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- the wheel if the "wagon" is locked up 'human beings: to take hold of human a Published by SAMUEL FARMER ESTATE HITCH YOUR WAGON TO THE STAR 'Every merchant in Port Perry is here to, serve one or more of your needs. The Port Perry Star is here for the same purpose, As an advertising medium we serve both the merchant and you, his cus. tomer, by telling where and when to buy, BUT we also have a very important job to do in keeping our readers in- formed about community affairs, We are here to pass on ideas--not just our own, but all ideas that seem to be in the interest of the community." We are here to tell you what people are doing, not alone in the field of enter- tainment but in all matters concerning the district. ; If you wish support for your pet project you should pass your ideas along to other folk. People want to know all about an undertaking before they "back" it, ' _ : Few people expect you to do things without mistakes, WE all make them! But we have found you can't do much to hide them; you just have to grit your'teeth and try again. Far better for you to tell your own story of dif- ficulties 'then to leave it to the 'grape vine" telegraph. You will find it pays far better to keep your supporters in. formed on all points--your difficulties as well as your triumphs. You cannot expect the good People of Port Perry to put their shoulder to in the barn. , FORGOTTEN LESSONS Af the last world war taught us any- thing it was this: It is possible for affairs and manage them, to see an end which has to be gained, a purpose which must be fulfilled, and deliberate- ly- and intelligently to go to work to organize the means, the resources and the methods of accomplishing those results, ' Notes and Comments behind us we are in danger of forget- ting that lesson. It is perfectly ob- vious that there arg certain social evils which to.day demand our atten- tion. One of these evils is the present state of our housing situation. For those of us who are fortunate enough to be well housed it is an easy thing to admit that the housing situation is bad and to let it go at that. Wa blind ourselves to the effects poor housing is having on thousands of our people, Do we ask ourselves what those effects are in terms of morale, of character, of loss of self-respect, of lost faith in the world and. in other people. Even the tragedies that are reported in our newspapers that arise directly out of the housing shortage stir our emotions but for the time we spend in digesting the story. Can we stimate the de- featism, the bitterness and the hos- tility of the victims of this evil. Can we escape paying a price for our neglect in this crisis ? But lack of housing is only one of the great problems with which we are faced. The high cost of living in Can- ada has soared beyond the conceivable limits predicted by our Minister of Finance and yet we do nothing about it. It is true that a royal commission was instigated and did function but its recomemndations were summarily brushed aside. And looming up is the spectre of unemployment; already, it is a problem in Halifax. ° Now most people are willing to ad- mit that thede are great evils. We all recognize them. We deplore them, but the whole situation is so big and 80 complicated that it is almost im- possible .to do anything about them. We have got to wait for the slow process of evolution. We have got to wait for the working out of some strange natural forces called -re-ad- justment to bring solution for these evils, In other words, we must simply drift along with the course of events. What would such reasoning have done for us when the German juggernaut was rolling on from one victory to the next. Such reasoning would rightly have been treason. Is it less than that to-day? The war did teach us that we could intelligently and wisely meet the pro- blems we had to face. Is it that we are forgetting. the lesson now four But now that the war is four years years later? It is our Idea that Port Perry Needs a Hospital. We believe quite a number of Port Perry folk want a hospital; but we 'don't know how many or how much. Do you want a hospital enough to clip out the following--answer the ques- tions and mail to the Port Perry Star, Box H? 3 : I am willing to work on committee for hospital building or renovation. : 1 willing to work through my -- club to give financial aid in the form of benefit concerts, euchres, ete. I am willing to work on hospital supplies as linens--either making or mending, dressings, layettes, ete. ; I