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JULY 2a. 1949

News of a New Guide Company

The Field Secretary gathered two willing helpers on her trip to Marshfield on Thursday eve- ning of this week. Mrs. Bertram Patterson, Capt. for Queens Lones and Miss Gladys Hart, Interna- tional Commissioner. There were zigth enthusiastic Lones, Mar- guerite Munn, Lillia Strickland, Irene Foster. Millicent Munn. Faye Vlill. Barbara Jenkins, Iris Friz- zell, and Margie Scott and before we left another joined, Betty Fos- ter. These little girls.knew all the Tenderfoot Test and showed as a new way to tie knots that was very intriguing to the Field Secretary who is always willing to find something different to show other Guides. The knot ty- ing had been learned and copied, from The Merry Go Round Maga- ] zine sent out to the Lones by MFS- I Patterson. The girls were most‘ enthusiastic to form a regular Company and as Mrs. Helen Munn Is a former registered Guider and I a very able leader the new Marsh- I field Company was formed and‘ will be registered as soon as the necessary documents are complet- ed. Mrs. Munn will need a Lieu- tenant and it is hoped that the Marshfield teacher. Miss Under- hay will be persuaded to help in that capacity. The Company will not be starting from scratch as Mrs. John Reay. Commissioner for Loner, and Mrs. Patterson have given them excellent Lone train- ing so that now the Guides will be able to assist the new ones that are expected to join and will also be able to start work on the Second Class test. All grls be- tween the ages of ll to i6 will be welcomed to join the Com, y by Mrs: Munn. Work on the Sec- ond Class" test was outlined by I/lrs. Jenkins and the Fall will be

zertain to show some good re- lults judging by the keenness lhowh. Mrs. Patterson and Miss tfart enrolled the eight Guides with the Guides information and being introduced by The Leader. Mrs. Munn. Knot games were or- ganized, introducing all the Ten- derfoot knots and two were won by Patrols Canaries and Robins. Guides Millicent Munn. Faye Mill. Barbara Jenkins and Margie Scott are excited about their trip t0

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[travelled world" may be the world

of the ideal which margin fades forever and forever when we move. ' , y

Life is a quest and if we. are

iworthy the name of men we are

never satisfied with our attain- ments. Browning asks tilts-h‘-

"What hand and brain went ever paired?

Whst heart alike conceived and dared?

What act proved all its thought

een? What will but felt. the fleshy screen?"

This is the ‘fimtravolled world." We should m at perfection, though we knew that , we shall never attain it. It has been said that "what comes to perfection P91151185!’ 1i may mean that when we consider an achievement per- fect. we will ‘on and that u the end. However. l-t was not. perfect and our standard was too low. Even Paul. the apostle, cf the Gentiles looking at his achieve- ment. great s: it certainly was. called it a failure-lbs had not attained", nor was he perfect but lie "followed after"; he had m ideal. Jesus bade the people of his day to he perfect as God is perfect. The honest man in ethics, or in art. aims at perfec- tion. but saint and’ artist alike confess at the end of the day that the pursuit is elusive.

In his essay on “Civilization” Emerson bids his readers “hitch their Wlsson to a. star." ‘they are to aim high The Pope in the “Ring and the Book" deals with life, and My! that “life is probation and the earth no goal but starting- point for man; compel his strive, which means in man as good as mwh the seal" The aged pontiff wonders that men, having found the pearl. faith. should let it lie unused by the shore; but much more is he moved when he sees men-the same men-turn and with "double zest dredge for whelks."

Life is largely s. matter-of direc- ° ° °

tion. l-low is Your face turned? The man who is trying 1g in g real sense succeeding. is not lost. and this is true-the moral sense grows but by exercise.

W. J. Dawson tells us in one of

his books that some of us have to be defeated in this life. We can-

not all draw prizes, but there is still s wide realm. where we may

live in usefulness and serenity. We can make friends of books, Cultivate the intellectual life, find interests to draw our minds out. and w form the inward smart.

