The Huron Expositor, 1978-09-14, Page 2,36
Thresher Wheels Photo' bySeeger
Behind the Scettes
by Keith R.oulston
small price to pay
I was going-to try to make this a light and bureaucrat is likely earning more thee all
happy column this vveek.tThere's so much four of the Indians he's supervising.
doom 'and gloom aroUnd that it seetned In' that way, I think, Indians suffer from
time for a little lightness. Then I Made the the same problem's all of us outside the main
mistakenf turning on the television Sunday strean-t0 Canadian society suffer. The ,tail is
night, and it beeame a little hard to be light wagging the clog.. The •government was '
• ' formed to serve the people but now the and happy.
The program that destroYed any thbfights
of humour was the CBC's Quarterly Ref!
. which dealt with the pligpt of Canada'. g
Indian. population. It twas a pretty soberiig ' 'They:reboxed u. p hi city office beildings and
experience, particularly the -first pa'rt ef the. e to their suburban homes and think
program Which showed us jus,t how terrible - only ofeity problems. How can they possibly
the conditions are under which the Indians understand the problems .of people living .in
must live. Huron county, Iet alone an' Indian reserve in
' Niii only Indians live in substandard Northern Saskatchewan.'
housing and fec. eive poor housing, of course, ,
A succession'bf Ministers have tackled the but the Indians have little hope of escape as Indian Affairs pest in the laSt 10 Years and poor white peoole.de..Unemployment on the it's hard to believe that all Were insensitive reserve runs as high as 98. per cent. When . or stupid, yet - the problems continue 'and Indians drift off the reserves and into 'the ,-may bc indeed getting worsc. Part of the
cities conditions become. evert worse. They problem is that eaph tribe is a Atte different ate unskilled for working in the cities and, from the others.,The tribes grew in isolation unprepared for the pressures of urban., life,'
They find it hard to get decept..heusing..ata just as the enUntries of Europe grew in' isolation and each people has its own price they can afford. In frustration they turn .
totheir worst enemy: alcohol and it destroys ternperment. To government bureaucrats them, even more easily than it destroys used to lumping everyone together,' this is
whites. They lose all pride in themselves and impossible to comprehend. Thus, even for a
their race. • • minister who is truly understanding of
Most of us in Canada know the Indians Lndian problems, it is hard to get action from
have problems of course, but we've had little tne monstrous bureacracy he must try to get
people are serving the governm,ent. Bureau-
etats are so busy playing their own little
es that they forget'what their real job is.
action from.
For sorue Indians, at least, there seems,to
be hope. There were a few tribes featured in
the program who had started successful
business ventures with government help and
others who had, organized their own
successful school programs. For people in
the north there is the hope of buying their
own freedom and right to choose a lifestyle
through land claims in thenewly developing
territories. The lure of- oil arid gas and
pipelines for the south' may be the club
Indians 'and' Eskimos need to get a decent
break.
ludicrous: one bureaucrat for ever,y four ,_. gas a few cents cheaper at the cost of misery
Indians. The tragic thing is that one and desperation for the native peoples?'
Those land claims includehuge amounts
of land and huge amounts of money (an
estimate of 53-6. billion was made on the
paogram). That's an almost incomprehens-
ible amount of money, yet we spend many
times that each year in this country through
government spending. If thic will help the
native people. put themselves on their feet,
regain their pride and live their own *ay of
life. I 'think it's a small price to pay. Why
should we_whiteS in the south get Jour oil_and..
,direct contact with these problems. I've 'only
met a handful of Indians -in my life. I've
probably met as many East Indians as
Canadian Indians:
Moreover, not only do we not know
Indians on a person-to-person basis, most of
us don't really realize just who is respensible
for what 'under the yeaties signed with the
Indians 100 yeari ago. I 'got the impression
-fiem the - program Sunday night, for
instance, that the Indians under their treaty
are to be supplied with housing by •the
federal government. It's one thing if Indians
live in poor housing because they haven't
built better for themselves, but if the
.v.,.-governmentis,responsible for those rat traps
people Must live in then it's a crime against
humanity.
