AT A MAN'S STORE Make your gifty practical and us ful by selecting it here. Our huge store is filled with gifts of a practicgh ul character of genuine worth--gifts the happy recipied® will remember through many years ol service, It's a fine way to show your appreciation of Bur men iriedd's good taste by coming to a man's store for his present SMOKING JACKETS, LOUNGING AND BATH VESTS, HATS, TIES, HOSIERY SETS, SWEATERS, MUFFLER: * GLOVES, ete. ete. ROBES, HANDRERCHIEF AND HOLIDAY NECKWEAR, Come to the Logical Christmas Store for Men's Gilts AP AA MPN i A LIVINGSTON'S BROCK STREET Store open every night until Christmas. To-Night, 7.30 O'clock. A------ nnn A AANA Men's Black Cardigan Jackets Worth $1.55 and 1,50 for 98¢ each Bpecial offerings in Pure Linen Fancy Handkerchiefs at 15¢, 200, 25¢, Joe, He. Black Silk Stockings 75¢, $1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00, 2 50. Umbrellas Suitable for Xmas. gifts, FOR LADIES --$1.50, 2.00, 2.50, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00. - FOR GENTLEMEN $1.50 to 6.50 each. At Eight o'clock to-night we will sell 40 Ladies' Winter Long Coats and heavy capes for ; $198 ~All Coats, Skirts and Dresses at half-price. 03 Coats" and Dresses less 25%. Even THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1942 TEACHERS OF COUNTY. | eresexr 1 GOLD WATCH TO DR. WILLIAM SPANKIE, ---------- & The Retiving School Inspector--An Addiess Was Read by J. PD. Cos- grove, of Wolfe Island. On. Saturda lo'clock, in the court house, an event, i the recollec 1 of which will long linger with thos present, took place 1 To mark the retirement of Dr. William | Spankie, as inspector of public schools | mer; Miss E. Gallagher, Wilton; {for the county 'of Frontenac, and their esteem for that official, the teachers gathered, read an address, and made la suitdlfle presentation. Miss E. M. Pyke. of Wolle lsland | president of the Frontenac Teachers' Association, presided gtet at inability to he present were received from a number, among them 18. A. 7 Truseott, of Iroquois, Dr. | Spankie'® sucesssor. and M. R. Reid, lof Bharbot Lake, inspector of North Frontenac. J. D. Cosgrove, of Wolie Island, read the address, and Mrs. 8. Revelle, of this city, made the presentation. The address, which was signed, on behali of the teachers and ex-teachers of the count Miss E. M Pyke, | | Bedford afternoon, at 1.30 | Miss N { Miss i. Flynn, IMrs H. S. Wel's Verona; Miss Collin"s Bay; Miss E. Wilder, Kingston; Mrz. 8. E Re- velle, Kingston; Miss C. Barry, | Wolfe Island; Dr. W. {| Harrowsmith, i. McCallum Winmpeg: M i en, Kingston Station; NS. (don; Mrs. 1. | Maitland, Woodford; Mrs. A. Mills; Miss J. Clow, Tich- horne; Miss A. Fair, Dediord Mills; Groomes, GUlendower; Miss { Howaad {smith; Miss M. Sweetman, Ulendower; Erinsville; Miss G. Moran, Barrietield; Miss laylor, Lati- Miss {L. Needham, Brewer's Mills; Miss Bb. Needham, Brewer's Mills; Miss MeCal tum, Joyceville; Miss Laturney, West brooke; Miss E. Wood, Kingston; Miss Mundell, North Bay; Mrs. H. More land, Sunbury; Mrs. btlerbeck, Glen- Letters of re- {yale Miss Baxter, (ilenburmie; Mrs. R. | {ireenloe, Cushendall; Dr. A. Leather- jand, New York; 1). Shortall, Mon- tren: Miss E. MoCallum, Dr. =. Arthur, Saskatchewan; Miss N Anglin, Kingstou Mills; Miss A. Ang- tin, hingston Mills. : INCIDENTS OF THE DAY, -- Newsy Paragraphs Picked Up By Our Reporters. Smoking sets, Best's. : snow and Spy apples. J. Crawford. Children's Cnristiuas sSODES, i) and i5¢. Dutton's, 2% I'rincess streel. ine covered rink pects to have skating for day. w. G. Graves, wife and family, of North Battletord, Sask., are Christmas i i Pi, WILLIAM SPANKIE tof Wolie 1sland; Mrs. 8, Revelle and | Miss (i. Jones, of Kingston; Miss A Anglin, oi Kingston Mills: Miss = | Wang, of A whe and 4. BD. Co grove, 9 Wolle Island, was as fol {suv , | "To Dr. W. Spankie, LPS. We, the | teachers and ex-teachers of the his | toric county of Frontenac, having { lenrned with deep regret of your re | signation 18 public school inspector, office you have filled so ably wore than a quarter of whie and well fof a century, depart froan . the office 'without , acknowledgement on our part of the many acts of kindness you have be- stowed upon wus during your long term of oflice "We rejoice in having had one 80 talented and ign 8s you te fill sich an important office, Your vigits to the schoo's were ever, a source cf pleasure to both teacher and pupil. Your great sympathy with and your interest in the teachers of the. county, have pyo- duced that harmony so essent'al to the advancement of education "The new schoothouses that have heen built, the libraries that have heen irstalled. and