VOL. 7 8-NO. 1 Whitby's I Equity Volume of Busine·ss of Whitby Commissions Steadily Increasing ... Some Interesting Fig- urea Taken From The Annual Report of the Hydro for 1940 MORE POWER WAS SOLD TO WHITBY Power PQJChaae Large Item .In 'ftte Expendi· tures of the Local Com- miaaion ... RECRUITS A DAY, HEADQUARTERS kzPoaT Ottawa, Jmte 26--Reeruit.s now enter Canadian Active Army at the rate of 800 a day or equivalent · '· ot a complete lntantry battalion enry two days, Central Recruiting OOmmtttee at National Defence Headquarters said Wednesday. In ali m1lltary districts recruit- inc f~ .show steady lncreaae. l'ref!lnt rate of enlllitment repre- ants an increase of 200 per cenL . over tbe rate for the first two weeks of the present recruiting campalan '\ohlch .seeks S2,oqo IIU!ll. More Consu~ers More Power in Rural District MORE SCHOOL' REPORTS APPEAR ON PAGE FIVE In acicUUon to the EnlnMe raults appearillc en Pap ODe .r thlll edtUoa. raden wm ,... oa ~ Jl'tn Ule Pa'blla BchMl prometleDS, IUI4 abe Ul- at St. Benulrd's Separate Seheel . On Ule eorrespoa.,.ee JI&P will abo be · found Rnnl rval IIChOOI reperis. Extra eepAea ei' the .paper are anllallle. WHITBY HARBOR BECOMING BUSY PLACE - ·SHIPS BRING IN LOADS OF OIL AND COAL With larae rshlpments ot' coel and oil arriving by boat at Whitby harbor, there ls much acUvlty these daya alone Whitby's waterfront. Jnl)l'e tu fact than there has been for many years. Dredglng carried Gut In the past year or two has made this renewed activity at the hlll'b!lr PQ5ll!ble and Information ln the hands of the Oaaette and ChrOnicle ls to the effect that It •w r.or.tlnue. . ,A lew da¥5 ago the collier "Era- pn," owned by the Tees Transpor- tation Company, Hamilton, docked 10th a larte rshlpment ot coal for the McLaughlin Coal Company of ,()ehawa, which company has a large dock anci office at the harbor. "We 'expect ·to have· a boat load ln trom DO'&' tU1 the end of the summeJ about every ten days," &aid Leslie , llcLaUihllnL to the Oaaette and ChroiiJcle on Monday. Loadlna equipment two been ln• 'atalled · and work Ia carried on a~ the dock every Wednesday mornJ.na. The coal is tor the euatomera ot tbt company Including the Ontario Hospital at Whitby and local dee.l· era. . TWo lar(re caraoes ot oll tor tbt Argo people have a~ been 1m- loaded at the barb!»' from the o& tanker WUloWbranch, ot Bamla, whjch Is e~ted to make another trip m here ln a few daya. Several private yachts haTe &lao aoclted here ln the last few daya. It Is undenitood that lumber wlll be broUiht here by the Brunton Lumber comany, which baa now erected a plant at the JU:e. A Tel')' pleased man ls Harbor Mut.er Jack Watson. who has looa dreamed ·ot rmewed acUvll.f at a harbor which has been dormant for many yean. The harbor m.ater says tbat .o IOJIC as the harbor Ia ll:ept open the government wiD obtain oomlderable revenue In wharfqe fee.. • ID DOMINION.OAY WEU OBSERVED IN THE EHUKCHES Appeala Made fbr NatioDal and Penonal Dedication aDd Sacrifice WHITBY .MAN 'IS NEW··MODEKATOR BAFfiST ASS'N. · G. W. Humphries Chovn at Coonntion -Dr.· 8ingbam Chief Speaker WHITBY, NEW:rHDNE IJNES · BEINfiJN~ALlED -: , jULY 2, 1941. -*""•"' ea. Wanm. as ,reaeher, al . B. Go111dllll's. GOMMITfEEON Comfort. Sent to Boys Ov ....... and •in Can- ada - War Gueata Helped WhJtby . War Effort has completM Its tlrat year or.worir. Or1laDJ.ed .just a year aao at a p~ lie meeilna :iponaol.ed by_ the ToWil Councll, the ~ttee , has &C• oompllsbed much for the comfort and eDJoim~nt of Whitby 110ldlera seU and . ln Canada and 'bas $1~ for the maintenance of Btlt· Ish war ·cuesta a~ the Ont&;rio,"J;oad~ · t~·. Colleve . .. In addition, u hat. ad- vanced money· to finance the·· aale of. war ,aa'flnp stamp& anc~ ~cert utcates. at. tbe public, aepuate. and high achcioli IUI4 at · tbe · Ontario HospitaL ·.' . Orp.abe .&.a.P. ~er . the eoiamlttee'a auspices, a branch cir the Civlllan Defense eominlttee• (A.R.P,) has been oraan~ !zed, ~d Wl.ll aet Into actloD Oil JU17 9Ul, when a me:eUq w1l1 be beld ·lll the ToWli Hall. . · A patriotic alotran· contest wu held ItA sprlnc and t.priafof a fiye doUar War Certificate a~ t0 J~ slOJ• an, ~Be · BiaYCI Be Be Brltlal,li" ..... a.oclalmed ~one -manager here. . ~d week!{ IJ1'U. b':_.f?;~~~r Clrcuils · to these polnta now en- had a'hllin•· Or the _:.: ....... - .... ·-~ ter Oshat;a 'In . the same cable as eel and -~.ii.t a.D4 attn' hU qulte a clrculta to .. Bracellrldge and North ll.UIJIIIer··on· h&nd • . ~ • • • , • ;, The ~~'or ' the new .Qble . c.aeew" ~ . . . , . .... . ::-· .; .... - ·""'·-- -· ·--~· . ·-· - .. will thus, provlde additional facill· · ~ .s&in,p cOnecUoa · ties tit · t.be exlstlng cable for tbe ment. althOuah · WOI.:klnl · .. ~~·p-:~~~r~lr~DIIilo Oahawa-NOrtb ·BaY carrier """UIIIl' " d1thcui~a. . .-~,CII· IDII~ ~~~~ , ...,,,1 .Is SUocla:r SCLool FOI'eiCMII . Their Ama-.1 Picnic . To HeJp Britain ·. ·.; .. . . ' . ·-·--...... .