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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-08-12, Page 4GENERAL OBSF,RV ATIONS By W.H.T. Ex -'Premier King claims :.flat the budget of 'his late 'Finance Minister, Mr. Robb . was constructed on scien- tific principles. A scientific Robb-ery, as to speak. ,An. open sinneris a less contempt- ' 'able character than a canting .:hypo - Notwithstanding the late spring and the coolness of earlysummer, al y turtling ' irly ell. 11 "r0 )ti are out al t the s. 1f v The hay,crop is two or three tin es as abundant as it' was lastY ear, and the grain crops are very good. Indian corn, (which requires real bo weather to +being italon • has ? g S. not done very tell, though 'during the last ttvo 'weeks cif athmmer heat, it has made a remarkableg rowth, The Potato promisee well. Tomatoes will :.not anl'onrit to mueli unless we have a long warm fall to ripen them; for they had a late start. Other `vege- tables will doubtless be aood cro i g 1. The thrifty h u i will Q sew fe )v 1 not have many gem jars of raspberries on her cellar shelves this winter, and she will have a less number of jars of goose- berries. The black currant has flour- ished like the Psalmist's green bay tree, and has 'brought forth abund- antly. The 'bktge currant 'seems to enjoy .a blessed immunity from pests, and in this respect it stands almost alone, forwith few exceptions, every thing that the earth brings forth for the good of luau has an enemy cf some kind. This year the •stooks' of wheat 'literally black with black birds. Jack Miner's crow trap will ca attack birds as welt as it catc crows, it hasa wide field of usef .i t ess before it , That aanoosin' little + cuss, •the pot bug, with his striped suit cut on half shell, is here in countless' my iads, getting in his destructive wo with alt industrious persistency wthy of a better cause. The tons Paris green with which he is dos do not exterminate him. And wl shall we more say, for the time trot o fail us to tell of corn borers, ct tllios, cut worms, wire worms, bu butterflies, caterpillars and so on, infinitum. Noxious weeds have no enemy but 'man, and, if left alone, would ulti- mately choke out'every useful plant, But something may 6e said in their are If tch hes a1- ato t .r-, rk or - of ed, tat ild largely fur an "audience sttuation." is- 3, Each teacher should master it i gs, technique. 4. ad Reading in the Middle grade e; very mechanical owing probably to tack of training in "Silent Reading'; material. 5. The work in reading and langu- age work in many primary class- rooms was highly -commended. (E) Spellings. 1 Each grade ,should have "mini mum" lists, t, 2. Long or unusual words should be avoided, 1 "Ayres Scale" will allow- teaoh- er: to detect weakness in spellings mud to follow up with remedial measures, 4. Proper "motivation" should be given to pupils. '. Dictate simple continuous pas- sages from the English classics to supplement assigned spelling lists, 6. Pupils should be "tested" on each lesson before they begin to "study"' their spellings. Each pups (B.) The PupU. 1. Thepupil:of ;sound morals, per- severance, - severance, and of average: mentality, 'will usually (as adults) outstrip the. pupil, of 'bright mental attainment, but lacking "character." 2 Since 'How We Spend Our Leisure Hours", is the surest possible index to our attitudes and apprecia- tions, study your pupil when at play. 3. "Intelligence" Tests, Achieve- ment Pests and the teacher's rating of his character,' ability aiid' tempera - went, are sound ,eriteria of the pupils' Standing. 4. .\ pupil of twelve' years in eiilo- tiorlal and social development '..ns wholly unfit to as'sociate with a group of 15 or 16 years of age. 5, As a group, girls score higher .than boys at every age, - - 6. Except in Grades NTH and VIII, city pupils made lower stores than pupils in rural municipalities. 