am willing to contribute cash. I am willing to contribute labour in building or renovating. GIFT PROMISED A representative of the local branch of the Canadian Legion has just in- formed us that they will pledge a bed and blood donations for all trans- fusions. for the Community . Hospital, when it opens. More details next week, SCUGOGC There was no church service or Sun- day School on Sunday owing to the snow storm, ; : : On Saturday during the high wihd; fire was discovered in the of Mr. George Freeman. A crowd of neigh- bours soon gathered but they were unable to do much, and the flames soon consumed the building and its contents--600 baby chicks, Froude and mashes; the property of 7 Junior.' ae f The funeral was held on Friday of Margaret Jane Hood, beloved wife of the late John Lattimore, in her 89th year. She had been in ill health for several years. Mrs, Lattimore was born on Scugog Island where she spent " most_of her life before moving to Port Perry. She leaves to mourn her passing, one son, William Johns, of Cadmus, two daughters, Mrs, Newton Ayres (Mabel) of Port Perry; Mrs. Wm. Perrin (Effie), of Saskatchewan and one Im {on Mr. Joseph Hood, of Port Ferry. Ant There was one quilt quilted on Wed- nesday at the W.A, and it was planned to have another quilting bee on Wed- nesday, March 23rd in the church bage- ment as there are two more to do. Come and enjoy an afternoon with friends, The Scugog Community Club will have another evening of euchre on Friday evening. Bring along your table and enjoy a game. Lunch will be served. . The weather and roads prevented the anmmteur concert on Friday even- ing. Weather and roads being favor- able it will be held on Monday in the Township Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hobbs and family, Gloria and David, spent the week-end with relatives in Burlington. The March. W. A. meeting was held in Grace-Church on Wednesday, Mar, 9th with a good attendance. Mrs. Glen Hood opened the meeting in the usual way with singing and prayer. Mrs. Orr Jeffrey and Miss Lucille Mark favoured with a duet, accom- panied by Mrs. Alan Jackson, of Man- chester. Mrs, Jackson was then asked to speak to us. Her subject was "The Uniting of Churches in 1925." It was Ive interesting. Mrs. Alan Martyn spoke 'on the study book, "West of the Gorges". Mrs. M. Fralick took the leading part as hostess, and Mrs. Martyn came in dressed as a Chinese student, and enlightened us by an- swering many interesting questions asked by Mrs, Fralick, Mrs, Martyn is putting a lot of time on the book pl { is naking it very real the great work that is being done. LR A discussion then took place on the making of more cupboards in the church kitchen, a bazaar in the future, and the quilting of more quilts, A lovely supper was served in the base- ment, ~ Some of the. ladies quilted. Proceeds $26.20. Among the visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Joel Aldred, Brook- lin, Mrs. J. Morrish, of Toronto, Mrs. Alan Jackson, Manchester, Mrs. Orr Jeffrey, Miss Lucille Mark, Mr. and "Mrs, Ira Aldred, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hood, Mrs, John Ballard, all of Port Perry. We were glad 'to have them all," \ LEh : Services next Sunday as usual, DE a HiT 4 "SEED FAIR AT UXBRIDGE =~ he Tenth Annual Ontario County Seed Fair was held in Uxbridge, on Saturday,' March 12th, : There were around 100 farmers in attendance at the afternoon meeting, Mr, T. W. Brennand was the Official Judge of the Grain Show. 'In his re- marks he congratulated the exhibitors on the ve fie quality of the entries shown. His only criticism was that some of the classes were not well filled. He urged that farmers take an 'ing some of their good seed. active part in the Seed Fair by show- This would create strong competition in all classes. The only entry from Reach was early Potatoes, exhibited by Cecil Collins, R. 4, Port Perry, who won 1st, Ireland. letter the boys and I have had a very , These included 17 overseas conipetitors Belfast, Since my last including an international and numerous parties, It is a bit tiv- ing for farmers used to regular hours not too much excitement but never- Helens we are enjoying every minute of it, We have had a grand time in Ive- land and now we are on our way back to England where we shall spend a few days before sailing for Canada. I'll have more to say about Ireland but now I would like to describe our last days in Scotland. Sight-Seeing in Scotland. Edinburgh is said to be the most beautiful city in the British Isles and it was