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SEE US FIRST... before you drive that new car HODGSON LIMITED M. J. Gals r W. H. Hodgson J. A. Kneala Page 16 Times-Advocate, April 29, 1965 Alter HS addition Aren't heavy feeders — continued from front page school while using the audi- torium facilities. The new gymnasium will be 70' by 90' and w111 house double change rooms, a large stage and folding bleachers that will seat over 350 persons. The board authorized Boyce to present the proposed changes to the department of education, and it is hoped there will be no great delay in receiving ap- proval, Boyce said he would visit the BY E. C. HARVEY Roses, being woody, are not heavy feeders. Newly planted roses do not need fertilizer until the growth is around six inches long. For established bushes I give them bone meal the first week in June and again the first week in July. In addition, when I am spraying weekly with insecti- cide and fungicide I add liquid fertilizer every other week through June and July. If you prefer you can use bone meal three times, say June 1 and the 25th and July 20, and no liquid fertilizer. If you apply bone meal at the department of education Thurs- day and would contact E. D. Howey, business administrator, to inform him of the depart- ment's decision. At the same time he will also give the board a more accurate estimate of the entire cost of the addition so they may approach the supporting muni- cipalities for approval of the debenture issue. It is expected board memb- ers will attend the various coun- cil sessions planned in the area at the beginning of the week. An estimate was made that a $400,000 debenture issue over a 20-year period would increase the board's tax rate two and a half mills. This of course does not in- clude the added cost of running the enlarged school. Usborne clerk has broken leg In what was described as a "freak a c c id ent", Usborne Township clerk-treasurer H. H. G. Strang suffered a broken right leg at his farm Friday afternoon. The former Liberal stand- ard-bearer is reported by his wife as +reaming along fine" in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon- don. He has a cast up to his hip. The Usborne official was working with his son, Gord, loading gravel into a truck, when the bucket-equipped tractor toppled sideways, landing on his leg. Gord, who returned home Wednesday from Guelph Col- lege, said he could not explain the accident. It was a job the two had done several times without previous incidents. However, it is believed the gravel may have shifted in the bucket and upset the tractor in the softened ground. In the spring as possible. PRUNING In late fall the only pruning necessary is the shortening of long canes to around 18 inches so the snow will not force them down and break them or the wind loosen the roots in the soil. Do the spring pruning as early as you can tell the difference between the dead and live wood, removing all the dead wood. After the bushes have started to bud out you can remove anything you missed earlier. Ramblers such as Excelsa and Dorothy Perkins should be pruned right after flowering; usually there is enough new growth so that you can remove all the old canes right to the ground and tie up the new. The new large-flowering H. T. climbers do not produce as many new canes so the ob- jective is to maintain five or seven canes according to the size of your trellis, using all the strong new canes and re- taining enough of the old to make up your five or seven, which is all you should expect from one root, the rest to be removed. If this is done as soon as the new canes are ready to tie up, the growth will go into them and not into the old wood you are discarding. base of your bushes and do not dig it in, it will cake like lime and will be of no value. If you get a heavy shower most of it will wash away rather than soak in. On the other hand if you dig it in you will destroy the small surface hair roots that grow out all around the base of the bush. To overcome both of these hazards, I mix one part bone meal to three parts sand, the sand prevents the bone meal from cakeing or washing away and the first shower dissolves the bone meal and it soaks down to the root. In about three weeks the sand also has dis- appeared and is part of the top soil, which in most gardens is an advantage. For H. T. roses one half trowel of bone meal, which is two full trowels of the mixture, is adequate for each applica- tion. For Grandiflora or large Floribunda bushes you can add a little more. Bone meal is a slow acting fertilizer so it is not advisable to use it after July. This same mixture of bone meal and sand can be used on tulips, daffodils and other bulbs in the fall and on peonies, phlox, columbine, shasta daisies, py- rethrum and other hardy per- ennials and rock plants as early Kongskilde — Continued from front page great extent on recent tests conducted with the equipment, in which they even surpassed the firm's own hopes. A sample taken out of storage on April 13 (put in Nov. 15) contained 9.4% protein value, far beyond the highest averages on protein value established by other equipment. It also graded class one, which is naturally as high as you can go. "And it only costs a few cents a bushel to keep it," Gravlev enthused, while re- porting corn taken from the machine sold for $1.48 a bushel. Part of the same crop not stored in the dryer sold for only$1.10. And that price difference is probably