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om Ya subscription expires. i : L fpr, F F : the + stomach of Donald Wilson, $1.50 per year in advance 5 cents single copy Watch your label; it tells when your Fe T PE RY STAR PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1934 SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher 'General News of ~~ the Week. The price of news print paper is advancing. 5 : * 8 France is to abolish the fixed price of wheat. Tt has been suggested that the Stevens Commission investi- gate the milk business. \ AR AY ATs - * ¥ ¥ A plan for extending pensions of Government employes in Ontario is being developed. * % % Calgary is celebrating its fiftieth birthday, and now has a population of 85,000, ° : * ££ % . The strike of pulpwood cutters at Sault Ste Marie has ended, and the leader has left the city. "i Unemployment insurance and old age pensions are being in- vestigated and planned in the United States. London, Ontario, is to have a sort of "free-for-all" election, with-89: candidates for aldermen and three for mayor. . Premier Hepburn has suggested the building of a small hos- pital in York Township for the treatment of school children. « Y $ > The Eaton Santa parade on Saturday of last week was one of the largest on record. - There was a general tie-up of traffic. The employes of the Oshawa liquor store haye been dismissed, and a new staff appointed; two new men being -added to the staff. It is stated that Premier Bennett is making arrangements 'to attend the Coronation' J ubilee ceremonies in London next May. McGill University receives a bequest of $100,000 for the Medical Faculty from the estate of thie late Mrs. Hutchinson, of Victoria. Gi Eye : RE A ae Lys Controller Ramsden is starting his campaign for election as Mayor of Toronto in January next. His platform. is "strictest economy." . : EE a IEEE . --¥ wok % re Investigation has hegun as to the actual cause o Donald H. Wilson, Port Hope publisher.Rumors are current of possible murder. ~ * Xx * The United States Army is asking for 800 new planes. About 500 of these are required to replace wornout or out-of-date machines. . * * > . Dr. Hetherington, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liver- pool, is to succeed Sir Arthur Currie, as the head of McGill University. 3 ® ok #* : A convention of "showmen" is to be held in Toronto next week, 2000 delegates are expected. They will arrive all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to Edmonton. : "Alice. in Wonderland" died at her home in Westerham, England, at the age of 82 years. She was the original "Alice" in the famous child's book by Lewis Carroll, > France is being asked to vote a war budget of $376,200,000, on the ground that Germany can mobilize an army of 5,500,000 men within'a few days in 1935. Sy Hon. Geo. S. Henry retains $he position of leader of the Con- servative Party in the Ontario Legislature for the next session. After that a convention is to be called to select a leader. Er LE G8 oes Ee Over ninety horses that took part in the New York Show -will be at the Royal which is now in progress at the Coliseum in "Toronto. - Stock entries are higher than ever this year. ~ ; Three children died as a result of burns received in a fire at Edmonton. The fire was caused by an explosion resulting from sprinkling distillate (a fuel fluid more inflammable than gasoline) on a slow fire. : : ] ; y * kk : ! 1 Hon. Mr. Heenan says: "The freeze-up will not walt while Federal Minister of Labor, W. A. Gordon, finds time to negotiate with the Ontario authorities." So Ontario proposes to go ahead with its share of the trans-Canada highway. One hundred and fifty children narrowly escaped serious in- jury; when a stairway leading to a Quebec theatre collapsed. Fortunately the real damage was comparatively slight. About sixteen out of 150 children were injured. 337 EN Horses, Dogs, Cats, Poultry, Singing Birds," Fancy Fish, Cattle, Flowers, Fruit and Grain, will. have on their best appear- ance at the Royal Winter Fair. 'And the junior farmers will have judging contests, while horseshoe pitchers will compete for cham- pionships. : EN : Dr. H. A. Bruce, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, is advocats ing community centres where clags-rooms, sports and recreation facilities might go hand in hand. These should be provided for .ex-soldiers and the unemployed to help them preserve their sanity under most. distressing conditions, | ; hy F-5s The British Parliament was opened in London on November 90th. Peace and security were the main t emes of the Speech ~ from the Throne. King George broke an age-long custom by driving in an auto to the opefiing of the British Parliament, instead of the State Coach. ; < * % % i % Hon. H. H. Stevens has suggested a building program for Can- ada that would require the spending of a billion dollars, That is better than the uselessthoarding of a billion dollars, with its con- , vequent unemployment, want, and lack of business. . 