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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1929 ("Tha Whitby 8 Advertising, subscriptions oy pot afar Tophons ABT 5 'REPR JAL MEETING OF TABERNACLE AND ALMONDS CHURCH PROGRESS SHOWN IN ALL DEPARTMENTS OF WORK Seventy-Seven New Mem- bers Received During the Last Year (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Feb, 8.--~Progress in both the spiritual and temporal phases of thé church was revealed last night at the annual meeting of the Whitby Tabernacle and Almond"s United church, held in the school room of the "Pabernacle: Rev, A, L, Richards the pastor, had charge of the gath- ering and in his address to the con- gregation he expressed the apprecia- tion of himself and family for the kindness which he had received since coming to Whitby, In reviewing the reports of the various departments he commented that they revealed a flourishing condition and presented a challenge to achieve c¢ven greater things this year, He urged that the church meet more and more the needs of the town and district and that there be an increase of zeal for the missionary programs, Mr. Louis I. Richardson, recording steward, acted as sccretary and read the minutes of the last annual meet- mg. br. C. F. McGillivray, as Clerk of the Session, reported that 77 new members had been received during the year, 43 on confession of faith and 34 by certificate, He made ref- erence to the appointment of the new pastor and also to the death of Rev. Mr, Turkington a former minister, Mr, Geo, Ross gave the report of the Committee of Stewards showing that there had been six well attend- éd meetings of the committee during 1928, He stated that there had been no unusual expenditures in this per- jod but that the committee was faced with the necessity of re-enforcing the. church .towers and making re- pairs to the heating system, That the: congregation was $144 short in its allotment to the Main- tenance and Extension Fund was re ported by Mr. F, IL. Beecroft, sec- retary of the committee, A total of $2,660.03 had been raised he stated, The suggestion was then made that Daily Times ; Whitby Office, Dundas Street, 434. The Whitby YOU WILL APPRECIATE A Day to Day Service of Whitby News Through An Increasingly Popular Department of The Oshawa Daily Times CENTRAL ONTARIO"S LEADING NEWSPAPER An Endeavor is Being Made to Provide a Daily News Service in Keeping With the Growth and Advancement "of This Community. Your News Items Will Be Appreciated BY THE WHITBY OFFICE TELEPHONE 434, WHITBY. Daily Times ten per cent, of the loose offerings be designated to the fund, It was pointed out, however, that there was no precedent for this and the opin- jon 'was expressed by Rev. Mr, Ri- chards that the amount would be made up within a short while, i Officers for the various societies and organizations reported as fol- lows: Women's Missionary Society, Mrs, W, J. H, Richardson; Sunday School, Mr, John McClelland; Young People's Society, Gordon McBride; Ladies' Aid, Mrs. McBride; Trail Rangers and Tuxis Boys, Mr, Hugh Baker; Choir, Mrs. J. M., Kenny, The Women's Missionary Society reported that it had raised $994.74 and contributed $966.12 for the work of missions. The Ladies' Aid reported that it had raised a total of $1516.00 and contributed $500 in an instalment on the church mortgage while $624.62 had been spent on repairs to the par- sonage, Upon motion of Mr, Edmund Starr, seconded by Dr, G, H, Stevenson, a vote of appreciation was extended to the pastor for his faithful, untiring work, Dr, Stevenson referred parr ticularly to the assistance he had gi- ven to the Ontario Hospital in in- fluencing the young people of the staff to have a church home in Whit- by. In reply Rev. Mr, Richards ex- pressed appreciation for the loyal support and co-operation of the con- gregation. The church he stated, oc- cupied a unique position, Its mem- bership was composed chiefly of r former Methodists and former Pres- 'Another Shipment of Our Famous 310 CORSET BRASSIERS Made of exceptional high grade English Pink Coutile lightly boned, just enough to give that necessary support. Smartly finished garment with four Hose supports. sizes at your disposal. An excellent quality at $1.50 pair Complete range of Silk Knit Special Purchase of a Very Fine You will be astonished at the quality after seeing the