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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-09-21, Page 1At the mid hour of night, when stars are weeping, I fly To the lone vale we loved, when life shone warm in thine eye; And I think oft, if spirits can steal from the regions of air To revisit past scenes of delight, thou= wilt come to me there HURON COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER And tell me our love is remember'd, even in the sky t - And as Echo far off through the vale my sad orison rolls, I think, oh my Love 1 'tis thy voice, from the Kingdom of Souls Faintly answering still the notes that once were so dear. --Moore. WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 55, No. 38 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1933 Phone 84. DINNERS and SUPPERS Regularly HOT LUNCHES at all hours. OUR HOME MADE SPECIALTIES Prices Reasonable _ - The Olympia Confectionery and Restaurant CORN BEEF 6 ROUND TINS 75c SODA BISCU'iT 2 lbs. for NEW CHEESE, 15c, or 2 lbs. for 25c EAGLE BRAND !M'I'LK @ 20c per 30c tin. GREAT STAR FLOUR, our best seller @ $2.50 cwt. SNAP HAND CLEANER reg. 15c. „ .... now 10 �' D. B. 1 LEANUP ,SOAP—Nothing ,bette4.r for cleaning. 25c. now c iPALM OLIVE SOAP ....4 for 25c ,CASTILE BARS, reg. l0c 5 c now CASTILE 'CAKES -'Reg. 5. Now 2for 5c. • ;SIX OAKES OF SOAP and one Shaving Soap . . 25c All for Butter, Eggs and Feathers taken as Cash. Cream taken for the Sea - forth Creamery at the same price paid at the creamery. r Rou tied e a Va PHONE 166 rr COAL QUALITY -SERVICE L. CHURCH CARD. North Side United Church•, -(Pastor Rev. W. ' P. Lane, B.A. Sunday, Sept.'714th. 40 a.m.—iSunday ;school and Bible Classes. Public Worship -111' atm. and 7 p.m. Services both morning •and evening will be conducted by Rev. A. W. Gar- diner of L'ondesboro. ST. THOMAS' CHURCH Sunday, (Sept-24'th. Annaal Harvest Thanksgiving 'Services. Holy. Com- munion 8 a,m.; Sunday, School 10 a.m. Thanksgivung service 111 a.m. Sermon topic: "The Wheat Fields and their lessons," by the IRector. ;Evening Thank Offering service 7 p.m. (Sermon topic, "The Four Great Reasons for Being Thankful." Special hymns, Psalms, etc. ENJOYABLE PROGRAM FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 'This is our annual Flower Sunday, IA.Iv1.—lSunday School Rally Service. Theme, "'Loyalty." P.M. --"When Religion Destroys Morality." FINE 'COLLECTION With attractive surroundings of terrace arnd rockery and path of field stones leading to a pretty little con- servatory fitted with wide shelf of sand' are set the various sized pats of a fine collection of Cacti owned by Miss .Matilda 'Fowler near Sea'forth. ,There are over 1500 plants of more 'than 2160 different varieties and among them are several specimens of the rare ;Old 'Man Cactus (cephalocereus senilis) varying in size from seedlings yp pleets two and a half feet high. 'Two rave globular 'cacti weigh with pots -about ninety ,pounds, measure about. •four feet in circumference, and ate thought to be at least fifty years old, These were imported from Mexi- co three years ago, and are among the 'largest ever imported into Canada. Many other rare and curious speci- mens are natives -'o •f.many tropical countries, indluding 'Mexico; Central Aanerica,. Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile and South 4M ice. Some import- ed ,recently were grown in England and ;Gerneany. The flowers are very beautiful and of all sizes, tep to sixteen and even twenty in'c'hes in diameter—and are of many colours. ;Some have edible fruit, as the straw- berry cactus. Another variety has hooked spines formerly used as fish- hooks. The same ',plant yields a very sweet juice which in Mexico is made into candy that is a rare delicacy. :A number - of unusual peculiarities have been found to be growing in this collection. Another is the Crown of Thorns tw;h•ich grows in the East, and is supposed to have formed the crown of, thorns our Saviour wore. Most of the Cacti require only one or two waterings a year, and any water at all is fatal to a few of the varieties. `Several hundred visitors have seen the collection du.rfltrg the summer, among them florists from the large cities, who say it is the' best collection of rare cacti that they have seen. ENGAGEMENT Mrs. Fred 'Koehler of MdKillo'p an- nounces the engagement of her dau- ghter, Irene Martha, to Carl 'William Mikel, son of Mr. and Mrs, John Mi- kel of Ellice, the marriage to take place the latter part of September. WILL MEET. There will be a special -meeting of the Women's Hospital Aid Society on Monday, Sept. 25, at 3 p.m. in the Carnegie library hall. e b Y FORMER P•RIN'CIPAL OF