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1 > 'General News of the Week Se - storms, and a general tie-up of lines of communication have been v2 275,849,000 bushels. © $A "greatly appreciated. ar . : pre 4 . 2 oN unfortunate young man, and death chores 50 that he would be able to at- * Falls that night. ~ advance of $2.50 per ton has been withdrawn pending further - frontage, SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher T PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31st, 1935 $1.50 per year in advance 5 cents single copy Watch your label; it tells when your subscription expires. LR w-- * RS - = -- - . Fe. Brakeman Lynch has been acquitted from the charge of man- slaughter in connection with the train accident near Dundas, How- ever, the railway is said to have dismissed Lynch from the service. Denton Massey has accepted appointment as campaign leader for the Conservative Party during the coming general election. ~The Mississippi River has been on the rampage, and great damage has been done by the flood. Low temperature, bad snow- prevalent throughout Canada, and the northern States. © France has approved of a new bond issue amounting to $1,326,000,000. The price of news print is'still'a question for discussion. An negotiations, Armed bandits stole $129,000 from the U. S. mail at Fall River, Mass. $10,000 reward has been offered for the appre- hension of the criminals. * The Canadian dollar fell below par by 1/32 of a cent. The pound sterling advanced slightly. ; et ; The W. M. S, of Toronto West Presbytery passed a strong resolution asking for the repeal of the wine and beer legislation. Rev. Dr. Goforth and Mrs. Goforth, missionaries to the Chinese, are to return home soon. Dr. Goforth is blind, and Mrs. Goforth fs in poor health. 'They, will live in Toronto. Teachers are to be asked to forego their fee of $10 per day for presiding at departmental examinations. oT 'Mayor Houde, of Montreal, declares that "relief" is driving cities into bankruptcy. . as : hs The wheat crop of Canada for 1934" k Fak As' been" estimated' at res i 4 : Mr. Heerian i§ recommending the reconstruction of newsprint ! mills at Fort William, Espanola, and Sturgeon Falls, at an esti- mated expenditure of $10,000,000, for the production of sulphides to be used in the manufacture of artificial silk. Capt. Militia officers, were killed by falling from the rear C.P.R. train. An investigation is progressing. Wallace Beasley and Lieut. Hamilton Askin, Windsor end of a Thirty-two persons lost their lives in the wreck of the "Mo- hawk" near Atlantic City. - - 1 kn ap Sir John Simon won the suit for libel againat a minister. who accused him of owning arnament stock; and, therefore, opposed to the reduction of arms. An apology was the only rastitution ac- cepted. Sir John paid the costs of the case. ee Mrs. Dzavalia, who caused the death of John Lesnowski in a car accident has been forbidden to drive a car again. Ex-Controller Hubbard, of Toronto, 93rd birthday. o Ei * x % 1 Walter Brethour, wife and child, of Lindsay, narrowly es- <apted death, when their car was stranded from lack of gasoline. They were badly frozen. : recently celebrated his « * 8 ® The road between Whitby and Oshawa has been staked by surveyers, and property owners questioned as to the ownership of 4 Some people think widening the road is contemplated. : * % % Mr. J. T. Shunk, bandmaster of the Boys' Band in Lindsay, died recently and was buried on Sunday last. The funeral was very largely attended, as Mr. Shunk's work with the boys was * % % : UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 00,000 industrial workers will be affected by the passing of the Frit insurance bill. If the bill passes, and it likely will, unemployed men- over 21 will receive $6 per week, unem- ployed women $5.10; 90c. per week for each dependent child; un- employed married men with five dependent children $10.50 a week. Workers must contribute 25¢c. a week, and must have been paying 40 weeks before benefiting by the Act. Employers must pay 25c. a week for each worker; Government assumes balance of cost F ound Dead from Gun Wound An inquest will be held on the even- ing of February 6th. Hubert's popularity among the young men of his acquaintance was very evident from the large number who attended the funeral on Monday afternoon. . Hubert Collacutt was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Collacutt of Port Perry, and worked with his father, who is a cattle drover. He was edu- cated in Port Perry and had many friends among young