Many of the problems of the Indians seem
to stem from the huge bureacracy of the
Department of Indian Affairs. There are only
/2,000 Indians left in Canada. There are
5,900 people working ' in Indian Affairs
looking after them. Even in the govern-
ment's terms of bureactacy this is surely ,
SEAFORTH, 'ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 14, 1978
Declining enrolment
It's becomin'g increasingly obvious that declining school enrolments
are tt.) story of the future..
The baby boom of the 1950's and 60's is now behind us, and for a
variety of reasons, smaller families are now the order of the day. ,
In 1976, there were 1,360,085 elementary school pupils enrolled in
schools across Ontario. This fall, that figure has droned to 1,294,640
students and by 1986, experts predict the figure will [-Cie. dropped to
1,192,366 students.
In Huron County alone, the school enrolment has dropped 2.8 per
cent from last year.
What does declining enrolment ip . our schools mean?
For some schools, particularly the older neighbourhood schools in
urban centtres, the declining enrolment means closure.. The city of
London has already been forced to close a number of its
neighbourhood schools, despite the protests of parents and teachers
and community organizations. The death of a neighbourhood school is
a move which often speeds the disintegration of community feeling in a
neighbourhood butas pupil number:selecting, school boards can no.
loner afford to keep the smaller sch"%ls open.
Although rural schools aren't as likely to be closed as those in the.
city, the day may Come when classrooms wi)I be boarded up or some
parts of the school simply won't be used. ,
The dwindling number of student is also having drastic effects on
the job prospects of the teachers employed in our schools.
Lett year, there were '2,969 elementary school teachers who
graduated from Ontario's collegesend universities and 1,677 of these
graduates ended up without classroom teaching jobs.,
Even graduates prepared to take jobs in the Far North may soon find
these Aaiun at a premium.
The story is the same for secondary school teachers - last year 57 per
cent, of these graduates ended up without sch,00ls. Today school
teachers have joined the ranks of other uniVersity - educated •
professionals Whit are collecting unemployment insurance or taking
jobs ,out ,of their field.
But declining enrolment isn't juet affecting new-teachers - it's also
having an effect on, teachers already In the classroom.
The mobility which was once associated with the teaching profession
is over. Today, if a teacher is fortunate enough to have a job, then
there's far less chance that teacher can transfer to.another boaid or
.another area of the province. A teacher Who is frustrated teaching
where he or she is now, is likely to have to remain in the same school
longer or else consider leaving the teaching profession aitcigether
•Right pow, the future for our schools doesn't- look promising.
The optimists among us stilt hope that as the number of students
decreases, the quality of education will rise. A smaller pupil - teacher
ratio shOuld mean more time for the individual student.. •
prifortuantely, with the provincial government reducing Is
payments to local school' boards, and with the ordinary' taxpayer
"footing more of the bill for our rising education costs, it seems likely
that it will be some years before students ieap arty benefits from the
declining enrollments.
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Amen
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"False teeth, long undei:wear? Expositor she wants. And sorry_ ail you baldheaded
classifieds have sold almost everything. guys, you're out.
Place your ad todaY." I've noticed the fatties ire out, too. If
Now, Huren Expositor ads may have sold there's one size people go for, it's sliM.
just about everything. But I wonder if, And most people want discreet partners.
they've ever sold people? Not that there is I don't know if this js just the polite way of
such a thing as a "People for Sale" Column. saying they want someorie who can keep his
but then I'd like to think the "Personals" mouth shiit and work under cover. Ahem.
column in any big city newspaper 'gets fairly Covers.
cbse to it. Last weekend I read two whole
cdumnsful of peopie who want to find other
I like the' sense of humor some of theSe
people.They write out a description of companion hunters show: "Dynamic,
themselves and then they tell the kind of successful male exeCutive, 39, 5'11", 165
person , they're looking for.
pounds, with own home and no ties has good
• wine ang candles, _seeks tall. lean senstioui
ma tches" .
'scompanion with corkscrew and - "Attractive, separated. S'2" blue eyed female
blonde, aged 51 seeks male companionship
Then there's a "Frisky mare, lonely. 44.
widowed, dark mane._ _green "doe eyes.
affectionate. seeks gentle- eoriside-rate
master. Rancher , or farmer. Object.
permanent .home-On the range,":„
Nowadays you have to be specific about
sour sex preference. Your have to spell it all
out. Heterosexual male, Bisexual female.
