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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-11-07, Page 19M : MAN - MAdE NOT God - givEN R. E. Poo/6.y Legion Branch — Exeter 167 invites you to join them in the Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church 10:50 a.m. followed by laying of wreaths at the cenotaph All veterans in Exeter and surrounding area are urged to participate in the annual Remembrance Day Parade. Veterans will meet at the legion Hall, 10i30 a,m. and proceed to Church for service. Thence to the cenotaph for the laying of wreaths and the last post. Medals will be worn. Remembrance Day Banquet Monday, Nov. 1 7:00 p.m. LE ON HALL ALL VETERANS AND LEOION MEMBERS (Life, Ordinary and Honorary) WELCOME DON'T BE $11Y COME JOIN U guardian * Ako yo r ri ,Ai /14 /111/i il0111101l SI • DE A + BLOOD DONOR Editorial V44 lac eeeee4 Remembrance pay poem S Through various comments from the office and experiences this writer has encountered, it seems that certain students persist in making life uncomfortable for their fellows with whom they ride the buses. It has come to the attention of this paper that many students who take advantage of riding the buses are finding other modes of transportation because they do not relish the twice daily ordeal which they are subjected to if they travel by buS, As parents pay taxes to allow their children to ride those big yellow vehicles it does irk many that they have to put up with food throwing, fighting and smoking on buses. School bus drivers have a difficult job as it is trying to get all their passengers home safely without having the extra worry of high school delinquents disrupting everyone on the journey to and from school, If some students insist on such childish behaviour perhaps it is possible they are asking to be removed from the buses, Maybe a nice, long walk every day is a way that they can use up their ex- cess energy? WET WEATHER WEAR — Spectators and sideline officials donned South Huron District high school, Custom Slaughtering' raincoats and carried umbrellas at Tuesday's senior football game at • T-A photo and Processing Council system doesn't work To Individual Requirements Cattle and Hags are Government Inspected in our Modern Abattoir for Your Protection. Specializing in Hickory Smoked Hams and Bacon SLAUGHTERING ON MONDAY ONLY All Processing Guaranteed LOCKERS FOR RENT Sy Month or Year students to speak tothe people in their home room - An efficient and responsible student government is badly needed at South Huron. Our present problem ridden govern- ment system must be replaced with something workable. It's time we had a sensible form of student government in this school. A council based on such a system as the one described above would be truly democratic. The will of the majority would be represented. The use of representatives and class discussions would reduce the alienation between students and the council. It would also make it easier for students to voice their opinions since it is easier for EXETER FROZEN FOODS Phone 235-0400 'Time has passed The battle field was quiet, not a sound could be heard The soldiers stood there waiting for the general's closing words "One point is being put across, and all you men can see, We are going out to fight so our country can be free!" Every man understood and their minds were very clear From that moment gun shots were all that they could hear It is too bad life has to be this terrible way, For our country's freedom, there would be a price to pay! Once again the battle field was quiet, calm and still There was not a soldier left in a burrow or on a hill Now we had won our freedom and the drastic war has ceased, We had a fighting chance, and now there would be peace! Women and children wished the men could have remained Once they left to fight, they would not be seen again Perhaps you don't remember, it was so very long ago? And today in memory, we see the poppies grow. Lynda Hillman YACMR off to good start FORMER TEACHER AWARD — The 1974 winner of the award presented in honour of a former teacher the-!ate Mary Farrow was won at Friday's Commencement at South Huron District High. School by Kathy Cook. Above, teacher Sherwood Eddy makes the presentation. Clandeboye guides learn camping skills Trinity Church Oct. 27th when Dennis Little, Joanne Cun- ningham, Elaine and Marie Cunningham and Tradey Cun- ningham from St. James' Church were received. On Sunday November 3rd they 9 received their first Holy Com- munion. By MRS. DAVID KESTLE CLANDEBOYE Lucan Clandeboye Girl Guides held a camp out at the home of their captain ElseVandenburg. Twelve guides enjoyed a sing sting vvithJanie Robertson and her guitar on Friday evening. Camp advisor Doreen Kime instructed the girls on stalking and camping skills. Guides held their Halloween meeting as a party, winners for the best costume were Dorothy Cun- ningham and comic costume Theresa Newman and Sylvia Rosch, Cathy Couquett as Avon Lady, best costume, Jane Collard and Kim. Scott, and Rosemarie Geiser) as most original costumes. 4-H girls entertain The Amicable Associates had their eighth meeting, a party. Eight girls went skating for two hours at Lucan Arena while their parents enjoyed playing cards at the new home of the leader Mrs. Ralph Lynn. A buffet style dinner was set up, and everyone donated food. By all 'reports an excellent party, The Enduring Entertainers met last Saturday morning at Groenewegen's with nine girls answering the roll, "One duty toward,pleasing a house guest." Plans were made for their eighth meeting to be a morning party at Pat Hodgin's home, Sylvia Rosch and Heike Neppa are in charge of the games and each girl is to donate food for the party. This year YACMR got off to a better start than last year. There was a group of about four or five who started and at our first meeting at the school we had about seven to ten new members. This was certainly encouraging and we hope they keep coming. We would be glad for any new members, ideas or suggestions and give all who are seriously interested in helping these people, a