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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-10-17, Page 481 FOUR THE SE 'ORTH NEWS Snowdon Bros., Pttblslters. Ij Duffs united Church W altof Anniversary SyRVICLS Will be held on Sunday, October 20th PREACHERS Rev. Prof. Johnston, of Toronto Services at 11 a, m. and 7.30 p. m. TO BE FOLLOWED ON Monday Evening ()MODER 21 AT 8.30 P,M. A SPLENDID ntsrtainm8llt Massey a.rris QUEBEC SU KY ` PLOW • ".QuebeC P Will be presented by The HAR-' MALE QUARTETTE and CONCERT PANY of Listowel CONCERT CO.M •L.'A. Reining, 1st tenor; C. E. Blackmore, 2nd tenor; E. S. Hudson. bass; W. ri t rb 2 t gg, one ' A. ' tit ba •t G. Hall, violinist; Miss A. Fawcett, reader; Miss A. Hall, aceonnea'nist. Admission 50c and 25e MTheGC GEORGE servative CandidateT The 'W.C.T,U. met at_ the home of Mrs, R. Slater on. Thtusayy evening, 7 M R. President . It .est lOt h Oct exer- cises ect devotional The t an presided, u - ic i R b Mrs. James byJ taken tan. cine . H Rich- mond. Hymn, "Onward Temperance Soldiers," was sung. Mrs, A. B. Carr led in prayer. The topic was taken by Mrs. A. Elder, "Temperance inrt the Sunday School" Meeting h prayer, In Blyth Memorial Hall. ;Cuesday, Oct. 23nd, "East Lynn.' fie n ,book, h bo , Read e scenery. •• na special e t� t Kin - then see the play. Lots of ulnen laugh A,Y,P.A. talent. Neil McDon- ald and other of Kincardine enter- tainers n tainers between the acts. Under r tInstitute. he ani' pices of the \V4 omen's Admission, adults 50c, children 35c. Music outside hall before play ,begins, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mills of Stnath- roy spent the week end with a the f Tors, ne- er's parents, Councillor t d\1 ille. Mrs, Annie Colclough was a visitor with her sister-in-law, Mrs. J. 1•'. Sheppard, Clinton, on Thursday. Mr. ' and Mrs. Nelson Nicholson and fancily spent Sunday afternoon •c Nicholson of M l on .has Arc with Mr. George Kling;. 1(r, and Mrs. John Riley of James- town were guests of Mr. tend Mrs. Clarence Johnston on Sunday. Mie and Mrs, Jas. Tucker of Dur- ham spent a couple of days last week visiting John and Mrs. Qrasby. spent •tsb P Grasby Thos, Mrs. \Ir, and of Alfred red t the home • stn a • evening g ('rt Nesbit, ti e i Ind , Mrs, Nicholson n 1• a d Charles is ' ted Mr. cast vis • s. Grasby \Ir Jelin and Wesley Jermyn of Jamestown on Sunday. Mr. Christopher Nesbit who has been visiting his brother, John and Alfred Nesbit, left for \\ alkerville Junction. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Craig and daughter Betty of Detroit visited with Mrs, Craig's mother, Mrs. McNeil and the fortner's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Wm, Craig. Mr. and Mrs, Jannes Doherty and family of St• Augustine visited the latter's mother, Mrs. Ellen Kelly over the week -end. Miss Jean Laidlaw of London Nor- mal has returned after spending a few days at her home. Mr. Toni Millar and Mrs. Charles White visited at Mr. Jas. H. Rich- mond's during, the week end. Miss Mamie Young of London spent ver the week end at Mr. and Mrs. David Laidlaw's. Misses Stella Richmond and 'Nellie Fear silent the week end at'their homes here. A very pleasant evening was spent at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Les Fear ,n Friday night when the members of the eighth line bail team niet. Air, and Mrs. jos, Long and Miss Doris and Mr. and Mrs, J.. P. Kelly, and Master jack of Brussels spent the week -and with Mr, and Mrs. P. J. hcl v Messrs Norman and Leslie Nfch- .eson visited Wingham friends during the week. Mrs. C. Rogerson and Mrs. P. J. Kelly motored to Wingham on Thurs- clay and spent the day visiting friends there. Rev. Arthur Sinclair of Hensall conducted anniversary services in Queen street United Church on Sun- day. Large attendance made the ser- vices an undoubted success. The of- fering was $480 and the allocation of $300 was exceeded by other contribu- tions. The music by the choir ender the leadership of Mr. Irvine Wallace for this occasion was pleasing and well rendered, Miss Pauline Robin- ir wastnryaSibtho soloeet the was sung \R, Stanley p service. Mrs. P. B. Gardiner, Sec. Ladies' Aid Rev. W. J. Maines, Pastor. WALTON. Mr. George Ross of Mitchell visited bis sister, Mrs. John Driscoll on Sun- day. Mrs. John Clark of Constances Visiting her sister, Mrs, Wm. M Gay - in at present. vicinity this t•1cu Y • from l cin great m y .