S.C.I. SPEAKS Education has not kept pace with the rapid advance of civilization dur- ing the last one hundred and fiety years, and we have got to speed up our changes, declared Mr. G. F. Rog:' ors, Director of Education in Ontario and former principal of Seaforth Coll- egia'te IIustitute, addressing' a large audience ata special tweeting of the 'Home and 'School Club in Cardao's hall on Tuesday evening, The years resit lightly on Dr. Rog- ers' tall, athletic figure; in opening his address, he remarked that it did not seem twenty years since he had left. ,the S.C1L; and he felt he could still take the stairs three steps ata time in pursuit of any school,•boy. Giving a !historical sketch of educa- tion and .outlining what he 'himself is seeking to accomplish was the -theme of the first part of the evening's ad- dress. Dr. Rogers said that in the Middle Ages the chief ;function of ed- ucation was vocational, namely, to prepare filen for the church and state- craft. In the days of Pitt scholarship, had come to be regarded as an ac- complishment for its own sake. Educ- ation became part of the training of an English ,gentleman, ;Another side of education, 'Dr. Rog- ers pointed out, was the influence of a teacher an the life of the pupils, Il- lustrating this, he cited the 'case of his ov(n son, who had admired his prin- cipal in, the public school 'here twenty. years ago and the two still correspond. As democratic ideals grew, educa- tion became universal in scope and fin- ally became •compulsory. It was only in the_last century in lEngland that the most "advanced" educational ideas d'id not go farther than suggesting that all children be taught to read—not to write, because education was a 'clang- ,. erous thing for the masses. The vocational school idea has ad- vanced with the spread of education, to train,children for industry and'com- merce. The old apprehensions about education have been broken down, lin Canada, educational schools have dev- eloped rapidly in the larger centres in the last fifteen years. 'Substantial gov- ernment grants are available for this purpose, Dr. Rogers regarded it as a serious commentary that mare has not been done for training in the basic in- dustry of our country—agriculture. He emphasized his belief that there was no reason why there should not be an agricultural high school in the County of Huron, the heart of the garden of Canada. The money is 'there to assist, he said. Dr, Rogers spoke emphatically of the incompleteness of our education of girls. "Ninety per cent. of the girls at school Will be homemakers," said the speaker. "Why nius't a girl pass a string of rigid examinations before she can teach .other people's children, yet without training she can set up a home—and teach her own children?" 1LVe are neglecting our opportuni- ties, because we should train our chil- dren to take their place in the social state as good citizens, he said. Dr. Rogers reviewed what had been accomplished by his two predecessors in the office of Director of Education in Ontario, Dr, Seeth had done a great deal for secondary education; ;Dr. Merchant had developed a good system of teaching 'English to French speaking young people. Continuing g to his own aims, Dr. Rogers said that changes are taking place snare rapidly than ever before, For centuries there had been little change acrd education became fixed. The old idea was that one generation took the torch from their fathers and -handed it on to their children unchanged; but that can no 'longer be. We mast forget the old things, courses of study must change to keep up. The speaker opposed com- pulsory study of Latin by all pupils— leave each subject to the individuals who have a natural aptitude; let the others 'follow a course for which they are best adapted, he said, lOth•er changes he is w•o•rking for are YOUNG PEOPLE MEET. The first .meeting of the fall sea- son of the A.Y;P.A. of St. Tohmas' Church was held in the schoolroom of the church Tuesday evening. The meeting opened with singing 'hymn 1783. The President, Bob Archibald, led in prayer. Then the election of of- 'ficersi Canon App'leyard, Patron; (Betty Southgate, Pres.; Bdb Archi- bald, Vice Pres,; Mary Holmes, Sec.; ;Dorothy Parke, Treas.; Josephine Edge, Pianist, The meeting closed with prayer. North 'Side,United 'Church was fill-, ed to capacity on Thursday evening' 'last when there was presented thel musical travelogue "The Several Wonders of Jerusalem and Galilee,' by Stephen A. iHab•oush, native Gali- lean shepherd from the hills of Pales- tine, under tine auspices of the Jiac- IGillivray Young Women's Auxiliary. Mr. ,IIaboush appeared in native cos- tume and his talk was in the form of 'explanations of the pictures as they appeared on the screen in natural colors It was very instructive and in- teresting, especially views of the sea of 'Galilee, Mt. Hermon and the River IJlordan. Other scenes included .the rooky heights 'from which Moses viewed the Promised Land, and the region around the Dead Sea. Madam TIahoush, in Eastern costume, assist- ed in the program. WINS $2,700. - 1Petrdlia, Sept, 14.