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CHRIAMA
CHEER
Carols echo
in the
crisp night
air
spreading
Christmas
cheer. Thank
you far
your patronage.
RUSS ARCHER and STAFF
FARM .SERVICE
:CENTRE
Cor, Albert anti Princes Sts. CLiiirrOU TEL. 482-9561 ,
May the joy
of Christmas be yours.
Many thanks for your friendship!
Grant Rath
Painter and Decorator
PHONE 482-7040
Now's the
time to thank
you for
y'Our continued
.good will, and
wish you and your
lordly a happy liolidayl
Garrett 's Shoes
Rosamond and Bert
Jean Gray
English so that they may
become full members of the
society they have adopted.
Most of the students have
full-time jobs, often starting at 8
a.m. or earlier. It makes a long
day, if they have to come
straight from work to classes,
which run from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
on Mondays to Thursdays, with
only a short coffee break. But
there has been very little
absenteeism except owing to
illness or over-time work.
Sometimes, on a Thursday
night, an instructor has had to
send a student home because he'
was, too exhausted to
concentrate.
Nobel Haddad, a young
electrician 'who came from
Amman, in Jordan, eleven
months ago, seldom gets enough
sleep — he comes to class from
6:30 till 9 p.m. then goes to
work as a checker from 1 a.m. to
9:30 a.m. and Tony Martino,.• a
steam fitter from Italy, travels in
to school from Hamilton.
It is too early to say whether
the experiment has been a
success, or to what extent it will -
help newcomers bridge the
language gap. But no one who
sits in on the clases and talks to
teachers and students can fail to
bei m posseA by the
determination and dedication of
all those involved. It speaks
hopefully for the future.
When illness or
unemployment strikes, a family
often can't afford even small
Christmas gifts. But The
Salvation Army can see to it that
there are warm clothes and toys
for the children and a holiday
dinner. Along with material
assistance, The 'Salvation Army
offers the reassurance of
knowing that somebody cares.
Symbols
of the
holiday
are as
various
as joy and
peaee. All
mean the
.spirit of
Christmas.
Hearty
thanks!
Ia
vai4k pa et Meow ektataad
Fred J. Hudie
AND STAFF
diappiness, (
kindness,
and tidings
of good will
are what
we .wish:: yOu
on this
holy and happy
holiday. We send
you our best through
this little message to show our appreciation.
Harold Lawson John Wise
LAWSON & WISE
INSURANCE
482-9644 INVESTMENTS
REAL ESTATE
Clinton, Ont.
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Here's wishing you a merry
old-fashioned Christmas. And to you,
warm thanks for your confidence and trust!
It has been a pleasure to serve you.
LEE'S
LADIES', MEN'S AND BOY'S WEAR
Next to Newcombe's, Clinton
DINING And DANCING
Friday, Dec. 27
SPUD GRANT
Saturday, Dec. 28
DANNY
COUGHLAN
You Deserve The BEST!
GALA
New Year's Eve
PARTY
TICKETS ARE GOING FAST!
Pick Yours Up Today
Don't Be Disappointed
TICKETS — $10 COUPLE
PIZZA pAyno
HIGHWAY 21 Si. GOGERICH
MERRY
CHM STMAS
We wish to extend our warmest
holiday greetings to all the wonderful people
in our town who make day-to-day business a
special pleasure'.' Heartfelt thanks for
your loyal trust and support. Merry Christmas.
Ball & Match Limited-
AND STAFF
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To our fine patrons,
sincere thanks, and warmest greetings
to your and yours fora Merry Christmas.
40
ew Canadians striving
learn a new language
John Giudice is 43 and a
plumber.• He is proud of his
trade and has worked at it for
over a quarter of a century. He
was born in Venezuela but in
1939 he went to Italy and there
qualified as a plumber. He has
been in Toronto for eight years
now.
When he arrived, he found
that tradesmen coming from
other countries must pass the
Ontario Department of Labour
trade certificate examinations in
order, to • practise here as
plumbers, steam fitters, sheet
metal,. workers, electricians,
motor' vehicle repairers,
refrigeration and
air-conditioning workers, -
hairdressers, barbers and
watchmakers.
Many applicants, who' ,are
skilled and experienced
craftsmen,, fair these
examinations because they can't
communicate in English.' John
Giudice has failed twice.
WITH AN' INTERPRETER
To assist immigrant
tradesmen becdme part of the
labour force as , quickly as -
possible, the, government
arranges for- them to write their
examination. with the help of an
interpreter — on condition the
interpreter is not knowledgeable
in the applicant's `trade. John
used the services of an
interpreter hut, like so many, he
complains that he couldn't•
understand the -questions
because .the interpreter, could
not translate. English . trade
terminology into his own
language.
John Giudice's two ambitions
seem very simple — he wants to
practise as'a skilled plumber and
he wants to become a full citizen
of his new country.
He has a plumbing job in the
construction industry, he has a
house, his two• children enjoy
the benefits of a Canadian
education, but for years his
attempts to get that trade
certificate and his citizenship
papers have been blocked by his
lack of English. '
Soon 'John, like 180 other
immigrant tradesmen, may be in
a position to, overcome this
language handicap. Since the end
of July they have been involved
in a special training course in
occupational English which aims
to give them sufficient
knowledge of trade terminology
in • English to write their
certification examination
without interpreters.