You just don't say Companion. You have to
designate. "A bisexual worhan, sincere,
attractive, discreet seeks similar female
companion. Or "Masculine male, 38, seeks
male cornpani "
This is head
pint all this? I
cornea time when he newspapers will want
to check out these advertisers. Find out if
the goods are bona fide-7as advertised and
"not exaggerated:
I think of these ads as Something hike all
those balloons and bottles and eggshells
people.send Out into rhe vast spaces. Where
they hope against hope. When they • knew
the odds are against them. Yet they send out
their missies and missives and / hope
Someone will 'respond, sometine will find
them and make contact. • (
if these .peesenals4in the classifieds say
anything, they say this the loudest: there 'are
lots of lonely and bored people living in this
old world of ours,
adeimpk.imi•••••••mommlams.dmiumme
ye0r0 .ago,of
SBEIgIVMER 20, 187i
operations. Tlo beautiful weather this *Telt
materially interf ered with farming
has dried the soil. The fall wheat loeka
The heavy,- rains of last week have,
splendid. Turnips and carrots are looking
Well. Potatoes are only a fair crop.
Thos. Johnstons of Stanley has rented his
farm On the 6th concession to Andrew Reid
and intenda retiring dwing to ill health.
Hugh Rove of Hillsgreen has sold his fine
2 year old heavy drought stallion "Canadian
Mr. Williams separates Scotclimen" to 'Messes. Samuel and James jammed between
and engine while Conpling them, Broadfoot of Tuckerstnith, for the sum of
5i,400 A meeting of the electors of the East HeJn.saRicil losetrt4toionn.has accepted A position in-
ward Was held on Monday night for the —"A:number of the farmers are at their beans persons eleeting # school trustee in plice-Of and a few have finished. F.W.N. Watson who resigned his-position.
Mrs. Watson was again norninafeed -and as
Contractors J. Reid, of Mitchell has
he was the only 'nominee he was declared completed the work of assembley his dredge
elected. and has started work on the Black Creek
There were a number Of fights in Blyth
drain.
Wednesday, politics being at the bottom of
Miss Jean Elder left for Toronto, where
them all. she expects .to attend the college of
SEPTEMBER 18, 1903 -
Pharmacy for two years,
Huron County farmers have an enviable
Gordon Reynold has received word that he
reputation as stock raisers and fatterers. Out was the winner of a trophy awarded by the
of two lets of cattle recently shipped to
C.N.E. in conneetion with the Judging
Toronto, the lot of Hugh McTouold of Contests held there.
flensall carried off the sweepstakes. They
Miss Norma Jeffrey accepted a position
were feed on his farm north of Chiselhurst
as bookkeeper andstenographer in the office
Rueben Hancaster has disposed ; of of the Wolverton Mills in Seaforth.
property in Zurich to John Reichert and
Mrs. Robert Bell is in Hamilton attending
intends moving his famly to Pigeiou, the Sprout-Armstrong Wedding.
Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Joa Eekarh left Monday for
The 100 acre farm of R.E. Cretes in Grey Midland where they will reside until King
:Township has, been purchased by W.J. Construction finish a paving contract there.
Hemingway of Teeswater. The price ,said
SEPTEMBER 18, 1953 was $6.000.
Quite a number left Constance to take in Mrs. Joseph McCornel was elected
the harvest excursion to Manitoba. , President the C.W.L. at St. James
Church.
Mr. and Mrs.' Roy Kirk, married on
Saturday in /clensall, were involved in a
serious accident when their can . was struck
by a passenger train .at the level crossing
Allenford, Ont.
Fate of the Old Seaforth Jubilee School
building is still undecided following a
meeting of council and boards.
A Hensall woman, Mrs. Thos. Coates won
51,000 at the Bingo here.
Staff members of the Bell Telephone. Co.
here spent a pleasant evening when they
honoured _Helen Currie, bride to be by
presenting her with an electric tea-kettle.
Culvert Construction on No. 8 HighWay
between Seaforth and Clinton has started.
