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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-02-26, Page 13Pi tAl$Sat* From .Greenway • • (:• 1%fr, and Mrs. Ross Pollock etal family .a Chatham spent. the weekend with Mr. and As. Iten pollock. Terry Sot o Drinopy spent • a few days with his grandp.ar- •enis, Mr, and. Mrs. jack 1104, .g'ns and Joe. Visitors on -.Sunday with yr. ..1Ind Mrs. Lawrence Curts were Mr, and Mrs, Lewis Doan and ! Cynthia of Lendon, Mr. and Mrs. ; 1-19,1'd Waun and Mr. .and Mrs.. Clare Ritchie of .Sgrnia, Miss Elda Brown of LorlOn! silent the weekend with Mr. and: Itilrs. Ross Brown and familY- Glen , Broph.ey of London is sending this wee'kk with his gramiParents, Mr, :and Mrs, LloydBrophey,. enterFORTY,THIRD CLASS SURROUNDS sMISS OLIVE .O'BRIEN IN :ZURICH EPUBLIC SCHOOL. SHE .IS .NOW. TEACHING SECOND GENERATION. Mrs. Bruce MeLinchey .; .......,. „....„ .„ taineda num'ber of ladies at a Stanley brush demonstration last . Thursday,. Dean Of Area Teachers An Education Week Feature 4 •f; ••• • Mrs. Wm, Hodgins is .ender the -doctor's care, Mis Edith Itgeln London sp theee it) a . Mrs. Oscar Steeper and family. Mr. Don Rock was injured last week, at the home of his father,. Mr. Jas. Rock, when the trac- tor overturned an some ice, A •trousseau tea was held at the home .of Mr. Lisle Woodburn on Saturday in honor of his daughter, Margaret, a bride - elect of this week. Mr, and Mrs. Fred Rieker of Sarnia and Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Brophey and family of .London visited on Saturday with ;Mr, and , Mrs, Lloyd Brophey. Completes 40 Years In Same Classroom The second generation is easier to teach than the first, says Miss Olive O'Brien, Zurich, the dean •of school teachers in South Hu- ron. Aliss O'Brien is completing her 43rc1 consecutive year of teaching, 40 years •of which have been given in the same room, "I think it's because the par- ents seem to know what their children expect of you and what you expect of them,” she states, Miss O'Brien taught most of the parents of the grade three What's New IN WEED KILLERS FOR CORN You are invited to an informative get- together to discuss pre -emergence weed control with Simazine SOW. DISCUSSIONS! MOVIES! REFRESHMENTS! Legion Memorial Hall EXETER Thursday, March 5 8:00 p.m. sharp Come and bring your friends for an enjoy- able and profitable evening. AGRICULTURAL k CHEMICALS Fison FOR GOOD FARMING and four children in her present 600 children and she has the class, She began at Parr line 43 names of all of them in a. school years ago and moved to Zurich scribbler, Of the many families, two years later. whose names predominate the "If 1 had stayed at the Parr list, perhaps the largest is Line, I would now be teaching Thiel. • Her graduates« have become doctors, lawyers, priests, she proudly points to many who have won laurels in Canada and the United States, In more recent years, many of her students have become teach- ers, but it wasn't always so. "For a long time, nobody ever went on tet be a teacher. T be - the third generation," she says with a twinkle. It would be hard to find any- one more dedicated or more de- voted to her profession than Miss O'Brien. She talks about school and children as if they were che- rished possessions. "I love leaching — I love chil- dren. lt will he a hard thing to gan to think I was setting a bad quit after being in one room for exaM,Ple but there are a lot of 40 years, it's become my home." them teaching now." When will she quit? She doesn't know. She could have retired on Two of her fellow teachers in the Zurich school were her pu- a pension three years ago. She pils. Mrs. Greta Lavender, the may retire at the end of this principal, .and Mrs. Carol Kyle term, "Oh, I don't know. The — one of the Thiels she has sceretary says the classes shouldn't be As large next year; 1 may go back." Her teaching skill wins praise from J. G. Goman, area public school inspector. "I regard Miss O'Brien as a very capable teach- er," he sates. "The fact that she has been teaching for over 40 years hasn't dimmed her en- thusiasm." Age doesn't prevent her from being a leader to her pupils, even in physical exercises. She performs along with her chil- dren when they limber up their muscles each day, The secret of success in teach- ing, says Miss O'Brien, is hard work. She currently has a class of 38, largest in the 5 -room Zur- ich school. "I think you hive to give lots of individual help o be a suc- cessful teacher. The weak chil- dren just can't get along without it. With her experience, Miss O'Brien admits she doesn't need to spend much time in prepara- tion of her lessons. "But I sel- dom leave the school before five o'clock." Miss O'Brien has taught over c?'