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4k 19 -~ § um Rp NTR ; : yoo - PORT PERRY, -ONT., THURSDAY, APRIL 19th, "1961 A -- ---- ---- a A------ Sted rp 'BUSINESS DIRECTORY SAND and GRAVEL When and: where you want it. * Call ROSS E. SANDISON, Phone 121 r § Port Perry, R.R. 4." PRAT o XXX ROCESS ARS ARRAN RE - UPHOLSTERY und RE-BUILDING Let us re-upholster your old Chéster- : field Suite. Satisfaction guaranteed. "Phone and have our consultant call and give you a free estimate, pick-up and delivery, Phone 3344 collect, OSHAWA UPHOLSTERY CO. 8 Church Street DR. H. HL ARMSTRONG DENTIST Queen Street Port Perry - » - Refrigeration for prompt service on all makes, both _ houschold and commercial, Estimates given on Installations. Reg. Boundey RE INSURANCE Are "your policies up-to-date? ~ Whatever your Insurance needs may be, consult . H W. EMMERSON Phone 41 Port Perry [TO SE PUG "DR. J. B. LUNDY DENTAL SURGEON (Over Telephone Office) PORT PERRY - ONTARIO Office Hours--10 ann to b p.m. Phones: Office 68 W. Res. 68J Phone 237 MONTEITH & MONTEITH CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 37 King St. East, Oshawa. Gordon VW. Richl, C.A. "Resident Partner ERI TTTA TTT ete 0% Zelele%030%0 0 0% 50 RE UPHOLSTERY By Experts - ROUSSEAU UPHOLSTERY Whitby - Phone 483 REAL ESTATE Consult iy v J. A. WILLOUGHBY & SONS for complete Real Estate Service. - Head Office, Toronto, 156 Yonge St. Phone AD. 0604 Port Perry 186J City and Country Homes. Farms and Small Acreages. Industrial and Business Properties. LLOYD LEE Free] - ished for painting. Eavestroughing & Furnaces' ELECTRIC PRESSURE 'PUMPS, FURNACES and FURNACE RE- PAIRS TO ANY MAKE Free Estimate on Request. SYDNEY G.' BARNES Phone 12 ¢ 4 aug.61 T CONANT & CONANT BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS Gordon D. Conant, K.C. Roger G. Conant, B.A. Offices: Oshawa, Ont, 7% Simcoe St. South Phone 3-2227 } Ajax, Ont., Phone 25 ROOFING OF ALL KINDS Lavestroughing, Asphalt Siding Lstimates given on all kinds of work. EARL WALLACE Phone 261 Port Perry | GERALD B. THOMPSON *D. C. - *Doctor of Chiropractic X-RAY EQUIPPED OFFICE 185 SIMCOE ST. NORTH, OSHAWA Office Hours 9 to & Phone 2927 Evenings by Appointment _ RUSSELL D. HUMPHREYS, K. C. 6 Siincoe Street North, Oshawa, ~ Phone: 814 in attendance at my Port Perry Office on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons of each week, or by appointment. Queen Street, Port Perry. Phone 94 $3333 033383888380833833233383083338333233833283838 W. A. SANGSTER "DENTAL SURGEON Office Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m, Office Upstairs over C. Sleep's "BROOKLIN | ~ The Shacks We Call Schools ( Maclean's Magazine) In many parts of Ontario, farmers have provided bettér coops for their chickens, Fred Bodsworth writes" in: an article titled "The Shacks, We Call Schools" in 'the current. issue of Maé- lean's, "Labor unions would howl and par- ents would refuse to work -undér con- ditions which exist in hundreds of Ontario schools," Bodsworth quotes Nora Hodgins, secretary of the Ont- ario Teachers' Federation. "But children are compelled by law to at- tend dark, dingy cold schools with limited teaching equipment and a low retarded level of education." Many Ontario trustees, according one desk for each pupil and one pail to catch the drips from each leak Jin the roof make a fully equipped school. Bodsworth quotes a provincial school inspector that "We can't expect any- thing but isms when: children grow up in the depressing environment of ob- solete schools, like so many in rural Ontario," Boasting by Canadians about their modern schools has completely ob- scured. the fact that education still goes on in thousands of dilapidated, lit buildings which no progressive far- mer would use to