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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1936-02-13, Page 8■• ...... . ■ . . - ■ aV;. ' : - ■ . . J ■/ a " ■' ' : " • - li ' ■^TF k ■ \ 'ii P AGE EIGHT ■■■-........’.^■■■-■;.’'■->! ~ .. ............: T... " \ 196 T^AG^IW PAYS. . J IN THJS SCHOOL YEAR According to* a circular announce- by the Ontario Department of Education, there,are to be 196 ac tual teaching days in the 19^6 school year. - For several years past the number has been about 2Q0 and in more ancient times it'was somewhat greater. V But 196 is the most that can be - made now, for one day was lopped ■blff^by most school boards when thp schools were not opened on Friday, Jhnpary .3rd. , . ■ ■ ' (mste'r holidays are f?o'ni April IQ ' t,Q^0;--the summer vacation begins dn/ June 29 and ends September It Christmas holidays come on Decemk .. ber 23.. School holidays include Vic^’ toria Day (May ’25 this year)/ King’s birthday (June 3rd—this m$y be changed to June 23rd, as this is King Edward’s birthday); Labor Day-/(Sept. 7); Thanksgiving Day (date not. yet fixed), and Remem brance Day (November 11.) HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS TACKLE ICY* ROADS - ■ a ■ . ■ In Ontario, the ice hazard on - winter roads has been controlled by the use of an abrasive consisting 01 sand,-cinders and stope Chips mixed with common salt. The last ingred ient results in the mixture embedd- ' ing itself in the icy. surface. Loaded trucks spread the mixture. The Highway Department at Queen’s Park, Toronto; has now built up 7'aff organization that enables it to sand .3,000' miles of highway within three ■dhours after the need arises. Annual Meeting Of WestWawanosh Mutual Mr.^George^Stewart^ofHelS]^ Elected Director Filling Vacancy^ Caused By Death" Of Wm. Me- Quiliin—Ernest Ackert Re-Elected . . President. . ; /• The annual meeting of the West Wawanosh Mutual Fire Insurance Company; held in Dungannon on Friday Afternoon, was largely . at tended. Ernest Ackert, president of the 'Company presided while reports, of the year’s work were received. . The president, in his address, ex- /' pressed the hope that the present' rate of 30 cents per hundred might soon be reduced> and strove to im- - press, upon the policy-holders the fact that only through co-operation . on the part of all • in endeavoring, to prevent* fire losses, could this, be ac complished, Donald McLean reported for the ..^auditors as follows: Total receipts— . . $52,545.37; total .expenditures—$35,- 928.31; cash balance on hand—$12,- 184.56, with an additional $19,244.75 ^in .bonds; toal. number of policies in force 4,597, with a total risk of $13*- . 846,245;. total amount paid for’ fire losses,. $27,313.92. The expenses of management for 1935 were $541 less than in 1934. The retiring directors were- McKay Davidson ahd Griffin. McKay was'•re turned without' opposition. Dayidsoh was re-elected ovdr two opponent's— John Kilpatrick and John A. John ston, while Griffin' was defeated in a three-cornered fight;, Wilfred Mc Carthy being elected. The other can didate was James McKenzie,. George' Stuart was elected to the vacancy on the board caused by the death of William McQuillin, Stuart was op posed by Joseph Anderson, William Mole and Bert Thompson. Donald McLean* and Bert Marsh were re elected as auditors. A meeting of the board followed when Ernest Ackert • was re-elected president; Dan McKay, vice-presi dent; G. C.- Treleaven, secretary and Thomas Stother,. treasurer. Other ■directors are: Harvey D. Anderson.