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EAST HURON - TEACHERS'
INSTITUTE
. The forty-fifth anaual convention of
the East Huron Teachers' Institute,
opened at 10.15 a.m., in blelville
chnrch, Brussels, on Thursday, Octo-
ber 10th, (permission having been ob-
tained from Dr. McCrae) -with Foster
Fowler, President in the chair.
dent, in the chair.
Devotional exercises were conducted
by Rev. A. J. Mann, pastor of Mel-
ville Church; and Reeve Plum extend-,
ed the teachers a hearty welcome to
the village.
In the absence of Mr. A. A. Nay-
lor, Secretery-Treasurer, Dr. Field el);
pointed G. H. Jeffeeson, Secretary
-
Treasurer, pro tem.
The minutes of the last convention
were read and on motion of Mr. Hol-
land and Mr. W. G. Strong, were a-
dopted as read.
"The Spirit of the School -room" was
the subject of the first paper, intro-
duced by Miss Nellie M. McKague, of
Wingham. She contended that there
should be the spirit of play in the
school room, and that the teacher
should take part in the 'games and de-
vise new ones. Other points brought
out were;
1. -That music in the schoolroom
helps to create the proper spirit.
2. -That a spirit of school loyalty
can be cultivated. ,
3. -That pleasant feeling between
teacher and pupil gives better work
Iand more of it.
4. ---That the teacher's personality is,
important, cheerfulness is contagious,
and care of the teacher's own body
and preparation of lesson tends to pro-
duce this virtue.
5. -That comfortable pleasant sur-
roundings and interesting. opening ex-
ercises are important factors.
6. -e -Above. all firinness and sym-
pathy with pupils are _necessary ,to
train for efficiency:
The ideal spirit is found when the
school is self -governing ----a republic
with the teacher as president.
This paper was followed by a very
interesting and instructive paper by
W. G. Strong on the "Teaching of
Entrance History." He explained the
new regulations and oleo the firesence
of the subject among the Department-
al subjects. It had been partially ne-
glected in the Public Schools,- which
led to a complaint . from the High
Schools. Result -examinations by the
Department. He dwelt on the value
of History as a practical training and
preparation for citizenship. His advice
was: "Be interesting in presenting the
subject, show cause and effect,read
different. writers,, and have pupil's do
the same to broader knowledge. Text
books should be used only for review.
He advticated: .
1. -The oral reproduction of the his,
tory story as told by the teacher, fol-
lowed ,by a blackboard summary, and
.1fitifes-,---atiititetell"zby lliellki11§
themselves.
2. -The frequent use of maps.
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-Correlation of geography and
history.
4. -Correlation of art and history.
5. -Study of inventions.
6. -Devoting ten minutes each day
to present day events, using newspap-
ers_and in the ease of the present war
a map with ribbon and thumb teaks
to mark the progress made.
He blamed the present system of
examination for causing cramming,
aud suggested an oral examination as
the remedy.
Following this topic, considerable
discussion by Mr. Bouck and Mr.
Scott was, both interesting and ina-
tructive. '
Miss Mary Habkirk then introduced
the subject of "Language in Public
Schools." , Hearing language and
speaking it are the only methods of
learning it. She advocated the use
of interesting material by animals,
particular days, holidays, personal ex-
periences, pictures. Most of the work
in elementary classes should be oral,
and even- in advanced classes only
part should be writtent She outlined
a curriculum for the classes in Public
Schools, and the fact was emphasized
that pupils should never be asked to
write essays on unfamiliar topics, but
only on those subjects that came with-
in the range of their own experiences.
unless in the case' of reproduction
stories. -
Miss Garbutt, of Blyth, spoke on
the "Correlation of Physical and Com-
mercial Geography." "Geography,"
said Miss Garbutt, "is not a memory
lesson." Physical' geography,_ she
thought, should precede commercial
geography, as the commercial geo-
graphy could in nearly all cases be
deduced from a knowledge of physical
geography. Several carefully prepar-
ed and useful maps were introduced by
the speaker to illustrate her subject,
showing the value of relief, and rain-
fall maps .in correlating the two phas-
es of the subject.
