Page 2 Second Section a THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Wednesday, January 25, Z ‘sembte-> On—their return, the A man has tact who won't young couple will take up resi-| change his mind but will change ueuce in-the Cariboo. the subject. ie | ...WITH IRENE Seercesoneono: CRDER NOW DRY MILLWOOD — SAWDUST PROMPT DELIVERY Is Word Structure Forgotten ? OT having any children in school before N this year, I have been only vaguely aware of the periodic controversies that rage over present-day systems of teaching one of the Vital three “R's "—that is, reading and its partner, spelling. Cliff Wiison Fue! & Transfer PHONE 290W i I have often heard business-|reading courses in Manitoba men complain that the young- schools which fired Winnipeg’s Sters today can’t spell, but I{hottest debate on teaching since have never felt that I was in any| U.S. author Rudolph Flesch di Position to judge. Although I| covered “Why Johnny ‘ant Personally found spelling one of; Read.’ When Flesch charged the easiest subjects in my school|that progressive education had days, there may have been lots| abandoned phonies, i.e, the of other students who have|letter-by-letter system, for word ready found it extremely hard . . . just|recognition, schoolmen in the as some do today. |us. and Canada chorused that Mega oes 4 _ 7 : 2 oacis Of a B.C. ogopogo sea serpent, of and means of pushing its slandi Mai Uelieve ‘thet cash eniia|tleyae both wethods: Mrs. pent, o: nd means of pushing its standing to the to; i I believe that each chi ae aH Shevectea une Zecannon at Fort Henry, Ont. of the Mile of the list. Ite 195g objectives are: A better z q has a special aptitude towards Johnson suspec at, in Win: Zero signpost on the Alaska highway and of — indigenoce Canadian cuisine, ‘produc’ «not = some particular subject; one|nipeg at least, the phonies were @ Maritimes sea captain are held by these travel films, and manufacture of di may be good at arithmetic with|too little and too late. To four girls of the Canadian Tourist association Canadian souvenirs. The association’s wiguest ? x document the suspicion, she won Offices tn Toronto. With the tourist indusiry promotion venture of the season is the Br no special effort, another may he 5 pune the third largest in Canada i find geography a breeze, and/Permission to test 600 fourth- now, the asonalie vane still another considers spelling|Staders in their classes. Her i nada 1 volume Columbia centennial being held throughom is investigating ways the year. of course. a cinch. ee was a dictation of 25 three & Set eee My interest in how reading is 924 four-letter ies and the WRIGHT—#LETCHER WEDDING vice at which many friends of ae taught has naturally deepened |Svidence that shocked Mrs. the bride assisted in the serving. it S since Elaine started school, and |J07S0n most was provided by A beautiful four-tier weddine Ae : 30 ‘pitifully bewildered’ grade - : : z somehow it just doesn’t seem cake centered the lace-covered Tight that she should know|f0¥P children in one class who ours chi n one: Class . ° table, and was flanked by ivory dozens of words like “ Burt, }se saree to the : det oy FAMILIES JOINED IN RITES tapers set i crystal candelabra. Jane, baby, mother, father,” ete,,|29 answers w WHORES 2 Out, ri ride’ ey Z 8, yy, @ write then, bur|£0Utr garrt, gowt, joc, get, cot. ale bride 5 mother chose a eee Mi them; |e gaught, jat, jaut, jhawt,| \AEMBERS of two well-known families of the |##™et-chiffon velvet gown ton doesn’t know how to spell them; Cariboo were united in marriage January 19, {{He oceasion, and her corsage , « p.y.|gaunt, gome, gahot, clot, chawe D ¥ z p : that is, to be able to say “ P-u. jouned, chot (2), jont (3), gat| When Miss Iris Fletcher, daughter of Mr. and’ Mex, [Wa of white violets. Goons Sele SnG unow Sethi individual) Orville Fletcher, of the 144 Mile House, became the |!T°¥" erepe with’ rhinestone é s 3) and got (4) 3 aN § letter. anche eee rin-| bride of David Gerald Wright, son of Mrs. Burton |! was worn by the mother of 3 I brought this article to prin cat g ie fioant e SOMETHING WRONG? cipal Ron Friesen's attention| W?ight and the late Mr. Wright, of La Lac Hache. pees oa 2 sa : a he to: ri va pccpecdine 7 more concerned ising aediscussion oxi reading | "Pale ‘pinie-Fdses intermingled aU goer Bt weal erie Sy a8 S . aetna proposed by Haward Harris, of after Tesding an artidlein Time |: tact week's P-TA meeting,| With green boughs made an| buds. na eee ee beer is ¥ i : : one Quesnel, recently on this very subject, and following the meeting he! attractive setting for the 7 William Wright was best man | For their wedding trip to the and I thought, “Aha! T knew 3 : ‘i rhien - Wa ral for: his ttrouver: 2 asked fourth-grade teacher Mrs.