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cursion for the Seaforth Olc. Bo3re.`
Reunion. on SalsardaY, Augast and,
' Special .train leaves Tmonto at•2 p.m.
and •arrives at Seaforth 6.25
Clinton, .6;47. rpsu. connecting 'With
the train for tthe.north and Cs'oclerich
715 p , • To esteid confusion the
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LAIVSON--STONG ,
A quiet Int( pretty' wedding took
place on Vlecluesday morning, July
16th, at Wesley parsonage, when,
Graze Lenore, only daughter of -Mr.
and MTS. Lei Sten, became the
bride of Gordon Merriott Lawson, son
of Mr, Luke Lawson, all of Clinton'.
The bride was smartly gowned in
navy canton crepe, trimmed with rose
'buds, and' carried a bouquet of Sun-
set roses and maiden hair fern. She
was attended by her cousin, Miss Vi-
ola Wise, who were a 'pretty midnight
birte,.canton frock and a corsage bou-
quet of red rose buds. • The bride-
groom was attended by Mr. Clifton
J, Proctor. The Rev. A. A. Holmes
officiated.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mre. Lawson left on a wed-
ding, trip to Toronto and Niagara
Falls. On their return they will
reside in Clinton.
The friends of the young couple ex-
tend hearty good wishes' for a happy
and prosperous future.
STRATFORD WINS THIS ONE
On Friday night last our boys jour-
neyed to Stratford, where a very ex-
citing game of lacrosse was played.
The score at the end of the game
stood .5 to 2 in favor of Stratford, but
this score does not indicate the play
by any means. •
The first period opened with hard
checking, being quite prevalent in
both team. After several minutes
of play the 'Clinton boys broke away
and J, Mutch scored the first goal.
Stratford, however, name back strong
and the score stood 2-1 for them at
the end of the first period.
At the opening of the, second per-
iod the Clinton boys started a strong
offensive play and R. Middleton bale'.
ed the twine on a peat pass from N.
Cook, tying the score. A few min-
utes later Stratford scored, snaking
it 3-2 in favor of the home team, at
the end of the second,
In the 3rd period Stratford changed
their centre plaYer and this proved to
be to, their advantage as he scored
the first and. assisted in their laet
counter. •
The last period of the game saw no
scoring, both teams checking 'closely.
With five minutes to go G. Elliott,
the'Clinton,, goalie, had the misfor-
tune to turn his ankle and he was ta-
ken off the field, beitig replaced by E.
Wendorf. A few 'minutes later the
gong sounded, ending the game with
Stratford the victors.
The return gatne will be played in
Clinton, on Thursday, this evening,
and although beaten in Stratford our
boys feel quite confided of winning
with the hearty support from the lo-
cal fans. 'Clinton needs to Win this
game in order to be tie for the first
11lace.
\ The Stratford Beaeon-Herald com-
ments as follows on the game:
"Playing a steady, heady game
Stratfordts Intermediate Lacrosse ex-
ponents. defeated 'the Clinton aggre-
gation by a .score of 5-2, at the Col-
legiate Flats, last night.- By so do-
ing they tied with Wingham for Bast"
place in the group and are assured of
a place -in the group plaYoff. The
return game will be -played in
Clinton on Thursday next, July 17. . .
"Stratford held the visitors score-
less after the setond quarter and al-
lowed the visitors but one goal in each
of the first two. Honors about the
nets were more evenly divided than
the score might indicate, Turcett,
in goal for Stretford, deserves much
of the credit for the shaWing of his
team. Incirvecluial stars on eithee.
team. would be hard' tochoose hitt
"Scotty" 'Brown and MaDdatiett etood.
out for the homesters while T. Match
and R. 1Vliddleton were good fa' Clin-
"In last night's game weight and 'ex-
perience told against the visitors.
They were outweighed man for man.
"At the opening of the game Clin-
ton, for a short time pressed on the
Stratford goal and kept the play in
the homesters territory, The spurt
ended with a neat count by J. Match,
after five minutes of play. The tally
gave the Stratford crew slew life and
neat combination from! Murray to
"Scotty" Bream everiea the score.
The tying coant was made a few se-
conds after the first, In the dying
minutes of this .period "Scotty" Brown
took:a pass behind the 'Visitors nets,
fought his way through the defenee
afirput Stratford in the lead, -2-L
"Although Clinton seemingly had
the greater part of the „play in the
second quarter, the half-time score
'was 8-2 favor of 'Stratford. 'R.