Miss Ida H. Taylor's paper on "The
Teaching. of Spelling," put emphasis
on the use of the hand as an aid to
securing results. She advocated the
use of rules of spelling,' but warned
against neglecting to teach the excep-
tions to the rules. Only words within
the understanding of the child should
be asked for. In the discussion which
followed, Prof. Horning, suggested as
a remedy for the difficulty the adop-
tion of simplified spelling and pro-
nunciation. He advocated "one sign
from one sound," if the English-lan-
guage is to becoine the world lan-
guage. He found many supporters a-
mong the teachers present.
- The singing by pupils of Miss Dick -
son's school was listened to with much
pleasure by the convention and re-
ceived much well deserved applause.
Dr. Field then addressed the Con-
vention on the Life of Dr. William
Henry Drummond," from whose works
he read several selections; among
them, Dr. Drummond's, "The Habi-
tant," "Little Bateese" and "The
Flight."
Miss Jean A. Carswell addressed
the convention, on "Doing our Best,"
Her suggestions were:
1. -Accept only the best of every-
thing -attention, work, writing, etc.
2. -Get a vision of our work.
3 .-Get interest.
4. -Be ourselves, not someone else.
5. -Do not covet the positiqn of
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Evening SefiliOn
A very interesting -program was
given on 'Thursday evening at which
there was a good attendance of both
teachers and townspsdple. The speak-
er of the evening was Professor Horn-
ing, of the Toronto m UnivereitY. staff.
-East Huron Teachers consider them-
selves fortunate in having had the op-
portunity of listening, to such a man,
and hearing his VieWfx on the ques-
tions of the day. 110 will always find
a welcome if at any time in the fut-
ure, he renews his visit. Ilia genial
personality and his very entertaining
and practical lecture t combined to
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make him one of Ont. mois3tiopular
lecturers the stitute has bad in
years. The selections by 1 talent
ing to a close'thanked the teachers equip ent I would like to believe it
for the honor they had conferred on will be over this fall, but I hardly
him by electing him to the presidency, think o.
and for the support they had given '
him during the past year.
France, Sept. 22.
Da Mother, -It is Sunday again
George, H. Jefferson and I
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Secretary, pro ten.nowad
INFLUENZA. PRECAUTIONS the lin
'for thT
- The following warnings 'to Health inceanna;
Authorities have been sent' out . . It's
Dr. J. W. S. McCullough, Chief ne* e
speetor of Health: these b
Ontario is confronted by an epideni-
ie round o
of influenza which will in all prole-
hits s
population. There is a shortage b u.
b4engeance, but it's a little too
ability effect more than half of ohwith , l
open t
physicians, nurses, and hospital anwou)I used to think I
c!uit rne.
commodation. The health and effieis e to be in the flying corps,
eney of the civilian population mist '1•1t from what I have seen lately, I
duty of every citizen to avoid katiu- have changed my mind. They fight in
be maintained. It is the patriotie
enz. a and keep in good health. To a- quads ofupto thirty planes on a side
of th-e Association. is eXtended to those void influenza: get:lute; a scrap, it is some thri ng
these 4ays, and when -they meet and
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were enjoyed by all and the thanks
far as possible. Especially avOid
fisn Isight A. day or so ago I saw four
planes at a time falling, three Bosche
who took part .
Friday Meriting Avoid contact with other people
The first Order of busineSe when the crowds- indoors, in street cars, theet- and one of ours. One of the Bosche
airmen!
Institute met at 9.30, *as the reading res, motion picture houses, and other • . jumped out in a parachute
tion -of Holland and bliss Dorrance, it Avoid persons suffering from colds, ll
which was some thriller. Fortunately
for hhherf 11101:tzinndfr s hiins hot ndirection
si
of the financial statemOit, and on mo- places of public assemblagerd .
was accepted.