|P.m. service, which was per-|for his brother pee = there was something wrong.” ss : ; vord|formed by Rev. D. Pf hawerd |Okanagan and United States, __ |W. Sharpe to dictate the word | y Rev otenhauer| A reception followed the the bride donned a blue en- Be. Tn brief, the article said: |« jot” to ner class of 42. Here|at the home of the bride's | E “Last spring, Winnipeg house-| are the results: cor tly spelled wife Mary Johnson discovered) 35: joit, 5: jod, 1; jdt, 1. Mrs Por her marriage, the pride | that her 10-year-old son did not|snarpe dictated the word by i chose a ballerina-length gown of | ° a know what a vowel was and|seif, without any preparation ©! white whisper taffeta fashioned | Fashion be ins read only by sight . She pre-| information as to its meaning or | on clasic lines with fitted Dodiee. g coe sented a stinging indictment on] use, [It was topped by a bolero of | WITH HAIR STYLING parents. | enjoys FOR FREE DELIVERY Well! I guess we can relax| white Chantilly lace styled with | a bit in Williams Lake, eh? We/long lilypoint sleeves and tiny | jobviously are in pretty good|stand-up collar. A coronet of|! Let the skilled fingers of an *Ph i! Go to Church shape in educational matters as iillies-of-the-valley and pearls|! gynerienced Nate Siylee one 84 compared with Winnipeg. But|held her filmy veil of illusion 7 : ' she] arrange your hair into the on Sunday - .. I’m not entirely convinced|net in chapel length, and : 5 ‘ ; EN that our system it better than carried a white Bible with lil -|{ styliug most becoming to | JHE CARLING brewenies (6.¢) LIMITED : 4 that of “the good old days.” of-thesyalley and white satin | tne -contoubsl ate 5 z (formerly Vancouver Breweries Ltd.) 3 i Mr. Friesen explaingd at the streamers, She was given in © contours? of syour “face.. | BLACK LABEL LAGER BEER - RED CAP ALE P-TA meeting that reading is marriage by her father. GBC BOHEMIAN \LAGER BEER - OLD COUNTRY ALE - 4x CREAM sTouT ght im four ways: (1) by| a me Ee te a 1 S : = ene manoneen oy cone) ie Hoe See * Cold Waving this advertisement is not published or displayed by the text; seeing the word in Feiahion tatiistse chitoa’ esha with | i St lj A § . It Liquor Control Board or the Government of British Columbia No: Shs seen around: 1 €8)° Dy pttea bodiée andlbsuwant walt. y Ing pecia y recognizing part of the word (4) ; U t SPE B t se the Classifieds for Quick Results nat, Sie cepliabet : Manhattan Beauly Salou way? iss Karen Pletcher, tiny He said length skirt over a full crinoline. The alphabet is the basis of Sister of the bride, was flower) MARGARET BLENKINSOP P H 0 N E 56 Her corsage was of pink rose- bu in a full-skirted dr t) Phone1es THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE and finally, phonetics. that the alphabet is stressed tar English language. Why Sil in shouldn’t it be taught thoroughly Pale pink nylon, and car Ne every child until it is in- Colonial nosegay of pink LISTED BELOW ARE |delibly etched on hig mind? He | PLACES OF WORSHIP ||is going to be in elementary IN WILLIAMS LAKE school for se years, so why rush this all-important ground ST. PETER'S (ANGLICAN) [work that is to last him all tho 5th Avenue at Carson Drive || "eSt Of his life? Family Circle, Friday, 8 Time's article concludes with pm. this paragraph: “ The Univer _§-a.m., Holy Communion, || of Manitoba lent support to Mrs. ist and 3rd Sunday. Johnson's cause by reporting, ji am. the Sunday School, |!-7ne average freshman is wn- every Sunday. ‘ er 80 p.m., Evensong, every ||able to read with understanding Sunday. or to express ideas with clarity and simplicity '.” If this is the result of sight reading, let us go back to put- as Aventis ot Comern Street | ting the alphabet at the top of ee s in which read- ght. ST. ANDREW'S UNITED CHURCH the list of wa: ing should be 11 am., Sunday School, Adult Bible Class.- 7:20, Evening Worship, topie, “Ridgepole and Rafters.” SACRED BEART CHURCH 4th Avenue at Yorston Street Redemptorist. Fathers Sunday Masses, 9 and 10:30 a.m. First Fridays and Holidays of Obligation, Mass at 7:3 p.m. Benediction Saturday even- ing, 7:30. GatwaRy punaEoosral; by Edna Blackwell TABERNACLE Although winter ofte 2nd Avenue North reat picture ~ Sunday School, 10 a.m. || Possibilities, sleet, snow. colt Morning Worship 11:15 aim. |} and sudden and ‘severe’ tem- ae eee |] perature changes can play ioe ne Hvangelistic Ser- |! Havoc with the ime, jy , 7:30. ; workings of your camera. Tuesday .Prayer” Meeting, || mis week “let's explore one damaging by-product .of win- ter’s cold — condensation. If a camera is chilled and warmed several times during 8 p.m. ~ Friday, Young People’s Meeting, 8 p.m. get together with NABOB / sRiNgpom ant. oF a day’s shooting without be. EHOVAH WITNESSES ing allowed to thoroughly d sha familar 1 Pe ; ether 4th Avenue South out between sessions, con Such a familar scene! People getting together cause trouble. A over cups of delicious Nabob Coffee. There’s Sunday, 0, Regular i : 5 g' uddenly warm- Bible Study using the Watelt || “