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rer AL - 5 cents single copy. $1.50 per year in advance. 2 Watch your label; it tells whea your SIRE RR ROR ORO ispo "The headaches have started", was Conny Smythe's final remark as he wended his way home, probably to lose some sleep over the Maple Leaf's disappointing showing in the N.H.L. inaugural against the champion De-|- troit Red Wings. And what a head- ache it was to the Toronto manager, Coach Dick Irvin, - the "players; and some 9,000 fans, as the Leafs, seem- ingly headed for certain victory, proved victims of a rather remark- able reversal," which saw the Red Birds run in three third-period goals, _ to chalk up a 8-1 verdict. On Saturday night the Maple Leafs again went down to defeat before the Americans of New York. The score was- close, being 8-2. Fo» Rugby football as it is played on the Prairies is altogether "too rough" "in the opinion of two gridiron men of prowess, who proposed to. see what they could do about it at the annual meeting of the Western Canada Rugby Union in Calgary this month. The game is too hard on players and is not sufficiently wide open to give spectators the action they crave. Coach Dean Griffing of Regina and Coach Bob Fritz of Winnipeg said. [ER $$ * » Good news for hockey fans in the County town of Whitby and the sur- rounding district is being broadcast in the news that the Lions Club are endeavouring to take over the Whitby skating rink, better known as Burns' arena. The building, which has been in danger of demolition, will be repaired "and brought up-to-date, if. the plans of the Lions Club are carried through. A committee of the Lions Club was formed some time 'ago, composed of" Dr. F. A' Cuddy, William Davidson, James McLaughlin and Nat Lindsay, to negotiate with the owners and sur- vey the situation. At this week's "meeting of the Club the committee an- nounced that the purchase was pos- sible, and that the sum of $3,000.00 would be necessary to carry through and complete every detail of the 'transaction and renovation. (Gazette and Chronicle) rr oT Concluding 'the most unsuccessful rughy season as far as Bowmanville is eS High School Seniors dropped the final game of the schedule to Peterboro C.V.S, by a 25 to 0 score on Saturday in Peterboro. * $$ » Oshawa's Ontario Hockey 'Associa- tion Merchantile senior team started OF ALL SORTS aN 0 Pe 15 8 a RTS SS SSE A RRR OR SR ACR DR ORR DROBO their pre-season training when they went through an hour's skating and stick-handling workout under Coach Bill Hancock. ; : * *: » With the exception of Doug. Maun- drell, who is playing in England, all members of last year's intermediate "A" championship squad are available for duty, in addition to Jack Shortt and "Yammy" Jamieson of last year's junior squad. : Newcomers to Oshawa who were in attendance were Roy Covert of Peter- boro, Harold Meadaws of Windsor, Ike Woods of Baltimore, and "Stu" John- stone of Hamilton, "Scotty" Mec- Alpine of Toronto will also be with the team, although he did not put in an appearance at the work-out. Manager Harold Luke said 21 play- ers would, try for the regular team and that practices would be held six nights a week until the season opens. Bill Bagnell, who was re-instated by the O.H.A. Wednesday, worked out. Oshawa junior teams start their train- ing this week. -The players trying out with the sénior squad are: goal, Mac McCuaig, Jac, MacEwan and Glen Salter; de- fence, Harold Meadows, Ab. Barnes, Bill Morrison, Ike Woods, "Doc" Row- 'den and "Scotty" McAlpine; centre, Jeff Authors, Pete Goodchild, "Glad" /Lex. Chisholm, "Dude" Everett, "Stu" left wing, Jerry Cooper, "Winkie" Smith, Jack Shortt and Bill Bagnell. rs 0» 'Although Charles O'Brien, coach of the junior Windsor Grads of the O. R. F.U., has been considering the idea of a senior O.R,F.U, entry from Windsor for 1937, no definite steps have been taken, it was learned, A rumor from Toronto indicated Windsor and Osh- awa would enter senior teams in the O.R.F.U. next season, If O'Brien can enlist financial support of local sports- men, he may apply to the league for admission, it was said, 3 * 8 3» Queen Constance has abdicated! Which, being explained, means that Constance Wilson Samuel, this_conti- nent's outstanding feminine exponent of the art of figure skating, and one of the best in the world, has decided to retire from competition. Mrs. Samuel, like Alexander the Great, has no more worlds to conquer. She thinks, believes and is confident that she could win more titles and doubt- less her severest critics wil agree. But it is a case of "what's the use?" The Cost of War! "In the attempt to assess the costs of war, the first and most momentous item must, of course, be the cost in human life, . Imagine a clock ticking out the minutes. Instead of 'Tick! Tock! Tick! Tock!" its song is 'every minute six die; every minute six diel' For