1/Iiddletori made it two -all an the last
half -of the periad. 'McDermott put
Stratford in the lead, when, after a
pretty piece of stick handling he
'whipped .one into the Clinton nets."
Clinton Position • Stratford
G. Elliott ,Turcott
• W, Mitch . "Sky" Ilaeabn,
G. ,Middleton..Cover ........11. Yourig•
C. Fulford Def.,., J. Seebach
• R.1Middleion,2nd pa ..F, Tennant
F. Elliott ....Centre "Kruger" Sinith
N. Gook ..2nd Home,H. MeDermott
K, Roberti:M. ,let Home , .B, LaVelle
H. Lawson ..Outside McCaedle
3. b4utelyn ."Seatty" Brown
Fetlford Sae' E., Putnam
M. Sehoeiffials ..Subs Putattm
4, Nediger ;.• .1, ,..W, Sproat
Refebee—W Heuning Walkerton:"
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ENGAGEMENT. ANNOONCED
• Mr, arid '3,1is.'.Edv;attl, Wr'..,Rodee
Way semonnce 'the. epgragesPept of
t4lvir
eirYf L. al rieg:gt':daln. g
trait, the anarriage`to lake Plare, this.
Month. • . ,. '•• o •
FLINERAI, OF 11 JIlNKINS •
The funeral - of he late ' Rowland
Hill, Jenkins took -place from his late
residence, 'the sixteenth concession of
'Cloderith' townehip, on Xatday after -
710011 laet, beinglargely atthndedby
relatives, old,' friends and neighbors.'
The serviees were conducted by the
Rev. A: A, Ilolmee, pastor of Wes-
ley church, of which deceased was' #1,
'member, and the ,pallbeaaere were:.
• Messrs. F: Leonard, H, 3. Hibbs,
H. 3.. Thompson, Robert Welsb,, J.
B. Lindsay and Robert Ferris, In!
terraent was. made IR Clinton ,ceme-
tery. • .
'Amongst, those from other plaees
who attended the funeral were:, Mr.
and Mrs. Robt.. Holland, and IVIr.
and Mrs. Rowe and: Mr. Will Rowe,
Walton; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Hol-
land, Winthrop; Messrs: TV': and A.
Hicks and bliss Lily Hicks, Mitchell;
Mr. and MTS. 3. 3. Washington and
•Mr. and Mrs. E. 0.. Erratt, Auburn;
.Mrs. Smith and her, son and daugh-
ter; Mr. Sidney Smith and
sie Smith, Detroit, and Mr. and Mrs.
Nixon Welsh, London.
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Mrs. Jenkins and her family -wish
to convey to their friends and neigh-
bors their sincere thanks for the
kindness and sympaty shown them in
their bereavement..
CIIALTTATIQUA
1924 Chautauqua, which came to a
close on Thursday evening last, after
four busy days, was conceded by many
to have been the best eourse put on
in Clinton for two or three years, at
least. ,
Moaday's programs consisted of
musical selections giveri in the after --
noon by the Melody Trio,
who also
gave a half hour's eritertainment in
the evening,' -and the magic and Mys-
tery stunts of The Marko Co. in the
evening. It was a good beginning,
the music being very pleasing and
Mr. Marko clever with his tricks
of magic, many of his tricks complete-
ly bafflihg the audience.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs-
day mornings Miss Mack Inet the chil-
dren, over one hundred being pres-
ent on each occasion, telling them
stories ' and assisting them to drama-
tize Mother Goose rhymes, etc, This
was a very popular feature of the
course and Miss Mack made nuiny
friends among the young people. Se-
veral of the grown-ups attended these
morning gatherings and enjoyed them
very much.
Tuesday afternoon. the Columbus
Entertainers,two clever young ladies;
gave a pleasing 'entertainment of mu-
sic, song and story. In the evening
Mr. Geoffrey F. Morgan gave his
lecture, "Success, with Ease," which
might have been more appropriately
called "Success with E's", as he gave
as the requisites of success "Energy,"
"Enterprise," "Enthusiasm," and "E-
thics." It was a good lecture and
'was, delivered in a most entertaining
manner.
