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Look a little harder
In one of his recent campaign addresses
Canada's prime minister said that more and
more Canadians seem to agree with him that
much of the present unemployment is
caused by people who remain on unemploy-
ment
nemployment insurance "while they look for better
jobs".
It is doubtful that many Canadians
agree. There is little indication that the ma-
jority of unemployed are looking very ifi:Atdl
for jobs of any kind. The help wanted
columns of the daily papers are bulging with
opportunities and the "jobs wanted" listings
are so brief they are difficult to locate at all.
Two weeks ago Canada's chief electoral
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officer stated that his department was "al-
most desperate" for enumerators to compile
the votersclists In Toronto and Vancouver. It
doesn't take any advanced education to meet
the requirements set out for enumerators—
and Toronto and Vancouver are supposed to
be two centres of high unemployment.
As long as the remuneration for staying
out of work is so attractive we will continue
to support a growing number of those who
say, "Why bother?". Canadians, as a whole,
don't begrudge one penny of the money they
must spend to look after the.111 and the unfor-
tunate—bt,t they are becoming increasingly
sick of supporting the shirkers.
Need a few lessons
The telephone transformed the life of
civilized man in the first few years of Its
existence. As a matter of fact it continues to
change the patterns df society and a lot of
people are beginning to wish they could go
back to the good old days of silence and tran-
quility.
ran-quility. If you have teen-age daughters you
have no doubt reached the stage where you
would gladly trade that little black devil of a
talking machine for a brace of carrier
pigeons.
All right. Agreed. Few of us can do with-
out the infernal invention—but we a could
carry out a few telephone drills in our own
homes which would help to prevent those
who have to call us from going batty.
For goodness sake let's train the smaller
children to anver the phone with reason-
able intelligence—or forbid them to take it
off the hook. Is there anything more mad-
dening than the attempt at conversation
which ensues after you have called a busi-
ness acquaintance at home and his little five -
•year -old answers? •
"Is your daddy there?" Long silence.
"No." ,
"Will he be home 'soon?" Silence. Some
whispering with another youngster nearby.
"I don't know."
"Is your mother there?" More silence.
"I don't think so."
"Well, my name is Roger Jones. Will you
please tell your father, if and when he comes
in, that I want him to call me? Do you think
you can remember my name?"
"No, I don't think so. Maybe you want to
speak to my daddy. He's having a sleep on
the chesterfield but maybe I can wake him
up.
By that stage you're hoping he will
waken the old boy with an empty beer bottle
over the top of the head. And even though
you normally Iikechildren you havea feeling
that this one. should get a mild but per;
manent case of lockjaw.
New ray of hope.
Last week radio and television broad-
casts carried the electrifying information
that a group of scientists working in the
United States have developed •a chemical
which has proven 100 per cent effective
..against. cancer in animals. The report in-
cluded the information that the scientistsham..•
ready ta• start testirii on humans.
If, in fad, Me new treatrn n`t
e does -prove
effective as a cure for human cancer victims
it will be the best news the world has heard in
°a long time. !fro(' the other hand, the treat-
ment proves ineffective or dangerous to
humans the news release will have been a
cruel disappointment.. .
Since the tests on humans have yet to be
made it would have been the better part of
common sense and kindness to say nothing
in public until all doubts were removed.
It is not difficult to imagine the surge of
hope which the announcement haspen-
gendered in cancer patients and their loved
ones. The,world has been waiting and pray-
ing for a significant break -through in the
treatment of cancer for a long time anf any-
thing that appears in the least promising is
bound to be greeted with concentrated alien -
Without
trying t n
y t o be obviously pessimis-
tic, however, we should remember the tragic
circumstances of a false cancer "cure" -a.
few years back—in Montreal if memory
serves. Patients were brought allthe way.
from France, only to find eventually that the
' treatment they received was of no use what-
ever. •
Since the news of this latest development
has, in fact, become, public, may itiI prove of
some real value to the thousands who suffer
from one of the world's most baffling dis-
eases.
Honest. talk needed
A health official made an alarming
statement in Stratford
a few days ago. The
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incidence of venereal disease in Perth
County, he said, has increased tremendously
within.thepast year. If ever there was a need
for some plain, truthful and informative
communicating, this is it. If the figures have
altered so alarmingly in Perth there is every
reason to believe that our own area is follow-
ing the 'same pattern.
Parents and teachers are slow to accept
the fact that social behavior has utterly
changed, all in the span of five to ten years.
One of the reasons, of course, is the avail-
ability of the, pili, coupled with the new de-'
mend on the part of young people to live their
•own lives the way they choose. The increas-
ing incidence of venereal disease is indisput-
able evidence that there are some areas in
which parents do know more than their off-
spring.
'The 'blame, to a large degree, lies with
mothers and fathersfor their failure to over-
come their natural embarrassment and give
their children the honest facts about the dan- •
gers inherent in promiscuousness. Too many
of us assume that our own children will al-
ways behave with moral rectitude --instead
Of understanding that the rules have totally
altered in younger. society.