our privilege to see some of the historical sites. We were accom- panied by Mr. T, W. Jack of the Tour- ists' Association of Scotland. We were taken to Edinburgh Castle which is the highest point.in the city and gives one an excellent view of the surrounding area. We saw the birth- place of Sir Walter Scott, the famous Scottish novelist, and visited the home of Sir James Young Simpson, the dis- coverer .of chloroform. But perhaps most interesting to us as Canadians was the cottage of Alexander Graham Bell who came to Canada in 1870 and invented the telephone 'in the City of Brantford. Visit to a Machinery Testing Station. From Edinburgh our party proceed- ed to Glasgow where we were im- mediately taken to the Scottish Agri- cultural machinery testing station, just outside the city. The station is a new branch of the Agricultural De- partment and time will decide whether or not it will give sufficient service to warrant its existence. The main object, as far as we could gather, is to bring machinery from all parts of the manufacturing world and test it for use in Scotland... We were directed through thie main building and shown the equipment and testing methods. _ © Machinery for experimental pur- poses fis submitted on a - voluntary basis and the tests are conducted by experts without charge. While we were there implements made in Ger- many, New Zealand, Australia, United States and Canada were being tested. After leaving the main building we were taken to a field where two men were trying out a heavy Australian plow, designed to break up virgin soil. Powered by a heavy caterpillar tractor this plow has no difficulty in turning out boulders weighing several hundred pounds and roots up ordinary shrub- bery with the greatest of ease. The day after our visit to the test- ing station we took a hurried tour of the highlands. We enjoyed the trip immensely and indeed our only regret was that we could not spend more time in that rugged, yet picturesque section. One feature that struck us during PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY,' CANADIAN PLOWMEN ABROAD by ELLIOT MOSES * Director PLOWMEN'S ASSOCIATION full program of events and activities | plowing competitors, match, sight-seeing in. two countries : keen in every class, | plowing. ONTARIO totalled 111 against 128 last year, in the horse section and 22 tractor Competition was very The rules restricted handling to foot work only an dthis, of course, was new to our boys. However, in spite of this they made a very creditable showing and while due of plows used and the mannéy of scoring, our boys did not win in the egular classes, they were winners in the Salada gold medallist placing first and Bob Timbers. and Rhys Bacher, the Esso champion, second and third respectively, Presentation of Indian War Clubs. The annual dinner and presentation Ireland Flowmen's Association, was fitting climax to the Match's activities. My particular job on this occasion was to present to each Irish team who visited Canada lust year an Indian war club. Last fall the Irishmen had honoréd us with shillelaghs and so we wished to give them some token in exchange. The presentation was announced and was one of the highlights of the evening, The program was quite lengthy with which we all thoroughly enjoyed. The evening's entertainment brought to a close for another year the North. ern Ireland International Match. Due to bad weather, the Association bare- ducted a_very good match. consider the old country artists plowmen Ulster Agricultural College, - to the type of the special visitors' class with Alvin Mark, of prizes, sponsored by the Northern member of the toasts, songs, and plenty of Irish wit, ly made expenses although they con- Our boys in their particular style of ern Ireland, cipal and staff are all young men, The next day we were taken on a tour of Belfast. factory which was something quite new and interesting to us. We also stopped at the Greenmount Agrieil- tural College; Muckamore, which is the only college of its kind in North- At Greenmount College, the prin-] none of whom appeared to be over 30. We visited a flax Disyed Thursday, thrilling game, 4 » Port H 17th, 1949 Hockey News GREENBANK TIES SERIES! There was great joy in Greenbank last Thursday night after their beloved ' "Pilots" had trimmed Uxbridge Jr. Farmers 7-4 at Sunderland to avenge an earlier 6-4 loss and tie up their hest of 3 final series at one game each. It was a fast, rugged, wide-open hockey gate as both teams were in hi-gear all night, The fans were hard- ly settled