—G'ood news to 'the goodness of $12,700 was received this morning by D'r. R P. I.'D'otsgall, :prominent plhyak ian, with otlficiai wlord stating that he had drawn 'Light Sussex" in the Army and Navy 'Sweepstakes draw' held in Mon- treal. The 13'bh seems to have been She doctor's lucky day, for he won second prize at the A'lvinston bowling ;tournament, a •hand'slome electric-sand- w-.iclh toaster. VAND•ALISIVI St is reported that small boys have sm'as'hed thirty-eight panes of glass in the fair building, besides rob- bing grape vines and other acts of vandalism in. towns On a former oc- casion carica the'culprits were manly en- ough to conte forward, acknowledge their guilt and pay damages,, and a hint is thrown out that these boys may save thmeselves trouble by vol- untarily paying up. This phase of education was not touched on, by Dr. Rogers ii his ad- dress Tuesday night, maybe, because in matters of this kind the seat of learning is not the head. ENTERTAINED AT - EXETER On Tuesday 'night more than thirty from towns were guests of Mrs. C. W. lKestle, Noble Grand, Who entertained the local Re'bekahs and their friends at Exeter. The prize wihners at cards were: Mrs. 11. M Kel'1ar, ladies' 1st . Mr. Sid. Pullman, gentlemen's (first, Mrs, J. Sclater and Mr. Gondie won the consolation prizes. Dancing fol- lowed after which the party thanked the hostess for an enjoyable evening and retuned to their hones in the c se stria' hours. Mr. Harry Stewart of 'Egntotidvil'le .furnished the • music • !Dr. Dougall is well known in this vicinity, being a farmer resident of II-Len'sall. : W. M. S. The ;North Side W. M. ,S. met in the school room of the .church for the ;first of the Mall meetings 'Thurs- day afternoon of last week. .Mrs. W. P. Lane, the president, presided. The officers' reports ;were .read and plans made to resume the social work meet- ings, the ',first meeting to be held on Friday afternoon , ISept. 129th at the 'home o'f Mrs. (1Rev.) W. P. 'Laine, alt *which it is hoped there will be a Targe attendance of members and as- sociate helpers. The social ,convener in 'charge is ;Mrs. 'A. 'MrclGavin. ;Group No. 3 then 'took charge with .Mrs, 'G. 'Black in the chair.' Mrs. G. Slack and Mrs.. W. D, ;Bright led' in the devo- tions. Mrs. R. E. Coates gave a sum- mary of the work being carried on in the 'W.M.'S, IHlonte Missions hospital and 'dispensaries. Miss lA. (Ferguson spoke of the schools and colleges. Splendid ,papers were also given by !Miss > A. Lawrence and MTS. J. Thompson on "Missionaries at Work in Rural Areas:" rlrs. Black' closed the meeting ' -with prayer. NORMAL 'STUDENTS The following students from this district are attending the Stratford - normal school which opened on Tues- day: Second Year Students --Jean Alex- ander, Walton; Bessie M. H'illen, Wal- ton; Jean E. McKenzie, Kippen; Wm. G. MdNvay, Seaforth; Wm. H, Pol- lard, Seaforth; Jean I, Ritchie, Wel- tone Laura 1'I. Snell, Lbridesboro; Sarah j.' M. Storey, Seaforth; Mabel R. J. Webster, Sea!for'th. --I 'ti 'Firs'FirstYear Students Brt get M.C Delaney, St. Colum ban; Dorothy M. ;Driscoll, Walton; ;Elsie M. Drover, Seaforth; Angela Eckert,'Seaforth; ;EcHtb 'Lorine Lockhart, B:ly'th; Nora I '1?.. :McGrath, Dublin; J. Mary Reid, Seaforth Pauline I,,. Robinson, 113lyth; Mary Elizabeth Carlin, Sea- forth; 'Helen Rutherford Somerville, Walton. EGMONDVILLE. ;On Monday evening the Egmomd- ville young people spent a very enjoy- able evening in the stha'ol room of the church when they' entertained Miss 'decentralization of education and in - Pierced Silver Wares in a great variety of designs is now on view at this store. Very suitable for favors, bridge prizes, etc„ and priced so amazingly low that you can hardly believe it possible at the price. Also we still have some Rogers' Flat (Ware in Silver on sale at one-half price. SHOP AT AVAUGE'S IT PAYS JEWELER OPTOMETRIST GIFT GOODS Phone 194, Res. 10. Dr. Rogers said Home and School Clubs were like the little girl with the curly 'hair: "When she was good she was very, very good, but when she was bad, she was horrid." Home and ,School Clubs must be careful not to usurpthe teachers or interfere with school boards. But there was a field in which they could do