- ^HE LUCKNOW SENTINEL The News, At Ottawa ----------;------------ ' ( __ " ...By... ' . W. R. TOMLINSON, M.P. I wish to thank this paper for al lowing, me valuable, space in order to give my constituents my impres sions. of a few-of the outstanding Events of the, past .week at" Ottawa. An item bT great importance to our. farming” community was the ar gument presented by the Dominion Government and replied to by . the different Ri/ovinces. before -the_<^ip- reme Court here. I personally atten de.d this hearing ■ on Wednesday -last 'to“listentotheargumentofColonel the Honourable J. L. Ralston^ for mer Liberal Cabinet Minister, who was acting on behalf of the Province . >f Ontario, in the place of Hon. Ar thur Roebuck, Attorney- General of Ontario, who was unable|to be pres ent. ■’' ■ ■'. I am unable to offer an opinion as to what decision will be handed down by the Court, but the conten tions as submitted by the Provinces, und the comments of the Supreme judges, were to the effect that the ’vedit of. our farmers must be main tained (and that the passing of such, an; act as the Farmers’ Creditors Arrangement Act tends to destroy, the borrowing power of the,farmers. Why did the Government refer this . Act to the Supreme Court for as declaration a§~fo "its validity instead" if asking Parliament to repeal it.. We will watch for this decision- with interest. „ ■ \ ’• The opening of the 18th Parlia- /aient was solemn, yet impressive. This was the second occasion in the history/^pf the Dominion that Parl iament opened while the country was 'nmourning.for-thedeathofa.ruler^ In 1901,. following the death of Queen Victoria, women were, pot present at this function, being excluded by tra dition from the Floor of the (Senate. At this Opening, however, the Senate Chamber was graced by the. presence if ladies, tradition having given way, nd. doubt, t to the fact that women, since. that time, have received the franchise. . . , ’ ■" • -1 ■ • i I . . Among the more important items if proposed legislation as set forth by the “ Governor-General, Lord Tweedsmuir, in his Speech from the Throne, are the reorganization of the Bank of Canada, the approval of ' he Canada - United States Trade Treaty and the creation of a Nation al Commission on Unemployment ind Relief. ’. —w • As we meet in the House,of Com-, mons it is interesting—and sad—tp n o te th at; only 22 Liberal Members " who sat at ffie right of fheVSpeS^^ in 1925, again occupy that strategic position. Time marches, on! Among tliosp 22, one greatly misses the late Hon. James > Malcolm, who so ably represented this constituency at that time and was a valued member pf the King .Cabinet. I By these articles, I hope to keep my constituents who are readers of this paper informed from' time to time in regard tp such items $s I think are of special interest, and I will welcome comments or criticism. BOOKLET FREE - ' “Adventures In Neighbouring,” is the title given to the 20th annual report of the Council for Social Ser vice of the Church . of England in Canada.- The illustrated report deals with work in Unemployment Camps, Western' Reliefj, the Vernon-Woods Memorial ; Award, Welfare wprk at the Council’s Office; the joint effort of the General Board of Religious Education (and the / Council/for Social Service in arrangikgj Tor the “Adop tion” of isolated needyi' Supday Schools in the (west bjj 'Sunday Schools (in ” the . East.- -I IA cW' of ’ the •report ■will be sent free ‘oh applica= Lion-tcuthe—office J>f .the //Cbji^hfiilVfoT. Social Service, ‘604 ..^ayvis ' St.,- Tot? OI)tO 5. ' ' ‘ ' ' ■ ' ' ; William J. Thompson. Harry L. Sal keld, William G. Watson, Robert Davidson, • Wilfred McCarthy and . George Stuart. MUST SERVE SENTENCE Clifford Grimoldby; described as a deaf-mute at Osgoode H^ll, failed in his appeal from his sentence* of three years Tn Kingston pehitentiary, Impose'd at Goderich, by Magistrate. Makins,' on a charge? of 'i stealing $2,500 from Joseph Coulter of Blytp. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1936. LOCAL and GENERAL/ Fridayjs Valentine Day GIFT SUGGESTIONS .. ' .. s - r ■ Mrs. Peter P. Kee of Winnipeg is visiting with Mra- T. Watson, Mr. j. W."’Henderson left on Wed nesday morning for Toronto, where he is attending a lumbermen’s Con vention. ■ - V Counter, attractions on Friday night helped tq reduce the atten dance at the Rebekah social. Prizes for euchre playing went to Mr., and, Mrs, Charles Cook. ’•■*v , Rev. and Mrs. J, W., Wilkin, who have been occupying the Spence hqme here for some time, left for Toronto on Mqiiday;, -where they will spend the. remainder /of the winter. 7^Mi^R“J*^Ga:nteron-“has^^o^e-—-td- 171—1 A— N. Y., to> ji.tljehd the , Frei Webber, the ma!r Cong^am, form- /Mr.R/J. East Aurora, N. Y(., funeral of Mr, husband of Delmar erly( of Lucknow and |a njiece of Mr, Cameron’s. / I ■ J- ■>' ' ' - ' ■■■ ./.AA'l.-1. "... Mrs. T. J./Salkeld,-^as a delegate from the local society, went to Tor onto on Tuesday tq attend the On tario Horticultural Society COnven- tion, being hpld; in the Royal York replied the magistrate, /hotel todsty and tQWI was a largo crowd, and a none at the dance in .tfee on Eric ay... night,, .under P.O. Club auspices, which o^< three entertainments xl*~ - :”age -that evening. Hogan’s 1 Orchestra / supplied music. The regular - meeting.of the. ..’Wo-, hen’s institute will be held at the home /if Mrs. Harvey Treleaven on Friday, F^b. 14, at 2.30 p.m, Roll call to be answered by Valentine verse. Also an aufction/sale of articles do nated by members! Good program. Visitors welcome.* . . , The, Young Men’s Class of the United Church, held their annual so- -•ial in the Orange Hall on Thursday .iveningy witli an attendance of about sixty' persons. Court Whist winners vere Mrs./ (Dr.) Kaine and Sidney Decker. Before lunch was servedja highly hmusing skit was presented Iepicting /the. birth of the Quintup- 'ets with /Harvey Webster, Bill Hew- it, Dr. Treleaven, Jack Miller, Jack McIntosh, Robert Rae and Dr. Tohnston taking part.-.. The very en-. ioyable evening .concluded by & bort period of dancing. “Did you notice any,r suspicious characters in the neighborhood?” the magistrate inquired. /“Sure,” replied the new Irish pot liceman., “I saw but one man and I asked him what he was doing there *at‘ that time o’ night. Sez he, “I have no business here just now, but I expect to open a bank in the vic inity later .on’.” •-■■"“Yes,” i’ “and he did open a bank in the vic inity later on and stole £2,000.” “Begorra,” answered the police man, “the man may have been. a thafe,'but he was not a liar.” A The Ideal Situation “Yes, sir, it was just about the ideal vacation. . Nothing, to do but loll around all-day in comfortable chairs. No mosquitoes, no insects of any kind. Pleasant, smiling people on all sides. No big bills running tip, no relatives, no.'sunburn. “Just peace and. quiet all day' long. A thorough reSt for the mind and body—the kind* ( of vacation ) you’ve always dreamed about. “Yes, sir,"it was ideal! We cer tainly enjoyed that vacation the boss took.”- . . ' OBITUARY C. G. GIRVIN . Mrs. Fred » Anderson, of Ashfield, last week received news of the death at Oklahoma, on Monday ^>f her elder brother, Charles Gordon Girvin, ’ Jn his ;6'2nd year. Mr. Girvin was the ci|dest of a family of dfour, two'-sons /and Susan Anderson, and was m the Hugh Girvin homestead • // BdRN McCLENAGHAN—In, Kinloss twp< on Sunday,;.February 9th, to Mr. and Mrs. Ben McCIenaghan, R. 5, Luck now, a son. “ CpX—On Tuesday,' February 4th. 1936,. at Inglehart, Ont., to Rev. and Mrs. G. O. Cox (nee Kathleen Ter riff of WhiteeHurch), a.daughter. • MOFF A#—On February 