hearty welcome. The purpose of this group is to get to know trainees at ARC Industries in Dashwood and the students of Huron Hope school in Huron Park. We would like to help them lead a normal life. They are human beings just the same as we are and people should not look at them as if they are "funny." Last week some of us visited the trainees at ARC Industries in Dashwood. We met and talked with them and then had lunch with them. It was a. very in- formative trip. Their building is lovely and spacious and they all seem to enjoy themselves. On Halloween we took some of the kids from Huron Hope out "Trick or Treating." They had a great time and didn't want to go home when it was over. We must learn to realize that these are people we are dealing with. They too love a good time, they have feelings and they want to be liked, loved and accepted! YACMR Jan Turnbull Judy Mickle Martin Van Raay Marion Johnson Confirmation Bishop Joseph Wragg con- ducted the confirmation at Holy their ability and reputation other students sometimes feel it is futile to attempt to suggest anything contrary to their ideas. (By no means do I intend to suggest that these. gifted in- dividuals should not be allowed to debate. I merely wish to point out that their presence may reduce other's initiative to attend meetings. These are just some of the difficulties in getting a good turn out at each meeting. Other problems include student's various activities outside of school and a lack of interest in council affairs. A statement to the effect that if the students lack interest in council affairs then that is just too bad for the students was made by a member of the executive. This type of attitude only compounds the problems in trying to introduce a form of responsible government. Perhaps the reason that the student body is disinterested in council affairs is that they have been alienated from the council in the past. Because of the many problems outlined above it is probable that this alienation has increased with the institution of our new format. We have had two distinct forms of government. Both forms have had, their good points and their problems. The logical thing to do would' be to combine the good poin,ts.ef bath formsL and correct the'poblems.' A synthesis of the two formats might work like this. Each home room would elect a class representative. These representatives would meet regularly with the student council executive to discuss and vote on the items on the agenda. These meetings would be open to the student body. They would be allowed to, indeed encouraged to, attend the meetings. They could participate in the discussion and present their views, They would also be able to suggest proposals for the agenda of the next meeting, They would be allowed to vote In this way we could hear all of the information. But, the decision would be left, not to vested interest groups, but to the representatives of the whole student body. Since the activity period has been shortened with the in- troduction of longer periods the council would have to hold meetings frequently, at least once a week. The individual representatives would also hold short five minute discussions in their home room once a week. By doing this they could keep the class informed on what is happening at council meetings and it would allow all students another opportunity to offer their opinions. The time length and stay of these home room meetings could be worked out in a joint council-staff meeting, The electing of representatives is sometimes a problem because it is often done with a minimum amount of thought and con- sideration (a result of the lack of communication between the council and the students). Before the election of the represen- tatives a joint council executive- staff meeting could be held, The executive could enlist the help of the teachers in explaining the duties of a representative and to impress upon the students that a representative must be prepared to do a little work. The class would, of course, have the right to replace their representatives whenever they see fit. The prefects would be asked to elect a chief of prefects who would be required to attend council meetings, This would insure that this aspect of the council administration would be represented. The chief would not have the right to vote. The meeting of the present council to decide if Mid a System might be better should be highly publicized for at least a week before the meeting is held. This might help to counter-act the problem of poor attendance. A good attendance is necessary to ensure that this format will be carefully checked for possible problem before it is adopted. By CYRIL CATHCART This year the Student's Council has adopted a new procedure fors making decisions on the issues which face it. In past years decisions were made by a vote taken at a meeting of home room representatives. This year there are no home room represen- tatives. Any student who wishes to may attend meetings, speak on the issue and vote on whether to accept or reject the proposals. In addition, any student may suggest proposals for the agenda of the next meeting. The members of the executive who dreamed this system up seem to be very proud of it. They took it as being a truly democratic system, better by far than the awkward representative democracy we had last year. Perhaps this system is as they say, an honest attempt at im- proving on last year's student government. Perhaps it is an honest mistake. Last year there were, no doubt, problems with making that form of government work efficiently. However, in their attempt to improve on last year's govern- ment it is quite apparent that the Council has, as the saying goes, "thrown the baby out with the bath water." They tried to get rid of the obstructions to a workable, responsible government. ,They succeeded in eliminating reasonable student government. The present 'system'e'majblcv flaw (if one disregards the at- titudes of some members of the council executive) rests in this. Vested interest groups can propose and pass ideas which may not reflect the