Think of Devonshire; think of Devonshire cream. Throughout this lovely country, the tourist

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finds delightful little tea shops where the speciality of the house

Calendar Is Engrossing But 'Dinnfe'r Must Go On

"It’s like parting with an old friend," we commented to grand- daughter this morning “when she took down a last year’s calendar from the kitchen wall, replacing it with another all shininglynew.

“But this is prettier” she said, “the new ones usually are. And besides” she smiled “just think

‘ of all the time in this one! Why,

there‘s almost a"year. . But al- ready Mack has planned his gifts for next Christmas! He’s being in good time, I should say. Here, what will Yhu do with this? Burn it?” she. questioned.

We accepted it, and as the door closed on her homing, came to the old armchair to scan it for any signs and symbols remain- ing. Of its months, December’s alone was there, which to look at was to fancy the Old Year’s

shoulders bent with the toils and cares of his way.

I-Iere two dates were marked,. both with a steady young round of pencil: that of the school-con- cert, and lest we might chance to forget it! That of Christmas Day. What a wreath of emotions the two indicated, what anticipations and delights -— and the content of young dreams come true.

But here on the back as we turned to it, were our own mark- ings — notes which to read he- spoke the progress of the year.

“The children are skating tonight I

on the pond ‘below the hill”- it began. And we remembered the winter-fields, crips and sparkling in the moonlight when we had stopped in the yard to catch happy young voices adrift. How good for youngsters of the farm to enjoy convenient skating in the open, and near the lights of home! '

“Jeanie saw the first robin this

snow - drops. And experimental trills, short and broken presently became one of the sweetest songs though of course not the most musical of all the year. “Today‘— cafnied James sup- per back to the field he was sow- ing. “Early June, that was. And the woodlands beside were clad in delicate shades almost as var- ied and beautiful as Autumn’s and the hedgerows and meadows were vibrant with birdsong. And

. near and far along the farmlands

the seeding was come, -'

“A first rosebud”. . . and here was “the first mowing today. We however, skipped any other mention of the haying, And now it was “They are at the thresh- ing." “We let the calendar drop for a moment while memories

face, wrinkled and time-worn, hisiflooded H we saw again the 137(1-

en wagons come down the farm- lane, heard that pulse which tells that granary and loft so empty were being replenished.

Again in mind we “ ‘slipped in” a pan of. biscuit to the oven, a pair of apple pies, a cake, some- what anxious in our haste. Won- dering if we had included all the ingredients needed, though know- ing that “Whatever gods there be” of culinery arts were usual- ly kind to the farmwife who with a good heart, baked for her thre- shers. . . “Today we. . ”

“Ellen!” ames was at the door, “Is there no sign yet of the dinner! How long before it’s ready?”

“Five minutes!” we said, sprin- ging to feet that had been idling. New calendars may be as Grand- daughter s aid, “ prettier” but those belonging to a year just past and gone, can be most en- grossing! ‘

Until tomorrow -— - — Diary

morning." That was after first_-~ Goodnight. . . .

WE AND OUR NEIGHBORS

Sputnik Inspired Aid 9 To Education Question

Man is really a trdsting, good natured creature who generally manages to find some blessing in disguise in threatening events. Thus many key men in Canada (as well as the U.S;) consider the sputniks worth while if Edu- cation is raised to its rightful place among military, economic and political problems of first im- portance to national welfare as a result of the Russian triumph.

Scientific and technical educa- tion will undoubtedly be greatly extended. We can only hope that our leaders and the people at large will recognize the equal va- lue of Education in its full mean- ing - knowledge of the Arts, Lit- erature, philosophy —— the stored wisdom of the ages ~ even now when scientific “know-how” is so urgent.

THE STRAP AGAIN

Whatever changes are taking

place in the higher seats of lear-

ning. there is definitely a chill wind ‘from the sputniks blowing through the classrooms at the lower levels. Evidently the word has gone forth that education is now a serious matter and any joy in learning permitted in re- cent years must be banished from the classroom! Thus, in one city in Canada the Strap has been officially installed in the classrooms- '

Yes, in this city, straps have been issued to 1,577 teachers (why not 1,578?) with carte blanche my English isn't strong enough for the occasion) to use them without permission from the principal- WHOSE HOMEWORK?

It seems ithat the amount and

difficulty of homeworkis being.‘

increased as another sign that school-life must be realer and earnester for Johnny -and Margie in this space missile era. The

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flaw in this reasoning is that homework can and so often does make life more difficult for the parents and less honest for the child. _

Too often homework is given at the last moment by the tired and harassed teacher and is not on- ly worthless but bad. Homework should serve as review and drill of work already taught in the

work, ‘parents must‘ take over with more or less deplorable re- sults — and with cheating and l copying encouraged in pupils who have no one to ask for help.