�l at services attended the anniversary Bethel United Church on Sunday. 'The services were highly successful. Rev. W. F. Craig of Gorrie `nude lid servioe, morning and evening s w re' rendered by Mrs. C. Fingtand of Walton and by Mr. Chas. Boyd. Mr. and Mrs.'Bert Currie and son • av at 'und t 5 7Johnm spent \'in ha P \ Jack of Wing Mrs. J M r, and of he .home me t Crozier. Mrs. Nesbitt and Miss Agnes Nes- 's glen were at the home of ' of • Lt t 1 t itt 0 F nr for a couple 'c brother , f genie r. b the days this week , rewriting Moeda} night. • Mr. and Mrs. Win. McGavin and Mr. and Mrs. Chas, McGavin were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr• and Mrs. Henry McGavin in Tucker - smith on Sunday. Rev. E. F, Lewin of Parkhill took anniversary services in 'Brussels Ang- lican'lChurch and St, George's here on Sunday. Anniversary services held at Bethel Church on Sunday last were largely attended. A former pastor, -Rev. F. Craig. of Gorrie United Church, was in charge of both services and de- livered very inspiring sermons. Special =sic by the choir was also much ap- preciated. Solos by Mrs. Fingland of Walton and Mr. Charles Boyd deserve special mention. Rev. H. J. and Mrs. Bentley and children of London visited Saturday afternoo. T. LeemingtatntEtheth liand r. aMr. andnd Mrs. J. N. Campbell at Walton. 1(r, Basil Wilson of London spent it Misr Laura with Hoyn spent a weektyin- \\'incisor. Mr. and Mrs. McLean, Mr. and Mrs. H. Last of Windsor spent the week -end at the home of Mrs. R. Hoy ibirs, 3, Becker. Mr. Mervyn and Mise Bertha Becker and Mrs. Harper of Kitchener spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. Shannon. This is the most popular sulky' Plow on the market, It is eas- ily handled—a b,oy can, operate it.. Users declare it does as good work as a walking plow. See us for full particulars, We alto have WEED COP, the famous non-poisonous weed killer. Gallop & McTUpine Agents for Massey -Harris Implements and Repairs Beatty Bros, Farre. Equipment Metallic Roofing Frost Fence Gas & Oil OPEN EVENINGS building assumes a great responsibil- ity. She mustbe exemplary In her duties as a citizen for from her will be copied probably ZO or 30 citizens' of the next generation. This, he felt, 1 makes xeacluttg'the greatest trust in the world, Miss .Douglas' of Howlett gave au inseru'ctivc talk an c'Geography,inrse- coed class.' For arousing est Geography and Nature Study should be correlated; A short time spent iu the outdoors she thotight preferable to cut and dried deifinitaons that have little or no meaning to the young child, She recotn'me'nd•ed the more frequent use of pictures froth nap -' azines, cutouts, ineagutary trips , t ol- lections and charts prepared by pip in order to arouse the interest and en thusiastn of the 'class, She had on 'ex- hibition a cut-ottt Japanese village. prepared by her eines that aroused the interest 'of the convention and must have been effective in her geo graphy class, was thew Miss Myrtle Armstrong called oa to present her paper aoi dTis- cussing New English History, cussing the next text she pointed out some of the reasons for the teaclhiZ of history in junior fourth, the grade in which the new text is used. 01) To teach the debt we owe to .our forebears for the social, :pol'itioal and other conditions in which we Live. O Toarouse an intelligent, patriotic country our own .con Y :crest t n utt- his.. for taste ,build a To up re. t (3) p'� give in l It wig the .pleasure . r Por to Y 1'f ,5' e thought E of its inttereatieg read it, DUBLIN. Autumns Tang Awaits You Out -o£ -Doors. Mr. a in Stirs, John Brennan spen•t .'Why not get back le tune with nat- al a Sunday in St Jt circ once snore. Air and Mrs, Patrick Crowley and ;Just now lowland and stream, high- . Mrs, John Krauskopf and also Mass