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"The ryden Observer = VOL. VIII DRYDEN, Ontario, October 14th, 1927. No. XIX = -- Children's Day ST. LUKE'S CHURCH, DRYDEN Sunday next, October 16th, will be observed as Children's Day by al Anglican Churches throughout Canada. Special Intercessions on behalf of the "home, Sunday School and the Children of Canada, Each child in the Sunday School will receive a personal letter from the Most Rev, S. P. Matheson, D.D., Primate of all Canada and Arch- bishop of Ruperts Land. It.is estimated that there are in Can- ada approximately three million boys and girls of school age and under of which five hundred thousand belong to the Anglican Church, What these young children will be able to do. fo: the future welfare of our Dominion will depend upon the way in whic "they are trained to become good citiz- 'ens, One of the most profoundly im- portant places for acquiring that training is in the Sunday Schools, Le' this thought come to us very clearly in this year of the Diamond Jubilee of Canada. When, therefore, we think of our Sunday Schools and pray for 'them this year on Children's Day, let parents and teachers, boys and girls remember that the weal or woe of the next sixty years of our Dominion will depend upog what we do for the ris- ing generation, who will be men and women of to-morrow, Let this thought POs ess us and inspire us to do all we "can to make our Sunday School =2ll at God would have them to be. ial Services will be held at St. ke's on Sunday next. There will be a celebration of the Holy Communion a Eight am to which all parents and heir confirmed children are asked t« ; also all Sunday School teachers all communicants. he Children of St. Luke's Sunday will lead the singing at the orning and Evening Services, and ids to come and join With us in ow : dices next Sunday to come and pray § on behalf of the Sundey .and children of this our be- omin ion_ ¥ Evening at 8 pm_ in the fish Hall, there will be a Parents, Conference. Seven senior fis will present a pageant 'My Task' S. Thorpe will give a report on glican Summer School and the A. Smith will give a talk on work of the General Board of gious Education, Refreshments be served at the close of the Con- rence, We hope many parents and : For Sale O GOOD LOTS NORTH of Track, $100.00 on easy pay- ments. THREE SMALL HOUSES, at . very attractive prices ~~ For Rent E OF ROOMS on QUEEN opposite C:P:R: Depot. $15:00 per month. VE YOUR INSURANCE TO Tams : busi in your own town pays. Trappers and Radio License Issued. Phone, 20 R-2-- --House 20 R-3 AS be stolen by fire, ~~ lightning or wind ah storm | Make it safe from INSURANCE ~~ from ,dgent, Dryden -- 4 E: 3 xi z | Wedding Anniversary, [most enjoyable time and Mr and Mrs [Zollner were the recipents of many The Annual Masquerade YES SIR, just seventeen more days and the. big Masquerade will he on, and what is more, it is going to excell any previous mask ball. Last yeai considerable delay and annoyance was caused because the lunch had to bc served in the Hall--with all due re- 'spects to the caterers--it proved very unsatisfactory as far as handling th large number of guests concerned, so this year the St, Luke's Parish has been hired solely for supper pur- poses and the crowd will be split up into two groups, the Orchestra wll continue playing while the first group are at supper, and will take supper with the second group--in this way not only will the crowd be handled Kenora Teachers' Institute THE Town of Kenora threw open her doors in welcome to teachers from all parts of this district who assembled there in convention at the Central School on Monday and Tuesday, October 10th and 11th Rev H M Pearson conducted the opening exercises on Monday morning in a very proper mammer. This was then followed by an address of wel- Presents Prizes The annual meeting for the presenta- tion of school prizes was held at the Dryden Public School, Friday, October 7th, both the Public and High School faking part a7 5 Mr M, F. Cook very ably acted as Chairman. Mr Humphreys presented Mr J. Wilson's prize of twenty-five dollars to Eric Whiteley, Rev. M1 Rivers and Mr Smith in well chosen words presented the rest of the prizes. For the occasion a musical program Hall} Senior Choir delighted the audience by easier but there will be less dancing time lost. Mr J. Gough has been en- gaged to cater for the supper which will be