Preparedness in the home. The humble litUle cottage or the mansion on the hili are equally dependent upori the Telephone. 1It guards when emergencies arise, and is ever sering in a thousand ways, great and sniall. Get a Telephone and save needless work and worry. The cost is only a trifle --just a 'f iq e Thé Bell Telephone Co. of Canada. Gent lemen.--PLeaae se@ me about Residence Telephone Service Na ,.Adciress- BAG LAN. Mnacramitat servicems m-ere weiI ai- iendvd last Sunday. Preachlng services wlll be beld bere nex-t s24inday evenlng lnstead of after- noon Kundav witt be observç-d as Mothers Day. Mr. M'm.t)yer, of Columbus, address- vd the- Sînday School last Slînday. liefore ciosing their meotIngs for îiîe sumimer, the Literary Society made a goodly contribution to the Red Cross. Mr Vm. Souelci bas returned home tifter it visit 10 tBuffalo. Mr. Squelcb sa)q Mrs. Squeiciî sIs mproving greatly in heulth, and wili rtturn at a later dat e. Miss Aggie Ormniston, of Oshawa, spent the week-end ut home. Miss Irene Vailent has returned after %tsiting Oshawa frienda. Thie Stinday Scitool and Epwortb LeîW 0<- teld their busIness meetings ast wet-k and elected officers as fol- luMs s F'or tihe Sunday Scitool: Supt.-Mr. John Wadge. Aýsst.-Supt.-Mr. Kellngton. Secretary-A. J, Grose. Trt>asurer-Mr. Harper. Teachers-Misà 1- Keilhngton, lirs. Aý J. Crosse, Mr. John Brent, Misa Vio- let' Stanton, Miss Ada Brent. for the Organizeil Claaa. Mr. Nickle. organiat-Misa Greta Hodgsou. Thie Epworth League ofilcers are: Presldent-F\ Nottingilam. 1sf Vice-Pres.-Mr. Kellington. 2nd Vlce-Pres.-Mr. John Brent. 3rd Vice-Pres-MisB Beulah Dring. 4thi Vice-Pres-Miss Ada Brent. 5th Vice--Pres.-Miss Greta Hodgson. Secretary--Miss Luchla Avery. Treasurer-Mr.' Wm. Thompson. Organist-Miss lvy Badcock. PICKERING COUNCIL The above Council met puratuant te adjournment on Monday, the lot lit. Members ail present, the Reeve ln the chair. Minutes of the luit meeting were rend and approved. A aumber o!faccounta were proet. sil for payment a.nd reterred te tthe re- spective standing cOfMttees On motion Mr~. Devitt wau heard re providig meais for Council. A communication wus reeod e~trou Mi"s i. IL Bate, Broutham, Secretary o! Womeuls Insttute, aatingSas"trou' thle grant o! $100 trou' thse Couacil tise had made. shirts and »acs valued St $223.25. I A communication wau aim e roUedG from Miss m. Rlcisardub. Seretat7,oti the Ilckerlug branch of thse WOMeaa Institute, re expendituru of thse 100 grant. A communlcatikm W»sr.esved ft*m B. Connor, consulttu insevil.gzse ~KAMS routo, offerlng to prepare plans for bridges. W. J. White, overseer, div. 46, st.ated that t.he bridge on con. 6, opposite lot 20, was unsalfe fromn spring freshets. Gardb.am Tran, overseer of div. 41, reported that culvert on 5th con. op- posite lots 34 and 35, will have to be replaced. l1. Johnson, overseer of Whitevale div., asked for grant to purcirase 30 bbis. oement for sidewalks. Messrs. Dandy & McCarron asked for ditch on sideroad between lots 14 and 15, in con. 5. R. Nutal complained of water f rom Miller's land, on loté 16, 17 and 18, lu con. 7, having since deviateil to flow east on the nortil ide of road and flood- ing his land- Should have run south through the north-west corner of lot 18, con. 6. Ed. Wilson, assessor, was heard re two -trips to Whltby re equalization of assessment of' County of Ontarlo. F. G. McCarthy was heard as to 4th con. road opposite lot 10, same being lu very bail shape. Mr. Mowbray reported road badly washed out at bridge on btb, concession opposite lot 22, adjacent hili also badly washed. Your committee ack.nowledge receipt of a communication f rom the ofilcers of the ll6th Battalion, asking for a grant f rom this township to assist in purcliasing the necessary equipmnent flot supplied by the goverumnent, would recom.mend that the matter be laid over for future consideration. The Council now adjourned to meet again on Monday, May 20th, ai 10 a.m. for the transaction of general business, and at 1 p.m. as a Court of Revision. BIRTHS. ORMISTON--On Saturday, May 6th, 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ormis- ton, Uxbridge, a daugbter (Frances Elizabeth). MARRJ.AGES. WILSON-CHARLTON.