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Barrie Advance, 8 Nov 1938, p. 2

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Remembrance Dav LETTERS ':'0 U Nd! inwzxrd victory tha`. Sphinx. ht- IJUUI2 "ibhr. (_-\'~2r).'thn;.;, me)` thim::-, . ........,.. --By Aileen. ._.,u.u, ` 1 fomlcst memory` h1u1'1'o._Z Origin of the Months Name small things, ntere. The Barrie Advance .4? Conducted By The Pathfinder SUCCESS knotted wi` ; humbly for G ra IJ(1llu(ll_\ Vllb. :1 u - . . . _ <. ... .. .. Inan `god, J:mu.~; the A:i`.;.' with L`.-:r faces, ono Iookim: `rain the }>:1.~`.- and the other szazinu forward to the` future. Febx-uur_v x-ome~ from Ihu; Latin word februo, to purify. 1&3 was customary for the R0lIiZxl').'~ M` observe fc-stivals of purication dur- ing that month. March 0wc.-~ its name to the old God of Wmnf Among the Saxons this momh vvu.-`_ known as Lenct, meaning: spring; and this is the origin of our word` Lent. April was named from the Latin apnrio, to open, In :-,';L:n':f`u_n- :LlL`h folded slacknes. penc the ici- .=ni(l \V'.1tt.= s".1i(l the` said the V 1' 01; -`aid ihc _\`elfo\\' Tihv % Tarriv Ahuanrr if bf. the said the ue. ` Get a good pull with the 1`i11:;," said the doorbell. I Be sharp in all your (leaxiix1.g'.<,` said the knife. | Find 21 good thing and stick to it,"! l said the glue. DTrust to your stars for succes;<,| said the night. Strive to make a good impression," said the seal. ` at in x :0: ; RESPITE Autumnal lore, the stolen glints of El-Ill. To-day your reign of beauty h'd.'~`% begun. 1 Oh! would that beauty oniy could but stay And leave our country as she is to-1 day. < I |Crammed granaries and pits piletll | high with food, 'O e1'owing` wells, and miles and miles of wood. ` Mines sunken deep and sxheries galore, All subjects of Io-mor1'ow s autum- lore. l ._,x ...:.L oL..tl And whilg I muse and wi.~:h that! you could stay, . A wind might come and whisk you} far away, '| `As in :1 thrice my dreaming: too hr` " I .\..,... .__. <: :IIer upple-~.-o .-\m1 laid out {To be di.~po ! ...!,.1. V\ UC1, make the sun to shine when! gone is autumn 101-0. --Ma1`y ;\Iz11'_g'a1`eL Mathemzg * . 2: :2 :4: | AUTUMN RAIN Enchanted is the autumn min !In the dark \\'on(1e1' of the night. 111' we could \vzmdm' in the lane M... . . . ,_ ,.`.,,___ _h., BA|.A\/ ,_.... 1nate1'ia1, that the (Hon.-`e. I \V11;:'~e ` iO\'e1' all th- shalowe(l land I l"'ull,< now the cold and . \'el'.l ;If you would take me by the lumtl` l;\.ntl . the ,f1`0. .'t2u'le.<.< trail , l ~---D. Newman. 'l`0)'011t0. I | _l.... '1 i APPLE CORES `G1'euL-.-\unt .\I21y:_::ic iikcs (1 1, l-m..`.,_ . _ iSo she L(3l\'f3S bu: bum; s worms to stay in 9 , V ,1, ,__`1 ilic, when I What 1110 (c i \ I .. \.,.....,,_. -. ; `When I eat an; apple. the 1 there ! --Anne SL1t'ne1~izu1U - .5 an `Err: yet he tried the n ' blade. When 1'.=.t' he heard 5 bu_r:I0.< sound, ,He turned his hack mu r-...1.\ 1 (Bumpy .\U unu -.1. .... the ght 3 Can ShO\\' :1 \\'< 1 l that he fee For co\\'zu` hm of the hum. ... V Wanted: A 1u.bo1*e1' and 21 boy',i goats both with ;:i'a'/.in;: for two `F-`1'otc`stam.s. Wzxnicd : An enorgretic youm: man for :1 retail store partly out of |dom'.~', ',.v:11'ti_\` behind the counter. I Wanted: A mi.1iner wishes an en- '.{`Z\;_"('.l]`.(`i`.