Such a man need not be unhappy,

sar can he be really defeated -

he has the franchise of a larger

Wvfld. breathes an ample air, and has within him s. spring of ma".

fuiness that docs not fade with

the vicissitudes of fortune. The real art of living l: to use me

capital with ‘which nature endows

ramp in a few weeks and 101d the Field Secretary that mOHBY tor camp fees had been H"!!! themselves by hoeing thrill?!- weeding potatoes, puttlrl UP hi? ,and driving home the COWS- Th" seems really the hard W83’ ind I think that the only Guides earn- ing camp money tH! WHY mun’ be Marshfield. Grand W011‘! girls). The meeting was held 50W" by the shore at Mflrshfield h? kind permission of Mr.‘ Hector Jenkins and a huge fire was burning’ all evenml! which m!“ it a real outdoor Guide meflihfl- The meeting clased with Taps and Evenscng and then the girls got busy cooking weiners over the ma, The visitors hadvso many that they cyuld hardly stagger to the m; for home. (Can you still taste that mustard Lillie?) In- terested parents had atsisted Mrs. Munn prepare the lunch includ- ing IVI,'_'5, Hector Jenkins, Mrs. Frizell and Mrs. Mill. These La-

us to the best advantage. There

is an old proverb of the folly of

"Witching oyster shells with rs- WF-Ihvwlns how m adapted means are to ends. Life capital ""1" 11°! he squandered. nor lie unlued. but invested so as to an. rich the world-be our endowment, We llleht. two or five. Herein is our true adventure.

» and their interest in Guiding was obvious. The forming of a Local As ’ tion was discussed and du- ties explained by the Field Sec.

Til-MY. The Association will in- clude these three Ladles and m9" Will b9 ldflllted in due

course. Guiding will be placed well on gthe map in Marshfield with Mrs. Munn as Captain.- the Local A ocistlon and the Guides all work n! hard to have a well organized Company and we hope retaining all the enthusiasm that ‘was: apparent on Thursday eve- n .

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make my own fate.

And. good or bad, I shall be happier in it than I

would be in, any that you could devise for me. ‘After all, my father and my mother, you cannot go through all the

long journey of life with me.

Sooner or later we must part company

Ind then, if I have not learned to walk alone, if l have leaned on your strength instead of my own, if I have looked to you for guidance in- ‘stead of depending on my own Judgment, I must fall by the wayside and perish. So set me free and let me go my appointed way." 1

This is the cry of the children of

today. They have broken with the

old patriarchal tradition that gives the parents the right to decide their lives for them nnd to choose their occupations and pick out their hus- bands and wives for them and to settle their uprisings and down-sittings. The privilege of deciding their own destinies they orrogate to them-

selves.

Undoubtedly, they go too far in throwing off parental restraint too early. Undoubtedly, they could learn much from the wisdom of their

elders.

But somehow, some way, through suffering, through sacrifices,

through a thousand blunders they muddle on to a happiness and con- tent and a success that theynevcr know in sny existence that father and mother arrange for them and hand them on a silver platter.

.But the point is. so far as paren

ditlon and not a theory that they confront.

and the new is established.

ts are concerned, that it ls a con- The old order has passed

Youth has emancipated itself. ‘Even feminine youth. The old way of controling children by force is a dead-letter law at which they mock.

and the only way it can be done is them so subtly they do not feel the t

through diplomacy and guiding ug of the silken rein, and by mak-

lng them feel so free they do not know they are bound. After all, it

is the locked door that makes a prison.

Leave it oh the latch and it

becomes a pleasant dwelling place and the mad desire to escape from

Mhas gone.

Wise are the parents who realize that their children grow up and reach a place where they do not need their f thsrs and mothers, and who, when that time comes, send them out in o the world with their

blessin

And-wiser still are the parents who. prepare themselves for the in-

evltable hour when their children will spread their wings and fly from

the home nest by providing -‘

- wl and and amusements so that they will not be left utterly desolate when

their youngsters are gone.

If there were no other argument for husbands and wives making an effort to keep their love alive and In close sympathy with each other, It would be that they would have to depend on each other for companion- ship after their children are gone. Yet most married couples lose sight of this fact. They let the children crowd them out of each other's hearts

and then when their youngsters leave

them for their own husbands and

His effort

it would be a (‘great mistake" to

industry, starting with Mr. Ford.

panics.

Vacation ls Dvor F»; Mot-o: Dhlof

Henry l-‘ord ll and his wlfe are pictured on their srrlvsl in New York aboard the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth, after a short vacation trip abroad. In a review with reporters, the automobile executive said

grant a demand for a fourth round

boost by the 01.0. United Automobile Workers at this time. Walter Renther. C.I.0. head. ls expected to press demands for a boost in the

Ford flew to Europe primarily to

discuss business problems with the British and French Ford com-

Nappenings 0t The Week

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Frank Donahue and daughter, Miss Ruth. of Dorchester, Massachu- setts.