7, 'Since children resemble their parents . iu intelligence, aecotding to. occupations, groupings have ;been made as follows, in descending order of ability (intelligence): (a) Chil- dren of professional 'workers; ('b) Children af,business 'anCclerical -wor- kers: (c) Cl°hildren of skilled work- ers; td) 'Children of semi -skilled workers; (e1 Children of 'farmers; (1) .Children of unskilled worker's (low- est). 8. In decreasing ratio of intelli- gence found among British'Colum- bia children, they stand thus: (a):'Ja panese, (b)' Chinese, (c) Canadian's (d) Americans, (e) Foreign -born Eu rnpeans (lowest). (C.) Penmanship. 1. Rather too much time is aper on writing to the cletrintent-of other subjects.. 2. The machinery involved is too elaborate and expensive. 3. Complete freeeat•m" movemen and a degree of wrist or 'finger move anent cannot be absolietely divorced 4, Experiments show that very few people. so trained, retail th movement in its purity when "oh guard" or after graduating iron ,c1 soul. 5. i1 median quality of 60 for a ctaab (Ayres scale) bespeaks that oth er subjects are being neglected. ri 1fpunpupils receive diplomas fo t cellence in handwriting 1a,rlwriting wap not fit instance, give medals to arith nitric students, girl guides, „ boy .t•onts, etc.? 7. The quality of pupils' haudwrit ;ug should not count for as much a what they write. (D) Silent Reading, la The 'bibliography" in the pro gramme of studies is commended. 2. "Oral Reading" should be used favor. Our efforts to keep them down cause Qts to stir the soil and put it in better condition fur raising those plants which furnish us with foot. Horace Greeley used to sat that the Canaria thistle was a good 'thing, because it made men better ttarinere. And thus it happens that seeming ills are often blessings, as Shakespeare {y. -- "Sweet are • the t. uses .,' alter -fly.. Which like the toad ugly and ve't- oulous, Wears yet a precious jewel in it ,}head." ar ," * * * • .and ttrw what shalt we say in con elusion? Simply this --Vote for An drew Hicks, and clean admiuistratiut and sound liacai policy, s stones only the words missed on his "test". (Economy of time and effort.) The correction of. all spelling (•crus-., in all ,•object, sitculd be dealt with. tth t, (F) Arithmetic, 1. Problems ,should be stated its simple language. ambiguous and tom - plea pir.astiology being eliminated. 2. 1 r;blent•' should have a direct relationship tp the practical needs of •fe and .the pupil.' living environ- ment, 3 f .\ means ,t1 certain "standard - Led" tests the pupils' weal( points may be detected, and theft "drill' ap- plied. 4: \tach more time (probably 50 per cent) should be given to oral trithntetic and undue - emphasis is -,: iced on long written solations of trithniatical problems. 5 \fore attention should be given t• the Senior Classes, especially in getting rapid and accurate cotnputa- ion. (without pencil or paper) its the simpler tarns of problems, rl. From the tests .;igen, Uritis(( 1 ltnnbia tracltets gife less time to rithntetic than in Ontario, in the I.( lVer gra des. 7, ;fn 311,1'. (;rade \' was especial- ly weals in both arithmetic and spell - it, BREEZES FROM VANCOUVER In my last letter 1 promised to give some excerpts gleaned from the re - Cent Educational Surrey of the Pro- vince of 'British Coltunhia, Ws have treated them topically. (A,) The Teacher. 1. What the teacher REALI.I I:S will be what pupils will remember and be influenced by long after class -room. instruction has been forgotten. 2. :Does the teacher seek to dignify ,-comnron toii and agricultural pur- suits (Canada's chief inlitstr} 1 rather than stressing sunk of the so-called refined eccttjratiotts incident to situ» dern city life? 3. 