`.' of ten years experience. ` Wantnd: Situation by a young] 1:\d_\' who (-3.11 do .11`. kimis: of :-.c-W-1 'ing and embroidery except music. ins; .1 1. u `IAIN! ti']v Ht.`l:\Lr, And .:i\` :1 .' of A few 1.-"om! .friem1;< of \ -`II ,1 .41." "\(11v JlUlI\,|'Av And 1111113.: his M the grround. QUEER ADVERTlSEM.F.NTS ,4:.__..__ CUUH1 \\(.l.l|\.U:l in un. nun. . 3 colored leaves L".i. .~`of1Lvl bright. 1' niI)b`.e.~' think sh plete, .. 7. ohm . \1xIx. \ done. EDITORIAL 1: un: _..,\ play in ! tll,` u. needs, m` ful .'-`cz\1`ed THE. DESERTER `di.~po. `L l\ the DESIDERATA . .. ..L4 .1: 5, undi. yem'.~,. --I\Inx E1mm\m2'.~ Poem.~`.; 1 ned 1\|.1 - .s..-n dc:1th'.~ rrk br'mg_-' wealth, from xv: hill chewed the core is" ;')`zmd upon .40`. of" (15 folk of beauty has,.,.., '...- .......,. ..,:. \.V.l u-:n `W. Luv.` editor, as that, m the minds of - ' le i< `Ill '1ll-inclu~`ivr-' Vt, _7 H many peop , .4 ( ( . W uy 0! Cm title--a mythical individual who is W t0_!.~'uppo.<.ed to know all the un. [without looking in the back of the lbook. People stop me on thr- piletztreeti to ask- the datfh thelir gull. d .(.`1`l]) 101 expn'es-an( ey oo 11.4 mxd if the) V;'.ondered -h0\lIt'tl could be ` masqueratimz as an em or am no. 5,he1.ieS`be able to an.~:wcr :~vuch a siniple ` question. More than once l lmve ` 0n_0W,S aum) been awakened by the telephone `late at night by some one inquir-, thatlim: ii there were any answcr:~: kttll V lithe ofce to a blind ad that had ap- `fmd youipeared in the paper the day before. ` -People expect us to tell them when h_eamin,, bpithe boat leaves for St. Joe, why F parents: let their children play in the when.stree:. and why the police don':| m lstop reckless driving. Once I \\'a;` m_L_,a1.et `\Iathe)._lCalle(l from a meetimz to the phone Q; `by 21 man who wanted to know Cir,-\'eland s elenfoi-al vote in f)2-- mum" had :1 bet that he wanted to .-ettle. `A fen. _\'<.-airs z1':o--e1i(l that \\'z1:~:at! manly = hon-.~t peaceful s ... 1.--. bump.= apple-- .- ....4 }.i:iT`[iSlMC0EWC0UNTY o5`?f,unHlST0RY CITED 'I zxllowc about it.= pceki >u'u'ht 0!` 1:02`. .-qua re 4.1.. .1} -we11. nether H is T1E=%EAp1f1fAg;2 IN ? l The door to the office opens am-.1 [some one says : I want to see tha-5! ` editor. 1 I... For: - \.uu,u.. l ' The visitor may have 21 ne\\'. `item; he may be after some in-I -formation; he mziy be wrzizliy over an article in the last paper; hi] nmy be seekimr publicity for some event or czLu.~.ae in which he is E1111 .-|'c.~L !e he mav want to )l2,lCC :2 clzissi-i 1 . I ed ad, my a bill or 'u.~'t talk . J thiiigs over. No matter what his mis.~:i(m may be, the visitor is apt to for the n,.,J.'4,....!! ..,. LL..L :._ LL- ...:__,| ,1` IN THE KIVVANIS MAGAZINE .. .-.. .,\...... .,,,., ...... ..., `a I{iwani;< meeting: when thei scheduled speaker did not .~"now up" -it was .~'u;:_<.-.'r2.ste(I that I explain! the Ein.~:t-;-in t11eo1'_\' brielly. All 1} lcould do Wzl.< to tell the fellows 111$ 1,bc glad to but I \\'a.< 21i'1'-aid thr.-;.'. Icou]dn't unrier.~>tzm it. Our }~..'n~i~ lest job is to keep people from he- n -1. 1 a -, ` I . I peeved Ito he lest from _vin:_-' 1 and miin; how Iittle we know. - .. ... .. :the paper am] i in}: about 1-L-in: 'to an editor, h: `more cwmdencl 3 lowed U-0-._1b`.`(:.= cept tion of the opening owers. The Saxons Caiiud the month Easter, in]' ihonor of their Goddess of Spring," from which comes our word Easter. 