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:DDRESS TO MR. LINKLATER ; Whether associated with you as
'teachers, as students of the Model
Otte of the biggest and best days 'School, or as boys and girls of the
of the Gananoque Ohl Boys leeunioii Public;School, and particularly of
held. last August was Linklater Day, Stolle Street School, we have had the
a. lay'. set- apart to do honor, to a inestimable privilege of coining under
much beloved echos'\ teacher who has your influence as a gifted educator.'
taught int Gananoque for. over 36 Perhaps we did not, fully appreciate Students, or as. Public School Ste
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years. Mr, J. C. Linklater the teach -.our priy.lege while it was ours, but dents:
er to whom we refer is a cousin of the years have brought to us a very
1.,fre William Linklater and M. Jas. humbling and also a very grateful
Linkleter of Wingliam, Ha being' consciousness that much of what we
a son of the late Mr, and Mrs. John detect in ourselves to be worthy we
Li lelater, one of the most, highly es- owe to you. We believe that no tea
teemed couples among the older •Pion- cher could have surpassed you in the
eers. 'Before going .'to, Gananoque successful impartation of knowledge;
Mr. Linklater taught for four years in yet we are conscious that the most
the Union School on the Wroxeter potent and the most lasting of, your
Gravel, known to many of our read- !contributions to us was just the over-
ers as the, old, Harris Schoo?. Among ' ffoty of your own strong Christian
his pupils were Robert Muir of Glen- 'personality—your kindly firmness in
annan, Geo. Fortune and sister, Miss discipline, your loyal devotion: to all.
Clara and. Samuel Woods of the 9th:, that is good, and your .patent dissat-
of Tureberry, besides many others isfaction with anything in your pupils
who still kinaly remember him. ;that was shallow, mean, selfish, or
The following is a tribute to Mr, unreal,
Linklater as published in. a neat Old 'The teaching profession is in itself
Home Week folder and Mr, . "Anklet- a noble and an influential calling, but
ers'' reply. Old students presented its opportunities of lasting public ser -
Mr, Linklater with a purse of $boo. vice are measureless when it is united
Dear Mr. Linklater,- as in your case, with a personality
Not least among the lures which that radiates sterling Manhood and
have brought so many of its former unflinching devotion to all that is
citizens to Gananoque from far and good and worthy. It has been our
near to take part in this Old Home happy lot to have had such a lzrecep-
Week celebration, has been the oppor- tor as you, and we would feel ashant-
tunity which they saw it would afford ed of ourselves if we allowed the re -
them, along with those now -esidcntt union of this Old Hoine Week to pass
;in the town, of giving expression to without thus: expressing our sense of
•the very .deep regard in which you are indebtedness to you, or without ,re -
held, both es one who has ,played an nearing in your presence our determin-
.exceptionally effective part M. .the ed- atioe to live worthily and according
ncational life of : Gananoque during to the ethical standards you set be -
elle last thirty-six years, and as one fore us both by precept and by ex-
-who exercised a 'formative influence n ample, We would not have you` as-.
in the moulding of their own lives, hamed cif the part any one of us plays
It would have been a joy to us, in the life of this land, or of any deed
•whether as citizens or as visitors, to of. our citizens of the Empire.
speak wordsof gratitude to you on Some of us . may have won a fair
WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES
panions io and of your one -tine •pried
pal, who, even if he made mistakes, ee,
had ever iia mind what was best for .
the boys and girls. But there are ,1
many ' whose lives''.ltave always been Lit
known to ine, and I have followed
with keen interest " the upward steps ,Fe -
by
by which you have risen to positions Rin
of trust anncl of eminenceliere or else:
where. To in your success has been
a source of very : great 'pride and joy 12
Thirty-six years is half a life .tint!:, m_!
and yet it seems but a short, span of ' 9�
tune since I began what has proved to • r
be my lifework in Gananoque, I can '""
say truly that my only aim, and my ,
ir
constant aim, has beento serve as l ;,:.
best I could the :boys and girls of this aa. �.
dear old town that I love so well. I 1
To what extent this aim has been f pg
realized all -trying bine alone can de 1
to mine I The people of Gauaoque'
n 1:.inkleter Day Committee.
