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R. Miller and P. Mosienko, dogs struck off, All the apeals being disposed of Court arose and the TRADITION: OF 56 YEARS MAINTAINED BY Motors car in use in the editor's ERT aE Arthur Grant, $1.50 team: Anson Gerrow, valuing ' shéep;* Mrs. Seward, $2.00, groceries supplied Bentley family; H. 'Hook, $8.07, groceries supplied Warren family; Ross Luke, $3.36, milk supplied Warrén family; Miss Rees, $5, on acet. of caretaking; Russell Till $5.40, drawing gravel for tile. Road Accounts Passed Ont. Bridge Co., $42, for 2 road drags and 8 sets of blades; Clifton Albert; Frank Crosier, $18, ing Prince Albert; Wm, Walker, $1.44, dragging; John Kay, $3.60, dragging; Elgin White, $5.40, dragging and rep. Amaga Sweetman in Demarn; 8rd hase, Cecil Fra- 0 Donald = Gerrow; fielders, Len Hance, Walter Hood, and Umpire, Luzerne Sweet- E Mr. and Mrs. O, Jeffrey and Lois, visited her sister Mrs. D. Harirson, in Port Perry, one day last week. J Mrs. H. Williams visited in Toronto for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. F, Baxter and Bur- nice, of Toronto, visited with their and Mrs. R. Jackson, over culvert; Wm. Bell, $1.80, dragging; R. the week end. Robertson, $21.15, dragging and-rep.| Mrs, culvert; Ryerson Beare, $11.10, barius' +37 rods wire fence; Harlem Wagg, $9; gi Jas. Masters, $41.40, drag, Thomson and Anna were Sun- day guests of Mr, and Mrs. Demgra. Chamberlain, her parents Mr, Mervin. Christie, | Jackson. ; 'Myrtle Sweetman, of Toronto, her parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sweetman, for a couple of weeks. GREENBANK Mrs. T. Gibson, Bethesda, and Mrs. Robson, Westport, visiting Miss L. Ackney, on Wednesday of last week. . Mr. W. St. John, of Toronto, visit- ing his sister Mrs. R. Real. Mrs. Wm. Leask, of Whitby, visit- the home of her son, Mr. Roy 'yards gravel; Joseph Ward, | - Miss ting in tile:drain, Road 16; }is home with Victor Willis, $4.86; W. Pyatt $2.64, 66 4-inch tile for Road 16; M. O'Neill, $2.34, 90 3 inch tile for Road 16; Wm, Blain, $4.32, dragging; Frank Crosier, $2.00 trucking grader; J. W. Gregg, $7.68, resurfacing; Geo. A. McMillan, $287.08, balance for _ cedar supplied; Stanley McLeod, $1.80, dragging; Mrs. Smith, $11.02, gravel; and Mrs. Wnil Thomas have Council will be held on Monday, thef = "0 0k Tomes the 8rd day of July, at 1 p.m, SCUGOG The Women's Association will hold their June meeting at the home of We are sorry to report that Miss "| Olive Real is on the sick list. Miss Hattie Cragg, Victoria, B.C., is visiting at the home of M 'The Women's Asgociation enter- tained the Association from Pinedale, at the parsonage, on Tuesday. ) . | three R's. Hawthorne should have read Thomas as. Howtham, Jas. R. and Marie should have been William Within Mercer was born in ; Stewart Mark, catcher; 1st Yorkshire, England, Nov. 27, 1826, 2nd base,' and died near Owen Sound, Ontario, May 23rd, 1884. Late in 1853 he was married to Elizabeth Cooper, both of Beverly, Yorkshire, and at once sailed for Canada, reaching Toronto early in 1864. During his spare hours, being fond of intellectual 'pursuits, Mr. Mercer studied for and obtained a He taught in before taking charge at Greenbank, which position he held 1865-66. Leaving Greenbank the beginning of 1867 he and his fam- ily settled and farmed on the Bast side of the Centre Road near Myrtle, where they stayed five years, followed by a like period of farming beside the highway between Whitby and Oshawa. {In 1877 they moved to a farm in Cruickshank = district, Owen Sound. Here he was waited on by the district farmers for intelligent advice on teacher's certificate. Whitchurch for a. time points of law because of his studious habits. his 17 years' asoclation with farming he was probably most at ease when at his reading, or on the road in a phaeton- behind a good driving team. He had no fads or hobbies, but did get some diversion as a lay preacher with the Primitive Methodists. Possibly descendants of the old Reach families may have among their books and papers a copy of the Prim- itive Methodist preachers' circuit plan showing Mr. Mercer's name, - Normal school training for teachers not yet being compulsory, invariably because of its numbers and his being obliged to earry on in the Temperance Hall, his first few months at Green- bank, little wonder Mr. Mercer's