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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_'° •