HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1926-07-01, Page 8r,S'
A s
'THE L cKNQW, `O 1'tINEt #ivnsDAT, atti4Y lar
shipment xo� Cela Stock., pmnprwarot We
r rm:
.at
.: � r
ayes :pow �{ atternsQn show td choose Gm�
gceswilich def 'coinpetition. Best quaht'j?', stip-
d di>4ect, fro * the potteries. ,If. havenot yet
*ailed a set, why not Commence one now.. Any.
iece: sold separately.: , It is surprising how quickly a'
',set i.• collected without notice' of cost•
aline of Wor ..Shirts for men ';
°�1tTe� have ;1.�sPecral.k� � ,
arid: Blue,:only' 1.00.
>Clhalr
ori„S9CkS :at 25c. anti: 45c. ,
ie.' ' , iii fi •s ;quality.:
td>les ., Children s 'Underwear rr► r :
1 west rices
Q
Souve�.ierS, of f -i
. Tisitois.
t for
..lar e • assorten
cknow in m
g
P
. ,.
'$' VARIETY STORE
SORE
to be :a; yocati„onal. Qollegtate .Ourse-
Hr:.Field,'„ I.F.S•. , dor East; •Huro,n' •
;'apok
.011 vocational Educatio> li
reraU sections, He was yery hopeful
of the future'' with re,,,ar4 to •educa-,
4
s'at$
,• �.: • • � of Cee +� • . .
,e: they new. Sp, P ,
Broadcloth
, : Slips inPeach, Orchid,
d
:.l
e
an d• •"Pink, Itose
an u
at
each.
_....
peeelt
s
at
loonier`ch
theao
e
Slips'
'
•
'r
a`
a�.
P
ante
L Undew`
r
e
ar,
.� . ins
rL
nde .
od
xTO
for ladiesTheSuperior Pe_
r.
ior
LVests,
Oiri d
:
r
and Slips.
•
B
arcingtoMen When abuYi
g.
'Oen in” rural , school:i.. the gelera*
trend being 'toward, improvement, but.
said that in •his .opinion the day for.
-consolidation • • was rapidly Passing.
'iltany"ew •schools:had been' built,/and,
othaxe;, reinodelledfi which Would Have
to, be discarded were eonsolidatior
generally adopted . "spO a of the
immense crowds ini•attendance at'thc
convention •of- the E f Q A as ;being due
.to the:: apPosition f' .the . Township
iyhool:.boards, and, suggested that
constructivemeasures' would he much•
bt+tter. than o.• much opposition •.along
this':line' was.not 00, great as in pre'-
ious.) �ears,;and. on: the. -whole, in"-, his•
apinron, there. would;;be" many &dvan
tage4• from Townaliip Hoards, such as
,:greater uniformity and' better `ae
,,ommodatiori., He; referred to, 'the
fact '' that the -Ontario Goverliment
was doing•,so irlueh-,for the schools
that;'there. was little; deft, foryt)ie, trail
tees;ao •doi',and snggested•'that if,'the
County Councils•'lrad more to do a-
long this line, that their siggestions'
would;be received' with .less suspicion
than are those coming .from -the go a-
erniiient,-: and would be more. likely to
meet with'approval of the .people. He
advocated the use',,of the public school
in rural,com'riiunities to a greater ex• " tent 'as community centres and . also
as Sunday schools: So many :Country
churches are now being done ' away
with -that the! 'present generation;' ark
apt to become non -church goers He
called attention to the fact that `fifth
.
classes are allowed in schools,
two pupils 'per school being , neces-
sary. He advocated- night courses at
High Schools and Collegiate Institut-
es`•where agricultre, auto -mechanics;
farm-inechanics, ' household 'ciente;
etc:,' std., could bee taken up. There
is.' much',mvre to .be, learned'with • re,
gard to Ariculture .than the Mere
manual labor of it. People must en-
' derstand the science of it. in Order, to'
make it a ' profitable as well as pleas-.
ant a.cupation. Similarly :with house-
hold:: science: ` Health, • as. ' Well" as
pleasure in" eating must be consider
Ie.•we.