Mabel M. Carpenter, Secretary.
A: Maude Green, Treasurer.
Gan auoque, Ont., Aug. 5, 1924.
Mr. Linklater's Message
To all who 'fume been associated
With me as Teaehen;s, as Model School
this occasion; even if we were only degree -of worldlysuccess, and we
bearing in mind at themoment the know that you will rejoice with, us in
exceptional skill and diligence. . with that. Some of us have walked in
which you led us into and along,the' life's humbler' paths, and the world
;,oaths of secular knowledge. But it has not been disposed to lay many of
is,,a much larger joy to us to confess its treasures at our feet, but we, too,
and it will be to you a larger joy, we ,know that you will not hold us in our
are sure, to know that we associate low esteem for that. We are convin-
with your name not only the thingsced that your one great hope for us
we have remembered about grammar, has been that we might live cleanly,
arithmetic, and other school subjects,'and righteously; and that your real
but also those high ideals of personal ;rejoicing over us w:11 always be ac -
conduct, of good citizenship, and of ,cording to the degree in which we
unselfish service, which we may often 'have realized this hope of yours.
enough forget, but which we cannot By pureness,. by knowledge, by love
altogether get away from, because unfeigned, by the armour of righte-
you, sir, so effectively wrought to aweless on the right hand, and on the
make them: part of our lasting life, left, you; sir, have won your way into
equipment.
My Dear Friends,—
Through the Kindness of the skid
Home VTeek Committee we have lad
one, day all to, ourselves, a day to
which I ani sure we looked forward
with joyful expectation, a day of glad
re -unions, of the revival of, half-for-
gotten memories of the days we spent
together in the old Stone Street
School.
Young in years and experience, it
was with a deep sense of'responsibil-
ity that I entered upon the work of
training teachers in Gananoque thirty-
six years ago. As time passed it was
my privilege to train twenty groups
of splendid young men and women,
who .,eft Gananoque eager to realize in
their own work the ideals set before
them in the Model School,` Some of
them still adorn the teaching profess-
ion; many of them have made names
for themselves its other walks in life;
and some: have gone to test the mys-
tery of the Great Unknown. I could
not see you all today, but you all
live in my memory, and often do I
look into your faces in, the group pho-
tographs kindly presented to me by
succeeding classes whenleaving the
Model School. To all Model School
students, whether present or. absent,
I extend most cordial greetings and
best wishes for all the days to conic.
It is my wish that all the teachers
who have served. -with me during my
principalship, and. particularly those
who hay -e given long years of .faith-
ful service, may share with me the
honour of this day. I take this op-
portunity of expressing to you my
heart -felt gratitude for your loyal
support. There has never been. -a
teacher on the staff of whose loyalty
I have had. the , slightest misgiving;
and I believe that to your splendid
co-operation is largely . due .the fact
that, in all the years II have been. in.
Gananoque, not one instance of
fault-finding with my work has come
to my knowledge. Conscious of how
far I came short of reaching my own
ideal, there must have been many oc-
casions when I cafne short of reach -
"Mg yours; and yet you refrained from
uttering the word of criticism :which
would have rendered my position less
happy than it has always been. Not
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have overwhelmed me' with kindness (-
ever since I carne among them; and
ae-
you, my fellow -workers; both teach-
ers and students, with whom I 'gave �I
been so closely identified, have been
so kind and true; that I cannot find
words that will .sufficiently express !
my gratitude to you. Indeed, my 1-
Heart is too full to say more. It is aee
with earniest prayer that in your life_
work, whatever -it may be, you will . .i
seek and find the never failing guid : c++,
ance and blessing of God, To His
loving care I',commend you all.
Believe me, ever your sincere friend .