As for “piling on” homework, unless every bit of homework is marked,by the teacher and re-

is always Devonshire clotted]

classroom. If it is based on new‘

tive that it is rarely duplicated anywhere in the world.

turned to the pupil for correc- tion ( and no teacher has the time to do this) ‘a casual glance at homework papers with their ingenious ways of padding and falsifying is enough to shake one’s faith in human nature! (You’ll agree if you were ever a Teacher or a‘ Pupil!) ‘

* If the present insecurity con- tinues among nations it is bound to spread to more and more par- ents and affect more and more children — but there must be bet- ter ways to help our young peo- ple meet the challenge of the spare missile era than by restor- , ing the strap to the classroom and [assigning homework without - rhyme or reason.

At Old St. An

ning ceremony in Old St. And- rew’s Presbyterian Church, Col- borne, Ont., on Saturday, Novem- ber 30th, 1957. Wedding vows were exchanged between Carol Jeraine Duck, daughter of Mrs. Jean Duck of Lakeport, Ont. and Harry Juli-an Butler of Trenton, Ont., son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Butler, -Peters Road, , P.E.I. Rev. L. .M. Smith officiated.

The wedding music was play- ed by Mrs. Hugh McCallum of Brighton, Ont. and during the signing of the register Miss Mil- dred Covert ,of Brighton, Ont., sang: “Because.”

The bride wore an original gown of white Chantilly lace and net over satin having a full skirt. The bodice had a coat neckline and long sleeves. Her full length veil of nylon net and satin appli- que was held by a satin ban- deau trimmed with seed pearls. She carried a bouquet of red ros- es and mums. V

The matron of honor was Mrs. Glen Peacock, who wore a waltz length gown of mauve netting ov- er taffeta. Miss Louise Covert, Brighton. Ontario, as bridesmaid, wore a waltz length gown of blue netting over taffeta. Miss Patri- cia Duck, sister of the bride, was flower girl. She wore a gown of white taffeta and carried a no e- gay of mums. The matron of honor and the bridesmaid also carried bouquet of mums.

PLENTY OF SALT

Layers of salt about 1,000 feet thick have been found in north- east Alberta.

WIFE PRESERVERS

Uyou liltellsewonnlh and con- venience. but not the appearance, of the old-fashioned heater in your fireplace, you can make it less con- spicuous. Paint it a dark or neutral

gmde, yo ' ' -' with the back of the fireplace. Then slide a pair of decorative brass ondiroos in from

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At a’ double ring candlelight eve-

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drew Church

The groomsman was Mr. Rob- ert Coulter, RCAF Station, Tren- ton, Ont. Mr. Victor Reynolds, RCAF Station Trenton, Ont., act- ed as usher.

The bride’s mother were a dress of blue lace over taffeta with matching accessories and her corsage was pink roses. The reception for the immediate fam- ily«was held in the church hall For travelling the bride chose a brown suit with matching acces- sories. They will reside in Tren- ton, Ontario, where the groom is stationed with the RCAF.

Out of town guests were from Toronto, Downsview, Oshawa, Ajax, Brighton and Trenton, Ont. Following the rehearsal on Fri- day evening a bridal party was held at the home of the bride’s mother at Lakeport, Ont.

Prior to the marriage a shower was held at the home of Miss Louise Covert, Brighton Ont., where the bride-to-be was seat- ed in a decorated chair of honor where she opened her many beautiful gifts.

—- and on to York. shedding a! tear over Be-.. s untiniely dea1.h.; Beyond York (the modern route}

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Lena Caroline McLure. Women’: Editor. Phone 8500

Wed,, January 8, 1958 Page 8 The Guardian

HAPPENINGS

“How to Win Friends and In- fluence Good Health” is the title of an article by Margaret Turn- er, R.N., appearing in the wint- er number of the Polio Post. Mrs. Turner concludes her very fine article by saying: “A‘ patient recently recovered from a ser- ious illness has said she now knew the power a warm lzeart had to heal. She found that tact and understanding among her friends ranked along with the miracle drugs.”

Mr. Ben Carson, student at the University of New Brunswick, left by plane Tuesday morning to resume his studies after spend- ing the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Carson, Fitzroy St.

Miss Sybil MacKay, stewardess

duties January 2nd after spend- ing her holidays in Hamilton and St. Catharines, Ontario.

Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Bell, Wood Islands, left by train on. New Year’s Day on an extended trip which. will take them as far as California. Places they. will visit include’ Calgary where they will visit their three daughters Ethel, Kay and,Anne Bell. The next stop will be Vancouver where they will visit Mrs. Bell’s sister, Mrs. M. A. Stuart and Mr. St-uart. From Vancouver they go to Sacramen- to and Los Angeles, California.

In those places they visit Mr. Bell’s three brothers and two sis- ters — Don, Angus and Simon, Mrs. Lauppey and Mrs. Melville. Mr. and Mrs. Bell will‘ return via Boston, where ‘they will stop off to visit with Mr. Bell’s sister, Mrs. S. .J. Johnson and Mr. Johnson.

Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Lea are entertaining at a small square dancing party Friday evening at their residence, 1 Green Street.

Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Maddigan received a New Year’s eve tele- phone message from Miss Mary Maddigan and her uncle, Mr. Ambrose Joy of the City Park apartments, Toronto. Miss Mad- digan’s many Island friends are pleased to hear that she may be visiting here a little later on.

M.V. Abegweit, returned to her! 1 Mr.

and Mrs. F. A. Fisher, :Frosty Hollow, Sackville, New Brunswick, are observing their 50th wedding anniversary, Thurs- day, January 9. Their children, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Tamplet of Ha1ifax,~ Dr. and ‘Mrs. George Fisher, Charlottetown, Dr. John Fisher, Toronto, Mr.vand Mrs. W. F. Fisher, Sackville, and Mr. and Mrs. John Tapley, Sackville, will be present. Seven grandchildren will also be at the anniversary.

Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Maclsaac are entertaining at bridge Wed- nesday evening at their residence.

One of the greatest charms of -travelling in En-gl-and is the his- tory of the roads themselves. There are two kinds; winding leafy lanes with tall green hedges where the yellowhammer sings in

from one village to the next and to invite you to linger too,‘ hunt- ing for violets and primroses a- long the banks; and the purpose- ful main roads which lead from city to city. But both are as old as England’s history, for there me very few entirely new high- ways »in Britain.

You may be driving along one of the great modern dual-track routes ’which rival the hi-ghways of newer lands, but you are still following the footsteps of mediae- val packhorse or historic coach route,‘ and the, straight road a- head was probably laid by some Rom -a n engineer nearly two thousand years ago.

This is always worth remem- bering as you. travel from one place to another, and you will find plenty of clues to the past if you take the trouble to look for them: «an ancient stone cross, an old bridge or toll-house, a Rom- an town name, or a village with a French name dating from some -Norman overlord who came over with William the Conqueror.

If you motor along any of the main roads which radiate from London to all parts of the coun- try you -are almost sure’ to be on one of the great coaching roads of the eighteenth and ‘early nine- teenth centuries. Along tlhese rat- -tled the heavy stage —- and mail- coaches with their cheerful, loud- mouthed drivers and guards, and handsome teams of horses, and

which achieved the incredible av- erage speed of 10 m.p.h., includ- ing stops! You can still stay at some of the great coaching inns where the old-time -traveller was

lous journey. And you will find that each of these roads has its own special character.

The Dover Road is the route of first beginni-ngs. The oldest ex- isting building in Britain‘ is be- lieved to be the Roman Pharos, or Lighthouse, at’ the heart of Do- ver Castle. Up this road to Lon- dinium marched the Roman "leg- ionaries, down it trudged the pil- grims to the shrine of St. Thom- as ‘a Becket at Canterbury. Hen- ry V returned this way from Ag- incourt, and Charles II -to claim

his father’s throne. As you drive

summer, lanes which meander‘

later the lighter ‘flying-machines’ ‘

warmed and fed after his peri-. '

EngIond’si Coaching Roods Hove History And Romoince

up towards .London. you pass thrioug«h\the glories of Canter- bury, then Chatham with its his- toric Naval dockyard, and so to Rochester. This is a place of pil- grimage for all lovers of Char- les Dickens, and no one wrote more vividly about coaching days and ways ‘than he did. He lived just outside the town at Gad’s Hill, and Rlochesterfs inns, the Bull and the King's Head, are full of Dickens’ associations. And so into London by way of Black- heath, the scene of Wat Tyler’s rising. The distance is only 75 -miles, but no road has seen more history. ’ :

The great North Road from London to York and on to Edin- burgh has a solid, serious air. This is the road of merchants -and honest, middle-class travel- lers, but it hasits more roman- tic side, too. Runaway couples dashed up it to cross the Scot- tish border and get married at Gretna Green —— _beyond the pow- er of disapproving parents — and this is the route of Dick Turpin’s famous= ride to York. Turpin was certainly a romantic figure, and has won his place as a prince of highwaymen by that legendary ride on Black Bess.

