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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1931-07-02, Page 7fl1il1ilR11Oill 01 ,P e V Y 'A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men THE CLINTON-NEWS RECORD RUBE. If you would live Work. If you would die.. Shirk. For work, not rest. iGives, wholesome zest To tlife—its test Is work. 4Shepard. A recent writer in a Canadian weekly declared that eventually wo- men would take over the managea anent of affairs, •crowding, out men almost entirely, or leavng to them the smaller, least important posi- tions. This writer seemed to think that this would be all right, too, (he was evidently of a lazy turn), as wo- men, he maintained, ; were naturally 'active, never happy except when busy and utterly unable to enjoy leisure. On the other hand men (I'm but quoting my authority), were natur- al!y lazy, worked only when driven to it by circumstances' and were nev- er so blissfully happy as when they had nothing to do. He also declared that when men had plenty of leisure literature and the arts, generally, would flourish, as when men have little to do they would .eventually that of it sometimes and turn to the 'creative arts as an outlet for their energies. I wonder how much is truth behind all this? That men love leisure I do not at all doubt; they are like the school boy in that They love holi- days_. But it must be confessed that they have also done a great deal of useful work in the world. If they do not hive it aaali they are the more to be commended for sticking to it so well and accomplishing so much. 'That the arts would flourish more if men—women -- had more Leas- ure is also beyond question. The busy, bustling building up of new countries is not eondusive to the growth of art..But of late years there is some indication of their revi- val, or perhaps it would be more h correct to say, of their birth on this continent. This new continent may yet show the world what it can do in the way of, ereative artistic work; Bu I am one of those who believe that women may yet take their,place-be- side men` in the field of art. All through the' ages women have done more or less in an artistic way. They have had little' encouragement; they have had to combat opposition and prejudice at every turn; they have had to fight for the right to obtain an education. In the field of art Wemen' have".made their most notable contribution hi writing and this was natural, perhaps, as it was the eas- iest thing for them to do without calling attention to their work,. They wrote in' . secret, hiding their writings iii'loaked drawers away from prying, hostile eyes. But. some of these writings, such as those of the Bronte sisters, became classics .when .later they were published and'given to the world. That women will, now so many fields are open to them, contribute a fair share to the creative arts I do notdoubt.Just because u e theyhave ave not done so in the past and are not yet setting the heather c the artistic world on fire is no proof that they have not and never will have the ab- ility. Give them time. Men are not making any spectacular progress, either, just at present. The writer referred to at the be- ginning of this article did not say who would'do the work which wo- men are now doing when they take over men's work and leave them free to write and paint and sculp and ,;fish and loaf, . The inference seemed to be that It was unimpor- tant that they would continue to do it r that is could be left undone. Cer fainly he did not intimate that men would take it up: Men have a way of uggesting that women's work is easy and unimportant but they never seem to hanker after the doing of it themselves. And rather fancy that if it were left undone most of them Would soon be sighing for the good old days when women stayed in the home and minded their own affairs, such as cooking meals and making ore comfortable for their lords and masters._ REBEKAH Results of Promotion Examinations CLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOL. Promoted