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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1925-06-05, Page 1fl aid ment .- j[,: • HERE iS a dollars and cents reason, for com- ings here for -your clothing.' And you are always 'sure. -df perfect,fit, beguse we will not let a Suit go out Unless it fits perfectly. '‘'IllieSe ate both very • There are, however, two more very important features that are .partieurarly .oastanding and should Prove of etive _Few stores'i,mcleed;-*itrShoW yon .a -larger stock -t,ti se- lect from. NiO,;store Will show you more -pleasing Or be- coming patterns andsqlgattgA, Come in arici look,x)ver our stock.. -You will • pressed with 4oth its -magnitude and eieellence. • • A Na0V Showri f -will be 'pleased when you see our new Straw Hats: In fact, we are certain you will be disap- . pointed if you buy before seeing the new styles and ideas we have t� show you: Fancy natural shades, • bleached sennets, fancy saw -tooth braid, balloon edges, • and a host of other new features. The prices are just as attractive as the hats. Price 1.25 to 3.50 • Special Clearing Salt of .Paillette Silks, at 1.39. neh Extra good Weights that you would pay ordinarily $2.25 per yard, 3,6 inches wide, in Navy with fancy color- ed check and plaids. Also a specially fine black silk. These are absolutely dependable goods. Price $1.39 A Wash Goods Department F wing Over With The 1;-' Very LATEST Platrials You will readily, excuse us for an abnormal amount of 4. enthusiasm in our Wash Goods, when you see the many new and novel materials. Reflecting, as they do, the glory of the Summer in their light airy weaves, their at- tractive designs and their genuine goodness. It is be - Mt* they are so neW arid entirely. different that they are exciting such unusual interest. Come in and see them. ltats 04,1 tat Dirt si0 the:Wyse As ii �filltnlslled mere ��is et; >qt detelopments lv eg dative "Chamber; One of Xhafia. Was the notable ,dinner tender= ed en:Wednesday evening in the Par- hainentary Restaurant by the Libere, al members : of- the Meuse .and- of the Senate to the Prime; Minister and the other was the testiznotltlr given:'to the Special House Commai tea' on~ .aeetn rates control by `S><r liam Peteirseh, the tiyide1y .known British ;eh#powner vaittt WWII the Donxinian gover,nnlent proposes to; eaten into' a contract for ;a subsidized Atlantic suedes under Government control of rates. In the early part of the week some import- ant pieces of Government legislation were introduced 'and given •a start on their way to final passage and treatment in the Senate. At the Liberal dinner two or three things were made abundantly roani- fest. One is that the Prime Minister of -Canada has the cordial' and solid. support of Liberals throughout the. Dominion. Another fact upon which stress wets properly laid was that the King A.;ministration is much strong- er tronger to -day than when it came into power a '-little over four years ago, and this in spite of all handicaps. As was eloquently stated by George W. Kyte, Chief Liberal Whip -who acted as toastmaster; the Liberals , when they came intopower were given a majority •of enly one inethe House; but . on ;m'poi+tallt> divisions this ses- sion has never fallen below 38 while - the maximum was 121. Both" Premier Mackenzie King and 11 Kyte, as well as some other speakers, notably W. D. Euler. (North Waterloo) and W. G. •Raymond (Brantford), made it plain that the egason for this remarkable increase in• the strength - of the Liberal party lies in the fact that the legislation it has from time to time submitted to Parliament and succeeded in getting into the statute books has appealed to men of fair and independent think- ing and has had for its. purpose the service of the needs of the whole country, as opposed to any particular section. The character of these leg- islative deeds has had its origin, largely, in the determination of the Prime Minister to do all in his power to more closely knit together the various sections of the country and remove as far as possible the geo- graphical barriers that otherwise di- vide this country.: In an illuminating and convincing speech the Prime Minister at the dinner painted with pride to the fact that since his Gover=nment took over the reins `' of°' power ` there has been nothing heard of sectional discord and that to -day the closer national unity as regards races, creeds and gegra- phical divisions was due very largely to the kindlier feelings engendered by the policy of the present administra- tion. Again, the relations of Canada with the other parts