HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1940-09-05, Page 3THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
RAGE THREE
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MADE IN CANADA
FRED SLOMAN'S SCHOOL
STARTS FOR NORTH
The following item 'front the ton -
don Free Press is of interest 'hecairse.
'Mr, and 'Mrs. S1•ntnan and family are
.well known in this district their 'home
having been in the -Clinton andBlyth
districts tw+hare tltcp spend the huli-
days t
Completely cOnStructed in the local
C.N.R. shops. a "scltorrl on wheels"
'was moved curt -of this city ,yestcnday
to start its way tv the htmtberlands of
Northern Ontario. There it will serve
as a 5ch0.6 for thirty-nine children
livin'1c: along- 150 mites ,of track in one
•the l,:oneliest place 'en the-eontin-
+nlr. \lire than that is will ,he the
;Home fc.r the -school toaster" Fred
Slontan, friss wife and live children. a
chin far innef•v meal and a kind of sic -
al centre for lonelier ,women.
A strange hotite, this railway car.
but tach the ti. maul Iov'es it, for
the children have known no. t thcr
home than one n tvltu els since their
birth they number five -the Slontan
Children they are: Joan, in her early
!teens, I-izidhert. Margaret. Freda and
William The last two are twins.
They are "two point five" years old.
A•moltg their friends the children
have mor. wharf'l names than those
given- them in registrations. They
are, to their friends, Punk, Woo,
Bo, Persephone and Bu+b:bite. The
twins have the tongue twister names;
Persephone was • the wife of Satan,
according to legend, and B•trh+bite ,was
a rabbit in a French story 'Wap was
reading .when the twins Were born.
The railway car, provided• thy the
C.N.R. and ,operated thy the depart-
ment of education. makes as many as
10 stops in the school district it
serves, These 'stops are sidings, ohos-
en ,because there are lumber shacks
near by. In these shacks men dive
with their families. Sometimes they
live alone in a life that !has a ,gray
pattern.
There are no churches, no road
except 'the railway, no sewing circle,
no neighbors, no +one to see a ;wom-
an's new dress, little -reason to "droll"
tip, There is nothing new or,.skrange
or exciting 'for these people except
the visit of the •.Ohooi• car, that 'brings
air et ucttinn TO their rhi.1•rlrcn and'flit
outside ,world' to t hent.
The car stops tor ihrtt d;tt'i itrt r•wc.h
dung. 'Idle children .cane +tu h.dhnol,
get their le u, for tihe next five
weeks, After ahuti 'linens elan
drift- in ito t.tlk of r Attics, tr terg'ite
alhnut dicrat' rs. 7 hr} •sit ar•otutd eteP=
er for new.. aml titer the
schenl master's vide h< seraed cel.
{c•e,
The sc etti cru:tr to the car for
advice alrnaat their •al• t:l',l,ing dal
Thcse ;ht, check tvi:h tit Sh.man-
before sending the dst to sa.me city,
depart intltt Fiore, .tt'. 1)^igl;it so e-
tiines •there .are movies. For the
"school on 'w,hecls has an r.kl pro-
jector that rs 'hand -cranked. Phe
films are odd. perhaps an early 't'I tti,p-
lin picture, hut it is new is these
,people .who have never moved be-
yond the horizon of Cieprrenl-
Sonteaintes molten someone is too id
to see the movie. the movie goes to
her. In her 'little •bedroom ,the pro-
jector is set tap and the pictures
shown on the ceiling.
There are 13 oil lamps in the car
that seu'p!pl'y its illumination. Ever
since Rhe time that someone told the
Slomans a woman sag alp a•1q night Ito
watch those lights they've kept as
many ars possible 'turning. ,Now
more than one •woman sits up amtil
dtttwn streaks the gray sky, just look-
ing at the lights that shine from a
railway carr,
.Christmas in the school o t wheels
1ttsts for several tveeks. There is atree
kept for the children and presents for
all, and 'when Cirri -ours- ls dope,
there is always Dui,. • nq ln<ve t;,!he
very yo;utg to believe in Dat', t r else
the spirit of Peter Pan tiltst ht
strong within you. For ;Mb is a 'fairy
that live, in a little ; glited 1 tt-e in
the scho;,i ronin, And
\Ir. Shaman as Ile asks '.ter-cttt•,tt„r,
And if you're very elves
yon a present.
!While Dub is he children's best
,friend. there va -.n cl roan whose
eleven cit children were ,n the (id Coun-
try who used t -come at night ami
ask the school master to tell ,he
story of Dub. .Amro.., every time the
school ,visited his district he called
and the story had to :he repeated.
