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. ~~ purposes, supply is ample... * EDITORIAL BAR Sua i 23 AY -- it PORT PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28th, 1947 -r "PORT PERRY. NEEDS CLEAN WATER" Nobody challenges that sattement, if they have to use Lake Scugog Water in Febr uary and, March, * Then we are willing to do almost anything for is has been going on for years, nd-of the winter the water ineyitable, is a shallow, artificial lake, with no running stream to carry off the accumulating silt. clean water, Lia and each year at x grows dirtier, This EN greater than the Well Supply system; and the maintenance cost of filteration very much higher. is long enough. shall have gone for Lake Scugog \ dustries. Wel, the matter has been studied, and plans are .to be submitted to the ratepayers to correct the unpleasant water stiuation. Costs have also been estimated, and soon we must decide what we are going to do about the matter. It is interesting to note that several communi- ties, some much smaller than our own, have had to face this problem, ors The estimated cost for pure water for domestic use in Port Perry is $125,000, This is the figure given bv Dr. Berry, of the Provincial Department of Health. Some of our local people are\of the . opinion that this figure can be reduced. ~ much the better. But it will be costs whatever they may be, and consider how those costs may be met. In the first place it must be noted that water- . works is a revenue producing department, until the present time the department has shown an annual surplus for some years, and that surplus has been profitably used. to the advantage of the ratepayers. Another feature that eases the situation at the present time is the fact that debentures sell at a The recent $8,000 road de- bentures only earn 2% % interest. . However, the water improvement may raise the What that addition will be for the next twenty years, has not yet been computed. All this will be presented at a public meeting to be held in the Assembly Hall of the low rate of interest. tax rate to some extent. High School at an early date. We certainly need a better water supply, and, _ if Rodney with a population of 760 can spend SPEND LABOR DAY _ It is to be hoped thfit the debentures will not be issued for too long a period. load should not be allowed to drag. Twenty years The financial It is to be hoped that Port Perry ahead well enough in that time so that other improvements (such as sewage) may be made, which will attract new residents and in- * * * AT PORT PERRY For some years Port Perry Fair has been held on Labor Day. attendance year The result has been a growing by year, because the Directors have been encouraged and have made every effort This year will If so, 80 . crowds. wise to face the too immense for Up other days to go Gradually the loyalty will need entertainment. Here we get inspi district. Best of days when the "seeing" folk to lead their -to continue to.produce the best Hey can by their to promote agriculture in this_district, and to en- .tertain the people who come to the Fair. be a testing time. The great 'Canadian National Exhibition has been re-opened, and in the past Labor Day has attracted immense The fact is that those crowds have been comfort, or for the opportunity to SEE the great Exhibition. The loyalty of the home folk will be able to show the Directors of Port Perry Fair that their good work has been appreciated. There will be many to Toronto to see the big show, will be much better, change is coming when local to be shown to enable the home own lives and enjoy their own Here we meet the folks and renew friendships. Here we see what our own neighbors can produce, ration to do better year by year; for here we get new ideas that are practical in this all, we can encourage our people RD industry and skill. ; trict. --$135,000 for a waterworks system, Port Perrry, with 1300, can wisely assume an expenditure of $125,000 for pure water for domestic use: As will be seen in the report of Friday's night's. meeting, two plans for water improvement are suggested. Filteration and Ground Wéll Supply. From the figures given in the report of .the en- Simpson, it is evident that the or- iginal cost of the Filteration system--would be gineer, Mr. Labor Day is Pott Perry Fair Day for this dis- Don' t miss the local