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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-10-06, Page 9Long Hair What do you think of long hair on boys? I imagine your answer will depend on your age and sex. If you're a 13-year-old girl, you'll probably roll your eyes toward heaven and ejaculate, "Yummy!", or something of the sort. If you're a male junior ex- ecutive in the late twenties, you'll probably sneer, "Revolting!", while secretly wishing you were 10 years younger and could have a go at it yourself. If you're a young swinger, late-teens, early- twenties, your reaction is probably, "The Greatest!" This group, female, are fad-followers. Fif- teen years ago, they wouldn't even look at anybody who didn't have a crew cut. Males whose forties are fad- ing along with their own hair will probably grumble, "What they need is a year in the army!" Famales of the same vin- tage are quite likely to coo, "It's sorta cute, really!", as long as their own young male is clean-cut and beardless. If you're over 50, you prob- ably look with mild amuse- ment, or mild disgust, on the current crops of sheep-dogs, male. You know it doesn't amount to much, You remem- ber the flat-chested flapper, the rumble seat, the coonskin coat and a lot of other items that appalled the oldies of the era. Personally, I don't agree with any of the above reac- tions except the last one, though I haven't yet reached that age group. Or that fine plain of tolerance. To go back over them. Long hair is seldom yummy. And it is seldom revolting, though it can be. It is not the greatest. Greatest anything, A year in the army solves nothing. And ail sorts of things are sotta cute: monkeys, baby alliga- tors, infant pigs, But let's get down to the principals and the principles in this world-shaking debate. Many high-school principals react just like the 13-year-old MS Yummy ! girls above. They roll their eyes to heaven, when the sub- ject of long hair comes up. But they don't ejaculate, "Yummy!" At least that isn't what it sounds like. Creep up behind a principal and say, even quietly, "Hair- cuts." I guarantee he'll jump a foot and a half and turn on you with a decided tic below his left eyeball. A principal confronted by a few shaggies feels exactly like an inspecting brigadier in the army, who arrives at "C" Pla- toon and finds that six of the bodies stiffly at attention are wearing white sneakers in- stead of spit 'n spolish black boots. And what about the princi- ples? This is what the culprits purport to defend: individu- alism; freedom of expression; non-conformity. You name it. It's all the rage these days. And the muddled kids are Myra Vipond is a teacher without a school. She is the Home Teacher of The Canad- ian National Institute for the Blind in London and serves four countries -'- Elgin, Huron, Mid- dlesex and Perth. Miss Vipond teaches skills to the newly blind that make the hands do tasks unaided by the eyes. Crafts, such as basketry, sewing and leatherwork, de- velop manual dexterity. Brail- le lessons soon show the versa- tility of this reading system, Books on many subjects are available from the CNIB Toron- to library. Playing cards, scrabble, chess and other games are adapted through the use of the dot system. The kitchen might seem like a strange and dangerous place to the blind housewife until Myra gives her instructions in handling ap- pliances without using the eyes. Training with the white cane aided and abetted by parents, "liberal" thinkers and mis- guided editors. After that comes the emo- tional hogwash. Einstein, Sir John A. Macdonald, Jesus, would all have to get a hair- cut if they went to high school today. Can you imagine Christ in a crew cut? He was a confor- mist in the things that didn't matter, an individualist in things that did . Sir John and Einstein had other things on their minds, and didn't have time to worry about hair-cuts. But I'll bet they didn't spend several hours a day combing and ad- miring their locks. Guess I sound like an old fumf, But I know how the kids suffer when the sacrile- gious scissors start their dese- cration. I still have a psychic scar because the Germans made me shave a magnificent beard in prison camp, And I'll never forget the wave of anguish that swept me the day I stood before a mirror and saw half of my fine, handle-bar, fight- er-pilot's moustache shaved. But there was no going back. You do look pretty silly in half a handle-bar. But let's hear your opinions on boys' long hair. Write your editor. REMINISCING OCTOBER EuRopt9, 1'71*k" Lloyd surprised his friends and his family on Tuesday night when he slipped quietly into town tan the late train. A few were at the station when he arrived. It will be remembered that "Dick' was hit in the thigh bone by a machine gun bullet. The bone Was broken and the seta* nerves were shattered, "Dick" left England on the 21st of Sep- tember, and is home on a six months' leave. Mr... Frank McConnell re- ports the sale of Mrs. Heron's house on John St. to Mr. James