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rm oi SET PETE ee or [im ----at-publie brary will be from 7 to 8,30 Taw wwe Set December 22 As Nominating Date in Village - "Dee. 29, it was confirmed at the Nov. "more and then taken to court if he _like .we_can't_do .anything-about- this; "about the proposed hospital sidewalk. -the polls. Grant Tease informed the Reeve that the new roof on the 'town hall' had "the job was not announced: "mand that a . WATER DAMAGE -- Council de- garding alleged damage eaused-in-the- - mises... The owner wrote it cost him .place in final standings of Scott 4-H "club members in the fitting and train- AEN hon! oH Rn § TA PTY $2.0 00 per year in advance. Single Copy 8¢ Port Perry ratepayers will hold nominations Monday, Dec. 22 and vo- ters may go to the polls, Monday, council meeting. It was revealed that a by-law was passed <Oct. 20 fixing nomination date and places of voting and Deputy Returning officers. Nominating hrs. p.m. If an election is necessary the polls will be open from '10 am. to 7 p.m. Three men have been re-appointed as Deputy Returning Officers at a salary of $12.00 and the poll clerks who will be paid $8 per day will be named at a latter date, ~ will be DRO at Polling sub-division one at the municipal office. Cecil Heayn will be in charge at number two in the basement of the United urch and Joseph Allen at No. 3, the Jublic library, ; ; COUNCIL. BRIEFS-- ~~ Councillors agreed' that a "married man who is eligible but who has not 'paid his poll tax, be contacted once stil] refuses to forward the $6. HOSPITAL SIDEWALK -- "Looks this year," said Reeve Ernest Hayes Councillor Harry Peel pointed out that in order to make room for the walk that it would cost $600 to move "It was left over until next year, Fie TOWN HALL: ROOF -- Councillor "It's a 20-year-job The price of been completed. this time," said Tease. BOUNDARY ROAD SERVICES Council deetded to check with their solicitor regarding services to owners on roads boardering on the village and the township. "Can citizens de- 'road. be opened?" asked Councillor Hugh Santer. "Some of these roads have not been opened, just surveyed and named." The mat- ter came up when Clerk John Raines reported that Reeve of Reach had re- ferred to an old agreement regarding Simcoe and Maple street. PAVING COSTS--Cost: of Sorbie Mary and Water streets was revealed as $4,730.85. This bill from W. B. Bennett Paving Limited, Oshawa, as approved included $301 for scarifying and reshaping 8,010 square yards at R. J. Harper | 'ing her handbag a headed by the Whitby Legion Trumpet Mrs. R. A. Harvey, Cobourg, shown with CCl, student daughter, Louise, (in insert), gave up all hopes of find- Hid" valuable con- tents which she lost near Minden on July 20, while on way to Muskoka, However, 'bag and contents came to her intact 'a few days later. She wrote the Hon. George H. Doucett, Ontario Minister of Highways, commending : the finder, Daniel Gninforth, mainten- ance weed-cutter in Haliburton Coun- ty. The Minister expressed gratifica- tion that Mr. Gainforth had "extended life" to the Cobourg lady and, a few weeks later, he was promoted to rank and pay. of a foreman. - To show what such kind- ly expressions of appreciation mean to all 'Department of Highways workers, Mr. Gaianforth and family were photo- graphed at thelr Home some ten miles ordinary courtesies of "The dead of two wars were remem- bered by Port Perry and district re- | sidents at a special parade and church | service at Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning. The young and old veterans of the Canadian Legion, the Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, 'Wolf Cubs and Brownies, | band formed an impressive parade which was in charge of president Reg. oorhead. The parade formed at the jost-office, moved off to the Memor- ial Library for a short but' special ceremony. and then proceeded to. the church where a thought-provoking ad- | dress by Rev. John Riddell was the | highlight of the service. 10 cents and $4,420. 85 for surfacing with a hot-mixed asphalt pavement, 466.3 tons at $9.50 per ton.. Council- Jor Peel said this total was just a little more than what was expected as.the corners on the roads were not figured, FIREMENS BILLS--BIlls from the fire brigade for firemen attending a Cartwright. fire were returned for signatures of the secretaty of the de- partment. Reeve Hayes pointed out that no one had authorized certain re- pairs to the fire truck that had been done. Mr. Peel indicated that while hauling water that some had leaked At the Library President Moorhead, accompanied by Deputy Zone Com- mander Todd of Claremont laid a wreath beneath the Book of Remem- brance while Mrs. M. B. Dymond re- | presented .the 1.0.D.E. ¥ - Flagbearers Percy Lavington and Bert Howard dipped the colours at the Church as one minute's silence was observed between the sounding of the Last Post and Reveille by a Whitby trumpeter, The opening hymn was the tradi- | tional ""O God our Help in Ages Past" after