Wednesday afternoon Mr. Bhaskar
Hivale, a native of India who was ed-
ucated at Oxford, gave his lecture,
"The New India," which was instruc-
tive and interesting. He has a most.
pleasing Manner and delivery and a
very niee little fund of humour which
he indulged sparingly (but entertain-
ingly. He told of wishing to see
two things when he carne to Canada,
not the ordinary thingwhich we us-
ually thew our visitors, bat twe
things .about which he, waS 'curious—.
snow arid -"hot dogs," The former
he says he Ibves, eonsiders beautiful'
and of which 'he never tilos, but the
latter, one taste was enough. No
more "hot dog" for him. He told of
the eustoms and -ideals of his own
conntry and, while he spoke highly of
British rule .in India, he hinted that
13 was ide opinion that a
greater measure of self-goveanment
'Would be rbeneficial. Alter the lec-
time 'many of the audience met the
lecturer and he was delighted to
anetver any of the questions put to
him:- Mr.- Rival° made an extreme
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1y good- impression.
In the evening, the play',.-"Cappy
Ricks," founded anon the book of the
same name, was put on .and was very
mirth. enjoyed., Some thought it the
best Chautauqua 'play yet'presented
Clinton. ' •
On 'Thursday afternoon the: Plan-
tation 'Jubilee Siagdeagave."‘a short
concert an'd Marshall Louis Merfins
gave his lecture-reCital, "The Gold at
the Rainibow'e End," reciting 'inithy
of his own poems. In the evening
.the Jubilee Singers gave the' whole
programot,' ,Theee were fear, two
men. aud,two women, and they had
well-trained • yoices, and gave' a most
pletsing .pregram, Taken as a whole
the -progranis were .god. • •• '
0. W. Heinrieks.was the stip-
eriatenderit.in tharge-und Mss Mack
reinairred in town all week,•also..'
For the first time- in Clinton, the
Chautatiqui'ebnimitthe ran'a little be-
hind., • This may be accounted for
te some eXtent, by the epicleinic. of
Measles in- towirand vicinity foa ecrine.
Weeks prior to the event, :Which tire -
vented Many people pitying, tjakets;
ItMay also have been account of
'thie,..fret that -the Girls' Auxiliery:WaS
not aesponsible ,this year and:clid. not,
take tmthe whole rtaskpf talc-
ete, nn13 iriust be admitted that -for
the .fitst three years these young la'
thee, .did yeoman service 111 this res-
pect. However, the totnanittee has'
'again. signed:lip for peat Year an ib
is expected that a .streingorgaffiCation
will be ;feigned ' next .yea M4 Chis
tanqua will again
;hap in' Other respectS.,.
AMONG TI -IR CITURCI-I S
Sa.lvation• Army
11 a.nt.,'Iloliness xrieding; 3 p.fa,
Sanday,echool; 7:30 p.m., great Sal-
vation meeting, . )
• July' 23rd, 8 p,ap., special visit of
staff Capt. Raven and Capt. Tame].
of Toronto. EVeayboclet welcome.
VETERANS' PICNIC .
- Veterans of the Great War resident
in the county of Huron, ' with theiv
wives and friends, will hold a mole-
ster picnic at jowett's Grove, Hay-
field, on Wednesday, • August 13th.
The arrangements are in the hands
of a: committee headed by Major
R.- R. Sloan. Games and sports are
being organized and valuable prizes
will be awarded.
The Committee .extend an invita-
tion to all Veterans to spend e day at
l3ayfteld's beautiful Recreation Park,
and renew old friendships. Vete:-
.ans will be expected to bring their
own baskets.
For any further information please
write to Major R. R. Sloan, Bayfield,
Chairman of committee, or Lt. -Col.,
,J.., W. Shaw, Clinton, Secretary. ,
SM,YTII—SILANAHAN
St. Joseph's Church, Clinton, was
the scene of a very pretty 'wedding
'en Wednesday moaning, when Rev.
Father Gaffney united in marriage
Charles B. Smyth, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. S. Smyth, and' Ella J.,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. john
Shanahan. The bride who, was
prettily gowned, in sand crepe de
ehene with white picture hat, carried
a bouquet of Ophelia roses, lily of
the valley and maiden hair fern.
Miss Anna Shanahan acted as
bridesmaid, wearing a pretty frock
of rose crepe, with leghorn hat and
carried pink and white carnation,
The gromai was assisted by his bro-
ther Mr. Edward Smyth of Oshawa.