went t on.t
o show
w that. ,there
are";nTirredadvartag asd5
choice in ..these; 'subjects., Business
,.,setters, " good. English, bo6kkeeping '
arithmetic and, public speaking are
all valuable asses public
• one With,
ambitions for public. life. The'Depart
ent • is willing li that: rural : -districts
�i-"
shouldprofit by their o� rs: He his
o e "for: the
andel v .
s ect
re
a` profoundP,
hildren•' of .the county, who : are .as:
good as any :to be found, and paid a
high tribute to the, teachers"who ' are
of', "the -,finest, claJs: and . devoted to
th
eircalling. .
Mi.;ETOM siooke briefly on the
importance .of education laying sties:
home
on' the •training' �received''in the,c
advocated the ' use of less slap
He ad,�.• +
• nde pare English;
also' of. having
a of
P.
our
boys, and-.
iris
take.;
;.
the minor
duties about home' . at an early :• age
so.
as to encourage in them habits: of
,
thrift' and diligence: .
Mr. F. A.• Wiggins .of, the: •Clinton
branch of -the: 'Gunn; °Langlois.--&- -Co:: _
Tnderwear, . insist on Hatchway. Them—
are invitations but Beware.
Fugi Silk Broadcloth, the ' popular
seeing colors in stock at 98c. a yard.
o
THE RURAL , SCHOOL -.AND
SOME OF ITS PROBLEMS
Vocational Training, • Commercial.
Courses in High Schools and Night
Schools, Some- of the Subjects •
• Qiscussed •
.
The second • annual meeting of • the
Huron ',County Educational Assecia-
tion of • Trustees and Ratepayers,,
' which was .organized in Toronto at
the. -0 .A. Convention of 1925, was
held in. Clinton on Saturday. last,
when . an interesting and profitable
afternoon was spent.
The convention opened with an .ad_
: dress of welcome from Mr..C. G. Mid-
dleton,
d
dleton,. •reeve of Clinton, •who express
sed his pleasure in welcoming such.*
gathering as' this to - the Town . of
Clinton. He spoke briefly of the".ad-
vantage to the county of ,giving the
•young people, good .schools, thus fit.,
fit -
to undertake their ' l
ting them •
work! of whatever.be.
; nature it may• '
Mr.' Robt. Coultas, . president, of the
Assocation,
Who' oecu ied the chain
i. tv p
expressed his regret that the people
as'a whole are not more interested' in
4 educational -matters when, upwards Of
_$!67 000 aside from grants ate '.ex-
pended annually in : Dore Own' county,
and about $112,000,000 in' the Prov
• ince. of, Ontario, are contributed 'to
"ward this very important matter,
year by year. He emphasized the
need- for gond education, and espee-
dalf '-thl :buildii; axil of,eharacter In
our boys and girds,;. -pointing out that'
ones
• "ty and ;ii rig
htness really count
.: p
for more than: dollars and,"cents. The
object of education should be to reiSe
the level of:. citizenship. Asarule,
, in our rural communities, secondary
ed,ication is nil, and even ';the short
courses offered by the department are
riot fully enough attended.
S B. Stothers, district repte-
lq2.6 492.0!
TROTTING . STALLION:
►11 h Gratton;
REGISTERED NO; 3795
ENROLMENT •N4, 1897
Trenclt • C, Grenache
OWNER.,, MANAq,ER.
TEESWATER,,.ONT.
.
-PEDIGREE',
Allen Gratton .
Sire .Gratton Royal g877.
Dam,Sa4ie Astro'Me(rnney ;2781
2nd Dam Eileen, •Astro; 1652
'By Emperor '64101
McKinney; .1653':
4� Y
�strol:w n:4 34760 '
lectrifi+cation•' 14982 '. •
' Alcazar ; 5],02 •
:Pluto 1950 , ' •' ; `
< Suige'rt ; '650. ,
3zd" Dani Commie p...
4th • Dam Silvazar'
5th Dam. Pluto Kate
Both an Amanda; Graves.