R.De- troit t o •etu me • have 1 ' bins Ot eOC O S. with a days a few Y spending after s g it aft p t ro ' on lige. 4s.Dan. OC Mr. and lr ,Mr, and Mrs, August Due'harme spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Angus Kennedy. Iver sPenR Mr. and Mrs, Peter Mc Sunday with Mr, and Mrs, Joseph Dillon. .Air, Charles Weis of Shakespeare and Mr. Louis Weis of Toronto were 'a. rill '� nd on y friends Dublin Dlb Of guests rs o ' Mit- chellMr. and Mrs, John Leggett o were the guests, of Mr, and Mrs, Alex. Darling ou Monday. Miss Mayme Weber of London is visiting her Friend, Miss Mary O'- Connell in the village. The many friends of Mrs, Leslie Moore will be sorry to hear that she is quite ill at her home south of the village. We hope to hear of her speedy recovery. Mr. Dan. Costello is wearing a pleasant smile. It's a boy. The Thanksgiving service on Sun- day was largely attended as it is fif- teen Mr. Langford Rev. ince t years s tees Y H e church. r ' St. Mary's preached in Y saw many changes and hoped to be with us some time again. chick- en a number 'attended the c en supper at St, Patrick's hall, on Wednesday evening, from Staffa, 'S't. Calumbas, Stratford, Seaforth, Mon- roe, Mitchell, Kinkora and •Broclhaig- ho. e he ' for t P • t els stet of etDrawing Dl t. g tae The made, was d prizes au chest p Williams, Mary Y were winners sella • «,• 01 Y, Pat. L r P 5` kru nm o , auto 6, r.B Benninger, Mrs. Logan; china tea set, of Dublin; pair of curtains and cush- ion, Mrs. Brown, Kinkora; silver cream and sugar bowl, Mrs. Wm, Curtin, Dublin; eiderdown comforter. Jos. O'Rourke Jr., McKillop; pair of sheets and pillow cases, James Carlin, Beechwood; pair of flannelette J J. lin- en tablecloth, Frank Maloney, Beech- wood; pair of woolen ;blankets, Rev. hr. Dantzer, St. Columban; side ray- on spread, Mrs, John Flanagan, Dub- lin; white bed spread, Alex. Darling, Dublin; pair of pillows, John Bruxer, Dublin; set of linen towels, Mrs. Pet- er Eckert, McKillop; hope chest, Minnie Cronin, Detroit, Mich. We are sorry to report that Mr. M. J. Klinkhanter is on the sick list. We hope to hear of his being around again soon. land and forest are cleangung 'their garb. Mother Earth is presenting for those shows ' .t �, f her centres a1 4 e p takes here she e w who care to youru y her magic brush and paints the world in new Intek !What better than to forsake the city for a hunting trip: to the spots where Nature -is changing her stage in keeping with the seasons? The thrill of the chase ,may be primary or secondary in importance, The tang ha ev er t w ' ispresent re unit a the ;Autumn f 0 your purpose out-of-doors. One deep. breath of it before .a •fragrant camp. breakfast and you feel like a new man. Get away into :the northern woods in Four familiar breeks acid jacket and enjoy the work of' a Master Artist, The reds and browns and russets and yellows you never 5av' on any canvas painted. You will rediscover the ap- petite. you thought was gone. You will 'find a new zest in play. 011 up Me old gun and look up your out -door clothes. 'The Canadian National Rail- ways will do the rest. Conveniennt trams 'leave d'ai'ly and make stops at take will The v • lodges. Y 'tt nti the hu a r rival in Fail •fes you to the heart of the a short time. Any agent will give yoio full particulars. EAST HURON TEACHERS' INSTITUTE The fifty-sixth annual i Convention Institute Huron `hers , Tea East Hw con E the Das 0 � in dlc October be r LO 10 0 'cla e at nd nae rh Se afo t - Hall, ,risk ' Pa St. TltoiitaS t and was a 123present .