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1
Good WO days at SPS
By D,V.(Spain)Kilmer
There is a break in my recol-
lections of Seaforth because we
lived, for a short time, In Preston
and Hamilton.
My mother deemed it unwise
to start my education in Hamil-
ton. I was old enough to go, but
there was the matter of several
train tracks to cross, a high-
level bridge (which I'm sure she
believed I'd climb onto, and fall
off), a long walk mostly alone
and copious reasons for waiting
until' we returned to Seaforth.
We eventually artived back
there, I think' It must have been
in early spring. remember my
sister and my" Aunt Ann Spain
sitting on our veranda and moan-
ing about the quietness of life in
Seaforth.
The big day arrived, after.
Easter holidays - I was to start
school. No self-respecting kid
ever let a parent take him or her
to school, so some big neighbour
girl took me in tow, I was ad-
monished about my behaviour (if
I got\ a licking at school, I'd, get
one at home for disgracing the
family reputation) and I was em-
barked on my formal entry into
the field of learning.
It was not necessary to
produce a, birth certificate as
proof of age. I was told how
old I was, my birthday date and
then given extreme, implicit in-
structions that I was too big,
too old, and too late starting to
go into kindergarten. I was to
begin in Grade I.
Miss Bethune
I remember gding into Miss
43ethune's class (Gr.I) I was
given a front seat to sit on, (I
know now it was so that the
teacher could size up her newest
pupil's reactions) To save my
soul, I couldn't find out where
all the other kids got books,
pencils and similar ilk, until I
realized, I had no desk top in
front of me.
I sat as still as I could,
looked all about, and decided I
likedmuch more action.. When
girl-prOtector arrived to
salt me at recess , and inquired
ho liked Grade one, I replied
negatively. It 'was awfully quiet
and that I thought I'd like to
see what kindergarten was all
about.
Just as we were debating the
issue, in the hall, in front of
Gr. I, Mr. Alfred (Attie) Naylor
came along the hall. The big girl
said, "Tell M. Naylor what you'd
like to do", so I reached over and
pulled gently on his trouser ieg.
From a great distance up, he
leaned over, asked my name; age,
and if I had previously been to
school, then I was whisked forth-
with Into kladergarten.
I remember all eyes were on
me as I came into the room.
Luckily, I arrived just when all
the fun part was beginning. The
big old grand piano had just
sounded, "Toes on the Line",
and all the pupils wereeeready
to march around thosefascfnating
red arches and lines on that
lovely, shiny hardwood floor.
Miss Sarabelle McLean lined
' me up at the end of thagirls'
because I was so tall lied we
were off for. "Looby-Loo" ,
"How'd You Do My Partner?",
"Mulberry Bush" and a host,
of other wonderful games. Then
we sang "Little Miss Careful",
I was so busy gaping about that
I left out one word and sang
ahead of the rest. I felt very stupid
and resolved to listen very
closely so as not to repeat that
error ever again!
„-Miss McLean
I was positively beside
myself! To think I had been
missing all this fun. I fell in
Wee with Miss McLean and school
then and theirs and never fell out
of love with either one. It was
at this time I decided I would be
a school teacher and fate and I
made it so. It was a happy de-
cision, which I never regretted,
even in the lean lean years when
I earned thirteen dollars a week:
Kindergarten was my happiest
grade, although I liked them all.
Occasionally my, mother endea-
voured to keep me home for a
morning if I was partly sick or
if she had a real need for me to
help her. But she grew so, tired
of my whining and complaining
about missing school, she gave
up. It was a great surprise to
find, this strange child of hers
liked school. Her two older ones
had revelled in an excuse to
stay home any time.
I Can still see the big piano
in the north west corner, the long
shelf in the south-west-corner full
of craft materials, the little
chairs and tables with their inch-
squared lops, (to learn to count
and measure, I presume) the sew-
ing cards, done with coloured
yarn, the paper-weaving, (I
always chose red as one colour)
the clay, the crayons, puzzles,
and on the east wall, the pictures
of nursery rhymes, Easter-egg
baskets, pussy willow kittens, the
sheets of art paper torn from a
small drawing book and so many
Y f
wonderful things to do and hear
and see.
