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MORE REMINISCENCES
FROM JOHN ELLIOTT
Mrs. Sam Sherwood and Ebrl vis
ited on Monday with Mr. and Mrs. 1
LLeslie Ritchie. .
Mrs. Sam Morrison spent Satur
day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1
,D. K. Alton. .
A very successful box social was ■
____________ _ held ^t^kbkett’s“-XJhurch~on-Friday-
Paramount. Wm. T; Harper and my I nilfht/last, yrhen the young people
... brother Tom Elliott got their certifi- entertained the Blrike Young People- ,
cate , start at Holyrood in my time, ! Miss Lyla Irwin and Mr. . Harlry
and Weht teaching, !iAfter, .leavingn-rwiri, visited, on Monday with Mr.
Holyrood, I was four years at Bel- and Mrs.. GlenWood Campbell. <
fast,-near Lucknow, arid neighbor to ^s. Albert /Alton spent an after-
my ’friend Morgan at St. Helens, rioon tjhis/week with Mr. and "Mrs.
Here We had two’ teachers and op- m. K. . Alton. ‘ '
• v ' portunity; for. senior work.jThos. H. r Mr. Gilbert Vint returned home
Alton passed from the school 'and lfrom London on Saturday, jvherc
*■' taught for a number of years, ancl he has been* a-'patient in Victoria
it is interesting to note that his son I ^Tbspital for the past three weeks
Harty is principal of the Walkerton We ate glad to report that Mr. Vint
Public School, rind his daughter, Miss I is greatly improved in health.
Alma, is. a successful teacheij^n the I Mr., arid Mrs. Cliff Hackett and
“city school staff in London. We had family were 'Sunday visitors with
a great fraternity of r teachers in I Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Vint,
that district. R. Stother’s first, and Miss Elsie Wilkins has returned
then Wm. H. Johnston taught in No. Vo her home in Paisley.
9., D. E. Munro was at/Dungannon; I ■ . .... ■
R. E. Brown at > the Nile, .: Chris, F. l SOUTH BRUCE SEED FAIR
Hernden in Gardner’s school; D. D. —— / ' .
Yule rit Lanes; and Wna. Lrine west ] Carrick and Teeswriter Agricul-
of him. Matthew Lockhart was east Lurai7 Societies have unite*d in the
• .of St. Helens," and Paterson to -the,I organization of u Seed Fair arid
south, and Priest in Lucknow before I (-irop institute. The first fair will be
D. D. Yule’s time; Later we had J- held in Teeswater Town Hall, on
G. Murdoch, arid also. R. D. Cameron I Tuesday, April ,7th.
Who- was afterwards my successor jn addition to an extensive prize
at Belfast. Some of these changed qst fOr seed classes there will be
their positions before I left the heW a public meeting during the
. district. My assistants at Belfast rafterndon. at jwhich Professor Squir-
were Miss-E. Durnin arid Miss Mary rell, Ontarm Agricultural College.
. J. Kairie. ' arid other prominent crop' author!;
5 So much for schoolmaster stuff. I Lies win lead ,in discussions of inter-
like to recall the good friends I had Lst to. an farmers. Weed control
in Lucknow. It is pleasant fo think I nd seed leaning will be included
- '-of-, them: - James Somerville, Jplm-|-in the- program. ____ .