of the world had been vastly bettered as a result of the external policy of the King Govern- ment, the national debt had been re- duced, the taxation had been cut, in- dustrial development had been stimu- lated and there had come a remark- able growth in this Dominion's export trade, a growth never before ap- proached. After many, many days of taking evidence from shippers in Canada and from the member companies of the North Atlantic Steamship Confer- ence the Special House Committee on Thursday had before it for the first time as a witness Sir William Peter- sep and the impression he made upon that body in the first day's testimony was highly favourable. A good na- tured burly Englishman with a re- markable grasp of the whole intri- cate business of ocean transportation Sir William quickly transformed the impression sedulously cultivated by the combine representatives and by the Conservative press that he was some predatory evil genius into a more generous impression of him as an exceedingly reasonable man who has placed all his cards on the table and has disclosed every single piece of information sought by the com- mittee. This, by the way, is in pleasing contrast to the great dif- ficulty experienced in extracting facts and figures from the representatives of the Conference. The Conference has contended in its defence against the charges that as a combine it has kept rates far too high and made more than a fair pro- fit thereby and also stifled all com- petition by independent concerns that it has not made profits, that the rates are not too high, that they are not high enough, but in their defence when declaring that theirs has been an unprofitable business they have been very reluctant to make frank statements when questioned closely as to their financial showings. In fact, in the case of two Conference lines— White Star -Dominion and the Cunard —no information whatever has been obtainable from them. Sir William Petersen, on the other hand, has stated frankly and without hesitation every feet port'.rent to the inquiry and the figures showing how much more economically than the Conference boats his vessels can be and are operated have been stagger- ing to the Conference representatives and up to now their counsel has not made any progresintowards offsetting Sir William's evidence. He has con- clusively demonstrated to the com- mittee that the type of ships Which he proposes to place at the disposal of the Dominion Government in re- turn for a subsidy can be operated at a remarkably lower cost than the Conference boats; that he Can euut op orating costs by at least one-third. In hfg tentirnoriy before the Committee on Thilinday he even offered to fore- go go. th#i sitba1dr .of. $275,000 o COKE, for sura;. -in stock the very tgradeof domestic we recommend ;burning. PRICE 1p50 PER TON • N, CLUFF & SONS LUKHER AND COAL SEAFORTH - ONTARIO. sterling annually for the tee;Tyeins of anteed his operating expensgi fixed charges and a reasonable ern5t. He also offered quite freely to.-.0,llOw cer- tain important changes in; thit draft 'agreement to meet criticism& heard in the House in the first debate on the scheme, changes that would really make the conditions *On him even more onerous. It is nerk ap- parent that -the case for thebgovern- rnent in this propoSal has been great- ly strengthened by Sir Williatifs tes-- imony and by the frank, eV -b. ane ready manner in which he hie given it to the Committee. During the week some amending /egislation has been introdu4ed by various Ministers. The Criminal Ciolt' is to be altered to check the evil of handbook betting. There arento be Changes in the Canada Terriperance Act to enable the provinces more ef- fectively to enforce their Oven laws. The Customs Act is to benmended te check smuggling by making itan in- dictable offence to smuggle goods of over $200 value. Also false; billing in freight cars, a practice of TIM runners, will be made -more perilieus by an amendment to the 19101tailway Act introduced by Hon. Geprge Graham, Minister of Railegfilaregami HURON TRUSTEE AND RATE- PAYER'S ASSOCIATION The Huron County Educational Association of Trustees and Rate- payers scored quite a success at its inaugural meeting, which was held in Clinton on the afternoon of Satur- day, May 30th. The Association is the outcome of the Provincial Con- vention of the 0. E. A., which con- vened in Convocation Hall, Toronto, during the week following Easter, when 1,003 delegates from rural com- munities alone assembled. At the opening session on Tuesday morning these delegates formed into "County" groups, which