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\ THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, December 4, 1958 9 i Give Him a 'Shammy' for Xmas ! If You Like a Shiny Automobil Do you, like to ride in a well-|sole gift for some car devotee | polished car? Then be sneaky outside the family fo whom you Home Help Is Important In Teaching Child To Read | thig Stmas Sul put we of the want to give, a small token of! {new chamois in your husband's|your regard. By CLEVELAND MYERS, Ph.D. there is no one best way for the Christmas stocking. ; A genuine chamois does double | | There is hardly a man alive quty as washer and polisher. | While touring the Scandinavian|child to learn to read. ho oo opi cating wo OE Gacy a washer and polisher | countries last summer, 1 learned URGE THEM TO ELP |the family chariot when he feels . Ld that many children in these lands| So, instead of trying to keep the velvety smoothness of al learn to read at home before they parents from helping the ehild at| chamois in 'his hands. enter school. They don't start home as he begins to learn tol p is an nsive school till age seven. read, the school should do the op-|Blft ich hi -- appreciated As you know, European chil- posite and urge parents to help out oi Topo! . dren > ten or twelve have been him in any way tkey choose, so The large - sized chamois, which found to read much better than long as they are calm and patient Will cost you about $4.00, comes our children. Their reading level with him and find ways for him|in a variety of packages, depend- ; lis usually from one to two years to succeed at reading. So also) ing ou the brand. But all arg sui Installation. i<hould parents be urged to helo able wrapping as a small ex- shesd of ours: this "child later, fly only with tra Christmas gift. Or even as al Sisherin by the WRONG METHODS reading but with other school sub-| | I kept wondering how the jects. { teachers in Scandinavian eoun-! po. thie peason, I have lon [] tries kept Parents from teaching] made available free home helps! HALL S BEAUTY their children by "wrong" metho," eaging © spelling, .arithmetic ods. I kept saying to my elf that,| 4 ii (to. be had by PARLOUR in our country, teachers In the oping a self-addressed. U.S.| 15 King St. E. first grade generally warn par-| ca moed envelope to me in care ents not to help their children" yic"yowenaper), Thousands of] Phone RA 3-7011 with reading at home, fearing} oo ants are asking for them and OPEN Free Draw on Christmas Gifts with Every Appointment. | CHILD GUIDANCE water, it wipes all dirt from the|clean water, the millions of soft! |car surface -- soaking up the|sueded fibres of dry chamois will? |layers of dust and grime, After produce a high gloss as it is rub je is rinsed and wrung out in|bed over the car. Ped THERE IS A LUCKY NUMBER IN YOUR "FOUR LEAF CLOVER" DROP IN AND PICK ONE UP PAT & DON'S CLOVER FARM 432 SIMCOE ST. SOUTH RA 5-3144 For Free Estimates Custom-made Draperies. Venetian and Cloth Blinds. "Kirsch" Rods and Tracks. or WATCH FOR YOUR "FOUR LEAF CLOVER" DELIVERED EACH WEEK IN YOUR DISTRICT ® Breodloom. these parents might use Wrong c.ores are writing to say they « Sambos. Dmpes | teaching ways. "work." Judging from much of the| aegis by many reading ex- ANSWERING QUESTIONS | perts, addressed to teachers and| Q. Wouldn't requiring a tot, 4, parents, and from the thousands ic spend 15 minutes standing in of letters I receive, parents gen- a corner be better than having erally are advised not to help him sit in a chai. that long? their children in the earlv grades' A, No, because it would be with any school <ubject at home. much harde; . Indeed, most teachers, it seems,| -- don't let the child take home his| (R§% primer or first reader. ONE GOOD WAY This practice in our country has long distressed me and I have often said so in this col-| umn. It ascumes that there is; = just one good way for a child to learn to read, and the school always has this way. 7 But, fortunately, a few experts ss HOWARD'S DRAPERIES 926 Simcoe St. N. A A AU ; THE FAMILY'S PRIDE AND JOY Wilbur, Nonquon road. One- | Todgham and great-grandchil- year-old Debbie and Dougie, | dren of Mr. and Mrs. George who is two, are the grandchil- | Sraughan, and Mr. and Mrs. dren of Mr. and Mrs. Walter | H. H. Jackson, all of Oshawa. | Bushby and Mr. and Mrs. Roy --Photo by Ireland MARY HAWORTH'S MAIL Retired Lawyer Gives Advice To Common Law Marriage Pair These bonnie playmates are Deborah Anne and Douglas Harold, small daughter and sd) of Mr. and Mrs. Harold AVAAVARD NAAR AAR AAA OSHAWA SHOPPING |As you say, their pastor can be {helpful with the emotional as- pects of their situation; while {also (I hope) using his commu- [nity influence