people of the community. . Besides his' parents he is survived by 'three brothers and a sister: Dr. Glen Collacutt; in Northern Ontario; Robert at home; and Jack in Oregon, U.S.A.; a married sister, Mrs. Stiner, lives in Kingston. : Interment was made at Pine Grove Cemetery, ~~ The sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved family. "Tora Np .On Friday afternoon of last week Hubert Paxton Collacutt lost his life through the discharge of a .22 rifle which he had 'in the stable on the home premises. It would be difficult to tell how the fatality occurred as Hubert was alone in the stable; but it would seem that the rifle slipped butt end to the floor, and that the jar of the fall had discharged the rifle. The shot entered the left ear of the would be almost instantaneous, al- : though there was considerable loss of blood. : 2% Hubert had spoken of shooting a stray cat that had been giving trouble about the premises. At the time of the acéident he was doing up the tend the hockey match at Fenelon v The County and the Railway : (Whitby Gazette) The support of Ontario County known farmer of Reach Township, BLACKSTOCK The annual meeting of the A.Y.PA. of St. John's Church was held at the ing being elected to office: cessful one. She then asked the Rev, Mr, Harcourt to take the chair for the election which resulted in the follow- Hon. Council in opposing the application of whose father, the late Peter Christie, home of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bailey on pesident--Mrs. Robt. Mahood; Presi- Wednesday evening, January 23rd. gent, Mis. (Rev.) Harcourt; 1st Vice. Rev, Mr. Harcourt, the rector, took the p,egident, Mrs. F. A. Bailey; 2nd Vice- the Canadian Nationa] Railways made was interested in the construction ot to the Dominion Railway Board for the railway line north, urged thé leave to discontinue passenger and Council to help the municipalities frieight service between Whitby and mentioned by Mr. Jeffrey to retain Crésswell, a~distancé of thirty miles, ! their railway service, which had been on the Whitby-Lindsay branch, was greatly curtailed in recent years. Mr, pledged Wednesday when a deputation Christie said that a lot of freight was headed by C. C. Jeffrey and Ex-War-| shipped over the line from Whitby to den Grant Christie, waited om the | Cresswell or Manilla Junction, and Council. Tangible expression of the{ that more business could be developed Council's sympathy with the muni-!if the railway went after it. Why cipalities who will lose their railway! should a rich farming area be cut off chair for the election of officers which resulted as follows: President, Mr. Lavern Devitt; Vice-President, Mr. John Hamilton; Secretary, Mrs. John Hamilton; Treasurer, Mrs. W. Craw- ford; Program Committee, the Ex- ecutive, Rev. and Mrs. Harcourt, Miss Florrie Parr, Mrs. Harry McLaughlin and Mr. Jack Smith. Lunch Commit- tee, Mrs. A. L. Bailey, Mrs, R. Archer, A sincere vote of thanks was tendered Mrs. Harry McLaughlin retiring secre- President, Mrs, Chas. Smith; Rec, Sec., {Mrs., A, L. Bailey; Cor. Sec. Mrs. | Howard Bailey; Treasurer, Mrs. E. Darcy; Little Helpers' Sec., Mrs. S. McLaughlin} Literature Sec., Mrs. H. McLaughlin; Living Message Sec., Mrs. W. Crawford; Dorcas Sec., Mrs. Robt. Parr; Auditors, Mrs. J. Mec- Arthur and Miss Florrie Parr; Lunch Committee, Mrs. Ira Argue, Mrs. 1. Smith, Mrs. Harcourt thanked the service if the applicaton is granted was forthcoming when a resolution passed that the county pay 20 percent. or an amount not exceeding $200 of | the cost of presenting the case for the municipalities before the Railway Board at Ottawa. : No Ballast Since 1915 C. C. Jeffrey, of Port Perry, chair- man of the committee which has pre- pared much data for presentation to the Railway Board, first addressed the Council, pointing out that the C.N.R. proposed to cut off thirty miles of the line passing through Brooklin, Port Perry, and Townships of Whitby and Reach and part of Mariposa, Sea- grave it was stated, would then be 17. miles from a railway, an almost incon- ceivable thing in this part of the country, Mr. Jeffrey said that the railway talked about getting not enough business, but, he sald, this was largely due to the fact that little or no effort was made to get it. No new rails had been laid since 1886, nor had {any ballasting been done since prior to 1915. But there was business to be had. This fall 55 carloads of turnips were shipped from Seagrave -that brought the farmers" in ready cash to pay their taxes. They could never have been shipped by