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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1954-04-29, Page 3DRUG STORES THUILSDAX, . APRIL. '29,' 1954 My Face Isu (FRED SLOMAN)' 1 met a statistician today, in your town. He's one of my ex - pupils. He was in my very first school, when I was a brand new teacher, age 18. He was 12, He sat in the Walker House today, and apparently has for- given me for being his teacher. Says that when he stopped school tins, mothergot so, lonely on the farm that she cried herself to death. He and his father made a living in the bootleg business -- only talent we valued in them when they were foreigners in this Land of Promise! He was brought at age 11 into a corner of Ontario that was peopled by 40 families who were all French or Scottish. What a spot for a kid who was neither Catholic nor Protestant! They blackened his eyes and • they broke his father's fences, and made noises around the log shack tofrighten the lone woman inthe night. She died. Aimailsiamillionsmanslismosallsalma I liked him, but at age 18 I fear- ed the Department of Education even more than 18-year-old:teach- ers fear the 'department today. His eager grin took the place of language, and the earnest face and earnest ,jabberingof his father was probably an effort to tell me to teach his son. We could not talk together, for he had no English and I :had no Russian, The only good thing about his mathematics was that he always got his answers correct. I was too young to know that mathematics is the basis of all knowledge,. and too young to know that a foreign kid and a proud me could talk in that language, in- stead of' Russian or English. You see, he put down his long division questions in the most un- orthodox way — the quotients and the divisor and •the dividend were all in the wrong places, and when I tried to get him to put them in the right places, he grew confused ROYAL GUEST BREAD 15c LOAF RUMBALL'S ` IGA MARKET —PHONE 86 -- STOP LOOKING FOR A GOOD DEAL • IN A USED CAR? ONLY MURPHY BROTHERS OFFER SO MUCH CHECK THESE FEATURES: V v V v V V Highest Trade -In Prices. All Cors Thoroughly Checked and Reconditioned. Highest Values Lowest Frices. I.A.C. Merit Plan Service Ideal Warranty Plan. Central Location — Easy to Reach An Established Dealership Catering to the Wise Buyer who Demands the Kind of Service only Murphy Brothers can give. THIS 'WEEK'S SPEC ALS: 1941 PONTIAC 5 -Passenger Coupe RECONDITIONED and $ Qi� 00 RADIO 7ta7 u 1938 HUDSON Terraplane Coach RADIO; IN EXCELLENT $'Q 9,0.001EXCELLENT RUNNING CONDITION See These and Many Other Extra Values AT — • MURPHY BROS.' CHRYSLER--PLYMOUTH--FARGO Sales and Service PHONE 465. Huron Street CLINTON, ONT. CI INTOrt NEWS -RECO W PAGE THREE and hurt ' and- worried-"frustrat, ed" is the modern term for it. . •I was young, and <when the in- spector came, I hoped he 'would tell me how to teach long division to a kid who could do nothing but get his answers correct. The inspector said to make him do it the right way, to 'keep at it until the kid learned, or he, would never be able to pass his exam- inations. I. labored hard, for I wanted a good mark from the Department of Education. That was because my job was worth, $525 or year, and I was the highest paid teaoher among those who were teaching on permits—it was before the in- vention of office polities. I had my student exactly .nine months, and then he quit. He told me last night in the Walker House that he did not hear about Can- ada's St. Jean de Breboeuf, Cham- plain, John A. Macdonald or Wil- fred Laurier until he married a Swedish girl who could read English. lie never passed from Grade One in our system, but fromfloor sweeper he accidentally became an office letter carrier, then a sort. of clerk, and now, 'before pension age, has classification as statis- tician, or statistical clerk in the Ontario Government. This week, this kindly town of Toronto has invited me to three banquets, and given me three plates of chicken, and