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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1931 Ontario and Durham County News . BROUGHAM NEWS ous. T. C Brown Correspon- Annual Meeting of St. John's WMS. Brougham, Dec. 21. -- The an- nial meeting of the W.M.8. was in the church on Thursday oon, the president, Mrs. n Phillips, in the chair. At- dance was not so large as sual. Mrs. Johnston and Mrs. flip assisted in the de- . y¢tional exercises. Roll call was answered by a promise. Mrs.' Johnston, past presi- dent, occupied the chair for of officers, the following the officers for 1932: --Pres., John Phillips; 1st vice-pres., John Miller; 2nd vice-pres., rs. H. Malcolm; sec., Mrs, L. Johnston; treas.,, Mrs. Barclay; nist, Mrs. Harvey; press sec., ior. T. C. Brown; committee to nge for 1932 programs re- ted. Treasurer reported our ocation met and financial pros- good. Have slesed a very satisfactory year. Mr. and Mrs. James Fariev und Mr. and Mrs, Edwin Perryman wyisited Mrs, Perryman's people at Acton, on Sunday last. Rev, Mr. McLellan continued his discourses on the "Sins of the Tongue," especially calling attention to the sin of anger, quoting the text that, He that ruleth his own spirit is greater than he that taketh a city. The Dougal Remmer family and Mrs. Remmer Sr., were visi- tors at the Warren Wilson home 'on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Woodward and 'family visited at the Gannon home on Sunday. Mrs. Gannon was at Newmar- ket on Sunday, owing to the death of her aunt, the late Mrs. Morton. The Amos Love family visited their parents, Thomas and Mrs. Perryman on Wednesday. The late Mrs. Neil Morton was the daughter of the late Mr. Cas- per Wilson and spent her youth _ mear Brougham. She had reach- ed the age of 82 and was only ill a few days. Sympathy is ex- tended to the friends. School has been closed several McWhirter is also under the doc- tor"s care, suffering from the pre- vafling flu, Mrs. T. Mills, of Sask., accom- panied by her sister Mrs, Coulton, and Mr. Ted Fuller, of Stratford, epent a few days visiting at the Barclay home and other friends, Mr. and Mrs. H. Malcolm sua Bobbie, visited Toronto on Sat- urday. Myr. and Mrs. Ernest andetao Mr. and Mrs. Everest and son, of 'Toronto, spent Wednesday with Thomas and Miss Gammage. Mr. and Mrs, Aisthorpe and ter, Toronto, were visitors at the Mathews house, Sunday, Geo. L. Empringham has been here representing a Toronto ra- dio company during the week. A number of the Gray families of Greenriver were Sunday visi- tors of Albert and Mrs. Gray. Jack Gerow, of Toronto, spent "riday with his people. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cowie and daughters were guests of the for- mer's mother and brother on Sat- urday, helping Mrs. Cowie Sr., to celebrate her birthday. W. J. Brown an~ family visit- ed T. C. and Mrs. Brown on Sun- day ldst. Mr. Edwarc Wilson visited his sister, Mrs. Neil Morton of New- market on Wednesday, Mrs. Mor- tof passed away on Friday. COURTICE NEWS (Mrs. W_ R. Courtice, Correspondent) Courtice, Dec. 21 -- On. Monday evening last the Mission Circle held its monthly meeting in the home of Miss Marion Trevail. The Presi- dent, Miss Velma Gay presided and the meeting was in charge of Miss Aura Osborne's group. After sing- ing a hymn, John 3-16 was repeated by all present. The bible lesson was read by Miss Marion Trevail and in the devotional period Miss Aura Osborne gave a short talk on Christmas greetings calling on the members of her group who respond. ed by giving a verse or greeting. After singing a hymn the watch- tower was responded by by Miss Beth Gay, Japan; Mrs. Walter Sni- der, Temperance. The treasurer then gave a very creditable report days this week on account of the illness of Mr. McWhirter. Mrs. of. the year's work during which about $100 was raised, A program From Now Till Christmas POTATOLS 90 1b. bag 40¢ HOGG & LYTLE, LIMITED 54 Church St. WE DELIVER Phone 203 Hi®): ous e- Slippers GE PRACTICAL GIFTS this Christmas, the Gi that are always appreciated most . . , . Here be found here at economy He'll Welcome a Pair of Men' s Spats $.25t0 $3. 