313;.` was named after the Roman _ goddess Maia, and June was so-call-H `ed in honor of Juno. July was named in honor of Julius Caesar, and August -gets its name from Augustus Caesar. September is from the Latin septem, seven, this being the seventh month according to the old Roman calendar. Octo- ber. I\'o\'ember and December also [retain the names by which they were known under the old calendar, ,when there were but ten months in the year---octo, novem and decem, '|meaning eight, nine and ten. 1 _ '31 Very shortly Canadians every- where will be observing: Remem- brance Day, or Armistice Day, it n; was called until a few years, ago. a, This is the day that marks the end of the Great War and it is there- 1-] fore tting that it should be held b in sacred remembrance by the (,'an- H adian peopie, and peoples of all b other parts of the far-`ung British! 1, Empire. The war came to an end on November 11. 1918, now ".':enty years ago. Babes in arms at that't< time are now young men and wo- n men standing on the threshold of, adult life. Many of the men and; Women of twenty years ago havei grown old. Others have passed on. Canada has a generation of young Canadians who do not. remember anything: of the war. They did not ( experience the anxiety of the four` years when the future of the civil~ ized world was at stake. They know nothing: of the sorrows, thel tremendous .~:acrice:< of those years.`-` except from reading: or what they have been told by their elders. The {rrown-up people who lived; throu_<.rh the days of the war, espec-;_ ially those who took part in that .~'t1'ug'_v'lu and those who had sons or', other relatives in the s:htin forces, were lied with an all- per\'a(lin7: ".li:xi1l on the first .-\rmi.~'tic Day twenty _\`ear,< a:_ro. They are still thankful, })(:1'l`l2`.p< not as (lCll10Il.~l1'iltl'\'0 as tw-nt_v yearr: 21:10. but ~till :`enuinel_\' thankfu`. `i'oun;_' per.-pie be 1lrai:kfu': too-'lizmk1'ui that 'the;.' were . ed the llOl'1'Ol'.5' and the sacrices of war anal 1liuiil that the ir_l3'.1i.-,A the prinvip':e.<. 1li~' t'reerlom and the -*f(-zzmuiatic '1'f)\'f'1'l1l\.`:t3 :`.T.. for '.\`l.*.ic`ri Briti. have 1'ou_e"nt anal lied. 1 v i Z(g'@`h\%() *()$MEI()-i()-i'()ET-()-@mD()%( to know sol: who there is : KKJ-Giilwk)`H1&1H{(nk"I..=\omlur\1'w2snammru-In-a|jr\ a-umsu:-r-u-quun;surum....-... -_ ;_;Fer @%J:Em3sMY' may Fo].k.'< mld the intin netime.< pc come to editors: , seckingr advice. . u . ];COLLlNGWO0D PUPILS HEARi HISTORIAN RELATE s'roRu-zsl QF PIONEER DAYS. i mu. wh: Chas. L9_wer s ...`.. e-1(.lc1'1_`.' p1'ohz1b!j~ AL .. .. By WILLL-\.\I W. LOOMIS .u... 'JULn` .. man hobbled 3. He wan`,.~ \ ite of (3 1'11} vs`. thii _ lViEN'S WEAR l Collingwood, Nov. 5.---First of a ! l |. of historical sketches on the `County of Simcoe, conducted by David Williams, Canadian historian, [was attended by 40 pupils of the iCom1au_2`ht, Public School in the `Huron In. here _y'es1e1'dz1y. 1The .`~ipeci:1l clz1.<. come under the ;new curriculum, which inclu `study of local l1i;~.Ito1`ical ewnt.-5.. Mr. \V'illi;1m.< .~poke in favor of the' new .~_\'.=Lcm \\`l`1lL`l1 pqives more timel to .~tul_\' Caiiiznlizlii hi.~vto1'_\', and ar- rznigre-(l to lecture to at least three clz\s. Ouch week. The talks are` ilIu.