Clinton News-Record, 1967-10-12, Page 88 Clinton New^-Recc>rd, Thursday, Q<;tobgr 12, 1967
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LONDESBORO Mr/ and
Mrs. J. D, Elsley of EistoweJ
spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs.
Wilmer Howatt and attended
anniversary services in Lpn-
desboro church*
Mrs, John West of Goderich
visited last Thursday with Mrs.
Robert Watson. Mrs* Watosn^s
niece, Miss Viola Stafford of
£>t. Marys, spent the weekend
With the Watsons.
* *
Miss Doris Lear, accom
panied by her friend Miss Olga
Townoski of Hamiltonfspent the
weekend with her father, Nel
son Lear.?
• Miss Patsy Burns spent last
week with friends inKincardine
and will shortly be leaving for
a training course in the Gen
eral Hospital at St, Thomas.
Robbie $nell is a patient in
Clinton Public Hospital having
undergone surgery on Saturday
morning.
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Mrs. Ray Snell also had sur
gery on Thursday.* * *
The second meeting of the
Cotton Tails was held in the hall
with all members present. Roll
call was answered by the color
used in the bedroom and a sam
ple of a mitred corner was
made.
The Italian hemstitching was
practiced and cotton samples
given out with its cost and uses.* * * '
Harvey Bunking who has been
a patient in Westminster Hos
pital for many weeks underwent
surgery last week. Part of his
foot was amputated to alleviate
his suffering.
Rambling With Lucy
(Luc2/ R. Woods)
VISIT YOUR
David George Unrau ' was
recently "■’'anted the degree of
Doctor of ■ nilosophy in Bioch
emistry .rom Purdue Unit
versity, Lafayette, Indiana. He
received his BSA from the Uni
versity of Toronto and the MS
from Purdue University, He is
the son-in-law of Mrs. T. R,
Thompson, and the late Mr,
Thompson. Mr. Unrau, his wife
and two children will reside in
Princeton, New Jersey.
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Derek Grime was sitting on his grandfather's knee, The latter
asked the lively five-year Old, “What i$ two and three?”
Derek with a twinkle in Ms eye replied, “Wait a minute,
grandpa!” Lifting his right hand to his head, he continued,
MMy goqfy brain said eight, but this side (left) is my thinking
brain and it says five!”
There are many people ip Canada using “goofy” brains
judging from the report of Dr, J. Lewis Robinson, head of the
University of British Columbia’s geography department.
He gave a test to fourth-year students enrolled in his geography
course - to draw a map of Canada and mark capitals, islands,
provinces, etc. - and the results were nothing short of disastrous!
“I shudder to think of what students do not know,” Dr, Robinson
said, “I am shocked by the geographical ignorance of the products
of B.C. schools,”
Here is a partial list of errors: Winnipeg is a Canadian
province; Victoria is north of Vancouver; Nova’ Scotia and
Labrador are islands; Prince Rupert is on the Yukon border;
Great Slave Lake is in Ontario; Quebec City and Toronto are
in the same (unnamed) province; Keewatin District of North West
Territories is west of the Yukon; Saskatchewan and Manitoba
were reversed - Winnipeg in the former; four western provinces
unnamed! Fort William next door to Toronto; Maritime provinces
omitted entirely; a student thought all of Ontario was completely
west of Lake Superior; and Quebec was west of Hudson’s Bay.
“The Great Lakes,” said Dr. Robinson, “bore little resemblance
to the Great Lakes - too many of them, too few and badly dis-
torted. Canada seems to be an unknown country even to Cana,
dians,”
“Since this class is made up of students who have had previous
university level geography courses, one has to wonder about the
ignorance of students who have not had geography classes’;’
the professor remarked.
Lucy thinks that this is not a problem peculiar to the educational
system of British Columbia. It just proves her contention that
children in the elementary schools do not get the solid grounding
that they did fifty years ago. She has heard older teachers in
Ontario talking of this - in grammar and other subjects.
Lucy admits that all children are not gifted in drawing maps,
but in her day one had to be able to make a fairly good facsimile
of the outline of Huron County and mark rivers, townships and
municipalitites; tire province of Ontario with counties, capital
towns or cities; map of Canada with provinces, capital cities,
etc., and relief maps of the-same, before one could pass into
High School.
How, she wondered, did the students who are so ignorant
of basic subjects, manage to squeeze through high school, let
alone three years of university?
This reminds Lucy of a tale related to her by a school trustee
of one of the little forgotten one-roomed schools, a few years
ago. The school board had purchased a large jig-saw puzzle
which, when fitted together properly, county by county made a
map of Ontario. This, it was thought, would be of great help
to the pupils - only the teachei1 couldn’t put it together without
a map of Ontario in front of her! (Remember, gentle readers
who attended public school half a century or more ago, how we
used to rhyme off the counties of Ontario with their capital!!!)