in the rink before the score board read Uxbridge 2, Greenbank 0. Then the Pilots remembered they were playing, too, and two fast goals by "Mac" Christie and 1 by Bruce Beare gave them a 3-2 lead at the end of the first period. Penalties went to Madill and Harwood for roughing and Doble for tripping. In the second period Uxbridge ral- lied and were finally rewarded when McNeely scored at the half- way mark to tie it at 8-3. Christie gave Green- bank the lead again before the second period ended, giving him the hat-trick for the night. In the third period Greenbank stretched their lead when Rod. Foster scored on a pass from Barry Howey and Lloyd Lee McNeely was sent to the "sin-bin" for tripping Geordie Beare, the Greenbank goal-tender. While he was off Uxbridge surprised the crowd by scoring with a man short to jump back into the running. The game sea-sawed back and forth until Barry Harvey out fought 8 Uxbridge defenders for the loose puck, and slap- ved it past Bill Mulholland in the Ux- bridge net, to give Greenbank a 6-4 lead. Bruce Beare wound up the scor- ing when he beat Mulholland on a breakaway, after being put in the clear by Dave Thompson. Willie Stone was "robbed" a moment later when Mul- holland saved at point blank range. Penalties in the third period to Howey of Greenbank for boarding and Har- wood of Uxbridge for elbowing. - Roy Painter played well again for Uxbridge while Dave Thompson and Armour McMillan played strong de- fensive game for Greenbank. Uxbridge was minus the services of forward Stan Painter, while Green- bank missed the hard checking aggres- siveness of winger Keith Howsam who is side-lined with broken ribs. " The final game of the series will be March 17th at Sun- erland arena, and it should be =a lr PASO ud | Perry Rod Gun Club fous spirit in the school than if staffed with older men. The college specializes in Register- breeds of poultry, Aside from the are grown for feed for livestock. the college prides itself on its success used on the 'farms and also sold as seed, - : Most of the courses at Greenmount are designed for boys who intend to our trip was the extent to which the .Scottish Department of Reforestation has reclaimed many of the mountain sides and has planted them with young trees. Not only has this improved the. scenery but in time it will prove to be -of great commercial value, En Route to Ireland. The next day we took the train to Stranraer where we caught the boat for Belfast. When we landed in Ire- land we were greeted by officials of the Northern Ireland Plowmen's As- sociation, We were particularly pleased to see Peter Fitzpatrick whom we met last autumn when he accom- panied the Ulster team to the Inter- national match, at Lindsay. Tower of Bibel] -- All the Visiting plowmen were hil- Jloted at-the Stroud Hotel at Port ! Stewart and it was quite an experience 'to sit back and listen to the many dif- {ferent "dialects of the English and Scottish people, We almost felt as though we were attending a league of' nation's conferénce so varied were the expressions and ways of speaking, We landed in Ireland two days be- fore the International Match and so the boys had a day in which to practise as well as to take part in the usual round of entertainment, ; On our first night we 'attended a dance sponsored by the Junior: farm- er Organization. It was like our own Canadian Farm dances but with much more action. Every now and then there would be a loud shout from the men which sounded like a mild form of Indian war whoop. The boys had a little difficulty at first catching on to some of -the different dance steps but it was not long before they were putting on a real demonstration of their dancing ability." . International. Match at Limavady. 'On the morning of the mateh, our party and about 40 English and Secot- tish plowmen and one contestant from the Isle of Man, were taken by bus to farm. There is also a degree course | which is along the lines of our awn Ontario Agricultural College. Re- turned men a given preference as students and if there is any additional room, , civilian students may enter, During the war years the college was used as an air force hase, Government Milk Depot, - Our last visit was ta the government controlled milk depot. All production of milk in Ulster is government con- trolled--right from the farm to the consumer--and this depot, operated by the government at cost, receives, grades and pastcurizes 4,000,000 gal- lons of milk per year which is collect- ed by 26 lorries from 1500 farmers. The depot does everything