resulted in most eases, in the organization of County Associations, where such did not al- ready exist. The officers of the Huron County Association wpre elect- ed as follows: President, Mr. Robert Vice President, Rev. H. W. Snell, Wingham; 2nd Vice President, Mr. John Middleton, R. R. No. 3, Clinton; Sec. -Treasurer, Mrs. Robt. Davidson, Dungannon; Executive Committee: Clinton; R. J. Beattie, Egmondville; Alex. Saunders Gcsderich; George McWhinney, Crediton. The ideal weather conditions on Saturday assisted very materially, no doubt, in making possible such a large assemblage. The seating capac- ity of the board room in connection with the District Representative's office which had been secured for the place of meeting proved quite in- adequate to acconfmodate the conven- tion, and it was moved to the theatre, which is contiguous to the already mentioned hall. It was very encouraging to the executive to find that such a splendid response was made by the different school sections of the County, there being delegates from almost every school, and it was estimated that up- wards of 250 persons were present. The convention opened with an ad- dress of -welcome from Mr. C. G. Mid- dleton, Reeve of C,lintnn, Mayor Jackson being out of town Mr. Mid- dleton in a few well chosen words assured the meeting of the pleasure it afforded him to welcome such a representative gathering to the town of Clinton. In the chairmen'g address Mr. Coultes expressed his satisfac- tion with the interest manifeeted in things educational, as evidenced by the presence. of so many people on this occasion, Ife also said that tit would be lefet the discretion of the meeting, at iits oinse, to decide whi- thee such an ensociation were pled -t- able enough tO be continuen The conenettien Wias fortunate in having as ite ehief speaker Dr, Karr, Toronto, who eme requested to Sneak this having teen introdeced he the Legislature by triaV Minteter of Mt - its last stated that he was more than grati- fied to see such a large audience and thought it a. promising symptom of the rural educational situation in the County of Huron. The presence of so many women on school boards is also significant. He wished tri em- phasize the point that the Minister of Education, in introducing the bill, was anxious to •get the sympathetic co-operation of those interested, and not merely the adverse criticism of the public. To him the rural school and its problems was the most press- ing question at the present time. He stated that rural school children have not the same advantage as city or urban children, the cause being attri- buted to the fact that the method of administration is not efficient. He went on to show that the city schools are equipped with the most up-to- date requirements and wondered if the rural schools could possibly keep pace. Sixty per cent. of the rural schools are working under capacity, that ist in many instances, the teacher could just as easily teach 30 pupils where now she is perhaps spending her time endeavoring to teach from 6 to 10. In the Province of Ontario the average cost of educating a child in the rural public school is $87 or 888. But we have nearly 900 schools in which there are 10 or less children and the average cost in these is $156, and we have about 180 schools where the average is five or less and the cost there is about $250 a pupil. In many cases, too, Dr. Karr stated, that old schools are not up-to-date, and hinted that in the near future grants might be based more on equipment and expenditure than on the teacher's salary. He also pointed out that with the establishment of township boards there would be a fiat rate of taxation for the township which would be a source of benefit to the small or weak school. The problem of providing High School secondary education for rural pupils might also be solved, as a single section working individually, cannot possibly supply ages which towns and cities derive from technical night schoo'n. With greater co-operation conditions in rural Ontario lend 'themselves easily to the establishment of such schools in country districts. The difficul- ties which lie in the path of greater efficiency with regard to rural edu- cation are that the individual school is limited in its resources, and there seems to be a disinclination to co- operate. Much interesting discussion fol- lowed in which it became quite evi- dent that the syinpathies of the ma- jority present did not favor the pro- posal of township school boards. Mr. G. L. Brackenbury, science master in Wingham High School, was next called upon to speak on the