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Barris OriIlia
Kincardine will investigate
the merits of joining the. Saugeen
Valley Conservation Authority._
The town is not in any organ.
izedauthority now.
At its, annual meeting in Han-
over last March, the Saugeen
Authority suggested Kincardine.
Lucknow and •Ripley, and Huron
and : Kinloss Townships be included
Addition of . these communities
must be initiated by the munic•
-
ipalities themselves and must
be accepted by at least -two -�— --
thirds`of the, members;
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On Friday evening friends and
neighbours gathered at .the Orange
Ha rto honour Mr. and Mrs. Gord.
. on Hodgkinson. newlyweds. Cards
were enjoyed after which Mrs.; D
McCosh extended best wishes.
William •Haldenby read 'an address
and James Haldenby presented,
them with a gift of money.- They
eachreplied. fittingly, and "fcr
they are • jolly good fellows" was
sung with Mfs. George Harkness
at the piano. Lunch was served
and•M% and Mrs. Chris Shelton
showed pictures of the wedding:
and also some from their western
,trip last su'rnmer.. These were
muchenjoyed. The. Purple Grove'
'Orchestra were on hand to furnish
Music for •a dance which brought
a pleasant evening to a close.
•Ladies, from here attended the
bazaar and tea at Bervie on.
Friday afternoon. '
Mrs. Ed .Thompson and Marjorie
Mrs. John Scott, Mrs. Bob Scott,
and Jeffrey, visited with Mrs.
'William Cox and Rev. Benson Cox;
Mr. and Mrs. William Lloyd,
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Boyle. and
Carol, of London, visited on; Sat-
urday evening with Edna and May
Boyle. '
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Collison
'of Rexdale visited with Mr. and:
Mrs. Bert Nicholson.. Allan and
'
Congratulations to Mr. 'and Mrs.
Gerald, Valad on the birth of twins
(a boy and a girl) on June 12th.
• Mrs. Bill Purdon and Miss Beat
'rice McQuillin visited on Sunday
'with'•:Mr, 'and Mrs. Elden Eckens-
wilier.' : . ,
Mr. and Mrs., Ronnie Graham . .
and family visited with Mr. and.
_Mrs. Roy. Grahm.__.Ronnie under-
' went an appendectomfat `Port
Colborne recently
Mrs.. Ivan McFarlan is. assistuig
at the Carruthers Nursing Home
Ms. 'Ryan of St. Catharines,
Mr. and Mrs. Allen of Listowel,
visited with Mr., and Mrs. Russel
Hewitt. Joyce Arlin spent the.
weekend at the. Hewitt home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Hudgins
of London spent Saturday. evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Graham.' •
Rev. W. Rowls' of• Meaford. had
charge of the Anglican service' on
Sunday. . Canon Stump is a pat
ientin'York •Centre Hospital.
,Richmond: Hill.
NOTE CHANGE
On Sunday next June 19th, the
Anglican service will be held. at
9.30 a. m. and will, be a Sunday
School rally..
Dan McInnes underwent a ton=
silectomy in the Wingham and.•
District Hospital' during the week.'
We are pleased•to report that
Mrs. Perry Hodgins who has been
a patient in Victoria Hospital ,
. London...for the• past six weeks,
was able to return to the home of
her sister; Miss Winnifred Percy,
where she is•being•cared 'for at
present.
Those Terrible Teens . are at It
again. Riot in Montreal: Riot in
Toronto's Yorkville.. Teen-age
boy charged with .glue-sniffing:
'Girls nailedwith bundle of mar-
ijuana. .. Students . picketing . ev-
erything but the public lavato-
ries.
.Searching articles by sociolog-
ists point out the obvious: that
teen-agers are rebellious,: re=
sentful of adults, eager to ex-
periment; : anxiety -ridden, reck-
less, sensitive, moody. Any par
-
/tent knows all that. •
"Probing" and "sensitive" TV
Programs point out some more
of ' the obvious. that teen-agers
like •power ;(boats, cars,_motor::
•bikes;' but not lawnmowers);
that: they like music with a big
beat that •they' like members of
the' opposite sex. Anybody who
is not blind and deaf knows all.
that •
What's ' ,all the fuss .. about,
then? Is it a lot of ,overblown
sensationalism in . the mass
p
:.I'm no sociologist, but I have
been a teen-ager,, I; have two of
.them under my •roof, and I' teach
swarms' of them every day, so .I
"have some qualifications, how-
' ever amateurish, to speak a
piece'.