Tabulated Pedigree may, be seen
application to: owner
on
i' DESCRIPTION
Allen Gratton is a` beautiful Black
Horse, now 3 years old, with; a. hand-
some conformation. He has - a set. of
sound limbs with , muscular , develop -
orients that. denotes• :the power of a'
race, horse. He has ;'a "pure friction
.ess: gait. His blood line shows that
he is closely related to many .extreii
ely fast horses. Allen Gratton stands
1•J.21/2 - hands high and roteighs 1080.
$reed your' mares{ _ to this great
representative +of •the, Wilkes, Elec-
tioneer 'and the famous Gratton fain -
Hies.
1926.
Q
Cecil ^ M' iUlfl,
slid- S
toad Tires,.
Ba110onps
30 is 31/4,
Fulfil
• Canadian
Demand
For An. A11
Canadian
Product
Buy K, and
a Tires
--They Are•
Tire ..Hest •.
(tin
:The;
market
Choice Cut Flowers
The finest of Wedding
bunches and Floral work
on short notice, delivered
anytime, anywhere,
Transport to Suit.
GEORGE-STEWART
Florist; Goderich, :Ont.
,. Pbone 105 ' •
'HOW WOULD. THECITY MAD '
' LIKE 1T?
An exceedinglygg'ood example :of the
TERMS .. kind 'of thing that makes our farmer
friends righteously indi ,pant came to;,
To insure foal. $25.00, payable when .light the other day. A. stop was made
i .. al. All accidents at . an the, roadside ' at a , place: where a
nare'•proves,. n foal:
o -
-! : �i roadside
efliis .111ac b�isli a u,
- y-� .ice
risk. �
-owner's � �.. '
'ROUTE:, FOR .1926
ALIEN •GRATTON
will stand ;formares as ;follows;
e es a
A• -At • home Te wit r
OND �`'' 1 t
M his a
TUESDAY -At James; Hamilton, lot
'4, con.
B.,
Garrick, for noon;
thence -to Mildmay for 2hours
;
thence to his own stable...
H -••t:
�'VEDNESDAY $ T URSDAY.A ,
eeswa e
his home at T t r.
'
FRIDAY—At` g 'win bam, thence' to
hisown'stable, :where he, will
Turemesain until' ; the ' 'following
da'
y•
This ioute will .beccontinued during.
this season, 'health: and 'w : ther Per -
This
tting.
tributed. o the ',beaiityof the eye
as
welgas
. h
it. It was noted that
`
1
e
nostril.
'a section of the wire fence surround-
ing the • place was lying flat. -When a
small. boy :who 1, had a=sort of air of
proprietorship 'came along from, .the
house' and apolite -request was made..
as to whether the party might 'gather
Isome lilacs, the -reply came bit
grudgingly. The reason for this •came
out in a •little'story, . A whole •.truc'k-.
Load of
'
folks drove up this
a
fter-
iDon" he said, without saYin. a
n
word 'climbed up on ttie:fence .and be-
'an cutting off limbs.; when the fence'
went over they just laughed. and'went
in the yard. Then whendad came. and
„asked. `ske '. tthemeither to fix the' fence or
t
theytold him.o o to" —."
forg
f r
it,
pay
The motor car .bas done a great deal
for, the city man, but it has not, un-
fortunately, taught „him ' courtesy.
"ave 'an impromptu: , add. els; which
Was •quite along the .line of the whole
convention, with regard to'lproviding
-:education suitable to the young peo
Ple of the' community.' in which they.
live. He. expressed the "idea that far;
\.,
niers do. not wish to send their boys
away from home to . attend High
Schools, as it has a 'tendency to edu
cate them away from' the farm arid,
:•egretted the: fact that no provision.
is made in the rural; :school for teach-
ing Agriculture, . : - ' .
' The .'following ' resolutions werr.
brought in by the resolution :commit-
tee and. adopted:
(1) . Resolved that we the Huron
County Trustees and Ratepayers AS.:
sociation, desire' to express our ' .-ap ,
preciation of the -fair minded and op.
en attitude of the Minister of Educa-
tion in asking. for the views of the
Trustee •Boards on matters :pretain,:
ing to education.
