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SUNDAY, JUNE 20th
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On With the show
Members of Central Huron Secondary
School's drama club`'presented the one -act
anti -war play "Viet Rock" before an
audience of about 60 in the school's
gymnasium last Saturday evening.
Deemed by the CHSS administration
to be inappropriate for public production
by the• students, the show went almost
unannounced, But one clergyman in town
evidently disagreed with the educators
and told his congregation lest Sunday that
the group would be putting On a
contemporary play and he offered to
furnish details after the service to anyone
interested.
Robert Homuth, CHSS principal, said
he allowed his students to use the gym,
but told them the performance was to be
a private one without advertising or ticket
sales. Parents, teachers and a few others in
the community were invited by the club.
Mr. Homuth said he read the script, a
somewhat condensed version adapted
from the original by the students, and
"there were a few bad spots in it that I
didn't like."
In reply to a question, Mr. Homuth
said he objected both to the play's
content and to some of the language used.
"I felt it was kind of shallow," he added,
"...that there was not much to it."
The play, authored by Megan Terry,
was spawned by the Vietnam War and in
talking of the military draft and anti -war
protests, the play's terms of reference are
strictly American. This, too, was cited by
Mr. Homuth who said he believes the play
would be more appropriately performed
in the United States.
The .fact that the play was put on so
late in the year, at a time when the school
was closed for most students, also figured
in his refusal to sanction the production,
Mr. Homuth said, explaining that his
Editorial comment
decision m ight have been ,different if the
play had been slated earlier in the school
year and performed for the student body.
Long hours of debate and pages of
newsprint can be consumed easily in a
discussion of censorship, so we will shy
away the debate here just as the question
of .censorship might have been avoided by
CHSS in this case.
What we think may be needed in a
distinction between productions
"presented by Central Huron Secondary
School" and ones staged by young people
who happen to be CHSS ,students. The
distinction may be a fine one, but the first
billing implies the endorsement of school
authorities and the latter gives the
students a looser rein and lifts some of the
responsibility from the administration,
High school drama today need not be
confined to light Broadway musicals. And
if a groupof students wants to stage "Viet
Rock" they should not have to do it in a
sort of clandestine fashion. Theater
requires an audience.
We wonder if the spectators at the play
last Saturday night did not benefit more
than those at the Doris Day movie at one
local theater. •or those at the London
theater showing a film which the radio
proclaimed as "evil" and "savage" or
those who stayed home to watch some of
the stimulating TV fare?
Before we leave the subject, we should
note that the CHSS players will perform
this weekend at the Sunshine Dirigible, a
Stratford drop-in centre, and while the
troupe may present no immediate threat
to the Stratford Festival, its production
here was a good one.
As on most topics, we welcome reader
views on this matter and would like to see
some letters in the mail
Start thinking
The sharp increase in pleasure boating operators, a practice"which.has taken the
has generated the need for a much greater edge off holiday enjoyment for many
' emphasis on safer boating practices. vacationers. it is also illegal. Another
The Canada Safety .Council in reckless but common practice is night
co-operation with the Department of power boat operation without the
Transport is sponsoring and promoting a required operating lights.
new campaign this year to help fill this Defences against boating hazards are
need. not difficult to learn and small boat safety
Safe Boating Week, from June 29 -July regulations are clear and to the point. Safe
5, which is fully endorsed by Canada's boating practices increase the operator's
major associations and organizations sense of security and the pleasure of boat
concerned with boating, stresses boating passengers as well as those of other boats
hazards, accident prevention methods and and all vacationers. •
safety regulations. -
Statistics gathered by the council and Bayfield, Goderich and other nearby
other safety organizations show that points on Lake Huron offer good boating
two-thirds of these fatalities are caused by facilities and, it is hoped, these will be
#aulty boat operation and fully one-half improved and expanded -in time. Sadly,
by recklessness, overloading and sailing we have come to accept the growing,
unseaworthy craft. number of. deaths and injuries that occur
on our highways. Let's do all we can to
Recklessness covers the "buzzing" of keep our waterways free of senseless
other crafts and shores by power boat accidents. All it takes to prevent a disaster
Other. voices is a little thought, Start thinking.
Has to be wide open
Last week's daily newspapers carried
stories about the refusal of the
Huron -Perth Separate School Board to
release the results of its negotiations with
teachers. The matter was finally resolved
when a press release was issued by the
board. At the opening of the Sacred Heart
School addition here last week Chairman
Vince Young alluded briefly and rather
wryly to the public image which was
being projected over the situation.
We have a great deal of sympathy for
the new school boards and their relations
with the public. These boards are still
unfamiliar with all aspects of the
responsibilities they have assumed and are
naturally wary about how the public will -
react. For the most part the newspapers in
this area have been understanding' and
patient.