'gins more at the child's power of creation than merely at :his ability to repl•oduce text -book facts, 4. More attention should be given by teachers to secure physical exer- cise in the way of organized school games rather than in (wasting time and effort in marching the pupils around the school -room, 5. :In "House Economies." eta, for too much time is .spent by pupil, copying down long lists of "notes.' h. A simple "nod" of the head saves tnttoh time in lite school -roots. n7. Before a teacher can really "teach" a pupil, there Must be moti- vation or purposive activity on the pupil's part present. 8. Don't 'lecture pupils; arouse their thought -encourage pupils to atsk questions of each other. 9. Teachers should have (a) mas- tery- of the Principles of Educational Psychology.. (b) A knowledge of the Common 'rests and Measurements (c)' ,[Knowledge of Edncatirtnal Psy- chology, 10. to teacher owes more than six hours a day during the school year to his community. 11. A teacher must know the pu- pil's'rea.ction to his whole .environ meat, (at °work, in the playground, in the : hotite) and know as much as pos- sible about the child's parents. This suggests picnics, nature study excur- sions, camping parties, social gather- ings, etc:. 12. As real teaching -is most ex- hausting work, teachers should keep themselves mentally and physically (G) History and Geography, 1. We teach these to widen the pupil' vision, to enable lin to up- derstand the world and awaken sym- pathy for his fellow -man: ---also to teach the pupil who he is, whence lie came., who is his neighbor, etc. 2"Dictating" and "Aremorizing" Ing history notes are deprecated, 3. introduce the "socialized recite- ti',n" wherever possible. 4. The teacher 'should cultivate the sewer of vivid description, 5. A faller 1 nevvie ige of British ('nlumbra, Canada and the Empire, should prevail on the part of the part of pupils. s. The teacher's chief duty is to teach the facts of history in an it partial manner, and encourage the t:pils to draw fair conclusions from their judgments of these facts. 7. History (teacithtg) and Geo- graphy are not closely enough related to the immediate environment and actual life of the pupil. S. The History Test Scores were t onus( parallel to the. Intelligence:. 11.4 sures: thus, a history test is a rm. criterion of intelligence than a �c ,graphy test. (Finis) To the Reader, -In the foregoing I THE SEAFORTH NEWS have sought to nay utmost., to give an absolutely unbiased gist of the 'Edu- cational Survey Made last year into all the contingent „phases and ^circutn- stances affecting school life in our ;}•dung province. As they have been. compiled front quite , a voluminous report of ove: 550 pages, and, more oven since they \incorporate the best and latest in educational achievement in 'British, Canadian,.... and American systems, doubtless some degree of in- terest may be aroused, 'and possibly; some positive 'knowledge may be ac- quired from this -the most compre- hensive Provincial Survey made in Canada -to be of some assistance to those active-}- and intia telyasSocia t- ed •with .kindred educationral' systems in other sister provinces: / A, f.e,tntimc, .[ beg leave to thank my readers for their extreme patience and to bid thein, "Adieus", Fled.J. Lawrence. 6573 Yew st. \Vancouvet'. t5. C, WALTON. Miss Gertie Miller visited friends in Newton for a _few days week. Mr, R. Reid is 'having, his house modelled and intends to have mod conveniences installed. .Misses Addie and Amy Love sp a few days with their parents, and Mrs, Si. Love, Miss Jennie Clark is attencling Jittery openings ill Toronto. Berry picking is .the, order of day. A good crop vs reported. Mr. and Mrs. T. Anderson of towel visited: with ivit'. and Mrs. A. .Anderson over Sunday, Miss Suhr,'of AMitchell, spent a days with Kiss Gestic' Millen. Mrs. Tho . -Archibald is improvi and is now able to take a short tar L. Ctunmings is haying the cern foundation bttil't for a new kitchen 'Rev. Mr. Howard of Listot lit St. George's Church 1 Sunda':. Mr.'