Mr. Shillinglaw, the. representative
of the Institute, to the 0. 1. A. of
1918, reported; giving a synopsis of
some of the discussionh carried on at
that meeting. •
Mr. Anderson of Wingham High
School, gave a shot talk on wAgeicul-
ture in Public Schools"; reporting on a
sch,00l garden in Wingham, and sug-
gesting several ideas for successful
carrying on of the study -of agricult-
ure. His lesson on."The Hen" was in-
tensely interesting and its practical
nature made it apprecilated by the
whole assembly. Mx .Anderson stat-
ed that the aim of thesteacher should
be to schow pupil that the object is to
givethe world somethfpg better, net
merely to make dollarand cents.
It was moved. and adopted that the
Secretary draft a leter and that copiee
of same be sent to the boys on our
honor roll to show our appreciation
of what they are doing for es,also that
a committee be appointed to prepare
boxes for them to be sent as soon as
possible, so as to reach them before
Christmas. The following were op -
pointed a committee to carry out this
work: Miss Annie Geddes, B. .S.
Scott and Miss Buchanan, of Brussels.
The inspector then read communica-
tions regarding the revision of he
Public School readers, inviting -sugges-
tions for their improvement from the
teachers; and also regarding the
teaching of Household Science and the
grants that attend it hilruraI sdhools.
A central organization of the wo-
men teachers was formed with the fol-
lowing officers: Pretident, Miss B.
Reynolds; Vice President, Miss - Cars-
well, and SecretaOlrelsurer, Miss
The election of ;afters or next year
resulted as folloWa:
President, Geo. H. Jefferson; Ford-
wich; Vice President, Miss Carswell,.
Seeforth; Secretary -Treasurer, A. A:
Naylor; Seaforth; Librarian, Dr. Field
m;
Goderich; Executive Committee, Miss
Curtiss, Miss McIvor, Miss Lowrie, •
staff a Seaforth Public School; audi-
tors, Mr. Shillinglaw, Mr. Beatty; del-
egate to the 0.E.A., Miss M. L.
Brock.
Mr. Campbell, of the Stratford Nor-
mal School, in his address, Am "Arith-
metic in and out of School," deplored
the tendency in schools towards long
questions, not likely to be met with in
life; and advocated that problems giv-
en in schools be practical, and suited
to the child's needs in after life. He
would stress mental arithmetic, and
having pupils prove the correctness of
their answers. 2
Friday Afternoon
m still .in the line. I wonder
ys if we are ever to get out of
. I haven't had my clothes off
ee weeks. lam. living in a
t present and I never saw so
iilhion flies in all my life.
etty rotten in the line these
pecially as we have no tren-
t simply have to wander a-
top- and trust that nothing
It is certainly open warfare
sore throats and coughs.
in rooms of temperature below 65 have seen three or four lately come
Avoid chilling of the body or living iiving dowe' in flames and I wouldn't have
Sleep and work in clean, fresh air.1 liked tO be in them. The other night
degrees or above 72 degrees F.
Keep your hands dean, and keep a giant bomber of his .was shot down
Isinrit.14:ere in flames. It was some
them out of your meuth,
Avoid expectorating in public plaee4 I wiah you would send* a bundle of
and see that others do likewise. Canadian papers. •I would like -to see
Avoid visiting the sick. . what t ley have to say about these last
void alcoholic stimulants. ishows of ours. Also an auto -strap
Eat
'-razor. Gillette blades are 'Very hard
plain, nourishing food • and a
to getj and are a very poor quality.
Cover your nose with Your hand Those Sweaters are just the thing ever
kerchief when you sneeze, your mout 1 here fOr fall and winter. I am sorry
when you coulgh. Change handker- to heanabout Frank Cluff. I saw one
chiefs frequently. Promptly disinfect of the 49th officers, who said he had
soiled hadkerehiefs by boiling or wash- clone eelmarkably well and was very
warp much !liked by everybody. I think
Don't worry, keep your feet
ing with soap and water.
