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The Huron Expositor, 1978-03-23, Page 3• 6 I THE HURON. EXPOSITOR Not4F l tcH 11, 6 3 pinions :are welcome G.H.VVARD,84 PARTNERS ' Chartered kccountants 2/86 Main St., t xeter„ Ontario (•5ra) '235-6120 ARTHUR W. READ 'JOHNS. McNE11.0 RESIDENT PARTNER MANAGER RES. (5,19) 238-8075 RES. (519) 235.1..734 . didn't think of Mentioning the stray Clothes to me, I can't decide if I feel relieved that they were close to home...not at the cleaners completely for of tenor if I feel even 'more confase than usual because they were six feet away all thd time. Sugar and Spice by Bill Smiley because myhig brother died, and between land mine. 1 went to the hospital, as 'I making arrangements, phoning. family, ,againmore than 30 year later, and found and emotional exhaustion, didn't have hint in rough shape. The shrapnel from the much heart for turning out a column, the mine had almost' cut h o' him in two,. and' he • first time I've missed in about '25 years. It's notthat I went around 'weeping and .tearing my hair. We don't do that in the Smiley' family, although I've nothing againstit.. It's. just.that..whert .one_of.your immediate family goes. it makes a gap in yoUr own life, whether you were close or not. And it's also a reminder of your own mortality. My big. brother was five years older, and, naturally, something of a hero for me at times: He got all the good looks in the family: six feet tall.. bl d curly hair., strong white teeth, ' a great sique. Hew a top athlet high school. He passe icked and ran he football team, and 'set a high jump record that lasted for..siame years. So you can imagide • • that little brother often basked in reflected ,,glory. Because of the age difference, he hung arouna with -a different crowd.'but he was tied to me, and did for me a lot of things --lathers are supposed to do with their sons. Like playing catch, showing me how to • stick-handle a,puck, letting me help gather sap and make syrup, and one glorious day. about this time Of year, allowing tie to fire two shots at a tree with his .22. I was about ;Big' brother If ou missed a column recently. it was that .big brother'•had been- blown up 'by a Y . was still picking bits`of it our of his skull and body just b efore he died. But ..the . medics patched him up and within months • he was oat squiring the nurses around the - -local-pubs, -minus-one eyerbtif verrmucli alive. The three Smiley brothers got together fairly often for weekend leaves in London. To the disgust of my little brother and 1, big brother would try to' organize every- thing .for us, treat us 'with paternal pride, and try to keep us from sowing too many wild oats, which we Were only too keen to do. A year after the war, he' and I got married, within a feW•weeks,of each other, and Our wives struck up a chase friendship. Then I was off to 'the dull safety of university and he was off on a 'series of bizarre and adventurous jobs. First -it was away up to Port Radium on Great Bear Lake, to mine pitchblende for raditnat_Tbetthe worked as a construction boss for some quasi-government agency, in Southern Ontario. Next he bought a well-driller's rig and got into that. First thing I know; he's off to South America to run a gold mine that did well 10 and its was some big deal. but was closed when the government He had a strange sort of life, because he , decided to build a dam that would close the• was a combination of doer and dreamer. --iiiiiie."Back to Canada. Side trips to-Puerto He was a young man in•the latter part of the Depression, and it was a bad time to be a young man, in some 'ways. His first job was in a bank, at a miserable pittance. He was like a young bear in ..a ,cage. With some kindred spirits, he left the bank, they bought a Model T. and with a few dollars each, they headed north. He went into hard-rock mining and within a year was a shift boss, 'making big money , for the times. He liked the hard rough work and ,play of miners. I remember the first time he came home from the north, for Christmas, huge, hearty, laughing, with getierous presents for all, and to the horror of his yodng brother, whiskey on his breath. Funny, that memory. He was never much of a drinker. ti Came the war, and he joined early, obtaining a commission in the Engineers. He went overseas with the body of young