set out on tables. One of the new features of the Masquerade this year, is that eighteen prizes will be awarded in the place of the usual three, divided into three groups for ladies and gentlemen, with first, second and third in each group, viz: Ladies Original Gent's Original; Ladies Hired, Gent's Hired; Ladies Comic, Gent's Comic; in this way the chances of securing a prize are great- €r, Probably the greatest feature will be the special prize of a return ticket to Winnipeg for the person holding the lucky number on their admission ticket --and say wouldn't that just be fine-- a free trip to Winnipeg. Somebody will win it, and it might just as well be you as Jack or Jill. Even seventeen days is pretty short notice when you come to think of ali that has to be done--choosing 2 pleas- ing costume, selecting the material coiling out efr, to s2y nothing of- stitching on the what-nots, frills and fancies. To those who are thinking of hiring costumes, Thomas Proudfoot has an illustrated catalogue from the customers "Mallabar's" Winnipeg and - Room IIL.--Mildred Ripley, can guarantee you first class service on' condition that you order early as it is! Hallowe'en time in Winnipeg as well! as Dryden and the costumes is heavy. The prize list and judging committee will be announced in the next isssue of this paper and the prizes will be on view in the window of RJ Prong- er's store from the 21st to the 31st. _ There will be special dance numbers all the waltzes will be spotlight and of course loads of Serpentine, cotton balls, confetti and all the usual paraphernalia that goes with a Masquerade. The Freshmen can guarantee an evening of splendid enjoyment and it would greatly help if all patrons in- tending to fake part in the Masquerade rush on hired! as possible so that a fair idea of ths crowd anticipated can be given to the caterer, { They are also extending the imvitation i Boys Work Poard will would purchase their tickets 2s soon Tickets are on sale at R. J. Prong- er's Store, Dryden Observer Office and members of the Orchestra. SENIOR GIRLS MEET-- On Friday evening 2 meeting of the Senior Girls of the Congregation of St. Lukes was held at the Rectory to form a Girls branch of the Women's Auxiliary. There were twelve pres- enf & Rev R A, Smith occupied the chair and explained the work of the girs" branch. The following were elected officers: Miss A. Larsen Presi- deni; Miss E. Crook, Vice-President; Miss Beth Robinson, Secretary; and Miss Olive Lewis, Treasurer. Mrs R. A, Smith will act as advisor to the girls, It was decided to hold a Japanese Tea on the 12th of November in the Parish Hall and aiso to have a Bulb Stall at the annual Sale of Work. At the close of the meeting refreshments were served by Mrs R. A. Smith 'CELEBRATES 25th ANNIVERSARY Sunday Mr and Mrs A. Zollner of Vermillion Bay, celebrated their 25th In honour of the ocassion, their daughter, Mrs L. Euler entertained about thirty-five at a most delightful supper at her home in Waldhof, Everyone present had a beautiful gifts of silver. Mr and Mrs Zollner are the parents of Mrs O, Peitch, of Dryden. was arranged by Miss Fell. The Girls'| come made by Alderman Hutchison, in the absence of Mayor A, T. Fife, Mr G Geddes represented the Board of Education. He offered some very helpful suggestions. Taking the view point of the parents he spoke chiefly on the matter of protecting the health of the child while in school. Com- munity singing formed a very pleas- ant diversion in the programme at different times, The Convention was quite alive to the fact that Dryden is the only school of the district having 2 music instructor and consequently called on her each time to lead the singing. Mr Carpenter of Kenora officiated at the piano in the absence of Mr Johnston, of Keewatin, The President's address, as well as his remarks throughouy, the Conven- tion had as their keynote "a higher standard of efficiency." Mr Keenan by his striking illustration showed that he is not only a teacher of history but also a student of history. Very interesting lessons were taught to classes before the convention by Miss Betty Edminson, of Kenora, who displayed unusual ability as a story teller, Miss T, Wensley, Keewatin, and Miss H, E. Tumelty, Kenora; A splendid report of the Ontario Educa- tional Association prepared by Miss N. P. Campbell, Dryden was read by Miss Beth Gardiner. Other addresses were given by Mr W. H. Moffatt, of