' Ave Marie was beautifully render-
ed at the offetory by Mrs. Joseph
Boyle, sister of the bride.
Immediately after the ceremony
the bridal party and the guests mo-
tored to the home of the bride where
they partook of a dainty breakfast..
The out-of-town guests were; Mrs.
Dudley of Whitby, Mrs, Win. Mar-
shall of Toronto, Mrs, Gordon'. Smyth
and Mr. Edward Smyth, of Oshatra,
M. and Mrs.. Joseph Boyle of St. -
Augustine..
The young couple left on a motor
trip to Toronto and Oaliawa. The
bride donned for the journey 'a suit
of fawn tricotine with gloves and
shoes to match and' a small French
hat.
The groora's gift to the bride was a
beautiful wrist watch, to the brides-
maid silver mesh purse, and to the
groomsman, gold cuff-liks.
LITTLE LOCALS
Did you attend the Ford picnic at
Bayfield yesterday?
The Hospital Board has chosen Fri-
day, October 24th, as the day of their
annual baeaar.
One of the attractions of Civic Holi-
day in Clinton on' August 4th will be
aL ubcaesneb. baseball between Goderich arid
The Agricultural ,Society Dramatic
Club will present their play "Safety -
First" at Walton on the evening of
July 25th.
Miss Etta Hardy has taken a post -
tion on 'the staff of the Tiverton
school and IVLiss, Daisy Necliger takes
charge of the Middleton school after
the holidays. '
The Knitting Company is closed for
stocktaking 4na the knitting room is
also being re -decorated. When ready
for work again it will be very cheer.-
ful and bright. ,
Your rinks of Stratford lady howl-
ers came up Saturday afternoon and
played a like number on the local
green. Nine games were played,
thevisitoes winning five of them,
though Ethe local ladies -were several
pointa up. .
Mr. A. Scott of Mary street has a
very fine display of the old-fshioried
flower, sweetwilliam, in his garden.
He has other flowers such as fox-
glove, etc., but the sweetwilliam
present •predominates and it is cer-
tainly very lovely.' , a. •
Some Clinton people were at Grand
Bend on Sunday and witnessed the
drowning accident,when young Nor-
man Elliott of St. IVIary'e was ear-.
sled beyond his depth by an „under-
tow: The lake was so rough that
efforts for his rescue proved fruitless.
The bocly has net yet been recovered.
The News -Records had only reached
Holmesville, last week when' a phone
messafe.came tp J. Cnninghame, who
had :advertised a kit 1eag he had
found, that the owner had left word
• there concerning Nothing like
letting the,pemile know about thing%
and The People'e Patier is the logical
mode of comanunieation.
Qtlto1op3mne has beeri kept busy
'this week laY people calling•up to, en-
quire about .the entrance exam. re -
Thee° resulte have not yet
reachedz:tbie office. Wheu they do
we shall put them into type as speedi-
ly as possible and post them Up.
We,regret that we •have not gotthem
fer publication in this week's issue,
The following ,nalites appear rod
in the list of successfnl Natnial and
College Of Reticatiennetuclents: Ers-,
ltine 0..)11Yens• and, Alvin 35. Leon-
„arcl at Collegiate nessistenta, Nor,
mai, 1st class: F R. Hale, Etta Arl•
WinaifredlIcKathatid class:
Daisr-‘11Wi;;Fttlig-
TH(E ItiOlVIE PAPER
,01(1 Pupils of the Fainolis "Bawd's” School
Came Houle for Re -union Last Thursday.,
Thueeday was a 'gala day for the • , ' ", •
Babel 'community, Stanley township,
•vvben „ ae-mpion of the scholars el
te4arps ogi'l'33mai:odrel•gSecell:olg"eewvaes held
, . Invitationt had been sent out to
about eight hundred peoPle, in all
Partseof the courttay, andsomewhere
about ,six handred resPeeded:
It was a great gathering of the
clans, as men and women, who, as
»children, had' .gone to school: to "The
Master," returned froni sojourning
here, there and everywhere, bririgiag
'with them in many cases "the child-
ree God' had given them in. the land
of their eojournings.." There were
many pleasant meeting's of old friend's
who had not met in 'years, and many
an exchange of reminiscences of the
old, happy school clefs.