from Division II to Division 1 (Names in order of merit) Honours on Year's Work • Ellen Charlesworth Ruth Andrews Violet Fremlin Norma Cook Benson Sutter Billie West Agnes Doherty. Honours on Examination Agnes Agnew Bob Biggart. Passed on Examination .Jack Mellveen Agnes Cameron Evelyn Lever Kenneth Reid Claire Kennedy Bob IGandier Gordon Hearn Norman Lever Harold Seeley Cora Streets Grace Finch Willard Aiken Ethel Cooke John Cuninghame Evelyn Heard —M. E. Armstrong, teacher, Div. III--jSr. 3rd to Jr. 4tl Honours on Year's Work Fred Axon Clarence Swan Ruth Bozell Madelon Murch Cathleen Cuninghame Ernest Mittell Charier !Hutch, Pass on Examination Margaret Heard Ruth (.avis Pat Cardinal Tom Cooke Ross Finch Royce Fremlin Clarence 'Elliott Palma Hunking Jean Cameron Helene Lawson Chester Neilans Pearl Swan Kenneth Hall Reggie Cudmore Nelson Lovet oris Niekle enneth Vanderburg innie Warren Recommended Ellen Fremlin Edna Pickett. illie Leppington tlorrie khans. f'• —V. Fraser, teacher. Report of Division 4 Passed on Year's :Work van. Turner rma Hale Ivin Oarless , a can Swan • ack West !len 14lcGrtll ercy brown. Finale Honours Gertrude Holmes Sonnie Harris Lillian Elliot Helen Lavis Stella Brown Jessie Campbell Passed Orval Lobb Joyce Dougan Grace Flaxntan 4tanley Kennedy Norris Fitzsimoiut . Helen Kennedy Bob Draper Doris Taylor .Audrey Jones Clare Paxman Greta Taylor Clarence Neilans. —A. Farnham,' teacher, Report of Div. V to Jr, 3rd Class (Names in order of merit) Honours on Year's Work Norma Andrews Helen Gandier' Jack Hawkins Valena Elliott Marjorie Steep Marie Plumsteel Kenneth Cooke Roy Holland Honours on. Examinations Fred Hellyar .Arthur Aiken Rhoda Elliott • Passed Clayton Cooper Pearl Elliott Dick Fremlin Elwin Honking Francis Evans • Stinson MCIlvees Catherine Turner Jack Butler Olive Fineb Edwin Cooper Everett ,Lobb Dick Dixon Harold Fremlin ''Tom O'Connell Recommended Mary Rozell Dorothy McDonald Roy Leppington Isabel Colquhoun, Vera B. . Pepper, teethe Promoted from Div. 5 to Div, 5 Honours for Year Bobby 'Campbell Billie Cook Maxine Miller Billie Counter Florence Aiken ri ' Gordon Leppington Mary Cameron. Honours on Exams. John Lavis Jean Hearn 'Helen Herman Lorna Plumsteel Helen Pickett. Passed Pearl Lovett Jack Shanahan ReggieJenkins Jnis De Loris Brown !Billie Bezzo Maurice Maguire Jean McCallum Cecil Elliott Roy Pickett • Recommended Gerald Shanahan. H, Courtiee, teacher. !.Report of Division VII Honours During, the Year afelen Miller Donald Perdue . Homer Andrews Gerald Barry Barry McEwen :Shirley Satter ? Dorothy McIntyre Lloyd F'ulfard Richard Embleton Mary Sharp Ruth Carter. (Honours on Examination Evelyn Wilson Gerald Fremlin Lois 1'fanley Norman Elliott Dawn Farrill Edna Ford ' Lenore Walsh Fannie Lavis —Tom Steep. Passed Donald Hanley r Barbara Forrester Sarah Carter. Promoted to 'First, Reader but 'Re- inaining in Div. 'VII Honors—.Tach Holland. Pass ---Eileen Hoy Austin Nediger Lloyd Carter Edgar Maguire,. Absent owing to illness, but pro- moted on her year's work: Wiima. Radford. —M: W;iltse,teaeher, Division 8 to Division 7 Ronoyrs Frank Lawson Helen Grealis :Margaret Taylor Ruth Grealis Shirley Turner Vera Fiaxinan • Jean Morgan Kenneth Colquhoiin. Passed Lloyd Butler Mildred Harris Ena McRwan Charlie Lovett Tom Leppington Donelda Vanderburgh .,Helen Steep oloalipimmolitar Phyliss Barry Joe Embleton - Barry Tidesweil. Cudrnore, teacher. It GoKINGTINMS :pi. Hu:tjOar An American travelling through Asia writes that he was appalled by the caste prejudiees of India. And he was from one of the southern States, too. This is an opportune time to be reminded that the whale gained very little by prophet -taking, • Stolid—That quality we show or hearing what burdensome taxes some one else has to pay. Times are really worse than we thought. A golf club has gone bankrupt. Professional ballplayers are talk- ing of organizing a trades union. Fans say they go out on strikes often enough as it is. • We respectfully direct the