\Y. Sholdice, Mrs. F. Scar] and Mrs. NV, .Christopher motored Mount Forest on Sunday to visit t and Mrs. FL 'hoover, lfiss (iertie Miller intends going Toronto n t t attend the millinery o n trgs, 11r. Cho, a student of TorontoU versity, gave a demonstration' of a minum ware at Mrs. Harry Jackso on Friday night. There were quite number there, and the lucky one guessing was Mrs, Thomas Leemii who got an aluminum dipper, He al presented Mrs. Jackson with an a ru•inmu casserole, Misses :clarion and Noreen Lit visited at Mr. Janes "Smith's la week, 1fr,an d Mrs. D • l . Calder met t i V what might have been a serious a cident on Saturday last.' Their hoc was r. W frightened by a truck at \� ter Swallows' and ran away.' Mr. N soil Goveulock who was working the telephone line, caught it at Lea bury. There was one 'shaft broke and it made quite a spill, \fisc Finnigan, of Eginonch'ille, the guest of Miss Ruby Young. Mr.and Mrs. Radford, of Gorr are visiting their son in Walton. rlfr, \\-alter Moon, of Stevensvill t 1 isiting his uncle, Mr. Dune Johnston, Mr• Charlie -1'IcDonald, accompa ied by his aunt, Mrs. Devereaux, ttsiting in Chicago. Mis's Eileen McLaughlin, who ha keen visiting friends in Wroxeter, ha returned. \1'e are glad to know lfrs, Drag is doing Well following her openatio in St. Joseph's hospital, ',nab', Rev. and itt's, -Maines will tak their holidays during the next severs wells. Ret 11r, Lund(', of Kipncn with last re-, ern ent Mr. nul- the Lis - \V, few ng ive. ent sect est ett to A/ to e n n i-. lu- tt's at t8, so lu- tle st th ar- se. al- el - at d - n, ie, e, Dunce. n - is s s Drage w ill take the ,ervices..in Duff's enure during their absence, \I r. Hugh Shannon's fine t'e hack house is nearing completion \It. Shannon will occupy it whe finished. .firs. 13utchard is visiting her oto t',or, 1frs, Berry, and friends, 1II•s, Jennie ClarlcOexpects to move 1.110 her house wide}( is at present be Mg remodelled and is having' a re neat foninla tine put tender it, Miss Dinah Staples,' of yleKLllop spent the week -end with her sister ifr s, Cleo. 'Williamson, 11 re:u' Ireland, of Sea forth, is spending her holidays with her'cous- i. Mies lean .\rchibald, Miss Ida Hall; of Toronto, is visit,it g her sister, Miss Margaret Hall. Mrs, Menu and Master Bob, of Stratford, are calling on old friends in the village. Mrs. Mrsahall, who underwent an operation in the Fergus hospital, is improving nicely, \I r. and Mrs, John Buchanan spent Soman in London(. Buchanan and 11rs. _1u Levan visitedS fiurns.day, ,blot Lane, Tuckersmith, on Mr, and Mrs, John Long, of Brus- sels, called on f\Mrs. Rowland Sunday last, The ladies of 'Melville .Presbyterian church, Brussels, 'held a Very success - ml sewing meeting at the 'home of - _Mrs. \1'm, Sltortrcecl. 82 ladies were present and a collection of $24.45 was taken. The work is in',pr'eparatioe for the coming bazaar.. Sit Gordon ltvan road Louis, of Goderich, visited their grandfather,: Air. _Michael 'Rowland. last`. Sunday. Dr, and Mrs.Gardiner' returned to Chicago after visiting \frs. Gardiner, of Walton. W,M.S.