—- Peart^_J,afaes_Bryan, W. H. 'Smith pngfprH advertising the Fair and
Alex Ross, Wm. Connell, ; George I containing the complete prize ■'* list
Kerr, Tom Sell,; GeQrge McHardy, kave been distributed throughout the
* George Douglas, Tom Douglas, G; district. Anyorie wishte of
W. Berry, Alex Davison,. Dr. J. S. Lhe prize list should -communicate
" Tennant, Dan Kennelly, Thomas with the Secretary, George R. Pat-
_—Lawrence,: /Robert-Proctor J _; ___
Burgess and many more. I take some ; /'•
pride in having carried membership I ST HELENS
with Lucknpw Oddfellows for ''■ * ;
than half a ^ntury. Only ?ne n>em 1 Mg. „At finme- under the
. jM^the^Wj «,sen>or; ,BujJ , f the ^men-’e - institute,
McMath, who dates back to 1875.. „ .. __
.Tfeere are other, memories'that come. ■ 10 .-e
Who could forget Jock Adams and eve““*-
Dr. McCrimmon and -‘The Games”,! ” '"arge of .the men who had arran-
but I, must stop with an apology for
so much, of personal reference, ”
a JOHN -ELLIOTT. I
682 William S., London; '
(Continued from Page 1) I
We sometimes coached students I
for third class certificates in those
days. Noah L. Hewitt got his certi-1
ficate under Mr. Morgan-,.at Holyrood I
as many- others afterwards did at |
'~St7JHPieps^e^ o
Paramount. Wm. T* Harper and my I nilfht/last, yvhen the young people
brother Tom Elliott got their certifi- entertained the Blake Young People. ,
cate start at Holyrood in my time, L Miss Lyla Irwin ririd Mr. . Harlry
and went teaching, kAfter leaving firwiri, visited on Mofiday with Mr.
Holyrood, I was four years at Bel- bind Mrs,r Glenwood , Campbell.’, <
fast,-near Lucknow, arid neighbor to | Mrs. Albert /Alton spent an after-
my;>friend Morgan at St. Helens, rioori tjhis/week with Mr. and "Mrs.
Here We had two’ teachers and op- m. K. . Alton. *
• v ' porturiity : for. senior work. Thos. H. r Mr. Gilbert Vint returned; home
Alton passed from the school 'and from London on Saturday, where
" ‘ taught for a number of years, and he has been a‘patient in Victoria
lit is interesting to note that his soh|^Efispital for the past three weeks
Public School, and his daughter, Miss | is greatly improved Jn health.
Alma, is. a successful teache^on the I -----
“city school staff in London. We had family were 'Sunday visitors with
a great fraternity of / teachers in I Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Vint.
that district. -R. Stother’s first, and Miss Elsie Wilkins has returned
Mrs. James McLeod of t Fort Wil
liam visited last week at Mr, John
McLeod's on the. sixth.
Mr., and Mrs. Albert Little spent
a ,day recently with M^s. W. J. Hall..
Mrs. R. McDougall is spending a
few days in Toronto.
:—Miss—Evelyn—McLeod—spent--the_
week-end at her home. .
Mrs. R, Martin and Austin return
ed home after spending a week at
'St. Helens. • •; •
Miss Hannah McDonald spent -a
few days, last'week with Mrs. Archie,
MacIntyre.
The friends of Mr. Slam Carno-
chan on the fourth, are sorry to
hear of'* his illness,-and are hoping
to hear of an improvement.
Mrs. P. McLeod spent a few days
in Lucknow last week.
ML Sam Nicholson, who was ser
iously ill from monoxide gas> has re
coveted, and is < able to be ' about
again.
OBITUARY
Bur-
Col.
-- ~The'-fl^ath-occiirrecl on.’Monday
night of last week, at . her . home* in
<j- Seaforth, of Mrsi John Webster, an
esteemed resident who had been a
patient sufferer for nine years from
arthritis. Mrs. Webster was bom in
Ireland. She was first married 1 to
the late John Cole, of Illinois, and
lived in the United States, where
, she wak married again thirty-two
years ago., to her bereft husband
John Webster. Ten years later they
came to Canada and settled on a
farm in McKillop, later retiring to
Seaforth. -She was a member of
Northside United* Church. Beside
. her Husband,, she is survived by. two
daughters,' Mrs. Hen Rising, Mc-
Killop; Mrs. 0. Leach, Champaigne.
Ill.; one son, Lawrence Webster, who
is on the staff of the Continuation
School in Burgessville, and a step
son, Gordon Webstef, Toronto.