~'11':m;:l by })`iL".lll':.`.~` and relicrxi '2'`1tl1tl'(l by 311'. .Wil`.iams mull placed in the Huron lnetittlte lur-I V quou the \ I115: v-an. rx|\L_. .--nu.... l\.l u..-,. u .., . . . . .... saving on Men's Jackets due to a fortunate purchase. These VV'ind- breakers are Wednesday's BEST VVE ARE ABLE to ofler a speciai . . 1 u I . I buys in BARRIE. ilmas been 3 `lorn and `1 averages : K. i on every I `long: 219:0 .__.ite1' from ` Hing" I an Real wind and frost resisters. Fuli length zippers. BIack,Brown and V\/ine. Large sizes. has <,1'i\`in_: mlvice to the .o\'e- `lorn o`.ho1's for half :1 ccI1Lur_\', a th0L1sa.n(l letters a day ion conceivable .~ubject. Not `long: she was sliocked by a let lter a girl who c1o; by say- ving am turning to you for ari- vice as I certainly can t {.llS'.'U:.`1 these pox`.-tonal inattt.-rs with God. Yes, an etlitor is often con.-ulterl when the problem should be t.:x`n'c-n iup with :1 bunlder, :1 lax-.'_\'er ,a doc- 'tor, or with the Lord. Om: of the oldest ;:z1f:.'< \V'!tl`l every editor for people to tell us they never like to see their name:< in the paper. Liars! We'll grant lthut many people do not care for mention of some little '.l'l\`lZll =.t{l'air with which they are connected. but if some real re(-ognition has been zriven they; .~'Om(: honor come their way; or they have had some un~ usual expcrienm-, or accompli; I . (`.1 `;in_ the 1)a_ ` vi Jhe span] 5 LL. .. \ TUESDAY NOVEMBEI`: 8, 1938. @ nu. , \IA mu... ......- ...... , somethimz out of the o1~dinar_v, they will be disappointed if there is no write up in the local paper. So- called big shots are no di`erenL from unknowns in this respedt. & We get a smile when some one ;com(:.< in half apologzetically with an item, saying: he'd rather not have anythinxg said about it but h':.~: friends think there shmj'Id be a littie mention of it in the paper." uv n , 1,.) .- ...-I.. .. We are of cour:~'e glad to get it-- `but we arr: nevr fooled about the friend.~n;" they are the best friends` `he has: his wife and h .:n uu..<: IIH:Iu,Iuu \ll n. u. ...\. l....`.--. iviii'iiBE}i1{s Barrie Mmnce 7 PFWNE 53 N)-OTO1 SPECIAL READ IT NEWS! `A155 AA\. 14... `l\l _..,..... A `the cminty from the time Champlain iZ11')'i\'L`(1 near Orillizi in 1615 umii; ` fthe pi'c.~0nt time. He said one oil 5the Izimest `Indian villages in the? `in,-ount}: wn.< inhabited by the Petuni `tribe and . on the site of the- E\Vc. Pi`e.<`.)yte1'Iz1n Church in thniz ,.\Ic.\Iu1`ch_v Scottish set/t':ement, 3}` imil-::~' ;~_=o'.1:h of Collingwood The . traced the hi.=to1'_v 01` ON SALE Every Tuesay at the following: English Melton Cloth ,___..____.___...__..._4 (_C`ominued 28 OZ. MiACK|NAW WIND- BREAKERS in large blue, brown and wine plaids. $1 I\f\ C1'o:sIand's Drug Store Cunningham's Sandwich Bar Dixie s Smoke Shop Dan's Corner Book Store Monkmarfs Drug Store Payne's Soda Bar-Grill PoweIl's United Cigar Stove Robe1~tson s Drug Store United Cigar Store Weaymoutifs Book Store While it is Still IN ALLANDALE G:-iftlfs Fish & Chip 5} Kendriz;1c's Book \V'hilty's Drug Store CHAS. pacmm VETERAN or 66 my T0 REST in the $3.95 %:b6' BARBIE ADVANCE The PHONE 2047 511017 Ail . H, bulried , form Cha1*Ie:< Mr.` hvr hm- l()11lhiH freedom the: :'o\'c1-nment. for which` have fousrht and lied: Jown the centurie.