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2 1 1 Congregation-h '._ fast Time: in '1‘“ ., Building Which N ‘ Cmnpleted, Will I. M \ z'xday. WILL HOLD SERVES IN NEW CHURCH “my .\l AS GIFTS ge Familv Thumlay, December 33, gm o o a .4 o o- o-v-o-O-oO-~O-O~O--O~W lH'RHAM MARKET nrrected December 23, 1’“ 10.50 FOUND \\ n \\'l".l~‘.l\'.~ M"). A TIRE “hm-L omnvr may have .x'n\ m; promo-l")? and pay- ..nmw \\'. Rmvhorough, ww‘ \\Ili he hPld in this r Sunday nmrning. when hrhtnms .‘H'I‘Vice will be Sunday seems Prwssbyterian -npy their 118‘ Hn- mrm‘r of tr IN IV Hm:- new church .qur of Lambton H. For the first not yvt comleted - Hf pl'npel' 383“" liturium. the ser- ‘ will ljw held in 'lhmring of which lmfm'v this'paper IlO'l“. It will he Iho- uppo-r part is Mum"); \Vt‘ under- Hu‘tlllllfllt.‘ the re- r‘. l..- ln-ld in the ‘ w-zll'ly c-ompleted gz‘t'Hlll‘léllH'l‘S, will :u'v through. mlolim: is very Vasily heated. IH lw tho- 00“.] s kzml in town. . Hw sun-vices Hw ’l'uwn Hal), .wrml the! purâ€" levl' “'38 in mm H” dnubt is wmr 0" its own I: n. will have : on will luv» fnl' both I lho- rvgular “0"ka ”lc' blind. HH' finish- [W a few a“ fitting 18 to 25 18 to 22 .00 1.2") 20 mg seven or eight mills as compar- mills in the than in 1925, and this he attributed to the educational program of the province. There were not ten per cent of he. population using the High school. said the speaker. Lot. Country Pupils 60. Mr. Calder, in closing his address. referred to the remarks of a pre- vious speaker regarding the loss to the town of pupils from the sur- rounding townships through lack of aeeommodation and the inability to give them a higher training than at present. and on a par with other surrounding towns in the immediate district. "It the accommodation is lacking. let, the other towns have them. Let them go!" said Mr. Calder. Ir. Laidlaw Opened looting. .\t the opening of the meeting Mr, \V. Lalillaw was voted to the «hair, which he accepted, though he ex- plained that. it was impossible for him to remain only a few minutes. In his address he placed himself as being strongly in favor of the build- ing of the addition. At the original building of the school in 1915, he said that he opposed it for the reas- on that Durham was called upon to shoulder the whole expense. At that time he tlnmght the town and sur- rounding contiguous territory should have been organized into a High school district and all com- pelled to support it. Since then a new situation had arisen. The prov- ince and county had recognized this right and assisted most liberally in the building and maintenance of a High school, which was. in another sense. what he advocated in 1915. With the conditions so changed since HHS. he tell that there was only one thing to doâ€"â€"\‘ote "yea“ on the question. \Vith the provincial and county grants as they now stand. the cost. of the addition will be small on Durham ratepayers. FUHlHVillR Mrs Laidlaw's address, Mayor Mun-olrwk took charge 0! the nuwting. Mayor Murdock lost no time in tolling tho gathnring where he stood on lhu manor. Ho- was anxious that, Durham should have as good a High School. and haw it as well o-uippml as any otlwr town in this lnt'allty. Ho rcfvrrml to his own luck of mluvation and said that, \Vlnilo ho got along all right, he was raising a family aml would not ask me to haw- to got out into the Hunk. as it. “as now uoiug. ....a rut. .tuwn thw Provincial amt County aunts anal lvt't. that muvh more for tho. Imrtmm i-atnpaynr to put llp. H0 tunt no t'van' nt‘ an tht‘l't‘fh‘t‘d taxation through the» building of thwadtiition ’n tiu- school; rathor ht- t'nmwt that 't... laws would gov up if we didn't. A lost Convincing Address