J. C. T.inklater
Gananoque, Ontario, Aug. 5, r 24.
the very cent'•e of our lives, leaving
only now, but always, I have realized
en enr chin` memory therein, and it how much this kind consideration
is our prayer that you may be spared meant to inc.. To those of you who
for many, many -years to make the have left the teaching profession to
same contributions to the yout!! of ,.assume the responsibility .of elesid-
Gananoque, and that e-ou may at last
ung over. homes of your own, I 'extend
look round upon the ripened fruit of :the earnest wish that .you may be
you sowing, and enjoy the wide har-;w-isely guided and divinely sustalned
vest of peaaic esteem which will be; iv your God-given task, the highest
our increasingly. This. v: e know, is ;and holiest that can fall to the lot of
',he h ghest reward eau covet here be- !women. Willthose who are still in
mew. even ae your !taste: Well 'the profession please accept the kind'
time! is E4ut coveted reward abotie.
wishes and•encouragenent which may
This occasion also afford, us, lir. , come from the thought that you have
I.inklater, an opportunity of exp ess- the sympathy and the prayers of one
e our appreciation and esteem for who knows well the difficulties of
yo,: in a tangible way. " As such, will your task and the tremendous' re -
you please accept this !nurse. . spons'bility you are bearing from day
Signed, et'. J. \Vilson, Mayor _Chair- to day. That God may grant to you
ae-e-- �.-�. the inexpressible joy of seeing the
young life around you taking on new
forms of beauty and . usefulness
tlieough your consecrated service is
the constant wish and prayer of one
who, notwithstanding his failings,
wanted to be, and still wants to be,
your guide, and counsellor, and friend,
To the hundreds of boys and girls
who have passed through my classes
(luring the past thirty-six years, may
1 say, first of all, that it is an un-
speakable joy to meet so many of
you again. To me this is the "day
of days"; a day never to be forgotten:.
For one day, at least, the old school
room has been to tis all a sacred
place, a centre around which have ga
.�thered fond memories of the .past;
May I venture to believe that you can
all look back and can truthfully say,
weren'4��ti.':;.;4 , , - mas, 1 remain,
as I ran, that your happiest day-.. > "j ." �' ,,
Cross Wold Puzzle No. 215
Cross
aont
1 To Menage,
4 The glass in a window.
Gardon tools.,:
it Behold.
To upset.
12 Music note.
1 .A cover.
115, Seized with the teeth,
16 Dight repasts.
17 Member of the body.
8 A. fortaer Canadian raflwa;,
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2b Year of out".L
21 To place,
22 Therefore.
24 4 vessel.
? i i'egeetable.
27 ?,girl's 31a.tn
a� ,8iu iii!
Word Puzzle Ito. 28
Vertices
1 Healthy.
2 The oidec member of the family
Where there are two of tit6
sane name.
2 Bead raiment.
4 Vigor.
5 Like.
6 State (Trench)
8 Every house has one.
10 Lubricated..
12 Clenched hands.
14 Excavated.
15 Entreat.
17 •Youngwoolly arc
10 To revolve.
21 To rest.
22 A number.
24 The (french to
25 In reference to
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TIM HAS NO PLACE TO GO Elli
rte
To. the Editur av the Advance-Toimes
Deer Sur,—
Whin shpakin av new invinshunsjl
lasht wake, an av the thrubble they,
do be inakin soinetoimes, I had no
intinshun that ye shud dimonshtrate
the fact wid an example on yer toipe-
settlii masheen.I undhershtand 'tis
the way wid thin masheens to mix, up
the loines sornetoimes, an 'I hev of-
ten shtruck tings in the .besht.av pa-
pers that read loike wan av thim
cross wnrrud puzzles. Me own lett
leer Iasht wake wus mixed up wus se
than the apache av a Grit pollytishun,
so it wus. Shpakin av thim cross
ivurred puzzles, I.shud be good at-un-
dherstandin thim, fer, shure, lievn't I
been afther livin in the same house
wid wan . fer more than fifty years? I
inane the misses, av coorse.
