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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-05-06, Page 14Best Interest lb% We represent many Trust Companies. We are often able to arrange for the highest interest being offered on Guaranteed investment Certificates, * Subject to change Gaiser-Kneale Insurance Agency Inc. Exeter Office 235-2420 Grand Bend Office 238-8484 Province of Ontario Page 14 Titnes,Advocate, May 6, 1976 By MRS. FRED BOWDEN Mr. & Mrs. Earl Dixon and Mr, & Mrs. Ken Hodgins were in charge of the euchre party in the Community Centre on Monday night with 12 tables in play. Ladies high score, Mrs. Lon Hodgins; lone hands, Mrs. Ralph Lightfoot; low, Mrs. Laverne Stone. Men's high, Chas. Rollings; lone hands, George Aikens; low, Laverne Stone. Mrs< Frank Hicks was the winner of the special prize. Senior Citizens met in the Community Centre on Monday for an afternoon of erokinole and cards followed by lunch. BRAND NEW — C.H. Lewis Lucan Ltd. owns the only Truxmore refuse packer unit in Canada. From left to right, Larry Lewis, Jack Whitmore (Reeve, Ailsa Craig,) Cec Lewis (President, C.H. Lewis Lucan Ltd.), Don Mayo (Reeve, Lobo Township), Wilson Hodgins (Reeve, Biddulph Township and Ivan Hearn (Reeve, futon) gathered together on Monday to unveil the new piece of machinery. T-A photo by Sharon Specht Personals Mr. & Mrs. Karl Keller and family of London entertained their parents, Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Hirtzel, to dinner on Sunday evening at Grand Bend in celebration of their father's birthday. Mr. & Mrs. Urban Pfile of Zurich were guests on Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Ken Greb and accompanied them to Sarnia where they visited with Mrs, Laura Willert. Mr. Fred Cunnington is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Mr. & Mrs. Ken Hodgins and Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bowden were in Toronto for the weekend and attended the 34th Annual dinner of the Canada Packers Quarter Century Club at the Royal York Hotel on Saturday evening. The Centralia UCW are planning a visit to the London Moslem Mosque on Wednesday evening May 12. Ladies wishing to go are requested to meet at the church at 7:45. Miss Agnes Anderson who was in South Huron Hospital for a few days was able to return to her home on Saturday. See us for everything you need for better Whalen boy among festival winners LAWNS and GARDENS hypocrisy, in a country that is, theoretically, bilingual. CI still wince every time John Diefen- baker strays into what he fondly believes is French.) As you may have gathered, I have strong feelings about bilingualism. Unlike a great many Canadians, f am all for it. But the government's approach to creating that blessed state has been at best a farce, a charade, at worst a swindle of the tax-payers. Of course the beginnings must be with the children! On the surface, the study of French in our schools has been encouraged by government. In fact, the moneys for a practical, realistic approach to learning French have been held back from the schools and poured into that bottomless pit at Ottawa. French has practically been abolished as a prerequisite for university entrance. As a result, and because learning it reouires some real effort, students shy away from it and look for -bird" courses. Result, French classes in our schools have shrunk deplorably. This, despite the fact that French is being taught better, and in a more lively, interesting, and realistic way, than ever before. t I studied French for five years in high school, three in university, and can barely proposition a girl, let alone order a meal in French.) O.K. Let's start all over again with our bilingual program, and forget that painful failure in Ott a wa Start teaching it to kids in Grade I. Keep it up. Make it a prerequisite for university, — Continued from Page 4 Ordinary, every-day common sense and experience shows US how true this is. Take an average family of immigrants to Canada, German, Italian, whatever you like. The parents have great difficulty in learning English, and retain a strong accent all then lives. Their children, even though their only language is their native one when they arrive here, and even though it is spoken almost exclusively at home, are com- pletely at ease in English with a year or two, To hear them chirp and prattle away in the idiom, you'd never know that they weren't horn and bred in English- speaking Canada. For an adult, learning a new language is horribly hard work. And for a bureaucrat or civil servant, it must be doubly dif- ficult, because their minds are constitutionally unable to admit anything new. French-Canadians who want to get somewhere in Canada, whether in business or politics, learn English because they have to. Whatever the pundits say, this is primarily an English-speaking country. Most French-Canadian cabinet ministers are at least adequate in English. Some politicians, like Pierre Trudeau and Claude Wagner, speak English beautifully, far better than most of their Anglophone peers and opponents. But when an Anglo politician speaks French, however atrociously, we look upon him or her with amazement. as though it were a sign of genius. What Mary Gunn, .Sarnia Several couples from the community attended the Shriner's chicken barbecue at Uniondale Saturday evening. Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Ferguson spent Friday with Mr, & Mrs. Ken Zavitz, Thedford. Mr. & Mrs. Garry Parkinson, St. Marys, and Mr. & Mrs. Joe French, Wellburn, were Sunday supper guests with Mr. & Mrs, Earl French to celebrate Randy Parkinson's birthday, Saturday evening guests with Mr. & Mrs. Ken Hodgson, St. Marys, were Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Hem, Mr. & Mrs. Bill Morley, Mr. & Mrs. MacLeod Mills and Mr, & Mrs. Gordon Johnson. By MRS. HAMILTON HODGINS WHALEN A euchre party was held in the Community Centre on Saturday evening with Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton Hodgins as the host, The winners were: men's high, John Scott; ladies high, Laura Hera; lone hands, John A. Damen; low score, Barbara French. Congratulations to David Scott winner of second prize in boy's solo at the Kiwanis Music Festival in Stratford, Friday, Mr. & Mrs. Lorne Lucas, Sarnia were Sunday visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Ferguson. Mrs, Alton Wallis spent the weekend with her friend Miss ti,itoeto. We'll Do the Joh Right... Whatever the project, call on us for Ready-Mix Concrete • RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • FARM (Including Manure Tanks) FREE ESTIMATES C. A. Mc WELL LTD. FISHER PRO HARDWARE ZONE KINETTE INTER CLUB held their annual meeting in the Exeter Legion last Wednesday evening. There were 180 women in attendance including some from as far away as Shelbourne. 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