---'1'ha July 'meeting of the 5, of !buff's United Clnirch,. which ch was postponed front July 14111,was held at the ti sone of .lfrs. Fred Oster on Wednesday, . July 28th, i"ith the president in the chair. T to meeting was opened by the pasta•, 11r daises, who leen t.t prayer. The Scripture+ lesson was read by. Mrs, Thos. J ^coning, and Mfrs. ,'(rre•, Mc - Gat )in and Mt,, Leoururrl Leeming gave very interesting papers on the topic of '•`titrlia's Heritage.' The "cur - mat events" were in charge of lfiss \I. Turnbull, teho told once eery in- teresting stories, espe)al's' along temperance lines. and urged the men to greater zeal in this gery int_ portant work There were over fifty. ladies in'attendance. 'rt,:, .\ THURSDAY, AUGUST. 12, 1926. meeting is to be held . at 'th i home:'f Mrs. Lydiatt, Hallett. q Mrs. M. 1'yc;rman, of Kitchener', ',is visiting -at 'the horse of her daughter; Mrs. !Fred Oster 16th con, • DUBLIN, Mr. and Mrs. Flatiagan, 'e•'of To- ronto, are visiting'Mr. Peter Dill. Miss. Loretta Heist spent Tuesday in Mitchell. Miss I Mao. Bcrtnitl er and y g t d Miss Catlherine Gormley visited Miss Ter- esa 'Carpenter on Sunday.. Miss Margaret 'Dillon gave a party to the young people.' of Dublin ' oit Friday' evening. Everybody reported a perfect time. -Mrs, Alex. Darfin 1 g gave a farewell party to. the ,Misses Simpson on Tuesday s y evening before They left dor their home in Vancouver, B. C: A lawn social and bazaar will be held ',in 'Dub'liin on Oct. 13th, Mr, Jos, McConnell has returned from Chicago. Mrs. 4Vn1, Machan, of Alberta',' is t'isiting friends in Dublin and vicinity, Ir. T J. Alol Wean: arc' e' home T. J Y ? tv d tame from the Detnoit hospital on Satur- day. Miss jean t,l' cConnell wh was it J 1, who Toronto, returned bonne 'on 'Saturday. Misses E, and B. Dalton, of Chi- cago, are visiting at the home of Mr. T. J. Molyneaux, Miss Anastatia Feurth, who was visitii,g Miss •Ruth - Rill's, returned doltotitnenSatimday last, Mrs. Theodore Klittklaanmer els holidaying at the home, of Mrs, FraFranky. The Dantzer family spent 'Sunday at Bayfield. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. ,Delaney, Mr. and Ars. John and Joe Delaney motored in 'London and Strathroyon Saturday and spent a few clays with friends there. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Woods and family spent 'Sunday .with friends in Kittkora, fifr, Robert and Catherine Cochlin and1 Mr. Conway R'a }Sunday spent ' at the home of )jr. and ,Mrs. Jas, O'Rourke, Mr, Joseph Bruxer and his little. daughter Mary, have left on their re- turn ' tri back t : P, o Spokane, Wash - n•gtoa bymotor, accompanied by Harry Bruxer, also of that city, after spending a mon'th's vacation at the hone of their father, Mr, Jacob Brux- cr, `of McKillop, We were plea's'ed to see the boys looking so well after being away for 17 years. Miss` Mary Bruxer returned as far as Chicago with tient, after a month's holiday at hurtle. - ti When a 'car in which the were riding was - .wrecked ott the Huron Highway just at the bridge at Dublin three police officers, J. A. Kirby; G. C Thompson and M. H. Moore, of Stratford. narrowly escaped being fatally injured, Mr. Kirby suffered two broken rips, besides 'being very severely bruised and shaken up, Mr. Thompson was badly cut and bruis- ed but Arr. Moore escaped uninjured. The accident occurred about 9:15 o'- clock on Saturday night when the of- ficers were returning ft:otn smue.spe- cial work north of _Mitchell. Just at the 'bridge at -Dublin 'there was a bar- rier part way across the road with the open side on tite south side of the mad, As they reached this bar- rier another car corning west swung over to the south sideof the road to go through the opening. Thompson, who was driving the. car eon ta'fling the officers, swung his car over and was temporarily blinded by the spot- light from the car. .