Since I was the tallest girl,
I was alwaYS paired off with a
boy. It was usually Carl Aber-
hart because he was a tall boy.
Neither of us was especially
happy when the rest teased us,
because we were usually .the
and
girl-boy combinatiop. Carl
and I went right through school,
grade by. grade, and ended up
Grade Thirteen.
I began Kindergarten afte
Easter and graduated in tears,
ie June, to Grade
Back. to Grade
September found me again
in Grade I. I believe Miss
Bethune meat have heard that I
was not enamored of Grade I
because she seemed to 'vividly
recall myformer presence there.
I was given the very first front
seat, second row from the left
(west side) and right directly in
front of her desk. So we could
often see eye .to eye by just
raising our heads.
I have vivid, vivid, recollec-
tions of Grade One.
After recess (morning) we
were given a small box o f alphae
bet letters (in a J & P Coates'
Spool Box). The' child who had
the most words formed correctly
from the letters was the winner.
I had placed about eight words
along my desR on the left hand
side, when a near-by pupil raised
up to see if I had many words
finished. When she sat down, she
created a breeze, and scattered
all my letters. Needless to say
I didn't win that day.
Later on that week, I was
busy again making words when
the same pupil poked me in the
back and asked to borrow some
vowels. I handed her the box,
she selected her cards, and then,
on impulseS dumped the rest down'
the back of my dress. The box
was completely empty.
Panic
Panic seized me, for Miss
Bethune was coming down our
row to check the words, and to
collect the boxes and letter cards.
When .she saw my empty box,
she said, "Where are the rest
of your letters?" I just sat still
and looked at her, but my mind
was racing about trying to decide
which course to follow. I couldn't
tell on aefellow-student, so I
couldn't answer the question.
Besides I was too ashamed to
say where they were.
If you recall those far off
days, a child was obliged to
answer a leacher or be punished
for disobedience. When, a
question was asked, a prompt
reply was expected. Again I
was questioned and again 're-
ernained silent. Finally came the
t.ultimatum - if I did not answer
would get the strap.
Up we went to the teacher's
desk, out came the strap. Still
nd answer. Suddenly some child
"Look, there's the
Sure enough, there
ail of letters from my
hers. Most were scat-
red on the floor. The question
now. remained, "How did they
get there?" Finally some One
shouted the name of the respon-
sible pupil, and said she had pet
them down my back. "I saw her
do et1".
Miss Bethune stared at me for
a seemingly long time' and then
at the alphabet trail. "You still
disobeyed me by not answering".
She gave me one sharp flick of
the strap on my knuckles, and
I was sent to my seat. I was so
upset, I hid my head under my
desk till the noon bell rang and
no one interfered. I didn't see,
but I heard that the guilty one
got five straps on each hand.
This episode remained in my
mind for a very long time. I
then resolved never to become'
'involved with any of my neigh-
bours and hence avoid, trouble.
All.the answers
Years after, when I had occas-
ion to wait for an answer from,
a child who hesitated, I could still
recall a small girl wondering
what to say. If I did not receive
a prompt reply, I often asked,
"Are you evading my question
or is it that you don't know how
to answer it? Many times, it
was the latter and I was very
grateful to learn that all children
were not being deliberately de-
fiant.
Grade two saw me in Miss
Ada Sleeth's class. She became
ill and Miss Norma Hartry took
her place.
One thing about Grade, two
bothered me;• • Each day we took
our scribblers Up to the teacher's
desk to be marked, Subtraction
was a push-over but addition
stumped me, especially 6+9 or
6 x 9 or 9+6epej 9 x 6, I got
x's on some of the big numbers.
I didn't like x's, I wanted c's,
When I went home I asked my
mother if she knew what 9 x 6
was. She looked at me as if I
-were daft and -said, "Of course,
I know all the answers to ail the
numbers."
I was amazed and d -'‘ghted
because I thought on..., the
teacher knew the aneweee. My
mother wrote down the complete
sets of answers and when I was
out skipping I'd say 9+ 6 =
6+ 9 = 15. There was no more
trouble with additions.
