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Here is SomethingVery Special N ewe. from Neighboring Townshis `Th ursday,' "Illa:-ch .22, 1911. We Cordially Invite You To Visit Our New Store AN 88-NOTE PLAYER PIANO, in mission n- ish, only in use two years, in perfect order, rst price $550.00, Price now with twelve rolls of music. for _quick .sale,_' $375.00. Terms: ` $25.00 down and ten dollars per month. No interest. Or a special discount. GAiRRET'l'tS Music P. o.3ox17s PHONE 2594 AnevLa,ono GUTHRIE As Told by Our EVERYTHING IN MUSIC (Crowded out Last. We ek. v ' oubux [,uuU. t A successful all-day sewingi] ,1meet,ing for Secours National 1 at was held at the home of Mrs.` r.Jas. Quinlan on Tuesday, March ', Q13. In the afternoon the regu- f ..lare monthly meeting of "the? :Women s Institute took place. . Meeting opened with singing O Canada, after which minutes of _former meeting were read and `approved. Mrs. E. C. Drury then: gave a report of the OM Red - 1 Cross Society and Miss E. A. Rix i 1 a report of the In.sr,itute Distriet;- l)i1*ect0r s meeting, which she` attended in Orillia on March 9,!` A pleasing feature of the meet'_ 1 iing was a visit from the District 1 -President, Mrs. Todd of Orillia,g, -;who {gave an interesting talk on*] 1 the Duties and Resp,0nsibili_ties ` of Canadian Women. - The next all-day sewing meeting will bei] ' held at the home of Mrs. Egberti] [_Avis0n on Tuesday, March 27.` [1 Q ..____ i 1 I 1 n1ulU.I.!U1 1l.'U1.ll llU1'B, lIlUlUUlng 3.; sleghgload of young people,; tjourneyed, out to H. Gilel'1rist sf home and thoroughly enjoyed; a well spent evening of games; and music last Friday....Bert. Huddleston is improving` after` . a seriousattack of pneumonia- -`land his` many friends hope to sgsee him able to be around again -soon....Mr. and Mrs. Norman L;Dunn and `family ret.ui.`ned to .stheir home in the West last -{week after spending the winter ',months with friends here....... l Each day the sun shines strong; l;er, rapidly melting` the snow, ,making reary for the maple` hisufirar time. o nu`.-;,.,.,...-L`--I _II ,1 - ` , ---_.------Z Il'Il IYI` Mar. 13.-Elm'er Johnson has {returned home from Toronto.. 1..Miss Mary McLean came home {from Edgar on Saturday, bring- .uu.uo u.cu1, U11 iuuauay 6VBl.111l{g ,'.l 3. . . .Mrs`. F.` Patterson is visit- iing friends in Toronto. . . . .Mrs. (Dr.) McLeod of Toronto is vis- xiting Mr. and Mrs. `Fellows. . . . :Sgt. A_.'McDonough of the 177th !Bn.,~ spent Saturday in this vil- lage. . . .M. Fellowes has resign- led his position with the Domin_ ion Bank and hasaccepted a, iposition with the Fisher Motor: iCo., of Orillia. . . .Mrs. W. Foster` was visiting friends in Hamil-. ston last week....Pte. E. Leigh? {and Mrs. Leigh arevisiting Pte.l ;Leigh s'mother, who isvery ill. . I A small accident occurred on the. railway, three cars leaving the` track just, infront of station. `doing very little damage to sta.'.| ltion and track. . . .Geo. H. Clark -occupied the pulpit in the Met,h-l lodist church last Sunday morn- 3mg. --I'- -C IIZZ I TI- March 19. A number of our young people attended a social hop in Mr. Ken- .dal.l s Hall, on Tuesday evening. .!_ _ , .MFQ` Doffononn `:5 17:n:` I March 14`-A large number of! `the 'young `folk from around? "here gather-edat Kendall s Hall,5 a Hawkestone, last Tuesday even.. ing, and. spent a very enjoyable' -evening, the chief amusement being dancing. . . . .Archie Mc- Millan has returned to Alberta, after spending the winter months. with friends and relatives down] East. . . .We- welcome Mr. . and; Mrs. Reid (ind family of 0rillia;. also Mr. and Mrs. McLellan and` `family of Burk's Falls into our `vicinity and` wish them success in their new horr_1es.i. . . . .Angus` and William McDougall have! .not started for the -West yet as} 16, in aid of Red Cross, f up Father, Grand,` March 28th. mluasme S+;:| l0N Correspondents HAWKESTONE PHONE 25.322 \JI. UIIC IIIGCUIIIE It was moved by Wm. Adams, seconded by Hy. Priest, that a vote of` thanks be tendered to Mr. Garvin for his able address on Superannuation of Teach- ers, and informet-ion given on-- `other school toplcs, also -Mr. _u|Uu.l;II.l5 Uu. [1110 00.11.16. A. B. Goutts, the other dele- 'gate,t read a portion of the Pres- ident s address last Easter; and commented on the proceedings of the meeting. ' I} rnfjo vvxnuynrl "11! -`X71-n Allthvvstn unycl. usuuu. I M. Coughlin read the minutes of the meeting of the Trustees section of the Ontario Educa- tional Assocn., held last Easter in the new technical school in `Toronto, which showed the mat- ters brought before the meeting andvthe` manner in which the same was disposed of and com- menting on the same. A `D I`.