. The funeral service was held,, on
Thursday at 12.30 from her late res
idence/ Centre street, Seaforth, her
/ paster, Rev. T. A. Carmichael, offi-
’ ciating. Interment took .place iri
Greenhill cemetery, T-ucknoxv.
The floral tributes were many,
- * and beautiful/including flowers from
the Family, No. 4, Police, Forpe.
Toronto, the Lome Webster Family,
Webster brothers, Postmaster C. P.
Sills,, the 'L.O.B.A., the . Principal of
w Burgessville Continuation School,
• Mr. and Mrs. W. "McLellan of Sarnia
Trustee Board' rind -Pupils of
gessville Continuation Sdhbol,
Harry McGee, William Allan, Mrs.
J. C. Laing. .
Among' those .from a distance at
tending thri »funerar were, a . nephew
Mr. William Allan of Toronto; ML
Harry McGee Jr.,' of Toronto; Mrs.
Leach rind. Esther, Champaigne, Ill.,
Mr,, and Mrs. Gordon W®b$ter, Tor-
, oftto^ Mr. and' Mrs." Lawrence Web
ster, Burgessville.
. « A, Coward In the Fight
• He had rio enemies, you say; '
My friend, your boast is poor;
He who has mingled in the fray
Of duty, that the brave endure,
Must have made foes. If he has none
Sifirill is the work that he has done.
■ He‘has hit no traitor on .the hip,
He has cast no cup from perjured
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■ He’ has never turned the wrong to
. . ’right,, ■
He has been a coward in the fight.
- The
Lucknow Sentinel
Published every Thursday morning
at Lucknow, Ontario.
Mrs. A. “ D, # Mackenzie — Proprietor
Campbell Thompson—Publisher
THURSDAY, MARCH 19th, 1936.
CANADIAN SINGERS
“ AND THEIR SONGS
Great pleasure oft has been my lot
As in this book I’ve read /' "•••
,;The songs Canadian poets sang.
Alas, “some now are dead.
And that pleasure enhanced has been
Because I’ve seemed to see
The lines they wrote with their
' hands
And not facsimile,
E^ch poem seems as if ’twere
From, writer straight to me,
With author’s signature attached
Just where It, ought to be.
Lampman. a^d Carman, Roberts.
, * , Scott,'^
Have written me in verse.
And some are full of noble thoughts
And some are short and terse. ,
I’m sure that this anthology ' .
i’ll treasure all my life,
And when I leave this' mundane
sphere —z. ■ —-
I’ll leave it to my wife. |
For there are many poets here
Whose songs we love to hear;
They bring Us joy and fill our minds
With thoughts that help and cheer
; Some writers, have their, pens laid
, down—
Alas, it seems too soon/ j
But what they’ve written will remain
.... To me a constant boon.
LEAVE MY PAPER 2
(By Will Rogers)
Take my ham away,' take away
my eggs, even my chili, hut leave
me my newspaper. Eveh if it just
has some purely local news 'as "“Jim
Jones came home last night ; unex
pectedly and bloodshed ensiled,” or
“Jesse Bushyhead, our local M;D.:
is having one of the; best years of
his career, practically speakipg-/-but;
they just won’t pay him when. they
get well?’ ‘‘The county seat was pack
ed yesterday with prominent. visitors
from out of town, attempting to re
new their notes,’r and “Election ain?t
far off and everybody is up for office
that cari sign an application blank.”
-Now. all that don’t seem much hews
To~you. Biit ■ it is news—ttp-you,* es-~ -Bach—time—I—nead-their—lofty
necially when you know the people
and they ate your.own folks. So, no
matter how punk you plight think
vour local paper is getting, why just
take it away from you and see how
vou -feel. The old newspaper, I think -
ts just about pur biggest, blessing. Sc
let’s all , read and be merry, for to
morrow the, paper may hot have
enough ads in it to come out.
J ?ed a mock parliament, As well as
•proving entertaining, this gave the
, I listeners, as well, ris those taking
l oart, an insight into the rules of
I Parliamentary procedure. Rev, , H.
