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OO EE Roll call at the December meeting of the Schreiber Wom- en's Institute was answered with toys for the Smith Falls Hospi- tal for Retarded Children and grocery hampers to be distribut- ed locally. The motto for the meeting was: We don't stop laughing be- cause we grow old, but we grow old because we stop laughing. A donation was made to the Save The Children Fund. Mrs. Ann Todesco was ap- pointed delegate to the Road Safety. Workshop set for Jan. 16-18 in the Royal Edward Hotel, Fort William. Mrs. Todesco was asked to contact various businesses in connection with the annual honoring of the Schreiber New Year's baby. Various ways of preparing cheese dishes were discussed. The book Heritage of Canadian Handicrafts was placed on order for presentation to the public library. In reply to the high school students' request for support of their annual winter carnival, members agreed to buy carnival buttons and hold a tea on Jan. TERRACE BAY NEWS WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MEETING HELD 31 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.in. Recipes were asked to be sent to the Times - Journal Ceeking Edition to appear in February. A mailing list of members will be sent to the Ontario Food Council. Mrs. Bill Thrower agreed to make arrangements at a local restaurant for the members' Christmas banquet in early Jan- uary. An exchange of gifts will take place. Mrs. Ken Williamson reported "on cards sent during the past month. Mrs. Alvin Slater, district di- rector, reported attending a re- cent district meeting in Port Arthur. She also read "'A Christ- mas Letter' by Nancy "Esther. It was decided to remember aged and shut - in members on Christmas and to give gifts to two children confined to hos- pital with broken legs. The lunch and the gay glitter- ing table were arranged and served by Mrs. Jack Corbett, Mrs. Tom Whitton and Mrs. Wesley Clemens. Mrs. Harvey McCanna was in charge of the meeting. SCHREIBER WOMEN INVESTED Mrs. Dorothy Rummery of Schreiber was recently invested as serving sister of the Order of St. John by Governor-Gener- al Roland Michener in Ottawa. Mrs. Rummery was the only one of four chosen for the honor from Northwestern Ontario whe could attend the ceremonies. Others were from Fort William, Fort Frances and Kenora. Mrs. Rummery is divisional superintendent of Schreiber combined division of St. John Ambulance 337. The honor is sanctioned by Queen Elizabeth, sovereign head of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Those invested were later entertained at a luncheon attended by Mr. Michener at the Chateau Laur- ier. SS Husband to wife as they started out to dinner, leaving their son with a sitter "I still say, when they begin to ask for a blonde instead of a brunette, they're old enough. to stay alone!" ~ Schreiber Public School Board recently held a retirement party for Walter Harris who served for 45 years as secretary-treas- urer of the board. Master of ceremonies was W. G. Furlonger, chairman of the board. He read a message from 'William Davis, minister of edu- cation, which congratulated Mr. Harris for his long and honor- able service. It was also pointed out that Mr. Harris had worked with every principal of Schrei- ber Public School since 1924. A portrait of the retiring sec- retary - treasurer which will hang in the school was dis- played by H. M. Ermel, school principal. He also presented. Mr. Harris with a leather loung- ing chair on behalf of the board. Area superintendent for the Department -of Education, R. R. Steele of Port Arthur praised Mi. Harris' efforts. "T will always be grateful," Mr. Steele said in his address, | for the number of times a busi- 'ness visit to Mr. Harris' home ended with a cup of tea and a visit with his late wife." Other speakers included J. S. Lowcocx, area supervisor for the Department; D'Arcy Mc- Guire, Schreiber Separate School Board and' Gerald_ Fis- cher who presented a gift from friends in the community. Mr. Harris told those attend- ing the fascinating story of the. progress of education in Schrei- ber since his appointment as secretary - treasurer. when he moved to Canada from Ireland. One amusing reference was to the initial three-man board, two WALTER HARRIS RETIRES FROM SCHOOL BOARD January 2, 1969 of the members who were rail-: road engineers. One member was an engineer on the east-rnd way freight and the other, gn engineer on the west-end. % Harris pointed out he was a car- man on the 4-12 midnight shift. Mr. Harris would notify the other members of the train's arrivals and the meeting of the school board would be held im- mediately in one of the coaches on company time. He also pointed out that as- many as 300 applications for teaching positions were received in those days with the. annual salary offered being, $500. How- ever, aware of certain problems the Schreiber board never paid less than $900 he said. The retiring man pointed out that fhe government grant in 1925 was $5,644 while today it is $69,229. He added that he felt the elec- tion of women 'to the school board was an important step in the improvement of administra- tion. Attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Har- ris, Jr. of Port Arthur; Miss Molly Harris, Fort William; Mr. and Mrs. Rob Harris, Sam Har- ris and Bob McMillan, Terrace Bay. Assisting with the arrange- ments were Mesdames Bill Ge- row, J. J. Rummery, Alec Gor- don, Russell Macadam, Neil Ross, Gerald Fischer, J. D. Bry- son, W. G. Furlonger, Michael Reid, Bill Miller, Roland Gander and Wesley Clemens; Misses Gwen Hadley, Edith -Clemens and Linda Gibson. Ss