-.41.-. 41... -11.-.. 4-1- tn-3 LUL puUl1Uali1U11. ` 5 Jos. L. Garvin, Inspector of! Public Schools,, adhressed the hieetiiig on Superannuation of i .l.`eachers. He stated that Sir lwm. Hearst had given a deputa- ;tion of. teachers and inspectors |Ul`. assurance that'the Bill be- fore the House for that purpose iwould in all probability become 'law before the end of this ses- sion. 4 The scheme `as outlined {by Mr. Garvin is very fair and sreasonable. The premium or a- `mount to be set aside to pay these annuities, as they mature, or otherwise`-fall due, owing to loss of health, etc., would be ve per cent. of the salary received, based on a minimum salary of .$550. Two and one half per [cent. to be retained by the Sec.- Treasurer of the School Board out of the Teacher s salary and forwarded. quarterly to the'De- partment, the Government t0.set aside the other two and `a half per cent.,, making a total of ve {per cent. The annuities payable lto a teacher would vary from ,$365 to $1000 according _to sal- iary received, lengthrof service, letc. Mr. Garvin was of the ; opinion that - the superannuation ;of. teachers would have a tend-. zency to keep teachers in the pro- fessionwand increase the supply `of qualied teachers -throughout [the province and in that way the province, or -the people, would reap the_benet of not only a {large eld of teachers to choose from and greater competition, but also the advantage of exper.. ienced teachers, stating that sta_ tistics showed that nearly fty per cent. of the Public School teachers had less than two years! experience. ` (V.-.n-.-..Inl:n ....~.-..J 1|..- ......'___-1_- MIDHURST it ; `GROWN HILL March 1/t--MI'. and MP8. C." March '14---VVedding bells still, Horton entertained a- number of ring out in this place. . . .A jolly friends last Friday evening, number from here, including a: March 9. A good time is re- people,i _portedf....James Coutts of AV-, journeyed Gilchrist`s? -ening is renewing, old acqua1_n`- enjoyed taneeships here.... Miss Alice games} Doran spent. a, few days last week with friends in Edgar.... Walter Black left for Ralph. .'Sask., on Monda,v,'Mareh 12, af-`land ter spending the winter moiithsgsee again at frhis home -here`; . . . . We(_i'-;soon....Mr. -ding bells are ringing loudly 1n,Dunn the village..On Wednesday, Mar.stheir 7, the 177th Bn. of Barrie. visit-{week ed the village and after their,months dinner was served in the church ;and school they gave a musicalier, _rapidly entertainment in the _ehurch,;making ready maple which was_inuch appreciated hyjsugar all. The ladies o1',1_V[idhu.rsti successful. sewing provided the soldiers` with pies,imeet_ing Seeours etc . . . . ..,Mrs. Jas. Russell gave an oyster supper on Thursday.Jas. March" evening, March 8, to a nuiiiberf13. ..of her friends. A very,enJoy-.lare `the table evening was spent... . . T.he Women steam shovel is at t.he 0.13.11. gra- -vel pit is ready for operation. fnY`]`nnr` rnnnfinnv u x v n n n .......i .......J nu _lJL,u:v\.vuLlIJU U110 VVUI.-`JD UJLULLUULH. 4 .-`It was moved by M. Coughlin, and secmided by VV.`Adams, that :1 vote of Lhanks be tendered Mr. Priestlfor his very able address, his painstaking efforts to have the Act, obeyed, and that his pa- per be handed to the Barrie pap- ers for publication. Inc I linntrivx Tnnnnninn Al` Vespra Ratepayers and Trustees - Association The annual meeting of the Trustees and Ratepayers Asso- ciation of the Township of Ves- 'pra, was held in the Town Hall, ,l\/Iidhurst, on the afternoon of fthe 'l2th inst. There was a fair iattendance. C. M. Hickling pre-| sided and - after thanking those! j present for the interest shown! fill the Association, and more! `particularly the ladies (who: were present for the first time). fproceeded with the programme without delay, calling` on Hy. P1-iest,, Truancy oicer for the '.l`own.ship.of Vespra, for his pa- per on the Truancy Act. n DVi;r\;V` Puma} nnnnl llnn "n" EJLIJ L111 IJIIL7 Ll uctlluy IXULVQ Mr. Priest first read the Tru- ancy Act, and afterwards ex- plained some of the 'diiculties| encountered by the Truancy Of- ficer. A lengthy discussion fol- lowed, when it was concluded` -that the best way to persuade `parents that they would have to obey the Act, was by proceeding tuyprosecute the worst offenders. I- I ,- um- .