`hers with teachers P sicl rl t r'nct a Pt P success in every respect. Edwin R. Crawford, of Seaforth Pub- lic School, the President, occupied the chair. Rev. W. P. Lane of Seaforth, con- ducted the opening exercises • and Mayor'Galding in a neat address wel- comed the teachers to ,Seaforth on be- half o'f the citizens of the town. The records of the last convention held 'in Blyth were read and adopted on motion of the.Secretary and M•• Posliff, 'Inspector Field then named the bol - lowing, Conn,mittees: Nominating ,Gom'mittee—'Mr..Sam- uel Jefferson,,Miss Della Lavery, and Miss Forrest. Resolution Committee—Mr. Henry G. West, Mr, Norman Hoover and Miss Jamieson. lila, E. R. Crawford hi his ,president- ial address chose the subject "Teach- ing—a Trust" he wondered it teachers of 'Ontario are always cognizant of the importance of the trust reposed in had come them,and cited examples observation wherein teachers had apparently for- gotten, if they had ever known, the high character of their calling. Teaching, he said, never degrades but ahvays dignifies those who are engaged in it. The work 'is difficult, requiring wisdom, tact and above all patience. 'The teacher must, to be success:fail, be an active aggressive, intelligent compound of love, zeal, wisdom, virtue and above all jtcstice, Scholarship, though a .necessity, must for success be reinforced by that' subtle power we call a force of char- acter. A teacher 'reproduces herself in her pupils, they 'being hero w'or- shippers and mimics, and in her care many more hours per week than they are 11 direct touch wick their par- ents. The responsibility 'for ;building character rests heavily on the teach- er, and is the •most•important part of her work. Teaching is an art; the teacher is the artist, the school. and school yard her studio, her •material, childhood, and the resulting picture is a human soul. Teachers are often misunderstood, and unappreciated but the teacher who undertakes the task of character WOLVE TON FLOUR MILLSCO. LflLI ' D SEAPORT}, ONT14Rto WE ARE PAYING FOR GRAIN $1.25 per Bus. Standard Oats, Standard or over , . , • • ' ' ,72 per Bus, 1 Malting Grade , • , • Wheat, 60 per Bus. Barley, a t $1.50 ger 100 lbs. Mixed Barley & Oats, . . • . • •' • .. , ' These prices are for clean, dry grain delivered at the Mill We cannot handle Buckwheat, $36,00 per ton BRAN; m bags .. $38,00 per 300 b SHORTS, to age ,. $45A0 per tone MIDDLINGS, in bags , • • . • • . PHONE 51 of the National deed so oftennelected for encI trivial ed with the smgutg reasons of Personal Anthem' resident; Geo, Athens it was a„ man's r interestinthe P tells m � �an g Crawford,ice take Edwin into Ddr fall a , first O a was rstn Secretary. the ec YAn A S state. Jefferson, ' 1 individual. • rds at .---�apt cella and an citizen, later t e. in She i ught the new history an im- provement nn- A Real Danger•'ugliest mrran�ing of the word; old becaus Nory that the election tune tit ear Today;there are too few citizens proeetiI g on the crucially n contest, and t'simpl'+Red Province is drawing rich ttl,u'st there are tan many Individuals, selfisl► co there is one grave danger Which inconsiderate ndivid a and nth n u'a 'e, Pupils want to attention of every vo-.folk, i politic, an euc- la g . e g be drawn the the of the The increased text. c of to n its conciseness ter. To bly s to the averagehela, the tion, minlfthis ul fele tion or any, other, is a ,pfetualtc and er, comfortably situated as hso its value as a text. Intricate logien to be in excellent matter .which evervlvaoter--sten may af- when e s wars - and cream are i aPPenrs d facto tt'elhbefn�g a y, en his iivoided, to at a later period Business is good, k h s comfort has ,P k t, ev taught tong , be ge th a ter a tel r th m a t , leds e 1r 0o ue ah nS •.e P 't a i q ' re u ��te children h tl �f i a ab t m mindsu o hee a ts 1v etc Y e ' i1- more P more fully developed. She then lttstrated the use of pictures in the teaching of a history lesson on "The Ancient Bri'tons.” • to noon hour a luncheon was At tl served 'by the ladies of North Side United Church. After a 'bountiful, well served dinner Mr..A. , Principal of the Collegiate..Institute, Seafor,tln, spoke on '''The Trend of reviewingtheprogress e Education," oiigh giving education through" the ages, g the present trend rand even looking into the future. The convention nriants '•ess -and 1 ' a this ted with h ell h d g Ir. N y expressed -their desire to -'hear Farmer, on future. occasions. Music was furnished for the oce lassoo by .Miss Beattie and Mr, Stew- art and community singing led by Mr. Charles llowey. Miss Everson of the Stratford Normal School 'opened the