(2) Whereas ,Agriculture , is a;.
' basic and permanent industry and
whereas • it can -only be made more.
profitable by. 'increased efficiency and
whereas it has already been demon-
strated 'that% study of . Agriculture
science' does ' increase efficiency there
fore be is 'resolved that this Associa-
tion go: on record as not only approv-
ing of but recommending' that special'
consideration be given to the teaching
of agriculture in our Collegiate- In-
stitute.
n
r,titute :and' especially the new school'
to be ere;tedlin Clinton. r
(3) Resolved that a: vote 6f.
thanks ,be •tendered to all who, had as-
sisted in :the program and in making
the convention so profitable. •
• The officers for the ensuing, :year
were -elected as follows;:
.'^ President, 111r. Robt., Coultes,RAm;_
No. 5, Winghalst vicepresiden't
:Mr. W. R; Archibald, Seaforth; 2nd
vice. president, Mr: Jno. Middleton, R.
R. No.3, Clinton; ' Sec'y. -Treasurer:.
Mrs. Robt. • Davidson, Dungannon;
Executive Committee: Messrs... Alex-
:McEwen, R;:R.' No. 5,. Clinton; R. J'
Beattie, Egmondville; W. H..Saun-
ders Goderi`ch; George 'WeWhinney
Crediton. ' •
spoke on the ,subject. oL vocational
lei-'eni_i_s.,.i.ackin" '
•her -e
�liat
8'.
Acid.
'
he, 'and•'usually, his, family, havelittle
respect for the ,rights ` or, even 'the
,
property of ,;others:;. A year or two
ago • Life, the , humorous weekly Of
New York, presented, the. thing •very
vividly 1 ''in a picture: A. `farmer , and
his. family had driven into the . city
presumabl
y to holiday ay for
the
day.
.
They
Game early,•before the city man
' f .
awn
ront 1
was up; :drove up` on his.
andP roceeded to. make 'than selves at.
•
home. When • he .came. out; tfo, protest
fie -found the
'Earn
ex s.little daughter
h
te
r
boys
picking his cherished flowers, one .of
digging
in .his garden patch.
the
a hammock swung to one of the ver-
andah
er
a dah... oats, ,and. the fernier ; hiifiself
rh p trellis to make.
a.flower..
in .,u
rhos
g P
kindling for a fire ,already laid in the
luwn rookery. Exaggerated a, bit
bl . but•: a pretty , good: illustr-
proba y, •
st the• same of how 'city folks
a#oil just -the ,same, ,.., �_ ..-W.>�..:�....w..'
,J.
'behave -in the .coun't* Arid' "ilnstr'ft
ing thereasonalso, why folks in.
the
are sometinies:so chary about.
country ,.
privileges to. anykind. of motorist's.
It seems time for a courtesy campai•ta
among ino f or -owning: city ,folk Pos-
sibly ..the "same g - hin mi ht be. exte 1-
g ,
ed to': some ; of the small, towns w'; th
ad
vntae
_Astop Free
Press.
'�
• T(i'
1ti
VAL
UA
Ni71tO,N COUNTY
Hens zll
Mr. C. A. 'McDonnell, �• of , .
1
's: •t
dei•fake
finding. it impos ole o'un
. ,
duties of county valuator;lthe W.11.- •
's committee appointed Mr.<<'oia
den ►
McQuillin, ,of. West W
place The awanosh, in •his.