lh‘. J. I". Hrzint. secretary of the “NH! was tho spoaker of tile ov- vning, and he! was there with an array of facts and figurvs that no- tmoty with an open mind on the 'tlhwtiun could takv oxcoption to. In mmmoncing his sperch. in which he ‘nght to Show by hard facts that tho building of the addition was a mod businms proposition, he took up the building of the High School in I913. claiming that the :59th board was in no wise responsnble for the body with an open 'llh'sticm could take 91: rommencing his spew! \VHl'ioi with thv same) handicap. HP was firmly convinced that. the tnwn was making a big-mistake in Imt building: and vquipping the M'Ilfml .\l r. John Morrison. the chairman of the Board. was the next Speaker called on. and though his remarks \wre brief. he in a few words out- linml the newts of the present school, said that. he was just as :mxlntls to saw money as anyone. but that he wmhl see nothing for it but for Durham to build the school H!‘ '4” hack. Ho- rel'el‘l'm'l t0 the fact that. the Durham School was. built l‘ur tho- armvmmmlation 0f 90 pupils :uul How Inuit 120. "\\'e must take "'llw action it‘ we are to maintain Ilm timvrnnient annl tlounty -i'unts,” he saiil on taking his seat. lore Pupils loaded “1'. John Smith thought that it I t Mh‘ itiigwi'ntiVe cm the part 01' thel ratepayers tn prtwiile more accum- mmlzitiou if the lturham school was tn I'unction prmwrl)’. It. was now a tmn-u-rmim school. and there was overcrowding in the four classes Iww being taught. Hreatcr accom- Iumlutiou meant the ability to handle more pupils from the coun- try. and this in turn meant more mum-y in the county grant. The st'htwl couhl not afford to lose lmhih. as it, was now doing. This cut clown the Provinclai and County Hl'alltfi and left that much more for tho- Durham ratepayer to put up. .He had no fear of an increase . . through the building of the'addition m the school; rather he feared that n... ‘n'n-l n-nnhl an [ID 1' W6 didn’t. ammo nvoun nunnmo mnmon (Continued from Mayor Murdock Favors Must Take Some Acton 5 through lack of tho- inability tn training than at par with nthcr in the immediate 0886 i) County pupils. lit'm'eyor. moant, an incomo of ai’iproximatoly $95. annually. Tho actual tlguro, was‘ oyor $100. but. tho spoakor said ho wantod his ostimatos to ho low onough. If our incroasod school ac- commodation would bring in only a tow pupils moro. thon tho oxtra ro- coipts from thoni would ho sufl‘i- ciont to pay tho wholc dohonturc. Somo. t)hjoction had boon takon on tho ground that with all this accom- modation thoro would have to bo anothor toachor ongagod. There was no doubt this was truo, but it was oqually true that an oxtra toachor would ham to ho ongagod anyway. For this toachor, tho g0- vernmont would pay a straight ton por cont of tho salary. As teachers can now ho ongagod for $1,700. a year this would moan an additional grant of $170 from tho goyornmont. Tho COunty would pay an additional $170. with a “maintenance” grant of 8527. making a total of $867. This loft $833 as tho town’s share. Must. Do Something Soyoral romedios had boon pro- posod to got ovor tho prosont. crowdod conditimi of tho school. 'l'ho School Act statos dotinitcly that tho Board “must." provido ac- commodation for all pupils dosir- ing admission to tho school. If a school woro not built, it. was quito possihlo that. anothor room or build- in}; would hayo to ho rontod, .This would hayo to ho soated. a caro- takor ongagod. or tho salary of tho prosont. ono l'z‘ls‘t'tt. This would moan additional oxponso. ol' courso. .