atten- tion of our personal creditors to a proposal recently made by Herbert Hoover with reference to debt settle- ments. While we are talking of sick busi- nesses, look at the tongue of the pulp and paper industry. What does it tell? It tells of a once perfectly good business. They used to float logs, soak them, and grind them into pulp. Then some wizards came along and instead of floating logs they floated companies, soaked them in water and ground them into pulp too. The trouble is that we can't leave a good thing alone. We overdo everything. What's not overdone is rare. And if we ever get over this will we+do it again? Sure we will. That's big business. Sir Henry Thornton missed an excellent chance when- his parlia- mentary critics were questioning him about his non-paying hotels. "How about your own parliamentary restaurant?" he might have asked. Fling away ambition. See how happy Cermak was when he was elected mayor of Chicago, And look at him .nowt - Some one suggests that dogs should be numbered like motor cars. An appropriate one would be K9. Thumb the leaves of, an American magazine and if advertising instead of reading matter strikes the eye Well, fifteen cents a pound for that one. • A publisher in the United States warns daily.. newspapers of the danger to, themselves through pub- lishing radio .programs. Criticism of the programs next day would be bet- ter, on the principle, that the man who goes to see a play is more likely to read whet the papers have to say about it than if he hadn't• seen the play. It cis heresy to ' utter one word against government owership but it can the more easily be included in the"` creed if and' when the parliament of Canada, given,free light and fuel .ane freedom from rent and taxes, is able to show that it cad run a restaurant and show a profit. J A. man's house is his castle, bu that does not prevent other men, and women, trying to make its threshold their place Of business. There is an agitation for a retrial of the case of Mr. Aemelius Jarvir who was fined half -a -million dollars on account of certain bona transac- tions for the Ontario government. Af the time the transactions took place we can recall that other brokers were either sore or sorry that they were not getting a slice of the busi nese. An important precedent has been established at Ottawa, viz., that it is not improper or impertinent, for aft employer, to inquire what .wages he pays his hired help. Under the decision the hired men are obliged to tell the !loss what wages they are drawing. The , ruling is considered drastic by some while others hail it as a distinct advance in our economic development, And Lloyd George said to the chief government whip: "Jest send in your chief an' sur- render, --It's worse if you fights or you runs: You can go where you please, yo' can skid up the trees, but you don't get away from the guns." And all this while, Baldwin, a cousin of the poet, is smolein' his pipe on the mountings. On the other hand, there is the Scotehman who made up his mind on budget day that we would mail no letters until the 1st of July. Railway companies went into the hotel business originally for the purr pose of attracting passenger traffic to their roads. They continued build ing' after that object had lost enuel of its force. Now they have !Fuge hotels built at enormous cost and most of them will never pay a cent of interest upon the capital invest- ment while ptbere will require to have theii''annual deficite met frau the parent source. Generally it it easy to be wise after the event, but here is a case where it was simple to be wise before. There is also to be considered the damage to exist ing hotels whose shareholders will draw no dividends and may have to sacrifice their principal investment. Dr, P. D. Ross, editor of the Qt- tawa Journal, has written the story of his life. Haven't seen it yet, ,and wonder whether he tells of the nar- row escape he had once while he Was sporting editor of the, old Tor- onto Mail, He got into. a dispute with