And it is among young people that the
near -epidemic of venereal disease has
erupted -because young people are so ill-in-
formed about its causes, symptoms and
treatment. They should also be informed
about the long-range complications which
usually result from untreated diseases of
this type.
Doing your own thing can lead to some
pretty drastic consequences.
What'slin a name?
From time to time most people succumb have gone up the flue in changing signs, sta-J
to the temptation to change names—not their tionery, truck lettering, etc.
own names, but the titles of departments, in- • ' Something similar is about to take place
stitutions and jobs. There is a common belief in hospitals all over the province. The names
that a new name will somehow magically of hospital Officers and titles of department
create a new image in the public mind. heads will all be changed. In addition to the
One of the recent decisions at. Queen's cost incurred for physical changes, staff
Park was that the word "department" was . members will spend several months trying
no longer good enough as a designation for to remember that the old terms of refe_ rence
those complicated cells of government which have all gone out the window.
are charged with ,responsibility for its And what, precisely, is accomplished?
various functions. Now they are "minis-. ' Department... ministry... what's the dif-
tries"—and hundreds of thousands of dollars ference as long as they get their jbbs done?
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Sentim,ntal e 1 Forgot Again
i3ilj, Smiley
When I tottered downstairs la
Sunday morning and my
greeted me cheerily, and told rn
to sit down, and brought me in
big 'glass of orange juice with
stiff belt of something in it, .I w
as wary as a groundhog.
I sniffed the air, wiggled .
ears and peered about. to see fro
what direction the danger
coming. It's not that I'm s
picious by nature. Basically, fa
a naive and trusting person. B
this was too much. Somethi
was up.
While she sat down across fro
me, smiling in an uncanny fas
ion, I took a quick slug and let
mind flicker over the possibil
ties. She was going to divorce m
No, I just got a raise. She
going to buy a third piano. No.
place to put it, except in the wood
bin down cellar. She was going t
have a baby. No, she's had
hysterectomy. Kim is going t
have a baby and I'm going to be
grandfather and old. Tha
seemed the most logical.
"Do you know what day thi
is?", gently but firmly. My min
raced over birthdays,. gradua
tions and such, slipped a few cog
and finally ground to a halt.
knew. It was our anniversary.
How could I have forgotten it
even though I'd forgotten it eve
year for twenty-five?
Easy. The bride isn't any bet
ter. Every year, about two wee
after the date, one or the other
us says, "Hey, we forgot our an
niversary again." And look a
each other and laugh.
Some people a make a tremen
dous fuss over wedding anniver
saries. It's as though they w
trying to_ recapture something
lost forever.
Husbands who either
snarl a
or ignore their wives for 364 days
• of the year arrive home with an
expensive present, or at least a
bundle of flowers, on • that sacred
day. Reminded by their secre
taries.
Wives -who spend the whole•day
in suspense, thinking, "The rot-
ten louse. e_ asn't a en c ed.
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toothed, through their tears, and
crack open a bottle of vintage
1971 Canadian champagne.
Many of . these : couples, who
haven't exchanged a civil word
for weeks, actually ,go out --to dig-
ner, and even thrash around the
dance . floor in their inimitable
1930's, 40's, or 50's style, a threat
of life and limb to all•near them.
A few of them actu • ly have the:
stamina to press on im the ridi-
culous to the absurd, and make
love,
Next day, the glow gone, slight-
ly hung, they become acutely
aware again of such mundane
things as • heartburn, constipa-
tion, pot bellies, wattles, bald
heads and crow's feet. And real
life begins again.
I'm not knocking anniversary
celebrations as such. They're
quite beautiful if the love and ten-
derness are still there. But if
those elements are missing, the
anniversary waltz 'is an ugly
st charade.
Thank goodness we forget ours
uptilit's too late -o do anything
but recall our wedding day and
laugh hilario,s1y as we remi-
nisce.
Nowadays it's not'' unusual to
have two or three hundred people
at a wedding reception, with a
bar, dinner and orchestra or
dancing. The bride has had eight
showers before the wedding and
the couple has amassed about
two thousand dollars worth of
gadgets and cash.
We had about twenty at our
wedding. A scattering of my
wife's aunts and things. Nobody
from my side, except a few old
buddies to Whom I'd issued the
,invitation, "Hey, I'm getting
married Saturday at Hart House
chapel. Why don't you drop
around?"
No reception. No bar. No or-
chestra. Music supplied by an old
friend who played organ in a
downtown bar. Dinner we had
after the wedding at a crumby
hotel in a small town. Alone.
We drove about two, hundred
miles in a borrowed car. We had
eighty dollars, No presents. It
`was raining all the way. We
talked about highway conditions.
But I wouldn't trade it, even
though my wife wore flannelette
pyjamas on our wedding night. At
least we didn't have to smile and
smile and smile at a host of
people we scarcely knew.
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had remembered our annjver,
sary. She had bought each of us a
present, and she handed me a
piece of paper on which she has
summed up the war. Her words:
To Us
day we Continue until death
the battle which bas raged for
twenty-six years.
"Always attacking, never re-
treating, shall we glorify in our
victories, deny our losses.
