPANY of CANADA, LIMITED TRENTON, ONTARIO least of the pre-invasion tasks. Then, think of the job of gettitig | the enormous quantity of supplibs down to the docks and storing jt aboard ship.- i An infantry division going overseas takes with it 9,064 tons of tanks' and vehicles. One 25-pounder gun alorle, even when crated, occupies 206 cubic feet of shipping space--enough for 125,000 oranges. i Ammunition for one regiment oc- cupies 500 cubic feet of shipping space --enough for 100,000 frocks. And three field regiments in an hours artillery barrage consume 200 tons of ammunition. ' " Tons of shipping space were [re- { quired to transport necessary megha- i! nized equipment to Sicily. Thousénds of _cubic feet - ywere occupied by the And it all had to be unloaded, sorted' Their responsibility was to see that and sent to its proper destination. | A division needs about 120-tons of , sponsible for the proviitlig and issu- ing of supplies--other than food and motor fuel--and the Electrical and Mechanical Engineers assume respon- sibility "for $opale and maintenance. was held at Bethesda last Sunday when Utica and Epsom joined them. Sunday School here next Sunday at the usual hour, ten thirty. After a paUse, during the. busy summer months, the Red Cross mes last Tuesday afternoon in the base- 'ment with a goodly number of work- ers present. Quite a number from here attended Oshawa and Lindsay Fairs last week. Mr. and Mrs, W. Armstrong spent nadian Army Service Corps and thé food, gasoline, oil and ammunition. last Thursday with Mr, and Mrs. H. .. Armstrong. Mrs. Miller and Clifford returned to Toronto after spending the past two food per day; a similar amount of , weeks with Mr.-and Mrs. D, McCulloch water. stores go up to the fighting units in -a- never-ending stream of R.C.A.S.C.! trucks. They return with prisoners wounded, tins and salvage, . R.C.A.S.C. supply convoys, incl: Jing R.C.0.C. mobile workshops and tow tfucks, are responsible for their. own protection, Officers and men have and the stars; They are armed with rifles, Brens, sub-machine guns, Ani-| aircraft. vehicles and .anti-tank guns. They must be competent radio-tele- | | tect and remove mines. These supply their way through! In the field, the question of repair and maintenance is answered by the Electrical and Mechanical "Engineers and the R.C.0.C. mobile workshop crews. In Canada, Ordnance Mechani- cal Engineers are employed by and are directly responsible to the Royal Ca- nadian Ordnance Corps. . In the field, however, thé Orduance 'services are, split up into two éntities, in order. to conform with the British system and cessary. More. food, petrol, water and; Bi to navigate by map, compass, the sun. convoys must be prepared to fight ' Thus, in Sicily, the R.C.0.C. is re-|at her home in Blackstock. Mr, and Mrs, Bruce Bailey and Al- lan-spent- Sunday- with: Mr: and: "Mrs; . Al. Christie, Mrs. Drew and son, of Oshawa, spent the week-end with relatives in this community. 3 L.A.C. Roy: Wilson spent the week- end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs, Millman visited re- latives in Toronto on Sunday, - Sgt. Laura Rogers spent the week-. end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, R. Wagner and chil- phonists; and must know how to de- | dren and Mr. and Mrs. H. Noble and family at Mr. and Mrs, L. Wagner's on Sunday, Mr. Ross Clark spent the week-end ; s with his parents, Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mp W. Rogers were Mr. H. Kerry gnd Mrs: N. Kerry of Scugog, and and Mrs, F. McBrien, Mr. and Mrs. R, Medd and family visited in Columbus on Sunday. nr. Mr, and Mrs. Fairman and daughter 2 of Pinedale at Mr, and Mrs.' In Snod- den's on Sunday, Mrs. W. Ackney and Mrs. J. Ashton HY thus simplify matters when collabora- | spent Sunday with' Mr. and Mrs. tion with British. counterparts is ne: | Gibson. Miss K. Taylor spent the woe and a) 3 a errr rr iad