shelter a milk herd, says Bodsworth. - : in Canada with glass block walls, air conditionjng, acoustic ceilings, ter- razo floors and suntrap windows, 10,- 000 others 'have no lights and must close carly on dull afternoon® because the pupils cannot see the black-bonrds; Roughly 10,000. Canadian schools, says Bodsworth, have no indoor toi- lets, a An estimated 5,000 still use "only a pail and dipper for drinking water, thereby spreading epidemics. There are a thousand or so whose only water supply is a nearby. stream. In Ont- ario there are 31 log cabin schools, in Manitoba 42, and, says Bodsworth, "nobody has counted how many more in the rest of Canada." to another official, have the idea that dungeon-like, ill-furnished and badly | Although there are 1,600 new, schools | -}- ---------- [F. Ww. Brock & | Son PORT PERRY PHONE 43 | FASHION SHOW "APRIL Auditorium. 23 and 24---In the High 'Sheol Se¢ some of our new Spring Merchandise at this attractive show.' YARD GOODS ~NEW PRINTS POPLINS, Floral Patterns, 72¢c., 82c. BORDER PRINTS Yd. 68¢c. to 98c¢. Blue MARQUISETTE CURTAIN MATERIALS, White, Pink and 65c. and 85c¢. Ivory RUFFLED MARQUISETTE 69c. PRINTED DRAPERY Per yard $1.26 to $3.25 colour schemes as you go. - chip or dust. stand ford wear You ay it yoursel, tile by tile, desigiling your own pattern and Tilevein is not brittle; will not It cushions the "TILEVEIN" FLOOR TILE Lay It Yourself ECONOMICAL, PRACTICAL, MODERN Size 9 x 9 x 14 in. thick 13c. 'and. 16c. Each Rust, $1.15- A EACH 13c. Dark = Green, ~ Black with Ivory EACH 15c. i Ivory with Black, Yellow, Grey, | Light Green, Cream, Red. ol ? pl \ 4 DRE 5 5ED = TT MEN'S SHOES MEN'S OXFORDS, Composition Sole SISMAN WORK BOOTS ECE | LEE $5.95 ' $6.35 and $7.95 -------------------- MEN' S OXFORDS $7.95, $8.95, $9.95 MEN'S SLACKS $9.95 BOY'S SLACKS $7.75 1 ' 1 LADIES' SHOES | LADIES' LOAFERS, Burgundy $6.50 ' LADIES' CASUALS, Black , Blue - $4.95 TIES, (Gracia Shoes for Ladies STRAPS and PUMPS $9.75 and $10.95 $11.50 and $11.95 'Dr. Scholes Foot Aids FULL STOCK OF THIS POPULAR LINE.' Brown, 'ORANGES, per dozen 39c. and 53c. A GRAPEFRUIT 4 for 25c¢. : CELERY« 2 for 25c. BREN LETTUCE 2 for 35c¢. : AY MAPLE LEAF SAUSAGE Ib. 59c. NO DUTCH SETS 1b 23c. TS report left more red ears around Win- zard," says Bodsworth. Bodsworth finds reason to believe that municipalities are not fully avail- Insurance Office. - -- ARTHUR W. S. GREER, K.C. in attendance at my Port Perry Office on Wednesday morning and Friday afternoon of each week, or by appointment. Blong Block, Port Perry, Phone 25 Electric Floor Sanders Hardwood Floors laid, sanded and finished. General Carpentry, kitchen cupboards, gyprock put oniand fin- ROBERT PICKARD is your Local Representative. 2 _ Phone 10 Nr, Toronto. PHONE 281W-------PORT PERRY Spring. PORT PERRY MRS. E. IMPORTANT HATS | heating." Assembled for your Budget-Pleasing Choice. A refreshing array of Fashion's Favourites. Hats to give you a lovelier than ever look for - AVON PRODUCTS UP-TOWN HAT SHOPPE "Bodsworth quotes a reputable Can- adian school architect as saying: "Many schools in towns, as well as rural areas, are nothing but grim and ugly fortresses, super fire traps with oily floors, poor lighting, Victorian sanitary facilities' and little play 1 grees at 9 a.m., 54 degrees at noon, B. COOKE Phone.213 mt 1 | DUTCH FARMERS TO STUDY | AMERICAN METHODS f- Thirty-two young Dutch farmers de- parted on March 15 for the United | .| part of the E. C. A, Technical Assist- States to study American agriculture and -market gardening -methods; -as ance Program. _ BULLER'S - REAIRS TO ALL MAKES OF CARS-- - "BODY and FENDER WORK "ELECTRIC-ACETYLENE WELDING Simcoe St. 