It luks •as if thine Grits an Progress-
ives wird purty soon be at the ind av
the rope. They make a Jot av nose
but are as skarce as wolves in New
Ontario whim ye go huntin thim. Int'
the ould days the woods wus full av
wolves, an woild cats all over Huron
t County, an we tought. we had thim
purty well exterminated, but moind
I'm tellin ye, that theer ale wolves
in shape's clothing roight ., on the
shtrates av \ ingham even at the pri-
sint toime; yes, an bob -cats too evil- ,
out .number. 'Tis 'a quare tvirruld, t Lord Allenby, is the British re- Zaghoul . igPasha; Premier of
presentative in'Egypt, who deliv Beset, has resned over the British.
brit after ail, in some r spicts, a bra•v ered the British •Ultimatum.. ; �CitB. , a,„1_40,04M,11
tui bonnie one, as ins frind, Sandys
Banks, wild say. 1
"Tis the foine whither weather in-
toirely "we do be havin these days, anl:'rooms,'an prayer rnaytins galore, but, "The Silver Maple"; "Westward 1-io
-fel- us (mai 'Puck O'Pooks . "; "<" l
I walk up an down the shtrates' two "shti,Ye, tlieer is no place # I uck O I oolcs Hill"; The: jungle
arr tree toinies a day to put in the identies to enjoy oursilves, at all, at 'Dowd ..The can of tee Wilde; "Th.e
toime. Wan av the quare tinge in 'all, 'barrin sittin on the, shteps av the' Last of the Barons"; "The Torch.
Bearers"; ; t"M+
loife is that whin.'we are r•aupg, at�r. Tdw-n Hall on sunny days in the Sun_ - j . bearers", .l ire Little Sayge"; "With
in middle age, vee hev so ,'°army tiugs niter toime: 'Tis a crewel wurruel fer Fife and Drum at. Louisburg"; „The'
to do that we can't foind tonne to ate ould min, so it is, an wurse fer thim' Right of Way"; "Scottish Chief's';;
an shlape, but whin we get ould, an'I that don't shrooke, . arr that heven't 1 "wisdom of the ti�ri1derness" ; "King
near the ind av the road, we have so good woives to look afther thin• l of the. Golden' River"; "The Sea
Hunch tonne on our halide that we !leggy* now that the Governmint Headed"The Talisman"; "Treasure
don't it know what to do d it; an ;ve !has pervided good schools ' for Island"; "Uncle Tom's Cabin", "Se
moight slimy %n bid till Wotan fer an -:tine childer, an asylums for crazy 'yen 014 Favourites"; "The Prince &
sty differ it wud make„ to the writ r,tk `f,ayple, an comfortable
Jails fer j the Pauper"; "Swiss: Family Robin-
av the wurruld, goin on : •e 'same as fellates that shlip a cog an let son'',
ivir. Theer shud be sort • place f r +theer 'niasheenery run woild; 'an af-
ould'inin to mate togethee an enjoy ether all koinds av places av amuse -
mit: Imo :hill: !Il
Thursday, Decetnbei x8th„ 914.
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next ,,door to Crawford's Garage and will be pleased to have you
call and visit us. We will be pleased to show you, anything . in
Stock. If the 'particular article you wish is not in our Store we
can have it 'here for you in three or four days time
5
Our Stock is entirely new and opened within the last few
days.
You'll double" the happiness in some 'home when you select
something Musical as a Christmas Gift
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FIGBRES IN E raTTIAN TROUBLE i
Supplementary Reading Form II,;
General :Prose.
thinsiilvcs. The young ''!!alis hey ;mens' are woide.open fer the by.es an • Title— "Arabian Nights"; "The
Lions' Clubs, art Lodges, a't baseba l girrtils, an the town council an school Little Minister"; "Lorna Doone";
clubs an hockey clubs, an •.o ind av I;oords fer the-, middle aged min; an Spring. Cloven„; "The Cruise of the
tings, an the winiinin hev quiltin bee" ''Church bazaarswheer,, the wile -mein . CachaIot"; "Pilgrim's Progress';:
an W. C. T. U. maytins, an rester: kin mate an sllwap slttories about"Danny the Freshman"; "Story of
_.o_ ...a_ . _, _ _ ,.. _ sheer shtubborn. husbands an clever , the Iliad";
"Story of the Odyssey";
,c
thilder; mebby, I say,' afther ivir -'" e Shy Pilot";
body lase Itis ,had attinshuri,
scale- "The Pathfinder"; "David Copper,
body rt+ifl time about es ould f'ellahs.lfield"; . "Nicholas Nickleby";
Merry "The
> Cl .
