the ot-bellied stove could be used for heating water. The coal was kept in a building adjoining "the boys" and "the girls", outhouses behind the school. My boarding house w^s with the Johnson Bernard family in a beautiful home, approximately one mile from the school and naturally I would carry my lunch. My hostess was a wonderful housekeeper. North of this home was the Baltic River , which in winter was frozen over, so that one could cross with horse and sleigh to Malpeque or Darnley . On Sundays we would attend the beautiful, historic Presbyterian Church for morning and evening worship and always a capacity congregation. The minister visited among the people. On one occasion, I recall that the Rev. J. M. Murchison was at my boarding house and after Bible reading, he paid a special blessing on Miss MacFayden in guiding and teaching the young. It gave me quite a surprise as I had never heard a "by¬ name" prayer before. The social life was what you made it. There was prayer meeting every Wednesday night, also an occasional party in a home. Shortly after I arrived in the district I received an invitation to supper at a certain home. We had never met, but the lovely display of china, silverware and linens and magnificent. The next time I was invited there we supped in the kitchen. The food was excellent every time. I was always invited to the different homes, especially if there were children there. There was generally group singing with someone on hand to play the organ. In the winter, when the weather was stormy, Mr. Bernard would drive me to school in the wood-sleigh and I generally found a buffalo robe to get under. The sleigh bells at this time of the year, especially on a frosty night were thrilling and the young men in the district sported different kinds of bells, those going around the horse, a set of four or five on the harness, shaft bells, etc. Some families alternated in going to the school or by taking a horse and sleigh and keeping them at a nearby shed until time to return. This was indeed a long time before the invention of school busses. During recesses I generally played with the pupils, but it never made them try to take advantage. Friday afternoons were special times with spelling or geography matches, recitations, concerts. Writing was one of teir specialties and it was during the period of slates. My year spent in this rural community brings back many fond memories. TEACHING IN THE BALTIC IN 1929-30 by Hattie Clark I came to teach at Baltic School in August 1929 as a Second Class teacher, I was one of the lucky teachers for I received a supplement of $140 17