So the school on wheels mill go
again into Northern Ontaric. this Sep-
tember. A new school on wheels, 12
feet Bang; it has a compact 'kitchen
with dozens ,n1 cupboards, a sink,
chromium plated .table and a kitchen
table, a coal stove. The •refrigerator is
compact too. But it is the bedroom
and living -roam combined that 'is
really a gem of -the carmaker's ant.
The .walls are a soft 'buff color with
windows numerous.
The 'bathroom is as modern as any
in an apartment, Heating for the en-
tire car is provided by a sort of ftv'-
nace, set in a mall and insulated front
the outside.
It is the school roctun that is most
attractive. Complete in every detail
it also has a (bell, sliding Ib1ackb'oard,
a drinking neater cooler and side seats
for parents and adults.
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With all the anxious watching and waiting
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And once on, speed is the essence of
success—for delay may be costly to the
farmer.
M Heavy crops in down and tangled condi-
tion give rise to problems in harvesting
methods and equipment operations and
throw excessive strains on much worn parts
of old, reliable machines.
li is then that the farmer appreciates the
real value of farm machine service as
rendered by Massey -Harris.
Competent men with experience infield
problems and service that takes years
to acquire, and a system that provides
for the ready availability of parts for
any of its machines, no matter how old,
so as to avoid costly delays, are what
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DUBLIN
Gerald [Lordan has returned home
:front a visit 'to Thorndale.
,Miss Mary Reale underwent a crit-
ical operation alt St. Joseph's Hospi-
ital. ,London, on Wednesday.
lames ;Jordan, Jr.. has returned
]tome after spending 'two months in
Detroit.
A number of our residents attend-
ed the 'funeral of 1Miss'Julia Ann Ken-
ny at Sea'forth on Thursday. Miss
Kenny lived the 'greater 'pant of her
life at Dublin 'being the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. tJ,ohn Kenny.
Phillip and Frank Kenny are 'broth-
ers.
Visitors at the home of Mrs. Cath -
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arise Carpenter 'mere ,Mrs. 1'villiant
Devereaux and Miss Virginia Dever-
eaux of Chicago; Father John Jordan,
Imlay City. Mich., With .his another,
Mrs, Teresa !Jordan; Mr. and .Mrs.
Ross ,Murdie, 3.1iss Vina 13,jtirdie and
Miss this Kyle. Seaforth, with Mr. and
Mrs. James T. ,Malcolm; Mr. and
.Mrs. Harvey Hyde and son, Norman,
Hensall, with 'Mrs. Alexia 'Malcolm;
Miss jean :Aikens, Seaforth. at ,her
+home; J. 'L. 'Roney left for Bulyea,
Sask., to visit relaitives.
AUBURN
Edgar Lawson has just completed
shipping 115,000 'feet crf, •luartlber from
his mill 'here. He was assisted in
loading by Arnold Craig, trucker, and
Bah Craig and Russell IKin'g.
nvliss Marion Stewart is visiting her
aunt and uncle, o\•Ir. and Mrs. Hugh
Stewart 'of Ashfield.
REVIEW OF THE WEEK
Joint board of defence for Canada.
and the United States held opening
meetings in Ottawa. it means "the
Monroe doctrine translated into ac-
tion," -said Mayor LaGuardia of New
York, chairman of the United States
section in a press interview.
Decision to establish the board was
reached at the Ogdensburg confer-
ence between the prince minister of
Canada and President Roosevelt of
the United States. Functions of the
board are to study plans to protect
'North America from attack. Its pro.
paeals will be submitted subsequently
to the governments of the United
Stales and Canada.
During the past week, munitions
and supply contracts placed totalled
1,535 and had a value of $10.957.68C.
Thomas Arnold. Montreal. appoint-
ed electric power controlIer,
Canada and the United Kingdom
will observe a clay of prayer on Sun.
day, September 8, first Sunday after
the anniversary of the outbreak of
war.
Changes in the defence of Canada
regulations require all Germans and
Italians naturalized since 1922 to re-
gister as enemy aliens. Previously,
only Italians and Germans natural-
ized after 1929 bad to register.
'tical' time prices board issued a
warning to approximately 40,000 man-
ufacturers, importers and distributors
of domestic and imported goods
against exploiting the ten per cent
war exchange tax.
Dail service for private and person-
al correspondence resumed to unoc-
cupied France, including Corsica, Al-
geria, the French zone of Morocco
and Tunis.
Six new school cadet corps author-
ized by the minister of defence.
There are now 560 cadet corps in
Canada.
Department of national war serv-
ices issued regulations governing the
calling up of single men for military
training.
Tom --"Was her father rough with
you when you told him you had sec-
retly married his daugbter?"
Dick—"I'll say. He nearly shook
my arm off."
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