three times the chairman has complimented me and told me that the future of Canada is• in the hands of such teachers as I am. It's baloney. Next banquet, I want fried eggs instead of chicken, and I want the chairman to point out that the brightest- kids are that way in spite of teachers. I was 18 when I drove my first kid from the land of dreams, and from the wealth of Iearning. I made him beg his dad to let him stop school And this week, I have picked up a souvenir in your town of Toron- to. It is the test paper handed back to a city child who wishes for her next birthday that she may legally stop school. The teacher's red ink mark in the French as- signment says: I'll have to pen- alize you, if you don't stop trying to use words that are not in the vocabulary to date." Another child who won't do long division our way, We teachers will be very em- barrassed if and when we meet several thousand pupils in heaven. 0 In ten years Canada's farm horse population has declined by two-thirds to. about 1,000,000. An increase of eight per cent over 1952, wool was shorn last year from 895,700 Canadian sheep. John R. Middleton Funeral service, was held at St. James' Church, Middleton, '- on Tuesday afternoon -for John R. Middleton, R.R. 3, Clinton, who died at his home on •Sunday, April 25. Rev. E. Carew -Jones, Bay- field, conducted the service at the late residence and at the church During the church service, Mrs James Bisset sang, `Abide With Nie," ' Interment was made in Bayfield Cemetery. Pall -bearers were James Feagan Brown Lindsay, Bert Rowden Charles Wise, Milton Steepe and Charles Cooper. Fiower-bearers were six nephews, Kenneth Taylor, Stewart, Ted, Don Middleton, Hugh and Ross Feagan. 'Mr. Middleton was born March 19, 1879, son of the late John Middleton and Harriett Brittain, As a young man he attended the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph and then took up farming on land adjoining his father's farm where he had since resided. He Was a staunch member of St. James' Anglican Church, Middleton; served as councillor and reeve of Goderich Township and was secretary -treasurer of the local school board for several years. He made many trips to Western Canada, 'having farm interests near Colonsay in Saskat- chewan. In 1908 he married the former Bertha Hayter who predeceased him in 1915. In 1916 he married Leila Feagan of Colbourne Town- ship who survives him, He leaves a family of four sons and six dau- ghters: Bert at St. Marys; Douglas at St. Catharines; Ross of near Bayfield and John at home; Mar- ion (Mrs. Francis Powell, Clin- ton) ; Edith. (Mrs, Russell Ander- son, Holland Landing) Phyllis (Mrs. Keith Tyndall, Clinton); Ruth (Mrs. Edwin Tufts, London); June (Mrs. Allan White, Grand Bend) ; and Lois, at home. He is also survived by a brother, Fred, of Goderich Township and four sisters: Mrs. Hattie Stewart, Myna and Agnes, Goderich and Elizabeth (Mrs. Ed. Hampson, Toronto). FARM AND HOME WEEK AT OAC, JUNE 8-11 President J. D. MacLachlan of the Ontario Agricultural College announces that Farm and Home Week, the annual event staged by the College for Ontario farmers and their families, is to be . held this year from Tuesday, June 8, to Friday, June 11, inclusive. BILLY GRAHAM'S FILM "OILTOWN UISIA." will be shown at the TOWN HALL -- WINGHAM Tuesday, May 4 at 8.00 pan. Sponsored by Clinton Area Youth for Christ �yl. (AR BING Sponsored by Kinsmen Club of Clinton II IN $3,500 0 0 PRIZES CLINTON LIONS ARENA Friday,May14 COMMENCING AT 9.00 P.M. (DST) -rp- Look at These Prizes 15 Regular Games for $25.00 each ., TV Set Special—Valued. at $350 2 Special Games for $100 each SPECIAL CAR BINGO --valued at $2,500 ADMISSION: 15 Regular Games; $1.00 Special Games: 25e per card—Car Bingo: $1. per card tarasinnaia C EFER'S ERSARY SAL It is just a year ago that we opened our store to the people of Clinton and vicinity; we have enjoyed your patronage, and in appreciation are offering Special Values during our First Anniversary