'Port Perry, Phone 2800 GARAGE 3 | . . : 'called in a team of educationists from space." From education authorities across the Dominion, Bodsworth brings to thé pages of Maclean's Magazine out- spoken comments on deplorable school conditions. © One teacher in eastern Ontario re- cently complained the average tem- peratures for November were 52 de- and wrote: "I wear woolen underhose and heavy cotton overhose. My' feet are still cold." . Bodsworth gives evidence of child- ren wearing coats, hats and even mittens in school and reports that "a thousand rural teachers have quit their jobs in Quebec because of poor About four years ago, Winnipeg the University of Chicago to give un- ing themselves of provincial grants toward education. "Grant systems vary province to province," he says, "but in most the grants to assist in school construction are determined by the area's total assessment. The poorei- the area the more agsistance it gets." As an amie. Yiodsuovth cites the 'liny community of "Benny, 40 miles north west of Sudbury, Ontario, whose shaky, run-down frame school, in 19- 49, was valued at $345. Benny neced- ed a new school-but with a total as- sessment of under $5,000 did not know how to finance it. In 1950 Benny 'in- vestigated the provincial grants for new school construction. Today it has-a-new-school costing $6,000. The province is paying all but ten percent of the cost. British Columbia, says Bodsworth, affords the strongest proof that anti- (uated schools can be eliminated just us 800n as citizens admit the need. The provinces now pays 70 per cent of new. achool costs as against the former 80 per cent. Rebuilding in B. C. is going or so fast the Minister of Education has time to do little more than run around the province biased comments on city schools. "The | Port Perry Community Memorial Recreation Centre Draw 1951 CHEVROLET COACH THIS DRAW SPONSORED BY PORT PERRY BUSINESS MEN' S ASSOC TATION. "Not over 4000 Tickets being Sold yr : GET YOUR TICKETS NOW = | THIS CAR WILL REMAIN ON DISPLAY AT -nipeg -than any Portage Avenue bliz-| 'Semaphore and choir groups were no-| officiating at opening 'ceremonies: 2. Archer Motor Sales DRAW WILL BE MADE AT GALA NIGHT AT PORT PERRY HIGH SCHOOL WED., MAY 9th, 1951. CE --------EEE AARNE re ete Tickets $1.00 Plans Banquet GUIDE COMPANY BANQUET PLANS by Nancy Kight The local armouries was again the scene of the weekly Guide meeting Which commenced at 7:15 on Wednes- day evening. A very brief patrol drill was held followed by a short summary of what was to take place at PHONE 72W -- 'W. E. MacGregor and' Son PORT PERRY the banquet to take place on the fol- lowing Wednesday evening at 6.00. ! ving: Wednesday eve tified and volunteers for various work were told of their duties. Shortly after a few tests and drills were carried on for a period of about 20 minutes, while some guides worked | on their toys and displays to be shown! at the banquet. To provide some relaxation for the girls after their work, a stalking game was played. At 8.30 Captain Godley who was in charge left the meeting and Com- pany Leader Kent Gerrow took charge of the campfire very capably. From the Canadian Magazine an interesting story was read followed by PORT PE RRY a' number of songs chosen hy Kent's CAWKER BROS. [| | ~ Let Us Supply You WITH THE CHOICE FRESH MEAT TO GIVE THE = PROPER BALANCE IN YOUR DIET ONTARIO own patrol and some of the Leaders. The meeting was closed with the singing of Taps and the Salute. OUR MW "VENETIAN BL INDS Painting and Decorating 1 SAMPLE BOOKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO SELECT FF ROM-IN'YOUR OWN HOME. Let us Gyptex those rough and cracked Ceilings," it in modern A New Service for You work done by Teading l'oronto manufacturer. Qur years of experience at your service. M. 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