which the confession was said and a scripture reading heard and prayer said. The 1.O.D,E. prayer was. into the gas tank. cided to write Municipal World re- cellar of the property of I. Haugen when a meter broke, flooding the pre- $26 to clean up the cellar and that he had deducted the amount from his repeated and after the minute's si- lence the-hymn "God of Our Fathers" was sung. The National Anthem and service. During the march back from the church the parade 'saluted' the memorial at the library with 'eyes left', On Saturday the "Légion realized a water bill, good ii for their welfare fund from DISTRICT YOUTH 'A young Port Perry district farmer placed first and a local girl took 4th Dairy and Beef Calf Clubs which con- cluded a sucessful season recently, This year the Club had 16 members enrolled and on Achievement Day at Scott Fair, 13 members turned out to show their calves, Assistant Agricul- tural representative John Gill of Ux- bridge, announced. 'The calves on show were exceedingly well brought out and it was evident that a great deal of work had been done by the 'Milton Cornish, R. R. 1 Uxbridge, as showing was evident in the high marks final placings, | Millan, -heredietion=concluded=the=impressive + i the sale of Poppies On Friday even- i ing the Annual Vimy dinner was held at the Del and a sincere address was | heard. fromm a member on Alcoholics Annonymous. - A wb Elect Ernest Till New President Greenbank A-C An open meeting was held at the home, of Reg. and Mrs. Foster, Green- bank "on Thur sday evening, Nov, 6, for all interested in sports, for the pur- pose of organizing an Athletic Club. After some opening discussion, the elected and sclected officers and com- mittees were as follows: President--Ernest Till, Vice-President--Murray Lee See. -Treas.--Reg. Foster. Equipment Committee--Frank Lee, Harold Baylis. Fund "Raising Committee--A. Mec- Elmer Gibson, George Beare, Hugh Baird, Stan Foster, Transportation Committee-- Lee, John Cook. 5 During the past year the young peo- Ernest ofthis community -made on very com- mendale showing in sports competi- tion, the young men and boys of Ernest Till"s Sunday School Class won the Inter CotimmmitySorthat--Cham- | pionship, while the boys' and: girls' mixed softball team represénting the Lindsay Presbytery, won top honours in a softball tournament held at Madoc this summer, and many individual awards. : -- 4 TOPS SCOTT 4 H BEEF CLUB ing of their calves," The Club was fortunate in having Club. Leader. A sound judge and showman himself, Mr. Cornish proved to be a valuable leader and the bene- fit of the coaching on judging and attained by the club. members in their The club project covers the follow- ing 'points for which marks are award- ed for the final placings for the com- plete year. During the year the mem- hers are required to care for and feed their calves, keep feed cost records, and attend monthly meetings held at prominent breeders' farms throughout the surrounding area. Marks are also hwarded: on the -calf's standing on Show Day and on the showmanship displayéd by the club members. This event is always keenly contested and this year was won by Hugh Baird, R. R. 2, Blackwater, who has now won this trophy for the second time. © The following is the order of merit in' the club project for the complete year: . (Continued on Page 8) ee ee 2 MARK REMEMBRANCE DAY HERE Poll Cartwri ght WITH SUNDAY CHURCH PARADE . ® from Haliburton on Sunday, Sept. 21. A shown -in larger illustration, they are as follows: t, Mrs. Gainworth, Kenneth Donald, 16; Betty Anp, 17; Mr. Gainforth, In front, Nancy Lynn, in third year; and David Hugh, five, Miss Gainforth hopes to become a trained nurse and Kenneth hopes Ontario'sdforest service may offer him a career, -- Dent. of gay Photo, Owners on Fi ire Truck Purchase Over 700 Cartwright property own-. ers will be polled by a mail vote ask- ing if they are in favour of the pur- chase of a $12,000 fire truck and hose _Left to right, :-rear:{-- | ™ E ~ The diseolouiation of the water {an Ontario Department | Works official has { Perry council, | of informed Acting Secrctary letter Raines from. Clerk-Treasurer' which "I now have further to an algae growth," - The killed by a poisoned algae growth. as to their findings." ernment 'keeps on giving us the run around' . . . and don't take any ac- tion'. Councillors appeared to agree. "I guess we'll have to wait until elec- tion time," commented Councillor H. Santer, ay Clerk Raines: in an earlier letter suggested that a sand sucker might help the situation. "It hardly appears that this is a matter in which this de- partment could assist as even the sand sucker which you spggest would not remedy conditions," said Mr: Fortier in reply. The department-on receipt of the first letter from Mr. Raines shad requested additional information prepared a history of the lake dating back to 1832 when the body of water was formed 'by the dam built by the Purdy brothers at Lindsay. and the causes. Mr: Raines says that man around the lake is that it is not only a 'weed condition' that causes the dirty water but a 'carp condition'. that will cost the area about $7,751.25. This was decided at the November | meeting of the township council at Blackstock after hearing a deputation from Caesarea. As a result Clerk H. Thompson will shortly send out 707 questionnaire ballots asking the tax- payers to vote 'yes' or 'no'. If a re- ply isn't received by the clerk the bal- lot will be counted as a 'yes' vote. 