Im. Wright was the Speaker of the
House. Premier. Harold Gaunt in
troduced a, bill for. the establishment
^^eotnsiflidat.edz~schools< The
bers-of~his- mbiimT"Lorne~“Wofalsr
1orJon“McPherson, -Fred-
McKenzie Webb and Dick Weather
head spoke ..to the bill. This Was
strongly opposed by the leader of the
opposition Durnin Phillips and his
colleagues, W. A. Humphrey, Wal
lace Miller, Peter Wrifson, Ewart
McPherson, Earl Durnin, E. W. Rice
and Frank G. Todd. When the vote
was put/to the Hotise, the bill * car
ried" by a small majority. The Craig
orchestra of St. Augustine, assisted
by Messrs. John Miller and Ji. D.
Anderson provided music for the
'dance that, followed. Dorothy and
Gurdon Miller were winners of the
Shamrock spot' dance and in the num
ber elimination dance, honors went
*;o Mrs. Rachel Martin and Arnold
Woods, while Madeline Gaunt and
Dick Weatherhead Won thei consola
tion prize.
Mrs. Richard Martin and Austin
of Huron Township were recent vis*
..tors with her father, Mr. Wm* Woods
MT. Stanley Todd returned on Sat
urday, after a visit with relatives
in Michigan,
Mr. Neely Todd was home from
London for . the week-end./
The members of the ¥; P. U. are
planning a social for next Friday
evening, when progressive crokinole
will be played. AIL the young people
are invited.
>' Mr. and Mrs. John Swan and Mr
and Mrs. George Swan, wity their
families, were guests’ at the Golden
Wedding off Mr. and Mrs. George
Swan, Sr.t >ri Ashfield, last Wednes-
iriy evening;
Miss Kilpatrick dTbAshfiold was • a
Saturdriy .visitor with Mrs. .Lome
Woods and Mrs. Harvey' Webb.
There was a good attendance at
the meeting of the Y. P. U. on Sun
day evening, J when the president,
Mr. Stanley* tTodd presided., tona
Swan read the .Scripture lesson. Verb
Taylor gave the Bible character. The
topic ‘-Of What Value is Prayer to
me”, prepared by Miss M. M. Ruth
erford was read by Mrs. Tom Todd
and Rev. H, M. Wright led the in
teresting discussion.
A meeting of the Farmers’. Club!
Will be held in the Hall next Monday
evening. All those interested are fce-
quested. to be' present. ;
Miss T.iia Gauht of Port Colborne
is t spending a short vacation with
her mother, Mrs. James Gaunt,
CARE OF THE MOUTH
The teeth'are part of the. body
arid; as such, they reflect, to. sdme
extent, the health, of the body as;. a
whole. Particularly are they affected
by the condition of other parts of the
mouth, most notably the gums and
the jaw-bones. Healthy teeth will not
be found set in, diseased bones ' or
surrounded by gums that.-are .full of
.--^s^iszAhe/g^ST^vi^^ather^^artS; ■
the body, proper use of the teeth
improves the^ health of the mouth.
The act of chewing, particularly of
the coarser foods, cleans the teeth
apd massages the gums. There are,
however, sheltered points which are
not rubbed clean by mastication rind
which may easily escape the tooth
brush.
Such “points become covered with
a sticky insoluble piaterial from the
saliva, to Which particles of food
stick. The sugars and starches- in
the food are broken down by bacteria
which are always present in the
mouth, and lactic acid is .formed. The
acid,, if allowed to collect, eats into
the tooth Structure rind so dental
decay Occurs. '
Despite the claims advanced for
certain products, the mouth cannot
be sterilized-7 bacteria cannot be
.eliminated from the mouth. The
mouthwash cannot replace the tooth
brush as a cleaning agent any more
than perfume can take, the place of
soap arid water, f .
