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PAGE SIX' » THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, = WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1930 May Irwin, Noted Actress Recalls Happy Days as Little Girl in Canada Was Born Near Whitby and Has Warm Spot for Do- minion--Recalled by Wm. Wallace, Whitby Octo- genarian Watertown, N, Y,, July 8---Bix- ty-oight summers and a similar number of winters have come for May Irwin, America's foremost comedionne. In fact, the sixty- #ighth occurred only the other y==June 27 to be exact, and May, who gontinuos to look 60 and Act 40, observed it by entertaining at bridge at Gregory's rostaurant, near her summer home at Clayton: on-the-8t. Lawrence, for the bene fit of the Clayton Golf Club, Born at Whitby, Ontario, June 217, 1862, daughter of Robert and Jane Draper Campbell, Miss Irwin, or more correctly speaking, Mrs, Kurt Eisfeldt, never tires of re palling her first birthday that she gan remember. That wa on the farm of her parents near Whitby. $0 in the midst of playing a cluster of no-trump cards, good enough to stand her in "five doubl- ed," she took time to talk to a Star reporter, Contrasting her birthdays of today with those of her girlhood days she remarked: "The first birthday 1 can 're member was when 1 was three yoars old, It was at the old ho stead farm up in Canada, Those were haleyon days, indeed, Mod- orn life with all its wonders and Joys, had nothing lke them, When Sap's Running "What is there to compare with lito on the northern farm during the maple-sugar making season of a half & century or so ago, when the owner of a fine sugar bush gathered the sap from the stal wart maples in the days of late Fobruary or early March, turned it into a huge milk can on a boh- sleigh drawn by a team of horses, and hauled it to the sugar-house where the flames of an entrancing wood fire beneatif tho long iron pan of boiling syrup sent to my childish nostrils the pungent are oma of wood smoke mingled with the sweet odor of the hot syrup. And then as «upper time camo we dropped fresh hen's oggs In the boiling sap, and when they were done we ate thom with huge slaby of home made bread and new maple syrup, It all took a deal of work to make that maple syrup and maple sugar, but it was one of the events of our young lives, "Children of today have their birthdays, but they are taken as & niatter of fact, There are no thrills of expectancy for the chil- dren of today. The automobile, the aeroplane, the motion picture, the radio, are all common things in our modern life, Any one of them when I was a child would have been amazing, but they serve to stir not n & second thought to the present-day child who Is not satisfied unless ho or she has expensive presents given and soon loses zest for them, Something to Enjoy "In my day we looked forward 0 our birthdays as children look orward to circusos, and we wero pleased® with a birthday cake, without even candles, with a bag of cheap candy, 'an orange or just # little remeixbrance like that, "It I may be permitted to phil osophise for a moment, I find that birthdays do not grow happler as they progress, but as they accum- ulate they come more closely to- gether, one seemingly upon the heels of the last, and with their dedp acoumulation they bring memories, If our younger years have been happy ones, these mem- ories are sweet, Bo if the young poople of today could only realize theses things and reveros their" hurry-up running around in cir: ¢les, and jumping fromgone thing 10 another, they would enjoy their birtnuays, "In early youth the years do not seem to go vory fast. And then comes middle life, when they slip by rapidly, anc lcter one rem lges that they fairly leap at ome. It is like Baster, then Menorial Day, Labor Ddy and then Christ mas when you are getting along. Made Debut in 1876 i "It seems but yesterday that I was a girl of fourteen