four years, day and night, sum- 'mer and winter, that was the story of the Great War, "The destructiveness of war has in- creased by leaps and bounds. In the Franco-Prussian War, 184,000 soldiers lost their lives; in the American Civil War 700,000; but in the Great War 18,066,000--many more than all the inhabitants of Canada; more than in all other wars of the century put to- gether, But that is not half the ghory. It has been estimated: that Sr )'oyer 28,000,000 civilians also lost N° "their lives, directly or indirectly, as a result of the war, so that the total is swelled to over 41,000,000 lives lost. "The cynic may sneer, 'We could spare them! The world was too thick- ly populated!" But the truth is that they could ill be spared. Millions on millions of fathers went out from their homes never to return, leaving widows and fatherlesa children to face .the unequal struggle alone, Millions (of sons left dependent parents largely destitute when they were called away. (From "The Pathfinder", Nov. 1936) . "The sorrow and suffering which War occasions no man can measure. "As compared with the loss of life, the financial losses are of less import- ance, but they are staggering, none the less. It has been estimated that the cost was not less than four hun- dred billion dollars, The President of Columbia University has shown what could have been done with that a- mount of money. We could have built a $2,600 house and furnished this house with $1,000 worth of furniture, and placed it on five acres of land worth-$100 an acre, and given all this to each and every family in the United States, Canada, Australia, England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, France, Bel- glum, Germany and Russia: ~~ After doing all this, there would have been enough' money left to give each city of 20,000 inhabitants and over, in all the countries, $6,000,000 apiece for a library and a university, and then, out of the balanec we could have still sufficient money to set aside a sum at 6 per cent, which would pay, for all time to come, a $2,000 salary each for an army of 60,000 teachers, and in addition to this, pay the same salary to an army of 60,000 nurses," --And we calmly talk about the NEXT war. -|\General News Clarridge and Roy Covert; right wing, |. Johnstone and "Yammy" Jamieson;|" A A "mercy death" bill to permit medical men to kill incurable patients was introduced in Parliament in London, It was pre- sented by Lord Ponsonby, climaxing a year's campaign by many medical and Church leaders for euthanasia--their term for 'easy death." It would enable death patients suffering great pain from conditions diagnosed as hopeless. Following is an Associated Press summary of the dock-strike situation in the United States: ; San Francisco--Union representatives bolt Maritime Com- mission fact-finding hearing, charging it allowed entrance of con- troversial issues; peace negotiations at standstill; more than 145 ships srike-bound in coast ports. New York--'Sit-down" sympathy strikes of seamen tie up 19 vessels, including one large transatlantic liner, Operators con- fer on situation. Because the R.M.S. Queen Mary has an all- English crew, it was said the super-liner would not be affected when she docks, and departs. a : Houston--Striking seamen bar long-shoremen from passing picket lines. i Baltimore -- Strikin sailors and Jongshoremen refuse to work six Coast vessels, Sixteen other ships reported affected. Boston--Determination to "tie-up" the Port of Boston was announced by striking crewmen of two Eastern Steamship Com- pany boats already tied up there, Tad Latest reports indicate steps being taken for. settlement of this strike, ie 3 ; : More than $2,000,000 worth of the finest automobiles ever manufactured received inspection from close to 10,000 admiring visitors on the opening day of the 1937 National Motor Show, on Saturday at the Automotive Building, Canadian National Exhibi- tion Park. Full significance of the automotive industry in the national economic structure 'of "Canada was made clear by Dr. Bruce in his opening speech. If the production of automobiles had ceased in 1935, he pointed out the loss to Toronto alone would have been $15,000,000 last year. In Canada, as a whole, the loss in wages to 18,000 workmen directly engaged in making auto- 'mobiles would have been $19,000,000. London, Nov. 2--Making his first appearance in Parliament as Sovereign King Edward tomorrow will deliver the Speech from the Throne opening the new session. A heavy program of legis- lation awaits the Lords and the Commons. : } Because the King is a bachelor there will be only one throne on the dais in the House of Lords. In addition the King will not wear the Crown on entering the Chamber; it will be carried before him by a court dignitary. The King is to make the declaration of Protestant faith required of all British rulers. According to