00 Men's "Kumfy" SLIPPERS 1] 3.25 re $1.50 are but a few of the many gift suggestions to prices. Solve Your Gift ere and | Now With a Pair of "Rhoda" Kid House Slippers The shoe he would choose himself, made of fine kid, in black or brown, soft gift. Boy's or Men's. Sizes: _ 1to 5 and 6 to 11. $1.35 to $1.75 'ww YOU ARE ECONOMY-MINDED FOoULL CHOOSE A PAIR OF THESE SOFT KID SLIPPERS THE POPULAR "EVERETT" STYLE the Gift 1 for Every 3 Kid "ROMEO" y heels. ) pensive way of sa; Mi id erry Complete $1 35 Sizes 6 to 11 Cosy Felt Slippers pad Mr. and Mrs. B. Kydd and daugh- Cc & | council one of the first was given. Readings by Miss Stella Forsythe and Miss Bernice Gay. A vocal solo, Miss Hazel Rundle and piano solo, Miss Margaret Payre. Our pastor was present and gave a very interesting talk on "A girl's corner stone. The meeting closed by repeating the Lord's Prayer. A social hour was then enjoyed and Miss Aura Osborne's Kron served deli refresh ts. Mrs. Tre- vail and Miss Marion were most en- tering in their home. Our choir was entertained on Tuesday evening of last week in the home of the President, Mrs. R. Pearce. There was a large at- tendance and a very enthusiastic practise was held preparing Christ- mas music. A happy social time was spent afterward when Mrs, Pearce served refreshments which were thoroughly enjoyed. Mrs. Pearce in her usual Jleasant man. ner 'was a very genial hostess. On Friday evening the scholars of No. 8 school presented a fine con- cert. Rev. H. C Wolfraim was chairman and the dialogues, read- ings, choruses, etc, by the scholars showed the splendid training given by the teachers, Mr. Hopkins and Miss Wyman. Miss Sadie Muir was pianist. After the program as usual old Santa Claus came and dis- from the tributed the presents Christmas tree. Large congregations attended the services on Sunday. The morning was the White Gift service and our pastor, Rev. Wolfraim, preached a beautiful Christmas ser- mon. While the gifts were brought to the altar the choir sang "The wise may bring their learning," and afterward Mrs G. F. Annis sang a beautiful solo "The Gift." The choir loft was filled and special Christ- mas music was rendered. Sunday evening our pastor gave a dramatic presentation of the poem "Shoes of Happiness," by Edwin Markham, in a wonderful way. The choir again wave special music. Miss Thompson, Thedford, is vis- iting her cousin, Miss Sadie Muir. Mrs. S. S. Brooks was in Toron- to last week. Miss Lyle Osborne and Mr. Gor- don Osborne, Toronto, were home over the week-end, ROSS MACKINNON ANDE. 1. FOWKE WERE SPEAKERS (Continued from page 1) policy which had authorized the ex- penditures in this direction "The harbour at Churchill Bay has cost tens of millions, and the net result has. been two cargoes of grain have gone out" said Mr. Fowke. "This has simply brought into being further competition with the ocean ports already in existence, and which cost hundreds of millions to establish." arbour No Benefit Dealing with matters of a greater local interest Mr. Fowke stated, "I have never had any great regard for the Chamber of Commerce. There has never been any real advantage which came to our city through any action of the Chamber of Com- merce. "The City Council pa ays a grant of $2500 to this organization every year, and if 1 was a member of things 1 would like to do would be to move that this grant be discontinued. "Now I am going to give you my opinion on the Oshawa Harbour. People will say, in discussing what the Chamber of Comgierce has done, 'look at the harbour." Well let us look at it. It will cost not less than $200,000, Not a pound of freight moved over the docks has saved one cent to any householder in this city. "Look at the Oshawa Railway Company, the creator of prosperity in this city. Every pound of freight that goes over the docks lessens the revenue of the railway to that ex- ent. "Now we have two big railways in this country, and the effect of the harbour has been to take away from those railways whatever freight has been moved over the docks, and that in face of the fact that you must make up the tremendous debt on our national railway system. "Now I ask you is that fair?" said Mr. Fowke. "I say the municipal- ity should pry itself away from the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce so far as any grant is concerned." In conclusion Mr Fowke again stressed the necessity for making a very 'careful selection when select- ing next year's council, and of elec- ting men who are determined to sve a policy ud "real al Segmomny. By-laws Ross Aa ac ried spoke in support of the two by-laws which will have effect of reducing the city Council to ten members and a mayor, all of them being elected ys, a city- wide vote. At the outset of his address he took the opportunity of flatly con- tradicting rumours to the effect that he had benefited financially from his work as chairman of the welfare fund campaign. "I never got ong red nickel from the welfare drive," said Mr. Mackinnon, "in spite of ts varying from one that I got . to another that I got ten per cent of the money raised." is address was al the Re lines as that which he delivere the meeting of the Central Council of Ratepayers on Monday night, and he 'a drew gttention to the fact that there are a large number of civic bodies who spend municipal funds. "None of these nine bodies have any co-ordination, and you you'. have no control over any of them', said Mr. Mackinnon. "The only oues undér electoral