a stranger who had called at his of- fice to discuss a sporting .event. One angry word let to another and P. D. ordered him out and.. threatened to kicit him downstairs. The stranger ;smiled and withdrew. That night, the editorwent to see a prize fight and discovered that his visitor was a contender in . the main bout He was the champion of the United. States!' SiEAFORTII: Four nurses were graduated from Scott Memorial Hos- pital last week. At the ceremonies in connection with the graduation the graduatieg class presented Dr. Chas, .MacKay with a handsome ease, in honourof his completion of his for- tieth year in the practise of medicine in Seaforth., . UNITED CHURCH 'PASTORS IN HURON, COUNTY Ori 'Sunday next, July 5th, man npastors p ors will assume their ne duties in the United Church of Can ada in Huron. An asterisk mark the new pastors: Ashfield —e Campbell Tavenor, Lucknow, R. R. 3. Auburn --W, J. Mortimore, B.A. D.D.' Bayfield -R. M, Gale, 5Belgrave—A'. ;M Grant, B.A., B D.` Benmlll'er and Smith'h Hill ;B Snell, Goderieh R. R. 4. Bluevale-A, E. Mann. Blyth (Queen St.) -E. L. • Ander. son, B.A. Blyth (51. e&rdrewjs)-1Geot''re Weir. a Brucefield—W'ma A. Bremner. Brussels—A. W. Barker, B.D. Centralia—A. V, Robb.. .Clinton (Ontario -•St)'•• -F. G. Far - rill, NLA., B.D. • *Clinton (W(esley-Wallis)—D, E. Foster, B.A, Crediton -H. W. Hagelstein, Dungannon -IC. C. Kaine. Egmondville--C. A. Malcolm, Mf.A., Seaforth, Elimville-. L. C. White, B.A..,Exe- ter, R.R. 8, Ethel—C. E. Taylor. Exeter (James St.)—!Annan Mc - 1 a.isii. Exeter (Main St.)—C, J. Moor - house. �'Fsordwich--J. W. Button, B.A. "Goderich (North 'St.) --.Geo. T. Watts, B.D. '!Goderich (Victoria St.) --Fred W. Craik. "Gorrie—G. W. Butt. ,Grand Bend—S. J, lillathers, M.A, Hensall—Arthur Sinclair. Bolmesville—J. W. Herbert. Kippen—R. R. Connor, B.A. Londesboro (Knox), and Burns - 3. C. Forster, B.A. Londesboro—John W. Johnson. 'M'eKillop—(W- F. Smith, Seaforth, R. R. 6. Nile, Leeburn and Port Albert --Y W: G. Shaw, B.A., B.D., Goderich, R. R. 6. , St. Helens and Wptitechureh—T, C. Wilkinson, Lueknow, R.R. 2. Seaforth--W: P, Lane, B.A. Thames Road and Roy's—James Anthony, M'.A., Exeter, R, It. 3. Varna--jE. A. Poulter, *Walton and Moncreiff--Chas, Cumming. Wingham—Sidney Davison, *Wroxeter•—W. W. 'Prudham, B. A., B.D. Rev, 'G E. Clarke, goes from Gode- rich, North Street, to London. Rev, Dr. J. E. Hogg, Wesley -Wil - Hes, Clinton, to Strathroy. Rev. James Scobie, Belgrave, tc Westminster, in Middlesex Presby- tery. Rev. W. J. Maines, Walton, to Burns church, in Lamhton Presby- tery. THURSDAY, JULY a,1,931' ';)Valla` 1 ONTARIO HAS HAD HOT DRY SPELL Y w s According to a' report •from the M'eterologieal office of Toronto the mean temperature for the past six months was 30.0 or 2.8 degrees a- Bove the forty-nine year normal, 1882-1930, All months were 'above normal, The rainfall for the past six months, ending May 26111, was 4;81 inches, or 3.24 inches below average, and the snowfall was 69.4 inches, or 5.9 inches below: The to- tal precipitation 11,75 or 5.82 inches below the forty-nine year period. IT'S A RISK .. One of the riskiest practices we know of s to walk i a on a hii tW a af- ter dark.Motorists cann g y ot see ab- stacles on the road when meeting headlights and so cannot be expected to avoid pedestitians. To ride a ,bi- cycle without a headlight or reflector is akin to jointing the Suicido Club, Yet "many do it. -St. Miary's Journal -Argus, READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE NEWS -RECORD (Sauabirtr J1 l' Servic n OB 'MB) iltr�tt C1 %tiott - GIAAilr'GLSIAISGrlq,D< ASSOCIATE sECi$creatte THE PUBLIC REALTH In order to succeed, Canada must The Ministry of Health in Eng- be able- to compete successfully, with land publishes each year a very my l other nations, if net to excel them. teresting and most readable report In order that she may do so, the on The State of the Public Health. We refer to this because it seems to be rather appropriate that, on Do- minion Day, we should