Miss Betty Esplen of Baby Point Road, Toronto, with her father Mr. J. M. Esplen have been visitors at the Calgary Stampede. They will also spend some time in Banff and Jasper. Miss Esplen will visit school friends in Edmonton and Winnipeg before her return to Toronto. Owing to the indisposl- tlon of Mrs. Esplen‘s mother, Mrs. Llnlfletter, Mrs. Esplen cancelled her trip.

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Mrs. J. H. Taylor and little son. Montreal, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Campbell, Fitzroy St.

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Mrs, George Peake entertained friends on Thursday evening hon- oring Mrs. Lorne Howatt.

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Miss Iris MacLellan, Miss Elea- nor O'Connor, Miss Margaret Mc- Millan,‘ Miss Jean Grant and Miss Mickey MacLeod will be hostesses at. the golf tea this‘ afternoon.

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Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Evans of Mountainside, N. l. accompanied by Mrs. E. A. Cowie of West Hart- ford, Conn., arrived on Tuesday evening in Summerslcle and are the guests of Mrs. Evans’ brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Logan. This is their first visit to the Island and they are delighted with the scenery.‘

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Mrs. Evelyn MacAlpine of Mone- ton. N. B., is spending her vaca- tion wifh her parents, Mr. and

Mrs. J. L. F. Mackenzie, Summer- side. O O O Mr, and Mrs. Muncey Tanton.

their daughters. Nan and Ruth. have arrived from Montreal to spend their vacation. They are guests of the farmer's parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Tanton, Summer- side. ‘ O O O Among the distinguished tourists visiting the Province was Honour- able Jose Panlego Ecay, Spanish Counsel to the U. S. A. He. Wm‘ hi; party, spent two weeks’ vaca- tion in Summerslde, guests at the Garden of the Gulf Cabins. O O O

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mflrshflll are expected to arrive tonight from Fort William, Ontario. on a visit to the letters relatives. They will ho guests of Mrs. Marshall's sister, Mfg. B_ C_ Jurdlne, Wilmot Valley. O O O

Mrs. A; S. Wortlcy and her baby daughter Lynne arrived in Sum- merside by plane. last Saturday from Toronto to visit her father. Dr. A. A. Lockhart and Mrs. Lock- hm-g, Mr, Wortley with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Wortley. will arrive by ‘CB1; next week.

On Wednesday afternoon the Summerside Golf Club tea hostesses were Mrs. l-‘t. T. Dodds, Mrs. Deyell and Miss Constance‘ Enmsn.

Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Currie. 51""- merslde. had as their week-end guests, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hay?!" of Moncion, N. B- O I O

On Saturday evening Miss Edith Palmer was hostess at her home in Summerside, to the Palmer-Plcketts bridal party. .

Mn. Reginald Haslsm, Spring- field, has as her guest her step- mother, Mrs. S. W. Muncey of Van- couver, B. C., and this week visit- ed friends in Sumnlerslde.

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Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mills, Sum- merside, had as theh guest the farmer's sister and brother-ln-law. Mr. and Mi-s. Roy Albert, who loft on Thursday morning on return to their home in ‘l-lopevreli. VIPIIHII-

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find the picture little changed from that of memory. High water as- sembles youthful vacationing ones as of old, who wenrying of their water sports are loath to leave the beach before the tide ebbs to dis- close a first sand bar. Lighthouses still guard the harbor to the right, and gulls with echoing calls flash wings along the blue. So azure is both water and sky, these days, that it is puzzling to find the thin line of separation. And beyond it. what have Islanders found? Mainly we believe, a nostalgia which has the power to return them at every op- portunity to revisit the land of their birth. '

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Our visit had been timed to a nlcety-—pianned for us. we may say. l-low else, not knowing of it, could we have been in time to see the old school which has been "a rag- ged beggar sunning" for close to a century, up the hill by the road- side. move from its place as though by magic and make its way to a new angle and a more com- manding location on the campus’ With mother to us. we strolled there one evening and as always we were struck with the peculiar loneliness which obtains in sucll surroundings when class-rooms are vacant and play-grounds deserted. Not merely lonely but extremely desolate spots these arc, when their spirits tangible and intangible have, for the time, fled.