• Letter From Kirkton By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS Board Euchre The Hall Board sponsored a progressive euchre in Aberdeen Hall. on Monday evening. Prize winners were: ladies high, Lawrence Beckett; lone hands, Mrs, H. Paynter; men's high, Harold O'Brien; lone hands, Harry Webber. W.I. Euchre" The Women's Institute spon- sored a progressive euchre in Aberdeen Hall, Thursday eve- ning. Prize winners were, ladies high, Mrs. Harold O'Brien; lone hands, Mrs. Cliff Scott; men's high, Earl. Watson; lone hands, Mervin Shute; lucky draw, Tom Crew. Personal Items Mrs, G. Beckett, Mrs. D. Shamblaw and Ronnie accompa- nied by Mrs, M. Gunning and Muriel of Whalen visited with Mr, and Mrs. Wm. E. Smith Thursday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Les. Fairbairn and Dianne of London visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Burns Blackler and family. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Urquhart, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Switzer and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis were Saturday evening guests with Me. and Mrs. Herman Paynter. Mr. and Mrs, Herman Paynter were Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs, W. D. Spence of Base Line. Odor Free, Easier To Use New Symphony of Colors New PREMIUM ROXATONE NEW INTRODUCTORY OFFER 2 Qts. Premium Roxatone Plus New Roxatone Spray Gun, Only vir Limited limo ff IJ ‘10 tindentields Ltd. PHONE 81 EWER taught — learned geography and English from her. Has teaching changed much in 40 years?" "Yes, a little, but not much, really. When I started teaching it was all phonics in reading; now it is look and say. "Mr, (Elgin) Tom was my first inspector. He was the inspector • when 1 went to school and when my parents went to school. He I was a great one for reading, wri- ting and arithmetic. As long as you taught those -well, it didn't matter very much about other • subjects. I "We used to spend a lot of time on geography, Children had to know every county and every county town in Ontario as well as the provinces and the eapi- ' tals, the rivers and lakes, Now we spend a lot of time on Eng- lish composition — far more !than we used to. ! "Children learn so much from , TV and radio today and we have • so many story books now—there was nothing like that years ago. I "But the children haven't changed much.. They're still the :same children that we had 40 years ago. They have their good days and their bad days. How often has she used the strap? ! "We haven't had too much. I1111141111111110111111111111111,11 iiiiiiii 1 lllll II llll I llll I l 111111111111111111111111111.111111$1111,11111111111111,1,111111implism, THIS 'N THAT By MRS. .1. M. S. By special request of one of the leaders of the 4-H Homemaking Clubs we are repeating a recipe for graham muffins which was in this column several weeks ago. Saturday is Achievement Day for South Huron in Hensall. Each girl, who has taken the project "The Cereal Shelf," is required to bake and take to be judged, Isix graham muffins. Aloreover, they in turn will have to do the judging of muffins as part of -their test in the proj- ect, In case some have lost the recipe, here it is: Graham Muffins 1 cup pastry flour 1 cup whole wheat or graham flour 3A tsps. baking powder , tsp. salt 3 tbsps. sugar 1 egg 4 tsps. melted shortening 1 cup milk Sift pastry flour and measure. Mix and sift all dry ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. in a small bowl, beat egg, add melted shortening, milk and mix thoroughly. Make a •depression i.n the dry ingredients and pour in the liquid mixture. Mix quickly with mini- mum stirring so that dry and liquid ingredients are just mixed — not a stroke more than is necessary. Carefully spoon out mixture into well -greased muffin tins. fill .two-thirds full. Bake in a moderate even, 375 degrees, for apple, drained 2 cups heavy cream whipped 3 stiffly beaten egg whites 1 cup chopped walnuts Soften gelatin in cold water. Cook beaten yolks, milk and sugar over hot water till it coats a spoon. Add gelatin. Cool. When partially set, add pineapple, whipped cream, egg whites and nuts. Line bottom of buttered angel cake pan with pieces of angel cake. Add one-half gelatin mix- ture. Repeat. Chill. Unmold, Serves 10 to 12. Manitoba Couple Wed Sixty Years ?1r. and Mrs. W. J. Hedden, Belmont, Man., held open house for friends at the home of their daughter, Mrs. G. McLean, last Monday, Feb. 16 On the occa- sion of their diamond wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Hedden