\s a result he struck the concrete bridge 'and the car dived into the' ditch, Officers Kirby and 'Monte who were. sitting its the hack seat were thrown through the 'back dirtain_out on to the road and Kirby was knocked senseless 'for some ten titillates. The car which caused the accident dill not stop, The officer.' ear was coutple£ely smashed. BLYTH. Misses Edith and Grace Turner, of \•funtreal, are spending a few holi- days in and around Myth, Their - father, ROY, A, D. Turner, was past- - or of 'St. .Sttdrew's church here but left 10 years ago to become pastor of l\'estmoutt churdh, Mon treat. > Airs. Daniel 'McGowan, accompan- ied by her sister, Dr. Annie Ross, left last- (reek on an extended visit with friend-; in Seattle, 1'dncout'er, Ed- monton and other western points, Tho L"toted congregations of St. .\nlrety s and Queen ' street churches are holding a (union picnic in 'Russ sell Richmond'e grove on 'Wednesday afternoon, lir. John Melville, `cif Lontlesbora, has been engaged by trustees of S. S. .No. 1, Morris, to paint and decorate their school, 11r-Stothers, we are pleased to ,rte, is able to be about again. His family, -alas. McNeil, of Sarnia, Al btrt of Denver, Col, and Iona and Madeline, school teachers. are all en- joying thetnselves at the parental home: There passed away in St. Joseph's hospital, London, one of the pioneers of our village in the person of Mr. Alex, Nixon. A\ week ago lie had an operation for hernia but only lived one (week latter, I -Tia .:body was. r > Iou i gtt to Myth 1 and on Sunday af- ternoon Ret Dr: Barnby conducted. the (((neral service at the home of Arr. - \Vit. Bowes, He 'was in. his 78th year, \fr. and \ars. John Bloor, of Mount Forest, were visitors in Blyth on Monday. Messrs, John .and Albert Sander- son and Mrs. Dempsey were guests of. Mrs. William Dickson; Seaford(, sin Sunday. Iiufiss Carrie Oke, of Brucefield, is visiting her cousins, ;Louise and Eliza- beth itftlls. Miss Gladys Fawcett has returned hoarse after a visit with her sisters in CleuLiud. Mrs's B1la Brown is holidaying at her uncle's home in Belmont. • lfiss Mary Brawn, of Brampton, is visiting at tite home of her •father, Mr. John Brown.. Chris, and Mrs, Rogerson and Doris and Miriam ,pent Sundae. at the. Boise of Win. \Marvell, 'Bhte- vel.. Mr, Frank Tyndall, poultry expect of 'Clinton, culled hens 'for Messrs. fames Phelan Chris. Rogerson and David Laidlaw last 'week. ' Mr. and -Mrs. Grasby spent Sunday with their son, Pir. Thos Grasby, Misses IRGta and Margatrit Near, of Clinton, ;are visiting friends arounc( BlJ t N yth: es c, o9'.'Newark, an Newcomb • rk' is visiting old friends and relativesin and around'B•lytlu. '11rs..1.-McNichol is 's ending a month with ;tier ;son, John MoNichol.' Miss Laura TItalen,'Clinton, spent Sunday at her home here. •Chris'Nesbi'tt of. Toronto is visiting this brother and sister, Alf. Nesbitt and \7rs. Tont Gmasby, A 'verg;pretty iveddunt, was 'Solemn- ized at St, Paul's, Anglican •church, W1urg'ham, on Wednesday afternoon, when Miss 'Dora Rubella Laumdy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, tE. C. Laundy, Blyth, became the bride' -of Arthur William Ney, son o'f'Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ney,'Se'b'ringville. The bride -entered the church on the arm of her father to the strains of Lohen grin's bridal chorus played b yM iss Bessie Abell Vi� S1amorganist of the church. The church lwas beauti- fully decorated with 'pink and 'w^hite 'wood flowers and fern's. Otto 'Noy. and 'Herbert Jobb acted' as ushers. Miss Acta I,aundy was maid of honor, and Mis's Cecelia Ney, Winghatn, was bridesmaid and Ward 'I-aundy, Blyth, acted as best man,.. During the sign- ing of 'the register, Mrs, David Ney sang ';0 .Promise Me." The 'bride looked very charming in animported gown 'of ivory georgette,' heavily, beaded with silver :glass beads and a ,sink embroidered veil with a ~Heath of orange' blossoms, The bride carried a 'beautiful 'bouquet of butterfly roses, lilies of the valley and ferns. The