Fair, * * Schools. Re-Open Sept. 2. After the long Summer Holiday, the Port Perry High and Public Schools will be re-opened ori Tuesday, September 2nd- Both teaching staff and equipment are of the best in these schools, ¢ On Friday tsiing of last week a 'meeting was held in the Community room of the Public Library to con- sider reports. in the matter of obtain- ing good water for domestic use in Port Perry. The members of the coun- cil were present, together with a num- ~ ber of business men and other citizens, "and members of Reach Township Coun- cil : : Reeve F, E. Reesor presided. = He first called on Mr. J. N, Simpson, re- - presefiting G. G. Reid, consulting en- gineer. Mr. Simpson recommended the use of ground water from the well-drilled near Cedar Creek at a point some four 'miles South of Port Perry. The sup- ply was estimated at 400 gallons a minute of water that met the Health Department requirements for drinking _As the proposed contract - requires only 100 gallons a minute, the One hundred gal-|- lons a minute would give 56 gallons per capita each day, which would be _ample and would keep supply in the 125,000 gallon tank for emergencies. (Note--We already have the fire truck, ) This water would be brought to Port 2 Perry from a specially constructed ~ pumping station-at Cedar Creek, along .a six inch main laid along the road- side, bo The cost of this pumping station and - necessary .mains to bring the water ta Port Perry would be $566,000. After entering the village re-arrange- ments of present pipes and the building "of the new reservoir would add $70,000 to the cost, making a total outlay of $125,000. The pumping. station would be electrically operated and automatic. As the main would pass through the village of Prince Albert, it is expected that water uders there would add something to the revenue, Mr. Simpson outlined an alterrfative plan by whiéh the lake water could be used, after being purified by filtration. This plan would cost $62,000 'to put he water in the pipes of the present vstem. But after the filteration plant was built, it would require the care of .an experienced many plus the. chlorine and alum used in/the filterting pro- cess. This plan would havé an initial cost of $130,000; and maintenance costs" would be much higher. ' Mr. Kirk of the International Water Supply Co., gave a brief history of the various efforts to secure suitable ground water supply within the muni- cipality; but without success. With this story our readers are all familiar. Evidently the location of Port Perry is not in the direct underground water area, in spite of the presence of the lake, which however, is artificial, and very poorly supplied with inflowing streams, ; Dr. Berry, of the Provincial Depart- ment of Health, spoke of the strange- ness of needing to bring water a dis- tance of four miles in order to obtain a suitable supply. But agreed to the necessity for the reasons already out- lined in this report. He favoured se- curing water from the well, both for its purity, and for the lower cost.' An interesting light was thrown "up- on this subject of waterworks installa- tion, when the speaker gave the fol- lowing list of Ontario municipalities that have successfully undertaken this work, Barcaditares 'in other Municipalitities Mun. - Rory Cost" Project Lucan « ........... .. $100,000. W.W, Paisley ......... 500-2 70,000 W.W. Rodney ........ 760 185,000 W.W. Dutton ........ 760 135,000 W.W. Madoc . 11000 285, ,000 W.W. & Sewers Delhi /i..00....2000 °° 515,000 W.W. Tn & Sewers Elora ........1100 . 176,000 W.W. Port Perry ..... 1800 126,00 \ W.W, Note-- This figure: would be nmuch higher but we already have the water mains on many streets in Port Perry. "Most centres in Ontario with a pop- ulation of over 1000 have a water- works system. ; The difficulties of obtaining ade- quate supply in stich places at Kitch- | ener, Cochrane, and Lindsay, were ox- plained. Kitchener has grown rapid-' ly ,and the water demand was greater than the underground supply. The Cochrane system had been in operation 26 years and needed modernizing- to meet currént demand. Lindsay is in the same situation as Port Perry so far as local 1 supply is concerned. Both system, Dr, MEETING RE WATERWORKS at present have the same source, and Lindsay has had to turn to filteration. Speaking of the cost, of the