singing and doing a little acting, yet it was 1876 that 1 made that debut in the Adelphi theatre in Buffalo, on from 1877 to 1883 I and my sister were members of Tom Pas- tor's company. But why go over ®ll that followed? "I find that the most noticeable thing is the great change in the manner in which people and chil dren take their birthdays. In many instances the parents don't even recall these milestones In their children's lives, and the children grow up in the opinion that there is no significance to them, Bo they also forget, "Always have 1 observed my days in some way, althoukh on the stage I was compelled have the observance on Sundays for 1 was always wrapped up in my work and felt that if the pub- Mo came to hear and see me I hould give them my best, I al 'ways strived to this ond." > Still Favors Al Smith _ Miss Irwin ploked up her cards to aa hes play of that fine "I am still in favor of Al ith," she ventured, "and I fee! he was lucky not to have beon dent, He would have poen blamed for all our troubles ' ust as Mr. Hoover i being for the tariff and every. Wh thing ws. 'Oh, ¥ oll you. 1 1 almost forget to had dinner with Al he dole me tha! or just what 1 have been frying to explain, ' "But you may say for me that I shall always have a soft spot in my heart for Canada, particu- larly that part of it about Whitby where I was born and spent my childhood, And 1 want to add that I think the Thousand Islands are beautiful. That is why I pick- ed them for my summer home many years #go. I have been com- ing here every year for a long, long time and they hold many sweet memories for me." Memory Is. Fleeting Whitby, Ont,, July 8.80 fleet- ing is memory ana so many of the older residents have moved away, that only three or four remember plump and merry little "Georgle" Campbell, who became America's most famous comedienne, Nearly all have heard of May Irwin and know that she was born in Whitby, but only a few can call to mind the little girl who attended Henry St School, the site of the present King Bt. school in the late sixties and seventies. Those who do remember her ro- call that even in those _days she had a flair for singing particularly songs of the comic variety, Her father, son of John Campbell, one of the pioneers of Brooklin, six miles north of Whitby and it was on her grandfather's farm, near that place, that she spent hor early yoars. The family then moved to Whitby where her father was ex- ross a-ont until his doath, Mrs, Campbell, was the sister of Chester Draper, who owned a large elevator on the waterfront at Whitby and who was one of the first mayors of that town, It was from Willlam Wallace, # youngster of 84, and his wife. that sue Star learned about the early days of the great comedi- enne. Well Remembers Her "I remember her well and her sister, Addie," Mr, Wallace relat- ed. 'There wore just the two girls and three boys. 1 think they wore called Chester, Al and Frank, They lived on Byron St, first houso north of the public library, Her uncle, Chester Dra- per, was a great man and lived in Burr Lodge, a house that way a show place in those days, My fa ther bait it for him." Mrs. Wallace, who was moro of May Irwin's own age, remembers her even more clearly, They play- ed together as chiidron and at- tended the same school. "She was always merry and bright," said Mrs: Wallace, She was short and plump and used to come singing along the streot, I remember quite well hearing her sing that song of Topsy's about "Golly I'se s0 wicked." The house north of the, library whore the actress lived as a child still stands and is occupied by John Stanlick, who, although he has lived there for 20 years and has heen a resident of Whitby for many more, cannot recall anything about the Campbell family; how they had been pioneers in the land only to leave it to others when the woods were cleared and 1iving became easier, Homestead is Gone The old