~.,.....,x 1..-. mr n-.....1,.1.'... llIA\/ V.VJ`l1ll u LLILDUULLCLLLUUUD. DILUVV-Q er. . . {The marriage of Miss,. Lizzie Easton and Mr. Harry` `Ayersl was solemnized T by Mr. I)ew 0n `Wednesday after which the young couple went to Tor- "oulo and other points. When; `they return they will reside ` ini T'h01'nt0n. VV-e all join in ex_ Mending heartiestf - c0ng`ratula-! ltions to t.l1ese young people. . . . ;.Lie0. Easton leaves for the West on Thursday. ` '"""'-*"'" I Mar. 13-R. J. 1\/Iclinight, visit.-[ ed friends in Elmvale last week.,? . . . . ..A number of the young; people assembled at the home of; |l\/Ir. and Mrs. Easton on Monday I l'e_\=en1ug and presented Miss Liz-' zle WIUI a mlseellaneous. sh0w-! l\'II ' 1' '7r|I.-..-. .-.,.x.,.....'...-... A 1|K:-_3 Mar. 'i3'-- Gordon Brown of Sunnidale is visiting friends !here. . . .A number of Ivy young Shower given by Miss Blossom '-McKnight, last Friday evening !people attended the "Trench and all report a good time . . . . . . .gMrs.,_VV. J. McLean is visiting Barrie friends. . . . .Miss Laura Carruthers is spending a few days in Toronto. . . .The two A- ldult Bible Classes meet at the -home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Mc- topic being on India. Ad- dresses were given by Miss Henry, Miss Reita McDonald, Miss Lizzie -McLean," Jack Hat- ton and Reginald Arnold, after which lunch was served `by the .Lean last, Thursday evening, the girls. . . .The Sewing -Circle girls .intend having a social evening ml `the Orange Hall on Friday, Mar. 16, in aid of,Re Gross. 'ing Misses. Jean and Laura Me-` `Lean with her for over Sunday. ;..Miss Giffen of Stayner spent the week-end with Miss C. Mc- l eod'.... ..Mr. and Mrs. Thos. E,lli-ott spent a few days at Mid- `land recentIyv.. ....Miss Helen ,l.ead1ay, also Mabel and Melvin `Wattle, spent a {few days at. Reeve Wattie s. KiLLYLEAGH sum: EXAMINER Aria sA.'runoAv:* MORNING - Mar. l3-gwl\Irs_.--_l3urney and daughter Eva are visiting with Mrs. John Walker. . . . Mrs. Wm. Besse is under the doctor s ~care. . . . Miss Gertie Sampson of Barrie is visiting at her home. 'here....Mrs. R. Connell is im-5 proving nicely. . . .Messrs. Chas.; and Wm. Tillett left this ,week' "for their home in Vanguard,_ 'Sask. . . .The- Smiling Face Club held `their meeting-on Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Bartholemew. A A very` enjoyable time was reported... Miss Ethel Sampson is spending a few weeks in Toronto. . . .That even the farm animals are help- ing to keep down the high cost of living, was shown in a ewei belonging to T. Ross, whichl is? raising four fine, healthy lambs.| ....A sleighload of scholars] from No. 17 with their teacher,` visited the Agricultural cars| from Guelph, which stopped_ at` Barrie on Thursday afternoon. ILKIVVO um I will endeavor to show the. !working of this Act for the past [year under my jurisdiction. I {have certainly found it not well *understood by the ratepayers `generally. Many seem to think its purpose is to stop the prac- tice of playing truant by the children; some answers of par- ents to notices sent show this fact. It should be widely known and understood that this Act is for the compulsory attendance. of school "children between ages lof 8 and 14 years. I will admit it seems hard in some cases to '0 ,find the public roads in no con. dition fo.r children toget to and! from school during the fall, win- ter and spring months when the; weather conditions make it im-i possible for them to travel over` the roads, yet the Act states` distinctly that any child of that age shall. attend some school or be under eliicient `instruction not less than 80 per. cent. of the school term. According to the Assessment List of our Town- ship, of scholars of that. age I nd thereare 289 children be- tween 8 and 14 and 23 teachers, and that 85 of those children- had not attended school for that} 80 per cent. regulation. I also find on looking over the Rural Mail contract between the De- partment and the patron that unless the roads are kept open during the winter the contract is void, yet many of those roads are used- by the children going to and from school. If it is poss- ible in the one case, is it not in the other, or if we are compelled in the one case, why not in the other-`? Yet many of the teach- ers reports received by me state that bad roads are the cause of the non-attendance of many scholars not attending school, When we consider that we are spending $12,000 or $14,000 each year among seventeen school sections, and- after having erect- ed good and comfortable school !Cough_1in and Mr. Coutts for {their report of the meeting of Ithe Ontario Educational Assoc- ciation. The election of oicers resulted as follows :- Pres.