Canadians who were to spend the next three• or four years training and frustrated in damp old England. — Next 'time I saw hitn," he was almost dead. I, had jutt arrived Eagland, a voting sketue of a pilot, and was Warmed Rico where there was a big job building houses. That didn't pan out. Then a year or two in Newfoundland. building highways. Various jobs after that. I was never quite sure where he was, what he was doing. or who he was working for. But there was always that indomitable dream that the next job was going to hit real pay-dirt and set him for life. Two weeks before he died, be told me with great enthusiasm about a trip he'd made recently to Costa Rica. arid felt there were' great opportunities down there for him as soon as he got on his feet. nit' sad that the big dream was always just over the horizon, amid that he never quite achieved it. But I'm glad for his sake that he kept trying. There were lots of times,when he could have settled into a nine-to-five job and lived dully and safely for the rest of his life. ,,BUt in this age. when everyone is seeking to wrap himself in a security blanket, he remained a •boy at heart, ready to &Op everything, pack up and go to the ends of the earth for a took at sotnethitig new and exciting. May he rest in the peace he never found on this earth. You're lnivted to "Morning 0,ut"• at the Town Hall on 'rues, aaarch28 from'9:30 to 11:30 a.m. (babysittiug provide es Maybelline NAIL COLOUR • (Continued from Page 1)4 or to' take out an .Inside wall. Approved were the .following applications for building permits; Case Postma, R. R. #4, Clinton, a barn; Robert Fotheringharn, R. R. #4, Seaforth, house alterations; Margaret McNairn, Egmoedville, house alterations; Harvey Hammond, Brucefield, renova- tions to apartment building and John Elliott, R. R. in, Kippers,, unintentional errors were made" shed. —and-that-usteps should .be taken Two land severances' were, ,to ensure tbat similar situation approved at township level for is less likely to arise again." Vokcistro to' gel Clinton fire overage SornIfthing to say Y Amen by Karl Schuessler Allan Haugh of R. R. , Council's motion pretty #1 Susan White on the MW Road and for about and garage., Brutefield„for a two and one-half four and half acres at Lot 30,, acre lot and an implement shop Concession 2, containing a house (Continued from Page 1) .the town solicitor had suggested that a stop work order not be issued "since unfortunate and decides to: let Well - Karen County's.. sli,ut down- high schools are the big topic of conversatioa on' the street these days. One 'reader called to point out that with property taxes rising year after year to pay for edueatioti (as well as for inun- icipal services) F 'it's 'especially annoying to see .the schools closed. • What will the board do with the money it is saving by not having to 'pay teachers' salaries, she wondered. an interesting' question and one we'd welcome opinions on. What do you think the lauron board should dta with the bucks they'll' save?. Teachers' anti trustees' opin- ions are especially welcome. Write or call the Expositor and tell us. .11 had - an interesting • time last week' speaking at a Seaforth W.I. meeting.. The ladies made me feel really welcome and I was especially interested in their fylary Stewart Collect. --- echoed the solicitor. ' 'Nobody decides to' build a house oVerniglit," commented clerk -- Crocker • Wednesday morning,and he said council will insist that completed applieations •for building permits be received in his office 14 days 'before a permit 'is issued. • , In a story from last week's Seaforth council meeting, Goderith St. W. resident Junior Storey felt his letter to council concerning a tree on his property was misinterpreted. The, following is Mr.. Storey's letter in full: • To the Town of Seaforth. As I have requested, the tree which is in the entrance to my driveway tohe taken out of there, has not been removed. It is rotten_ at the bottom; crackef up the centre, and is an obstruction to seeing when going onto the highway, walkingor in a moving vehicle. There are dead limbs hanging and attached which' might fall on anything below or O Anna Veronica Wilson A' native of the Clinton area, Anna. Veronica Wilson died in Clinton Public Hospital on Thurs- day, March 9.. She was in her bOth', year. Mrs. 