control are the Board of Education, the Public Utilities Commission, and the City Council." Ans bijections TROTTER wt bin' - last few years on perman- At improvements to, schools South) of King Street" out/ of a total of A wered several claps which are [373 laws. ted be $15,427 spent by the Board of Ed- ucation over the whole city. t made He re-it d his on Monday to the effect that the working men of the city "can elect any man they wish in this or any other industrial city." Mr. Mackinnon also answered certain opinions which have been publicly expressed in opposition to the passing of the by- laws. It has been said "no man can be elected usless his name is contin- ually before the public, advertising pink pills. Now that is nonsense,' said Mr. Mackinnon. "I never saw John Stacey advertisc himself as selling pink pills or anything else. Bob Preston does not advertise, or Frank Mason. George Allchin does, it is true, and I consider him just as good a commissioner as any other member of the Public Utilit- ies Comission." Mr, Mackinnon also enumerated the members of the Board of Edu- cation, all elected from the city as a whole and not one of them ad- vertisers in. the local paper. "A man becomes known by what he is and what he does, not by the goods he advertises in the paper," said Mr. Mackinnon." Only Represents , At the conclusion of his address Mr. Mackinnon -answered several questions, one of the most interest- ing being asked by Ald. Kirby,-- "Would you tell us, Mr. Mackinnon, what organization you are repre- senting. You come here and speak to us, do you represent the Cham- ber of Commerce or any organized body in this city?" Mr. Mackinnon,~"Perhaps Ald. Kirby cannot just understand that there could be any man with public spirit who was willing to give his attention, individually, to such mat- ters for the benefit of his city. I can say, however, that I am re- presenting no organization whatso- ever. I represent no person except Ross Mackinnon." When Mr. Mackinnon had taken his seat the president of the asso- ciation, Ed. Clarke, drew attention to a fact. "As regards this Rate- payers Association of the South West Ward, there is not a resolu- tion or a motion on our minute book which deals with the South West Ward. They all deal with Oshawa as a whole," said Mr. Clarke. ARE DISCUSSED BY THE RATEPAYERS (Continued from page 1) asked for money and so were -°t- tin~ money that was badly Sind elsewhere. Deportation Cases In reply to a question from a member who charged that there were a large number of cases under investigation by the immigration authorities with the purpose of de- porting families, Mr. Ross stated that it was all news to him. In this cases he was aware of which had begn investigated were those of several persons who had come to him and asked to be deported of their own free will. One member asserted that the investigation was still going on but Mr. Ross asserted that he knew nothing about it. Relief Work Bringing un the question of relief work Mr. Ross asserted that there was no further work available at the present time, Mr. Ross was sub- ject to a barrage of questions as to whether certain works could not be undertaken at once to help out. To these Mr. Ross stated that he would be only too glad to help if the money were available for them and if the work to be undertaken was such that it could be done at this time of year. However he could not, accede to the request that the sidewalks be repaired as it would be wasting money with the heavy frosts of winter at hand, With regard to his probable candidature in the election this year Mr. Ross remained noncommittal ani stated that if his name appear- ed on the ballot they might vote for him if they saw fit." He stated that he had had 18 years' experience in council work and defied any man to say that he took money that did not belong to him. He asserted he tried to the best of his ability to serve the community to its best in- terests, All*n Lavis Allen Lavis, deputy, reeve in this year's council stated Yorthwith that he would be a candidate for reeve in' the 1932 council. He stated that he had had six years' experience in council work and in that time had not missed a meeting .He stated that the next two years would be hard for the township council. For the present, he stated, that there was no work available except stone crushing and at present there was no crusher available. It would be a period of the reorganization of the finances of the township, he assert- ed, as the government was saying that too much money was being spent while the people claimed that there was not enough. In this re- gard Mr. Lavis asserted, that the council would need the co-operation of the ratepayers' associations. With regard to his stand on fire protec- tion on which he was queried later in