'Brough arsenic to kill ten men is said to have been found in dead Port Hope publisher. ' ¥ 1 ¥ . > of the H. BEWELL, * "The Church of England" For months the people of Green- bank vicinity, loyal to the tenets and doctrines of the Church of England, had been worshipping in the Tem- perance Hall, the only available place in the village, yet far from suitable. They were ever keeping before them a vision of 'a church building of their own, in Greenbank. On the 17th of June, 1870, Mr, John Ianson and wife gave a deed of a lot for that purpose Diocese of Toronto, the site being on the east side of the centre road,--now highway No. 12, a few rods south of the crossing of said road with the 11th lines of Reach. By late summer of that same year, a -neat frame church edifice was erected thereon, under the supervision of Mr. Alvery Beecroft. Its architecture, -- roof, ceiling, belfry, porch, vestry, chancel at the east end, windows Yrosted in their centres, and stained in the mar- gins--was quite in keeping with the traditions of the church building of this denomination. The seats, wain- scotting, floor and furniture were left in their natural wogg colour, neither painted nor stained. The bell was an asset to the village--the only church bell there. The exterior of the church was painted yellow, and for years the paint stood up well against all kinds of weather, but now not 'a vestige of the original' yellow can he seen-- doubtful that the church ever re- ceived a fresh coat of paint. : The families mostly interested in the 'organizing of a Church of Eng: land in Greenbank were those of John Ianson, Thos, Ganton, Dr. Knowles, Robert and Thomas Phair, William Watson (no relation to Bob or Jos: Watson); Capt. Robt. Walker, David Cragg, George Legg, Thos. Love, Sr., and others of that name, the 'three Warren families--John, James and William, the families of Wm. Perkins and Wm, Akhurst did not arrive in this neighbourhood until a slightly later date. Thos. Allan went there in 1873. The Albright Spring family maoved away to Muskoka a few years before this church was built. The opening of the church, late August, was an episode in the village. The 11th Hussars, of Toronto, were in- vited and about a dozen" of them, chiefly of their band, came back and put on the evening programme. They must have got an early start for they drove all the way with horses, 50 miles making many stops enroute for re. freshments, chiefly liquor, the periods successive rests gradually lengthening until, at Manchester, it was difficult for them to proceed further. But, on they came reaching their destination by late summer afternoon, "in rather convivial con. dition.. Without repairing to the hotel, they were able to imbibe still further, free of charge, and began to make merry, the young men of the neigh- bourhood. joining in the sports and athletic stunts. At leap-frog, a prom- inent old gentleman, fat and pudgy, was about to take his turn in leaping, when the stooping soldier, seeing what was coming and slipped aside, thus causing said old man to make a most undignified spill, to the amuse- ment of the spectator. Here, Dr. Knowles intervened by lecturing the soldiers most 'pointedly, saying they may boast of their connection with the Hussars, but he was an ex-member of the 10th Lancers, a military unit which would not stand for such dis- graceful conduct as they were show- ing, especially on such an occasion as this, ete., ete, It had the required effect, they later giving a very creditable performance by way of a concert. This branch, or mission, of the Church of England, was under the care of Rector R. S. Forneri, of Ux- bridge, son of an Italian, but of a Saxon mother. ably received his higher. education in Canada, probably at Trinity College, Toronto. He served in Uxbridge from -1866 to 1874, thence going to King- ston, becoming in time a Canon of his church, and later Archdeacon in his diocese. His last years were spent in retirement with his daughter in Peter- boro, where he died. Rev. John David- son, rector in Uxbridge, 1874 to 1881, was the next minister to carry on at Greenbank. During his time the Greenbank church was closed, Mr. Davidson finding the additional charge of the Goodwood mission, added to the to the Incorporated Synod -of the]. Rev. Forneri, of Ux-| 6506 Dovercourt Rd., charge of Uxbridge and Greenbank, too heavy for him, He later became | rector at Colborne where he died. ! came and went, two of whom--Rev. Westney and the Rev. A. U. De Pencier, now Archbishop of West, minster, B.C,, tried to revive the cause; at Greenbank, but all efforts failed, Rev. Dr. Cary, a scholarly old gentle-' man, of Port Perry, also gave oec- casional help at Greenbank, In 1912, for a consideration of $250, a deed of the Greenbank Church and lot was giyen to Wm. Phoenix, of' Greenbank, buying for the purchasers,' B. Cragg, R. Michie and himself, who