but bottle the milk which is done in the large dairy distributing centres and then sold to the stores, Northern Ireland is the only part of the that mos} of the milk handled by the depot shipped to England and Scotland, . Irish Farms. After leaving the depot we took a motor trip through County Antrim, one of the Yichest agricultural counties of Northern Ireland. e farms in Ulster are for the most part privately owned and are much smaller than in England and-Scotland, being from one to five acres in size. Five acres is considered a large field. The cash crops consist mainly of potatoes and flax, Other grains--wheat, oats, and barley--are grown mainly as feed for livestock. From the farming country we de- tured through the mountain area and along the Atlantic sea coast where the highway runs close to the water's edge and the scenery is exceptionally beautiful. Even in winter the moun- tains and valleys are greener than the plowing field at Limavady nearly 40 miles outside Belfast, It had rain all through the night and was still raining as we reached the plowing eld which by that time was a sea of mud. Ontarig. fields in midsummer and if the trees were in foliage it would eom- plete the picture of Ireland at its best, he mountain tops are used for sheep razing and some of the best farm Re can be found in the sloping, fer- tile valley, Entries, deliberately restricted, bb THE ST. PATRICK SUPPER in the We._were told that the Departnient of Agriculture established the policy of employing young men who would have the same slant on life as the students and thereby establish a more harmon- ed Dual Shorthorn cattle, large white pigs and. also keeps three or four orchard and the greenhouse, all crops Ireland is noted for its potatoes and in growing seed potatoes which are Fourteen members of the newly formed Whitby Fish and Wild Life Club visited the Port Perry Rod and Gun Club last Wednesday night for the purpose of getting information on casting targets and casting rules; The meeting was held in the High School | gym, A casting demonstration was put on by the Port Ferry Club, which was followed by the Whitby Club, Mr. 8. Ellis, Chief Overseer Officer of the Dept. of Lands and Forests, for. the Lake Simcoe district, was guest of the evening, and spoke on the conser- | vation of fish and game, chiefly on' game, Mr, "Ellis was introduced by Ott.. Hamilton, Club President, who thanked | him for coming on-such short notice. | One way to conserve game was not to use the method of drives in certain areas; and not, to kill everything in sight. It was better for a few to go out with thelr hounds for a short time. It was also a good iden to bring along a Junior or two and teach them the proper methods of a good sport. It is the junior of to-day wha will be thé sportsmen of to-morrow, Speaking of foxes, Mr, Ellis said this animal is blamed for killing of domestic: fowl done by other animals. He gave reasons for his contention. Mink, weasel and skunks are blood thristy animals, too. Fox carry their vistims to their dens but most other animals leave their prey where killed. The house cat is also a killer of fowl. He traced its origin back to the wild cat and lynx and tiger. : / The fox also kill pheasants, rabbits, mice, (which are about ten per cent. of their diet), If the foxes were ex- terminated you can see that. these other pests would increase very rapidly. It was sald that there had been a lot of illegal fishing in Lake Simcoe this season, The cross arm method with 82 hooks was being used by some fishermen. RL, An article was published recently, in some papers that there were 365 days in the year for shooting. This was a slip, we understand. It is also under- stood a clearer explanation will be published as to when and where the open season for fox hunting will be. + Refreshments were served by the Port Perry Club, EE ah - Myrtle Station Mr, James Young of Oshawa occu- led 'the pulpit on: Sunday morning. is_subject was, "The Divine Jailor or The Prisoner of God", In his own inimitable manner he brought a mes- sage to his congregation that was very earnest and sincere, : It is expected that Mr, Saywell will Home from his visit to the South and will oceupy his own pulpit on Sun- day morning, The Woman's Association met at the home of Mrs. O, H. Downey, on Wednesday afternoon of last week in The Passing Show by ""M.A.C." 