<. have been pro-ll .~e1'\'e!l to Czmzxrlzl, the l".mp71'e zlllii as :1 ll\'in_r_r in.-piration to the people of less fzworetl lzm(l.=. Remem- hrzmce Day is rlr;1\vin1_r near and it} is :1 (lay when all Cana shou1c .; be zlevoutly thankful and .-hould lifti their hearts in true }_"l':l- .llL1(lF` foil all the ble.<. inteller-t-l upli- .W I1` I. On Tuv-. N<)\'. I. \ I:1r;':xrvt. Huzr-I '.I.'u-k, `Im- 'z1c of Dr. Frzmk I-1.SmiLh. ! 'I`hur:~dzL_'v, Nov. -'3, from :- re.uidemw. lntenncnt in l (lemctcry. the Hi Mt-1'1` DEATHS `-:1r1_v day.- '{iL1il\~ A rthu 1` E a than bIe.<. ua] and .-pi2-ituu the means of} their chi1 Raid Va`. 11 Wc(lne.~: Street. .... ` `J 1' thejq ore time} ast talks nrei` I 0 1,1; youthful reader of the Quiet Corner, ` ii` A poem by Aileen Hutchinson, :1 115 given :1 place of honor at the [head of the column this week. The ` -l Pathnder is happy to receive ;these juvenile contributions and to ` jwelcome others. Any boy or _-__-`ii-ll 65 who is sufficiently interested in lit-' ]erature to compose a poem, how- , - ever small, will be assured of 21 if place in the Quiet Corner, and every encouragement by nhe Path ndeia, Let us have more poems `from boys and girls along the line of this ne contribution by Aileen. 0 n 1. L3 1 lhi; I have a little puppy dog, His name is Buster Brown; I somr.-times tie him to a log So he \\'on'i run to downtovm. My little dog does many tricks, Through hoops I see him jump. `He carries paper, bones and sticks, Then re.~:t;- upon a stump. 13.. AHA-.. i MY PUP \ i I I i The spirh of poetry is portrayed in this contribution by another Bar- rie poet, who denes its task quite properly as follows: E POETRY The poet builds upon the plain of ` life, IA st.ron_s.-; philosophy of love and! peace ; And brings to all amid the troubledl strife . Refreshing songs of hope that neverl The Hunt is On He C0! 1`.fO1`I.~: weary hearts and he J\.lL\.lV-3 `By all the beauty 01' his lyric lines.` `And from some trying moment there` The ..u...;v.u..u sense of cl The Some I VJ . ` Rekimlled I v When i.-\nd so we :21` 5 vast, From which \ And . =.Some sift weeks pz ' . 1. ,. . The Quiet Comer I Tied I Th0 3 And i Wher ! ` -.. \`....,. ;Ltop:: hil.` `ing un`quu which we u t '1`hc_v \'.'< ! I1ip.punt Ithe 5122-34 3 what D0 -Esta.blished 1847'- - Published every Tuesday at 123 -"unlop Street, Barrie, Ontario. S. R. Pitts (editor) and H. M. Davies (manager), owners and publishers. A weekly newspaper to the building of 9. bigger and better Barrie and to the fostering of closer co-opera- tion between Town and Country. .1 V. '|'l ... 1111- j.'f|U\'( . _ Sm-rxd much time in reecfion," .~'.:1i4`. the mirror. 1 "Do the work you are suited for,"i THF. SECRET OF re. I:tk(- n: years ; 0ft. 1': 1`.'01 there. h()})()~ gu bzu'n.-1. there 21:i:izty thought. or of the heart. 11 ` )c-n.:ii1 asked Pa ge TWO .;u. trlock. 5.-., \.I4 .u \\'rou,:ht. Pages ..:u_ 11. wide. :11 er.- with shines. them lie, (of !.h(:il' ax tfectio :1 blue r I u1\\`:1y.~` have this t1'c-zlsurei fo 2' mr part. \A\ LK4 - -v pep ('00l,' .... I t thou:_:ht, to drzlw 0 .L.3 ......... I the fire, burnt out at`, ! - < upon 21 shcff. I spietl, -Ice the lid was opened fa d ed Here `V-tu1`n.< with . us! 4`,..~.l-.L .a\v1'ence Edward.~I.` 4. .g. - will

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