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March. 1, 1977
Eaton and family of Chatham;
Mrs. Don Heaman and Karen of
London on Wednesday. Miss
Joyce Dickey of of Port Stanley
was a weekend visitor and
Sunday visitors were Mr. & Mrs.
Grant Brown of Sarnia, Mr. Reid
Brown and Roxanne of Lambeth,
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Greb returned
home last week following a
vacation in Florida.
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins
were in Chesley last week owing
to the death of their sister-in-law,
the late Mrs, Chas. Hodgins.
They remained for a few days
with Mr. Hodgins before retur-
ning home on Monday.
On the way home they stopped
at Huronview to say "hello" to
Mrs. Grace Howe, Mr. Cecil
Skinner, Mr. Clarence Smith and
other acquaintances.
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Rundle and
family and Mr. Lloyd Morgan
visited on Thursday and Friday
with relatives in Chatham,
Highgate and Thamesville. Mr.
Morgan visited with his brother
in Thamesville and returned
home on Friday with Mr. & Mrs,
Rundle and family.
Miss Elaine Powe of St.
Catharines was a visitor for a few
extension of Great Britain, and
neither is it a northern suburb of
the United States. It is a
separate, distinct country on the
North American Continent, a
Confederation of Provinces, not a
Dominion.
According to the dictionary, a
dominion is something that is
dominated, and words like "lord,
sovereignty and feudal domain"
are used to explain its meaning.
Well, dominated by whom? By
the Canadian Federal Govern-
ment and its Constitution, I
should hope, and not by any
outside authority.
This brings me to my final, and
most important suggestion. The
American Federal and State
governments have cooperated in
the teaching of American History
and Government in all secondary
schools. The history of Canada is
a vital part of any Canadian's
identity, This means a national
history, reaching back to the last
Ice Age and beyond and mar-
ching down through time to in-
clude all the races of Canadians
that have ever contributed, in
any way, to help make Canada
what it is today.
The native peoples, the French,
the British, the Irish, the
Americans, and the subsequent
waves of immigrants, all have
their stories to tell: They have all
helped to build this country, our
towns and cities, and must all be
given consideration and a
national acknowledgement of
their contributions.
This kind of a curriculum will
help more than anything to bring
our young people together, in
mutual knowledge and respect,
as a nation of patriotic
Canadians. Perhaps a large part
of regional bias stems from lack
of knowledge of each others'
backgrounds.
In the days to come, the Anglo-
Establishment will have to
change its attitude toward many
things — one will be to relegate
the sphere of British influence to
its proper place in the order of
things. All of us have a homeland,
from which we emigrated, years,
decades or centuries ago, and it
will always hold a special place in
The 12th annual hockey tour-
nament, sponsored by the Father
Stephen Eckert Council, Knights
of Columbus, of Seaforth and
District, will take place on
Saturday, April 2, and Sunday,
April 3, at Seaforth Memorial
Arena.
Teams are entered from the
Separate Schools in the District
area and vie for trophies donated
by the Seaforth K of C Council.
Games will commence on
Saturday at 10 a.m. and •on
Sunday at 12 noon.
Saintsbury lad
gives recital
By MRS. HgBER DAVIS
Rev. Mary Mills held Holy
communion service at the home
of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Blay, Sunday.
Next Sunday service will be held
at the church to observe Palm
Sunday. The ladies of the
congregation are asked to net
at the church Saturday at 9.30
a.m, for a cleaning bee,
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Carroll
and Julie attended baptismal
service in Sarnia on Sunday for
their niece Michelle Lynn,
daughter of Mr. & Mrs, Rick
Taylor, Sarnia. Mr. & Mrs.
Carroll were godparents.
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Greenlee were
dinner guests Saturday evening
with theirunclesand aunt, Elmer,
Bert and Verna Greenlee, Exeter
and were Sunday dinner guests
with Mr. & Mrs. Heber Davis,
Miss Nancy Tindall was a guest
also.
Mr, & Mrs. Harry Carroll
entertained Mr. & Mrs. Cliff
Abbott, Lucan and Mr. & Mrs.