the splendid equipment of the schools through- out the county, show very conclus- ively the deep interest you have taken in educational matters, "Frontenac !s indeed proud of her many nofed educational men, but i none does she cherish more than { you, who have proved yourself to be not only one of of the leading i educationists of the county but of ithe province "As a ®li token of the es teem in wh eh you are held by the teachers and ex-'eacheis of Fron tense. we ask you to accept thia watch We trust you w'll think not of ts intrinsic value, but of the feeling which prompts the giv- ing, and our supplicatonc shall be that you be given health and strength to enjoy our gift for many vears to come." Dr. Spankie suitably and feeling- ly replied, exprees ng his gratitude for the kind words and gift, com ing from those whose relations with himself had been most cordial The watch was handsome in work manship, and ouitably ine pre tation was fol.owed with a social time, with refreshmeats Among these who took part, many of whom were present, were: | Migs M. Chown, Battersea; Mks Franklin, Lake Opinicon; J. Coch- rane. Sunbury; Msi Todd, Sunbury; Mrs. (Rev) Moore, Brantford; Miss Ella Daly, Yonkers, N.Y.: Mise Nina Horne, Kingston; M'ss Eva M Pyke. Wolfe Island: nw. F. Fleming, Ottawa Normal School; Mr. Cur tis Verona: Mrs. McCready, Wolfe Island; Mrs. WW. Keely, Wolfe Is- land: T. Maxwell, Kingston; Miss L Smith, Westbrook: C York, Queen's College; Miss McLean, Carden Is- Jand; Miss D. Maxweu 'olfe Is- land: Miss EB. Saanders, Wolfe Is- land; W. R. Loveys, Seeley's Bay; Miss Le Sage, Simcoe Island; D. D. Cosgrove, Wolfe Island; Miss J. E. McKeever, Inverary; siss J. BE, Cresier. Sunbury; Miss Cramer, St, Lawrence; Miss S¥bil Stevenson, Perth Read; Miss Midred Orser, Wilton: Miss LG. McKnight; Desert lake; Miss G. Coulter, Glenvale: Miss L. Guthr'e, Perth Road; Mus B. McCall, Glenvale; Miss Freeman, Sunnyside; Miss G. Harold, Cataragul: Miss M. Bell, Kepler; Mis. Saunders. Cataraqul; M'ss Gertie Jones. Kingston; Dr. Fred freveinls, Vancouver, BC.; Mre Ezra Pivley, Sydenham; Miss Lillian Killins, Parham: Miss Dot- tie Camnbell, Hartington; Mrs Wadde:l, Harrowsmith: Moss Bessie Lacey, Sydenham: H. Jamieson, Hartington; Miss Lillian Trousdale Harrgwsinith; Mis. B. Babeock Hartthgton; Miss M. Stevens, Wolfe Island: Mr, Simpson, Queen's Uni- versity; Mes "Berrigan, Barriefield; Mrs Maxwell, Gananogue; Miss E. Donaldson. Kingston; Miss Lennox, Atkinso: Miss C. A. Wood, Mur- vale; Miss Elsie Clough. Harrow some engraved I Mis. J. feel that we cannot let you | street, the Victorian Urder ot hing's Daughters entertained the ward pat jents at the general hospital on Fri {day alternoon. miss Lizzie Drown, Syracuse, NY. visiting at the home of Mr. and v rederick, ver Lhrisimas. 'Brownie kedaks," Leather suitcase, at Gibson's. good Christmas "present, from ¥05. Dutton's store. A street car struck a milk waggon lat the corner of Farl and nang streets on Saturday morning, and broke the | venicle considerably. Shaving sets, Best's lhe closing exercises at Portsmouth public schooi, were held Friday after- noon when the scholars spent a most enjoyable time Frank Nicholson, school trustee, was chairman. Snow and Spy apples. J. Crawford. A, C. bavid, barrister, Winnipeg, and Victor 'David, hillarmey, Man. are visiting with their aunts, the Ms- s Hyssop, Alfred street. Collar boxes and bags, Best's At the closing of the Palace school, Williamsville, on Friday for the holi- days, Miss Gertrude Jones was pre sented by the school with a beautiful water color panting. - Writing portfolios, Best's. A despatch from Uttawa to the Whig says that Col, H. R. Smith, sergeant at-arns in the House of Commons, 1s getting along micely at St nuspital. '111s sisters have to ningston. Ib, de. J, Joxis of 1 Several showers and teas have been given mn Ottawa during the past week in honor of the coomag bride, Miss Lihel Revnolds, a kindergarten teach: er in that ety. Ihe steamer Simla was floated at the Kingston Shipbuilding dock on Friday, and the steamer Sowards, which sufiered from fire recently, was expected to be docked on Saturday. 