\nothor solution was tho uso of tho prosont building: with tho toachors working: in "shit'ts". ono. sliil't. say from 8 o'clock in tho moroim: until l in tho at'tornoon: tho othor from t to 6 o'clock in tho owning. This would moan tho ongaginr: ot' throo now toachors. and would sure-â€" ly also moan that t‘owor country pupils would Do in attondauro. .Vo country pupils worc going; to mono to school at 3 o'clock in tho morn- ing and romain until 6 at night whou thoy could go to a prOporlyâ€" oquippod school in another town and attond from 9 to 1,. This was sound roasonimr. With tho fowor country pupils, tho smallor tho county grant. and tho largor tho tho town would hayo to Pa."- ' ho proposition had boon lookod at. from oycry angle. and tho cheapâ€" ost. best. and most satisfactory sol- ution of tho wholo thing was tho, oroction of tho addition to tho tional systom up to a No. i grading. and rocoiying tho highest grant that both goyornmont and county pro- vidos. To got those grants. tho lat- ter course was tho only ono that was opon. The Goy'ornmont laid down the conditions upon which thoso grants woro. allowed, and, 1! Durham did non see its way cloar to the Government condiâ€" Hana, thon she would have to pay "l'lie i‘lelientui‘es for a 825.000 addi- tion to the High Si'liool. spread over a period of 20 years with 6 per cent. interest. would amount to an annual payment of $2179.61. The bringing ol' the St'lIOOI up to ("ii-ante l standing would result. in an in- crease of provineial grants of $1,431; to help pay the debenture This would leave $745 for the town to pay, or about one and a quarter mills. This increase in taxation would amount to only $13.?» on a $1,000 assessment. More County Pupils l'mlvr the moment. circumstances. Hm Durham school received $150. 01' a l’rmimtiul grant. which, had tho- school been up to tho. pmpor ‘Atnnulard, would haw.- bevn $330. With tlw County Equivalent and 000." said the speaker, who said that in’ orderoto obtain this information he had interviewed contractors on the subject and they agreed with this statement. Even with the in- creased ‘cost he thought it was a “collossal mistake“ that the building had not been completed at the time. The Financial Aspect Dr Grant deal with the situation from the financial side only. in an attempt to show the gathering that it would cost Durham just as much not to build as it would if they built. The. Provincial and County L'rauts were most generous. and it was on account of these that the town taxvs \wru lighter this year. The High School Board had i‘e- reived such assistance from these outside sources that they did not. ask tlm Town Council for so much money in 1926. (inunty .VIaintmnam-u grants, the Board had rpm-ivml ovm' $4,000 back from Hm cmmty in School grants. tween the time the estimates were prepared and that in which the byâ€" law was voted on and the actual building program started and tenders were called for, that the war had broken out. This was the cause of the abnormal rise in the price of building materials. “Had the war not broken out the Durham High school would haw been completed yithin the original estimatc of $15- The Rev. \V. H. Smith was the next speaker and was the only speak- evening to consider the sit- uation from its finer ponnts. At cnnform to the (i tiona. thou she w the greater share herself. Young Canada’s Rich“ of the expense Mr. Charlos Itamago said ho had born a momhm- of tho High School Board sinco 1915 and ho was strong- ly in favor of tho improvement of our educational system. not only from a financial standpoint. but for tho honor of the town. which had for years been a leader in South (troy along ethlcational lines. ' Mr. Smith, said that there were certain aspects of education that were not based on mere dollars and cents argument. Every boy and girl in the country has the right to an