-In Whitby, on April 19fh, 1916, by Rev. R. W. Allen, Mary Christina Charlton, of Whitby, to Pte. Alton Herbert (Biert) Wilson, of 182ad Battallon. of Oshawa. DEATHS. BOYES-In Brooklun, on Tuesday, May 9, 1916, Mary Jaffrey, beloved wife of James Boyes, i her 68th year. IN MEMORIAM. SOUTHWELL-In loving memory of Ethel V. Soufilwell, who pase pecflyaway to rest at ht r Ont., on the evening of, May 9fil,195 -Until fthe day dawn and the shl FIELD AMBULANCE FOR 116TH BATTALION. The schools of Ontaro Counlty are presentlng a field ambulance to the ll6th Battalion. The presentation will be made on May 24th, at whatever place the Battalion will be during their trek througb the County. FARM LABORERS WANTED The Western Provinces of Canada are now experiencing an acute short- age of farm laborers for spring and stîmmer, work, which 'skes steady m ork and good wages a 'êi inty. Saskl- atchewan has called for f1ye tbousand laborers, and an equal number is re- qtîired lu Manitoba and Alberta. After a thorough canvass of fthe ter- ritory served by the Canadian Nortil- ern Railway, it was found t.bat an av- erage of 27 men is required at the points from which returns were re- ceived. An average wage of $46.00 per xnonth, lncluding board la being paid, the hlghest belng $3 per day. For further parfIculars as f0 men re- quired and the wages be!ng paid at the varlous points apply f0 Richardson & Richardson, Agents, or write RIL U Fairbairn, General Passenger Agent, 68 King St. E., Toronto. -tt. ODDFELLOWS' CHURCH SERVICE. The annual church service of ihe Whitby 1.0.0.F. was beld tits year in comlmemoraflon of the ninety-sevenfh ann.versary of fthe !ounding of thle or- der, aund was held af Ail Saints' Cburch on Sunday afternoon, May 7fh. The parade was participateil in by Eastern Star Lodge No. 72, Whitby, and Whif. by Encampment No. 13, as well as by r nurnber of visifing bretilren. The parade was formed up on Brock Street In froint of fthe lodge room, and, headed by the' 182nd Battalion Band, procep.deci along Brock, Coîborne and Centre Streefs f0 fthe churcli. The pro- cession was wItnessed by large num- bers of people, many of whom also at- fended thle service. Rev. R.W. Allen, rector of AUl Saints', conducteil the service, in which he was asslsted by Mr. MoCollan, student-in- charge of St. John's Churcil, Port Whit- by. Mr. Allen deilvered a splendid, practical sermon, taking as bis text, 1 Peter 2: 17-"Honor ahl men, love the brofilerhood, fear God.' 0o Mr. Leonard J. Ruttan, who bas re- turned f rom McMaster University, To- ronto for the summer, bas been suc- cessful In passing alfthe examinaflons o! the first year, wltb a record o! not less than 60 per cent. ln any subjeet. DISTRICT DOINOS. Uieut. Ted Dofieny, of Cobourg, bas been killed ln action, also Quinner H. Ivey, sofl of Dr. and Mrs. Ivey, Co- bourg. Port Hope waa lncluded as one of the points of attack of a proposed German raid on Canada. Corpi. Dan. Douglas, of Bowmanville, whose letters to the Stateesnan biave been published weekly for some montils, bas been wounded in action. Orillla's population is over 8,000, ao- cording to the reoeutly returned asseas- ment roll Traà Tine l'able. 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