Mitchell of Turnberry. The price paid was $950. As usual Wingham horses were much in evidence at Luck- now Fair. R. A. Currieishearst team won first and second for best carriage horses and they carried off the special for best team on the grounds. W. G. Gray, Levi Lott and John Fry's horses also carried away prizes. Gunns Limited have opened up their building at Wilford's old stand, and Mr, E. R. Har- rison has accepted the position of local manager, They will pay the farmers the highest cash price for cream, butter, eggs and poultry. OCTOBER 1931 A quiet wedding took place in Brussels at noon on Thursday when Burton 0. Macdonald, on- ly son of A. H. and Mrs. Mac- donald, of Brussels, was united in marriage to Sadie J., eldest daughter of Thomas and Mrs, Pierce, of Morris Township. The Bell factory which has been a landmark of the town, has passed into the hands of a wrecking firm of Toronto, who commenced to tear it down. The building has not been in use for quite a number ofyears and had fallen in to disrepair and at the bankruptcy of the Gunn-Son-Ola, the only bid re- ceived was from the wreckers. On Tuesday evening of this week the fine bank barn on the farm of R. Jas. Douglas at Bel- more was destroyed by fire. Mr. C. R. Copeland, who has been working out of London since the train schedule wasre- vised in the spring, moved his family to London this week.Mr. Copeland will be greatly miss- ed in this district as he took an active part in all Orange work, holding offices in the County, District and local lodges, OCTOBER 1941 Bill Burgman has left to at- tend the Royal Dental College, Toronto University. Mrs. Mary Clelland, who recently came to town, is build- ing a house on Francis Street, W. H, Rintoul and Sons have the contract. Miss Mary Cruickshank left on Monday to continue her course, second year, at the On- tario Agriculture College, Guelph. The United Church manse at Belgrave was the scene of a quiet but pretty wedding at 11.80 o'clock Saturday morn- ing, when Rev. George Dunlop united in marriage Marjory Please Turn to Page Five a variety of subjects from pub- lic speaking to psychology. Today, Myra is a Go-Go business girl. She travels al- most a thousand miles a month in her four county classroom. Even at home she does not stop teaching. Her kitchen is often a place of learning for several fellow blind girls interested in cooking. Myra has five students here in Huron County. You share in the success of the Home Teach- ing program and the achieve- ments of the pupils when you contribute to the CNIB. Re- ceive the Appeal letter or the volunteer canvasser with this goal in mind. A soldier got a letter from his wife containing a sketch of their ear's instrument panel. "This is the exact way the dash- board looks," she wrote. "Do we need a quart of oil?" Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Oct. 6, 1966 SECOND SECTION provides mobility without de- pendence on the eyes of others, To the new CNIB member, the simple lacing of a wallet can be the cornerstone for a career as an industrial machine opera- tor or dictaphone typist. Since birth, Myra has had the eye condition, Glaucoma, which left her with only a small amount of vision. She was educated at the Ontario School for the Blind in Brantford and graduated in 1960. Home Ec- onomics at school attracted Myra to the subjects she now teaches. After leaving school, Myra went to work in the CNIB Cater- ing Department. She met the public and sold merchandise from canteens and tuck shops. In 1062, Myra was a member of the CNIB Vocational Train- ing Course for home Teachers. The eight hour a day, sixteen week course introduced Myra to Blind Are Taught Skills by Myra Vipond or. PROJECT TILLICUM — When 1,500 books collected by the Metropolitan Toronto Home and School Association arrived at the Cape Croker Indian reservation near Wiarton, it didn't take the Chippewa youngsters long to discover the comic books! Mrs. R. G. Ayres of Willowdale, Metro and North York Chairman of the Home and School's Centennial Tillicum Committee, presented the books to Chief: Wilmer Nadjiwon in front of the Council Hall. Driver Willard Beattie helps Mr. Ayres with the unloading at the tenth Indian community in Ontario to receive books under the Tillicum project, named after the Indian word for friendship. Were you ever on a championship team when you were young? Remember how good it felt? That is just the way our great bunch of Squirts felt and be- haved on Tuesday of last week when they came home from Rostock with the WQAA Squirt Championship. We offer the congratulations of the community to the kids and their man- Looking over the news each week we more or less become accustomed to the constant stream of anniversaries which are recorded. The golden and silver wed- ding celebrations; the dozens of birthdays for those of senior years. Probably you enjoy reading about them, and in many cases you are friends of those involved. There is one advantage the newspaper- man has over the reader. He has