Campbell homestead on the 2560-acre farm Is gone now. The nite Is occupied by Fred Hol- liday, The old buildings have long since been torn down and Mr. Holliday himself cannot re- member much of the previous owners, Miss Fannie Stephenson and her brother Peter, who have lived near the old place for 70 years, can just remember the family, . "The girls were born in Whit by and when 'Georgie' was very small they moved out here to the farm." Miss Stephenson recalled. "They left the farm 65 years ago to go to Whitby again, so 1 can't remember much about them I suppose if I had time I might recall something more definite about her." Miss Stephenson #nd her broth. er have lived for 70 years in the small house near the Campbel farm. "There wore plonty of Camp- bells here in the early days but they'va been gone these many yoars,"" she raid rather sadly, re- viewing the gassag. of time, Robert Barnes, resident of the town for over 70 yoars, remembers the family, but could recall noth- ing of the little girl, Not One Descendant hemains The Campbell family was once guite numerous about tho town of Brooklin, but not one descendant of that ploneer family remains today. B, F. Campbell, uncle of the ac- trons, was the last surviver of tho clan and he dled at Brooklin 12 YOArs Ago. Charles Spencer, who has re- sidod there mince 1855 the year before the Grand Trunk was put through to Toronto, remembors the family, "We lived between the John Campbell farm and the sixth con- cession, and Whitby, and the girls way to their grandmothers fi'eo would sometimes drop in on the ay to their grandfather's," he stated. "They drove an old white horse and I used to think they were good singers, They're all gone now; all the family is, The only relative of any kind I know loft ia Dr. Amos = Campbell at Pringe Albert." | Mr. Speneer, "who, despite his 82 years, rotaing his memory un. impaired, walks ah straight as a» young man, and drives his own our, took a keen delight in relat. ihe tains of the early days about thy. Undertaker -- Come, come, where ia the sixth pallibearer? The Minister-Par don, slr, he's proposing to the widow, *° Robert Campbell, was the | ALL CANADIAN MUSIC AT EX. Ambitious Attempt For Na- tional Military Band Is Being Made Toronto~For the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition this year, thé most ambitious attempt at a national mili tary band to date is now in process of organization under the leadership of Capt. Charles O'Neill of the his- toric Quebec citadel, In keeping with the all-Canadian theme of the entire exposition, Canadian musical organizations will be given featured prominence and the new military en semble has been formed specially for the occasion. Called the All Canada Permanent Force Band, it will play twice daily by permission of the Department of Militia and National Defence, An or- MeGill, Helen; McMaster, Rae; McRoberts, Bruce: Medland, Floyd; Meredith, Allwyn; Mer- rick, Lorna; Moore, John; Moynes, ¥riine; Pallant, Florence; Patter: son; Arthur; Pattorson, Cyril; Peterson, Gerald; Porter, Muriel; Pierson, Grace; Richards, Regi- nald; Rowden, Hilda; Roy, Marg- aret; Sallgr, Doris; Sheridan, Harold; Simpson, Ethel; Small, Elsie; Smith, Melville; Steban, Kasmyl; Steed, Arthur; Stirling, Harry; Stroud, Max; Switzer, Margaret; Tonkin, Gerald; Tre- sise, Phyllis; Vice, Geo.; Walker, Efleen; Welr, Jack; Williams, Lillian, The following students been promoted provisionally: Mountjoy, Elda; Sly, Gladyr; Patte, Dean; Ruebottom, Norman; Watson, Nellle; Wilson, Thomas. The stullents whose nambs are not listed here but have tried the Lower School examinations in sub- jects in which they were not rec- ommended will have thelr cases decided when the lower school re- sults are known, have Commercial Department The following ' students hgve been promoted from first to second form: Banner R., Barnard G., Bell 1, Black C., Blake M., Brady