were married in Exeter on February 16, 1899. Four years later they moved to Crystal City, Man., and in 1947 went to Belmont to reside. They have two daughters, Mu- riel of Winnipeg and Mrs. G. McLean (Ellen) and one son, Mervyn of Brantford. They have two grandchildren and two great 'grandchildren. about 20 minutes. muf-! Shower Brides The characteristic of good fins are: very light; exterior is! — Continued From Page 12 Morrissey displayed the wedding a golden brown shade; symmet-- l rical in shape with no tendency : § to form peaks or knobs on top; giftand trousseau, surface is pebbled, not smooth Mrs. David Morrissey and Mrs. Douglas Dixon entertained at a or even; interior shows round : holes of uniform size, not long narrow ones, called tunnels, and kitchen shower at the home of Mrs. Dixon for Miss Margaret, Woodburn, bride -elect of this even texture throughout. n,nnfi * A number of contests were en - We have referred before to' joyed and the bride -elect was Our Best, a handbook. presented with a shower of favorite recipes compiled ana gifts. The address was read by published by the Evening AuMiss th Woodburn. ary of First -St. Andrew's United Church, London. GUILD COLLECTS CLOTHES I An article of used clothing for a bale to be packed in the near future was given. by 15 mem- ; hers of Trivitt Memorial Guild in answer to the roll call at the February meeting at the home of Mrs. Thomas Elleringtoe on Thursday evening, Mrs, Bren De Vries presented the message and Mrs, Hal Hooke presided.. Here are desserts taken from that collection using angel cake, Angel Delight Cul centre from a large angel cake leaving 11 -inch wall to hold filling. Break cake cut from the centre into small pieces. Add 1 cup crushed drained pineapple, 1 cup cocoanut, 1 Ib, marsh- mallows cut fine, 12 chopped maraschino cherries, 1 pint cream whipped. Fill shell and chill overnight. Cover with tinted whipped cream if desired, Luscious Angel Layers 1 angel take 1 cup sweetened fresh or 1 10 -oz. pkg. frozen sliced strawberries 1 cup hot water 1 pkg. strawberry gelatin 1 cup whipping cream Thaw strawberries to room temperature. Add hot water to gelatin and stir to dissolve. Ileat if necessary. Add strawberries and cream. Chill until partially set. Place bowl with mixture in a big bowl of ice tubes and beat 5 to 1 minutes or until mixture bolds its shape. Cut angel alto in a layers it is easy to cut with a thread. SOW berry Milt- turp between lama. Chill 4 to 6 hours. Frost top and sides with Whipped cream. Pineapple Angel Destert Output of treamery butter in Canada during 1058 Was up 11 ; per cent front the previous year to 336,992,000 pounds; butter in storage at Jan. .1, 1959, totalled 94,000,000 pounds, an increase of l 24,000,000 pounds over one year i earlier. ' otittIttituttitottIttittottititotftuttottmatittuttitorft 2 envelopes plain gelatin 15 too toid water 3 egg yolks 2 bum thilk Garage Sunday And Evening Service Open this Sunday, Wednes- day afternoon and during the " evening throughout the week. cup sugar • 11 1 No, td a&tailed pine- %MVO South End Service One of the hardest whippings I ever gave was to a boy'who be- came a Catholic priest. 1 was invited to his WHAT? When he saw me there, he asked me if 1 remembered that 'awful whip- ping you gave me.' I told hini it was the hardest whipping 1 ever gave." "I know it was," he said "bat it did the trick." She recalls how one boy — who now teaches in a South Hu- ron school — came to her at the end of one year and said: "Do you realize, Miss O'Brien, you haven't given anyone the strap this year," She startled him with: "Why that's right, Ronald, I'll have to do better next year, won't I?" Of all the grades — and she's taught all but grade eight (ex- cept at the rural school) — she likes grades three and four the best. "They're noisy and they're active, hut there's something , about them," "I think when you get to be my age, the teacher becomes a second mother to them. They even like to tell me their se- crets," The .Tifries-Ativecetet februery 26 1957 Pil#043 Heli Childipe BUY .EASTER SEALS. Now Your Dry 'Cleaning Will Look Better than Ever! New SANITONE DISCOVERY Maintains Like -New Body and Texture of Fabrics Almost Indefinitely Brady Cleaner & LAUNDETERIA LTD. Phone 106 For Pickup New T -A Contest Win Cash Prize For Your $,napsItiit SEND YOURS NOW... Have you a pretty pic- ture of the kids . . . an interesting one of the pets . . . a humorous shot of a party? Enter it in The T -A's 'Photo Contest now. A winner will be picked each week for the next 13 weeks . . 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