.board of valuators 'will ...
now
•
,'
•es E
'. oat
C
'w. H ,
oleo
coni of
be
now P.
ld
Us'iortie, Chas. Stewart; of, Ashhc� ,
and Mr. 1V1cQuihin. :
training. He called attention , to the
fact that the rural, school, of.'.,today
provides nothing for the pupils after
the Entrance is passed, and that boys
and 'girls leave school too young,, also
expressing his belief that larger
schools `if need be—Consolidated:
where more advanced .work -.could be
taken ,up .would • be of marked bene-•
fit' to the average' rural child, He
spoke of night -Schools, .correspond'
ence courses and post -graduate
,courses and the lenefits to•be derived
from such: He then 'went on to ex-
plain the 3 months' course, showing
how any communtiy might obtain the
same, if. an .,attendance Of 25 girls
and 25 boys is obtained, the commun-
ity' to ,pay the local .expenses, such as
hall. rent, etc., while' the department
pays staff expenses. He calle4"atten-
bort to the fact that many had re
'ceived their firstinspiration§ in var-
ions lines through the. 2 -weeks' tours:-
ea
ours:es at Guelph. These all tend' to stim-
ulate reading and to create.a better
interest in Agriculture.:.
. Mr. Spencer," pricipal` of the Sea-
forth High School next:addressed the
Convention on-• the subject of Com-
merciartMirSes in fligh--Schools; :and;
.the • advisability of adopting: the.
teaching of `same. He is of the opin-
ion. . that -a' commercial course should:'
not be undertaken without at least
two yearscontinuation work, ;,;as, a
student with a 'poor 'foundation docs,.
not usually njike -good, whereas t.,
boy or girl with a three years' course::
in;".continuation wbr`k; 'is sure that the
business, 'course slitNUld tun .Concur-
Yrently, but did not deem itarlvisabtc
tohave it.compulsOry.:, Nor would it
do to substitute the eomtitercial,
Bourse for some other ,subjects, is in
that ease Subjects • necessary' for mat-
riculation would not• be 'taught. Leav-
ing optional skihjects did not work
sent t eve ox; tiro county of puron;
•
' ''CHICKEN THIEVES
On Thursday morning, last, when
Mr.' Wm. ' 1tilcLeod-Ddrhan -Road.;
Went out 'to.: his chicken house; he
:mind between- 50. and. 60chickens
gene. This is a very .heavy loss. 'Last
year 'the activities of chicken thieves
..on the:_D.ur_Jain, Road keut. the farm,
ers at. their' wits end.Apparently the
thieves are beginning- the , season's
.work again.--Kinca'r`dine Review -Re-
porter.,
TWO -CENT' LETTER, POSTAGE
%h6°tit:d eiit postage or oidiria"y;
'Getters; : cornea Into effect in, 'Canada
•today Thursday; •July Iy The -three;.:
,cent rate to which• we have . become
accustomed , was adopted aa, a ,'war
revenue measurer It proved a good
source of revenue; but. has been re,
garded as a ' burden upon. • business
in this country, the, United" . States ►
'having enjoyed, the two -cent rate alll
;well, do he ' thbiutht the bout solution alonit,
Coincident°with the redurtion in the price of Ford cars and trucks.•„
`in the United Stags, the Ford ,Motor Company -of Canada, Limited, an-
nounces the following Prices, effective June 19th.
• In ;addition to these drastic reductions, all models quoted below,
except: the truckare now standard equipped with`self-starter and bal-
loon tires. f
MODEL
Runabout '
Touring Car
Sport Roadster
wl
Coupe ., - •
-
Tudor • '
• Fordor
Chassis •
Light Delivery
Light' Delivery Van.
Truck,non-starter ,,
Truck, ,self-starter
•
NEW. PRICE'
$460':
480'
555'
610•,:•..
625
690.
' 370'•
470
'525
395
460
„SAYINGS...
$50
50
60
55 ,
40
50
,50'
65
A <
(Above prices at factory. Frieght' to point of delivery and sales tax,extra)
made absolutely These reductions are: without .sacrifice to the tra-
• dllonal quality--and.-durabilitY-of oro- rod;cts.;They_open,.
the_way,
to • car owl etship, to 'thousands of C nadians who have not previously
.been afforded the comfort and •.economy of personal,,transportation. "
nur.: local wauthndzed Ford dealer' today. He will: gladly
See.v y -..,
demonstrate the model you are interested in ana explain convenient '.
'.-
,
terms of purchase.
Company
Ford, Ontario.
PRODUCTSOF TRADITIONAL QUALITY_'°
•