Heber Davis, Saturday evening,
Thursday Mr. & Mrs. Heber
Davis were dinner guests with
Mr. & Mrs. Hilton Roberts,
Lucan.
Friday they were guests with
Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Stanley. On
Thursday Mr. & Mrs. Cleve
Pullman were guests with the
Davis'. Mrs, Pullman was ob-
serving a birthday.
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Davis
returned home from Florida,
Friday evening. They visited
Mrs. Davis mother, Mrs. George
McFalls, a patient in Victoria
Hospital, London, on their way
home.
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Dobbs at-
tended piano recital at Mt, St.
Joseph's School of Music. Their
son Fred took part in the recital
Wednesday night.
days during the school break at
the home of her parents, Mr. &
Mrs. Elmer Powe.
Mrs. Lorne Hicks was .a
weekend visitor with her sister
and brother-in-law Mr. & Mrs.
Clayton Scheifele in Kitchener.
Mr. & Mrs. Tom. Kooy were
Sunday evening dinner guests
with Mr. & Mrs. Murray Neil in
Exeter.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard
Shoebottom and. Christine spent
the weekend with the former's
parents Mr. & Mrs. Ray
Shoebottom in Parry Sound,
Bradley and Lori Shoebottom
returned home with them after
spending the holidays with their
grandparents.
For the morning service in the
United Church on Sunday an
organ prelude was played by
Mrs. Russell Wilson and the
offertory music was an organ and
piano duet by Mr. Doug Gill and
Miss Elaine Powe. A film was
shown in the church schoolroom
following the service.
A meeting of the Official
Boards of the Centralia-Zion
West pastoral charge will be held
in the Zion church on Thursday
evening at 8,30 p.m.
Following is the schedule:
Seniors
10 a.m, — Mt. Carmel vs St.
Columban
11 a.m. — Dublin vs Zurich
12:30 p.m. — Seaforth vs winner
of 10 a.m. game
1:30 p.m. — Loser of 10 a.m.
game vs loser of 11 a.m. game for
"B" trophy.
2:30 p.m. — Winner of 12:30 p.m.
game vs winner of 11 a.m. game
for "A" trophy.
Juniors
12 p.m.— Dublin vs St. Columban
1 p.m. — Mt. Carmel vs Zurich
2:30 p.m. — Loser of 12 p.m,
game vs loser of 1 p.m. game for
"B" trophy
3:30 p.m. — Winner of 12 p,m,
game vs winner of 1 p.m. game
for "A" trophy,
Dear Sir:
In regards to the film "One
flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest!"
The Students Council would
like to apologize for any in-
convenience or misun-
derstandings which may have
resulted in the showing of this
film, and hope that such
situations may be avoided in
future,
Students Council
S.H.D,H.S,
Dear Sirs;
As a new Canadian citizen, I
feel that it is both a privilege and
a responsibility to present my
views on the present state of
Canadian unity. As a young wife
and mother of Canadians, I am
deeply concerned with the crisis
in our country, the country in
which my children will grow up
and mature as responsible
citizens. True patriotism is one of
the most beautiful and ennobling
emotions a citizen can feel for his
country, and, like all worthwhile
things, patriotism must be
carefully nurtured — it does not
spring up overnight.
As a former American citizen, I
can only offer my experiences in
the cultivation techniques em-
ployed south of the border.
Firstly, every child from kin-
dergarten upwards recited the "I
pledge allegiance to the flag,"
etc., every morning in school,
becoming the first memorized
piece, possibly the first English
piece, a child would ever learn.
This practice has slowly
disappeared, but it helped each
child identify with his country
and his classmates across the
U.S. Secondly, the flag was, and
is, prominently displayed on
every national holiday — every
family owned a flag. There are a
great number of melodious and
inspiring patriotic American
hymns, as well as the "Star
Spangled Banner," the official
national anthem.
Thirdly, and most important,
the Federal Government of the
U.S. requires that every pupil,
whether in public or private
school, receives one year of
American History and one
semester of American Govern-
ment. Thus every child attending
secondary school knows who he
is, where he came from, and
where he belongs in the
American system. (He is, of
course, responsible for finding
his own particular "Robts."