A Lighter Foot,
A Sharper Eye,
Needed for
Night Driving
I he speedometer needle
hot el ed around 7 0 I Ile 1.111 t'l
01 the 11),C1.1 ills CNC, ill .1
Stalk! till the Cellt1C
11 hitt: line Automatically he
manoeuvred his earrte/ the
hills and around the "loping
topes III Iht. road
Gradual!s the line on the
road seemed to blend IMO a
pLiiteriT'c.kifir the beanis 1)1 the
headlights, and the sides of the
road Vkcre ern closer
and closer to the edge of the
car, The man at the 111)col who
had been dais Mg for several
hours had become semi hypno-
•t I \ •
I IiII, .It l Usk 11111d 111
,1 .111
f111111.ill'l
,i1 1111.q11 ~~t11 high
In ,1i1I It id hciii. mil` one
i \III .1- tit dr 0,114! lJtlf
,1 11 1,111s ngcr .
"hen Jr at night colt)/
depth peit:eption
hid! 111C 1,111gi.: 01 ,)!stun
lilt .1 1,1 111)11 ,, Nith ,peed.
111 T rIgel t h a t for
s . 1 I ) 1111)11 lot ,A motion
',Wont 2.0 tel iir kion is
s iiiiced People with 20-20
t ,,11111 and e\ en those
ith long sight can become
short -debited v, hen (Arising an
automobile at night. _
It rakes up to tour seconds
et from klai/le of ap-
pht:ichnw cars at night. At
'40 mph this means the car
oi11.1 has‘.' trzo.elled 234 feet.
l'he older the driver the longer
!I IIt•
it. 011,1 ,t trl
liar I11I) 1,11C \t !ht. I
ills>I)li'II 111, L')L, I1,.uNt•11 ill
dal t t,u ,lallcll .111,. ad III
lane Ile 11111111 hate 11111,
,top
I his II> pothetik:al sL cu
points out some eosons \,5 Ili
more than one halt 01
dents in ()mar JO tier ur Atte'
dark.
No\A, tt itli shorter do \ s . ()11
tali° motorists 11 ill i/k.1
Kith MOIL' night (ilk inp. Stan
Icy ()promo
grist spec:tali/Mg in di It. et per
option, urges diners to in
the car for two or three min
rues before timing off at night
Ile claims that in that tune ,t
dri CI'S sIsion dill ,apron'
about 25 times equal to
brightening a tautly lit 11111111
with four 10(1 watt bulb-,
14. •
the recovery time,,, said the
optometrist.
"Every driver should keep
his eyes moving at night; a
fiked stare can become hyp-
notic," says Mr. Unger. •
MANY-SIDED EFFECTS
For some time, the agencies
involved 'in the successful
assimilation of immigrant
workers have felt concern over
the many-sided, and often
hidden, effects the language
problem on the lives of New
Canadians.
It is now known that
newcomers who, for one reason
or another, fail to achieve a
reasonable level of English in the
first few years are likely to
remain isolated 'socially 'and
handicapped economically for
the rest of their live's. • •
Similar difficulties face the
-agencies concerned with
assessing and 'placing newcomers.
With a language barrier,
Department of Labour officers,
who administer. the trade
certification 'examinations'-have
n o, accurate means Of
establishing whether• .applicants
in fact fail because they. are not'
fully aualified or- because they
Teak the English to understand
and answer the questions..
Even where- applicants • have
acquired a fair knowledge of
basic English, they may still be
unfamiliar with the specialized
English terminology of • their
trade.
It was to resolve :sorne.lof
these n ro bier& 'arid 'aka' baSig'for
further research that the pilot
training course in occupational
English was launches as al
co-operative venture between
the Ontario Department of.
Labour, the Citizenship,Branch,
department of the Provincial
Secretary and Citizenship; the
International Institute of
Metropolitan Toronto and- the
Federal Department of.
Manpower and Ithmigration.
DIVIDED INTO TWO PHASES
, The project, which is taking
place at the International
Institute, has been divided ,into
two phases. The programme
started at the end of July with a
12-week course in basic English,
with classes running for two and
a half hours on four nights a
week, for a total of 120 hours.
At the end of October the
students wrote an interim
examination, the results of-
which will be used only for
research purposes. They are now
reaching the end of the second
half of the programme, an'
eight-week course (totalling 811
hours) in the English
terminology of their respective
trades.
" After the course ends
most of them will
write their certification
examinations without the
assistance of an interpreter.
The teachers chosen for the
first' half have all had training
ancr experience in teaching
English as a second language to
adults. The instructors in the
second phase are teachers or
student teachers with practical
experience in the relative trade,
'The students for this pilot
project were carefully selected
from among non-English
speaking tradesmen who had
applied to the Department of
Labour for Certification. .
All' had been granted a
Provisional Certificate, most had
.attempted the' qualifying
examination. Preference for
inclusion-in the course was given
to those who had failed more'
than once, 'in an attempt to find
Out :at the end of the course if
the' curriculum was of benefit to
such eases.
Before the course started,
a .1 multi-lingual counsellor
conducted interviews with" the
candidates and they were given a
written' outline of the
programme, prepared in a
number of , languages, so that
every student could be. fully
.briefed.
20' NATIONACRIES,..
In years the students range
the.-7late teens-to middle
age, ,they are: all men except for
about' a .cldzeri women in the
hairdressers' course. They
represent .20 , nationalities,
including Ifalian, Greek,
Portuguese, German, Spanish,
Moroccan, Polish, Lithuanian
and Yugoslavian.
Sortie are new arrivals.
Others, like John Giudice, have
been in Canada for years. Most
have family responsibilities. But
they all share the desire to do
well in the course and to learn