M,] Branton @., Branton M., Boynton R., Buekley A., Burden M, Bur- rows H., Caunt C.,, Chapman H., Chryk P., .Clark M.,, Clark R., Cooke E.,, Cowan M. Down A. Drew L., Elizuk M., Elliott B., El- ston M.,, Emmons J.,, Frise N,, Galewich 'E,, Gaynor V., Gibson D., Glass L., Gledhill E.,, Hamih ton P., Harris V., Hayton C,, Hol brook A., Jackson A. Jackson M., Jacula M., Johnson Lorene, Kal- enko N., Karch M., Knibb M,, Knowles L., Kuz M.,, Lack K., 14ddle K., Lickiec F'., Loveridge A., MacDonald M.,, Makarachuk M, McConnell H.,, McKinstry H., Me- Farlane H., Misersky 8,, Morphy R., Murphy U., Nott M., Olenick R., Ormiston J., Ormiston K., Pet- rowsky O,, Folston, 1.,, Ross H., Rouston J.,, Rudka M,, Sharrard 1., Shelenkoft L., Smith J., Stacey R., Sweet P., Taylor M., Van Huf- zen C., Walker L,, Wallace M., Weales G., Wesson Z., Whesler E., Wiggins H., Willlams V., Wilson ¥., Wilson L. The following been promoted from Second students have to N'hird Form: -- Anderson R., Anare P., Atters- ley R., Barlow R., Battle J., Big- wood 8, Black R,, Burke 8.,, Can- ning M.,, Clapp L., Clarke M,, Cornish R,, Cowie M., Dyas D., Finestein 8, Fisher M., Fitches F., Fraser J., Galewich J., Gallagher D., Goodall A,, Gough W,, Green L., Griften N., Grills 1, Hilts M,, Hodgkinson H., Houlihan J,, John- son H., Kroll H, Kuzmelink J., Legge M., Long B,, Makarchuk A. Manilla X., McCullock J., McEach- ern D., McLean R., Ogden B., Par- aschuk W., Partridge J., Petre M., Pogson, K., Savich M,, Smith ¥., St. John D., Taylor M.,, Timmins M., Vinson G., Wallace B,, White- oake R., Wragg R., Yuskiw M, The following candidates have successfully completed the Com- mercial Course: Blake R., Burke V. Commer- ford C., Cooke W. Everson M., Goheen K,, Goold Z., Gummow M., Harland 8,, Henderson M., Hocking F., Jones R., Keys G., Law H., McGahey E. (Bg), Morris M., Normoyle M., Raike E., Sisson D., Smith R., Stephenson O., Thomp- son J., Tresise M,, Victor V., Wag- ar, R.,, Wilkins B,, Willlams N. NOTE~-Many students in the Third Form who are deficient in speed In stenography or typewrit- ing will be granted their diplomas upon acquiring the standard speeds. The following students in the Boys' Technical course have been promoted: Arkle, Kenneth; Armitage, Fric; Bateman, Harold; Barker, John; Batten, Russell; Bradbury, Fdward; Bradley, Howard; Brit ton, James; 'Broadbent, Aubrey; Broadbent, Rueben; Campbeli, Cyril; Coulter, Gerard; Dearborn, Clarence; Kecles, Leonard; Fud- ger, Roht,; Fulton, Hilton; Gomme, Stanley; Graham, Milton; Hill, Stanley; Horton, James; Joyes, Robt.; Jones, Bert; Kemp, Leo; Kraweczuk, Mike; Magill, Roy; McAdam, Jack; Meck, Mer- ron; Miller, Donald; Morganthay, Sam; Morris, Clarence; Muir, Clarence; Nemis, Jas.; Norris, Cyril; Parker, Geo.; Pawley Lloyd; Rose, Harry; Sampson, William; Short, Geo.; Simmons, Jack; St. Andrews, J.; Stacey, Ernest; Stainton, Elmer; Thrash- er, Jack; Vandervoort, Walter; Vietor, Joe; =~ Warburton, Jack; Whiley, Kenneth, The following have been pro- moted provisionally; Bourne, Ernest; Clark, Wil liam; Jackson, Roy; Keetch, Heér- man; Nixon, Ralph; Pollitt, Thos,; Sargeant, Stanley, Girls' Technical Course The following students of the Girls' Technical Course have been promoted: Cameron, Coral; Fletcher, Helen; Lpuk, Stella; Spires, Dorothy: Rapson, Zoe. Dickie, Jean; Hooper, Reta; McAdam, Mary: Webster, Ardys; ganization of 76 pieces, have been drawn from the Royal Ca- nadian Regiment at Wolseley Barr- acks, London, Ont, from the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery at Kings. ton, Ont, and from the Royal 22nd Regiment of Quebec. Rehearsals have been continuing since early spring, and the members of the band will gather at Stanley Barracks, Toronto, at the first of August, to put the finishing touches on their exhibition programme, + > They will appear twice daily during the exhibition and will also accomp- any the 2,000 