The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-09-11, Page 2Palo
The 'T'ii'M'ACIvo+satf*, Sr ptember 11, 1954
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This ttewspotrer Taelieves. the•
right •to easprese an opiniorl in.
,public centributes to the pro.
grew, of. the. notion. and that it
must be exercised freely to pro-
.eerve end improve 'rfcrnecratic
government.
School Problem
In a ;speech to delegates to the Canadian
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Weeklyltiewspapers Association convention in To,
Sento last week, Hon, W. Dunlop. Ontario's_ Mibi,
ster of Education, outlined some of the problems
facing his department and urged editors to comment
upon them and to ask their readers to consider solu,
• bicond to them,
One such problem concerns establishment of
departmental examinations at the grade eight • level,
a practice which was abandoned a number of years
ago.
For our part, we're much in favor of reviv-
ing them to' provide more of a standard across the
province for pupils entering high school. At the
present time considerable latitude is allowed in pub-
lic school curricula and we fe•e1 there should be, at
the end of this period in education. a provincial test
t' ensure that all children have attained a standard
level of education before graduating into high school.
This should help relieve some of the problems faced
by those in charge of secondary schools and it should
also provide incentive far public school teachers and
students to do a better job.
Another problem of Dr. Dunlop's is that of
"laggards and loafers" in early grades of high schools
who hinder serious students in their studies. Dr.
' Dunlop obviously wants to weed them out.
Sure, let's weed them out but let's be cer-
tain first that means are taken to attempt to dis-
suade them from such foolishness. A mixture of
stricter disgipline and enhancement of respect for
education. both in parents and students, should al-
Ieviate this situation.
Dr. Duizlop suggested these, among others, as
serious problems but he dismissed as trivial, or
rather non-existant, the teacher shortage, indicating
that he even had a surplus of instructors this year.
He may well have the quantity he needs, but are his
new-found teachers well-trained for the job? Have
net many of them entered the profession in recent
years with only a summer's training?
. Hundreds . of summer -course teachers are now
J.rt Ontario's classrooms. The program was certainly
necessary to staff the growing number of teachers'
' desks and we find no fault with it in that regard.
But the standard of instruction must surely have de-
clined with these rushed -into -service recruits, for it
• would appear impossible to Bram a year's training
into two months 'without some serious sacrifices.
• Surely these teachers should be required to take
several summer courses before they -receive perman-
ent certificates.
We think the standard of teaching is Dr. Dun-
lop's largest problem!. What he thinks is trivial, we
think is most vital to the success of the province's
education system,
And we'd like to see him do something about
it ---immediately.
SignOF Stupi'dity
Those pranksters who disfigured that pretty
Perth County sign on the Thames Road have gone
too far in doing it again.
They changed the "beef" --one of the proud
products 'of Perth—to "beer-" on the original sign.
This may have been tolerable because of the chuckle
involved in attributing such a vile product to a C.T.A.
county.
But the joke's over. The Junior Fanners who
erected the sign repaired the' damage, only to have
ft occur again. Now it's no longer humour --it's coarse
stupidity.
Those who disfigured the sign should repair
it or be reported to the authorities for court action.
Support A Team
It's encouraging to hear reports that efforts are
being directed towards the formation of an Inter-
mediate "B" hockey club for Exeter. We hope the
attempt is successful.
It would be unfortunate indeed, if this centre,
operating an artificial ice arena, found it impossible
to enter a tears in district . coin etitionParticipation
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in district athletics, is good for community morale.
Let's get behind the club and give it full support.
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Well. 1 know everybody has
been sitting around, biting their
nails and wanting to go to the
bathroom in the suspense of wait-
ing to hear about our holiday,
so I won't keep you on tender
hooks any longer.
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There's nothing more enjoy-
able than the absorbing account
of somebody else's holiday trip.
It produces a delightful lassi-
tude of the limbs, heaviness of
the eyes and wooliness of the
nand that are most relaxing.