'the Canadian Courier says to (ueen's Univerrvity belongs the of being the first institution in Ontar jo to grant the degree of B.A. to a woman student. The first girl grad uate of that broad -minded umversity was Miss Elizabeth Fitzgerald, who was a medallist in classics Flasks for travelling, Best's. Rev. John Webster, pastor of Brock Street Methodist church, has returned from Winchester, where he took part in a service to mark the installation of a new pipe organ in the Methodist church. While Mr. Webster was pas- tor he secured a donation from And rew Carnegie for the organ fund. $1 motor veils, S0c. Christmas ribbon cheap. libs all prices. Dut- ton's store. A pleasant event took place at Glen burnie separate school Friday after noon, when the pupils presented their teacher, Miss who 1s resigning, with a handsome ma- hogany toilet set, with monogram en- graved, as a token of the high esteem, pils. IN SPORTING CIRCLES. door Baseball Gawe. The cold weather and ice cannot come too quickiy to satisfy the puck-chasers of the city hockey league, who are anxious to get af- ter the rubber. The league will likely open on January 6th or 7th, and as the old saying. "practice makes perfect," may be applied to sport £8 well as anything ese. the hoys are anxious to get worked W- to shape. Contrary to what has been intimat- ed, there will not likely be Y.M.C.A or RM.C. teams in the senios series, but with the Bankers, Queen's, Iroquois ROCHA. and Wormwiths, a good schedu.e ougid to be compiled, which w"ll be done at the meeting of the league on Monday evening next Wormwith's last year's championships. will make a strong bid to defend the silverware. and promising calibre is in sight for the other outfits. Among the juniors, Tecumselp, Connaughts K.Cd., and Y.M.CA., good material ought to be deve. ed for senior honors and intercol- legiate and O.H.A ranks. On which rink the games will be played has not yet been settled. Had a Lively Game. One of the fastest games of in- door baseball played this season occurred on Friday evening, when No. 2 Co. and the Buglers mes Result: No. 2 Company wen by 26 to 25. The win ties Nes. 1 and 2 for the championship of the right-hait battabon. Captain Dix's Statement. Capt Dix, who makes ice for the smith; Migs G. Wood, Hartington; curlers, states that in Wilkins, | VanlLav- | Anglin, Bran. | Craig, Veroma; Miss Mary | Myers, | | Knapp, Parham; Miss Philips, Harrow- Gananoque; | 5 management ex- | visiting | his dather, W.. D. Graves, 573 Princess | Luke's retur ped Chocolates, all kinds, by the pound, | Ae Craw-| 3 Pairs for $1, | > Fine Black Cashmere Stockings for Ladies. honor Margaret Walsh, Oates, | in which she has been held by her pu } = | i i | i § ' t ET -- We will place on sale a ost i special. We secured these at less than their value, and you can share in the saving. 480 en's Silk Ties All new shapes and the latest and most stylish colorings. There are quite a number of Pretty Knitted Silk Ties in the lot. | Values are 35¢, 45¢, 50c¢. * Your Pick While the Lot Lasts 25¢ | | We will offer the following. 100 Linen Pillow Cases | Oa Monday Morning From 9 to 10 Portsmouth, lor i Come early as they are worth securing With Pretty Hand Work Design Across Ends, These are worth $1.00 each or 2,00 pair. Yours Monday Morning at 9-O'clock 60c Each. Each pair put up in a Fancy Gift Box Lace Collars, { i | These make a mast acceptable gift. Gift Suggestions Pretty White Tule Bows, . with floral centre. Special at 25¢ Each. In a great variety of makes, 25¢, 35c, Tic, 49¢, 99¢. Silk Stockings, $1 and 1.49 ahd up to 3.00. - Long White Kid Gloves, $1.50, 2.00, 2.50. All Kid Gloves are put up in Dainty Gift Boxes. Will You Please ll Take Small Parcels The City Hockey League--An ine | With You To-Night. John Laidlaw & Son. | == | January, 1910, there was curling on {all the five rinks at the curling rink i glub, and all the ice desired on | December 10th, 1909 He further | states that there was fee for curling every day from the 10th fo ihe 31st and that on that day it Waa ten degrees below zero. Last year, the faust curling was ou January Isl (on oue rink. t Curling Club Executive. At a meeting of the executive of the j Kingston Curling Club, held on Fri 'day might, the resignation of Edward Lyons, brought about by his trans {fer to Windsor, was accepted with sin- (cere ret. Mr. Lyons has been one {of the leading workers in the club for years, and the curlers are very sorry to see him go. They join in wishing him every suceess in his pew position. | Me. Lyons' position, as skip in the | Whig trpphy series, will be filled by iW. H. Montgomery, and Mr. Mont gomery will als; assume the duties of treasurer. This will necessitate a new | appointment to the position of super intendent of ioe, which will be filled by W. R. Sills. | "The cold snap, of Saturday morn ing, was received with many thanks bv the members of the club. The {roarin' game will soon be in fall swing now. § ! See Campbell Bros. Fars. ! Ard you see the best. OPEN EVENINGS Now is the time to Shop Christmas Slippers Hockey and Skating Boots Moccasins Suit Cases. Club Bags : A nice Display of all these goods at. The Lockett Shoe Sto RTE BE i .-N ROSA