'According to the questionnaire the fire area runs along Lake Scugog from Caesurea School to Viewlake and from the County Road to the Lake, includ-.| ing both sides of the road. Capital cost of the truck is $11,590 plus $436 for 500 feet of hose. Thirty-five per cent of the total of $11,925 will be paid by the province. These figures, of course, do not include costs of maintenance, additions or replace- ments. : Payment for the truck which will "Before the water was clear, there were hundreds "of acres of wild rice and the fishing, duck shooting, bathing. and muskrat- ing were unsurpassed," Mr. Raines told the department. 2 (Continued on. Page 8) -------------- > Lay Corner Stone Next Thursday School Board Chairman Cecil King announced to-day that laying of the corner stone at the new $250,000 public school will be performed next Thurs- in Lake Scugog is due to an algae growth Public Port Robert-- Fortier made the statement in answer to a John pointed out that the | lake is gradually filling up_with-silt (and decayed vegetable matter and is spoiling fishing, hunting and bathing. information 'in | this connection," writes Mr. Fourtier, "and learn that the discolouration of the water to which you refer is due writer | pointed--out -that-the--Department of Health of the province is carrying out | an extensive investigation to try and correct conditions in Kawartha Lakes, where cattle have known to have been "1 suggest you coritact that department and the clerk and Robert Hutchinson i filled with considerable water, Igae Discolouring |__Reevo_Ernest-Hayes -said=the-gov=} cancensus of opinion of veteran sports- | i suddenly flashed up. carp got into the lake the | And No | "Action, Says; Council Con aialaions A pioneer resident of Port Perry, Mrs. Frank Elliott, now living in Rochester, New York, will cele- brate her 91st birthday on Sun- day, Nov, 16." ° Mrs. Elliott will be remembered as Florence Armstrong, daughter _of the late George Armstrong who operated a store here before moving to Thornbury, Ontario, - She was baptized in the first Anglican church here and lived®in the district only a few years be- fore going fo the United States with her sister... Mrs. Elliott was married in-the States and lived in "Minneapolis before moving to Rochester, = : A nephew, George H. Robinson, resides at Thornton Road North, Oshawa, says Mrs." Elliott" was | very-well-pleaséd. when: she-made™ a recent tour of her birthplace. The Star Joins-in- sending _happy ~hirthday wishes. | Two Freak Fires Cause Damage to District Homes | Two. fires of freakish nature struck in Port Perry and district this week. g Lake 'Giving Us| The{Run-Around" Cartwri ght' And - Reach May Vote On December 1 Twa townships in two different counties will hold nominating meet- ings on two separate dates but have chosen the same election day. | This was announced by Clerk Grant | Chuistic of Reach and Clerk Hemy Thompson of C artwr ight, Reach elec tors will be a members of council and three school trustees on Monday, Nov. 24. Cart- wright will hold an earlier nomina- tion meeting, Friday, Nov. 21 to' name candidates for five council positions and 'two to the school board. Times pain loth township centres, Man- chester and Blackstock, Reach ratepayers have to nominate a reeve, deputy-reeve and three trus- tees for a-two-year-term-on-the-school Trea board, - The present council in- cludes Reeve Howard O. Dobson, Pe- ------thuty-Reeve Malcolm Bailey and coun- : illus Flings llusn-RoberG, Baird: and Walter €. Lynde. .In the school board the terms of Chairman Elwood Clements, Bert Wanamaker and Bruce Holtby who was appointed to fill in for Walter Howes, are up. Fred Wil- kinson and Gordon: Ward, the. other. two tlustees have served half of a two-year term. In Cartwright nominations will be regeived for Reeve, council and for the first time, Deputy-Reeve, The present council consists of Reeve G. Black and- four councillors, Ivan Co- chrane, Wesley Sweet, Allim Suggett and Howard Forder. The terms of On Monday morning a flash fire caused over $3,000 damage to-the re. | sidence of Mrs. Joe Strong's, John St., while yesterday at noon hour quick action by neighbdurs stopped a blaze on the roof of H. Emphingham's, | north-east of Greenbank. The history of lake also included | present day conditions: of the water | According to reports Mrs, Strong opened the door-ef a closet and struck | a mateh to light the way and flames Port Perry bri gade was called but the blaze had too much of a start and considerable dam- age was done to most of the eight rooms in