'Wilson was- born in HUllett TownShip on Apri1,5, 1898 to John and Anna Shanahan. In... 1938-she was married toJarnes D. Wilson in Toronto and the couple lived in North Bay before return ing to Clinton. Along with being a former school teacher, Mrs. Wilson ' belonged to the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church and was a member of the CWL. Mrs. Wilson is predeceased by her husband and survived by 'one brother,. A.L. Shanahan of Clint- on., , Funeral services were held on Saturday, March 1'1 at the. St. Joseph's Catholic Church ,with Rev. J.F. Hardy" in charge. Interment followed at the Clinton cemetery. 'Pallbearers were John Flynn, Theo Flynn, Arnold Dale, Harold Pepper, Doug Freeman, all of Clinton and Mervin Lane of Seaforth. ' Mrs.C.W.Kestle On Tuesday. March 7 Mrs. ' C,W. (Dutch) Kestle passed away at the RECU Stratford -General Hospitallat her 77th Year. The late Mrs. Kestle was the troformer Mara, A. (Millie) Pollen. her parents being the late Mr. and Mrs. William Pollen of Hibbert township, where she was born. She lived for some time in Seaforth and Exeter and had lived in Stratford for 35 years, where she was a- member of St. John's United Church and Ruth Rebekah Lodge No. 2 . Her husband predeceased ter in June, 1969. Survirig are one son, Gerry. Stratford; one sister. Reta, ,Mrs.., William Fawcett, Mitchell; and two grandchildren. Michael and Tracey Lynn. Three Brothers, Simon, Harvey and Edward, predeceased her. Rev. R. 'Bruce Scott conducted the funeral service at •the Hein- ' buck foneral home, Stratford, on Friday with temporary entomb- ment in Avondale cemetery 1 No it's not a recipe or an appeal for funds. very dowe.qo earth bit of ad vice.- sell of the W. I. philosophy and talks about how we should treat each other...with kindnesi and , without spite —Of hypocrisy. Some day I'll replant it. • At the W.I.vve•Valkea .about women as world citizens and how individuals • can influence public opinion. Historically the 'W; I.. has gotten change in 'this country through its resolutions, Sliced bread, did you know, first becaMe available for sale because W.I. resolutions ,pushed • for it? thiak those at the W.I. meeting (the local group- by the way celebrates its 50th anniver- sary in April) concluded that we can influence public opinion. The ladies aren't . like the constituents that an anonymous politician polled recently: • • What's the biggest problem,, facing' government officialS, he wanted to know---public ignor- • 1 ante or public apathy? The most' common answer. ,, this pplitican reported,' was "I don't know and 1 don't care." Thanks to all those who enquir- ed into my confused State. I found my recovery is eagerly antieipat- ' ed especially by me. I found-grey slacks - and my White blouse, you might, like, to know. (More likely, yeti couldn't care ' I got pounced on by fellow Expositor people as soon as I emir into work Thursday. They inlOrmed me that long lost clothes had been in the office right next to mine for weeks. Once I noticed them missing I didn't think of asking anybody a; work and they Can 1- educate my own kids? educate your children come from 'anyway? St, John Amaulance, at their begin/with. It still is, even though the number Seaforth arena, warded First Aid L„, is intended to be for - for serious and dedicated students. One European 'trained professor told, me in North America, he doesn't get the real scholar until graduate schoOl.' hi the old country, they had sifted them out by undergraduate schpot. But isn't the school a place to keep the kids off the roads? To keep their minds and hands occupied until' they mature? They're like cheese, one teacher told me. It just stakes a number of years before they mature, arid you can't rush the job. And school's a good place for the waiting process. • Okay, so they wait to• mature in school - regardless of the subject „matter they take. They still need •-a school, don't they? 1'd--be wilting to have mylawn system. Scrap the old one, Start from scratch. Assemble a few kids around one teachEr. That's 'the way teachers she ked, she related to. I'd be forced to take a far more active part in my child's educate. I'd —e'a lot more say-so- ,And if the idea ght on, I just might go . ago. . i _ _ • . , -they-used-to-de it..A teacher-and hisiollowersr— Certificates to. loyd-13rodiragen. Robert....Regel ,. Jathes Laverty, Who says all our kids have to beeducatea in Aristotle, Socrates, 'Jesus. • No boards, no' Sharon Dalt n, Else °DeGroot, the same way - on the same standard - all . councils,' no associations, no uniens, no Pearl McCallum, Joe DeGroot homogenized and packaged' through the federations. Just direct contact between ' and Wilford Titford, • system - at the same age and at the same , parent, student and teacher. , -- ' , Dr, Ken Rodney'' -STOCe on time? , I'd 'have to retrieve all my tax money of fractures and management and .Come to think of it, universal and•.course. And I'd teach my .girl myself. Do it' . brought along a skutt and varibus • compulsory education is quite new in the great myself or pay a teacher I'd hire r-Or I'd, get bones to show the members scheme of things. On the time chart'of history,, several teachers for her. TutOrS in special clearly . different types of it's only about a hundred years old. And it's.a subjects. 'lee eta all 'one to one. Get the 'fractured bones.. Dr. Rodney said very North Ainerican idea, built on the good' old democratic principle of equal opportunity for all.. . • Centuries back edueation was only for the aatneyed class, •the leisured class. Oi-lor the religious class. Education was 'a privilege, a noble privilege. But now it's become so common And ordinary, so compulsory. It's no • minder, the kids don't like it. . • . But back to education. Every kid needs one. sure. He haS to know the basics. But why Ma 16 the magic number to spring him out of system? If he'd rather go out and work, or. farm it, or trade school it, why` not? Let the kids that really want to have a go at learning, let thenigo on into high school. Why - have all these reluctant scholars compelled to study? Why not flushoiiiihe - "aaakfelii-.7-0ef rid of the. deadWood. • ' • ' ': . ' '4 ^ And then let the university be what it really ,• , Maybe all this teacher striking business is okay. It's given the a chance to think. I've got to get myself ready just in case' the yellow school bus doesn4.drive up to the house and piele up Sarah and take her off to school. Then what? Now what do I do? The girl can't watch the soaps and quiz games all' afternoon. An there is ,a limit the number of dishes shecan do. The friends she can see. Or the piano keys -she can practice. This girl of mine needs an education. And it's all over to me now. Educate. Educate. Educate. She's in my lap now. And the more I think about it, maybe it's 'not that bad after all. Where did this idea of having other people - Home's' always been a 'good educator - to, _ 26th -- meeting„, Thursday, at 411(a-ifs the leidS skald there is less than years t. Johns' itu ,When you're in Triangle Discount - You re in... Awards givem falls. Members S•VatP teld, basic rules if they came across an- accident: to keep calm , and be sure the patient is "breathing, there is no serious bleeding and watch the victim's response to Dr, Rodney pointed out various types. of fractures and their symptoms. The most comnion break is the wrist. On the face, it is the nose and jaw. " Next meeting is April 5 with rbandagitigli ts topic, It will be at the Seaforth Arena, 8,p.m. sharp. chapel. Burial will take place later in Exeter cemetery. people vvalkihg. laffiere the tree is cracked at is rotten enough that the Wind could put that portion of the tree right on top of my, house Or 'do damage to my property. If any one of these things happens, . then the town of Seaforth will be liable for 'them. 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OR YOLK IGG. 100's 'OR LIQUID 340 ML. many factures ,,of the skull and body were due to car accidents or out and build my. own little red school house.'Tree ts:-.dangerous To centralize all this flurry of education.. 1 think we lost something good, when we closed the neighborhood school. So. I'm not panicking. Go ahead teachers, strike. Go ahead, close, down the schools. I bet I could find just as good.an education for my girl around this countryside - and all outside .the present school system too. There's plenty of good teachers. And besides. In the back of my mind, I always keep Margaret Mead's 'famous line. She's aamen-known anthropologist, who ,was raised by her grandmother. And her grand- , mother always used to say, ''I never let school" interfere with a child"s education:"