'THE PASSING SHOW Profits of Companies in Canada in 1947 show that 6.6% of the Companies earned over 50% of the total $1,070,- 000,000 of profits (after tax deduc- tions). Profits in 1948 are estimated to be approximately 19% higher. Let's all hit the boss for a raise | . & mere $2,000 or so will do us. \ ¥ *. LJ - Honolulu to Teterboro in 36 hours on 288 gallons of gas worth $76.00 . . , Stretching things . . well we should say . . some 5000 miles. . * * * 10,000,000 fewer pounds of tea were packaged in Canada last year over the record for 1947. The Canadians must be drinking less tea but not drinking less. This is from the tea- totallers, of course LJ LJ » Canadians consumed 3,000,000 less pounds of butter in February this year in comparison with last year. Perhaps, that is why the price has begun to Sag . . . it can hardly yet be described as a drop. LJ] * » The custom inspectors in France have come up with a new dodge in the way of strikes . "they are doing such a thorough job that tourists are being held up on all the borders . A speed up makes for a slow down. Watch your label; it tolls when your Subscription expires, / $2.00 per year in advance. Se, single copy, Authorized as Second Class Mall Post Office Department, Ottawa, I 'Rawhide' is certainly living up to his name. From the way he tries to defend himself on the air, it is quite clear that he is most sensitive to criticism. It's not so much a queation of can they take him as can he take it! LJ » L Peep-toe shoes and other unsuitable footwear have been responsible for a great number of accidents in British factories. We didn't know that what wag on the feet caused accidents, . . we thought it was what wasn't in the head. * * LJ A slice of onion will soothe a bee sting. Whether you apply it to the sting or eat it doesn't seem to matter . it apparently creates a diversion either way, ; LIE I . We would like to speak critically about 'Critically Speaking' , . . the chap doing radio spent 10 minutes tell. ing us that ballet was not suitable for broadcasting . . . he told us that in the first minute and kept on repeating it... this is taking the job too ser- ously, . LJ . L In the American used car market cars were offered in a 'two for one-cent Sale." It made us feel a little more hopeful about having a car eventually . we had a cent. the regular monthly meeting. There was a large attendance of both mem- bers and visitors. With the president, Mrs, D. Duchemn presiding, the meet- ing opened with the theme hymn, "Breathe on me breath of God". The worship service, as prepared for affi- liated Societies of the W.M.S., was followed with Mrs. R. Taylor and Mrs. H. Hamilton assisting the leader. Mys. A. B. Deeming sang, "Heartaches", by A. H. Ackley; Mrs. Paynter and Mrs. Harrison sang a duet in keep- ing with the Missionary spirit of the service, "Tell others of Jesus". Twen- ty-four members responded to roll eall; the treasurer gave her monthly report and the February minutes were read and approved. The usual business period was full and interesting and committee reports were heard. Mra. D. Luery took charge of the Missionary programme, which was made up from the first three copies of the "Missionary Monthly", of this year, EE Opening the programme with the new year greeting from the Dominion president, messages from the chairman of Home Missions and from the chair- man of Overseas Missions were also read, which stressed the slogan for this year, "Advance". Touching on the Chinese work in Canada, the re- port of Miss Mavis Lee, a Chinese woman missionary, told of her work in Victoria, B.C. Excerpts were read from a letter from Dr. Isabelle Mec- Tavish, stationed at Christ Hospital, Foochou, China and a short report by Mrs. Hugh Taylor, Secretary of over- seas Missions Executive, gave the lat- est news regarding the safety of our missionaries in China. Mrs. Luery showed some Chinese articles that had been sent to her by a friend in China, Among them was a pair of shoes that had been worn by a woman whose feet had been bound when she was a tiny child, The speaker ex- plained the binding process and how, eventually, the foot was deformed. This cruel custom is, of course, not practised now, unless in some of the remote parts of China where little attention is paid to the law forbid- ding it. Those asissting Mrs, Luery with the programme were, Mesdames Wilson, Deeming, Hamilton, Farrinder, Lane .and Hudgin, The missionary offering was $10.60. Afternoon tea was served and a half hour spent socially, Mrs. Clarence Harrison was.in To- ronto on-March 5-6 and heard her two nieces sing in the Philharmonic Ladies Choir of New Leaskard, when it com- eted at the Kiwanis Music Festival. he Choir won first prize again