voice Exhibition Chorus in its weries of four concerts, At its open-air recitals, guest con- ductors, all Canadian ,will appear; a- mong them, Capt, John Slatter of the 48th Highlanders, Capt. R. B, Hayward of the Toronto Concert Band, Lt. L. K. Harrison of the Roy al Canadian Regiment, Lt, F, '\W, Coleman of Kingston, Lt, William Murdock of the 3rd Toronto Regim- ent, and others, SIMON WILL RETURN TO LEGAL PRACTICE oan London,~Sir Joha Simon, K.C, who has won. internaitonal fame through the report of his Commis- sion on India, has intimated his in tention of returning to His practice at the Bar almost immediately, He is one of the most successful counsel in the history of the British Bar, and his practice is said to have pro- duced something like $220,000 a year, He .acrificed this income more than two years ago to devote his whole time~to the work of the Indian Sta- tutecy Commission, Lady Simon has also distinguished herself in public service, taking an active part in pol. itics and social welfare work. ----------------_----t PROMOTIONS IN LOWER FORMS ATO.C.&V.1 (Continued from Page 3) Lorne; Davis, Margaret; Davis, Walter; Detenbeck, Muni Dis- ney, Efleen; Durham, Eth Ell cott, Allan; , Fair, Erline; Feit, Charmion: Fishor, John; Fisher, Doris; Fleming, Robt.; Fowke, Fred; Gillies, Murray; Glaspell, Beryl; Goold, Margaret; Hagor- man, Meda; Hare, Helen; Haver- oroft, Wm.; Henderson, Helen; Hess, Thos.; Higgins, John; Hor ton, Lucy; Howard, Arthur; Hran. koski, Mary; Hughes,' Carman; Johns, Clifford; Jude, Violet; Kel: ly, Patricia; Kemp, Kenneth; Kin. lin, Etleen; Kinnear, Betty; Kory, Mary; Lawrenge, Harry; Leach, Roswald; Legge, William; Local, Sadie; Love, Florence; Lynd, Jean; Marks, Douglas; Masurk, Helen; McDonald, Marion; McGee, Alfes; Merritt, Dorothy; Moodie, Alma: Morrison, Thelma; Ofigls- wer, Irving; Pearce, Erie; Perkin, Clarence; Perkins, Alice; Preston, Tsabel; Ratke, Mabel; Reynolds, Elsie; Richardson, William; Rob: inson, Evelyn; Rolson, Olga; Rooney, Gordon; Saywell, Helen; Sharp, Joe; Sherwood, Wm; Short, Edna; Smith Evelyn; Smith, Muriel; Sponder, Anne; Stroud, Betty; Sweet, Dora; Thompson, Donald; Tubb, Garn- ott; Vice, Geo.; Ward, Brends; Ward, Velma; Watson, Evelyn; York, Eldred; Zochodne, Frank, The following students have been promoted provisionally: Alexander, Gordon; Bradley, Elsie; Colvin, Harold; Gillard, Kenneth; Grover, Harold; Har- court, Mary; Hill, Margaret; Ken- nedy, Paul; Merritt, Harold; Mof- fatt, Malcolm; Porkins, Willlam; Reddick, Harold; Roy, Ines; She ord, Lorraine; Stuart, Howard: Tait, David, The students whose names are not listed here but have tried the Lower School examinations in sub- Jeots in which they were not rec- ommended, will have their cases decided when the lower school re sults aro known, The students of the Sceond Year Academic course who have made the required standing in their year's work and have beon pro moted to the third year are: Anderson, Anni Andison, Frank; Ardiel, Robt; Ashton, Helen; Bale, Margaret; Baron, Annie; Bell, Jamioson; Bond, Irene; Brown, Sheola; Brownlee, Thelm&; Bruce, Robt; Bucknam, Elmer; Bull, Mary; Callaghan, Marion; Cameron, Margaret; Chappell, Jack; Chappell, James; Olarke, Jack; Davonport, Lillian; Del, Hvelyn; Drake, Willlam; Ea- wards, Donald; Edwards, Sadle; Fletohery Mary; Garbutt, Lloyd; Gifford, Owen; Gillette, Jack: Glass, Mary; Haines, Muriel; Hare tls, John; Hart, Ethel; Hicks, Doraine; Hill, Dorothy; Horton, Lucy; Inksater, Marjorie; Jones, Fred; Kinsman, John; ig ne; Ledger, Jean; Walter; Lovett, Frank; Douglas; McFadyn, Margaret; er" A %, 2 %, \ a RRR A REE HEAVY SERVICE IFTY or a hundred miles from rail- head . . . on the raw edges of civiliza- tion . 4 . mighty works are progressing; new, wealth is being carved from the wilds; new towns are being built; new water powers harnessed. pS and stops. 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