afternoon "Teaching Tea g a paper on' with P nth wt P less of our ••t „ ,most In n • the male Health." To • d b rte must N e se Y. its m ur it lives, o sit t life, sat cit I3+ dies bo healthyphysical mous v+ice so `chap, to -day has error actua4 and potential revalueher thano cay preventable disease, cor- rective measures, occupies the centre of the s'ta'ge, Adult life 'as' well as child life requires to be conserved. Tracing the history of health move- ments from early days up, to the pre- sent she showed how ,govermnents, federal, provincial and municipal, are carrying on a great health crusade through health nurses, school nurses,' child clinics aided by educ'atiottal work.. through ne'wsp;tPers, magazines and health clubs. Education, she said, should deal with the •physical ets well as with the mental. She con- demned past methods of physical ed- ucation and hygiene as uninteresting and wasteful. To successfully teach health the teacher must believe and practise health laws. Cleanliness of schools, proper desks,' good ventlt= ation and facilities For cleanliness Hurst be provided. Common disease and defective teeth; tonsils and ad= enoids.should be. detected by the alert teacher BLYTH. Hurt in Accident. ---Twenty-eight or nine stitches were required to close up cats and gashes in Mrs. Stanley cibthorac- ident a out face o'clocksTuesult day f night a ;mile south of Londesboro. Mr. and Mrs. Sibthorpe and baby Jimmie, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Taylor and two daughters, Irene and 'Luella were in the car driven by Mr. Sibthorpe, re- turning from the picture show at Clinton. A Packard eight driven by Mrs, ODr.) Hantbley of London skid- ded across the road when the driver stepped nit the brakes too suddenly as the two cars were approaching in a stretch of light fog, The Sihtherpe ear made a full half -turn on the road andwent into a shallow dike?' without upsetting. Mrs. Sibthorpe sitting in the centre of the baok seat received 1 a blow broken glass and ' we r of shower a from the window post. Irene Taylor escaped with one cut on the face and the others miraculously escaped with- out injury. Dr. and Mrs, Haunbley who were returning from Walkerton, were uninjured, and their car received. only slight damage. Dr. Sdamthley was formerly of Wingliam and sold his practise there to Dr. Colborne, a former well known Blyth doctor, 4Ir. Jack Fraser, also coming home to Blyth front Clinton, rushed the two injured ones to Blyth where they were attended by Dr. ,Ross. Mrs. Sib- thnrpe is resting, easily at her home at present. The Slbthnrpe car is almost a total wreck. HALL a'r ou factor- ies r i1 ria. t n iia o dt c d in e les are un'mm g, les there are fine new homes on r the roadi than ever, everywhere --in are springing ' up short, prosperity' seemstobe the ispre- vailing note in the pro the Ferguson lo- gical- to say, then,' its wore fairly. Government is. doing well—either that • or , (a very ooduttl ort fallacy) conditions. ares g the country would ,prosper regardless is of which party was i power. the latter attitude of mind. which isle'' wrong and' se harmful to the,pe a of best interests for it is an attitude mind conducive to apathy.;Utpart 'r 'n on thep . 9str oto dm to wise a oily, wts of the Government is responsiiUte for the fact :that the Province finds itself ditfot• i c et 0 c t fect is 3 table—that of the electorate should still remain deaf to every appeal of the press to' record a vote. It ought to be self- evident to our people that, in their own interests, If for no more altruistic reason, there is pressing necessity folr them to elect the ,party which can give the Province those tangible ben- efits of government s'o much to be desired. \11re, therefore, urge on ons readers once again the need of getting out and voting. .Do'not depend on others to perform this duty in your stead, Da not • take it for granted that the C on set v a t lv s Government overnnt will i ll b e el- ected, simply1Ybectuse you feel it ought to be. Make certain of It. Go HULLETT. Mrs. Wm. Lowrie—An old resident of this township passed to her re- ward on October Pbh,..in the person of Mrs. William :Lowrie. Deceased had been poorly for the pa;t four years. Bonn in Galashiels, Scotland, Mrs. Lowrie' came to Canada fifty-four years ago and three years later was married to Mr. Lowrie, and since that time she had been a resident of 1•Iuilett. Her husband predeceased her fifteen years ago and she is survived by three sons and two daughters: haes, Randolph and Phemia, at ome; Charles, at Brussels; and airs. Peter Taylor of lsiullett. 