law each Sovereign must make the pronouncement gither during the Coronation ceremony or at his initial meeting with Parliament, 'whichever comes first. His Majesty will repeat the centuries-old oath: . CC "I do solemnly and sincerely in the presence of God profess, testify, and declare I am a faithful Protestant, and that I will, ac- cording to the true intent of -the enactment which secures the Protestant succession to the Throne of Realm, uphold and main- tain the said enactments to the best of my powers, according to the law." : a : Separate School pupils, or any other primary school 'pupils in | Toronto, will not be barred from the choral and orchestral con- certs which may be arranged in future by the Toronto Secondary School and Orchestral and Choral Soclety. Furthermore, the possible amalgamation of public and separate schools into one public school system, some day in the future, was visioned by Trustée George M. Orr at a meeting of the Board of Education. Action taken by the board provides for the admission to weekly rehearsals of the Toronto Secondary School Orchestral and Choral Society of any Toronto primary school pupils upon the request of the proper authorities. ; Re Trustee Orr was responsible for the amendment to the re- commendation that the society shall admit to weekly rehearsals "Toronto public school pupils with necessary musicianships, such musicianship to be determined by a proficiency test arranged by cers of the society" "There is no necessity to specify separate schools", commented Trustee Orr, adding, "It might be a thin wedge to bring together the separate schools and the public schools into amalgamation. Some day there might be one public school system." * * & = g Four thousand sweepstake tickets from six different draws were seized by Morality Officer Hugh Jackson, and Joseph Sunder- land. James Davidson, living in a downtown hotel, and Arthur W. Clayton, King's Lynn Road, were arrested on charges of con- ducting a lottery. Davidson, the Police believe, is the local agent for the sweepstakes concern shipping tickets here from Vancouver for distribution. Clayton had 4,000 of the tickets in the auto- mobile he was driving when the York Township police arrested him on request of the local police. . hn Controller Ralph Day definitely retired from Toronto's Mayor- alty contest and as soon as he had done so Alderman John B. Laid- law and R. R. Leslie entered the race against Acting Mayor W. D. Robbins. Urged by his friends to seek his fifth term, ex-Mayor William J. Stewart remained on the sidelines watching develop- ments and still refusing to affirm or deny the stories and rumors that he would enter the contest at the last moment. : $$ aan .+ The final party standing in the United States House of Re- resentatives as a result of the recent election is as follows: emocrats 334, Republicans 89, Progressive 7, Farmer-Labor 6, Total 435. This is a gain of 13 for the Democrats. "The Rev, Charles E. Coughlin has withdrawn "from all radio activities in the best interests of all the people", and his National Union for Social Justice will cease activity, The Detroit radio priest so announced on Saturday in a farewell broadcast. He said the Union was "thoroughly discredited" in last week's United States election, but emphasied "it is not-dead; it merely sleeps. It will live as long as truth lives, bécause the sixteen principles (of the Union) are immortal." ie hoe Squadron Leader E. G. Fullerton, Toronto ,and Squadron: Linden F. V. Heakes, Winnipeg, were both badly injured when a plane piloted by Fullerton crashed to the ground shortly after taking off from the R.C.A.F. field at the old de Lesseps Airport near Weston. : Ra |Educational physicians and surgeons legally to put to]. PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12th, 1986 Convention and Public a Speaking Contest The semi-annual convention of the Ontario County Educational Associa- tion, which was held at Sunderland on Thursday of last week, was well at- tended at both afternoon and evening sessions, The "afternoon session was given over to public speaking, recitations and musical demonstration. This. very extensive program was in charge of Mr. E. A. Innes, Ontario County Agri- cultural Representative. The contest- ants were winners in their particular classes at the School Fairs throughout the County. There were over thirty who took part in the three contests. A notable feature of the public speak- ing was the fact that each contestant chose a different subject, Mr. Innes said that there had heen fourteen School Fairs held in the County at which '10,600 entries had been made, Among the subjects chosen for the public speaking were "Olympia", "Citizenship", "Trees", Money", "Fighting a National Menace", "Pub- lic Health", "Making the Most of Our School", "Vimy Ridge", "Thomas Edi- son", "North York Market". These subjects were well