to refer them to a | good lawyer, and interest the lat- ter in doing what can and should be done, to get their marriage on a solid foundation. All in strictest confidence, .of course. MH wi HHS TRS PS 3 » > LAY 3 > DEAR MARY HAWORTH: I purposes. This can become very ana retired lawyer, inter- important in connection with ested in your recent advice (Oct. property rights, pensions, social 14) to a couple who blundered security, etc. Also it may become into a common law marriage important to the child later, as to some years ago. |her legitimacy, notwithstanding Active church workers, respec-| that in several states, statutes ex- ted*in their community, they live ist to legitimatize a child born il- in fear of disgrace and want to| legitimately, if the parents marry know if there is any way of hav- afterward. ing.a legal ceremony -- without, This couple needs a well-in- exposing the whole story. formed lawyer now; and if they You advise them to get their have no money to pay a fee, their padlor's help in strictest confi- local bar will refer them to coun- dence, in drafting a remedy. But Sel on a voluntary basis. Or per- I fuggest that they need a Jaw- haps there is a local legal aid yer: primarily. The clergyman society. Yours truly, may be helpful with the emo- Anxious Prodigal ANOTHER LEAD DEAR MARY HAWORTH: Re- cently a woman wrote you saying she is a common law wife and wondering what, a fter some years she and her husband might do, to make the marriage legal, without acquainting the public with the real facts. May I suggest a solution? I had a friend on the East Coast, who was married on her parents', 25th wedding anniver- sary. After the ceremony, the parents stood up and the clergy- man had them repeat the vows. It was beautiful, If a marriage license could be ning to say, what should be ob- vious to the average person, that versary" reception for their | friends, and fellow church work- ers and the pastor; and the pas- tor could preside at an exchange of vows, which friends mighi think was a 'repeat' ceremony. P. S.: Would it help if the li- cense were issued under an as- sumed name? I understand that use of an alias doesn't change | the legal status. It may afford a way out for them. S. G . Mary Haworth counsels through | 7%; her column, not by mail or per-| 3 STARTING TOMORROW FRIDAY -- 9:30 AM. LH HH RH A BEER] tiomal aspect. . it 0 I they are parties to a com- aR D, Y. Thank you for law marriage, they are as his expert dissertation on the inly married as if they had Fights. and resources and pos- bad a large church wedding. |SIDIY already valid status, of the However, let's be clear -- many | °0UPIe in question. I appreciate people use the term 'common YOUT information and the kindly law marriage" not to describe SPIrit In which it is offered. such, which is valid and proper| I do agree that the couple in geveral states; but to cover il- needs a lawyer primarily. But be- licit co - habitation. So - called | cause of their timidity and uncer- proxy marriages are valid only tainty, and assumption that the as common law contracts; the world would scorn them, and the eefemony is simply for show. church reject them if the truth the basis of R. F.'s state- were known, I felt ii advisable of fact, it seems fairly for them to overcome this fear, | . at the very of their effort to | gs aa | ina state that recognizes com-| 1 felt this might be best! me law marriage, then they are achieved by turning first to their validly married; and their child pastor as to a spiritual father (in| is Jegitimate. Yet, even if the/the tradition of the chastened first state does not recognize prodigal, yearning fo r security). Reilman:~ have accomplished such by "WHERE SMART WOMEN SHOP" sonal interview. Write her in care] w= of this newspaper. obtained confidentially, perhaps this couple could have an "anni-' 2 4 "A. a} We can give it to you . . . ; WHOLESALE | TOYS --- GIFTS -- APPLIANCES TERRACE ENTERPRISES WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS 539 Albert St. (Behind Pedlars) 13 AE e. & & 'YOUR DRAPES MADE FREE TOTAL COST OF DRAPERIES INCLUDING THE FINEST SATEEN LINING ! RAN & & . A £4 ¢ G ANNNNNDNNDDNDNNDWD WR RRY[A may latér co-habitation in a state that| does. | NBED STATEMENT Nonetheless, even if such is the casg, it would be well for them to make a signed, sworn record of the fact of the marriage, giv- ing.the date when it came into being. A ceremony in addition wolildn't hurt, unless (mark this) certain financial benefits or prop- ert§ rights are contingent upon| the first-dated common law nup- tial day. In-several states it is a simple matter to arrange a follow - up ceremonial marriage. 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