wishes of the majority of the students, For instance , a club may request that the council grant them $700 to finance club activities. The majority of the students might think that this sum is exorbitant to the point of being ridiculous. This being the case many will assume that common sense will prevail at the meeting. But that club, whose members all support the proposal, would all show up! From theattendance at the last council meeting it is apparent that any moderately sized club could easily swing the vote in their own favour. A member of the executive suggested that if this type of thing happened the executive would intervene and reverse the decision through the application of "executive privilege". So, it looks as though we have neither a "true democracy" or a representative democracy. What we have in fact is a system which might be called an arbitrary democracy. It operates on the democratic principle on those occasions when the ,executive feels it is convenient. hey have the power to suspend the government and force their opinions on the students. Still, if a large percentage of the student population attended each meeting maybe this system might be saved. Unfortunately, the fact of the matter is, that it doesn't seem aS if there will be a lot of people at these meetings. There are a number of reasons why people Won't attend or won't attend regularly. Most students are involved in one ex- tracurricular activity or another and thus are unable to attend some meetings, Many students don't really listen to the dailyannouricements and they may miss the an- nouncement telling them what is on the agenda and when the meeting is to be held. Some Students, although they may have good ideas, have trouble speaking and expressing themselves in public. As a result they won't attend council meetings. A similar situation exists with the junior students. They often feel that they are loeked down upon by the seniors. This is especially true now, after the recent highly controversial editorial in The Guardian. This will keep Some of the junior students from attending Meetings, Another problem is that certain students are well skilled in the art of debating. Their abilities are Usually well known, Because of By MRS. HAMILTON HODGINS Mr, & Mrs. Bill Morley were Sunday supper guests with Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Pyrri, Exeter, Mr. & Mrs. Allan Hodgins visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Walter Gee, London, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Ferguson spent a couple days last week with their daughter Mrs, Ken Zavitz, Thedford as their son-in- law is in hospital with a heart attack. Mrs. Alton Wallis spent the weekend in Sarnia with Miss Mary Gunn. Mr, & Mrs. Ernest Ferguson visited Sunday with Mrs. Gowan and .Murray, London Township. Many in the community at- tended the wedding dance and reception for Joe French and Marlene Hodgins on Saturday night at the St. Marys Legion Hall, Note Halloween is a fun time, but let's hope those who destroyed some property will realize fire is a good servant but a poor master, Persona Is The Taylor family have a new bundle of joy, a daughter, born November 2nd at St, Joseph's Hospital. Mr. & Mrs. Wm.Simpson en- tertained Freda Conn and Lloyd and Gordon Conn, Medina, Sunday. Mr, & Mrs. Arthur Hodgins were guests at the French- Hodgins wedding Saturday in Granton United Church. Hans Rosch and Wilfred Cunningham are on the sick list and have been confined to their respective homes for the past week. Maria Richards, Dorothy Cunningham, Cindy Donaldson, Sandy and Andrew Markus and Mike Armstrong are all registered with the Army Cadets at Huron Park and attend assembly each Sunday afternoon. Friday evening Mrs. H.Woodburn, entertained friends, neighbours and relatives to a plaque party., Mrs. Helen Taylor, Brinsley store keeper had the misfortune to slip and fracture her arm. Mr. & Mrs. Joe Cunningham and girls entertained in their home Mr. & Mrs, W. Cun- ningham, Mr. & Mrs, Alan Ford, Muirkirk and Mr. & Mrs, Arnold Harper and family of St. Paula, Mt. & Mrs. J. Cunningham and girls visited Sunday with Mrs. Cunningham's two grandfather's Who are in nursing homes, Henry Wright who iS almost 101 years young, at Wardsville and Nor- man Knightlalso art octogenarian. Mr. & Mrs. C. Millson received word from their 'daughter and, son-in-law Mr. & Mrs. J. Beckett who are spending sometime in England. Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Millson entertained 35 guests Saturday on the occasion of Debbie's bin thday, Mr. & Mrs. R, MillSon, London Were Sunday visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Millson, Mr. & Mrs, Arnold Cun- ningham Glencoe Were weekend guests with Mr. & Mrs. Roy Cunningham. Mr. & Mrs. Murray Lewis London Were Sunday visitors With Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Lewis. By MISS ELLA MORLOCK Bob Ripley, theology student, Toronto was guest speaker at Zion United Church Sunday morning, Next Sunday November 10, the service will be conducted by Rev. James Miller of New Brunswick. Anniversary service Among those who attended the anniversary service at Grand Bend United Church Sunday evening were Mr, & Mrs. Don Irinkbeiner, Mr.'& Mrs. Gordon Fitikheine ,r Mr, & Mrs. Arnold Becker, Rev, & Mrs, Artirliti Schlenker and Mary Ellen, Ella Morlock and Mrs. Peter Martin. By MRS. HEBER DAVIS Mr. & Mrs, Bob Tindall, Nancy, Marylou and Robert and Mr. & Mrs. Earl Greenlee' were dinner guests with Mr. & Mrs. Jim Barker. Sunday. Ian Carroll spent the weekend With his friend Allan McRoberts, Gra ntori, Mr. & Mrs. Hilton McRoberts, Lucan were dinner guests with Mr. & Mira. Heber Davis Satur- day evening. Mr. & Mrs. Fred Dobbs were guests at the Christmas Party for the London-Middlesex health unit, held at Wonderland Saturday evening, Mr. & Mrs, Harry Carroll returned home Sunday, They spent the past week with their brother and sister-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. George Carroll, Detroit, Mr. & Mrs, Heber Davis were guests with their aunt, Mrs. Norma Coleman, Lucan Sunday,