Wet feet demand prompt attenti he ,gotl it the second day of the show,
atJig
Wet clothes are. dangerous and m piiv.etfroShawWavet000tda,hkewanicdhwas abad
sta:smueh
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be removed as soon as possible. - as ,yie-en-Aitois did us. The Bosche
Oftentimes it is impossible to tel 'a is Certainly having his hands full -these
cold from mild influenza. Therefore: daYs and the Americans have hardly
If you get a cold go to bed in a w11 starte . Next spring if they last that
ventilated room. Keep warm. long, there shouldn't be more than one
not kiss anyone. . Use individual b eoe big ba tie to settle things.
Keep away from other people.
ins, and knives, forks, spoons, tow Is,
handkerchiefs, soap, wash plates ajxd
cups. ,
Every case of influenza should go o
bed at once, under the care of a ph -
ieian, The patient should stay in
at least three days after fever has d
appeared and until convalescence s
well established.
The patient must not cough r
sneeze except when -a mask or ha -
kerchief ,is held before the face.
He should be in a warm, Well venti
ated room. re
There is,no specific for the disease.
Symptoms should -die iteet as thaer ar+ie. b
w
The r'great danger is froth. pnedmo e- Pre id
ia. Avoid it by staying in bed whi te tin th
The after effects of influenza aref tiresoo fn4dire cfe
acttially ill and until convaleseene is
fell established.
yourself., ceetled
worse than the disease. Take care
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_ CANADA
--Peul Ernile Lamarche, K.C,, ex -
M .P.,, one of Montreal's attorneys,
died of Spanish influenza lest Friday
at his, residence in that city. Mr.
Lamarbhe had been ill only a few days.
In 191
House
Nicolet
6 he resigned his seat in the
of Commons as member for
Que. on the ground that Par-
liament no longer had a mandate from'
the
-coLuirdtrIh.aughnessy. has resigned
as ident of the Canadian Pacific
y, and. is succeeded in this of-
fice E. Beaity, K. C , vice -
Lord Shaukhnessy will re -
post of chairman of the board
tors. Sir George Bury re-
am his office of vice-president
unt of ill -health and is suc-
by Grant Hall, who has been
sident in charge , of western
W. A. Bishop, officially vic-
we tern front, while attached to
a adios). Air Service, has arrived
an da. He was transferred from
di n service last June to a post
at the 'office of the British Chief of
StaffHe is on his way to his home
in Owen Sound, Ontario, for a month's
visit. Colonel Bishop has been decor-
ated Fr
dtaice with the D.S.O., has all of
the
coveted
tin. D
ended o
Miss McLennan in an exceedingly
good paper, showed how nail educa-
tion can be made effective by making
it more attrective, co-operating
with the farmer e in social and church
work, making the school a social cen-
tre, decorating with good pictures, art,
writing and other social work; having
school gardens. The reason for in-
effective schools lies in lack of public
sentiment, and the smallness of
schools. The remedy is (a) Make
public sentiment; and (b) have Con-
solidated Schools. •
R. J. Beatty gave an interesting ad-
dress on the "Teaching of Geography"
urging a more extensive study of our
own country, before the study of other
countries. He placed emphasis on the
value of -the subject both as a train-
ing for the mind, a.nd for its practical
utility.
Mr. Campbell of the Stratford Nor-
mal School, gave an address on "In-
terest," and explained the use of tab-
les in finding interest, and time. • He
outlined the steps to be used in giv-
ing problems:
1. -Stress the direct problem.
2. -Learn to approximate before
finding the interest.
3. -Give problems
year.
4. -Give problems where time
days.
5. -Give problems where time is de-
termined from dates.
61 -Give problems finding interest
on promissory notes.
When the pupil has mastered the
theory he should be practised in the
use of interest tables, which are after
all the means used by the business
man in computing interest.