Sugars- and starches cannot, nor
should they be, eliminated'from the
diet. There is much to be said, how
ever, in favor of raw fruit rather
than a sweet to finish the meal. Tn
all caSes, ,we have to rely upon the
proper use of the toothbrush to reach
those points where food collects, be
tween rather than on the exposed
surfaces of the teeth. , “
The - dentrifice, such as preci pdted
flialk, is used to aid in the mechan
ical cleansing of the tenth without
causing damage to the,.enamel . at
the same time. Alkaline dentifrices
cannot keep the whole mouth alka
line. It is not the genera! acidity of
the mouth which leads to decay, but
the acid which is concentrated at
me point. . .
The value of any detitrifice^depends
upon the efficiency of the toothbrush
Which applies* it. The mouth-wash is
1 rinsing solution,, riot a therapeu
tic agent or'an antiseptic, treatme'nt.
A teaspoonful jof salt in a' pint of
water to which is added a pinch- of
baking soda provides a good mouth
wash. * Il
Themouth should be kept clean
as a preventive, measure, and by
periodic visits to the family dehtiri,
a regular check should be maintain
edas to the health of the mouth
■' ■
Syrup Season Offers
Vari Revenue Possibilities
One Third Of Canada’s Maples Enter
Into Production Of Syrup And
Sugar Valued In 1935 At $3522420.
Maple syrup making time is here
again and locally many farmers in
the- COimmunity will be thus engaged
altho in the immediate vicinity the
industry is not engaged in on a big
scale. • . *
From Western Ontario to the,, At
lantic. seaboard- in Nova Scotia it is
- estimated ,„that 50,000 farmers will
Tje^l^fnlly occupied in * syrup ' and.
sugar, making/ About- 24 million
trees will be-tapped, which repre
sents' however only about one , third
of the producing trees in Eastern
Canada. ? The- revenue from the sale
of maple syrup and maple su^rir in
1935 was ®3,522,420.
The French were the first to lay
the foundation of the maple syrup
and maple, sugar industry in the Do
minion.-It is true the Indians from
before the first recordihg of. history
knew of the delectable products df
the maple tree. As early as 1673
the French -priests visualized the
commercial advantages of the sap
from the maple tree, for they made
a report accordingly to their super
iors in France. But there is no re
cord of commercial production until
1706 and it was rix years later be
fore ' the first consignment of maple
syrup and maple sugar was shipped
to market. This went from Sault au
Recollet to Montreal, ten miles away.
There has been a veritable Niagara
of sap drawn- from the trees since
that epochal event 230 years ago and
the business has grown, and devel
oped until it is now a .. substantial
industry and guarded by a special
Act and Regulations to insure : the
-nurity-of-the-s-yrupand-sugar._when
offered for sale. <
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buildings .which have peen un-
avoidably .neglected during trying
depression times. Order your roof
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steel push up the price of roofing.
Eastern .Steel Products offers twp
great values in Metal Roofing I Rib-
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ive features guaranteeing weather- ■
tightness aind easy application. -
' They do not warp. , shrink, crack,
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Barns .... made by the foremost
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in Canada. ■ I . ' _
Sole Canadian manufoctiiren and dlitri- ,.
buton of Jametway poultry- equipment.
Easte^Pnxtac<s
Gaelph Street . * Prwlon, OoU
Factories also at Toronto and Montreal
I
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j CftEWE
Mr., , arid* Mrs. J Jack Curran and
oabe spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Herb- turran. V ■
Mi. Edwin Whitley returned frbm ’
North Bay where1 he'has been en-
j;age^k.for the past three months,
Miss Beatrice Treleayen attended
The.' Junior Institute ymeeting at
Miss Margaret Ryan’s, Dungannon,
On Thursday. ' ;
Miss Catherine Reid is visiting hqr
flstrir, Mrs. John Fihhigrin, Wa wrin-
osh. •'
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Robinson of
Belgrave, visited their daughter,. .
Mfs. John Kilpatrick.
Mrs. Victor Whitley visited. Lvck;
nowTffiendsnoi _
Miss Margaret Lednor. spent the
week-end with hep parents at Port,
Albert, j .
