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ORONO WEEKLY TIMES NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS NEWCASTLE Mrs. E. W. II. Ward is visiting relatives relatives in Toronto. . Mrs. D. Burke (Simpson spent several several days in Toronto last week. Mrs. Bobillard, who lias been visit-, ing Mrs. Win. Atkinson and Mrs. R W. Gibson, has gone to Ottawa for a fortnight. Mr. and Mrs, Win. Eelbeck and son .la el; were down from the city on (Saturday looking over their cottage at -Newcastle on the Lake. Dr. and! Mrs. Hancock of -Truro, Nova Scotia, are visiting Dr. Hancock's Hancock's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence All in. Mr.' and Mrs. Brie Wicks of Toronto Toronto and Mr, and Mrs. Norman Hart- shore-of .Brighton . were week-end guesfè of Mr, and Mrs. Carl iS-elkey. For -the -first tittle since the wiring wiring of-the school had been completed, the whole building Was -lighted tip -on Tuesday, Feb, 9th. Those -who live In the vicinity declared it looked very imposing; In fact, it was rather arresting arresting to see a. place that had heretofore heretofore hidden itself in the shadows of night, to suddenly spring up in all Its brilliance. The. occasion for this ilium hiativn -was. Ca . ISt. Y alentihe party., in which I he teachers and pu pits of the High school made merry nn,til - the hours of midnight. The school rooms were gaily decorated with all the hearts and frills dear to St. Valentine and the evening was a judicious mixture of games and , contests and a delicious supper. STARKVILLE Mrs. (Sidney ŒI alio well lia-, returned returned from visiting friends in the city. Mise Norma Hallowed is visiting her sister, Miss Beulah Hallowed, Toronto. Miss Barbara Barclay visited her grandmother, Mrs. Win. Savory, (Sunday Week. Mr. and (Mrs. J. J. Mel lor visited it, Toronto, the guests of their daughter, daughter, Mary M-ellor. Her. Mr. Beech on Sunday took as his topic, "The Life and Life Work of 1). !.. Moody," the great evangelist, evangelist, it being the 100th anniversary of Mr. Moody's work. Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Lome Todd assembled at their home (Saturday (Saturday night, it being the eve -of Mr. and Mrs. Todd's Twenty-fifth Wedding Anniversary. They were presented with a lovely silver tea service. After After congratulations a very pleasant evening was spent. . IF The -.Municipal Council meeting on Monday evening last, appointed the municipal officers for the year 19:yf. There is t 0 be but one assessor this .year -instead of two as previously. Mr. Harry Dudley was appointed once more With an inc cased salary, $65.00/ Last year Mr, 1 Chas. Cowan was co-assessor, AY salary of each being $50.00. Mr. 11. C. Bona thon was re-appointed clerk and treasurer at $200,00 per year, that being a -slight- increase of $1.5.00. Mr. Fred Fligg was also re-appointed as tax -collector at a remuneration of $60.00, and Dr. J. A, Butler continues as medical health officer. -Mr. John Clarrod with his numerous jobs making making him quite the busiest man in town, was retained in. office, but is being, hired by the month for the present, $50.00 per month being the amount paid him. The Board of Education had their inaugural meeting la-st week. Mr. Clarence Batty, who had taken the chairmanship upon the departure of the Rev. Frank Mas-on last June, was- re-elected chairman for 1937. Mr. Emerson Fisher was welcomed as a newcomer to th>' B'oavd and Mr. Percy Hare was again present, having having been a member two years .previously .previously -and this year being appointed appointed by the counties , council, The school has been vvired for -electricity, ,i thing w-hiich should have been done before, but much appreciated now by the teachers. Mrs. Mark All in was ; -re-appointed school attendance officer officer and Mrs. II. K. Hancock was appointed appointed to the Public Library Board for a. two years' term in place of Miss McIntosh. : The Board of Education closed its year 1936 with a balance on hand of $1786.24, At a. meeting of the Officers and Directors of the Horticultural Society, Society, all (arrangements wore started for the running