T he " contractor is Looby and Looby
Construction Co. of Dublin.
,Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stewart and son,
Douglas left this week for Kingston where
Douglas will enter Queen's University.
Adelightful shower was held at the house of
Mr.and Mrs. John Boye, IvIcKillop when 60
ladies honoured Mary McLaughlin. Mrs.
Elmer Koehler and two lovely solos. The
address was read by Audrey Halley.
Thos Aldington, who has an unusal
garden Water has produced a large growth
- of second-generation -potatoes; • -
A well attended pot luck supper opened
the fall meeting of Edelices Rebekah Lodge
Miss Mae Smith, Noble Grands, presided at
the meeting that followed.
Sugar & Spice
Two important words
There are only two really important words
when you take your trip to Europe. One is
"toilet" and the other is "Money." Each is a
constant source of anxiety, fascination and
frustration.
In general, the ladies worried about the
toilets, and the men about the money.
As our vivacious guide, Annette, informed
us, you don't ask on thccontinent where the
bathroom is, or you're apt to get a response
something like, "Watsa Matta you lady? You
wanna taka bath in a restaurant?" No, you
bluntly blurt "Toilet?" It's the same' in
every language, so you can't go astray.
There was wily one thing wrong with our
bus. It had comfortable seats, air-
conditioning, a ,_superb driver. But no
"bathroom" at the rear. So yeu sailed off at
7 a.m., full of morning coffee, and shaky-im.
the knowledge that you might be on that bus
for two or three hours before a halt and the
magic word TOILETS leaped into view.
It wasn't bad for the men, but there was
always a lineup for the ladies', the door often
guarded bit a fierce 2Id' harridan who -
demanded 100 lira or a franc piece before the,y•
were even admitted to the inner sanctum.
From what I heard anesaw, the facilities
ranged from spanking' clean with hot 'water
and lots of towels, down through pretty
sleazy, with tissue the textere of wall-paper,
- atethe very pits, which were just that,holes
in the ground, from which the ladies
emerged looking a bit stunned, rolling back
down. the legs of their pant suits.
In a little more than 3,000 miles, Only two
semergency stops were made. One was for
Larry, 8, who had drunk three cans of pop at
the last stdp, andhadthe distinction of having
a _tiekle right beside the auto-route in
France. The seeend was when Graham, a
young Australian, (pronounced Grime in
that language) was hit by a sudden attack of
bad tummy and spent half an hour emitting
at both ends in a filthy roadside toilet:
Nobody minded either stop.
Enough about toilets, surely. Now, about
money. First of all, take more than you need.
You'll need it. By the time I got back- to
London, on a weekend, banks closed, I was
so broke I had to borrow five pounds from
the hall porter at our hotel.
Before you begin your trip, obtain, from
yottr travel-agetrt,or airline a little chart, or
table, showing the approximate value of
your tiavn dollar hi European currencies. if
Won't help much, but it will be sotnething to
cling to ill the maelstrom of five or six
different currencies changing value from day
to day.:
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or
"Bachelor, 43, east end, own* apt., new
car, considered handsome, 6' tall, 180 lbs..
likes tennis and. cycling, wishes to meet
married or single woman for daygime
affair."
You wouldn't see these kind of ads in a
coMmunity newspaper. Thai's. fot
sure. That kind of item would make the best'
guessing game of the week. And with the
kind"of inside track every small towner has.
the would-be adventurer is found out fast.
The personal columns are for the bigtitne
papers.
But maybe not. A Weekly country
shoppingnevvs paper let all of Perth County
lmow that there is a "Good living lady in the
late 60's 5ft. 8 in. 175 lbs., good build, jolly
nature, dark hair and eyes,lias means. Likes
home 'life would like to hear front a
geiitleman, 8 years to 08 years, 5ft. 8 or
over, good build, pleasant nature, sincere
and good weight, not oVer 180 lbs, not bald
headed, does not drink, has car and
appreciates a kind loving lady for an
everlagfing companion must be free.
Peth4ps marriage if bc;th stilted. Send a
snap.