consider the attained that we have confidence in Canadian people must equal, if not excel the people t p of other lands nds in physical and mental fitness. It is because we believe this goal can be state of the public health in 'Can -i a yn the future of our country. The lives and health of Canadian mothers must be protected. The child born in Canada must be safe- guarded so that he may be given his chance, We are not all born with the same capacity for physical and mental development. The coaa- try should provide each citizen with an opportunity for the full develop- ment of the capabilities with which he is born, to Canada we see many persons suffering and dying from diseases which can be prevented. Our mat- ernal death -rate is high, as is also our infant mortality in many places.' Let there be less talk of what might be and more attention paid ae the immediate problems of public health. No country can succeed uta: less it tries to solve the problem of preventable sickness and death and the poverty and dependency which grow out of. these. Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College Street, Toren - to, be answered personally by letter. ada. Wb venture to predict, although it is sometimes dangerous to pro- phecy, that of all that will appear in our newspapers and in the public addresses which will be made on the birthday of the Dominion, little er no mention will be made of public health. This is not because the people are not interested in health, because we have evidence every day that they are. It is rather because we are, in general, drawn to talk of material things,.ef natural resources, of man- ufacturing plants and of increased wealth. Yet alt of these are of little or no value to the man, or woman, or nation without health. The na- tion's most important concern is the public health, because the nation is made up of living persons, not of minerals or water -power. We are not suggesting that health is an end in life. Health is the step- ping -stone by which we achieve more and serve better than we could with- out health. Just as this is true of the indi- vidual, it is equally so of the nation. The foundation for national prosper- ity and happiness is the health of those individuals who make up the nation. Questions concerning Health ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As. soelation, 184 College Street, Toron- to, will be answered personally by letter. Telephoning on the Wing! IIIMINOMMANONImoiniciAimismAramonworAiumeriumAraesnommommismagiiiiiimis ...y "I am told," says Major-General J. H. 1IaeBrien, President of the Aviation League of Canada, "that Bell Telephone scientists are directing their attention to improving communication with air* ways and to aeroplanes in flight. Developments along such lines will be of great value in the extension of commercial aviation. "The effort suggests to my mind the immense etrides which wire and radio communication have made and how greatly modern civilization is indebted, not only to the telephone scientists and engineers who evolve the apparatus., but to the great army of telephone operatives, male and female, who make it 'function throughout our awaking and sleeping hours for the benefit of their fellow men," In the picture is shown the aeroplane now being used by Bell Telephone Sc meats, entists in their expert - -Only ' E4RO epi :i,,®eofl Is that old roof causing trouble again? You no ,sooner get one leak plugged than another ap- pears? Patching will keep you poor --reroofing , is the only certain cure, ' Brantford Roofs are weather- tight, fire -safe and colourful. Brantford Supertite Slates can be laiddirectly over the old `shingles. That saves time, money and muss. Your dealer will gladly give you a re -roofing estimate— NG -tares aks rantlor ROOPS «raatford Rooting Contpany, Liosited, Head' Office and Factory: Bratetferd, Ont. Branch Offices and Warehouses: Toronto, Winnipeg, Montreal, Hapax, Saint John, N.B., and St. John's, Nfld. 4 For Sale By: CLINTON HARDWARE AND FURNITURE CO,