For the most part it was the pupils
'of the late George Baird, who: re-
tired ifs December, 1910, after teach-
ing .continuously for fifty ,yecuts, who
made Up the gatheting.
A program of speaking was gone
through in the afternoon, oommenc-
lag with singing by the ,present
school children. Mr. W.« McEwen;
president of the committee, presided.
Reeve G. B. Hanley was the first
speaker anfl. he cordially welcomed
the visitors back to their home com-
munity, assuring them that the
latchstring. was always on the out-
side of the door for them. Mr,-:
John McGregor of Brooklyn, N.Y.,
Rev. Harry Diehl of Adelaide, Dr.
R.. R. Ross,' Seaforth; Dr. T. R,
Butchart, Red Oke, Iowa; Rev. L,
W. Diehl, Pert Bueweff; Rev, John
Mchwen, Hillsdale,, and' MT.. Gordon
Waldron, K. C.,
Toronto were the
speakers. Eachone 'spoke tenderly,
lovingly, of the. "Master," of his
kindliness, his scholarliness, the won-
derful influence he had had upon the
lives og the youngpeople of the com-
munity for over half a century. Mrs.
G. Elliott of Toronto was the' only
lady taking part in the ,program and
she sang two ,beautiful solos which
were very much appreciated.
The late George Baird, the , man
who was, as one. former pupil, said,
the presiding geniusin the comMuni-
ty for two generations, was both in
Anchinlock, Ayrshire, Scotland, April
and, 1841. He came to Canada in
1852 and began teaching in 1861., On'
September 28th, 18'55, he was mar-
ried, his wife still surviving. He
resigned as teacher in Deeember,
1910 and February 4th, 1918,•hde-
DEATH OF MISS JOHNS.
Miss Emelia, Johns, following a
stroke:which she suffered ten days or
80 previously; passed away on Friday
last. .
The deceased lady was a daughter
of the kite Robert JOhne,of Tucker•
smith and was born in that town-
ship and lived there until about twen-
ty-three years ago when she came
into Clinton and had made her home
here ever since. ' -
She was a Methodist in 'religion,
being a member of- Turner's church
while in Tackerstnith and of Wee -
ley church in Clinton. Site was a
home -keeping• woman, though kindly
and sociable and fond of her friends.
She is survived by .one sister, Mrs.
Sara E. Andrews, who was with her
at the end, and by a nunther of ne-
phews and nieces. „
The funeral took place on Monday
afternoon, a short private service
being held at the house, after which
the remains were laid to rest in the
family plot in:Turner's cemetery. The
services were conducted iby the.Rev.
A. A. Holmes and the pallbearers
were six nephews of the -deceased:
Messrs. Walter_and Fred Jackson, A.
Seeley, B. Gibbings, and Ira W.
and Hervey, johns'.
MO. Sidney Johns of Seaforth and
Mr. Walter Jackson of Brantfoth
were here for the funeral. /
SUCCESSFUL DrivioNsT,TanoN
The twelfth of July delebration
held in Goderich on" Saturday, when
North and South Huron united, was
one of the most successful dem-
onstrations ever heldin „the ,district.
Nearly forty lodges Were represented,
The Clinton Kiltie Band teak the lead
as a musical unit, and did wonderful
service during the day. Pipe bands
were also present 'from Wingham and
Belgrave. W. J: Falconer, Master
of South Huron I,odge, presided at
the pi•ogram of Speeches in Court
House Park, when Mayor GallOw, 15.
11. Wigle, M.B,P .;- John Soynt, M.
p . P.; George Spotten, Itev, J. W.
Redley 'and Rev. 3. E. Holmes
spoke. ,
IA/Ingham Lodge won the prige 'as
the largest in the parade; Belgrave
as the hest .dreseed lodge; Princese
lyfary lodge, Goderich, as ' 'the best
dressed ladies' lodge; Chilton for
the best fife and dram bend; ()raage
Rili, Revvick.:tawaship, as' the lodge
coming the greatest. distance; Wilson
A.ranstreng, Godevieh, •'as the best
fifer, and Webster, V.arria, . as the
best di-y.1131)1er. John,Fulton of Wale
ton, 95' years of age, and 80 years an
Orangemen took the pyiee for the
oldest member in parade.