teaching efforts were not a huge suec- cess at first, especially with the more advanced pupils. The old school house was moved from the present John Clyde property Just west of the village to a lot a % mile east of it, the building being still standing and used as a machine shed by the Albert Phoenix family. We younger pupils were rushed along rapidly enough, our academic training being corifined largely to the 'What the teacher lacked in winsomeness for the youngsters, he amply made up by a liberal use of the tails or a freshly cut willow gad, the latter being cut by the victim about to be whipped,--the irony of it! The older boys and girls did not readily conform to the rules and regulations set out in pages of foolscap and read aloud to the whole school the first BOWMANVILLE EDITOR : This picture shows a scene at the James A. James, now retired, and his son, George home in Bowmanville in the 'nineties, On | W- James, present y2| the left, Mr. M. A. James and family and | 716% With & 1933 General | on the right Mr. James' father, family, His family freely affirmed their father was riever happy nor successful as a practical agriculturist. During morning of the teacher's incumbency.] | There w editor of the States. McLaughlin-Buick car, his father before hi , » both in | James is not only editor af the Statesman, McLaughlin carriages. In the circle, M. | but Mayor of Bowmanville as well, had no scruples about it, or if they had these were easily salved by the lure of venture. Upon one occasion, immediately after school reassembled at 1 o'clock, the teacher called to the front all those who had been dancing at noon hour. Among those was Tim Cragg, sitting to one side of the aisle be. tween the boys and girls and directly opposite to Mary Stillwell--perhaps the oldest pupil at this school--gal- lantly offered his arm te her which she accepted, likely with less grace than mischief. Thus they advanced to the amusement of the whole schoal. They and others were vigorously reprimanded but let go on suspended sentence, the teacher thus demon- strating:that while he had no humour, he was not entirely devoid of diplomacy. Had he.then made use of corporal punishment he would have lost prestige and hence power, One ex-pupil of Mr, Mercer recently told me that whenever the latter he- gan licking a pupil--a boy of course-- he dropped his lip--but which lip? Some man when asked to contribute something towards this write-up, re- plied; "O no, we didn't t link much of our teacher those days." | Geo. Carr in his "Medsure of the Rube" said of Dr. Davids, one-time principal of Toronto No that he was a very good very bad temper, a statem I heartily agree. This well apply to Mr. Mercer. On one occasion a 9-year ol Robert John Stilwell, in a mom tary lapse of reverence during closing prayers, was severely punished as he was returning to his seat, rubbing his tearful eyes, he quite unconsciously | waved his head from side to side, a natural and almost involuntary me- tion, but the teacher accused him of defiance--an unpardonable thing. The boy was called back and got even a severer flogging than before. On his second return his head-wagging was even more pronounced, so was called back for a third trotneing and got it. By this time the boy's school mates were highly indignant, mad to point of desperation. Had we dared, we would have passionately denied. the teacher's allegation and defied the allegator. - "Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was at fault." 3 June 3rd, 1933, H. Bewell, Toronto There were seven in the Mercer family--4 boys and 8 girls. Only one born at Greenbank, (Rev.) W. C. Mercer, in 1865, present minjster of Blood St. Church, Toronto. «A man walked reluctantly into a hat store, : "Just lost a bet," he said, "and I want to get a soft hat." The salesman, selecting a hat from i the shelf behind him, handed it to the | ET fs 'hat 'we have." customer gazed at it specula-' .. "What T want" he said re- DAY, JUNE 8th, 1933 standards and values and persuade them only wards making them educated people, the We are teaching them taste and on Sundays, Sunday editions are greater educational influence than all the and no Sunday passes without giving every parent some article or news item which should enrich their children's outlook as well as their own. bound to do ere long, (Condensed from Delineator in