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SS No. 4 Tuckersmith Reuniting
At Closing-Out Ceremonies
Satuix'lay, June XQ will be a
red letter day for former stu
dents and. friends of SS 4
Tuckemmith when a school re
union will Be held to mark the
close of ‘ an educational era.
Children from the school are
now taking instruction in the
New Huron County
School just south
field. ■
R^gistoation will
1:30 p.m. followed
Students Will parade about the
grounds and all teachers on Cook, All the money for the
Centennial
of Pimce-
begin at.
by sports.
hgnd for the occasion Will M
introduced and given an up- portunity ijp speak, to the gath
ering,
A picnic supper wlill be pool
ed at 5:30 p.m, with asked to bring ,cashes and saL
verware as-well as lunch.
The' evening program will bb-
gin at 8:30 pirn followed by
daancing. ’ • ’ :
•< Built in 1866
The school was built in 1866
ait a cost of $559 toy Walter
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
The Annual
Sucker Play
Tranquillity is the most
evasive thing in the world.
At least, it Is if you have a
family. There must be a few
■ rich, happy 'bachelors Who
can put their feet up, read'
. a bode and take a trip with
out becoming involved in sev
eral hundred irritations.
Every spring I go through
the same routine, and I can’t
, understand why an .intelligent
man can be so stupid and
■suckered annually. All it
■proves to me 'js that experi
ence teaches you nothing, .
contrary to the old saw.
Each year, May beckons
like a beautiful maiden clad
in the flimsiest of draperies-.
Every year I pursue her,
panting (or puffing). And
each year she .turns out to be
an old bat garbed 'in potato
sacks, with a wart on her
nose, falsies, and bad bneiath..
The worst of the Winter’s
grind is over. And I look for
green leaves and a warm
breeze, for a soft rain and a
warm sun, for a little cool
fishing and some hot golf, a
little puttering in the yard.
Nothing, wild, colorful or ex
otic. Just a touch of tranquil
lity. And every May it eludes
me with ' the ease an eel
would elude an elephant.
Mostly, it’s the Old Lady’s
fault. Like many women, she
begins to see all -that shabbi
ness, in the yellow spring sun
light, and acts accordingly.
For a solid month, I’ve, been
looking at drapery material,
wallpaper and chesterfield
covering. Saturday night, I’d
had enough. I told her flatly
that I didn’t care if she dec
orated the' whole house in
pink and purple, but to in
clude me out
Then I get a one-hour lec
ture, citing various neighbors
and brothers-in-law, on my
short-comings as a husband.
So I finally tell ’her which of
the materials I detest. And
then she tells me What rotten
taste I have.
And I bridle. Yes, I literally bridle. It’s quite a trick. I teil
her I like the chesterfield as
it is. We’ve only had it 16
years. I ask her what’s wrong
with tlie drapes we have? I
refuse to admit the rug needs
cleaning. And then, as they
say, the fat is in the fire,
sputtering in all directions
and burning painfully when it
hits.
And I stamp out into the
backyard, ' quivering . with
rage, and fear, and glare at
the "compost heap”; a pile of
old leaves and stones I didn’t
get raked last fall. And she
stamps right after me and
glares at me. And I stomp
right in again and blurt de
fiantly, "Well, have it your
own way, dear.”
That’s the only way to
settle that. And I thought
everything was cleared up
and I might get a smidgeon
of tranquillity. What a hope.
Our prodigal turned up the
next day, and we had to kill
a. roast of beef. And I was
expected to take, ham aside
and1 have a "good talk” with
him and ‘‘straighten him out.”
He was tanned and fit, with
a beard that makes* him look
like a minor prophet. Had
just had a pleasant six weeks,
bumming around Mexico and
the Southern States'. Worked
for his keep, here and1 there,
from selling fruit in a market
to being ia servant for a
wealthy couple. He’s 19.
Had broken a finger, Indian
wrestling on the beach at
Acapulco. A Mexican doctor
set it badly, and it has to be
rebroken and reset.
How do you have a "good,
straight talik” with a kid who
just grins, listens to the blast,
and says, politely, ‘‘Dad, I
have all my life to go to
college and1 settle down to a
job and raise a family. What’s
-'the rush?” What, indeed1?
It offends my puritan up-
bringing^the whole protestant
ethic of hard work, and' the
capitalist-materialiist outlook
of our society. But I can’t
help a sneaking agreement
with him.
I’ve been hacking away for
20 years, and have wound up
with a. couple of kookie kids,
a kookie wife, a car-owned by
I the bank, a good-sized mort- ‘
gage and a job that is drain
ing my life away, drop by
drop. What, indeed, is the
rush?
Oh, well. Now the family
has decided we’re going to
Expo, and there goes the last
hope of a modicum of tran-
' quillity. And what the heck!