price. Small, medium and large. Al colors. Reg. $1.25, On sale for * 79¢ pair Bloomer Ladies' Silk Knit Slips All colors and Black, Shadow 'Drool Skirt, Here is an opportunity to make a 'these are worth $2.25 in the regular way. On $1.39 sale for each tinet saving, as When You Buy HOSIERY 'Buy the Best--We Feature the Best Makes "Karo" and "Kayser" Full Fashioned pure thread Silk Hose are without a peer. New com- plete shipments just received. All shades. ' byterians while its minister was a former Congregationalist, He trust- ed that it would continue to occupy a prominent place in the spiritual life of the community and would also reach out to those who were with- out a church, Five members were elected to the session as follows: J. M. Kenny, Dr, G, L. MacDougall, A, W, Richard- son, C, A, McClelland and W, A. Holliday, Five members were also elected to the Committee of Stewards including A, E, Kerney, L, F, Richardson, Rey. J. Sanderson, Geo. A, Ross and Roy Talling. The meeting closed with prayer and benediction by the pastor, BANQUET GIVEN 70 PASTOR AND WIFE Baptist Congregation Holds Event in Honor of Rev. and Mrs. Best (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Feb. 8--A delightful event took place in the school room of the Baptist Church, last night, when the pastor and his wife, lev, and Mrs, T. F. Best, were banquet- ed by the congregation in com- memoration of their first year in Whitby, A large attendance was present and the ladies of the church provided a delicious meal, Ag the banquet had been fost- ered by the deacons and their wives, Ex-Mayor John W. Bate- man, senjor deacon of the church, presided as chairman. Following a toast to the King, the National Anthem was sung. A toast was al- 0 made to the guests of the even- ng. Rev. and Mrs. Best were taken by surprise when they were pre- sented with a beautiful bouquet of roses, Mrs. Levi Dudley and Miss Ray making the presentation. Both Mr, and s, Best made fitting re- plies and expressed their gratitude for the spirit of welcome and co- operation which had been manifest since their coming to Whitby. Short addresses were made by the presidents of the various or- ganizations, while Mayor Levi W. Dudley lead in a toast to the press. This was responded to by Council- lor J. H. Ormiston, editor of the Gazette and Chronicle. Mr. Robert Nicholson, organist and choir leader, lead in the musi- cal part of the program and splen- did solos were contributed by Miss Bertie Thomas and Mr. Leonard Rich. The banquet was brought to a conclusion with the singing of the doxology and one verse of "Blessed Be the Tie that Binds." EXTRA POLICE HERE FOR HOCKEY GAME (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Feb. 8.--Whitby was well protected last might for the community boasted a force of six uniformed policemen, two provin- 1 constables and two plain clothesmen. The officers included Chief H. Gunson, and Constable John Thomas, of the regular staff, special constable R. Bailey, special constable Hugh Lucas, two mem- bers of the Oshawa police force, provincial constable T. Mitchell, provincial constable C. Taylor and two rink policemen. : The regular force was augment- ed in order to care for the large crowd of hockey fans who jammed Burns' Arena last night to watch the fast Oshawa vs. Willowdale in- termediate O.H.A. contest. A num- ber of fans came by car from Osh- awa and it was necessary to con- trol the main intersections on ac- coup of the unusually heavy traf- iC. HOCKEY FANS PAID FINES THIS MORNING (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Feb. 8--~Four Oshawa ho- ckey fans fell foul of the toils of the law last night and were arrested for various infractions of the Liquor Control Act. Two were charged with having liguor in an illegal place but were allowed to go free when they paid the regulation fine of $100 and costs 'apiece. A third man paid- a fine for drinking in a public place while a fourth Oshawan was fined $10 and costs for being intoxicated. CRA 1 Collegiate - Chatter The 'Collegiate staff players are presenting their initial entertain- ment in the form of three one-act plays in the Collegiate auditorium February 14th and 16th, The three plays are, namely: "Autumn Blooming," "The Bishop's Candle- sticks," and "Brothers-in Arms," The tickets sell at a popular price and may be exchanged for reserved seat tickets at the