one of the main rea- sons why the firm has now been successful in getting their point across to farmers in this coun- try. Locals do well at speaking test Miss Ann Creech, Grade 10 SHDHS student, was runner-up in the second annual Huron County public speaking contest in Clinton Friday night, losing by a very small margin. The contest is sponsored by the district IOOF and Rebekah Lodges and the winner receives an all-expense trip to the United Nations. The eight contestants gave an eight minute talk on "Was the contribution of Dag Hammarskjold to the United Nations worth while?" The winner, Miss Linda Som- erville, RR 4 Walton, is a sister of Mrs. Jack Harvey, town. Dennis Hazelton, the other SHDHS competitor, also showed considerable talent as a speaker. Attending the competition from Exeter were Ann's par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. F r a nk Creech and Tommy, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Idle, DDP Mrs. Harold Beaver, Mrs. Andrew Hamilton and Mrs. Valeria Armstrong. BY J. G. BURROWS Area Public School Inspector Over the past few months, I have been trying to interest certain of the rural school boards in this area to develop a kindergarten program. I have found that almost all of these people recognize there are ad- vantages to such classes. In some cases, however, more information has been requested. In my inspectorate, there are some very competent teachers who have felt the direct influ- ence of kindergarten training on their pupils. It is my inten- tion to let them assist you to appreciate the benefits of what should be the first step in a child's school career. Each teacher has expressed her opinions in a slightly dif- ferent way. I have only elimin- ated repetitious statements. Police officer dies in Exeter Cpl. C. J. Mitchell repre- sented the local OPP detach- ment at the funeral of Constable John W. Yeaman, who died in South Huron Hospital Sunday after a lengthy illness. Also representing area OPP officers at the funeral in Carle- ton Place near Ottawa was Su- perintendent W. Milton, district headquarters, Mount Forest. The 32-year-old policeman was transferred to the Exeter detachment in September and had been off duty with his ill- ness since January. Surviving are his wife, the former Patricia McNeely; a son, Robert John, at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Yeaman, Perth; a brother Wil- liam, London; three sister s, Mrs. William (Beverly) Nasi, Ottawa; Mrs. Ronald (Margaret) Gaus, Listowel; Mrs. Gordon (Dianne) Hymers, Toronto. Funeral services were held at the Fleming Brothers funeral home, Carleton Place, Wed- nesday, April 28 with interment in St. James Anglican cemetery, Carleton Place. Rev. C. A. Brittain, seated left, is shown with the transistor radio he was given by the Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Commerce upon his retirement as president of the group. He leaves for Toronto in June. Seated beside the active cleric is the newly Extol merits of kindergarten designed to lay the ground work for grade one. - a great many emotional and physical difficulties are assisted in such a class. - the children are much hap- pier in an organized play-learn- ing experience. - with the breaking of the family tie, children soon be- come independent and love to discuss and make decisions on their own or in co-operation with others. elected president, Griff Thomas. Standing from the left are: Ron Bechill, second vice-president; James Dalton, first vice- president; Mrs. James Steele, secretary; Don Robertson, trea- surer. --Photo by Dinnin * The other children are eager to begin printing—they have already had experience in kin- dergarten making "sticks and balls" and are anxious now to print words. Reading holds no fear for them, their appetite for books has been stimulated the pre- vious year by the kindergarten teacher. Yes, they do begin reading in kindergarten. Their teacher has developed a well- rounded readiness program in which many skills are taught - how to listen, number con- cepts, good speech habits, audi- tory-training in phonics as a basis for reading, and many more. These children spend a year under the guiding hand of a trained teacher who helps them to become socially adjusted to what will be their life for many years to come. The timid, re- tiring child is encouraged to work and play with others, while the aggressive, exuberant one is helped to control his ener- gies and direct them to worth- while activities. For the grade one teacher, the kindergarten is a solid foun- dation upon which she can con- tinue to build. Without it, she must use the first few months of the school year to teach the readiness skills mentioned above. No grade one work can be taught without them. Con- sequently, she cannot possibly give as adequate a course in her grade and the child is the loser—every time. who will always be handicapped by their start. The year every human being is living—this year— is perhaps the most important year of his life. For the four or five-year old, that year when he is four or five, is the most important year in his life. If he is denied the develop- mental experiences of the kin- dergarten that year, we can never make it up to him later. He will never be five again. Our opportunity to serve him has gone forever". Little can be added to the comments of these devoted teachers. Educational practices are changing rapidly. Schools in this area have struggled to keep pace. Trustees are prepared to think positively and to look ahead. a silent auction at the May meeting. PERSONALS Sunday visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Alex Gardiner were Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Readhead of Kitchener. Mr. & Mrs. Norman Jefferson and children of Munro visited on Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Jefferson. Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Cockwell and Jim and Mr. AlvinCornish, Exeter, Mr. Garnet Cockwell, Dashwood, with Mr. & Mrs. Otto Walker Sunday. Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Jefferson visited Tuesday with their daughter, Miss Ina Jefferson along with people. Social liv- ing involves learning to think and live according to demo- cratic principles. All of us must learn to react in the approved manner in the varying situations to be met in work life, living and in recreation. In the good kindergarten, the children learn to work within a group. During "conversation periods" plans are made for co-operative work activities. Children coming from homes where they have not had to share toys and possessions with others, learn to take turns in using such materials. Priority rights are set by rules. At first, rules are teach- er-made, but, as the children mature and understand reasons for rule-making, they help to make these decisions. Leader- ship and initiative are encour- aged. Learning to be courteous to classmates and adults, to take care to avoid hurting others, self-control in the group situa- t ion—all are part of the child's social development in kinder- garten. In our class, children are busy and active; - exploring their social and physical environment; - asking questions and finding answers; - participating in musical activities; - painting and modelling - sharing and discussing - developing sound bodies - listening to stories and poems; - taking part in dramatic play; - counting, measuring and comparing; - experimenting and discov- ering; - increasing their vocabular- ies; - reading words and simple stories; - orally expressing their ideas; The list of learning situations and skill development areas is unending. The kindergarten teacher, so far as her time and energy have permitted, has worked to: - provide a smooth transition from home to school; - establish good relations with parents to help them under- stand the educational program; - extend the child's intellec- tual horizons; - promote the child's health; - help the child make a good adjustment to other children; - release potential for cre- ativity; What about play? Play is the child's way of learning. It is the only way he can get "in- side" an experience and make himself one with his world. When he plays at being a grown- up—the postman, the fireman, the grocer, the doctor—he must be these people, and recreate their experiences as well as he can so he canbuild meaning into them. Let's not sell play short, let's clearly understand its pur- pose and place in human de- velopment. Mrs. Scene ended her letter with a most fitting concluding statement: "From the foregoing des- criptions, the reader will read- ily see that kindergarten teach- ing is far more than merely "keeping children" for half a day. The kindergarten teacher has a great responsibility. As a result of her association with the children, they will develop a liking for, or, a dislike of, schoo 1. Dependent upon her sympathetic guidance or lack of it, they can move on in their school life as well-adjusted, enthusiastic youngsters, or as "crushed" frustrated children Mrs. Borland dies in Exeter Mrs. Albert E. Borland, '77, a resident of Exeter for the past three years, died at the Exeter Nursing Home Wednesday, Ap- ril 21. She was the former Janet Rae and had resided in Port Dover before coming to Exeter. Her husband predeceased her. Surviving are daughters, Mrs. A. M. (Iris) McQuarry of Rochester, New Hampshire, Mrs. C. E. (Edna) Snider of Exeter and Major Rae Borland, Ottawa, sisters, Miss Margaret Rae, Miss Gina Rae, Miss Ann Rae and Mrs. Betty Beurle, all of Ayr, Scotland and 11 grand- children, Funeral services were con- ducted by Rev. S. E. Lewis at the R. C. Dinney funeral home Friday, April 23. He also ac- companied the cortege to Port Dover and conducted the grave- side service there. MRS. ANNE FINKBINER J.A.D. McCurdy School, Centralia First of all, may I say, I would welcome anyone who might care to visit the kinder- garten to see what the children can do. The age of kindergarten is a most formative one. The chil- dren are able to absorb a great deal during this period. It is an excellent time to provide the preparation so necessary for grade one. Readiness ground work in reading, printing, pho- nics, arithmetic, music and rhythms, arts and crafts and language. In grade one there is pres- sure to learn and to cover cer- tain prescribed course s. If there are more than 25 pupils it is most difficult to give proper individual assistance. In kindergarten there is time to repeat and to move at the child's own rate until the con- cept is grasped. Without kindergarten, much valuable time is wasted learning routines and habits that should be formed earlier. With kinder- garten, there is more time and far less pressure. The aims of the kindergarten program are many and varied. The social adjustments have been mentioned by the other teachers. To add to the list of aims, may I include the follow- ing: Physical—hand-eye control for