1st, at St. Thomas General hospital, to Mr. and. Beryl'" r-* I , - . Mrs. Hiram Moffat, Johnston) a son. . o (nob FOR DRESSES— 36” Printed Piques for Sport Dresses. Per Yd. .1..........32c. ... ’36”’(prints, tub-fast, at Per Yd......................17c, 19c, 25c. ■ LINGERIE—Celasuede Slips, Pantees or Bloomers. HOSE-r-Crepe, Service Weight and/Cashmere. There--.is plenty of cold weather,, ahead. She , would appreciate' A PAIR OF SKI MITTS or WOOLEN GLOVES, " \(1 -;: 7 FANCY BLANKETS i *> . • ''• FOR 'HIM-/- ' ■ TIES,SHIFTS, PYJAMAS QR NIGHT SHIRTS, SOCKS/ OR ■■ • - —GLOVES.-^-..-j ' I_____ 7 k irrow.JIGGS SUPPER & PLAY With the requirement that all brakes should be thoroughly" inspec ted, a lot of people, instead of run ning over a man, should be able to stop right 6n top of him. . There 1 well satis Town Ha Joint . XJ-’ll was one < staged in the village -that evening. tfiedK .’ 1 /( SUPPER / • , By the Women’s Guild and the A. Y. P*. A.j of ST. PETER’S CHURCH, LUCKNOW 5.3Q—8.00 P.M; / Followed By A Play 1 “ALL A MISTAKE” J • ..dn... r Town Hall, Friday# February 21st ■ West Huron’lnspector Submits Annual Report Ashfield Students Have ^Highest Rural Attendance Percentage” -Which Is Reflected In. Thei^/Uni- formly. Good Progress A few highlights of the annual .eport- given by E. C. Beacoin, B.A., school inspector for West Huron, at L,he . recent session of Huron County Council are.as follows: No change has occurred during the year in the number of schools in operation, there having been 89. rural and 4 urban scools in the Inspec-. torate since 1930. The same number of teachers,125, are employed in these schools, there being 101 teach ers in the rural and 2(1 in the urban schools., Th< a-nd- iwordaughters,_of the late Hugh Girvin /and Susan Anderson, andTwas horn. o/ three miles south of Dungannon? He left Ashfield over 38 years ago, going, to. St. Louis . where, he reinain- ed for/ten years before ^locating in Oklahoma, where for 28 years he had made/his home. He was engaged in the laundry business and made lys last trip to this district two years ago upon the death of his mother.’ He is survived by7his widow, forA nierly of St. Louis. Surviving d.lso are two sisters, Mrs. Herbert Eilber of Cred'iton, and Mrs. Fred Ander son, Ashfield, and one brother Anson Girvin, of Saskatoon. D. Ander son, Dung/nnon, George Anderson' of Lucknow, are uncles., these scljools, th er 6 being 101 teach- ■XLtp, JU tUV UX MMp ! number of teachers hold ing first class certificates continues to increase, in accordance with the policy of j^he Department of Educa-' /Han--4;o;^requir.e..higher.^^.< on the part of the teachers. There are now/ 73 teachers holding first class certificates^ this representing an increase of six ^over the’ previous year. Jrhis represents almost 60 of the whole teaching body in the In spectorate and is a higher percen tage/thap is found in most districts. The average salary paid in the rural schools; is $614.00 for the pre sent school year, as compared with 3628.00 for the'former year. Legis lation vyasy/made operative in Sept ember that the lowest salary1 that could be / paid was $500.00, thus; making it ■ impossible for the few school' bostrds that had been paying less than this amount, to continue- to do so. It will, I believe, be rea lized that $500.00 is certainly the lowest amount, that, will enable tea chers. to maintain at all adequately the position that should be theirs in the community. Some 23 teachers •are in receipt of a salary of $500.00 this year, of. whom 18‘“'are teachers who commenced their duties in their present schools in September last. There has <been«a% greater tendency this year for rural''school<boards to •give increases in- salary to their