Sioux Lookout; Miss M. E. Lucas, Dryden; and Miss M. Olett, Oxdrift Dr Ferguson, of Kenora spoke or Public Health. Many matters came up for open discussion in which al teachers took part freely. Miss M. Hassard, Vice-President, occupied the chair during the discussion of History. The special speaker of the Conven- tion was Mr J. D, Campbell, B.A, of the Toronto Normal School, whose addresses were very instructive and contained many advanced ideas in the teaching of some subjects, One of the very pleasing features of the programme was the satertain- ment provided for Monday evening. The teachers first gathered in the Odd- fellow's Hall, where a short Musical Programme was rendered and His Honor Judge W. A Dowler delighted his audience with a lecture on the Geography and Resources of N. W. Ontario. He explained that this part f the province is divided from the chorus entitled and "Flowers singing a two-part "Memorial Day" Lullaby" a suitable song for this season of the year, The Junior choir, composed f younger children sang three pleasing numbers, Miss Jeanette Reid gave a delightful piano colo; Misses Olive Lewis and Alma Larson sang a duete and Miss Lewis also sang a solo, Those who received prizes were as follows-- Room I.--Alfa Chaschowy, Mike Cook, Second, Room II -- Winnie Rhoda Davidson, Second. First; Cole, First; First; Gordon Fields, Second. Room 1V--May Howarth, Eileen Wigle, Second. Room V.-- Hilda Davies, Gladys Vankoughnett, Second. Room VI --Bill Wigle, First; Neill Campbell, Second. Room VII-- Billie Baker, First; Mannie Reany, Second, Room VIII, --Dick Cole, First; Bella Blake, Second. Room IX.-- Arthur Doudiet, First: Elmer Wice, Second, Form I --Nona Raney, first. Form II.--Grace Robinson, first, Miss Beth Robinson a prize for best English. Miss Jeanette Reid had the honour of winning 2 medal for a History essay on "Canada's Jubilee " First; First; FATHER AND SON BANQUET-- The United Church boys are inviting their dads to a banquet. Something new I'm sure but 'tis true nevertheless, to all boys who were at camp with them, and their dads, © Mr George Mc- Millan, Secretary of the Manitoba be present to address the gathering and a few camp songs will add spice to the meeting. Keep the date open. Saturday, Oct, 22nd, 6 to 8 p.m. GIRLS AND MOTHERS-- Miss M, Bowman _ Secretary of the Manitoba Girls Work Board will also be in Dryden, on Saturday, October 23, and will address a meeting of the girls and their mothers in the United Church Auditorium at 8 p.m. Are you interested in your giris.irest of the Dominion by natural Will you show your interest | boundaries, The people in it are by coming out to give Miss Bowman |naither of the East or of the West, a real good meeting. | but have distinctive characteristics of Rezlly we very fortunate in| their own. This section contans having these two Secretaries with us| about five thousand square miles of and we trust that everyone will stretch i surveyed townships or an area five a point and be present to meot them-- | {times as great as Belgium and four a week from Saturday--Oectober 22nd. | times as great as Holland, He be- Mr McMillan will speak in the United | lieved that this area could even be en- Church the Sunday following, October |larged, particularly the Dryden erea. 23rd. } It was also his opinion that the wealth Oil are 8st From Nov. ist, to Nov. 15th, 'we are holding a big DOLL CONTEST: Three Big Prizes Inquire at the Store for Further particulars. -------- ---- - Mr and Mrs Durfey, Osaquan, visit- ed Dryden this week, The Dryden Pharmacy Locals Mrs J, P. Gordon has returned from a visit to Winnipeg Mrs W. Sutton and little Miss Nancy Rhodes returned Sunday after a weeks visit in Port Arthur. J. O. Gough was a business visitor to Winnipeg this week Mrs J. Gill of Port Arthur, Ont,; was the guest of Rev, H A and Mrs Rivers for a few days this week. J. S. Wilson has returned from a business trip to Montreal. Mrs J Beck and daughter have re- turned after an extended trip to Port Arthur, Mrs W. J. Muir and Mrs G. Grant, of Fort William, were the guests of Mrs A J. Clempson for a day this week. During her visit in Dryden Mrs E. Booth of Peterboro, was the guest of Mr and Mrs J E Harris, Miss May Quirk was a visitor to Ignace last week. H A Thomson, of Ignace, was a visitor to Dryden, Friday, Mrs Elena Booth, President of the Rebekah Assembly of Ontario, was the honoured guest at a delightful tea at the home of Mrs W. Harris on Manday afternoon. 