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TRUESDAV, M"N 23r«, 1949 Memories of the Old Union Schooli As Recailed by Bert Hutcheson "The same old bricks are in the wall The bell swings to, and fro But things are flot the same dear .TOM As twenty years ago."1 The above lines are quoted purely frorn memory and are frorn a poemn in the Third Reader which was in use in 1880. The poem is a letter in verse froin an old school- boy to his former classmate in which he rmates his visit te, their old schoolhouse. Thcre he found matly changes, the visit was not t pleasure, there was some pain. ,-'PqMy object in reciting it is to draw your attention to the fact that we surviving pupils of the old Union School, where the present Central Public School now stands, are automatically debarred from any such visit by reason of ou- old aschool having been burnied down in 1887. Hoxvever is occurred to me that some of the old pupils might join me in a Little Journey in spirit to the old classroorns and their respective teachers. We would have to start with Malcolmn (Master) MacTavish'.q room, as 1 attended the private school kept by Misses Welches, Catherine and Mary Julia, and so missed the junior rooms. So on going to the Publie School 1 was placed in Mr. MacTavish's ronin, Malcolmn the man with the Iron Lung, who roared his dictation in such a higli key that he was sorne- thing of a menace to the tea,,he:rs in the other roonîs where lie could1 be heard almost as well as they could. Mr. MacTavish was a strict disciplinarian andl walked thc floor with a 'pointer' which was a stout piece of hickory about the length of a three foot rule, long1 enougli to point out fractions on1 the black board or infractions byi a pupil, and land a heaîthy wallop over the shoulders of a boy caught squirming around to talk +o the boy at the desk behind hlm, also to give you a stinging palm when called to the front and told to "Hold out your hand"'. However Malcolm was fair and reasonable and we students liked hlm and respected hirn and he was a good teacher. Passing to the next room brouglit us to Miss Hester Moor- crafts class, one of the saintliest women God ever made and it brings a blush of shame to my face even at this-late date when 1 recali thbat we unregenerates nicknamed her '"Sally" behind lier back-"Sallv-" Moorcraft!' If mhen I have climbed the Golden Stairs St. Peter hesîtates to let me1 through the wicket gate I will know the reason and I ivill cal "Sally". I know she wiii corne down from the heavenly choir,1 forgive me and tell St. Peter to1 let me in. We acquired more than we knew in her room for she in- parted to each and every one of lier pupils, though we didnot rea- lize it at the time, some portion of lier Christian characeW. We now arrive at Principal of the Public School Albert Barber's room, known to ail and sundr a "Cornet" Barber from thefowg red beard which covered his vest. We had cornets in the 80s so the cognornen was in line. I do flot know what has happened in the heavens that they have apparently run out of cornets for we have not seen a real one for many years. At the time I mention there wae a famous one with a tail ail across the sky. 1 won't tell you exactly how long as perhaps in the last 69 years the tail may have grown as 'tales' wilî do when told too often, but I assure you that every MOLDBOARD PLOWTS ROW-CROP CULTIVATORS SPIKE TOOTH HARROWS TANDEM DISC HARROWS SOIIL SCOOPS FIELD CULTIVATORS TILLERS SPRING-TOOTH HARROWS HEAVY DUTY MOWERS CORDWOOD SAWS Il, - PHONE WHITBY 2250 - starry night found the whole pop- ulace in the garden watching is cornet. Now to get on with our master. He was a good teacher and kept good order but was flot liked by the class. He did flot have the fa- culty of endearing himself to his pupils like the teacher in the poem I have quoted, in one verse of which the old pupil visits the grave where "Master sleeps upon the Hill". However, he prepared us for passing into the High School and that is what we wanted and what he was there for. On arriving at the High School we found it assembled in the three first floor rooms of the main or front building. The staff consisted of Principal W. W. Tamblyn, Mr. Miller and J. J. Gilfillan. Mr. Tamblyn was liked and respected but was of a nervous high-strung temper- ment and worked against himself. He later inoved to Whitby High School where lie got at cross pur- poses with the Board and resigned and came back to Bowmanville as teacher only. Mr. Miller had a splendid repu- tation as a teacher of mathema- tics and it was not uncommon for students from outside points to attend Bowmanville High School to study under hlm. I have in mind at the moment the two De- Lury boys, now Prof. Al. DeLury and Lawyer Dan DeLury who came from some littie distance north. Mathematics, %while in- teresting, is flot always popular, particularly with girl students, but I think Mr. Miller was fortun- ate to a degree in holding us to the task and time spent in his class wA0 profitable and we liked Mr. Miller. This brings us to Mr. Gilfillan, who was possibly the most popu- lar of the trio among the students as a whole and we ail carried