proposed Berry said that while the total amount seemed: large, it was, us he had: already indicated, not exces- sive.. He further pointed out that the present"is a good time to sell deben- tures, as interest rates are very low, lowest in a number of years: . The question of installing meters in the home was discussed; but it was felt that meters are not practical ex- cept in the cases of large users. ~ A public meeting to consider the in- stallation of a waterworks system will be called at an early date. a sari Letter from Mrs. H. Hope Dear Mr, Farmer: Just a few lines to let you know that I am still enjoying my holiday. I have seen many places new to me. A month was spent with my sister in Aberdeen (the Grghite City). All the homes are built stone; and when the sun shines they make a pretty sight. I visited Bromar, Inverness, Ayr, Kil- cranky, Loch Lomond. I never saw so much scenic beauty before-and shall remémber my holiday as long as I live. I don't think you can beat Scotland for beautiful scenery, tk st I am very proud of n my 'home. city. It has improved 100% since I left in 1911, \in housing, living and working conditions. .Wages re better, and I can see that young folk are going tol ° havey better time than I'had." I am very glad. ~ Rationing here is terrible; but I must say that I have fared pretty well. You can get meat, such as liver and sausage without pojnts. Pork Chops, Lamb,.and Roast Beef, are available Saturdays only, and not much at that, Soups and canned meats are very dear, and take a great many points, Boxes from Canada mean so much to these people. All bread is like brown bread, but is very good. say the. people in Canada lucky. I have met a great many d¢ld » Be [looked nice. | Hill, who contributed so generously to The people seem very happy, they are getting used to things as they are. I have taken a number of bus tours, and have' seen the places that were bombed. ~ It makes one think how for- tunate we were in Canada. If some of our Port Perry people saw the prices for clothes and shoes. As high as $30.00 for a pair of shoes (8 points); men's. clothing is high priced too, and takes 28 points for a suit. But the people are well dressed. School opened here on the 18th. I visited a high school, where a friend of ours is caretaker, That school has a beautiful entrance. The walls are tiled. The rooms don't look so good. The Household Science room can't touch the Port Perry room; but it I am waiting to hear when I sail for home. Believe me, it is going to be the hardest thing to say good-bye to the folks in'Bonnie Dundee. I will never forget this holiday; and the wal- come home, awaiting me there. Sincerely, 2 Mrs. Herbert Hope. THANKS The Thompson family of Prince Al- bert, wish to take this opportunity of expressing their great appreciation and heart felt thanks to all who so ably assisted and offered help on the day of the burning of their 'home, re- cently. The many kind offers of help of every kind knew no limits, We al-. so wish to offer special thanks to the citizens of Prince Albert and commun- ity and kindly neighbors of Borelia the voluntary fund collected by the kindly women of Prince Albert.. Such a spirit of neighborly help we feel sure would be hard to beat. Also sincere thanks to the boys of Port Perry Fire Brigade, who did their best under ad- verse conditions. To mention all the kindly offers of assistance we feel sure would tax the limit of this paper, so we will just have to let it go by again saying "Thanks-a-million" and hope all will understand our great "pure: ciation, Mrs. E. Thompson, Ed. } and Dorothy. "An Open Letter Dear Mr, Farmer: I have travelled through many small towns but have come to the con- clusion that your own little town of Port Perry has just as much to offer as any other small town. You are situated' on a lake which is only a radius of 60 miles from Toronto, you have two big days at the Fair Grounds to offer as entertainment, you have a show, you have good 'eating cabins, you have a hotel and you also have a yacht club and you have beauti- ful scenery,--but you have not a nice bathing beach, nor have you enough industries. If the lake was cleaned out and sand put down so that the kiddies could play in. it, it would not only increase busi- ness but you would be known all over as a holiday resort only 60 miles from Toronto. You even have beautiful hill for skiing in the winter time, in fact your town has almost everything ex- cept someone with enough foresight and money to make it the Summer 'Resort of Ontario. It is also too bad that your rink has to be closed, from what I can gather you have several wealthy men in your town who could easily build a rink for the town that. they grew up in, what a beautiful memorial to leave, instead of leaving their hard earned money for someone else to spend it who has not earned it, I will close now and will be back to visit Port Perry and may_ I see some improvements. ; ) ABN A VISITIOR. I) . 