the opportunity to visit and talk to many of those who are celebrating such occasions It is one of the most pleasant and enjoy- All four major political parties are re- portedly anxious to get their organizers' feet into the doors of our high schools. Taking the lead from the clubs which have been formed in most Canadian uni- versities, the political parties would like to move in on the high schools and so entice even younger people into the party ranks. In this regard there is a vast differ- ence between universities and secondary schools, For one thing, the life of the average high school student is, or should be far too busy to afford time for a po- litical club. By the time a student has reached university he has selected to some degree the line of studies he will follow and it is perhaps time for him to give some thought and time to the par- ticular party he has selected. In the high schools the time which would be devoted to political clubs and partisan politics would be much better spent in a more intensified study of Ca- nadian civics—an unbiased contemplation With a tinge of leaf smoke in the air and Thanksgiving coming up next week, it is good to look over the past year and count our blessings. Wingham and its surrounding district may not be receiving the benefit of steady and continuous growth which is making other centres so affluent, but on the other hand we may well look at what we have and be thankful for what we see, and perhaps be thankful for some things we do not have. „ It may be negative thinking, but we don't have war of the horrible type of attrition that is going on in Viet Nam. We do not live in a drought and famine- ridden land such as India. We do not have race riots. We do not live under the thumb of oppression such as the Red Guard of China. We do not fear our neighbors as informers as in Poland or any Communist nation. We do not face It's a real pleasure to see the high school pages of our paper back in full swing again. Over the past two or three years we have been trying very hard to develop the news and pictures of goings- on at the WDHS and we find the students agers. They played a great game and are the type of sportsmen-in-the-making of which we can all be proud. On the other hand, we'd rather like to be a kid again in order to feel that old tingle down the spine when the home team brings in the winning run. We're not only happy for these boys—we're just a bit envious as well. able tasks he has in the process of doing his job. For some reason younger folk seem to forget how nice older people really are and how interesting their conversation can be. It is too bad most of us never find the time to visit frequently with our senior citizens, Not only do they enjoy the company and the break in their lone- liness but the younger generation can learn from their knowledge and exper- ience and gain pleasure in the recollec- tions of the older mind. of the political history of the nation and what the various parties have done for our country in the past. Our need is not for more dedicated Liberals and Conservatives, NDPs and Social Creditors, but rather for intelligent young Canadians whose first thought is for the welfare of their nation and its future. The last time the question'. of lower- ing the voting age to 18 was under dis- cussion the national TV network present- ed street interviews with young Canadi- ans, in an effort to discover how much or how little the average young person knew about government. An astonishing percentage couldn't even name the prime minister correctly. We simply cannot agree that political clubs in our high schools would provide a broad and unbiased approach to ques- tions of national importance. Let our young people learn to be Canadians first. They will find their own way to party affiliation. pestilence with no funds to acquire medi- cal aid as in many nations around the world. There is no doubt we can be thankful for many things which we do not have. There are other things in even our own area which we would be thankful to do without, such as the rising toll of auto accidents and death; vandalism in public places; antipathy on the part of those who should be working for progress, both in public and private enterprise; corrup- tion in all its forms that is always a real danger to a democratic society. There are others, but these samples will do for now. On the other hand there is the posi- tive. We do have a beautiful land, we are not hungry and most of us will have a turkey on Monday. And then there is the pumpkin, a Thanksgiving symbol, and what could be better? and parents alike appreciate this sort of coverage, The enthusiasm which has been evi- dent in our school reporters indicates a year of highly interesting high school news, It's A Great Feeling One of Our Pleasures Keep Politics Out of School The Thanksgiving Pause Glad to Have You Back THE WINCHAM ADVANCE - TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited, W. 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