Really thoughtful travellers will
have coloured slides of the trip,
and you can drop right off as
soon as the lights are turned out,
depending on your wife to sit
there and chirp things like:
"What a lovely view! You lucky
people!" and stuff like that.
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I've been trying to tell people
about our trip ever since we got
back. "Have a nice holiday?"
they ask interestedly. "Well,
yes," I begin rather shyly, "went
for a little trip with the , .." and
they bellow "ain't it awful tra-
velling with kids? Y' wooden get
rite offona nattier trip" and tell
me for 20 minutes about some
dumb excursion they were on
a month ago.
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Well, I hate to admit it, but
we did have a nice holiday. And
travelling with kids is not so
bad, after all. It's probably no
worse than spending a couple
of days in a bag full of baboons,
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First, we went to the Ex; Aird
it would take nothing less than
a regiment of horse to make me
go through it again. I went for
the bundle on the midway, a
kid clutching each hand. Kim.
Hugh and I went on the most
violent rides they had, as fast
as we could, while the Old Lady.
stood around wringing her hands,
Each time we'd climb off same
wild ride, sick, white and
shaken, she'd plead: "Haven't
you had enough? Let's go and
see the food exhibit."
But the kids were too smart to
be trapped like that. They knew
if they let me stop long enough
for my head to stop spinning,
I'd have enough sense to call a
halt. And I was just as deter -
rained that as long as my sto.
mach and money held out, they'd
never learn what a craven 1
was behind that cold, sweating
face and sickly grin,
They von. But so did I, • After
a ride on the Wild Mouse, which
put more pure, cold fear through
my innards than anything since
the day a fellow put a 40 mm.
shell through my wing, right be-
side the cock, f threw in the
white towel,
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"Don't you think we should let
Morn have some fun?" I qua-
vered. They finally agreed, dis .
gustedly. to take her on the only
ride she'd venture on. So the
four of us sat, the kids snorting
with amusement. their mother
gasping and holding the sides,
while we went around and
around, on the slowest, mildest,
most babyish. most old -woman-
ish ride in the midway. Which
was fine with ine.
M a >r
As this was The Children's
Trip, we then- took off for Nia-
gara Falls. Like all kids, . they
were deeply impressed by the
magnificent spectacle, gating at
it with awe for at least forty
secoi ds before starting to look
for a hot-dog stand. Then
Hugh spotted the Maid of the
:Mist, and we. had to go on the
boat ride. in the gorge. We got
delightfully soaked in the spray,
and the rapturous grins of the
kids were worth the whole trip.
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Then we wanted to .eat, It took
half an hour to find a "nice"
place t0 suit my wife, We all sat
down, the waitress brought our
water and the menus, We took
a look at them, then at each
other, grabbed a kid each and
headed, in as dignified a retreat
as possible, for the door. There
was nothing under $3 on the
sheet.
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If you'd ever seen Kiln messing
around in a $3 dinner, the while
complaining vehemently because
she's not allowed french fries
and an ice cream cone,• her
favourite meal, you wouldn't have
blamed us. We wound up at a
hole•in-the•wall, eating another
in the never-ending stream of
hot dogs from one hand and beat.
ing off the flies with the other.
Which suited the kids down to
the ground.
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That night cve stayed at a
swanky hotel. I gave the bellboy
his dime with •that touch of cos.
mopolitan elan that' only a week.
ly editor can achieve. Kim had
never seen a bellboy before, and
later, when we were wondering
where the swimming poll was
located, she .piped: "Why didn't
you ask the butler?"
Next day a flying visit to the
Stratford Festival. The play
lasted over three hours, and by
the end, of Act 2 the kids were
wiggling like worms. Hugh and
I were deeply mortified, and
tried to aet as though we didn't
know them, when Kini and her
mother got into an audible ar.
gument about whether 'the for.
mer should put her shoes on,
just before intermission, while
dozens of cultured spinsters
turned around and hissed at
them like snakes.