1 J Traffic Warning Death worked overtime on Labor Day Holiday last year, Highways Minister - Hon. "Georgé H.. Doucett points out in a safety appeal to holi- day motoristd and pedestrians to "take it easp" over the coming week-end. "There were fifteen traffic accidents iM the Province during the Labor Day week-end last - year", Mr. Doucett states. "That fact alone should be rough to remind all motorists and estrians to take extra care. Dur- ing the year there was An average of AN / / places, you have a swimming pool and |- hours; but in that 3-day, holiday period at this time last year the average was a death about every 6 hours." "The Labor Day week-end, coming at the end of the summer traffic peak is almost always a bad period for traf- fic accidents in Ontario. Thousands of people are out making use of the. last of the summer holidays. Very large numbers of our American visitors are driving back to their homes and final- ly, more than half a million of the Province's children are having their last carefree fling before school starts agaain." "Ontario's record of only one fatal accident over the August Civic. Holi- day week-end, despite the very large volume of traffic at that time, was the gratifying result of care and cau- tion by motorists and pedestrians alike. Labor Day accidents ean also be reduced b pa united effort." Wm. H. Doubt Passes The funeral of William H. Doubt was held in the McDermott Funeral Home on Wednesday afternoon, to Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert. 'Born 71 years ago in Port Perry, the son of John H. Doubt and Mary North- cott, the late Mr, Doubt received his education in Port Perry schools, learn- ing the tailoring trade from his uncle, the late Henry Doubt, and later prac- tised in Smith's Falls, Sundridge, North Augusta' and Paris, Ont. He opened his own business in Port Perry in 1897 which he carried on until 1926. For many years he had been in ill health, the last two in St. Joseph's Hospital, where his death occurred last Monday, During his lifetime he took a great interest in. Church work, the choir, and Sunday School work. In the lat- ter he taught a class of boys for over thirty years. He was a member of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, be- ing a Past Noble Grand. He was also a memberof the Masonic Order. "Ii 1902 he married Nellie Bentley, who survives, along with two sans, Reg. W., of 'Lakefield, Allin J. of Brantford, and two daughters, Mar- guerite, Mrs. Harry Lundy, Brantford, and, Phyllis, Mrs. James Allan, of Brantford, also one brother Robert; of Toronto, and two sisters, Mrs, J. C. Taylor, and Mrs, R. B. Smallman, both of Port Perry, also ten grandchildren. 'The funeral was conducted by Rev. F. G. Joblin, Rev. W. C: Smith, of Port Perry, with the Rev.. Harley Balfour, Anglican rector at Hearst, assisting at the graveside. Casket bearers were two son-in-law, Harry F. Lundy and James Allan, a nephew, Karl Doubt, Toronto, William Webster, Port Perry; Kenneth Hahn and Everett Phillips, both of Oshawa. --------, MARRIED HOPE--JORDAN WEDDING Simcoe Street United Chapel, Osha- wa, was the scene of a wedding on Sat- urday evening at seven o'clock when Miss Alda Mae Jordan, 'daughter of Mr, and . Mrs. Russell Jordan was united in marriage with Mr. Malcolm Graham Hope, son of Mr. and Mrs: Herbert Hope, of Port Perry. Rev. A. D. Cornett, D.D., 0.B.E,, performed the ceremony in a setting of peach and yellow gladiolus and ferns. Given in marrage.by her father the bride wore a gown of azure blue sik jersey designed with a fitted bodice, short sleeves and a peplum at the waistline, Her matching -hat was-a tricorn model with a finger tip veil of net. She wore long mittens of they same -material-as-her gown and blue