collegiate or Henderson's book store: on Feb, 12th to 15th. These tickets may be obtained by those who have not been canvassed, from any student or teacher of the oLL The arrangement of the auditor- ium stage curtains has been com- pleted and a vast improvement over the former stage condition is noticeable, The appearance of the whole auditorium is altered by the new curtains which have been very choicely selected, It is also hoped that the curtains will better the acoustic properties of the auditor- ium, * % % The students' council has under- taken to settle the question of a school pin, A design bearing the seat new school crest has been de- cided upon and orders for both pins and rings will soon be taken, LJ » The Oshawa Collegiate has nev- er had as yet an established school pin and such a thing is decidedly appropriate for'an instituton such as the 0,C,I, The old Oshawa high school pin, although a very worthy emblem, went out of date with the death of {he O,H.S. * % kx * 'Madame Therese" is the name of the French classic being stud- fed by the 5th Form French class this year, ® ¥ Next Tuesday afternoon several of the 5th Form students will stage a playlette taken from this volume for the benefit of the students of the school interested in this sudy, Miss V, Smith, the instruetress in French of the Upper chool, is di- recting the little perentation and the students concerned are doing thelr best to make it a success, * * * The Junior basketball team cer- tainly hit its stride last Friday when the boys defeated Vaughan Road 21-5. It was a good exhibi- tion of basketball and we hope they repeat the victory today. The seniors finished their exhibi- tion tussle with Harbord Collegi- ate of Toronto on the short eud of an 18-14 score. *, * & * The two teams worked excep- tiorallly well at practices this week and the games with Scarboro H.8. today we hope will show the effects of their improvement, The girls' basketball team of Scarboro high school is the visit- ing team of the O.C.I. girls this Friday, * LJ LJ In the Collegiate office last Fri- day at 4.30 the O.C.I, staff held an afternoon tea for Mr, R. W, Ang- lin, M.A, inspector of education, who was visiting in the school last week, Several members of the board of education were present, also Mayor T. B. Mitchel, rormer chairman of the board. Mr. Ang- lin spoke briefly as well as Mr, Mitchell anl Mr, O'Neill, The re- freshments were served by tne la- dies of the staff. LJ LJ * The final of the amnual Osha- wa, Whitby and Bowmanville high school debates is to be held on the 20th of February. The topic for the final which is between the Osh- awa Collegiate and Whitby High school is "Resolved that the moy- ing pictures have a greater influ- ence on the public of North Ameri- ca than the daily press and period- icals." Ld L ] * Oshawa supports the negative side of the argument and is rep- resented by Miss Marie Valleau and Mr. Albert Glass. COUNTY COUNCIL TO MEET ON THURSDAY (By Staff Reporter Whitby, Feb. 8.-- The ) sors: ed session of the Ontario County Council opens at the Court House on Tuesday. There are several re- 'Ports yet to be presented, among them that of the committee on Fin- ance and Assessment dealing with the Separation Agreement between the county and the city. of Oshawa, Several applications for grants re- ferred to this committee have also to be reported on. SNOW PROVIDED WORK (By Staff Reporter Whitby, Feb. .8.--The on) trac- tor and grader proved their use yesterday when they cleaned Dun- das and Brock streets of snow for one block each way from the main intersection. The snow was piled high on each side of the street and then drawn away by teams, HISSES AND CHEERS GREET SOVIET FILM London,--Hundreds of expensive motor cars surrounded the new gallery cinema where private show- ing of a Soviet film, "The End of St. Petersburg" was given before a private society audience. This film, which it was known would not be passed by the censor, was widly cheered when the slogan "all power to the Soviets" was screened. Hissés mingled with cheers at the end of the picture when the or- chestra played "God Save the King," in accordance with the in- variable practice at any perforin ance in England. About four-fifths of the audience rose as usual. Others remained seat- ed and hissed the National Anthem. One man lit 2 pire. An officer be- hind him blew