education. The boys and girls of today were the ones who were to control the future of our nation. He said it was a truism that the higher the‘educational system in a community the. higher the value of pmpm'ty. The speaker pointed ut that statistics had shown that t ie boy with an education was worth more than the boy who was with- out and that the money spent in educating;' a boy was quickly earned when he went. out to face the world. There was only one boy in a thou- sand a success who did not have a High School education. it plain that he felt he was on rather delicategrounds, if he had the right to say anything on the question, not being a ratepayer. His address brought out new aspects of the question not previously mentioned. Mr. Smith gave his own exper- ionm» in obtaining an education. wlmn ho had to walk five miles to a collegiate. and said that had it. not hovn for that particular school he would haw oxporivncvd mnsidvrahly mm'o trnnbln than “0 had in putting: llimSl‘lf through ilw univi-i'sity. [Cw-13v year at, High school was a distini'i. hmwflt t0 Hu- hm‘. Another paint. that, was strossvd by Mr. Smith was tho fact that. in Canada W0 are losing: our Anglo- Saxnn ratio. The f oroign borns worn incrmsing more rapidly than wv nursulws. This would load tn 3 sol-ions situation in tho nvzu‘ futurv. If our boys wvrv not mllwatcd they would lose the lvadm-ship 0f tlwir ('rmntry, and ho was strungly 0f Hu- npinion that. tho Inadm'ship of Can- (la ghouls! I‘vmuin in the hands of tlw .>\ng10-Saxons, our own boys and girls. Dr. Smith favored aohigh educa- tional systom and aftm' listening to Dr. Grant's arlmirahlo address, was of tho opinion that tho liguros giv- vn wm'o correct and would not, ho (lnniml. He thought tho most valu- ablo thing parvnts could give tlwir children was an education. This was hottm‘ tar than wealth in that an mlucation cannot be takon away, while wealth can. He vxm'ossod the how» that all would vote “yes" on tho qui-stion on the 3rd of January that it might carry by an ovar- wholming majority. Other Speakers THE DURHAM CHRONICLE He regretted that whilo the sur- rounding towns could oil'er High school pupils tlrst class certitlcates the Durham school had to deny this. He said that if the Durham school hses the county pupils our school rate. will jtlmp to at least 7 mills on the dollar. Another thing. Mr. Rohh stated, was the erroneous idea enâ€" tertained in certain quarters that Durham school could refuse to take county pupils. Durham or any other school cannot refuse to ac- cept them. he said. tweause there is a clauso in the School Act. that makos it compulsory for a. High school Board to find accommodatim for all county pupils who apply for admission. 'l‘hII DIIIIIInIlIIIr IIIIIIIIinI: III IIIII \V'. M. S; III‘ IIIII I‘lIII'I‘l‘. SI. I'niII-II IZIIIIIIIIII VVIas hIIlII 'l‘hIIrsIth I'\'I'llllHâ€"' IhII. 16m in the IIhIIrIIh sIIIIIIIII l'flHIH. IIIIII took the form III' a Christmas ll'I‘H 'l'haIIkIIII'IIring. lllI‘ IIII’IIIIings hIIinI: [IlaIIIIII iII liItlII sII.\' and hung IIII IIIII IlhrisInIas IIIIII- as ”HIV \VI'I'I' handed in. 'J‘IIII nIIIIIIing IIDI‘IIIIIl VV'iIII sung: and [I IIIyIIr by Mrs. T\V2IllllII_\'. Mrs. Hay IIIIIIIl IhII sIIIry III' ”III Birth of I‘IIIIist as IIIlII in MaIIhIIVV' 2. and Mrs. MIIZI l‘aI‘ gun a V'V'IIII IIIIligIIII'III IIIIaIIinI: IInIiIIIIII “Mrs. I’iIIkII Its MitIIâ€"HIIX." A IhIIII by Mrs. \\'ilsII‘II and Mrs. IIIIIrl MIIDOIIIIIII \V'as mIIIIh I'InjOV'IIIl lIV' all after VV'lIiIIh Mrs. Iuagnnn IraVI- an inIIIIIeinnI: aIIIIIIIInt III “III V'IIIIiIItV' anII VastnIIss III ”II! VV' ork IIarriIIII IIII IIV' thIIV \'.