Very soon, however, these boards will
have to admit that the newspapers, too,
have a responsibility to the public. The
only reason for their existence is that they
provide the citizens of their areas with
information — and the information
cannot be withheld too long. The new
school boards are made up of elected'
officials — not appointed representatives
as was the case with local high school
Admittedly, there are times when some
individual news reporter annoys the
elected officials. There are times when the
officials are right and the newsman is
wrong — but if the shoe happened to be
on the other foot and the news media
refused to carry school board news, the
board members would shortly realize the
utter necessity of some means of
reporting to the taxpayers and so
retaining public confidence.
Independent and courageous
newspapers are a vital part of our society.
They have remained for centuries as a
'strong bulwark of those basic concepts of
democracy upon which our freedom is
founded.
To illustrate this point an interesting
news story came out last week. It was a
first-hand account of the Russian
take-over of Czechoslovakia by a refugee
who managed to escape. He said that the
Russian plans for complete domination
were foiled to some degree by the fact
that the newspapers in that country did
not immediately bow to Russian threats
and thus kept the public informed of the
true nature of the Soviet invasion.
We don't want any take-overs in
boards, and their sessions are therefore Canada. With free and honest newspapers
required to be open to the public . , the probability is not strong. — Wingham
which is usually represented by the press. Advance Times, June 10.
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by W. Jene Miller
The empty pew
' A friend calls to say, "Your
column in this week's paper was
so moving that it brought tears
to my eyes." And then you meet
a friend who says, "Oh, I didn't
know you wrote a column in the
paper."
A serviceman writes that he
greatly appreciates getting the
paper and reading the editorials
and news in it. And, a local
citizen snorts that he never
bothers to read the paper at all.
Oh, well, you win a few, you
lose a few.
A layman comes in, writes a
cheque, and says the church has
an obligation to hold its
members accountable for the
stewardship of their possessions.
Another layman gets angry that.
the Church should challenge its"
members to give to another
denomination if they won't give
where they "belong."
One man says, "I never really
knew what it meant to handle
money until my Church taught
to me to tithe." And another
says, "We're transferring to a
church which doesn't cost so
much." And he joins the
country club.
Oh, well, you win a few, you
lose a few.
A parishoner writes, "If it
had not been for what you
helped me see, I'd have killed
myself and my child long ago."
Another parishoner witnesses
before men, "I don't want my
kids exposed to that kind,of
religion."
A member says, "I want you
to know that we have been
"married for 9 years, but it is
only since you taught us of
God's love that we have really
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been happy together." Another
member says, "We haven't been '
to church for years, and haven't
missed it a bit."
Oh, well, you win a few, you
lose a few.
A churchman says, "Boy, I
wish I had an easy job like the
preacher." Another says, "If you
don't slow down, you're going
to kill yourself. A churchman
says, "If you'd get out of your
ivory tower and see what Life is
really like, you'd think
differently." Another says, "I
don't see how you can deal with
the terrible problems of people
and still keep your faith in'
mankind."
Oh, well, you win a few, you
lose 'a few.
Or, as Jesus put it, "Many are
called, but few are chosen."
by Bill Smiley
Sugar and spice
Don't talk to me about a
bear with a sore head. He'd
back down the trail like a bun-
ny if he met a teacher, in June,
with a sore tooth. Right now
I'm willing to take on any-
thing, up to and including, a
grizzly.
June is the month in which
nothing is so rare as a day,
according to Browning, or
somebody. And for school
teachers, it's a month in which
every day is a hard night's
work.
The teacher is plagued by
paper work which could be
done by a 15 -year-old moron,
an administration which is
twice as stupid as he thought it
was, and students who are
bored from the belly -button
both ways -- by school.
Throw in a -throbbing tooth
and you've got yourself a mean
critter. The month started off
fittingly, with everybody for-
getting my birthday, on the
2nd. The only card I received
was from my insurance com-
pany, a card which annually
infuriates me.
Next day, one of those nico-
tine -tanned stumps which my
dentist laughingly calls teeth
began to kick up. And it's been
kicking up, down and sideways
ever since.
If I had any guts I'd tie a
string around it, fasten the
string to a doorknob and slam
the door. However, I have
about as many guts as I have
teeth, so I go on trying to save
'this one.
I can't even bite a marshmal-
low without going into orbit,
so I've practically been on a
liquid diet for weeks. This has
its disadvantages. Which is
worse every morning — a
toothache or a hangover? And
bow would you like both?
As is our custom, my wife
and I went to the annual Lea-
cock Medal Award Dinner re-
cently. I've been a judge in the
competition for several years
and enjoy meeting a few big
shots and finding their feet are
made of the same type of clay
as, my own.
Despite the snide comments
of some writers from the big
dailies, it's a good party in a
good cause — keeping alive
and fresh the works and mem-
ory of Canada's — and one of
the world's greatest comic
writers.
This year's winner was
Stuart Trueman, whose book,
"You're Only As Old As You
Act," is good entertainment.