This form of "indoctrination,"
as it were, has been very ef-
fective in helping Americans all
over the country to identify, and
thereby unify, especially in times
of war, despite regional dif-
ferences. (The Viet Nam War
protests were, I believe, essen-
tially moral difficulties).
Americans today may not feel as
smugly self-righteous, but the
true patriotism and national
identity is still there, deep and
strong beneath the surface,
Now, what has this to do with
Canada today? Well, I have
observed many differences over
the last few years, as may be
expected, but some things I feel
strongly should be and can be
improved. There is not, as far as I
can see, any oath of allegiance or
pledge that the ordinary native
citizen can employ to affirm his
or her loyalty and patriotic
feelings,
The only form of oath is that
taken by a new citizen, and it is
pledged to the Queen of England,
not to the Confederation of
Canada. There are very few
interesting or particularly in-
spiring Canadian hymns of any
sort, and yet we all know this
country has fine, talented
musicians.
The Canadian Maple Leaf Flag
has only been used officially for a
relatively short period of time,
that is 12 years,. with an em-
barrassing amount of argument
from the Old Guard Establish-
ment. One seldom sees an in-
dividual citizen flying the flag
on a holiday, although I notice the
young people, due possibly to
Expo 67 and the Olympics, have
begun to display their flag in
various ways.
All of these things may seem
terribly superficial, but after all,
repetition of simple, important
truths have provided the basis of
all education for children,
patriotic truths included, Songs,
a pledge, a flag, all combine to
convey a sense of belonging
across the nation, across dif-
ferent backgrounds, across
different colours and creeds,
If we can share these same
things, we have alrady
established some common
ground with each and every
Canadian, whether he is from
Alberta, or she is from Quebec.
By emphasizing our ties with
Great Britain, in flag, sons, and
state of mind, we effectively
dampen, at once and forever, the
patriotic fervor of all Canadians
whose origins do not lie within the
United Kingdom. How can the
Old Guard realistically expect
someone from Quebec, or
Holland, or Poland or Atnerica
etc, to become suddenly endowed
with a deep and abiding love Of
England and the English Queen?
The Quebecer loves Quebec;
the new citizen loves his native
homeland; We would all learn to
love Canada more easily if the
native Anglophones would pay
more attention to Our Con-
federation tbo, in the interests of
unity and brotherhood. Contrary
to the attitudes of the WASP
establishment, Canada is NOT an
Eoll up your sleeve
to save a life ...
BE A BLOOD DONOR
our hearts, but our duty lies
HERE.
We must encourage Canadian
patriotism, or else this country
will break up into small, angry,
hostile regions, led by Quebec.
We each have a right to our
native language, customs, and
traditions, but our respon-
sibilities lie HERE. Each of us
must make a start in our own
min and hearts, for the good of
THIS country.
How vouch time do we have?
Ilene Levesque has four years to
make his case for separation —
we have even less time to show
our pride and faith in our coun-
try, and make a case for Con-
federation.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Philip F. Walker
By MRS. FRED BOWDEN
CENTRALIA
Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Mac-
Donald and Mr. & Mrs. Jack
Dickens were in charge of the
euchre party in the Community
Centre on Monday night with 1.5
tables in play.
Prize winners were: ladies
high score, Mrs. Tom Kooy; lone
hands, Mrs. Georgina Webster;
low, Mrs. Jessie Rader; men's
high, Otto Darling; lone hands,
Chas. Railings; low, George
Aikens. The prizes for the lucky
cups were captured by Mrs.
Wilfred Dixon and 'Wayne
Carroll.
Mr, Laverne Skinner, Miss
Ruth Skinner and Mr. & Mrs.
Lawrence Hitzel will convene the
next party.
Senior citizens enjoyed an
afternoon of crokinole and cards
followed by lunch in the Com-
munity Centre on Monday.
Mr. & Mrs: Hugh Rundle and
family and Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd
Morgan visited last Tuesday with
Mrs. Morgan's sister, Miss
Dorcas Williams in Sarnia, Mrs.
Morgan remained there retur-
ning home on Saturday.
Visitors at the home of Mrs,
John Thompson during the past
week were Mr. & Mrs. Sherman
The readers write:
Patriotism must be carefully nurtured
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