question of "Two years' University work being taken in High Schools." He went into the matter quite min - G AND REOPENING OF Fairview P)ark SEAFORTIE June 1 ]l 1yt 'ltho in ' 'two: c�fiilnti:es 17;932-4$114 <rd eo-open Seit ht be• aeeont; idled l , , . t would xe r : 4. acaopnmodatiWO and , �so to t of about fonr extra el c $r'sx remuneration world be i>rq�.alae ni borhood' of• $114000awn ily, certain advantages n ght acerae f OM the establasbnnent of such sehbolsr in the way of lower fees, and cheaper living; in these, smaller eentres near- er to the student's home; net per- haps these advantages would be more than counter balanced by the 'accese. to better libraries and thegreater of Meleney of the lecturers and. Pitofes- sors in the Universities. Mr. A. H. Postliff, Principal of the Winghanu Public School, next ad- dressed the gathering, his su'bjeet be- ing "The • Problem of Teaching." In his pleasing and forceful manner this speaker endeavored- to show that the teacher must love his or her pro- fession, in order to be successful He had very little sympathy with the teacher who taught five days in the week ,and then returned to her home, some distance away for the week end. He believed' that nsuch good was ac- convplished through the teachers be- coming acquainted with, and interest-' ed in the parents- of her pupils, the result being a better understanding between teacher and 'pupil, also a more sympathetic intereet being de- veloped. Rev. H. W. Snell, of Winghafn who is first vire president of the associa- tbei introduced the Subject': of. "Relig- ious Education in the Public School." Hes Lowed that by the rl up"ration of the teacher with resident ministers, that it might be arranged to have the minister spend a short period, during odd days of each week, doing work along. these lines. It is a Mat- ter of vital importance that this should form a part of the education of the public school pupils. Dr. Field and Mr. J. Elgin 'Com, Public School inspectors for Huron County, each spoke briefly. Dr. Field said in his inspectorate the at- tendance of pupils was very good, in- deed, that the attendance officer had very little to do. He also thought the 1 County on the whole provided very liberally for secondary school work, continuation schools being available, to nearly all these who wished to use them. But he said the need was to make advancement. He spoke of the course in Agriculture recently con- cluded in Brussels and thought this sort of thing might be enlarged upon as he considered this training very beneficial to the young people of the community. He thought something might be done in the way of winter courses or night schools. He said that where there were two teachers in a rural school 5th class work might easily be taken up. He did not, how- ever favor the neglecting of the younger children and one gathered that if it was a case of carrying on 5th class work to the neglect of the little children, the foundation of whose education was just being laid, he would do away with the advanced work. Where there were well equip- ped schools, doing good work, Dr. Field thought the proposed change would not be of any particular ad- v. ntage. Inspector Tom said he had his own opinion of township boards. He did not express this opinion plainly but he left one with the impression that he did not favor the idea. He recalled the fact that the plan had been tried! out some years ago, Tuckersmith be- ing one of the townships which had I given itself to the test. At present there are no township boards. There were in the county several'; schools where there were very few' pupils. In such cases he thought they should be sent to another sec-' tion. He considered the pupil• in a larger school had a better chance than one where there were but two or three pupils. The school building need not be allowed to fall to ruin. Sections changed and in several schools coming under his observation the numiber of pupils of school age had grown from two or three to quite a large sohool. He agreed with Dr. Field that in some centres much might be done in the way of provid- ing technical training during the win- ter months or evenings. He called at- tention to the fact that the three re- cent winners of Carter scholarships in Huron had taken their first year in rural schools. At the close of the meeting the fol- lowing resolution was unanimously adopted on motion of Mr. Gross and Mr. Fisher, of Benmiller: "That it is the desire of those present that this Association of Trustees and Rate- payers continue to exist and that a fee of $1.O0 per school be contribut- ed