truck at a profit, The men who helped to load these cars, Mr. Jeffrey pointed out, got paid for their labors, and so more money was put in circulation. Answering the railway's' argument that the branch line did not pay, Mr. Jeffrey said that Ontario had a huge investment in highways, many of which did not pay but they weve there nevertheless for the public convenience. The line was owned by the people and should be ex- pected to render public service. Mr. Jeffrey felt that if the railway were allowed to close these branch lines, which were feeders, business on the main lines would soon suffer. - Business Neglected Ex-Warden Grant L. Christie, well- < from railway service even if the branch line did not pay. It was the people's road and was supposed to give service. Reeve Albert W. Jackson, Whitby, submitted that this was a county mat- ter and should have the Council's sup- port. The railway, owned by the peo- ple, and heavily bonused by the muni- cipalities through which it passes, should be willing to give the people service, The Town of Whitby gave $80,000 towards construction' of the road, with all kinds of promises that had been ignored. - Now the Company came along and wanted to tear up the rails. . Given False Figures Wesley Crosier, deputy-reeve of Reach Township, through which the railway passes, sald that 90 car-loads of turnips were shipped from Sea- grave station this fall, but on this point the Railway Board had given false figures. .In addition, other freight worth $8,000 had been shipped from this station, with very little ex- pense for upkeep to take it to the main line. It was not the people's fault that the railway line needed re- pairs, Mr. Crosier said,but entirely due to the railway's policy of neglect. He thought that the Council should grant the Committee twenty per cent. to fight the railway's application. Deputy-reeve Warne, East Whitby, said that he believed that in 1887 the split between East and West Whitby Townships, which were -formerly one, was over this railway. It was cer- tainly a mistake. question about the Council spending the, $200. Graiit Christie reminded the Coun. cil that Reach Township bonused the railway to the extent of $40,000 to bring it into Port Perry, and later 'gave another hand-out when the line was continued further north, This ended the discussion and Coun- « cil voted unanimously to grant the $200 to be paid on the order-of the: District News Warden: : zan or indifferent does not be employed? sponsibilities, wealth. Common humanity dem birth control, and similar be. relieved as far as possible. demands that the causes of suffering be removed, and that there be no undue increase in the number of per- sons to be supported by the public. IS THE GOVERNMENT ~~ RESPONSIBLE? In other words--"Does the Government owe every citizen a living--the necessities of life--irrespective of the labor contribution of the individual?" Under our present system, the people are the Gov- ernment. The fact that most voters are either parti- rid those voters of their responsibility for the acts of the Government. Consequently, the people must decide if they are willing to :ax themselves unconditionally for the sup- port of all persons residing in Canada who are unable or unwilling to support themselves. Some idea of the immensity of such a task may be gathered from the figures being suggested in the United States--$50 a month for Old Age Pensions, and $36 a week for an unemployed married man. Why This question is not sarcastic, but is indicative of the trend of thought induced by the fact that the Government is gradually assuming these re- «Let us remember the basic fact--the people are either instructing or allowing the Government to assume this heavy load, a-load that must eventually be borne by those who actually labor to produce real ands that human suffering But common sense Marriage laws, subjects will have to be considered before this problem is solved. There should be no day afternoon, January 24th, with an this week. A splendid program has attendance of 25. The meeting open- been arranged and supper served for ed with a devotional period. The | 26c¢. i Mrs. R. S. McLaughlin was elected A j members for the confidence they tary for her efficient and faithful ser- placed in her in making her their vices. The program consisted of 8 president and spoke briefly of the ob- reading by Mr. Donald Clarke, Look- "jects of the W. A. Grateful appre- ng for a Husband ia reading by ciation of past services were expressed Miss Vera Forder, "Don't Quit"; and t, the retiring