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And' then the long journey
home, swearing we wouldn't eat
another hot dog or hamburger
for a Month, - the youngsters
groggy with exhaustion, the in.
side of the car resembling the
town dump. And the deep satis•
faction of tucking them in their
own beds, then coming clown to
the dear, familiar, kitchen for
a midnight cup of 'tea. And ad•
mitting to each other somewhat
reluctantly that The Trip, after
all, • had been a roaring success.
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News Of Your
LIBRARY
By MRS. J. M. 5.
• Da you know that today in
rural Canada only 15 per cent
of our children have access to
Public library service?
For ten years Young Canada's
took Week, the object of which
IA to arouse interest in gond lite-
rature for boa's and girlsaced
to stimulate pleasure in reading‘
liar been sponsored with good
results but evidently there is
much snore to be clone.
Treading is one of the greatest
Jottings
Hang Lamp, 'Toilet Set
Standard (-.1! ts To 13.ride
Often have I as a reporter
gazed in amazement at the won•
derful display of gifts for a bri-
dal couple. Frequently I was
treated to a piece of the wed.
ding rake and as good measure
sampled some of the delicate
titbits that had been 'left over.
Those were in the days when we
used to go to the #conte follow•
ing the wedding to secure t+!hat
itafarmation we could about the
happy event. Usually we were
received with the utmost cor•
dialityt.
Atames we would be greeted
with "Yes, we hada nice quiet
wedding,but we don't want
much said about it In the paper."
At other tiles we received tate
fullest details and proceeded in
our most elaborate terms to des.
Bribe the happy event. When 1
first started to write up weddings
t would look up the weddings
in the daily papers and glean
from them what would fit the
happy event that I was to :re-
port. I sontethr:es slid :the sante
tiling about obituaries. In the
old days, the more elaborate the
better. I once heard a widow re-
quest the officiating clergyman
at the funeral to say all the
nice things he could about her
deceased husband.
I recall, too, going to the home
of a bride on the eve of the wed-
ding and was received by the
groom -to -be. The groom pro-
ceeded to give me full details
of the coming event, but the
bride-to-be, from upstairs had
other ideas and vetoed several
of his suggestions, There were
some arguments and 1 carne
away feeling that the interview
did not portray a happy char•
nage and I was not far wrong
in my predictions.
Today things have changed.
Instead . of making personal
calls a printed. questionnaire is
sent out for the required infor•
mation and there is no more
sleeping on wedding cake to
bring you good luck.
The thing that started me
thinking about the weddings of
other years, is the difference in
the wedding gifts of to -day to
those' of the days before .elee-
tricity and electrical appliances,
thedays when a dollar a day
was a standard wage.
Two of the standard gifts in
those days were a hanging lamp
or a bedroom toilet set, the lat•
ter comprising a lame wash
basin and large water pitcher, a
smaller pitcher, a soap dish and
cover, an upright tooth brush
holder ' and bed cbunber and
cover. The .banging lamp and
toilet set -came in all kinds of
fancy shapes and colors..The
hanging lamp was an adornment
in any living room' and the toilet
set lent enchantment to the bed.
room. To -day they are both an.
tiques.
Another serviceable item that
was. a must but which is often
included in the wedding" gifts of
to -day is a patch -work quilt. The
modern variety is intricate and
beautiful but the earlier ones
were often more for utility and
warmth and not so much for
beauty. Sugar spoons, - butter
knives and cruet stands are now
being replaced by electric irons,
toasters, lamps and electric
clocks and with considerably
more money available, more
expensive gifts are the order of
the day.
But the wedding outfits were
just as elaborate and becoming
to their day as are the wedding
outfits of to -day. Frills and
laces, bustles and bangs have
always been the order of the
day and there is no substitute
far that age-old phrase "the
bride looked beautiful,"
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50 YEARS AGO
Miss Bertha Mack, Miss Lois
Birney, Miss Bela Hawkins and
Wesley Dayman left Monday for
Chatham to take a course at
Business College.