to hear the expense of same, this to he forwarded at your earliest con- venience to the Secrethry-Treasurer, Mrs. Robert. Davidson, Dungannon." Four Big Horse Races 2.15 Trot or Pace, purse $300 2.20 Trot or Pace, purse $300 2.30 Trot or Pace, purse $300 2.50 Trot or Pace, purse $200 ' and every class well filled. Races; on Point System. Ample Seating Accommodation NEW GRAND STAND. Drive right in. Parking for Cars. First race 2 o'clock sharp and no w•aiting-between heats. Meet you all at Sea,forth on June 10th for a whale of an afternoon's sport. SEAFORTH TURF CLUB ROBT. WILSON WM. CUDMORE .IZt's..MAS A. D. SUTHERLAND stapes Seensteny. THE BOWLING TOURNAMENT $.?udo : thea tos be dee/axed: ing to thg *an: The eeore one Foal Seaforth. Broderick J. Wits Blylah. Robinson Robinson -5 Seaforth. H. Stewart J. Beattie -11 Seaforth. Riess Sproat McMillan --11 Seaforth. J. M. Best R. Devereux -21 Seaforth, W. Bright Reid -7 Seaforth. Dr. Mackay Mactavieh-28 Seaforth. Hawley C. Sills -9 Seaforth. W. M. Stewart McIntosh -19• First Willis -9 Seaforth. Stewart Seaforth. Keating Duncan -8 Seaforth. R. E. Bright London. maw!. Sea Orth. Dr Be e; W. G Wi93xs- Seaox. Close Robinson :5 Lueknow. Reid McCloy 16 Goderich, Taylor diurnt-23 Seaforth. Winter McPhee ---9 Goderieh. Newton Powell—.17 Seaforth. Ament Barber -5 'Seaforth. Thompson Beehley24 Blyth: Denholm, Stalker -4 Jarvis Seaforth. Boyd Ross -22 F. Sills T. Johnston -15 Blyth Aikenhead Telfer Second Round. Robinson -8 Hunt --15 Chap 'e Ross -17 Johns A-9 Garniss-19 Third Round. Hunt -21 Bechley-12 Ross -9- Garniss-8 • The annual June open Scotch doubles tournament for the new Sav- auge trophy and consolation event of the Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club was held on their beautiful greens here on Wednesday of this week. Twenty- five rinks were in competition repre- senting the Clubs of Seaforth, Blyth, Goderich, Lucknow and London, and althoegh the day was intensely hot, it did not seem in any way to effect the play. The beautiful new Savauge Trophy in competition for the first time, nt out of town to Goderich, being won by Messrs. Taylor and Hunt. The runners tip were Bob Boyd and Il9pr. H. H. Ross, of Seaforth, who played a strong, consistent tame all day onln to go down to defeat in the finals, after a fine game. The /rim. lighting. system made play in the evening much prefamhle to thin Wine Final. Hunt -22 Ross -14 First neural. 3. Willis, bye. Robinson -12 Beattie -17 McMillan -18 Winter 14 Reid -12 Barber -20 C. Sills—el Stalker -14 Second Round. J. Willis -13 Beattie -11 McMillan, bye. Barber -9 Stalker -10 W. Willis -11 McCloy-9 Powell -18 Mactavish-8 McIntosh -8 Duncan -19 Jeffrey -15 Detler-13 Third Round. J. Willis -11 Stalker, a bye. W. Willis -16 Robinson -11 Fourth .T. Willis -8 Wi s-12 Jeffrey -17 Devereux -13 Johnston -6 Round. Chapman -11 Stalker -14 Jeffrey -6 Chapman -13 Bechley-16 Finals. Bechley. BRUCEFIELD Y. P. S.—The Young People's So- ciety of Union Church, Bracefield, is being reorganized and entering upon a new phase of work. Hitherto the meetings of the society have been held on alternate Friday evenings. This arrangement is now being changed and henceforth it wilt meet every Sunday evening at the close of the evening service. The inaugural meeting will be held next Sunday evening, when it is expected that there will be a large attendance of the young people of the congregation. A most interesting programme for the year is being planned, and already there is evident and renewed interest in the society. The work amongst the young people of the church is in splendid condition, thanks to the en- ergy and faithful service of volun- teer workers who are sacrificially giving up their time to act as leaders of the various groups et work—Tuxis Boys, Trail Rengers. and Canadian Girls in Training. The Theis boys are full of enterprise and energy. Al- ready they have constructed two ver3r excellent tennis courts and are going to sell season tickets for the nse courte, the proceeds to go toward the initial outlay arid the upkee_R of the group of boya staged a play in the Brucelield hall and netted a goodly sum of money, eshich is to go toward the expenses of a summer wrap at Beyfielel. These organized groups are already making their influence felt and the training the members receive nueli as to develop the all round chnracter of the individual and to stimulate them f.o unselfish service of the very highest type. The ever popular Sunday evening Wag service will henceforth he held mouthl,v, ing emanated as an open evening in the lorogtmeroo of the It. P. 8,