The report ofthe Resolution Com-
mittee was received and adopted as
follows: Resolved:
1. -That the thanks of the Institute
be tendered Reeve Plum for his kind
address of welcome; to the managers
of Melville ehurch, for the use of their
church; to all those esdno contributed
to our program; and to those who as-
sisted in making the evening meeting
a success.
2. -That we grant the sum of $5
to the 0 .E.A.
3. -That we contribute the sum of
$150 to the Red Cross. •
4. -That the congratulations of the
Association be tendered Mise Kerr, of
Clinton, on haying completed so suc-
cessful a teaching career; and to Mr.
Holman, on his apointment to the pos-
ition of County Clerk.
Mr, Fowlee, in -.bringing the meet-
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where time
is a
is in
FROM FRANCE
The following are extracts from 14 -
tees from Captain Ryerson Harty,
son of Mr. and Mrs. 'William Hartry,
of Seaforth, who has been in Frame
for several months.
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France, Sept, 1. 1918
Dear Mother, -At present we are
back in rest billets. I sent a cable saY-
ing I got through the show. Hope .you
got it all right. Altho' it was a pret-
ty poor show, I am mighty lucky to
alive. How I managed to miss every-
thing I don't know. I had enouga
narrow escapes, the Lord only knows.
I went into the, show instead of the
adjutant and so stayed at Battalion
headquarters. However, we weren't
far behind the assaulting party, And
there was quite enough shell fire end'
machine gun bullets flying around t
suit. me. To help matters, ten Bosch
planes came over and sprayed us wit
machine gun fire, so one feels luels
in missing things. I wasesver the top
three days in succession which i&qUite
f
enough for me.
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The Bosche as usual, didn't stand up
against our men but ran as fast. as he,
could; with the exception of his ,
chine gunners and artillery. The ma-
chine gunners kept right on at it until
they were killed and we could see i his
field artillery with horses standing', by.
firing from 700 to 800 yards. You
couldeasily see the gunners putting in
the shells and firing the gun, with a
pair 'of field' glasses. Sbmeof them
didn't get away, .but most did. Most
of our men were hit by machine gun,
so we have a great proportion of
wounded among our casualties. Two
of my old company officers were killed
-
and another from Chatham, one of my
best friends, also got his. He deserved
a V . C. , for what he did, but V . C. 'a
are hard to get. Joe Dorsey was . hit
but in the leg, so he should be alright
He was here only a weey, and I'm stil
here after thirteen months of straight
line duty.
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France, Sept. 8
Dear Motter,-It's Sunday again
and a rather dreary wet day. W
are in the trenches but so far are hav-
ing it pretty easy although he bombe
us every night and fires over those
heavy fast naval shells once ever se
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often. _.
The Canadians halm certainly been
giving Fritz a few pimehes lately an
I feel rather lucky to be through bat
shows, and still alive, especially wheii
I think' of the number of friends of ,
inine, who are gone. i However, I think
we can safely say that the war. 10
much nearer over as a result of our
last month's. work: For once the
have given us credit'for what we did.
The Bosche, except his -machine gu
ners a,nd artillery, are regular co
ards. They didn't put up any fight at
all or we could never have drive
them out of their position. 1 neve
say such a bench of wire and defende
trenches hi my life, ?Bosche rifles ma-
dhine guns, trench mortars and intile
lery are lying aroundloose every- imle
and also every conceivable kin f
nch Medalsitand has also the
Victoria Cross of Great Bri-
ring his last campaign, which
June 19 in France, he bagged
25 GerMan planes in 12 days, finally
ending up with five planes in a fight
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of two hours on the morning of the
day .me3. toned.
.---Thi International Plowing Match
and tractor demonstration, scheduled
in Ottawa for this week, has been can-
celled• on representations by Mayor
Fisher to the Government, on account
of the ' epidemic of influenza. Hon.