\ M. III “III I niIIIIl Church of Canada. III a short IIIlIhIIIss Mrs. MIIIZIIIIIklin maIlII. an aIIIIIIal fIIr IrrIIalIIr sIIrViIIII III fill thII pressing IIIIIIIl (If thII hIIthIIn thousands. Mrs. MIII'ZIIaII and Mrs. Gagnnn gIIV'II II VV'ell-rIInIIIIrI-Il IhIIII. and Christina IiIIIIIIIIhilIl. as l‘I'lH‘II- sIIntaIiV'I;I (If the Y.VV.M.C. IIIIad a Christmas stIIry IIn serking Christ VVlIile hII mm In: fIIIIIIIl. \fIIII' singing a th.n tho mIIIIIing IIIIIsIIIl IIV all singing tlII- LIH'Ils‘ [Il‘aVIII‘ in unison. A social half hIInr fIIllIIVV- III! at him II. sorry that Mr .Calder had left the hall as he would have liked to have asked him a tens questions. He stated that the business colleges throughout the country did not. want pupils of Entrance standing. They wanted graduates from the High schools, as they had proven the best and most satisfactory pupils. and were better able to grasp the various aspects of a business course than a boy of only Public school standing. ’ QUEEN STREET CHURCH W. M. S. HELD MISSIONARY MEETINGS It Will Pay You to Advertise in The Chronicle. Read the Clusified Ads. on Page 7. i3 ddughtor. Jr. I’mâ€"Elmer Nohlo', Earl His- cock‘, Milton Mantn'. Pr. A.-â€" \Vilhilamino Hopkins. Earnest Murdock. Average attendances 24. 8. 8. lo. 10, Bgremont Sr. lVâ€"Rusm‘l [DI-immiv. (inn-«Inn Henderson, Donald leizu-hvrn. Ruw Lamont. CHITTICKâ€"SCHIITT The humi- ul' Mrs. .thH Chittirk (if Bentinrk was thv srvni- «.t' a quiet wedding on “walnut-«lay «it last. work when her daughter. Edith. was unitml in marriage to Mr. Wilâ€" liam H. Schmitt. 'l‘hv hridi- rnrrird a bouquet. of ruse-s and lily «if the valley and was given in marriam- hy hi-r brother. Mr. llaVid tiliitlirk. The. ceremony was riindiirtrd hy hr. 1‘}. M. Morruw at Trinity United Churrh. Hannvvr in the [il't's'i‘llt’t' of the immrdiah' I'Platn'rs. 'l‘hr “'t'tl- ding music was played by Mrs. N0]- snn Redford. A dainty wedding: din- ner was served, and in the owning a ri'rrptlml was held. The young couple are spending their honey- moon in annnto, Detroit. and other points. SCHOOL HONOR ROLLS ’l--â€"Sm'ah Dyur. 1mm Armstrong“. Freda Ritchie. Smith Hawkins. .lr. lV'-â€"Mm'inn Hamilton. Margar- vt Walla Lm‘m- Hc'mh-rsun. Kullzu‘ andorson. Jr. lllâ€"433ronvo Ritchie. Jim Armstrong, Arnotta :Iantn'. Ray- mond Hopkins‘. Sr. llâ€"Alfred Dym‘. Gordon l‘iym'. Jr .llâ€"Frod Rusebormurh‘, Daw- son Valle“, Minniv Mani“. Doris Dyer, erilw Mnuniain. Sr. Pixâ€"Ella \‘nllvtL Margaret Murdock. Sr. Ill-«Ruby “'3th and mm. brimmie .II'. "Iv-“'illiv lesnn and Earl Long. 51'. llw‘lmgvl' leim'In-rn. .h'. H 4.31m Hd'ndl'l'sun. Hul‘dnn Low. \‘iula Lung. Mahlc- Law. Sr. l»~-.\l:ll°}" .\I('l'lavlwrn. lmrl'uim- Hendm‘snn. l’rirm-r--l".stvllc- Swanstnn and I.ln_\'cl Long. ' 8. 8. lo. a Bontinck Sr. lVâ€"V’iolct Armstroug‘. Pearl Rosenbrough ', TIN mas M illigan. Jr. lVâ€"Sicily Hozukins‘. Manda Pickon', Rita V’ollctt‘. Elvin \‘ollolt (absent) GoppLâ€"In (ilvm'ltz. lh'm'mlwr 19. 1926, to Mr. and Mrs. \Vilfl'ml (Lump. llw-lium‘l' Mt'l‘lzu'IIc-I'Il. ll-~~â€"l.:un': andl'l'snn. Hunlnn \‘iula Lung. Mahlv Low. l-~-.\lal°_\" Slcliavlwrn. Iml‘l'uillv Marv .\1.'l'lll°nlmll. tum-hm HYMENEAL â€"â€"E. \V. Petty, tom'Iu-r BORN The 1). [Lb ‘.(iiI'ls \thlclic Society will hold 8 Skating Pan) in Durham Rink on Monday evening. [Noember 27, III. 8 pm. Dodge-hall, softball. relay racing and UUH'I‘ games on ships. m‘h'oshnwnt boom. Ad- mission 2%. Evm'ylmdy wvlcnme. It Will Pay You to Advertise In The Chronicle. Water! Water! Water! ED. J. PRATT ILR. No. ‘. Durham. Phone “-1! What Is Good Halli Worth? I’m-u Water can he had by having a well drillod. We. handle Pumps and Pump Re- pairs. \V'Ily takv a chance and use watvr that is polluted and unfit for domestic use. when Satisfacuon Guaranteed SKATIIG PARTY PAGE I.