out the match. The atmosphere was electric, but there were no fisticuffs. Fair and colder, With a little snow, Moderate winds, From the northwest blow. That's the weather menu for to- day, as we dope it out, If the wind continues from the north-west, it will probably mean a continuance of fair and cold weather, for the low pres- sure area of snow and rain is mov- ing eastward and the temperature continues low in the west and in Northern Ontario, "Badly burned out west"--headline. Well, now, we thought in our humble mind that the west was so cold just recently that nothing would burn-- let alone the west badly burned out, Another headline we noticed in a Toronto paper, said--"Insurance rates rise to be probed," We knew they were rising, all right, but we didn't know exactly why. before, When two men, one of them a de- tective, walked into a Toronto garage late one night, the proprietor be- came alarmed and telephoned the po- lice, thinking they were bandits. However, such incidents can be: ex- pected in "Toronto the Good," where even policemen are caught doing housebreaking stunts, According to @ New Brunswick hews item, sap was running this week in the Maritime bush, Ho, hum, these spring signs -are getting so common we won't even realize when spring does pop in on us. Pop was' looking at mom's dress last night, and duly admiring it. "How does it look," inquired the deadly half of the houschold. His reply was "It looks to me like three weeks' salary." Curtain, CHANGES FORFCAST IN BRITISH CABINET Belief Is That Baldwin Wish- es to Get Rid of Some Ministers London, -- "It is a safe enough speculation," writes a corespondent of the Sunday Times regarding a report. that Premier Baldwin will want to reconstruct his Cabinet to make room for some of the youug- er men after the general election, The corespondent declares that the Right Hon. William C, Bridge- man will certainly be elevated to the peerage, and thet fit {is quite possible that Sir Austen Chamberlain will also go to the House of Lords. Mr, Bridge- man is First Lord of the Admiralty, and Sir Austen is Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Reports have been current for some time that neither Sir Austen Chamberlain nor Mr. Bridgeman would seek re-election to the House of Commons, In Sir Austen's case the belief was strengthened by his recent severe illness follow which he went to California for convales- {A.Y.M.G. MINSTRELS SHOW AT OROND Local Entertainers Are Well § Received By a Large Audience The A Y.M.C. Minstrels present- ed thelr show at Orono last night with great success. Clarence Keith, who took the part of Sun. shine Storm as end man and Henry Hardtack Hogshead in the sketch "The Battle of Rolling Bones," was one of the outstanding actors and kept the audience inho wis of laughter with his witty remarks, Most of which were entirely origin- al, Norman Ibbotson as Snowball Blackhead, handles the part of end man in such a manner that one needs not be told that he is experi- enced along these lines, Ed. effrey and Bill Adams were the other two end men and work- ed fine together, Mr, Jeffery's song, "You Can't Blame Me for That," made quite a hit, Harold Smith as interlocutor, again took the audience by storm and when he gave the *'Shooting of Dan McGrew," they refused to allow the program to continue un- til he rendered "An Old Sweet- heart of Mine" as an encore, The "Two Black Crows in Jail," put on by Messrs Fordham and Collins, kept the house in roars of laughter, Messrs, Gibbie and Mac- Donald put on the "Banjo Twins" act with splendid playing. Bert Cornwall, accompanying them, The sketch, "The Battle of Rol- lin' Bones," seemed to go over het- ter than ever, The A.Y.M.C, will be putting on the show at the Whitby Town hall the week after next, The exact date has not yet been set, AMERICANS DEFEAT CHICAGO HAWKS, 1.0 New York, N.Y,, Feb, 8 --The New York Americans went into a tie for the top of the Internation- al group of the National Hockey League, by beating the Chicago Black Hawks, 1 to 0 tonight, while Canadiens were held to a tie by Detroit. The game was a dull affair, with the New York- ers playing defensively after they got their one goal in the first period, cence, visiting Canada on his way back to England, Speaking not long ago in his con- stituency in Birmingham, he eaid he preferred to remain in the House of Commons as long as the people of the constituency wanted him as their member. As for Mr, Bridge- man, it has ben repeatedly stated that he was tired of political cam- paigning and would not contest his constituency of Oswestry again. No definite announcement, however, has been made, Bowmanville News, advertising and Bowmanville Residence, 811, Daily Times will be received at the subscriptions Office of The Times. Telophones--Office, 587; REPRESENTATIVE--MISS MARGARET CL'MIE. 0 v DURHAM COUNTY ORANGE LODGE MET AT BOWMANVILLE Brother Devitt Was Unani- mously Chosen As County Master Bowmanville, Feb, 7.