the meeting Mr. Lavis asserted that the whole township had to carry the burden of protecting Westmount, Harmony and North Oshawa, which together were about half of the ratepayers. He consid- ered, he stated, that the people of the districts affected by direct pro-' tection should be considered before any terms were evolved with Osh- awa, that he alse was in the "Held for reeve. He stated that he wished to me eg) be elected to the coud] who Id not wrangle among themselv- es. He asserted that he was strong- ly in favor of fire protection and stated that he felt a delegation should be sent to Toronto to get a proper rate of pay on road work and also government supervision of work for the protection of the laborer. At the conclusion of Mr. 'Stephen son's remarks Reeve Ross rose to strenuously deny the statements made by the speaker. He asserted that there never had been two aud- its or two sets of reports or dif- ferent auditors. On being present- ed with a supposed report of the auditors he asserted that it was a statement got out of the expendi- tures of the council not an duditors reports and with regard to the statement that there had been two sets of auditors, he said that one of the auditors had become ill and it had been found necessary to in- stall another. Ev®rett Warne Everett Warne, a member of this year's council announced that he would be a candidate for deputv- reeve and stated his position with regard to the deportations ques- tioned and said that those deported were only those who asked for it. Another candidate for the posi- tion of councillor was heard when Mr. Turner announced he would be would be a candidate for the West- mount section. He charged that the township officials had been lax in their administration of relies work. He stated that they could have got more work for the men if they had tried. He charged that direct relief was starvation now and promised to put through a motion to amend the present system and to approach the provincial as well as the Dominion minister of labour with a view to securing more work to proceed with. Fire Protection He stated that East Whitby should have fire protection if only with a small chemical engine. * He declared that annexation to the city would not help matters, as there was no use "taking a sick child to a sick mother," The City of Osh- awa was almost bankrupt and the township was little better off. He asserted that if annexation took place the taxes of Westmount re- sidents would go up 100 per cent. This statement was greeted with loud protests on the part of the ga- thering. Named The association after hearing all the prospective candidates who were present, sominated Mr. Lebreche and Mr. Wilkinson to run as candi- date, in the municipal election. It was learned by The Times that these men would be the official representatives of the association. Just as the meeting closed it was moved and seconded that the West- mount = Ratepayers' Acsociation move to have the township council take action with the provincial au- thorities to have the number of re- presentatives on the council in- creased from 5 to 7. It was ex- plained by Mr, Ross that no council in the province had more than five representatives and that it would require a special act of the govern- ment to bring such a thing to pass, but this did not seem to deter the sponsor of the motion. Three Year Sentence Pembroke.~August Schernetskie, of Hagarty Township, who was "(el - AN» EA" 4]>] Radio Reception STEWART-WARNER Silver Jubilee Radio Sets enable you to hear your favorite U.S. gram ai is bese. OF, 4 wish, you can listen in on the wo simple turn a dial converts some of these beautiful thin avis stations, shi within range foreign ips at sea, local police calls, amateurs and others using fetes: $985 short-wave lengths Many nals. Complete with se Comlervibbes TE Tet us show them to yes/ MURRAY M. HAINER Phone 1742) 86 Albert St. 000 from son's Pit, found guilty in County Court here on Tuesday last of the theft of $1.- Thomas Coulis, of Simp- in August last, appeared beore His Honor Judge J, T. Mul- cahy and was sentenced to three vears in Kingston Penitentiary. B. Johnson, KC. was the Crown prosecufor, and T. J. Galligan ap- peared for the accused. School in Flames 1 rooms a H. way before the fire was hs Falls.--Pupils of Aberdeen public school here started Christmas holidays in advance after they had made a hurried exit from their class fire threatened destruc- tion of the building. Starting in the attic, the flames were eating their throtigh upper class rooms discovered. E. WHITBY AFFAIRS | contention he was backed by Ever- |. ett Warne a member of this year's | council, who asserted that the only | { amin EE lll NV. Ny Ww =i | | ~~ --- SSS ? MN ty, rhymes or snaps. 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