Readers Digest) John Langdon-Davies the world in which he has to live. live, but the unknown world of 20 years hence. And that is where the difficulty lies. - We say, "My parents educated me for their"world instead of the world of today"--and then we go and educate our own children for today instead of to- morrow. The result is that we do not understand our children and they do not understand themselves. Covered-wagon parents break their hearts over automobile children, thinking their pace too fast; and the children, never having been taught the true use of speed, often mistake it for getting somewhere important. Certainly the most important change that is coming into the new world is that work is going to take a secondary place; and in so far as our children's education assumes that work is the chief! thing in life, it will fail. N The mothers of today can see from their own experience what this means. Their mothers lived in the good old days when "woman's work was never done." They educated their daughters far the same sort of life, but these daughters have found them- sélves now in the kitchenette, nursery-school age with leisure for which no education had prepared them. What has happened. in the home is now going to happen in the office, the factory and on the farm. "The first step to end the depression is the establishment of a 30-hour week," says a leading industrialist. "Soon we shall get a three-hour day." Now how many of the younger generation of today could be trusted not to make a mess of their lives if they had three hours' work and 11 hours' leisure? Their education has not fitted them for such a life. Just fancy having to fill in 11 hours daily playing bridge, lending half an ear to the radio, and driving an automobile around in circles. On the use to which parents put their own leisure largely de- pends the success of their children's education. Show me the house where there are books on the shelves, where ideas are re- garded as the most necessary furnishings of the home, where music is listened to and discussed instead of being turned on and off like a bath tap, where people can sit down in the evening some- times and just talk; and I will shaw you the children who will be educated men and women of tomorrow. We must overhaul our personal attitude to the three educative forces which occupy so much of our leisure and color so much of our children's minds--the radio, the movies, the newspapers. What is your attitude toward the radio? Do you say, "Oh, turn on the radio and let's see what's on," or do you turn on the radio when you know that something worth while ison? The first is killing time; the second is filling time. If you listen to Stokowsky conducting his orchestra over the radio, it ought to lead you to say, "I must hear them in the concert room," and not, "Now I don't have to bother to go to concerts." If there is an interesting radio talk, we should not say, "Now I don't have to read up about that," but we should remember that nothing. interesting or important ean be disposed of in half an hour or less and that the radio should send us running to museums and libraries for more. In the new world of the future he who saves his time shall lose it, so let us see the radio as a thing which gives us not a week's thought condensed and canned into a few minutes, but a few minutes which may lead to weeks of thought. Now look at the movies. Certainly they teach a child twice as much as high school does. Granted that many pictures are bad, consider however the educational value of teaching a child to judge between a good and a bad picture. If, instead of going to the movies to kill time and as a habit, we teach children good to go when they are gone a long way to- time-fillers of tomorrow. discrimination, So. too, with the newspapers. The important thing is not to protect children against newspapers, but to make them discrimi- nating about them and critical of them. In our work age the news- paper is often a time-killer and since there is more time to kill gigantic. They are certainly a colleges in the country, likely to find these standards, then we have Yet how many use there opportunities ? To sum up: as parents Wwe must realize that the way we use our leisure is the way to the success or failure of our children's education; we must overhaul our attitude toward the radio, the movies, the