An , interesting discussion
would .be how we dressed in
winter in Gr. 2.
First, each kid wore a suit
of underwear. Girls wore a
home made cotton waist to fasten
garters on (for safety). Over
this were homemade flannelette
bloomers, with elastic at waist
and knee. It was. considered
uncouth to expose the seat of
your underwear or bloomers.
Next came a petticoat usually
flannel or flannelette, a serge
dress or pleated skirt, (navy),
Long black stockings, heavy-rib-
bed, fastened onto the above
garters, high laced, black boots
kept your feet Warm. With a
skirt dame a blouse, and perhaps
a wool sweater.
Lumpy legs
The legs of the long under-
wear caused bulges even under
heavy stockings. Those bumps
on our legs were a constant
source of discussion in our house.
Bdth my sister Florence, and
I, continually complained about,*
our lumpy legs. To quiet us, and
keep her sanity, our mother
sewed the legs of our small
long-johns tight and put elastic
under our instep so they wouldn't
slip up. She really pioneeired the
stretchies but never knew It.
This is the second article
by Mrs. Kilmer, the former
Daisy Spain. She recently
retired from a teaching career
that she says included' grades
from 1 - 10 and in buildings
from a one room school to a
$2,000,000 showplace. P Her
husband is principal of North
Park Collegiate and Vocational
School in Brantford.
This sufficed for, our younger
years but when we reached Grade
7 - 8, we rebelled and refused
ever to wear them again. So we
froze walking through the snow-
drifts but our pride kept us warm.
Outside clothing was wool
toque and scarf, (home knit),
woollen mittens and a Icing heavy
wool coat. There were no
galoshes but heavy black ribbed
woollen -stocking's were glued to
heavy black rubbers with soles
full of criss-crosses, and a heav
tread for gripping snow aid 4cfj;
At each heat register sat rows
of steaming rubbers and socks'
drying out so their owners.could
wear them home again at the
next dismissal time.
How many readers remember
our first brown primer? It cost
40, was published- by The T.
Eaton Co., and on thefrontispage
had a coloured Union Jack, and
One Fleet and One Throne
beneath it. The first part of
the book was in sciipt writing and
after a few pages print was intro-
duced.
Pupils learned to write first,
print was a secondary achieve-
ment.
The books, which were brown
were printed in 1925, all by
Eatons and cost as follows,
Primer 41; First Book 6e ;Second
Book 9e; Third Book I4e; e'ourth
Book .16e.
In 1925 a drastic change was
effected - a change to a lovely
red cover with the coat of arms
of the Province of Ontario and
Maple leaves decorating it, plus
the word authorized in the right-
hand tower corner. The contents
remained exactly the same.
A waste,
The reading procedure in each
grade (class) was,as follows. All
pupils read erom the same
reader, the class genius and the
class dunce. Books were read
page by page, each pupil standing
.up and reading aloud a section'
No one turned a page until told
to do so, (and then in unison).
The net result was that the
clever pupils slept through most
of the lessons. They could re-
peat the entire poems and most
of the prose from memory having
heard them ,repeated ,endlessly
while waiting fog. their Blower
classmates to complete their as,-
signments. Such a waste of
intellect!
our:classrooms had 'very few
sets of books. There was a
series called "The Golden Rule
Books, 4 'in all, one for each
class . They were read and re-
read. Salvation for would-be
readers, was the Carnegie public
Library. Here pupils read and
carried home armfuls of books.
No one can ever estimate the
benefit of this reading in the
lives of those who loved to read.
OM HURON EXPOrtOR.;, 5iit4T4Rwili; Ti 4,
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gets
Huron BruceIgn, Murray,
Gau and JIM Leo, Soder*
of Natural Resources,
have announced approval Of a
provincial grant ,of $24,000,00
to the Maitland Valley covet',
vation Authority tor the Falls
Reserve ConservatiOn Area,
The area comprises some
229 acres of land in Colborne
Township.
The Authority proposes to
Carry out further development
work in this Conservation Area
which will include extension of
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extension of hydro services in
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