2 W:I: CHICKEN SUPPER-- The Women's Institute of Wabigoon held a chicken supper, followed by a concert in the Community Hall on Thursday, October 6th. The concert arranged by Mrs Mel Wright, Presi- dent and Mrs J, D. Aaron Vice-Presi- dent was much enjoyed by the large audience which included many from Dryden. The following is gramme. -- the concert pro- Vocal Solo--Lena Shushak, Reading--Charlie Neill Vocal Solo--Mrs H. A_ Rivers Monologue--Viector Nordrum, Vocal Solo--Mzrs R. Hamilton. Piano Solo--Miss Row, Reading--Dr Morison, Piano Duet--Norman and Lillian Bicknell. : Vocal Solo--Mrs Pidgeon. Violin Duet--George Wright and Melco Shushak, Rivers, PLEASE REMEMBER Plez-c keep in mind the date, Friday, October 28th, for the Annual Shower for the Hospital. Everyone who can Insti gifts to the Town Hall on October 28. i. ------ of the world lics in this area, yet un- covered, : At 9:15 p.m, the teachers together with many of the Kenora people gathered in the YMCA. where a very enjoyable dance was held and a dainty luncheon served. The Convention was brought to a close by a visit through the Pulp Mill, where Mr Grant the chemical engineer provided guides for the party, This was very much appreciated by the visiting teachers, : Next year the Convention will be held in Keewatin. The following officers have been elected: President, Mr J. M. Adams, Keewatin; Vice-President, Mr W H Moffatt, Sioux Lookout; Sec - Treasurer, Mr G. Brimble, Kenora, --W. J A Address by Chairman--Mr A. Pitt. | iid 7 Elected Leader. HON. R, B. BENNETT of Calgary, former Minister of Finance, was elect- ed leader of the Conservative party at the Big National Convention which was held in Winnipeg this week, Be- low is a reprint taken from the Free Press of Mr Benneté's Nomination speech. ; "The nomination of Mr Bennett was seconded by Alexander A. McGillivray, K.C, M.P, Calgary. Mx McGillivray said the convention was called for two purposes, = First, to formulate policies second to find a leader, He thought it fitting that an Alberta man should second the nomination of Mr Ben- nett. He came into the country with- out money or practice. © He had made a name that was second to none, zud as- a minister of justice had attained the highest honor within the giit of the premier. Predominate Consideration, "What is the predominate considera- tion that should influence us in select- ing a leader?" he asked. "I have no hesitation in saying the predominste consideration should be to select 2 ran out of the rank and file who will best serve to unite all sections of our country. Known as well in Quebec as in the west, he is the most out- (Cont'd, on page four) PRESIDENT VISITS EASTER LILY REBEKAH LODGE-- A special meeting of Easter Lily Rebekah Lodge was called for Monday night, the occasion being the visit of the President of the Rebekah Assembly of Ontario, Mrs Elena Booth, of Peterboro. = . The Initiatory Degree was conferred on two candidates and fcllowing this a most pleasing and inspiring address was delivered by Mrs Booth, Thera was an exceptionally fine turnout of members and during the evening Mrs Booth was presented with a pair of Datel Silver Candlesticks, as a token of appreciation for her visit to Baste Lily Lodge. Dainty lunch was served and a pleasant social hour was enjoyed, after Vocal Duet--Mrs Gibson and Mis! is kindly asked to donate, whether an i ute member or not, © Bring your | the Lodge had been formally closed. ' Central Hotel SALE OF FANCY BOXES "ROBERTSON'S CHOCOLATES $1:00 Sizes for 8sc. Fruit Centre Candies 4oc. per pound. TOMATOES, CELERY, GRAPES, APPLES, PEARS SHOES NOW ON DISPLAY A Splendid Line of MEN'S WORK BOOTS, Solid Leather, A Good Heavy Shoe for Every- AC HAF Harness Repaired-- Boots--and--Shoes ~ REPAIRED F. WILLARD. 1 DRYDEN rr. The White Lunch King Street Te FERULT ONTARIO Le up-to-date place.-- Theatie with your friends. : We Carry TOBACCO; ; UE We wish to announce to the Citizens of Dryden and District that we have opened a First Class Cafe in Dryden. We invite you to come and have your meals in a clean, We also specialize in Lunches, and ask you to drop in | In some evening and give us a trial, or come in after the We will always be pleased tc serve you--We also serve Ice Cream and Cold Drinks. A Stock of CIGARETTES and CANDY Of All Kinds. A ERE RE EAE E. JOHNSON, Proprietor. Hon. R. B. Bennoit .