in turn transferred the property to the people of their neighbourhood for a community hall, It seems this church had not been consecrated, hence the Synod was able to close its sale without the stipulation that it be torn down, otherwise it would have had to he dismant]ed,--moving it bodily would not have sufficed, in case of a sale For much the history of this church, I am indebted to Richard Winfred (Fred) Allin, an old Greenhank hoy,' who is, and has been for years the' Secretary-Treasurer of the Incorpor- ated Synod of the Diocese of Toronto, --church offices, 135 Adelaide St. E,, Toronto. : : The = Appellation, the "English Church" is, of course, quite improper, for it is np more English than are the Baptist, Presbyterian and. the United. ! Neither is the title "Anglican", a cor-! rect synonym for The Church of Eng- land. The term Anglican, is not legal. Some distinguished Churchmen. are' discouraging its use, would like to strike it out of their vacabulary en-| tirely, a difficult task because of its brevity and long usage. i The Church of England claims to trace back its hisfory, without break, | to the days of the Apostles. It has, no peculiar doctrines, but holds and' practices the whole Gospel in its! simplicity as the Way of Life, its fina] appeal in matters of life and conduct is, the Holy Scriptures in their en-' tirety as they Wave been interpreted] throughout the ages, the ancient, Creeds, and the great Councils of the undivided Church. ' After the Lord's Ascension and the day of Pentecost, the Apostles proceeded to carry out! His command to preach the Gospel everywhere. When they passed away, their duties and authority were trans- mitted to an Order of Bishops, who with the Priests or Presbyters, and, Deacons, constituted the normal: ministry, practically from the begin- ning. The Church came to England probably in the third century, cer- tainly before the coming of the Roman missionaries from whom it received a great stimulus in A.D. 587. It con. tinued in full communion with the rest of the Latin Church until the sixteenth century, the Reformation period, when it entered on a new era of life and worship, though still the same Church, By other countries it was often referred to as the British Church. It is uncertain by what name the Church called itself. In the Magna Charta, 1216 A.D.--perhaps much earlier, it was called The Church of England. It has always kept the two great sacraments--Baptism .and the Lord's Supper. "MARSH HILL Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Langstaff spent Monday of last week with friends at Thornhill. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Acton attend- ed the play at Chalk Lake. Mr. and Mrs. William Dickson and daughters, of Toronto, spent Sunday at Colin Lorimer's, Mrs, Chapman arrived home. on Sunday after spending the last few days in the city. rhe Miss Mona Horne spent the week end at her home here. eee et Pe BLACKSTOCK "Egypt" school ground was the scene of a gay crowd on Saturday last. It was the occasion of Mr.-W. Forder's shooting match and the sport minded of the community gathered and con- tested with shot guns and rifles for 20 odd geese. Mrs. Forder entertained some 5Q guests and served a goose dinner. i 5 Walter Wright spent Saturday in Peterboro. : i Several other rectors at Uxbridge . i years old, at fifteen dollars per month, ; front of Wilt-Harris' estate. GREENBANK CHURCHES. | PRINCE ALBERT IN THE EARLY NINETIES Rev. J. A surprisingly large number of men and women have used teaching as a stepping stone towards their life oc- cupations, Few have enjoyed the "stone" more than did the writer of this article, for seven years. Perhaps the most elated experience of his career was when only fifteen at Greenbank. Public School, as assist- ant to Dr. John Moore, now of Brook- lin, and his successor Mr. T. A. Scholes. A year later he continued his High School studies at Port Perry and in 1891 took charge of an ungrad-; ed school at Scugog Centre, with an enrolment of sixty-one pupils. His trustees were Wm. Aldred, John Stephenson and Samuel McKinley. Just a day too late the Prince Albert Board (Mungo Weir, Jas, Lang and D. L. Williams) had accepted his ap- plication so a year later he was hired there and remained for 1892 and 1893 with Miss M. S. Bullen as his assidt- ant. Then engaged by trustees Geo. Real, T. E. Cragg and T. L. Salter, back again he went to his first school- love Greenbank, as principal with Miss E. A. Shier as his assistant. Apart from what one is actually paid for, there are many ways of serving a community as well as him- self in the way<of profitable exper- ience. On Scugog the writer taught a Bible Class, presided over the Ep- worth League: at Prince Albert, was superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday School, and was a local preacher for the Methodist Church at Greenbank. As a Sons of Temperance he quite often attended four meetings a week--at Port