the storey and half frame house. Fire chief W. G. Raines says cause of the blaze is not definitely known but it may have. been from | some clothes cleaning fluid. About four of the rooms in the: home were saved outside of water | | and smoke damage but most of the | | woodwork was badly charred and par- titions burned. The front two rooms | { were badly singed and the cellar was Clouds . { of smoke poured from the house whén the first of four streams was trained on the five, "Firemen had to cut a | hole in the roof to extinguish one day afternoon, November 20 part of the fire, (continued on page 8) Wilford Jackson and Joseph Bradburn' on the school board are up. "- Other members are Wallace. Marlow, Chair- John man, and Hamilton Davison. Te Te REEVE GEORGE BLACK Although nomination dates differ both townships will go, to the polls on Dec. 1 if an election is necessary. Reach will have nine polling subdi- (Continued on Page 8) be stationed in Caesarea; will be made by five year debentures. at four and | half per cent or an annual amount of $1,711.28. The questionnaire points | out that this will mean an addition of | $2.42 per nsséssnient. I A a = Native. of -Distrie Passes in Oshawa "a. |] A native of this district, Mrs. How- ard Jennings, the former Matitia Grace Harper, passed away at her Oshawa home on-Nev, 8. The' deceased was, born in Reach Township, the daughter of the late Mr. and: Mrs, 'William. Harper,' She lived in Blackstock district for some. time and also resided in Munising, Michi- gan before. moving to Oshawa around 1022. 3 Mrs, Jennings was twice married and predeceased by both husbands, Albert English and Howard Jennings. She was also predeceased by two sons, Grant and Lorne English, and is sur- vived by her sister Mrs, F. G, Saun- ders (Lily) of Oshawa. | Rev. M. A. Bury, minister of King [Street United Church, Oshawa, con- ducted the funeral service from Arm. strong Funeral Home on Nov, 5. In- terment was in Cadmus Cemetery. ngs sri Blackstock Women's Institute have | gone on record as favouring the abo- | lishing of automobiles and men's mou- jataches! ad Yes, the ladies discussed all the pros and cons of abolishing the horseless ! carriages 'which is becoming a menace | onthe roads™ nnd" also-resolved that | men should have 'the thing called a moustache' removed by the least pain- ful method 'available! Motorists, garage owners and men shouldn't, worry though ag the reso- lutions as approved by the ladies or- ganization were all part of skit de- picting in humorous vein a W.I. meet- ing at the turn of the century, The grandmothers meeting as staged by the Institute's Historical Research group. was in keeping with the 50th anniversary of the annual aréa con- vention, Setting for the presentation was the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, where the 50th annual area convention was held last week. The Blackstock Historical Research group was headed by Mrs. 'R. Taylor and the members taking part | were Mesdames H. Bailey, I. Thomp- son, (. Wolfe, A. Bailey and E. Lar- mer. According to Mrs, H. Hooey the ladies looked grand on the stage in their long dresses with bustles, their eligengsed: LA beautiful capes and tippets, hats with 'magnificent plumes or bonnets with |- bows tied under their Chins and thei fr fur-or-feather-hoas.-- TT -- "The roll calls and minutes of pre- vious meeting were highly humorous as were the resolutions which were gram followed and before adjournment of the niock" W.I. meeting the group sang their chorus which was composed | by Mrs.- Thompson, and sung to the | tane of the Little Brown Jug. The opening ode as written by Mrs. Thompson wha accompanied the group is as follows: ; : "We've formed a friendly circle heve among our neighbours kind, We hope to help each other and' companionship to find; We also wish to cultivate our heart | and mind and soul And vow that in our daily. lives to | | { { 1 keep The Golden Rule, : Chorus : | Oh Grandpa and T were a smart old pair, yan my false teeth and 'his prey - hair We drove 'on Sunday in.our new post-shay, And with our friends we ed often stay. , J | SOE LN =short=interestime=pro=] GROUP FAVOURS BAN ON CARS AND MOUSTACHES Yes siree, there were we All Sea ed up in matrimony, Ye: Ss, for then you see Tere rr such a thing: as a divorcee, He carried a cane Fain a 'high silk for the nominating will open at one. and Dick "fim; And his whiskéis grew as ii ns that, While IT wore a bstle and 1 n pompadour And a long black the floor. skirt that touched We really raised a family, . We didn't havé just two or three, . We had seven boys and daughters of four Our house wouldn't really hold dhy more. Now our family's grown and gone, But Pa and I still linger on, We still live together without any fuss, But the styles have got ahead of us. Mrs. M. Enierson, Nestleton, West Durham's District President, ipresided during the Wednesday evening ses- 1 { sion and Mrs. Lorne Thompson sang. The Blackstock ladies travelled to the convention by Garton' 8 chartered bus, Free,