teachers where competent work is being done. This occurred in the case of twenty-two schools and is a mark of appreciation of their ; serv ices which•' means, I am sure,, as much to the teachers as the material, gain. The attendance of (the/ pupils was maintained during the year at, a very satisfactory level, although'’ the per centage of attendapcer in all schools dropped slightly f/om 91.7. to 91.2%. Jn many localities serious epidemics occurred whidi was .the determining factor in this decrease../The 'results compare very favorably however with other parts of the province. The vil lage of Henshll 'with d ' percentage attendance of 93.91 was the leader in the urban schools,: while, the Town ship of Ashfield, /with 92.6 led among the rural schools.- For-- some years the pupils i n Hi ef schoojs of Ashfield Township have excelled all the other townships . in the ((regularity Of their attendance, a fact which is reflect ed in'the uniformly good -progress made by these pupils in work. thia year for rural schoolboards to teachers where competent work is being done. This occurred in the DUNGANNON’S GRAND OLD LADY MARKS BIRTHDAY Wednesday, Feb. 5, was the 94th jirthday of Dungannon’s grand old 7.ady, Mrs. David Girvin. aer maiden name, was1 the Second eldest of a family of eleven sons and daughters of the late James Stewart , and Jane Beacom, who in November 1841, moved from Gode rich to the farm at Nile, now owned >y the Glenn brothers. A wilderness - >f forest greeted them, there being jot even a “clearihg” upon which to. jrect the rude log shanty,. which had p be erected by the “side of the ■ .. “ vr «. road.” In this home on February 5* i.843, was born the little child who lor ninety-four years continuously .ras been a resident of the commun ity? Mrs; Girvin still enjoys the use of .ill her ''faculties and welcomes with pleasure those who come to visit her. z . THE RURAL POSTMAN (n their-^aghoo^ the cold and blustery weather, When the frost is on the rail, Would'you like? to face a blizzard With a half a ton of mail?' (n the biting blizzard weather" When the snow Gomes to your knees Would you like to'fish for pennies, While your feet and fingers freeze ? When the gleaming snow is drifted Underneath a foot of sleet, ’ Would you like to have the chilblains In your) elbows and your feet? When outdoors jthe tvind is whistling, : And the air is full of snow,L Would you love- for?havFa'7U^®y---- And the biased taking would/liot go ?s Yes, I love/the. good old- fireside, ‘ Sipping/coffee from a ’ pail, But I h^ve to.buck th^'siiowdrifts ’(Cause the farmery want their mail. ' J ■ . i ' * ' ' . . I. don’t mind the frozen snowdrifts, Whep my legs are stiff t^ith cramps— But you keep your blobmin’ pennies, B/uy a quarter’s 'wortl) jof staippg. I get snow mix4cl in my .whiskejri And T get it in . m,^ soofts, .. But it-. never . hurts *my feelin.’s. Like loose pennies in the box. ; By Ofie Who Knows. In the Clinton blows Record.' ADMISSION: To Supper & Play 40c. Supper Only, 35c. \ Play Only, 25c. L - ■ ' ",1 ’ ■ Approximately CENT A MILE — Each Way • GOOD IN COACHES ONLY ' t SLEEPING CAR PRIVILEGES. Where sleeping car space is required; the following slightly higher fares apply: (a) Tourist Sleeping Cars at approxi mately 1 Me per mile, plus regular berth rate, (b) Standard Sleeping and Parlor Cars at approximately 1 J^c per mile, plus regular berth or chair rate. • GOOD IN COACHES ONLY CONVENIENT TRAIN SERVICE BAGGAGE Checked. STOPOVERS at Port Arthur, Ont., Armstrong, < Ont., and West; also at Chicago, HL/Sault Ste. Marie. lVIich./and west, in accordance with tariffs of United States'lines. 