Wishin ivirybody a' 1• erry Wrist- Cricket oil the Mears!:"; "Gliieot the
1 Jester"; "The Way di, the Sea"; "Si
las Monter"; "The Vicar of : Wake
field"; "Tales of Labrador"; "Twice
Told Tales";, "Mosses From an Old
Manse"; "With the British Legion";
"Toni Brown' • at Rugby" "Three
Men in a Boat"; "The' Buccaneers";
"Duncan Polite";, "Herer\vtied the
Wales"; "Captains Courageous,",
"Kinn"; "The ...f olden Dog"; "Her-
alds of Empire"; "Harold"; "Graeme
of Ciaverhouse"; "Cedric the Fores-
ter"; "Anne of Green Gables"; "John
Halifax Gentleman" "When Val-
mond Came to Pontiae", "Wacottsta"
"The' Forge it. the b' rest" ; "Captain
Bloodd"; "Kenilworth"; "Ivanhoe";
"Rob Roy"; "Kidnapped"; "black Ar-
row"; "Gulliver's Travels"; "fi,1 the
Prom Many Lands"; "Ionoceuts.
Abroad"; "The l3hte Flower".
;`;, s:ai <:: :.�; ..3.,. 'ours till nixt wake,
you spent in the Old Stone � ti t e.: az.,..,�...; .:; ;..,��::_;r�;,,x,;,• . ,<,>; � I
Street School? True, there were oc-
casional "bine Mondays", too maliy
i:.
days when the teacher was "out of
sorts", and others' when: the: boy;
"seemed possessed". But those, days
were the exceptions. Taken all .in
all, I venture to believe that you will
say that your school life was happy,
'4 aui carne inns Yor one, t'S'6?o'fir
three ~-ears atto the nlost iinpressiott-
able time of your life, and you can
understand now as yon could noisun_
derstaud then, how keenly I felt the
respons'bility of having a part in pre-:
which laybe-
li e
�: for the f
i,�` •`Citi tl
artn�
gy
road. I realized then, as every true
eacher realizes, that I was a factor
n shaping your destiny for all the fit -
Many of you have passed be-
d my ken; '1' know not where. yon
you are doing, "I"iataugh
emitted to be with us and share
tc oy int this glad re -union, 1
hey e no doubtyou' a,te with us in stair -
end even now niay be drinking
kind thoughts of your'old school coni-
VERNON POltl3ES
Guards the net for Haxni
'igers,'professional team la the Ne-
bona! Hockey League, Forbes was
out of pro hockey tor a timeaowing
to some differences he had :With
ciub owliers, It tekes a. ;lsretty.
smooth •shot to bulge the' twine
when ''Tarbes is :standing i"u front
it;
0
Timothy Hay.
SUPPLEMENTARY READING
General Prose vont I
'.litre ---"Little Women"; "The II,-
dian Scott"; "The Little White l33ircr'
"Rab and His Friends"; "Age of Fa-
ble"; "Odysseus"; "Alice .fn Wonder-
land"; "The `Sky Pilot in No Man's
Land"; "The Last of the Mohicans";
A
"The i�eerslayer"; "Terrapin > Is.tetnd";
,Iwo i
cats Before the .ass"
,
ILo
-
bicson Crttsoe"; "Oliver Tw st",Y
"The Old Curiosity Shop"; "Christ
ti as Carol"; "Thee White Coinpany",
"The Black Tulip"; "Dr,' Luke tot the
Lsbrador"; "Mill on the Floss";
`"Dote,'rt to the 'see; "The, Harvest of
the Sea"; 'Pair!, Tales,"1 "Tangle-
wood Tate.;"; +rite 'Wonder Book";
"With '!dobe its Canada«"; , "Udder
Drake's Flag"; Y"TOtt Brown's School
Davis", "Legeaid of .%Sleeliy I eullejy"ay
p Van Wiulde"; "The I3u.ccaitecis'';
I.,etnati does, In, For Lamb
Mary had tr, little lemon,
This leiiioii'; slag had teed;
Being just like other tialiteti,
Spee shot lint full 'o'lead,