plastic shoes. Her jewellery was a and her 'flowers were a corsage of American Beauty Roses. The matron of honor was Mrs, Jack Hope, sisterzin-law of the groom, who black hat misted in grey veiling and a corsage of peach gladiolus petals. Mr. Jack Hope was best man for his brother, . The recepition was held in the din- ing room of Hotel Cadillac. The bride's mother received the guests wearing a street length dress of turquoise crepe, turquoise felt hat with veil and a cor- sage of yellow gladilus petals. Mr. Ian Clement as master of ceremonies proposed a toast fo the bride and groom, also read a cablegram from the bridegroom's mother who is at present visiting relatives in Dundee, Scotland. one motor accident death every 18 A cable was also received from the found the flowers dumped (not laid) 'four baskets missing, fishing." They did not. sunburst of pastel shells on a fine chain | wore a French Grey crepe dress, small |.-- SAMUEL FARMER Editor and Publisher bridegroom's three aunts and a cousin also of Dundee, Scotland. The bride's table was decorated with a low bowl of gladiolus and flanked with white tapers. The three storey wedding cake occupied the place of honour. Later in the evening, the bride and groom left for a honeymoon trip to points West, and on their return will reside on- Simcoe Street, S., Oshawa; Out of town guests at the Hope- Jordan wedding on Saturday, were Mr. Herbert Hope, father of the groom, Mrs. Theo. Raines and sons Graham and Jimmy, Mrs. Grant Jeffrey and' daughter Louise, all of Poret Perry; Mr. Frank D, Heaslip, of Toronto; Mur. and Mrs. Dave Reynolds, Toronto, Mr, and Mrs, Earl Salter, Chatham. A Very | Mean Act! At a funeral in Pine Grove Ceme- tery, last week, there were several large baskets of very lovely gladiolus and other flowers. These were left at the graveside, the family intending to return after tea and take some of the best of them to the hospital where the! deceased had been for nearly a year. When the caretakers finished filling the grave they took especial care to fill the baskets with water and ar- range them around the grave, leaving about six o'clock. When the family returned for the flowers at seven they in a heap on the ground and at least Whoever .did this act must be feel- ing very proud of their cleverness. They may save themselves a lot of trouble if they return the baskets to the graveside. Some of these were borrowed baskets that have to be re- turned or replaced. To steal from the dead, a grave, or a cemetery, is con- sidered one of the meanest acts im- aginable. Lost es Boots, Shirt and Fishing Rod Three men from somewhere, names unknown, hired a beat from Don Crozier last Saturday afternoon. They had an outboard motor which they at- tached to the 'boat. Then they went "They were feeling "a bit gay" having taken something to keep them in good spirits. One of the men decided that he would do a bit of casting standing up in the boat. Then a chum (or chump) thought he had a right to stand up, too. About that time things began to happen very fast. The boatrturned over; the three men were dumped into the lake together with their fishing material; and the outboard motor fell off and sank to the bottom. Forunately the water wasn't very deep where they were (opposite six mile island) and they managed to get a soft footing on the bog. George Edgar Arrives on the Scene About this time the water soaked in- dividuals began to yell for help, and George Edgar, who had been busy at Seven Mile Island, located the S.0.S., took a boat, and went to the rescue. Myrtle Station On Saturday a birthday picnic sup- per in honour of Mr. W. Poulter, of +Oshawa was held on Mrs. Harold Stredwick's lawn. - Supper was served yon the lawn with table centered with a .birthday cake and looking lovely with many colored gladiolus. After a hearty meal of sandwiches, salads and cakes of all kinds, the following program was enjoyed: a sing-song of Gospel choruses; Mr. S. Mann, several pi fccordian solos; Mr, and Mrs, Mann mouth organ duet; Mr. and Mfs. \O. ; Sherrard, vocal duet; Mr. S. Skinntr, bass solo; Misses Ruth Skinner and Pauline Hooper, vocal duet; Mr, Bill Stephens, a guitar and mouth organ duet; Mr. S. Mann, Mr. Bill Stephens, guitar and banjo duet; Mr. Elton John- ston closed the pleasant evening's en- ttrtainment with prayer. Those pre- sent were: Mr, and Mrs. W. A. Steph- ens, Mr. and Mrs. W. A, Stephens and Miss Kdna Thompson, of Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mann, Pickering Beach; Mr. and Mrs. Elton Johnston, Teddy and Allen; Mr, and Mrs. S. A. Skinner and Ruth; Miss Pauline Hooper; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Collen. and. Beulah; Mr. and Mrs. \W. Poulter; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sherrard, all of Oshawa; Mrs. Flora Cook and Master Wayne Nottingham, Myrtle, Mr. and Mrs. John Lawrie, of Osha- wa, were Saturday evening callers at - the home of Mrs. Francis Briggs and Miss Thelma Briggs. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan and 'children were in Toronto on Saturday when they attended the wedding of a rela- tive. Mr. and Mrs. im Cooper are enjoy- ing this week as a holiday. They spent the first part of the week with Fenelon Falls relatives. Mrs. Percy Jeffrey and Save of Scugog, visited her mother, Mrs. Ivan Rodd, on Tuesday. -- Miss Mildred Harrison, of Toronto, is on holidays for two weeks. She will spend a part of the time with friends in Montreal, leaving on Friday morn- ing. " Mr. and Mus. Bill Malley, of Bow- manville, were week-end guests of Elwood and Mrs. Masters. Mrs. James Lee and daughters, of Greenbank, spent Sunday with and Mrs. W. J. Cook. "Mr. and Mrs. Duchemin were | guests of Peterboro friends on Sunday. Mr. Ivan Fisher, of Fielding, Sask., who came down on the harvest excur- sion, was with his sister, Mrs. Archie Parrinder and Mr. Parrinder, on Sun- day. Miss Edna Bodie, of Toronto, accompanied him. The rattle of tin pans, the clamor- ous ding-dong of cow bells and the shrill ping-ping of plow shares--the legandary musical (?) instrunients used on an occasion of this kind-- broke in on the still warm air on Tuesday evening. You've guessed--a charivari! John Maw, always a "big toad in the puddle" at an affair of this kind, was the cause of the seranade. He "went and saw and conquered" and so brought home a brunette bride from Prince Edward Island. It seemed that all the couples that John had helped launch on the sea of matrimony in the He found the thyge clinging to the upturned boat. One of them had rid! him self of his shirt and boots. How he pulled off those boots is a bit of mystery. But he did and now he is minus those boots and shirt. Well, George got busy. Had the boat righted. Dug up the outboard motor. Saw the men safely in the boat and started them for the shore. One of the men fly delivered the boat at. Don Crozie .~Did 'they i Horan Edgar? It is likely they hunted up theiy car, and climbed in, singing as they started 'homeward-- "No. boys, we'll never get drunk any mooore." & This was a splendid piece of rescue 'work by George Edgar, who reserves much praise. Lit ID SIRI RIP I-- --- \ BANKING HOURS FOR SATURDAYS Starting Saturday, September 6th, the banking hours for the local branch of the Canadian Bank of ommerce will be, changed from 9.30 a.m. to 12.00" noon, to 9.00 to 11.00 a. m., until further notice, "J. R. HELM, Local Manager above mentioned manner in the past fifteen years and all his friends in this , district, gathered around his home to W do the same for him and his bride. - 3 There was lots of noise and lots of fun. After the usual introductions by the bashful groom and the hearty con- gratulations from the merry-makers, they all crowded into cars and a pro- *| cession set out for Nottingham's store where chocolate bars and pop--the ice cream had melted because the power had been off from about 6.30 p.m. on Monday----were enjoyed. "We think a sequel to this will follow in next weeks issue, --o YOUNG LIBERAL FEDERATION : CONVENTION It has been officially announced by the President, W. J. Mulock, Ottawa, that the Young Liberal Federation of Canada will hold their national con- vention on Sept. 5-6, at McMaster University, Hamilton, - following the National Summer ference, Sept. 1 to b. YOUNG LIBERALS' OBJECTIVE "To promote a Canadian spirit Con- based on the study and appreciation of - Canadian history, on the analysis and understanding of Canadian problems, on the realization of the potentialities - of our national resources and on the j development of common aspirations and vision . . 3 doratanyyng of the Jinsiries of free. {dom . .." 5 Mr. po CR } . and to spread an un-, RNS BAA Ati samiptne rues t p07 oA na 7s