Mr. and Mrs. Herb StotheW Wd“
Arnold from near Dungannon, visit- J
, <j(l Mr. and. Mrs. Wilfred Drennan*
m Monday. *
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Their songs so sweet and pure,
I wish that I c'ould write like therii
Some poem to endure*
Some songs that has; the lilt of birds
.. . The odor of / the spring,. L..
The power to captivate and cheer
And joy to readers bring.
I’m sure I’d be quite proud 4o see
That some few words of mine
“Should™ Arid a? place~in—such a book ;
Though it were ' just a . line*
WILL FARADAY.
[Publisher’s Note—The above ver
ses were inspired ' upon a perusual .
»>f a book bearing the same title as
this poem. The.book was edited by.
Mr. E. S. Caswell. It contains por
traits of some forty of our Canadian
poets and on the page opposite each
picture is a poem by the author, re-
nroduced in a facsimile of his hand-
writing—“Will>fFaradayr”,~-say4S--^the^
book-Js^a very fine, production
CasW^Vis^ta nbe^^inplT^
TERM “TWO BITS*' COMES
FROM SPANISH “PIASTRE”
The familiar term “two bits” is
derived from the Spanish “piastre’
which was divided in 8 equal parts,
and was regarded as the equal of
the Canadian dollar. A* Canadian one
dollar bill, of' 1838, which recently
.vas found was engraved with the
word “dollar” on one side and on the
opposite side is translated into “une
oiastre”.
The use of the word^ “piastre”
arid its existence in financial par-
’ance 100. years ago arose from the
active trade which had grown up
between Canada arid the Caribbean.
Spanish currehcy was then common
fa Canada, particularly in the East
and* “piastres” were generally accep
ted as the equivalent of dollars. It
is from this same; term that our
common expressions “two bitss’ and
‘‘four bits” originated; fdr the “pia-
’tfcre” Was divided into eight equal
pari,, the “pieces of eight” of pirate
fiction, each piece being a “bit”:
thus f“two bits”. > became a quarter
or -25c, four bits, 50c, and so on;
MAKING MISTAKES
We all make mistakes. The mer
chant, On checking his cash register
at the close of the day’s business,
•arely finds that the total of the
cash in. the drawer tallies with that
on the recording tape. Someone “in”
his . employ—sometimes the merchant
himself—has given a customer the
wrong* change. He can recfall a dozen
instances in each day’s business when
customers have complained of gett
ing the wrong goods, or being over
charged or being, compelled, to await
tardy deliveries. Housewives ‘make
mistakes. They forget the salt in the
potatoes, the soda for the biscuits,
the extract for the lemon pie. Every-
yers?, plumbers,1 -tailors,, dentists, sail-,
ors, soldiers, grocers, laborers and
ministers. There is no such thing as
a perfect human being. But* almost
Everyone can get away with little
flips without the general public find
ing out about them. The merchants
put dows their mistakes’ to profit
and loss, and no one is the wiser.'.
Tpe housewife dumps the spoiled
biscuits fin a garbage can, and no
one knows about her mistake but the
garbage collector; Doctors bury their
mistakes under six feet of earth and
lawyers hide their undbr 600 or 6000
words of legal terminology. But the
poor newspaper man. just cap’t get
away with it. His mistakes stand out
like a sore thumb, in the middle of
the . front page or in the opening
sentence of his cherished editorial.
WEDDING BELLS
COLLINS-ROBERTSON
A itjuiet, but pretty wedding ' was
solemnized at the United • Church
parsonage, Bervie, when Dotothy.
youngririt daughter of James Robert
son and the late Mrs. Robertson, was
united in marriage: to Russell A.