printing, reading, cutting and tracing on a line; holding scissors and brushes correctly - really, to train the large hand muscles. Emotional—the child will re- cognize authority outside of the home environment as well as what is acceptable behaviour. They will learn certain emo- tions must be controlled. As well, there are many in- tellectual skills to be learned. Detailing each would take too much space. Suffice it to say, that this extra year provides the time necessary to build a firmer foundation for the work to be presented the following year. If there is a false idea of the worth of kindergarten, it is probably our own fault, not the fault of the grade itself. We have failed to accomplish enough. Children who become accustomed to working with concrete materials in arith- metic and in the creative sub- jects, soon would prefer to do a piece of school work rather than have a toy. By the end of October, the entire class will choose work over toys. The "free" time is reduced to about 10 minutes from that point on. Audit report — Continued from front page the Library Board, Industrial Development Corporation and the Community Centre Board. All three had deficits in 1963 as well, although the Library Board and the industrial group reduced their deficits slightly from the previous year. The PUC again shows a healthy surplus in both the water and electric power accounts. Both are up considerably over the surplus of 1963. Exeter's Cemetery Board, which recently announced rate increases, also ended the year with a surplus of $2,881.12. The group's surplus in 1963 was $1,680.43. MRS. HELEN SCANE Kindergarten Teacher, Hensall What is the function of kin- dergarten in today's education? How important is it? Does kin- dergarten help children do bet- ter in the first grade? These are some of the questions par- ents, school boards, and other interested persons ask. Kindergarten is a big, new world for four and five year olds. No one can become a successful member of any so- cial group unless he can get Order picture plates for Cromarty project By MRS. KEN McKELLAR CROMARTY The Easter meeting of the Marian Ritchie Evening Aux- iliary was held in the church with Mrs. John Miller presid- ing. Mrs. Duncan Scott read the scripture lesson. Mrs. Sam McCurdy read a story "Teen- agers Tell What Easter Means to Me". Mrs. Carter Kerslake gave a topic from the writings of Jane Scott. The Marian Ritchie are or- dering picture plates of the church as a centennial project. Mrs. Gordon Scott gave a read- ing "How We Were Taught to Smile". It was decided to hold who is a patient in Victoria Hospital, London. Mr. Lindsay McKellar, Mr. Douglas McKellar and Mr. & Mrs. Laurie McKellar were guests at the McKellar-Somer- ville wedding which took place at Cavan United Church, Win- throp, Saturday. Laurie was best man at his brother's wed- ding. Members of YPS of Cromarty church who enjoyed a three day sight seeing trip to Ottawa last week included Carol Ann Dow, Anna Scott, Barbara Gar- diner, Agnes Scott, David Scott, Bob Templeman and Alec Scott. Young people from Exeter, Mit- chell, and Atwood churches, accompanied by Ministers and their wives were also included in the group. Mr. Henry Eggert of Rostock is visiting at the home of his daughter Mrs. Alex Gardiner and Mr. Gardiner. MRS. HELEN JERMYN EPS Grade One Teacher Each year, on the first school day of September, I anxiously scan my class to see If all enrolled have had the privilege of attending kindergarten. Usually, during the summer, one or two families move in from a rural area where no kindergarten is available.Since their children qualify, chrono- logically, for grade one, it is here they are enrolled. It is not difficult to pick them out—Usually they are in tears, and a great deal of the teacher's time for the next few ,months Will be devoted to preparing special work for these children Who are not ready for the learn- ing situation In Grade 1. MRS. HELEN ICLEINSTIVER Exeter PS Kindergarten can only say I belleVe sin- cerely in kindergarten work and would find it extremely difficult to have my opinions changed. A few important points that describe direct benefits to the child are these: - the child Is taught to adjust to many different social situa- tions and matures greatly from the first day to the last day of school. - a greater percentage are ready for "learning sibia- tions". These are presented In kindergarten when it becomes obvious the children are anxious to learn reading fundamentals and simple relationships in arithmetic. - kindergarten is not a glori- fied baby-sitting service. It is an organized teaching program Bingo jackpot still unclaimed Next Thursday night, May 6, a jackpot of $110 will be avail- able to any player who can fill his or her bingo card In 58 numbers. Once again no one was able to win It last Satur- day night when over 100 bingo fans played the game at the Legion Hall under the auspices of the Legion Auxiliary. The $10 consolation was shared by Mrs. Cecil Smith and Mrs. Ed Wurm. The door prize was won by Mrs. Van Oevelen. Other winners were Mrs. Bill Cutting, Mrs. Gerald Lawson, Mrs. Don Cowan, Laura Har- ness (split), Mike Herickson, Mary Thompson, Mrs. Percy Noels, Shirley Taylor, Mrs. D. Taylor (spilt), Mrs. Norman Pleischatier (Zurieh) Mrs. Wal- ters, Mrs. Jake Marks (split), Mrs. Clarence Reid (Hensall), Velma Harvey; Mrs. Homer Russell, Mrs. Alm i r a Ford (split), Mrs. Homer Russell, Jane Russell and Mrs. Van OeVelen.