The trend in university now is towards the computer system,
with multiple choice questions to be checked off by students.
No doubt this saves the professors and teachers a great deal
of work in marking appers, but is it conducive to thinking?
Up to a generation ago, when a person graduated with a Bachelor
of Arts degree, that student was a well-educated and cultured
person. Today, degrees are given only in the subject one desires
with a few necessary credits to be obtained.
Are we paying more and more taxes for slot machine education?
In future years, we are told, a university education will be a
must to hold any job - but what use is a university education
without a “thinking” brain?
Chipper partially blind
George Cox of Clinton is a
chipper. In fact, he is a par
tially blind chipper.
You might think that a chipper
is someone who works with lum
ber, but no, he works with
strings - piano strings. Chip
ping is something like piano
tuning. It is the rough tuning
of the cords before they are
installed in the piano case.
George learned how to chip
as a student at the' Ontario
School for the Blind in Brant
ford. He has been employed by
the Sherlock Manning Piano
Company in Clinton for the last
eighteen years. D.M. Pegg,
plant director says, “most of
the problems that George had
at the beginning were much
the same as any other em.
ployee. He receives equal pay
for equal quality of work.”
There was one problem that
George had, but it was solved
by' an employment ’officer with
The Canadian National Institute
for the Blind. Some parts of
the string case have a number
system which George could not
see. “The CNIB sent in a man
to give me training on how to
do this part of the job by
touch,” George said. “Thesys
tem has worked out very well
and. has allowed me to keep
pace with the sighted workers.”
George is married, has two
sons, and leads a normal family
life. Beyond the library service,
George doesn’t need CNIB very
much these days. “But I know
the CNIB is there if needed.
This gives me a real sense of
security.”
You can make sure that the
CNIB “is there if needed” by
giving generously to the CNIB
Annual Financial Appeal which
is now under way. Mrs. Do-
rothy McLean, Campaign Chair-
man and members of the Ladies’
Auxiliary of the Canadian Le
gion with the help of volunteer
canvassers from othei’ organi
zations i are conducting a can
vass on behalf of CNIB in Clin
ton and surrounding communi
ties. Please give generously.
Sell books
in Nov.
Murray Hoover was ip charge
Of the recent Huron County
Junior Farmers meeting in
Clinton and reported that the
Huronop Review books will be
on sale the first part of Novem
ber despite a slow response to
request for advertising.
There is to be a banquet
at the Seaforth Legion on Nov
ember 25 where there will be
a draw for money. Profit from
this will go to the World Liter
acy of Canada fund, Doug Miles
Will show slides he took while
on a trip to the British Isles
and Europe.
Junior Farmers interested in
public speaking or music com
petition would notify their local
presidents before December 4.
Mr, Hoover asked that those
interested in travelling to
Australia or New Zealand on
an exchange trip should notify
him soon.
Seaforth Junior Farmers won
the turkey for having the best
corn at Seaforth Fair and North
Huron won a ham for the best
hay class.
Next county meeting is to be
held October 25.
KIPPEN
Mrs. Margaret Stokes of
Chatham spent the holiday week
end with her daughter, Mrs.
Keith Lovell and Mr. Lovell
and family.
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October
17
YOUR
DATE
WITH
PROGRESS
Progress in Agriculture
The Robarts government rec
ognizes the difficulties that
face agriculture during these
years of change—is taking
effective steps including a
$500,000 grant to the new
Farm Income Committee;
loans for farm modernization;
crop insurance at favorable
rates; promotion of exports;
and the new Capital Grants
Plan.
Progress in Taxation
Ontario’s 1967 budget showed
no increase in taxes. What’s
more/, two Smith Report pro
posals have already been en
dorsed tp reduce your local tax
bill. Orrt£ gives an allowance of
up to $2,000 of assessment on
property; the other takes over
the entire cost of justice,
PROGRESS In Industry
INDUSTRY MEANS MONEY
IN YOUR COMMUNITY
A GOVERNMENT MEMBER MEANS
INDUSTRY IN YOUR COMMUNITY
BE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR DATE WITH
PROGRESS
OCTOBER 17 IN HURON-BRUCE
Vote ROGER WEST X
SPONSORED BY THE HURON-BRUCE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION
Progress in Housing
H.OME.—the Robarts govern
ment plan that reduces down
payments, increases owner
ship—is providing many new
homes at manageable cost.
And the Ontario Housing Cor
poration, too, has provided
more public housing in three
years than the rest of Canada
combined in 15. New satellite
city plans also promise orderly
suburban development.
Progress in Education
For the past five years, an
average of V/2 new schools or
substantial additions have
been opened every day. One
new secondary school every
two weeks, pive new universi
ties since 1963. Nineteen new
Community Colleges. Educa
tion grants up 600%. Fast
action in education for fast
changingtimes.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF ONTARIO
Re-elect Charlie
MacNAUGHTON X
TO THE ROBARTS TEAM