good. They could assist in building up a good spirit of nationalism by fostering a Canadiana library in the schools to encourage Canadian .authors and :poets, also 'Canadian art. Local hist- ory was another line of 'work they could engage in, giving as an example ;that the school children in ,Seafarth should know about the great novelist, ;Sir Gilbert Parker, having lived in ISeaforth, his home, etc. He showed how even the humblest 'man or wo- man, boy or girl in England, was steeped .in the details of local history, (From these remarks, Dr. Rogers led his audience to a trip through Cambridgeshire in England and the village of 'Granchester where Rupert ;Brooke, the poet, had lived. And if any present thought the speaker at all inconsistent in choosing an English setting rather than a Canadian, for- giveness was complete, for seldom has a :Seaforth gathering had the pleasure of hearing a more delightful literary talk than the thirty minutes accorded by Dr. Rogers in the close of his address. Dr. Charles Mackay was chairman for the evening and at the colse of Dr, Rogers' address introduced a pro- gram consisting of a duet by Mr. and 'Mrs, James Stewart; a recitation, "Woman," by Mrs. I. 13. Koine; a wo- men's chorus of twenty -;five voices by the members of the 'Club. A vote of thanks was tendered by Principal'Bal- lantyne of the Collegiate to Dr. Rog- ers, the Home and .School Club and all who assisted; this was seconded by Principal Moffat of the Public School. The meeting closed with the national anthem. ;Betty ,Malcolm prior to her departure for Toronto University. The program consisted of a well -rendered solo, 'Danny Boy," by Mr. Harry Mc- 1Leod, , accompanied on the piano by 'Miss Jeanette Finnigan; hiss Vera 'Hudson favored with a reading and Mr. George Blake played a number of selwdtions on the .mouth organ. After ;the programme a number of games 'were played- Which everyone enjoyed very much. Miss Vera Hudson their read the address and Miss lvlarga,ret Smith presented Betty 'with a lovely Manicure set. .Beatty thanked all her 'friends for remembering her so kind- ly, The girls then served- a dainty lunch and the evening came to a close. creased local autonomy. He wants ed- ucation experiments; such a one Bert Archibald, a former Seaforth boy, is introducing this year at Oakville high. school to lengthen school hours slightly and abolish homework, 'Changed home conditions required 'au= pervised study, he said. Educational guidance is recom- mended by Dr. Rogers. Headvocated every high school having one or two designated teachers whose duty it would be to study each pupil as to interests, 'home conditios, financial conditions, etc., and to counsel in- dividually according to aptitude. ;About fifty years ago 'Ontario re- ceived a gold medal from somewhere for having the best educational sys- tem in the world, said. Dr. 'Rogers. The result was we had sat back and were soon behind the times. CLINIC ;Over forty children were examined - at the crippled children's' clinic held at Scott Memorial Hospital on Wed- nesday. 'Twenity-two were medical cases and twenty for eyesight. It was under the auspices of ,the'Llions Clare of Seaforth and Goderich, with Dr. F. J. Bechely as chairman. Arrange- ments at the hospital were excellent under the efficient direction of Miss Wilson. This year's clinic is larger than in former years, especially the • eyesight cases, which were examined by Dr. :Macklin of 'Goderich and Dr.. iRass of Seaforth. The cripple cases were in charge of Dr. Ramsay of Lon- don. A large number of doctors from Goderich, Mitchell, Clinton, .Brussels and other towns were here. At 12.30 the clinic was adjourned until the af- ternoon and luncheon was served at. the Commercial hotel, i h el, THANKSGIVING. SUPPER Under Auspices of the Ladies' Grind of St. Thomas' Church on Tuesday, Sept. 26 IN THE PARISH HALL , Supper Served from 5 to 7 o'clock Adults 35c. Children. 25c Announcing: 0 E hiion rcsthia! Srs ON OCTOBER 3rd will be presented two particularly pleasing pro- grammes of very high artistic order. In the afternoon JESSIE RAE TAYLOR. the only woman member of the Famous Wig and Grease Paint Club of America will be the feature artist. With the supporting artists this will provide a very delightful programme. IN THE EVENING, HOWARD TOOLEYtS RECENT PHENOMENAL SUCCPsSS BACK NUMBER WILL BE PRESENTED BY AN ALL -STAIR CAST OF ARTISTS This is a play of unusual merit and you will enjoy every minute of .this. programme THE SECOND SERIES OF PROGRAMMES WILL BE PRESENTED OCTOBER 17th. Admission regularly 75c and $1.00, but by the season ticket .now on sale the admission is reduced to 25c for each concert