If we found the spirit of Spring. as it is proclaimed by the frog voices missing from the brook which steals in and out of the old orchard at home. this was made up in part by the notes of the ro- bin-bird that carolled for us in an apple‘ tree and the blackblrd who whistled us to our day. laggard that we would he. Pleasantly mix- ed with work and leisure for usjour recent days have been and as swift passing as ever vacation time can be. Gaining creaking joints and complaining muscles from the new experience, wc enjoyed a spell of gathering cultivated strawberries on a rain-washed sunny afternoon and later lost our former confidence over their canning before more ex- perienced housewives. Following three methods and still depending largely on the fortune which is often beginner's or "fo0l‘s luck" ve still have high hopes over ‘the con- tents of our tins, though at pre- sent of this we can only conjecture. O O O

Just as at the moment, we may not he at nll certain of the ulti- mate pattern in our wch of life, knowing only that there will be thc gay threads of our enchantmcnts. and the sombre hues of our disap- pointments and failures, our cros- ses, our sorrows. But. wlthnl. trusting that all will be woven fo- gether to make for us what James would term a “falr-gnod" design- and in any event the best we could weave.

"A blind boy stood beside the loom And wove a fabric. To and fro Beneath his firm and steady touch He made the busy shuttle go.

And oft the teacher passed that

way And gave. the colors thread by thread;

But to the boy the pattern fair Was all unseen —- its hues were "dead"

‘How can you weave?‘ we pitying, cried: The blind boy smiled. ‘I do my

best.

I make the fabric firm and strong. And one who sees does all the rest.’ Oh bunny thought! Beside Life's loom

We blindly strive our best to do. And He who marked the pattern

At the funeral service of Miss MacKay. victim of the recent carI tragedy, Rev. J. D. Davison, B.D.,. Baptist Church spoke as follows: I Across the borders of an ag- i gressively minded nation. drunk

the dream of moved the troops of Germany in! evil. threat and

open violence,

were overthrown and clutched rule. . Drunk with power and diaboli- cal dreams, with the maniacal fev- sr and urge to subdue all. misguided leaders of Nazism, by open threat and false promise. stilled the voice of opposition and. ruled in its own immoral ways and to its own selfish endst Any whose » voices were raised in protest wercI silenced by the high walls of the‘ concentration camp or by the death-rattle of machine-gun.

Since that time, we of the West have heard the boastful. cry, “it: can't happen here." But I my that it has happened here — within the last few days. And it will re- peatedly happen. for we citizens haven't yet the mind to stop it. ,.

We have no organized national‘ uprising on our hands, but daily| there are symptoms of that same

whatever of the pure and defence- less may happen to cross its path.

As I attempt? to describe what has happened. I do not say that ordinary drunkenness has caused this tragic thing, but I do lay the blame partly upon a kind of in- toxication. intoxication takes many forms. Germany was for a- while drunk with power and over-confidence. Intemperance iS expressed in many ways.

Whatever the cause, the grim reaper, death. has taken his toll of another young life — and the end is not yet. More than one person and more than one fault have contributed to this crime against society. Some of the guil- ty shall officially go unpunished. but the same foul weapons, garb- ed in one or more of the many kinds of intoxications. shall con- tinue to strike down even your children and mine.

Momentarily, we've been shock- ed into asking the question. "what can be done to prevent the recur- rence of'such awful, needless de- struction?" In answer, our society, smug in its false sense of security. will too readily forget this tem- porary disturbance of its peace. But I venture to prophesy that you. the peaceful, orderly, long- suffering citizens will sometime‘ rise in rebellion against the bru- tal destruction of precious life and eventually will rise in justifiable anger against the attitudes, against the "intoxications" that permit and foster such human destruc- tion.

The time is not yet; not enough young girls have been killed. But the time will come when righteous anger will arouse our slumbering hatred of such evil.

I blame not the liquor business that legitimately, and otherwise. satisfies the desire for an easy way to escape responsibilities for living a respectable and helpful life; I blame not the young men who are sent out into our streets

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WASHINGTON, July 21 -—- (GP)

— A woman who makes brides her

says grandma was s

"She's a pretty wonderful girl,

the fall of ma. By deceptionflYW know." says Mrs- M-sriorle Bin- iord Woods, edilor-in-chief of the peace-loving and compsrative- maflzm? 1°!‘ brldes- "3319 h‘ ‘marl’- ly degencele" people, o; Europegsensible and capable, and she is prepared to play a dual role within the Iron grasp of a ruthless marriage ‘_ m“ M breadwmner and housewife.

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"At 20 years of age. she is ready

to cope with a mode of marriage mmthat her mother or grandmother,