off of the Spring Flower 'Show -in the third week in March. Mr. Charles Lane, who- is the District Representative at Valencia, Valencia, is to bo asked to be the judge at this- show and also give -a lecture on the display during the evening. The Horticultural (Society usually have to do quite a bit of frenzied financing in order to meet the amounts for prizes, etc., arid this year are 'starting early by reducing the ■prize money to firsts 30c, seconds 2Pi-, and a ribbon far thirds. .This is considered a splendid idea. Mr. Harry Jose, the new president, presided presided at this- meeting and - declared himself, his officers and his directors, to be all set, and ready for a banner year and asked the co-operation of everyone who is interested in "Newcastle, "Newcastle, the Neat." The annual meeting of the Library COWANVILLE The W. A. met at the home of Mrs. W. Layton with a good attendance! ' Miss Lillian Burley has been visiting visiting at the home of ' her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. J. Burley. From the proceeds of the autograph -quilt, made by the ladies of the community community t'li-X- a'"lihling a new pantry pantry iu die basement of the,church, / In spite of icy roads there was a . fine attendance to see the play pre- I sen ted in Clarke church on 'Wednesday 'Wednesday evening, Feb. 10th, by the W.A, The League met last Thursday night with Mr. J. 'Simpson in -charge of the programme, which -consisted of : Scripture reading by Mr. W. (Stringer. Ilymn No. 225, "Take my Life and let it be.;; Reading by Mrs. J, Allin. A very interesting talk on ("Leisure" by. Mr. Drummond of Orono. A vocal duet by Kathleen (Simpson and Velma Cowan. Reading Reading by Mrs. J. Allin. Contests then by Mr. J, Barnes. A pleasant evening evening was brought to a close by a hymn and prayer. If you can keep your head when all about you , Are losing theil'S -and (blaming it on you. If yoq -can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, , Cr being hated don't give way to hating, hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream--and not make dreams your master ; If you can. thank -- and not make , thoughts .your aim ; If you can meet ykh Triumph or Disaster , And treat those two imposters- just the same ; If you can bear to hear the truth you've -spoken Twi-stod by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools ; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch -and toss-, Anri los-e, and. start again at your beginnings beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss ; If you can force y-our heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to- them : "Hold on." If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch, If either foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men -count with you, but none too much ; If you can fill the unforgiving minute minute With sixty 'seconds' worth of distance run, Yours, is the Earth and everything that's in it, And--which is more--you'll be a Man, toy son ! -- Rudyard Kipling. HOT WIRES DISTURB LATE SLEEPERS The enthusiastic angler was relating relating a fishing story to some of his neighbors. "Yes," he said proudly, "I -caught the bjggest fish of my career last- night. It was a -balsa,.-, and it .weighed seven pounds two ounces." His small son, who had remained interested throughout the entire story, now spoke up : "Yes, and -daddy ,was -So kind. He gave it to my (title kitten." Board was -held on Thursday, Feb null' y Ith. in -the library with the chairman, Mr. J, W. Bradley, presiding. presiding. The new (Secretary-Treasurer, (Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Naomi Horrocks, gave her annua! report and this (showed, the library finances to be in good shape and, the circulation of books still double the average small library. During the year 2-77 books were added added and 85 discarded, leaving ;i total of 4206 books on the shelves. During During the year in which there were 341 members, 14,476 books and. 972 magazines magazines were taken out. These were classified as follows-: Adult fiction 10,825, biography 379, f ravel 288, history 152, literature 170, fine arts 62. useful arts 24, -natural science 11, soeialogy 86, religion 47, philos- phy 5, general 771, juvenile fiction 1,34-4, juvenile non-fiction 432. The receipts for the year totalled $1,231.