"Let us be constant in making
our skirmishes as violent in in-
tent as our One Big War, for we
might lose courage, weaken in
moments of apathy, flounder in
surrender.
"May we never be tortured by
thoughts of love and peace, for
these might lead the way to a
glimpse of hope and glory.
"Let us remain steadfast in the
face of our single purpose.
"We have fought a good fight
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Hey, she's talking about our life
together. She's being ironic, and
that's my field. What's going on
here?
Then she handed me another
piece of paper. Her words:
"Along came Bill
An ordinary guy
You'd meet him on the street
And never notice him
"No that's not the part I mean.
I love him k
Because he's wonderful
Because he's just My Bill.
Suze."
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LETTE;
TO THE EDITOR
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Clinton, Ontario,
September 23, 1972.
- Dear Sir :
It is, rather revealing to read
some of the statements and ob-
•servations made by, members of
• the
Huron County
Board
of
• Education during their discus,
sion•of'the request for transporta-
tion for a number of students of
the Clinton and District Christian
School.
I fail to understand how sup-
posedly intelligent men, which
- we have elected to look after the
educational affairs of our county,
can show such an alarming lack
of appreication regarding the
underlying principI
/taw COMe
Christian School movement in
Canada.
A beautiful example of this ig-
norance is illustrated in a remark
made by the chairman of the
Board, Mr. Elliott, when he
states "That the question of
Christian Schools and any other
parochial schools is difficUlt and
can cause war and it should not
be allowed to go that far". I sub-
mit that in contemporary English
the sentiment of such a statement
is called "bunkerism".
I also take issue with an ob-
servation made by the vice chair -
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man of the Board. Mr. Broadfoot
states, that the Clinton and Dis-
trict Christian School "is actually
costing the Huron taxpayer
money". I am of the opinion that
this is next to unbelievable and I.
challenge Mr. Broadfoot to pub-
lish accurate facts and figures to
substantiate his claim. ,
With kind regards,
Peter Damsrna.
-Presentation
for two couples
FORDWICH— A double
presentation was held Friday
night in` the community hall in
honor of two couples who were
married recently, Mr. and Mrs.
John Caesar and Mr. and : Mrs.
Bill Haverfield.
Mrs. Marian Bast readthe ad-
dress to Mr. and Mrs. Caesar -and
Mrs. Holger Feldskov to Mr; and
Mrs. Haverfield. Each of the
couples was presented' with a
purse of money for which they
thanked . everyone. Music for
dancing was' • supplied by the
Fordwich Ramblers.
Nothing cures insomnia like the
realization it's time to get up.
DREAMING OF A FAMILY
Ross is expected to do well in Grade five this year. Normally
this would not be news for a ten -year-old but it is important for
Ross because unto not long ago he was in opportunity class.
Soon after a move to a new foster home he went into the regular
Grade four class and was promoted with average marks.
Ross enjoys school and,;his last teacher reports he was helpful
in class and joined in all activities. She mentioned especially
creative drama, drawing and painting. The latter he does
outside school as well as in. A psychologist who -tested Ross says
he may have above average potential.
This good-looking boy of Ukrainian and German descent, has
dark eyes, brown hair and medium complexion. He is keen on
outdoor activity — baseball, fishing, camping, hockey,• riding
his bike. He also likes to strum on a guitar.
Ross is very fond of animals and conscientious about taking
care of then. ,He would love to have a dog.
Ross understands adoption and is anxious to have a family of
his own. But he is a sensitive lad, lacking self-confidence; and he
cannot help wondering if this dream will ever come true.
• Likeable -and eager to please, Ross needs an easy-going
relaxed. family who will •create an atmosphere that is. both
stimulating and non -pressuring and who enjoy lots of activities.
He is accustomed.•to other children and could fit in anywhere
-among brothers and sisters. "
To inquire about adopting. Ross, please write to Today's Child,
Box 888, Station•K, Toronto. For general adoption information,
ask your-Childre 's Ai4 Ali
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-It didn't last long
The other day we met a fellow humming
away to himself. The tune was that of an old
radio commercial about what happens to
your teeth when you use the proper brand of
paste, but the words were, "I wonder where
the summer ,went."
How right he was! We must have en-
joyed at least six really hot days and 15 or 20
without rain. But look on the brighter side.
The air conditioner in the bedroom window is
just as good as it was on the 24th of May since
it was only turned on twice. Your summer
shorts are going to last you through another
season and your golf clubs suffered a mini-
mum of wear and tear.
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HOW aM1E MOM /S .7U8T Com/Na HOW
W/TH, THE STEEZ/NGWHEEL?
VISITORS AT THE ONTARIO Science Centre try to figure
out the Logic Gate game in the Centre's Hall of Communi-
cation. Adult visitors now have the opportunity to experi-
ment with such popular exhi.its in the evening unimpeded
by classes of schoolchildren. Tuesday through Friday the
Centre is open'until 10 p.m., Saturday, Sunday and Monday
until 6 p.m. After 6 p.m. children are admitted only when
accompanied by adults.
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