'con her pa- tience, her kindliness and her charit- aibleness, those who knew the de- ceased 'best in her lifetime, will ever remember her for these qualities which combined ill her true Christian character, The funeral was held on Friday afternoon, Rev, Mr. Forrester, of Londesboro, officiating, The pall- bearers were her three sons, James, Randolph and Charles Lowrie, and Messrs. Peter Taylor, William Jamie- son and William Henderson., ,Inter- ment was made in Burns' cemetery. The family have the sympathy of the entire community in their bereave- ment. ELIMVILLE, Master Harold and Miss Jean Da- vis- visited at Mr. Alvin Pym's a few s etaY last week. . ' ra Lon- donand Mrs. John !Francis of don are visiting at Mr. Wes. Johns this week Mr. Rich Johns is having hydro in- stalled this week; AIr, anti Mrs. Alden Jones of Lon- don spent the week enc at the home of Mr. Harry Jtohns. Miss Bessie Bell of London was home over the week end, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cooperand family visited in Seaforth at Thomas Hodgen s last Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Jahns and ba- by visited reattives in St. Marys over the week encl. Mr, and Mrs. Ernie Foster of Gran- ton visited at Mr, J. Heywood s on Sunday, Master Billy Forel, son of Mr. F'red Ford, who has been 111 with peeutnon- ia•far over a week is very much im- proved, Mrs, Thomas Bell and sen Welling- tript�throtigh rned on thenclStatesinmo- tortothe Coast also into Canada. They have been away about ten weeks and had I wonderful trip. firs. Bell has three brothers and a brother-in-law wham they visited enrotcte. Want tt Por Sate ..ds, 1 time 25eT +messee+' WALTON FRIDAY, OCT, 1 BLYTft 5 PIECE ORCHESTRA Admission $1,011 in its present fortutrate con We think it regrettablethat then and vote. general • public is not -in a position to realize the tremendous effort Which the Prime Minister, and his Cabinet have put, and are putting daily, into ef- np the Province .:bo fru nus then r o t5 les int the scree. The man ef- ficiently. fide only .the 'smooth functioning has [h -e He Park.. ne at ue en s chi Q ma idea that this snvo'oth .running machine of government functions automatical- ly,. The • fact that then of integrity, ability and shrewd common sense are behind every motion of the machine is, perhaps, never brought home to the average voter and might be real- ized the guiding minds Anyone wanting 'Potatoes that cook hat been w machine right, having the proper flavor and t and the their tt 1lace withdrawn best 1 been whad P have t ' nourishment, uis they i t to tteTns .tois bis honing 3'4-'516 at once. This is the pressing danger: that the order by p' voter may not realize in time how 7 People find out by experience that much he owes to the .party- which has hens cannottproduce vored roper feed. same P . . Meeting. A MEEETING IN THE INTERESTS OF W. G. MEDD Progressive Candidate Will be held in Cardno's Hall, Seaforth, on Wednesday Evening, October 23rd AT 8 O'CLOCK SPEAKERS: MRS, WILL PUGSLEY, Toronto MR. R. H. HALBERT, Uxbridge And TEE CANDIDATE Ladies are cordially invited to be present Goo, SAVE THE, KIDNK3 Miss Everson then outlined a course in hygiene throughout the grades re-, commending the use of health songs, stories, games, dramas, projects and group 'interest no add to the interest and effectiveness of the teaching. Theconvention then broke up into conferences of the various classes which met in, the public school, led by viatiotis teachers, . these . conferences discussed The difficulties, met with in their particular spheres of work.. +On Friday morning at precisely nine o'clock the convention again con- vened to receive reports of the nom- ination committee and of the reso- lution committee which were •present- ed by Mr. Samuel Jefferson and Mr, Henry G, 'West, respectively. 