Mr. Trueman, a Maritimer, was
salty. The chairman, Richard
Doyle, editor of the Globe and
Mail, Was even wittier, and
should write a book. The
venerable, if not blessed,
Harry Boyle, a witty . writer
and editor under his farm -boy
facade, was there, and was
witty.
In fact, the whole thing was
excruciatingly funny for many,
painful for me. My wife gal-
loped through a huge and exc-
ellent dinner, darting her eyes
at my plate, where nothing was
missing except a few of the
inevitable green peas, which I
had managed to mumble.
Just as dinner began, I had a
terrible attack of leaping bi-
From our early files
75 years ago
The Clinton New Bra
June 29, 1894
Cantelon Bros. made their
first shipment of cherries on
Wednesday.
Mr. W. roster, who Was in
British Columbia, during the
recent flood has arrived home,
none the worse for his
experience. Mr Foster was not
favourably impressed With
British Columbia and thinks
Huron the finest split in the
world.
S5 years ago.
June 25,1914 .
Mr. Samuel Kemp and
daughter motored tb London on
Wednesday. '
Mr. George Hanley of the
London road, is building a
cement silo this week.
40 years ago
June 27, 1929.
A number of the friends of
Miss Viola Wise met at her home
on Tuesday evening and
presented her with a
miscellaneous shower, in view of
her approaching marriage.-
25
arriage,25 years ago
June 22,1944,
cuspid and couldn't eat a bite.
I decided the only thing to do
was to paralyze the tooth. I
tried, but it refused to play.
AU I succeeded in doing was
paralyzing the rest of me,
meanwhile carrying on about
my tooth (bravely, of course)
to such an extent that my wife
remarked later it was like hav-
ing a crying baby in Church.
However, it all worked out
fine. We went to a small gath-
ering after the dinner, and in-
credible numbers of young,
pretty college girls hovered
about me, fetching me aspirin,
gin and other medications.
Meanwhile, my old lady
spent an hour or so straighten-
ing out the editor of the Globe
and Mail. I fully expected to
find this column on the front
page on Monday morning. But
there ' it was, the same old
Globe melange of world crises
and murders and stale
speeches of Cabinet Ministers.
Not content with my physi-
cal suffering, young Bim hit
me in June with another wal-
lop. She wanted a loan toward
an electric piano. After a suffi-
cient number of things, like
"Fie on thee, wench!" and
"You're going to have to pay
interest, you know," I buckled,
and am now subsidizing one of
those rotten groups to the tune
of $200.
All that was needed to make
it a ring-dinger of a month
Were the headlines about elec-
tricians getting $6.50 an hour,
and the interest rates soaring
daily. A great month, • June.
For blackflies.
Mrs. Joe Wild of Clinton,
received word last week that her
husband, Pte. J. Wild, has been
wounded in action.
15 years ago
June 24:;1954.
Mr, and Ws. J. It. Cooper
attended the wedding of their
niece, Miss Joan Woof, to
Edward J. Beneteau in
Amhersthurg, on Satutday,
10 years ago
June 25, 1959.
Mr, and Mrs, Frank Freeman
and son, David, and Donald
:iennedy of Seatboro spent the
weekend With Elwin Merrill' and
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'CHURCH
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This Sunday
NOTE: All Services on Daylight
Saving Time
ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH
"THE FRIENDLY CHURCH"
Pastor: REV. GRANT MILLS, B.A.
A.R.C.T.
Organist: MISS LOIS GRASBY,
SUNDAY, JUNE 29th
JOINT SERVICE IN WESLEY-WILLIS CHURCH
Sunday School closed until September 7
Wesley -Willis — Holmesville United Churches
REV. A.J. MOWATT, C.D., B.A., B.D., D.D., Minister
MR. LORNE DOTTERER, Organist and.Choir Director
SUNDAY, JUNE 29th
11:00 a.m. — Church Parade:
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Sermon Topic: "BROTHERHOOD"
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9:45 a.m.
HOL— MorningESVILLE Worship.
Clinton Cemetery — 3 p.m.
Community Decoration Service
Guest Speaker: REV. GRANT MILLS
10:45 a.m. — Sunday School.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 29th
10:00 a.m. — Morning Service - English
2:30 p.m, — Afternoon Service.
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ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
SUNDAY, JUNE 29th
The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A., Minister
Mrs. B. Boyes, Organist and Choir Director
9:45 a.m..— Sunday School.
9:30 alm. — Morning Worship.
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
Victoria Street
W. Werner, Pastor
SUNDAY, JUNE 29th
9:45 a.m. — Sunday School.
11:00 a.m. — Worship Serviice.
7:30 p.m. -- Evening Service.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Potter and
Greg.
Ohe hundred years since the
founding of St, Paul's Parish in
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Clinton Was celebrated on
Monday evening, with a special
service of thanksgitnng and
rededication.