, Boy. that lady sure knows exactly what
n
stuff. And the newspapers
onder if there ever will
Misses Barbara Simpson, Alice
Archibald and Cora Strong ot TUckersmith
left for Stratford to enter Stratford Normal
School.
large acreage of Fall wheat Is being
sown in Tuckersmith this fall.
John Dietz of Manley has started, to
operated the stone crusher. The County has
started to operate gravel trucks on the
boundary between Grey and McKillop
Township.
Joe Thornston had the misfortune of being
Jain Sivan of Brucefielcl seld his four year
Old driving house to G. McGregor of
Kinburn for the sum . $4,200.
The fire in Brucefield which destroyed the
hotel of Mrs. Murray was discovered by the
SeafOrth ladies, Mts. G.E. Henderson and
Miss Etobie. Mrs: Murray lost everything,
furniture, bedding and the perSonal clothing
of .herself _and children. In years gene by
Brucefield has been free from fires.
A young girl, the daughter of Edwin
Harris of Wilbert Twp. was following. her
brother around the field, and she went
forward to.strie the horses when they made
_a sudden lunge and the' knives of the
machines cut: her loy ahout the knee and
thigh, It was. necessary to amputate the leg
and the patient iS 'new ,as well as can be
expected.
.D. McLaren of Hibbert delivereda beef
fine 4 year old gelding which he has sold to
Mr. Hill of Siiminerhill. The price paid was
5175. •
T.F. COleinan, has . rented the Seaforth
Salt Works to Messrs. Rauld ./.11.ausford, of
Clinton for a tenor of three yeafg •
Mrs. P-.-• Elliott of the Albion Hotel in
Bayfield has purchased front R. Peck and
Geo. M. BaldWiii a cabinet grand piano.
• • SEPTEMBER 21; 1928 '
A severe efectrial itorm &aged' niter
Winthrop when Mf. Govenlock's old faithful
driver "Edna" iiiaS killed-bi-& lightning.
r'Am
For example, I changed some dollars for
lira three times in one day, in Italy. FirsV"
time, I got 850 lira for a dollar, second time
830, third tirne 800.
Get rid of your loose change before you
cross a border, even if you have to buy some
candy and pass it around the bus. Each
country will change paper money but is not '
. interested in coins. You would wind up with
a suitcase full Of utterly useless francs, lira,
marks, schilling, etc. I have enought to start
a coin collection.
Millions of tourists are honey to flies for
the international pickpockets who infest the
large cities. Our guide, la belle Annette,
warned us so thoroughly, especially as we
headed toward Rome, that we were a sight to
behold' after two days there. The women
were all humpbacked from clutching their
purses to their bosoms with both hands. The
men looked like a group of spastics, trying to
keep their hands firmly in all their- four to
, eight pockets at the same time.
Just the other day, our Rome guide
informed Ili, a gentleman had had his
wallet, containing $45 Australian, lifted
right in St. Peter's, the largest church in the
world. We had a nice few moments of
vicarious excitement when Glynis, from ,
Australia,. discovered her watch, worth $450,
and a gift from 'her husband, was missing
from her wrist. 5he said she'd felt a very ,
soft, slight movement, looftecrdowii, aid-the. -
watch was gone. She was distraught. So
were we all. Twenty minutes later, she
found it in her bag, the turkey. It had slipped
off her-Wrist and failetrintalter-purse.
Some-cif the ladies were so nervous they
took the unprecedented step of pinning their •
credit cards inside their bras. I played it safe.
I never gave my wife more than a coin for the
john, and I kep_t my cash in one pocket, my
travelers' cheques in another, and my credit
card in a third, so that I wouldn't be made
bankrupt by one swell foop.
It was a bad year to visit Europe, with
inflation rampant there (cuppa coffee or
Coke well over $1.00), the Canadian dollar '
diddling around 88 cents, andthe American
dollar Sliding. Hotels run around $48 to $60 a
night, and that's not the Savoy or the Ritz.
But wethehell, Archie, it's only the price
of a new car, and a small one, at that. Take
your trip and'drive the old heap for another
couple of years. You can't sit around in an
old car 20 years frOM now, and exchange
things like: "Remember the pinchy-pinchy.
party. in Ronne, where the waiter, straight-
faced, pinched each lady's btim as he served
her soup or pasta'?"