Mr, Richard Snell having
severed his connection with the
firm of Snell and Rowe left last
week for. Winnipeg.
The Thedford Tribune has
ceased publication.
The oldest person in the House
of Refuge, in the person of Mrs.
Elsie who came • from Zurich
five years ago died last week
aged 101 years. In her 91st year
she pulled flax every day of the
season.
Messrs. Sank and Frank Sweet
are, engaged on the Mason work
of the new Kincardine post
office.
Councillor William ' May of
Mitchell .is favorably mentioned
for the Mayor's chair next year.
25 YEARS AGO
'The Exeter soft ball girls won
the silver eup at Grand Bend
on Labor Day.
Harburn. and Simon .of Hensel
were the winners at the horse-
shoe pitching tournament at
Woodstock on Labor Day when
more than 80 players from 20 dif-
ferent clubs competed.
During the dry spell of the
?c0iof life and when we help
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htdren to become interested le,
books we give them an oppor-
tunity • to secure foe themselves
that precious heritage to which
they are entitled and which is
treasured by so many older peo-
ple today — a real love of books
and reading:
Sir William Osler said "Money
invested in. a library gives much
better return's than mining
stock." Money invested in good,
books and put into 'the hand of
children will have far-reaching
returns:
When children find books a bur.
den rather than a delight there
may perhaps have been seine -
thing wrong with their introduc-
tion to books • says Dr, Karl
Bernhardt. of the Institute of
Child Study. He points 'out that
the children who develop an abi-
ding love of books are usually
those who have been introduced
to diem early. More often than
not the parents themselves are
fond of reading and long before
the children are ready to read
they have experienced the joy
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past week, from the flip of a
match a fire started on the pas-
ture farm of James Shapton,
concession 6 of Hay township
that has continued for several
days and has swept. over 400
acres of pasture land.
Mr, . Joe . Creech commenced
his duties, as teacher at Sodom
on Monday.
Misses Mabel Snell, Tia Hun.
Leis Doris Salter, Jean Penhale
and Hazel Clark have returned
bonne after holidaying at- Grand
Bend,
Terson$ 'are warned against
taking'ribbon fromothe wreaths
on graves at the Exeter ceme•
tery,
The local ball team put the
Crediton team out of the running
on Wednesday and now they
meat the Luean Irish nine in the
finals.
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15 YEARS AGO
Four sons of Mr, and Mrs. Wit,
limn Schroeder of Stephen are
now in the R.C.A.F.
Rev, Robert A. G. Passmore
of Hensel'. was ordained into the
Huron Presbytery at ordination
services in First St, Andrews
United church, London.
Miss Marjorie May is attending
Westervelt School. in London.
LAC R, E. Wuerth has returned
to No. 14 air school at Aylmer
after two weeks furlough at
home.
Mr. • Harris Weber, editor of
No. 9 S•b'.T.S. news column for
the past eight weeks has been
posted to No. i r I•'T,S., Toronto.
The Exeter Golf Club are'
planning to hold their annual
tournament at the Oakwood
Golf Club Wednesday afternoon.
TO YEARS AGO
The new primary class in the
Exeter Public School totals 44.
The class meets in the Exeter
Library with Mrs. Jameson as
teacher.
Beverley Skinner suffered' a
broken leg and a gash requiring
12 stitches to close when a trac-
tor he was driving ran over
him.
A. public -speaking contest for
children was a novel feature of
midafternoon at Zurich Fair.
Mr. and -Mrs. Carey Joynt have
returned home from their wed-
ding four,
The Exeter Public library is
being redecorated.•
Miss Myrna Pym, Exeter, is
one of 34 probationers at St. Jo.
seph's Hospital, London. "
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