1743 Tickets, Sleeping Car reservations, and all infamidlion from any Agent. ASK FOR HANDBILL CANADIAN NATIONAL ■ e ...... •—i————— ■ ■ ■ HOME ECONOMY ' ■ j . ,■ (Peterborough Examiner) II. J. Deachnian was elected for North Huron , ini the lastl Federal election, the first Liberal to secure the seat since the passing of the Redistribution Act in 1914., ' Right now Mr. Deachman has to do Some explaining to the- people of hi? rid < ing because it has, been decided to, close the customs house in Wingham, in his constituency.* In making the explanation 'Mr. Deachman was pro- le’f't the to have govern/. ■ V. lably well aware that it would have been more popular to have office open. Few places. like anything which looks like a nent office closed, The cost of operating (he POULTRY EQUIPMENT . i The reliability of Jamesway poultry equipment has become so well known that Jamesway Hatched** is equivalent to a I guarantee of quality. ' Besides Incubators,''Canada’s leading poultry men use the Jamesway oil and coal burning' • -brooders, (now reduced in price) battery brooders, feeders mid waterers of all kinds, steel nests, laying cages, oat sprouters, oat gernunators and complete brooder houses. Manufacturers of all kinds of sheet metal building materials Buy from yourlocal Jamesway daajaror write direct to customs office in Wingham, a town of some 2000 inhabitants .amounted’in all to $2,500 per year, and that included the cost of inspection and'all other •services, but Mr. Deachman was con-, tent to place the figure at $2000. The import duties collected at Wingr ham in the last year amounted to $5,^71.91; so the cost of collecting revenue was just about 40 per' cent, of the revenue collected. The average for the Dominion is 3 per cent,, but in Wingham it was A 40 per cent., and Mr. Deachman contends that if the people .of his riding, are as .eag er. Jfqr economy as they- profess to •be, they, should approve at once- of the closing ;of the customs office at Wingham. • > , , From this distance it looks as __ though 1. Mr. Deachman has good [and -stability of life i ground on which, to base his argu-' voluntary. niefft. trnfertffnately tffere alwys I Tt-.:/.* :/ ' a. feeling that economy should beginCry test, in some other-place. Npt many folks ./ ,.if0 “surante companies’ annual :.re W1llmg to adm.t >t. rtttaM beKin . statements, always considered bar- at home. We believe it wohld be diff icult enough to shoy/ why any office should- be’continued jVhenUhe cost of operating it amounted to 40 per cent, of the revenue received. - ■) / Eastern Steel Products JAMESWAY eJ__lTTl 1 ted. GUELPH ST 0' V I S ■ O N **-——" PRESTON. ONT ^JFactorie^alao^atJ^ntreal^ndHroronto, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT NOTED IN SUN LIFE REPORT ■ Definite signs of an improvement in general business conditions can be gathered from the 65th Annual Report of the Sun Life' Assurance Company of Canada just released for publication by Arthur. B. Wood, | President "and Managing Director, i 1 he statement reflects the. strength nnri .ot-nkuu., insurance, a . co - operative movement I wbiefi fof' generations W. stood; eT- . omet.ers of general business ^o^yi- ,Lions in the territories they optWite iii, have been accurate indicators during the depression and -since 1933 . have shown, in no- uncertain^ terms,, that general business is mfiking .-I ' headway. Your, wife has Been delirious all ( The Sun Life’s. '.financial state- day/ said the nurse in a worried went for 1935, appearing elsewhere tone, calling for you -ahd crying’ ln tkis issue, shows still further A ’.strengthening and improvement, , , ■j,IRt the report for 1934 showed husband. ' progress over 1933, the year ' the' i depression reached its low point? fof money,” " ■ • •'< “Hah!” snorted . friend *‘£>1/0’8 hot delirious.” ' I' this