Mr. David Beadom, Clinton's Yeller
-
able citizen, was of course .in the
parade. He is older. -than
Mr, -Ful-
-3m» but did 'not join the Order at,so
early an age. He.has been an adtive
Orangeman for over seventy years,
. Clinton Otangemeh :speak highlY Of
the athommodateort abeordedathern.ts
bhe COMity -to-WA-and say 'that it wns
a ,verar pleaCant , day • as, well ap
TH.e LATE GEORGE BAIRD
parted this life.
• Mr, Baird was a born teacher, ,
It was his delight to "bring his pupils
on," not to make a show at examina-
tion time, "but to.really see that they
absorbed the knowledge which he was
so anxious they should have. "It
Was not a 'common' school at all," one
of the 'speakers on Thursday remark-
ed, "The school over which Master '
Baird presided was a university."
IVIrn-Bhaskar Hivale, a native of
'India, who spoke at the Chautauqua
in Clinton last week, remarked that
in the English universities tho pie-.
fessors have so little personal con- •
tact with the students that their per-
sonality counts for nothing in the
forming of character. It was not
so with the boys and girls who passed
through the hands of the late George
Baisd. He bit his impress deeply
engraved upon the character of each.
The 'story, of his .career in the corn- •
munity about S. S. No, 1. StarileY,
reminds one ` of the story of "The
Dominie," in Ian MeLaren's "Beside.
the Bonnie Brierhush."
It was not only his influence in the. '
school room, powerful as that was,
but his influence pervaded the entire
community. "Did you know Master
Baird?" a pretty young' matron, one
whose school days must have been in
the later yeaap of his eared as a
teacher, enquired of the writer. We
had to admit that we did not. "He
was a wonderful man," she continued,
"and he is not dead. His spiritis.
just as much alive as ever in this
community." We were not jut sure '
what she meant, but we certainly frit
that to have lived to such purPose, • '
to have left such a record and such
an ins.peess upon the lives of men and
women was worth a man's living for.'
Another matron, an older one, who
has always lived in •the sanie come,
inanity and whosechildren went to
the same 5-61001 she did, said she al-.
Ways looked to the A/faster when any.,
thing went wrong and told of sending
for him once when her husband was
absent from home and one of her
children fell ill.
Mr. Baird taught the Public school
during the week and on Sunday he
conducted a •Sunday school in the
same schoolhouse. And he was just '
as strict about the boys and girls
having their catechism correct on
Sunday as that they,ehould have their
spellings or arithmetic without miS-,
takes on Monday.
Baird's school on' the second of
Stanley ,,i1 the third school building
in the ection, but records do not
-seem to have been kept as to the ,
date of the first forming of the sec-
tion. The first school, however, was
a log building on the Stanbury farm ,
on the London road, the farm 11()w oc
copied by Mr. W. J. Falcand. Mr,
Williams, Mr. Archie Cameron and
Mr. Nichol Robinson, taught in the
old school, which was a (mien school,.
Mr, McKenzie' was the teacher whert
the school was built on the second
and continued to teach there. „Ile
was followed by Mr. McFaal, then
came Mr. Baird, who. taught for
fifty years. The present building -
was erected duribg Isis term Dur-
ing the fourteen years since his re-
tirement in 1910 there have been
nine, teachers: Misses Elizabeth Mc-
Ewen, Gertrude Sturdy, Jean Wylie,
Jessie Aikenhead, Pearl Potter, Ida
Taylor, 110". Peter Moffatt and 1Vlise
Ida Taylor again and the present tea-
cher, Miss Edna Reid.
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It was a most intereeting gather-
ing and many an incident of early
days, under the rule of "The Master"
Was recalled thy the ' °Id boys and
girls of S. S. No. 1.
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Several speakers rallied the chair-,
oisn a lit -t1 on, his stat of single- .•
blessedness, a bachelor is always con-
siciered fair game for the jokesmith. •
We should say that he made rather a
rash statement, however, when hede-
claaeci that it Wasa't 'his fault, that
if any nice maiden would only show
any inim
clinaton to coe anywhere
halfway she'd And
Vender if lie stopped to reflect •that
this is leap year and only a little over
half gone,. ,iYes, we consider he was
extremely rash, especially foa Scots: -
Otte thought whieh was faced upon.
the writer a we listened to the if;
me stgeopstli dp'ponsttittkp ' (Continued Pftge ) 1
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