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$KELTO.N -•MEMORIALS
Walkerton.
'Pat O'Hagan, Prop.
Established Over Sixty Years
Phone 881-0234: Ontario
.Brother. Passed-
Away At Clinton
JOHN THOMAS GIB.SON
John Thomas Gibson passed .away
at Clinton Hospital ori Saturday ,
March!19th , in, his 7.2nd year.:
Hie was: the soul of George' Gib-
son and. Catherine Webster , . and
was born at East Chilliwack, Brit-
ish Columbia, on March 27th,
1894..
The. funeral service' was, herd
at Clinton on Tuesday, March 22;
Pallbearers:were three nephews,
'Bob'Elliott , Ernie :Gibson, Bill •
:Gibson, and three'meighbours,
Wes Holland Glenn Wise, A.
:Andrews. l
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Rev., G;. Mills' officiated with
burial in Clutton Cemetery.
'Mr. Gibson is survived by his
wife, the former Mae Elliott; two.
sons Fred of RR'5 Clinton, 'Joe
of RR 2 Seaforth , five grandchild
ren;. one sister Susan of Lucknow•,,
four brothers, ,Jim 'of Agassiz, •B.C.
'Soh of Arnberley, Marshall of
Ashfield, Earl, of Bolton. He was
predeceased by one sister Mrs ..•
Catherine Webb of:Agassiz;LC
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•two brothers Beattie. of Detroit',.
George of Luc know , one grandson
of Clinton.; • •
Mr, and Mrs. Gibson were.marr-
led December 25th, 1920. They
lived in. Goderich Township until .
two years ago when they moved to
. Clinton. •
The Season)
Ever have a, day ' ;Alen you
feel depressed, 'even surly, with
no apparent •reason?`" That's the.
way I anf toda•y.
Usually ,'a' sweet -tempered, 10-,
•viable chap, I` feel right now like
kickingthe: crutches out ' from
under some .:old „ gentleman
'trying to get across . the street.
before the light changes.
But after a wild look around
to see if there's something - I
could. destroy. 'without. ' making
my wife: sore, like ;maybe a pa-
per cup, • I've discovered the
source of my vile mood. There
they sit, stacked about the floor
of my study, -those piles of trivia
'.:on which I've spent-• the past
eight hours . • with . no obvious
change in their altitude: Exam
papers.
Marking.. exam papers is I
guess, good for the 'soul: It's
about• the only, thing it is `good
for. It's. hard onthe eyes, the.
nerves, the .tailbone and the
temper.
But it has a salutory effect on
the ego. It's ..a, Tittle like trying
to pull in your- stomach and,
finding that your -chest doesn't
go out any more. Or catching
that first horrible glimpse of
the . naked bald spot which you
thought was merely a thinning
on top.
Yes, it's humbling. ' You ' have
begup, to build up -- with - no
really good . reason, except that
• you haven't been fired — • -the
idea that ,you're an excellent, if
not outstanding teacher.
Then you startto read what
yourstudents have ' "learned"
• from you in the past `six months.
Nothing;' Zero.: You have merely
compounded' their ignorance.
. You - have ' only confused the
simple 'teen-age : philosophies `
they have acquired from televi-
sion, :hootenanies, Mad ntagazine
`and the poolroom. '
Some young and tender teseh•
ers, faced with this shattering
moment, have been known to
turn green, rush to , the, school
board, offer their resignation
and even, in drastic cases, at-
tempt to pay back the salaries
`they' have accepted since Sep-
tember.
For the older, tougher, ach
ers, it is not quite such trau-
matic experience.. Oh, t ' y may
swear a- bit,.tear their hair a bit,
and froth slightly at the mouth
But they do not offer to. return
Ar
For' Snarling
their salaries: :The last known
case of this, among older . teach-
ers, was in 1714.
The more experienced teach
ers accept this disillusionment . .
as they. do- the changing of the. "
seasons. : They, know that by
. 'somemagic alchemy .of spring,.;
Easter • holidays, . parental pre-
ssure, and three months of un-
relenting labor • on .`their own
parts, it will be all sorted out by
June, and most of the kids' will
advance :a grade:'
And- it must V be admitted. that
marking exams is not unmitigat
ed misery. It has its moments.
On several : occasions, - re-
sponding to peals of . maniacal;
laughter from my -study, my
wife has dashed up. the ; stairs,
ready tocallthe boys:in •thea
white :coats.
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There's tthe, e. student who ,tries
the shot -gun . approach.. Scatter
your gems as widelras possible,
and .you're bound to hit some-' •
• thing right. One .such; in a re- •
cent . history . 'exam, identified
John 'D. Rockefeller thus: "He
was a 'Prime Minister of Eng-
land and very' Important in the
labor movement",` The rumble
`, heard at.. the time was John D.
trying to argue -his way back to
this world .so he..could. strangle
•the kid.
Sometimes`'. it's not 'funny. On
a recent exam;' junior students
were asked to,- pick the right
verb from this sentence: "They
have . (drunk, 'drank) all the wit -
ter." A little blonde . girl with :
troubled eyes chose "drank" be-
cause, as she pointed out,
"Drunk is, not a verb. It's a
noun." She had • good reason. for
• her answer. Her father .is ohe.
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And then,. of course, amid .the.
welter of confusion, comes the
sudden stab of pure, refreshing ,
delight, ' the discovery ' of. art
original, perceptive mind, trying
to- make sense out • of all this
nonsense. It's like finding a sol-
id piece of . ground in .a swamp, a
cool spring in the desert.
That's the moment when the
poor old teacher is hooked once
again by that most irritating of
nuisances, faith in the future of
the •human race.' And •bleary-
eyed; .but with a lighted heart,
he bows his weary head once
more over the wasteland of
words, looking for the diamond
in the coal -mine: `
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Mrs. ' Clare Sparling and Douglas
of Walkerton visited on Monday
with Mr. and .Mrs.' George Halden
We are pleased to report that
Mrs. Elden • Eckenswiller was able
to return home from Kincardine
Hospital -where. she has :been a ,
patient'. for several weeks.
Mrs. ' Perry Hodgins had 'a most
enjoyable week visiting with Mrs
Bertha Atcheson and Mr'. and Mrs..'
Adam Neilly'at indsor,- and in. `
Detroit .with Mrs; usan ontgom-
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•Percy, Mrs. A. Hodgins, 'lvlr.
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her nephew 'Bill Percy -who' is, em-
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Mrs; Tom Hodgins in the passing
of her sister,Mrs. George
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Mr. and Mrs,. Ted 'Evans, Linda •
and Larry of Downsview , spent ••
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Ted,s paferas,. Mr and Mrs. Wm.-•.
Evans are moving from their farm
to Whitechurch and . a farewell
party was held for them at Lang
side on Friday. evening.
Mrs.. William Cox and Rev.
•Benson Cox ',were 'guests wit• h Mr:
and; Mrs. John. Scott on Sunday ,
it being Bill Scott's birthday.
• ' Mr. and Mrs.. Ellison. Hodgins •
of' Kinloss visited on 'Wednesday
evening with Mr. and Mrs. T,om
MacDonald,
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