Perry, Prince Albert, Manchester, Greenbank. He was sec- retary of a temperance plebiscite and also the local option. campaign In Reach Township. Most valuable were these experiences for a 31 years in the ministry, N He believes that because of the great difficulty in securing trained Sunday School workers, school teach- ers should more cheerfully respond to 'the urgent need. But back to the text! ! Years be- fore this period Prince Albert once in the lead had taken a back seat to Port Perry, of which it was now con- Sidered a suburb and only had two sniall stores and: a blacksmith shop. It was still the home of many Port Perry business men, such as Joshua Wright, Will Beatty, Jimmy Baird (Observer Editor), and others, yet it was more and morg becoming a de- lightful haven for retiréd" preachers and farmers--a veritable "saints' rest". Surrounded by old trees and beautiful gardens, the comfortable hothes occupied by a congenial and contented people--none very rich, none very poor--just enough to be happy, made the village a delightful place of residence. The writer was happily located with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cleghorn (now the Madden sisters' home), whose youthful spirits were ever a source of inspiration to the young teacher. Flower lovers please note that Mr. Cleghorn, a retired teacher, grew dahlias on a large scale, for the bulb market. Beautiful they were, but how small compared with the splen- did specimens now decorating the Practically everybody attended the Methodist Church and all the young people belonged to the Sons of Tem- perance, so around these two centred most of the social life of the village. The fine church choir and others gave such splendid concerts that they were much in demand in other lo- calities, especially the golden voiced singer Jim Balfour. We herewith reprint a clipping of a concert given in those days: "The concert given by the Sons of A. Miller Birdic Wilson and Miss T. Scenes, Miss Florence Kenner and Mr, J. A. Miller; quartette, Mrs. Dr. Hitzel, Mrs. W. S. Braund, Mr. J. Balfour and Mr. Fred Campbell; violin solo, Mr. Henry Franklin; empire drill in costume, sixteen young ladies; solo Miss C. Scenes; 'comic' duet, Messrs. Balfour and Campbell; instrumental, string band; chorus, "Silent Cell"; apron brigade, chairman." This was published in 1892, The young men (majority deceased) were Jim Balfour (D), Tom and Will Boynton (D), Fred Campbell, Tom and Will (D) Jeffrey, Ed. Kilpatrick (D), J. A. Miller, Will Turner (D), Bob White (D), Walter Weir (11); were far outnumbered by the young ladies: Armstrong, Brown, Boynton (3), Cash (2), Hiscox (2), Hurd, Heard, Hall (2) Kenner (3), Medd (2), Madden (2), McTaggart, MacBrien (2), Sollitt, Scenes, Tewkesbury (2), Wright (3), Weir (3) making 37. Now in regard to the school in 1892 and 1893. Spice will only permit of a few items of interest. The total enrolment was about 110, but we give here only the senior room. Nine have passed on from this life: Mabel Arm- strong, Kate and Winnie Balfour, Lizzie and Richard Berney, Lily, Alma and Edith Bond, Edna Bond, Annie Boynton (D), Janet Bravener, John Breen, Minnie Bruce, Charles Bryans (DI), Weston Cawker, Eliza and Willie Cornish, Joe, Frank and Tom Connolly, Frank, George (D), Birdie and Willie Dawes, Austin and Marvin Fallis, Edward Fielding, Wes- ley and Lulu Heard, Florence Harper (D), Louie (I) and Harold Hall, Harry and Minnie Knox, John ana James Lang, Ethel and Edith Me- Cullough, James, Bella (D) and Will MacBrien, Florence and Howard Mar- tyn, Tom Parrott (D), Georgia and Charlie Patterson, Elmer Still, Emma, John and Joe Sisson, Maud and Ollie Sutcliffe, Ella Squelch, Willie and Fred Turner, Frank Vickery, David Weir, Charlie Tipp, Willie Wiles, Maggie Wilson, and Harry Wiilmot (D). With very few exceptions success in goodly measure has crowned their efforts to make the most out of life. Five have remained in single blessed- ness--Janet Bravener, Eliza Cornish, Lulu Heard, Edith McCullough, Frank Connolly and David Weir. As to residence, only one, Frank Vickery, farmer, lives at Prince Albert, four are in Port Perry, seven in South On- tario, Aifjcen in Toronto, four in the United States, and most of the others in Western Canada. Only one took a university course --Mabel Armstrong (Mrs. W. R. Saunders, Toronto.) Two entered dentistry--Dr. Marvin| Fallis, Toronto; and Harry Wilmott, (died during college course.) Two became teachers, Tliza Cornish and Mabel Armstrong. One so climbed to the top in a military career, that he became Maj.