Let's try to look at the whole
thing coolly. They did inherit a
pretty cruddy world. Their
freshness and idealism is soured
at every turn by , the massive
• march of materialism. Man, . is
aiming at the stars with his feet
firmly mired in • the mud. And
over all hangs the threat of an-
nihilation
What do they y want? They
want to sweep away all the old
shibboleths and. start fresh.
They want to be their brother's
• keeper. • They want to, communi-
cate. But
ommuni-cate•..But every way they turn,.
they are confronted by a great,
passive resistance from a society
constructed by adults for the
comfort and convenience : of
adults. Whowouldn't be frus-
trated? •
Mr, and• Mrs. W, F.-lvlacDon�
ald,, of Lucknow , . attended the
commencement exercises last
. ° 'week held at.Alma College, St;.
Thomas, for the nurse's gradua .
tion of St. Thomas Elgin General.
Hospital./
Miss Sue McRae of Sarnia was'
a. graduate of the St. Thomas
• • hospital. A reception was held
after''for Miss'ivicRae at Glen Alien
Restaurant, London. ,
Miss M.McRaeis' the daughter of
Mrs. Alex McR:ae.and,the late Mr.
Mcrae of Sarnia, and a sister of
. Mrs. Mac MacDonald of Sarnia,
Students woald like to take
over the universities. And re-
membering some of the deplora-
ble professors and ' ridiculous
courses 1 was subjected to, 1
don't blame them.'
They'd like to have, the vote
at 18. And this might be a good
thing. • It would mean' nobody
over 25 would dare to: run .for
public office. In • this .way we
might get rid of vast numbers;of
.the incompetent ..politicians we
now have at every level of gov
,'.ernment., •
They'd like to .'be able to
drink legally 'at 18 (instead .of
illegally at.16).This, too, in the.
long run, might turn out, well.
The resultant slaughter on' the
.highways might ruin a :few .in-
surancee companies, but at least
it would help control the popu-
ration , explosion we hear' .so,
much about.:
They'd liketo be able to non-.
conform (though • they do Cling..
rather frantically • to tireultra-
conformity of the teen cult):
Well, there's, nothing wrong
• withbeing a non -conformist 'I'd
love to grow a beard,it it didn't
emerge as a :grizzled stubble°•
• that makes me' look like a Bow=
. ery bum on a binge. I'd• like to`
•have two "mistresses • and• a pet
tiger,- but "..I .can't, afford it. I'd.
like to. go in bare .feet, but I
have ,this terrible.' seed -wart on
the ball of my right foot, that
hurts like the dickens.:
• They'd• like `some. direction in
their lives, . 'so they. say,and
blame the .'lackof it on their
parents or adults generally: Did
you ever try • to direct a teen-
ager toget to ,bed or mow, the
lawn? RIGHT 'NOW!
They'd like to be beautiful or
handsome. They'd like to be
loved and trusted. They'd like to
• be ,given responsibility; All
these longings prove is that
they are human beings,
You know, things haven't
changed that much: When I was
18, I ,thought my parents well.
meaning, • 'but terribly narrow.
Minded. When I was 21, we used
to call chaps of 29 in the Air
Force,: ' "Pop." When I was 25,
people in their 'late 30's were
completely incomprehensible..
MI they could talk about was
furniture and fuel bills; children
and 'chimneys, taxes and teach.
era. People Over 40 were dodder.
Ing, ' senile.
' Don't try to understand teen
-
'agent. Just' try to put„ up with
them. ,They want to fly. We
want them to get on, the tread-
mill with the rest of us sii.uir-
refs. Remember, you too once
wanted to : fly. Yes, you, Mom,
who, necked in the back seat of
a . And u, , ho
got dr1935unFordk' when, yoyou v'ereDad18w