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Terrace Bay News, 22 Jan 1953, p. 3

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LIBRARY NEWS Hours Monday & Wednesday - Tuesday & Thursday - Children's Hours Monday & Wednesday - Tuesday & Thursday New Books for Adults "These Are Your Sons" by Timothy J. Mulvey. To read this book is to share the deeply felt experiences of a good and courageous man whose unusual talents as a writer give to everything he relates the immediacy of life itself, "The Far Country" by Nevil Shute. New lives for old on a fresh, vital, expanding front~- ier! That is the exciting background of this heart-lifting novel by the "master weaver of romance and adventure", "The Thurber Album" - A New collection of pieces about people by James Thurber, "The Perfect Joy of St, Francis". A novel by Felix Timmermans, In this simple, lyrical story, we follow the dramatic temporal and spiritual events of his life, We understand his very human struggles and - in the end - we, too, are touched by his gentle love, "A Pattern of Islands" by Arthur Grimble. This remarkable book is the story of those dramatic and romantic atolls in the Central Pacific - the Gilbert and Ellice Islands - woven into the travel - autobiography of the author, who, the day after his wedding in 1913, left England with his wife for the remotest corner of the British Empire where e 'cadet! of the Colonial Administrative Service had never before been seen, Ow Ooo cr oOo 4:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 0 4530 pom, o 7:30 p.m. aS A 0-0-0 LADIES FIVE PIN LEAGUE ~ dnn Checkryn led the lndies league this week with two 200 games and a 616 series. Cther 200 games were:= Isobel Marsh 227, Lil McDonald 242, Joey Semeniuk 219, Lois Havil- and 216, Evelyn Knauff 215 and Irene Good- fellow 202, The Tu.rrors took 4 points from the Whirl- ers, The Sure Shots took 3 points and the Goodgals had one point. The standings to date are: Terrors 8, Whirlers 7 Sure Shots 5 Goodgals 1 0-0-0 LOST Taken by mistake, one pair of child's Page 3 FIRETTES WIN FIRST SERIES IN MIXED 10 PINS The Firettes (Lois Windle, Pete Diduch, Joe Shubaly and Capt. Pat Dooling) won the ist series in the Mixed 10 pin league this week in spite of the fact that the Badgers knocked them over 3 to 1 and will meet the winner of the 2nd series for the championship, The Superiors ended up in 2nd place as they missed a good chance to garner lst place honours going down to defeat to the Royal- ettes by the same score, The Royalettes were held up mostly by the efforts of the girls as Barbara Haughn hit the high scratch series for the women for the 2nd week in a row (409) and just barely nudged out teammate Cathy Hawkins for with- handicap honours 553 to 552, On the Super- iors side Liz Jour led the way to their one point as she hit high game for the women with and without handicap 155 & 205, The 205 was the best score posted by either men or women for the day. Al Lindskoog had high scores for the men with and without handicap (178- 200, 494 - 550). Final Standing (qualifies for finals) Firettes 21 Superiors 20 Badgers iL? Royalettes 14 0-0-0 HOME & SCHOOL ASSOCIATION The monthly mecting of the Home & School Association was held Monday evening, Jan. 19, in the Public School, Malcolm Craig presided over the meeting and Harry Coe was acting Secretary for the cvening, During the business discussion, it was decided to send one delegate to the workshops being held at the Lakehead this Wed, & Thurs., by the Ont. Federation of Home & School Assoc, another subject discussed was the effective- ness of the patrol boys, and it was generally felt the boys' efforts were worthwhile for the avernge child, although not so effective for the habitual stragglers. Mr. Craig introduced the speaker, Mr, Deve Locking, who ga¥e some very helpful in- formation about the Canadian High School System. Mr. Locking listed the different types of training schools, their purpose, and variety of courses open in each grade, i, very interesting part of Mr, Locking's speech was sub-titled "What I would like in a parent", which encouraged parents to be brown "Snow King" overshoes with brown oxfords,normal adults and not become slaves to teen- size 12 at Skating rink dressing room, Sat- urday, Jen. 10th., Anyone having them kindly return to House 457. Holding here, one pair similar overshoes and black oxfords, left at dressing room. agers, A lively discussion followed on ind- ividual training, and difference in provin- Cial grading. The film, "Canadian Landscape", concluded the evening's entertainment. Mrs. Roland Wills convened the tea and refreshment period that followed,

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