officers, Mrs. Graham Community Singing. . Lunch Was as president and Mrs. Clarence Parr i Ciel ia " ing RL thous who had been such an excellent treas- was tendered Mr. an rs. batley 10 yyer for the past eleven years. Lunch their kind hospitality, and the meeting as served by the, phot 4 in charge, closed with the A. Y. P. A. motto and namely Mrs. John Forder, Mrs. Levi Auld Lang Syne. No. present 24. [McGill, Mrs. Ira Argue, Mrs. J. R. Me- Mr. and Mrs. Herb Hooey and La i Mrs. . Parr. Norma were in Millbrook on ee a oe 5%, es, i : | he "Young People of the United ast Snag the funeral of the late Church motored to Port Perry on r. T. Hunter, : The February meeting of the Vie- torian Women's Institute will be hela at the home of Murs, Leslie Graham on Wednesday afternoon the 6th. The meeting' will be in charge of Mrs. Mervin Mountjoy's group. Miss Florence McLaughlin, B.A., of Mrs. F. A. Bailey spent a few days Toronto, spent the week end with her!) K ith olabived th Tovent i. parents Me. od Mis. J.B. Melangls jlast week with relatives in Toronto. in. Seat Mn, Eldon Eckel and Mr. Allan were Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Marlow visit enteriained at the home of Mu. and ed with Mr. and Mrs. Oakley Carley, Mrs. L. Corner on Saturday evening, of Cavanville, last week. A number of young people enjoyed a very happy social time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mountjoy on Saturday evening. {Wednesday evening last. On arrival they made their way to the town rink where 206 skaters thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Before leaving for home they visited 'the "White Kitchen" where they did ample justice to sand- wiches and coffee. We are sorry to learn that Mr, Ralph Saddler is. under the doctor's care. We hope he will soon be better. Mr. and Mrs, Percy Jobb, Oshawa, spent Sunday with the latter's par- The following ladies attended the ents Mr. and-Mrs. D. Galbraith, W. M. S. convention in Hampton oni Mr. and Mrs. Osmond Wright and Thursday--Mrs. N. Mountjoy, Mrs. C. Edith, Mrs. Thomson and Anna, visit- Hill, Mrs. (Rev.) Bell, Mrs. R. Taylor, ed with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Graham Mrs. John Larmer. of Oshawa on Wednesday of last week. The annual meeting of the W. A. of| The Oshawa Presbytery Young Peo- St. John's Church was held at the ple's Rally will be held in Port Perry home of Mrs. John Forder on Thurs- on Saturday afternoon and evening of business part of the meeting followed| Mr. and Mrs. Arthur VanCamp, Mr, including the election of officers the and Mrs. A. L. Bailey and Ross, Mrs. ooming year. Mrs. Leslie Graham the |S. A. Devitt, were guests at a fowl president, thanked the members for supper at the home of Mr. and Mus. their splendid co-operation during the W. W. VanCamp on Monday evening, past year which had been quite a suc- January 21st, it being the 44th wed- ' ding anniversary of Mr, and Mrs, A. VanCamp, . Miss Lucile; Forder visited last week with her cousins the Misses Pearl, Kathleen and Dorothy Wright. : Mv, and Mrs, Jos, Forder and family spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs, Carl Wright. : Free Courses at Port Perry OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF FIRST WEEK'S PROGRAMME AT AGRICULTURAL COURSE. Tuesday, February 65--A visit to Mr. W. A. Dryden's, Brooklin, for practice in judging Shorthorn cattle. Wednesday, Feb. 6--Afternoon lec- ture by Dr. Ronald Kwatkin of the Ontario Research Foundation on "Bovine Infectious Abortion." Farm- ers are invited. Lecture at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7--A visit to "Elm- croft Stock Farm, Oshawa, for "prac- ice in judging Holstein cattle, York- a tour through the General Motors' plant at Oshawa. Friday, Feb. 8--Lecture on "Farm Forestry and Windbreak Planting" by Mr. I. C. Marritt, Forestry Branch, Toronto, We plan to have the Home Eco- nomics Class along with us for the Tour through General Motors. Trip is being arranged through courtesy of Mr, H. R. Archer, GAT Lake Scugog Milling Coy. Mr. Waridel, Manager of the Lake Scugog-Milling Co. has been thoroughly renova- ting the mill, and is ready to do chopping for the farmers, His motto is: 'A square deal for everyone," It will be a short time be- fore the flouring mill will be ready for operation, but you can buy their high grade White Roses Flour, brought in from their Western mill. You are invited to call and ask about the mill's exchange plan, | There is not likely to be any redue- tion in assessment in Whitby, accord- ing to a report of the first