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Toronto's Durham County Club Hears Speaker on the History of Telephone's Amazing Development by Aleen Aked Toronto's Durham County Club held the winter's first meeting on Oct. 25 now looks forward to the second meeting Friday evening Nov. 22, 8 p.m. at the Education Centre, 155 College at McCaul Sts. when Past Pres. O.J. Henderson will give à travelogue with slides on "Holy Land and Isrîael" while the Brass En- semble of Winona Sr. Public School, directed b yWalter Barnes, B. Mus., wil give the musical interlude. From past experience this should be excellent! Sadness prevailed as Pres. Mrs. O.B. Dickinson recorded the death of G. James Spicer on Sept. 13, 1974, Past Presid- ent 1960-1962. Also the tragic deaths through ill health of Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Outram, a former member of the execu~ tive and a native of Port Hope, on the afternoon of the Oct. 25 meeting - they will be remem- bered with the kindest of thoughts. Program was arranged by Ross Stonehouse. Fred Shep- herd, Vice Pres. the "Tele- phony Society" was speaker, surrounded by many antique telephones still in workng order among them one built in 1892 No. 695 with read bands and Blake transmitters he illustrated the hobby of his club preserving the historical aspects of the telehone espec- ia lly Canada's Bel. Alexander Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, died in 1922. His mother being deaf he became interest- ed in speech, hearing, was a teacher of speech therapy inventing many patents on these lines - taught a dog to talk b manipulating its vocal cords. In 1871 Alex. Bell moved to Boston to teach visible speech and there met Sanders of the harmonic telegraph - speech was shaped in the electric current; in June, 1875 b plucking a reed, speech sounds could be transmitted. The next year this was patented, a Mr.Watson made u instruments for Philadel pia's Centennial - England's Lord Kelvin could hardly believe this! In 1877 the first commercial wire was run three miles offered and declin- ed by Western Union for $100,000.00, this business was sold two years later for 25 million dollars. Custom was to tap the phone to draw attention until the ringing bell was invented by Watson. Hoy, Hoy originally was the salutation until Hello evolved b mistake with the 0 at the endof the work rather than at the frustrated beginn- ing! Francis Blake invented the transmitter and Williams Celebrated First Birthday Coffin two earphones (one to speak into and one to lister to). Aug. 1876 produced the first long distance talk; 1880 there was an increase from 200-500. to 800 phones in Canadian towns; 1881 first factory established in Brant- ford to make telephone parts. One of Bell's first managers called Thornton kept office open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. heated, repaired it at no expense to Bell Co. for which received 20 per cent receipts (35 subscribers) yearly salary $210.00 - $4.00 weekly! Cost to subscribers $30.00 yearly who were given discounts, servic es, time signals. Dial system invented bv an undertaker 1889, a model 1905 illustrated the dial phone; 1924 Toronto had first dial phone. Interest- ing to note the telephone was invented before electricity- locally, Dr. Beatty gave the telephone system to Garden Hill establishing four phones at no charge to his patients in the district - this was describ- ed in poetry written by Miss Ona Gardener, Garden Hill. Appreciation.was expressed by R. Lloyd Peacock and Harry Munroe, refreshments served by Mrs. Bert. Ashton, chairman Mrs. L. Keat. Rem- ember these dates for meet- ings please - Friday evening Nov. 22 at the Education Centre- in 1975, Feb. 28 and March 14. Council Briefs Manvers Township Council passed the following resolut- ions at their regular Novem- ber Council meeting held Nov. 1: That the Ministry of Transportation and Commun- ication be contacted to request a section of the pond in Bethany to be dug out when they are having their street sewer outlet cleaned out. It was moved that Fire Chief M. Wright, Councillor Curtin and Reeve Malcolm be on a committee with power to act to have a road built at the Janetville creek, to facilitate the loading of fire trucks with water. Reeve Malcolm, the road superintendent and councillor McGill will form a committee to meet with Ralph Porter re a flooding problem on the Dar- lington Manvers boundary. Il was moved that the Environmental study concern- ing the "Keer Gravel Pit", deal with noise, air pollution, possibility of lowering the water level. road traffic and effect of wild life in the area. The application of Noel and Marion Wood for lot severance will be approved for it is a farmer to son transaction with the father and mother retain- ing a lot to build a house on. The lot created to remain in one ownership for at least 10 years. The Janetville Hall will be added to the Twp of Manvers general liability coverage. The L.O. Hall in Pontypool will be used for balloting in the event of a municipal election on December 2. The following question will be submitted to the electorate by ballot, in the event of a municipal election on Decem- ber 2. "Are you in favor of an arena for the Township of Manvers, with full knowledge, that a portion of the cost will have to be paid for by municipal taxation." Three lot severances were approved in the Hamlet of Yelverton, in lot 3, conc. 8. Councillor Propp registered a vote against the motion. All candidates qualifying for municipal officer were invited to sit in and hear the discussions with the Provinc ial Planners who come to a special meeting of council of November 14. The proposed amount of growth (housing) and the amount of gravel development that is good for the Township of Manvers was discussed. Council moved that no action be taken to legalize a "Bootlegged lot" in lot 1. concession 3owned by C and C Niziol. James McQuarrie will be engaged to prepare a new trailer park agreement by taking certain points from the Shea Agreement and certain points 'for the Township of Manvers Trailer Agreement. W.H. Latimer will be advis- ed that the township have no plans for the development of the 6th concession road, west of No. 35 highway at this time. The severance granted to Ryan Shane Putnam celebrated his first birthday on Sunday, September 29, 1974. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Putnam of 34 Wellngton Street, Bowmanville, Ontario. Ryan's grandparents are Mrs. Earl Copeand, Bath, Ontario and Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Putnam, Omemee, Ontario. -Photo by Astor Studio Bert Porter a number of years ago for a seasonal dwelling in Lot 7, concession 5 will be changed to permanent resi- dence, if the said Bert Porter would install a suitable en- trance for snow plows to turn and cut the brush on the road, in the area ,where the road extension would be. Council moved that the asphalt paving job, completed on Oct. 18, 1974 in the first phase of the Janetville subdiv- ision, is not acceptable to council. Three additional street lights will be installed on the north limit of John Street, in Pontypool. The lighted area to exten north to the entrance to the new subdivision. French is Alive, WeII, And Living ut by Jean Ahlvik For 18 years, Anne Kraken- burg has been teachin g French at Bowmanville High School. This is a remarkable fact for two reasons. First, because the lively woman doesn't look old enough to have logged even half that number of years and secondly because snhe is so full of enthusiasm for her students that she sounds like an idealistic rookie. She went on to further dash the conventional stereotypes by calmly announcing, 'Of course, schools aren't suited to keep everyone in." Some youngpeopte are just not suitedto such a sedentary Mrojeti the French classroom is bo help ber students become "function- al in French. By this she means "literate and able to converse intelligibly." She seems to go about this task with verve and dedication but accepts that her students will not become "bilingual" from a high school French course. ~One must inhabit a milieu 10 realîy learn a language."I Forty minutes a day five days a week does not constitute a 'milieu'. She is very enthusiastic about the new "immersion" Kindergarten in Cobourg. She is planning a Professional Development Day trip to the school o see how l is working. She concedes that very young children may be more a le to learn a new language than teenagers. A sharp ear is an important asset in learning a new language. Another advantage is an uninhibited open'attitude to using what one has learned Last year, grade nine stu- dents at B.H.S. were introduc ed to a new French course called Le Francais Interna- tional or L.F.I. This courseis now being taught in grade ten as well. The teacher - oriented s stem has the students listen t en repeat and finall use the new construction in their own sentence. Only afler the new expres- sion has been thoroughly digested orally do the students discuss the grammar points involved. Mrs. Krakenburg feels the students learn to put whole sentences together rel- atively painlessly with this method. However, there are drawbacks because there is not really sufficient exposure to allow the students to learn grammar by osmosis. To compensate, the pupils con- struct their own notebook of gramrnar points. It is unlikely that L.F.I. will be introducedin grade Il next y ear. Mrs. Krakenburg is ooking at another program which uses a similar method but is more attractively pack- a ed and appears to be more e fective. Even with the old standard, 'Cours Moyen', Mrs. Kraken- burg feels the teacher has a responsibility to make the class as livel and involving as possible. The classes are conducted almost entirely in French and she often 'acts out" new vocabulary. Although plans have not been finalized, the French classes hope to take a trip to Toronto either to see 'Les Ordres', a new film about the October Crisis in 1970, or Michel Tremblay's first hit Forever Yours Mary-Lou' weiiini is eirng revivea at tne Tarragon Theatre. Mrs. Krakenburg makes a very cogent defence of French as a high school subject. 'French 1s very important in our lives because of the proximity of Quebec." Mont- real is a terrific city but il is very difficult for an English- peaking personstoet a job tere w hout a goo workg knowledge of French. B .H.S. We compareovery unfavor- ably witb Europeans in our linguistic accomplishments. Many Swiss people speak all three languages of their coun- try fluently. Bilingualism is an obvious asset in civil service jobs and the person with a good background in high school French is much better equipp- ed to take advantage of the government crash courses. One more compelling rea- son for taking French is the tact that the universities seem to be going back to requiring Section Two English and one other langu- age. The University of West- ern Ontario will institute this requirement beginning Sept- 1218 Simcoe St. N. The Canadian Statesman, Rowmanville, November 20, 1974 11 ember 1977. of T. She and her husband, Mrs. Krakenburg is of Richard and son, Butch, live Italian descent. 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Such Concerns might include hamlet and village growth, industrial development, agriculture, sand and gravel extraction, recreation, etc. In addition the public is invited to view Information Displays At Clarke High School, Village of Newcastle November 28, 1974 - 10 a.,m. to 8 p.m. Courtice Secondary School Resources Room Nash Road, Nov. 29 - 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Further information concerning this meeting, can be obtained from the Regional Planning Department, Whitby, Telephone 668-7731.