néwspaper and such ways of using leisure, and must use them to.turn our children into time-fillers instead of time- gives up overworking, as it is they will not perish of boredom. killers so that when the world General Proficiency. the following : Miss Jean Switzer Wins Scholarship * Prize Won by Miss Veda Ewers At the recent graduation exercises at Oshawa General Hos- pital, two young ladies from Port Perry received awards: Miss Jean Switzer won the James W. Ross Scholarship - for Miss Veda Ewers won the Dr, D. A. Brown prize for Bedside Nursing, and. Theory of Contagious Diseases. Olir We congratulate these young ladies upon their good work. Port Perry people are standing well in matters of scholarships. RECENT GRADUATES : : Among the recent graduates from Toronto University are Miss L. M. Harris, received her degree of B. A. Mr. R. G. Gemmell, received the degree of B.Paed. . Mr. William Grant received the degree of B.A. * Miss. Jean Cawker, received the degree of B.A. Mr. Grant Real received the degree of B.A. "Mr. John McNab, of Uxbridge, graduated in Commerce and Finance. 4 " " nephew of Mrs. G. Jackson, graduated We extend hearty congratulations. : CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE When you speak of your child's education, 'you mean the bringing out of the best that is in him so that he can cope with Not the world in which you ' SILVER CUP From this time on, June 3rd sho be a memorable date in the history Port Perry--leastwise from the a of view of enthusiastics of girls ball. Vimy Ridge and Bannackburn dwindle to insignificance when com- pared with the epic battle at Mount Albert on June 8rd. Four teams from widely scattered points came together at that tourna- ment, each with visions of a handsome silver trophy. 7 In a very impressive manner the girls fyom old Scugog speedily dis- posed of the Uxbridge team; thus proving to the satisfaction of all that Port Perry is a much better place to live in. In the second game Toronto Dan- forths sneaked out one run up on Unionville, thus leaving Port Perry to the tender mercies of a powerful To- ronto team--so everyone thought, but it pays to think twice. The Danforths were a team of ex- perts but our own Red Sox were some- what more expert, showing the ad- vantage of hard practice under the able coaching of Orme Hood. In short, Port Perry defeated the Dan- forths 10-8 and by so doing became the tenants for one year of a silver cup big enough to hold a quart or two of what have you. Port Perry looked good in both games, allowing Uxbridge only one run, whereas the Ports scored an un- lucky 18--unluckly for Uxbridge. Each member of the team deserves special mention, but the scores in- dicate, and the fact is, that the pitch- ing of Grace Bradley was of high calibre.' On her shoulders fell the re- sponsibility of both games and the proverbial cucumber could never have been more cool. The Danforth team was retired in their last inning leaving Port with 2 runs to the good, , Consequently, Port Perry were not called upon to take their last bat--and the girls say they were all set for a big inning. At the close of the game the cup was presented and was received on behalf of the team by the captain, Virginia Nasmith. The girls are off to a good start and the fans would do well to get the habit of seeing their games. Port Perry play their first home game on Saturday, June 10th, at 6.30 p.m. with Blackstock. The whole hearted support of the populace will help win a lot of games and it is hoped that a record crowd will attend the opener at the school grounds on Saturday. Suitable open- ing ceremonies are being arranged for the occasion. A schedule of games will be published later. TO-NIGHT On the Goodwill Tour of the Public Service Broadcasting Car, a special visit will be made to Port Perry, and the Scugog Chapter, I. 0.D.E., are taking advantage of the opportunity to hold a street dance. Continuous music from 9 to 12 p.m. Admission 26c. Everybody come. HOME AGAIN The village climbed the hillside A summer sky to meet, The lake in crystal blueness Paid homage at its feet. And' I thought as I gazed upon it "My old home town, 'tis true But not one familiar face With a greeting fair for you." The houses are familiar, My cottage is there still But there's new merchants in the They pause and whisper not too low, "There's a stranger in town to-day."