T. A. Crearar, notified the associa-
tion,th
t he, with regret, denied them
the use of the Central Experimental
Farm. Some twenty thousand visitors
were expected at the matches, and
the Mayor feared that such an influx
the
of people would further enhance
local danger.
•--The T. N. T. and gun cotton
plants of the British Explosives, Lim-
ited, near Trenton, were -totally des-
troyed by fire on Monday night, which
followed a series of explosions. The
plant is a war subsidiary company of
the Imperial Munitions' Board, and is
situated about two miles beyond the
Trent Canal among a group of low
hills, the location being selected to
reduce the danger to the town in case
of explosion. As a result of the fire
2500 ha ds will be thrown out of em-
ployment.
The Captain had been three years in
France and was given three raonthe
leave of absence, but he expects to. -
return in a few days.
-Mrs. Alex. Linton, Mitchell," was,
awarded a prize of $5.00 for knitting
the greatest number of socks during
the past three months. Mrs. Linton.
has knitted about 800 pairs of socks
since the war commenced and is still
knitting averaging over one pair per
day for the month. IMrs. Linton gave
the $5 to Miss Gree Clark, to pur-
chase yarn. During' the three months,
she heated 83 pairs, 'besides during.
her houshold work.
--At the opera house, Mitchell, a
public reception was tendered Pte.
Horace M. Robinson, son of Mr. and
Mrs, H. M. Robinson, Mitchell on
in 1914 and escaped from Germany
the town band and bugle band furnish-
te hd ss known, xe 1 I y,
Robinson was taken prisoner of war
last summer. He load a good deal
Monday evening, Oetober 10th. Ptee
older than when he went away, but
Hord, and Others -gave addresses and
is feelift fine. The mayor, F. E.
of Listowel, one of
commercial travellers,
in Western Ontario, and for a number
of years chief travelling salesman for
the Brockville Carriege Company, died.
on Friday morning, in his 58rd year,
after a brief illness with bronchitis..
Mrs. Kelly and son are ill with the,
grippe, and a second son, Pte. Frank
C. Kelly, was recently wounded, Mr.
Kelly was a prominent Mason, a Con-
servative and an Orangeman. He was
a 'member of Knox church and the.
Board of Education.
-The Diamond jubilee services
held in Atwood Presbyterian church,
on October 13th, were an unqualified.
success. Strong, inspiring - sermons
were preached morning and evening,
by Rev. G. A. Woodside, M.A.. of
Zion Chtirch, Brantford. At 3 o'clodk
a beautiful communion address was
delivered by 'Rev. P. A. McLeod, D.
D., of Kemptville, after which the
sacrament of the Lord's Supper was
administered to more than four hun-
dred communicants. The tea meeting
and platform meeting on Monday
night -were equally successful. The
offering approximated'
700 The con-
gregation is one of the most flourish-
ing rural charges in Western Ontario.
Rev. W, D. McDonald, B.A., is the -
present pastor.
-A shocking fatality occurred on.
Monday evening of last week, on the
farm of Mr.- Charles Baird, in Blan-
chard township, whea Mr. John Brown.
lost his life. Mr. Brown was prepar-
ing( to cement the inside wall of Mr.
Baird's silo and had the scaffolding -
erected preparatory to beginning op-
erations on the morrow, when, in earner.
unaccountable way, he missed his foot-.
Ing and fell to the floor of the silo, a-
lighting - upon his head. Death was ale_
most instantaneous. The body was re-
moved to Mr; Brandon's undertaking
rbonis, St. Marys. Mr. Brown has
-
long been a familiar figure to the peo-
ple in the neighborhood, and was high-
ly esteemed for his many estimable.
qualities. A faithful Sunday School
teacher and consistent Christian. De-.
ceased was a brother-in-law of Dr..
Atkinson, of Mitchell.'
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HURON NOTES
-Mr. and Mrs. John Long, of Brus-
sels, were at Petewawa, to visit their
William, who was called to ser-
vice in Siberia and is now on his way
there, via Vancouver, 13. C.