this year and also won the Grand Choral Prize, Mr. and Mrs, Leonard - McDiarmid and children of Oshawa spent Satur- day with Mrs. MeDiarmid's parents, William and Mrs, Wiles. Miss Evelyn Ross of Utica was with her brother. Merril and family, over the week-end, - . Miss Mildred Harrison of Toronto Li at her home here over the week- end. | Several in the.village are victims of the flu and it is certainly making it- self a disagreeable and unwanted visi- tor, We were very sorry to learn that Mrs. J. Holliday, now. residing in Brooklin had the misfortune to fall in her home on Sunday morning, break- ing her right hip. We wish her a speedy a recovery as possible, ° Mrs. Maxwell and Carol were in Brampton over the. weekend, guests of her mother, Mr. and Mr Jim Edgar of Toronto were visitors/on Sunday with their uncle and aunt, Mr, oy Mrs, David Luery, , Mr, and Mrs, Jim Cooper were in Port Perry on Sunday afterndon and evening, guests of Stanley and Mrs, Linton. : . Mr. and Mrs, Fred Mason and Miss Vilna Mason of Toronto and Mr, Mut- ray Moore of Hawkestone were Sun- day visitors at the Albert Eyers home, Mrs. Moore, who had been with her daughter, Mrs, Eyers, for the past two weeks, returned home with her send, | Messrs, Harry Cook and Bill Tay- lor of Toronto. were Sunday morning callers at the Clarence Harrison home. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Wood of Toron- to spent the week-end with Mrs. Wood's parents, Wilbur and Mrs, Deni- son, Mrs. Bert Duff and daughter, Miss Doris Duff of Oshawa General Hos- pital Nursing Staff, were in .Peter- borough on Sunday, guests of Ray and Mrs. Duff, Mr. and Mrs, Russel Gordon and Pat of Lindsay, were Sunday visitors with the Harold Hamilton family, Just 50 Years Ago by Mt. J. F. Hamilton, Lethbridge, and send to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. McMillan on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary, The snow was on the darkened spruce, The full moon in the sky, And snug beneath the cutter robes The bride amd groom drove by. Their horses tossed impatient heads, The shadows skimmed the snow; That's the way they drove in style Just Fifty Years Ago. They did not have a model T, To twist its stubborn tail, Nor did they have a Chevrolet To race the western mail. They did not need a license plate To drive the road to town, Nor did they take insurance out "Gainst running someone down. They did not seek the sunny south To sun-bath and relax, Their. wood-pile and their axe. They plowed their furrow straight and ong And walked behind They've felt the sweat That grace a farmer's brow. They've watched their children one by one Grow up and take their stand, For truth and right and charity Throughout this favoured land. Then may their years of eventide Be full of peace, and so, Be happy as those far off days Of Fifty Years Ago. the plough, pleasure and the March 8, 1949 Ct ee Marvied CLARKE-BRUCE WEDDING A very pretty wedding took place on February 19th, 1949, at the Forward | Baptist Church, Toronto with the Rev. Jack Scott officiating when Helen Irene Bruce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, 'Alvin Bruce, Seagrave, became the bride of Ronald Dallas Clarke, of To- ronto. Mr, Edgar Payne was at the organ, iiven in marriage by her'father, the bride wore a beautiful gown of heavy blush bridal satin madé with .8lim bodice, long tight sleeves, full: skirt and sweeping train, Her long match- ing veil was held in place by & beaded head-dress and her bouquet was deep red rose buds with baby's breath, Miss Marjorie Bruce, as her sister's maid of honour was dressed in pale blue bro- cade taffeta with matching hat of tulle and, rose buds, and carried talisman roses with baby's breath. Miss June Wade as bride's maid wore deep rose brocade taffeta with matching head- dregs and bouquet of pink- roses and baby's breath. 3 During the signing of the ister, Mrs. Ed. Payne sang very beaut fully, "Because". Mr. Nelson Hand, of To- ronto, was groomsman, and the ushers were Mr, Ivan Bruce and Mr, George Deverest, The reception which followed was held at the Y.W.C.A,, Gerrard Street, East,, after which the haRpY cotiple left amid showers of confetti and best wishes for the wedding trip to New York. On their return they will re- side in Toronto, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH on TH i es = - » Yaar t¥ ' Ns SEALY Wy Las a The following verses were written To keep both fit and warm they had - » RC a RPT Se TR ya A ¥ Dl a Lie TH nA Ty, y at » PA dl AT apd v A A A te gy RS Ta Te N « A TT I CN I p