-- The an- nual meeting of the County Orange Lodge of West Durham was held in the 8.0.E, Hall, Bowmanville, on February 5th being opened at 2.30 p.m. by Wor, Bro. Creighton Devitt. The County Lodge is composed of Cartwright and Clarke districts, these being made up of 10 primary lodges, 6 in Cartwright and 4 in Clarke, a splendid representation being present from eacl district. According to reports presented, the Association is progressing fav- orably in this county. Short ad- dresses were given by several Past County Masters, some of whom are of long standing having been con- nected with the Order for a good many years, The election of officers was pre- sided over by Wor, Bro. J, H, Free- borne of Enniskillen, the oldest Past Master present, Wor, Bro, De- vitt was unanimously returned to the chair for a third term. After a slight discussion, Orono was chos- en for the next annual meeting, At the conclusion of the general business the meeting was turned over to the local members of Bow- manville. Purple Guards No, 2384 and the Degree Tcamr exemplified the First Degree in a splendid man- ner under the able management of Degree Master Bro, A, G. Holli- day, The Officers and Members then proceeded to St. John's Parish Hall where a bountiful repast had been provided by the Sisters of the Loy- al True Blues, There was a splendid program of speeches, songs and toasts, also solos by Mrs. D, Cham- bers and Arther Culley, Rev, R, J. Shires gave a very inspir'ng and thoughtful address taking the letters L.O.L. as a theme for his message and reminding the mem- bers of their Loyalty, Obedicnce and Love to their fellowmen, not only in the lodge, but to others outside the organization. The ad- dress of weMome was extended to the delegates by Bro. M, J. Elliott, Mayor of Bowmanville. Robert West presided at the piano for the community singing. The day was brought to a close by all singing Auld Lang Syne, vy» eryone feeling much benefited by the successful day. Happy to meet, sorry to part, hoping to meet again. NURSE'S REPORT By Staff Reporter,) Bowmanville, Feb, 7.--Follow- Ing is report of Public Health Nurse for month of January. Number of homes visited 109, number of individuals visited 205, number of visits to--Prenatal cases 6, Postnatal 9, Adult 14, Infant 47, Preschool 79, School 47, Number of homes visited with acute commun- icable disease 3,( measels 2, chick- en pox 1,), Micellaneous visits 5, Social welfare 10, Not found 2. Otf- fice hours 18, ~ Number of Infant Welfare Conferences held 4, win a tota] atendance of 25. School Report Number of visits to schools 27, number of class-poom inspections 20, number of pupils inspected 761, number defects inspected 4, num- ber dental defects terminated 4, number of defects terminated oth- o than teeth 2, number exculsions Olga L, Tod, EXAMINATION RESULTS (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, Feb, 8,-- Follow- ing are the January percentages ob- tained by honour pupils in the Pub- lic School Entrance classes, All those getting over 70 per cent. are reported: Room 1--Ruby Hobbs, 85, Leon- ard Wilson 83, Madaline Jones 83, Bill Philips 81, Mary Towns 78, Harold Colmer 77, Ned Rehder 73, Dorothy Edger 72, Sidney Dillick 72, Ruth Purdy 71, Winton Bag- nell 71, Bessie Gives 70, Frances Clark 70, Walter Hately 70, Greta Pearce 80, Chester Jury 78, Joyce Alder 77, George Graham 75, Alice Purdy 70, Byron Vanstone 70, WHITE SHIELD CLUB Bowmanville, Feb, 7.--The regu- lar meeting of the White Shield Club will be held on Tuesday, Feb- ruary 12th in the form of a Valen- tine party when it is hoped all will come in costume, Prizes will be given for the best costumes and each one is expected to bring a Valentine for the box. 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