- 03, and the expenditures $935.80, which left a balance of $295.23. A portion of the library's income is not received until December of each year and this accounts for the large balance balance held over. The Library Board for 1937 -consists of Mr,, J. W. Bradley, Bradley, Chairman ; Rev. J. -S-cott Howard, Howard, Mrs. J. A. - Butler, Mrs. Ben -Moïse; appointees of the Municipal Council, Mrs. 11, Hancock appointed by Board of Education and M'i-ss Naomi Horrocks, Secretary-Treasured. Secretary-Treasured. The Reeve, Mr. Cecil Carveth, is a member by virtue o-f hi-s office. Miss O. B. Butler was again appointed appointed Librarian. •Somebody hist Friday wrote all of the Toronto papers saying that the Orono Chamber of Commerce are offering a $50.00 bonus for new babies. Between visiting reports and long distance telephone calls from Toronto to substantiate this story, the morning rest of the heads of a number number of some of -out best families was broken by having to get up out of bed to deny the report. But just as everybody everybody had finished denying it some of our best inf ormed citizens were surprised surprised to -learn that the joke was only forty-nine dollars wrong and that the Orono Women's Institute h-av-e been paying a one dollar bonus on new babies for a number of years. It will surprise some to know that there were forty-three deaths and only thirty-five births in the Township Township of Clarke in the year 1936, and that this has been going on for years without enough new settlers coming here to live to take up the difference,; which' accounts for our population here getting loss and less each year. ™"ie Orono Women's Institute are to be -congratulated on their far-seeing wisdom, and i ts really too bad that the Orono Chamber of Commerce cannot afford to pay $50 each for new babies at present, For if Clarke Township is -a fair sample of what is happening in rural Canada, we are all set for a national calamity. It may be that we are suffering from -birth -control or that the race is deteriorating. For the Book of Genesis says, when Abraham was a hundred years old and his wife Sarah was ninety-two, that she gave birth to Isaac. Anyway the Or.o-no Women's Institute, Institute, Hitler and Mussolini can't all be wrong in advocating more new babie* 'and the joke will be on us until until we have a lot more new babies than deaths each year. , • '----------o -- IN MEMORIAM THOMPSON -- In - ever grateful and loving memory of our dear mother, Mary J aim Thompson, who went to her reward February 13th, 1936.' "With Christ, which is far better." --The Family. COWAN'S EVERY DAY IS BARGAIN DAY AT COWAN'S. YOU WILL FIND CONSISTENTLY LOW PRICES HERE AT ALL TIMES. IE IT IS NOT CONVENIENT FOR YOU TO DROP IN TO THE STORE, A TELEPHONE CALL WILL RECEIVE OUR MOST PROMPT ATTENTION. ATTENTION. McCORMICK'S OR WESTON'S SODA WAFERS, 2 for .......23c. PEAS, STANDARD, No. 4 9c, SHORTENING 2 lbs. for 25c. EMERY'S CORNED BEEF 2 for 23c. BEEHIVE CORN SYRUP 5 lb. tin 38c. SURE-LITE MATCHES ; 3 boxes for 22c. LIBBY'S PORK AND BEANS 3 for 25c. NE 11.SON'S COCOA .., 7 16c. McLAREN'S PEANUT BUTTER .' -, -23c. SHREDD WHEAT 2 for 23c. PHONE 77rl WE DELIVER OUR SPECIAL SALE -- OF Monarch Dairy & Strainer Pails NOW ON Reg. 75c. for 55c. Reg. $1.25 for $1.05 One Buckeye Incubator Demonstrator Reg. $43.00 for $1 5.00 Butcher and Bread Knives, Reg. 50c., 65c, and 75c., YOUR PICK FOR 25C. PERCY LUNN Phone 66 General Merchant Orono FOOD VALUES Three Day Sale of Fancy Cakes 10 Varieties to choose from, including Marshmallows, (Sandwiches, Cookies, etc., etc., 2 lbs. for 25c. MATURED CANADIAN CHEESE-- Mild Flavour, special, lb 17c. Nippy, special, lb 26c. HEINTZ SOUPS-- Cele'ry Soup and Oyster Soup ) » _ 00« Chicken with Rice, Beef Broth, ) " CanS " FOR CUP QUALITY TRY CHASE & SANBORN'S Tender Leaf Tea SMALL PKG., 25c. Listen to one man's family 8 p.m., Wednesday, C.R.C.T. ORONO 5c. 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