Tranquillity is for >old guys.
And I ain’t an odd guy, he
said shakily.
There’s always next spring.
: conshnictipn was borrowed ,at
th£ r?vte of 8 percent, Other
costs included $25 for the lot'
purchased from William Fow
ler; survej'or’s fees of $4; and
erection of a fence with William
Ciich' doing the work for $1.
The first teacher, Miss C,
Cameron wcs paid $90 for hep
labours during the later hialf
of 1866. Sadairties in, those days
averaged about .$325 fol' 12
montiis. work.
First school bpayd was chair-,
man James Cinch, A. D. Wiltse*
and Francis. Layton, secretary-
trcasurer.
The row of maple trees now
standing on the school premises
Were planted in 1890. The same
yegr> the school was remodelled
by Reter Campbell of Stanley
Township at a cost of $560. Ad-
' ditional land was purchased
from Thomas Fowler for $6Q.
In 1928, a basement was put
in the school, the outside walls
were shingled and the furnace
was installed,
planted in front
in 1937.
The foillowing
teachers who served at the
school; / ■
Andrew Smith, 1868-70; .Wil
liam McIntosh, 1871; Refer Mc
Dougall,” 1872; Thomas Mus
tard, 1873-75; Miss Brotherton,
1890-91; Jennie Grant, 1891-92;
Miss Fannie Townsend, 1893;
Hattie Dodd, 1894-95; Thomas
Brownlee, 1896-97;
Murch, 1898-99; Jennie
1900-25; •
Bessie Lindsay, 1926;
Talbot, 1926-27; Harry
1928; Miss' Collins,
Reiinke, •
Freda
West,
, 1928-29;
Dorothy Reinke, • 1929-31;
Myrtle Powell, 1931-33; Miss
Luedla Johnston, 1933-42; Beryie
Carter, 1942-43; Helen Bond,
1943-45; Jessie Keys, 1945-46;
Helen Jervis, 1946-49;
Eunice Snow, 1949-50; Betty
McIntyre, 1950-51; June Bous-
sey, Sept, to Oct.; Lillian
Grummett, 1951; Mrs. John
Kellar, Jan. 1952-53; John Lan
caster, 1954; Mrs-. Barbara
Alexander, 1954-57; .Mrs. Dor
othy Bennett, 1957-62; Mar
garet Merrill, 1962-63; Ross
Canter, 1964-66; John Brand.
Sept. 1966'to closing at Easter
1967.
In London
London Conference of the
United Ohurich of Canada began
its fcmty-thiird annual session
on Monday in Westminster Col
lege, London.
The gathering brings togeth
er ministers and laymen from
over,400 congregations in South
Western Ontario and from the
Algoma area of Northern On
tario.
Tonight (Thursday) the con
ference will ordain nine young
men to the Christian ministry.
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DRIVE-IN THEATRE
Highway 8 — Goderich
At Concession Road 4
Largest Screen in Huron
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FRIDAY and SATURDAY
June 2-3
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Admission $1.00 per perwon
Children Under 12 in' Ctrfc IWeii
Main Feature Starts at Duak
Registering for Kindergarten in September
parents took the opportunity to register pre-schoolchildren for Kin-Many i
dergarten classes in September, at the open house at Huron Centennial Public
School last Thursday evening. The new Huron County School Area No. 1
school at Brucefield services thd Townships of Stanley and Tuckersmith, and
Bayfield and Egmondville. Kindergarten teacher Mrs. M. Westlake is taking
down particulars on Raymond Dallas, lower right, while his brother Steven, now
in Grade One wonders why all the questions; the boys’ mother Mrs. William
Dallas, RR 1 Brucefield looks on. (News-Record Photo)
At Brucefield School Open House
The family of Mr., and^Mrs. Ken. Gibbings, RR 4 Clinton, were all interest
ed in the plant growth project'in a Grade One classroom at Huron Centennial
Public School open house at' Brucefield last Thursday. They are from the left,
Michael, Brenda, Tony, Jeffery and Nancy. ’ (News-Record Photo)
During the four-day session,
there were reports and discus
sion on the church’s work in
■Christian education, missionary
outrefaoh, modern-day evangel
ism and other fields.
The emphasis of the confer
ence seemed, to be to make the
church "Get With It”, and on
Tuesdaay evening there was a
feature presentation entitled "A
Pioneering Church — Are You
With It?”. The president, Rev,
Anne Gnaham of London, the
second woman in the history of
tile United Church to be so hon
oured, addressed the conference
Tuesday morning. '
The theme, speaker was the
Rev. Dr. George Goth, one of
the church’s most out-spoken
and controversial clergymen,
and there were observers from
both the Anglican and Roman
Catholic churches attending the
conference which ends on Fri
day' morning.
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