'The election of officers resulted as foll'ow's — 'President, John Edgar, Brussels; Vice President, Mrs. Aiken, Biuevrale; See'y. 'Treas. Geonge -'H. Jefferson, Clinton; delegate to . •O. E. A.—E. R. Crawford, Seaforth; Fite- cutive committee—'Miss Hutton, 'Mr. Mehr and the staff of Wingham {sub lie school. Next place of meeting, Wingham, ,Report of the Resolution Commit- tee:—+Resolved (1) That the tha Iles Of the' East Huron Teachers' Insti- tute be tendered Rev. Mr, Lane, Mr. Edge and Mayor Golding, for their kind and sympathetic messages to the f St. managers o the n and to g r teachers, . use. Thomas' Anglican Church for the of the, iParish hall. ('2) That the thanks of the 'In- stitute be tendered all those who .so ably conttriibuted to the program, es- pecially Mr. Farmer, Miss Everson and the Executive (3) That the memorization selec- tions for High School Entrance be frequently changed. (4) That the Department of Educa- tion prepare and authorize a suitable collection of exercises in arithmetic and gra'ntirar for fourth classes and in arithmetic for Senior Third. Q5) That a manual of seat -work: su'rta'hle for rural schools be pr'epa'red by the Department. Speakers on Friday were Mr. An- derton, ,Miss MadLeatt, Mr, M. Ross Savattge, optician; Miss Everson, Miss Redmond, 'i3y vote of the members it was de- cided that part df the funds of the Institute be used to provide schol'ar- ships for Entrance ,pupils from rural schools at the 1900 Entrance Examin- ations, and that the Executivee of the Institute be 'a cottirtittee to arrange for this, A most successful conventions cies- Potatoes 3. E. HUGILL & SONS are on the market with the balance of their 30 -acre crop Potatoes. P.E.I. Irish Cobbler been in power during recent years, that in his indifference, his comfort- able feeling that all is well in the best of all possible worlds, he may neglect ,evbat Le in -reality a vital ' need and duty of every elector, namely, to exer- cise his vote. It is a curious phenomenon of our present-day society, this apathy to - Wards the right and :privilege of hav- ing a voice in the government of one's country. Things were not always so in other ages of the world's history. Hbw fiercely in times past have men fought for this very privilege, now it seems to us held so- lightly, and m sae applies to potatoes or anything we eat today, 'This year we $1est 00.00 to 'feed aur potatoes to put that flavor and quality into them which now makes our potatoes famous for hun- dreds of; miles. Ten days will clean •up our entire stock and if you want to escape dis- appointment, phone now. Yours for business, HURON 'COUNTY'S LARGEST GROWERS POTATO •• sli•ps . . the call fails • if one THERE are three people to every, telephone call. If any one of them makes a mistake the: call fails. It may be the operator, it may be the person calling, it may be the person called. There are over one million local calla in Ontario and Quebec every day which fail—"Line's Busy" —"No Answer"—"No one on the line- now, sit"— "Wrong Number". These uncompleted calls are a serious matter. They mean two million minutes a day wasted -- congestion of traffic — constant irritation -- a e vice. fr 'c to efficient s handicap P Some of these cannot be avoided and some of them are due to our own errors, and many of them are due to lack of co-operation by the other two parties. *We are constantly reducing our own errors and we are constantly striving to give the hest possible telephone service at lowest possible cost. As part of this effort we are now giving publicity to common faults in telephone usage in the hope that there may be mutual endeavour to secure and maintain maximum efficiency. It takes three people to complete a call -- if one stakes a mistake, the call fails. *It is oostitts/ moo the* $0',000,000 this year to extend a?td improve tele» phone seruioo in Otitomo attd Queb)eo, •