pleasant memories of our studies under him. The recent death in Orono of his son, Mr. J. J. Gil- fillan, druggist, known to, us as "Johnny," brought the old scenes be-fore us again and cast a sha- dow as we marked the passing of another of the rapidly dwindling survivors of the old Union School boys. As I write in Port Perry I hear shoutS an the campus and looking over my shoulder I can see girls is gym suits running the bases and swatting the bail; girl and boy Cadet Corps drilling and a bugle band parading with a per- centage of both girl drummerz and girl buglers. The amazing part of it ail is 1that this seems to be going on mnost of the day. 1 wonder what "Comet" Barber would think of it? A girl going off a walk in those days was considered a Tom- boy and lier turne was spent in scheming to get her skirts as long as lier mother's, which. incidentaI- ly dragged on the ground. 1 think I was born 65 years too H. G. Hutcheson. Box 42, Port Perry, Ont. YOU AND THE GOVERNMENT By Joseph Lister Rutledge Theugh not without a good deal of assistance froin interested par- ties. the delusion exists that un- limited social benefits can be provided without cost to the pub- lic in taxes. Ail the major partici- pants in the forthcoming election have been promising in creased benefits and aIl have agilely side- stepped arny discussion of how tese enîarged financial demands would be met. The public, confi- dent that governinents can pro- duce money at will, have licked their lips in anticipation. Let's make it a personal mnatter and see howv it looks. You, a pri- vate citizen, considering your financial affairs, have corne to the sudnrealization that some new expenditure requires one quart- er of ail your available resources, while another quarter is required to meet your mortgage obligations. It wouldn*t take you long to rea- lize that you faced three alterna- tives; rigid ecofomy elsewhere, more money from some source or bankruptcy. And what applies to citizens applies to nations. We know that our expendi- tures during the last war were enormous. Trhe total was $14 bil- lions. To provide for this costs us $464 millions annually. Facing sucli a burdien, ,ve are planning al sorts of new and very admirable benefits whule those we have ai- ready undertaken cost us annually $400 million. These two items that, but for a srnall outlay on oId age pensions, weren't repre- sented at ail in our federal spend- ing in 1939, now represent a full haîf of it. There are people who urge that we ought to be spending more ondefence. Both Britain and the Uited States, they urge, are spending mucli more proportion- ately. If we listened, and possibly we should, that would add an- other big item. Governinents, like individuals. have been living through pretty bountiful days, otherwise they wouldn't have weathered an era of steadily rnounting cosns. But wvhat happens when things tiglit- en up. exen a littie? Lower prices SWhen Siuf s"rned mus. cles take dthe4fun fron s lhins. rub in Minard's. Leaves theoe relazed. cool. Quick dryins. artzsclest no sLtons odor. may help the individual but, for the government, hall and moie of its necessary spendîng remains constantly in the two items of de-bt and security. We are flot arguing against any social security we can alford. What we are arguing is that it is wicked to let- the public believe that these benefits are or can be lree, when it is obviaus that even a slight change in our financial position would demand new and general and heavy taxation to supplement what the publié is al- ready paying for its so-called free social services. THINK THIS ONE OVER BEFORE YOU VOTE That ail is flot gold that glitters ....and ail that passes for gov- erfiment is flot necessarily good government. You have a right to expect Per- formance ±rorn a government mn power. And if that performance does flot meet with your expecta- tions, you have another riglit-to vote it out of office. This is the way to sound pro- gress. When you figure out that a governinent that has flot been to the cleaners for years and years and that now is merely just going through the motions out of habit, must have a lot of barnacles dling- ing to its ship of state, you must know what your duty is. The pass- ing of a new order-in-council to meet an ernergency, instead of enacting sound legislation, is nflo enough. You want a new.Government at Ottawa. On June 27th you have a chance to get it. And you will get it if you vote Progressive- Conservative. Re-elect your friend, Charles Stephenson. Baby birds often eat their own weight in food daily. Ontario's Schools Close With Traffic Safety Lesson As part of Ontario's continuing program to reduce traffic accident losses, the Departrnent of High- ways and the Department of Ed- ucation have again joined forces in a special safety drive. Timed for the closing of schooLs through-out the Province, the campaign consists of: (a) A special bulletin to some 26.000 inspectors, teachers and principals. (b) A- Carry-Home Safety mes- sage from the Honourable George H. Doucett for each of Ontario's 700,000 school children. Printed material for both tea- chers and chiîdren was sent out early