Town Coun- cil meeting of 1935. * kx Oshawa "relief" cost the ratepayers $32,977.57 in 1934. : ' * = The Counties of Bruce, Peterboro, three from the nearest farm home, assistance at Manilla, where he finally secured some gasoline and started the long trek back to the car. In the meantime, Mrs. Brethour and LJ] . $40,000 has been placed in the Do- minion estimates for Oshawa Harbour * * * ) i Brooklin may be nmde a Police ; Village by by-law of the County Coun-| from chain stores, through the regular "cil if no protest is received, assessment roll. | rox PEE ! Mr. W. I. Moore, K.C,, M.P., ad- dressed the Pickering Young People's i Society on Citizenship. He said -it and Kent, are endorsing the resolution passed by Ontario County Council asking that power be given to muni-, cipalities to collect business taxes Government be required to pay all costs for supplies for Entrance Fx- ! was like Christianity--something to| aminations. ' be lived, not just talked about. ox a | * ¥. Words has ben received that appli- cations have been made by the C.N.R. President of the Hospital Auxiliary in| for the discontinuance of the branches Oshawa. at Orono and between Port Hope and J Peterboro. | Chas. Devlin, of Oshawa, died of ror x injuries received in a recent motor] H.T. Bradley has been chosen chair: accident. man of the Oshawa Parks Commission 2. 4 for 1935. | Mr. W. E. N. Sinclair, K.C.,, M.P.P,, xk : | was re-elected as President of the Reeve John Gilson, of Newcastle, South Ontario Agricultural Society for| is dead from a heart attack. the fourth term, : LP * A. A. Crowle was clected chairman of the Oshawa Cemetery Board. Ben. Jacklin is President and M. McIntyre Hood, is Secretary of the + Henry Gordon, of Port Perry, wus elected Warden of Ontario County in 1886. d i ELAR SE Oshawa branch of the Canadian A "paint-up" campaign has been | Legion. suggested by the Whitby Chamber of . LL Conierce, FAMILY BADLY FROZEN ON « & 0» HIGHWAY The story of how an entirely family so badly frozen they just missed death was related by Walter Brethour of Lindsay, who with his wife and 3-year old baby and aged father is recuperat- ing under medical care. CRE The Brethours had purchased a new Whitby Branch of the Legion in. cav-in Toronto and were bringing it stalled the following officers: Presi- home Wednesday evening in twenty- dent, G. M. Lomax; 1st Vice-President, one below zero weather. At three 'R. M. Devérell; 2nd Vice-President, G. " Mike Shuluk, an employee of King Bros. Tannery, Whitby, lost his right arm in an accident which his fellow employes did not see. It is thought that the unfortunate man had his arm caught in a belt and it was torn from, the shoulder, | 3 I. Wilson; Treas., W. H. Brown. Victoria County is asking that the' o'clock in the morning they ran out ( R. Perry; Rec. Sec., W. H. James; Fin, of gasoline, leaving them stranded : ' twelve miles west of Lindsay and Mr. Brethour's father became so cold they wrapped the infant in robes and started walking toward the village. They had only covered a short dis- tance when Mrs. Brethour collapsed through cold and exhaustion, and Mr. Brethour, 72, suffered a heart attack and was unable to proceed. When Mr. Brethour Jr. arrived he found the rest of the party almost | perished and with all hope abondoned. He managed to get them back to Manilla, where they spent the night in the home of Albert Marshall Medical help was summoned from Cannington. Walter Brethour's cars were so bad- ly frozen it will not be known for a day or two whether or not amputation of both ears will be necessary. Mrs. Brethour's legs were frozen from from knees to ankles. Mr. Brethour, Sr., suffered a badly frozen face and "cars. The baby escaped with a frozen finger, "It is the worst case of freezing I have ever encountered," stated Dr. C. B.- Graham of Cannington, who treated the unfortunate victims. ree el EP ss COUNTY COUNCIL FOR TORONTO CONVENTION At Wednesday's meeting of the Victoria County Council it was de- cided to send the entire County Coun- ¢il to the Good Roads Association Annual Meeting, the County to assume the cost to the extent of $15 per coun- The Council will also pay the usual yearly fee, The County Clerk attend as well as the County the Iatter to the Road | { | } cillor, will Engineer, Superintendents conference, as well as the Association meeting. 5 a Sh dhs hy . foo roiioiidos Ladi fs eS SK Ly Garo ia . x SN Ady NR . pas, | { shire hogs and Shropshire sheep, and * Mr. Brethour started on foot to seek... ,. 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