handled by the young orators, . Mr. Hartley, of the Department of Education, was the judge of the pub- lic speaking and the recitations, and gave the following decisions as to first prize winners: Public Speaking-- Jack Pearson, S. S. No. 3, Scott, Recitations-- ] Jack Taylor, S. S. No. 7, Brock. Musical demonstrations were judged by Rev. Mr. Patterson of Sunderland, as follows-- , Keith Wilson, S. S. No. 6, Reach, The County Council provided the prizes for 'the winners in these can- tests, and Warden Low and a number of County Councillors assisted in making the presentations, The ladies of the Women's Institute provided an excellent supper for peo- ple who attended the Convention from a distance, The Evening Session Mr. W, D. Munro, of Gamebridge, presided at the evening session. Music was provided by the Sunderland Or- chestra, and some humorous readings by Miss Iva Fallowdown. Mrs. James Gordon was elected delegate to the Ontario Educational Association Convention at Easter. The outstanding feature of the evening program was an informative address given by Mr. V. K. Greer, Chief Inspector of Public and Sepa- rate Schools. He began his address by dealing with the problem of the unduly small school--those having an attendance of eight pupils or less. |: There are about two hundred of these schools in Ontario; and the Depart- ment of Education has closed twenty- four of them this year as being un- profitable to operate. More schools of the same type will be closed in 1937. These schools arc not closed permanently, nor are the trustee boards disbanded; but they are closed until the school population .in the section is sufficiently large to warrant re-opening. " Although the closing of school is done in the interests of economy and efficiency, Mr, Greer stated, there is often unreasonable opposition to the action in spite of the fact that the general township grant Is still levied for the benefit of the section so that fees and cost of transportation may be paid, Another matter of great importance of which Mr. Greer spoke, was the problem of changes in text books. Surveys of Public School Libraries had revealed the fact that there are far too few books for juniors. To make up for this deficiency to some extent the Department is authorizing more readers, and is discouraging the word by word analysis of the text, preferring rather that the pupil shall catch the beauty and informing value of each selection as a whole, Teachera are not expected to "cover" these books in the former somewhat stereo typed style. There will be two Third Book Readers and two Fourth Book Readers. The speaker explained that the Government paid a heavy bonus to help defray the eost of printing the By ae ye IT SAS ! fod aia school books, and the general public do not pay actual cost when they buy books for their children. .New 'spellers are also being issued, but the work is being retarded rather than hurried," so that the financial burden for parents with a number of children may not be too great. » The old "book" division of classes in the Public School is being changed to division by Grades, a grade repre- senting a school year. Ten grades will be considered as completing the Public School course, which will in- clude Fifth Form work. High School Entrance and Lower School Examinations are to be grad- ually discontinued and promotions made by récommendation. Eventually it is hoped that there will be developed two elementary schools--the first up to Grade 6, and the second from 7 to 10 inclusive. But this change will not be made in such a way as to prove burdensome to the people or in a manner to impair the efficiency of the school, As the newer ideas in education can be put into operation music, business practice, household science, agricul- ture, farm mechanics, and similar subjects will be taught perhaps by special teachers who will serve a number of schools. - The ideal setting for this system will be in communities where several schools co-operate to carry out the plan. Certain schools will be selected for junior Grade work and perhaps a centrally located school will be set aside for Senior Grade work, or specialized education. The idea was not to "scrap" exist- ing building and methods but to slow- ly work toward the ideals set forth. A sincere vote of thanks was tend- ered to Mr. Greer for his excellent ad- dress. ! --~>- Fo Winners of the T. Eaton Co. Prizes. Ontario County School Fairs--1936 First prize--Silver Trophy; second prize--Book; third prize--Book. Braoklin--1 Ruth Brooking; 2 Reta Parish; 8 Elale Dyer, ,Brougham--1 Kenneth Jones; 2 Ar- thur Hedge; 3 Francis Willson. Cannington--1 Carl Beatty; 2 Allan Corner; 3 Blanche Stein. - Claremont--1 Laurie Tran; 2 Geo. Alsop; 3- Clifford McConnell. Mara Twp.