-A telegram was received. last.
week from Ottawa; notifying Mrs. Ad-
am Sinclair of Brussels, that Pte. Ver-
non Sinclair, had been wounded
in the right thigh, on October 2nd
Vernon went with the 161st Battalion.
-Rev. Mr. Stride, of Wroxeter, who,
had not been enjoying good health for --
some time, underwent an operation.
for throat trouble 411 St, Joseph's;
Hospital, London, last week and is
now progressing favorably.
-The casualty list last week con-
tained the name of William Henry,. •
formerly G. T .R. agent at Bruscslse
as being killed in action in France..
Mr. Henry enlisted with the Niagara.
Rangers in 1916 and before going ov-
erseas was a resident of Toronto,
-George Davis, of the 5th ilne of
Morris township, has sold a fifty acre
farm, north half lot 21, concession 6,
known as the Cameron property, to
Mr. William Kellington, -who is now
in the west, for the sum of $2,600. It
can be made a fine farm with a little
draining and fixing up. The purchas-
er will move onto the farm.
-Rev. Father McCormick, of King -
bridge, formerly. of Winghani, died.
easey on Thursday morning . of last
week, following an operation for ap-
pendicitis a few days previols. He -
was very popular in his pariah, where
hc labored for about sixteen years.
-Mr. James Campbell, of Bayfield,
passed away at his home on Wednes-
day morning of last week. The late,
Mr. Campbell farmed on the Bronson
Line, Stanley, for many years, but for -
several years has been an esteemed
resident of Balfield. He is survived
by his wife and one daughter, Miss.
i
Margaret. He was an elder n . St.
Andre-w's church. '
_isle evening last week a pleasant
time was spent at the I. 0.0.F. hall,
Clinton, when the members assembled
together to bid farewell to Rey. Mr.
Robinson, past Grand Chaplain of
Ontario. Complimentary speeches
were made by various members, and
Rev. Mr. Durrant, of Teeswater, D.D.
G.M. of No. 9 District, was also pre-
sent and ;spoke a few words. Lunch
was served at the close. -
-Miss Margaret S. Davies, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Davies, of
Clinton, who has been a probationer
at Rose City Park Methodist church,
Portlani, Oregon, for the past two
years was consecrated as deaconess az
Che anneal conference held at Portland
last month. Miss Davies is a craduate
of the Northwest Training Sch.00l for
Christian workers of Seattle, Wash-
ington, but since her graduation has
been working in Portland. She will
be remembered by many in Clinton as
an enthusiastic church worker, having
been one of the most active workers
in the -Sunday School and League of
Wesley church. Seh left Clinton a-
bout six years ago.
PERTH ITEMS
,-Mr. William M. Hutson, has: sold
his huridred acre farm, being lot 2,
con.cess on 2, Hibbert, to Mr. Joseph
Reed.
-Pt . Leo Gaffney, of Stratford,
son of the late Timothy Gaffney, of
-Mitchell, was killed in France on Sep-
tember 27th. The young soldier was
born in Mitchell and has many rela-
tives in Logan, who will be sorry to
hear of his death.
-Mri William Casey, who has been
managiilg, the express business in Mit-
chell for the past two years, resign-
ed some weeks ago. Mr. Hugh Rorke
of Clinton, has received the appoint-
ment and will take over the duties this
week.
-Pte. Arthur Dobel, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James T. Dobel, of Vancouver,
B .Ce fermerly of Mitchell, Visited at
the horne of his uncle, Mr. A. Goebel,
.recentlen Pte. Dobel was ten years
of age when they moved west, and
now he is a soldier in training at
Niagara_
-Captatne Hume, of the British ex--
•Tyly-, who is a son of Prof. Hume, of
Toronto University, and Mrs. Hume,
who is a daughter of Mr. Thomas Lan-
caster, formerly of Mitchell, were
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
T. S. Ford in that town recently.
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