He went, we are told, by way of Tottenham and Ware and the modern traveller whose-road -is by H-atfield -and Biggleswade does not join his route until Hunting- don, but after that we can fol- low him through Stamford, with its fine old inn, the_ George and Grantham, where we can stay at the Angel —- one of -the few remaining mediaeval hostelries with a wo,nderful.'old bar room

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by—passes it) we travel on by Boroughridge, Bishop Auckland, Newcastle and Berwick-on- Tweed .. gateway to Scotland —— and so to Edinburgh itself-

Westwa-rds from London‘ runs -the Bath Road, the road of fash- ion. Bath, too, goes back to Rom- an times and beyond, but the spirit of the road belongs to the great days of the eighteeneth century, when Beau Nash reign- ed there as Master of Ceremon- ies. All the world of rank and beauty —— ladies with powdered curls and panniered skirts, bro- caded gallants and awe-inspiring dowagers travelled the hundred- odd miles to drink the waters, flint, and dance, and gossip at the gay centre of Bath. Follow it now and you will travel up the Thames Valley to Reading. and then a- long the tributary Kennet I30 Newbury and the next village Speen, whose inn had a fine rep- utation for comfort and cost in the eighteeneth century:

“The famous inn in Speenham- land

That stands below the hill, May well be called the Pelican

From its enormous bill!”

The wild stretches of Newbury downs were a happy hunting ground for highwaymen, and no doubt the traveller who retained

celebrate at the inn.

The Exeter Road is the route of country squires and farmers, more peaceful than the others, -and some of the most factinat- ing places in England lie along -its route. You leave London by Staines, cross the Surrey com- mons to Bagshot, on to Basing- stoke and Whitchurch on the riv- er Test, where there has been a _White Har-t Inn since the fifteen- th century; then Andover, Salis- bury, loveliest of cathedral towns where is another ‘old White‘ Hart, south into Dorset to Blandford, Dorchester, centre of the Hardy country and the scene of part of Judge Jeff-reys’ Bloody Assize af- -ter the Monmouth Rising, Ax- minster, Honiton, famous for its lace, and into the old-world city of Exeter.

VALUABLE DOSE

Children require a daily intake of vitamin D all through the growing years, for strong bones and teeth.

MAKING pnocnnss I

A total of 730,000 washing ma-, chines was sold in Japan in 1956, when there was one washer for every 11 households.

HOUSEHOLD HINT

"A small plastic or rubberized bag tucked in your suitcase pock- et can be a life-saver if you must move on before a recently laun- dered item is thoroughly dry. It will also tote a wet washcloth safely.

You can create a charming coffee or TV-snack table by put- ting new canvas straps on an old camp stool or suitcase rack and topping it with a decorative tray.

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I MR. AND MRS. J. A. FARRELL

Young Couple Are Wed At St. Duns’ron’s Bosilico

A lovely wedding was solem-y>The1ushe1f~st }:\(;er:ridBily l‘\1lcCaoe_..» nized in Saint Dunstan’s Basilica ggggggirigk mend ‘ff’ 3:; when Rev. Patrick l\icMtah1§n;! The peWs.we1.~e ‘marked with united in marr1age.Marg1a\t;‘e Elbows. of White satin. After the. 18611, daughter Of the late I‘. an gweddlng a recepuon was . Mrs. William McCabe, Charlotte-jgoums at the home of Mrs. Don‘,

t0Wl1 With J0SeDh A1l3h0Y1-S115 F31" ‘ ald Fitzpatrick, sister of the bride

rell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wll-lfor about 90 guests. The happy Iiam Farrell, of Saint GeoI‘g€’5-,‘couple will reside in Charlotte-'

To the strains of the weddingtown, march played by Mrs. Joseph: Dougan the church organist, the, bride entered thlila, chulrch fin bthc arm of her brot er-in- aw 0 er - uman histo as e r] Semple by whom she was givenl1BnC1.1 W a y as 60° in marriage. She‘ was becoming-i ly attired in a floor length gownl of white brocade net over sat-l in with fitted bodice and long: pointed sleeves. Her shoulder; length veil was held in place with a coronet of - sequins. She, carried an arm bouquet of red‘ roses.,

Miss Breta Mccabe was brides-= maid and chose a floor length gown of soft yellow net over taf- feta —and yellow’headdress. She carried a bouquet of pink and white carnations.

Miss’ Doley McCabe, sister of the bride, was matron of honor. She chose a floor length gown of light blue net over taffeta. Her headdress was blue and she car- ried a bouquet of pink and white carnations. '

James Farrell, brother of the_ groom, was groomsman. The} church was decorated with has-'~ kets of mixed flowers and stan-; -- dards of potted ferns. The hymns; “

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