- Gen. Jas. MacBrien, And now heads our R. C. M. Police. A worthy son of a worthy sire, School Inspector Jas. MacBrien. ' Frank Dawes supervises Eaton's smaller town stores and for years Tom Connolly headed the harness de- partment of the same company. Joe Connolly, long a railroader, has a good position with the C.P.R. in Toronto. George Dawes, who recent- ly passed away, in Moncton, N.B., was an outstanding insurance man, Harry Knox, now retired, :was for many years an outstanding police officer in Winnipeg. Wes. Cawker, now in Port Perry, has spent most of his life there, He is now an undertaker. Of the many school day attach. ments, not supposed to be observed by the teacher, only one ended in mar- riage, that of Charlie Patterson and Temperance last Friday evening was an excellant one and worthy of a crowded house. The Prince Albert! "folks know how to get up anything good, and give the people the worth of their money every time. There is no discount on a concert gotten up by the young people of this place. The audience seemed to be highly pleased, thel McCullough. They along with Georgia Patterson (Mrs. Groupe), perhaps keep most elosely in touch with the old home. Of many school concerts, the finest wis that on Columbus Day, October 12th, 1892, in honour of the 400th anniversary of the Discovery of America, (October 12th is the birth- notwithstanding the bad state of the day of the writer's twin daughters.) roads. The concert was a success Although the trustees, through financially. The programme rendered | former failures suggested the folly was as follows: opening chorus, S. O.]of tree planting, twenty-seven beauti- T. Glee Club; songs, Mr, J. Balfour| ful specimens of our National Emblem and Mrs. J. R. Heard, recitations, Miss ' were set out and twenty-three lived and are a boon to the boys and girls of to-day. (This in reply to a recent statement that beauty was not sought in the early days. East Greenbank is also more beautiful because of the trees planting notions of the same teacher.) The writer brought in the first safety bicycle, a strange contrast to the five geared organization (56 inches high) owned by other boys. The solid tires were 1 inch thick. That summer we saw two cushion tired wheels (1% inches) and a few months later the first pneumatic tires. Far too lengthy is this rambling scribble of a village schoolmaster of whom he would like to have said: "Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault." i --Goldsmith. "Some day the bell will sound, Someday my heart will bound As with a shout That school is out, and lessons done, I homeward run." --Babcock. MANCHESTER We are sorry to report the illness of Miss Aleta Barrett, also Miss Ada Masters, we hope to soon see them out again. Miss Ruth White of Ashburn is spending a few days with Miss Bar- ret, Miss McKensey spent a day in To- ronto this week. Mr. Joe Bowes, in Toronto this week. - Mr. and Mrs. C. Gerrow and Maunsell, also Miss Mitchell in Peter- boro on Sunday. The Community Club held a party on Thursday evening at the home of Mr. Grant Christie, in honour of Mr. Cliff. Farrow, who is leaving for his home in Port Huron. We will miss Cliff. in our Club, also the Club wishes to thank Mr. and Mrs. Christie for their hospitality. Mr. Farrow was pres d with the following address: { } Mr. Cliff Farrow, « Manchester, Ont. Dear Mr. Farrow: - You have been with us long enough for us to look upon you as one of our community. The fact is that your kindly good nature, and your willing- ness to be of service to our Club have led us to feel that could you have become a permanent resident, we should have learned to look upon you as one of our main supporters. It has been a real pleasure to hear you sing, and you have been most generous in this respect. When we think of the good times we have had we shall be sure to remember Cir Farrow and his songs. We learn that you are going to re- turn to your home, and before you left us, we felt that the least we could do was to give some expression of vour place which you have earned in our esteem, and the gratitude we have for your good fellowship. Consequent- ly you are the homoured guest of the evening at this party, and we present this little address to you as expressing in simple words our appreciation of your kindness, and our wish for your future happiness, Remember that "the latch string" will always be out when you find that you can return to us. Signed on behalf of the Club. The Mancheser Christmas Tree will be held on December 21st. Mrs, Crosier and Mrs. L. McKee attended the services held at Raglan on Sunday. ---------- > CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY The annual meeting of our Child- ren's Aid Society will be held in King St. United Church, Oshawa, on Wed- nesday evening, November 28th, at 8 o'clock. Our guest speaker will be Mr, M. A. Sorsoleil, Deputy Minister of the Department of Public Welfare of which the Honourable Mr. Croll is the head. Mr, Sorcoleil really needs no introduction to the people of this County. He has been with us on former occasions and his addresses were not only interesting and inspir- ing but were practical and informa- tive. 0. M. ALGER, Local Superintendent. Ta en SRN pr Pm Sam =~ 0G 5 a En a Bra tp: at PP a tng pi Ari a 4 Loni; aT ta i aed, Erman l i < rt SHH A ; a -- RL Sw 4 cy CE SE