'Collins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Gollins, Purple Gpovri. The, marriage
was performed by Rev. W* G. Wal
dron, at 10.30 a.m., 'Saturday, March
Tth. -
The bride- was beeomirigfy attired
in pale bine crepe-back 'satin. She
was attended By* Miss Henrietta'
Quaid. The groom wa^ supported by
Mr.* Kenneth Robertson, brother of
the bride, Mr. arid Mrs. Collins left
by train for Toronto, and other points
for a short honeymoon. The bride’s
travelling costume was navy blue
coat and hat with accessories to
match, ;On their return they will re-
the groom’s farm, Purple
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side on
Grove.
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ASHFIELD
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Miss Dofis Reed spent • ifi^Veek -
end with her . sister, Mrs. Peter
Cook. • -
Mr. Jas. Curran returned to his
home at Crewe after assisting Rob.
iielm for a few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs, Alf. Ritchie are at
present spending a few days with
his brother, Les. and Mrs. Ritchie.
Congratulations are extended to
Mr. and Mrs. George Swan, who cel-. . ’
ebrated the 50th anniversary of their
■riTaiTrage^faf^Wetlnp^^^f^xTf^
Mrs. Mr' MacAuley, where about
forty guests partook of a sumptuous
wedding dinner. The evening was ■ '
spent in dancing and other amuse- ;
ments. ■ ‘ ■
■ MTrs. Sherwood and Earl spent ’
Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Les. Rit
chie. ■
BORN—On Thursday, March 12,
to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Campbell—a
son. Congratulations. . x . 7,
FAIR TO THE RAILWAYS?
Owen Sound Sun Times: “When
the blizzard spell was at its, worst,
roads all over the Province was
flocked. In spite of alt the% snow
plows could do, road traffic was
practically at a standstill.. But thru
it all the old faithful railroads were
open. True, some of the trains were
running a. little late; but they were
running. From several places came
stories of threatened, starvation or
suffering from cold because the«roads
were blocked and the tegular sup
plies of food and fuel could not .be
brought in. And in every case it was
mentioned that the town or village
was “without railway accommoda
tion.” With~a good many of them,
that was because truck and bus com-'',
petition had been too . strong and the
railways) had been forced to. discon
tinue' operation,
“But how long will that be remem
bered ? It is safe to say that, as sqpn
as conditions become right for road
traffic, the railways which served So
Well when every other means ’ of
transportation was tied up * will be
forgotten and the people Wilf go
back•to the'trucks and busses.
that playing the game? Is it
fair to the railways ( to let them,
stand the expense’ of bucking snow
drifts in order to'keep communica
tion open—and. then forget all about
them ? It is riot.”
GftOD SPORTSMANSHIP SHOULD
< PREVAIL IN HARD, TIMES;
We Had Our Innings—Can’t Expect
To Be At Bat All The Time.
. (Bruce Barton in the Rotarian) i
Thera .are men who. have travelled
through the depression annoyed,
flung, and embittered by every men
tal upset and every financial* loss...
One cannot blame them, perhaps,
but one pities them. There .are other
men who, having adopted the phil
osophy that-.this is a revolution, sat
ip certain reserves, like Emerson’s
friend, “to be robbed of,” and in So
doing are able to see .things moi’e
■almly and to make wiser decisions
for themselves and for th,eir busines
ses.
Apart from the philosophy of the
thing, it seems to be that for many
if us is' ought to be a matter of
?ood sportsmanship' to go, through
troublous times - in reasonably good
humor J After all, we, who ate in the
middle years had teri very sweet
years from 1920 to 1929. We had
our innings; we cari’t expect to be
at bat all the time. Money flowed in
to us. We made a lot of it To be
sure we lost most of it But we had
fan. And thank the Lord, we didn’t
lose it all. .
We didn’t lose what we spirit.
Our extravagances were out* really -
,^i|t“edged‘ investments , The trips
we took with our families, that we
really couldn’t afford. ■ The antigues
we bought;, the automobiles; the .
iewelry for our wives. God be thank-
id that we didn’t- try. to saVe all
our money,... Out , richest possession
from the boom is our happy memor
ies. We had'fair good times. Stirolv
we ought to take what follows like 1
men.
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we spdrit.
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