-C. M. Hickling. Vice-Pres.--Geo. Johnston. Sec.-Treas.' A. B. Coutts. Directors --l Lloyd Livingston _ and Chas. Harris. Delegates to o. E. A. -- M. Goughlin and G. M. Hickling. Truancy Act Mr. Priest s paper was as fol- lows: ,IlI .,- ,I,, 200 Shades, P1ain,.Lace or Insertion, or Dark Green Colors, worth from 50 to Slightly Smoked. Special - - A CANADIANS WANTED F53 10,000 Rolls Two blocks west of old stand where you wi'1l nd `the latest in sheet and folio music, Columbia Grafonolas ahd the celebrated Heintzman & Co Pianos. _houses,gwe should see that our` children have a chance of getting a share of the educational ad- gvantages we are paying for, by "conveying them to and from! school or putting the roads in' `shape so they can attend school. Another reason that has been ggiven is that help at home being. Ihard to obtain the children have {been kept home to help in pick-` `ing up `potatoes and other work on the farm. The Act allows for this under the authority of the head teacher or AavJustice of the Peace and I think parents should avail themselves of that] authority. It is hard on children Dwhen they go out into the world not to be able even to read or- write. One case that came und- -er my notice was of a girl 15 years of age, who was not able `to read or write her own name. She was out 'working for her living and was born and brought up no great distance from one of these seventeen school sec- tions, in fact far closer than many others, and yet the lat- ter children received a .fair elementary education. I am sure` you will see in your capacity of trustees and ratepayers the nec- essity of complying with the clauses of this Act and giving the -children under your guar- dianship the best possible chancel to obtain a good sound educa.-, tion, fitting them out with every chance of success to battle with the world. I am sure teachers, parents, Inspector and Trustees will feel far more satisfied with results if the schools of our] Telephone 73 I . If you have not trial. Prices very rea TION at all times. We are all ready for the SPRING TRADE, having recently received a ne range of Choice ENGLISH and SCOTCH Wool- lens. COLORS all guaranteed, LATEST AND UP-TO-THE- MINUTE STYLES. Come in and Inspect our Goods and Order your SPRING SUIT NOW. j Lawglies and Men ; Tailoring Ladies? Tailoring a Specialty. ave ordered your SPRING SUIT give us a reasonable, and we guarantee SATISFAC- "township are lled with a full rlcomplement of scholars during -ischool hours than by having {imany empty seats and then to ilnotifythe Truancy Otlicer ap- Llpointed to look up these child- .;ren. I am sorry to say that many obstacles are put in the way of a truancy otlicer doing his duty add I feel that the Trustees of - each section could take this matter in hand and thereby have lless violations of the law than at present, by calling a meeting of ratepayers of each school sec- tion and explaining the objects [lot the Truancy Act, and the risk . they run by not complying with 1 its different. clauses. I trust I = have made this explanation plain and to the point, and that each and every one will find some : means to make the work more l effective than by taking the mat- * ter before a magistrate for set.- ` tlement. ` L l r > n I W. A. Lowe & Son have added `a new branch to their furniture business, that of upho.Istering.e ;Mr. W. Noland, who conducted a repair shop at Charlotte and Berczy Sts., will look after the upholstering work. 34-tf [In all countries. Ask for our INVENA {DORIS ADVISEP.,which will be sent free. II!\."?TChN & IVIARION. I 364 University st., Montral. GARR,TT*S MUSIC 17QRE 3' l\ nan; H. T_v\_r1ss,_ 3 Owen `Street Page Three P. 0. Box 178 Dancing Madcaps with Bringing