in June to ahl schools. The teachers' bulletin stresses "the great seriousness of traffic acci- dents involving chidren in the summer months"l quoting Higli- ways Departrnent's statistics on children killed and injured, it states that. "A record number of cars ( both resident and visiting) is expected on Ontario streets and highways during the summer. There are also more school child- ren than ever before. If the corn- ing holidays are to be kept un- marred by tragie losses of life and limb ini traffic accidents, our combined efforts must be re- doubled. "The Departinent of Education and the Departinent of Highways are again co-operating to. get a safety message into the hands of every school child in the Province just before school closes. When this literature is delivered to your class roorn: "1. stress its importance to yourj pupils and urge thein to take $5.629. trom the United States and Cana- da, which countries before the wvar accounted for about two- thirds of Britain's apple imports. The quality of supplies has drop- ped in comparison with ire-war standards, and the trade, is ex- pressing interest in possible re- newal of fruit mports with form- BritishFruits otal stpplies of fruit in Enjg- land are beginning to approach pre-war quantities, according to a study conducted by a market- ing specialist 0f the U.S. Depart- ment of Agriculture. Because of currency difficulties 9 their copies home to their par- ents; "2. have each pupil's name writ- ten in the space provided on the front of the folder before giving it out; "3. make summer safety your theme on the la§t day of school and on opening day next faîl." Mr. Doucett's Carry Home Safety Message for each school student consists of a short letter, an illustrated chart showing how 68 children of school age were killed in 1948, and a miniature poster to be put on screen doors at home telling the children to Stop. Look, Wait and Walk. Of the 68 victirns of traffic ac- cidents 42 were on foot. "Crossing the highwiuy, comifig froin behind parked cars and playing in the streets" were the three -most common causes. Thirteen chuldren were killed -riding bicycles" and thirteen were killed when riding in automobiles. The message closes as follows: "To help you rernember how you can play. walk and ride safely this summer, we aie sending you this little folder. Please read it. Then put it somewhere where you will see it often." In order to make the letter per- sonal, the schools write in the, naine of each student. RINK'S RECEIPTS $32,761 Gross receipts froin the ice di. vision of Lindsay's Arena last wintcr was $32,761. Estimated net is $8,000 after paying $16,650 for promotion expenses. Biggest "tnIzek& of the season was $1.700 for the final senior 'B" garne. Lorne Wakelin, manager, reported 75,000 people used the rink; 5,3Ô9 paid admission to junior hockey; 17,173 to the senior games and 19,564 skated. Skating produced the biggest item in the revenue - This is Farmer's Day - ROT WATER PROVIDED AT THE BOOTH COME FOR A NOON PICNIC GOOD/VEAR'S M mmEm aUUIWMW TIRESatLESS than PREUWAR PRU1CES' REMEMBER-90% of tire trouble occurs in the last 1070 of tire life. Don't take chances with worn tires. Se. your Goodyear dealer for ."summer specials" . ~~ecithot e LUES Pcwri ElALUE There's a big mileage Goodyear tira ta suit your purs. and purpose. To enjcy a new high in mctcring comfart ride on Goodyear's new Super-Cushion--the tire that gives you a ...smocther, softer, safer ride. Thon there's t hat g reat favourite- the Goodyear DeLuxe-the finest standard tire an the market. Remember-you con buy these tiras ut lbas thon pre-war prices, ~~cw/aRADE-IN ALLOWANCES Here's a real cpportunity te save money on hew tires. At mes? Goodyear dealers your oid tires ara worth money in the form of a genercus trade-in allawanca. Let your Goodyear dealer quote you a price an the unused mileage in ycur present tiras. ~Z~'BUDGET PAYMENT PLANS There's ne need ta deny yourself the tires you need because you happen te be short cf ready cash. Many Geedyear dealers offar "easy-to-pay" budget plans designed ta suit ycur con- venience. Drive in te your nearest Goodyear dealer tcday and aisk about budget terms on new Goodyear tires. 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And Canad' inland waters abcunded in fresh-water flsh, opening up new opportunities in this age-old t rade. In 1886, flshing on the Pociflc Coast became important. Today, British Columbia provides haif cf Canad', yearly catch. A large port of aur 238 million-pound catch- in 1948 was sent to mony coun- tries. Flshing and its allied industries- canning, processing, extracting meal und c'ls-ploy an important part in cur lives. Y.,, there's room te grow in Canada Unlimited. Jui liaw much rmcm i ld in s"Canada tlnlimited", on illustrted l44-poge book publshd by ithe OKeefe Foundahjen. Yo'u may ebtain your copy by sending 25c jin cash (no stamps or choques, pleos.) ta "Canada Unlimitd", Dept. N3-10, O'Kef. Houa., Toronto, Ontario. Pleos. print your nome and addrs cleurly. Ail manies receivred wiii b. doncted te the Canadian CfrensIbipCouancd. 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