--1 Jimmie Juffs; 2 Kathleen Newman; 3 Lena Smith. ~ North Reach--1 Helen Baird; .Gladys Baker; 3 Robert Wilson. Oshawa--1 Glen Glaspell; 2 Paul Michael; 3 Donald Beckell. Pickering--1 Vernon Baldson; 2 Elizabeth Armstrong; 3 Harold David- son. . Rama Twp--1 Jack McDonald; 2 A. McDonald; 3 Ross McRae. South Reach--1 Margaret Hocken; 2 Jean- Ward; 3 Ivan Gray. Scot Twp.--1 Laura Horner; 2 M. Arnold; 3 Maustyn McNight, Scugog Twp.--1 Nelson Reader; 2 Glen Demara; 3 Clem Jeffrey. Sunderland--1 Clarence Rennie; Morley Brethour; 3 Bruce Harrison. Uxbridge Town--1 Bruce Wagg; 2 Russell D, Leask; 3 Morley Barton. --_----r United Church Notes The Evening Service sponsored by the Men's Bible Class on the occasion of its Anniversary was largely at- tended last Sunday night. The choir with some thirty-five voices did well, and were assisted by ten young men from Yelverton, accompanied by Mrs. Mervin Mountjoy. Mr. Sorsoleil gave a fine address on "Christianity Chal- lenged" based on the manifesto of Jesus, This is the first of a series of monthly services to be held by the Men's Bible Class. 2 2 : * ¢ 0 $ Dr. R. Grierson, B.A., of Korea, now of Sunderland, will be the preacher both morning and evening next Sun- day. Dr. Grierson is a well-informed and entertaining speaker and should be greeted by good audiences. *. + 9 Rev. W. J. H, Smyth will take An- niversary services on a former charge at Wellington next Sunday. * L * The Woman's Missionary Society will hold their annual banquet next Wednesday evening in the Sunday School Room. eo oo Mr. R. J. Harper will conduct the Forum of the Men's Class next Sun- day. : SCHOOL DAYS -BY ANNABELLE BAIRD The meeting of the . Literary So- ciety given last Friday by Middle School saw the new executive install- ed. The programme provided by members of the third and fourth forms consisted of living pictures, a piano selection by Luella Ploughman, a solo by Mary Pyatt and community singing. LJ LJ] * After information had been read by' Joel Aldred regarding the painter and the picture, the curtains parted to re- veal the picture. They were shown in a large black frame with a back- ground of blue velvet curtains. The first picture shown was "My First Sermon" by Millais. Margaret Bowes was seated demurely on a bench with her face raised toward the pulpit, The second picture was "Boy With a Hare" by Raeburn. Douglas Pilkey posed as the boy kneeling beside a rabbit raised on a box. To everyone's surprise it did not jump out of the picture. "Madam Le Brun and her Daughter" by Mme Le Brun revealed Mildred Lakey clasped in Ruth Pilkey's arms. "The Age of Innocence" by Rey- nolds was very well done by Betty Jeoffrey. She resembled the little girl of the picture who is seated ou the ground with her hands clasped in front of her. i Margaret McCrea was the old lady dressed in black shown in "The Art- ist's Mother" by Whistler, "The Melon Eaters" were Richard Steer and Hugh Rogers. Hugh held a slice of melon in one hand, and the rest of the melon rested on his knee. His mouth showed definite signs of the huge bite which was missing from the slice. Richards head was thrown back and he hel a huge bunch of grapes over his mouth. LJ * * Heard at the Literary Meeting: Where are they gone, those girls and boys, . Who last year worked and played And sat in Fifth Form's sacred seats ? Oh, what a noise they made! They've left their seats and sold their books, 'They've passed like time and tide-- They now are filling other nooks In places scattered far and wide. LJ J J In the Geometry class on Monday Malcolm Nasmith seemed to have a hangover from Saturday night. When Mr. Kerr asked him the number of degrees in an angle of a certain tri- angle Malcolm absent-mindedly re- plied: "Fifty degrees, two for fifty- - one," Contributed to Vivian Wallace. » * LJ Epitaph over the grave of M. Button: O heaven! O earth! O stars! O poles! To think that graves Are now mere button-holes! --Professor De Witt Mr. Gemmell: "What. are three things that contain starch? Elroy Martin: "A collar cuffs."--Joel Aldred. (Middle School "The Tattler.) * » * Miss Miller: "Leonard, did you learn your Latin?" Leonard Colbear: "Yes, I looked it over." Miss Miller: "You mean, Leonard, you overlooked it." LJ » LJ] Miss Thompson to Cecil Leahy: "Can you give me an example from your own personal observation of ex- pansion by heat and contraction by cold?" Cecil Leahy: "In summer we have the longest days and in winter we have the shortest ones." (Second Form contribution to "The Tattler" by Bill Beare.) LJ] * *. "The Tattler" by and two contributions to There was a young girl named Hood, Who came from Scugog wood; She went to the sports in nifty shorts, ar . e And boy! how she made good! (First Form contribution to "The Tattler" by June Sonley.) a VP Sales of Dominion Stores, Limited, for the 11th period ending October 81, 1936, were $1,469,935. This compares with $1,888,989 for the corresponding period in 1936, and is an increase of 6.49%. 5 WEE ash in =" a aS - a ad a 2 ~--