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WOODSTOCK, Oct. 23 — TI
J;cll Telephone today announce
the closing of its Ingersoll bus
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nrss office, in a move to pro
o,dc "more efficient and ec-
,rimical telephone .service."
The Bell Company purchas<
Lhe telephone business from it
'old Ingersoll Telephone Con
lany several years ago. The, Br
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I.ocal Bell manager
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of theme evening and although one of the
meeting, In the days when strloa, announced the appointmes
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' rules to the serving of very simple,
dark and unpaved.
two collection oust agenci
'f�IFTY YEARS AGO In the Town Of
three women decided
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fare, rule Is "honored: more in tha
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where Ingersoll untacustomers m:
pay accounts- at no extra ca<;
89ti Ingersoll young
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i breach than in the observance." So also,
During the early days of the
They are: Carr's Book ai
that a little culture wouldn't hurt them,
' mined to this day. lh¢c plays, a comedy,
' in this modern age of later hours, is the
members saw many of the stage
China Shop at 132 Thames S
.. and to that .end they would form a club
a history and a tragedy, are read each
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rule pertaining to, departure at 10 p.m.
tions of Shakespearean. plays,
and King' Newell Pharmacy
of dike -minded women to meet, to read and
season. one act Is studied at each meet
There seems always' a reluctance to break
the times when such ",
143 Thames St. ,
discuss. In the words of the first minutes
q ing, with discussion taking place, under the
the meeting and .the. pleasant social
were
Forbes 'Robertson, Sir Henry ]
* The company's Ingersoll in
it was to be "a reading club for mutual
I:� direction of the president, after the reading
up
hour that follows the reading. At the an-
g•
Ellen Terry,. Martin Harvey, 50l
tourers wishing to discuss bu:
improvement and entertainment" Soon
."• of each scene. Two members volunteer to
to the
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F 1 nual party that closes the season in June,
Marlowe were making periodic v
ness matters should continue
call the number listed for L
November r 10th 1905 several ladies met at
j� castthe characters, previous reading
7the members dress in character costume,
followed the lean years for the
business office --700
:. the home of Mrs. George McDonald, who,
of a play, and each ,member becomes that
authentic as material and imagi-.
and the screen took hold on It
present
whit, Beachville customers w
by the way, later moved to London, where
- character for the. evenings. reading.
Finay
x tas .handy
Ination can make them. After dinner skits
fancy. Now, with ,the great loot
dial 2-2301.
she died some few years ago. Mrs_. R. A.,
Miss
_
Although it not be read with the
tend scenes from 'the plays, the more up-
the Canadian Stratford Festival,i
Mr. Foster said the offi
Paterson, Misr N ]an 8, Miss Po- g,
14urnhalp, Mias McKellar and Misa McNeal
aplomb of the virtuosos of our - Canadian
Iroarious the better, are performed by the
to the
hers see the world's greatest pla;
here has mailed 2,f8)0 Post ca.r
to Woodstock customers, yer
formed this first group. They decided to
Stratford Theatre, iC has, at'times, some
members for the members, and
joy oY all. - •
a Pascinating, exciting present
dreamed -of before. It has p[
rn .their comments . on the tel
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meet once a week, to begin reading at 8
to disperse at 10.
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semblance thereof. There is no, pretensemutual
or' expectation by these women of 'becom
'leo"As in all organizations, some few have
Shake speare was meant to be F
phone aervi ce. The Canvass
being carried out to enable t
I p.m" finish at 9 p.m. and
��e • ysteAy�r��,,,�G,�,4,,,,��eQ
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. ing , Shakespearean experts, but they do
1)een outstanding ` in study, In enthusiasm,
enjoyed, and not simply read a0
company to determine wh
q- rd
tto read
become disciples of the Bard, for it is im
and in imaginative application. Miss Logan,
by reluctant pupils. The club -
aspects of the servica might
Three oY the membe-rX-were
the rest sewed or other-
I `! passible to read and discuss his plays for
a clever teacher and an earnests en o
unique experience of going in
causing dissatisfaction and wh
each evening, while
their busy hands. All were
years without learning to appreciate the
the Bard, helped greatly to make the club
the opening night and on any o
eon he done to improve servi�
wise occupied
' asked to criticize and comment on the
'beauties of his poetry and prose and the.
vigorous in its early years. Her influence
for' which they are fortunate c ,_
tickets.
readings. 'Although there was evidently
§ infinite variety of his thought and Inspira-
long outlasted her. Miss' Bower, another
secure
that
I 'decision at the inception of the club
d thin. Each new member (the membership
Ingersoll teacher, of more recent memory,
It has sometimes been suggested
no
to confine themselves to the reading of
I is limited'to 25) on initiation receives the
generously gave .of her genius. Combining
Shakespeare as a steady mental diet for
Shakespeare, "Comedy of Errors" was chos
,y
name of a'Shakespearean character. These.
awonderful memory with keen humor, and
fifty years could become very boring, but
i for the first reading. It must have
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are not necessarilyof the feminine Parana-
- a gift for delivering lines, she often our-
the opposite is true, for the more one drives
an
been enjoyed, for after that initial expe
d
anon, even if the members themselves are,
prised her fellows with her rendition of
into the plays, the more one realizes that
} rience 'no other author was ever read
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Falstaff) Sir Toby Belch and Touchstone,
long passages various plays. Also,
a lifetime of. such reading and study, as
it, is insuf
1t became the Ingersoll
1 besides an odd assortment of Lords, and
I with her intimate knowledge of history, she
a club of this kind devotes �to
there and
even the: rogue Autolycus, are seen among
cleverly introduced many of the historical -
ficient to do more than make one a little
;spears Club.
the first
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the ladies, and, as in real life, so noble
c plays. -
familiar with the characters and plots, and
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Miss Neelands was president
1 Mrs. R. A. Paterson, who Is the only
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and commoner, rich and poor, the good and
The one member who survives from the
the genius that called them forth. Reading
and
! member still living, was appointed
a
not so good, mingle amiably in this unique
Inaugural meeting, Mrs. R. A. Paterson, the
through the minutes of the past fifty years
charter
to "observe and report all behaviour, that
' gathering of women. '
widow'of one of Ingersol]'s fine school in-
and they are rather unique minutes, one
; was not consistent with the rules of the
Refreshments are served by the hostess
I specters, is still a vigorous member, de-
realizes the changes that have taken place .
original woman, who noun
j group," a humorous role which she has
followed throughout the years.
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lighting now as always in the humor,
""'' earthy and otherwise, that abounds in the
the clever and ,
lent their skill and active Imagination t
consistently.
' The readers quickly discovered that the
plays. From her we learn much of those
the benefit of the organization, and the fin k
casual scanning of two or three acts of +x
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�� early days, when the few met by lamplight,
Ithey have had while acquiring clove am
th
!Shakespeare play at one sitting wasn't con
sewing or knitting, while one of their vain-
ft
.understanding and appreciation of t, %
Will Shakespeare, who, as th
dueive to either an understanding or an
•, ber read.. She tells, too, of the lighted Ian-
: dramatisF
Hon. Arthur Meighen has called hln -.
appreciation of his works,. so a more in
... "helped
',Iterns that, in the days before; flashlights,
to from a
Rt..
is truly the greatest Englishman.
trustee study plan was 'mapped' out, and
with little variation, has roc
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them on their way and
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this plan,