bridesmaid wore a dress of pink geor- gette, with hat to match and carried a 'bouquet of pink and white_carne- tions, The .ri aid of honor 'were a dress of champagne georgette, with a picture hat to match. The wedding breakfast took place at the home bf the•ic bt tc' sen a s p r t„ Blyth. • The 'bridegroom's gift to the bride was a pearl' necklace, to the bridesmaids, silver compacts, to the best man, a pearli tie fn to th 'organist, P .bar n± pin, to the ushers, H. Jobb, Masonic Pis; Otto Nev,•cuff links. The. •hon- eymoon'will be spent on an extended motor trip. The 'bride's travelling costume was a black baronctte satin Coat, hat to match and a sable deck piece. On their return they will re- side at Sebriegvtile, Guests from To- ronto, Buffalo, Sarnia, St. Catharines, Detroit, \Viarton, Scbringville, Lis- towel, Blyth and Wingham attended the wedding, 'Rev, 'lfr. Schafter of- ficiated at the ceremony.' The choir was fully robed and preceded the bridal party to the altar. The serv- ice was fully choral, Mn, and Mrs, J. T. Caugh y' 595111 Sunday with friends at St, Marys. Mrs, I'Iilborn is visiting her dau- ghter, Mrs. Robert Wallace, at present. Quite a number fron, 'here took its the garden party at St. Augustine .Hue. . -firs. Peter H. tlfeGrath and hiss Margaret spent tile week -end vis+ting, at the home of P. J. Kelly. Mr. rind ':Mr,, Jas. Phelan spent Sunday with friends at Brussels, Mr. and Mrs, T. E. Kelly spent the week end 'tisitiug friends in Seaforth, Miss Afargn'ct Proven is •spending her holidays al her 'home here. Arr. D. Afathets Mr. l?ewer FI. Mc- Grath and Miss E. McGrath motored to Blyth Wednesday to visit friends here. tats, and Mrs. John McNichol en- tertained -their friends to'a social ev- ening last Friday. Alt had a good time. HURON NEWS, Goderich, W. J. Whitely, a native of Gode r:eh, who lived many years in the West, died recently. at Charleswood, Alan„ in his 73rd year, He was for many teats connected with the Na- tional Trust Company at Winnipeg. Mr. Tont Huffman, of Goderich, had a narrow escape from drowning when he fell into, the lake uff the south pier, He was rescued by Bort. 14cbnnald, manager of the 'bathing. house, 'rite young man is subject to epileptic fits and alas just recovering from one when he fell into the water. Air, and Mrs, Walter ,Shannon, of Detroit, while visiting here, received ,word that their daughter,Miss Nina Shannon, .had been seriously injured in a motor accident in Detroit, - aqin Zurich, The new sheds at the Ltuhcrae church are completed ail'il are being used for divine service . while the church is being renovated, Juliana Henrietta Stelck, wife of Mr. Henry 'Deters, of New Hamburg, died on iAugtis'' itti: ttged 65 years, She had lbeelt ailing for a year with heart trouble, Five years, ago she moved oto New-rlUambu'rg from Zur- ich Man's and 'Mrs.Defers had farm- ed for many years in Hay township 00 the farm now occupied by. their 'son, Garnet. Mrs. John Weido, Zur- ich, is a sister. Exeter, The Exeter Canning factory 'has been a 'busy spot the past 'week and it is expected they will finish with the pea e pack this week. The pack 'has been the largest.in the history of the factory in Exeter. Stop signs have been placed on all streets leading. to Exeter Main - street and the, ,isle is ,being strictly enforced The 'William Walker family !held a gathering recently. Rev. J. A, Walk- er and Mrs: Walker, and two chil- dren, home onsfurlough from China, M.is's Jean, teacher, of elocution in London conservatory; Ed. and his wife and son, of London. Dr,' James, D.D.S. and Lillian, school .t"eacher, of Burlington; Miss Sadie, . of Toronto; Mis's Mildred, public health. nw•se. `Weston; Mis's Verna, school teacher, New Toronto; .Bruce, who is an M,A. and has a position