Sale. SALE STARTS THURSDAY, APRIL 29th, at 9 A. M. Schaefer's Wear (ACROSS FROM THE BOXY THEATRE) CLINTON PHONE 59 Mrs. C. Jarrott Mrs. Catherine Jarrott, 85, who died at her "home at, Kippen on. Saturday was born in Stanley Township, and had lived in this district all her life. Her husband, Isaac Jarrott, died 15 years ago. She was one of the oldest mem- bers of St. Andrew's United Church, Kippen. Surviving are two sons, Dr. James Jarrott, London; Dr. Gil- bert Jarrott, Stratford; and one daughter, Etta, Toronto. Private funeral service was con- ducted at the family residence on Tuesday afternoon by Rev: N. 112c- Leod, and interment was made in Baird's Cemetery. Mrs. M. A. Hunter Funeral service was held at the H. A. Ostrander and Son Funeral Home, Tillsonburg, on April 13, for Martha Ann Hunter, 84, who passed away on Sunday, April 11, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mitchell Shearing, Clinton. Rey. W. E. Aldworth, St. Paul's: United Church, Tillsonburg, was in charge of the service, and 'pall- bearers were three sons of the deceased, John, J. Bailey and 'Harold, and three • sons-in-law, Burton Jackson, R. C. Crandall and Mitchell Shearing. Flower- bearers were grandsons. Interment was made in the Till- sonburg. Cemetery. Mrs. Hunter, for 20 years a resi- dent of Tillsonburg, had lived with her daughter only a short time, Her early life was spent at Wye- combe. Predeceased by her husband, James Hunter, 14 .years ago, Mrs. Hunter is survived by three sons, John, St. Thomas; J. Bailey Hunt- er, London and Harold, Oakville; three daughters, Mrs. Burton Jack- son (Marguerite) and Mrs. Roy Crandall (Olive), both of Tillson- burg, and Mrs. Mitchell Shearing (Helen), Clinton; also two sisters, Mrs. Catharine Alexander, Nor- wich and Mrs. Arnott Bailey, Hagersville. Rural Clergy To Attend Course at OAC The fifth annual School for Rural Clergy at the Ontario Agri cultural College, Guelph, will be held from -July 26 to 30. It will be attended by clergymen and their wives of all denominations from every part of the province. The program is planned to pro- vide a pleasant and stimulating atmosphere for the discussion of the problems of the rural com- munity, and to give the clergyman a further knowledge of agriculture in relation to human welfare. It will offer a choice of three courses: a course in rural sociology conducted by Dr, N. H. High, director of the diploma course; a course in The Business of Farm- ing", a study of the important role of agriculture in the Canadian economy, by Prof. D. R. Campbell, head of the Department of Agri- cultural Economics; and a course in human relations and Canadian literature, by Prof. G. E. Reaman, head of the English Department. Field trips to study such sub- jects as soil and water conserva- tion are included in the course. Further information about the School for Rural Clergy may be obtained by writing the Depart- ment of Public Relations, O.A,C., Guelph, Ontario. BRUCEFIELD Sunday School Attendance at Sunday School on Easter Sunday broke all previous records at the church. There were 103 attending that day. Boy Scouts Twelve boys interested in form- ing a Boy Scout Troop in Bruce field met in the church basement on Monday night for an organiza tion meeting. At present Clendon Christie is performing the job of Scout Master, and would apprec- iate receiving assistance from any- one in the area who is interested. • WU Members of the Young People's Union at the church are planning a paper drive during the month of May, and are suggesting that householders plan -For this by sav- ing paper. A previous drive by the YPU netted some five tons of paper and it is hoped that this time they can raise as much. S cia114 4 IN REPAIRING BRIGGS & STRATTON GASOLINE ENGINES We are a factory Registered Ser- vice Dealer. Original iiriggs & Stratton service parts and expo.' rienced mechanics assure you prompt and efficient engine re- pair service. 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