its research work at Buckingham, Que., with his wife and little daughter, comprise the nortrhers of the \Valker.family. Clinton. The contract for the building of the new Collegiate Institute has been let to Mr. A. Ivey, Toronto. The new building will be ready for: occupation after the Christmas holidays, • 'wedding -place on The 'tee g took July 27th, of Edna Pearl, younges't' daugil- ter'of Mrs Lavis and the late George Lavis;' to t\ir. '=Allan Grant Sylvester, of Toronto. An attempt wasmade to break into the Salvation Army officers' home in Clinton one night Iasi week. Miss.Agnes,Walker has sailed for Scotland, where slie (twill teach' in 'Glasgow in the teachersexohange plait next year. - Mr, S. B. Stotherrs has moved his family to Essex, where he has been transferred., A F Johns, , whohas been a Clin- ton resident for some yea"ns' and has been teaching.<,S.S. No. 2 -'Hallett, has been appointed printcipapl of Vineland public Gehapt Mr. Johns is a mem- ,13'Sr 'of Clinton town 'council this year, Clinton merchants claitn' •street treatment did not lay the dust this year and protested paying for it: Brussels. ivtiss Ina! Gnttnitt hat who 9 n, has entered Wingham hospital to train for a nurse, was presented with an ivory lamp by . her Sunday school class in 'Brus'sels. The moving •picture theatre has been dismantled: J, H. 'Galbraith stripped two car loads ' f.thorses last week, acne going to Quebec City, and the other to Chelmsford, Ont. Holloway's Core Reintiver takes' the corn oat by the roots. Try it and prove 11, r annowtomsonnegammaneam PIANOS and RADIOS Thepublic fron,"\Vitt=hana to London are now bti iii from me, n 6 Y 6" 1Vhy? Now listen, it would take half this page to explain everything folly. You are going to be a winner if you just write me as • follows;- Siri-We are interested its ' a piano. As you are selling to so many, we would like to know what you could do for us as we ,work hard and want our money to go as far as possible. As we heard you saved ,Mr. 100.00 on his .pianowe are p a e going to ask you to call at an early date and explain.your propo- sition. Address as follows Jonathan .E. xll a • 3 miles west of Seafor'th Ont., R.R. 2. Dealer in Radios, Ancor Holth Separators and Milkers. 9'133 J)gtj %wr•,• J �9Q,_,A i•,Y'Ly 4.7 COLLEG i UC t�by FOR YOUR GIRL or BOY •• ' is a worthy ambition. Oen a savin g P g account with us now and add to it regularly. When they're ready for college the,funds will be there. tZy,'n"1 PROVINCE OF HEAD OFFICE NA NG d . C Alum comotar 15 QUEENS PAM SEAFORTIi BRA NCH - J. M, Pic • - NIILLAN, Maer 14 Other Branches Throughput Ontario. g , tarso: 5 HARVESTERS WANTED i5.o0 TO WINNIPEG Plant half a rent per mile beyond Sgoall points in Itjsnl,. toba, Saskatchewan, A1be!'tt,--Mtuemto., Tumid, Calgary, Ma and Bast, Ike bar rain -Ralf acent per mile toWinnipeg, plus $20.00 to rY r Through spacial trains for Winnipeg via Ganadiart National R esvo s FROM TORONTO (Union msc. will lose® s. Eon owes' (Standard T6 4. Aug. 18; 12.00 P.M. 20 Station) 8.01 Aug.{�g. 3.2.0(0 nightAgg. i);12 pp . A p Sept. 8; 9.00 P.M. Sept. Aug.3. t 0.16P.M. Anly1tY, I2 30 P Ai. Aide. - O Td.1 �lal1 FROM OTTAWA 12,01 A.M. Aa L8 13,01 noon Ang. 31 b (midnight Ang• MI; noon Aug. 18i 1.36 A .M..At�. 81; FROl1A Wtl1 DSO6t 12.01 A,M. Aug• 20 (tnidnlglttAug.10), via Chatham, Louden, Humittottand ' , eagas odFROM PALMERSTO9.00 At. Aug. 20, via Guelph, Georgetown �Spedai throughcara from of ec prindpal Wags connecting w1 shwa waledibrat* cony* load atacoal SPg�A'THROUGH TRAINS --COMFORTABLE COLONIST CARS-SPECIAL OARS FOR WAIVfSN ARO 014111.1)fter l i an a your ticket to Winnipeg vat Cetnadtan Natloua! wtq est ]point on the C,saadlan Itl'aNncatL 'r8akets mid aII �y {moi 44� Ytfi ait Travel ANADIAA/V NATIOiVAL x 1